storm scan three shows us mother nature is in the done with us just yet. a funnel included touchdown in the lehigh valley national weather service plans to check out damage after that warm weather knock out power to hundreds of customers. a serious crash on the schuylkill expressway when a car slams into a wall and burst into flames. it is wednesday, first day of july, good morning i'm ukee washington. i'm erika von tiehl. those nasty storms still impacting your nasty commute katie and vittoria has more. >> traffic is serious as ukee talk about that extent on the expressway weather severely

impacting and katie will break it down. >> absolutely, it is still out there. we are tracking thunderstorms rain at this point for most of our area, when we take you back out to storm scan three what i want to show you is brunt of the severe then are storm that woke you up in the last couple hours to the overnight, those are now pushing up toward new york city so severe then are storm warnings are quickly and surely going in and out of effect here. what we're left with is a vertical line up and down basically the northeast extension and down in through delaware. this is moving quickly looking at a three hour loop, it came all the way from washington d.c. to wilmington in a matter of just a couple hours and quickly retreating and you can see quickly starting to fizzle, which is good to hear. just a very short list of the storm reports lehigh valley, up toward poconos got slammed, yesterday, and we're talking my neck of the wood

here so i have family and friend giving me reports that they have. sister in law lost a couple windows because of hail. it was a miss. coplay cars were trapped in flood waters. 61 miles an hour gust in allentown and list goes on, funnel included were spotted. so that is where this national weather service survey will come into play. in the meantime still a flash flood watch posted for counties in the green until 6:00. we have flood advisory in effect right now across southeastern pa and central new jersey and we are not totally out of the woods just yet. we are going to see sun and heat up here but we have showers and then are storms in the forecast. thankfully far less coverage of the storms and far less of the severe threat as well. it is getting better, vittoria. >> thanks very much, katie. >> myself driving in the studio this morning it was pretty serious lots of slick spots and with all a of the rain wetness causing low visibility. we have to address an accident

on the schuylkill expressway. we will have tons of emergency personnel on the scene indicating severity of this incident. this is westbound on 76 as we try to make our way beyond montgomery. this accident occurred around 3:30 this morning. you can kind of see vehicle involve up ahead that earlier slammed in the guardrail and engulf in flames. as they continue to work on this incident you will notice lane blockages in and around this area. anytime we have something this serious this will take a while to clean up. we will give yourself some more time this morning. we will see if this will impact your morning rush hour commute but as of right now it is causing a slight gaper delay in this area ape lane blockage but just not volume. we will keep you covered on that for sure as we continue to talk about the vine street expressway, you will notice traveling on the vine we are still dealing with the blockage of the vine street expressway due to construction on both side between broad street and schuylkill.

you can take notice of the damp slickness on the road itself. definitely a very serious and dangerous, traffic morning in regard to the weather. best thing is to just take it easy erika. more on the accident that fiery accident on the schuylkill expressway. >> and just moment ago we have learn there are fatalities. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is near the scene right now justin. >> reporter: ukee and erika good morning. we're on the montgomery drive side approaching schuylkill ease wound. we saw the the wreck early. it was a gruesome wreck. car unrecognizable. it was a kia sedan that rolled over on its side there. accident on the far right-hand corner of the car struck a barrier there. we have learn there were two people inside that car who were killed, one person taken to a nearby hospital, and vittoria mentioned it is an intense police scene at this time. pennsylvania state police are there on the scene tending to that accident.

i can see the carries still there on the scene turn over, again traffic there appears to be restrict to about two lanes. they have one lane where it happen restrict at this time but as we have mentioned there are now two people reported dead in that crash back out here live and one person taken to the hospital. at this time traffic is moving as best as it can no major slow downs but that could change as morning continues of course and as weather continues to get more hairy out here as well. ukee and erika. >> justin finch thank you very much. later today the national weather service will investigate a reported tornado sight nothing chester county and funnel cloud in lehigh county. a few hundred people still without power in lehigh county. white hall township took the brunt of the damage from yesterday's fast moving storms. winds toppled trees and ripped off roofs of several homes. power outages made for a slow evening commute due to traffic lights that went down. one home owner tribes her

