same kind of fire as what we saw yesterday in the form of the steady heavy rain and frequent lightening and winds that came with those storms but there will nonetheless be what we think will be some thunderstorms out there today. lets take you back in time and show you storm reports that came in for us here from yesterday, washington township there were trees down. that was the big report that we heard due to the wind that came in, upper merion, annville all locations reporting trees down from the storms that came through. at the moment storm scan draw the cloud cover that is more than anything. we have a few pockets of green firing up here but not a solid line necessarily but notice toronto and draw it back toward cincinnati that line of cloud cover. that is leading edge of the cold front which still needs to cross through and it will not cross through as it will fizzle as it tries to cross through. that is why we will keep steam around and showers and storms in the forecast, meanwhile outside in palmyra cove nature park things are tranquil for now, off in the distance, in

center city starting to get lost behind that low lying cloud cover. we don't have a ton of fog but some of you will find it. it is coming in patchy. field camera, that kind of thing. keep that in mine. wind is very light for now. the as we go through the the rest of the forecast we are off to a mild start where we hud get back in the upper 80's later today because of that warm start. it is still steamy. much like yesterday we have some sun and a few showers and then are storms to dodge with time vittoria. good morning everyone. traffic right now is not so much a mixed bag for the most part we're in the the clear. the lets get outside and take a look. first we are taking a peak at 76 right around 202 traveling 202 through the area of king of prussia in delays at all. even though folks are passing brake lights here on the eastbound side it is fantastic on the schuylkill and in the only throughout your western suburbs but anywhere we are traveling right now. same thing on the 42 freeway traveling north bound where we see headlights here in the clear southbound 42 maybe we

are getting an early start to the weekend down the shore maybe, it is great out there ac expressway, traveling garden state parkway, 55 all looking great and in delays for mass transit ukee. a possible lightening strike send a delaware county man to the hospital, it happened during yesterday's quick moving storms. neighbors on the 300 block of the hastings boulevard heard a loud boom and then saw a man falling to the ground right outside of his home. >> it is very scary. >> we saw it rolling n we said girls, hurry up, get in the house but lightening strikes is in the something you really think about. more so they are scared. >> five two-year old man was conscious and alert in word on the extent of his injuries. that incident is under investigation. new this morning a house fire in philadelphia's ogontz neighborhood send one person to the hospital. fire fighters rush to the 400 block of west nedro avenue where they found flames and smoke coming from the bedroom.

they had that fire under control within 15 minutes. a woman is now under going treatment for smoke inhalation. also, new this morning gunfire erupts during an argument outside a bar in mayfair. police are looking for two shooters. investigators say they necessity who one of those men is. twenty year-old man was shot in the arm and he is in stable condition at aria torresdale. police say nearby surveillance camera may have caught that shooting on tape, ukee. philadelphia police are hoping new evidence will help them fine a sexual assault suspect terrorize would go man in south philadelphia. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is at police headquarters to tell you more about this, jen. >> reporter: fear is police are trying to track down a sexual predator targeting woman in one specific neighborhood in south philadelphia a they hope newly released video will help generate new lead. please take a very good look. they say this is suspect they believe is responsible for

this weeks home invasion and sexual assault in south philadelphia. you see him here first walking around and then other shots show suspect driving in the victim's car after police say he attack a 35 year-old woman inside her own home on south rosewood street. see him driving around the the corner and ditching the car he even appears to wipe the car clean before leaving. police say he broke into her home on the 1800 block of rosewood early monday morning. victim woke up to him standing over her. he put his hand over her mouth, demanded money and sexually assaulted her. he left with cash, house keys and her car and now could be link to the similar home invasion and sexual assault that happened in the same area two months ago. they add it could live in the same area as her victims. >> i don't get people that get their kicks harming other people. >> my neighbors or anything, actually to go that.

