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friday, you guys. roads are looking pretty darn good right now still a little hint of wet weather, not everywhere, but yes, still couple of damp roads out there, guys. take a look, pretty obvious, mainly the southern tear of our area you are finds that for the most part though starting offer on drier note, although, still tracking the latest disturbance pulling away off to the south. so across specially kent county here delaware, finding even still very isolated but pockets hereof some moderate rainfall. cape may county cumberland county also in a lot of overcast and also still finding couple of residual showers. this is our transition day, won't absolutely require the umbrella here but going to still see lingering showers, very isolate dollars in nature. sixty the current temperature meanwhile in allentown, into basically 64 your imagine being number up and down i95, down the shore point as well, very consistent with the temperature values. sixty-three or 64, at every single one every these particular spots.
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remember, you have got to counter clockwise rotation with this area of low pressure, so helping to draw the moisture on shore, as a result, starting to still see the clouds, but going to start eventually to see the clouds break for some sunshine with time. even though there still be isolated shower to dodge. both at the shore and in the poconos resort towns, talking low mid 70s at best here today. here in the sit i have of philadelphia, not bad, pretty seasonable at 81,. >> really nice, thanks so much, katie. gorgeous weekend on tap specially for the dads out there, happy early fathers day, beautiful weather. blue route, moving in the southbound direction at baltimore pike, what you are looking at both moving in the southbound, northbound direction, looking good. basically anywhere name looking this morning you are really kind of holding steady right at this. so it started i would say in the later in the 5:00 hour. and this is casino whatever we are working with now, crack in the 6:00 hour. it will heat up little, friday, tends to be little light nerve terms of traffic volume levels. boulevard, moving in the southbound directs, this is
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what you are looking at there, looking good. once you jump on the schuylkill there westbound at city avenue, look ago lot like this, overall the schuylkill kind of holding steady as well. where we had hit-and-run accident, lock like it my be clearing out at broad street and wallace. >> this camera actually point today broad street. just ten finch might have little more coming up on that in a little bit. looks like it might be clearing right now. overall, mass transit update. i'll have those coming up in just a little bit, nicole, over to you. >> thank you, teenager fighting for his life in another teen hurt after hilt and run crash. >> justin finch live at the scene at broad and wallace with the latest on the investigation, justin, good morning. >> two, 16 year old boys are hurt, one with a broken leg, taken to hahnemann, the second teen also taken to hahnemann, he is fighting for his life with severe head trauma. he is now in extremely critical condition.
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here the 2,000 model red lux cents police are calling the striking vehicle here, found by police, off of ridge avenue. male driver taken by police for breathalyzer, female passenger talking to accident investigators. about 2:00 this morning, police say, that lexus was traveling at a very high rate of speed, north on broad, near wallace street. about that same time, five boys on four bikes were heading south in those same lanes. two boys, those two, 16 year old, were on one of those bikes. now, that's the bike the lexus driver struck and kept going on alert did go out and police stopped that lexus as it left ridge avenue area parking lot. now, part found here on the scene did match that lexus, and this of course is yet another hit-and-run in the city, that police are asking drivers to follow the law, and of course, use caution. >> people have to under stands if you hit somebody or they're minor injuries, if you stop
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and render aid, it is just an auto accident. but in this situation it is a good chance the person left the scene, because, when we found him, he a periods to be intoxicated. >> and again that driver was taken for breathalyzer, charges are going to be due in short order. we are toll here looking now at now reopened broad street here, between wallace and mount vernon, traffic now moving along swiftly, across this area here, again, two boys, taken to hahnemann. one with a broken leg, the other with severe head trauma. and extremely critical condition. we are told his condition is very much touch and go. the investigation, though, still continuing, that female passenger is talking to police at this time. we are told, we are live here on spring garden, justin finch, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", brooke, nicole, back into you. >> thanks, justin. meantime, another crash sends a 16 year old girl to the hospital in the city's fox chase section. this happened at rising sun and bleigh about 8:00 last
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night, the girl suffered possible concussion and broken arm. the driver was arrested and facing dui charges. >> new video just in, deadly stabbing in the frankford section of northeast philadelphia. it happened at about 2:00 a.m. on the 4800 block of frankford avenue. police say a 50 year old hispanic male was stabbed in the stomach and pronounced dead at the scene. so far no arrests in the case. memorial service in medford new jersey will pay tribute to christina kim ' today. friends and family are invited to vowing scheduled for 3:00 this afternoon at fellowship alliance chapel. then the memorial service at 8:00. the 22 year old evesham township native died last friday night. grimmie had just finished show in orlando, florida when she was shot and killed while signing autographs. >> this morning, getting a look at the terrifying moments inside an orlando night club where a gunman carried out massacre last weekends. but we did want to warn you this cell phone video is pretty disturbing. marlie hall with the latest on the investigation.
