treatment with xarelto® was the right move for us. ask your doctor about xarelto®. morning, it is friday, july 31st thanks so much for joining us. i'm nicole brewer. we will get to the news this morning. health officials investigating an out break of legionnaires disease at a local university and it is not the only place the potentially deadly disease has been discovered. we are live with the details on that. but first we will get a check of the traffic and weather together it sound like we have some heat. it is july after all but not as much humidity.

>> no, we like that. >> little relief in the forecast. and the roads are good. >> roads are looking great. friday tend to be a lighter travel days but we are looking good out there. >> getaway friday g weekend. >> yes. >> travel looks good all across the region. we're talking about dry conditions up and down the east coast mid-atlantic, northeast, in problems. it will be on the hot side. we will keep this heat wave going but humidity levels drop a little bit over next few days. enjoy it if you can. here we are at 73 degrees waking upright now at the a airport in philadelphia delaware dover is at 69 degrees. low to mid 70's in south jersey this hour. some suburbs looking good here we are chilling at 61 at this hour in quakertown. seventy-two pal my, yeah doylestown at 65 degrees. is there the wind. notice arrows pointing to the south and east. that means northwesterly breeze. wind coming from the northwest. the what is up there cooler dryer air. that is what is settling in the delaware valley.

know this by dew point temperatures. if you are looking at these over past several days these were well in the mid 70's. we're in the 50's and 60's indicating a dryer air mass which means less humid conditions. quiet on storm scan three. clear skies. all of the rain we have had yesterday is off shore. outdoor plans are a go today. check it out. we will warm up rapidly. up to the mid 80's by lunchtime in the sunshine but this afternoon will get hot less humid upper 80's to 90 degrees. philadelphia your high temperature up at 90. average high 87. down at the shore looking good. breeze coming from the west northwest at 84 degrees for your high temperature and in problems in the poconos. sunshine with high in the lower 80's. we will check out that seven day forecast in a bit but first the roads with meisha. good morning. >> you are bearer of good news. >> yes. >> thanks for waking up with us. here's a look at route 100 northbound approaching route 30 bypass you can see almost

like a ghost town. start off the morning showing these cameras because it is good news. we need it on a friday. for those in new jersey, up 295 northbound, at creek road, you can see headlights out there but oddly enough, it looks like this early and remains fairly steady. forty-two freeway north bound looking great right now. i-95 northbound at 452 you can see just nice steady flow of headlights coming toward the cameras but looking great. entail lights too. it involves north and southbound direction, looking fairly the same. also we have some construction, pennsylvania turnpike, in the westbound between bensalem and willow grove. the right and center lane is blocked. i will let you know when this clears. just use caution. give yourself some extra minutes. we were dealing with this yesterday and it did clear in the 5:00 o'clock hour. hopefully that is the case. for those who like hip-hop we have a jcole concert tonight. it starts at 6:30 susquehanna bank center so make sure to hit that up, i'm not going i

will in the be there but let me necessity how it is on twitter. we will have phillies verse braves game at 7:05. nicole, over to you. a worker at west chester university has come down with a case of legionnaires disease. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live at the school with how officials are taking action jan good morning. >> reporter: nicole, good morning. there are no students here at west chester university right now so risk for exposure is limited, and school officials have already brought in experts to deal with the contaminated areas what they are doing right now is monitoring these areas to make sure that this bacteria does not return at a dangerous level. earlier this week when west chester university learned that one of the its employees was diagnosed with legionnaires disease school officials brought in experts to test the campus for contamination. a higher then acceptable level of legionella bacteria was found in the cooling towers of these buildings including the library and student union.

