nascar driver tony stewart. busy night for philadelphia police investigating a case where four people were shot, three of them innocent victims in cars riding by when the gun fire broke out. good morning everyone today, it is sunday august 10th i'm elizabeth hur and time is 8:00 o'clock here in center city philadelphia here's meteorologist carol erickson in the eyewitness weather center good morning to you and what are we in for? >> we're in for great weather today. 70 degrees. it is perfect to get outside, if you want to get outside and start that exercise program that every single weekend you say you will do, today you can do it. it is probably going to be more comfortable first part of the day because it will be warmer. we will add about 18 degrees to the temperatures we are seeing right now. look at these blue skies. sky cam three over the city looking terrific. why is it so dark in delaware? um, rehoboth beach, 71 degrees. let's help ate along. we will speed through time. this is time lapse over last

eight hours. boardwalk has calmed down and now they are starting to heat up again. 71 degrees. blue skies, loving it down at the shore areas, every single one of them. we also have a coastal flood advisory notice areas in green and that is because with that gigantic super moon pulling on those tides we are going to be finding just a chance of minal tidal flooding from a time period, ranging from 7:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. so not a big deal but if you are in an area that tends to get minor tidal flooding you may find that through tonight. tomorrow we are looking at great weather as we are looking at today, notice not even a cloud on storm scan three. 72 degrees at the airport. sixty-six in trenton. sixty-nine in wilmington. out of the 50's in the poconos now we're up to 63 degrees. dew points remain low and humidity otherwise very low and you well enjoy today. eighty-four by noon. 88 degrees by 3:00 p.m. light wind, low humidity.

how perfect. how long does it stay like this though we will take a check on that with the eyewitness weather seven day forecast, coming up, liz? >> thanks for that, carol. now to breaking news as "eyewitness news" was first to tell you philadelphia police are questioning a person of interest in the murder of a mother in northeast philadelphia. connie maclean murray was found dead tuesday morning near penny pack park, she had gone for a jog the night before. investigators return to the scene of the crime this weekend, searching for clues. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry is live at police headquarters with the very latest, syma. >> reporter: police have a person of interest in custody for questioning after a missing jogger was found dead earlier this week in the northeast. this is as police continue to search for evidence police have spent the past several days in penny pack park searching for clues to find the person responsible for connie maclean murray's death.

they combed through at your use overnight in hopes of finding her cell phone. wife, mother of two went for a jog monday night when she did not return home her family called police. by tuesday morning, her body was discover at holmes and convent avenue near a cemetery. autopsy results show mcclaire murray tried to fight off her attacker but she was strangled. neighbors are on edge. >> it is scary. we're used to leaving the the door opened and now you think twice. >> it is very scary because we walk down there with the kids and it is just so close to home. it is unbelievable. >> reporter: connie maclean murray's viewing is scheduled for tonight her funeral for tomorrow morning. police have a person of interest in cost tuesday i so far, we're live from police headquarters, syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". same, we have more breaking news right now. tragedy on a race car track. driver is dead after being struck by nascar driver tony

stewart. it happened at the motor sports park, late last night. the victim is fellow sprint car driver kevin ward, junior. the racers had collided in a previous lap and some onlookers felt that stewart deliberately hit war. sheriff's office says stewart is cooperating with their investigation. a representative for stewart -- >> make it very clear as i necessity there will be speculation and i don't want things taken out of context and i want to make it very clear that this investigation as in any death investigation, we are going to sit down with the district attorney and his staff and review when the investigation is complete. we are not making any inferencees of any criminal conduct at all. >> a representative for stewart said his thoughts and prayers go out to ward's family, and friends.

well, new this morning an argument end were four people being shot in the feltonville neighborhood. one of the victims was shot in the head, and is in extremely critical condition. investigators say two men got in the argument on the 4700 block of tampa street, one of the men police say got on the phone and called a friend for help. not too long after a car pull up with several men inside and bullets started flying. police say the intended target was shot in the leg and started running towards whittaker and wyoming avenue putting innocent by standers in harms way. >> at the same time there are two cars driving southbound on whittaker and unbeknownst, they are flying down the alley way and these two cars were hit. >> the driver of one was shot in the head and is in extremely critical condition and the other car, two back seat passengers were both shot in the neck.

