aside. we are calling for heat wave to be broke tone day. we will hit 90 or plus in order for it to be extended but the humidity is dropping regardless. no matter what the thermometer reads. >> yes. >> it feels better. >> it does. >> we will have a nice refreshing breeze. it is good stuff. yeah. we have had stormy weather yesterday too. meisha that affected road. >> yes. >> as we look forward to today weather will not play a part. you might have sun glare but at the moment quiet as can be. we have had heavier then are storms retreating out to sea. still lingering clouds. that is it. with high pressure taking place of that, frontal boundary dropping out of here it is scattering the sky line. i have to show you this shot. beautiful view out in the live neighborhood network this morning. i love our kutztown shot when we have days like this where you can see just beautiful colors on the sky line here. farm cile owe in the distance v light wind. look at the direction out of the northwest. that means a dryer air mass moving n temperatures are cool. we're in the 50's there.

fifty's in the mount pocono. still primarily a west/southwest breeze through philadelphia a and atlantic city but that is turning more to the northwest with time, and as it does so again it starts to feel more and more comfortable, with every passing hour. here's what we expect, around a whole today. sunny warm in philadelphia. it may be residual sprinkle or two through mountains but nothing major. if you have outdoor plans take a trip up to the mountains today, go for it. should be a nice afternoon. down the shore looks like a great excuse to hit the beach. have that sun block ready it will be a less humid take but sun angle still strong. >> comfortable weather means comfortable traffic so to speak. thanks katie. happy hump day, we are happy you are waking up with us. live look blue route north bound at route one. see these travelers moving along in the north and southbound directions the blue route. blue route looking nice and quiet. traveling around, posted speed. 422 eastbound at trooper road

for those trying to move toward that king of prussia area looking nice and steady here as well. if you needed more proof let me show so drive times. you can see all green everything looking good, kind of sweep across every time i look at a sensor map it is looking that way. really great. we were talking about the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound as it was closed between between willow grove and bensalem and as you can see it is new opened for those traveling in and around this area that is good to now. yesterday it did cause some issues for some of you. now also we have an accident this morning. this is in bucks county, warwick township at york road. both directions is closed around this area, so use an alternate. would i suggest taking easton road. busy morning, yes indeed, erika, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. thousands will to have drastically change their smoking habits. philadelphia a housing authority starts its new ban on lighting up in homes. "eyewitness news" reporter jan

carabao joins us with more to tell us more about this, jan good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning. smokers will to have take it outside this new policy bans smoking inside of people's homes as well as on all of philadelphia housing authority property except or designated outdoor area. it is now in effect, philadelphia actually becomes largest city in the entire nation with this sort of inside smoking ban. for many, including long time smoker joe ellen robbins this will be a habit hard to quit. >> i have been smoking since i was 18 years old. >> reporter: despite a new ban on smoking inside her city owned home she does not intend to quit now she has lit up inside this living room for two decade. >> they still shouldn't have the authority to tell you that you cannot smoke in your home. that is just like telling you you cannot turn on the fire on

your stove. >> reporter: but rollins is now one of 80,000 low income residents who must go smoke free the philadelphia housing authority ban on smoking covers all units in all property. smoking is now only allowed in designated outdoor areas. many residents acknowledge the health benefit but still are not happy about the change. >> it is in your home. as long as you are paying rent it shouldn't matter. >> reporter: tenants will be issued a violation and asked to seek out smoking cessation support but tenants who violate the ban in new units or substantially rehabilitated units could face eviction after their fourth violation. >> because ultimately our goal it is not to be punitive but our goal, it is to help our families living in good environments and to stop smoking. >> reporter: as for rollins the decision is still simple. >> i hope you can see very clearly, housing. >> reporter: yes. >> it is our goal to ensure from the voluntary standpoint and receiving resource's veilable, that should change

