oh, the the hottest ticket in town more free tickets will be released to see pope francis when he comes to philadelphia we are live with what you need to know if you want a papal passes. it is shaping up to be another hot, muggy dau we could be in for heat wave number are six of the season. >> but we promise upper relief is in sight. >> yes. >> good morning it is wednesday, september 9th i'm erika von tiehl. i'm nicole brewer. lets get started with, weather and traffic, kyla grogan and meisha johnson joins us. >> good morning, happy hump day. >> i did hear relief is in the the air, kyla, that is good news for people. >> it will be a little shocking to go from 90's that we have the past couple days

to highs in the upper 70's. >> yes. >> yes. >> it is a little bit of the jarring move but today we have to deal with the heat first. we have another day where we could see that 90-degree temperature out there. lets look right now at our live neighborhood network. we are in the mid 70's from little creek, millville, bensalem, cinnaminson at 75. notice wind is out of the south and east. we will see that change as our temperatures change. currently looking around our region we see 60's and 70's. seventy-six in philadelphia and the atlantic city. this is the change. these are storms ahead of over cold front that will knock the heat out of the way. storm scan three skies are clearing here, as all that out to the west and north will track our way, that is why tonight we could see a stray thunder storm or two. bulk of what we will see in the form of rain will be tomorrow. going right through today, another 90-degree day. you know that moisture is in

the air and it will feel steamy, hot and humid. one more scorcher today. few say there showers tonight. tomorrow stormy but much cooler. we will have your seven day forecast in a little bit. we will talk time on the storms so you know when you need that umbrella in the bag, meisha. >> that heat we have to savior it while it last because we know is what around the corn are. >> i don't want to talk about it the. >> good morning, everyone. happy hump day, wednesday, we are officially in the swing of things now and we have some construction outside. i-95 south between street road and woodhaven, left lane, not lost but it the is block. they are moving out of the way right now. i will let you know when that officially closes. ben franklin bridge construction has moved from the east side, moving toward new jersey. that far right lane lost due to construction and that will lift, due to lift in early november. we will update you when that does but just make note of.

that roosevelt boulevard still early, looking very nice, quiet, very quiet and construction on the turnpike, you can see both in the east and westbound direction, eastbound for the washington to willow grove, we have lost the right lane. the westbound side, virginia drive to norristown the left lane is block for those in and around that area. we also have that water main break this past monday, route 130 southbound for route 90 the right lane block for those traveling in and around that area nicole, back over to you. it is now only 17 days until pope francis begins his trip to philadelphia. >> today, i think free tickets will be available for two event on the ben franklin parkway and that is where we will find justin finch and he is out there with when those tickets will be available, today, justin, good morning. >> reporter: two more events, that means 20,000 more passes will be up for grabs. we are talking about the festival of the families and pope sunday mass, both events taking place here on the parkway. of course, you don't need tickets to come but ticket

will put you closer to the action and of course the pope. first how do you get these tics. go to the world meeting of families web site, once there they will patch you to their ticketing portal. at 4:00 p.m., it opens today for festival of the family, is that is 10,000 tickets. at 8:00 p.m. another 10,000 tickets will go out for sunday papal mass. the these tickets are free and one person is allowed up up to four tickets. the tickets are given on a first come first serve basis and again, they are free. we do know demand is high. yesterday in two minutes the archdiocese confirmed that 10,000 tickets to the independent hall remarks by the pope were all gone, and that give away opened up at noon and was in the hour they are already marked up for sale on line, and mayor nutter had some choice word about that, lets take a listen. >> you get a free ticket and then throw it up on a site to

try to sell it. i mean, at least in the the neighborhood where i grew up, that is frightening. >> if you were in the position of being further down the parkway as you are seen right now there will be 40 jumbo trons live and tickets were not. they stressed that the public is very welcome whether or not you have a ticket to get close to the pope and don't forget, two more chances, 20,000 more tickets, the festival of the families for that saturday and sunday mass on sunday. we are live here on the parkway, i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". meanwhile septa is making it easier to get in center city for the papal visit. the transit agency is doubling stations available a on the 26th and 27th on the market frankford line and broad street line. you can use tokens and weekly or in inly transit passes. septa is offering a $10 papal

