bus. we'll tell you how they responded. , will the marquis ready to stage, stage is set, stephen colbert, talking about his debut tomorrow night right here on cbs36789 i remember months ago, remember, thinking, oh, september 8th, the end of summer, it will take forever. now, almost here. >> yes. >> can you believe it? >> no. >> school starting tomorrow. hope those schools have air-conditioning. it will be hot. >> and humid today? >> starting to bring the humidity back. great to hang out at the pool or shore. no problems there. again, we are talking about comfortable conditions, the morning, and then little bit more humid this afternoon. but let's talk about the temperatures right now, like i said, around the suburbs, it is pretty nice. in the 50's right now. fifty-six in allentown, 59 reading, 70 degrees, warm spot right now at philadelphia international airport. even south jersey looking okay in the low 60s. nice and quiet on storm scan3, this is how we want it for a holiday. maybe just hang out at home, no problems, we will be in the

sunshine, traveling looks good throughout the region. so, again, no real problems if you want to extend your holiday weekend one more day, go for it, we'll see similar conditions tomorrow. poolside forecast looking great. lots of sunshine today, uv index on the high side, seven out of ten, so burn time pretty quick. make sure have the sun block around, temperature up around 09 degrees for the inland spots today. if you are headed to the shore, it will be a warm day, ocean water feeling nice at 77 degrees, the actual air temperature, in the lower 80s, now, the rip countries being looking much better at low threat. winds out of the southwest coming in at about 10 miles per hour, so your labor day forecast, enjoy it, mostly sunny skies, warming things up around 90 degrees for the afternoon temperature. and then for tonight, it will be a little bit more muggy, mostly clear skies, we will be dropping to the low 70s, southwest breeze coming in at about five to 10 miles per hour. and again there is summer heat just sticks aroundment look at that, string of low 90s through thursday, so that verifies it will be our sixth heatwave of the season, even shore temperatures do

warm up, then needed rain in the forecast for thursday into friday. and then, there is some signs of cooler air for next weekend. maybe little taste of fall. we have to see what happens. but overall warm pattern, highs next saturday, sunday, back to the lower 80s. now here is meisha with a check on the roads. >> good morning, cool air has to stay out of here, right? we have to stay with warm, as long as possible, now, we do have serious crash in center city. i'll talk to you about that in just a moment. but first, live look outside. here is a look at the schuylkill, westbound, at city avenue. looking so slow and quiet right now, this is great for most of you, especially, when we're used to such busy work weeks. holidays, they have their purpose, don't they? the blue route approaching route one, you can see, plenty of headlight out there actually. taillights as well. this is a look tiepolo route like i said i'll keep my eye on the area. ninety-five northbound 452 for those every you in and around the airport, coming from delaware, where ever you are. this is what it is looking like on 59 again head nag

northbound direction, this crash i was telling you about, accident in center city, broad street, arch street, all of the lanes block. i can tell this is serious crash. so for those of how have to get in and around this area, all the lanes are blocked. so you are going to want to use alternate routes in and around that area to avoid broad and arch street. update coming up in just a little bitment make knows of that. also downed pole and wires, conshohocken avenue at falls road. again, here, all the lanes are blocked. i would use the alternate like monument road if i were you to get in and around that area. erika, over to you. >> meisha, thank you. well, it is a new era in late night tv just one day away from the premiere of the late show of colbert. taking zero over for long time hot david letterman. suzanne marquez talks with the star about his plans for late night laughs. >> stephen colbert has been in america's living room for almost two decades. his first big role came in 1997, as a correspondent on comedy central the daily show

with john stewart. in 2005, that role led to the spin off show, the colbert report. >> his name is in lights again, as he prepares to take over, as host of the late show. >> i recently sat down with colbert in los angeles. so what drives you? what motivates you? >> anything dumb to do. i like talking about -- i like talking about things that are happening in the news. i mean, one of the nice things about doing nightly show like this is that it is hard to get tired of your subject matter because it changes every day. >> colbert says the entire creative scene from the colbert report made the move with him to the ed sullivan neither, but expect a very different tone. >> colbert says, don't look for the over the top politically charged character he played on the colbert report. >> we're still going to talk about the things we talked about before. we're just not going to do it as a pundant. i ' not going to be trying to make you angry or afraid, which is what pundants do for a living.