the school quickly sent out this memo to 1,000 employees. in it, officials say a remediation team has been hired to kill the bacteria over the coarse of two days. the letter went on to explain that the presence of legionella bacteria does not mean that a person will contract legionnaires disease. since the bacteria exists naturally in the environment people often receive low level exposure without contracting the disease. the bacteria also cannot be passed from person to person. people become infected bilge hailing the bacteria which causes lung infections like pneumonia. there have been 2200 reported cases of legionnaires disease nationwide since january. one hundred in new york city. >> this particular out break is under investigation. >> reporter: there have been 31 cases in the south bronx in the past two weeks. two people died including john rouse brother. >> i don't think it is common for an otherwise health five two-year old man to pass away

in 2015 from legionnaires disease. >> reporter: health officials say early detection is important. doctors say it is important to start an bite innings quickly to reduce risks. and, the employee who tested positive here is under going treatment right now nicole, interestingly enough, legionnaires disease is named from an out break that happened in philadelphia in 1976. a lot of people went to an american legion convention, and contracted this disease. we are reporting live from west chester this morning jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank goodness there is not a lot of students on campus, that is one good thing. jan, thank you. 5:36n business news shares of whole foods fall sharply on wall street. that is where we will fine money watch's jill wagner. what is going on with whole food jill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, nicole. investors will be watching mobile and cheveron. yesterday dow jones lost five points nasdaq gained 17. whole food shares fell sharply. the company says that sales

really, slowed down after that new york city investigation found that whole foods was over charging customers by miss labeling weight for freshly packaged food like fruits, veggies and deli meats. maybe millennials like living with mom and dad. study found 200 to april of this year, quarter of 18 to 34 year-old lived with their parents. that is more than during the height of the recent recession. a businessman in texas found his iphone that fell out of the plane and it is still working. ben wilson said he used an app to track the phone. it fell off a small app monday at 9300 feet. it landed in a texas pasture and he found it under a tree. i need to necessity if there was a case on that phone because i drop my phone from my pocket and it breaks. >> if there was a certain case, we need to rush out and get that because that is the best case ever, you know what i'm saying. >> reporter: to drop from a plane, just crazy. >> it still works.

jill thank you. 5:37 right now. investigators want a driver who may have witness aid crash that killed three people in the far northeast to come forward. you saw this story first on "eyewitness news" yesterday morning. police say that car packed with five young people, failed to negotiate a curve and hit a tree on red lion road ape sandmeyer lane. sabrina rhodes was one of the two teenage girls died along with a 20 year-old man. sabrina's aunt went back to that scene searching for closure. >> we are all young. we all make mistakes. we have all been there. i get it. i don't blame everybody. i just want you to know sabrina was an amazingly gorgeous young girl who had a bright future ahead of her. >> another passenger a 17 year-old boy remains in critical condition. police say that 19 year-old driver showed up to the hospital a few hours later with his clothes covered in blood. 5:38. rescue on the track, we are hearing from a local doctors who helped perform surgery on a patient under circumstances that were far from routine.

a man was hit by a freight train and the doctor was called into action. "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco has details. >> reporter: einstein medical center er doctor melissa kahn got a 3:00 a.m. call. forty-six year-old man is stuck under a csx train near grant avenue and northeast philadelphia she was at home but with her emergency kit in her car she was prepared for anything. >> i am used to working on the ambulance and seeing different, unusual scenes. haven't necessarily had to crawl under the train to save somebody before. >> reporter: fire department was on the scene and assessed the situation. only way to free the man was to amputate his leg at the angle. >> fire department had tried to consider moving the train or lifting the train but there wasn't an option for that. >> reporter: doctor kahn and her collogue dr. gallagher have performed count list surgeries before but never in these conditions. the patient was heavily medicated and awake and this time their operating was

underneath the engine of the freight train. >> we crawled underneath the train on our bellies. we used scalpel to cut through some of the tissues and then two different types of saw toss cut through the bone. >> reporter: with tools in hand doctors had to climb up this steep embankment and on to the track under the train at that her of the morning it was more than 100 degrees while they were perform this surgery. it took about 40 minutes but the man was finally freed and taken to aria torresdale hospital. >> we were there trying to dot best thing for the patient so anytime we have a good outcome and by being able to get this patient out from underneath the train that seemed like a first step in the process of it being a good outcome. >> reporter: man lost his foot but quick thinking and resource full actions of these einstein doctors saved his life. in elkins park, diana rocco for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". check this out dash cam video catches moments when a man steals a police car crashes it and injuries that