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is report row report this grainy cell phone individual vaux showed more than dozen people packed into a bathroom stall as omar mateen winds on deadly shooting spree inside the pulse night club in orlando. miguel lava was shot multiple times. >> we just tried to keep everybody as calm as possible and keep them quiet so he wouldn't come back in there and shoot at us. >> sources tell cbs news mateen checked social media for trending topics like pulse orlando and shooting in the middle of his killing spree. investigators say, he also exchanged an i love you text with his wife, nora solomon. >> he has been cooperating with police, but officials suspect she new in the plot and will likely face charges. president obama and vice president joe biden visited a growing memorial in orlando thursday. they left 49 white roses, to honor the dead. >> we will not be able to stop every tragedy. we can't wipe away hatred and evil from every heart in this
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world. but we can stop some tragedies. we can save some lives. >> nearly two dozen victims are still hospitalized, one of them angel colon, who was shot six times and was one of the last people to get out. >> my name is officer omar delgato, i am one of the ones who helped up get out of harms way. >> thursday he mitt his hero omar delgato, office here risk his life and pulled him to safety. >> i just saw him with his glasses, help me, please. >> harley hall, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". walt disney worlds will put up alligator warning signs around the waterways in its parks and resorts in orlando, florida, mo move comes after alligator killed a toddler at disney world. that boy's family released a statement. >> shock and grief -- words cannot describe the shock and grief our family is experiencing over the loss of our son.
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we are devastating and ask for privacy during this extremely difficult time. to all of the local authorities and staff who work tireless less in the past 24 hours, we express our deepest gratitude. he waded into shallow waters, a autopsy revealed the toddler died as a result every drowning and traumatic injury. no swimming signs were posted at that resort, blue were no warnings about alligators. >> jury deliberations enter their third day today. congressman chaka fattah jury trial. jurors only spent about four hours deliberating. issue yesterday sent attorneys into the judge's chambers. the jury dismissed for the day, told to resume deliberation this is morning, fattah accused of a raging illegal $1 million campaign loan then, paying back part of it with federal grant money and charitable donations. he denies the charges. >> and historic vote, philadelphia is the first major city in the country to tax sugary drinks. after month of debate, city council gave final approval to one and a half cents per ounce tax on sugary and diet drinks.
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the tax is expected to pour in close to $100 million annually. mayor kenney says the mondayly funds universal pre k, parks and libraries, but not everyone in favor of the new tax. >> this is the first step in finding the resources and revenue that we need to get our kids pre k education. >> do you really believe this was all about the kids? >> the mayor plans to sign that bill monday but won't take effect until january. critics call the new tax unconstitutional, and are expected to challenge the law in court. >> well, the end of area -- era, a brand new store is opening right down the street. the original wawa opened in 1964, at mcdade boulevard, swarthmore avenue in ridley township, at 8:00 this morning, the original store will close, and everyone will head to the new location a half mile up on mcdade. the super wawa grand opening starts at 9:00 a.m. i tell you, dd and the crew,
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the wawa i go to, gets my day started. >> and i love a super wawa. >> you make friends at wawa. >> you do, it is your crew. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, hundreds of fire fight remembers battling this raging wilds fire out west. and it is not the only one. find out what is fueling the flames, and why it is not expected to get better, any time soon. >> plus, a battle over chip card security coming up. they're supposed to make transitions safer, but retailers say there not and they wantings. finds out the one change they say will help protect consumers coming up. >> our producer really really really happy it is friday. >> jen's always, i mean, jen calls thursday little friday. you know where she stands, i'm sure you're happy, stay with us. >> ♪
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firefighters in the southwest had their hands full battling three while fires. >> mexico so-called dog head fire has explode today more than 16,000 acres, dozen every homes have burned, mandatory evacuation orders are in effect, and there are no reports of injuries. more than 700 firefighters and 40 national guard members are battling the fire, but, they have zero containment so far.
