check of weather and traffic. we have kyla and meisha standing by, for you, good morning. >> good morning. it is thursday, throw back thursday but i swear with this weather it just seems like, it is repeating itself. we're going back to july. >> i know it. it feels good out there, though. >> it feels good right now but it will be another hot one, ladies. so let's talk heat wave, shall we, one day more like the song goes of the heat. we are looking at day five of the 90-degree heat. this is our average this time of the year 38 degrees. we have not seen that since sunday when we were at 91. we are not going to see to it day either. we are at 77 degrees. taking a live look at center city, kind of pretty out there with the sky. 64 percent relative humidity. we will see lots of sunshine and that will heat up quickly. storm scan three shows you just how clear it is, as i zoom out, we will see a little action to the northwest. that is part of the cold front that will eventually make it toward us tomorrow. but right now, we will see, it is 70 in philadelphia.

sixty-nine in reading. seventy-two in wildwood. 70 degrees good morning to those of new trenton. over the next few days we will see a break today. it is in break at all. 94 degrees as a high. a few isolated storms tomorrow. that cold front moves through and noxious down in the 80's and then look at the saturday, pretty, 84 degrees at sunshine. so a nice weekend on tap. we will talk about the rest of the labor day weekend when i come back in a few moments. meisha, how is traffic doing this morning. >> good, real good. it is still early, still dark out there, but you you know, thursday, especially the thursday before labor day weekend you never know what you will get. we will be busy or slow. it is starting to heat up. we have a couple of things out there. i-95 southbound before the betsy ross bridge that has moved to the shoulder. it is not causing any major slow downs but just know that it is there, because anywhere on i-95 that stretch is very busy in the morning. we will start to see that heat up in the 6:00 o'clock hour. so no doubt about it, we will see this heat up at this hour. also, i-95 north bound at

girard avenue the right lane is block because of some debris in the roadway, we've got flashing lights out there, a lot of people trying to tapping on their breaks a little bit. you can see this string of vehicles approaching, all of those flashing lights, because of that debris and slowing things down a little bit but for the most part people still moving in and around, at posted speeds, right now, that will change, construction for you here, 42 freeway, southbound between the 25 and route 544, the left lane is blocked until 2:00 p.m. when we go wide you can see things are looking good, just slowing down on the vine. nicole, over to you. with about three weeks to go philadelphia continues to get ready to welcome pope francis. now that the secret service has more restrictions as to where you can and cannot go and what you can and cannot bring. "eyewitness news" reporter, justin finch is live on the ben franklin parkway where holy father caps his visit with the papal mass, justin? >> reporter: like any outdoor event is there a long list of things you cannot bring, a

long list i cannot go into detail right now but i can tell now backpacks, no coolers, no selfie sticks, no whole lot more. these are sacrifice that he is ticket holders will make just to get close to the eakins oval main stage here and again, to get close to the pope, you will need a ticket. looking to get close to pope francis? take your tickets. the the archdiocese of philadelphia, and world meeting of families confirming that detail upon release of the fbi pedestrian map on wednesday. the map includes reentry points for attendees as well as where tickets are mandatory for the pope's independent hall and parkway event september 26th and 27th. local catholics are looking for. >> i cannot make it to rome so i will make it here in philadelphia nothing will keep good catholics from seeing the pope, nothing. >> reporter: for sunday's festival of families event and parkway mass, ticket are a must to get past 20th street checkpoint. mass is expected to draw hundreds of thousands but only

a ticketed few will be near the eakins oval stage. 219 city and tri-state area parishes will hand out those passes. tickets are required from the oval to the 20th street and 20th street to city hall is free access to the public. for saturday's papal speech at independent mall the public is welcomed to watch in person but only with tickets. 5,000 are available. the rest are allotted to catholic officials and other community groups. to get your ticket for the independent hall speak we know they will be a available on line, and more tea tails will come out tomorrow. ticket are on a first come first serve basis and if you get your ticket there is a chance you may not make it inside or close to the pope at your event of choice. luckily there are 40 jumbotrons set up to watch the the events live. we are live on the parkway i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". that is good news, justin, thanks for the information. most philadelphia businesses making plans for