experience as that storm rolled in. >> wind were stronger so we ran down into the basement and a few seconds later heard a loud crash of the roof coming down. >> white hall township remains under a state of emergency this morning. township officials report in serious injuries as a result of the last night's storms. fire fighters in south carolina are trying to determine what started a fire at a black church. last night call came into a fire at mount zion am e church in greenlyville when thunderstorms were passing through and that means lightening could have spark it but 20 years ago the kkk burned that very same church to the ground. several other recent fires at black churches in the south are under investigation. pennsylvania is starting the fiscal year without a new budget. governor tom wolf has veto a republican version of the spending plan that boost spending by more than $1 billion without raising taxes. wolf says the budget just does not work. >> the math doesn't work, it

is not balanced and does not address the challenges that pennsylvanians face, that we know pennsylvania faces when it comes to education. so i will veto the entire budget bill. >> republicans call it a responsible plan, wolf's veto is first for a pennsylvania budget in over four decade. new jersey governor chris christie is spending the day in new hampshire one day after kicking off his presidential campaign. >> we need to have strength, and decision making, and authority back in the oval office, and that is why today i'm proud to announce my candidacy for the republican nomination for president of the united states of america. >> governor made his formal announcement at his alma matter livingston high school where he was class president for three years. he promised to tell voters the truth even if it makes them cringe. >> his whole slogan is, you tell it like it is. i want everybody to tell it how it is. why shouldn't it be up to the

president of the united states to tell us how it is. >> i'm here in new jersey and everybody who has been disrespected by chris christie. i can't see him running for president if he can't do anything for the state. >> governor christie said both political parties have failed our country. he is calling for more compromise in politics. governor is joining a crowded field of republicans they include jeb bush, donald trump and former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. next summers g.o.p. convention is in cleveland. four democrats are seeking their nomination, they include front runner hillary clinton vermont senator bernie sanders, martin o'malley and lincoln chafee. philadelphia a hosts the democratic national convention next july. vatican releases schedule of event for pope francis visit to philadelphia important world meeting of families. on september 26th, the pope will arrive the atlantic aviation at 9:30 a.m. he will attend a mass at cathedral basilica an hour later. 4:45 that afternoon pope francis is expect to talk

immigration and religious freedom at independent mall. 7:30 he will take part in the world meeting of families on the parkway. then the next day sunday morning pope francis will meet with bishops and prisoners at currfromheld correctional fat it is. back on unday there is a conclusion mass. pope will depart for rome by 8:00. a pack schedule. organizers say scheduled breaks are an important part of the agenda. >> he is a very energetic person but everybody needs a break from time to time, even the pope. >> very true. >> while in town pope will take residence at saint charles seminar any lower merion. if hearing that schedule exhausts you. >> i'm out of breath. still ahead on "eyewitness news", after more than 50 years a sign that two cold war rivals are ready to bury the hatchet. >> team u.s.a. head to the world cup championships. how they beat germane. we are back in two in minutes

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happening today a major step in ending hostility between two cold war add varies. the u.s. and cuba are announcing plans to reopen embassies in the capitols. president obama is spending to make the announcement at 11:00. u.s. embassy in havana is expect to open this month. relations ended in 1916 after fidel castro took power. fire fighters in central washington state are making progress battling a wild fire that is now 47 percent contain. that wild fire has destroyed two dozen homes and several businesses. while crews are gaining ground against those flames fire officials caution more hot dry weather lies ahead for upcoming july 4th holiday. and 4:43. those storms are sticking around. >> they are, thankfully the brunt of what we have right now is more new england issue.

it is sipping right along here. even storms that popped up yesterday they were quick movers but when they hit you, boy do they hit you. >> yes. >> in a big way. >> we have downpours, we have everything but kitchen sink in that forecast yesterday and as we said in the national weather service crews out to see if we in fact had a tornado or two yesterday. we're going to have the answer later on today but definitely already a lot of impact from this particular batch of thunderstorms and the latest of which you can see starting to pull away, off to the north. we do still have lightening being reported with this but most of those strikes, they are now moving into new york state and new york city and long island. we have showers left but there is a distinct back edge to this as all this lifts north. so today this is a warm front interesting how severe weather was with the warm front that is in the most typical thing but we will see humidity climb. we will see temperatures climb.

