we are following breaking news huge flames as fire fighters battle a two alarm fire that destroyed an montgomery county apartment complex. resident have been evacuated and we are live. this morning a shooting at a local bar leaves a man in critical condition. what police say led to that violence. we are learning more about the man who shot and killed, who was shot and killed, after a knife attack at chester county courthouse. what authorities are saying about his troubled past. good morning, it is wednesday, august 26th i'm erika avon tiehl. i'm nicole brewer, as always getting your day starter with weather and traffic. kyla grogan and meisha johnson, good morning. >> good morning. it is our hump day, right. >> yes. >> you know, everyone is always asking will it be, wet, and i feel like whole week will be beautiful, isn't the

it, kyla. >> i'm bearer of good news. every time i show up here weather has been nice. that is what we will see today. a as far as traffic is concern the weather will not be an issue. we're talking about loge humidity, we're talking temperatures in the the low to mid 80's today. already pretty nice looking at the region here, mount pocono 63. seventy in philadelphia. twenty-six at atlantic city. that wind is nice and calm. the radar is gorgeous, today. nice and clear. usually we will keep an eye off a to the north and west for something to catch us off guard? it will not happen today. in fact next three days are looking absolutely gorgeous. look at this, lower 80's, sunshine, and even at the shore you pick the the week for it. we are looking at highs of 79 to 80 degrees over next three days. simply divine is what we are looking at. we will see some heat coming in the forecast, it is coming this weekend. we will talk about that in a few moment in the seven day forecast but now lets head

over to meisha. how are road looking. >> they are looking okay. we still have in play especially ones that are supposed to be out there this morning. the here's the schuylkill westbound off ramp to the blue route. right lane block but that construction is clearing. now i will let you know when that does because schuylkill is an area we will keep a close eye on this morning. we have construction on the vine street eastbound between 23rd and ben franklin park way. you can see shaking camera. could be winnie: i'm not quite sure. either way right lane is block. i will let you know what he that clears out. this is construction on the woodhaven road eastbound at bristol pike. right lane is block here. this is where we contend with construction season. over have night construction project and weekend construction projects in the evening. we are used to it. make note as you head out on the roadway that they are in place still this morning. and, we had an accident overnight, investigation process is still in play on route 130 northbound at route 543, beverly road.

the road is closed. would i suggest taking an alternate such as 295. ladies, over to you. back to that breaking news right now in king of prussia, a two alarm fire tearing through an apartment complex. >> it damaged more than a dozen apartments and displayed 30 residents in the middle of the night. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live at the the scene. what can you tell us. >> reporter: nicole and erika we are at bill smith boulevard at abrams one apartment complex where king of prussia fire fighters arrived at 1:30 or so knocking on doors to get neighbors out of their homes as they fire erupted. you do see flames are still burning this morning. that is a gas line on fire. but for now it is burning off. lets take to you video of the scene, earlier this fire was brought under control in an hour and a half, we are told as you mentioned a second alarm fire. crew from his radnor, norriton, upper merion and others assisting.

the chief on the scene said more than 50 fire fighters were on hand this morning putting out this blaze. at this point the concern seems to be surrounding the utilities, electrical, perhaps the the gas lines here, contribute to go this blaze. of course, the cause of the fire is under investigation at this time. we're told that the roof of the building here is what helped this fire jumped across the 16 unit building here. roof connecting all of the these units here and becoming tinder for this blaze. during the fighting of the fire a water main break and that made fire fighting difficult. a second here however they were able to get enough what the tore continue to knock down this fire. as you mentioned here about 30 or so people have been displaced, some 16 units in this building, we are told the company at abrams one is working with the red cross to find them housing. neighbors tell me a man heard a popping sound at his unit a at the 1:25, came out with an extinguisher and fire was too big for him, to bring under

control. he called 911. the gas line here and power lines here still a concern this morning. the the remnants of the gas are burning off, and now fire fighters and police air waiting the chance to get a look at that line which is underground. here's sound from the chief. lets take a listen. >> we're really still concern about this gas fed fire because we cannot turn the gas feed off yet. we had to dig a hole to get it shut off. >> reporter: it appears in the distance that gas crew might be on the scene. we are seeing digging a few feet from where that fire is still burning, this morning, that fire is not the a major concerning, however, they cannot stop that blaze from burning until will that crew get to that line and powers that gas line off. the resident here nor longer in the area finding housing elsewhere we are told with the red cross or through their neighbors, friend and family. but at this point no injuries to report this morning. the the cause of the fire is