pass for three day travel on both of those lines. looking for keepsakes from the papal visit? today the the official world meet of families merchandise shop opened here at lobby of the aramark tour at 11th and market. ribbon cutting ceremony is at ten this morning. that store will carry everything from your regular coffee mugs, hats to religious items. meantime right before he comes to philadelphia pope francis made big changes to the catholic marriage a annulment process. pope ordered streamlining of the annulments to make it faster, easier and less expensive. among those changes couples will need only one judgment not the two from a church tribunal. vatican expert say it is most sweeping change in centuries. we have more on the latest developments plus your guide and world meeting of families on our web site at cbs philly.com/papal visit. a plane catches fire in a vegas runway just minutes before take off after an engine failed. witness video shows heavy

smoke pouring from under one of the those wings. 159 passenger and 13 crew members escaped from that plane on emergency shoots. fourteen people suffered minor injuries while sliding down them. british airways plane was hitting to the airport just outside of lon on. we may learn what caused the plane crash that killed seven people including the co-owner of the philadelphia inquirer. the national transportation safety board is holding a hearing in washington on the crash of the gulf stream business jet in may of last year. inquirer cohenner lewis katz and six others were on the plane when it over ran a runway in man massachusetts. also happening today driver for pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane is set to appear before a norristown judge for a hearing. driver patrick reese face contempt charge. he is a accused of a e-mail snooping scheme to help kane keep tabs on the grand jury investigation, targeting her. reese pleaded not guilty last month.

a man well known for helping the home less in camden had allegedly been living a double life. harold miller was also running a drug market that sold heroin and crack. he work at joseph's house just miles from the alleged drug ring. we spoke to the founder on have the homeless mission who says he is very surprised by this news. >> we're shock. we believe it has absolutely nothing to do with our program. we have no absolutely no evidence and absolutely no allegation toss support that either, staff or guest was involved. there was something that apparently mr. miller ran on his own. >> miller had been jailed for drug and weapons offenses in the past. he is now in federal custody. we are hearing from the first responders that saved a driver who veered down a montgomery county embankment. we first told you this about breaking news yesterday. driver was trapped for nine hours before being pulled from the car bloody and bruised but alive. a lower merion officer discover the car in the creek

near mill creek road and grays lane. had man in his 20's had been pinned inside unable to get the out. >> car was mangled. i was surprised he was alive to be honest with you. >> give him first aid, stabilize the car, cut the roof and doors off to get to the individual. once we did that then rescue companies had to get the the dashboard unrolled off of him. >> first responders tell us that the driver is expect to fully recover. is there much more to cover here on "eyewitness news". >> you are all witnessing television history and like most history it is not on the history channel. >> it is new era have late night tv so how did fans like the the real stephen colbert, we will have the reaction coming up. summer isn't over yet, we are in for another heat wave, kyla will have your forecast when we come back in two minutes. >> in the on the history channel.

late show with stephen colbert premiered with an

extra long addition right here on cbs-3. >> wild, crazy night, and didn't disappoint. >> steven, steven, steven. >> audience members waited for hours in 90 plus degree temperatures yesterday for chance to see the show inside newly renovated ed sullivan theater. colbert arrived at the theater early, ready to go. his guest also arrived there early, george clooney and republican presidential candidate jeb bush. >> it was amazing, i laughed, i clapped so much my hand were sore. >> it was really interesting. it was great. >> fan reaction is any indication, late show with stephen colbert is already a hit, late show with stephen colbert airs rate here on cbs-3 after "eyewitness news" at 11:35. that does look like fun. >> look at him dancing. >> yes, get his twirl on. >> jane carabao has highlights in the next half an hour, just can't wait to see more of