your lives. >> reporter: effectiveness of this ban will be reviewed after nine months. pha wanted to get ahead of the curve here. when the board of commissioners approved this ban last month they noted that federal regulations could soon be in the works to make all public housing nationwide, smoke free. we're reporting live from north philadelphia, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> jan thank you. boston mayor martin walsh is expect to propose a ban on chewing tobacco at cities sports venues next week. he will discuss his plans alongside former phillies star curt schilling. schilling was treated for mouth cancer this year and believes that chewing tobacco was the the cause. a similar ban is in effect in san francisco. this morning the count down rolls on, we are now just 52 days away from the arrival of the pope francis in philadelphia. and with that clock ticking a papal visit job fairies set to begin later this morning. organizers are looking for security guards to work during the pope's time here.

the job fair runs from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. inside suburban station at 16th and jfk in center city. they are looking to fill as many as 100 position toss assist with crowd control. the jobs last three weeks and pay between eight and $10 an hour. well papal rail pass winners should know as early as tomorrow if they scored passes a the this weeks septa lottery. septa will notify winners of the regional rail passes starting thursday through sunday. septa is now focusing on the next lottery though, that would be for the norristown high speed line and trolley routes 101 and 102. an announce. about that is speculator on this week. with the pope's vice it this week, 1500 members of the knights of columbus opened up their supreme convention in philadelphia this week. an exhibit hall at the convention center was transformed into a cathedral. archbishop charles chapu to. was main celebrant ant flanneled by 13 cardinals and 90 bishops around the world.

on tuesday the leadership, announced a commitment to expand efforts to aid christian refugees escaping persecution in the middle east. >> today we are compelled as an organization to speak up for our brothers and sisters in the middle east. pope francis has called the conditions in which christian refugees live there intolerable. >> knights have already donated three million-dollar in humanitarian aid. 5:37 right now. in business news this morning another delivery service is helping you shop from home. money watch's hanna daniels joins us from new york stock exchange and they have to make it easier, right come on. >> reporter: anything that makes shopping easier is always good news. macy's is taking on amazon. retailer is expanding same day delivery service to nine more cities including boston, dallas and parts of miami. macy's will use the list, and use contract drivers to pick up on line order for stores

and malls. bloomingdales which is also owned will offer fast delivery service in most of those markets. surprise i specialty drugs is helping cvs health cope with tobacco withdraw. they stopped selling a year ago. they said earnings jumped in the second quarter despite that and in large part because of expensive specialty drugs that treats cancer, hepatitis c and other illnesses. don't have enough nicki minaj in your life? soon there will be an app for. that hip-hop star has signed on to follow in the footsteps of the kim kardashian and katie per which a mobil game by glue mobile. their focus on celebrity branded mobile games has made it within of the mess success video game company in silicone valley. >> hanna daniels thanks so much. movie streaming giant netflix is blazing a trail when it comes to its employees. on tuesday netflix announced it will give new parents on the payroll up to one paid

leave. it could pressure other tech employers to improve their baby benefits as they compete for top talent. >> if netflix does this it will put pressure on all of the other tech companies who want to keep their engineering staff and their people happy. >> netflix says that the baby policy applies to all of the its roughly 2,000 employees. new by comparison tech giant google offers employees up to 30 weeks of paid maternity leave. right now 5:39. someone van alleyed the vacation home of the minnesota dentist involved in the lion hunting scandal. walter palmer's home in marco island florida was spray painted with the word lion killer. this happened sometime tuesday morning. there were also animal crackers and cups scattered across the lawn. officials on a french island have seized a picasso masterpiece, custom officials say they took painting head of the young woman from a yacht

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here are are headlines on cbs this morning. philadelphia police are looking for gunman who shot a man to death in wynfield. victim was riding his bike near 53rd and berks street earlier this morning. also, "fox news" channel has announced its top ten for tomorrow's republican presidential debate. donald trump and chris christie made the cut based on national poles. the other seven have a non-prime time appearance tomorrow afternoon.

