this is vinny's watch. the wild confrontation with the off-duty police officer that led up to the shooting. also new this morning a pedestrian is hit and killed by a uber driver, find out why police say driver will in the face any charges. you think i'm going to change? i'm not changing. the reason he is a attacking reporters now, and the latest charges he is defending. it is wednesday, june 1 i'm's jim donovan. i'm brooke thomas, we are getting your day started with weather and traffic with katie and meisha. >> welcome back. >> we have an accident on 309, down wires and construction so we will get to that in a

moment. >> construction outside on the vine, always makes meehan extra four minutes late but we have clear, smooth sailing, in the weather department for today and for a couple days yet to come. it feels like summertime. even in the next few days a little more typical for relevant i june standard and yes, we have made it the through the month of june. handful of days away until official beginning of the summer but let's bask in the quiet weather while we have it. we have a few rain drops, just ground clutter being pick up at radar site. we have been under the influence of high pressure to keep things nice, bright and sunny once that sunrisees in an hour and change right now. sixty-nine current temperature at the airport. mild start to the day. not terribly humid but certainly mild. so i would say, get a way without for the most party in kind of extra layering today, 59 at the current temperature in quakertown. sixty-three in doylestown. the as day progresses we are expecting more sun then anything.

mid 80's. lower 70's at the shore. upper 70's in the poconos. all and all just a nice day. i cannot find anything to complain about here and that can be very difficult. we always find something but on a day like this it is practically perfect, more than. it looks perfect. great news to wake up to. roadways, um, well, they are already. we have construction, 95 north at off ramp to the blue route, kind of hard to see, hazy camera but you can see cones there. right lane is block, that is i-95 north at the off ramp to the blue route. vine as katie pointed out is closed for overnight construction. you can see them both in the westbound and eastbound, it looks like westbound side might be just opening, good news for those just hitting the vine street expressway sometime soon. we have an accident here, hard to see, not in this camera shot in ambler 309 north at butler pike. that right lane is compromised there already this morning. we have incident out there. construction here 295

southbound at route 42 all lanes are blocked, and they will be blocked until 6:00 a.m. they are saying that the detour will be exit 1c. brooke, over to you. >> thanks, meisha. new this morning a hit and run involving an off-duty philadelphia police officer end in gunfire. >> one went through window of temple hospital. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live at broad and tioga which is still an active scene, jan. >> jim and brooke, good morning. this is where that gunfire erupted on the broad and tioga streets. now there are a lot of unanswered questions this morning, it is unclear why this off tooth i officer opened fire in the way that he did. what we do know is that the altercation happened right here after the officer got in the car accident while on that motorcycle. you can see it is still taped off and on the scene here this morning. also still on the scene if you take a closer look at the video you can get a good look, shattered glass at outpatient facility at temple university hospital. one of the shots traveled and

pierced a window there. bullet ended up lodged in the wall behind a desk inside, fortunately no one was injured. this all happened after 11:00 last night. police say officer with the 22nd district had just gotten off work on his personal motorcycle when he got in the accident at broad and tioga here in north philadelphia, for some reason he shot five times at what investigators are calling the striking vehicle. that vehicle they say fled the scene. it had not been recovered this morning. off-duty officer was taken to temple for minor injuries, suffered during the car accident. he is expected to be okay. so still back out here live, a very active scene this morning and investigators say it is unclear what immediately led to the gun fire last night and again they have not recovered that striking vehicle this morning, initially, they were looking for a green older model, monte carlo but they say it is unclear how many people were inside and whether any of them were injured. this investigation, continues

this morning. we will continue to keep you up to date. we are live from north philadelphia, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". jim and brooke back into you. a deadly accident involving an uber driver in north philadelphia. "eyewitness news" was on the 2200 block of cecil b. moore avenue where police say black honda hit the female victim around 1:30 this morning. uber driver had just dropped off passengers and remained on the scene. police say it is unlikely charges will be file. police believe three juveniles may be responsible for the death of the elderly man in southwest philadelphia. the 77 year-old was found yesterday afternoon in the living room of his home on the 6300 block of theodore street. police say someone broke into the house, twice this weekend. >> there may have been a incident friday night where they may have gotten beat up by kid in the hospital. they broke in the house and