the papal visit say they are unhappy with the information they have been given so far. survey by philly city controller find 86 percent of businesses say they feel they have been provided with insufficient event details by city officials. of that 48 percent feel that they have still been able to plan despite those challenging. 38 percent say they have not been able to plan adequately, for the pope's visit. pope francis will be in philadelphia in just 23 days, all that new information we told you about, is also in a comprehensive guide for you on line, just go to cbs philly.com for more on that information. switching gears now a developing story now pennsylvania state police are searching for a man they attack in west penn township. authorities say officer melissa look, stopped a vehicle when she was approached by a vehicle, a man came around that car, pick her up and threw her down an embankment. >> now the the person that

we're looking for is a hispanic male, 6-foot two, to 6-foot four, 240 to 260 pounds, he was wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans, the kind that go way down below your knees. >> the injured officer was air lifted to a nearby hospital in schuylkill county and her injuring are not threatening. good news there riders wanted to show support for families and co-workers or sergeant lah fey yell ali and lemar pool who were killed in off-duty accident. pool was killed when a met or cycling was hit by a an alleged drunk driver. ali died when he lost control of his pick up and hit the a tree in roxborough. more area students are preparing to head off to school this morning from packing the backpacks up, to the all important, breakfast, many families, have special traditions for the first day of school. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is tagging along with a family this morning.

are those kids awake yet, jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, nicole they just got up, they got ready and hanging out with the trent family in east norriton. the these are a couple of the cutest kid if not the the entire delaware valley. how are you feeling this morning are we awake and excited for first day of school. >> yes. >> so do me a favor is what your name young lady. >> kaelin. >> how old are you. >> six. >> and what grade are you going in to. >> first. >> are you excited about the first day of school. >> yes. >> this is an old thing for you, you have been to school, you know the drill. >> yes. >> so michael, you are going into prek, are you excited about it. >> yes. >> what do you think will be your favorite thing to do in class today. >> play. >> a break. >> oh, play in the class, got it. mom and dad giving me thumbs

up there. obviously, they know the dielectric is here. so guys, tell me what did you do for summer vacation. >> we went to maryland and we went to florida. >> what did you do on summer vacation. >> we went to beach and we went to the pool. >> so you had fun, it sound like. >> and we went boarding. >> that sound fun. you are happy to go back now to school. >> yes. >> so, did you have to get up really early for us this morning. >> yes. >> too early, um. >> yes. >> michael, you were up before anyone even got you up. >> yes. >> you are the early bird, aren't you. >> yes. >> you like that. one last question for you guys, i know you are like okay, it is enough lady we are told do you know what these are. >> pencils. >> that is right. >> i thought maybe since you are the technology generation you might in the necessity what they are but you use them, don't you.

>> you still use them. >> cbs always wants everybody to be prepared so we figure we would give them the cbs-3 official pencils. put those in your backpacks and take them to school. >> owe kay. >> not you, michael. >> she likes that. >> she will have so much more fun, these guys are great, mom and dad will pack them all up, we will take first day of school pictures and we will see them off on this first day, back to you in the studio. >> they are like listen you got us up at 6:00, first day of school and now asking us all these questions. at least you brought pencils, jan. >> thanks, that is great. >> tell them we said hi. >> 6:09. republicans in the race for president are pledging their loyalty but will donald trump follow suit. we will have details coming up next. fight against childhood obesity see how they are helping kid lose weight. who could pay attention to anything behind connecticut

governor, anything you say in a news conference with that behind him. the photo bomb coming up next.

