we're following breaking news gunman posing as police officer pulled off a daring heist and now they are on the run with a hundred thousand dollars. good morning, everyone. gunman pulled off heist at a philadelphia food distribution center overnight. >> "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry joins us live on the scene in fishtown with the breaking details. syma, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it seems like a scene from the movie if you think bit. two armed men come here impersonating themselves as police officers demanding money. this all happened at cowa distribution center and the men ran off with nearly a hundred thousand dollars. now, the two men were impersonating themselves as

police officers, they knock on the steel door and demanded owners to open up and once they did the robbers pointed a gun to their heads and made them open up a safe containing two bags filled with the money. this happened arm 2:15 when owners were getting ready to open for business. both men had baseball caps on it that had the word police on it, and one was possibly wearing a badge around his neck. at the time there was another employee inside who hid from the armed men. when detectives arrived owners were shaken up but not injured there was a language barrier so an interpreter had to come in. police say gunman tried to dismantle the warehouse security system before taking off with the money. >> they then tried to tear some off the recording video, equipment, off of the wall, which they did, so they threw it to the ground and then they exited through the same door that they entered and fled in the vehicle. and what they did fail to break the security camera.

new detectives have been reviewing the surveillance video and they plan to give it to the media to identify the gun man. two robbers trove off, in the black suv probably a chevy that had flashing light on the dashboard again trying to i am person nate police officers. erika and ukee, police are trying to figure out if this may be an inside job, previous employees, current employees are looking at possibility because this distribution center kind of sits off the beat and path between delaware river and i-95 and it seems too random to be targeted, so especially with that much money inside. police officers are looking into that as well. we are live, syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". also breaking news right new lets look live as crews search for a person in the schuylkill river. investigators tell cbs-3 at least one person is in the water. in word yet how the person ended up there search is on going near st. joes prep boat house in the strawberry mansion bridge. we are expecting an update

very shortly and we will bring that to you as soon as they get started. meanwhile a suspect is behind bars this morning following a brutal double murder in northeast philadelphia. investigators have charged 25 year-old james meres in connection with the deaths of dolly evans and ruby thomas. would the men were found shot in the head inside a home on vista street on saturday. meres faces two counts of murder, robbery and other related charges. one man is in police custody following a string of robberies targeting elderly residents in the north east. keith perkins turned himself in on monday. police are still looking for joseph donaldson and new a third man ronald singleton. authorities say that these men would follow victims from banks and then rob them outside of their homes. 5:33. lets get traffic and weather together. we will heat up again, katie. >> absolutely we over achieved yesterday, in fact, temperatures did have a chance with the full, hot sunlight, to get up to 90 degrees.

we're very lightly going to make it two for two out there let look at these stats in fact as we tack on yesterday 90-degree day. that should say tuesday. it makes it second so far this month. sixteenth so far this season. twenty-three would be the average for our area so we're a little shy of where we should be meteorological summer business ready to wrap up to a close here in a matter have days. the lets take you outside to see where temperatures stan. we are in where close to 90 but sunnies not up just yet either so it is just time. trenton, oxford, reading, cinnaminson all in the 60's right now and it is a mild start but not terribly uncomfortable. even though we are seeing an up tic in humidity it doesn't feel too bad just yet. here's storm scan three. we have cristobal there out to sea and out towards chicago our next trough digging in. that will help keep cristobal out to sea but it could mean

an isolated shower or thunderstorm toward evening time from the poconos down to the lehigh valley, perhaps even as far south east as philadelphia but would i say many of us have a good shot to actually stay dry. expect more sunshine. it will heat up. 90 degrees in philadelphia, expect days, what looks like an awesome shore day is just that but it is face value keep in mind rip current risk remains high today. >> you know what else today is, it is water slide wednesday at ukee's house, right after talk philly at noon, we will load up the news van and we will all go for a ride. >> yeah. >> role the windows down. the lets look live at the 42 freeway. headlights in toward philadelphia we are seeing volume pop here early this morning working your way in toward the work zone and 295, but nothing out of the ordinary. hardly anyone in the opposite direction there. downtown live look at the vine street express weighed in and out of the city we're in good shape this morning between the the 95 and schuylkill expressway. and some construction crew is still with us for another half

