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from the can cbs are broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs3 "eyewitness news". severe thunderstorms warnings are in effect right now at remnants of tropical depression bill arrives, stormscan3 shows us the system as it hits our area at this hour good evening, natasha brown, thanks for joining us. powerful storms bring a chance of flooding as well.
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let's get over to just about. he has been tracking these storms all night for us. cbs3 weather center. indulgence what's the latest. >> worst will come through the overnight hour front edge of the heavy rain and -- moving into the delaware valley you can see the brighter colors here the yellows oranges and reds indicating the heavy rain. lightening strikes have been displeasureing a little bit. great news streaks storming really powerful over the baltimore washington area, but weakening, still pack a punch. winds gusting 60 miles per hour southern kent counter delaware and sussex as well. severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 11:30 this evening for central delaware. moving about 35s miles per hour to the northeast. puts it in the dover delaware area around 1111:11 tonight. 11:16 in milford. bridgeton around 11:48. you want to stay safe. is stay indoors when these strong storms move through the region. most of the region murder a
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severe thunderstorm watch until 1:00 a.m. exception lehigh valley in the poke everywhere else shots to be severe storms -- certainly seeing is heavy rains potential for small hail. heavy rain will lead do poor drainage flooding in many areas. aware of that if you're traveling through the overnight. you don't want to travel through the flood the roadway, even if you don't have the thunderstorms. showers are heavy, tropical moisture in the atmosphere, you can feel at the human, with that,s a flood watch remains in effect until 8:00 sunday evening the really the main threat for at the flooding conditions will be through the overnight as we see the showers and storms one to two inches possible. maybe locally higher amount. again leading to poor drainage flooding, we're going to. what the smaller creeks and streams have the best chance to be on the rides tonight. the major rivers are not expected to flood from this event. temperature very warm this hour, mid and upper 70 a lot of humid, which humidity helping
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fuel the showers sent storm. better news for father's day we'll talk about that in a few more minutes p natasha send it back to you. >> breaking news right now several people shot in mantua including two children steve part son live for us on the phone right now he's at the scene. steve, what can you tell us? >> reporter: obviously, extremely early in this investigation, police still continuing to hold the wide radius around this scene, here's what we know so far. this information is confirmed. seven people have been shot. here in the mantua seconds of physical. five adults were struck. ranging from about 15 to 25. two children also struck ages ten and two. the 2-year-old, i'm told, was struck or at least grazed in the in fact, once again early bull i was the of the victim in critical conditions. philadelphia police 10:00 this evening, some sort of picnic or
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peace full gathering, when all of a sudden an unknown number tv suspects perhaps one were rounded the corner, with at least one should go and started firing into the crowd. again, the breaking news here seven people struck by that gunfire, five adult, two children, all of them at least at this point listed in critical condition. natasha? >> i guess still trying could confirm the relationship between the victims in any at all. siblings? parents, any connection at all? >> reporter: still too early to tell, natasha. we were not sure what the realization, if any to the shooters. we -- at this point, we're hearing random kind of shooting. they just rounded the corner and started shooting on that crowd, but we're not sure what the connective with the the shooters and that crowd and also the people injured at this point. >> steve patterson on the scene there, we'll stay on top of this and bring you the latest as we get more information in this
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case. also tonight, a man if he is oa could give a investigators a better pert of the gunman excused accused in the charleston church massacre. 2500 word racist rant on a website, trying to confirm if it was written by the suspect dylann roof. there were photos of roof holding a gun. sitting with mannequins and burning an american flag. meantime. crews are working now to get the emmanuel ame church ready for passionate again. the church is expected to reopen for service the tomorrow morning. >> for this to take place, very senseless. all of them in there. better meant of man kind. >> we still have actual violence being committed through the way of domestic enemies and domestic terrorist under this flag. >> the shooting is being investigated as a hate crime. connections to the victims extend far beyond south carolina we spoke with local artist. he was a close friend cynthia
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heard, the 54-year-old librarian died in the shooting. quash she says he was working on a project with her at a local library before the shooting and that the pair collaborated very often. >> i was getting areed to call her. driving by her house, i just remember, i need to call cynthia. i'll call her when i get back. and i would just absolutely shocked, you know, when i saw that. >> he said he said he knew her 25 year years, premiering a new gallery this weekend. at philadelphia african-american and if museum. a is a tire on american slavery and modern race relations pottstown religious community held a prayer victim for the religious community today. victims of many faiths came together to the synagogue and met this afternoon. several of the people involved in this gathering had connections to clementa pickney. the reverend and state senator killed in this tragedy.