>> brian lowry said he shouldn't have any problem. >> stephen colbert was the guy playing stephen colbert. so, if he can adlib as aver sean of stephen colbert in character, i'm pretty confident he can be pretty funny as stephen colbert. >> hopefully have a good time. >> that's colbert's goal, too, he approaches every job with joy. suzanne mark quest, cbs news, new york. >> and once again, the late show with steven comb bert premiers tomorrow. you can catch it every weekday right here on cbs-3. after "eyewitness news" at 11:00. and quick heads up by the way, told the show this first one will run a bit long. so setting your dvr for it, extend it just a little bit. don't miss any of those laughs. almost here. >> right now, 5:35. and a photo reportedly showing bed bugs on septa bus, it is spreading like wild fire on social media. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff spoke to write here said he saw those insects. >> between twitter, stain

gram, and facebook, this photo has been shared over 10,000 times in just two days. >> look between the crack of the seats and i was like oh, my gosh, that's a bed bug. >> robert roberts, jr., was sitting in back of route six bus friday evening. he said he immediately told the driver about the discovery, then shouted to fellow passengers. >> i said yo this bus got bed bugs, everybody got off the run and ran. >> many post to go social media. where septa was brought in the loop. >> as soon as we saw the tweets, and the instagram information about it, we contacted the person who took those photos and said: where did you see this many? >> this picture was apparently taken around the olney oregon area. route maps specified that the bus in question could have been one of three. >> we took those off the street. we'll fume gate them immediately. >> septa's jerry williams says buses are cleaned every day. >> every two weeks we do a full house cleaning. we go through, we actually

wipe down the inside of the bus. and then every month, every single month, we fume gate our buses. >> roberts, jr., feels that the fumigation schedule should be revved-up to two, three times a month, especially, on the heals after new school year, and the arrival of pope francis. >> you have people that sleep on this train, and they leave behind these bed bugs, and, you know, it is to up septa to get this situated. you know, it is nasty. >> septa couldn't tell fuss those were definitely bed bugs in that photo, but they say they've been treating the issue as if they were. they also added that they've been slowly transitioning and phasing out of those fabric seats to a molded classic, so that they don't have to deal with issues like this. reporting in north philadelphia, alexandria hoff, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> philadelphia police commissioner, charles ramsey, says protesters are missing an opportunity to make a difference to improve relations between law enforcement officers and the

community. in a interview on fox news sunday, he adds that reports of police misconduct do not reflect the actions of most officers. >> but the problem is, when that becomes the only thing that is shown, and there are hundreds of thousands of interactions that occur between police and community, every single day, that you don't know about, because they absolutely went well. but we've taken 2,000 guns off the street of philadelphia, without a shot being fired by a police officer. now, these are illegal guns being carried by a person, those arrests made, knob injured. nobody talks about that sort of thing. >> last tuesday, protesters shouted down the commissioner during a appearance at eastern state penetentary. he eventually walked out. ramsey says such conduct means there is no opportunity for dialogue. >> well, if you find yourself smiling at the gas station these days, there is a good reason. i'm sure you know why. prices at the pump had billion falling since june. according to triple a, nationwide, the average price per gallon of regular gas is

now $2.40. that is more than dollar less than it was this time last year, a buck cheaper. in fact, the last time labor day gas prices are this low, it was 2004. how about that? twelve years ago. so how is this playing out locally here in southeastern pennsylvania? the average price for gallon of regular little higher than the national average 2.49 per gallon. jersey the average 2.06. delaware the average price 2.32 per gallon. >> well, this is being called humanitarian crisis. still ahead, pope francis is speaking out on the european my grant situation. we'll have the details. also this: >> a wine once shouldn't by americans; now widely popular. i'm jill wagner on long island. i'll tell you why some wineries are selling out of rose. >> then among the thousands of people watching beyonce on the parkway, a familiar face. we'll tell you who is trying to be in doing nieto in that crowd whether we come right