they are in stable condition. victim shot in the leg is also in stable condition. police tell us that they do have two persons of interest, in custody. well, dozens gather to remember the victims of the deadly carjacking car crash in north philadelphia three children were killed and their mother died from her injuries on thursday. "eyewitness news" reporter, matt math rivers has this story. >> there has been good byeness this neighborhood lately, too many, sat the day, it was for keisha williams. >> i love you keisha. >> reporter: keisha, the 34 year-old mother of five, struck in that fatal hit and run just over two weeks ago. she died thursday night. three days earlier while she laid in the hospital her family and friend laid three of her children to rest. kier a was 15, joseph ten and terence seven. >> i just want to ask everyone to continuously pray for our family because we need it. >> reporter: saturday's vigil remembered all four who died selling fruit on their corner

for church. suspects in the car that hit them face multiple murder charges. >> i cannot even find word to describe what our family is feeling at this moment. >> reporter: keisha left two other children behind just 12 and 13 themselves. >> that was their only mom. that is the only person they knew. how can you explain it. you only get one mom. >> reporter: as sunset candles were lit as they had been each night since july 25th, keisha's passing final chapter of the terrible story. >> the hugs and the crying and we will get through this. one day at a time. >> reporter: there has been a half dozen or so vigils at the scene and this will be the final one, as this community moves on. in north philadelphia, matt rivers, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". new this morning philadelphia police need your help finding a missing mentally challenge teen. job chromier was last seen inside his home in the 2400 block of west fifth street. police say that the 14 year-old frequents the area

around the the 2300 block of sergeant street and the 2500 block of dover street. he is 5-foot four, 180-pound, wearing the at the time a red short sleeve t-shirt, pants, and light blue or gray nike sneakers. if you see him police want to hear from you. well, coming up next on "eyewitness news" a local family forced to watch their child into hundreds of features every day. >> our children are being left to suffer with these conditions and it just seems cruel. >> a young child sick, her health tea tear rating now is there only one last possible option for treatment: marijuana. "eyewitness news" health reporter stephanie stahl with one local family's fight for medical marijuana. also ahead it is the oldest residential street in the country and one of the philadelphia's most popular tourist spots and now you can call it home, next a sneak

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we are talking about legalized marijuana in pennsylvania for medical purposes. while a bill to legalize pot as medicine is stuck in the legislator the help of one little girl may hang in the balance. health reporter stephanie stahl has the story of one

family's emotional push for pot. >> reporter: seven year-old laurie, who has epilepsy is having a seizure, instead of the typical convulsions she nods off for a few seconds and then snaps out of it. >> her health has deteriorated as well as her developmental gains. she has lost last year. she was able to write her name. this year she cannot do that any more. >> reporter: while sheesible a to enjoy herself playing in the backyard in bucks county she now has trouble communicating. what are you doing? >> i'm playing outside. >> reporter: do you like play outside. >> yeah. >> reporter: she has had all kind of treatments but nothing stopped seizures, medicationing help a little bye cause serious side effects. there is say only thing that might control seizures is medical marijuana but it is not legal in pennsylvania. recent poll shows 84 percent of pennsylvania voters favor medical marijuana and there is bipartisan support in the legislator but no action was

taken on this bill, before the summer recess. >> they're on a 77 day break and so while they are away and they are enjoying their families and having barbecues laurie will have an estimated 46,000 seizures in that 77 days. >> makes my head explode. >> reporter: state senator leach who co sponsor the bill to legalize medical mar juan ace frustrated by foot dragging in harrisburg. physicianness favor of medical marijuana say tense of thus office have people would benefit including cancer patients. >> there are a lot of people who need help. why would we deny them that help when in the alternative we give them drugs that don't work as well, far more toxic, far more dangerous and far worse side effects. >> there is not enough research on the benefits of medical margarita. >> reporter: doctor curtis says path medical society and the the american medical association are opposed to legalizing medical marijuana. >> this should be like any other medication.