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>> fire fighters southern california say the sherpa fire destroying everything in its past. high winds have fueled that fire, scorching more than 1400 acres. officials here also report zero containment, and they say, 100 degrees temperatures this weekend, will make that fire even more difficult to control. so certainly not good situation out there. but back here at home, i mean, seems like the rain is moving out, katy? >> yes, it really is, as it disturbance that brought in the rain all day yesterday, makes its rotation through the area, still helping to spin little bit of moisture back in here, so we've still got some clouds granted but the clouds are trying it break, we do still even have lingering showers, most notable at this point across portions every kent county, delaware, then also cape may county, southern most branch of cumberland county if you might be getting couple of sprinkles that's why, as it continues to rotate away, still have just enough moisture to produce a left-over isolated the key word shower in couple of spots at some point today. looking ahead to one of the most gorgeous weekends all
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summer. looking so nice, low mid 80s, both saturday, and sunday, as high pressure nudges in, and the bonus here, guys, is that you keep the lower humidity, so this will be just phenominal. grab your sun block, enjoy something outside. whatever it may be, will be great woke end and great excuse, certainly with fathers day around the corner, who why not throw dad a picnic or barbeque? plenty of sunshine continuing for monday, first official summer day of the summer season, at that point we start to heat up bit more, 87 what we are shooting for in the city with all of the sunshine, meantime today, not the best pool day we've ever experience the, uv index starting to climb however as the clouds start to break for some sunshine, will still be as we said just isolated shower. not enough to cancel your pool plans, but i'm telling you the better pool weather comes our way in the days ahead all weaken long we have got t blue ribbon for dad, blue ribbon for the forecast, number one forecast here, number one dad. by the time we hit sunday, still sunny.
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start to feel the steamy necessary return as well, nine the for the high tuesday. >> that will be warm. you know what though? i am welcome the summer days. don't know about you but i've been waiting for you. >> starting to heat up just little bit, heating up on a friday, it can look like it is heating up then all the sudden can just kind of flat line on it, so never really know but overall 995 south at cottman, what we are looking at, might not get much busier over the next 30 minutes. the schuylkill taillights moving in the eastbound direction, past belmont, what you are looking at there. moving in the westbound direction, you're looking good, overall actually look willing pretty good. holding steady on the schuylkill. so i'm okay with that. 422, tail light moving in the eastbound direction at valley forge, but looking eastbound and westbound side, 422 looking good, too. mass transit, construction on media elwin line, shuttle bussing saturday, sunday, between elway and morton, through september 4th between elwyn and swarthmore. so overall, mass transit
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changes, i'll be tweeting all of this out, as well. all right, guys, so check this out. self driving bus. part of self driving cars, get there is the 12th seat buses made with a 3d printer. the huge printer put a layer after layer of carbon firefighter on the base, and here it is. the maker says it is a long way from common use, but, it is definitely on the way. nicole, brooke, what do you think about that? >> don't even understanded these 3d printers. like i can't wrap my mind around this. it is amazing technology. >> thanks, meisha. >> many doing up: why police in one pennsylvania town are pulling over kids? and giving them some citations. >> what? >> i know. >> plus, the great escape. watch as the dog checks himself out after posh bed hotel. find out why a pet detective is now on the case. >> oh, my. >> coming up. when cigarette cravings hit, all i can think about
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jersey hospital pharmacy work is her under investigation, after allegedly swapping phentinol, narcotic used to treat chronic pain with water and saline. jason works at st. joseph hospital, after being accused he voluntarily surround ends hess license, but did not admit to any wrong-doing. >> from the intelligence err, mojt gum are you court rules same sex common law marriage is valid. the relationship in question stands more than two decades until one of those women died. the court ruled the surviving spouse is entitled to all spousal rights and benefits that are affords today legally married individuals, under pennsylvania law. >> in the bucks county courier times, reports on a middletown doctor, who is working to find if dogs can sniff out ovarian cancer. doctor jody pill see more ophthalmologist, research how dogs can detect the oath or on ovarian cancer. dogs are being trained with people who have family history of the disease. >> and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines
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from around the delaware valley. >> coming up: why top retailers are filing a lawsuit over those new chip cards. >> and, meisha is taking us on another dream drive. but, she is trading in the car for a canoe. >> oh? >> she'll show you the last last river ride where you can see two on the same trip. >> nice. weather watcher friday, katie, who is your friends? >> andy ziegel. he came all the way up from dover, delaware, this morning, you guys, he has got very storied past, which we will talk about, also the gorgeous forecast he actually has a connection to our ukee washington. you have it hear this. i love this story. much more to dawk about though when we come back, stick around.
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plus, find your tag and get $8,250 total value on this silverado all star. find new roads at your local chevy dealer >> home depo filed a lawsuit against visa and mastercard, claiming the chip cards don't reduce fraud. chip cards are dipped into card readers instead of being swiped. now some retailers claim they would be a lot more secure if users also had to enter a pin number every time they charge a purchase. >> this lawsuit is all about merchant, not being happy, and having to spends all of this money to except chip cards, but, while also not getting the most secure products. >> home depo also claims visa and mastercard have been more concerned about protecting their inflated process and the security of their cards. >> frantic search is onto finds beloved dog who escaped a pet hotel in hollywood. seven year old cash is a lab pitbull mix, and he's been
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missing for about a week. the pooch pet hotel claims that although it is unusual, they say the dog opened four doors, and let himself out of the building. oh, cash's owners enlisted the help of pet detective, apparently they have these in l.a., and they're also offering a $1,000 reward to help finds him. hope they do. >> i think he'll ends up back home. >> i hope so. 's smart dog, yes. all right, well, police in luzerne country siting kids who aren't doing anything wrong. >> no scandal here though. it is a reward for young bicyclists who wear their helmets, the police department handing out so-called ice cream citations, they can go then to the ice cream shop for a free treat. police chief says the idea was met with mixed reaction at first, but now everyone lovers it. >> i guess because they're like maybe little scared, first approaching them, then they find out they get a sunday out of the deal and probably fun, you know, anyway. i think it is a good deal. coming up in the next half hour every "eyewitness news",
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the rocker who collapsed on stage, how he is doing this morning. >> plus, a crash and shooting. it looks like something out after movie. but this really happened right in bucks county. we'll show you why a man took the law into hits own hands. hey, jan? >> talk about teenage over achievers. coming up, meet a group of philadelphia's student who will soon graduate high school, and get their associates degree at the same time, meisha? >> all right, jan, certainly heating up on 95 south at girard right now, also disable vehicle out there on 309 north and changes to mass transit, all of those updates coming up. first, we will take a quick break, so stay right where you are. cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will be right back.
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>> katie will let us know what to spec for our fathers day weekend. good morning, so glad you're with us, i'm nicole brewer. >> i'm brooke thomas, at 30:00, time to get you caught up this friday morning, here's what you need to know in your morning minute. >> caused front tire of the bike to be torn. >> two teens in a bike injured in hit-and-run crash in the spring garden neighborhood. >> they were able to track down the striking vehicle, and the driver. >> this morning, city council passed measure for making philadelphia the first for us cities to approve tax on sweetened drinks. >> crazy. everything is in philadelphia -- >> meted love in canadian hospital after collapsing during concert in edmonton. >> saint a barbara california officials say it is only going to get worse out.
