. from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". oh, it is hot out there this morning. we in another heatwave. this morning the big question we're asking, just how long will this one last? we'll check in with katie. also happening today, congressman chaka fattah prepares for his day in court, in a racketeering case. now he's asking congress to investigate his prosecutors. >> and, how will center city merchants in the red zone take care of business when pope francis arrives? philadelphia is now offering a helping hand. >> good morning, today is tuesday, august 18th, i'm erika von tiehl. quickly checking in with kate and meisha and a look at the roads and weather. good morning. >> good morning, roads looking really good. but hey, i have to say, it is already hot out there. i stepped out already, i can feel it, bamm, right away. >> absolutely, the mugginess, even though you get at least

the sun going down to help cool things off little bit, because we are in the midst of such a warm air mass, and also such moisture-rich air mass, really makes things feel a lot steamier, obviously, right? so the humidity becomes the bigger story almost. even though we are expecting to extend the heatwave by yet another day. we take you out there regardless, nice bright light, smacking you in the forehead here, as we overlook from campbell's field across the recover, all quiet, tranquil, and you will see that eventually here in storm scan3, that things are still pretty quiet. now, talking heatwaves first and for most, we did make it official yesterday, as we anticipated we would. that has officially gun. our fourth heatwave of 2015. yes, put question mark on the ends that far one. we have pretty good idea when it will end. we think that today actually will likely end up being the final day of heatwave number four, for four days in a row. now, looking at storm scan, overall, generally things are quiet. we do have so much moisture,

though, that you do have a couple of very spotty, but locally heavy drenching downpours out there, most notably, just outside of new york city right now, we could see that fire up for our region, later on today, so, for now, all pretty quiet, just muggy, humid outside, 74 degrees the current temperature, into the upper 60s through the most remote subs, forward in the eyewitness day planner it will be another very hot one. so similar to yesterday, almost carbon copy forecast here, where you start with sun, to bake things here at the surface, really heat things up, we should hit about 93 officially, beyond 3:00 p.m. today. but, like we said, there may be just one of the isolated pop up showers or thunderstorms, because, meisha, a so much moisture in this atmosphere, clouds got to ring out the moisture somehow. >> absolutely r as long as we don't get it in this morning's commute, ill and happy girth, even though our hair will start to expand just a bit. good morning, everyone, happy tuesday, still early as you can see, evidence outside

very, very dark out there. ninety-five southbound at street road between 413 and street road. where we had some morning construction up in the northeast, look good, all clear now, you can see, headlights, tail light out, there but looking good. the schuylkill expressway eastbound at spring garden also another picture that i like to show you in the morning, one of the areas that heat up fairly quickly, especially moving into the 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. hour. moving in the eastbound direction into center city looking good there. another area looking nice, and quiet, for those of you trying to make your way into center city at the vine, both to and from the schuylkill, looking great. east and westbound directions. philly playing the blue jays tonight 7:05 tonight at citizens bank park. love that game. ill still rooting for those phillies no matter what, construction two areas northeast construction, southbound lansdale rutland blocked. northbound at quakertown, right lane blocked there. still construction play to think b over to you. >> thank you. new this morning, police hope that surveillance video will help them track down the gunman who shot a man in north

philadelphia. police think robbery was the motive for that shooting which happened near 15th and west hazard street just before 1:30. when officers arrived, they found 33 year old man on the sidewalk. he's in critical condition with a gunshot wounds to the stomach. also, a fire tears through an apartment in philadelphia's somerton section. firefighters got the call around midnight to the haldeman manor apartment near the haldeman and boulevard. it was under control in about an hour, half hour, one person suffered from smoke inhalation. the red cross is helping 11 displaced tenants. no word yet on how that fire started. >> right now just a disturbing arrest. fifteen year old boy in police custody accused of kidnapping, beating and raping a five year old girl in north philadelphia. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins now at police headquarters with the latest information on this, justin? >> erika, good morning, police took that 15 year old boy in last night, that is after special victims was able to

positively identify him as their suspect. this case has left a north philly block on edge for weeks as that suspect remained on the loose. the victim just five years old. this all began late last month. the victim's mother was unable to find her daughter just after 7:00 that morning, she searched frantically about their house on north hutchinson street. and then the mother and the neighbor found the girl in the backyard, blacked out, bloodied, and lying a top a ticket of high grass. the five year old was able to tell her momma bit about what happened, saying she woke up overnight, walk about their home, and saw a strange man in an upstairs hallway, she says he came from behind the closet door, pick her up, took her outside, where he kicked and punched her in the face, the mother also later learned that her daughter was also sexually assaulted before this subject escaped. >> something i will never forget. i thought that that was not my daughter back there, but a

