season. temperatures will be in the 90s, will feel more like 100 degrees. >> oh, and that heat is paving the way for stormy afternoon. we are at higher than usual risk for thunderstorms that means, wind, hail, even possibly tornados, too. >> here we go. lots to talk about today. here's katie right now in the weather center. >> yes guys, absolutely right. this is summer day that's throws everything at us that it possibly consideration right? you have heat. you have humidity. you have the threat for severe thunderstorms, that could truly bring everything but the kitchen sink with us. we start things off by taking you right back out to the view of storm scan, nasty stuff going on here, with some severe thunderstorms currently firing up across northwestern pennsylvania right across that new york state border here. and i want to talk about what's going on with this lightning. there are hundreds of strikes that have shown up within say the last half hour or so, when these really start today ignite. so, this is sort after sign of things to come for us. these aren't necessarily making a bee line, for our area, but eventually, this afternoon, and early evening we are going to see similar situations unfold here.

meantime, as of 11:00 a.m., heat advisory takes effect for heat index values that spike to near or actually to the century mark, only for the counties shaded in the orange here, but you are talking thousands of people affected by there is urban corridor of i95. so with the heat advisory, talking low to mid 90s on the they are mom term, heat index values to up 100 make sure to drink plenty of water if you have to be out in. >> this best thing to do really is seek out the air-conditioning, if it starts to bother you just avoid the worse of the strenuous activity at the height of the day. if you have got outdoor plans you have got to get n you have got to take your jog during the day do it now before it gets too bad out there. eventually though, these temperatures again, back to the 90's, feeling the heat, feeling the humidity, and just in time for evening rush hour by hour here in toward philadelphia. we expect those nazi storms to ignite. ukee, over to you. >> thanks so. the morning rush starting to kick in now, starting to see heavy volume on i95 headed southbound near cottman avenue. that's the look right there on the right side of your

screenment take a look at the maps. here is a look at the speed censors rest of the majors, everything as you can see there, 55, 55, 43, 55, ya, everything looking pretty good this morning. all westbound lanes block on route 422 between route 100 route 662 in pottstown. because of once again downed wires from an accident, we've been telling but that accident happened about 3:30 a.m. we will continue to give you traffic update throughout the morning. >> right now, we want to get something very special for us, this morning. >> yes? >> big news out of rome. we now know some of those big acts performing at the world meeting of families when the pope comes to fill any september. >> "eyewitness news" anchor jessica dean was therefore the announcement. she with the philadelphia delegation, and joins us now live from rome. jessica, good morning. >> cha bella! >> ciou everybody. good morning everyone, noon here in rome, just afternoon i'm telling you we are feeling some of the same weather you guys are getting very warm here, very sunny here today. we were with the delegation

earlier this morning. and we were at north american college where they made that big announcement. and this is some big names. these are big names people will be very excited but this. what we now know during the world meeting of families, when the pope is there we will have andre a bow chilly, have juanes, and also the philadelphia orchestra perform withing them. it will be quite a concert on the parkway as you can imagine, as they made that announcement this morning, the world meeting of families, executive director, was telling us just how excited they are to really have an international line up. because do you have remember, the world meeting of families means the world is coming to philadelphia. we're going have people from all over, who speak all languages, so they are really trying appeal to a massive audience. but, in addition to that, and this is what's so great as well, we will have our own philadelphia orchestra as the cornerstone, the house band if you will during this entire event. they'll also be playing for the papal mass. very, very special. mayor nutter had a very unique

way of saying it. take a listen. >> i love jay-z and beyonce and of course phillies own house bands the roots. but here is something quite magical about the idea, the thought, the visual, pope francis being on stage in our city, with andre a bow chilly, juanes, philadelphia orchestra, all at the same time. >> all coming to philadelphia to perform during the festival of families, which is part of the world meeting of families, and, archbishop chaput and donna ferrell both told me they expect more people to confirm, so we will have more artists to tell you about in the coming weeks. just trying to work out all of the schedules. you know, a loft these musicians have schedules that go months and months in the future. they're trying to work through. that will that's what's happening with the delegation.