assaulted and injured and killed him. >> witnesses reported seeing three males leaving the house in the front door and locking it behind them. the man's work van is still missing. doctors say a baby with the birth defect linked to the zika virus has been born in hackensack medical center. the child has microcephaly an abnormally small brawn. mother is from honduras and got the virus there. meantime world health organization is saying zika virus lingers longer then first thought and urging people returning from areas where zika is found to practice safe sex or abstain for at least eight weeks, not four, and that was what was previously recommended. well, hillary clinton is curtailing her campaign in new jersey to focus more on california. the former secretary of state is in essex county, she cancelled tomorrow's appearance in mercer county. clinton is traveling to the golden state where bernie sanders is gaining momentum. sanders will campaign today in

davis and other areas. donald trump has made good on his prom toys give nearly six million-dollar to veterans charities. after months of questioning he released full list of donations he gave to veterans groups all 41 of them. more than a dozen checks flowed out last week dated on the same day washington post ran a story questioning whether trump had sent money. trump slammed reporters who have been pressing him for details and personally attacked one of them. >> who got it, who got it, who got it, and you make me look very bad. he is a sleeze in my book. >> why? >> you know the facts and you know the facts well. >> documents detail sales strategy used to get students to enroll in classes in the the now defunct trump university. employees were told to play on peoples' motion to get them to buy more expensive seminars and how to succeed in real estate. donald trump has said customers were satisfied with the courses. well, a story bookend go to i a magical season for

villanova wild cats. >> president obama honored mens national basketball champions at the white house yesterday. it comes two months after the team won their first national title since 1985 and no better way to wrap up their victory tour then with a little ripping from the commander in chief. >> we have the best dressed man in college basketball. george clooney of coaches. jay wright. >> coming from him he is smooth, i was very flattered and humled so it was nice, it was nice that he would even know that they joke about that. >> it is a nice suit. >> team presented the forty-fourth president with the wildcats jersey with the number 44, they wore the uniform last year when they played at pearl harbor in obama's home state of hawaii. >> jay wright is always well dress. hard to believe but hurricane season starts today. >> we will show you how to make sure you are ready for any storms that make their way in our area.

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bad news for resident in south east texas dealing with more flooding, more rain is coming. the water filled intersections trapping some drivers, prompting water rescues and fire truck was no match for rapidly rising water. the flooding has claimed at least six lives. in canada some of fort mcmurray residents are anxiously returning home after a massive wild fire forced them out a month ago. nearly 90,000 people had to leave their homes, some with just a few hours notice. the wild fires start made third, destroyed more than 2,000 homes and buildings. matter of fact, three neighborhoods are still off

limits. well to day marks the official start of the hurricane season, conference this morning in cape may will help you by offering some resources before, during and after a storm. the county's emergency management office is one of the sponsors. national ocean and atmospheric administration predicts ten to 16 named storms including four to eight hurricanes. emergency preparedness conference is opened to the public this morning from 10:00 n community center. time is 4:42. >> kate is here with another check of the forecast, hi there katie. >> good morning to you both. as you guys just mentioned beginning of the official atlantic hurricane season. we will just recap what jim just said in the way of the atlantic basin forecast courtesy of noah. we have ten to 16 named storms is expectation this year, generally an average season, four to eight will be hurricanes and major hurricanes anywhere from one to four. keep in mind too just because we have these numbers it doesn't mean all of these are

a, going to pan out or b going to make any kind of direct impact to land but what is interesting is that 2016 is already has two named system and hurricane season begins today. so here's is what now post tropical cyclone bonnie, high pressure, keeping us dry but still sitting and spinning off shore and certainly still causing rip current issues and even some wet weather across portions of north carolina this will not have any impact on us. we are under influence of high pressure which is lovely news. that means we have a nice warm day, not terribly humid, sun comes up earlier and earlier this time of the year. 5:34. we will see gorgeous sunrise. couple cloud but more sun then anything. nice day. tonight we will drop down to 62 under a couple clouds and then 62 the low and looking forward in the forecast seven day is no the bad at all. is there a cold front scheduled to pass on friday triggering a shower or thunderstorm saturday looks beautiful right now. sunday things go downhill for