we will see some sun. are we out of the woods with the wet weather? unfortunately not. this is an unstable atmosphere, no well define storm system moving through. we will not see noticeable breaks necessarily but you will still see some sunshine today. it will be a quieter day would i say by comparison but there will be a sure or then are storm around. upper 80's. steamy day this front is stalling to the south for tomorrow and friday. so we're allowing chance for some showers especially south of the city but i would say generally it looks promising that most of us end up with sunshine and quieter weather for both thursday and friday. we will catch a break on the humidity those days too. outside palmyra cove nature park it is still raining in the city. you can make out the city indicating clouds are higher up in the atmosphere but we are seeing reduced visibility in any wet weather. seventy-one at philly international. we will give you a check on the eyewitness weather seven

day keeping it below the 80's and most of these days in the peak of the summertime heat. mid to upper 80's with sunshine. it does, it looks like we are getting in a quiet pattern come sun day. >> thanks, katie. in sports phillies and brewers tonight at citizens bank park. aaron harang starts for fightins against kyle lower. the first beach for last night game former sixers number one draft pick jahlil okafor. game delayed almost an hour. carlos ruiz gave the phillies a two run lead but kenney giles gave brewers a lead for good on a bases loaded walk. phillies lose four -three milwaukee the final score. before the game the phillies announced pete mackanin will be manager for the rest of the season. mackanin took over friday after ryne sandberg resign. he is an interim manager for the third time now. he filled in 2005 for pirates and in 2007 for the reds.

>> i think it has got to be a record, three different teams having this title and interest rim manager but thinks first for, i was first the interim/interim and now i'm the interim. so this is a good feeling. you know i'm happy that i know what my fate is until the end of the season and looking forward to doing some good work. >> good luck the rest of the way. delran's karlie lloyd is playing a huge role in team u.s.a. quest for world cup and they are a win away. karlie scored a penalty kick in the 68th minute in the semi final match up with top ranked germany. that gave u.s.a. a one to nothing lead but lloyd was not through. her ball handling led to a goal by kelly o'hara and u.s. wins two to nothing and japan and england play today. winner plays team u.s.a., in the world cup final sunday in vancouver. >> way to go ladies. terrific.

still ahead on "eyewitness news" a possible financial bail out for greece but first here's what is ahead tonight on cbs-3.

here's the latest on the breaking news two people are dead following a single car accident on the westbound schuylkill expressway. we are told that vehicle will flipped ape caught fire near montgomery drive. one person was taken to the hospital in an unknown condition. several hundred residents remain without power in lehigh county following yesterday's damaging storms, state of emergency remains in effect in white hall township. no serious injuries were reported from the storms. pennsylvania governor tom wolf vetoes a republican backed version of the budget. proposal spends more than a billion dollars and does not raise taxes. wolf says the budget was full of gul innings. lets get time to business. >> money watch's jill wagner has some good news, markets rebounded a little bit despite

uncertainty over greece. what is the latest, what are you watching. >> reporter: well, good morning, ukee and erika. european finance ministers will consider a bail out loan for greece. at midnight local time greece became first developed country to default on the loan on the international monetary fun. greek banks remain closed to the general public but a thousand branches will be opened so pensioners can make withdraws. >> here in the studio and folks at home we are all early risers. we hear is there a new alarm clock that could make it easier to get up in the morning. >> ahh. >> i know. >> reporter: yeah, forget, annoying beeps, now you can wake up to the smell of delicious croissants or roasted coffee. an 18 year-old invented sensor wake an alarm clock that uses pleasant smelling capsules to wake you up, it promises to get you out of bed in two minutes. it is available on kick starter and cost $89. i would be disappoint todd get

up to the smell of coffee were you there wouldn't be roasted coffee ready. >> i'll take the beep over disappointment no crispy bacon. >> thanks, jill, appreciate it. coming up, we will get another check of your weather and traffic. >> we will be right

