can throw a wrench in your plans. thankfully we do not have that to deal with today although flip side of that is because it is all sunshine, you know, we are going to end up with very scolding temperatures later on today as well as high dew point toss lead to even higher heat indexes. the lets get you out there and show you what is going on, on storm scan three. frankly not too much. we have moisture to work with here. hints of ground clutter shown on the area radar sites but no precipitation, that is the important thing and storm scan at wider zoom when we put things in motion here we are finding a couple of high clouds. there are excessive heat warnings that will be taking effect as of noon time today for a small sliver of the delaware valley but right through urban kardon. basically i-95 and immediate vicinity expect it could feel as hot as a hundred today. are we flirting with records? it will be a minor flirtation, granted but i don't think we will quite get there. with that said it doesn't feel like it is hotter than

98 degrees. record was last set and then actually tied in 1892 on this day as well as 2002 but we should just flirt with that here today. problem is it feels so much hotter when you factor in the humidity. high this afternoon expect a few puff i clouds along the way. we are expecting the high to hit 95 degrees but by 5:00 p.m. we are at 93. we will end up feeling that heat basically all afternoon. looking a head to the area headlines, we are tracking a new frontal boundary by tomorrow to bring in some thunderstorms but it doesn't too much to cool us down. we will stay hot right in the weekend. so we will have all of the details of how hot it will remain in your full seven day forecast as the show progresses. meisha, over to you. >> silver lining waking up so early, not as hot yet and opened roadways. happy wednesday. if you are just joining us good morning. the always so great to have you with us. road are looking pretty good right now. this is what we have going on in northeast philadelphia we have a train accident in bustleton grant avenue and

welsh road are complete thely closed between krewstown road and bustleton avenue. you certainly want to use an alternate in and around this area. would i suggest red lion road. so again that is completely closed. only major thing we have right now. no accident to report whiz is great. just nice and quiet. here's the schuylkill expressway moving in the eastbound direction at girard, looking good there. also some construction i-95 northbound at cottman you have lost the right lane due to that construction but does not seem like it is causing any slow downs right now. this is very nice moving in the 5:00 o'clock hour, looking great, we will see headlights, of course, everyone just starting to roll out of the bed and get on the roadways with you so far so good. your sensors maps are looking great. everything is nice, high and green. ladies, over to you. >> thanks, meisha. new this morning, three people are hurt after a crash in philadelphia. the multi vehicle crash happened overnight at east allegheny avenue and f street in kensington. the extent of the victim's injuries are unknown at this time. the cause of the crash is

under investigation. well septa has some new plans for selling regional rail passes for the papal cyst it to philadelphia pass it will go on passes through an on line lottery. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live at septa headquarters with the details justin, good morning. >> reporter: nicole and erika good morning. septa says lottery system at least seems fair and of course won't guarantee everyone a pass but they are hoping that they will distribute those tickets at least fairly. lets go to video in response to last week, failed on line initial failed a attempt that site was shut down within minutes of an opening last monday. only 201 tickets sold out of thousands available. now on monday, august the third, the lottery goes live at 12:01 in the morning and goes until midnight. it will then close. e-mails will go out thursday august 6th to the winners and they will deciding whether or not the they want to go and buy up to ten of these passes which are $10 each.

there are only 350,000 passes, to go around, and they are for september 26th and 27th for the regional rails during the pope's visit on those days. the these will be required to have for pope watchers as well as folks just commuting going to work and that of course will up the competition and already giving workers a question on how they will get to work. the lets take a listen. >> i don't know, i think it will be kind of a mess. >> if you don't win the the lottery is what plan b for you. >> i think my work will to have figure something out for us. >> reporter: hopefully they are going to be able to figure out something, employers across the the country and a across the country in this area will be doing the same. we can tell you next week an announcement is due out on the three day passes from septa for their subways buses and trolleys. erika and nicole still much more to come from septa headquarters. i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

>> hot ticket for sure. >> thanks, justin. by the way we are now just 59 days away from the arrival of the pope frances to philadelphia stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the papal visit on tv and also on line for you at cbs-3 philly.com. right new police are releasing new details about the wild police chase that went back and forth between pennsylvania and new jersey. brooklawn police say they have been looking for the suspect robert ritter since july 9th. they alleged ritter stole underwear at a shop rite and physically assaulted an employee. when ritter surfaced three weeks later police went after him. >> lucky that this occurred at night, on a monday night and mess of the roads this individual was driving through primarily here were closer toward our main highways. >> writ arer is in jail facing a long list of charges including aggravated assault. this is the man police say robbed a rite aide pharmacy in haddonfield. twenty-seven year-old donald heart of man to ace now behind bars. on june 6th, event police say hart jumped behind the

pharmacy counter demanding oxycodone and adderall. surveillance show him in a odd get up wearing a reflective vest and rain coat. hart allegedly carjacked a priest in the parking lot of the rite aide to make his getaway, erika. a chester county nurse is facing charges for allegedly stealing drugs from the nursing home where she work. thirty-six year-old carolyn howett is accused of stealing morphine and other drugs from the powe cop son home in west chester. she marked the drugs as destroyed but they later found them in her home. texas authorities are releasing several hours of video showing sandra bland in the county jail after rumors popped up on line that she was dead before she walked in the jail. bland was found hanging three day after her arrest and her family is disagreeing with the medical examiner's ruling that it was a suicide. don champion has details from dallas. >> reporter: authorities say that this newly released video shows 28 year-old sandra bland

was alive and well, when she was taken to the waller county jail on july 10th. >> it is important that we release this information because we have received death threats. >> reporter: bland is seen wearing the same outfit sheer with during her arrest after her traffic stop went arye. here she sits while a mental healthy valuation form is being completed. >> he is going through questions and writing down answer that is she's giving him. >> reporter: county judge dispelled rumors that blank's mug shot was taken after she was found hanging in her cell. >> this is where the infamous mug shot is taken. the fact that she was sleeping right before the mug shot might have something to do with her appearance in the mug shot. >> reporter: after she was book a worker let bland use a desk phone because she was having someone getting answer and post her bond. don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". members of the philadelphia police department's narcotics unit are suing mayor nutter,

police commissioner charles ramsey and district attorney seth williams for defamation. perry bets. thomas lars dell owe michael spicer were acquitted in may of federal racketeering charges and return to the force. representatives for the the mayor, police commissioner and the the d.a. have designed to comment. happening today a parent meeting at waldron mercer academy in merion. the it is to discuss the controversial firing of marge i winters a married rest bee an teacher at the private catholic school. since the dismissal in june many rallied to get winters reeven stated as waldron's religious studies director. we will have more coming at 5:30 in a live report. take a look at this incredible video of a tornado touching down in can inadequacies. we will show you more of this up close view just ahead. also this... >> do it to yourself, i'm not going to deal with this. >> 911 call that has people shaking their heads this morning, we will tell what you

happened to the dispatcher who hung up on a woman trying to help this gunshot victim. also ahead the nfl up hold their suspension have of store quarterback tom brady, we will tell you what is next in the deflate gate drama. >> ♪ summertime ♪ >> definitely feeling like summertime out there and turf give a shout out here to my buddy, ukee, so ukee, we know you are sleeping but we're thinking of you, buddy ukee, we love you man. we will see you tonight though. >> five, six, ten and 11. we will be right back.

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meteorologists say tuesday was tucson's wetest day in months. talk about an incredible rescue, an arizona couple survived after their suv gets swept away in flood waters. >> eyewitnesses say they swept the vehicle a a quarter mile away and underneath two bridge necessary tucson. the suv flipped over several times in the running water. amazingly the couple inside made it out safely and refused medical attention. now no one was injured in this massive tornado in can inadequacies, one of three that touched down monday evening. storm chasers captured the twister up close here. eyewitnesses reported seeing a giant wedge tornado that possibly seven smaller twisters drop around it. damage as you can imagine was widespread. right now 5:13. let check with katie for latest on our forecast and is today the worst day of these hot days. >> it is one of two of the next worst days. so, tomorrow is looking very, very steamy for our area we will keep high pressure in

place for another day and a half basically and then our next cold front comes along and that will trigger additional showers and thunderstorms. some of them could be locally very strong as we head into tomorrow. but for now you will just be stuck under scolding sunshine with storm scan three empty at this point. we have a handful of clouds. nothing more than that. when we zoom it out one time, yeah pretty obvious distinct line that is forming here with very heavy thunderstorms from kansas, through iowa, missouri up toward great lakes. this is going to be crossing through our area by late in the day tomorrow and then again we are going to potentially see those turn stronger, feisty as the day goes on. at this point storm prediction center has us in a marginal risk for severe weather. we will update this as time goes on. the is there a possibility this gets up great todd slight risk but for now it is marginal lowest on the totem pole, but this really does

look like it will be a heavy downpour event with gusty wind and frequent lightening but those gusts could set your path ohio furniture flying that kind of thing. we will keep you in the know here as things evolve here but that is not until late in the day tomorrow. for now we will start off flirting with 80 degrees. thinks your actual air temperature of philadelphia international. once the sun comes up all we can do is go up from here and with that humidity, it will in the feel that comfortable. you can see demar case here with the color contours and temperatures. we are in the 80's currently in st. louis little rock and once that cold front that is currently got heavy thunderstorms rumbled on through, it head our way. heat will continue to build before it gets here. as you might imagine too the eyewitness weather health report is less than ideal. today an air quality alert day for unhealthy air quality specifically, for sensitive groups. if you fall in that category talking elderly kid respiratory problems, pollen levels are medium. uv index is very high.

you have to be very careful when it comes to the heat index. beach is a good place to head to beat that heat. 88 degrees. moderate rip current risk because swimming near life guard. notice in philadelphia for the seven day every day on the next seven is still pegged at least 90 degrees. meisha, over to you. >> thanks very much. it will be a warm one. good thing is you are waking up to nice dry roadways. that is always good on these days but it has been busy week with the rain on monday. here's a live look outside 95 at cottman coming around the bend been, s curve if you will into center city looking great. everybody traveling at posted speed there this morning we had a train accident at grant have avenue and welsh road completely closed between krewstown avenue and bustle will ton avenue. use the alternate red lion road. we have a disable vehicle on the blue route southbound ramp to the schuylkill eastbound is block ago this middle lane. just use caution around that area with the disable vehicle. and also we have got road construction here in new jersey schuylkill expressway

eastbound around the 42 freeway to route 130, one lane is opened in that area also another area in new jersey, we have some more road construction on 295 northbound route 42 freeway there it is, to route 168, two lanes are blocked there until 6:00 a.m. so two lanes are block only in the 6:00 a.m. that is good news. every where elsie looked, everyone is traveling around at posted speed. that is got news. erika, back over to you. meisha, thank you. president obama is back at the the white house this morning following his trip to africa. marine one landed on the south lawn just after 12:30. on the president's agenda a meeting with house democrats to discuss among other things the iran agreement. a fire fighter and 911 dispatcher in mexico have resigned after a exchange with the caller trying to save a gun shot victim's life. it began when dispatcher, asked if the victim is breathing. lets take a listen here. >> is he breathing.

>> he is breathing how many times do i have to tell you. >> okay, you know what man you can do it yourself i'm in the going to deal with this, okay. >> with that, sanchez hangs up. jayden chavez silver died from his injuries. it happened on june 26th. a spokesperson for jayden's family says they are astonished about the call but they are focusing on instead of finding their son's killer. 5:18. investigators are working to figure out what caused a 57-foot tall pine tree to up root and fall on several kid. this happened in pasadena, california at a children's museum. now eight kid were hurt, two of them remain hospitalized in credit the california condition. the children were attending a week long summer camp. 5:18 right now. time to check on your philadelphia jobs mash report. jill schlesinger is here with more. >> reporter: just in time for world conservation day the housing market is perking up.

eco friendly builders are seeing renewed interest in their products especially for solar panels. expanding industry is leading to more job openings. employment for solar installers is project to grow by 24 percent over the next eight years much faster then average for all occupations. rapid expansion of solar panel installations will result in excellent job opportunities for salespeople to sell those products to customers. especially training sales representatives, engineers and managers, they are all instrumental in matching a company's product to consumers needs. the north american board of certified energy practitioners has a web site that helps you find specific jobs in the philadelphia area. just go to jobs dot nabce p the.org. it offers certification and company accreditation program to renewable energy professionals. i'm jill schlesinger for

phillies have sent closer jonathan papelbon to the washington nationals. the phillies all time leader in saves had a four year stay in south philadelphia that was rocky. phillies get nick pivetta in that exchange, he was a fourth round pick by washington in 2013. general manager ruben amaro says it is a good move. >> we just didn't want to get rid of him he had an extraordinary career with us, and the fact of the matter is he was as good as advertised, and maybe even better, we just didn't play very well around him. unfortunately we didn't have the kind of club that was a reason for him to be here. >> the phillies are still shopping ace cole hamels, there are a number of teams interested and ruben wants those teams to give phillies their final offers by today. the trade deadline is friday and hamels next start has been push back until then. historically amaro makes big deals july 29th phillies got cliff lee in 2009, roy oswalt

in 2010 and hunter pence in 2011. we shall see. meanwhile red hot phillies continue their winning ways, this is some good news for phillies fans. they came up with three runs last night begins blue jays and beat toronto three-two. it was phillies fifth win in a row, phillies and blue jays again tonight north of the border erika. the nfl players association will reportedly file an appeal on behalf of patriots quarterback tom brady trying to keep the star quarterback on the field. the the move comes after nfl commissioner roger goodell announced he was up holding brady's four game suspension over brady's role in the deflate gate scandal. correspondent wendy gilette has the latest. >> reporter: tom brady is expected to report to the start of the patriots training camp today as ongoing deflate gate saga, continues to unfold. on tuesday the nfl reject brady's appeal and upheld his four game suspension. league cited evidence that the star quarterback asked his

assistant to destroy his cell phone along with thousands of text messages that investigators wanted to see as part of the probe. brady told the league he recycles his phone. football fans are weighing in. >> i would have given him one or two games, i don't know about the full four but i think it is fair. >> i think they are making a big mistake. >> reporter: the decision pits the nfl against the nfl players association. in a statement the nfl pa says the nfl had in procedure in place until two days ago to test air pressure in footballs. >> if the nfl thought deflated football was such a competitive advantage why do they give the balls to the teams in the first place. they didn't do that last year. that is why they are in that mess. >> reporter: unless brady is victorious in court the next time he is eligible to play is october when patriots take on the indianapolis colts, the same team patriots defeated in the afc championship game,

using deflated balls. wendy gilette the for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". triple crown winner is coming to our area today. >> american pharoah is racing in the has kill invitation at the monmouth park. it will be the the first since his victory at belmont that made him the first triple crown winner in american three decade. american pharoah will ride atlantic city airport this afternoon on his way to monmouth park. welcome to the area. >> that is pretty cool. >> a celebrity in our area. >> a a celebrity yes. is there much more ahead on "eyewitness news" including a new update from microsoft available today jan. happening today a very big meeting here in the waldron mercy academy after a popular educator is dismissed from her post last month. i'm jan carabao reporting live from merion as we look at that controversial firing. >> jan thanks. search for two teens missing at sea continues. their family is holding out hope for their survival. we will tell what you experts

are saying about their chances, katie? nicole today will be a hot, very steamy day as we have high pressure in place the the sun will scold us out there with excessive heat warnings taking effect, we will have full details on this heat wave coming up. blank. also meisha has very latest on your morning commute, stay with us, "eyewitness news" continues

good morning, to you. it will feel, so hot today. it will feel like triple digits. katie a has details in one man. it is wednesday july 29th i'm quarter von tiehl. aim nicole brewer. we have much more on weather hot one, and traffic. plus time is running out in the desperate search for two teenage boys lost at sea. we will have a full report coming up next. right now we're in for another hot day. you are saying this is one of two really terrible, steamy days. >> yes, every single day it looks like out of the next seven hits at least 90 degrees. >> wow. >> that is a long stretch. >> yes. >> exactly. >> find a cool place. >> yes hot day minus the heat. that is my pool these days. what are we dealing with here? obviously hot air out there but today will be one of