it should go through rigorous testing process and be proven effective before it gets released to the public. >> reporter: governor corbett opposes the current legislation but says wow consider a carefully controlled research project. >> our children are being left to suffer with these conditions and it just seems cruel. it is shameful. >> reporter: torture for the family watching laurie slip further away every day. senator leach thinks the bill will be approved in september and that there are enough votes to override an expect veto from the governor. then working out mechanics of production and distribution could take months, even years. i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and this morning hawaii is bracing for a soaking, this time from hurricane julio. in the meantime clean up continues from tropical storm iselle this is a bird eye view of the damage left behind on the big island. you can see toppled trees and

several homes were also damage . and take lie look at the super moon, we are seeing this weekend. the super moon generally occurs maybe once a year but this year it is happening three times. the next one will be on september 9th. now lets check with carol erickson. you have the beach behind you. >> oh , i know, would i love to be on this beach. look at this. it is gorgeous. we have temperatures in the middle 70's in the ocean as i test witt my elbow. air temperatures, slightly cooler then that. it is really a pretty start the two day where ever you are. thinks a can't misinformation cast, our storm scan three, we're scanning but we're not storming. so we are in the finding anything out there. in fact we are hard pressed to find a couple of clouds and that will be the trend to take. temperatures are warming up at 72 in philadelphia, 66 in trenton.

sixty-nine in wilmington. we have 70 down in dover. sixty-three in the poconos. seventy in wildwood. temperatures are comfortable and they will stay that way, high pressure is here, temperatures will be getting in the upper 80's yesterday, 86, today more in the order of about 88 degrees. the sun definitely is here, tomorrow we're still in the 80's and then by the time we will get to tuesday we're still in the 80's but we have another feature and that is precipitation that is coming in probably second half of the day. maybe later then that associated with the cold front and lose pressure system and we could be seeing decent amounts of rain generated. i maine people with love to see rain coming out of the sky so we are not doing watering and that sort of thing and that may be coming that tuesday, early wednesday time period. future weather is, that is the time period there they are putting it but until then nothing much happening. the biggest thing to talk about all the way until tuesday is 12:00 midnight will be just maybe a cloud that starts to come in but then later on tuesday this is a look at tuesday morning.

notice it is starting to bring these rain showers in earlier on tuesday. if you were watching earlier this morning they held them off until later. now it looks like tuesday morning maybe a few showers. bid time wednesday, wednesday early morning we could be finding rain showers as well. this is 1:00 o'clock in the morning on wednesday. timing is in the totally set but notice it looks like it could be enough to generate decent amounts of rain coming through the area. as we go through that tuesday, wednesday morning time period. or wise today 88 degrees. eighty the at the shore. poconos 82 degrees. this is lovely in all locations. if you are going to the beach maryland rate risk of rip current with the sea breeze coming in later this afternoon. so 88 degrees. enjoy this. keep cool, find some shade today at 88 degrees and make sure your pets are there too. 65 degrees, mostly clear, comfortable tonight, and as we go through the the next couple of days, it looks nice around here 86 tomorrow, chance of showers, tuesday, wednesday

and then we will get will cooler and nicer after that. you know, are you looking for a new house? well, you can live like one of the founding fathers, it is the price is right. we've got several house's long a very well men street in philadelphia elfreth's alley that are now on the market in philadelphia historic elfreth's alley the street that time forgot but visitors haven't. put 300 year-old american row houses together with tourist from around the the world, like this french family eating lunch or netherlands bikers and you have got a street where strangers regularly sit on front steps of house these don't know, get their photos snapped doing it, stair in the front windows and finger point up and down a narrow block h this summer something else ace common as gawkers on elfreth's alley for sale signs, several of them with a last years sheriff's sale house being rehab for resale. realtor adam at can put his sign out a month ago and believes the the others simply. >> good time for to us lisa well. band wagon effect here.

>> reporter: he represents the house at 123 elfreth, almost $800,000 with 752 bones and 20 # 14 guts. totally updated. spiral stairs and anxious bakers oven remain to remine of old american charm for sale, that comes with the paparazzi like crowd outside at no additional cost. adam landon already own a elfreth's alley house that gets treated like a celebrity. >> occasionally we will have people peak nothing our kitchen window or flash bulbs going off when i'm trying to do the dishes. >> reporter: josh knows the street and a issues for any perspective new resident. >> with the tourist population is here you can ever get peace and quiet. >> reporter: but realtors aren't war that i had buses bikes and buggies will keep buyers from owning on this country's original residential street. after all the american dream is owning a home everyone admires. everyone does admire all of those houses. it is a very interesting street. it is for the right buyers those houses are for sale it