>> reporter: now this is the sketch police initially released two months ago after a man broke in the home blocks away on south chadwick street. police say this man attempted to sexually a assault and rob a woman there. they are using this sketch in both cases and in both cases the suspect wore red gloves. he is described between 20 and 30 years old and 6-foot and 6-foot two. in the meantime even as the weather warms up police are asking folks in this area to secure their windows even on the second and third floors and remain vigilant until this suspect still on the loose is caught. anyone with any information is of course canned to call police. we are live outside philadelphia police headquarters jan car bear owe cbs-3 "eyewitness news". police hope you can find this suspect in the home invasion. the man got in the apartment above the eagles corner chinese food store at sixth second and spruce tuesday morning. he beat a store employee who was asleep, then left with cash. victim is in guarded

condition, if you have any information, please contact the the philadelphia police. happening today judge is scheduled to eventens a man convicted in the murder of a philadelphia police officer. rafael jones was found guilty of the murder and attempted murder of officer moses walker junior. that officer had just finished his shift at 22nd police district august 182,012th when two men approached him. other suspects negotiated a guilty plea. today septa board is expected to approve banning what they call unacceptable ads from its buses. >> this new advertising policy comes after septa was forced to run anti islam ads after a court ruling. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins with us those details nicole. >> reporter: it started with this ad, 1941 photographs of hitler with the muslim leader and it read islamic/jew hatred it is in the quran. it didn't sit well with folks but since septa accepted other political and other

controversial ads in the past the federal judge ruled that the transit authority was legally required to display it and it did so on 84 buses receiving a total of $30,000. now that will likely in the happen again because today's vote will actually solidify a ban on ads that have have political, controversial or those that criticize a particular person or a group. new policy which is expected to be approved by septa's board today would also require antisser to pay legal bills caused by reactions to antis. now if the ban moves forward tobacco and gun ads would also be prohibited, so once again that vote by septa board is slated for later today and is expect to pass, i think people breathing a sigh of relief, it was just so disturbing for so many people to see that. >> yes, but when you have a court ruling. >> thanks, nicole, appreciate it. something for patco ride tours look forward to today path the co will reveal six refurbished train cars atwood crest station in cherry hill,

new jersey. transit agency that runs the the high speed rail line between philadelphia and lindenwald, new jersey decided to refurbish rather than replace its aging fleet of the 120 railcars. rebuilt cars are part of the overall multi million-dollar project funded in part by the federal government. the centers for disease control is investigating a a potentially deadly mistake by u.s. military. pentagon officials say that live anthrax bacteria was accidentally shipped to labs in as many as nine states, including delaware and new jersey. susan mcginnes explains what the government is now doing about it. >> close to two dozen people at a u.s. air force base in south korea are under preventive medical care getting vaccines and taking antibiotics after possible anthrax exposure. authorities at osan air bass took action after being notified that live anthrax samples were inadvertently shipped from a military lab in utah.

samples were supposed to be inactive. >> no known risk to the general public and no suspected or confirmed cases of anthrax infection. >> reporter: anthrax was part of the department of defense program to develop new ways to identify biological threats. along with a lab in south korea labs in nine states received this sample. they include maryland, texas wisconsin, delaware, new jersey tennessee, new york, california and virginia. at least four lab workers here in the u.s. have been told to take antibiotics. the pentagon first learned of the the mistake when a lab in maryland informed them they had received a live sample last week, the cdc has started to compensate the sample fos testing n washington susan mcginnes for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". your time 5:09. troubling trend on the road traffic deaths are on the rise and it could not happen a worse time. texas just can't seem to catch a break from mother nature see latest severe weather to hit the storm

ravaged state. keep an eye on the ride, sudden spike in motorcycle and scooter deaths and where they are turning up. get ready for another stormy afternoon katie is tracking latest round of rain when we could traffic and weather together on the three's coming up after this, we will be right back.

