matter how your travels will be unfold being, whether taking the rail, driving the roadways, you've got to give yourself extra time. always so tough a just getting back to work for the first day back for so many of us, but after a holiday kind of slow starter. but yes, it is a soggy start to the day here. and even you can still see if you look real close, you got to look closely, very high rainfall intense tip, so showing up yellow. there are some yellow lightning strikes embedded within this pocket of heavy rain. so cape may, cumberland county getting hit hard. flashflood watch posted there until 10:00 this morning, actually most of the region in the flashflood watch until further notice. where you have got some of the heavier rain falling, you also have flood advisory, just for this torrential rain that's falling. it will lead to ponding, and standing water on the roadways, you will be slowed down by this. so, even if you can't get out the door extra early, expect that you might be running late here. flashflood watch, we mentioned, till posted until 10:00 this morning, essentially region wide, places you don't have that watch are in the far inland

suburbs, also, headed up toward the lehigh valley and poconos, where it is just not the placement isn't quite right. so you don't have that rain falling in those locations quite as heavily. here's where we stand temperature wise. what's so often nice about summertime rain is that it bridges for the refreshing air mass. that doesn't happen this time. we are off to very warm, very muggy start, and it will stay that way for the remainder of the next five to seven days here, eventually lower humidity, but this will start a string of not just very warm days, but also, very humid days, and it is actually hotter today than it was yesterday. 88 degrees our eventual high, thankfully skies will start to clear. meisha? >> we were just talking about that, katie. welcome back to the real world. you are waking up this morning, and i can tell you, it is wet roadways. we all know cracking into the 5:00 hour what wet roadways on busy monday or tuesday will mean it, will mean problems. take a look at this, accident,

i-95 penn's landing put all the way off blocking right and left lane, right shoulder and left shoulder. what's happening is one of the vehicles had spun out. actually facing the wrong direction, facing oncoming traffic plus all of the stuff. satisfying brake lights go off there more than normally see cracking into the 5:00 hour in terms of volume levels, in terms every vehicles already on the roadway, so a the love you maybe took the day off yesterday. get jump start today. and it is looking wet, and it is looking a little bit messy out there. so this is is the schuylkill at the boulevard, both directions see it is just looking wet, looking hazy. what happens a lot of people think they can casino of gas it, a lot of vehicles on the roadways, they can hit a puddle and hydroplane, that's when we start to see the problems. ninety-five south at cottman, what you are looking at, see the headlight glaring on the roadway, how how wet it is out there. another accident out there. this one is in hopewell new jersey route 29 river road southbound before fiddlers creek road, all lanes blocked in this area. those of in you that area make note. we also have construction out

there delaware, 495 northbound, the ramp from hey road closed this will be closed until july 15th. also, what we are talking about all morning long, septa regional rails running saturday schedule because a third of the fleet are defective. you can expect over-crowding. you want to take the buses, high speed or trolley. also, make sure to check septa.org for all of the latest and greatest information. jim, over to you. >> thanks so much, meisha a well it, could be a tight squeeze today if you are riding septa's reginald rail. >> structural problem has side lined more than 100 cars. and that's expected to cause big problems for commuters. now, our team coverage begins with "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch live at suburban station, what's going on? >> reporter: brooke, jim, good morning, for many, suburban station is a final destination, but getting here today will not be an easy as it was just last week, as septa scrambles to keep up service now minus 120 of it regional rail cars. for at least the summer, septa will run a modified saturday schedule with extra rush hour

service. running as close to every half hour as possible. however, what these trains reach capacity, they'll bypass other symptoms. so, septa officials urge riders near center city to explore subway, trolley, bus options. the market frankford, broad street, norristown high speed lines, and route 101 and 101 trolleys will all expand rush hour service in the morning and evening. extra parking has been secured near philadelphia area septa transit hubs, and fees may apply. for septa, this is the new normal, until they bounce it back from losing 120 silver liner five cars brought on line between 2010 and 2016 their cost about $274 million. and now their lost bridges daily capacity down by 50% by some estimates. by chance friday, a septa inspector found cracks on local bearing beam, then similar cracks were found on more than 100 silver liner five cars. the fleet now pulled from

service and the trickle down we are told will be felt. >> we've already seen a lot of outreach from businesses in the area that have told their employees, you know, the challenges that you will have with coming in on regional rail. we do expect crowding conditions. >> it is even packed now, when you have seven cars going to trenton, so, i mean, have to leave earlier to go to work. >> and back live, again it, will not be assisi, very likely, for many people to get to suburban station this morning. pass holders keep your july fares. septa is working on fare credit system. septa is also in touch with manufacturer of their silver liner five as hyundai on finding part, how much, it will not be a quick fix. we are told a solution could take several weeks, meaning, the repairs could last the summer. so if you are traveling over the next comings weeks, months, on the regional rail lines be be sure to go on line

and consult septa's schedule. live here in center city, justin finch, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", brooke, jim, back into you. >> thanks, justin. >> if you are looking for alternative ways to get to work you may want to consider taking an uber to another septa train station, the ride sharing service has partnership with septa. it is offering up to $10 off your ride to 11 of the busiest stations, automatically apply the discount when you request drop off or pick up at the station ace parking lot. the deal lasts through labor day. reduced train service coverage does not ends here. another live report coming up in the next half hour. coverage also available on our website cbsphilly.com and the cbs local app. >> other news, chester police investigating the city's 15th murder year. last night someone shot a man to death while he was in his karat third and kurland street. police found the victim shot in the head and the car still in gear with the engine running. so far no suspects, and no

