. >> from the cbs-3 broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". today is tuesday, august 26, good morning, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehl. too close for comfort, near tragedy when stray bullet narrowly miss as sleeping three year old. now the hunt is on for those responsible. we're live. definitely not what authorities have in minds what they tell people to drink responsibly. a local man accused of letting his eight year old nephew do the designated driving. >> with no leads and no where tolls turn, a mother now pleading for help after her son is run down on the side of the road. that story and more coming up. first, your forecast with katie. i feel like we're on this mountain climb. >> on our way, like the price is right.

(yodeling). >> yes, typical thing when you go up in the atmosphere, it gets cold, as nellie will say, it is getting hot in here. today, we'll at least flirt with 90 today, probably hit it at one point this week, but it is a nice little evan flow, overall the pattern not bad. some good weather coming up here. this is nice long stretch of pretty pleasant wet their we frankly haven't had a chance to enjoy too much this summer. so, this is going to be something i think for us here to look forward to. meantime, of course, still tracking the tropics, cristobal has since become a hurricane, the lays end on the track, indirect impacts that we will see from it, because again, some great beach weather coming up. but that storm might mess with it, again, more details for you, all coming up in the next few. >> see now bit. in the news this morning, close call for sleeping three year old boy in darby borough. >> police say a stray bullet fired at a sign pierced wall just few inches above his crib. "eyewitness news" reporter

syma chowdhry joins us from the darby police department with more. syma? >> that's right, family members are still in shock, and neighbors are outraged. that's because one of the safest places for a child is to be home sleeping. but that wasn't the case sunday, when a stray bullet made its way inside of an apartment, inches away from a toddler's crib. the shooting happened around 11:00 at night near the intersection of sixth and walnut streets. police describe the gunman as two men in their late teens, and early 20's. there were number of 9-millimeter shell casings at the scene, but the bullet traveled a block away, putting many people in harms way. luckily, for the toddler, he was saved by inches. but it goes through a wall that's about crash crib in there, rounds goes five, 6 inches above the top of the crib. that is child laying in the crib, three year old baby. the child stands up, the

child -- or if the bullets 10 inches lower, the child's hit. now, police say, there were a homicide in that area last week, in that same area where that shooting happened. now, they are look to go see if there is a possible connection. live in darby borough, syma chowdhry, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> syma, thank you. also, new this morning, fire damaged an apartment in northeast philadelphia. firefighters got the call to the grand meadows apartment, 3100 block of grant avenue overnight. no one was hurt. surrounding amounts were evacuated as a precaution, no word on how that fire started. 4:33, want to get to katie and hear more about this mini heatwave, not yet, sore. >> i won't qualify as heatwave, but remember for a heatwave you need three days of 09 or greater. so it will feel that way but it won't technically qualify, just because perception is reality when you are talking

weather here. skycam three beautiful view hereof atlantic city. i love when they have the ferris wheel all lit up, see it so schlerely, even though the sun has yet to rise, still very mild outside. tour of temperatures in a second, but we check in on storm scan3 quickly, all calm, all quiet, will stay that way for another day. loose as -- looks as though high pressure our general weather story through the rest of the weekment little hiccup along the way, quick moving frontal boundary, will have more to do with temperatures than anything it, doesn't have chance to bring us too much in the way of wet weather. this is very quiet pattern for us, look at these current temperatures, in atlantic city, in the 50's this same time yesterday. sixty-three currently, 70 at the airport, obviously the mildest of the pack here, up in the poconos, you are still in the 50's as is quakertown, very much location dependent, but milder start than what we saw this same time yesterday. basically across the board. your eyewitness weather day planner keeps the sun all day

today. we'll heat up easily, nice morning for you, and still pretty comfortable outside as of 9:00 a.m., should be low 70s, but expecting definitely little bit of up tick in humidity, i think you will notice that, it won't be terribly oppressive. because of the temperature, 88 degrees, whew, will feel awfully hot outsidement bob, over to you. >> look at you whistling at 4:35 in the morning, whistle while you work. live look at i-95, good morning, everybody, right near philadelphia international airport where the right lane is still blocked, part of the paving operation between the girard point double decker all the way down to rid limiter i went to the phillies game last night, that left lane is still not paved. so when you change lanes, you got little bit after speed bump there, crews will be out there for maybe another half hour or so. good morning, to bensalem, live look route one near the pennsylvania turnpike, nice and quiet, roads are dry, so off to good start. coming in from new jersey, 42, and 55, we got to check the flow here, no problems or delays at all heading in toward philadelphia.

