us with your morning commute. we'll get to misha in a couple of minutes, but great to have you here, welcome! >> thank you so much, it is so exciting to be here, i heard so much about the city of brotherly love. i can tell you already it is certainly that way. i've had such a warm welcome. it is so good to be here. >> specially warm weather wise too katie right? >> absolutely, and i echo the sentiment, definitely very warm steamy here on the skydeck, big warm hug that we're sending out to our new bee on the team. welcome, so thrilled to have you here. we talk little shot here -- shop here guys, steamy out here, i just stepped out here not even minute ago i'm already sweating, just not comfortable. the sun's not even up. so let me take you outside showing you quickly what's happening here on storm can three which ain't a heck of a lot, you got moisture working it way but more than anything in terms of wet weather issues, you don't have to worry about them really until we hit the second half of the day. see any weather over central pa for example has been fizzling and eventually, some of that will survive, but

his is weakening cold front. so shower, isolated thunderstorm to help cool you down can't rule that out later today but not everyone will get hit by that. at this point you might be wishing for it, especially since yesterday when it was so hot. and we've got another one on tap for with you excess sieve heat warnings posted in the red, basically the urban corridor, and then heat advisories everywhere else, here, in the delaware valley, today. where do we stand right now? uh-huh, this tells the story don't you think? 82 degrees at the airport already, in at 80 in wilmington, dover, ac, wildwood trenton list going on, and even warm muggy out in some of the most remote suburbs. this will definitely be a case where you want to just take it easy. when you start off the morning, try to get the outdoor plans in as soon as you can. because at the height of the afternoon, it is just going to be so incredibly uncomfortable outside with the humidity, as well as the heat, combined here, to just make it, again very much insufferable. expecting the daytime high to hit about 95 greets, that's bad enough factor in

humidity, may feel as bad as 100 degrees at some point today. take care, take it easy, it will be a rough one. but we can get through it. so the magic of climate control, erika. >> katie, come on, you're pregnant with twins get inside in the air-conditioning. >> you got it. >> speaking of that, you do want to take care today. justin finch joins us now at logan circle more on how we should take care today. justin? >> erika, good morning yes don't miss judge this heat today. doing so could jeopardize your health. that's why the city rolling out some tips to survive this heat at the national weather service rolls out excessive heat warning. let's take to you video from yesterday on sunday. if you were out you know what to expect. temperatures in the high 990's, plus humidity just makes it feel so much hotter. that is why the city now advising you avoid long exposure to the heat, specifically outdoor strenuous activities, also, saying, to wear light weight clothing also helps too if it is light colored.

also again here, stay hydrated with non-alcoholic beverages. and if you are indeed doors do not be afraid to run the ac, and also, use those fans. also be on the look-out for nausea cramps, headaches mental confusion, because all of those actually are heat symptoms, and also, be on the look-out for our elderly kids and pets as well. most importantly, just find ways to stay cool, however you can, clemente park, fawn they prefer to use the outdoor fountains, take a listen. >> playing a softball game over there and came over here and i feel like i just drop my body temperatures like 5 degrees just like running around in here, it is a hot day today. >> we got another hot one coming out here today also the fountain, outdoor fountain, the spray grounds those might be the spots to head to this afternoon and also tonight. now the corporation for the aging also operating cooling centers for the elderly central northeast blackwell library branch.

they open 8:00 this morning and are set to close at 8:30 tonight. erika, be careful and be safe out here in this excessive heat today. live in logan circle, justin fin. cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> good advice, thank you. if you need help beating the heat call the philadelphia council for aging heat hotline at (215)765-9040. they'll be there between 8:30 this morning and 8:00 tonight, to help you find place to stay cool as the temperatures soar. >> right now we want to get our very first traffic report with our brand new traffic reporter meisha johnson. >> good morning, it is monday always casino of slow to get moving if you l but take a look outside. here is a look at 95 southbound at cottman avenue. see just kind of nice steady flow as you head south on here into center city. looking good on 95, taking peak at that all morning long, 42 northbound freeway as you head out of jersey at creek road, as you approach 295-6789 looking good in this stretch as women. good thing monday still