lifeless child. >> and that five year old was taken to st. christopher's with severe injuries as you saw, and the suspect here, just ten years older than his victim, facing charges of attempted murder, assault, rape, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, wreckless endangerment and more. we'll bring you much more on this story as it becomes available. live at police headquarters, justin finch, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". justin, thank you a american airlines jet that took off from philadelphia international airport returned for an emergency landing. flight 750 took off for brussels belgium last night about 45 minute later the boeing 757 turned around, after report of smoke in the galley. the plane landed safely. no one was hurt. >> happening today, congressman chaka fattah supposed to make his first appearance in court following federal enzyme on conspiracy charges, philadelphia democrat has sent a letter calling for a congressional review, and to takings to review possible misconduct in his case.

he's asking two house committees to review his case for quote unconstitutional or unlawful behavior. fattah accused of miss appropriate g hundreds of thousands of dollars if federal, charitable and campaign funds. >> 4:37 right now. pope francis will visit philadelphia now in less than six weeks, countdown continues to help businesses out during the visit. the city has opened new business resource center. the restaurant will be part of the high security red zone when the pope comes to town. with more than a million visitor expect the, workers here and nearby have questions about food delivery and trash pick up. to answer those questions and more the city opened new business hotline. >> i think for a lot of the businesses, this is about feeling like they can talk to somebody. we would prefer help to be open. we understand that that comes with a certain amount of potential inconvenience. >> the call sent letter operate during normal business hours through the pope's

visit. for more information on this just head to our website cbsphilly.com. >> when the pope's in town the philadelphia zoo will shut down. it will close september 26th and 27th. some zoo workers will spend the weekend there at the zoo to take care of the animals. the zoo is still planning -- still working on plans rather for the monday after the pope leaves. no firm place yet. the diocese of camden is using the remaining days before the papal visit to focus on the less fortunate. catholic charities warrants to raise awareness and make sure people know the doors of their eight service sent remembers open to those in need. church goers will find cards like this one in their pews, they talk about issues like hunger and homelessness. >> this is still one of the nation's poorest and most challenged and most violent, and most under-privileged cities. >> last year catholic charities in the camden diocese served more than 15,000 people with nearly 13,000 living below the poverty line.

>> and, a reminder just 39 days now before pope francis makes his historic visit to philadelphia. stay with "eyewitness news" as we cover plans for the papal visit. our coverage continues on our website cbsphilly.com. rescue teams reached crash site of indonesian plane, slammed into a mountain two days ago with 54 people on board. official says that plane is destroyed and there is no chance that anyone survived. all of the bodies have been recovered. rescuers have also located the black box. there is much more to cover here on "eyewitness news". student and parents bat al delaware county school district about what they can and can't wear to classes this fall. >> and remember the computer breach, affecting hundreds every thousands of taxpayers? the irs says it now affect hundreds of thousands more. detail on that when we come back in just two minutes.

school off initials delaware country meeting today to go over new dress code for students this fall. frustrated parents and student in the walling forward swarthmore school district voice their opinions at school board meeting last night. among other restraints, the new dress code states no tank cops or spaghetti straps. only crew neck or collared shirts. shorts, skirts, or pants, that sit on the waist, no see-through clothing. >> if this policy is in fact in place at this time, i find it highly bias dollars toward one gender. >> school official say parents can expect an updated e-mail on new dread code by the ends of the week. the irs says computer breach is worse than previously thoughtment the numbers of potential victims now about 334,000. hackers broke into a system where taxpayers can get tax returns and other filings from previous years. it is part of a scheme to use taxpayers i.d.'s to claim

fraudulent refunds. the irs will notify new ily discovered victims in the next few days. all right, 4:43, already, feeling toasty, very mild. >> very, very mild, yes, that's the word for it, sticky. just doesn't feel comfortable outside. and it is not going to feel that way, looks like, for at least the next five, six days. >> heatwave you are thinking -- >> it will get extends bid one day, the thing is this moisture doesn't go away. so even though i think we will break the heave wait as early as tomorrow, still won't feel that good. that's the gauge, yes. so actually we take you back in time here, show you what we ended up doing yesterday. yep, very, very warm day. we ended up at 94 degreesment normal high 856789 doing the math, obviously about 10 degrees above the average here with those kinds of values. when we sort of stack up, see how we do stack up, according to recent years here, we're not doing too bad. you know, above both 2013 and then 2014 numbers here, with