>> sixty-two bands performed on five stages over the weekend at the made in america concert. >> we now know the name of the teen girl who died while attending a sleep over at a south new jersey home. authorities say 14 year old kara died in her sleep. more than $22,000 has been

raised on a go fund me page to help her family with funeral costs. >> and, president obama plans to sign he can tech tiff order today requiring paid sick leave for employees every federal contractors. right now, some 300,000 workers for federal contractors received no paid sick lever. >> right now, it is 5:43. once snubbed wine, is now catching the attention of serious drinkers. rose is gaining in popularity. and as jill wagner record, it is becoming so popular, some retail remembers struggling to keep it on the shelves. >> at the state vineyard in the hampton's of new york fields every grapes go into making their most popular wine, rose. >> so what do you think is behind the popularity of rose? >> it is about the lifestyle. it is about summer. >> co-owner joey said sales every rose pick up few years ago. and now they sell out by the end of the summer. >> each year, you will be making more?

er. >> year we're in the going to sell out this year. not like insecurity, but we can't believe we could sell out that far much wine but we cover year. >> wine spec it tate ores says rose is making a nationwide come back. thirty years ago, rose's were made cheap, and sweet, and started to lose popularity. >> it was not considered a serious wine. it is not red, it is not white, you know, men don't want to drink rose. but really that's all disappeared as the quality of rose has gotten better. >> today's versions are crisp, drier, and americans are buying it. from 2012 to 2014, us sales jumped 80%, even brad pitt, angelina jolie are getting in on the act. couple started their own french rose in 2012. and the wine has now popular among men. some are giving it the nickname brorose. >> just easy wine to drink, you don't have to know a lot about it, and it goes with everything. >> rose sales are expected to go even higher. that has him looking at

boosting production next year. jill wagner, cbs news, new york. >> not wine but tequila here, unique world record set in mexico sunday. hundreds of mexican farmers, known showed up, setting record for the most people dressed in the traditional clothing in a single venue. a harvest plant primarily used for the use tiquila, two # 51 -- 251 people attended. new world record. >> 5:45, we check in with justin this labor day holiday. little more how many schmidt. >> little bit more humid. that's all right. still summerment labor day, people trying to hang outside, hang out the pool, stay cool or maybe hit the shore. no problems. really summer forecast coming: we check in with weather watchers right now, not that bad. actually looking at lower 60s around region, right outside of philadelphia, bill in cart inning ton has 61 degrees this

hour, in the clear skies. so, comfortable start to the morning. we head up to new jersey, where ed connor looking all little bit warmer 61 degrees, not bad start to the labor day, he has a message, headed out for run before the heat h a wedding all weekend at penn state, at the campus, i'm sure fun weekend. yes, right now, good time to head out for the run. because conditions are pretty comfortable, and looks like we don't have our weather graphics up there? maybe not. can we bring them up? possibly? i want to show you what's happening. than we go, we deal with the hot temperatures, this week, each day we go little hotter. temperatures should average in the low 80s, but we will be talk low 90's for the next few days. 07 degrees currently in philadelphia, 56 allentown, 63 in trenton. so, some of the suburbs are pretty comfortable. low 70s in some locations in south jersey, ocean city bits of off shored wind. dew point temperatures, depends where you are, where you see the's, where it is comfortable, where you want to be if you don't like the humidity, right around

philadelphia, wilmington, low mid 60s, so feels little humid. so the trend today, will be feeling humid, tomorrow we call it steamy, wednesday and thursday back up to that oppressive feel, as a core of the that humidity rolls on in. storm scan3, nice and quiet over the mid-atlantic, mostly clear skies today, a loft sunshine, see showers out toward chicago, headed our way. tropics nearing peak hurricane season september 10th. we do have one storm to talk about in the atlantic, tropical storm grace, winds at 50 miles per hour off the coast of africa. headed westward in time, should weaken back into tropical depression as it approaches lesser antilles this weekend. all right, back home, mostly sunny, warmer, 09 degrees this afternoon, for tonight mostly clear, low of around 71, here we go, with the extended forecast, string of low 90s through thursday, then some needed rain returns to the forecast thursday into friday. then cooling back to the 80s, with sunshine, for the weekend. let's get a check on the roads with meisha, good morning. >> good morning, justin, steamy, i like t i don't just