early, 5:00. most of you just starting to head out on the roadways, a look at the vine street expressway, move both in the westbound and eastbound direction both to and from the schuylkill looking good here on the vine street expressway, we of course know this is very busy stretch. it will heat up as we moving into our morning. right now looking pretty good. then tonight phillies play the tampa bay rays at 7:05 is the sense bank park. spec slow downs in the area, it is early and we're doing this together this early monday morning. then going to the wait, see that all of the posted speeds you are driving, they are all up 55 miles per hour, so, so far things are looking pretty good this morning erika? >> time to hit the roads meisha, thank you. little more than two months away from pope francis visit to philadelphia. traffic sure to be nightmare when the pope's in town. this morning is your first chance to buy tickets take the train into the city. septa's selling one-day regional rails passes for $10 each starting at 9:00 this morning. there is a limited number of

tickets available. only 18 regional rail stations will be open the weekend the pope is here, and do you node a pass to get on that train. regular tickets won't work. if you plan to take patco into the city, a one day pass will cost you $5. non-stop service will be offered only at four patco stations. putting everything you need to know on our website cbsphilly.com/papal visit. >> new this morning man shot to death right in front every his father in north philadelphia. the two were at laurence and wing hocking streets late last night when a gunman shot the 21 year old man in the face. he died this morning at temple university hospital. police think he was the intended target but they don't yet know the motive. >> we found spent shell casings feet from his body, which is an indication the shooter stood right to up him and fired the shot point blank range, and then one block away we found two more spent shell casings, right where the father said he chased the shooter to.

>> the father was not hurt. police will check surveillance video from businesses near that scene. >> also, new this morning police are investigating a double shooting in the harrow gate neighborhood. two men were shot in the leg just before 12:30 in the 1800 block of east cornwall street. one man is in critical condition, the other in stable condition. investigators tell us that because of the heat, several neighbors were outside at the time of the shooting and they're currently being questioned. a weapon was recovered at the scene. >> a day of swimming turns tragic along the delaware river. search crews recovered the body after man who disappeared into the river in burlington, new jersey. witnesses say that man tried to swim to a nearby island around 7:00 last night. they have not release that man's identity. >> and in bristol pennsylvania the search is expected to resume for a man who went missing in the delaware river. he went into the river near the bristol war of yesterday morning. marine units search for several hours, an eyewitness described that scene when the man went under. >> the boy was swimming, he

went down, straight down. there is it was a boat, at the same time, kept ongoing and he was saying help, and then another boat was behind him and his girlfriends was saying help him help him. >> marine unit were assisting in the church by burlington city and new jersey state marine units. >> more than two years after the center city building collapse, one of the men accused in the deadly accident could plead guilty this week. sources post to -- close to cbs tell us the crane operator, sean benchop, may plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter at hearing tomorrow morning. six people died in june, 2013, when a brick wall being demolished fell into the roof of the salvation army thrift store. blood tests show benchop had marijuana and prescription narcotics in his system the day of the accident. he faces six counts of thirds degree murder which carry potential life sentence. >> and the search is on for

two suspect in connection with us is pushes fire in south philadelphia. that fire broke out early sunday morning at a building under construction on south juniper streets. the flames damaged four other homes, and forced more than dozen evacuations. one witness says he saw someone go inside that building moments before it caught fire. >> a guy with a black hoodie enters the building g which caught on fire, i seen another guy on the roof, which was you know, so about five minute later, the guy with the hoodie came running out ran east down snyder avenue. as he ran out of the build being two minute later the whole building went up boom like an explosion. >> that building was being renovate intoed eight condos and a business. if you have any information you are asked to call the police. >> history is made overnight. the united states and cube have restored full diplomatic relations for the first time since 1961. it happened at 12:01 a.m. today the cuban flag will fly

in front of it embassy building in washington. secretary of state john kerry, will meet with his cuban counterpart. the american embasy half and will open next month. >> banks have reopened in grease for the first time in three weeks. customers however still can't withdraw money separate atm's. the limit still 06 euros about 67us dollars. they can deposit cash and transfer money from one account to the other. last week greece passed measure of osterity mercers. more belt tightening moves later on this week. still ahead this morning incredible video whether car goes up in flames at gas station. teenage heroes who rescued the driver. also shall washed away, we have some brand new video of the highway bridge that collapsed after getting drenched with rain. also: >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured okay, i hate to tell you. >> donald trump refuses to back down and apologize for his controversial comments about john mccain.