right now doing some tours of the wonderful sites here, they are going through the vatican garden as we speak. so they are having nice day here in rome, as well. we continue to follow them. guys coming un tonight at 5:00 and 6:00 we did get to talk with archbishop chaput for the first time since we arrived here in rome, got a feeling what's to come the planning and how special all of this is, both for the city of philadelphia, the archdioces, but also, anyone in philadelphia, catholic or not, that will be there this is really going to be quite an event, guys. >> oh, that it will be. yes indeed. it will be beautiful. jessica you and the crew continue to dot great work. we'll see you little later today. >> and get a gelato for us, okay? >> you got t we're on it, we'll take that challenge. see you soon. >> great to see you jessica. and look for jessica's reports from rome all week on "eyewitness news". and now, back home, and in the news gunfire erupts in a philadelphia neighborhood for a second time in three days. several bystanders including

children are hit with bullet. on saturday, ten people were caught in the line of fire in mantua. yesterday, shooting was in kensington. children playing in the fire hydrant area had to run inside to dodge bullets. "eyewitness news" had exclusive video of the incident justin finch joins us now at police headquarters with the very lateness this investigation. justin? >> ukee, good morning. violent start to the summer here in philadelphia, as you mention, two shootings, so far this summer, with dozen wounded, children among that number, as well. and we do have exclusive surveillance video of that shooting on monday afternoon in kensington, we're about to show it to you now. but warning before you watch for some it, may be difficult to watch. >> police and evidence markers spread over another mass shooting scene monday afternoon. this time, on the 700 block of east hilton street, in kensington. >> well, i don't know who did that man. who ever did that is crazy. >> neighbors lamenting another shooting, where kids are

caught in the crossfire. and here, a look at the moments before, during and after bullet blasted the block. look as children playing in water at a hydrant are quickly whisk away by alert adults. seconds later, two men appear to walk into the gunfire, one falls, he is hit. >> we heard something. we thought it was fireworks. when we come over here, we see blood. >> i was in my truck driving northbound on g and i saw the people got shot. >> orlando garcia says he then called police. >> i told them they better hurry up couple of people on the grounds. >> the shooter got away. but the shotgun used was found, seven people shot, three of them children. >> just makes absolutely no sense, but i think again it just reinforces when we tell some of these guys just don't care. they just do not care. and, any time, any place, irrespective of who may be on the street. >> monday shooting echos a block party saturday night

ten victims total, three children. the shooter also fled and appears to have used a shotgun as well. >> and there is a $20,000 reward foreign foe leading to the capture and conviction of the shooter in that mantua shooting, as for those seven victims in kensington, there are two men in critical condition, both in their 20's, with gunshots to their neck and chest. and also, remaining four, three adults, and two children rather, five, they're having graze wounds recovering from at this moment, and they are looking for police, at this point black male suspect about five-seven with stocky build between 25 and 30 years old last seen wearing red white tank, perhaps with a black handkerchief covering his face. live at police headquarters, justin finch. >> justin, thank you. new this morning police are investigating a shooting in the fairhill neighborhood of philadelphia. it happened around 12:30 this morning, in the 800 block of lehigh avenue. police found a man with a

gunshot wound to the upper thigh. he's been taken to the hospital. no word on any suspect at this time. >> philadelphia police are searching for the driver in a hit-and-run accident that left a man in critical condition in temple hospital. it happened around 9:30, monday night, at the intersection of sixth and erie in the city's hunting park section. the victim was riding a bike, when he was struck. police say the driver fled the scene, leaving that vehicle behind. >> well, right now the confederate flag flies on grounds of south carolina state capitol. many say the flag represents hate and should be taken down. call to remove the flag comes in the aftermath of the charleston church massacre, crime motivated by racial hate tells. mark albert has that story. >> it is time to move the flag from the capitol grounds. >> south carolina governor nicky hail is he calling for state law makers to move quickly on legislation, that would remove the confederate flag from state property. republican state representative, doug brandon says he plans to introduce a bill, that would do just that.

