breaking now at noon, a crash involving a tractor-trailer and a car in port richmond. chopper three is live over richmond and westmoreland streets. we are told one person was injured and hazmat crews are now on the scene. traffic is being affected in that area. good afternoon everyone, i'm pat ciarrocchi. thousands of people are logging onto septa's on line lottery for the chance to buy regional rail passes for next month's visit by pope francis. >> i'm erika von tiehl. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch shows you the ticketing system that went down last tight, but now up and running. >> the lottery ask live, since

12:01 a.m., septa linking to its papal pass lottery running until 11:59 tonight. >> no matter what time you enter your lottery submission, everyone has the same chance of being selected. >> on the site, you will enter your time, date, three rail station preferences, only 18 will run, your e-mail address, and then, wait. once the lottery shuts down, its system weeds out suspicious and fraudulent entries, then thursday, emails go out to buyers who want chance to purchase up to ten passes each. by the way, only 350,000 are for sale. >> i'm not going to stress right now. i just take one day at a time. >> septa's lottery comes after last month's try at selling passes on line, scrapped. site was overwelmed by hundreds of thousands of visitors, trying to buy papal passes for september 26th, and 27th, and in the end, only few hundred passes were even sold. >> we want to be able to get these papal passes into

people's hands, so at least they can make some serious concrete decisions about their transportation plans. >> the one day, 10-dollar passes are a must to travel the regional rails during papal events that weekend, even if you're not planning to see the pontiff. >> well, if i don't get a pope pass, i guess i won't be riding. simple as that. >> in center city, justin finch, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". this morning, jerry williams gave us another update and up-to-the-minute look at the demand for those passes. >> we have approximately 16,000 people who have entered the lottery. their averaging about four passes per entry so altogether we probably have an interest in about 60,000 to 75,000 passes. so we still have plenty of passes available. >> now, if you want to use the regional rail to see pope francis in philadelphia, act now, the window of opportunity

closes at 1:59 tonight. and, there are just 54 days until pope francis makes his journey to philadelphia. count on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of this historic event. >> speaking of a countdown, it is day seven and county, our nine stop 90's continue, and the heat could fire up some storms later on today. meteorologist, katie fehlinger live for us in the cbs-3 weather center with more. >> another semi active day for us, i would say, really looking at more scattered showers, thunderstorms today, but cold front headed our way will help trigger shower or thunderstorm, some of the storms could have more gusto to them just because it is still hot. actually, starting to pick up on little more moisture in the atmosphere, as well. so actually going on outside, start things off by tacking you back if time, okay, just mentioned, pat mentioned it, day seven now. this is a feel like 09 plus agree days are wearing out their welcome to you? it has absolutely been worse in previous years, guys, worse or the longest i should say heatwave we've ever seen happen in 1995 was similar

timing, as to what we're finding with the latest one, 13, then 12 days after that, those will round out the top three with all of the years respectfully in the date that correspond to it. so maybe you can harken back to some of those. but meantime, this is expected to be officially a eight-day heatwave. so today, tomorrow, tacking two more of the days on, we'll discuss that more in our full eyewitness weather hit. for now, you can see storm scan3, things pretty quiet. that said, there is still storm system, or frontal boundery more specifically, that's headed our way. and that's going to upgrade the risk for us to see potentially some strong or gusty thunderstorms, for the second half of the day in the northwest half of our region, meanwhile, for the rest of the day, expect it does stay hot. expecting the high to hit about 93 degrees, already in the mid 80s, many locations, and eventually when those thunderstorms do rumble through, it is not enough you have to cancel outdoor plans, but it is enough that you have to keep those ears perked for thunder and head inside if you hear it, pat, back over to you. >> katie, tank you. damaging winds and damaging storms turned deadly in the

midwest this weekend. one man was killed after high winds caused a tent to collapse and a festival near chicago. >> cbs news core upon dent adrianna diaz has a look at the damage from one of the hardest hit areas in wooddale, illinois. >> a suspected tornado ripped the roof off of this business, and damaged a factory about 50 miles north of chicago. the powerful storm cut a path of destruction, through the town every gracelake passing over the local high school. >> one of the dugouts is gone. >> athletic facilities and buildings damaged, but there are no reported injuries. crews are working to restore power and clean up debris. here in the chicago area, a man was killed sunday, and more than dozen people injured after heavy winds knocked down a tent at the festival behind me. >> band was preparing to take the stage at prairie fest in woodale, when the wind whipped up, forcing spectators into a 80 by 100-foot tent. >> we turn to look, and then

the tent flew off into the sky, and then the fence flew off, then there was everybody on the floor, and you heard screaming and crying. >> severe weather also hit the popular will will palooza festival in downtown chicago. thousands of fans were evacuated, and the show ended earlier than expected. >> forecasters say the same storm system is heading east. and could cause problems for people from ohio to maine. adrianna diaz, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". officials in the south jersey will learn how to apply for federal disaster aid after devastating storms hit the area in june. president obama issued the disaster declaration for atlantic, burlington, camden, and gloucester counties. those hard hit communities can get money back from the government nor debris removal and other repairs after the storm. we have more breaking news for you, pennsylvania congressman, shake a fattah makes his first local appearance, following an indictment last week on federal corruption charges.

