fingers crossed vittoria there is a frontal boundary nearby keeping it interesting, let's put it that way. it is so close by. some will end up with very pleasant weather some may have a couple of showers. it could put a damper on the day depending on the location. i'll tell you where that will happen. out on storm scan three we will go we are not seeing much out there at the moment. we have clear skies but when we put things in motion you can see a couple clouds rolling in the poconos along i80 but moisture south of the washington d.c. is where the the troubles may start to crop up for us out there. that is moisture starting to move long this stalled front and because we are just close enough delaware toward delaware beaches and jersey shore points for example you may end up with the clouds building in here and then eventually a couple of showers. we were just talking about how comfortable it is by comparison and with the clear sky out there it is definitely feeling that way. the dew points from the northwestern counties in the

50's, it feels great. further south you go we are in the mid to upper 60's. it is like this front is helping split this region in two. different forecast depending on your location. it may be more muggy a as well as more unsettled further south you travel. sixty-seven is current temperature in atlantic city comfortable 70 in the city. we are expect to go warm things up a as take goes on, just typical territory here with the showers off to the south generally speaking for philadelphia, high should hit 85 degrees later on. right where we should be. back to you. police are investigating a fatal car crash in west rock hill bucks county this morning. investigators tell us that a car traveling on route 309 southbound near ridge road, somehow lost control and slam into a tree in the woods. this happened just before 11:00 last night. one person died at the scene. three others were taken to the hospital, and in word on their condition. that driver is expected of driving under the influence. want to check with

vittoria to see if that will affect the morning commute good morning. >> good morning erika. got news is the roadway has been reopened, 309 southbound has been reopened at that earlier accident scene, it looks like the investigation is done and hopefully it will not continue to affect this morning's commute. we're safe for right now. 5:02 and traffic is very light. we are starting first with i-95, if you are traveling in the southbound direction, your head lights being southbound heading in to downtown philadelphia, no delays, we will look great in and out of bucks county, north east and as we head further south into delaware county and delaware, i-95 is spectacular at this time. travel northbound we have the same story and that is even better. we will take you into new jersey where we are looking at 42 freeway around creek road. headlights is your northbound side approaching 295 it is great out there in problems. southbound also moving well and maybe traveling on the acx or garden state parkway it is all good right now. to update and piggy back off

the top there fatal crash on 309 southbound that had closed between ridge hill and bethlehem pike has been cleared. folks using pa turnpike is an alternate but 309 has been reopened no delays for mass transit, ukee. breaking news right now out of the philippines at least 36 people are dead and 19 others missing after a ferry capsized this morning. the the the coastguard did rescue more than hundred passengers. the ship was only 600 feet from the cher when those strong waves tossed it around. we will follow the rescue effort there and any updates we will bring them right to you. search resumes for missing teenager who went swimming in the gloucester county quarry. he vanish while swimming on jackson road near piney hallow road in monroe township. we are told young people reported one teen dove in and then disappear. friend identified that missing teen as a senior at williamstown high school. neighbors say it is a

dangerous place to swim. >> you walk out like a few feet, and you feel it and everything and then it just drops off, i don't know how deep but far enough where you don't wanting to down there. >> our justin finch is at the scene and will get latest on the search effort with him coming up soon. well, this septa passenger is alive thanks to quick thinking transit police officers. surveillance video shows the man falling off the platform and on the tracks of the somerset station. two sets of the officers jumped down and pull him to safety with the help of other passengers. it is in the clear why the man felon to the tracks, erika. philadelphia is welcoming visitors to help city celebrate the fourth of july but authorities have issued a warning about the potential for terrorist attack targeting independent day celebrations. however, there is no specific threat. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt explains how law enforcement is gearing up for

the holiday weekend. >> reporter: it is busy season around a independent mall. >> happy fourth of july. >> reporter: plenty of people around ready to celebrate the fourth where it all began, 239 years ago. >> it is exciting to be out here. we have never been to philadelphia. we're excited to see the sites. >> reporter: law enforcement will have more eyes and ears out then ever before have after the fbi and home land security recently warn americans to pay attention. >> there are in specific threats targeting any location. >> reporter: but fbi philadelphia agent jj klarer says have fun but make sure you know what is going on around you. >> there are groups that want to target our nation's critical infrastructure. >> reporter: infrastructure like independent mall, former pennsylvania state house built in 1732, earlier this week former cia insider and cbs news security analyst mike morel l warned of the