is an opportunity to live a little american history. >> for $800,000. >> well, that one yes and several others are on the market and one being rehab that went up for sheriff's sale and it was 200 some thousand dollars a year ago. they will increase the price on that one but interesting street, elfreth'sal any olde city philadelphia. >> very cool. >> as always, very well done. >> thanks. lets see, the time right now 8:20. time to check roads. let go to ann evans in the cbs-3 traffic center, good morning, ann. >> good morning liz. this is schuylkill at south street with franklin field at the top of the screen where eagles have an open practice today at 12:00 noon. open practice is sold out so schuylkill at south street will be quite crowded very soon. the right now it looks okay. we will move traffic cam again and this is time to i-95 at broad street we have girard point bridge at top of the screen and broad street off ramp at bottom of the screen, i-95 looks all right through

philadelphia and suburbs and so far it is moving without delay. on to ben franklin bridge mid span in delays or problems on the ben franklin bridge this morning it is in fine shape, if you are taking this to the shore, no problems further up. lets take 76, admiral wilson boulevard, 42 freeway gets crowded but it is moving in problems on the ac expressway or garden state parkway. that is latest from the traffic center i'm ann evans now liz, back to you. thanks, ann. we will have so much more

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9:00 o'clock. still ahead tragedy on a race track involving nasa car driver, a sprint car driven by tony stewart hits and kills another driver. we are following this breaking news coming up in our next half an hour. also breaking news overnight a person of interest is in custody for murder of a jogger near penny pack park we are live with the latest details and we will also have this. they knock on her door and said her roof was about to cave-in, the price to fix it, the numbers bounced all over, i'm jim donovan, coming up what you need to know before hiring a roofing contractor. and another pleasant start to the day, carol has your forecast for today when we come right back, stay with us.

>> reporter: police have a person of interest in custody for a murder of a missing jogger. i'm syma chowdhry with a live report coming up. also this morning shocking news for fans of the car racing, police question nascar driver tony stewart, after striking and killing a fellow driver on a new york race track. u.s. military carries out more air strikes on iraqi militant, coming up, latest developments in the conflict overseas. today, it is sunday august 10th good morning everyone i'm elizabeth hur. the time is 8:29. here in center city philadelphia. here's meteorologist carol eric on in the eyewitness weather center. what are we talking about today. >> a little bit of the warm up has already started. 3 degrees warmer then when we last check with you. temperatures are continuing to climb with the dry air and sunshine we will be able to see these temperatures

climbing to 88 degrees this afternoon. we are not there just yet. where we are, in beautiful conditions. look the at this, sky cam three overlooking the the city of philadelphia we have a cloud over there? maybe one. we're going to be finding a great looking day. it looks gorgeous out in reading too. 71 degrees. in wind to speak of. that is trend all day long with very light wind all day. except at the beach where you could pick up a sea breeze later on. storm scan three no problems, with the loop over last three hours and we have barely seen a included anywhere. temperatures in philadelphia 72 degrees. sixty-three in allentown. sixty-nine in millville. seventy-three in wildwood. 63 degrees up in the poconos with the continuing low humidity. we will enjoy that yesterday. we will get another day of that once again today. our temperatures by noon time getting to 84 degrees. by 3:00 p.m. 88. it is a beautiful afternoon, coming up and lets take a look and see if we fine any clouds

out there will we? we will see. this future weather model says, not really. i think we can fairly expect to find within or two clouds out there but the skies will be lovely the the weather conditions will be lovely and we will be enjoying that throughout the weekend. changes are coming though and we will fine them on the eyewitness weather seven day forecast, rain showers and you may welcome them wye the time they get here, liz. >> thanks, carol. we will begin this half an hour with the update on the breaking news "eyewitness news" was first to tell but this morning. homicide detectives got a break in the case of a jogger found dead in penny pack park. investigators are questioning a person of interest, at this hour, and 46 year-old connie maclean murray was murdered when she went for a jog last monday night. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry is live at police headquarters with the very latest on this investigation, syma? >> that is right liz. police have a person of interest in custody for

questioning after a body of a missing jogger was found earlier this week. police have been spending the past few days in penny pack park searching for clues. they have combed through the area overnight in hopes of finding the victim's cell phone. forty-six year-old connie maclean murray was fun dead tuesday morning, wife and mother of two went for a judging monday night. when she did not return home her family called police. six hour later her body was discovered near holmes and convent avenue near a cemetery. autopsy result show maclean murray tried to fight off her attacker but she was strangled. now her viewing is scheduled for tonight and the funeral is scheduled for tomorrow morning. again, police have a person of interest in custody right now, for questioning, but so far, no charges have been filed. we are live at police headquarters, syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and we have more breaking news, a sprint car driver is struck and killed by a fellow driver during a race. it happened around 10:30 last night at a motor sports park in upstate new york. the victim is 20 year-old