big backlash from trump's own party. >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> looking liver down at the shore, and oh, it is going to feel like a fireball out there today. katie has the latest on the excessive heat warning in effect today. already 83 degrees. more on that coming up after the break. good morning. >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪

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 ] >> oh, philadelphia's own ben franklin. this of course is our susan johnson, brand new traffic reporter, meisha johnson, so happy to have you. you had a bit of a john toy come here coming from minnesota. >> i did i drove from minneapolis here, it was great t let me have in depth view of the roads coming in, of course, i had my first taste of the schuylkill expressway. >> which that's attributing i one to say. >> yes. >> i remember when i moved here five years ago, there are

some names can get you sometime. >> yes. >> oh, by the way before we get into our fun little quiz, we want to officially welcome meisha on twitter, as women if would you like to let her know about traffic troubles, go ahead and tweet her meet meisha, we'll have some of the welcome tweets. here's one let's see oh, that one is hard to read. but lot of welcoming love for you this morning on social media and here in the studio, too, so nice, thank you so much. and they say brotherly love, so true, everyone has been so welcoming, so amazing. >> glad to hear that. now, ben talked about certain traffic things all philadelphians know, so we have fun quiz here, we have some signs okay, first one all right how would you say this meisha? >> balance akin wood. >> very close. >> bala cynwyd. >> however you want to say it, but very close that one tricky. so ball akin wood. high five, very close. >> getting there. >> this one is kind of trick

one. passyunk. >> exactly now, you can say passyunk or parkyoung but both work. >> look at you. >> okay. >> and you already know, we throw it up anyway. >> schuylkill. >> i can't spell this one. >> i can't! >> i was making my note, not spelling it that way at all. >> do you know thousand say it, you get a pass. >> this one always issue in the morning rush? >> right now still early things actually looking pretty good in fact, speaking of the schuylkill. >> there go. >> hoaxer hey, good morning everybody, up see i'll walk over here, tell you what's going on, taking a look at the schuylkill expressway right now, we move in the eastbound direction at montgomery drive. and you can see right now things looking pretty good. in fact, it is kind of like just a ghosttown out there. the schuylkill expressway, you won't hear me say that very often. but right now, plenty of roadway, stillman offering around of course another stretch for you. we take a look at the ben franklin bridge. this is what you are seeing outside again the ben franklin

bridge right now looking pretty good as you move in the westbound direction toward philadelphia. so really, it is a very easy, monday morning that's exactly what we want to see. katie over to you. >> thank you very much. definitely looking ahead to another very toasty day while may not be heating up too much on the roads just yet already is very, very warm, here in the delaware valley, when it comes to the actual air temperature. factor in the humid that i goes along with it, we look, see how things are really shaping up for us here, actually, as we track two separate frontal boundaries, both kind of weak. they're not enough to really knock the heat away completely in the next few days, but they are enough to get rid of how many at this. something we have going forward. storm scan3 at the moment, see sliver of moisture, notice how much of that fizzled away, but you can make out the front that we were just discussing, then you have also got secondary front crossing through tomorrow. so that's really just sort of the gist of why things are happening the way they are. and meantime, this is somewhat of a stagnant air mass, so air quality alert in effect for today region wide,

it is moderate, not necessarily unhealthy, there is a difference, but if you have got maybe some respiratory illnesses maybe fall into the sensitive category kids, elderly take care today guys. our eyewitness weather health report isn't all that hot here. heat, that's definitely no pun intended there because it is frankly going to be the kind of heat that can be dangerous heat index values, call it dangerous level here, gets to the point where you want to be inside in the cool air as much as you possibly k if you don't have the benefit of air conditioner at home, go to the library, find place where you can just cool down, because this is brutal stuff. 95 degrees today watch for an isolated shower or thunderstorm. that will be the story headed into tonight. but we keep it muggy for youment then the secondary front comes along tomorrow we stay hot at 93 degrees, watch for shower or storm yet again just enough to cool kim of locations down, and then, hey it is still late july. mid upper eight's not uncommon, but the worse of the humidity is going to be