but we do have accident along the bethlehem pike. route 309, in this stretch here, southbound, at line lexington road. so right out of the gate this morning, you want to use county line road to work your way around the crash. a water main break, this is left over from last night, route 47, right at high street, just off 322. so watch for some detours this morning. and some over night road work continues on the burlington bristol. they have one lane alternating for another half hour or so. otherwise, mass transit looking good. back to you. >> upper darby man facing charges after police say he was too drunk to drive and made his eight year old nephew the designated driver. >> fifty-eight year old clarence hairston is behind bars. officer noticed his car swerving saturday afternoon and it turned out he saw the man holding a beer with his feet on the pedals and that boy was sitting on his lap doing his best to steer. there was another child riding unrestrained in the back seat. police say hairston was babysitting. >> i would have rather seen

the kid take the car than drive away than have the 58 year old uncle pushing the gas and hitting the brake while the kids eight years old steering the car. the owner of the car was so drunk he couldn't get out of the car without assistance. >> hairston is charged with dui and related offenses. he remains in jail unable to post bail. also this morning, philadelphia police have charged brian boar with murder and related offenses, the frankford homeowner who told police he shot and killed a man he thought was trying to break into his pick up. the shooting happened late thursday night on the 4500 block of torresdale avenue. he claims he shot the man in self-defense. a desperate plea from the mother after hit-and-run victim in south jersey. she begging the driver to come forward. kevin was hit sunday night along sicklerville road near jarvis road. walking home from his job at pizza shop. he suffered a punctured lung, also multiple broken bones. he could be in the hospital for months, we're told, and

she said her son remembers being hit. >> he actually said that he was crossing the road and he felt as if a car was kind of speeding up to hit him. >> he called the pizza shop for help after the car hit him. someone there called 911. police have no surveillance video, no eyewitnesses, and no description of the vehicle. so they hope the public can help. the national transportation safety board is investigating the crash of a mosquito helicopt nerve cape may county. a county owned mosquito sprague chopper made hard landing a yard away from a home. the pilot and passengers were treated and released. police haves a warning for women who live and work in north philadelphia. a 19 jerold told police that she was indecently assaulted while walking to the bus stop in the 100 block of west dolphin street. the attack happened last thursday afternoon. then, early yesterday morning, about a mile away, a 26 year old woman reported that a man

attempted to force her into an alley along north watts street. then tried to get her to have sex with him. he ran away when she started screaming. police do not believe the same man is responsible but they say that women should take extra precaution. your time now 4:39. much more to come on "eyewitness news" this morning. we will check in with the eagles about all of those mark sanchez trade rumors. >> it is officials, philadelphia has some bad drivers, hear the details after new report coming

morning, everyone, city of philadelphia will salute the taney dragons in their run in the little league world series with a parade. >> taney was the first philadelphia team to reach that series. parade will take place wednesday starting at 2:00 p.m. at 20th and market streets. that will go around city hall then down south broad, where it only gets first stop at the kimmel center for philly pop performance. parade will make second stop at broad and washington, for a mummers performance, and that's all before finishing at

fdr park. the phillies will also honor the dragons before wednesday night's game at citizens bank park. on your health watch this morning, medical marijuana laws may have unexpected benefit. new study from penn finds states that allow medical marijuana tends to have fewer painkiller related deaths. the rate of death for drugs like vicodin, percoset, oxycontin, also 25% lower in states that allow medical marijuana. new jersey and delaware allow some use of medical marijuana. pennsylvania does not. now, we showed this video yesterday. exclusive video. driver going the wrong way there on the left hands of your screen on 76. bad driving, right? now the tent annual allstate america's best drivers report in and philadelphia did not do well. philadelphia ranked dead last among americans largest cities in terms of car collision frequency. courted according to a report, a driver in philadelphia will get into a car crash roughly

every six years. there are also more than 60% more likely to crash than the average american. pittsburgh ranked last among america's smaller cities. i guess if you have you an excuse to get in a crash, well, it is the city, not me. >> well, lots of volume. lots of cars. be careful out there, please. >> absolutely. >> very, very careful. >> heating up today? >> we sure are. we say be careful, make sure you have the sun block ready to go, sunglasses, all of that good stuff, especially today beach day for you, lucky you, just be smart about it, because that rip countries being i think will stay elevated for couple of days. yesterday we had high risk, today moderate risk, so it continues on here for us. >> what's out -- >> exactly, i wouldn't be so worried about it if we had wet weather moving, in but we have a forecast really tempting for to you jump in the waves. so if you are going to be one of those people that tries to do that, always do so near a lifeguard. just be real careful, okay? let's take you outside. we'll show you why this is all happening.

