the shore, we'llck rest of the roads, bridge opening at the moment coming up next, ukee, erika, good morning. >> good morning, everyone, breaking news from montgomery county, fire in an apartment building sends one person to the hospital. >> flames spread to p other units, too. "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson joins us from upper dublin township with the details, steve? >> good morning, guys, eight units affected, couple of dozen people displaced, one person injured, non-life threaten injuries, but by all accounts by everyone we've spoke tone here, this could have been hot lot worse. >> this fire spread quickly, thanks to the fire department they got on scene very quickly, ended fast as well. i want to start off, take to you video right away, this is eyewitness video from our viewer philip felix, we can see the flames, in this one, burning, first thing i want to get to is anybody hurt in this? yes, one person hurt as we mentioned was injured, taken to the hospital this morning. but i'm told, again, non-life threatening injuries. firefighters get the call

shortly before 2:00 this morning, this was the apartment complex here in upper dublin township, woods apartment complex, started in a unit on second floor, just kept going from there. started burning extremely fast, going unit by unit. but really contained to that one unit on that second floor. two alarms rang out, big push from the flames and the fire department as it got underway, got it under control in 30 minutes to an hour. not without some harrowing moments, firefighters had to rescue a man from that second floor apartment, where the fire actually started, where those flames came from, they managed to get up there, we spoke to an eyewitness, who was there as that moment was happening, heard the screaming from that unit. listen to this. >> all the sudden we heard get me out of here, oh, my god, i was so impressed how fast those guys worked i've never felt more safer in my life.

>> reporter: again, the response of the fire units that got on scene that saved this building and many of the people in it. again, about 20, 25 people displaced from the eight units, i'm, to red cross just arriving on scene here, and getting those folks some help. we spoke to a daughter and a father, who were in the unit next to the one that started the fire. we'll have that coming up in later editions this morning, do you have hear their story. the latest from upper dublin township, steve patterson, cbs-3. little technical problem there, steve, thank you. new this morning, crash remains under investigation in washington township gloucester county. authorities say two cars collided along the 200 block of delsea drive around midnight. it is unclear if anyone was hurt. police are still on the scene at this hour. coming up on 5:03, we want to get out to katie on the skydeck. another nice day, katy? >> two for two out there today. high pressure once again keeps the lead. so comfortable outside. another day will feature very

light win. but the wind flow is always critical. because it is coming once again out of the north, it means, the humidity will stay pretty low for us out this today. but it will still be nice, warm for you, storm scan3, clear as a bell, not cloud in the sky, and that actually hey allowed temperatures to drop off pretty easily. let's take a look here, hello up in the allentown area, 54 degrees currently since last check, you have dropped three solid degrees, 52 mount pocono, pair of six areas still holding in philadelphia, at least the international airport. so i don't need a sweatshirt just yet. but you might want to think about it up toward some of the north and western suburbs, atlantic city 59 degrees, that's cool, in the middle of august, are you kidding me? # 5 degrees in quakertown? big deal. feels like fall for sure, but feels good, as we go through the rest of the day here, expect the sun to shine nice and brightly, will allow temperatures to rebounds nicely, as well. mid 70s generally up towardcono, down toward the shore, great

day. if you are able to score maybe half day at work or lucky enough to have a three day weekend coming up you picked a good w i expect the sun to hold across the board, not just today, but for the better part of the weekend. so it is looking good, bob? >> just joking inside. you know it is warm when you are throughout without a jacket or sweatshirt. >> you said it, budd. >> i it has taken to august 8th for kate toy get out on the kai deck. >> not that bad. >> good morning, 5:04, happy friday, weekend upon us, and pretty good shape. light volume for the most part. we do have accident here on the blue route. live look at 476, right near ridge, ridge pike there, the blue route, as you can see, that stretch where there is in overhead street lamps. so looks like they have the left lane in both directions blocked here, with the crash, but i think this is a crash more so than on this one side here, this is the northbound side headed up toward the mid-county tolls. if you are headed down through 95 and the airport this morning, just watch for some construction cones still up with some lane restrictions,