kevin ward junior was struck and killed by nascar driver tony stewart. the mens car had collided in a previous lap and the remainder of the race was stopped, a decision the ontario county sheriff's office agrees with. >> people that witnessed this were who are filed. they were extremely shocked by what they saw. i think it was extremely appropriate that the race be canceled at the time it was. >> officials at this time say their investigation is in the criminal in nature and stewart's manager says he will compete in today's nascar race at watkins glenn calling the race quote business as usual. in the meantime u.s. military says american jet fighters and drones have conduct four more air strikes on iraqi militant taking on the armored carriers and a truck that were firing on civilians. early indication suggest that these strikes were successful. in the meantime president

obama addressed the conflict before leaving for vacation and cbs news correspondent wendy gilette has details. >> reporter: u.s. military announced saturday night that war planes conduct four more air strikes against islamic militants. earlier in the day u.s. made a second humanitarian air drop of food and water to thousands of iraqis trapped in the mountains of northern iraq by the militant men as isis and isell. kurdish television shows curtish forces delivering additional aid to the stranded kurds. they are members of the religious my north group under attack by the extremist. a small number of refugees were able to scramble on game the plane as it took off. some cried overwhelmed by their ordeal. president obama addressed the christ brings leaving on a two week vacation on martha's vineyard. >> we feel confident that we can prevent isell from going

up a mountain and slaughtering the people who are there. >> reporter: the president also said an international effort is under way to figure out how to rescue thousands of stranded kurds. the u.s. launched air strikes on friday against the insurgents near iraqi kurdish capitol of erbill. >> i don't think we will solve this problems in weeks if that is what you mean i think this will take sometime. >> reporter: the president call military campaign a long term project but promised combat troops won't join the fight. wendy gilette for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the crisis in iraq and united states involvement. you'll fine updates anytime at cbs philly.com. well, cross board's tax, continue following the collapse of a three day truce aimed at ending the war between israel and hamas. the israeli air strikes struck american 20 target in the gaza strip and hamas officials say the strikes hit houses,

mosques and training sites. egyptian lit led efforts to security a long term cease-fire are in doubt after officials say an israeli team will in the rejoin negotiations unless rocket fire stops. back here in our area an investigation is underway into a car that crashed in the building in west cape may, new jersey. take a look at this eyewitness cam photo, the crash happened at the professional property services office on the 600 block of park boulevard at about 10:00 o'clock saturday morning. the the building as you can see was damage and police say 59 year-old sylvia byrd was behind the wheel. fortunately there were no injuries. happening today, the eagles are returning to their former home franklin field. the bird are holding an opened practice today beginning at 12:15 and franklin field on the campus of the university of pennsylvania was the eagles

home from 1958 to 1970. many of the teams alumni will be returning today, the tickets for today's event are sold out but remember "eyewitness news" will be there. also happening today the taney dragons play for a chance to head to the little league world series. they will be taking on the delaware newark nationals. game time the 6:00. there will be several viewing part is in philadelphia good luck to the team, and of course we will let you know how they do. is there much more still to come this morning, coming up next we will check in with face the nation's bob schieffer for a look a hoed at today's broadcast. we will be rig

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joining is live in washington is moderator and cbs news chief washington correspondent, bob schieffer, bob, good morning. >> good morning, liz. more bad news, this morning, from iraq, those thousands of people still trapped on top of that mountain, the united states ordered in war planes. they made air strikes last night. there was also some humanitarian aid food water that sort of thing dropped by u.s. transport planes but this thing is far from settled. our foreign correspondent holy williams is in erbill where most of this is taking place. we will get reports from her. we will go back to israel because that is a story that just will not go away. we will talk to rhode island senator jack reid, hoist a key members of the arms a services committee about both of those stories, this morning. but, mostly this morning we're going to be depending on our

brave foreign correspondents who are doing such a good job reporting from the scene on both of these episodes that are going on right now. also, we're going to in the second half of the broadcast step back from the news have of the day and talk a little bit about the 40th anniversary. you know, yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the resignation of richard nixon. we will talk to bob woodward and karl bernstein and some people were there and were inside the oval office when the president made that famous resignation speech. so really unbelievable disclosure about what went on there, that night. so we will have all of the bad news, i'm sorry, there is not very much good news this morning, and we will talk about watergaeton face the nation. >> sound like a jammed packed show, thanks so much, bob. still to come this morning the weather this weekend has

