door. 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 have a

real strong cold front move through, like changing of the guard. the warmth and humidity subside, cooler drier air take over. that's not what happened here. so back essentially to square one and it will be hotter today than yesterday even despite cold front passage air quality alert something we have to mention here, in effect for most of the state of new jersey. say for atlantic, cape may counties, so even if you are hitting the shore points, you have to take it easy out there guys, if you have any kind of respiratory problems, anything like, that if you know the air quality when it is poor, it affect you it, could affect you today. 75 degrees, the current temperature meanwhile at philadelphia international airport. just len any lower mid 70s everywhere else, say for some of the most row mother counties you do have warmth and humidity to work with region wide today. even though it looks at face value, mo more comfortable day for you at the shore granted not quite as hot as it is in the sit. that humidity starting to ramp

up for everyone. so everyone will feel the effect essentially here, only hotter from here. >> lot and lot of water absolutely, thanks so much katie. good morning everyone. commute looking great. it is early right now just starting to head on out to the roadways, but i will let you know we've got some concrete improvement, schuylkill expressway at spring garden, this is spring garden the onramp will be closed until august 4th, the onramp on to the schuylkill expressway, heading in the westbound direction, only, you can see all the linings out, there they are blocking that roadway, so you certainly want to take alternate for those of how try to get on to the schuylkill westbound from here. also, the ben franklin bridge looking great. for those of you traveling from new jersey, into center city looking really good everyone traveling at posted speeds basically everywhere i look looking at low like this, we have dry roadways, such difference from yesterday when it was wet outside we had some flooding, now today totally different story. blue route southbound at mid-county toll plaza headed toward the schuylkill, looking

great, there as well. so erika looking good. it is early but looking good out there. >> time to hit the roads thank up. breaking news right now out of southwest philadelphia. one firefighter injured while battling early morning house fire. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo joins us now from that scene, jan what have you learned? good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning, i just poke to the battalion chief live on scene here this morning, he tells me that while this fire is still under investigation preliminarilly it, does appear that the cause of this fire is suspicious, in nature, take a look behind me, the fire started right there in the second home, from the corner, here on kingsessing avenue. the battalion chief says neighbors awoke around 3:30 this morning to someone banking on the door there. soon after he says, those neighbors reported seeing this fire burning out of control. now, all the people who live on that side of the street, the four homes there on the 5900 block they all gout out safely actually out before firefighters arrived. one firefighter however we're told did suffer minor injury,

was taken to presbyterian for treatment. fire marshall's office is on scene right now investigating the exact cause of this fire, but again officials tell me the cause does seem to be suspicious in nature at this time. and the house where this all started, that second home from the corner there has been a problem house for police in the past. at this time live on scene you can see firefighters, fire crews still remain here, of course, they need to make sure there are no hot spots. also residents still displace from the their homes only the two on the corner there the corner house and the home where this fire started are damaged, we're told, the other two folks should be able to get back in there sometime today. this is still a developing story. just as soon as we get more information, we will bring it straight to you. for now live in kingsessing jan carabeo cbs-3 "eyewitness news". jan, thank you. also breaking this morning live look at house fire in monroe township gloucester county. this is the 200 block of buckingham court where two alarm fire broke out around 2:30 this morning. there is no word right now on possible injuries.

we will continue to follow this braking news and bring you update throughout the morning. now to this story, just bizarre police chase, that spanned two states, several highways and also, involved dozens of officers on the ground and in the air. they are told this chase started around 7:30 last night, in oakland, camden county. police pull over a car for a traffic stop. they soon realize the man's wanted forearmed robbery. now, that's when he fleece, and the whole chase starts. he heads to philadelphia, then bark over the bridge to new jersey. he drives through camden, to the depford mall, again back over the bridge, to philadelphia. the man eventually exits i95 near the airport. that's when police use what is called a pitman offer. the van rolled ton service road. police have identified that driver as robert ritter. he was wanted on armed robbery warrant out of gloucester township. >> again, the coordination through the radio rooms is important here i think in new jersey ends of it, philadelphia ends, radio room dispatch verse been great. then most importantly i think