>> concerns of the allegations made i am innocent i'll do my work on behalf of people elected me and i'll be candidate for re-election in my district next year. he was in delaware county taking part in a event, democrat who has spent more than two decades in congress, stands accused of miss appropriate g hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal, charitable and campaign funds, speaking today, he vows to clear his name. >> just heart breaking story now, deadly accident under investigation in bucks county involving young people who had just auditioned for american idol. a 20 year old woman from north jersey was killed and five other people injured when their suv flipped and crashed on i-95 in lower makefield. that group had just attended the auditions at temple liacouras center yesterday afternoon. the injured victims were rushed to hospital in bucks

county, and trenton. >> well, fire at an asphalt plant forces evacuations in swedesboro, new jersey, chopper three, over the scene, at the pearson construction company in the 800 block of oak grove rove. fireplace dollars under control around 8:30 this morning, there were no injuries, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation. more than 12,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes in the path of huge fires in california. the largest of california's 21-wild fires, is in the lower lake area, that is north of san francisco. this fire tripled in size, over the weekends, and destroyed two dozen homes, and other structures. wild fires are also burning now in washington state and oregon. >> bobbi kristina brown will be burried in the same north jersey cemetery as her mother, the late whitney houston. a private grave site ceremony expected to take place this afternoon, at fairview cemetery in westfield. a funeral service was held for the 22 year old on saturday,

outside of atlanta, bobbi kristina brown died in hospice care last week, she spent several months in a coma after being found unresponsive in a bathtub. >> nine year old kieser carlisle was bat boy for amateur baseball team in kansas, while running to grab a bat, on deck hitter took practice swing, accidentally hit the boy. kieser was wearing a mel net at the time of the accident. >> well, in just about two hours from now, president obama will unveil even steeper greenhouse gas cuts for us power plants, then the cuts he originally proposed. the president's clone power plan would cut carbon dioxide pollution by 32% nationwide by the year 2030. calls it the most important step we've ever taken to combat climate change. critics are expected to sue in order to stop it.

>> in campaign 2016, could very familiar face be seeking the democratic party's presidential nomination? political advise or, journal corn, joining super pack urging vice president joe biden to run for president. al corn was top advisor to joe biden's late son, former delaware attorney general, beau biden. alcorn also work for joe biden during his presidential run, in 2008. the 72 year old scranton native has not yet announced if he will run. >> big day for eagles fans, as the birds fans start to train at the nova care complex. >> indeed they do. coach chip kelly whole sale make over every his roster making trades, signing new talent, tomorrow is an open practice, so that means fans can check out the practice at the linc with eagles alumni for the fun. pre-season game less than two weeks away. >> can you believe it, pat? >> holy cow.

>> is your child a picky eater? you may have a reason to worry about that. >> that's coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", also, police officers take new approach to catching distracted drivers in the act. >> warm now, maybe some storms later on. meteorologist, katie fehlinger, has her eye on what could become a steamy, and stormy day. we're coming right back.

twenty-nine year old man in police custody this noon accused of slashing tires on nearly dozen cars early this morning. those cars were park on the

1,000 block of ellsworth street, and the 800 block of south broad street. the man was identified bye-bye witnesses and pick up by police near broad and carpenter street. his identity has not been released. well, we've all certainly seen this before, perhaps been guilty of doing it ourselves. driver behind the wheel distracted by a cell phone or other electronic device. >> now one california city taking new and unusual approach, to crackdown on what could become the deadly aftermath after phonecall or a text. ben tracey reports. white escalade, cell phone. >> this is not your average police sting. >> text withing his right hands. >> these office remembers in plane clothes, but they're also hiding in plane site. >> hey, don't get to the homeless people, they're police offerser. >> these drivers assume the officers were panhandlers, but had they red the sign, instead of whatever was on their phones, they would have realized they were about to get busted.