this. >> that is right. >> waking up to some heat now, kyla. >> we will be dealing with the heat, yes, one more day but i feel in my heart of hearts this is my last 90-degree push. >> yes. >> okay. >> right there, deep inside. it will be a warm, muggy day. yesterday unbelievable the 90's but we will see relief and it comes in the form of the coal front. the lets look live at storm scan three. we are nice, clear but as so often happens usually amounts a different picture. you can see stormy weather ahead of the cold front across the country. it does bring us some rain. we need rain. it will cool us down. all told good deal we have got that cold front. current temperatures 76 degrees in philadelphia. thirty-seven in reading. seventy-five in wildwood. as we zoom in here you can see palmyra at 78. seventy-two in mount holly. hour by hour forecast shows we will see lots of sunshine and heat. we will see possibility of the

stray shower or two working our way in the late afternoon and early evening but bulk of the rain is coming toward us tomorrow. so this cold front tracks through as we get into our thursday. stormy weather. that will drop temperatures from the 90's to the 80's. then we will get to friday and get clear skies back, sunshine coming in and temperatures still in the 80's as we head toward the weekend. one last steamy day coming our way. certainly something to get very possible as we start to look at future rain amounts what they are predicting. some spots three plus inches. that will be usual spots, not everybody but it certainly could lead to localized flooding. head up we will need that umbrella as we go true that evening and tomorrow. today 90 degrees. stray storm possible. heat and humidity that will be the story for today, tonight, cloudy we can see stray shower or then are storm and le of 72 but big difference coming here as we look at our seven day forecast. not just 80's, thursday and

friday but look at that upper 70's, on sunday into monday and by the way we have folks celebrating rosh hashanah on sunday. it could be a cloudy day for that, ladies but 70's, ready for that. >> i guess we will have to be. >> thanks, kyla. phillies take on the braves in south philadelphia tonight. their series is even after a strong start from aaron nola. he held braves scoreless for seven innings last night and struck on it a career high seven bat tours win his sixth game of the season. phillies center fielder odougal herrera hit a three run home run in the eighth. phillies beat braves five to nothing. eagles get back on the practice field preparing for monday night's season opener in atlanta bird tea fence will face tough test against matt ryan and falcons offense. ryan went to penn charter. eagles offense not too shabby, eagles averaged 33 points a game in the preseason. i know it is 90 degrees today but hockey right around

the corn are, people. they are painting the ice at wells fargo center. this is proof. flyers start training camp next week and first preseason game at the well is september 22nd against the rangers. the u.s. open quarter finals now and williams sisters facing off for their 27th time in their careers. match went three sets but venous could not hold off serena. after the match, they met the at the net. how sweet. serena need to win two more match toes complete the calendar year grand slam, by the way this has not been done in almost 30 years. incredible. incredible that it is two sisters and they are just fantastic. >> they hug afterward. >> both won it but still family in the end. >> happy for the other one. still ahead this morning a new iphone, maybe an updated apple tv, is there anticipation over what the company has up its sleeves. >> but first here's what is coming up tonight on cbs-3.

free ticket will be made available if you want to be a few blocks from pope francis during the papal weekend in philadelphia i love that they are free. archdiocese says 10,000 tickets will be available on line at 4:00 this afternoon for september 26th closing festival of the world meeting of families. another 10,000 tickets will be available on line at 8:00 tonight for september 27th mass on the parkway. fourteen people suffered minor injuries when a british airways plane caught fire just before take off in las vegas. the passengers got out using emergency slide. the cause of the fire is under investigation. 4:49. time for a check on business news. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange and everybody is talking about apple's big fall product announcement. what are analyst expecting, what do you think. >> reporter: good morning, erika and nicole.

apple will roll out new line of the products at this event in california in just a few hours. analyst are expecting new iphone with the berth camera and that includes a front facing flash for selfies, also a bigger ipad and apple processor and more sensitive remote control. back to those selfies, ahh. >> i know, how did we live all this time without it. >> star bucks getting hot for fall but not the just, for coffee, what do you know, jill. >> reporter: some customers who buy any food items at star bucks will get a free packet of sirac ha chile sauce and star bucks is going old school their new beat tro box will include a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with the mozerella string cheese and chocolate covered raisin so we can all feel like kid again. >> it is a lunch in the box. >> that sound like a perfect meal for me.