like it, i love it. love the warm weather. here's a look at 95 southbound at cottman for those of you coming around the s curve into center city. you can see looking really nice, really nice. i don't even need to say there is but everyone is traveling around at posted speeds. not over at posted speeds. here is a look at 309 southbound at the turnpike, you can see, just few drivers out there in this stretch, ft. washington, looking great, in and around the area. now we do have report of very serious accident, in center city. broad street, at arch street. westbound, two lanes are blocked. in fact, i just had reports that all lanes are block for little while. so, use alternate in and around this area. i can assure you, that with all of the flashing light out there it will be -- going to be slowing down, diverted. won't be able to get through that stretch. vehicle fire, markley street atwood street. one lane blocked here, so you are still able to get by in that area. also, downed pole and wires conshohocken avenue at falls road. all lanes blocked. use that alternate of the

monument road. erika, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. europe is coping with what some are calling humanitarian crisis. just this morning, france announced they'll welcome 24,000 my grant fleeing war and conflict from places like syria, iraq, afghanistan. they're desparate start new lives. but their journey has not been easy one. correspondent kim hutchinson has more. >> a wave of refugees, most fleeing syria civil war, has finally captured the world's attention, the conflict has killed 250,000 syrians, and displaced half the country's population. >> he pulled up the shirt of her little six year old boy, showed me the shrapnel that has come in and pierced his stomach and their home. she said what choice did i have but to leave? >> this weekend thousands arrived in austria, germany. >> i think that the people and governments of austria, germany, are example to all of us, what they've done is out standing, so impressive over

these last few days, to see those two government step up. >> every day austrians and germans have turned out to meet arriving refugees with food, water, clothing, and open arms. on sunday, pope francis implored the catholic faith full to provide shelter and assistance to those in need. asking parishes to sponsor river ooh gee families. but us officials say the crisis could get worse. >> what i think you will have to expect that the 11 million homeless in syria, that number will increase if the war, the civil war, in syria, goes on. and it is likely to do that. >> cbs-3, "eyewitness news". now, here in philadelphia, the arrival of pope francis is less than three weeks away. can you believe it? it is now just 19 days until the the -- until the holy farther a wives. we have resource guide on our website cbsphilly.com to help you get ready for this historic event n preparation

for the pope's visit cobbs creek church held a block party celebrating the community, the church of chris fan compassion, celebrating love, life, families. the congregation did so to celebrate the upcoming worlds meeting of families. >> this celebration had a lot of dancing, great food as well as folks having great time. shooting some hoops. >> we'll be right back, first here's what's coming under ton on cbs-3. i nready for school.ethis list they'll be 110% ready. folders, rulers, crayons? 15¢, 35, 50¢. good, no detail ever gets past me. wait, where are my kids?

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following breaking news this morning two, people are struck and killed by a cab in center city. we have a crew on the scene with the latest information for you. the made in america festival was a success once again this year, now that the concert clean up is underway. >> another beautiful day at the shore to wrap up your holiday weekends, the unofficial end to summer. hard to believe it is here. >> good morning, it is monday, september 7th. happy labor day, i'm erika von tiehl. we check in with justin and meisha, and also the forecast this last, again, unofficial day of summer. justin, were you saying we have two and a half more weeks? >> still summer. keep the trends going. >> and meisha roads looking okay? >> roads looking fine, we have an accident. but justin, so happy to hear it will be 90, or close to, right? >> love the heat. >> i'm with you, yes.

we will hit 09 degrees next few days low 90s, i'm with you, i like it holt. keep the summer weather around. little tough going back to school tomorrow. hopefully your school has some air-conditioning. outside, skies starting to brighten up. look at the spring garden street looking eastward. you can see, some nice color showing up, we get closer to sunrise. so that's the time to go here. but overall, looking pretty good this morning. temperature wise, also, feeling good. some of the suburbs in the 50's, 54 quakertown, 57 pottstown, little warmer around the city. so still at 70 for philadelphia international airport. 66 degrees, in palmyra, new jersey, storm scan3, nice and quiet. high pressure right on top of us. that will blocks any storms from developing. so we will see plenty of sunshine today. there are some showers out toward chicago. that will impact us, later on during the week. so what to expected to? mostly sunny skies, very warm, going to be well above average approaching 90 degrees, and gets bit more humid. so breakdown your temperatures, mid 70s around