mainly northbound 95, as you work your way up toward philly international. burlington bristol bridge, traffic stopped on both sides for an opening. light volume at this hour. the openings usually take 15 minutes, so i would just grab the next size coffee and just wait it out at least for this point. delsea drive as we just showed you from video few minutes ago, delsea drive remains closed from the overnight accident, right at had your every ville crosskeys road. stay with 55 this morning, that will be your best bet. accident and downed pole, montgomery drive right at the ramps for the schuylkill expressway, and heads up if you use patco, new schedule begins today through the weekend, running trains every 30 minutes, through early monday morning. ukee, back to you. thank you, bob. breaking news, gaza militants renewed rocket fire on israel after three day trues expired this morning. the israeli military said at least ten rockets were fired at israel it, intercepted one. the others hit open areas. negotiations in cairo on new border deal for the coastal

strip hit a deadlock. well, developing right now, president obama is using america's military might to drop aid to prevent a possible genocide. he's also authorized air strikes on the islamic group isis, if necessary. the millitant group has tightened its grip on northern iraq. it also trapped some 40,000 members of an ethic group on mountain. us has dropped food and water there, and now if isis fighters advance on the mountain, the president has given the us military the green light to strike. when we face a situation like we do on that with innocent people facing prospect of violence on horrific scale, when we have a mandate to help in this case a request from the iraqi government, and when we have the unique capabilities to help after area massacre, then i believe the united states of america cannot turn a blind eye. >> the white house says they consulted with congress before authorizing the air strikes and continto do so as it

moves forward with the plan. we're following breaking news right now. residents and tour he is also bracing for one-two punch as two major storms take aim at hawaii. hurricane iselle expected to make landfall sometime this morning with another hurricane close behind. cbs news correspondent begat shaban joins us liver on the big island with a look at the conditions there, begat? >> ukee, erika, good to be with you. you know, is he will -- iselle continues to bring strong gusts every winds, heavy bands every rain. forecasters tell us that the worse may still be to come. thousands are already without power and several hundred people spent the night at emergency shelters, as the storm continues to passover the hawaii ian islands. >> those on the island insist they're ready. >> we have got water. we got fans. we're good to go, no worries. >> the storm is packing powerful winds, heavy rain,

strong surround every as island. people filled emergency shelters thursday night waiting forest he will to make landfall. bill watson lives a block from the ocean, and says he is not taking any chances. >> just not worth taking the risk. there is danger here. >> residents emptied store shelves, stock up on gasoline, and boards dollars up windows, stores, as the storm approached. while some parts of the big island the storm is expected to dump as much as foot of rainfall, which could cause landslides. wheelies he will is the first hurricane to make a direct hit on hawaii in 22 years, even stronger storm, hurricane julio; following just fine. >> we're ready. i can assure you, we are are on the ball, ready to responds in anyway necessary. >> forecasters expect julio to pass just north of the island. sometime on sunday.

and julio has recently been upgraded to category three hurricane, with winds of up to 115 miles per hour. ukee, erika, while that storm is expected it track just north of the hawaiian islands, still likely to dump plenty of rain on the area by this sunday. >> all right, begat, you and the crew be safe. we will get back to you. talk to you soon. developing right now, worlds health organization says the deadly ebola outbreak in west africa is a public health emergency. it comes as the us eases restrictions on experimental drug to treat the deadly disease. nearly 1,000 people have died since march. the world health organization has declared similar emergencies for swine flu back in 2009 and polio back in may. your time 5:09. a scare at the white house to tell you about. wait until you hear what happened that led to a lock-down right before the president addresses the nation. >> also, great grandmother springs into action, wait until you hear what she did to help her grandson. >> then, a light show in outer space.

we'll show you more of this video, way up on high. katie? >> ukee, today is actually going to be beautiful day once again more sunshine, and this looks like it is a pattern that's going to stick into the weekend. but beyond that point, well, things start to change. i'll tell you why, and people are so impatient, right? you know what it is, it's waiting. 10 minutes or 10 hours people don't like waiting.