police officer. the this is in texas. an officer attempted to arrest a man for driving a stolen car. well, that suspect took off jumping in the officer's patrol vehicle. the officer was able to hold on to the suspect as he was driving but was thrown from that car when it crash. suspect has been charged with aggravated assault on a police officer. we told but grumpy puppy yesterday, do you remember that? now we're meeting his owners just ahead plus this. i'm kevin frazier coming up tom cruz is back and not afraid to do his own stunts as he faces off with a team of deadly agents in mission impossible rogue nation. and california's historic drought now drying up bottles of wine, why vineyards say what is available may taste better. yes, might have to work out in their favor, we will have that story

here's a look at the headlines on cbs-3. a mother killed last night while her two-year old girl was inside the home. it happened around 11:00 on aramingo avenue in port richmond. a man was seen fleeing from that house. five-year old girl continues to recover in the hospital this morning after an abduction and beating in north philadelphia police say an intruder got to the window of her home tuesday night. he brought her outside beat her up and took off. that little girls mother and neighbor found her in the backyard. health offices are investigating leaning on airs disease at west chester university. university employee tested positive for that infection.

testing found higher then acceptable levels of the bacteria in cooling towers on eight of the building's campus. concerned citizens from all over our air were joined in the center city landmark last night to talk race and mark an american anniversary. "eyewitness news" at reading terminal market where hundred community leaders elected officials, students, citizens remembered the 2009 white horse beer summit. last night's gathering allowed group to discuss challenging and solutions the question of race in america. well, historic drought in california, continues to take a toll on agriculture and now it is even affecting the wine industry. yeah. is there just not enough water to go around so wine makers are having to decide which grapes to keep and which they will sacrifice. now this means there is not as much wine to bottle. vineyards say the wine may actually taste better because of the dry conditions. so little is silver lining there. drought conditions in washington state are actually impacting this years apple

harvest. farmers there say crops are sunburned and rotted from the heat. this is the nation's largest producer of apples. that is a big deal. we are told to expect a much smaller crop this year. apples themselves will be smaller in size. so that is unfortunate, you know justin, we like our apples. can't get enough. >> i love apples, fall great time. i like honey crisp, that is my personal favorite. that is a popular one. lets talk about those drought conditions. earlier here in the delaware valley this year we did have drought conditions but we had a lot of rain in the month of june. we are looking g out west is the problem again that will impact that apple crop. much of california, in the exceptional drought conditions, that is the highest level for the drought situation here, it is really western half of the u.s., it just seen the dry conditions and that is the the trend over the past few years certainly they can use some rainfall. we did have some rain yesterday, it could take some of ours. those showers that came

through this afternoon did cause flooding up in reading. house flooding. several rescues occurred there in muhlenburg. road flooding white hall township. port richmond i-95 flooding. record rainfall in berks county in reading almost a inch and a half. temperatures right now though pretty good. we will check with our weather watchers from delaware, delores lee at 64. john in perkasie comfortable at 60 at this hour. in northampton county looking good at six 56789 burlington new jersey sandra milder in the lower 70's. the nice and quiet object storm scan three right now. cold front has moved off the coast, and so we're looking g that is pushing out humidity. this is setting up dry conditions this afternoon. sunshine high pressure builds in the mid-atlantic. the as we head into saturday a little trough or disturbance in the atmosphere bringing a few clouds, spotty showers up in the poconos but sunday looking good, with plenty of sunshine. forecast for today, lots of sun, hot less humid. high near 90 degrees. tonight clear, comfortable low

of 70. extended forecast a lot of 90's in the the forecast. lower 90's saturday into next week. more humid. maybe a shower or storm. tuesday, finally cooling back down in the 80's. something pretty cool happening this morning it is a blue moon. no the moon is in the blue, we call this the second full moon of the in month. that is the happening today at 6:42 this morning. the next time this will occur will be in 2018. of course to day is friday, so it is trivia friday. question for you guys is when is the next time a blue moon will occur on july 31st. nicole july 31st blue moon. >> 2018,. >> we will go with b. >> i will go with d as in dog. >> we will start off with d 2076. i don't know this either. nicole's answer b 2034. >> look at that. >> we have a winner. >> lucky guess.

