at least not dealing so much with the wet weather here at the local level though we do definitely have heat to deal with this morning. in fact, we are already close to 80 degrees this hour, despite the fact that clearly the sunnies not up. sky scan three showing you live view from camden overlooking ben franklin bridge, center city, all looking g it is clear as can be but it does feel warm and very steamy outside. an excessive heat warning is still in effect. the it is not excessively hot right now rather we're just keeping this going throughout the rest of this afternoon until 6:00 p.m. specifically for philadelphia, essentially i-95, and the immediate vicinity throughout lining suburbs for heat index values that once again top off around one hundred degrees. so, we're talking about storms, right? where are they? they are starting to impact us far off to the west. storm scan is still nice and clear but we have that myself tour to work w dew point of 72, kind of the magic number

almost every where say for a couple choice locations but bottom line is it is very muggy outside. quick check on the area temperatures. we don't have mount pocono but we are in the lower 70's. seventy-eight at philly international, looking forward in this forecast we still expect to hit lower 90's, it feels hotter, by 3:00 p.m. we will see thunderstorms to the the western suburbs, closer toward the typical evening russias we mentioned though right over the city of philadelphia, meisha. timing never on our side with these things, it seems, we will send it over to you. >> never is but such a role with the punches, katie, it is thursday, it is the silver lining that friday is right around the corner. live look outside, it is still dark out there. forty-two freeway north bound for those in new jersey approaching 295 this camera is at creek road. you can see plenty of headlights, outside on the roadways. this is very typical. we will see that slow down a little bit as we head into friday but right new we are looking good there. also some construction i-95

southbound at vine street the left lane and part of the right lane is actually block, so we have one lane of traffic that is maneuverable. take note of that this should clear between five and 6:00 o'clock hour but give yourself a couple extra minutes. i'll update you when that clears. here's i-95 and cottman and here we go here is our map. the bustleton we have a fatal accident this morning, red lion is now opened, earlier i told thaw was closed at sand meyer road, red lion is reopened for those traveling in and around that area, again, we had an accident earlier this morning. nicole, over to you. meisha, thank you. we will begin this hour with breaking news out of northeast philadelphia, three people are killed and one is taken to the hospital. now police suspect this may have been trag racing in the bustleton section overnight. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live with more tea tails on the investigation, justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that one victim who did survive at last check is in

extremely critical condition. the let's show you car all four were in earlier, that car right there split in half by i am pennsylvania pack of that crash. this was a car that was an acura tl with two in the front, two in the back at 11:50 when it crashed on sanmeyer lane crashing in the tree and being split nearly completely in half police say. now travel at a high rate of speed. witness overheard the crash and called police once they arrived they say they he saw a very chaotic scene. victims range from late teens to early 20's. three here died on the scene. one taken to the hospital, in extremely critical condition. police say at this point they are looking into whether there was a second car involved, if this was perhaps a case of trag racing, that is unclear at this time. this case is under investigation. police say this was a recipe high speed and young drivers in devastation and that is what happened here this morning, take a listen. >> teenagers, high speed,

trying a car thinking they are having a good time and it only takes a second to lose control of a vehicle and have a senseless loss of life. it is very unnecessary. >> reporter: those who know sandmeyer lane here necessity it has a bend that can be tough to negotiate. at this point it is not believed that alcohol or drugs played a role in the crash. the it the is basically speed at this time. police are now also looking through surveillance video taken from the scene, from the construction company here where this crash came to a subpoena to see if perhaps a second car was involved or other factors that may have caused this crash, again, three dead and one now is in the hospital fighting for their life. we are live from bustleton i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> so tragic, justin, thank you. phillies will be without one of their all time greats necessity when they take on the braves at citizens bank park. sources say 2008 world series mvp has been traded to the texas rangers. "eyewitness news" reporter jan

carabao is talking to the phillies fans. what dough think, good morning. >> reporter: good evening month. after much speculation it does look like cole hamels time in philadelphia is coming to an end and the reaction, throughout the delaware valley this morning is that of disappointment for the most part. it was in the hard to find people who are fans of cole's and fans of the phillies here in pennsauken this morning. lets look at the video. cbs sports says hamels signed with the texas rangers through 2018 with an option for 2019. rakers are hoping to build a strong team for next year and beyond n exchange sources say phillies will get a package of prospects. hamels will be the first pitcher in the history traded during a season immediately after throwing a in hitter. in his last start hamels, no hit chicago cubs on saturday at wrigley field. folks here in philadelphia are sad to see him go. hamels is world series mvp in 2008 and big part of the greatest run in franchise

