breaking news, an apartment building up in flames this morning, in west philadelphia, we have got a hundred residents out of their homes right now, we have the latest, fire fighters work to bring this three alarm fire under control. also this morning, shots ring out in orlando, florida for a second night, this time at a gay nightclub and several people have been hurt. back here as we take a live look at center city philadelphia, our weather is going from muggy to comfortable, we are looking ahead to more pleasant conditions for the workweek. well, good morning, it is sunday june 12th, thanks for being with us. i'm rahel solomon. we will send it over to justin drabick. yesterday was so warm, hot. what is happening today. >> we started off yesterday real nice, pleasant and then humidity went sky-high, hit 92 .

>> ninety-two. >> ninety-two yesterday. >> today the humidity will start to drop. >> always a good thing, with low humidity. >> yes, gel, hair spray there but it will get better throughout the day, and certainly over the next few days. we have a nice pleasant stretch coming at us more seasonal, our highs, later this week will be dropping below average a little bit. live look this morning, sunnies up here in ocean city, good start to the day. we have a westerly breeze coming in off the land to heat things up along shore points. no influence from the chilly ocean water. we will get a high well in the mid 80's along the jersey shore and delaware beaches. we will check out our neighborhood network. kutztown looking good, good sunrise there, warm though 75 degrees, this hour, light breeze out of the west at 9 miles an hour. that will increase as we head through morning and afternoon and we are looking at margate all quiet so far on the beach, certainly will be jammed

packed another nice beach day with that sunshine and temperatures across the region, warm side, horsham willow grove air station at 69 . wilmington, near 70 and looking at camden at 78 at this hour, in camden academy charter high school. east southeast wind at two. up in allentown we have 71. we have lower humidity and cool start for the start of the workweek in the seven day forecast in a few minutes. rahel, back to you. breaking news in west philadelphia. fire fighters on the scene of the three alarm fire in the 4300 block of chestnut street. flames broke out just before 5:00 inside of the four story apartment building. run helps dent have been evacuate budd there are no reports of any injuries. cherri gregg is on the way to the scene and we will have have a live update as soon as she gets there. breaking news, gunfire erupts at a gay nightclub in

orlando, florida earlier this morning. there are reports of multiple injuries. a posting on the night club's facebook page urged people to get out of the club and to keep running. orlando police warned residents to stay away from the area multiple emergency vehicles have been reportedly responding including the orlando fire department's bomb squad and hazardous materials team. once again a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in orlando, multiple people hurt. we will follow this this morning and bring you this breaking news as soon as more becomes available. this shooting comes after another shooting in orlando that left new jersey state singer cristina grimmie death. authorities are trying to figure out why a gunman shot and killed the rising star. 22-year old marlton native was signing autographs after her performance friday night at the time. police say 27 year-old kevin james loibl was fired the shots and tackled to the ground by grimmie's brother. loibl then turned the gun on himself. he went on the show, intend to

go kill cristina but they don't know y as police continue their investigation a south jersey map who knew cristina spoke with "eyewitness news" about the friend that he lost. >> ♪ >> reporter: at just 22 years old cristina grimmie rose to become marlton, new jersey's brightest young star. she gained internet fame as a teenager through pop covers and original songs that she posted to her you tube channel. her powerful voice and musical talent undeniable. >> ♪ >> reporter: pete inroto met cristina, and they attended cherokee high school together bonding over a shared love of music. >> very sad to see somebody like this go. i'm at a loss for word. >> reporter: he says loss of his close friend is immeasurable. >> she just treasured the important things in life.

she loved music and success and fame to get in the way of what really mattered. >> reporter: long time evesham township mayor randy browned said as grimmie rose to fame she never forgot where she came from. >> she was truly a rock star. she came into our fourth of july event, in front of the 30,000 people a couple years ago, she didn't to have do it, didn't get paid a penny for it but something that she felt she wanted to do and give back to the community and we're going to dearly, dearly miss her. >> ♪ >> trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and, tributes are pouring in for the singer all over social media she attended cherokee high school and school treated a tragedy, it business heavy heart our cherokee family extend sincere conn column answers to the the family of the cristina grimmie, always a chief.

#pray for cristina is now trending on line. south jersey community is also mourning loss of the singer of a memorial for cristina grimmie continues to grow at cherokee high school in her hometown of marlton, burlington county. our coverage continues on line. get the latest on the death of cristina grimmie at cbs-3 eye.com. police are investigating a homicide in the grays ferry neighborhood. officers tell us two men were the shot around 11:00. bullet casings and guns littered 18th and tasker. one man died at the scene, other in critical condition. the investigators tell us the victim had died had heroin and thousands of dollars of carbon him. they believe this may have been a robbery gone bad. police are also investigating a double stabbing in center city philadelphia officers tell us two women got in the fight near 13th and locust street. both were rushed in the hospital with stab wound to the face and chest. both are said to be in stable

condition. an 11 year-old boy is recovering this morning after he have was struck by a car in north philadelphia. crash happened yesterday afternoon at 19th and lehigh. up investigators say the 28 year-old driver of a volkswagen struck a nissan, his vehicle leaped the road hit a boy and then a building. fifty-nine two-year old woman driving the nissan is hospitalized in critical condition. >> i'm coming from this way. i said you about to hit that little boy. she came across there one got out of the way, other one she hit him right in the wall. >> the child is in stable condition, and the driver of the volkswagen suffered minor injuries. the cause of the crash is under investigation. happening right now hundreds of cyclist are gearing up for the forty-fourth annual bike-a-thon. cyclist are riding from philly to the shore to raise money for the american cancer society. race begins at the foot of the ben franklin bridge around 6:30 this morning. bridge will close for about an hour once cyclist make their

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investigating a deadly hot air balloon accident near rochester, new york. balloon carrying passengers and crew, landed in a field on friday night. the four crew members held the balloon down while passengers got out of the basket but somehow it started rising again and that is when one of the crew members were tangled in the balloon. he was lifted 100 feet off the ground before falling to his death. well, you have heard of snakes on the plane, how about snake in the car? arkansas woman somehow managed to stop her car after a 4-foot long rat snake dropped from her dashboard and went across her feet. it happened as she was driving on i49 in fayetville, arkansas. >> it was rough, scaley and as it went across my feet, that is the nail on the chalkboard type thing. i can guarantee thaw my knees were up next to my ears. >> rat snakes are not venomous but they are pretty scary, and animal control officers came

and captured the snake. well in, campaign 2016 donald trump is calling for a united republican party. during a rally near pittsburgh he told the g.o.p. members to back him. hillary clinton has no events and bernie sanders is meeting with key supporters and advisors. the as brian web reports this is the both weekend both parties have presumptive presidential nominees. >> i am the least racist person that you have ever met, believe me. >> reporter: donald trump defended himself taking shots at his own party including former candidate mitt romney who accused trump of trickle down racism. >> he choked like a dog he choked and now it is time for somebody else. >> reporter: trump went after his usual suspects on saturday during stops in florida and pennsylvania. in tampa, he hit president obama and hillary clinton in the same sentence. >> we have no leadership, we have a president that is as far as i'm concerned he is inn

competent tenth and now he is going to be campaigning for crooked hillary clinton. >> reporter: clinton took the day off after a big week grabbing the democratic nomination, getting the president's endorsement and going after trump on women's health. >> we have to ask ourselves and we have to ask everyone that you come in contact with, do we want to put our health, our lives, our future in donald trump's hand. >> reporter: clinton met with massachusetts senator and trum april tack door elizabeth warren this week add to go speculation that she's being considered as a possible running mate. brian web for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> lots going on in politics. the first week end we have two presidential presumptive nominees, so lots going on. we will check with john dickerson in a bit and talk about bernie sanders who will be on his show but boy, the weather has been really nice,

lately. been pleasant. yesterday was a lit tool humid for my laking. >> it did get hot. >> mid-june it will happen. we will get those days. after a nice little break next few days, if you didn't like yesterday. today, we will note that is humidity drop throughout the morning in the afternoon and then next couple days will be very pleasant 70's for highs, tomorrow. >> it is getting lighter, today day was first time as we were walking out to the show. >> driving in at 4:00, 4:30 it is getting light. cool time of the year. next monday, is the official start of the summer season an summer solstice. something to look forward to lets talk about the forecast. can we bring up a camera, maybe a shore or a roof camera possibly. see what is going on. that is current, 39 minutes ago delores lee 54 degrees, right now. we are having some computer problems. i will be honest here. we have no data right now so we're trying to pull out our

camera, i'm working on computer system is starting to boot up a little bit. we will show you middletown ship high school, cape may courthouse right now. we are seeing some clouds rolling in but we will push off shore as cold front moves east. that is helping to push out that humidity throughout the morning, into the afternoon hours. so that is why it will feel better by this afternoon. current numbers around the region still pretty warm this morning. williamstown at 78 degrees. medford lakes at 77. philadelphia, north east airport still at 79 degrees, and this hour, and 77 in bensalem. thinking hey it is upper 70's, are we willing going to get hot today. we may get up to mid 80's, nice refreshing air mass starts to build back in. now really throughout the upcoming week we will be dealing with pleasant temperatures, really our next rain chance will be all the way toward it looks like thursday and at this point it looks like it will be on the small chance side, right now. as we head toward next weekend

it stays pleasant as well. pretty good stretch as we move through the final week of the official spring season and summer solstice officially does arrive coming in early next week on monday morning. i don't know if you can bring up the seven day forecast right now, we will check it out. see what is happening. today's high 86 degrees in the sunshine. it will be windy at times and then tomorrow, 78. so nice drop in the temperatures there. if you like cooler numbers, so a good start to the day. maybe jacket weather in the suburbs tomorrow in the 50's in the morning and then tuesday backup to 80 degrees, still pleasant low humidity. wednesday lower 80's. the thursday is the next chance for a shower or thunderstorm, possibly, mid 80's and right now next friday and saturday looks good. we have some sunshine and pleasant temperatures. eighty's where we should this be time of the year. that is pretty good. >> pleasant. >> as we head toward the summer season so pretty pleasant and hopefully i'm working on this computer system. >> we got three hours.

>> we have got three hours. >> i'll hook it up. >> i have full faith in you. >> at least we have the seven day forecast. >> all right, justin, thank you. it has been a week to celebrate in britain as queen elizabeth and her family mark her official 90th birthday. it included a parade and a colorful military shownliry. jonathan vigliotti was in london. >> if a party is fit for a queen, it is grand, as the country showed up to celebrate the oldest and longest raining monarch in the land queen emerged from buckingham pal dressed in the most vibrant shade of green. at 90 years old she knows a thing or two but commanding an audience. husband prince philip who just turned 95, donned his tradition will bear skin hat. the fairy tail festivities were led by duchess kate, prince harry and stepmother camilla, prince williams and

charles followed on horse back. trooping the colors is equal parts birthday parade and military pageantry, a century's old throw back, carrying or trooping the colors of regimens on the battle field that allows the queen to meet her guard. >> queen is showing no signs of slowing down. last year, she made nearly 400 public appearances. this year her schedule is expect to be just as crazy. four generations, gathered at buckingham palace to celebrate one woman, but at 90, the queen looked more than happy to share the spotlight with prince george, and sister charlotte, who made her balcony debut. jonathan vigliotti for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". beautiful family. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news" it is biggest night for broadway's best. >> hamilton is the most tony nominated show ever, i'm marley hall

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cbs-3. the musical hamilton is likely to be the bell of the ball. marley hall goes behind the scenes with the highly acclaimed cast. >> we negotiate the terms of the surrender. >> reporter: this slice of american history is making history of its own. hamilton heads into sunday's tone a ward with the 16 nominations, more than any broadway show ever. >> it takes fighting war for to us see it is worth it. >> reporter: lynn manual miranda is creator and star nominated for best actor for his portrayal of alexander hamilton. he said awards are a thrill but so is every night on stage. >> what is exciting to be in that room every night and doing the show for those audiences every night. >> reporter: he is dueling for prize with his own stage rival leslie odom, and davey digs is nominated for best future actor. >> we wanted to build something that people would love and people love it. >> reporter: show is such a smash hit it is impossible to

get a ticket outside secondary market. some seats are selling for thousands of dollars. a cast of strong women are sharing the spotlight, philip azu is nominated for hamilton's wife, she said the biggest reward is the audience. >> not only the amount of people but also the diversity in age, and culture, and race, and it is super special. >> reporter: hamilton is likely to take home an armful of award on sunday but in the middle of such widespread acclaim, cast members say that they already feel like winners. marley hall for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and, the late, late shows james corden hose the tony's jab tonight at 8:00 here on cbs-3. ♪ >> and, the philadelphia's kimmel center celebrated its sixth annual oregon day, star of the show was fred, the largest mechanical pipe organ

in the concert venue in the entire united states. music lovers in the audience discovered the different ways the instrument can bring joy to the community and how it connects to us in different ways. well, it has been a very busy morning here on "eyewitness news", coming up in the next half an hour we are following breaking news on a three alarm fire in west philadelphia. where 100 residents are evacuated and we will have a live report next. we will also have this. a place to get away from it all, coming up a local ministry's vision to provide housing for veterans. and a hot, muggy saturday but justin is ahead to tell you what to expect i don't want to lie down. i refuse to lie down.

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good morning, i'm rahel solomon, thanks so much for spending part of your weekend with us. lets get out to meteorologist justin drabick out on the sky deck and justin for those folks who may not be the fan of the humidity, ourselves included to day should be nice. >> it will be much better, especially this afternoon. now this morning we're still on the muggy side but not as bad as yesterday afternoon. you can see generally the sunshine, outside right now, there is mid to high level cloud but they will push off to the east as a cold front is actually moving through. it is coming through dry, we are not seeing any rain and what it is, it will change up

humidity levels especially later tonight. tonight you can open up windows and crank ac on last night with temperatures that barely got down in the lower 70's in a lot of locations. still another warm day but noticeably less humid. we still have widespread 07's in the region. we will go to our... no audio. >> lehigh valley up to 71 as well. so, the trend will be for cooler temperatures in the seven day forecast but today's high will get up to 86 degrees. windy at times, and then, see the seven day forecast, tomorrow, we will be noticeably cooler. we will bring back the below average temperatures with a high of 78, sunshine and clouds. still breezy. dry stretch continues, tuesday into wednesday, low humidity levels. thursday is our next chance for rain. it is not a high chance. really pleasant temperatures as we head to the final weekend of the spring season. we will talk about more

details, and the long term trendies as well coming up later in the show. now back over to you, rahel. >> justin, thank you. lets get back out to that breaking news in west philadelphia, fire fighters are on the scene of the three alarm fire in the 4300 block of chestnut street. cherri gregg from our sister station kyw news radio is live on the scene with the very latest, i realize you just got there, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, i can tell you that this is a three alarm fire, as you can see behind me. i will get out of the way. the fire seems to be under control but there are a couple of hot spots. this is at the corner of the forty-third and chestnut street and the netherlands. it is a four story, it looks like an apartment building, over 100 residents at this time have been displaced and evacuated from this building. fire officials are still on the scene. they again have gotten the fire under control. there are over a dozen emergency and fire vehicles

here. as you can see they are still working, they are on ladders, using their hoses, to put out those hot spots, again, 100 people have been displaced, they have been moved to forty-fourth and samson that is what we have been told by fire officials, the fire commissioner is on the scene here, he will be speaking to reporters, within the hour. the fire again is under control. there are a couple of hot spots here and there. the chestnut street will be shut down from forty-second street to forty-fifth street for the rest of the the day. we are still awaiting official word from the fire commissioner but we have 100 people displaced, red cross has been notified, and there are no injuries reported at this time. so that is definitely good news, but again, there is still working to get out hot spots and this fire here at the netherland. live from west philadelphia cherry greg for kyw news radio

for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cherri, thank you. now to some breaking news out of orlando gunfire erupts at a gay nightclub earlier this morning. we are just learning that the shooter inside the club is dead according to police. cbs affiliate there also reporting an officer was injured and taken to nearby orlando regional medical center and there are results of multiple injuries. a posting on the night club's facebook page urged to get out of the club and keep running. police warn residents to stay away from the area multiple emergency vehicles have responded including orlando fire department's bomb squad and hazardous material team. a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in orlando, multiple people hurt, police now say that the shooter is dead, we will keep you updated on this breaking news, as soon as we know more as it becomes available. authorities in florida are still trying to figure out why a gunman shot and killed a rising star. cristina grimmie a marlton native was signing autographs after her performance friday

night in orlando when she was shot and kill. police say 27 year-old kevin james loibl fired a shot and was tackled to the ground by his brother. loibl then turn the gun on himself. grimmie's friend are now speaking out about the friend that they have lost. >> i think that she's somebody that we can look up to. that is why it is striking to the nation to this great extent because people realize what kind of a person that she was. i mean she was a phenomenal person. i mean nobody will come out and, you know, put all these tweets out, for her about the the woman. they respected her. >> reporter: locals went to the show, intend to go kill christine but they do not know why. efforts are growing to remove the california judge from the bench after he sentence aid former stanford university swimmer to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. carter evan reports. >> reporter: women's rights advocates delivered a strong message along with three boxes

representing about 1 million signatures to the state commission on judicial performance and demanding removal of the judge aaron persky saying he was far too easy on swim champ turned sex offender brook turner. stanford law professor michelle dogger is leading the charge. >> it shows how angry people are that 1 million people nationwide have signed a petition, saying, you know, do something. >> reporter: turner sexually assaulted an unconscious woman on campus last year. he has three felony convictions could have put him in prison for 14 years. prosecutors argued for six years but judge persky only gave him six months. legal analyst laurie levinson. >> it just seems way too low for what we know now with what happened in this crime. >> reporter: was it lawful. >> it was definitely a lawful sentence. >> reporter: even prosecutors say that the judge followed the law, and did not believe turner's race or athletic

standing played a role. >> he was absolutely neutral and fair during the trial we just don't agree with the sentence. >> reporter: judge persky's sentence was based on a probation department recommendation that is cited his lack of criminal history and youthful age but in a viral letter the victim called it a mockery of the seriousness of his assaults. the signatures gathered so far may be largely symbolic because only santa clara county registered voters can organize a recall, other option, impeachment, it hasn't happened in california since 1929. we may never know if the judicial commission even decides to review the case because the process is private, carter evans, for cbs news, los angeles. protestses are planned at stanford's graduation which takes place a little later. in other news pope francis is presiding over mass for the sick and disable as part of the jubilee mercy. this weekend the holy father

held a audience with hundreds of people attending the disabilities congress in rome. during the speech, a child with down syndrome was invited on stage. frances hugged the girl and asked for a sit down with him and praised her bravery. the pope questioned or answered questions, from participants about fighting discrimination, and described it as the worst thing there is among. >> hundreds mark in the fifth annual, visibility pride parade in market street. parade began in the constitution center and ended with speeches and live performances at city hall. this is was for people with disabilities and other partners. the annual festival in south philadelphia. this is the forty-first year for the event. that celebrates the coming of another year for african americans and african people around the world. thousands of people pack through the neighborhood to enjoy great food, shopping and entertainment. always a good time there. also happening today, life

guard tryouts in atlantic city. they are taking place at 9:00 this morning at south carolina avenue beach and there are certain requirements. life guard have to be at least 16 years old, they have to be able to make a 500-meter swim in the ocean and be able to run a half mile in less than three minutes and 45 seconds. still to come this morning helping veterans when they return from the war. how one local group plans to use nature to help them transition back to every day life. >> employers say personal cell phones are hurting productivity at work, i'm brian web with the results of the new survey

veterans returning home from the war zone will tell you returning to every day life is not easy. local group is now working to provide a retreat-like set to go help them recover. as "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan tells us the group needs your help to make the process a reality. >> spending time with service dog, and enjoying nature are two ways air force veteran and former police officer donnie davis find peace in the struggle of ptsd. >> unseen wounded nobody recognizes things that go in your head it is hard. >> reporter: davis life journey has gone full circumstance toll his roots, christianity and franklinville, new jersey. he pastors a local church and leads amazing grace ministries.

it just bought a 267-acre plot of land in franklinville where they plan to house veterans. >> one thing to say have a good day and pat them on their back but there is too many guys that need a place to stay or that are homeless. >> reporter: former campground has been untouched for a decade and could provide a peaceful setting for vets that necessity need with combat experience to get their lives back together again, where they will stay are micro houses similar to this cabin. >> it is a 300 square foot house and provides basic, kitchen, living room, bedroom. >> reporter: ministry is hopeful by end of the 2018 they will build 60 of these houses and provide veterans with the place to stay for up to 24 months. >> when you recognize, realize, 22 vets a day take their lives because of struggle with ptsd we have to do this. >> reporter: property has always been in amazing grace possession for a week but several agencies are already helping line up resources. they are looking for volunteers and donations to get things going. in franklinville, cleve bryan,

cbs-3 "eyewitness news". carrying on alex scott's dream one cup of lemonade at a time. this is the stand that started it all, original alex lemonade stan. "eyewitness news" at pen wood elementary school. alex friend and family continue to honor her dream holding a fun school event every june. just like other alex lemonade stand this one also raised money to fight childhood cancer. another lemonade stand was held in woolwich township gloucester county. this one was hosted by ten year-old mario carpino who has been battling inoperable brain tumors since seven. this is mario's sixth annual lemonade stand and this year he hopes to raise $50,000. >> not only are we doing this to find a cure for mario but we are could go it to find a cure for every child who is battling the toughest battle that they were handed to them. >> listen to this over the

past six years mario and his family have raised more than $307,000 for alex lemonade stand. children's hospital hosted a block party, and, and, south philadelphia, and "eyewitness news" at broad and morris. the block party features rides, games, face painting, entertainment, music and more and a bouncey house. center is as a result of the partnership between chop, the city of philadelphia and free library of philadelphia. it looks like fun. weather was beautiful this weekend. justin is joining us now. it looks like it will stay that way, even less humidity so that should be nice. >> yes, it is good, rahel. we didn't get those severe storms. that was a good thing. little bit on the hot side, made it to 92 degrees. humidity levels skyrocketed in the afternoon but today, a little bit less humid and you will note that is differences specially later on tonight. open up some windows again with cooler air moving bob in.

another good beach day in ocean city. a few people on the boardwalk, a live look enjoying the pleasant temperatures today. it is more of a land breeze no influence from the chilly water. it will heat up at the shore. high temperatures well in the mid 80's, it will still feel like the hot side especially on the sunshine and make sure you have water with you on the beach air wear that sun block. talking about temperatures still on the mild side, currently we're checking out 70's across the region if we can go to our graphic, source, no, we don't. we can't go to our computer graphic. we are having computer issues all morning long and hopefully we can get that backup. we can go to the computer source, no, can't get it, all right. we are stuck on this camera. so again, this is telling the story, dry day to day, still some cloud early. that is the front that is coming through, and that is going to help push that humidity out, that we progress through the afternoon hours. so better conditions ahead. check out the seven day

forecast. we will be on the high side in the mid 80's today. a few degrees above average. still windy. but then tomorrow big difference. high temperature of 78 degrees. we will wake up in the 50's to about 60. so very pleasant start to the workweek, as we move through the final week of the spring season, 80 on tuesday. eighty-two wednesday. that is not bad. still low humidity. nice dry stretch. thursday is our next chance for a few showers around, maybe a thunderstorm and right now next weekend is looking good with high of around 80 degrees. really long term trend at least through the end of the month of june, i don't see any big sign of any true heat wave, but that can change, we are not seeing that sustain heat. >> we know our summers can be brutal, with the heat and humidity. >> july is usually worse by now. >> what you are saying don't get too comfortable. >> yes. >> well, this is nice because may was so rainy or april was -- >> no, may was. >> it was may that was so rainy. nice to see so much sun in the

forecast. >> yes. >> vitamin d. >> yes. >> all right, justin, thank you. well, right now 6:45. lets go over to ann evans in the cbs-3 traffic center and see how these roads are looking. >> hello, rahel. ben franklin bridge is full of runners for the american cancer society's annual charity bicycle event happening now, until around 7:45 this morning. so ben franklin bridge in both directions, it is understandably shut down, and look at those bicyclist. admiral wilson boulevard eastbound is shut down between the bridge and airport circle for the bike-a-thon along 676 northbound, that is opened but reduced to one lane between milk will boulevard and ben franklin bridge. thinks all for the american cancer society's annual charity bicycle event. bridge will be shut down until 7:45 this morning. take the walt whitman instead. we will move the traffic cam here to the ben franklin parkway, and we have another entering on at ben franklin parkway this morning. at the art museum circle, it odyssey half marathon.

art new circle is shut down between parkway and falls bridge. and kelly drive between sedgley drive and lincoln drive. so a lot of events happening today. moving the traffic cam again to i-95 at i-95 and walt whitman bridge. ninety-five and walt whitman, no delays on i-95 this morning. taking walt whitman to the shore it is a beautiful day. in problems on the 42 freeway or five five ac expressway looks good and so does the garden state parkway. entrances to the shore points look okay as well. if you are traveling around philadelphia a, market street is shut down, i will tell but this between south 52nd street and forty-second street, and due to a serious fire. it is under control but that closure still in place. the mass transit looking good this morning, it is honor close to schedule. that is the latest from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm ann evans now rahel back to you. >> ann, thank you. septa riders are getting an opportunity to try out the future of transit payments.

new reloadable septa key cards are available starting tomorrow. up to 10,000 customers will get a chance to get one at no extra charge but you have to purchase a weekly or monthly transpass. the septa riders have long waited for the opportunity to use the reloadable cards like many other cities already have. >> this has taken us a while to get here but these projects are very complicated and time consuming where ever they have been done in our country. >> the cards will be reloadable with cash, credit cards, and even tokens. customers will be able to reload them on line or over the phone. >> convenient. >> well, texting, e-mail, social media keeps us connected with friend and family but a number of employers believe the smart phonies distracting workers and bottom line. brian web reports. >> reporter: keeping up with order is a key to success at cell mark corporation outside of dallas. when worker productivity slipped a few years ago. >> trending well.

>> reporter: president james sellers investigated, the culprit, cell phones. employees were spending big chunks of time texting and using social media. >> two hours would go in the blink of the eye checking updates and seeing what people are up to. >> reporter: according to a new survey like career builder, many companies have the same problem. 75 percent say at least two hours of productivity are lost daily because employees are distract. and the biggest distraction is the cell phone. workers surveyed say they use their phones at work to keep in contact with friend and family. teacher laura girllock says it is easy to get sucked into social media. >> when i check a facebook message from work i then find myself checking other facebook messaging and ratting myself out right now. >> reporter: businessman eric bassard believes it the is hard to stop. >> you check your facebook, personal e-mails, we are available 24/7. that is how the world is right now. >> people have a very productive office. >> reporter: sellers put in policies discouraging personal

cell use on the phone. >> we don't want to micro manage them. if they need to take a call, that is fine. >> reporter: he says since changes were made, productivity has improved. brian web for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". still to come this morning on "eyewitness news", have you can be the start of your very own reality tv show. and horse races don't finish any closer then belmont steaks, leslie van arsdal has that and day in sports when "eyewitnes

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early game yesterday for phillies/nationals at 12:05. phillies offense looked like they needed a couple more hours of sleep. second inning of the game, phillies with the man on second and third, and in one out but he gets out of the jam. he strikes out three in a row. that would be the closest fill boys get to some runs. bottom of the inning, he would be helping his own cause, dropping down a bunt on the safety squeeze here ape phillies just cannot make the play. nationals would take a two to nothing lead. we then of more trouble in the second inning, bryce harper with the rbi sing that will would get the fourth run of the evening. aaron nola with the rough outing only lasting three and two-thirds's yesterday. check out that grab by anthony rendone at third. it was that kind of the day for phillies. they lose in washington eight to nothing the final. philadelphia soul in action yesterday afternoon in trenton against l.a. kiss. quarterbacking deep to reynolds for a 37-yard touchdown. they are up by eight. third quarter we have

raudabaugh finding jeremy richardson. he scores from 20-yard out. soul go up by 30. not much of a contest soul win 73-37. stanley cup playoffs will resume in san jose, sharks kept that seer ace live with the four-two win thursday night. san jose looking to be the second team in stanley cup history to come back from three-one deficit in the finals to win the cup. >> on the far outside and creator coming town. it is desten in front, destined a creator, they are coming down the line together. too close to call. >> what a finish, only the fourth time in the history of the belmont that race was decided by a nose. winner, creator, but just look at how close that was, preakness winner exaggerator finished 11th. u.s. taking on parquay in the copa america 27th minute

clint dempsey scores. they would play most of the second half with ten minutes after a red card to deapril dray and thank goodness, he made two saves in the eighty-second minute. the united states wins one to nothing and they advance to the first copa finals since 1985 and second time ever. a beautiful day for golf at philadelphia cricket club yesterday, round three of the senior players championship, 11th hard bart bryant with the approach shot and from his body language, he doesn't look like the shot, he may want to rethink that. ball hits the green, rolls in for the eagles, bernard langer is leader at two under par. that is all for sports, i'm leslie van arsdal, after a great day. that is "eyewitness news" at 6:00. here's what we have at 7:00. we will continue to follow breaking news -- it looks like we will send it to vittoria woodill because if you ever wanted to be part of your own

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have at 7:00 we will continue to follow breaking news a three alarm fire at a west philadelphia apartment. we will talk to a neighbor who woke up and saw the flames. and thousands head for the shore bye-bye sick toll help fight cancer. get ready for a more comfortable day where ever you are, justin drabick's eyewitness forecast is coming up this sunday

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"eyewitness news" starts with breaking news, the fire at a west philadelphia apartment building goes to three alarms, putting 100 people out of their homes. another act of of violence in orlando one night after someone killed a rising star from south jersey, someone else opened fire in a nightclub. and, mother nature is, giving us a break and the rest of the week looks pretty good, even better. well to day is sunday june u i'm rahel solomon. let's send it over to justin drabick. we see it will be looking better, feeling good. how will it feel? >> well, if you liked humidity, you are not going to like the forecast coming up. it will feel comfortable. especially tomorrow. more like spring with below average temperatures. still this morning we are muggy. >> it was warm this morning when i walk in. >> it will be a warm day. 86 degrees. not as humid as yesterday.