been wonderful but how long can this last? carol will return to tell us all about some storm chances and the seven day forecast next. also ahead, an important consumer alert, we're talking to one woman who said she was way over billed for a common house held repair. she called three on your side and jim donovan shows us what we need to do to make sure we don't get ripped off. stay with us, we will

welcome back. we are back with a three on your side consume are warning. woman received a knock on her door and was told her roof was about to cave-in. those roofers then tried to get her to pay thousands more than she should have. consumer reporter jim donovan has more on ways to protect yourself and make sure that you do not fall for a home repair rip off.

>> reporter: when live in the row house or single family it is due to damage or just old age price to replace a roof can be all over the map. >> we have found prices ranging from $5,400 to over $20,000. so for the same roof for the same work. >> reporter: that doesn't surprise rita, he said, you you know, your roof will fall in on your head. >> reporter: rita signed a $21,000 contractor after a roofer knock on her door. >> most people shop around but we panic. >> reporter: kevin brassler of consumer checkbook say high pressure sales tactics aren't uncommon with roofing companies. >> by getting multiple bids you really increase your chances of getting a le price and saving thousands of dollars. >> reporter: in ritaes a case. >> everybody said this is crazy. one of my friends said you better call jim donovan. >> reporter: i recommended that rita cancel the contract while she had a chance, instead the company came back with the lower price, sort of. >> the price went from $21,175

down to 14,300. i said to him would i like to get a few more estimates, and i said now will you honor this price if i call you back? he said no at that point it would be 26,000. >> reporter: instead rita hired this roof company part of abe brooks construction in levittown. checkbook readers have given the company top marks for quality. >> we do look for good grades across the board. >> reporter: rita now has her new roof and saved thousands of dollars making it a three on your side problem solved. >> problem solved. >> reporter: you have three days to cancel any home improvement contract when that contract is sign in your home. if you are looking to replace your roof get at least three estimates. i have arrange for cbs-3 viewers to have free access to checkbooks ratings on dozens of roofing companies for the next week. the visit cbs philly.com or follow me on facebook or twitter. reporting for three on your side, i'm jim donovan.

time right now 8:46. always good to see jim donovan coming to the rescue. carol, tell us your story. >> jim donovan always comes to the rescue. i know he watches in the morning. that is why i'ming a that. but it is also true. we're looking at, how about this roof, jim donovan, we've got blue skies over us. the it looks absolutely fabulous but notice very little win as we look at these windmills down here the at the shore trying to generate some electricity. mother nature is not sending too much wind this way but we will be finding a sea breeze later this afternoon. they will start spinning a little bit. we have a temperature of 71 at this point out in ardmore, it looks beautiful. the sunnies out. the the wind are light, and this is going to be another one of our ideal summer days. storm stan three, nothing going on at all, so, clouds, not an issue, precipitation, definitely not coming here today, we will be finding some and i know you like to see a lit built on your lawn and

garden and would i like to see wild life get a drink so we're going to be watching for some of that coming on that tuesday, wednesday, time period. seventy-two right new in philadelphia, 66 trenton. 69 degrees in wilmington. the temperatures are comfortable, they will stay comfortable, the warm, this afternoon. high temperatures will be getting in the upper 80's, several degrees warmer then yesterday. high pressure is here, it is not here forever. it does to have leave, unfortunately but maybe fortunately it does. this is for several months with several months will get boring and kind of, very uncomfortable with no rain. so that is why we have had some rain in the forecast and it is coming in and you can see it off to the west. it is not here on monday but by tuesday, and wednesday, it will be, and the computer models are changing the timing, on when it is coming in. it looks like it was the second half of the the day, and now, these, this one computer model is saying no, first half of the day we will see some showers on tuesday. today though, nothing. we are not going to stop the clock here, a couple of

cumulus clouds here that would probably be the extent of to it day, monday night, a few more clouds coming in and then notice this, this is tuesday morning, now, that we will get some showers chances, coming in the picture and then by the time we will hit 9:00 o'clock on tuesday we have a few more showers and a bulk of it coming through late on tuesday along with that front and very first part of wednesday. notice when we start to see these bull's eyes that is when you will pick up heavier precipitation. we could be fining that as well on that tuesday, wednesday, time period. today though it is unshine. 88 degrees in philadelphia 80 at the shore. poconos 82 degrees. the it is lovely in all locations, just a classic summer weekend, tonight 65 degrees, looks comfortable and nice. the next couple days in the 80's, showers tuesday and wednesday and then cooler and really nice after that. you know, scientists they are always works these scientific mind and they are working hard to improve the quality of the water in the delaware river and all of that change might