>> i've been in the house five years. i should have filed that bill five years ago. but the time is now. >> while brandon acknowledges dollars the move could cost him re election, many with presidential aspirations rush to embrace governor haley's call. senator lindsey gram, who had expressed a different opinion just days before, publicly reversed course. >> put it in a museum, move forward. >> the flag can only be lowered, with a vote by the state legislature. mark albert, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and, wal-mart has announce that it will stop selling merchandise bearing the image of the confederate battle flag. country's largest retailer made that announcement yesterday following the shooting in charleston. wal-mart. com currently sells that flag, along with several apparel items featuring the flag's design like t-shirts and belt buckles. statement from the company said the items will be removed from both stores and the website. well, the severe weather

headed our way has already left path of destruction in the midwest. >> you guys feel total change in the pressure, then my house was shaking and everything was breaking. >> boy, a tornado tore that house apart and several others, when it ripped through illinois last night. and now that same storm system, is headed this way. up next, katie has your updated forecast. >> also ahead, deflate gate is back. patriots star quarterback tom brady is in new york for the start of his appeal hearing on his role in deflated footballs during the nfl playoffs. more on that when we come right bac

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>> northeastern illinois gets hit, rounds of strong storms pounded the quad city area in northeastern illinois, and no serious injuries were reported. a tornado warning was issued, but none were confirmed to have touchdown. one woman described what it felt like as that storm hit her house. >> you feel total pressure in your head, like your head will explode. then my house was shaking and everything wag -- was breaking, coy hear everything breaking upstairs. i thought it was window. but it was all coming out of my kitchen cabinet, kitchen cub around everything on my shelves, everything throughout the house. >> several hundred homes are still without power this morning, flood warning remains in effect for many areas. and, kate, is that same system headed our way now will affect us this afternoon? >> expecting to see pretty nasty thunderstorms ourselves in the delaware vale, too. we walk you through that threat.

>> very significant heat today, fully expect to make it heatwave today. , right now pretty tame few clouds out there but we take you out toward new york state and pennsylvania look at the storms firing up. in toward even punxsutawney, pennsylvania so, this is real just sign of things to eventually come for our area, but, we do sit in a slightly higher risk zone, as opposed to what the storm prediction sent her us in yesterday for this same time period. in other words, weaver enhanced risk. that's basically the third level and it is a tear of five levels we have with the storm categorization here. >> clog err to the send, on the actual timing, and with it will get in here. heavy downpours gusty wind, small hail, look to be your primary issues, frequent lightning, though, we have to worry about, too. if you hear thunder, this is the day to head inside. >> low risk but i can't rule it out.

94 degrees the expected hi before the storms arrive, and then looking ahead to later tonight, skies clear the humidity starts to drop. and we can expect to see a much nicer summer day unfold tomorrow. >> right now philadelphia police are searching for the gunman who opened fire in a philadelphia neighborhood. security camera video shows families scattering, bullets fly in kensington. seven people were injured. ten people were shot in mantua over the weaken. >> south carolina governor want the confederate flag removed from charleston state capitol. reversal for governor nicky barber in the aftermath of last week's deadly church shooting. >> and, philadelphia officials are in rome planning for the pope's september visit. our jessica dean just revealed that andrea bocelli, latin superstar juanes will perform alongside the philadelphia or chest travel we'll be right back.

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judge let's hope the phillies outburst continues. >> last night franco put on a show. he had four hits, two homeruns, five runs batted in, and three runs scored. the phillies hammered out 18 hits scoring most runs they've all season, and beat the yankees 11 to eight. the phils had lost their last 12 road games until last night. well, the nba draft is thursday night, the sixers

will pick thirds after the t wolfs and the lakers. now the sixers could take ohio state d'angelo russellment some reports russell doesn't want to play for our team. but he set the record straight yesterday. >> the work out was great. i mean, what guy wouldn't want to play for any nba team? i never would say anything like that. i mean, i know what i have come from. i know what i have been through. and it would be a blessing just to play in the nba. >> that young man has major skills let me try to get over to the draft plaza party. >> some people get so uptight about who they'll play for. >> they recognize the next level it is. >> good for him. fourteen brands of bottled water now being recalled due to possible e.coli, through of -- three of them popular grocery stores in our area. we'll tell you which are affected coming up. >> college dorms moving out for the summer grandparents moving in. why they are moving in, taking class was their grandchildren with when we come back. >> ♪ ♪ heatwave ♪ ♪