possible attacks. >> i wouldn't be surprised if we're sitting here a week from today talking about an attack over the weekend in the united states. >> reporter: those warnings are heard by americans although they plan to still have an old fashion fourth of july. >> so much just hope nothing goes wrong just enjoy your day, try not to think bit hope for the best. >> am i going to go hide in my house and lock my doors and pull down my shades? no, i will in the do that because life is worth living. >> reporter: authorities won't say how many officers won't be out over next few days but we are told there will be officers in uniform also under cover. the main thing if you see something, give police a call. reporting from independent hall, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". we have new video after a balcony collapse in the west philadelphia apartment building this morning. it is unclear what caused that collapse on the third floor balcony. it is on the 6200 block of chestnut street. in one was hurt. philadelphia police hope you can help find a serial

burglar. on june 21st surveillance video caught a man breaking in the oriental chinese restaurant on the 1800 block of south broad. investigators say he had has broken in to several other businesses in the past couple of months. if you have any information please cat philadelphia police. developing right now fire fighters in california are battling a a new brush fire that broke out overnight. this fast moving fire has already burn through more than a 175 acres outside los angeles. at this point that fire is not threatening any buildings but a nearby camping area is being evacuated. still to come this morning a horrible case of animal abuse, we will let you know what investigators found inside a local home as they look for the owner. are you tired of the sky-high airplane ticket prices why those ticket prices are leading to a governmental investigation. and a selfie scandal hear from that college student who snuck on to the brooklyn bridge and to snap a picture. hows forecast shaping up for your long holiday weekend

katie has your fourth of july forecast coming up next as we look live in atlantic city

authorities are investigating a a severe case of animal abuse inside a philadelphia home. spca officials served a warrant at this house on the 6300 block of north lambert

street in ogontz . inside they found five dogs, tied up in the basement, one of them was dead, and they also found a pair of snakes. authorities say all of the animals were in bad shape. >> this is a breeding probably, a fighting operation going on here. there was illegal paraphernalia found inside the property, which the philadelphia police took custody of. >> no arrests have been made. philadelphia city controller alan butkovitz again find city school build initial unsanitary and dangerous conditions. visits to 20 schools turned up water leaks, mold, cockroaches and unsanitary bathrooms. these are pictures from the controller's office. butkovitz last inspect school buildings in 2008 and says not much has improved ever since. >> we've got what, 170,000 philadelphia will school kids going to school every day in these conditions, and why isn't that a public health emergency? >> now the school district spokesmen says the district welcomes report to highlight

need for more funding to maintain the schools. the national weather service confirmed what many people in chester county suspect, a tornado did touchdown there on tuesday and we want to show you damage left behind in honey brook. tornado was as wide as a football field and lasted for one and a half miles. the 95-mile per hour wind damaged some local homes and barns. and it turns out it was not a tornado but a micro burst that caused damage in lehigh valley. storm toppled trees in white hall township and once again a tornado did not touchdown there but katie, were you saying this earlier, if you are at home and hearing those wind, it feels like it but they come back and assess the damage. >> i can understand why people were september what will when you say macro or micro burst no way that was a tornado. >> it feels like it. >> exactly. >> those wind are just as strong and can produce just as much damage but we need twisting of the metal on cars

or twisting of the tree branches for it to qualify. that is why they send these crews out. >> much calm tore day. >> yes. >> exactly. >> we are going to take you back in time and go back over what the straight line wind ended up producing from a meteorological standpoint here. wind speeds up to 80. path was over a mile, so there was a broad spectrum of damage for, hi, torey broad spectrum of damage for us around here and we did see the path go up to hundred yard here. it ended up being a micro burst event for our area. meanwhile, storm scan three if you look closely it is tough to tell. we are finding frontal boundary stalling off nearby, off to the south and you you can see moisture with that, over west virginia, right now and just virginias in general. there will be showers to track through the southern tear of our area we think later on today with that moisture content starting to build in the atmosphere. meanwhile we will get you the eyewitness weather health

