annual alex scott: a stand for hope tell-a-thon. we are raising money for pediatric cancer. the number to call is 1.844.977.cbs3, we will have much more throughout the show, on this special fundraiser, and the very special girl, who inspired it. good morning, it is thursday june 9th i'm jim donovan. i'm brooke thomas. katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things this morning. >> good morning. road are looking gorgeous. >> yes. >> it is looking gorgeous outside. so much sunshine, katie. >> yes. >> that can be blinding but we are not complaining. >> it is always something. always a trade off that comes with it but you are right, we have got sun out there it will last all day i promise this time. you don't to have worry about storms rumbling through like yesterday but look at how serene it is right now outside beach patrol outside margate. not 1lone soul there. light waves. it is just lovely. here's the thing, it is

chilly. we will look at area temperatures in a second. this is a loop of three hours, other than cloud moving off shore it looks like a still picture, so quiet. we have a breeze that will pick up with time, but picking up to 15 to 20 miles an hour with time here today. look at these temperatures, chilly, 41 in mount pocono. lower 50's at the airport at this point and the mild spot in the pack is still at wildwood. as we go throughout the day i will give you an a but make it an a minus because we will to have contend with the breeze but we keep low humidity, warm things up to comfortable. seventy-six at the height of the day. overall it is a very nice day. new we are just nit-picking. >> it is a perfect day for a jog too. all of my joggers out there get out there, it will be gorgeous. delaware county north bound 452, look at this camera shot. it is stunning. all that green and that sun. i just love it. out to the airport this is

what you are looking the at, looking good in delaware county and basically anywhere. vine at 95, bird eye shot, they are looking good, they are looking as they should as we break in the 6:00 o'clock hour now. i will say it will start heating up. let me back out, schuylkill taillights moving eastbound approaching gulph mills and we do have an accident out there, this one is involving injuries, this is in darby, chester pike at quarry street just make note until this could clear out, that could cause some problems. construction here on the parkway i'll get to that in a moment, jim, over to you. fire officials are investigating a deadly fire in the pint breeze section, flames broke out inside a home in the 1700 block of south taylor street. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live with the latest on the investigation, good morning, justin. >> reporter: jim, brooke, good morning. fire engines have left but investigation continues. it remains active this morning. home in question right behind us here, you can see not much to it left. upstairs has melted siding and

charred black inside and official search for cause of the fire is now underway. the lets go to video from overnight at 2:00 o'clock officials say fire here on south take already broke out, fire commissioner tells us that crew is a arrived here within minutes. they found 1746 south take already here showing fire on the first and second levels. neighboring living in homes on either side were also forced out as this fire was for the and investigation continues. meantime fire fighters do have word of an elderly man trapped inside that burning home and he was later fund on the first floor, he did die of his injuries. take a listen. >> male was found in the first floor of the home, again, the cause and fire location exactly are still under investigation. >> and back out here live no reports of any injuries to fire fighters at this time. fire marshall's office is on the scene, this morning, investigation, it is set to continue but at this time in word yet on a cause or if they are working smoke alarms inside this home when it

burned overnight. that is latees from point breeze i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". brooke, back inside to you. >> thanks, justin. a philadelphia police car has front end damage after a driver back into it during a traffic stop and then took off. both the police cruiser and that driver's 2009 altima were damage at 21st and carpenter around 12:45 this morning. no officers were hurt but investigators say they know the ultimate man's license plate number so they are confident they can track dunn that driver. sugary drink tax clears a major hurdle in city council and that means philadelphia is poised to be the first major u.s. city with a tax on sugary drinks. mayor jim kenney initially proposed a 3 cents an ounce plan that didn't include diet drinks but council reached a compromise last night. proposal now includes a 1.5 percent increase on all sugary drinks including diet soda but not everyone is happy about the measure. >> hours about a vote we find out this money isn't being ear

mark largely for our children and education programs. i mean it doesn't seem like an honest debate was had. >> you cannot tax one industry out of existence. when price of soda goes up, sales goes down and when sales get down we lose jobs. >> the tax will fund universal precare around the city and goes up for final vote, june the 16th. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao will have more reaction to the proposed sugary tax bill in the next half an hour. happening today, in campaign 2016, democratic presidential candidate, bernie sanders, heads to washington to meet with president obama at the white house. sanders wants to make sure that the party will continue to back his progressive agenda during a taping of the tonight show with jimmy fallon the president believes sanders made hillary clinton a better candidate. so far the president has neither endorsed clinton nor publicly called for sanders to step down. on the republican side, donald trump will meet with some of the republican parties