second half of the weekend with additional showers around. meisha, over to you. >> katie, thank you. good morning everyone. we have an accident outside already, it is not even 5:00 o'clock hour and we have activity in ambler. 309 north bound at butler pike right lane compromised hard to see, so take my word for it. 309 north bound at butler pike we have an accident there cleared out, sometime soon, construction here it is closed but westbound side is just, opening, eastbound side between schuylkill and broad still a factor and i'll loath you know when that clears. we are looking at flashing lights and construction 95 north off ramp to the blue route that right lane is a factor. i'll let you know when that clears. it happened right around 5:00 o'clock hour, but it is still out there. i-95 north off ramp to the blue route right lane is still block. right here construction. 295 southbound at route 42 all lanes are blocked, it is blocked until 6:00 a.m. we will have to take a detour, exit 1c is your best bet, all

lanes are blocked here and i'll let you know when that lifts, over to you. >> another look at this morning's headlines philadelphia police are investigating a crash/shooting involving an off-duty officer at broad and tioga late last night, an officer shot at what they called the striking vehicle. one of the bullets hit outpatient facility at temple university hospital. hillary clinton is campaigning in north jersey but cancelled a stop in mercer county scheduled for tomorrow because she's shifting her attention to california where she's in the tight race with bernie sanders. north jersey hospital reports that the birth of the baby with the defect linked to the zika virus, baby girl has a smaller head, the mother is from honduras and apparently contracted the virus there. many alligators stralling around new jersey but we found one for you. lucky you, right. two police officers found this guy hanging around a lake in a campground in jackson. 2-foot gator has potential to grow to 11 feet. authorities believe someone in

the area had it as a pet and released it in the lake once it grew, too big. >> is that a bad idea. >> yes. >> he looks harmless compared to this, this massive, gator, this enormous animal was caught stralling around a golf course outside tampa. golfers are used to seeing alligators there but not this big. >> it looks like a dinosaur. >> worker the at the course say it is a regular there and he has never bothered anybody so he has never bothered anybody. best advice toys let the gator play through. best advice toys give the gator the entire state of florida. it is his now. >> that is a big alligator. >> everybody move. >> they can move fast, that guy is crazy videotaping that with a cell phone. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning it is called instant beer. >> the easy new way to brew a cold within right in your home when you come bac

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heading outside, stay updated with katie's forecast on kyw news radio 1060. a new holiday is being introduced into the philadelphia school district calendar. the plus bizarre saga the of the e-mail investigation ordered by embattled pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane takes another strange turn, and rewarding female scientists, group of local researchers received a big grant to study melanoma, check in two, three, four times a day on kyw news radio 1060 on your am dial. 4:49. time for a check on business news. >> jill wagner joins us live from the new york stock exchange, good morning, jill. market were mixed yesterday despite good news about spending, what can you tell us. >> reporter: well, americans opened up their wallets this spring, consumer spending surged 1 percent in april largest jump in six year. biggest increases forecaster and other big ticket items, wages and salaries also increased, brooke and jim.

i'm's not a big beer drinker but we understand there is a new easy way to brew your own beer, kindly explain. >> reporter: well soda stream which has created machines that brew soda a is launching a new beer bar. just mix concentrate with freshly carbonated water and they say you'll have a glass of beer in second. it is only available in germany and switzerland which seems appropriate, brooke and jim. >> interesting, we have a soda stream. >> i don't know about beer that way. i mean especially germans they must be going crazy over there over this thing. we will check with you later on. coming up after the break we will get another check of weather and

we have a nice clear sky here in the delaware valley a and that will last us all day, a couple cloud but high pressure is running theme for the story to day in the