the helicopter communicating down to the ground units work perfectly, again not easy things to do, specially when you have multiple payment zero agencies involved. but i think the state police, philadelphia police, new jersey, did a great job brinking this to conclusion. >> you can watch extended version that far dramatic pursuit on our website cbsphilly.com. 50:67:89 pope francis coming to philadelphia in less than two months. there is still no word though on when the special pope transit passes will become available. septa's e commerce side has been down since it crashed last week due to crushing demand. that transit agency was supposed to give us update yesterday about the troubled website, but did not. i don't want to be overly critical. i think this is a great opportunity for the city, and something that's really new for septa. it is not like they have something like this already in their policy handbook. so they are kind of constructing the plane while flying it. >> finding the passes is the only way people can ride septa regional rail the weekend of

september 26th. mayor nutter also talking about secure i at this parameters during the papal vets. hear him dispel rumors coming up in the next half hour. >> right now the manna cured of stabbing mother and her young daughter over the weekend, he is scheduled for extradition hearing today in maryland. in that hearing, 41 year old steven burton will decide if he'll wave his right to extradition to be brought back to philadelphia to face charges. police say a domestic dispute sunday ended when burton allegedly attacked 21 month old baby girl, and her mother, with a knife in west oaklane. the mother and daughter remain in critical condition. now, new this morning police have found a body after young girl in santa cruz california. they believe it is that of mattie middleton a eight year old girl who went missing outside her mother's home. as andrew spencer reports teenage boy who lives in the same apartment complex has been arrested in connection with her disappearance. the fbi had just joined the search for missing girl in santa cruz california, where

the chief of police gathered reporters overnight. >> this is extraordinarily heart breaking news that i am about to give to you. our detective discovered the body of a young female inside after dumpster at the complex located behind me. >> on sunday, eight year old madison middleton disappeared outside her mother's apartment, reporters spoke to maddie's mom during the search monday. >> she was riding her brand new scooter the white razor. she had black helmet on. she was wearing purple dress. just happy as could be riding around. >> at the time she didn't know where her daughter could be. >> i already fell apart now i am just in survival mode. i can't explain how difficult this is. nobody should have to go through this. >> it is horrible. it is awful. as i said when i first announced that we found her it is heart breaking, the last time i stood in front after group like this and spoke was when my two officers were

killed and it feels just like it did that night. >> when police found a young girl's body, they also arrest add 15 year old boy at the same apartment complex. >> do you know that boy? >> i do. >> what do you know of him? >> that he is a very well spoken seemingly nice young man from what i know, and i have known him for quite a long time. >> police say the teenager was being questioned at the police department for investigation of homicide. andrew spencer cbs-3 "eyewitness news". coming up this morning president obama fires some shots at republican presidential candidate from overseas. what he had to say as the candidates scramble for the spotlight. >> caught in the line of fire. store owner risks his life to stop group of robbers. hear what was going through his mind during this wild shoot-out. plus: >> this is a grief for this community, and for us. >> she lost her job because of her love life and her firing has created a uproar. now, that teacher talks to

"eyewitness news" about what comes next for her. >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> looking good right now looking outside our roads are clear, it is not too hot just yet. now is the time to get outside if you want to get that early morning jog in. katie has your forecast. katie has an eye on the roads for when you we come right back. good morning. >> ♪ ♪

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>> we would take the israelis a basically march them to the door of the off glenn have put huckabee in the spotlight. >> maybe this is just never to push mr. trump out of the headlines. >> republican rival, scott walker, was left with no choice but to weigh in while campaigning in illinois. >> i certainly don't zero don't use language like. that will. >> former florida governor jeb bush called the events wrong he instead focused on his ideas for reforming the immigration system. >> the idea of self deportation, or rounding people up, is not an american value. >> in recent weeks, many of the republican candidates have been trying to set themselves apart. the latest pole from monmouth university shows donald trump leading by 12 percentage points over bush in the crucial state of new hampshire. >> i think you are seeing 16 republicans fighting each other foray tension in a very, very crowded field. >> only the top ten candidates

