tv Eyewitness News at 430 CBS July 28, 2015 4:30am-5:01am EDT
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from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". less than two months until pope francis will be in philadelphia and after last week's problem with the transit passes, septa still is not selling them. we'll tell when you you will be able to purchase those passes. also, a wild police chase across two states last night. >> this one lasted for hours. we have the details of that chase and how the suspect finally ended up in custody. and, get ready for the return of the hot and humid weather, we're expecting to see heatwave this week. katie has more on just how long the high temperatures will last. good morning, it is tuesday july 28th, i'm erika von tiehl. we get things started when traffic and weather. the heat is coming back, ladies, not you what want to hear. >> we are not complaining
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about the heat, no way. >> doesn't complain, that's terrific. >> hey, if it is dry roadway i am all smiles. speaking of katie how is it going to look? >> i feel part of it, for you mere, a you can put your feet up when you have this time of morning for one thing and also the temperatures aren't that hot yet. definitely mild outside. walking out the door, you certainly do not need a jacket at all. that said, we will start heating up in a significant way. looking at "skycam 3", overlooking center city, very sleepy looking city at the moment, not too much happening out there not obviously too much traffic. that will all change, though, as the sun comes up, we start to heat up significantly. so storm scan, may remain empty at this point we are seeing high pressure now currently building in. generally calling for more sun than anything. but you will see some clouds along the way here today. keep in mind, i am not surprised took place air quality alert now posted for portions of new jersey, specifically, here throughout the day today so, basically
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everyone that lives in new jersey in our vuke area safe . >> take it easy out there specially at the height of the day. currently 76 degrees, you can understand why we are expecting to warm up this significantly. look at the core of the warmth right now. even through the overnight little rock, still checks in at 82 degrees, and that's some of the heat that's headed our way with time. so, a cents we look ahead in the forecast, by 3:00 p.m. spec to go hit 89 degrees, we do expected to to actually spike into the low 90s however, so, we've got some time here before we hit t it is obviously not as hot just yet, but it will turn that way, as the day goes on. we send it over to you. >> thanks so much, katie. good morning happy tuesday yes, sounds like dry roadways, that's such a nice break from yesterday. here's a live look outside. still very early many people
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just starting to wake up, hit the roadway, this is what you will be contending with, everyone driving of course at posted speeds, so always nice. the one blessing of waking up real early -- early nice and free roadways, 42 freeway, you can see plenty of headlight out there already. this is typical. this is normally what we see around this time in the morning. a loft headlights, everyone still traveling at posted speeds. this is of course at creek road as you approach 295 looking great there. basically bridges are looking good for those of you traveling in new jersey on the ben franklin. in the eastbound direction these travelers moving in the eastbound direction spring garden nice flow there. schuylkill, it is looking great right now. here is a look at mass transit. mass transit looking great. no major delays at the airport. basically in the world of travel looking good. delaware memorial bridge, one lane block in each direction.
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northbound is the right lane, southbound is the left lane. erika, over to you. >> thank you meisha. we're counting down to the papal advice knit september. now with less than two month to go, there is still no word on when those special pope transit passes will become available. septa's e commerce site has been down since the crash last week due to crushing demand. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us at 30th street station, one of the few station that is will be open during the papal advice width more on these transit woes. good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning, lots of people are looking forward to monday. they thought that would be the day they find out when and where to buy the septa passes for the pope's visit. instead all they got from septa was cancellation. let's take you now to videoment monday at 3:00 p.m. was supposed to be the day and time for the septa press conference instead, it was quickly canceled. the event though, highly anticipated, many looking forward to an update on the sales date, as well as the process here. and answering the question here which is would the site
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be secure enough for the demand? last monday you will recall the site crashed under the weight of hundreds every thousands every transactions, only 200 of 350,000 tickets were actually sold, and in the end, the high demand and high volume took down the site. for many it was truely no surprise. >> it is not so much about the system as it is the demand. and perhaps they just weren't ready for the demand. >> now, that truely is the gist of of it here, very high demands, low quantity of tickets here, 10-dollar, one day passes for september 26th, and september 27th, of course, the locals want it, but many out of towners want them, as well. and then announcement scheduled for later this week on the sales process. live at 30th street station. justin finch cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> justin, thank you. meantime, map depicting security perimeter around philadelphia for the papal visit this fall is making its way around social media. mayor michael nutter with wants everyone to know it is not
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legitimate, the city planning and formulating the plans for the papal visit. >> that as soon as plans have been finalized and approved, by all of the partners organizing this event briefly, that would be the world meeting of families, city state the federal agencies, and number of others we will joinly, officially publicly share those official plans. >> the mayor went ton say he expect to release more information about the papal visit next monday. >> and, stay with "eyewitness news", as new details about the pope's up coming visit start to come n we'll bring them to you on tv and on line at cbsphilly.com. >> 4:36 right now, happening today, the manna cured of stabbing a mother and her young daughter over the weekend in west oaklane the scheduled for hearing in maryland. forty-one year old steven burton will either wave his rights and be brought back to philly to be charged or fight