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play, one handed grab, a child in his lap. >> oh, thank goodness he was paying attention, right? what an arm. maybe he should play. you know? they lost to the blue jays by the way 13 to two. so probably could use that guy. right? >> the phillies will host the arizona diamond backs tonight. katie has some extra help in the weather center this morning, katie has extra help today. >> katie? indeed i do. he is helping out, clutch right here, long driver to get here, one of the gold star weather watchers report all the time, we know that you lover the weather, but your first weather report went through periscope. right? >> trying to do winds speed, first got me interested in wetter. >> cool. and you're former naval officer, chief there?
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retired chief. >> also, you have -- you came back to dover, and to the delaware area, also have a storied past with our very own ukee washington, used to run hurdles with him? >> i was bigger fan of the track career hand thinks basketball career. >> but he was great at both. i have to tell this quick story, you just told me right before we came back from the break here, that ukee in the said i hawkins days actually stopped your very own high school sweetheart and made her sing what? >> the oscar meyer weiner song. >> doesn't that sounds exactly like ukee? it sounds exactly like ukee, right? i love it. thank you so much for being here, let's talk little weather here as we take you outside to the live neighborhood network, looking right now outside palmyra cove nature park, we've got that sunshine glistening off of the piers there, starting off on cloudy note, even unsettled note. we continue to track the retreat of yesterday's stormy weather. thankfully clearing out with time. may be wrap around moisture
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that leads to the shows spotty showers at some point late in the day. but if you are not seeing any rain right now you can walk out the door without the umbrella and rest assured you'll be okay. low 80s by 3:00 p.m. here in the city. we will probably only get to the low 70s in the resort towns of the shore as well as up in the poconos, isn't that the best story, meisha? i just love. that will i have to share it. >> yes, we all need stories like that on a friday morning. nice dry roadways, traffic okay. what you are seeing right now, 59 south at girard, casino of holding steady right here. a lot of vehicles out there right now. >> seeing things slow down, basically traveling around at posted speeds anywhere we look. but, here, at girard, interstate 95, moving in the southbound direction, this is where you will start tapping the brakes probably ever so slightly, ben franklin bridge, we have disable vehicle pulled
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offer to the shoulder, 309 at paper mill road, not slowing you down much. might get maybe little gaper delay, individual car just tapping on brakes. being a little bit knows i, don't do that. keep ongoing. some people tap their brakes. mass transit, i got all of these updates, tweeting them out as well. construction on the media elwin line shuttle bussing between elwyn and morton mondays through september 4th between elwyn and swarthmore, again, tweeting it out, new scheduled for septa regional rails, buses and trolleys starting sunday and monday. brooke and nicole over to you. >> two teens in the hospital after a hit-and-run in philadelphia's spring garden section. >> they say a red car struck two by sick less, now questioning a female passenger in the car. two. they were struck at broad and wallace shortly before two overnight. fighting for his life with head trauma, and the other
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teenager has a broken leg. candlelight vigil held for hit-and-run victim on the roosevelt boulevard last night. friends, family, paid tribute march kayla jackson, crossing the boulevard near adams avenue late monday night when struck and killed. police still looking for that driver, but surveillance videos shows silver mini-van involved in the crash. it is early 2,000 model chevy venture. they say it should have some heavy front ends damage. and a shattered windshield. >> the bucks county district attorney may decided to if home own letter face charges for taking matters into his own hands. police say it all started early yesterday morning, at the woodland manor apartment, in morrisville. the homeowner called 911 to report a car break-in, then chased the thief who took off in a stolen car. the suspect crashed into a building on pennsylvania avenue and police say that's when the homeowner pulled up in his own car, drew his gun, and shot him in the arm. now, morrisville police say that's not a good idea. >> don't take this into your own hands, call us, be a good
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witness. don't be, you know, don't go out there and do this. it is not worth, you know, anybody's life. >> the suspected thief was also taken into custody. and new policy is making philadelphia schools more inclusive for transgender student. they will now be allowed to use rest rooms and locker rooms based on their gender identity, and be able to try out for any athletic teams. trans gender student ends will also be addressed by names, pronounce, correspond to go gender identity may also dress accordingly. read the full policy on the website cbsphilly.com. >> in other news, main casino workers union says there will be strike on july 1st if they don't get new contract. the casinos impacted would be ballist, harrah's, ceasar's, tropicana and the trump taj mahal. union says made sacrifice when is things were tough and want them reversed now that casino revenues are back up. casino officials say they're committed working toward a fair deal. >> as the school year winds down for many across the delaware vale, one