more bad weather in texas at least two tornadoes touched down in the small town of canadian yesterday. one of the twisters struck a gas drilling rig injuring three workers. tornadoes and other people in texas have been hammered by heavy rains and flooding. authorities say more than a dozen people died in those storms. as more rivers rise toward flood stage officials are now going door to door, they are urging people, to leave their

homes, and no longer safe for many of them to stay in them. right now it is coming up on 5:13. lets start off with kate which traffic and weather together. >> good morning everybody. we are starting off with some clouds and eventually ending up with more showers and thunderstorms across the delaware valley. we will start things off here by taking you out you the to a view of sky cam three which features cloud out there this morning. it is a mild start to the day and we are off to a somewhat muggy start too. not too much wind so we have seen some incident here of some fog that is developing but look at humidity up there 90 percent. notice it is steamy outside. we will go out to storm scan three and we are starting off on a quiet note out there but there will be as we said a couple showers or then are storms that fire up. we can see that moving through very quickly. this is a three hour loop. you start off here and basically already gone over the the course of the couple hours across north of i80 but

through northwestern and sections of pennsylvania and upstate new york. this is all part of the larger frontal boundary that will in the necessarily credits through but try to fizzle and that will bring a shower or thunderstorm. it doesn't look like it will be strong or severe out of that this time around but keep in mind if you ever hear thunder head inside, you are close enough to the storm to be struck by lightening. thunder, you cannot have have one without the other. they go hand a hand and go inside. 88 degrees it is the spec high. sixty-seven tonight. shower around. then we are keeping partly cloudy and muggy overnight. looking for in the fur cost back in the 80's for two more days. the saturday looks like a good pool day. it will be steamy and quiet. we will look ahead to late sat take night into sunday when our next frontal boundary is moving in. more showers and thunderstorms make a return appears to the forecast here. kicking off june cooler, so,

this full dose of summer looks like it will stop as meteorological summer is starting. >> thanks, katie. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> at least i have brighter traffic news because right now we are in the dealing with rush hour, smooth sailing ride on our majors. we are taking a look at i-95, traveling in and around delaware county this shot is not the too far from the commodore barry bridge. notice barely anyone out there, that is good news for right now but when that little bit of sun comes up, rush will come in if we see sun this morning. i believe we will. but anyway i was listening to katie and she said there was something. anyhow moving over to 476 blue route in, delays in either direction. to and from the county schuylkill and, 95 it is all good. at 5:14. traveling in new jersey, east black horse pike that is 42 between watson drive and leddon lane we have an accident there fries mill road

or stage coach road would be two good alternate at this time. and 42 freeway east black horse pike. keep that in mine. we have a accident at west germantown pike and north park avenue. if you try to avoid this area would suggest do you that. no delays at mass transit. things at the airport are just fine. erika and a ukee. have you been drinking your coffee the wrong way for years and didn't know it? there is a wrong way. >> i see you. when you should grab a cup if you want to feel more awake during the day. >> the one text message you never want to see on your cell phone, how this mysterious message can shut down iphones. we will tell you what apple is doing to fix this glitch coming up.

more again suffered a head injury and broken head last june when a wal-mart truck hit

a limo van he was riding in. one comedian was killed and two others were hurt. terms have in the been released but morgan says the the company did right by him. police say the truck driver was speeding and had been awake for more than 24 hours. he pleaded in the guilty to several charges. the crowded field of republican presidential candidates gets another new entry today george powe tacky will be the eighth republican to launch a bid for white house in 2015. he served three terms as insuring's governor before leaving office in 2006. he admits he is a long shot to win the parties nomination. pat tacky's a announcement comes one day after rick santorum launched his campaign. he made it official at a rally near his childhood home outside of pittsburgh. thinks santorum's second time running for president after finished second to mitt romney in 2012. one of the main issues of his campaign is creating more jobs. >> working families don't need

another president, to be tied to big government, or big money. and, today is the day to daze is the the date that we are going to begin to fight back. >> santorum joins republican field that includes ben carson, ted cruz, karlie fee reno, rand paul and marco rubio. on the democratic side hillary clinton and bernie sanders are only candidates to announce that they are running. still a head this morning, forget mvp new star in the nba playoffs. >> see the precious moment when a basketball star was upstaged by his adorable daughter. if you think you will see steven tyler in concert in new jersey, dream on, um-hmm, well done. we have a warning about a ticket scam that is coming more and more common, details coming up.

