severe. it sound like yesterday but a do over. >> that is exactly it. we will see enough instability created in the atmosphere today. we have at least saw some on have that yesterday there were stronger storms that came witt. today is within of those days where it produce that he is potential for more. i call it a kitchen sink effect where you cane almost anything happen. >> right in time for rush hour too. >> yes. >> i am going down the shore tonight, i'm going to north wildwood i will be barbecue in north wildwood to celebrate seventh annual barbecue competition in north wildwood this weekend. you need to do something for us. >> okay. i might have to put the hair in the bun umbrella, pennsylvania ville beyond. >> i hear you and it looks like the timing is from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. or so. >> yes. >> basically will coincide with that, yes. >> have a backup plan.

>> i want to give you a sense of how the rest of the day will look out there. morning looks fine. you could still see a sure here and there granted but generally what we're finding as we take you to the shore points damp sand from the storms that have rolled on through outside beach patrol in margate. we have a little hint of the haze, not as hazy as yesterday was, however and that was part of the reason we didn't have have too much in the way of the really nasty storms, bubbling up because we didn't have have sunlight to trying their. today will be different. we have a couple showers rolling through. this is a precursor and not what is yet to come. we will see this wind down, catch a break,e sunshine throughout the afternoon and then, toward evening is when those terms bubble up again. here's where we stand temperature wise, low mid upper 70's at philly international. at 77 degrees. eyewitness weather day planner starts off with a shower in a couple spots early this morning, we will heat things up from there brighten up

briefly and then toward evening, we will start to see the stronger thunderstorms approaching. so yeah, vittoria, it looks like a 5:00 to 9:00p m window from west to east. not ideal i hate to tell you. >> don't look at me in the eye, i can't even look at you. >> come on. well, if you are in north wildwood tonight come join us we are barbecuing with some grill masters so definitely good idea on join us tonight. we will have fun even in the rain. anyway, lets talk about how you are doing on the road in the rain. we have now already seen a sprinkling on 422, if you are traveling in either direction not too far from the area of 29. they are winning things around. wonder if they are looking for something. all we're eag is a little bit of rain on the roadway really in role problems, you can see, we are waiting in the wings of rush hour. we will move into new jersey, 42 freeway looking fine. rest of the majors in the garden state are fantastic. we have construction on kelly drive in the out bound direction at hunting park

avenue. right lane will be blocked until friday, so keep that in mine. really a all majors are looking great bridges are traveling well, but lets get to mass transit checklist, we have a few of our trolleys, that will be shuttle busing, 5101, 102 because of the fire department activity that has been going on for a few days. patco is working these schedules because they are inning will tracking on the southbound side, to help with the north bound construction. owe, both directions, board southbound. also septa regional rails have a few cars, because they are making more adjustments as well but new jersey transit looking good. amtrak on time. all and all not too bad out there. erika? >> vittoria, thanks. new this morning a fire damages a row house in west philadelphia fire fighters got the call after 3:30 to a fire at 54th and walnut streets. it was under control in less than a half an hour. there were in reports of injuries, good news there causes still being

investigated. back to normal after a tech melt town at united airlines, new york stock exchange and wall street journal. >> there are still questions on how it happened to three major businesses all in the same day. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live at philadelphia international airport with the aftermath of those glitches, jan. >> reporter: nicole and erika good morning. so far here at philadelphia international airport there is only one united airlines flight this has been canceled. so as for as we are going in philly, we are okay what a difference a day makes when a computer system went down yesterday morning this check in area was pennsylvania packed with people with nothing to do but wait. their flights were delayed until that system could get backup. so nationwide the scene was even worse. from los angeles where long lines stretched well past the airport terminal to idaho over to chicago's o'hare, and here at philadelphia international, crowds of united airlines passengers

waited and wondered why they couldn't get on to their flights. >> internet was down so in one could check in. >> reporter: more than 1100 flights all across the country were delayed wednesday by what united called a router problem that income several computer systems off line. passengers could not check in and employees reported flight plans that could not be sent to cockpits and crews scheduling software also stopped working. >> something like this can't happen for an airline the size of united. impact from today's event will be in the millions of dollars if in the tens of millions of dollars. >> reporter: the new york stock exchange shut down for hours, and they blame a software upgrade for the problem. wall street journal's web site was also income off line. >> we are running in a technically advanced world that has problems sometimes. >> reporter: now investigators say three outages were not related and in the caused by an attack. cyber security expert at drexel university doctor robert devideo won't call it