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philadelphia school celebrating success after new program. started this year. >> really unique. pretty soon some student will be graduating high school, and also, getting their associate degree at the same time. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo more on that, that's pretty impressive. >> not too shabby, right, guys? these are smart and hard-working kids. new partnership between mass community charter school and the community college of philadelphia. this year, small group of sophomores, was bus today ccp to take college classes during the school day. it is double workload, but these students know it will pay off in more ways than one. >> this group of sophomores, sure looking forward to well deserved summer break there is year, they were full time high school and college student. and when they graduate from mass community charter school in 2018, they'll also have earned enough credits to leave with associate degree in business from the community college of philadelphia. >> it is limb difficult. it is worth it in the end. >> i'll be getting like half of my college credits towards a bachelors degree. >> that will like set me ahead
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two years. >> jump start savannah said will be available in reaching her dream of becoming oncologist for children. >> my plan to finish my years at temple, then go and get my med degree in university pennsylvania. >> the new program is called mc squared. mast community college. these are the first sophomores to take part. >> really, perform above and beyond anything i could have imagined. >> every day they start with class at mass. later hop onto bus to the northeast campus of ccp and eventually return for more course work at the charter school. >> tough. sometimes difficult to catch up while completing high school at the same time, but i guess it is okay. >> they're being modest, they got straight a's and b's with only six student small but tight-knit group. >> any time there is a problem, they come and get some help. >> dual enrollment, and college experience, starting at age 15. something the school says makes sense both academically and financially. >> it is $100 a credit, $300 a class, i think it is half the
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price of traditional tuition. get a smattering of class toss help them decide what they want to be later in life. >> safe to say, mast is calling this partnership a success. now, student have to test in, and seven new sophomores are ready to start next year. but we have to revisit this first group in 2018 when they graduate high school with their college degrees, how about that? >> amazing. >> and how far ahead they already are. and i think seeing what they like to do is so valuable. >> and don't they just make you feel lazy? >> my goodness. >> thanks for sharing that, pretty cool. >> jan, thanks. still ahead, some scary moments on stage for rocker meatloaf. finds out how he is doing after collapsing in concert. >> meisha takes us on another dream drive. finds an outdoor fantasy world built for kids. she'll show you where you can find this real life fairytale forest. hey, pat? >> dream drive. how about a dream view? we're at the top of the cape may lighthouse here in cape may, new jersey, check out this beautiful view this
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well column back, rock singer meatloaf is in a canadian hospital after frightening collapse. >> it happened in the middle of a song in the middle of a concert. >> meatloaf was motionless as the audience wondered whether it was a stunt, but meatloaf was rushed to the hospital in edmonton, alberta canada, now list in the stable condition. an undisclosed illness forced meatloaf to cancel few concert recently, as well. >> scary stuff. >> cape may lighthouse one
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every south jersey top attractions. >> it takes 199 steps to make it to the top, but once there, what a view. that's where we find "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen. hey, pat? >> reporter: you were talking about what a view for me? >> i knew, all right, all right. >> you're part of the scenery, pat. >> i totally get it, totally get it. good morning, guys, hope you're doing well. doing here well at the top. at the top of the cape may lighthouse. it is a beautiful view. it is 199 steps, so it took us little while to get up here, especially the camera guy scott, because he had to lug all of that stuff up here. to learn a lit bit about the lighthouse, rich, the lighthouse keeper, is that correct? >> that's right. >> tell us a little bit about the history of this cool apparatus. >> this has been here since before the civil war. >> is that right? >> army corps of engineers, took year and a half to build. >> all right. >> near nearest we tell about 500,000 bricks. >> wow. >> first lit, halloween night, 1859. >> pretty cool.