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that's a fact. but this whole "blondes have more fun" thing... ♪ standing by for fun. ♪ ♪ >> ahh, heading back to school on their fist day of classes, lots of viewers out there, sharing their pictures, with cbs-3. take a look at them. smiles on their faces all ready for another year and we're happy to be sharing it with us. we want to see your pictures if you have not gotten them in just yet, it is so easy to do. in fact, here it is a reminder for you, just up led them to your facebook, instagram, twitter, whatever you've got and use this hashtag, cbs-3. >> very good van a white. >> that is right. >> hashtag cbs-3 we will share them here on cbs 36789 do you

see how that works. so easy. 6:13. lets see what kind of day they will have as they helped back to school, kyla has the the forecast. >> yes, i do, we will start off with the fact that we are starting to lose daylight, have you noticed that. sunset time 7:30 p.m. tonight. october 16:43. november 1st, lets not talk about that yet 4:59. if you wondered it seems like sunnies coming up, going down quicker, we are losing two minutes of daylight each day. okay. well, lets talk about positive things. we are looking at kutztown your live neighborhood network view, beautiful, sun coming up, few cloud, about 65 degrees but we are looking g radar nice and clear. storm scan three looking good but we will see rainy weather to the north and west of us, that is coming toward us as part of the cold front to cool us down and we will look out for that tomorrow but right now 77 degrees in philadelphia, 69 in reading, and 72 down in wildwood. we are off to a races, heading yet again to another 90-degree

day. so philadelphia is looking at a high of 94. eighty-six at the shore and in the poconos, about 84 degrees as well. we will get lots of sunshine. shore, poconos will be a pretty enjoyable day but humidity in the city will be tough. so one more day, in the 90's, we have a sunny, lovely labor day weekend coming. we're talking mid 80's with sunshine but then on monday would you believe it, i have got another potential heat wave, possible, we have more 90's expected on monday. ladies, i'm telling you, i don't mean to be bearer of bad news there but we have a lovely weekend on tap but i cannot make it the hold or stick, i'm stuck in that 90-degree monday coming our way,. >> you can only do so much, kyla. >> true. >> no humidity day every day. >> i don't mine the heat. quite frankly, i will take it while it last. >> we know it is coming. >> yes. >> on that note, good morning

meisha. >> good morning everyone. happy thursday to you. traffic, is building and what happens on a thursday were labor day weekend, it will be slower, busy. it is starting to get busy. volume will levels are picking up and we are starting to run into some problems. we have a crash that is causing some significant delays, if you will. i-95 south before the betsy ross bridge. you cannot see it there were flashing lights in this camera, and what is happening is, when we get at this hour when we get those flashing lights, and we get brake lights going on, take a look at this. this is i-95 southbound, past cottman, some flashing lights from an accident, it is causing this. yikes. here's another shot of this, this is i-95 before cottman, so for those of you at home thinking of leaving your home and you have to take this stretch right here, i-95 southbound right around cottman is where it is starting to get hook up around this s curve you certainly

want to give yourself a couple extra minutes because this is very slow. that is the major story right now, nicole back over to you. thank you. 6:17. president obama uses a selfie stick to send a important message, that is coming up next. iphone, find out how a smart phone kept a student safe during an armed robbery. we will have details next,

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well, donald trump meets with the chairman of the republican national committee, the g.o.p. wants trum top sign a pledge to support far parties presidential nominee. a as don champion reports the republican front runner has in the ruled out running as an independent. >> reporter: the head of the republican party will try to convince donald trum top day to sign a pledge supporting the parties eventual nominee. >> you will in the make the pledge. >> i will in the make the pledge the at this time. >> reporter: the republican front runner refused to make that promise during the first g.o.p. debate leaving door opened to a third party run. rival jeb bush seized the moment this week launching a new campaign ad calling jump a germ phobia and democrat in disguise. he questioned trump's political ties in spanish during an event in miami. >> in true trump fashion the billion air challenged bush to set the example by speaking english while in the united

states. >> people who are not willing to risk failing never succeed. >> reporter: on the democratic side, all eyes are on vice-president joe biden, and at an event in miami wednesday, biden brushed off questions about whether he is entering the presidential race. >> people are trying to look at hillary clinton's approval ratings at least among americans who say that she's getting weaker and there might be an opening there. >> reporter: latest poll shows democrats consider biden their first choice if clinton faulters. in another poll clinton does better among moderates, african americans and hispanics than biden. don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". we're pretty sure this is a presidential first, president obama posting a video using a selfie stick during his trip to alaska, take a look. >> hi everybody, we're in the national glacier park and, behind me is one of the most visited glaciers in alaska. >> the the president posted

