way. it was like ferris buehler weather, everybody is out there just making excuses. >> no kidding. >> toys day the same? >> is there ever a betader toy play hooky? i have another day for you. i'm not going to sign your excuse note for your boss but i will conn down that you have perfect weather to take advantage of it today. maybe you can, snag just a half take at work or something like that. why not. this kind of weather does not come around that often for late july standard. so beautiful weather today and even heading in the upcoming weekend. we are just getting spoiled here. let's enjoy it and be grateful. let me take you outside first and foremost here. live neighborhood shot nice and clear. few high cloud nothing more but river is nice and calm overlooking delaware river from palmyra cove nature park looking at storm scan three that too remaining nice and quiet with nothing more than a couple cloud overhead. here's where we stand temperature wise. air temperatures in the late 50's. it just does not happen.

allentown. seventy-one in philadelphia we are expecting daytime highs to spike backup in the mid 80's a. it is still warm, seasonably so but minus the humidity. the it feels fantastic. up in the poconos i love how we put this just doesn't get much better than that. seventy-six, full sunshine low humidity, a great excuse maybe to take the boat on the the water do some fishing, whatever your feeling is, it is a great excuse to be outside and doing to it day meisha. >> i will do it again. >> thanks, again so much for that. right now outside it is still early, many just waking up with us, welcome, good morning. you know unru h avenue is closed at ditman street. we have do have some police activity going on. the just make note of that in and around the northeast philadelphia area. unruh avenue is closed right now. take an alternate if you can. forty-two north bound at creek road and northbound freeway approaching 295, you can see steady stream of vehicles. we have had a truck that was pulled off the shoulder there for two days. nothing relevant to tell but

that now it is cleared. forty-two freeway in the north bound direction you are looking great. also 95, moving in the southbound direction at girard, we saw a lot of activity in this area yesterday throughout the the morning ending with a crash that was getting busy. right now i-95 in the southbound direction, look at that looking beautiful outside. i-95 north bound at betsy ross we have lost two lanes, two lanes down, just give yourself a couple minutes in that area. erika, over to you. a violent night in philadelphia leaves three people dead and three different neighborhoods. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us at one of those scenes in tacony where a shooting left one person dead and another injured. justin, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning. three men dead from shootings overnight and late last night. one man taken to surgery for his injuries and youngest victim just 15 years old. lets get you to video from late last night about 10:45 in the fair hill section of the west clear field and north howard. a 20 year-old man was found

shot six times twice in the head and taken to temple university hospital, where he was pronounced dead. police now know that he was with the woman at that corner before, male shooter approached and opened fire, late last night. there were two scenes in north philadelphia that police were investigating, one on the 100 block of colona where a man between 25 years old was found shot dead just after 1:00 o'clock in the morning. nearby a 15 year-old boy we are told was grazed by a bullet in his arm and taken to st. christopher's shot rang out in that area. a car was found there shot several times. these two shootings may be link but no word on the shooters or perhaps a getaway vehicle. in tacony where we are right now just after 1:00 o'clock in the morning a 21 year-old man was found shot to death at unruh avenue and marsden street. police arrived to the scene and have remain here ever since investigating and they

set the scene. take a listen. >> shortly after 1:00 o'clock in the morning police came out here and we found one male that was shot on the highway deceased, 21 years old shot in the head, and shot in the neck. there was also another male that was the shot, he was taken to aria torresdale hospital and he is in surgery. >> reporter: that victim was taken to the hospital, we are told, by police. he is 28 years old. he has a gunshot wound to his back we're told and he was taken to surgery. looking out live at this scene here still going on here unruf and marsden this extend all the way to torresdale avenue. three men in hoodies seeing fleeing this scene. they are considered persons of interests at the this point. in all erika and nicole, five people were shot between late last night and overnight and three of them have passed away as a result of their injuries. for now we are life from

tacony i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". meanwhile a prison guard is in stable condition after being stabbed by an inmate. that prompted a lock down yesterday at curran-fromhold correctional facility in northeast philadelphia. that guard is in stable condition at aria torresdale hospital. authorities have not yet said what led to that stabbing, this is the same prison that pope francis will visit during his stay in philadelphia. a philadelphia police officer shot in the line of duty is out of the hospital. police say the 17 year veteran was shot by a suspect he was attempting to arrest this happened yesterday morning in the north brook apartment complex on woodhaven road. police returned fire and killed that suspect devon guisherd. >> the officer was behind him he spun, fired around, striking the the officer in the stomach with a 40 caliber semiautomatic weapon. the the officer return fire striking the suspect. >> special swat team body arm or saved that officer's life,