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>> that's our anniversary. >> let's walk out, let's take a lock at the beautiful view out here. i mean, it doesn't get much more breathtaking than this. so this is the base, basically the bay side over here, right, bay side? >> over there. >> it's take a lock at the ocean site. walk this way a little bit. tell you what, took maybe five, six minutes to get to the top. but rich, what else can you tell us about this? >> still an active what would you call a commissioned lighthouse. in other words, still on the navigation charts. >> okay? >> the coast guard maintains the beacon at the top. we are a non-profit, mid-atlantic center for the art and humanities, maintain the structure as historic site. we lease it from the state of new jersey. we do the cleaning, maintenance, repairs, so i'm somewhat of a keeper, but we're in the keepers like the old fellows, like the old days who used to bring the lamps for oil lamps and bring kerosene up from the storage downstairs, and they would
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stay with the lamp all night, keep it mice and bright. now, since 1930's, this has all been electrified, ought mated. >> very cool, nice. take a look here at the video we're about to show you me actually climbing to the top which we did on facebook live. i was huffing and puffing by the time we got up here. how often do you do that climb? >> i'm up here two, three times a week. before that i was here every day. it is some climb, but it is well worth it. we welcome everybody to come down here. we are open every day all summer. and, you know, we are very happy to have visitors here. >> thank you, we appreciate you having us up here, a lot of cool things happening this summer, for kids the night climb as welcoming up june 20th, which i would love to be part of that. >> very rare to be able to get into a top of working lighthouse at night. >> well rich we appreciate the time. thanks for having us at the top. look at the beautiful view, giles. not me, out, there out there, the bay, the ocean, awesome, awesome view up here at the top of the cape may
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lighthouse. guys, we throw it back to you. >> oh, when we get beautiful view we get easily confused whether talking you or outside. >> one and the same really. >> one and the same. >> and you're getting in your fitness here, now all of the steps? >> right? great. >> okay, all right. >> lots of cool stuff. >> all right, now we toss it over to katie, down the shore? >> i think so, after his moitai he can have a may tie, very nice weather coming. >> thank you, i was holding onto, that i couldn't quite work it in the other day. check in with the eyewitness weather watchers, couple of nice pictures came, in did i want to show this one actually that just came in in the last couple of minutes from eileen, out in the bill bert ville area, definitely more remote for sure. a lot of us seeing sky just like this. beautiful start to the day. go up back out to our map view. where we have generally speaking around most of the board here, in the low mid 60s for the most part. we zero in on 60 degrees which comes in this morning from
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andrew, i know i'll butcher the name if i try to say it. but thank you for checking in this morning, clouds out there, also hint of some sunshine at 60 degrees >> see more clouds in bethel but higher how many at this we twin to track the retreat of our latest disturbance, with that said, we take you out to storm scan, showing, you can even see how this story of rotating through sit, and otherwise lingering showers this morning through specially southern new jersey. and delaware. cape may or any other shore towns, finding dampness, don't worry, looking ahead to phenominal weekend down the shore, mid 70s, with sunshine, great beach weather for you and dad on fathers day.
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just fantastic weekend, make the most of it, bottle it up, right? eighty-seven monday summer officially gets underway. and then we spike to 90 on tuesday next shot for showers and maybe thunderstorms as well. >> dad to know. so nice for dads having such a great father day, that weather will be perfect for you. >> see how busy moving in the westbound direction, and at the boulevard, approaching city avenue, one of the spots that usually heats up, i would say, just cracking into the 6:00 hour, and you can see, ten to 7:00 right now, so getting late start. but it is certainly getting busy. also busy here, schuylkill eastbound, at montgomery, so both the eastbound and westbound sides, delaware county, 95 north, this is giving you kind after look what's going on there, 95 north at 452, take it up to the airport, basically what you are looking at. so actually looking real nice around there. gas main repairs take a look, route 38 eastbound between route 130 and route 730, three
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lanes blocked until around 6:00 a.m. this will be going on, until next friday. also, admiral wilson boulevard eastbound, two right lanes, blocked there. so overall, try to -- traffic looking good, just heating up, anything extra, that i was going to tell you i'm going to be tweeting out little later specially with the updates we have for mass trans i. >> it is friday, time for another dream drive. >> laid, we all like to spend time outdoors. >> yes. >> specially summertime. >> correct. >> maybe looking foreplays that's peaceful, playful, or maybe even little bit difficult -- physical. i have it all coming up zero this week's vision of dream drive. take a look at this. >> let's head south to chads for the pennsylvanian winter tour delaware. >> winter tour museum, garden and library, was once the home of henry francis dupont. and hair to the dew point fortune and harvard trained horticulturalist and farmer. >> we come here often to enjoy
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nature. >> dew point created 06-acre natural gardens. >> we mean so if you look around, and it looks like all of these trees and flowers and everything just grew here. >> yes. >> but really they didn't. each of these was hands selected by mr. dupont. >> it is casino every fun to see a garden that's more natural. >> inside the mansion, 175 rooms, filled with 90,000 pieces of early american art. >> this is 66 piece set every dinner wear that belonged to george and martha washington, also, very famous painting of george washington by gilbert stewart. >> right now take us to a place called enchanted woods. i don't know about you but it sound fascinating. >> the this is so darling, reminds me when i was a kid and played with the miniatures, everything designed for children, to use
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their imagination. >> i got to say the fairy cottage, fun to believe that you're living there. >> one of the things really neat also is this birds nest. this is a giant nest. >> cool. >> that has three giant wooden eggs, from birds. >> also re plaques, and enjoy the outdoor setting. >> now that we're in the summer months, there is nothing better than hitting the river. >> wilderness has a lot of options. >> we do canoes, kayaking, tandem kayaking and tubes. >> in the water shed class. today canoe on the brandywine river. >> they will be paddling back down into delaware and taking out at our state park location at brandywine creek state park. >> sometimes you'll p.m. p into traffic, when things flow
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smotely, the brandywine creek is a drome ride. >> i would say everyone should get on the brandywine. it is a great experience. >> with or without a canoe. >> so cute. >> oh, you guys, you see what i mean? little built of everything with this one, a huge thank you to the wonderful people of winter tour museum and wilderness did a on trips and brandywine creek. we had such a glass. i know if you visit all of, you should bring jack to that giant birds nest, and so many kid things to do. i don't know guys ever played with the miniature, little houses, those little troll houses, that's what it was, but in life size form. so awesome. >> i love the reminders what's out there. >> oh, so much around here. >> meisha, thanks, seeing just about everyone is singing along with justin timberlake new song can't stop feeling. >> including west depford middle school. check this out. >> ♪
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>> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> oh. the school made this up to celebrate this year's graduating class, and how fun, it has got nearly 4,000 views on line, and they are hoping it goes viral so jc can see it. >> again, i love seeing people dance, especially when they just don't care. >> all right, we will be right back. ya, with three things you need to know before go. >> it is three to go next.
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>> two teen hit by hit-and-run driver in spring garden. one of the 16 year old in critical condition, the driver was eventually taken into custody, police believe, he may have been under the influence. >> city of philadelphia has become the first us city, major us city, to tax sugary drinks, mayor kenney plans to sign that bill monday. it takes effect in january. >> jury deliberations resume today in chaka fattah racketeering trial. the conditioning man denies any wrong-doing, in that's three to go. >> cbs this morning is next, with a future every artificial intelligence, hear from the co-founder of siri on the next level in virtual assistance, have a great day. bye, everybody.
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