thus far 25, 90 plus agree days for the year 2015. we think we will add onto that yet again here today. meanwhile, air quality, less than ideal. alert posted for burlington county, to up mercer, thankfully delaware wasn't in it yesterday, southeastern pa now removed interest that, as is southern new jersey, just because we're seeing little more movement in the atmosphere. well represented, a we go to storm scan3. this chunk every moisture obviously affecting pittsburgh, looks like it is going to lift through western pa, but not quite affect us anywhere near with this kind of widespread coverage. so, we are expecting perhaps a spotty shower or storm at some point later today. but i don't think you have to worry about any kind of major complexes like this, this is your warmfront, lifting and we zoom it out one more time, cold front still pent up way back here, so this is not only a large annex pans i have system, but it is slow, so this will take it sweet old time to get out of here, that means, the next couple of days we keep the moisture in the air, we have to keep unsettled

weather in the air for you, as women. expecting generally mostly sunshine, heatwave will persist, as we head into tonight, drop it back down to the 70s, i do think we may see stray shower around, thunderstorm, casino every like what we saw yesterday, similar scenario, so much moisture to work w expect to break the heatwave tomorrow. there will still be clouds and thunderstorm around, and i would say at this point, your most wet day looks to be thursday, leading into friday, with the passage of the actual front. erika, back to you. >> katie, thank you. talking sports right now, the phillies are back home for two game series again the toronto blue jays, rookie aaron starts against blue jays knocker baller ra dicky. first trip back to south philly for ben revere transferred to toronto at the trade deadline. former flyers fan favorite danny briere retiring after 17 seasons in the nhl. will hold a press conference in voorhees today. he excelled in post-season play, ends his career with 116

points, 124 playoff game. he'll be missed. >> all right, talking football, eagles get back to the practice field today looking ahead to some scrimmages this week against the baltimore ravens. birds in baltimore swear off in pre-season game two this saturday night. coaches will be evaluating their back up quarterback, matt barkley went for 192 yards sunday against the colts. he also through interception. tim tebow, he got standing ovation, and finished six for 12, for 69 yards, with rushing touchdown. coach kelly says he liked tebow's performance and barkley's interception wasn't his fault. >> i thought he did a real nice job. you know, we screwed up little bit on the one, where tended up getting timed, that guy should have been block. our tight ends lined up too tight. we should have got hen to the corner, and i thought did he real nice job out there. i liked how timmy through t that's the big concern with everything coming in, has he really changed, and i think he is sequence g better, you know, he has his feet

underneath. when guy run the right route, i thought he threw the football real well. >> to keep up with all of your philly sport teams, signed one text alert, text cbs philly sports to 84816. have new, mess age and data rates stillly. still ahead, starbucks adding new ingredient to popular item. we'll tell you what it is, first, what's coming under tonight on cbs-3.

police arrest teenage boy in connection with the beating and rape of five year old girl in north philadelphia. investigators say, the girl positively identified the teen who attack her last month. >> also congressman chaka fattah expect in the court today, accused every miss appropriate g hundreds every thousands of dollars if

federal, charitable, campaign funds. fattah will ask to two house committees to review his conspiracy case where possible misconduct by prosecutors. and, rescue teams recover the black box of the indonesian plane that crashed in a in remote area of the country killing all 54 people on board. officials say the plane was just destroyed. all of the bodies have been recovered. >> it is 4:00 ooh right now, time for check on your business news, money watch's jill wagner joins us up at the new york stock exchange, hearing amazon ceo responding to the harsh article about amazon. what can you tell us? good morning. >> well, yes. good morning, erika. the new york times article describes working conditions at his company as pretty ample. he says it is not the amazon he no, sir. he said he doesn't think any company which apartment don't dollars this approach could actually survive in today's today a tech hiring market. describes workers as under constant pressure with anecdotes of workers crying on

the job. erika? >> all right, well, on happier news, this morning, starbucks we hear are putting something new in the beloved pumpkin spiced latte, actual bit of pumpkin, jill? >> how revolutionary, right? starbucks says will be adding all this time i thought actually there was real pumpkin in, there but anyway, saying they are adding real pumpkin to the pump kin spiced latte when it comes back in the fall, previously had been flavored with carmel coloring. that goes away. then, this is all part of growing trends, food companies, going natural, removing artificial ingredients from recipes, panera also says it will be reform rating its pumpkin drink, they'll be using real pumpkin, getting rid of all artificial ingredients, so not ready to talk about fall yet, but i guess this is pretty good development. >> i'm with you, jill. not ready to let go of summer, but if we must talk about fall, at least it is pumpkin latte. >> talk to you in about an hour. coming up after the break, a check on your traffic and weather together this tuesday morning. we'll be right back.