and, wawa, they are one step closer to selling beer at a convenient store in chadds ford, it a has got approval from concord township supervisors. now the pennsylvania liquor control board gets the last word. o'hare airport in chicago is looking a little bit different, check it out landscaping duties have gone to the animals you might say. goats, sheep donkeys grazed the field on the other side of the fence a few feet from the busy runways. they have replaced traditional lawn mowers. they keep the grass neat ape trim we're told. animals are a landscaping alternative because they can go where mowers just can't. >> what one animal doesn't eat the other animal does. we have less invasive plants. >> that means shorter grass and that results in fewer rodents and bird which they try to keep away from airports. officials say all this animal mowing as you might call it is done at a low cost. so far no demand for wage hike. they are happy with the grass katie, happy to take it, they

have not gone ballistic for anything. >> you took the one i was going to use. i have to come up with another one, darn it. >> sorry katie. >> you are too fun tastic. lets get out to the eyewitness weather watcher network, and it is being reflect in a lot of not just readings from the eyewitness weather watchers but also comments, we will go out to lynn with 69 under nice clear sky in cherry hill. she said feeling awesome. she want to keep this going understandably so because it is just nice outside. that is expectation all day to day. it went last forever as things typically never do in the weather department but at least you've got today. delores is checking in at 66 degrees. she has a few more cloud. because we have water vapor to work with it is making colors look different out over the relevant i morning sky. it looks like purple for her.

we will go south in delaware where jason checks in with 70's still. south and east the milder it is because we do still have a few cloud and gone moisture to work w it might feel a tad muggy in the southeastern communities but i like this one. any day below 90 he says is a good day. i can totally appreciate. that still very warm. don't get me warm. we will break the heat wave, we're expect to go but you can see moisture pulling out to sea, frontal boundary out of here, high pressure taking its place and because we will see more sun then anything it will help us spike back in the 80's today. air quality is good. eyewitness weather health report checking in with decent levels. pollen level has been up there, medium to high today. uv index remains high because that is in the able to remain high at this point of the year. now incoming solar energy is generally at its peak throughout the course of the summer. first pitch temperatures we will take you down to south philadelphia here, pleasantly warm at 85.

not terly humid under sunshine great excuse to hit the ballpark. looking forward in the forecast, this is where the temperatures really start to decline, at best, upper 70's on friday, we are watching a storm system that looks like it will go to the mid atlantic so off to the south so we are allowing rain to move from philadelphia on south meisha, over to you. >> thanks so much, katie. good morning. we are starting to see sunrise a little bit. here's a look in the fort washington area, 309 southbound turnpike you can see it looks like a ghost town. other areas i'm looking at you are in the getting quite that lucky. here's i-95 heading in the north bound direction at 452 approaching or in or around that airport area, looking good here. we have had construction around that airport exit, that has been since cleared. so looking good, i-95 north bound in that stretch. here's the schuylkill expressway eastbound making your way in to center city, beautiful look at spring garden. we will see that sun start to rise over there as well, beautiful shot but you can see plenty of taillights as well.

we have had an accident in bucks county warwick township and york road both directions is closed between valley road and sugar bottom road you certainly want to use an alternate. i would suggest easton road and this area but again that accident hats been not yet moved out of the way so both directions you are closed in that area, mass transit everything looking great in major delays, erika over to you. neighborhoods coming together to take a stand against crime. "eyewitness news" in philadelphia's strawberry mansion neighborhood yesterday for national night out kids having a great time there. there is some live music games, and face painting for the kid. event were held in other philadelphia neighborhood and suburbs. first ever national nice out event was held in ardmore in 1984. several towns in south jersey also took part, "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones visited one town that held its first ever national night out. henry lug o it was found shot multiple times thursday night