report. air quality good. pollen levels low, up to medium at worse. uv index we are still calling it high. when you are up to a nine or so it is in what we call very high range. so sun block required but you will see more cloud further south we will go. heat index values use caution we are not dealing with too much humidity today but even still, it is that time of the year when you have to be careful about that kind of thing. lots of fluid at the ready for folks working outside landscaping, doing construction, you know the drill. we are up to 85 later today and we are calling for showers off to the south. looking forward in the forecast, all important holiday weekend coming up, obviously and i say generally saturday looks pretty good. you will see some sunshine, it is not a bright, sunny day necessarily, but there will be some clouds and only a spotty shower or thunderstorm. nothing terrible. sunday and monies different story, sunnies back and in fully affect in less and with the upper 80's and sunshine some great pool weather coming our way vittoria, over to you. >> thanks, katie. good morning everyone.

right now it is still very quiet on the majors, and just how we like to start a morning commute, 5:15, as you will notice behind me is there only a few vehicles out there lets give you a better look traveling on the schuylkill expressway right around the area of spring garden you will note us traveling in either direction east or west it is fantastic and it is not only around center city, but every where, in and out of south philadelphia and western suburbs, maybe heading toward the king of prussia area. but it is looking great. moving to the vine street expressway we had earlier construction on the westbound side between broad street and the schuylkill, it has been pick up, which is great, we are free flowing in either direction between 95 and p-6 on the vine street expressway, center city coming through is fantastic. we will take to you new jersey where southbound on the new jersey turnpike at black horse pike is there an accident there that is now blocking the left-hand lane. so, if you are traveling in this area anticipate delays but generally speaking we're in the dealing with any volume problems. in delays for mass transit but patco has instituted a special schedule today.

it might change things up, so make sure you double-check that ukee. new jersey governor chris christie gets an endorsement from governor of president. governor christie also weighed in on president obama's plans to reopen the american embassy in havana. >> he is giving away our stability to have a economic relationship and a political relationship with the united states. they have done nothing to reform itself. >> police in the garden state see diplomatic move as an opportunity to return a convicted killer of a police officer to prison. joe's and chessmar quick in the 1973 murder of the new jersey state murder escaped prison and escaped to florida. a college student, stunt on top of the brooklyn bridge in manhattan prompted increased security. this picture proving that this guy is not afraid of the heights. david carknack says he walk across overhead beam on the

bridge and snapped that selfie standing on the side railing and he says that no one stopped him. >> there is two cops from the beginning and end of the bridge but they just stood there and there was nobody in the middle. >> selfie is making rounds on social media and prompting counter terrorism teams to sit at the foot of the brooklyn bridge. nypd called the stunt both irresponsible and illegal. they have also installed a new barrier to prevent anyone from climbing to the top of the span. >> i wonder they post those photos. they post them. they get in trouble. >> why post it. >> i'm telling you. >> sixers make a big move bringing a local player back to town, we will let you know about the trade and we have video of shack daddy had shaquille o'neal, playing golf, you have got to see it. >> try to play golf good bingo. >> thank you don't miss this. we have something to perk you up, your morning cup of coffee is getting cheaper after a major company cuts prices. finally something is getting cheaper.

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we will find out if your shore town made the list of the top ten beaches, new jersey sea grant consortium will release results of the best beaches polled this morning. ocean city took the title last year followed by wildwood, wildwood crest and north wildwood. so who do you think the best pride goes with the best beach in new jersey? let us necessity on twitter. just use the hash tag cbs-3. pope gift shop is now opened for business and just in time for the pontiff's visit to philadelphia. the world meeting of families launches official retail web site for everything pope. you wanted a pope francis bobble head it is yours for $25. it featured more than 200 pope-related items. pope francis is scheduled to arrive in philadelphia, saturday september 26th. well sixers off season move continues with the home team picking up 20,141st

rounder nik stauskus and more picks , stauskus averaged 4.4 points after a college career in michigan. also coming to philadelphia jason thompson and nba veteran karl landry. stauskus tweeted he is excited to start a new chapter of his career in philadelphia but that wasn't the only tweet about the trade. after the trade stauskus brother tweeted this picture of a young nik sporting a sixers sweat shirt back in 2006 at just 13 years old. nik wrote lol people forget i was the biggest allen iverson fan in the world. how about that. time marches on. welcome young fellow. phillies looking to end a three game losing streak. phillies and brewers start at 6:35 with fire works after the game. last night was a rough start and never got better, adam lynn hit a home run for brewers in the first inning. aaron harang lost his eighth start in the row and milwaukee pounds phillies pitch ers for 17 hit phillies lose final score was nine-five

milwaukee. heart breaking end to england's world cup run yesterday against japan england's laura bass set tries to clear the ball but kicks tonight her own goal. japan gets two-one win to set up rematch of the 2011 world cup final against team u.s.a. that world cup final was sat take night in vancouver once again, let's go u.s.a. shaquille o'neal is one of the best big men to ever play basketball but big fellow need help with his golf game, lot of help. check out this video. yesterday while trying to t off at a tournament, he. thinking that might help, stretch a little bit. that is okay. the whiff. the ball didn't even move. he finally hit it. no report if it has come down just yet or where it went. one out of three not too bad. that is close to shack's free throw percentage back in the playing days but you that is all right. the big fellow better check

that club. it is probably bent too good it remind me of, happy gillmore. >> yes. >> i know. >> the crowd just loves it. they are all taking pictures and photos. he is a great sport. >> he said his golf game is better then charles barkley. >> it might be. it might be. >> chi rodriguez that is not saying too much. you all know i love chuck. >> at least to let him know. >> that ball may still be going. >> he had has some power. >> yes, he does. 5:24. coming up next on "eyewitness news" a major change by philadelphia police upset some officers. also. are major u.s. airline working together to keep airfares high. i'm chelsea edward in burbank california with the latest on the governmental investigation.

twenty-third annual hoagie day rolls rolls into town coming up we are live with how italian hoagie, go to support our troops, we are live at the national constitution center coming up. we have to get down there at lunchtime. looking good, thanks, nicole. we are expect to go see wet weather out there again today but depending on location you might not see anything at all full details are coming up, guys. did nick says rolls into town i thought he did. >> well done. >> she's on a role. >> yes, she is. torey is keeping an eye on the roads, she will let you know about the backups to avoid when you leave home this morning. good morning family so glad you are wit

good morning if you flown lately you know how expensive airline ticket are these days. now some airlines are under investigation for those sky-high prices and we will let you know how they are accused of illegally driving up ticket prices. good morning all we're saying is give peas a chance? >> a major food fight erupts after a newspaper suggest adding peas to quacamole even the president is weighing in on this one. >> we were just joking slow news day when your big story is peas in your quacamole.

>> folks are hot. >> yes. >> healthy yes. >> right, right. >> if it was kail you might explain it more. >> i appreciate the artistry of the culinary world. >> there air lot of 10-dollar word in there. >> that was good. >> give credit to give peas a chance. >> peas. >> i would eat it. >> it could be tasty. >> i would give it a try on a hot summer day some quacamole >> all right. but today we're going to end up with a seasonal summer day although, there is just enough of instability in the atmosphere with the stalled frontal boundary to keep it interesting for you. as we go outside to the live neighborhood network we have basically a lot going on here. if we look in the foreground of the area through can see haze, fine low lying cloud

cover out there at 57 degrees. it is comfortable too but the pinks showing up, in the sky line here, i don't necessarily think that kutztown for example will end up with wet weather but it is a sign of things nearby. on storm scan you can see that moisture. let me zoom it out and you can see that moisture picking up, heading your way. this is stall. because it is so close by, too close for comfort for delaware and southern new jersey you may end up with some shore plans that turn damp, because of the fact that you have got that front and bringing some showers throughout the day. sixty-seven currently speaking of the shore. seventy in wildwood as well as in philadelphia this is what your's sweater weather mount pocono in the 50's. low dew points too. it is not muggy outside necessarily in the northern counties but you feel that crispness outside. 85 degrees the temperature speculator on to take, in philadelphia, we can expect to see late day included and i would say those showers are