weather department and that means lots of sunshine and we will have a chance to warm up readily as well. we have a cool shot, video of the moon. it did rise just at 3:15 this morning and won't technically set until 4:22 this a afternoon, but of course, when sun comes up, that will block your view. we have a waiting crescent moon here and fun fact at the moment, moon is 226 and 38 miles away, from the surface of the earth, only 17.6 percent illuminated, fun trivia on a wednesday morning. lets go next to storm scan three. i love that transition, thanks guys, in the control room. storm scan three looking live at a snapshot view of the radar. ground clutter showing up in our radar sites. don't worry about that. we have clear skies, high pressure to thank for what will promise to be a beautiful day overall. currently our temperature is flirting with 07 degrees. we will check mount pocono in the next hour. generally just a nice mild, calm morning, no major fog

expectations like we had yesterday to day though easily warming up to the mid 80's, tomorrow not as hot but certainly still very pleasant overall partly to mostly sunny. friday is when a cold front is scheduled to cross, that is next shot, showers, thunderstorms, a few more clouds. saturday looks good. sunday is when another system will move in and that will bring in a fresh round of some showers to our area, also limit warmth a little bit here 78 degrees for daytime high. we will go on a baby roller coaster ride next week, meisha. >> for the most part it looks good. good forecast. i will not complain. um-hmm, nope. good morning everyone. in the traffic department things are looking okay. we started off busy but good news, a lot is being cleared out of our way right now as i speak. the construction i-95 north off ramp to the blue route right lane compromised that has been just cleared. we are looking good there but early risers out there. vine was closed so that overnight construction is now just opening right now both

moving in the westbound and eastbound side and also that accident in ambler is still out there, 309 north bound at butler pike that right lane is compromised, hard to see here but it is out there, an accident in ambler 309 northbound right lane. okay, also take a look we have got water and sewer repairs in mount laurel, new jersey. hartford roadblocked between route 38 and union million road and this is blocked right around 3:00 p.m. and could be later then that. you will to have use an alternate, larchmont boulevard, sewer main repairs. for those in and around this area just know until 3:00 p.m. they think it will be out there. 295 southbound at route 42 construction that has been cleared we have construction pennsylvania turnpike westbound off ramp to valley forge that left lane is still block. overall busy morning, everyone hitting back on the roadways getting back to work and school. they are today. it will be busy, jim, over to you. thanks, for that update. young children honored for

taking a standing a gend bullying. >> philadelphia district attorney seth williams recognized 65 students as part of the anti bullying campaign. he calls them youth champions of change. students were honored for promoting positive school environments and encouraging classmates to always do the right thing. >> good for them. coming up next on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" new developments in the death of the gorilla at the cincinnati zoo. the steps the philadelphia zoo takes to protect visitors. plus a beach down the shore gets turned into a landfill upsetting a lot of people. we will show you new incentive to help keep the beach clean. meeting of the lifetime for family of that little girl, special present the pope sent after kissing the sick bake i during his visit in philadelphia we're back at the top of the hour, stay with us.

new this morning, an off-duty police officer opens fire, shattering a window at temple university hospital. wild confrontation that led up to the shooting. plus it is first for new jersey, we will show you dangerous condition a baby was just born with at this hospital. and hillary clinton comes to new jersey today but it is a shorter then expect visit the reason she's shifting focus of her campaign heading in to next weeks primary. it is wednesday june 1 good morning i'm jim donovan. hi there i'm brooke thomas. katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things this morning. >> good morning. happy hump day everybody. road are looking good. they are nice and dry. we have construction,

accidents on 309 but katie, you are happy to necessity vine street expressway is now opened. >> even though i'm here already. >> yes. happy for commuters. >> it is amazing how much time you get added on your commute with construction. this is why i need you, girl w that said we have nice clear skies, as you mentioned meisha road are totally dry. no wet weather at all today. nice commute in that regard, some sun glare will get you but small price to pay, beautiful weather for the day as a whole. we have high pressure to thank for that for the next few days. more sunshine and pleasant weather in the forecast both today and tomorrow for that matter but we will look outside the window this morning, temperatures are nice and mild despite clear sky, we are not dropping off that readily on the thermometer. we are at 56 in mount pocono. sixty-eight in city. at philly international up and down i-95 in the mid to upper 60's at the moment. looking through eyewitness weather day planner we are talking about