>> when you said blue moon i thought beer. >> yes. >> but whatever works. >> yes. let's hit the road with meisha, good morning. >> good morning, justin. even though you didn't give me the gold star on that one good morning. tgif. it is looking great. in accidents to report. that is a great sign already. here's the schuylkill expressway in the eastbound direction at spring garden. you can see it just looks great. anytime, i'm learning now anytime i can say schuylkill expressway looks great, we are in great company. vine street expressway eastbound in center city just a moment ago. i saw that sun raised glare in center city and it looked beautiful. moving eastbound it looks great in the heart of the center city. blue route southbound at mid count that i was also looking good around mid county toll place, i wanted to show thaw real quick. construction project we were talking about at pennsylvania turnpike between bensalem and willow grove looking great there. that has been since cleared.

in accident. in disabled vehicle. >> nim coal, over to you. this weekend tom cruise is back with the latest installment of mission impossible. kevin frasier from entertainment tonight takes us behind the scenes have of rogue nation. >> this week tom cruise is back with the most jaw dropping stunts in the mission impossible series. he is leaping from buildings jumping off buildings in mission impossible rogue nation. >> open this door. >> i'm trying. >> open that door right now. >> oh, my god. >> that is within of the incredible stunts in the latest installment of the mission impossible franchise and it actually had the star a little nervous. >> going down that runway i'm worried about bird strikes i had contact lenses, very cold. it is not like you don't feel it the but it just doesn't stop me from doing it. i enjoy that feeling. >> that is the wrong door. >> if that wasn't enough tom is jumping into whirlpools, driving speeding cars and

crashing motorcycles without a helmet. >> you go i think this will entertain an audience and i want to entertain an audience. i make my films for the audience. >> reporter: joining it is allen baldwin and jeremy renner, ving reigns and simon peg who got in the prank war with the action man. >> wow wow wow, a minute ago were you dead. >> what are you talking about. >> this will not end well. >> this is dangerous are. simon, this is dangerous, you cannot turn heat on in my car. i am driving the car. this is very dangerous but he kept turning on my heat warmer, in my seat. we kept going back and forth in the middle of this car

chase. >> for entertainment tonight i'm kevin frazier now back to you in the studioy love my heat warmers but maybe not in the high speed chase. we will take a short break. but first here's is what coming up tonight on cbs-3. we will be right back.

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giggle. they had no idea that the pup's face would capture the hearts of so many around the world. take a listen. >> it is kind of overwhelming and all. we see him on facebook, and instagram all day and then come home and they is, yes. >> couple says companies have reached out to them about branding and are considering the offers. they add they would love for earl to meet his rival grumpy cat and why do they need to be rivals, they should team up to get to be a good team there. cat and dog. coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news" of course justin has your forecast meisha has your road. we will update you on those front coming up next. a prisoner escaped a pennsylvania prison and he is considered armed and extremely dangerous. he may have committed a brutal crime right after his escape. new information just in on the dentist who killed a beloved lion in africa, we will have that coming up next.

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developing right now philadelphia police searching for a killer, after a young mother is found shot to death inside of her own bedroom. we're new learning that her two-year old daughter was in the house at the time. also, part of the an

airplane wing that washed up off a beach off africa's east cozies being sent to france. experts believe it could be from the the missing malaysia airlines flight 370. rare event happening in the skies this morning look up and you'll see a blue moon at least that is what they call it. we will talk about why this is such a rare event coming up in a few minutes. but first today is friday, july 31st good morning thanks so much for joining us. i'm nicole brewer. we are getting your day started with weather and traffic. we have justin and meisha, good morning guys. >> we're excited it the is friday. weather has been hot, we know that but it is helping out morning commute because we have dry roadways. >> great news, not many people trying to get out of the city earlier trying to get ready for weekend. we will keep it dry. still on the hot side. as soon as you step outside you will notice a drop in the humidity. lets take you down the shore, atlantic city, live look right there, you can see off in the big picture blue moo