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there but as we were saying earlier in case you missed it, it is the season for that. when we have warm weather. >> absolutely guys and girls in the hard hats they love this kind have of weather. >> just before the sun comes up, it is so comfortable outside. clearly a breeze. not humid just yet and that will change. >> here she goes. >> but this is what we are looking forward to jim, so i do not want to hear a word out of you. nice and clear. high pressure is hooking us up with beautiful weather. the only thing would i say it will be awfully hot today. we have not experienced that in a long time. so be ready for it. make sure you are staying hydrated have sun block. this is a day you don't want to let get to waste. this sun angle is strong and once sun does rise we have a gorgeous sunrise and a lot of solar heating. storm scan is totally quiet devoid of any storms. aver quality alert guys goes into effect, already in effect for day, it is an action day for the philadelphia area.
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all this means is air quality will be unhealthy for you if you fall in the sensitive category. children, elderly, suffer from respiratory illness anything like that be extra careful have your the asthma medications ready to go if you suffer from that. this is a day where we have higher levels of ground level ozone and particle pollution. temperatures in the meantime in the upper 50's from philadelphia down toward the shore. cool in the poconos but barely a breeze, it is so comfortable outside, and check this out even by 9:00 a.m. we are in the 70's and we will see officially up to 88 by 3:00 p.m. eighty-seven, feeling like summer. >> it is feeling like summer, it is about darn time. 422 westbound at route 23, just cleared that left lane was compromised because of the construction this morning. it is still out there one area with in construction that is looking good but heating up ever so slightly is in new jersey. forty-two freeway northbound at creek road approaching 295 what we are looking at right
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now at 5:01. if that is an indication that is a busy morning just give yourself a couple extra minutes. accident in abington cool ledge avenue at galloway avenue one lane block here. police are on the scene there another accident where all lanes are block bell machines between conshohocken a avenue and monument road all lanes are block there. car went in the pole. a lot of activity primarily construction but we have some accidents out there as well. here's more construction i-95 southbound at 896, two right lanes blocked and this should be pick up at 7:00 a.m. ninety-five north bound between 141 and 295, that is block. that should pick upright about now. within more 95 north between 495 and mlk boulevard right lane is closed that should be picking upright about now. jim, over to you. new this morning philadelphia police are building a tim line in the fatal shooting in germantown. it happened at a parking lot near wayne and chelten. eyewitnesses told police two men were arguing in the parking lot and then gunfire
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erupted. twenty-five year-old man died of the gun shot wound to the chest. detectives are questioning two persons of interest, while eyewitnesses say victims did have a gun, police have have not been able to find it. also new this morning a 21 year-old man is in the hospital and search is on for two men who shot him. victim was shot in the back outside a restaurant near philmore and tackawanna avenue in frankford at 1:30 this morning. police november motive to are that violence. frightening scene, huge powerful twisters captured in the midwest, this video is unbelievable there are reports of the several tornadoes touching down in kansas and oklahoma. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch has more amazing images to come out of the midwest, justin. >> reporter: in the middle will of those severe storms many got out their cameras and cell fence to document damage in real time. there are dozens of report of tornado touchdowns in oklahoma and kansas. heavy rains in flooding and arkansas and two are injured this morning and several homes are damaged.