under investigation. we are live from king of prussia i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> justin, thank you. new this morning a shooter opens fire in the the port richmond bar striking one patron multiple times. philadelphia police say that shooting happened at last shock tavern just before midnight. police rush the, the 41 year-old man to, temple hospital, and listed in critical condition. eyewitnesses tell police it started as a fist fight that spilled outside until one man pulled a gun and started shooting at the victim trying to run back into the the bar. >> while being shot at, the victim, ran back inside of the bar in order to get away. but the the shooter continued to fire, and fired at least two shots through the the front glass door of the bar. >> philadelphia police credit alert bar patron for helping track down the shooter. the eyewitnesses followed the gun man and took note of his license plate number, that allowed police to make an

arrest of that man a short time later. a man who once jumped the white house fence was shot and killed at chester county courthouse. that suspect is identified as 34 year-old curtis smith of coatsville. police say smith entered the justice center just before noon, ran up to the deputy and began slashing him. another deputy opened fire. the the deputy at last check was in stable condition. smith later died at paoli hospital. >> run through the doors, and said i'm going to get you. went right past security. i hear, pop, pop. something is wrong, he fell, but for god's sake receipt him out. >> reporter: "eyewitness news", the the united states agreed to drop charges against him for jumping the fence, if he stayed away from the white house and stayed out of legal trouble. smith signed that document six months ago and was able to walk through. happening today, a judge will formally sentence the man convicted in the 2012 shooting rampage at a colorado movie

theater. twenty-seven year-old james holmes will be sentenced to life in prison because jury could not agree on the death penalty. holmes was found guilty of killing 12 people and wounding dozens more. he could also be sentenced to more than 3300 years of the attempted murder convictions. one of the the three americans who foiled a french terror plot is new back on u.s. soil. port land, oregon tv station captured these shots of anthony sadler right the there in the gray hoodie, right there the the hood up over his head as's arrived on tuesday. sadler was accompanied by his parents for the trip home. last week sadler and two friend subdued a heavily armed man on a train bound for paris. philadelphia police are working to identify three decomposing bodies found inside of a garage. the the gruesome discovery was made on haggard street in strawberry mansion. state record indicate that the garage is owned by janet powell daily. neighbors say the powell family help the community but they are upset about what was found inside that garage.

>> nobody should be stored like that. >> we didn't have no money, to pay that lady that laid would i dot best she could to set up something. memorial or something. >> reporter: so far no arrests have been made. according to the pennsylvania funeral director's association the powell funeral home has a lengthy quote disciplinary history with the state. well, this morning, parents are concerned schools in the cash strapped chester up land school district might not opened on time. school board discussed how to close a 24 million-dollar budget short fall at chester high school last night. earlier in the day a judge refused a request for a 20 million-dollar reductions, in how much the district must pay charter schools for special education students. the judge also refused to slash four million-dollar in the district must pay for students in cyber charter schools. parents tell us they are fed up with the district's financial problems. >> mainly the parents are concerned, they want to know why is this happening once

again, and they just want to know where is the money going. >> parents say no decision was made on if schools will open up on time. it is 4:40. still ahead on "eyewitness news"... >> excuse me, sit down, were you not called. sit down. sit down. go ahead. >> donald trump's press conference confrontation what led to a well known news personality, being escorted out of the room. also taking a live look at center city, cool, comfortable conditions, kyla says it is all thanks to that lack of humidity but how long will it the stay that way? we're opened for a while. kyla has your forecast when we come back in two

donald trump comes out swinging tossing a reporter out of his press conference. >> sit down. go ahead. >> i have a right to ask a question. >> no, you don't, you have in the been called. go back to univision.

>> univision anchor jorge ramos was removed from, trump's press conference after ramos started firing questions about immigration while trump was talking. ramos later returned and was allowed to ask questions. the the the two talk for several minutes discussing among other things so-called anchor babies and possible building of a wall on the border. >> i am a builder. that is easy, i build buildings -- can i tell you is what more complicated. is what more complicated is building a building that is 95 stories tall. >> trump criticized "fox news" anchor megan kelly, saying that she treated him unbarely at a recent debate. he took to twit tore air his grievances saying she must be really off of her game. all right. we will change gears here. we will move over to weather. >> beautiful morning. >> much more pleasant conversation. >> yes. >> it is cool in some parts, like the poconos. >> yes, you notice it does president feel as humid.

already, this early evening, we are feeling a crisp, cool air. that is the story for not just today but next few days. it will be beautiful. it will be a great day to get outside and enjoy blue skies. we are seeing nice temperatures out there. in fact, lets look at the temperatures around the region. we have 07 in philadelphia. sixty-one out in reading. sixty-two down in atlantic city. we are off to a good start. let's zoom out here and we will look the at the region here and everybody is looking nice. new york is 70 degrees. washington d.c., cooler at 69. it will be beautiful across eastern seaboard and here's why. it is dew points. notice they are in the 50's. that is a lovely place to be. dew points measure moisture in the air, that moisture contend we are at 51 in philadelphia. that means we are just not feeling that thick, awful feeling of air. you walk out the door and you take a shower and you feel like you need another shower. we will stay in the 50's to day it should be pleasant and

awesome throughout the the day. lets look live at storm scan three. lets look at awesome, absolutely clear. we have had a few showers off the cape but other than that, nothing, gorgeous, all the way throughout the entire eastern seaboard. so again, a day for travel, in the bad. if you are heading out, we will have a pleasant day not just today but as we get into thursday those 80's will be there as high pressure is in control. that is our friend, high pressure. it will be sunny on friday. lovely stretch of days. we will see that heat and humidity creep back in. it is saturday into sunday that we will have too keep an eye out for that. hour by hour, absolutely beautiful. it looks like we won a lottery, right, with all of the sunshine going up to eight three, 84 degrees. if you are one of the lucky ones at beach 80 and gorgeous ape sunshine. that will be fantastic. enjoy that. today 84 is your high, mostly sunny, that wind nice and calm. five to 10 miles an hour into tonight, overnight low 65. clear and comfortable.

look at this seven day forecast, gorgeous and stellar, lower 80's, wednesday, thursday, friday, we will pick up that heat and it will creep in as we head into monday and tuesday of next week. but ladies, not bad, what a week. >> rookie right happenedder jared eichoff, last tonight ryan howard hit his 23rd home run of the season to give phillies a four-three lead in the third inning but the mets came back and michael put them ahead to stay with the pinch two run single in the fifth. phillies lose six-five. first place mets have won five straight. eagles play preseason game number three this weekend on the road. they are in green bay, starting saturday night. starters are expected to play a lot in this game including new eagles running back demarco murray. he has been kept out of the preseason action but says he is enjoying his time with the bird high flying offense. >> i love it here. i love what we're doing here. we will justin to process and

learning the offense and blocking schemes and what not, but it is a great experience. >> reporter: evan mathis has found a home. he signed a one year, four million-dollar deal with the broncos where he will protect payton manning this season. bird cut mathis loose in june after a contract dispute. another former eagles has found a new home michael rick signed a one year deal with the pittsburgh steelers. he will backup ben roethlisberger there. vick is 356789 he spent last season backing up geno smith with the new york jets. well, there you have it. 4:47. still ahead on the "eyewitness news" it was a rocky start but asian stocks finished up overnight. some good news there we will tell you how investors react on wall street at the new york stock exchange. >> but first here's what is coming up tonight on the cbs-3.

money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the new

york stock exchange and boy, what a day, another milk day for asian market and wild ride for american markets yesterday. today i think everybody has their fingers crossed at 9:30 a.m., jill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erika and nicole. china's a composite closed down 1 percent after yesterday's interest rate cut, japan's market rebounded. mixed day in asia but we could be in for another wild ride on wall street. yesterday dow jones finish down 205. nasdaq fell 19. anyone watching know those numbers do not tell the whole story. stocks surged at the open. dow jones was up 441 points. the rally was wiped out, by a stunning sell off in that last hour of trading. the dow jones actually saw its biggest one day reversal since 2008. what today will bring? who knows. nicole and erika. >> yeah, jill, we're always hearing about the outcome of the day but what is behind these crazy swings? what makes that sort of thing

happen? >> reporter: well, investors are really concerned about china's economy and whether a slow down there will spread to other market. remember china is one of the biggest trading partners to the united states. chinese consumers are a huge market for american companies, like apple, and the other things to remember economist says the market hasn't had a correction in about four years so they are overdue. nicole and erika, i have been down here at the stock exchange for a year and a half? for most of this time the the markets has gone up, up, up and whole time i had investors saying we are due for a correction. so this rally that we saw with the markets but in one really believed in it, who knows what to make of this all. >> due for a correction but does not make looking for your 401k in the morning any easier. >> let's correct, the the correction. >> jill, thanks. coming up next after the break lets get another check of our weather an tra

let's check on the roads with meisha, good morning. >> good morning, to all of you, at home. welcome, good morning, and road are looking okay. but first lets bring to you this live picture from mobile three, thinks a accident, very serious accident, that happened overnight in burlington county, new jersey. investigation process is still underway. i want to let you are in where this is. the this is route 130 north bound at route 543, the red there is closed, use your alternate, of 295, that would be my suggestion, and let me back out so you can see this picture. it is very serious crash, indeed, certainly it is still early, not causing any major slow downs in and around this area but with that being said, whenever we have a crash like this and especially when we start to get more vehicles outside on the roadway when the investigation process is still in play, you can have small gaper delays. in this area of new jersey just make note that is going on, and it is a heartfelt

thing for families involved there. we have on some construction vine street expressway eastbound between 23rd and ben franklin parkway. right lane is still block from the overnight construction. i will have more updates in 15 minutes. kyla, over to you. >> it looked scary out there. i have to tell you, no scary news in the the weather today. we've got absolutely beautiful weather. we have a live look at the neighborhood network here. this is palmyra cove. you can make out philadelphia in the the distance. that will get better because clear skies will be here throughout the day. right now in philadelphia 70 degrees. wind are calm. 8 miles an hour. that humidity is the the key, 51 percent humidity is making it feel so nice when you walk out the door. lets look live at storm scan three. a particularly lovely picture. you can see nice and clear, nothing to worry about here. cape had a few showers earlier but that is pushing off to shore. headlines warm with sun, humidity is missing in action. it is mia. fantastic end to august it looks like is what we have in

store. ladies, i will have more about heat that will creep in the forecast starting this weekend when i come back in a few minutes. kyla, thank you. >> now lets check the the stories our sister station is following this morning. cdc is warning physician toss look out for cases of the plaque. first of the kind center teaching manufacturing skills opened up at ben franklin high school next month. community angst over papal visit is growing and world meeting of families is hoping to curb the massive anxiety. you can check in two, three, four times a day on kyw news radio which you can find on your am dial, erika. coming up next our live coverage continues of the multiple alarm fire at the top of the hour, flames rips through a montgomery county apartment building. we will have more on how it is affecting residents there. we will hear from the local child actor who appears to be the target of the death threats written on a school wall that has her mother serious and asking for a transfer. we are back at the

breaking news right now an apartment building in montgomery county goes up in flames overnight, right now, the flames are set by a natural gas leak. we are live on the scene with the latest on how this fire is affecting residents there. also we're learning more about a coatsville man's trouble past after he goes on the attack and shot and killed inside a suburban courthouse. excuse me, sit down you were not call. sit down. sit down. go ahead. >> donald trump on the attack, republican presidential front runner has a public confrontation with the member of the media we will tell you who it was this time. good morning it is wednesday august 26th i'm erika von tiehl. i'm nicole brewer. it is shaping up to be a pretty beautiful day.

i heard kyla say it feels good out here. she's live on the sky deck and meisha johnson is standing by, good morning, guys. >> happy hump day. i know you are bearer of the good news today, kyla, i have a different story to tell. but how are we looking outside. >> it is looking fine, but how it is feeling is really the story because it feels incredible out here. we will walk outside, it has a freshness to the air which is kind of lovely in august. you don't always expect that, but it is quite the day-to-day. not just today but next couple of days. we have lovely temperatures coming our way. lets take a look right now at the temperatures currently in philadelphia. 70 degrees. sixty-one in atlantic city. fifty-two up in mount pocono. and look at storm scan three. it is beautiful. the barely a few high clouds in the sky, it is gorgeous out there not just for us but as you can see the entire eastern third of the country. look, all the way back to ohio, indian, down south in the carolinas and virginia, they are looking good too. so it is going to be lovely today in philp