search is on for a owner of the peacock on the prowl in bucks county.

solebury township police tweeted this picture of the lost peacock last night. it was spotted walking around lower mountain road if you see the bird or know its owner you are asked to give solebury township police a call. that would be odd to see wandering through the yard. >> i know that bird. >> lets get traffic and weather together. good morning katie. >> we are looking at a day that features heat humidity, sun and some showers and storms. nothing of the severe variety that we should see here today. it should just stay run of the mill thunderstorm variety for us as those fire up this have afternoon and evening. already. we have a little sign of life across western lancaster county but not until afternoon and evening that you will to have worry about wet weather. it is definitely a moisture laden atmosphere. low cloud coming n hazy outside whitefield elementary school where everybody is still sleeping. meanwhile your health report,

a brand new comprehensive health report air quality pollen levels, moderator medium high. uv index will be very high today. because we have high temperatures in the upper 80's it will feel more like 90's. you have to be careful with the kind of, you know, just outdoor, strenuous activity that you are engaged in days like this. be careful. as we say if you hear thunder which many will later today please head inside. mid 80's expectation tomorrow, not terribly humid by comparison which is good. saturday should be a great pool day. we have a new frontal boundary working its way in for second half of the weekend. vittoria, over to you. right new traveling out and about on our majors it is still quiet. we don't see rush until 6:00 o'clock, 6:15 so we're waiting. the as we look at the vine street expressway, the lot of folks looks like they have not made their community to work this morning just yet using vine coming to center city heading to schuylkill or i-95.

beautiful commute. of the folks out split is a handful on both side. we are looking great on the vine. still looking good on the schuylkill and i-95 and roosevelt boulevard leading to 76 still in the clear right now, hopefully stays like this for as long as possible. unfortunately if you are traveling in new jersey washington township we have an accident on black horse pike at 42, not 42 freeway this accident is closing intersection of the black horse pike between watson drive and fries mill road. there is a down pole associated with this. fries mill road or stage coach road are two good alternate, no delays for mass transit ukee. phillies open up a nine game home stand tomorrow night beginning with the rockies and it will be good to get back home. phillies were swept in new york yesterday. lucas duda got met party started in the first inning with the the first of his two home runs. mets starter noah cinder gar struck out six phils in seven innings and chipped in a long ball of his own.

he sure did. all mets, final score yesterday was seven to nothing. nba finals are set from one week tonight game one between cleveland cavilers and golden state warriors. warriors step curry had 26 points, eight rebound and six assist toss lead golden state over houston rockets 104-90. james harden had a tough game, two for 11 and committed a playoff record 13 turnovers. yikes. golden state is in the finals for the first time since 1975. after the series, yeah, target is step curry is his daughter riley. she didn't feel like staying backstage and made herself comfortable as she does right there on his lap. it was president exciting enough for her. she got the yawn on. she is a darling. the once again the finals one week from tonight, you know riley will be right there.

erika, back to you. how can you look at what she's saying with her. coming up next on "eyewitness news" we will let you know why tours are on hold at an american land mark. traffic trouble, number of people dying in car accident is on the rise, and it the is really happening at a worse time. mcdonald's make over two changes fast food chain is making to burgers to try to boost slumping sales. vittoria and katie return with traffic and weather together on the three's. beautiful shot of the skies. pretty clear right new but wait until later. kate will let you know if you should expect more storms. we are back in two minutes.

good morning, not much

activity right now on storm scan three but just wait and see that will change over next few hours as we get ready for another stormy afternoon. >> let's talk about the timing and send it over to katie good morning. >> thankfully it does not appear these storms will have the power they had yesterday. that is some good news. we will find some stormy weather similar timing. today's forecast it similar to yesterday that we have warmth, humidity and we have some sunshine, but we will also end up with we can see wet weather coming through in pockets cross upstate new york and draw the line of cloud after the ohio river valley. that is essentially the leading edge of your frontal boundary and that will cross through. it will not cross through so much that it will fizzle as it tries to cross through. right now storm scan three is the at the local level is pretty quiet the thing