video while hiking through the glacier. he talked about the effects of climate change there. video is part of the president's on line travel log, of his alaska tour. pretty cool stuff. president obama made a stop in alaska salmon country. during a visit to the middle school he took time to participate in traditional dances in alaska children of the dance group. >> he is a good sport, isn't he. 6:22. coming up in the healthwatch, the fruit that can help fight gum disease and stephen colbert mocks jeb bush plan to run a campaign contest on the late show debut but it does in the stop there colbert has some plans, we will reveal it, up next. kyla is still talking about the heat, right? >> i'm still talking about a heat wave but i have other things to talk about soon. this is the the last day of the 90-degree plus heat, for a couple days, i will have details from your holiday weekend, stay with us, good morning, "eyewitness news" will be

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i switched to smaller plates and i have switched to lighter cheese. you have to watch your portions a lot. >> weight loss act like a modern day food journal to take them, and they are convenient. research shows by keeping track of your food and what you eat and drink makes you more mine full and able to lose weight. >> now as a child or family needs additional help some apps offer coaching, usually at a fee. blueberries could be a tool for fighting gum disease. condition occurs when bacteria creates plaque causing gums to be red and inflamed. new research found blueberry extract may prevent that plaque from forming and reduce need for antibiotics. so how about that. coming up next on "eyewitness news", day two of the school year in chester as teachers are back in the classroom even they they are in the getting paid. find out how long some of them are willing to work without a paycheck, jan. and, kaelin and michael

have their pencils, book bags, ready to go for their first day of school. coming up we will take first day of school pictures, find out what they want to be when they grow up and more, don't miss it. well, our roadways are heating up out there, we have an accident, i-95, and, look at these backups, and, coming up, but first we will take a quick break we will be right back, with cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will be (plays throughout) ♪ sometimes, at last doesn't happen at first. ♪ ♪ your dad just kissed my mom. ♪ turning two worlds into one takes love. ♪ helping protect that world takes state farm.

good morning, everybody. we are waking up to another, hot one, this will be day five, of the heat wave, number five, not that we're keeping track or anything but speaking of heat meteorologist kyla grogan is feeling it on the cbs-3 sky deck. do you see her right there.

>> good morning, everybody. >> i think i see you. >> do you see me. >> yes. >> wow. >> i'm out here. >> look at you out there. >> isn't that cool. >> work it girl. >> kind of waving. >> yes. >> you know, feeling better out here this morning then it was yesterday, nicole. it is a hot, humid day but feel of the air is less humid this morning. so, a little better. everybody is much better, temperatures and humidity levels toward tomorrow and weekend. the lets look at where we are right now. 77 degrees in philadelphia. sixty-four mount pocono. ape yeah, 69 in atlantic city. we are heating up yet again today. we are looking live at storm scan three. we are nice and clear, as we zoom out, look up to the northwest, of philadelphia, or michigan, you start to see some action up there. that is a cold front that will come our way. it will help knock these temperatures down. we are happy to welcome them into our neck of the wood. lets look at is what happening in the next few days. ninety-four is the high today.

eighty-six at the beach. eighty-six tomorrow though. we will get isolated thunderstorms that cold front comes through and then look at saturday, beautiful 84 degrees and sunshine. however we have heat on the other side, that is labor day in philadelphia, 90 degrees. we will be back in a few moments with that. we have our will roller coaster ride, meisha. >> 90 degrees on labor day. i love it. kyla you are bringing in the heat as usual. >> thank you. >> good morning everyone happy thursday to you. we are pushing toward our weekend and i can tell you right the now that the roadways are looking good but they are getting busy, certainly. this is a place where we have a missing manhole cover that has been since cleared, this is i-95 northbound at girard avenue. right lane was blocked, that has been cleared but still we are getting that residual stuff, red ones traveling around at posted speeds and right now we will take a ride and look at we're traveling behind the cbs "eyewitness