>> our first official heatwave this summer, ukee. >> watch your dancing now you you want to hydrate. doesn't get worn out. >> i'm in air-conditioning, i can dance all i want to. >> taking a short break. see

>> good morning, definately looking ahead to hot, steamy and stormy day here in the delaware valley. starting things off with just sunshine, that's what is going to be sort of the lynch pin here for us, as long as we get plenty of sunshine, which we expect, we heat one no problems to the mid 90s make it a heatwave for one thing but also really bill up that heat, plus moisture, in our atmosphere. nasty storms already errupting here. look at all of that lightning and the drenching downpours across northwestern pa. looks like it is headed our way, doesn't it? when i show you what happens

on future weather though, we don't have to worry too much about this particular batch. watch what happens, we go toward 89:00 a.m. not only is it fizzling away little bit. but getting rotated off to the north. we should get bypassed by the first round but later today here you go again more showers, more thunderstorms bubble up toward the late day and it does mean afternoon early evening as we've built up the most heat we can muster, those storms are going to start to rum be in here, meantime, 94 degrees the expected hi, heat advisory takes effect, at 11:00 a.m. ukee, over to you. >> katie, thank so much. we have an accident on the northeast extension to tell but. all northbound lanes are block between quakertown and the lehigh valley. if you are head that way might want to use route 309 as alternate. nice view, nice golf courses out there, as women. here is i76 past route 202 past king of prussia. headlight eastbound things moving rather well. check out 95 near academy road northeast philly, volume starting to build now, in the southbound lanes approaching

the city there on the right side of your screen. you know, when student at west chester university move out for the summer, dozen of grand parent start to move in for a few days anyway. >> great idea. as cherri gregg of sister station "kyw news radio" tells us all part of three day multi generational bonding experience on campus. >> reporter: with suitcases and grandkids in tow grandpa's and grandma's are checking in. moving into dorm rooms and heading to class. as part of three day experience called, grandparents university. >> sleep in the same room. they take classes together. they help each other with activities. they learn. they have fun. >> this is the first time grandmother alicia has had a one on one sleep over time with seven year old ella. >> just very excited to be here. and we're looking forward to our time together. >> they'll learn rope climbing, win power documentary film making as well as radio and television broadcasting. >> it will be fun.

we're going to try it. >> the also make new friends while making memories that keep granddads like raymond coming back year after year. >> already seen ten people i've known from years past, great experience. >> after three days of classes and dorm sleep overs they'll walk across the stage together part of graduation, from grandparents university. another memory ella anal leash a will create together. making their bonds stronger, for many years to come. in west chester, cherri gregg "kyw news radio", for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> that will be great time. >> oh, no kidding. going back year after year, great chance to get to know your grandchildren too. >> bridges back a lot of memories i'm sure. coming up in the next half hour, strong words from president obama as he uses the n words to drive home the message that racism is a problem, big problem in america. his words when we come back. jan? >> and deflate gate, back in the spotlight today could

quarterback tom brady have his four game suspension thrown out? i'm jan carabeo reporting live, those answers straight ahead. jan, thanks, also, heat advisory has been issued, katie tracking some severe storms for later on today. your full forecast when we come right back. good morning.

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>> good morning, heat advisory in effect we mark the first heatwave of the year. then check out storm scan3 there, severe storms, really could see little bit of everything today from downpours, to wind and hail, even katie you're saying possible tornado? >> yes. >> this is really afternoon. mornings are just hot? >> right now it is quiet. all calm, all collected, heat advisory not even in effect yet. still warm outside. but not oppressive at the moment. >> just you wait though. >> exactly time is eventually going to usher in all of these different features of the day. so, active day. it is a hot summer day. you basically have everything that a typical summer day would be able to bring your way, right? i mean, here is storm scan once again very, very strong thunderstorms errupting currently with frequent lightning, hundreds of lightning strikes within the last hour or so, as these storms errupted and exceptionally heavy downpours with them, as well. lungly, this batch, not expected to really affect our