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homeless man who lives in those woods. they say he's cooperating with the investigation. >> a series of tragic events beginning in delaware county and ending in new york state leaves two young boys without their parents. police say keith bellajonas murdered hess wife, christine, a inside their drexel hill apartment early thursday morning, he then race today staten island with the couple's children prompting a amber alert. he then abandoned them at a cvs pharmacy before take his own life. our natasha brown spoke with one of the victim's friends who chose not to be identified. >> i feel heart broken for the sons, because the sons have to know what the father did, and they're going to have to live the rest of their lives having up until who knows how long having nightmares of actually seeing this in front of them. >> now, police say the children were not physically harmed. we're told christina bella joan's father is in new york right now trying to bringing those children back home. it is 5:13, we want our traffic and weather together on the 3's.

first check this out. view from the international space stationment isn't that ♪? see the bright flashes of lightning there. that's astronaut reid weiss man shot this video. he said sighing mother nature's light show from out err space left him speechless. i was wondered what that was, that's lightning, that's incredible. >> fascinating stuff. you never get to see it from that angle. that's really interesting. >> looks like somebody taking pictures at a concert. >> that's exactly what it looks like, flash bulbs going off. >> mother nature itself, there you go. we will turn our tai at any sean to the tropics, start things off with very quick check on iselle. here is a look at snapshot of most recent satellite image, and there are still many warnings in effect here, tropical storm as well as hurricane warnings, however, this storm has just been downgraded, back to tropical storm status, and it hasn't technically made landfall yet. so we may still have yet to

see an actual hurricane strike the big island. remember, there has never been one since recorded history began in the hawaiian islands to ever strike the big islands specifically, storm scan3, brinking it back here to the east coast, quiet as can be. high pressure in place here, it does mean the pollen levels once again start to climb. now a new one, ragweed is now back in. >> again. >> i know. and so is grass. so, well, maybe this nice upcoming weekend means you will have to for go the chores outside. >> oh, all for that. >> happy friday, my friend, tgif. mid 80s both saturday, start to see few more clouds build in, overall quiet, nights, if you have the outdoor plans, which bob, i know, do not include mowing the lawn. >> i just have to put that off. >> i guess so. >> ragweeds, allergies going craze think morning. good morning,an you, katie, forg me out of my weekend chores.

i need note. live look at the blue route, ridge pike, head up toward conshohocken, up toward 476, an accident, actually up toward mid-county. but only the right lane is coming. watch it, it comes on you fast, as you come around the curve so headed from saint david's, villanova, through the schuylkill north up toward mid-county, be ready for the accident scene. the schuylkill expressway, not bad at all. live look here, right near spring garden street. they repaved, nice smooth ride as you head in toward downtown. the burlington bristol bridge traffic stopped on both sides for an opening, and heads up for patco. a new schedule begins today through the weekendsment trains only run every 30 minutes, through early monday morning, so two big rush hours today, tonight, to get through, weekend of course lighter volume than we typically would have, but today will be rough one with trains only running every 30 minutes, erika, back to you. >> we have breaking news topping headlines this morning, one person returned

to abington hospital with injuries, after apartment fire in upper dublin, eight units affected and dozens of people are being assisted by the red cross. a developing story, at this hour, president obama has ought rides dollars air strikes against islamic militants in iraq. us military is dropping humanitarian aid to religious minorities in the risk in that area, at risk when that area. the president insists, though, no us ground troops will return to iraq. >> anise he will passing over the big island of hawaii right now, downgraded to tropical storm, but it still packs some dangerous winds. katie has more on that for you coming up. as we continue, a new jersey neighborhood coming together to talk about its newest residents. >> right, there can't believe it. >> how about that? look how close. the mother bear and her cubs on the loose this morning. look there, crossing the roadway, we'll hear from witness when is we come right back.

it is a known fact, having cpr training can help save a life. >> one oregon grant mothered used that technique to save a reptile. she found her grandson's belly up in the pool. what did the animal lover do? grabbed the three year old lizard and started doing chest compressions. >> i grabbed him instantly, turned him upside down, started pounding on his back, started crying. >> apparently it work. says the dragon named delsole by the way now doing just fine. quick thinking. >> how about that? >> every living creature with lungs, i mean, get water in them. >> that's fantastic. >> i can't imagine trying to do tiny chest compressions. >> i know, i know. that's great. >> well, before president obama's announcement about iraq, brief lockdown tewhit house. >> turns out it was a little security breach err. a toddler, squeezed through the white house fence, causing quite a commotion among the

secret service agents, that toddler was not grilled by the agent, instead, he was give answer time out with his parents. >> can you imagine that your kid? you're visiting, and you turn for one second, where did he go? >> a story to tell for the rest of his life. can you imagine him in class now? >> oh, do we have a picture of that? >> have i got a story for you. >> right now 5:21, taking the field again today, pitcher in the national spotlight this morning. >> also, ryan howard wants us to remember what he did by giving fans two unforgettable games. we'll show you more of his grand performance, when we come back in sports.