retreating. erika, back to you. >> katie, thank youment some record rainfall to talk about in california out in the dessert there caused bridge to collapse injuring truck driver. take a look right here. 30-foot section of the bridge near palm springs gave way ending up in the flooded water below. a passenger in the truck did manage to escape unharmed. the driver suffered some minor injuries. >> two brother are being called heroes this morning for pulling an elderly woman from her burning car in oregon. that woman drove into a gas pump immediately engulfing her car in flames. when the teen brothers saw the woman trapped they jumped into action. one of the brothers using his bear hands to break her car window. >> i was like this might hurt. but i just have to pull her out. i punched it, then reached in, grabbed her by the shoulder, kind of picked her up, took her out. i was trying not to think just to get out of there as quickly as coy before anything gets worse thank god it all worked out okay. >> oh, thank goodness, now that woman was taken to the

hospital with non-life threatening injuries. >> a 19:00. campaign 2016 republican presidential candidate, done al trump refuses to apologize shall for his disparaging comments on arizona senator john mccain's war record. these comments sparked backlash from fellow candidates and veterans. hen a daniels with the story. >> he's war hero. >> he is a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured okay, i hate to tell you. >> even as donald trump's comments on john mccain continue to make headlines republican presidential candidate is refusing to back down. in a off ad published in usa today sunday night trump accused the republican senator of not doing enough to help american veterans, something he promises to do if-ee elected. >> i would be able to build a new hospitals. i'll be able to build them care centers. i'll be able to help the veterans. john mccain has failed. >> while senator mccain has yet to respond veterans are weighing in.

>> if mr. trump had served in the military, woe know that everyone that volunteers, to serve our country protect our flag, our hero. >> some of trump's fellow candidates trailing him in the polls have also condemned his comments. >> apologies to senator mccain and all of the other men and women who wear the uniform. >> i don't think he has the character or the temperament to hold the highest position in this country. >> in the u.s.a. today article, trump labeled most of them, quote, failed politicians, who have no business running for president. he's expected to face his competitors in the first republican debate next month. hena daniels cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> 5:21 right now. heroes welcome home for carli lloyd. what the world cup champion says just happened for the first time in two weeks. >> also just scarf a lifetime for that is her fer when attacked by a shark. you have probably seen the video by now but hear from one competitor who rushed over to help save his friends.

that story and that video coming up.

>> teeing off list later this morning. yesterday in scotland, masters, us open winner jordan spieth is 11 under and one shot off the lead. one of the three leaders right now 22 year old amateur paul dunn everyone talking about this guy trying to be the first winner of the british open since bobby jones back in 1930. a lot of folks talking. >> phillies continue their home stand tonight. they host the tampa bay rays at clock 05, phils looking for their fourth straight win. they swept the marlins over the weekend. >> sock r news, soccer star and world cup champion carli lloyd back home in south jersey and inspiring young players to follow in her footsteps. last night in voorhees, carly received a heroes welcome from the medford soccer club, and

the universal soccer academy. old present, and former teammate heather myths also attended. carly said it was hard work, she let the crowd in on little secret. >> decided leaving you plane free, and do what you need to do. so i continued that journey and i would say that today has been the first time in two weeks that everything has sunk in. >> carly says she would like to win another world cup and she is looking forward to the 2016 olympics in rio. the harlem globetrotters taking their skills from the basketball court to the beach. check it out. that is globetrotter star right there, bull singing some pretty amazing trick shots there, and on the stands in wildwood. made no look shot from the lifeguard stand to warm up for the globetrotter games in wildwood.

starting on oh, those guys always so much fun. >> coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news" old admission that could come back to haunt bill cosby. the possible legal troubles from his candid comments under oath. katie? >> and erika the heat is on. yet again for us here in the delaware valley with excessive heat warnings and advisories to tell you about. we're talking temperatures here and a little bit of wet wet their might help cool some of you down. details coming up. >> here's hoping, katie thank you. also, meisha is watching the roads, she'll update the traffic. we'll get to know her little beth err after

judge good morning, another summer scorcher, that humidity will track in. katie tanking -- tracking the dangerous heat. and when we will get a break from the weather. >> ticket for trains into the city during pope francis' visit go on sale in just a few hours, live with everything you need to know about get nothing town, while he's in town. first though back to the heat, oh man, crumby weather for your first day with us shall mere, a so hot and humid outside. >> the warmth, i welcome it coming from minnisota so for me you won't hear any