in front of the apartment building, the murder of the 24 year-old camden man remains unsolved. it is latest example of why police say nights lake this are important. >> national night out is about to be connecting with the community with the goal in mine. >> crime is what crime is but if we foster relationship with the residents maybe we can get them help. maybe some people would be a little bit more apt to call us maybe with some witness information or things like that. >> reporter: last time lindenwald did this it was 1990 some 25 years ago but just recently there was a renewed effort to do this again. >> we have been trying to do this for about three or four years now but we could not figure out how to get started. >> reporter: for first time ever voorhees police department is taking part in national night out and resident here see the benefit. >> i'm looking forward to get out, meet neighbors, meet some people i have seen and talk to them and meet some police

officers as well. >> crime doesn't know any zip code, we have our share but this is about us connecting with the community at all levels. >> reporter: in camden kid there got a chance to have some fun as they enjoyed national night out. in camden county new jersey todd quinones for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". on the healthwatch a new non-surgical way to get rid of unwanted fat the system using a keep system heating method approved by the f.d.a. the doctors say after several treatment people can expect to lose two to 4 inches of their waist line. >> the system heat deeper tissues up to 110 115 degrees fahrenheit and with the deep tissue heating it causes cells, fat cells to break down. your body will absorb those fat cells and excrete it. >> it does not hurt at all. it feels like an overall warming sensation. >> reporter: doctors say people who are within 20-pound of their goal weight are ideal

patients for this procedure. treatment costs about two to $300. well, these days we have heard of flavored water but how about asparagus water. a woman posted this picture to instagram after spotting the product on the shelf of the california whole food super market. the bottle of water was three asparagus stalks inside has a price tag of $6. so she thought it was a joke, asparagus and water. it ignited a backlash on social media many were outraged at the price. whole food did respond and company says as far gust water was carried briefly at that one brentwood california store and it hads been since pulled. plane old water foulke. we will be right back but first here's what is coming up tonight on cbs-3.

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ceiling but gold in the hand. a seattle waiter received this gold coin, worth about $140, as a tip. how about that. anthony says he received the coin in a envelope from the customer unique way to get a tip. well done. new trendies taking country by storm couples are start ago this their new life together at the funeral home. imagine hosting your wedding ceremony at a funeral parlor. supporters of the unusual idea say it is cheaper easier for couple planning a small get together for their vows. one funeral director says hey it is just goodbyes. >> to me it wasn't anything exceptional or different because we are in the business of hospitality. the event happened to be the funeral but there are other events here. >> these events include card changes, mixtures, even holiday parties. she went on to say several families have come to the funeral home to host birthday

parties, for loved ones who have passed. coming up next on "eyewitness news" we are live as detectives looking for a kill shore gunned down a man riding his bike. call it drone drama how a drone spark a brawl inside that prison. and, it is fun coming up next, an insect invasion here in the studio, we will show you creepy crawlers before you can check them out at this weekend's bug fest meisha will get to know our local bugs. don't miss that. we will be right back at the top of the hour good morning.

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new this morning the search is on for a killer after a young man is injured while riding his bike. we are live as detectives search for clues. also happening today philadelphia housing authority goes smoke free, inside of their properties. we will let you know what happens to people caught violate ago this smoking ban how would you like to grab a six pack with your hoeing i a local wawa is one step closer to selling beer in one store. the last move before you can start buying suds there. good morning, it is wednesday, august 5th, i'm erika von tiehl. lets get a quick check with katie a and meisha with the roads and the sky. >> i have to tell you i'm getting so happy when i look

at those cameras because i'm seeing the most beautiful sunrise right now. >> yes. >> it looks beautiful. part of that too in terms of the collars we are seeing out there this morning meisha, just the fact that we have a frontal boundary, still some moisture water vapor in the era allowing for neat scattering of the cloud to create those pretty colors. the lets go take you back in time here. here's a image of what it will look like outside right now but we did hit, as we can see yesterday, 93 degrees yesterday but that does tally us up here to, wait for it, 22 days, thus far that have hit 90 degrees. we have surpassed 2013, now surpassing 2014 numbers but at this pint it doesn't look like we will have too many more days lick this at least not in the near term. the most of august or next few weeks of august not looking all that oppressive. mean whale we will look at storm scan and see retreat of not just cloud but wet