news" van because we want to drive at posted speeds. no, no, we don't want to speed. this is where we have had a crash, i-95, thinks past cottman i-95 south looking better, just about ten minutes ago, and it looks like a parking lot, looking better, in this area, and the schuylkill at conshohocken curve, in the east and westbound direction looking okay. just less than posted speeds, nicole, over to you. happening today, kentucky county clerk who has denied same sex couples marriage licenses, is set to appear before a federal judge. kim davis denied a marriage license to the same sex couple yesterday and entire exchange was caught on camera. davis says because of the christian faith, issuing same sex marriage licenses would violate her conscious. she could be find or probably jailed. students in the financially strapped chester up land school district are now back to class and hundreds of teachers are back at work not knowing when their next paycheck will come. >> happy new year.

>> reporter: teachers have agreed to work without pay so school could begin on time but they won't get paid until pennsylvania passes a budget. that is already two months behind. special education teacher darren jackson says it is all about the students. how long are you prepared to work without a paycheck. >> i haven't come up with a specific date. >> reporter: two weeks, three weeks, four weeks, you are willing to go months. >> yes. >> reporter: school district is currently 22 million-dollar in the red, and every year, since 2004 it has over spent an over 20 million-dollar, mainly due to fiscal management and a surge in local charter schools. 6:34. back to school routine continues for many families across our area. in fact all morning long "eyewitness news", reporter jan carabao has been visiting with one local family as they get ready to head out the door, jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i'm here with the trent family. this is kaelin and michael,

both off for their first day of school here in east are in it ton and big question this morning, i know we're just getting started with school but what do you want to be when you grow up. >> a soccer player and a tennis player, and a... >> everything pretty much. >> yes. >> you are well rounded. michael, get over here. what about you what do you want to do when you grow up. >> a grown up. >> i still want to be a grown up too. and what first day, would be complete without first day of school pictures, and they have some school tough on the ground here that their mom always does for them. she puts on the ground chalk and with what year they are, prek for michael. kaelin over here first grade. fun things. they will take pictures. kelce, take pictures. michael i'll let you give the play by play. so they always do this every year. how do you think they are feeling. they have a lot of energy.

>> i do, i think they are ready to go. the she's normally a morning person. she has been all smiles. she's pretty excited and looking forward to her first day of first grade. >> how are parents feeling, how are you guys feeling good i'm feeling good. i think we're ready for both of them to go back to school. we have had a lot of fun but definitely ready for them to get back into their school routine and have more structure good do you think they will be ready for a nap early because they had to get up early for us today. >> i don't know about a nap but it would be nice to go to bed, give mommy and daddy a break you guys have been so great. give us a smile and wave, first day of school. michael, going to bright horizons and kaelin going to germantown academy. it has been a great day with the trent family here in east norriton, back to you in the studio. wish them best of luck. they have a couple cuties there, thanks. 6:36. public school students in philadelphia will have nearly

200,000 new books to read. district teachers spent yesterday unpacking those books. they will be distributed to 500 classrooms, in 40 different schools. thinks all part of the investment by the william penn and lenfest foundation, aimed at aimed the improving, kids from kindergarten to third grade. students heading back to school, thinks also a great opportunity to review core financial topics. it is also national life insurance awareness month. we have it all to discuss here. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger wants to talk about this complicated emotional topic, good morning, jill. >> who needs life insurance and how much is enough. >> so those whose untimely death would cause a financial hardship for their survivors are people who need to create liquidity for their estate purposes, they need life insurance. how much is really tough because you need enough coverage for survivors living expenses, to provide future retirement needs of the

surviving spouse and maybe future educational expenses. some people use a rule of thumb, they say eight to ten times of annual income. i know that seems easy but with the use of technology it is so much easier to determine your specific needs with the calculate or. is there a easy one at life happens.org. go check it out. that will help you determine what you need in terms of the life insurance. >> good advice. >> we know there are so many different types, how do you know which is best for you and your family. >> look, for most people term life insurance is going to be the most affordable option. during the the stated term of a policy if the insured person dies the company pays the the face amount to a named been fish why i. i would check out people check out level term insurance that locks in your premium for period of time you hold your policies. premiums are reasonable up to age 50 but after 50, term