area it, should get sort of rotated away out to the north so meantime, all we do is build up the heat, the humidity, hands full of clouds on storm scan, right now that's t here is the heat advisory we mentioned moment ago. notice not everyone included really just the urban corridor, you have fill any there you have wilmington in there, trenton is in, there i mean there is covers a very broad zone of counties, so, thousands of us will be affected by that building heat with heat index values climbing as high as the century mark. it will be pretty brutal out there. we see this typically couple of times every summer, first time around is usually the worse. right? because your pep perception may be little off here. 77 degrees the current temperature out at the airport, winds flow out of the south, and as we look forward in the forecast, we can expect to see certainly sunshine, initially, but those temperatures spike, and then eventually that line of thunderstorms set to move in. 3:00 p.m., you might already be seeing the thunderstorms as far into say the northwest

circumstance, but in philadelphia shooting for maybe four, 6:00 p.m. or so for the storms to fire up. ukee, back over to you. >> thanks so much. chopper is up, that means something is going down. here is live look from chopper three at the scene of earlier accident route 422 that we've been talking about all morning, all westbound lanes have been closed, as you can see, no activity on that road right now. that's between route 100 route 662, because of some downed wires. now the ramps from northbound and southbound route 422 closed because of this scene. now, here's an accident on the map to tell you about on the pennsylvania turnpike, up in the northeast extension, all northbound lanes are blocked between quakertown and the lehigh valley, use route 309 if you can as an alternate if you are going to be in that area. more coming up later. here's erika. happening today: preliminary hearing is set for this morning for two philadelphia police officers charged in the 2013 beeted g of the man they were arresting. officer sean mcknight kevin

robinson, face several charges. investigators say the two officers knocked g riviera from his scooter then began to beat him before placing him under arrest. the encounter captured on surveillance camera. riviera has maintained his innocence. >> president obama will travel to charleston, on friday, to remember the victims of the church massacre. the president will deliver the eulogy for the church's slain pastor, state senator clementa pinckney. in the wake of the mass shooting the president says the count have i not cured of racism. during a interview he used unusually strong language to make his point. >> it is not just a matter of it not being polite to say beep in public. that's not the measure of whether racism still exists or not. it is not just a matter of overt discrimination. >> the white house says the president was making the point that there is more work to be done to wipe out symbols of racism. south carolina is taking up that debate as it relate to the confederate flag.

>> well, today new england patriots tom braidly appeal four game suspension he received regarding under inflated footballs, what's become known of course at deflate gate. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo joins just our satellite center to tell you more about it, jan good morning. >> good morning, this appeals hearing starts at 9:30 tomorrow. but it is not in court. it is actually at nfl headquarters in new york city, and tom brady and his attorneys won't be appealing to a judge, they are actually appealing to the man who authorized this punishment in the first place. nfl commissioner, roger goodel >> expect a much different entrance and reception for tom brady, as he shows up at nfl headquarters today. the star quarterback is fight to go have his four game suspension overturned. >> this is the date that's been circled. this is all that really matters right now for the patriots. >> all along, the new england patriots and brady have denied donating footballs during the afc championship against the indianapolis colts. >> i didn't, you know, have

any, you know, i didn't alter the ball in anyway. >> starting today brady's attorney will argue several point. one, the evidence collected during the league's investigation doesn't show brady violated any nfl rules. two, the punishment is too harsh. three, league executive, troy vincent, doesn't have the authority to hand down the punishment. the players association will argue only commissioner roger goodel has the power to discipline players. >> i have great admiration and respect for tom brady but the rules have to be enforced on an uniform basis and they apply to everybody in the league. >> the patriots fined $1 million, and dock pair of draft picks following the investigation, the team's owner has declared to appeal the penalties meantime, today's appeals will be heard by commissioner goodel, man who authorized discipline in the first place. >> it will be weeks before this ruling is actually handed down. if the suspension is not overturned there is appeal could indeed ends up in court.