history where phillies won five straight nl east titles, one world seer fridays 2007 through 2011. >> he didn't want him to go. he was our best pitcher. they let him go. that is not good for the phillies. >> he was a good pitcher, but i don't think he was happy here, you you know what i mean, i hate to see a good pitcher leave but it is time to go. >> reporter: you want player that love philly. >> that is right, i'm a phillies fan, i'm from philly. i moved here 17 years ago but i want players to love philadelphia and want to play for philadelphia. >> reporter: now this move comes on the heels of closer jonathan papelbon's move to the washington nationals, and cole hamels trade may not be the last, there may be more phillies on the move before the trade deadline on friday. reporting live from pennsauken, jan carabao cbs-3 eye witt pest news. >> kind of taunted with us

that no hitter against the cubs, way to go out on top, we will miss him, thanks, cole. pennsylvania congressman chaka fattah says he has done nothing wrong and vowing to fight corruption charges against him. twenty-nine count indictment details schemes going back to 2007 when fattah ran unsuccessfully for mayor of the philadelphia it says congressman borrowed million-dollar from the wealthy supporter and only paid some back using money and federal grants from a non-profit. he is accused of using campaign machine toy pay off his son's student loans. fattah addressed the indictment from the u.s. capitol take a listen. >> this is not tea flightgate thinks a normal issue of which there are allegations after a very long running are eight year investigation. >> four of the fattah's alleged associates are also facing charges. fattah will appear in court once a date is scheduled. a surprise and sadness in the wake of the congressman's indictment. we spoke with fattah's mother. she said i have faith the in

my son and his innocence and i have faith in god. fattah's second district spans neighborhoods that reflect wealthy and working grass. his family founded now closed house of em o.j. o which brought unity among street gangs some in that neighborhood reacted to the news saying this. >> i'm shocked. as a congressman, for the years that he has been in office i thought he was okay. i didn't hear anything negative. >> stay with "eyewitness news" for latest on representative fattah's indictment. we will bring you updates on tv and on line at cbs philly.com. well, it is sentencing day for bear johnson, a 28 year-old sicklerville, new jersey man who was quick of attempted murder in connection to the january 2013 shooting of his own daughter. this happened inside a home in camden as johnson was trying to, visit. young girl was just 11 years old at the time of the shooting. the she's expected to testify at today's hearing.

former university of pennsylvania ray tensing will ab rained on murder charge these morning. prosecutors say he shot an unarmed man during a traffic stop. now they released body cam video showing the, altercation between tensing and samuel dubois. if convicted he could get a life sentence. major new developments in the search for malaysia air liner missing for more than a year. we will have details on that. plus this. bullet goes through bottom of the leg and into the other side of my leg. >> a prayer service we are hearing from the first time from a survivor of last weeks deadly louisiana movie theater shooting, we will have more coming up next. also, it is not a chip monk, or a groundhog but actually a man, person stuck in the 7-foot deep hole, we will hear from the stunned eyewitness who found him there. crazy story. we will have it coming up next. >> ♪

all lit up, maybe on fire today with these temperatures, now, another round of hot, steamy weather, but we're told by katie, it will soon turn less humid: but find a way to stay cool. we will get you through with the forecast coming up. stay with us.