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one philadelphia neighborhood also gathered today to protest for peace in the wake of the church shooting. the community on the 5500 block of chester avenue in southwest philly came out for the stop the violence block party. state senator thorn hardy williams one of the events organizeders said the dylann roof. his view of african-americans are, they rape, pill itch rob our answer to that is we come out in peace. >> event organized annually activity third year, this year there was also a father's day tribute and concert as well. . stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage or the south carolina church massacre. we'll bring you any updates at cbsphilly.com. also now the search for a pair of escaped killers shift add bit to an area near the new york pennsylvania border after an
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unconfirmed sighting. state police now warning residents to stay on alert. correspond brian web has more. >> reporter: multiple law enforcement agencies have set up a preliminary neither near friendship new york near the pennsylvania border after at possible sighting of convicted killers david sweat and richard matt according to new york state police. it's the third possible sighting of the men in the same general area over the past week. >> we're not going anywhere. our plan is to pursue these men relentlessly and until they're in custody. >> sweat and mat cut their way out of the clinton correction although facility on june 6 using power tools t prison employ joyce mitchell is behind bars accused of helping them escape. a former prison guard says officials had warned mitchell about her relationship with the prisoners. >> she was talked to about getting too close to the inmates. prison firms also suspended a corrections officer as part of the investigation, but didn't
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release any further details. in new york brian web for cbs3 "eyewitness news". . police officer in new orleans murdered today while transporting a suspect to jail. darn hollow way was shot and proneed dead later at a city hospital. the suspect 33-year-old travis boyd freed his hand from his handcuffs grabbed the gun and shot hollow way. escaped the vehicle after the shooting. still on the loose at this hour. philadelphia police are investigating a deadly shooting tonight, it happened early this morning in mayfair, a visit-year-old man was shot once in the hip. he was pronounced dead at temple hospital. the shooter is still out there somewhere. anyone with information should contact philadelphia police da. we do have an update on an intentional hit-and-run that led to a philadelphia woman losing her leg. the victim, bee tress spens is now home from the hospital. police charged precious coleman
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with attempted murder in this case after she allegedly ran over spens with her car. police say on that same day, spens's house caught on fire when her mother ran out of the house to check on her daughter, leaving food cooking on the stove. a tanker fire shutdown part of the pa turnpike today. the truck was carrying 2700 gallons of home heating oil. it caused fire near the bensalem interchange in bucks county. crews brought in foam to try to clean up the mess as quickly as possibly they fakesed up a damaged stretch of guardrail and also reopened the road. block parties and basketball games were on tap in camden today. police city leaders and volunteers all spent the day with local kids. it's an effort to strength community pond and also enjoy summer fun on the court and in the shade. camden will host these kinds of events on on a regular basis to
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strengthen their relationship with the community. stay with us still ahead on "eyewitness news" a disaster overted see how a parachuteest i was was saved by his partner when his chute got tangled. >> heavy rain and severe thunderstorms can't to move through the region i'll let you know how it impacts on father's day. phillies trying to beat one of the best e-mails baseball and try to rebounding after last [african-style music] ♪ take my hand to the land ♪
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northeast republican leadership conference prospective 2016 scott walkerer delivered the key note address -- senator chris christy rick santorum among those in attendance. governor walker spoke about the significance philadelphia has for the contest. >> when you think of freedom and founder and the people that were here and what is meant for our country softive such an honor. >> conservative activitys discussed young leaders in the republican party. one of the battle ground state as always for the presidential election coming up in 2016 and will host theing dramatic national convention next year. also, presidential clothe hilary clinton -- touched on racism, gun violence and the charleston shooting. >> as a mother, grandmother, fellow human being, my heart is bursting for them.
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for these victims and their families, for a wounded community, and a wounded church. for our country, struggling once again to make sense of violence that is fundamental to tally to senseless. and history we desperately want to leave behind. yesterday. >> again you heard clinton call the violence fundamentally senseless, a history that we desperately want to leave behind in her comments there. also new jersey special welcome home for a pair of veterans "eyewitness news" on haddon township where army staff sergeant paul row did he say stae and joseph white were greeted. both were most recently deployed. they have served in iraq and also had employments in europe and affect. >> not everybody gets a big welcome home. not everybody has a big family -- truly amazing.