insurance does get more expensive. the other type of life insurance is permanent life, and it is more expensive because it combines the the death benefits with the savings or an investment component. if you need coverage for estate purposes you will likely need permanent insurance. for more on how much who need it what type go on jill on money.com. >> as always, good information, jill, thanks. 6:39. coming up next, the iphone that get this stopped a bullet. plus thousands of people down the shore in atlantic city to see the air show and all those people are spending lots of money. we will look at financial boost it gave to ac's economy, that is always a good thing. also a campaign contest going viral, see stephen colbert and jeb bush bickering playing out on line. we will see that up next. connecticut governor holds a presser but you bull luge a whale stales the show. whale of the photo bomb coming up next. look at him.

good intentions. is paved with mr. president, we know you tried to make a good deal with iran. whose leaders stone women, hang homosexuals, sponsor mass terrorism, scream for the destruction of israel and death to america. so, what if you're wrong? and they can't be trusted? senator casey, don't trust iran. vote this down.

embrace yourself for this one, about an hour ago six flags great adventure announced its most insane ride ever. that is what they say most insane one ever. it is called total mayhem. thinks an animation, 4-d free flying coaster which means you are going straight up, 12 stories overseer is of hills before flipping riders head over heels. there is no tracks underneath so that makes it crazy. total mayhem makes its debut next year. i believe meisha johnson signed up to be one of the first to ride it. i think that is what happened, right? it wasn't you, me. >> it definitely was in the me. >> but it was definitely meisha. >> meisha is on it, i will be no where near it, i cannot to upside down roller coaster. we have had roller coaster ride of temperatures. eyewitness weather watchers out there on the ground bringing us observations what is happening in their neck of the woods. the we will start with this

107 degrees joseph said. he is in or land, pennsylvania. 87 percent humidity. joseph says starting the sixth day of the heat wave off with steamy humidity. we will see that one more day. cooler as we head where carry is in mount laurel. 66 degrees. but look at that 99 percent humidity. beautiful start to the morning. so humid. you feel it out the door moisture just attack. look at the the current temperatures, 77 degrees in philadelphia. sixty-nine in reading. seventy-two in dover. we are 73 degrees in wildwood. it is steamy. hour by hour shows us 90's yet again here in philadelphia, lots of sunshine, once that sun comes up, we will see it heat up quickly. but good news, it is just one day. this is 90's starting on sunday and rolled through tuesday with the high of 95. yesterday 93. today we're expecting 94. that is the fifth and final

day of this heat wave. now, the reason we will see this get knocked out out the of the way. we are nice and clear here. but looking up in michigan we will see trouble up there. that is stormy weather ahead of the cold front. that is exactly what we need to get here to knock this out of the way. that cold front sweeps through. we will start to see 80's. we will start to cool down. we will get a nice weekend. so beautiful saturday and sunday. we're talking mid 80's. we will warm up again as we head toward monday. so, today we are looking at a high of 94. heat and humidity still with us. lots of sunshine, out there tonight, steamy as we drop down to 37 degrees. we will catch that break tomorrow. look at your seven day forecast, is there break coming friday, saturday, sunday we have isolated storms on friday, pack that umbrella just in case you are the the one in that spot where that is. we will warm up again next week. i can't believe it, myself meisha. >> i'm spoiled with this weather. almost feels guilty. mother nature, what are you

doing to us. >> for those traveling out of new jersey, right around creek road trying to approach 295. thinks where we have an accident 42 freeway north bound near 2951 lane block causing significant delays. give yourself a couple extra minutes in that area. i-95 at girard where we are seeing major delays because of an accident that we had earlier. that has been since cleared. still slowing things down a bit. disabled vehicle i-95 southbound after girard. what happens when we have disable vehicle, sometimes people tap their brakes because volume levels speed up a bit. here's schuylkill westbound at city avenue. you can see all of the brake lights you are traveling less than posted speed in and around that area construction 42 freeway southbound between the 25 and 544, left lane is block, until 2:00 p.m., so make note as well. get your note pad and your pen out there, nicole, all right. >> like this, meisha, is that it.