we mention we have a hurricane on our hands, tropical satellite showing you cristobal right now. it is still far off to the south. other factors leading to the rip countries being for the last couple of days, but more than anything the next few will be because of that storm coming closer toward our coast. now it, won't strike the us coast, but will make its closest pass to our region in the next few days, high pressure though is the current story. we don't really have anything else going on right now, so we just heat one full sunshine here today, and touch more humidity, this is the next cold front, right now looks a little nasty back through nebraska, eye owe washings but once it starts to roll through our area come say tomorrow evening, we're probably only going to see hit or miss shower or storm out of t soap, with high pressure today, upper 80s, with high pressure tomorrow, we expect high of 90 degrees in the city. then that front comes along, by wednesday night, showers, spotty thunderstorms, that's it. if that. some of you might not even see drop of rain. then cristobal again making its closest pass, will keep the rip current and surf risk

little more elevated. the rough choppy surface what we worry about there. surfers love it, but be smart about it if you jump in the waves. lots of sun, nice and warm out there, if you like that, 88 degrees for you, drop it back to the upper 60s tonight under generally clear sky, but again starting to feel little more humid. so it may end up being your call when you hit the hey for the night, whether you want to leave the windows open, turn the air conditioner off. i would say tonight personal preference kind of day. look ahead to tomorrow, and you will need the air conditioner, let's face it, 90 hot, humid, more sun, maybe spotty shower on wednesday evening. and then thursday just cooler and a lot more comfortable. so short batch of very hot weather, but eventually it will draw to a close. ukee, we send it back to you. thanks, in sports, eagles are gearing up for thursday's pre-season finale at lincoln financial field with mike vick and the new york jets, coming to town. speaking of back up quarterbacks, eagles number two guy, mark sanchez, is the subject every trade rumors, you may have heard, sanchez could be an option for the

rams after they lost their starter, sam bradford for the season, but sanchez says he is not look to go relocate. >> i'm not even worried about it. i have plenty of things to correct, you know, studying, mastering the system, i got a long way to go we'll keep plugging away, help these guys for the jets. i am an eagle, i love being an eagle, that's all i'm going to say about it. >> we need a veteran man and he is the man. >> first place nationals, codey ashley put the phils up two-nothing in the fifth inning. homerun later on, but the story was a.j. burnett who struck out season high 12, and the phils won this 13 to two. cole hamels goes for win number eight tonight. don't forget you can talk sports with our own beasley reese later this morning on our sister station sports radio 94wip. beasley sitting in for angelo

cataldi on the morning show beginning at 5:30. beasley, this is your wake-up call, man, time to get rolling. you should be on the road right now anyway, just in case. >> you should call his cell phone just in case. >> we should do that. >> if he's asleep, we'll never hear the ends of it. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, a lot more to come up. traffic and weather together, first, what's coming up the ton on cbs-3.

three year old sleeping in a crib in a darby borough delaware county apartment. authorities say the bullet likely came from about a block away, they add they are looking for suspects in their teens or 20's. >> police in gloucester township searching for hit-and-run driver who seriously injured 23 year old

kevin trent. hit near the strawberry square shopping center sunday night. investigators say the hit-and-run car has front end damage and possibly a shattered windshield. and, 58 year old clarence hairston faces long list of charges after allegedly allowing his eight year old nephew to steer his car through upper darby. police say hairston was drunk when he was pulled over last saturday. time now for a check of your business news. >> mine watch's jill wagner joins us now from the new york stock exchange, hearing that a.m. monday is making a big purchase there is time teaming video games. what can you tell us? >> reporter: that's right, the e commerce giant plans to buy twitch for about a billion dollars. each month millions of people across the globe use twitch to watch friends and strangers play video games in real time. and, according to analysts, companies pay about 85% more for adds on twitch than other video sites. now, this purchase is seen as a blow to google, earlier this year, google's youtube was

reportedly also looking to buy twitch. ukee, erika? >> jill, most of us we're told to be upbeat at work, have a can-do attitude, impress the boss, but turns out, i understanded, that could actually hurt a company? what's up with that? >> can do attitude may not be so good for business. new study by the university of liverpool finds that if work remembers too chirpy or upbeat it actually can lead to complacency in the workplace, and grumpy workers who expresso posting views can help a group come to a better decision, and also, prevent mistakes. ukee, erika? >> i'm still caught up on the word chirpy. >> i've been trying to figure out how you could put a can you purge on into that store. >> i oh, there go. >> that was my goal. >> will there we go. good stuff. thanks, jim, talking to a little later. coming up after a short break,