count down to the 58 days and counting, in less than two months the pope visit for the world meeting of families. just ahead as pontiff visits archdiocese of philadelphia unveiled a new welcome banner. it hangs outside cathedral of saints peter and paul in center city. hear at place there. that is where pope francis was celebrating mass on september 26th. coming up, it will be here before you know it. 5:13. debris found on the french island in the western indian ocean yesterday may be part of the missing malaysia airlines flight. that wreckage was discover honorary union island in the indian ocean, east of

madagascar. it could be part of the flight that disappeared without a trace more than a year ago. cbs news reporter wendy gilette reports from new york. >> reporter: an investigation is underway honorary union island this morning where the 6-foot long piece of an aircraft wing was found yesterday. sources tell cbs news that the debris appears to be from a boeing triple seven, the same model as the missing malaysia models flight 370. experts identified it as a critical piece of the airplane's wing, which could be mark with valuable serial numbers. >> there will be markings object that, that we can tell boeing yes, from the triple seven and yes, sir from the plane. >> reporter: discovery marks first possible break through in the search for missing flight. plane was flying from kuala lumpur to beijing in march 2014 when it vanished with 239 people on board. since the triple seven was first introduced in 1994, the plane is only one that has ever disappeared over the sea, as well as south of the

equator. this. >> this begins the search that, in fact, tells thaws somewhere near this potentially we could find other bits and pieces of the aircraft. >> reporter: search teams focused their efforts on a large area in the southern indian ocean off the coast of australia, more than 2,000 miles from reunion island n trace of the plane has ever been found. wendy gilette for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". all right. let's check with katie on this forecast, hot one, right katie. >> absolutely, that is the big story initially but then storms move in for us here locally. so we are tracking a cold front. that cold front will be responsible for bringing in at least some relief when it comes to the humidity but for now we are still having to deal with more heat, more sunshine, more excessive heat as a result of the humidity and a warming in effect for all of those counties shaded in pink yesterday. so i-95, philadelphia, trenton, wilmington right along that stretch and surrounding vicinity.

so lets show you is what going on, storm scan three, pretty much as this line approaches alleghenies we are dealing with a couple pockets of showers, locally heavy rain, a few little hints of lightening as well across northwestern portions of pennsylvania, and that is likely what we are finding moving through. you can see a line essentially that has formed here. that is what is firing up later in the day. we sit in a marge national nal wrist being with this frontal boundary. the core of the storm as we zoom it out one more time is way up north over the hudson bay. you will not be dealing with quite as much of the severe weather threat today but regardless we have a lot of heat building out there. we have moisture to work w downpours, frequent lightening, gusty win, that will very likely come along with anything that fires up later today. let's talk times, shall we? western counties, i would say anywhere from chester, montgomery on west and points north of the lehigh valley and poconos. we will see things fire up as

early as 2:00 p.m. but up toward typical evening rush this is all approaching philadelphia and vicinity. obviously timing is less than ideal here. the coastal new jersey down the shore maybe for a week around dinner time is best time storms fire up for you. let's talk about storm threats. downpours, wind, lightening, pretty much primary concern. i don't think we have to worry about hail or tornadoes. we will keep that low on the risk level here. beaches looking pretty good, initially but, toward evening, maybe we have got dinner plans, going out the with ice cream for the family just keep in mind about storm cloud rolling n next couple days, we don't lose heat behind this cold front but we will lose humidity for a few days but it will be a hot, sunny weekend, pretty tranquil forecast, just hot. >> yes, just hot, sticky, all right, thanks very much. good news is we won't be dwelling any rain. fingers still closed but sound good, in that regard. here's i-95 south, by the s

curve into center city. everyone traveling at posted speed still in the 5:00 o'clock hour. we would hope that would be the case but you never know. we have some construction that has cleared. i-95 south approaching vine street both left and part of the right lane were blocked for quite sometime. you can see nice and easy for those making your way in to that stretch. on ramp from spring garden to the schuylkill expressway westbound is closed until next week on tuesday, august 4th. so just make note of that. that ram many has been causing some issues for some of you. we have down wires in abington, old york road is closed, near rockwell road. for those traveling in and around that area you're being divert todd rockwell. that is the good news, that is your alternate, just make sure to give yourself a couple extra minutes because it is a busy one. nicole, over to you. 5:18. police released dash cam video showing an april encounter with chattanuga rampage gunman

mow ham eld april dog sees. police say they pulled over ab toll sees april 20th as he weaved across the road. he failed a sobriety test and had white powder on his nose. he shot and killed five service members before police fatally shot him. closing arguments in the sentencing of convicted killer james holmes begin today. jurors will decide if the movie theater gunman will receive the the death penalty or life behind bars. holmes parents testified on his behalf yesterday, saying that they had no eye tea he was mentally ill. twelve people were killed in july, 2013, in that massacre in aurora, colorado. we are hearing for the first time from the woman who alerted emergency responders during last weeks louisiana a theater shootings. thousands gathered at a church in lafayette from a night of prayer and support. it was in that town where two women were killed and a gunman shot herself yesterday. shooting victim gina bow, the teacher who pulled the fire alarm at the movie theater