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>> is there three tornadoes on the ground at the same time. good night. >> reporter: on the ground look at tornadoes, twisting, tearing across the plains. more than 30 tornadoes sightings were reported yesterday. >> hitting a building. >> reporter: storm chasers captured at least one twister ripping a building near dock city, kansas. >> there is a structure hit, power lines. >> reporter: this crew came across overturn propane tank spewing gaza long the highway. >> just gasoline every where. >> it was are dangerous. >> reporter: national weather service says a at least one tornado touched down outside of bristol oklahoma ripping roofs off of houses and knocking down trees. telephone emergency a leather sent roberts family running with their pets, dunn to their home cellar. >> we her the wind pick up, we heard glass starting to break and then i heard all of the lumber just start ripping apart and i knew, i knew what was going on. >> reporter: they run a community animal rescue and they say they lost dozens of
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animals. >> heavy rain triggered flash flooding in arkansas a 13 year-old boy was swept a way to the drainage pipe and found a live two hours later. severe weather is not over, possible tornadoes are in the forecast, for portions of texas, oklahoma and kansas. experts say tornado warnings will likely continue for the rest of the week. at this hour in reports of any dead, national weather service is expect to survey damage today and then get a sense of how strong these storms were and how many were tornadoes, jim, back to you. >> thanks very much, just continue, appreciate it. in other news california activist are promising more protest against donald trump president last night they clashed with police in new mexico. out of control protestness al-zawahiri concerning i demonstrators went toe to toe with police in riot gear. demonstrators threw objects at police, authorities responded with smoke canisters. this all happen outside a
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trump rally. there were no issues inside. presumptive republican nominee pick up more delegates by winning the washington state primary. democrat hillary clinton also won her parties prim in washington state. it won't get her anymore delegates. state democratic party awarded delegates in march based on party caucus. bernie sanders got 74, clinton got 27. water worries are growing in parts of the bucks and montgomery county after dangerous chemicals were detect in groundwater. "eyewitness news" reporter jane car bar owe where officials are holding a meet to go ease residents concerns. >> reporter: this is second informational meeting, it is scheduled to begin later this morning but first one was absolutely pack, hundreds of people came out concerned about their drinking the water, in montgomery and bucks counties. you can see behind me that those board just filled with information are still set up inside the community center here in horsham. issues here are elevated
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levels of two chemicals, link to certain cancers and developmental effect in fetus and infants. concern is growing in montgomery and bucks county about drinking from the tap. tests have shown chemicals from fire fitting foam in groundwater that led to the hut down of more than a dozen municipal wells and 80 private wells. >> we're getting a filter for our health. just for peace of mind. fluctuating numbers and we don't want to wait next two or three years we found out it is really bad for fetus. >> reporter: lauren just one of the hundreds to a tend the informational session at horsham township community center tuesday night, to learn about the chemicals men as pfos and f. last week the environmental protection agency lowered the acceptable levels of those chemicals in groundwater, as a result, horsham, warminster and warrington townships took eight public wells off line in addition to eight other wells
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previously taken off lane in 2014. pfoa and os is link to the formal naval base and era station in the area. >> we are in the process of identifying where we think mess likely places where it would have gone in the groundwater and best places where we can attack the problem and basically treat it. >> reporter: greg preston is naval official overseeing the clean up. he a says homes on the public water systems now have safe water to training, however, navy is providing bottled water to homes on private wells with high levels until they can be hook up to the public water system, still state representative todd stevens lives in horsham says that is in the enough. >> i think navy should be paying for blood tests for our residents so we can know whether we have been exposed and to what extent. >> reporter: today's informational session starts at 11:00 and runs through 1:00 . we are live, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". jim, back to you. comedian bill cosby will stan trial on his sexual
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assault case in montgomery county. cosby's accuser andrea constand did not appear in court during yesterday's preliminary hearing but parts of her 2005 statement to police were read. constand claims, cosby assaulted her after giving her wine and pills at his cheltenham home, in 2004. cosby waved his right, setting course for a trial. if quick, the 78 year-old could face ten years in prison. the prosecution reacted to the judge's ruling. >> a preliminary hearing is a situation where we show a crime committed and defendant connect to the crime. >> we can that through victim statement and the defendants. >> district attorney kevin steele called two witnesses to the stand a detective who interviewed constand in 2005 and cheltenham police chief who interviewed cosby. defense attorney brian mcgonigle argued the alleged a
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sought was a consensual interaction and without cosby's accuser on the stand prosecutors only presented statement from her given over a decade ago. >> the evidence is telling in this case is why they chose not to bring this complaintant because their evidence determined back when this investigation unfolded proved there was in crime committed here. there was no evidence of a crime here. the inconsistency that hit this investigation from the beginning continue to do it now this case should end immediately. >> no trial date has been set. stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage as bill cosby goes to trial. you can always get the latest on cb. philly to the come. coming up, fire fighters survived a close call see dangerous blast that nearly knock them right off their feet. plus cashing in on a democratic national convention, the easy ways some people hope to make a quick buck this summer. also a special honor today for former mayor michael nutter where his name will live on in the city of brotherly love.
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welcome back. it is 5:14. incredibly close call for fire fighters in florida. watch what happened as they check out an underground fire in st. petersberg. holy cow those fire fighters just narrowly avoided disaster when a transformer exploded sending a a firewall in the air. the blast also blew manhole covers off the ground, several businesses in the area lost power. you can see that video it is amazing no one was hurt.
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but speaking of florida, we're going to have florida weather like today. >> you are not kidding. >> we are dress add pope eighthly with our colorful brightness. >> yes, did you say this, dressed for the day and i absolutely did. >> good. >> i did it on purpose because you want to wear something bright and neon today. >> yes. >> it will be so beautiful. it already is. it is so comfortable outside, low humidity, in wind, good hair day. >> love it. >> you always have a good hair day. >> thank you. >> we are looking beautiful down the shore if ocean city is where your travels will take you for the holiday weekend, it is looking right now, like the holiday weekend is going to really hook us up weather-wise. we will get to that certainly not just at the shore but no matter what your plans are but looking hazy, this looks like summer, doesn't it? we have got moisture in the air not terribly humid, however. lets go next to the graphics. every single passing day these days get longer and longer and
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sun continues to come up 567:89:38 is the official start time for that sun to rise and it will continue to climb over the horizon earlier with every passing day until we hit the solstice. we are still gaining a minute and a half or so of daylight with every passing day. it does than the sound like much but it does feel good when that sunnies only going down at 7:30 at answer lieutenant earliest these days. storm scan three nice clear skies, high pressure toys thank for that and continue will keep control for most part through next couple days. we will see a cold front crossing through later in the week, specifically friday into the weekend. we can see heavy then are storms rumbling through the central plains. it is their time the of the year to see that. however we may end up with thunderstorms ourselves toward end of the week. here's another beautiful shot taking a live look outside kutztown area middle school. we have sun popping up over the horizon here, officially popping up over the horizon in 15 or 20 minutes or so but because we will see full sunshine here today and
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because we are going to heat up, efficiently the health report becomes more important to show. so we have got unhealthy levels of air quality today, specifically for sensitive groups, we saw in that category, pollen levels are maryland rate, uv index is high, so heat index even though it is not terribly humid use caution when you head out doors here in the next couple of days for sure because we will be in the upper 80's today and right through friday. thursday and friday feeling more like the 90's factoring in the building humidity. can't rule out spotty showers or storms thursday late day especially north west but friday could be more widespread and holiday weekend right now is in the looking bad at all. >> um-hmm, it looks gorgeous. what a beautiful day it has been, to send walt off such a beautiful person, perfect. good morning. looks at ben franklin bridge moving in the westbound direction toward center city. we are looking gorgeous here a lieutenant of lights. sun coming out. starting to light up the road and we can see is what going on out there overall things are looking good.