>> some drivers were more than distracted. >> we had woman coming down with no seatbelt on, talking on her phone and putting on mass car, a all at the same time. >> cell phones are now involved in 1.6 million auto crashes, each year, that killed 6,000 people. in just two hours, they stopped 54 people and issued 39 tickets for distracted driving. >> i text sometimes, and i know i shouldn't be, i think it is good it, teaches me a lesson. >> san berdino cracking down on distracted driving, because lieutenant says the city now has more traffic fatalities than homicides every year. >> why do you think people are just not getting this messuage. >> almost like the rules don't apply to me. that's what's unfortunate. accident are preventable. but only if all eyes stay on the road, and off the phone. ben tracey, cbs news, san

berdino. >> on the cbs-3 health watch, research suggesting children who are picky eaters may also suffer from emotional troubles. researchers at duke university studied over 900 children, ages two to six. they found those pick bye what they ate more likely to develop symptoms of anxiety, depression and adhd. some benefitted from therapy other simply grew out of t health reporter stephanie stahl will have more on this study later today on "eyewitness news" at 5:00. still ahead this noon, one very brave police officer. >> he almost gets sprayed, as he tries to help a skunk with a cup stuck on it head. see how this adventure ends. >> still looking ahead to another very warm, toasty afternoon, now turning little steamy outside, will help us trigger couple of showers and thunderstorms, so tracking the heat, tracking the humidity, and the storms, all if one day. what does the rest of the seven day have in store?

i'll have the answer coming

>> it is an amazing site in iowa. as a bright white tornado moves through a field, southwest of des moines, you can see cloud of dust and debris at the base of the twister. the good news is, no one was hurt. but that looks like it is a computer generated image. >> wow. >> much calmer, thankfully. not to worry. yes, we are looking at the possibility, though, of maybe some stronger thunderstorms before it is all said and done, so worried about some gusty winds maybe even small

size hail out of some of the storms, since this morning, when we went off the air from "eyewitness news" this morning, we have actually seen the storm prediction center upgrade us to marginal or slight risk, depending on location, down through southern new jersey, delaware, basically looking okay here. but i want to walk you through all of the in's, and outs, what will happen, and generally looks like it is very, very isolated activity. so let's get you out there. start you off with look at storm scan3, here is the frontal boundery we had talked about earlier in the broadcast, you can see the very, very thin vale of cloud cover crossing through central pennsylvania right now, eventually going to start bubble of some showers and thunderstorms here in our area, but for the time being it, has been crossing through with very, very little fanfare, through central pennsylvania. give it time. it is obviously warming up outside. and we are going to be drawing on some moisture from that southwesterly component to the winds flow. meanwhile, couple of other disturbances, still have a lot of tropical moisture working its way in toward tampa, for example, that at least down for couple of hours, at

minimum. buccaneers training camp over the weekends, and we are not thankfully going to have to deal with that at all, also disturbance across the carolinas, that, too, no big deal for us, really all about this front, crossing through today, and then, we are just looking ahead to a little bit of a cool down beyond this point. here's where we stand. your actual air temperatures pretty close to what we are read on the feels like value. factoring in the dew point, feels like eight an at the airport, wildwood, pretty toasty for you, 91 how it feels this hour. here's another shore shot for you, i just love this view, i showed this camera all the time because i think it is so, so pretty at this time of the year. everybody out and about, hopefully with the sun block ready to go, because that sun is certainly shining down brightly, doing so as well outside tophocken, burnville, bright blue skies. we may ends up with heavier thunderstorms before it is said and done. 2:00 p.m. today, still not much to track. then start to see things bubble up here. notice it is so isolated and

so scattered, but it is enough that it warrants a mention where you have these showers or storms, fire up, they could bring heavy downpours, they could bring some lightning, they could bring some winds, maybe small hail. generally the further south and ice you travel, don't worry too much about it. expect that this evening, into tonight, heavy downpours, in very, very scattered fashion, and then as we mention, wind, lightning, hail, i don't think we have to worry so much about tornado activity this time. later in the week, we will break the worse of this heat it looks like, and as we mentioned moment ago, we do have eagles training forecast coming up here, looks like tomorrow will be pretty decent day, maybe just pop up thunderstorm, very quick check on that seven day for you, we finally break the heatwave. after eight straight days, to high of 88 degrees, come wednesday, looks like very nice day overall, but, the heatwave will be over, we think, at that point. >> the august cool down. >> exactly. >> love it. so we are getting a look this noon at very daring police officer. >> yes, he's coming to the rescue of the little skunk right there, see him racing around? that's a yogurt carton stuck

to his head. that will officer in a detroit suburb of rochester had to carefully pull the container off the skunk's head, then quickly gets out of his way. fortunately the skin very young, and its sprague power is not fully developed. this is great news. great reminder to discard your trash in a trash can, you don't want any skunks hanging around. >> always good reminder. >> great guy, really, your hats off to him. that skunk could have gotten him. >> agreed. >> well done. we'll be right back.

>> to be a contest tent on the show amazing race, cbs-3 holding casting call this friday, is it the call high a resort in pocono manor, you can get the full details at cbsphilly.com. all do you have do is search amazing race, i hope you'll have a strong stomach if you're auditioning. >> coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 the hitchhiking robot that met its demise, in the city of brotherly love, and sisterly affection. we are going to hear from a local group about their plans following the machine's destructive end here in philadelphia, our steve patterson will have that story. that's "eyewitness news" at noon, i'm pat ciarrocchi. >> i'm erika von tiehl. for katie and all of us here, thanks for watching. "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00. we're always on line. the young and the restless is next.

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