in the polls will make it into the first republican debate next week in cleveland. wendy gillette, cbs news. and we'll see how scott walker likes his cheese steaks when he comes to town today. wisconsin governor will meet this afternoon during campaign stops at both pat's and jean ' owe's, walker wrapping up three week trip around the country since launching his campaign. time to check the forecast, it is heating up again, and not feeling too bad. the start of the day not too terrible. >> that's the thing, if you have to be outside, do you have get your morning dog walk in, you have to get your longrun in, the morning the best time to do it, for obvious reasons, you know, it is muggy outside but not going to be dealing with the core of the humidity or the heat, at least not at this time of day. so now is the time to, hey if you're up bright and earl which us right now get the stuff out of the way maybe rearrange the day if you have to. but on outside i want to show you what's happening with the larger pattern as a hole, your eye gets immediately drawn

toward minute society, a the dakotas, very nasty looking wall line of colds front moving on through with heavy rain thunderstorms, this is eventually going to be the system that moves through our area, and does bring at least little bit after change in our pattern. but, for now we do still have quite a bit of heat, humidity to deal with down across the deep south looking specifically through the mid mississippi valley, planes, heat warnings, heat advisories, all in effect, and we look at the core of the heat right now i mean, sun's not even up, not even for us here on the east coast. obviously not up yet in little rock dallas, but already into the 80s in those locations meanwhile, here in philadelphia currently at 75. this is eventually going to all head our way in the form of building heat for the next few days. how hard are we talking? well, we have seen couple of heatwaves already, each have been exactly three days, one happened in june, another earlier this month. and the latest, we think at this point, is going to last beyond the three day stretch that would make it an official

heatwave. so as we look at the seven day, here you have it, low or mid 90's. tuesday, wednesday thursday, friday saturday, sunday, and beyond. so, what are we looking at here? worse of the heat, worse of the humidity specifically i would say is tomorrow and thursday. that's when heat indexes may spike as high as the triple digits. take it easy out there. by late in the day thursday, though shower, thunderstorm will come along to help cool things off at least little bit, meisha. >> sounds like it will be at least beautiful morning we certainly know it will be warm out there. but the roadways are nice and dry. this is great for morning commute. specially now. moving into the 5:00 o'clock hour, we start to see more and more vehicles start to head out on the roadway exactly what we want, dry roadways, southbound girard, you can see, i was looking at cottman avenue, just little north of right where we are right here. that's also starting to kind of just heat up little bit a lot of tail light out there moving into center city. it is an early start. we typically see earlier starts though. specially early on in the week, monday, tuesday, wednesday. then as we progress toward the weekends it, gets little

better. concrete deck improvement onramp from the spring garden street to westbound schuylkill closing until august 4th, 1 week from today. this is closed, moving on to the schuylkill, just the westbound direction so that's the good thing. 422 at observation oak, moving toward the king of prussia area, you can see, thee travelers moving in the eastbound direction. nice easy peas i everyone traveling at posted speeds, as well. overall anywhere i look our speed censor map showing all clear, erika over to you. >> meisha, thank you. police are investigating a recent rash of robberies at cvs stores across the region. now we want to show you the man right here. this is who police say held up store on neck road in burlington township sunday morning. police say the armed suspect emptied the safe then ran away. investigators say, he's the same man who hit as many as 6cvs stores in the tri-state area since july 5th. he's -- these individuals or this individual, that if they are not id and arrested, that this pattern of conduct

will persist until they are. >> police add that the suspect strikes as the stores are opening or closing. if you have any information about those robberies, you are asked to call police. this florida man is under arrest after he is accused of secretly using his phone to take video up a woman's skirt at burlington township wal-mart store. it happened sunday afternoon at the store on mt. holly road. police say it is possible 44 year old giovanni verona may have committed similar crimes at other stores, so they are asking anyone who recognizes him to give them a call. some would be robbers in milwaukee picked the wrong target for a smash and grab. they nearly got killed in this brazen robbery attempt. after the robbers back their van into a clothing store they had to duck for cover when the owner the owner of the store started firing his gun at them. >> by the way i was scarred for my life. so i reached for my gun, and that's when everything happened. i did what i had to do to protect myself. and my business, and my

employees. >> one of the robbers was caught and arrested and one escaped. >> coming up this morning historic mover from the boy scouts overturning a ban on gay scout leaders. not everyone on board with the change. also holding out hope after two teens disappear on a fishing trip. why search crews are optimistic about finding those boys alive. we'll be right back.