an hour. north on the boulevard, inner drive, we have uneven pavement here even though crews pulled away those manhole covers and drainage grates are still exposed and knock your front end alignment out there. south on the extension right here near lansdale a work crew out until 6:00 o'clock. they are working east on the turnpike right here near valley forge and working your way in towards philadelphia this morning no problems or delays from 55, as you work your way up through turnpike and in toward bellmawr. mass transit in delays, ukee, back to you. 5:36. in business news what kind of improvements are coming to the ipad. >> just when you thought you could not improve it. >> i know. >> new business to announce job cuts, money watch's jill wagner joins us now live from the new york stock exchange with those stories and more, jill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning ukee and erika. late summer surge, s and p rose two points, close ago above the 2,000 mark for the the first time ever. to you jones gained 29 points,

nasdaq is up 13. well, job cuts are coming to time warner turner broadcasting. company is offering voluntary buy outs to 600 employees in the u.s. who are at least 55 years old. turner owns cnn, cartoon network and turner classic movies. the company is reportedly looking to cut cost to focus on more original programming and prepare for rising rights fees to air nba games. american airlines and u.s. airways are pulling their flight listing from orbitz after a contract dispute. american says paying them for flights book on the cities just becoming too costly. american fares have been dropped from the web site, u.s. airways will do the same next monday. travelers who have ticket from orbitz or sister site cheap tickets.com will still be able to fly but any changes will have to be made through the airlines. ipad business to get bigger, according to bloomberg apple's new ipad will have a

screen measuring 12.9 inches, and 3 inches more than the largest current model. it will reportly have a glare free screen and more touch features,e key and erika. >> carrying around a flat screen tv, my goodness. >> it is coming to that eventually. >> it will weigh 1 pound. >> exactly. >> thanks, appreciate it. there is some anger in bucks county two veterans cemeteries final resting places for war heroes are desecrated. fifty to 60 veterans graves at rose dale and roosevelt cemeteries in bensalem were damaged. police were trying to find vandals who pulled american flags from grave sites, piled them up and then burn them. >> desecrate someone's loved one cemetery plot, there is a place for you one day, it will be below frown. >> apparently they don't care, it is sad. >> members of the vfw post plan to replace every flag that was burn. so disappointing.

right now 5:38. before you go shopping labor day weekend three is on your side big bargains to find this weekend and items you should hold off on buying. popular yogurt pulled off store shelves we will tell but the the fight that forced the supermarket chain to stop selling it, kate the eye? today is another hot one for us out there as temperatures spike once again, we are also picking up more humidity as well and eventually we will have to dodge some wet weather, we will tell you when comin

two armed men robbed a fishtown food distribution center earlier this morning. police say they got away with nearly a hundred thousand dollars. more breaking news also a live picture from the schuylkill river along kelly drive. there are reports at least one person is in the the water. we do have a crew on the scene giving us this live picture right now and we will update breaking news as soon as we will get some new information. it is a big day for philadelphia's little leaguers, taney dragons will celebrate with the parade down south broad street beginning at 2:00 this afternoon. it will be a great time. it will also be streaming live at cbs philly.com. put on your sun block before you head out there. so-called serial stowe away has been arrested again this time she was caught loitering around a checkpoint at an arizona airport without

a plane ticket. six two-year old marilyn jean hartman is being held on suspicion of criminal trespass. she's accused of trying to sneak on board flights without a ticket and was already sentenced to jail once in california. airport personnel at sky harbor airport in phoenix, they recognized hartman and notified authorities. and check out this crazy video from oklahoma national guard base from one of them, test where is being conduct on the alarm system which something triggered the suppression foam equipment inside the hangers. foam buried three black hawk helicopters. fortunately they were not seriously damage. in reports of injuries. clean up is underway. i'm hure they are looking into how exactly all that foam got shot out. >> my goodness. >> big clean up job. coming up at 5:43. let get traffic and weather to go. how sit looking out there. >> it is not bad for us at home but we will start off with the nice wide zoom here, a couple features, one is very obvious and that is this guy

of course our hurricane still a category one hurricane cristobal out there then we have a tropical starting to dig in. we have seen activity over the last couple of days. it is putting news a squeeze play where we have more southeasterly component to the wind flow helping some of that heat and humidity, just to get a little bit more, add in atmosphere. it will make it hotter here today. we did over achieve. we did hit 90. we will jump to 2:00 p.m. our taney dragons out for their parade at this point all clear, no worries. couple white clouds and that will be it. come this evening that trough does begin but look at this, this is the worst it the may get. spotty stuff. spotty showers. spotty thunderstorm, nothing severe with this. so i would venture to say almost all of you will get by here without a drop but don't be surprised if you see it. somebody will. meanwhile come tomorrow another beautiful day. trophies through. we will see cristobal at that

point make his biggest or closest path to our shorelines. so, here's the center of the storm as we speak, basically parallel at this point with the carolinas and georgia. but it will be making that expected right-hand turn. not a direct impact to the shoreline but rather high risk for rip currents we are still concerned about today. wave heights three to 4 feet so what looks like at face value like an awesome beach day gets a little more dicey as soon as we step in the ocean water. sixty-nine currently at the airport. generally in the 60's a around the board and somewhat comfortable despite this modest up tic on the humidity. meanwhile today it will get hot, too steamy for some and air quality alert also issued for better part of the greater fail area, later this evening, that spotty shower or storm coming along but pays dividend tomorrow. hurricane passes by and we will bring back nice weather, bob, over to you. 5:44 on a wednesday, a live look at the schuylkill expressway right here near university avenue. in problems or delays at all,

road dry from south philadelphia all the way out to king of prussia lets go to i-95 again right here near girard point double decker from the bridge down to the red roll up and down i-95. red of the majors are in good shape coming from royersford into king of prussia in problems from west chester up to kop. who is ready for a parade. we've got one today. we will kick it off at 2:00 at 20th and market. we will roll up market street around city hall and down broad street into south philadelphia and end up at fdr park a long the way we will have roving closure points, roving closures and septa bus detours will go on a around the block detour as well. beginning at 1:30 the bus that he is use market street will go on a detour and beginning at 2:00 once that parade turns to city hall bus that he is use broad street will go on a detour. it will take 20 or 30 minutes. then they will be back on track and buses will be back to normal and on the regular routes the by the beginning of

the evening rush hour. stay tup date with the detours with our app titled your drive. down load app for iphone and android devices by going to, cbs philly.com/your drive. ukee, back to you. it is not always fun and games at the radio. take a look at this. this bull tried to get retaliation from the cow town radio. he flipped over, jason power and two bull fighters. luckily no one was injured. all three will be back in the arena for next rodeo. it is all in the day's work. they have been doing a dangerous but great job, over the years. >> one guy flying over the fence. >> on a trampoline practically. >> that is dangerous work. they love their work. they have been doing a great job for years. >> word not all of the money in the world has new meaning

in the world. >> i know that is right. forgetting parliamentary procedure in macedonia. >> there was an old fashion fight on the floor of the parliament yesterday. budget debate triggered a fist fight between lawmakers. this is from rival albanian political parties. one law maker was treated for an eye injuries. both started the other for starting the fight. macedonia had a been. clearing brawl in their particlement in 2012 as well, wow. >> they are going at it. come on, by. whole foods pulled yogurt from the shelves amid controversy over its contend. let's show you photo of the empty shelf taken by one lawyer suing the chain. lawsuit alleged that the grocery store under states the amount of sugar in its store brand yogurt. back in july consumer reports tested the product and found it contained more than five times the the amount of sugar listed on the cers sent thus statement, we strive to only provide highest quality

products with accurate product labeling under our 365 every day value line this product was tested by a reputable third party lab using f.d.a. approved testing methodology to determine the labeling. we recognize that consumer reports is a trusted publication and are looking into why their test results are different from ours. the chain by the way said it would not comment on the lawsuit. >> a lot more sugar five times the amount. >> that is a lot. labor day weekend is just a few days away, lot of folks have a long weekend ahead and hit up those holiday sales. >> what is the bar gauge. >> emily schmidt is live in washington d.c. to show what to buy and which at toms wait for. good morning, young lady. >> good morning. >> ukee and erika, good morning. the nice to be with you. we are talking about silver linings. if you have to say good bye to summer at least you can say hello to good deals. one is as close as your gas tank. triple a travel says average