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i will say they are heating up ever so slightly this morning we have construction to deal w we have had accident. within of which has cleared out of the way. westbound direction at ben franklin bridge and center city we are still looking g everybody is holding a at posted speed which is nice to see, the vine, which was in the closed last night so moving both westbound direction and eastbound side we are looking g eastbound side is heating up quicker than westbound side but vine is still looking good. i-95 headlight moving in the southbound direction, keep in my eye on the southbound direction not so much northbound direction that will not heat up in the deeper in the 6:00 or even 7:00. southbound direction is where we are heating up around that s curve at cottman. make note for those jumping on i-95 it is heating up a little will bit. jim, back over to you. thanks, so much meisha. for a look at newspapers headlines across our region on the front page of the delaware county times in a special voting session upper darby school board last night approved a proked budget. despite a deficit the budge
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without hole line on taxes while adding 30 staff positions district wide. from the burlington county times, body cameras are coming to west hampton. $6,000 grant will supply 12 cameras to the police department. in all 17 burlington county police department were awarded grants to purchase the a equipment. philadelphia inquirer septa will a announce it is testing whether partnering with uber can boost rider ship and help parking crunches at the busiest stations. riders taking uber, to or from 11 regional rail stations in the the four counties surrounding philadelphia will get a 40 percent off the cost of their uber ride, the pilot program will be in effect from memorial day through labor day. that is a look the a the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. in other news president obama's next stop on his asian trip is japan where he will a tend the g7 summit and become first sitting president to visit hiroshima. he wrapped up three day trip to vietnam at a town hope in
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hoe chin men city. it praised next generation of leaders for being more conscious about the environment. and a special honor for a former philadelphia mayor michael nutter. there is a theater a at pennsylvania convention center will be name after him, nutter served as chairman of the convention centers board of direct thursday from to 2003 to 2007. it will host film festivals, movie screening, concerts, comedy shows and meetings. well, get ready for a big change on twitter how you will be a able to squeeze more characters into your tweets. have you ever had a star bucks barista mess up your name. we will tell but an embarrassing case of mistaken identity involving two well known actresses, coming
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a pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to hacking in the e-mail and on line account of several famous women to steel their private information, including, nude photos and video. no celebrities were identified in the plea agreement but
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actress jennifer lawrence and model kate upton were more than two of the more than 100 celebrities a allegedly exposed. prosecutors say there was no evidence ryan column for instance lancaster ever shared any of the information. well, brad pitt is used to playing a hero in the big screen and now one in real life. pit saved a young girl from being crush on the set of his new move any spain. actor was greeted by fans when he noticed the girl was pushed up the fence, pit and security team pulled the girl over fence and stayed with her until paramedics stayed with her. here's another example of the super stars helping each other, and bruce springsteen proved he is a real yes by giving adele the jacket off his back. the his cons inert portugal last week a dell says she wasn't dressed for cold weather so boss helped her cover up. she watched springsteen's concert with his jacket on her shoulders. shrivelry is not dead.
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she was asked whether she wanted her name baris ta says we got you. here's what she got. hunt tweeted this picture of the drink with the name jody on it. oops. star bucks offered up a clever response, writing sorry about that, we hope the drink was, still as good as it the gets, referring to one of hunt's movies. this than the is the first time someone confused hunt and jody foster. hunt says it happened before at grocery store, even mob boss john gotti talk about how similar they look. well, it was one really special delivery thanks to a somers point police officer. meet sophia marie eve, monday night, her mother alyssa martin went to the hospital with contractions, but returned home. 3:45 tuesday morning her water broke and little sophia was coming ready or not. mom could not make it to the
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hospital so family called 911 for help. officer vincent riveria was first to arrive and put his training into action. >> so much stuff has gone through my head when i heard the baby cry, and i was like, this is actually happening. use common sense, try to support the baby's head and mostly mothers portion that did most of the work. little so fee ace healthy 7-pound, 4 ounces. >> congratulations to the happy family. >> indeed. good yes. >> look at how cute. >> i love it the how they just use common sense. >> but let me tell you something i wonder if those police officers keep in touch later than through the years, with the baby they delivered. do you think they do. >> probably get to the first birthday party. >> rest of them they are like see you later. >> see you in college. coming up next on "eyewitness news" aviation history arrived in pennsylvania, landmark flight, happening right now. plus...
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>> protests outside donald trump rally as dozens of demonstrators clashed with police. i'm hena daniels in new york with the latest on campaign 2016 coming up. also clearing the air, down the shore, the new push to ban smoking at the beach and that is not the only place where people may not be able to light up. and speaking of the beach we have got nice beach weather coming your way in the days ahead today we will start a string of 80 plus degree days, we will tell you whether it lasts through holiday weekend, straight ahe
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get ready to crank up air conditioning, it will feel like summer, katie will tell you how long this stretch of 80-degree days will stick around. good morning i'm jim donovan. we will have fantastic forecast in just a minute but here's what you need to start your day in the morning minute. >> um-hmm. oh, no. >> monster tornadoes captured on camera in the midwest. there is lots of damage there and two injuries have been reported. all of the effects be in knows good second community meeting will be held to address water a safety concerns for residents in bucks and montgomeryou

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