he suffered a bruce near his stomach. this by the way is a second time that officer has been shot in the line of duty. the cbs-3 i team uncovered more on the suspect's background, devon guisherd was arrested in 2006 hain 2012 on criminal charges. he was wanted in the killing of the pregnant woman megan doto last september. guisherd was considered a fugitive for justice and for ten months authorities were on the hunt for him when that ended yesterday morning. in word why they could not track him down previously. almost two weeks after her arrest, jailed in take form intake forms show conflicting information about sandra bland's state of mine. while the 28 year-old old's death has been ruled a suicide federal and local authorities are investigating the case as a homicide. cbs news correspondent hanna daniels has the the latest. >> reporter: sandra bland's handwritten jailed in take form there are check marks in the yes category next to the questions asking have you you

ever felt very depressed and do you feel that way now? yet in this computer generated one only a few hours later the same questions are marked no. bland's family and friend haven't said she were not have hanged herself in her jail cell three days after her arrest. >> she was making plans to get out of jail. >> reporter: le von mostly says blank left him this upbeat voice mail while behind bars. cbs news has in the been able to confirm independently. >> switching lanes with no signal turning, i don't even necessity. >> reporter: both forms show bland had previously attempted suicide but jail officials in the county never placed her on suicide watch. and michael wolf senior says many people have already made up their mind about a tragedy still under investigation. >> we don't have these issues that are being presented in terms of extreme racist tensions. >> get out of the car. >> reporter: bland was a arrested after a confrontation

during a routine traffic stop on july 10th after seeing dash cam video of the incident her family questions why she was arrested in the first place. hanna daniels for cbs news. fire fighters planned to let this wear house fire in middlesex county burn itself out before they determine how it started. that fire is still burning right now. the flames in north brunswick flared up overnight. the wear house was filled with plastics, cars, household goods which only fueled the fire. it sent plumes of black smoke in the air visible from space. one fire fighter suffered a hand injury. hundreds of evacuated residents are still waiting to go home. happening today pennsylvania governor tom wolf will name a new chief of staff a shake up in his office. wolf's chief of staff katie mcginty resigned yesterday. democratic sources say mcginty plans to run for a seat in the u.s. senate last year. mcginn would i challenge joe sestak for the democratic nomination with the, winner

taking on senator pat toomey. democratic law makers in new jersey will take first steps to try to force governor chris christie out of office. they will introduce a bill that will force christie and any future governor to resign if they run for president. lawmakers say christie is spending too much time out of state while he campaigns for the republican nomination. it is highly unlikely governor christie would sign that bill if it makes it to his desk. don't be surprised if you see extra police officers a at the shore they are conducting a hurricane evacuation drill on major highways including ac expressway and garden state parkway. goal, it is to make sure to make sure evacuation routes are set in place due to a major hurricane n road will be closed during that drill. 5:09. if you think you are missing mail, government may know why. where investigators found thousands of pieces of mail never deliver by a local postal worker. also fixing a dresser danger how ikea plans to make millions of pieces of

furniture safer after a death of the chester county boy. plus several dangerous wild fires burning out west, see the dramatic escape of some tourist rushing to get out of the way have the of the fast moving flames. grab those sunglasses, katie says we will see a lot of sun today, so that is good news to hear on this thursday morning. we will update your fabulous forecast when we

ikea issues a safety warning for 27 million dressers and chests but for one local family the warning is too little too late. twenty-three year-old curran was kill last year when a dresser from ikea tipped over on top of him. retailer is warning other customers about that same dresser and offering a free kit to help anchor the furniture to the wall. an attorney for the family says that safety washings are long past due. >> it is not a surprise. i actually think it is overdue. danger of furniture tip overs has been well men to further furniture manufacturers and for ikea for many years. >> ikea, which has a u.s. headquarters in conshohocken released a a statement which reads in part at ikea we are committed to helping raise awareness of the serious home safety issue and to continue to provide customers with the the tools, and knowledge they need to prevent these