4:53, time to get traffic and weather together. >> tuesday, live look at the schuylkill expressway, headlights coming into downtown, no problems or delays at all from one end to the other, the roads are dry, off to a nice quiet start so far this morning. hello northeast philadelphia. live look here, i-95, this is cottman avenue interchange, where again, all of the lanes are shuffled over. right at the moment all of the crews have pick up from the overnight, got good ride between the northeast and downtown, coming in from the suburbs, 422, 202, looking good, headed into king every prussia got crash out here in lansdale. bethlehem pike. that's route 309 here. southbound, blocked at line lexington road. so out of the gate this morning, use county line road, and just what we need here, a water main break over here along route 47, just south of glassboro, so watch for the construction crews, they'll be there during the day, septa's route ten trolley using shuttle because cents between

33rd and market and 63rd and malvern, otherwise, mass transit is in good shape within no delays. katie, i saw sunshine, sunshine, sunshine. >> oh, yes. and it will keep going, off the tv. pretty decent pattern, actually a front that will roll on through mid week, comes maybe with spotty shower, storm, wednesday evening, and otherwise we're wall-to-wall sun for the rest of the week. but temperatures go on this bit of a roller coaster ride. here's what's up. storm scan3, still quiet. >> high pressure, little warmer this morning than it was this same time yesterday. but still comfortable, we've eaked out surplus of 6 degrees, from 24 hours ago in ac, dover, so may feel little less cool to some of you. sixty-three currently in ac after all, and you're still only at 70 at philadelphia at the international airport here. still technically northerly component to the winds, that is light wind. we heat up with a light wind, full sunshine, touch more

humidity, and that's a great pool day if i ever saw it, back to you. >> thank you, here is a look at stories our sister station "kyw news radio 1060" will be following for you. ever wake up feeling woodsy? could be sign of bigger problem called sleep drunkenness. it affect one out of seven americans, and could be the sign of a sleep disorders. new penn state president eric baron side-stepped most of the controversial issues surrounding his school during a appearance at the pennsylvania press club yesterday. and there is now a rival instagram design for kids, called cuddle, check in two, three, four times a day, "kyw news radio 1060" on your a.m. dial. >> coming up next in the next hour, flashfloods sweeps away a bus full of passengers, amazing video ahead. >> big night last night at the emmy's, we'll recap the winners on the other side. back at the top of the hour. good morning, family, see you in a bit.

a stray bullet flies into a house and just misses a three year old sleeping had in is crib. now the search is on for the gunman. >> this man way too drunk to drive. so he chose a designated driver. usually that's a good decision. but the person who got behind the wheel just may disturb you. >> today is tuesday, july 26, goods morning, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehl. also this morning, chopper crashes in south jersey, near feet from a school and several homes. now, investigators are working to determine why it went down. katy? >> erika, today another beautiful bright sunny day, but we are heating up. and we are going to be flirting with 90 for couple of

days in this forecast. we'll have full details coming up. bob? >> 5:00 o'clock straight up on a tuesday morning, looking live at the 42 freeway, light volume so far this morning for the gang coming in toward philadelphia. couple of problems in the neighborhood. we'll check in with mass transit coming up next. good morning. >> bob, thanks, good morning. new this morning, investigators are trying to pinpoint what sparked an apartment fire in northeast philadelphia. the flames broke out just before midnight at the grand meadows apartment the 3100 block of grant avenue. no one was hurt, but as you can see, that apartment did suffer some heavy damage. a stray bullet narrowly miss as sleeping toddler in delaware count. >> i police say that bullet landed just a few inches above the child's crib. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry joins us now, at the darby borough police department with more on this very close call. syma? >> reporter: that's right, police are looking for the people responsible for a stray bullet nearly hitting a toddler sleeping in his crib. right now, police