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. >> look at storm scan

three things have gun to light up here outside of new york city where we have so much moisture in the atmosphere, clouds basically have to ring themselves out. that's kind of the story. so, when you get these dew points as high as they are, in other words, the moisture content in the air, you are going to be dealing with a very saturated air mass. and that means, whether there is storm system or not, you can end up if the conditions are ripe with basically just heating of the day, triggering a spotty shower or storm. that is what we expect later today. 3:00 p.m., temperatures about 92, but expect to go hit 93 officially here this afternoon. again may be thunderstorm that dots the area later today. nothing widespread, but enough that, you know, you want to keep an eye to the sky if you plan to be out later this afternoon. >> certainly, i think about when you brought up walking the dogs. so true, if you have a dog you are going outside no matter what. rain, sunshine, humidity, doesn't matter, out with the little pooches. i should start doing, that move little bit more, walk around little bit more. see the city.

good morning, everyone, it is early, early tuesday morning already warm, roads looking good, starting to heat up a little bit. we typically do moving into the 5:00 hour 95 at castor, you can see, already, a lot of activity, no bad activity, everything looking pretty quiet right now, king of prussia, 202 northbound, at the schuylkill, you can see, looking good on 76 actually, in all directions, right now, looking pretty quiet. forty-two freeway northbound, approaching 29a this is actually what we tip beingly see starting in the 5:00 hour. funny once we move into the 6:00 and 7:00 hour it, heats up, yes, but holds steady. that's the good thing about 42, construction two areas northeast construction,. >> erika, over to you. >> meisha, thank you. >> new this morning, a man is fighting for his life after he was shot in north philadelphia. it happened over nht on the 1500 block of west hazard

street. the victim was rushed to the hospital with gunshot wounds to the stomach n word on any suspects or a motive. meanwhile, fire rips through an apartment in philadelphia's somerton section, firefighters got the call around midnight to the haldeman manor apartment, that's near haldeman and the boulevard. it was under control in about a half hour. one person suffered smoke inhalation, the red cross helping 11 displaced tenants n words on what spark that fire. >> police investigating a fatal shooting in the olney section. a 33 year old man was shot in the stomach, a 21 year old woman was shot in the foot. chopper three was over the scene in the 200 block of nidro avenue last night. police say two sitting in the front after home, another man walk up, opened fire. the man died at the hospital. , the woman list in the stable condition, same area where three people were shot sunday night. police are not saying if the shootings are related.

5:03, and relief to neighbors after police arrest a suspect in connection with the brutal beating and rape of a five year old girl in north philadelphia. that suspect is only 15 years old. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us now at police headquarters, he has the latest, justin? >> special victims says last night were able to positively id this teen as their suspect. they say he beat that five year old girl so severely, she could not eat solid food for weeks. we first brought this story late last month, when mother says she was unable to find her daughter, just five years old, after 7:00 a.m. that morning, she searched their home in north philly for hours before finding the girl in the backyard, blacked out, bloodied, on match of high grass. the five year old, though, was able to tell her momma bit about what happened. saying she recalls waking up overnight, walking around their home, before seeing a strange man in their hallway, special victims captain john darby describes what happened

next. >> the male took hold of her, literally lifted her up at some point, carried her outside of the property, and there physically assaulted her. >> the level of violence tends of the day no matter how we define it is beyond -- >> and as you saw, that girl has major wounds to her face, lot of swelling, again, she could not eat solid food for weeks. we also know that she was sexually assaulted, say police, this suspect just 15 years old now facing serious charges, and including attempted murder, assault, rape, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, wreckless endangerment and much more. we are live from police headquarters, justin finch, cbs 3, "eyewitness news". >> justin, thank you. 5:05 right now. an american airlines jet makes a quick return to philadelphia international shortly after taking off after the pilot reported smoke inside the plane. chopper three overhead here as

a firetruck greeted the boeing 757. flight 750 was bound for brussels belgium. no one on board was injured. >> happening today, congressman chaka fattah is supposed to make his first appearance in court following federal indictment on conspiracy charges. the philadelphia democrat has sent a letter calling for congressional action 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 every miss appropriate g hundreds every thousands of dollars in federal, charitable, and campaign funds. >> developing right now, rescue teams recover the black box in the indonesian plane that crashed in a remote area of the country killing all 54 people on board. officials say the plane was just destroyed. all but one of those bodies had been recovered. a south jersey politician has plans to make money off of crowds just like this one for sunday's maroon five concert.

so many people turned out for t we'll tell you how he hopes to draw even more act to atlantic city. plus also this: >> a bomb rocked a popular tourist stop in bancock. the latest on the rising death toll there. and, police chase a driver speeding and running red light. but it turns out, they had a pretty good excuse for doing that. we'll explain when we come right back.

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apples. we export -- >> a blow to the community, no doubt about that. 800 people we employed at the apple warehouse shall washington by far the nation's largest apple producer turning out more than 140 million cartons of apples just last year. >> at least 22 people are dead, after a bombing in thailand. police have released a photo as they attemptment to id any potential suspect in the attack. correspondent andrew spencer report. >> monday evening rush hour, a bomb attacked tie lands. >> i could feel it, hear t it is like somebody just pushes you. suddenly out of the blue. just like. that will like huge gust every winds, the breeze flying through you. >> on the sky walk when the bomb went off, but did you month what it was. >> at first i thought maybe it was an accident, two cars

collided, and something just exploded but no, what i felt -- >> the attack hit shrine in central bancock, popular site among budist, hindus, seeks. the shrine also big draw for tourists, at the busy intersection near shopping mall. police spokesman said 22 people died in the attack, record inched indicate the bombing injured more than 100 other. tai police now looking foreman seen in cc tv footage of the area, they believe the man may be connected to the deadly bombing. andrew spencer, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> everyone obscured, my gosh, having an earthquake. my goodness. my goodness, this is a god one. >> only hear it, can't see it there. magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck piedmont, california yesterday morning, that's just outside of oakland, california. just south of berkley, and you saw right there, that meteorologist responding to it, it interrupted the morning

weather report on k tv u. weather man steve was giving his forecast when the studio started shaking again, this is something that you really feel, so powerful when you are there, but it is hard to show it on tv here. no major damage was reported from the quake. but katie, kept saying oh, my gosh, i don't know what else would you do. >> exactly, what did you do at that point? tricky, and i would say specially here, too, since we don't tip he cannily get earthquakes all that often at least not ones that you can feel that easily it, throws you off. you don't know what's going on. talking another weather phenomenon. we take you out to the tropics for that to kicks things off. tropical satellite still keeping close watch on the cluster of showers, thunderstorms, that's now just west of the cape verde island, what we call the atc zone, basically, just around the equator where you end up with the convergence of these storm systems, and that's typically where you start to see things

at least get underway with tropical waves. at this point, yesterday it was a 50-50 shot. now at 80% shot for this to actually form into our next developed storm system for the tropical season in the atlantic, next flame on the list would be denny, so we will see how we do with this. again, this is definately an influx situation, but the conditions are ripe for them to potentially development talk about what's going on with our weather though, back here stateside. at the moment, it is pretty quiet. we do have spotty shower, i should call it just spotty pocket of steady rain, right around new york city. that's kind of the idea what we will likely see later today. what you see back through western pa our warmfront lifting in. that is likely to not only keep the moisture in place, for one thing, but also help trigger spotty shower or storm. combed front needs to move through too. this storm just huge for one thing, also very slow to move through. soap, it will take couple every days, before we're really in the clear from it. and that means, we keep the humidity, we keep the heat, and even though we break the

heatwave, just going to be kind of uncomfortable the next couple of days, as pregnant woman i can tell you not the best news for me either. so i feel your pain, folks. outside the current wind speeds, very, very light. very happen hazard, so just kind of settling in to this mugginess. mostly sunny at this shore, great place to beat the heat. uv index still very high, rip currents risk is low, and the water temperatures definately nice and warm. that 67 agree value being reported at atlantic city, you are warmer than that specially through cape may county beaches, looking forward in the eyewitness weather seven day forecast, one more day of the heatwave before we should break it. but keep in mind, just because we're not hitting 90 or above, it still will feel awfully soupy. for lack of better word, outside the next few dates. >> ninety-three certainly is warm. thanks so much. good morning, everyone, it is still dark outside. so certainly warm once you walk outside. the roadways are actually looking really nice. pushing through the 5:00 hour. where we start to see levels build ever so slightly

specially on a monday and tuesday. here is a look at the blue route approaching route one, see plenty of headlights. let me back out of the way. see taillights in this area, as well, moving both northbound and southbound direction, blue route is one of those areas i'll keep my eye on as we push through the 5:00 hour. 422 westbound at oaks, eastbound and westbound rather, looking good there. 422 usually does. until we hit about the 6:00 hour. ninety-five southbound at cottman, coming around the s curve making your way into center city, plenty of headlights, taillights in this area, as well. this is certainly one of the busier sections, area that we will see heat up in the 5:00 hour. i always suggest give yourself couple of extra minutes. phillies versus blue jays a 70:00, a for those of you traveling in and around the south philly area. give yourself a few extra minutes. even with the phillies playing, fingers crossed for them. looking at the wide, you can see all censor maps are up. that means, everyone traveling around at this early hour, at posted speeds, exactly what we want to see right now, erika, over to you. >> thank you, meisha a new

jersey state senate republican leader tom kean says crowds like these at sunday's maroon five concert in atlantic city, thee crowds could help save the resort town. currently awaiting a vote to give tax breaks to a list performers agree to perform four dates in atlantic city. the act would then get credit on all income they earn in the state. it is estimated sunday's show was about 50,000 spectators. made about $24 million for the city. how about that? >> school officials are meeting for new dress code. frustrated student in the wallingford voice their concerns for the school board last night. "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco has a story. >> reporter: school year hasn't started but parents, student, already turned out by the dozen, upset about the new dress code for walling forward swarthmore student still in effect. >> the clothe my daughter wore in april, may and june, that

were perfectly fine for her to wear that we bought her are not fine now. that's a big concern for us. walking down the hallways, not any dress at our school. so it casino of, you know, shocked many of us. notification went taught high school parent last week, quickly spread, tops must be crew neck or collared with sleeves of at least 3 inches, shorts and skirt, must have inch seem of 3 inches or greater, spandex and yoga pants, not permitted. tank tops, spaghetti straps, too tops, bear mid drips, wide arm holes, see through clot g -- clothing not permitted, no cut office of any kind. >> if this policy is in fact in place at this time, i find it highly bias dollars toward one gender. >> at the school board meeng monday, parent said the new standards took them by surprise. >> we don't want to go around the school like walking around every day just being worried about like am i going to get dress coated by administrative person.

i am there to learn. >> after an hour impatient back and forth, the board vowed to clarify telling parents to hold off on the back to school shopping. >> for address code or any school code to be successful, you really need parent and the school and student working in concert. >> one of the high school alumni did write lengthy letter to the new superintendent, and the school board against the dress code policy, garnering nearly 300 signatures. the school administration says they will be meeting tomorrow to clarify the new dress code, and they are telling parents, to expect an updated e-mail by the end of the week. in wallingford delaware county, diana rocco, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> 5:19 right now. still ahead, music legend stevie wonder makes a surprise stop in philadelphia. one of three concerts he performed yesterday. we'll take you there. >> also, scary moments at yankee stadium. when a line drive, sue that, hit pitcher right in the face. we have an update on his condition when we come right back.

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>> trade rumors out, there chase utley expected to be in phillies even form when they take on the blue jays in south philadelphiament the phils play at home tonight and tomorrow night, then they hit the road yet again. let's see if he's okay. >> oh, you see that? frightening moment in last night's yankees twins game in the bronx. rookie yankee starter brian mitchell was hit in the head by a line drive. he was bleeding from his forehead afterward. yankees beat rider brian hodge tweeted mitchell was tweeted for a nasal fracture. poor guy. >> the eagles and baltimore rave lens hold villages this week ahead of saturday night pre-season game two at the linc. third year quarterback matt barkley made strong case for the eagles back up job sunday against the coal. he was 12 for 20, 190 yards,

and interceptions that wasn't really his fault. tim tebow was six for 12 with rushing touchdown. sam bradford is expected to make his first start against the ravens. >> and eagles center jason kelce could have fought your in the restaurant business. there is a sandwich he created on the menu at the philly pop up beer garden, listen to this, brisket, london broil, salom i, bacon, top off with horse lad i shall cheddar, put it on hoagie roll. dig in. call it the kelce. that's a lot of sandwich. former flyers star danny briere calling it a career. thirty-seven year old played in almost a thousand games, and scored more than 300 goals, in his 17 years in the nhl. he played six seasons with the flyers, planned press conference today at the skate zone in voorhees. you'll be missed, danny. >> well, music legend steve i wonder wrapped up whirlwinds day of pop up concert in new york city last night. >> ♪

>> surprise concert in central park much to the delight of several thousand fans. the grammy win is her promoting his tour this fall called songs from the key of life. earlier, wonder was in philly, played free lunchtime concert in dilworth park. many people including mayor michael nutter took a brace from work, there he is getting down it see the performance, began his day in washington, d.c. so d c- philly, new york, he had a pack schedule. take a brother, stevie. 5:25. the city of philadelphia addressing concerns zombies cents have about the upcoming pope's visit. that's ahead in our next half hour. then he made headlines for portraying batman. now comes word the real life superhero has passed. we'll tell you what happened. katy? >> erika, today another hot and steamy day as we continue the heatwave. but even though we expect it to break relatively soon, it doesn't mean our problems are over. we'll be talking about stormy weather and still very soupy

weather coming up. >> thank you, katie. also meisha has a check on the roads when we come right back. as we go to break, see more of. >> this here is more of stevie wonder's philly performance from yesterday. enjoy. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪

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good morning, today is tuesday, august 18th, i'm erika von tiehl. >> in the news at 53 the city of philadelphia is stepping in to try to ease concerns that business owners have about the pope's visit next month. the big concern of course how do you get in and out of the city. all wondering, fortunately this morning roads are looking good. no problems for the roads? >> roads are looking great. just warm out there. we will typically monday, tuesday, start to see things pick up in the 5:00 hour, but right now overnight construction clearing out. >> oh, the humidity, you can feel it, walking outside,

sting. >> i yes, and like this is like the international -- for humidity? >> yes. >> right. i love it. >> but it is definitely very muggy outside. it will stay that way. looks like this is actually going toned up being another day that we include on our heatwave here. but likely becomes the last day of heatwave number four, in case you're counting. however, don't get rid of the moisture content any time soon. it will lead to additional potential for showers, for thunderstorms, and looks like the better partment next five days are kind of dictated by this storm system. >> this one storm. so, let me start you off by going outside. we take to you storm scan3, even right now, we've got so much moisture laden in this atmosphere, that portions of 95, you can see now, just west of new york city, firing up with a localized granted but very heavy pocket of rain and thunderstorms. and that's kind of what i think you will find eventually later on today, even within the last hour or