>> historic change of the bow scouts, yet, end their overall ban on gay scout leaders and now it is official. david spunt has reaction to this landmark move. >> the move is historic, and comes just two months, after organization president, and former defense secretary robert gates had this to say about the policy. >> we must deal with the world as it is, not as we might wish it would be. >> gates words were music to the ears former phillie bow

scout, greg. >> who i decide to love and care for has no aspect on the things that i do within any organization. >> says he was kick out of the organization in 2003, after publicly coming out. >> received a letter stating that i was no longer a valued representative of the community, and was asked to leave. >> told "eyewitness news", monday's vote is long overdue. other boy scout leaders across the nation agree zach walls eagle scout edge and he grew up at home with two mothers. he too cents waited years for monday's vote. >> it means an organization that i love, have been a member since six years old, is he think taking another step toward joining the rest of the country in the 21st sent have i but one small exception to the new rule. bow scout units base in the churches other religious organizations, can't continue to choose adults whose quote beliefs are consistent with their own. >> we're here to serve the

churr. >> scout mass nerve philadelphia told "eyewitness news" he supports the national policy change but is glad troops tied to religion can make independent decisions. it should be what the charter institution says former nba player kick out of county fair. see why he was banned after a day of fun. justin? >> erika, delays and demands coming up, we'll tell you all about the setbacks septa is facing in trial to -- trying to sell the papal pass for september. >> also, the firing that ignite add controversy at local catholic school. now the teach here lost her job for being in a same sex marriage tells "eyewitness news" what's next for her. katie? >> and get set erika for the heat to be on. here in the delaware valley, we're heating up in the low 90s for the first day whatever looks to be a long stretch of 90 plus agree heat.

we'll break all of the details down for you coming up. erika? >> thanks, also, meisha has her eyes on the road, she'll let you know about any trouble spots to avoid when we come right back. school starts tomorrow and they're not ready. with staples they'll be 110% ready. notebook, folders, glue sticks. 25¢, 15¢, 50¢. aw, now i'm not sure if i'm ready for them to go back. i'm so ready. make low prices happen. make 110% ready happen. staples. make more happen.

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, we are less than two months away from the pope's trip to philadelphia, and many plans are still up in

the air. frustration growing as septa hit another snag. and the mayor tries to shoot down some speculation about road closures when the pope comes to town. we'll let you know what the mayor says, to try to set the record straight as these rumors are swirling on social media. >> also, this is terrific story. you can say score one for the ladies. historic hire that just happened in the nfl. it is all thanks to a coach with local ties more on that story coming up. @ assume right now getting the best of both words for weather and traffic. >> thank you for delivering good news, because the roadways are looking really good. compared to yesterday. always makes things so much more comfortable, now the heat humidity, become the main weather headlines, big story for long time. seven day every day hits 09 or above.

what? >> i know. >> well, it is almost august. >> normal daytime high, at the peak during the summer, though, 87. so we have a stretch of above average warmth here coming up here. so yes not like we have never seen this before. but certainly haven't seen it yet in 2015. so ban long time, i think it can sort of throw you off when you haven't seen that casino of heat in that casino of stretch of days for such a long time. so, just be ready. you know, have your fans ready. have your air conditioner ready to go. cranking the next couple of days for now storm scan nice and quiet. high pressure hooking us up. however, few very minor issues, if you look at our camera outside cut town area middle school, sun obviously up, if you look at the distance here specially sort of excuse the sky line or excuse the farmland at least with a little bit of fog that's settled in. so you are finding not ideal visibility the, in some locations like the poconos allentown, for example 3-mile visible, but less than