>> going back to school, i love it. >> all in. >> brightened our morning right there. >> jill, thanks. coming up, we will get another check of weather and traffic.

4:53 object your hump day. good morning, meisha. >> good morning to all of you at home just waking up with us, it is looking really nice. it got busy yesterday. it is expect again today but what we are dealing with this morning is typically construction. lets start off with the roosevelt boulevard southbound near kelly drive. right lane, flashing lights where we have construction not causing any slow downs. it is still early. many just rising with us. ben franklin bridge we did have from the west side into center city and moving to the eastbound side toward new

jersey, that far right lane, ben franklin bridge swam side and the right lane moving toward jersey. forty-two freeway north bound you have lost that left lane, i cannot see anything in this shot the but just no, we did have construction, not causing any slow downs, everyone traveling at posted speeds which is good and turnpike westbound virginia drive to norristown the left lane is block due to some construction as well. nicole, over to you. i will take it, meisha. >> good morning, kyla. >> good morning, i got you, lady. >> we will talk about some rain coming our way that will cool us down, also beneficial rain we could use some. take a look, we are about three and a half inches below where we should be this time of the year. so yeah, lets look at those graphics, looking live, in center city, looking good out there. there will be another steamy day and unfortunately within more day where we could see 90-.

we are almost three and a half inches since august 1st we have not had measurable rain since august 20th, think about that. here comes some. you can see it off to the west we have stormy weather ahead of the cold front, we have clear skies right now on storm scan three that is a different story this evening. current temperatures in the mid 70's in philadelphia. 76 degrees. much cooler in mount pocono and allentown. coming in at 75 down in wildwood, thinks where we are today high of 90 degrees, the hot and humid, 86 degrees, should get sunshine out there and looking out for scattered afternoon thunderstorm in the poconos with a high of 84. change is upon us, ladies and we will see in our seven day forecast just how low these temperatures will go after this front passes us by. for now, over to you. lets check our stories our sister station kyw news radio 1060 is following. upcoming papal visit led to the change in schedule for

people working at construction sites in the city. new research suggest half of the a adults in the u.s. have diabetes and prediabetes. movie made rate here in delaware valley getting, rave reviews. give them 22 minutes we will give you the world. i love that time line. still ahead on "eyewitness news" we are live with the stephen colbert's very first late show. so many laughs. don't miss this. we are also hearing from passengers they were forced off a jet after it burst in flames on runway. an a update the to the story that everyone is talk about, two high school athletes involve in the the controversial offer, in this hit, offer an explanation, we will be back at the top of the hour.

good morning, 20,000 more ticket will be available today for the papal visit. also the the new stores sell merchandise for its visit, we are live with the details. did you stay up for new late show, yeah, neither did we but we will look at stephen colbert's debut last night. could today mark our sixth heat wave of the summer, more on the september sizzler looking live right the now at center city. we're in the 70's. we can feel humidity. >> yes, i necessity it is wednesday, september 9th i'm quarter von tiehl. i'm nicole brewer. kyla and meisha keeping an eye on things. kyla knows what i'm talking about with this hair.

>> mine is growing as we speak, it is soupy out there. >> i'm right there with you. i was just spraying myself down, but trust me, it is growing. >> you have to do what you have to do on a day like today, no doubt about it. it is that same warm sticky feeling that we have grown accustomed to. we can see temperatures go up to 90 degrees, everybody, heat wave number six if we make it to 90. we will need to keep an eye on on a few things. air quality is good. pollen level high. uv index high and heat index is what i want everyone to focus on today because we have humidity going on, air is nice and thick and it means it will feel very warm, warmer than numbers may indicate. be aware of that. looking at storm scan three, skies are clear now but off to the west is stormy wet's head of the cold front tracking toward us. that will cool us down but will bring us some rain. seventy-five in philadelphia. seventy-six in atlantic city. 66 degrees in mount pocono.