accidents. for all of the information you need to necessity about the safety warning head to our web site at cbs philly.com we have posted details about how to get free kit the for anchoring those dressers, erika. fast moving wild fire is burning through napa county, california. win driven fire is threatening 150 structures and prompting evacuations. authorities say that fire was started by a car accident and then quickly grew. several hikers had been rescued. officials are urging visitors to stay away from that area. >> my gosh go, go, now. go. >> terrifying moment captured on video here as missouri family drove to escape a wild fire. that family was vacationing at glazer national park in montana when that fire broke out. >> i could feel warmth on my hand as i was filming out the window. it was super hot. i have never seen anything like it before closest thing i have ever seen was a small field fire. just totally shock to go me. >> that fire forced visitors

to abandoned their vehicles and they were, ushered out by officials. 5:15. we're talking about a banner day, katie a few of them. >> yes weather just keeps paying us back big time for all of the steaminess we had to endure in recent days during stormy weather a as well. so pay back can be sweet sometimes and this is what we will be getting in on, right through the course of the upcoming first half of the weekend, and maybe even as late as into sunday. lets start off by taking you outside and showing you what is happening on storm scan, not too much, i promised it would look empty and sure enough, it does. we have high cloud that is it. a little glimmer of the light beginning to pop up on our area cameras but generally speaking we are still off to a dark start once that sun does pop up over the horizon, i have a feeling sun glare will be a problem for us. we have a quiet start here regardless across the board weather-wise and it will stay that way. now, eventually we will start

to track wet weather but we have a nice long window of opportunity to be outside and not worry about ears perk for sunday. high pressure in place for today, tomorrow, and again on saturday. all they by this point a warm front starts to lift n it will in the bring us any wet weather but temperatures will start spiking with time and then sunday is our first shot, notice the question mark, it is still just a chance at this point that you may see a quick pop up shower or thunderstorm. we will track a cold front lead nothing to monday. so that allows a better chance for shower or storm heading forward in time. look at what happens. we will come from low dew points they start to climb with time, looking ahead to sunday and monday. that is a sign more than anything there is a new system on the waste but also the fact that you will start to notice, it feels a little bit more sticky as they pass by here. thinks perfect beach weather. we have a couple collogues on vacation this week. i feel like they pick the best week to actually be out at the

the shore. 82 degrees is our expected high at the beach. uv index is very high. you know me i will say it again, sun block required maybe an spf of three or better please. as we look forward in the forecast we are talking upper 80's and we have a shot for shower or storm by sunday, guys back to you. >> katie, thank you. tens of thousands of letters that should have gotten to homes and businesses in philadelphia's tacony section never got there and new it has led to charges against a postal worker. the federal prosecutors say patrick key ambrose ohio failed to deliver more than 22,000 pieces of mail between may 2014, and this january. investigators say that they found them in his car and garage in northeast philadelphia and his home. neighbors in tacony are not happy. >> we're supposed to be able to trust them. if you can't trust your mail carrier then there is no point in having them. >> three of us living in this house and especially the the two people that i live with, they depend on government

checks and they depend on that and i would think that they would tell me there would be problems. >> reporter: if convicted, he could get six months in prison and face a fine. another lawsuit begins bill cosby will now move forward despite his attempt to will challenge that motion. the california supreme court rejected cosby's petition seeking review of the case brought forward by a woman who claims he sexually assaulted her in 1974. seventy-eight year-old comedian cited procedural irregularities. the attorney says she believes she has the right to take a deposition from cosby. cosby's lawyer is also under fire for his role on temple university's board of trustees. head of the school's faculty union wants patrick o'connor to resign saying he knew about cosby's admission about drugs and woman a decade ago. university is supporting o'connor cosby resigned from the board of trustees last

year. 5:18. talk about a creepy crime wait until you hear what a man is accused of doing after he breaks into a new jersey home. and talk about a close call for those police office their came within inches of being run over. the dangerous mistake that driver made behind the wheel we will explain.

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the accused south carolina church shooter faces federal hate crime charges. the attorney general said dylann roof targeted his victims because of their race and religion. nine people were killed. we now have more for you. >> reporter: a federal grand jury's indictment charges this mandilion roof with 33 crimes, including, federal hate crimes and weapons charges. >> we think that this is exactly the type of case that the federal hate crimes statutes were in fact conceived of to cover. racially motivated violence such as this is the original domestic terrorism.