an attack either but believes it could have been a practice run, definitely he says, more than a few computer glitches. >> these are very high profile entities, new york stock exchange don't get much higher bigger than that. >> reporter: back here at philadelphia international airport for united, when it comes to the airline issues, this is actually the second time that united has had this problem. last in they also had to ground flights because of the similar computer glitch again, this is all still under investigation but here at philly international airport we're all good to go, all of the planes except for one outside on time this morning. we are reporting live at phl jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> good news autolyze least. we hepp things get back to normal at the new york stock exchange airlines all hoping, including steven colbert. >> that is right yesterday's glitches led to a major melt town for the new late show

host. >> worship me you worldwide wasteland for i have a massed over 60 bags of snackable chips, yes. pallets of bottled water and plantable office supplies, reams of three hole punch paper upon which i will raise my kingdom from the ashes. when the dust settles i will emerge and repopulate the earth with my queen. >> very creepy angle. >> his hand look so huge it is all a little strange but colbert did people ready for disaster in that bunker there. luckily for him anus, the technical problems were fixed after a few hours. so perhaps i don't know what is happening. >> what will you do now good this is true. >> how will we get by without steven colbert. >> we are less than two months from his big debut on the late show.

he takes over september 8th. >> i see now. >> yes. >> um-hmm. >> he takes over september 8th right here on cbs-3. >> it takes a while. >> okay. >> 5:38. in business news this morning taco bellies on the way to delivering to your house. >> how about it. also the insuring stock exchange how they are doing a day after yesterday's melt down. jill wagner was there when this all happened and she's now live at the insuring stock exchange with the very latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erika and nicole. wall street traders are hoping for a smoother day after a technical glitch caused insuring stock exchange to shut down for three and a half hours. officials say it was an internal computer problem and not a breach. career builder is out with the midyear job forecast and it is a good one. it find half of the employers plan to hire full-time permanent staff over next six months one-third planned to higher temporary or contract workers, both are improvements from 2014 and the north east awe some of the biggest

improvements. it was supposed to be apple's next big thing but on line sales of the apple watch in the you had have fallen by 90 percent, since its launch in april. that is according to research firm slice intelligence. apple wouldn't comment on specifics but does say demand is greater than supply. now you can get taco bell delivered straight to your doorsteps, starting to day. the restaurant chain is teaming up with delivery company door dash. for now delivery service is available in 90 cities in los angeles area, san francisco and dallas. taco bell plans to expand delivery though nationwide, erika and nicole. >> that can be dangerousy was just thinking the same thing. >> yes. >> taco bell to my door. >> it is hard enough. >> yes. >> jill, thank you. well, do you have your resume ready? an atlantic city casino is now hiring. trump taj mahal is hosting a job fair from 9:30 to one and there are 250 jobs to fill, the contact even owe hotel is

emerging rather from bankruptcy with financing by lenders led by billion air karl icon. he remains in the dispute with the union representing the casino workers. pennsylvania's top two democrats are at odd over the death penalty. attorney general kathleen kane wants the court to reinstate punishment for a convicted killer but all executions are on hold after governor tom wolf issued a moratorium shortly after he took office. kane calls that moratorium unconstitutional. pope francis continues his south american pilgrimage with a mass and meeting with young priestness bolivia. the pope arrived in the santa cruz, bolivia late last night. the 78 year-old pope only spent four hours in the bolivia capitol because of the effects of higher elevation. it is south america's poorest country and its population is overwhelmingly catholic. a follow-up for you to a story "eyewitness news" covered yesterday morning. you may recall emily crammer was honored at the white house

as a champion of change. she has advanced stage cystic fibrosis and co founded emily's entourage. that organization raises fund and awareness for cystic fibrosis treatment. emily is one of nine people honored from across the the country. so exciting, she must have been just thrilled with that honor. >> yes. before you walk out the day we are updating your top store thinks morning including late night debate to remove the confederate flag in south carolina. plus the doughnut shop dust up that just won't go away. now pop star ariana grande isn't only one under fire after she apparently licked a doughnut. call it a custard crisis why rita's has stopped selling custard in its stores and we will tell you how it is replace ago this frozen treat. details on that coming