we will get a check on the road with vittoria, good morning. >> good morning, erika good morning everyone. as of right now we have a fatal accident that occurred on the westbound side of the schuylkill expressway, as you make your way beyond montgomery drive. you will notice, part of the cameras trying to push along here. it is stalling a bit but this is still an active scene on the westbound side of the schuylkill and compromising two lanes and two lanes of traffic are getting by on the left-hand side. as of right new due to low volume and no rush hour it is not causing too much problem but it is causing a gaper delay and anytime we see something this serious when it

involved fatalities there will be an investigation and it will be out there for quite a while. plan accordingly this morning and do keep it here to cbs-3 in philadelphia as we will let you know fit clears out of the way soon enough. moving to the 30 bypass right and 340 where we have a down tree on the westbound side. you will net is flares have been set up. we have down trees and power lines and still some areas recovering from that storm that we had quite sometime and even some that could have happened overnight. make sure you take it extra careful because this weather is something serious katie. >> it won't give us a break will it. we have seen pretty fair rain amounts to go with it up what were just clusters of then are storms short list of those rainfall totals. we pick up just shy of 1 inch total in chesterbrook. norristown just shy of three-quarters of an inch. list goes on here. a along with the heavier downpours we have had frequent lightening with this particular batch, that is new visible on storm scan three.

thankfully that is pulling away. we are just left with rain showers at this point in our area. that too starts to taper off. i'm not saying we're in the clear just yet don't get me wrong we are likely to see a shower or then are storm but far less of a severe threat and far less widespread coverage. that is good news there. looking forward we will see a front stalled south but close enough that we have a lot for a shower either tomorrow or friday. i wanted to give you a taste what the fourth of july has in store. here comes our patriotic graphic. we will call it partly sunny overall, 84. could there been a spotty then are storm natural fire works action? it is possible. is it a guarantee? not just yet. would i not cancel your outdoor plans at this point. truth be told sunday is looking like the better day of the two weekend days but overall, you know, considering the weather we have had as ovulate, this is looking like a okay forecast, coming up, ukee, back to you. here's some of the stories

our sister station kyw news radio 1060 will be following for you. with pennsylvania without a budget philadelphia school reform commission has wish full thinking adopting a spending plan for the next school year. new city commission starts working on a new plan for universal prek kindergarten financing and decade's old restaurant gets ready to service last meal. check in two three, four times a day kyw news radio 1060 on your am dial, erika. we are following breaking news thaws vittoria was talking about a fiery crash on the schuylkill kills two people. boy what a river rescue see how two teens were saved from that raging river. and, oh, say can you breathe? we have a warning about the health problems from fire works on the fourth of july. as if you were setting them off yourself. we are back at the top of the hour with that and more. good morning.

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breaking news right now you are looking at a aftermath of the fiery crash on the schuylkill that kill two people and shut down height way overnight. traffic is starting to move in now and we will have the very latest on the deadly crash. also storm scan three is showing showers starting to wind down this morning but we are not out of the woods just yet, katie has her eye on the storm. and flames ripped through another historically black church down south, seventh fire in two weeks and this is not the first time that church has been damaged by fire. it is wednesday, first day of july, good morning everyone i'm ukee washington. i'm erika von tiehl. we have a stormy start to the morning. and everybody else has a mad dash from the car to the door. >> yes. >> lets check with katie and vittoria, good morning. >> i know i did, i know you did as well katie severely

impacting road and will it a affect us all day long. >> thankfully i can report no, for a change, every day as ovulate, it is like it will get worse with time. we have been dealing with so many different days. tuesday has been day of severe weather for our area last tuesday we had that macro burst roll through yesterday we had possible tornadoes roll through. i want to start off very quickly. lets go out to a short list of the handful this is not an exhaustive list but a handful of some of the storm reports that came in. man, did the lehigh valley get clobbered. funnel cloud one of several in fog alsoville another in white hall township reported 1.75-inch sized hail. that is big stuff and it led to some damage. there was wind damage in north catasauqua and cedarville pick up 64-mile an hour gust. i have family and friend, texting me all evening just telling me what had gone on. it is truly a