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extradition. police say it was a domestic dispute thinnedded when burton allegedly attacked his 21 month old baby girl and her mother with a knife. the mother and daughter remain in critical condition. >> a wanted man leads police on wild chase, it started in new jersey, ends in pennsylvania, and involved dozens every police officers at the state and local levels. started around 7:30 last night in oakland, camden county. when the suspect evaded police during traffic stop. then just escalate from the there, he head today philadelphia, then back over the bridge to new jersey, drove through camden depford mall then back again over the bridge to philadelphia. the van exit dollars i95 near the airport, that's where police used pitman offer, and the van rolled on to the service road. the suspect was cuffed, and taken into custody. we thought he was armed we had our swat unit also engage in the area in case there was a confrontation. we were concerned throughout this being that he did a gunpoint robbery we know he
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use at shotgun in the robbery because of the type of vehicle, and he had a gun in that car. >> police have identified the driver as robert ritter. ritter was wanted on armed robbery warrant out of gloucester township. new this morning, police in santa cruz, california say they believe they found the body of missing eight year old girl. the body was found last night inside a trash bin. madison middleton vanished sunday afternoon from her home in an artist community. fifteen year old neighbor is being detained and questioned in her death. >> president obama becomes the first us president to address the african union today. security and terrorism are expected to dominate the speech to the 54-member body. yesterday, epurates dollars ethiopia for being outstanding partner in fighting islamic extremists. well, this is historic change, the bow scouts and their blanket ban on gay scout leaders. it is a move aimed at easing a controversy that simmered for years. now, this new policy which takes effect right away was approved by the national executive board in a 45 to 12
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vote last night. however, the organization still allows church sponsored scout aoun to its maintain the exclusion for religious reasons. still ahead this morning a lesson to be careful about what you post on social media. a south jersey man is in trouble with the law now after what he posted on instagram. and katie mentioned this, get ready for hot weather. expecting heatwave this week. katie has more on exactly just how long that heatwave will last coming up. good morning.
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a frightening scene on penn state university park campus. part of the sealing inside the swab auditorium collapsed injuring two people. 2 feet by 8-foot section of plaster fell from overhang g balcony. about 500 people written side at the time attending a program for perspective engineering students. those hurt are expected to fumuli recover. >> well, south jersey man learned the hard way you got to be careful you what post on
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line. earlier this month, a tip came in that someone was growing marijuana in the backyard of a vacant winslow township home. police were able to track down 20 year old connor kennedy after he allegedly posted a picture of the marijuana on social media. police say when they arrived at the property, kenny was there, cultivating the crop. >> pictures of his grow on instagram. the actual address came right up on the screen, which made it very easy for us to, you know, go out and track it down. >> kennedy's alleged instagram is now private. >> the medical examiner says the initial autopsy on bobbi kristina found found no obvious cause every death. final ruling not expected for weeks. the daughter of the late whitney houston died sunday six months after she was found un response enough her georgia home. bobbi kristina's father, bobby brown, released a statement it, reads in part, christy was and is an angel, i am
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completely numb at this time. my family must finds a way to live with her in spirit and honor her memory. our lost is unimaginable. right now 4:43, right there, not feeling too bad. but will warm up you are saying, katy? >> the coolest time of day obviously, enjoy it. so this is pretty much it? >> i would say, if you have outdoor plans, do you have get your yard work done, going on vacation or something, just do it early in the day or wait until as late as possible. just because the height of the day it will get really really steamy outside. specially tomorrow, and thursday. >> okay, so today not a free day? >> if you thought yesterday was steamy just wait. yep, so we had front dropping through yesterday. paid us visit obviously with very heavy rain this same time yesterday. that now long gone. and in it wake with high pressure building in you will see skies gradually clear for more and more sunshine, which will only cook us here at the surface, you have to be ready for that in the form of nice strong sun block, if you must be out. and lot of options for hydration. water is our obviously our
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drink every choice here. storm scan3, brinking in high pressure as you can see not too much activity in the northeast, we look at the wide zoom. there is pretty significant wind storm actually developing right now, across the dakotas and very well defined circulation actually right across the canadian border. but this is actually going to be the next frontal boundary that we have to track looking ahead to thursday, so, from now, it is turning steamy. high heights the low 90s we'll keep the theme going wednesday, and by this point we may actually ends one dew points as high as the point that it actually feels more like triple digit here, both wednesday and thursday. thursday, is also going to mark the arrival and passage of this cold front. but it looks as though it will have some time before it gets here so, again thursday, very very steamy day for us, we will be tracking late day shower or storm less humid by friday, but obviously still hot. you know, that cold front doesn't do much to cool us down t does at least knock back humidity somewhat for us. this is stretch of very hot weather. hottest stretch that we've had thus far this year. thus far this season.