reporting live in the sat center. jan carabeo cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> jan, thank you so much for. that will other sport related news, pete rose has always said he never bet on baseball while a player dating back to the first accusations 25 years ago. but, now espn says that's not true. sport network claims it has obtained note work with betting records from 1986. the notebook allegedly shows rose wagered during his last season as a player on the cincinnati reds. rose has applied, has been banned since 19889 -- 1989. >> 6:36. birth rates up for the first time since the recession began. that is reversing pronounced down turn after all time record high in 2007. >> good sign for the economy. their explain why cbs news analyst jill schlessinger up in new york for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. >> so what accounts for the increase in birth rates? >> reporter: well, when the recession hit rate plummeted actually fell below a level

necessary to keep the population steady. this drop off was expected various stud advice found that fear of the financial future prevents couples from having babies during tough economic times. the nearly 4 million babies born last year coincide with improving economic conditions, renewed boost in consumer confidence and optimism. >> how should parent prepare for the financial impact after baby? getting the baby clothes baby books, what to do financially? >> reporter: okay, so, according to the most recent government data, it cost an average of $245,000 to raise a child. guys it, doesn't even include college. >> ouch. >> reporter: to help prepare i know, rough one let's take it in again $245,000 nod including college. okay, so to help prepare what you want to start to do calculate your anticipated expenses, set aside that monday any your savings account ahead of time, understanded what you are likely tone counter for medical costs, a loft people

write in say they didn't talk at lent with their healthcare providers about what is and is not covered. so you want to ask about co-pays, co-insurance, any type of out-of-pocket cost, birthing classes by the way specialty tests which often are not covered. if you have the ability to use a flexible spending account or a health savings account, definitely use them. increase your contributions uncle sam can help you shoulder some of the burden. for more tips on the new baby boom, and how you can financially prepare for it you can go to jill on money. com. >> that's a baby boom! >> no kidding. $245,000? >> whew, thanks, jill. talk to you later. thank you. be well. well recent hack on us government website is worse than first thought. coming up this morning how millions of people are impacted. >> also, police are closing in on two killers who escaped a new york prison this after they found their dn a on burglarized cabin. >> and many people feel like they're a victim to fashion.

but one woman had a real health emergency after wearing those popular skinny jeans. find out why she was hospitalized for four days. that's coming up in the health watch. >> ♪ ♪ >> does anyone not think of top gun when they hear this? jets taking offer in the ocean, headed into the danger zone for weather heat, then storms katie has the full forecast whether we come right back. >> ♪ ♪

>> good morning, unwelcome vets tore shows up on new jersey beach harvey cedars beach patrol posted this photo on facebook page, of a portuguese man of war jellyfish. it is a highly venamous and potentially deadly secrete your. beach patrol officials say when winds comes from the northeast, warm water from the gulfstream can bring those things yes our way. >> not what you want to see when you look at the beach. >> they look pretty scar. >> i hey check this out too. another scary thing from the ocean. fishermen caught very rare basking shark off the south coast of australia so rare, look at that unique gill formation there, this is only the third time a shank like this has been caught in that area since 1880.

the basking shark the seconds biggest fish next to the whale shark. this one was more than 20 feet long. >> you know, there are some things i don't need to know about. >> i don't want to know what's down there. if it is not in the first 10 feet, leave it alone. >> look that the. >> leave it. >> i'm telling you, don't let mama come looking for him. >> oh, all right katie good morning. >> well, you may not be basking in this kind of forecast here today my friends, it will be a very steamy day already finding those kind of report coming into us from the eyewitness weather watcher network. basically mid 70s around the board here. matthew, out in conshy, mixture of clouds, sunshine, summer weather is here, you bet you. that's for sure. we take you across the river to 76 degrees from carry actually full sunshine right now, and, at the moment, she says already warm, steamy out there. light breeze, but, echoing the same sentiment. summer absolutely here. we go to one more, oops, very quickly, there you go, and peter sent in sunshine from

lawrenceville with temperatures already at 75. nasty thunderstorms currently errupting here guys, across northwestern pennsylvania, i don't want you to worry about this reaching us. it looks like this will sort of get swept off to the northeast, actually, fizzle somewhat. but the lightning that this is producing is definitely something that we wanted to discuss here. we throw the satelite picture over top. generally still finding sunshine here locally. and we are expecting still to seymour sun than anything, as the day goes on, until the storms get here. >> enhanced risk means we are up a notch. it is a better threat today for us to end up with very heavy downpours, very gusty wind, small size hail, very slim chance for tornado but possible and also, frequent lightning, like you just say saw on the radar. when we talk lightning 54% of lightning fatalities occur in open fields, parks. if you hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck.