>> 45:04, we check in with meisha a good morning. >> good morning to all of you at home, if your just waking one us, i know it is early, many every us starting to rope up, grab the cup of coffee. live look outside, 59 northbound at castor avenue, approach the betsy ross bridge, see, taillights out there, headlights, slowly starting to see this pick up. usually start to see it pick up in the 5:00 hour, specially on mondays, tuesdays, when we really see the kind of early build a look at boulevard at fox street, looking great here, the other day kinds of troubled area, today looking great in this area, the ben franklin bridge, for those of you coming over from jersey, into center city, looking beautiful. i love showing this shot in the morning, because every all of the lights, the sun's not up yet, you can get clean picture, just beautiful. we have some construction two

areas of the northeast extension, southbound in lansdale, northbound quakertown the right lane, so for those it every you traveling in around around the area as we progress through the morning, make note of, that because that can slow down things little bit. don't you just love when our produce did he that? working so hard all morning long to bring you the cool little graphic. there you saw t phillies versus blue jays, clock # five for those every you traveling in and around the south philly area. katie, over to you. >> the little things, right? i always get so excited about putting chef hat on you, like this is the best thing ever. >> 5:00 in the morning. >> totally get it. well, well done, i enjoyed it, as well. let's start things off, guys. weather forecast looking just hot, steamy yet again here today, some sunshine for you, but the humidity is going to get you once again. kind of like the rhythm if you're gloria estefan fan. erika liked that. >> i did. >> going on outside, storm scan, quiet as can be, generally speaking, what you see bubble up there, though,

up toward the basically right along i78, it perhaps your travels take you from the lehigh valley to new york sit you will see some damp roads. traveling into that right now, heavy rain, this atmosphere is so moisture laden, it has got to squeeze itself out basically. we will likely see spotty shower, storm, at some point today. all calm and collected on the boardwalk plaza, here at rehoboth. so, generally, off to quiet start. it is muggy, granted, and it will heat up again, to extends the heatwave. but really we need storm system to roll through here. it will take couple of days before we get any relief from this heat and humidity, erika, back to you. >> kate, thank you. coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news", the latest on the teenage suspect arrested and charged in a haneous crime against a five year old. also ahead this morning, deadly shooting in olney has police investigating whether it is connected to another shooting just days ago. and congressman chaka fattah makes his first appearance in federal court after he was in

our top story this morning, arrest in a violent crime. we're learning new details about what happened to this five year old girl last month. and what's even more disturbing, the suspect, is just a teenager himself. live with the new information. >> also, happening today, congressman chaka fattah heads to federal court, his first appearance since he was indicted last month. >> and, we are in for another scorcher today. the question we all have this morning, when will relief finally arrive? we'll ask kate. >> i good morning, it is tuesday, august 18th. katie and meisha keeping an eye on us this morning, so muggy i can't wait for this to get out of here. >> good morning, happy tuesday, yes. one of those things that right when you walk out, you just

know it will be a hot day, you can feel it, it hit you already. >> right. that's the thing, too. when starting offer so warm, too, all you can do, go up from here once the sun comes out, right? it does end up being another very, very warm and steamy day for our area, very similar forecast, i with a say, generally speaking by comparison to what we ended up with yesterday. see sunshine initially. if you have got any kind of outdoor plans, that you are desperate to get in, i would say, try to get them early, if you are up with us right now watching and you have got, okay, maybe an hour and a half until you have to hit the road, something like that, maybe try to get that dog walk in little sooner, you know? because later on today, not only is it going to be hot and steamy but might even end up with shower or storm, this is the prime time, we are in the midst of heatwave four, average high at this point, 85, started the heatwave officially saturday, made it officially a heatwave yet add 94 do expect to continue the pattern today. >> lt