biggest fun raise tears day in new york. it is part of the effort to stronger ties between the presumptive g.o.p. presidential nominee and parties wealthy donors. we are just 46 days away from the start of the democratic national convention here in philadelphia. for more, on the preparation, leading up to the convention get to cbs philly.com/dnc. today is our tenth an alex school stand for hope tell-a-thon. we are raising money and we hope you can help. jimmies live in the great hall where the phone lines have just open, hi there jim. >> that is right, brooke. we need get these phones ringing right now. as you always, nurses from chop are here, thank you very much, folks, for being here. they always start off with us bright and early. we need to get these phones ringing because jessica here is waiting for a call. she wants to you call.

the number is on your screen, 1.844.977.cbs3, that is 844977 2273. jessica has a call, and, now it has been ten years since we started this tell-a-thon and ten years has flown by with amazing changes. i want to you do right now is take a lot this report from jessica dean. it began with a little girl and a dream. >> it is what all families of children with cancer want, and alex scott wanted to give it to them. >> when life gives you lemons make lemonade. >> reporter: alex was diagnosis just before her first birthday. doctors said that if she had beat newer a blast thoma, she probably would never walk again but alex did walk again. showing just what a determine little girl that she would turnout to be. alex told her mom she wanted to raise money so other children never had to be sick again. she hosted her first lemonade

stand on her front lawn at the age of four. weak with cancer. >> i'm helping people. >> reporter: others followed in her footsteps, holding lemonade stands in her name. alex died in 2004 at just eight years old. >> lemonade. >> reporter: but her legacy lives on and the lemonade stand held every year. >> fighting for cancer, we need to end this. >> reporter: in the faces of the big heroes we see young warriors hoff beaten cancer, we see the strength of the children whose fight is in the yet over. today, we stand for alex scott's legacy, we stand for hope. >> so again we need to get these phones ringing. yes, sir contact had to put her phone down. guess case waiting. number on your screen, 1.844.977.cbs3, 1.844.977.cbs3, so joining me is alex's father jay scott,

ten years, it has just flown by. >> it has flown by but the amazing thing is people still get behind what alex started. it is making a difference. anybody can make a difference. small donation, big donation it all adds up to saving kid lives. >> where has money gone over past ten years what kind of things have have you seen in this period of time. >> there is new treatments available now that weren't available when alex were alive, kids are being saved by these treatments. nice things about these new treatments is they dent have side effects so kids are not harmed by the side effects by these new treatments i'm sure you have heard from many parents as a result of the tell-a-thon, what have they said over the years. >> they are inspired by the hope that it gives them to see so many people behind childhood cancer, and supporting their families during these difficult times. >> it all started with your daughter f she were here today what do you think she would say about this amazing, i mean operation that you have put on. >> i think she would be happy to see the support but she

would want to move things quicker. she was really determine. we still need better treatment for kid with these high risk cancers. it is not fair. we want to fine treatment that will save all of them. >> we will be here all day. phones are starting to ring. jay will be here, your wife will be here, the rest of your family, give us a call at 1.844.977.cbs3. brooke, back to you. >> jim, thanks. still ahead remembering muhammad ali, thousands of people are expect to attend today and ali family has a message for those trying to profit off the event. plus terror in tel aviv, we will share what we know about the gunman who opened fire near a popular outdoor market. and 45 million americans suffer from migraines, coming up in the healthwatch we have a simple to solution to ease their pain. once again phone lines are opened, for our tenth annual alex scott a stan for hope tell-a-thon. the number to call is 1.844.977.cbs3. that is (844)977-2273.

help us raise money in the fight against pediatric cancer, call us, we will be right back.