don't go golfing in the afternoon when you know that there are thunderstorms in the forecast. 23% of those deaths happen under trees because lightning strikes the top the tallest object, in its line of site basically. so it is drawn to the tallest objects. that said, it is the reason the empire state building for example gets hit more often than not. the reason the statue of lib earth haste been hit at least 50 times. so keep that in mind, lightning can strike twice. meanwhile, today we expect to hit 94 degrees. heat advisory as of 11:00 a.m. hot tomorrow. not at how many. not as humid. >> i could have 2-inch eagle put, i hear thunder i'm out of there. no doubt about it. over montgomery drive things looking pretty good. no doubt about that. looking at the maps, accident to tell but on the pennsylvania turnpike northeast extension all northbound lanes are blocked between quakertown, lehigh valley. if you are in that area, once again, please use route 309 as an alternate. better way around that on 309.

another map, all westbound lanes still closed over on route 422 between route 100 route 662. that's because of that accident we've been telling but involving downed wires. erika? >> we have breaking news to tell but in west philadelphia, two men in custody for home invasion. this happened in the 4500 block of market street around 4:30 this morning. police recovered one weapon from those suspect and luckily, no one was injured. we will continue to follow this story for you and bring you the latest updates as they become available. meanwhile, police searching for a suspect in another shoot nag philadelphia neighborhood. bystanders rand for their lives when gunfire erupt in the kensington. we have surveillance video interest that. seven people were injured and now remember on saturday, ten people were shot in that similar neighborhood in mantua. >> at least seven people injured as storms tore across illinois, homes were damaged, and many trees just uprighted. twister touched down about 60 miles from chicago. and philadelphia officials are in rome planning for the

pope's visit to philadelphia this fall. this morning we've learned andrea bocelli, latin superstar juanes, the philadelphia orchestra will perform for the world meeting of families in september. >> search teams have new lead in their search for two murderers on the run after escaping new york prison nearly three weeks ago now. dna from both escapee was found inside a burglarized cabin in the anarandacs, 50 miles from the correction facility from which they escaped. they got away by cutting their way through walls and a steam pipe. police also searched an area along the pennsylvania border last weekend. >> well, oscar winning composer james horn is her dead after a single engine plane crash in southern california lost padres national for else. come polls dollars music for titanic, avitar, field of dreams apollo 13, among many, many others. his titanic score won two oscars. he was piloting the small aircraft when it crashed about 60 miles north of santa

barbara. the two seter was one of several owned and piloted by the 61 year old. >> 6:48. recent hack into a government website may be much larger than the government originally stated. the personal data of estimated 18 million current former and perspective federal employees were affected by a cyber breach at the office of personnel management. that is more than four times the 4 million the agency first acknowledged. >> some experts are calling climate change a medical emergency. >> global commission warns that climate change could undermine half century of gains when it comes to human health. say inch ten weather such as heatwaves, floods, impact a person directly. indirect impacter include pollution, malnutrition, forced migration. >> general mills making healthy change to its cereals. removing artificial flavors

and colors. the company says its cereals will contain more recognizeable to include colors and flavors. 60% of the company cereals already this this natural upgrade, remaining cereals including tricks and reese's puts will be next. general mills says consumers will not notice a change to the taste. >> and warning now for women if you wear those skinny jeans a lot. doctors in australia say that women, who squat in their skinny jeans, for extended periods of time could damage their leg muscles and nerves. one woman spent four days in a hospital after skinny jeans cut off the blood supply to her calf muscles and caused her to collapse. and i've worn those before, the skinny jones, sometimes you get into a funny position, squat down for something. >> are they they that tight? >> you feel them getting changer but you stands up, change your pants. >> and the person in the story had been squatting down to clean out the cub around? >> exactly, not the thing to wear for doing spring