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so, re i believe everybody should experience it. >> paul is a lumpest of consolidation wood high school, graduated and joined the marines, joseph white went to rancocus value reach high. is streets are back open in center city philadelphia today, after a day of diverted tragic and delays helicopters swirled around a large air conditioner near city hall. the project closed down 11th through 16th near market and that was -- luckily all the roads have since reopened. it's a good thing, always difficult to get around -- i saw that lightening pretty dazzling out there. >> coming our way right now, heavy rains be careful if you're traveling through the overnight hours, does get better by mid morning for father's day. that's something to look forward to. ok finish to the weekend. now through about the next six hours have to be careful stepping outside, we're already seeing light rain in center city, we'll take a live look from our roof camera right now and some of the heavy rain yet
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to come. just off to our west. but we're starting to see that rainfall, here you see the wet roads across center city right now. let's go to stormscan3, you can see a lot of yowls, oranges and reds indicating of her rainfall apartment lightening strikes starting to diminish, we're seeing strong to severe thunderstorms continuing to move into the delaware valley all the remnants of what was bill. came assure earlier this week again, the next few showers pretty much going to be under the gun for heavy rainfall, a potential for some severe thunderstorms. we still have severe thunderstorm in effect right now, for parts of consent and can sussex delaware. you can see the steadier rain in philadelphia, right now as well as berks county look out even up to the lawful strong thunderstorms, severe thunderstorms moving for the did dover area probably gusting to about 60 miles per hour with that storm, there you go see the lightening strikes moving
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off to the northeast about -- milford delaware,s to about in our 11:18 bridgeton 11:invest. eventually to vineland new jersey, at this pace coming in just after midnight at 12:11. if you don't get the storm. you'll still have the potential for flooding rain, poor drainage flooding really going to be the thing of concern, watch the smaller creeks and streams. looks like major river flooding not expected from the system it's pretty quick moving. should be out of here by 6:00 7:00 a.m. sunday temperatures warm humid and that tropical air mass fueling remnants of bill moving out to sea tomorrow. we'll get rid of those early morning showers, actually see sunshine for sunday afternoon. maybe a lit day scattered storm is possible. most areas looking much better by tomorrow afternoon. the gets hot though for at the start of the work week, monday back into the low 90's, under mostly sunny skies, tuesday hotter. mid 90's for the high
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temperatures and another front comes in here later on tuesday evening. bringing another chance for few showers and thunderstorms. again, now through the overnight. we'll be under the gun with heavy rainfall potentially strong severe storms severe thunderstorm remains in effect until 1:00 a.m. 7:00, by mid morning there you go sunshine for the first day of summer and father's day looks good in the afternoon, doctor, the evening, there could be another spotty shower or thunderstorm finally by monday totally clear out bring back most sunny conditions if you get caught under one of these slow moving thunderstorms. it could drop a quick one to two inches of rain, generally about an inch or two possible indicated by the blues and purpose else most of the heaviest rain will be to you are oh west across central pennsylvania. so through the overnight. watch out for heavy showers and thunderstorms. 73 for the low temperature, muggy outside. tomorrow best shot through the
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rain will be early during the morning, improving conditions by 7:00 8:00 a.m. during the afternoon could be late day short time, 88 degrees, shore plans during the morning hours we'll see the rain by the afternoon, sunshine break out not a bad afternoon, 84 degrees, ocean water nice and comfortable at 73. here we go, the extended forecast, upper 80's tomorrow, 90 for the high on monday. tuesday we're at 94 degrees. looks like we'll bring back the 80's for the middle of the week. by the end. lower 80's with the chance for some more showers and storms. tomorrow, summer officially arrives at 12:38 and it's father's day. >> thank you very much. it's going to be salvage add. dad's day very important. thank you so much. phillies are very important too. very. just trying to rebounding. especially after last night's pounding at the hand's of the card analyst, aaron harang almost a perf
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. unfortunately no score. big last night. phillies now gone 25 consecutive starts without earning a win. aaron harang trying to change that tonight against the cardinals. the phillies actually had a lead in this game. second inning cody asche put the phillies up one to nothing. unfortunately that lead will not hold. the game tieded up at one in the six. check out this hit. ball goes -- actually ends up in in the bull pen, after this all
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downhill for the philliesings lose ten to one. before the game tonight, the phillies designated phillip aumont for assignment he came over in the trade as a relief he has been starting this year for lehigh valley. started last night. went four innings gave up six runs walked seven batteries. washington nationals max on the virtue of a bifurcated game today two outside two strikes, hits the fiernl batter. unbelievable. he would finish off the no hitter. so close to perfection washington here's what you get. a chocolate syrup shower. his last two starts, he's thrown two complete games and give up one hit and walk. next up for ensure sir phillies on friday. west coast taking on a pair of los angeles, both teams under way at this time.
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to make the world better foundation, second annual benefit consent all the proceeds going to be the revital l&i sensation in south philadelphia. back to baseball history yesterday in new york. alex rodriguez hit this home run, huge career milestone but one problem. caught this historic ball. zach campbell isn't going to give it back this is a guy who knows a thing another about catching a baseball. he catching more than 8,000, yankees tried to negotiate with him by trading memo bill anyway. quoted news day as saying it's kind of like well, i don't like you and i have something you want and you can't have it. he is negotiateing with maybe. >> but he has mastered art of catching these balls. >> how would he know? we
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spca national hero dog award last night. >> look at this rain right now, we have heavy steady rape moving on still thunderstorms around some of them could be severe. the good news is a lot of these storms are weakening, flood potential through the overnight. >> thank you so much and thank you for joining us we appreciate you being with us morning team starts at
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(crowd chattering) good morning. i'm frank reagan. i'd like to welcome you all to our fair city. i see a lot of familiar faces. some new ones, and i look forward to spending some time with all of you over the next few days. if we ald just settle down. (chattering stops) l coul thank you. gathered in this room are law enforcement professionals from all over the tristate area. and it's an honor and a pleasure to have you with us. we got a lot of ground to cover and a wealth of information to share, so let's get started. with an update on this morning's schedule detective abigail baker.
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