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♪ welcome back everyone. it is 6:13. some residents are still in the dark this morning after a fast, furious storms rolled through our region. >> um-hmm, those storms also left behind a path of damage. chopper three was in cinnaminson, burlington county where a large tree nearly sliced a home in half.

this is on the 300 block of gulf road, thankfully, no one was hurt. frightening moment for a driver in camden a large tree came crashing down on their car while she was still inside. it took rescue crews 15 minutes to get would the man out. she was shaken but fortunately, not hurt. it was weird weather yesterday, katie. >> it really was. it was. actually, i got another short list of the damage that went on in my short driving, leaving the station to go home, i must have seen six different trees that came down closing down area roadways. so much debris in the roadway. these storms had a vengeance. main issue was definitely wind. trees, power outages, and wires all down, all the signs coming down in lumberton. very short list again from the amount of damage that came through, this all came because of 55 to 65-mile an hour wind gusts, more than that in some instances. it was a damaging disturbance but that is long gone. it is went right through at 45 .

very quick hitting. but at this point high pressure will build in. this will stay. pay us a visit for workweek. the nice and clear out there that allowed temperatures to drop off readily this morning but we will start warming things up now that the sun has been up for 45 minutes or so. it will do its part to get these temperatures on a rebound. we are back in the sunshine all across the region but here's your beach forecast, not a bad day, rip current risk has dropped off, little breezy but 75 degrees with a high uv index, loving it. friday looking stellar, weekend does bring a cold front past so those showers and thunderstorms could be a strong storm late in the day saturday, otherwise, calling for sunshine, meisha. >> looking good, not bad, thanks. >> good morning. happy thursday. we are looking outside and things are looking, busy here especially on interstate 95. ninety-five south, around cottman, yikes, that looks busy. would i say abnormally busy for 6:15a lot of people

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welcome back are one it is a very important day here at cbs-3. it is our tenth annual alex scott, a stand for hope tell a thon. telephones are open. we are raising money to fight pediatric cancer. the number to call is 1.844.977.cbs3, that is 1.844.977.cbs3. also, happening go to day, thousands are expected to honor muhammad ali. the islamic funeral prayer service is being held at freedom hall in louisville, kentucky. the boxing legend died last week at the age of 74. a public celebration of his life is scheduled for tomorrow. ali's family is speaking out

against scalpers trying to buy and sell tickets to the service. the this is upset to go his family because he wanted this service to be free. the death toll now stand at four in the palestinian terror attack in the tel aviv market and israelis retaliating. dramatic surveillance video shows two gunman dressed in suits as they opened fire inside the marketplace. one of the suspects was wounded by police, and both are now in custody. israel has frozen all permits for palestinian to visit relatives in israel and gaza strip for ramadan. now lets get a look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> from the front page of the intelligencer an office manager in the bucks county car dealership is charged with stealing $425,000 from her employer to feed her bingo habit. forty-nine year-old kelly lutes of silver dale wrote false checks and withheld cash from bank deposits to pay for multiple weekly visits to area bingo halls.

trentoni-an is reporting a senior secretary at trenton public schools has been fired for double dipping. new jersey department of education found that she was substitute teaching in the district for an outside vendor while still collecting compensation for her secretarial duties. front and center in the kutztown area patriot is feature of kutztown high school, over past century, graduates served in the military, performed on broadway and had careers in law, medicine, agriculture and industry. 105 graduates made up the class of 2016. >> that is awesome. >> that is a look at the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. well, coming up a new discovery that could help ease migraine pain. plus we have a warning for you, dive in the ocean, find out what causes a nasty rash, and what you can do to avoid it, katie. my goodness. well, we have some pretty fantastic beach weather at least coming up, we will have the full forecast on the the resort towns as well as what you can expect for the city for the all important weekend.

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lot of people know that feeling but study shows green light doesn't hurt as bad and light candy crease intensity of the my grain. >> what we have learn from patients is green light is comforting, it is relaxing, but other colors, will, will, make a worse. >> team of experts is developing special light bulbs and sun glass that he is can filtering out all colors except for green. here's something that will make your skin crawl, sea lice is on the rise in golf course, florida and caribbean. they are tiny larvae from jelly fish and they are very hard to see since they can be a small as a pepper. they can cause a rash and sometimes flu-like symptoms. experts say swimmers can letter their risk by showering right away and soaking your bathing suit in vinegar or alcohol before washing it and wearing it again. >> or just stay out of the water. lots of buzz on

philadelphia's proposed sugary drink tax, jan. yes, that tax take within more step before becoming a first in the country, i'm jan carabao reporting live, changes made last night and who this could impact now, meisha. we have an accident in darby, construction out there still and sun glare, we will have updates coming up but first take a quick break stay where you are, cbs-3 will be right back. blank. it is our stand for hope tell-a-thon. help us raise money in the fight of pied yas trick cancer. these nice people are waiting for are call. no donation is too small. the number is 1.844.977.cbs3. that is (844)977-2322. we will be right

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did you sleep with the windows opened? if so you are probably freezing. we're waking up to temperatures in the the 50's. breezy, cooler, katie will let us know when it will feel more like summer again. good morning, i'm jim donovan. i'm brooke thomas. it is 6:30. time to get you caught up. here's what you need to know in your morning minute. >> despite herc leon effort it appears this will be a tragic outcome. >> a man is dead after a house fire in the cities point breeze section. philadelphia city council has given preliminary approval to the beverage tax increase, to do that, lawmakers decided to change mayor jim kenney's proposal in two ways. they decided to lower the tax increase and they decided to include diet drinks. >> we will take the necessary steps to step back and attack the attackers.

>> reporter: after two palestinians went on a shooting spree in tel aviv. bernie sanders meets with president obama today at the white house, presumptive g.o.p. nominee gets together with his parties wealthiest donors. hillary clinton took the stage in brooklyn last night to show the world that once and for all women's voices will be heard. >> wow. >> and they forgot to turn on her mike. >> is there a shot of the audio guy, what happened. >> there you go. >> he is getting a lot of stuff out of this political candidates. >> he is loving it. >> and we're loving weather today, katie. >> it looks fantastic, guys. what i will say is it is very chilly outside this morning. this is a classic, i said it last hour, classic do as i say not as i do kind of a moment because i, silly me, walk outside the door without a jacket this morning and i'm

freezing right now on the sky deck. what happens too is that breeze kicks in and makes it feel cooler. at least for next couple hours until sun does its part to warm things up i advise an extra layer, fleece, sweat shirt, light jacket whatever you need to get you through the next couple of hours because it is cool standing out here, you know, maybe waiting for a train or a bus. storm scan is totally empty. you never know this was even a loop that was being pushed through. we will have clear blue skies. we have no cloud cover to act as a natural blanket. we have dropped down in the 40's in wilmington, lancaster, mount pocono, chilly start at philly international as well, 53 degrees and we have been holding tough at that value for an hour and a half. it looks like that is our early morning low as the day progresses we are rebounding nicely in comfortable territory, mid 70's and i say comfortable because we will also keep low humidity too. it is a nice day keep the mid

60's up in the mountains but still beautiful weather, say for breeze. that is within little thing that keeps this from being a completely perfect day. meisha, it is not bad. >> no, it doesn't look bad, it looks, nice, warm and sunny but it is chill think morning and will get better. roadways are starting to heat up. look at interest state i-95, interstate i-95 here at cottman is where i'm keeping my eye on, busiest stretch so far, looking very, very busy coming around that s curve. make note that interstate 95 has been very busy since 6:00 this morning. a lot of people, also on the schuylkill heating up there. taillights moving in the montgomery and blue route headlights in the southbound direction approaching 95. this gives you a good idea what it is looking like right here. not too bad. we have an accident in darby, involving injuries. chester pike at quarry street make net for those around that area. it might slow you down a bit. also construction that is lingering out there pennsylvania turnpike, moving

in the westbound direction in between delaware valley and bensalem that right lane is still block for those in and around that area and remind their ac rail line is shuttle busing between 30th street and cherry hill due to the bridge repairs. this is until 4:30 a.m. tomorrow. almost done there. jim, over to you. thanks meisha. authorities in berks county are searching for bad neighbors caught on camera illegally dumping trash. take a look, reading police are hoping you may recognize the suspects. you can see them pull in the alley in the 400 block have north ninth street and just unload heaps of trash from their vehicle last sunday. police say your tip can remain a in must. meanwhile elderly man has killed in a fast moving fire in the point breeze section. flames broke out shortly after 2:00 this morning. fire gutted row home on the 1700 block of south take already street, the causes under investigation. philadelphia's poised to make history by becoming the first major city in the country to pass a sugar drink tax. >> proposed tax cleared a major hurdle in council last

night but it does come with changes. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us live to tell us about those changes and what comes next, good morning, jan. >> reporter: good morning. the city council was able to come to a compromise last night, to do that lawmakers changed mayor jim kenney's proposal in two ways. they have decided to lower the tax increase and then they decided to include diet drinks and by doing so, council president darryl clark says this will broaden the tax responsibility. following weeks of contentious, public hearings, inside of city hall, and testy protests outside, philadelphia city council is giving preliminary approval to the beverage tax increase. instead of the three sent per ounce tax proposed by mayor jim kenney that did not the include diet sewed, council instead agreed upon 1.5 percent tax on all sugary drinks. >> with the addition of diet at the request of the members of the council is a broader based responsibility for

funding these initiatives. >> reporter: ninety-one million-dollar in estimated revenue slated to fund universal prek and parks and recreation programs throughout the city. >> is there so much unmet need in philadelphia and we know high quality prek can put our kid on a road to success in schools which we desperately need here in philadelphia. >> many are still skeptical after the kenney administration admit that had some revenue will be diverted to the cities general fun. >> hours before a vote that we find out that this money isn't being ear mark largely for children and education programs. it doesn't seem like an honest debate was had. >> you cannot tax within industry out of existence. when the price of soda goes up, sales goes down and when sales go down we lose jobs. we lose positions out of this. >> the beverage industry all the way up until last night's vote, business owners equally word i had that the tax will drive customers out of town. sentiment echoed by some consumers. >> i will leave philly to go

get the something more cheap if it cost me cheaper and save me money. >> reporter: this is a tax on drink manufacturers not individual products within the stores. the right now it is unclear how this cost might trickle down to the consume are but obviously it is a legitimate concern. final vote on this tax increase is scheduled for june 6th, event. we are reporting live, from center city, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks for that update. >> it is not just sugary drinks. >> pretty soon you'll to have pay more for water in the city. water rate board decided to increase bills for next two years, starting next month typical residential customer's inly bill will increase by $3.44 per month, and then starting july 2017 another hike, an additional $3 per month. closing arguments are set for monday in the federal racketeering trial of congressman chaka fattah. fattah is accused of arranging an illegal one million-dollar campaign loan, and paying back part of witt federal grant

money and charitable donations. political operatives close to fattah were behind the scheme and congressman had in idea. lawyers for bill cosby are appealing the use of hearsay evidence in his criminal sexual abuse case. his accuser andrea constand was not called to testify during cosby's preliminary hearing last movement instead prosecutors used police statement as evident. ultimately, a judge upheld the charges and sent the case to trial. the defense is arguing that constand should have been called to the stand, so they could have questioned her. now pennsylvania's superior court has ruled hearsay testimony is admissible in preliminary hearing but state supreme court has agreed to review the issue. well, there has been a rash of new coyote sightings down the new jersey shore, lower township resident spotted one of the animals tuesday night. she took this picture. another home owner said he saw coyoties a handful of times since the start of spring and even came face-to-face with one. >> i was just watching him

more or less, you know, he was watching me, and that was it, you know, and i tried to walk toward him but he stood his ground so i back off. >> now while there have in the been recent reports of any aggressive coyoties, wild life experts say the best way to avoid them is by securing your trash. well, a generous donation will help keep some of the philadelphia's finest, safer. >> all 26 members of the k-9 unit will be outfitted with bullet-proof and puncture proof body harm or. local philanthropist joann berwyn donated 22 you this dollars to purchase the new vest. it was in the included in the cities current budget. well, still ahead this morning, philly's only sports team takes first place, the union. two new players are from our area, pat. >> that is right, first place a spot in the standings that our pro teams have not seen in quite a while, meet two locals on the philadelphia union who have turned around this team this year, that is just ahead. but first we want to you

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welcome back. today is our tenth annual alex scott: a stand for hope tell-a-thon. we are raising money in the fight against pediatric cancer and we hope you can help. brooke is live in our great hall with one of our cancer heroes, brooke. >> hi jim, let's get these phone lines ringing. number to call is 1.844.977.cbs3. again that number is 1.844.977.cbs3. i'm joined by cameron robinson, a long time survivor. so tell me your story.

>> when i was 15 months oldy was diagnosed with a rare liver cancer, and it is one in a million. so, i had 15 round of chemotherapy and three surgeries with the final surgery being an 80 percent liver resection. so, you know, at the age of two i was finally cancer free and i have been 16 years cancer free now. >> that is awesome. >> very awesome. >> all right. >> i mean that is just such a young baby to have such an issue. how are you doing now. >> i'm doing good. >> glad to tell your story. >> the only way that i feel i can help others is to share my story, kind of get more people on board, so that they realize there is kids in the hospital fighting a battle. i want to do as much as i can to help them. >> i think that is awesome. so awesome. thank you for being here and sharing your story with us. >> we have more kid here too. we have classmates from haddon heights, high school abe i hear you guys had a fundraiser

for alex's problem and in stand. do you want to tell me about that. >> well, he am involve with alex lemonade so i brought idea to my teachers. we raised a lot of money, like seven you this dollars. >> wow. >> yes. so haddon heights high school, would like to present this check to alex lemonade for $7,000. >> that is awesome. did you have fun. >> it was awesome. all of the community came out. it was a great day. we hope to do it, and next year. >> our goal, was 5,000, and surpassed it by $2,000. it was just awesome. >> such a great cause. thank you so much. this is awesome. we have got other students here too. >> that is right. >> teachers. >> that is a compliment though, right, right. >> tell me about this. >> so anthony, our goal, which is a charity service club at our high school and we raised $7,000 for alex lemonade stand, our first year doing

it. so we hope to continue to grow and make it bigger, better every year. we have had input from kid at the school and community members and we feel it is great about raising 7,000 but you next year our goal, we upped it to 10,000. we hope to achieve that. >> what was it like seeing the kid get so involved. >> they were very excited. the whole event was amazing. we did it for six hours at the high school and it was just an amazing time. everyone had a great time. >> awesome. thank you so much for being here. this is so cool to see. that is awesome. again, one more time we need to you call us, call in and donate the phone lines we need them ringing, the number is 1.844.977.cbs3, again that is (844)977-2273. i will send it over to katie. i know this is one of are favorite days at cbs-3. >> so true and we are just getting started only 45 or so minutes in to it. we will be here all day. we love to hear those phones ringing all day. it is one of my personal

favorite days at work but of the entire year. such a special day to see these kid come in, meet their families and hear their stories. stay tune, special at 9:00 this morning. the lets go out to the eyewitness weather watchers this morning. we have a chill in the air. we will not lie. cool start to the take. you want to have an extra layer ready to go walking out the door. look at these values. most spots in the lower 50's and couple of 40's even to report out there. in fact we will zero in on one of those cooler spots, 51 from sandor in medford where there is some sunshine. he is basically saying exactly what i would tell you, it is a cool star but phenomenal looking day, with the sunshine. lets go further inland and go to new castle county where 45 is the temperature that comes in from delores this morning. she's in the middle of the full sunshine. we will go to one more, across the pennsylvania state border and take it into landingberg where sunnies shining from wayne at 46 degrees. it is a chill you start tort day. he took this pretty shot of oz

spray protecting her nest which is fair because those eggs are probably chilly, this morning, like the rest of us. lets get back to storm scan three. i want to show you nice wide zoom on the nationwide map here. we are seeing influence of high pressure more than anything. that will keep us in the sunshine through the end of the week. way back over canadian border in the prairie states, prairie province i should say, we do have our next disturbance beginning to gather its strength and eventually it will be pushing in our region by the weekend. that will be the next big thing that comes our way in terms of the wet weather chances. for now your beautiful alex lemonade stand graphic sobriety, sunny puts a smile on your face and we have sunshine to go with it all day to day at 76 degrees. looking forward in the seven day we will keep you at 79 tomorrow, perfect day, and mid 80's, starting to see humidity ramp up on sat the day and that is when that next cold front brings in the shower and stronger thunderstorm, meisha. >> all right, katie, looking gorgeous outside, thank you.

good morning, everyone. blue route southbound past 95, looking good, but looking darn busy right now. so if you are at home thinking about heading out, you will want to, sooner rather than later because this is time we will heat up. new jersey 42 freeway north bound just this is at creek road taking us up to 295. we are looking good here as well. we're holding steady. that is what we will want to see. holding steady at 55. i know i'm going to lose it here in the 7:00 o'clock hour. this is where we have an accident pennsylvania turnpike eastbound with that left lane is block here. also in east falls we have a down tree henry avenue is closed in queen lane, you will to have take this alternate, wissohickon avenue will be your best bet and also take a look at this for those taking mass transit, fox chase in bound has delays, due you to the freight train, blocking lawndale station. that is always a reminder to check your schedules on line.

brooke, back over to you. philadelphia union soccer team is doing great this season and gaining fans along the way. >> they are doing amazing. >> fans are enjoying play of the pair of new teammates from our area. pat gallen is here to introduce us to the new fan favorites, patrick. >> i am, if you are unfamiliar the term dup is used as a chant for philadelphia union but in recent years there hasn't been much to talk about in chester as team had flat line. now under new management, it is back and two mayors with local ties are making the dup fun again. philadelphia union are, in first place. that might not seem like a big deal but it is shaping up to be their best season in team history. two crucial contributors of that turnaround are local products on defense, and new comers to the union, keegan rosenberry and ken tribbett. >> it is a rush. for us, you know, we knew potential we had within our locker room and the challenge

was to get everyone else to see that when we play our games. >> reporter: rosenberry comes from just outside lancaster. his defense has made sure that they made the adjustment. >> i knew full well going in to drexel that philadelphia union had a team in 2010. it was my goal, dream to play at drexel my four years and stay in philly and represent my new home. >> reporter: there are a myriad of reasons why union sprung to the top of the standings in the eastern conference but among them is leadership. >> i would think that maurice ado being injured, not playing with the team, not traveling with the team and stuff like that he still has an impact. >> brian carroll, maurice ado, sebastian le toux, chris pontius they have been establish. >> so that the ball is passed firm. >> this team could being on special so two young players helped me with my game in case i'm needed down the road. >> i felt the form was all

right. >> that is good. that is good for the camera too. >> it is not me but union unstoppable, franchise record eight games without a loss and youthful roster with rosenberry and tribbett and goalie andre blake hoist a star and two other first round pick, josh yaro and fabian, but it is something to celebrate down on the waterfront near chester. don't celebrate celebrate me this is keegan rosenberry on the right is connor casey, annex philadelphia union player. look at that face. katie is a union fan. >> you know how much of a union fan i am but i love this moment, my favorite, mls moment of the entire season so far because keegan is like what.

>> because, it was, let's put it this way connor should not have been red carded right there. keegan knew it. well, what are you going to do. >> red card is like a foreign language right new. we will be back with three things you need to know. >> three to go, next. >> that is

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before we leave here's what you need to know before you leave today, it three is to go. >> bill to tax sugary drinks cleared a major hurdle, if approved, it will add a increase to all sugary drinks. final vote takes place june 6th, event. islamic prayer service takes place today. public celebration starts tomorrow. bernie sanders head to the white house to. race night president said sanders made hillary clinton a better candidate. that three is to go. lets get a last check of weather and traffic. >> it is looking nice to wrap up this workweek. if you had had the thought to schedule a couple extra days off for your long weekend, beautiful weather not just in the mountains but all across the board. saturday there is one little blip in the forecast front passes through bringing us a shower or thunderstorm, more than. we are looking busy

outside but you looking gorgeous out there lets look at interest state 95, pushing southbound near cottman. it is a busier stretch. we have an accident out there on the pennsylvania turnpike, eastbound past willow grove that left lane is right now, compromised. well, tomorrow morning, i'm getting out to the highways and on to a farm, no where else i'd rather be, this one just opened and i took a dream drive to go hunting for berries and farm animals. the lets take a look. >> i do see you have their own stylist. >> yes. >> i'll introduce you to more of the pharma adorable animals, including a very new you arrival, you might not believe just how new, and you can see them too. we will tell you where to go tomorrow on dream drives at 6:00 a.m. right here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> i don't think they have this animal on the farm a family gets a shock of their lives when they get too close to the black bear on the side of the road. >> the bear tried to hitch a ride. >> oh, my goodness, dad.

>> the bear opened up the door with his paws. as you just heard children started screaming, pope eighthly. dad tried to snap a picture but ended up describing the door off. if you get that close to a black bear you you want to make sure doors are lock first. dad may have been out there with the bear while mom was driving. >> black bears are indigenous to this area, they are all over the poconos and i have gone on so many camping trips as a kid up to that area. there is a lot of black bears out there. we actually had a couple scares just like that. >> yes. >> we wouldn't open the door. >> but, be careful. next up on cbs this morning look at whether f.d.a. is waiting to long to notify the public about food recalls. >> before you go here's a quick reminder we are holding tenth annual alex scott stand for hope tell-a-thon. please call 1.844.977.cbs3. we will bring you special

coverage all day. coverage all day. >> make it a great captioning fu good morning. it is thursday, june 9th, 2016. welcome to "cbs this morning." president obama meets with bernie sanders today in an attempt to forge unity in the democratic party. >> israel retaliates overnight for the deadly terror attack inside a packed restaurant. a palestinian gunman opened fire after ordering dessert. an urgent warning about food contamination. we're break iing a story about w the fda's food recall process could put you at risk. we begin with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> my hope is that over the next couple of weeks we're able to pull things together.