>> yes, yes. >> there we go. >> thank you 6:46. thousands jammed on atlantic city it boardwalk for air show, "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan explains how thunder over the boardwalk boosted the economy for america's favorite playground. >> reporter: it is called thunder over the boardwalk and for the 13th year the atlantic city air show did not disappoint starting with the f22 raptor. >> that gives you the the adrenaline, to come by and you feel all of this rumbling and vibration. >> i cannot imagine being inside that aircraft. >> reporter: easily atlantic city's biggest event officials estimate the crowd of half million people pumped 30 or 40 million-dollar in the local economy. >> it is a huge deal. such an incredible opportunity for people to come down to see we have so many other things beside gaming in atlantic city. >> we're not big gamblers, this brings us to atlantic city. >> reporter: jammed packed day of performances, including

geico sky typers, various helicopter demonstrations and to top it all off the navy blue angels: the signature tight formations wowed the beach front crowd. >> atlantic city beaches are wonderful, clean. ocean is beautiful. >> having a great time. enjoying the planes. little loud sometimes covering up their ears. >> even though that is a wrap for the air she big events keep going for atlantic city. miss america contestants are in town and pageant is less than two weeks away. in atlantic city, i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". 6:48. number of drone sightings made by pilots continued to sky rocket but now is there an app for. that app should be available in three months. app takes your location and then compares it to nearby flight restrictions and let you know if you are allowed to flied a drone there. pilots reported 600 drone sighting this is year triple the citings in all of 2014.

iphone stopped a bullet during an armed robbery. fresno state university student was on his way home to an apartment complex near campus when the thief tried to take his computer. the gun man fired a shot that ricocheted off of the phone. bullet shattered the screen but saved the student from being hit in the leg. >> he approached the victim as he was walking from the rear, he grabbed his computer, tried to pull ate way, victim held on to it, wand let him take it. >> fresno state says it is trying to reach out to the victim but told his roommate he is not coming back. unfortunate situation there. 6:49. there is a lot coming up on cbs this morning. nora o'donnell joins us live from new york with that preview. good morning, nora, what is going on. >> good morning to you, nicole a head we are in hungary following a new crisis overnight as thousands of migrants try to escape to western europe. plus john dickerson on the republican party's push to have donald trump sign a

pledge that he won't run as an independent. backlash after football coach in the public high school held a mass baptist many for his team and law man some consider the most intimidating person in america. he is called the the cajon john wayne, news is back in the morning. we will see new ten minutes. >> nora, thanks. new late show with stephen colbert has not even debuted yesterday and it is capturing headlines. one of the colbert's first guests, republican presidential candidate jeb bush is using his appearance as a fund raising opportunity n an e-mail he is asking supporters for a 3-dollar donation in exchange for an opportunity to travel to new york for the show's taping. you can also have dinner with bush and jets owner woody johnson. problem noise one told colbert about the plans. >> well, two can play this contest, sir, so tonight to day or whenever you're watching this i'm launching my own jeb bush on the stephen colbert late show raffle,

lucky winner will be invited to the premiere of the late show, plus they will get to, submit one none in obscene question i will ask governor bub on their behalf. one question might be, don't you wish you consulted stephen colbert before launching your contest. >> colbert's offering to donate the proceed to the yellow ribbon fund which helps injured veterans. post posted response on twitter, right here in philadelphia, take a listen. >> hey steven i'm at the philadelphia airport. i thought hose was amy schumer. since it is you we are lowering our fee for $1. i will enter yours for donation to the yellow ribbon fund. >> see how all this plays out tune in the late show at five days away. should be interesting. stephen colbert debuts right here on cbs-3 september 8th. >> 6:51. >> college football, officially here and tomorrow the temple owls will attempt to beat penn state, for the first time in 70 years.

it has been a little while but before they take on that monumental task, head coach matt rule and they are players they will have have to put up with me, yeah. on the field of a hundred players i was a little lost. >> what is going on. >> no idea what is going on whatsoever. things got better. he told me what it takes to be a great player. >> one of the biggest things is to be a great player forget about talent. you have to go as far as you can and you have to hustle good that i did so tune in tomorrow to see how i faired out there on the field. i highly doubt i earned a spot on the field but maybe, just maybe a spot on the bench but that is a stretch. pretty bad. 6:52. we will take a short break. here's is what coming up on cbs-3.