start with you. on a picturesque philadelphia cobblestone street two coffee cups waiting for a little push in the storm drain and a trip right in the delaware river. the multi tasking delaware river. it takes our work, our play, and our bodily needs. we drink tonight we flush it out. the delaware river water that comes into say owe society hill apartment is treated first and then that waste water, almost 100 per september treated, gets sent back into the river, with that crucial water loop. >> you should do your best to protect river you are part of. >> reporter: that is why doctor joseph cardos and his philadelphia water department team are studying the river tides. using green dye that disappears to the eye but in the to the instrument. they are checking. >> how pollute ans move in the river. >> reporter: info will update delaware river computer model and twice daily high and low tides go so go the pollutants, mostly of which comes right out of the city's 3,000 miles of, and, and by the fall.

>> the bottles have gotten in the river because they have been left on the ground and wash off. >> reporter: end game of the research to keep the delaware from ever turning in the algae zest pile like toledo river, like when the toxin river water could peel boat paint. today's greatly cleaned up delaware should get cleaner and even smarter with on water tidal studies and on land a awareness of that tossed coffee cup. yes, so we can really do a lot just ourselves, just stop throwing things down, that is not a garbage shoot. the the storm drains. they are also looking for areas where they can put drains and use that water in the city so it never makes it back to the delaware but just don't throw things. it is such an easy fix. >> it sound so simple but i have learned something new today, thank you. from one informative report to another lets check the roads, time right now

8:51. lets check with ann evans in the cbs-3 traffic center, how are road, ann. >> not too bad, walt whitman bridge eastbound lanes to the far left of your screen. they are moving. now earlier about two minutes earlier they were jammed. we had a disable vehicle cleared and walt whitman is good to go again. going to the shore delays on the 42 freeway they are doing okay on the atlantic city express wayne and garden state parkway. we will move traffic cam to i-95 right here near walt whitman in delays or problems near i-95 it is behaving itself today which goodies news and if you had are taking schuylkill quick look at that schuylkill at 202 you can see sun glare, leave sunglasses and advisor. not a bad right on the schuylkill this morning. the that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic center i'm ann evans, stay with us "eyewitn

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morning. we are following several breaking stories from overnight. homicide detectives, get a break in the case of a jogger found dead in penny pack park, investigators are questioning a person of interest, as we speak, the victim 46 year-old connie maclean murray was murdered when she went for a jog last monday night. in the meantime nascar driver tony stewart has struck and killed fellow sprint car driver kevin ward junior. it happened at the motor sports park last night, late last night. now four people in the meantime here back in our area are shot in the city's feltonville section. now one victim was shot in the head and is listed in extremely critical condition. the other three victims are in stable condition. police tell us that they have two persons of interest in custody in that case. wow. certainly a busy morning in news. >> it is, and as the weather can provide got news in all of that because the weather is going to be lovely once again

today. yesterday was 86 degrees. so just measure that and now add 2 degrees and that is your weather today. otherwise it will be identical. tomorrow 86 degrees. the tuesday and wednesday we will start to pick up some shower chances, we could use some showers around here, we're about 8 inches above the normal amount have rain that we get but still a lot less rain than what we saw last summer which people like but we could use rain it is getting crunchy under foot and you'll fine that on that tuesday, wednesday time period as a front comes through. then i call your a attention to the temperatures on the other side of the precipitation on tuesday and wednesday. look at those in the 70's. we may stop even shy of 80 degrees by thursday and friday. it looks like a very interesting, nice not so bad week coming up. temperatures in the 70's, is that normal. >> it is below normal, normally we be the 86. >> dairy say it, it was a little chilly heading in to work this morning but that is

i guess august for you. >> that is august. >> and summer in the north east. thanks for. that that is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" for now. we may be signing off here on tv but we are always on line cbs philly.com. cbs's sunday morning is up next. stay tuned. thank you for starting your day with us. >> bye-bye. just by switching to progressive. so you'll be bringing home the bacon in no time. sorry. get a free quote at progressive.com.

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