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wait until you see the seven day. sun and clouds for now hot muggy conditions, we drop down to 75 tonight. clear sky but again air conditioner is probably going to be cranking here as you look ahead in this forecast, at this point we are calling for everyone of the next seven days to at lows flirt with or surpass the 90 degrees mark here. soap very hot hazy conditions especially initially, but little bit of relief thankfully come friday. erika, back to you. >> katie, thank youment talking sports, the eagles summer vacation is almost over. the birds report training camp this saturday night, with the first work outset for sunday morning. eagles coach chip kelly has replaced nine starters from last year's team, and there will be 35 new players. last year's eagles went ten and six. our leslie van arsdale asked delaware county times call up just jack mccaffrey what we can expect this year. >> it is difficult to gauge what they will get this year. obviously, what are you going to look for in training camp? can sam bradford play? can he play? >> another quarterback
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controversy. >> you know? always looking for that. now, we will have some fun with that. if bradford can play, they are back to at less ten wins, maybe more, then you get into the playoffs, pretty well coached, they make a run. >> in other sports news, jen weather, formerly running back and special teams player for the texas revolution indoor football team, she is set to make history later today. arizona cardinals head coach and former temple coach bruce he is expected to name her the inside linebackers coach for training camp and this year's pre-season. she will be the first woman to coach in the nfl. she was the first player in a non-kicking position to make it to play in a men's football league. well done. baseball now the phillies continue their road trip tonight, in toronto with the baseball trade deadline this friday. phils ace cole hamels and other players could be traded before coles no-hitter people or beil ya makes it to cooperstown. dodgers and the rangers are reportedly the top teams interested in hamels.
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he's set to start against the braves in south philly, on thursday. still ahead this morning on "eyewitness news" fitness trackers are all the rage for people look to go count every single step they take. but one company now giving refunds out after finding out their bans weren't exactly as accurate as promised. details coming up in the money report. first what's ahead tonight on cbs-3.