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technically retiring, sir. with a little help from my state farm agent, i plan to retire in 15 years. wow! you're totally blindsiding me here. who's gonna manage your accounts? this is a devastating blow i was not prepared for. well, i'm gonna finish packing my things. 15 years will really sneak up on you. jennifer with do your exit interview and adam made you a cake. red velvet. oh, thank you. i made this. take charge of your retirement. talk to a state farm agent today.

topping headlines on cbs-3, more security restrictions for pope francis trip to philadelphia. the secret service says you'll need a ticket to enter most secure zones along ben franklin parkway and independent mall. if you do in the have one the closest you will get to the pope is one of the jumbo tron outside most secure area. >> i cannot make it to rome so i will make it here in philadelphia. >> they seem to make i a little difficult to come here with the crowds. >> archdiocese of philadelphia is distributing ticket to the papal mass through its parishes. tickets for the meeting for religious freedom on independent mall will be available on line starting tuesday. of course, stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage for the papal visit. when you are not near a television go on line at cbs philly.com. also new the the search is on foreman who attack a police officer during a traffic stop

in west penn township schuylkill county. that female office are was air lifted to a hospital but her injuries are not life threatening. so good news there. donald trump will meet with the chairman of the rnc today. up for discussion whether trump will sign a pledge in the to launch a third party presidential bid if he does in the get the the g.o.p. nomination. and this is a very cute story, ladies. photo bombing a funny thing going on, in social media. now even mother nature is getting in on the ago. take a look at this. that is a beluga whale who is popping up behind, the the governor right there. he was talking tourism at mystic aquarium and we're told other nine whales in the tank were not quite as outing but this one got plenty of face time. >> yes. >> and, i used to go there as a kid. it is so much fun. beluga whales are so sweet. >> yes, very friendly. >> photo bombed. >> i cannot say i ever got

photo bombed but pr person said we will do a press conference can you show up and make us look good. >> yes, take the opportunity, but how sweet is that. >> it is great. >> a great aquarium. lets get a check of the forecast because i know it will be hot. >> yes. >> we have some relief. >> we have some heat to contend with today. this is day number five of the 90 plus degree heat and to take will be hot. ninety-four. then we will see isolated storms on friday and break for weekend but notice those 90's next week. they creeped up on us. i don't want to talk about that too much. >> we will ignore them for now. >> pay no mind. >> meisha. >> we are looking at 42 freeway in the northbound direction around creek road. we have a crash here. you are traveling slow 45 in minutes for just a handful of miles. that is not good. then also we have a disable vehicle pulled off to the right at i-95 southbound past girard, quick look at our

wide, 13 miles an hour, 95 southbound, 20 miles an hour on the schuylkill heading in the westbound direction, slowing on the vine a little bit but blue route northbound direction is looking pretty darn good. actually blue route a at 422 has looked good all morning. >> holiday weekend, we will take it. thanks, meisha, thanks kyla. coming up next a public relations nightmare forte lor swift, have you heard about this? find out why her new video is at center of the race-related controversy. we will get details on that. >> yes. >> there is always something. >> yes. >> remember to join us bright and relevant i each weekday morning on cbs-3. we will get you started nice and early, we like it early. >> we will be here. >> we hope you are too. >> exactly. >> all right. we will sign off for now we will see you you tomorrow. have a great day, everybody.

good morning. it is thursday, september 3rd, 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning." heartbreaking images of europe's refugee crisis sends shock waves around the world. we're at the budapest train station where desperate families hope there may be a way out. also, video obtained by cbs news shows tsa agents groping male passengers. >> and a mass baptism of his team. but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds.