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 so, one

little quick rounds that rolled through northwestern chester count any fact. so as we see the moisture continue to pick up with time, that's where we end one that possibility, better chance, free to see shower or storm. actually ended up seeing that yesterday, too. air quality alert removed from southwestern new jersey, southeastern p a and delaware, didn't even have it yesterday thank goodness, but still out there for burlington county, one of the largest counties obviously in new jersey, and then, off to the north again, if that's where your travels take you. outside to palmyra cove nature park, all quiet. see little haze though over the skyline here. and that does mean that we have got moisture to work with out there. so, it feels very, i would say, soupy, like the proverbial pea soup effect. feeling more like the mid 70s, i have to tell you, very close values to what the actual air temperature reads right now. so not necessarily dealing with too much of the obviously no solar energy to make it feel even hotter, is there relief in site? on the thermometer, technically, there will be.

the problem is, still got the moisture will make it feel kind of muggy for the next couple of days, stowe will take us some time to get out of t we will get there eventually. meantime today, though, we expect to extend the heatwave for fourth day, then finally start to break the worse of the heat anyway, as we head forward in the forecast. meisha, over to you. >> so important, drink that water on these warm days, thanks so much, katie. good reminder for myself, as well, right there with most of you. ninety-five southbound at cottman, enter center city looking great here although just about ten minutes ago, looking at this picture, wasn't quite heating up like this did will be busy on 59 specially around cottman, give yourself couple of extra minute in the area. schuylkill expressway eastbound at jird after, see, looking good here, everyone traveling around at posted speeds, so we want to see in this hour. traveling around at posted speeds we move toward six of. ninety-five southbound at broad street, before the girard point bridge. you can see plenty of vehicles out, there but for those every you just waking up, one,

welcome, good morning to you, two, just know that it will be a busier day. if you are headed out on the roadways right now you're in good company. everyone traveling real nicely. first accident of the morning. roxborough, car struck a pole, we have downed wires, and some power, just know between salmon avenue and fayva streets. the intersection is blocked. i would suggest using alternate route like domino lane. update for now little while, let you know how that's going. mass transit looking all good, all those thee threes trolleys are shuttle bussing until the first week of september. erika, over to you. >> thank you, meisha. congressman chaka fattah due to make his first appearance in federal court in addition to federal indument. the philadelphia democrat facing conspiracy charges. fattah sent letter yesterday calling for congressional action to review his case. fattah stands accused of miss appropriate g hundreds of thousands of dollars if federal, charitable and campaign funds. and, stay with cbs-3, "eyewitness news" for

continuing coverage of congressman fattah's court appearance. you can find the very latest any time on our website cbsphilly.com. right now, 5:34. teenage boy is under arrest in connection with the brutal beating and rape of a five year old girl in north philadelphia last month. police say that little girl was kidnapped, in the middle of the night, from her home on the 2600 block of hutchinson street. detective say the 15 year old suspect assaulted her, then left her semi-conscious in the backyard. police say the girl positively identified the teen. he faces long list of charges including attempted murder, kidnapping and rape. >> 5:34. in business news this morning, paying what you want for a dinner at a restaurant. sounds pretty good. money watch's jill wagner joins us from the stock exchange, has has ideas on this pretty fantastic program. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erika. investors will be watching as wal-mart and home depo report their recent earnings before the opening bell today.

it should give some insight about the health of the american consumer, yesterday stocks rebounded after falling at the open. the dow finished 68 points higher, the nasdaq rose 43. met co-has filed papers to go public. the pet supply store is aiming for market value before $4 billion. americans have been spend ago lot more money on their dogs than cats. even during the latest recession. more people are expected to fly over labor day. that could make this summer the busiest ever for airlines. more than 14 million passengers are expected to take to the skies, 3% increase from last year, restaurant in new jersey trying out new pricing plan. letting customers pay what they want. newnew york times says no prices on the menu at blue, the waiter will ask how much diners want to pay, some are generous, writing thank you note, others not so much. >> comes with the territory. what are you going to do?

jill, thanks so much. 5:35, 39 days and counting. let than six weeks away, just six weeks to go, in the pope francis arrives in philadelphia. and businesses in center city are putting together a game plan for the pope's visit. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt tells us more about a new business resource center, it is up and running to help local businesses. >> as the monday night crowd enjoyed break from the heat, manager john dougherty spent time talking to regulars, about what to expect when the pope comes to town. >> it will be a four day weekends, in the middle of september. >> at the ends of september, will be part of the high security red zone. >> once they're in, they're in. come in, hang out, drink, food, you couldn't ask, we couldn't ask to be in a better location. >> with more than visitors expected, dougherty has some questions. >> we will have trash pick up. be able to get produce in? >> late monday announced new business hotline to answer those and more questions. >> we would prefer them to be

open. we understanded that that comes with a certain amount of potential inconvenience. >> if the first three hours, call center employees heard from 20 businesses. >> i think for a lot of the businesses, this is about feeling like they can talk to somebody judge. >> zombies cents like this will be light out. >> too much top secure tip for us to come in and our customers come in and just get the deliveries out. >> that's just more business for this restaurant. >> we had menus printed up. we know what beer we will have. >> if you are an employee or business owner vanna question for the city e-mail or call. that will information is posted on with your site cbsphilly.com. reporting at the parkway, david spunt, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". and you can find complete coverage of the pope's vets on line. get the latest information, and all of the logistics at cbs philly. com. >> protesters demand justice outside the new jersey attorney general office in trenton for teen boy shot by

officers earlier this month. fourteen year old is out of the hospital and recovering from his injuries. hearns was shot 11 times in the back, legs, and pelvis. officers say that saw hearns reach for his waistband. supporters chanted black lives matter yesterday, and concerns attorney called the shooting unjustified. >> an officer is allowed to discharge his women on under two circumstances. one, when he is in fear of death or serious bodily harm, and for himself, or when he is in fear of death or serious bodily harm to someone else f someone is running away from you, that would seem to be an unjustified shooting. >> three officers were involved in the shooting two. state troopers and one mercer county sheriff's officer. congress woman bonnie watson coleman has called for federal investigation of the shooting. we now know the man who drowned in the schuylkill river saturday was a grammy award winning musician. fifty-two year old daniel was

at the blues festival in manayunk, decided to take dip to cool off. but never resurfaced b hour later his body was recovered. he won grammy for his work on the beverly hills top sound track. his brother, michael, the singer for the hit song maniac, from the film flash dance. >> a baltimore or rather maryland matched beloved in his community for dressing up like batman, cheering up sick children has died. police say that leonard robinson was killed in a traffic accident on sunday. they say that robinson was check the engine on his batmobile when another car struck him. robinson became a viral sensation in 2012, when dash cam video surfaced of police pulling him over in his batmobile. he was 51 years old. the nation's oldest known veteran has passed away at 110 years old, emma was 38 years old when she joined the women's auxillary corpse in world war ii.

this is video of her from last month when she met with president obama at the white house. the president released a statement expressing his sympathy and calling her a trailblazer for jen rations of americans. we're told she passed away sunday after a sudden illness. lawyers for convicted boston marathon bomber tsarnaev dzhokhar want new trial there is time they want it outside the boston area. in a court filing, had i defense team says it was not possible to select an impartial jury in the area, because of widespread outrage. the 2013 a taj left people dead, dozens wounded, and he now faces the death penalty. ment some new numbers are in. donald trump continues to led in the race for the gop nomination. late he fox news poll shows trump ahead with 25%. ben carson support is risen to 12%, ted cruz is third, folds by jeb bush and mike huckabee. >> new development in the investigation of hillary clinton's emails on her

private server. the state department has flagged 305 emails for further review to determine if they contain classified information. the agencies reviewing 30,000 emails for public release, the flag emails will go to intelligence agencies. 5:41 right now. comedian trans tracey mort ago going back to saturday night live. we'll tell when you just ahead. >> ahead for the first time ever two women have earned the elite army rangers status. why decision in january helped make it possible. the couple's wedding kiss turns out to be even more memorable than they management the image hid never this picture has a lot of people talking. do you see it rid there? okay. we'll explain to you when we come right back.

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j just into "eyewitness news", cash has slammed into a pole in philadelphia's roxborough neighborhood, the crash knocked out power in the area near shawmont avenue and eva street around 4:30 this morning. the car then caught fire, for the first time in the 06 year history of the army rangers two women have earned elite ranger tab. as hen a dance yells reports, first time women were admitted to the course after the pen gone decided to maple combat roles available to women. this happened back in january. after 62 days every

grueling training, two women are now on their way to graduating, alongside 94 men, from the army's elite ranger school. the pair were among 19 females who took part in the first ever co-eds he had training session in the school's history. training that includes a notoriously tough course. >> caring the sack, which is pretty heavy, running missions, learning thousand do patrolling, none aided by fact the student average between two, four hours of sleep at night. >> women who have not been identified started the tough journey back in april, with hundreds of other soldiers, first completing a basic fitness test, consisting it of 49 pushups, 59 situps, and five mellotron in 40 minute. >> over the course of a few weeks, they mastered military mount nearing, par chute jumps, air assaults, to earn the ranger tab. >> at the root of everything, the course's purpose is still to create combat leaders and help make the rest of the army

better. >> female graduates won't be able to join the regimen, since the force remains closed to women. hena dane yells, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". right now, 5:46. we want to check in with katie and our weather watchers. >> definitely finding very muggy conditions for sure. >> so let's go ahead, take you out to the map, start things off. for the most part our observations at this hour most confined just around the city. we go on into one of them. 72 degrees sent in from sandra. she at the moment just finding couple of clouds, out in burlington at 72 degrees, and just sent that in within the last ten minute, i love her comment. summer still here. okay, we know. that will she said it feels like asonia outside. she added rita's to the errands of list today. i love. that will water ice, pool weather, anything that you have got going on where you can cool off today, a great ideament tacking you south to

jason's comment down in middletown delaware under clear sky at 70 degrees, and said as long as today isn't repeat of yesterday's conditions i'll be happy. sorry, jason. does not look like it will stay that way. actually we end up with more heat and more humidity yet again up to the poconos, charles, sending in for us here, just letter sky up in bath, but kind of the story around the region. warm, very humid, everywhere. meanwhile, because we've got so much moisture to work, with we actually ended up with kim of pop up thunderstorms yesterday, very isolated babu man were they hit and they hit hard. eyewitness cam photo that came into us here, from northeast philadelphia. ray sent this in. this is actually out at one of the pools, in bustleton, where when that storm rolled through, it flooded out the creek or crick, depending your location what you call it, so fast the folks got stuck at the swim club.

it shows when the storm rolls, in do you have seek shelter. remember any time you hear under this he we say it all the time t bears repeating. finds shelter. if you hear thunder you're close enough to get struck by lightning, they don't come separately. storm scan, wide zoom, this is your warmfront lifting through. so you have this big surge of heavy rain moving through pittsburgh, i don't think we have to deal with anything near as widespread as there is but we are eventually going to see spotty shower or thunderstorm at some point later today. if you are headed out to south philly tonight it is casino of one of those russ feeling lucky kind of scenarios here? i could again see spotty shower or thunderstorm around, but does the actual ballpark get hit? it is just up to mother nature. it is one of those situations, so eight a degrees at first pitch, dropping, slowly but surely, throughout the course of the night, only into the mid 70s, though, meanwhile for today's high we expect to extend the heatwave. it should break by tomorrow, meisha, a but that humidity won't just yet, will take a

few days to break the mugginess. >> great day for mugginess, perfect idea, haven't tried it here yet. >> lappy tuesday to you, live look, two accidents, i'm get to those in a second, but first a live look outside at the vine, start to go see things heat up ever so slicely there, also, seeing things heat up for those of you traveling out at jersey 42 freeway northbound at creek road as you approach 295, you can see, just steady stream of vehicles there, little freeway friend pulled off to the shoulder not causing slow downs, never does, 95 southbound at girard, you can see, yikes, this is certainly heating up. talking about cottman little bit ago. girard avenue, give yourself couple of extra minute in the area. first accident today. roxborough area. car hit pole. downed wires. we've got intersection blocked, because of t that's going to be at shawmont avenue at eva street. i would use the alternate domino lane for those of you in the area. also car fire, another accident here at vernon

street, at union. intersection also blocked in this area, i would use the alternate, half ton avenue, busy morning already, erika, over to you. >> thank you. >> morgue and spent seven seasons on the stage, he'll host the show in october. morgan tweeted, quote, stoked to be going home. welcome back. >> and, former saturday night live cast member norman mcdonald, new gig, replacing s&l alum darryl in it. v spots. look here as the iconic colonel, kfc has been running their current ad for three months. and, not even week after his final daily show and john stewart has a new gig.

he'll be hosting world wrestling entertainment big event summer slam. stewart ongoing rivalry with pro wrestler and wwe champ, set rollins. summer slam takes place this sunday at the brooklyn barkley center. no rest for him. >> ♪ >> okay, can you get who that is? academy award winning actress meal steep. she has another tight toll add to her resume, guilt armour. spent six months learning to play guitar for ricky and the flash. who was her teacher you may be wondering? legendary kneel young. apparently he's quite the impressive teacher. she said at one point she bought down to be great muse significance. philadelphia's art lovers will have new showcase to see some special works of fine art. staff at the la saul. sal university preparing new exhibit. the eighth annual show of works of art created. the exhibit opens tomorrow,

and will run through september 18th. we'll right back. first here's what's coming up tonight on cbs-3.

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>> ♪ oh, this one picture we will slow now moment, it has quite the story, behind it, have you scratching your head at first. newly married chicago couple picture going viral this morning, but it is what's on the floor next to them getting all of the attention, as the pastor said, you may kiss the bride, check it out to the left, there bridesmaid, face planted, during her brother's wedding. the wedding photographer captured the moment i'm sure, much to the bridesmaid slag ren. bridesmaid said she fainted because she barely ate or drink anything where the ceremony, viewed now over a million times. that poor girl. at least you can't see her face, hopefully some ammonium at this for her. so she was, poor thing, oh, hope she's okay. coming up in the next hour

live with breaking news, just got video in from wilmington, where child has been shot. our jan carabeo is on that scene getting details, we'll check in with her as soon as possible. also, women around the worlds, could soon get their owner have sean of vie ago an a. the little pink pill, as being called, could be approved by the fda today. details coming up in the health watch. back at the top of the hour. good morning.

this moving teenager arrested accused every taking five year old little gill from her home in the middle of the night and beating her. we're also learning grissly new details about what else she endured during the attack. also, this morning, congressman chaka fattah heads to federal court. it is his first appearance, since he was indicted last month. today today is the day millions of women have been waiting for, social security to go decide if the so-called little pink pill will get approval. more on that coming up in a moment. good morning, it is tuesday, august 18th, i i'm care con teal. heatwave continues, sorry to report. katie, meisha, what are you going to do? it is august. good morning. >> good morning, everyone, hot outside and certainly heating up on the roadways, too.

fortunately, things are kind of our normal busy tuesday commute. i know you got your work cut out for you. >> absolutely, yes. mid to late august. we expect to see these kinds of things happen once in a while, normally our average hi, anyway, is about 85 degrees. we far have been exceed that now for couple of days, even as these dog days of summer start to gradually taper off, in terms of averages it, does indeed doesn't mean that's what's going to a we see this all the time. we start it off, begin on out first and for most, quiet as can be over generally the entire delaware valley, up toward new york sit, see the pocket of very heavy rain firing up over northeastern new jersey the story we will fine with time here today. so what's going on is warmfront lifting in. and as it does so, it bridges with it more moisture, more oppressive neesee sinkly for the next couple every days, and because of that, this air mass, which is already very moisture laden consideration only ring itself out by firing off shower or thunderstorm here andhe