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>> so true. and it does look like this time around will actually last us through the weekend, as well. last weekends more clouds out there. this time around, though, i think we will be okay. and let me show you why i say that, that i think we will be okay. see this guy out here? still, moving very slowly, at this point, it is still expected to move east. but it will be such a close line, as to where it strikes, along the mid-atlantic coastline, does look like it is mainly just to the south. that said, we can expect some sunshine today, tomorrow, and the second half of the weekends, 66 currently at philly international. very light wind. feels great outside. it is a little cool depending on your location, as we drop to the lower 50's after all up toward the poconosment speaking of the mountains, great weekend for campers. looking at sunshine across the board today, tomorrow, sunday, we do start to see few more cloudy think specially through the southern counties, here in the delaware valley, over the course of the weekends, but again, at this point, still keeping it optimistic that we will get in on the sunshine for the next three days, by

monday humidity begins to spike little bit. then next shot for more widespread showers and storms return on tuesday. bob, over to you. >> morning, 5:25, accident on this friday morning, tying up the blue route. theg outside, 476, schuylkill expressway and mid-county. right here, near conshohocken, all of that police and fire activity centered around a crash. an as soon as you come around the curve so headed northbound this morning, be ready. see the headlights slowly squeezing through on the far right lane. rest of the major roadways in good shape. ninety-five, the schuylkill expressway looking good, burlington bristol bridge, just completed an opening, so traffic starting to move across the span again. but an accident still closing route 47, which is the delsea drive, between had your every ville crosskeys road and right at had your every ville crosskeys road, so best bet this morning, headed north up toward the freeway, would be to use route 55. otherwise, mass transit looking good. here's erika, back over to you

>> a great sports story, one of the local little league squads with the dreams of williamsport, the taney dragons will take the field in less than six hours, dragons play in the semifinals of the little league regionals at 11:00 this morning, that's going to be in bristol, connecticut. they face the only team that beat them in the tournament so far. that's colony little league from albany new york. now, if the dragons win they go to williamsport for the little league world series tournament. toms river ocean county place newark, delaware this morning in their regional semifinal. that's it, 3:00 p.m., let's go dragons. >> come on, everybody ... taney, taney! >> eagles take the fields tonight at sold err field. that's in pre-season game number one against the chicago bears. coach chip kelly's second season starts with tonight's match up in the midwestment last time the birds played the bears was the next to last game of last

onhe your eagles won 54 to 11. the birds will play the starters at the beginning of the game. but figure you'll see a lot of the players fighting for jobs throughout, kick off time once again 8:00. baseball now, phillies and astros last night at the ball yard. sean o'sullivan serves up two homeruns,downhree runs, two outs, in the bottom of the eighth. ryan howard connect for grand-slam. it is the 13th grand-slam of howard's career. made bin ers of the phillies, final score six to five, thrilling finish for the fighting's last night. hey by the way eagles were on sister radio station sports rad yo wip tonight. phils on 98.1, wogl. and 1210wpht, a.j. burnett by the way throws first pitch at 705:67:89 busy night. update on breaking news for you coming up at 5:30. let's check in now with steve? >> that's developing now, ukee, a fire that injuries one and displaces many more, but

residents hearsay firefighters were faster than this fast moving fire. coming up the story after daughter and her father who were nearly burn alivement that's correct next. >> also, baseball for the visually impaired. we'll show this unique version of america's pasttime. also, bob and katie return, with your traffic and weather together on 39's, looking like a beautiful weekend a heads of

fire in an apartment building overnight, live with the latest. >> good morning, friday, august 8th, i'm err can have i teal. >> also ahead, new jersey loose. first, new traffic and weather together. katie and bob, good