received a standing ovation as she recalls the faithful minutes as those shots rang out. >> out there waiting for me where five, six, eight people,... unaudible. >> now she said shooting began just 15 minutes into that movie. she thought gunman was going to shoot her in the back of the head as she crawled away on the ground. unbelievable. 5:20. man picking up trash around a north carolina home falls in the hole about 7 feet deep. cell phone video shows 39 year-old harry kail trapped in the narrow hole that you see on your screen here struggling to stay calm. lorraine a arrived to do tay some renovation work when he heard crying for help. >> when i went out front i saw his head in the wholly was like he was a little bit unresponsive.

>> he called 911 and it took fire fighters 20 in minutes to get him out. it appears construction crew dug up the hole and left it uncovered, and it has been since filled. so that is some good news but scary moments, wow. 5:21. we will have the latest on the cole hamels trade talks plus phillies wrap up a road trip in canada we are doing sports up next. also ahead ladies are you freezing in your office? fellows maybe feeling hot under the collar? believe it or not the there is some science behind the thermostat battle that may just be going on at your job. or in my case, my home, it is always a battle between my husband and i, a few degrees up, few degrees down. we will explain it, coming

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in sports sources say phillies have have traded cole hamels to the texas rangers, and daily news is calling the deal the cole.

it could be interesting as phillies send their undisputed a ace plus reliever jake diekman and also cash for texas for five prospects and a lefty matt harrison. tough break there. phillies take on the braves tonight in south philadelphia, looking to start another winning streak. the phillies, of course, one of the hottest teams in baseball since the all-star break. they have been on fired. it had to come to an end at some point i guess. blue jays snapped phillies five game losing streak in toronto. new member of the blue jays, short stop, troy, had aing about night who went three for five with three runs batted in. phillies lose eight-three. it ace alumni for the weekend and former left fielder pat burrell will be added to the wall of fame friday night. big news for pat the bat. pat gets a special welcome back at the lunch in at the ballpark and phillies will be treating live, which will, feature surprise guests. ronald mcdonald getting help from the sixers at ronald

mcdonald house at st. christopher's hospital. once a in meals are brought in as a labor of love and it is called al-zawahiri sander's ambition. special guests like jason thompson of the sixers pick in. alexander is a cancer survivor and as an infant treated at st. christopher's. her father played on the eagles 1980's super bowl team. his wife anal sandra starts collecting donations and started delivering those meals in 2006. what a wonderful tradition. all of the best to that family. 5:26. we are following some breaking news for you this morning a deadly crash in the cities bustleton section. coming up in the next half an hour of "eyewitness news" we will check with our justin finch for a live update from that scene. also ahead they look like ordinary highway workers but they are in disguise. wait until you hear who these people are and why it got some folks in trouble. katie? interested in that one. >> yeah. >> we are still in the middle of some heat wave, and we are expect it to make it official,

in terms of that heat wave but, it is still very steamy outside and then we are tracking storms to wipe away that humidity. we will have full detail and track those storms coming up. katie, thanks. of course meisha has the latest on the morning commute when "eyewitness news" continues 59:30.

we are following breaking "news 3" people dead in an

overnight crash in the cities bustleton section. we are live with what police believe happened moments before impact. good morning, it is thursday, july 30th, thanks so much for joining us, i'm nicole brewer. we will have more on breaking news in just a moment. plus latest on the corruption charges facing congressman chaka fattah and fall out from those allegations. but first we are in, for a dangerously hot weather yet again today. i hate to say that with a smile but it is kind of like really, it will justin. >> absolutely. it looks like it will be a transition that takes place. it comes with a price of stormy weather in time for evening rush in less but we are going to end up with more humidity over the course of time here but not too much heat getting wiped away. do i want to track these storms in a second. lets start off with what is a glummy, erie view here outside kutztown area middle school. certainly there is a glimmer of sunlight peeking through