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well, the word this morning is a california doughnut shop where pop star ariana grande was seen licking everything that is good. we cannot forget that deal. they are under investigation. >> local health officials want to know if that shop has a history of leaving doughnuts out on display which is a health code violation. the manager says a worker was swapping out older doughnuts with fresh once when she played them on the shelf. grande at the end of the video she can be heard saying i hate americans, hate america. she says that the private moment with her friend was

taken out of context and apology guyed for not using more discretion. try to be discrete when you are licking doughnuts. oh ariana. word is lawsuit for actor tom selleck, a california water district is suing actor claiming he stole truckload of water from a public hydrant and took to it his ranch. egress grow is a avocados there and they need a lot of what the tore grow. former magnum pi was caught by a real life private investigators. california court is in the middle of a historic drought. let's check with katie. >> absolutely, we have just had so much rain lately that it wiped away any immediate drought concerns we have had here in the delaware will valley, which is great news for us as far as our the water content is concern but not the best for outdoor plans. a quick check with the weather watcher network we will start off to philadelphia in

cardington where bill layden reported 72 degrees. he has high humidity, light wind, mix of clouds and sunshine and his dew point measure is 69 degrees right now, and bordering to that point otto press i have mark. that is the case. anytime dew point hit 65 or greater you notice humidity. that is how the rule of thumb works on that one. lets go to one more mark send nothing full sunshine where he is in chatsworth. you may see a mixed bag and in our western suburbs we are get identifying witness weather watcher reports of very little light rain. you can see why. it is a precursor of is what yet to come for the the rest of us this little batch of moisture bringing in the showers from the western suburbs and that may survive in the role. but this is the disturbance that we're watching, once this moves in later today we are dealing with the next potential for some heavier thunderstorms and some that could turn severe. slight risk has been issued for our area, generally for the region as a whole but more marginal further south and

east because of the timing. when we he lose sunlight and that pops below horizon we will lose instability necessary to keep those storms really strong but would i say just expect that some storms could be strong or severe, today and tonight specifically work gusty wind, possibility of small hail, heavy downpours is other issues and we cannot rule out a tornado this time around. please stick with us and we will let you know if anything were to evolve in that regard. we have current dew point at 68. just like bill said in the eyewitness weather watcher report, it is bordering on oppressive and it will stay that way for better part of the day w all that moisture we will have heavy downpours. thankfully humidity retreats by tomorrow, and at the wet weather. wear looking at one of the first completely nice weekend we have had in a while, although it will be hot, it looks like tomorrow and saturday limited humidity, starts to creep backup on sunday vittoria. >> katie thanks much. we are seeing that rain on

the roads as we go to the 30 bypass right around route 113 traveling in either direction it is not so much rush hour but definitely wet. anytime we see situations like this as a traffic reporter it is a little leery for me because i think folks under estimate even if it is not a downpour that it is still not a dangerous roadway. it is. it can cause accidents. be mindful of the weather. make sure your windshield wipers work and you are taking your time. there is in rush hour just yet. a as we move to the roosevelt boulevard in delays in either direction. different shot here, taking a look at dry land right around the rose wealth boulevard but if you are traveling in either direction you look great. cue kill expressway still good i-95, you will notice flag around cottman and girard because of the construction zones. but as we go to the northeast sentence southbound at lansdale we have one lane block as a result of the accident. no major delays for mass transit, nicole. we will continue to follow developing news this morning out of the out carolina. state house approved a bill overnight to remove the

confederate flag from the capitol ground. governor haley says she will sign that bill. also police are searching for a suspect in the double shooting in frankford police say a a 22-year old woman and 31 year old man were shot in the 46 hup block of hedge street. investigators say that shooter armed with an assault rifle fired in the victim's home. technology experts are looking into three major problems all in within day. insuring stock exchange says the configuration issues suspended trading for several hours. there was temporary trouble accessing the the wall street journal's web site and earlier today united grounded flights across the country for part of the take. right now 5:49. if you are looking for a sweet treat to cool off you will not be able to find any custard at rita's water ice. >> nope, "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry is explaining how the bird flu is leading to a custard crisis. >> motto is ice custard, happiness but one of those items is missing. rita's cannot produce their famous custard because of an