price gallon of the gas this weekend $3.44. good news. that is 15 cents less than it was this time last year. maybe why triple u.s. and israeli a says 35 million americans will hit the road this weekend, the most since 2008. when they are driving for bargains what are they looking for. triple a.com says look for appliance that he is help you put food on the table, discounts can be up to 45 percent on major appliances. chances to save even more if you purchase on line use those handy coupon codes. think about what you will miss when winter arrives, all that summertime spend outside, chances are you can find opportunities for sale there bikes go on sale this time of the year, so does camping gear and that patio furniture? how much? lowes, target, wal-mart all took 75 percent off patio furniture for labor day weekend. they are expecting similar sales this year. this is interesting, if you are thinking of those long, cold winter nights ahead, ease the pain by looking at mattresses. sales this weekend could be

about 60 percent off, people go mattress shopping on labor day if they are in the heading to the beach apparently. >> that is a huge discount. >> wow. >> we all love deals but do you think any deals might get better with time, what should we hold off on buying. >> reporter: we were talking about those outdoor living deals going on, hold off on buying grills, kiplinger's say, they are on sale but they have deeper discounts into september. so unless you have burned out your coils because you have done too many burgers hold off. also keep the flip-flops on as long as you can because fall clothing gannon sale new but it will get less expensive, later in the year and electronics, best deals for those black friday and here is a reality check that is just three months away. >> she went there. >> i haven't heard the word black friday since the last one. >> i w to it. >> thanks. >> appreciate it, thank you.

>> comfort yourself with new patio furniture. through go. before you walk out the door we will get another check of traffic and weather together on the three's. also kim kardashian coming soon to cbs, we have a word on her guest appearance on a hit show when we come male announcer: the coastal villages,ss waiting. scenic waterways and the land of our national anthem along the star-spangled banner national historic trail. there's an adventure waiting for you in maryland. land of discovery.

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runaways and home less youth in the u.s. for one night only call it two broke girls and one really rich one. just in case were you warred i had kim kardashian was not the getting enough time in front of the cameras reza shourd, the mom and mogul will guest star in two broke girls. that episode will air october 27th at 8:00 p.m. right here on cbs-3. >> isn't kanye supposed to be here this weekend. >> indeed. >> yes for made in america. >> okay. lets get traffic and weather together. >> ukee is witt. he is down. >> i'm down with that. >> thank goodness because i was worried about kim kardashian not being on television. sky cam three, gorgeous view, beautiful beginning to the day in atlantic city. i want to show you this three day forecast. we are going for 90 under that sunshine, the spotty shower and storms, mostly dry tomorrow, lovely with less humidity. 84 degrees and abundant

sunshine, bob. >> 5:55. changing instantly there. lets go outside live to our traffic cameras here we are looking live at the route 30 bypass good morning to downingtown, as headlights role heading in towards king of prussia, we will check rest of the road and

we're following breaking news a huge heist overnight men posing as police rip off nearly a hundred thousand dollars. also breaking a major investigation going on along the schuylkill river where police divers have just recovered two bodies, we will have a live report, coming up next, good morningng.

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we will start with breaking news from the fairmount park area, police discovered two bodies, bound with duct tape floating in the schuylkill river. crew as arrived at the scene

around 4:00 this morning have after a report of someone in the water. you're looking live right now as the search continues to give you perspective, right here near the grandstanded near columbia railroad bridge. police have set up a podium and we are expecting a news conference to happen any moment. we will continue to follow this and bring you any details throughout our morning broadcast. also updating our other breaking news story two armed suspects posing as officers pulled off a daring heist at the a food distribution center in fishtown. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry has more from the scene with the latest on this investigation. >> reporter: police say two armed men impersonated police officers in the cowa distribution food center and made off with nearly a hundred thousand dollars. >> they both had guns. th