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breaking news this morning, "eyewitness news" on the scene of a fire in monroe township. fire broke out around 3:30, 200 block every buckingham court. live picture right here from the scene. we will continue to follow this story and have live report for you coming up at the top of the hour. other headlines this morning, with less than two month to go, still no word on when the special pope transit passes will become available. septa's e commerce site has
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been down since crash last week due to crushing demand. the transit agency was supposed to give us a update yesterday about the troubled website, but did not. also, the manna cured of stabbing a mother and her young daughter over the weekend in west oaklane is scheduled for hearing in maryland today. forty-one year old steven burton will either wave his right and be brought back to philly to be charged or fight extradition. the mother and daughter remain in critical condition. and, a wanted man leads police on wild car chase. this all started around 7:30 last night in oakland, camden county. that suspect went back and forth from philadelphia to new jersey for two hours. police eventually caught the suspect, robert ritter near the philadelphia airport. 4:50 right now time for check on your business news, we have warning for android users, money watch's jill wagner joins us from the new york torque stock exchange for more on that jill, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, erika. pretty scary t actually affect about 95% of android users, it
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is a security flaw, researchers, they found that haak ers can actually take control after android phone simply by sending a text message that includes video attachment. and the scary part of this is that users don't even have to open the message in order to be impacted. google says that what it will do issue affix and sends it to it partners, we'll of course send that to users. >> that is disturbing, jill, also, nicki, giving customers some refunds nothing related to the nike sneakers watch do you know? >> yes, mike i is giving 15-dollar refunds or 25-dollar gift cards nike, to people who bought fuel band fit nerve trackers. this stems from lawsuit. users filed lawsuit saying the devices couldn't accurately track their steps and the calories burned as advertised. how upsetting is that if you think you're working out and burning all of these calories? >> no kidding. >> not so. >> gives you good excuse, it is not you, it is the band,
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>> 4:54, we will will check on the roads with meisha. >> good morning, hammy tuesday to you, it is early in the morning, everyone just slowly starting to wake up. taking a peak at the screen, look at that, it is looking nice. i can tell you right now everyone is traveling along at posted speeds. one of the roads i actually just took a peak at, the blue route, southbound, at the mid-county toll plaza this is as you heard toward the schuylkill. these travelers moving in that direction. looking great here, honestly, one of the best things about waking up ellie is you own the roadways. look at this, everyone traveling at posted speeds,
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another place i was looking at 309 northbound, ft. washington at the penn turnpike, look at this pretty much looks like ghosttown. literally no drivers here. love. >> this toyed show this. for those of you traveling that area, you are looking good. roosevelt boulevard, southbound toward the schuylkill these travelers moving in the southbound direction looking good, there as well. nothing major to report. know it is a nice easy drive this early morning katie how is it looking out there? nice and dray there. >> definitely, you know we have the dry weather to work with here, here, a next couple of days, eventually we heat up very significantly starting today, and actually lasting we thinking through the most part the next seven days. at least hitting 90 degrees, if not more. soap, as long as that verifies we'll have very long heatwave on our hands here, and storm scan3 at least at the moment action as we mention, still dry clear. as we go on out to the beach. good place to try to beat the heat guys. it will be warm, humid you always have the sea breeze to work with, right? uv index nice and high. we will be sizzling specially the urban corridor for the
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next couple every days, finds a pool near you erika. >> am i invited to yours? >> oh, no, to ukee's, that's the way it works. >> oh, he'll be at work. that will work out well! >> sister station kyw1060 pennsylvania house speaker says we'll attempt tonight override governor wolf's veto over republican passed budget for negative over ache cents do not produce an agreement. also while hall of fame pitchers comments are shedding light on over use injuries in teens. and new police and community initiative starts today. it is designed to help some philadelphia business corridors become safer. check in two three, four times a day, "kyw news radio" 1060 on your a.m. dial. coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news", following breaking news, firefighter hurt battling overnight fire. we're liver on that scene. >> also, some startling video when a store owner fights back, against some robbers. hear what he has to say about the scary shoot-out. we'll be right
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>> good morning to you, it will feel like the dog days every summer, katie sales the stretch after long 90 agree days, and she has the detail. breaking news, firefighter rushed to the hospital after overnight fire. we're live with how they're doing this morning. >> and, it is the wild police chase that covered two states. a driver weaving you there traffic and police through more than an hour. we know about the driver and how he was finally stopped. >> good morning, it is tuesday, july 28th i'm erika von tiehl. more on those stories coming up in a moment. first though we want to see with a it is like when you head outside the door.
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katie and meisha keeping ion things, this is as good as it gets today ladies? >> any time we have dry roadways in the morning for the morning commute, it is a good thing so, katie, i know it will get real hot. everyone has to take your advice on what they need to do. but for the morning commute it will be good. >> so far so good. absolutely when it comes to both of our departments here, but certainly once that sun comes up, the the rush always tends to pick up, certainly we will be heating up significantly, as well. this is only day one folks. what looks to be pretty long stretch now of some very hot very steamy wet for r our area. so we start things off by going on out to one of the skycam views in ac. looks little hazy, doesn't it? sign of the moisture already here. starting to build up, and with those rising dew point with time in atlantic city, really everywhere else it, will feel very, very sticky outside. for the middle part of the week. so looking at storm scan3 tri-state sweep, not picking up on heck of a lot at this point. we did just have front cross through, fizzling front didn't do much to change out the air mass. almost like when you h
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