egg heart age, bird flu is affecting poultry product. company realize on eggs and key ingredient in the cuss tar. >> the supplier of the eggs stopped making egg yolk we used as an ingredient. so ites not available at any price. >> that is bad. >> reporter: why is that. >> because everybody likes rita's. the the custard. >> they have to get a new supplier right. >> reporter: moody says they could in the do that. >> we could not get eggs a at any price and enough quantities to supply our system. we are largest seller of this product in the u.s. >> reporter: instead of custard they are selling soft serve ice cream. >> taste very similar almost and identical recipe to our cuss tar. we got it a as close as we could. consistency is the same. >> reporter: one customer didn't even notice anything beside her cotton candy water ice. >> i wanted cotton candy. >> reporter: yes. >> have you tried the cuss tar. >> what is that? >> reporter: maybe she won't mind but if you are jonessing

for a custard we will have some bad news. there is a chance that the custard will be off the menu throughout the summer season and you have to wait until next season for custard n graduate hospital, syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". keeping it real. >> what is that. >> cotton candy. >> yep. >> we will get by. >> no biggie. >> we will be right back.

i saw a commercial that said you can save $500 by switching to progressive. that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said "that was me, mom." [ laughter ] we are continuing to keep an eye on storm scan three as more storms head our way this afternoon. katie right now is tracking potentially is he rear weather. she will let you know when these showers arrive in just a few minutes. right now though listen to this heavy rain kept rescue crews busy in western pennsylvania. water overflowed the banks of the brush creek and tribute tries outside pittsburgh early yesterday. rescue teams used a boat to rescue two people from two homes surrounded by water. they also rescued two drivers and it appears after their car was stuck in high water. days after a ice cave collapsed, crews are back on the scene working to sure up what is left of that structure.

they used controlled, explosives, yesterday to dislodge any debris and check for that ice stability. one person was killed on monday, four others were injured, when chunks of the crushing ice felon top of them. right now firsthand terrifying view of what it is like to be caught in a rip current. >> erin johns was holding a selfie stick with the go pro camera when she found herself struggling off the coast of nantucket. her father pulled her to safety using that selfie stick and noticed his wife was caught in that current. as he tried to rescue her kerr he can was suck out to sea. >> i was a marine and did tours oversees ease during wartime and i never had that level of fatigue or fear. >> life guards saved derek. they told him his oxy level was so low they believe he he only had about 20 seconds left, owe just in the nick of time they got him out but you

really have to be careful. >> yes. >> you can now add stingrays to the ocean wild life seen on the new jersey shore beach these season. someone spotted a huge stingray in shallow water on the he can avenue beach in north wildwood. this photo was posted on the wildwood boardwalk facebook page. portuguese manowars and baby sharks have been spotted on new jersey beach these summer and hate to see that, back in the ocean. >> it is so large. >> yes good it shouldn't be washed a shore. >> no. coming up next on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" we are live with the historic vote in south carolina to remove the confederate flag. and a ticket tape parade is a rare honor reserved for athletes who play for a new york time but the city is making a exception for u.s. women's sock are team, find out why coming up. katie is track threat for severe storms yet again today we will be back in two minutes with more on the forecast,

history is made overnight in south carolina where the house voted to remove conn federal wait flag from the capitol ground. we are live with the developing story. back to business after a technical problem grounded hundreds of flights and shut down the new york stock

exchange. find out why lawmakers and tech experts are skeptical that this is simply related to a computer glitch. and controversy on the main line after a teacher says that he was fired because of her same sex marriage. now parents are speaking out. good morning today is thursday july 9th, i'm erika von tiehl. i'm nicole brewer. we are also expecting severe weather yet again today. katie is tracking those storms. we will give you a a check of the weather and traffic. >> good morning. katie, why today. >> i know. >> i hate to -- trust me, i don't like bringing you this news. this is in the my favorite thing either but we want to keep it real for u.s. specially if you have outdoor plans. i necessity do you later on. that is why we want to get you prepared for it so you can plan around it. that is also why traffic and weather so often go very, are well together because right now even we have got a little bit of wet weather rolling in the western suburbs. i would have, a feeling this is going to serve as it rolls in philadelphia county