>> reporter: investigators say the 21 year-old targeted the charleston church and its parishioners. >> mother's manual was his destination specifically because it was a historically african-american church of significance to the people of charleston of south carolina and the nation. on that summer evening dylann roof found his target. african americans engaged in worship. >> reporter: after nearly an hour attending a bible study police say roof admitted to opening fire, killing nine people. >> parishioners had bibles. dylann roof had his 45 caliber glock pistol and eight magazines loaded with hallow point bullets. >> reporter: roofies facing federal, state charges, south carolina does not have a hate crime law. >> i don't mind having a hate crime law you but please don't suggest people in south carolina would not render justice here, because we will. >> reporter: i'm mary man leny reporting. roof's state trial begins next year f convicted he could face life in prison or death. as of right now the the decision has in the been made

by prosecutors to seek the death penalty. roof's attorney did not respond to requests for a comment, nicole. a main line woman is accused of selling heroin out of her home. this is the suspect 61 year-old lynn, of wayne. police say and inn cover investigation led them to her and that detectives went to her home, four different locations. they recovered 80 bags of heroin and a pistol from her home. she's now behind bars at the chester county jail. and an intruder breaks in the home and hides under a bed but that is not the mess creepy part. jason hubbard entered a new jersey house where home owner took out the garbage. police say he hid under her bed for up to five days. the home owner says the suspect dated her daughter, years ago she believes he was homeless and decided to set up camp in her house. but that is really creepy, to think that someone has been in your home for five days. >> makes you want to look under your bed when you get home.

>> yes. >> whole new spin. >> so true. coming up next on "eyewitness news" help is on the way for some people devastated by last months severe storms that blew through the area, j a an. >> reporter: and will ben franklin bridge be opened for papal visit, one of many big unanswered transportation questions. i'm jan carabao reporting live. coming up, we will take a look at this issue. i don't know fit is right number let's try it, 202-228... >> donald trump calling outlinedcy graham forcing him to get a new cell phone. see how he took out his frustration after candidates clashed. >> you definitely don't want to miss that. >> our weather pattern just keeps on bringing us dividend, it is looking absolutely phenomenal again today and stretch of weather will last us a few more days, we will tell you how long, coming up, guys. >> katie thanks. need to keep an eye on the road for you. she will let you in about backups to avoid as you head out the the iran keeps their nuclear facilities.

military sites can go uninspected. restrictions end after 10 years. then iran could build a nuclear weapon in two months. iran has violated 20 international agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism.

good morning. preparing for the pope, new details are coming out about the security plans for pope francis's trip to philadelphia in september. a lot of people wondering how they might get around in and out of the city during this visit. we will let you know about the possibility of closing ben franklin bridge for the whole

weekend, the pope is in town. they are talking about that a lot of questions surrounding his visit and excitement but first lets talk about traffic and weather. good morning ladies. >> good morning. >> yes. >> it is certainly amazing. >> does that ever help traffic, i cannot tell you. oh, thank you mother nature and katie right. >> yes. i will absolutely take credit when weather is looking like this. if we have hurricane or severe weather, don't blame me i'm just messenger but it is looking phenomenal. it will be one of these bring your convertible to work days kind of a deal. the just so pleasant. lets go outside, we will show you storm scan three. not much happening as promised i told you this earlier in the week, we will not see too much happening on storm scan. the it is hibernating a couple days. we have a couple cloud nothing more than that as high pressure is regaining control once again. looking at area temperatures it is awesome outside. we are at a mild 71 degrees in philadelphia a but comfortable

71 degrees. in the muggy at all. through these suburbs we are in the mid to lower 60's, if not 50's. how often do you really see this as the end of july. just doesn't happen very often. mid to upper 60's down the shore. we have off shore wind flow too. this system will be a beautiful beach day too. you're witness weather health report looking good overall one and only issue is sun glare and the sun issues that you'll face, if you don't put on sun block. air quality good. pollen levels back to low and medium. uv index is much like what we saw yesterday in the full forecast, full sunshine. that will be at a nine here today. eyewitness weather day planner looks beautiful. we have sunshine. very comfortable. no air conditioning required, guys you can leave those windows cracked open enjoy nice light breeze and with full sunshine we are expecting a high to hit about 85 degrees later on today. 3:00 p.m. we will be at