cleaning. >> get some sweats something? >> there go, something with a waistband, come on, why skinny pants? >> just a heads up. 6:50 time to see what's coming up this morning. >> nora o'donnell coming up with your preview. >> hey, good morning to you ukee erika. ahead only on cbs this morning, defense secretary ashton carter makes a major announcement on russia. so outwent stay tuned for. that will plus, we're in south carolina with what's next in the effort to remove the confederate flag from the state capitol. also we look into how safe airlines are from hackers. and, the former silicon valley executive who said she is engineering more comfortable high heal. the news is back in the morning, see you guys in just about ten minutes. >> well, about time. common. >> i was waiting for that. >> how long? >> i was waiting for that. >> that time indeed. >> thanks, nora. >> you can wear those newcomb affordable high heels with skinny jeans. >> oh, oh,. >> there go. just don't squat in them. >> don't clean out your cubards. thanks nor a see now little bit. fears over e-coli contamination lead to recall

of bottled water. >> the voluntary recall covers 14 brand names including acme wegmans and shoprite. affected water was bottled between june 10th and june 18th. e.coli bacteria was reportedly found in a pennsylvania spring however, there had been no report of any illnesses so far. we posted more about the recall on our website cbsphilly.com. >> new apple watch is already getting some up greats. text joint tracks apple news, report the next generation of the happen epp watch will likely feature a front facing camera. many say, that camera could ultimately be used for face time video calls and better wyfi. expect new watch to hit the stores expected to hit some market sometime around 2016. oh sean ditty combs is in hot water. that will tops the word. >> hip hop star arrested mo n day at ucla athletic training

center. combs accused with assault with deadly weapon. that will weapon was kettle bell after reportedly get nag dispute with a coach. "tmz" reports that combs confronted that coach who was yelling at his son justin, defensive back on the football team. combs is out on bail and due back in court next month. and, jurassic world continues to chomp through the record books big time. universal studios says the mega hit crossed the $1 billion mark monday, becoming the fastest film ever to reach the milestone. universal also set the previous record with furious seven, earlier this year. >> they got your monday. >> i oh, they did. yes, they. >> looks good. and and maroon five the next band to perform on the beach in atlantic city, adam levin and company will rock the shore on august 16th. last year, blake shelton and lady antebllum performed. tickets go on sale on friday. i know katie eagerly awaiting. >> she was all fired up, fired

up. >> well, we've heard of frank's, but this one kind of takes the cake. >> yes. check it out. pictures from birmingham england fire company here. the man in his 20's, came into the station after a night of drinking with his friends. >> now, seems the friends place add lock on him and through away the key. the firefighters tried several cutters, all with no luck. they finally freed the man using a circular saw. >> oh, my goodness. >> the man was unharmed, but according to the buzz feed website, his mother was quote, raging mad. raging. >> i would imagine. waking up with a bike lock around your son's neck? >> that's crazy. cra, cra. >> buzz saw? lesson learned for him i'm sure. >> to doubt. first a look at what's coming up tonight during evening prime time viewing here on cbs-3.

>> everything that mother nature could throw at us on a summer day is out there. we know it will be hot. we know it will be humid. be ready for that obviously. timing everything out poconos, lehigh valley, you are talking mid afternoon for the storms to move in, philly in the circumstances observe generally window of four-6:00. horrible timing for the evening rush, then towards the shore points more so toward late evening. so it is a quick hitting

front, guys. it will still be out there and with poor timing i would say. >> all right chopper three up there right now here is a live look at the scene of an accident on the pennsylvania turnpike northeast extension all northbound lanes are closed as you can see here, the lanes closed between quakertown and lehigh vale, use route 309 once again as an alternate while they try to get that location together there. take a lock at the maps. oh no, look at the maps? >> i'm a traffic dude. >> you're done. >> out off time. >> well done, ukee. traffic and anchor today. >> i'll do it on the "cw

new jersey's supreme court has spoken but teachers and school employees still fear for their futures. because rather than solving the pension crisis the court says politicians can continue to ignore it. that's just wrong. teachers and school employees have paid billions into their pensions. but the state has failed. the legislature can fix what governor christie has broken - ... before it ends up costing billions more. it's time for fiscal responsibility. fund the pensions now.

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