motive. >> now, rain failed to dampen the spirit of 76. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> singer michael mcdonald rocks camden's waterfront at the fourth every july freedom festival. it ended with a fantastic fireworks display, over the delaware river. big crowd was on hand despite the weather. >> there was incredible fireworks display over the philadelphia museum of art at the celebration on the parkway. now, we talk to some people who came prepared for the rain which started around 7:00. some other say the raid added a unique feel to the show. >> for the fourth, many found their way to the jersey shore. >> in wildwood, thousands every country music fans braved the threat of rain. they gathered on the beach for a country music concert, headlined by tim mcgraw, fans told "eyewitness news" it was a great way to celebrate america's birthday. >> everything you wanted,

boardwalk, atmosphere, meet country rock show. what more could you ask for? >> and the fourth of july. >> and the fourth every july all wrapped into one thing. >> earlier the beaches were packed in ocean city despite the clouds. many look to go get in one last beach day before the end of the long holiday weekend. >> hey, the rain forced several communities to postpone their fireworks. this doesn't sound like a bad thing though. so for full list of make-up days go to cbsphilly.com. not mad at a make up day, still fireworks yesterday, now get second day possibly? >> spreading out the fun. >> hello. not all fireworks displays were washed out as we were just mentioning. >> impressive shows all across the country. >> just one of them, the macy's fireworks display over the big apple. we'll take you across the country to see some of the best and the brightest. >> and how about this achieve. we'll show you the big accomplishment nasa pulled over in the last few hours,

and thousand will help us better understand one of our planetary members. >> and, this is a live look of the philadelphia skyline this morning, it was a wet fourth of july, and katie says there are still showers in our area. she'll have complete look at the forecast in just minutes. stay with us.

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>> the night sky glowed all across the country last night, the scene in sacramento, people treated to incredible display while listening to god bless america. >> new york city celebrated with the macy's fireworks display. the country's largest fourth of july fireworks show. it is actually synchronize today patriots i can music, estimated 3 million people watched it, nationwide.

>> and at the nation's capitol cbs held its 36 capitol fourth celebration. the event took place on the west lawn. us capitol, along with among the performers smokey robin, so, gavin due gray and the national symphony orchestra. >> yes, dow like my sinfonias. >> three weeks before philadelphia hoses the democratic national convention, 20 days away from the opening gavel at the wells fargo center. the delegates will formally nominate hillary clinton at the dnc. the campaign has launched a contest where supporters can apply to formerly nominate her at the convention, now, later today president obama will campaign with clinton, meanwhile, donald trump's team promises an extraordinary display of political entertainment at the republican national convention in cleveland, the gop meets in two weeks. >> solar powered spacecraft is orbiting the solar system's largest planet.

>> naseau received confirming it was in orbit around jupiter. the trip took close to five years, to go 1.8 billion miles. the mission hopes to reveal more about jupiter and what formed our solar system. perhaps, we'll now know more about that mysterious red spot. >> well, back here on planet earth, i didn't do well in science, so i'm just gloss g over that. the weather was not too bad for most of the july 4th holiday, but there were fireworks little wet in parts of our area. >> yes, katie looks like some of the rain still sticking around, too, had to fight it off this morning little bit. still coming down quite heavily depending on location, especially southern new jersey, very, chevy rainfall currently still happening. torrential is the words i would use for some of you where you have the heaviest rainfall intensity so you got to take it easy out there and just expect you'll get slowed down by. >> this look at storm scan3, wide zoom, heaviest rain currently falling on the

border between cape may, atlantic counties also another little pocket ready to nudge in, across the delaware bay in cumberland county. that's where the wore has been falling. and as scheduled, it looks like granted still see additional showers this morning, but this pretty much is the worse of it. once we get rid of this little pocket, we should begin to see things start to wind down. in the thick of things as we speak, but what ended up happening guys we had warmfront, also area of low pressure road along it, that's why we wendt dollars one such heaven rainfall rate across the region here as a whole, still flashflood watch remaining until 10:00 this morning, i honestly won't be shock if they decide they'll allow that to expire little sooner. regardless it is out there for most of the region and regardless you're also going to be dodging some wed wrote ways, even if the fall isn't falling if it already did fall, did the damage, get slowed down. so here is the pocket we just showed you, see how it get out of here? even by noontime, already see the clouds start to part. not looking ahead to sunny

afternoon, but does clear out. not a system that bridges about refreshing change, rather, only going to get hotter more humid the next few days, future weather may be a spotty speckle on the radar by 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., but overall we'll clear things out, break for more sunshine by tomorrow. now we look a led to the future heat index values, no harm, no foul. kind of muggy outside. low 70s in the high humidity, we can handle that. but by the time you hit 6:00, 7:00 tonight feel more like the lower mid 90s in spots, just today. sin just starting to set over the horizon, likely, you know what, guys, i won't be shocked if these values starting to up. may feel more like the triple digits tomorrow with the building humidity. already, going to be very hot. the casino of these can be dangerous if you are not smart about it, hand the hot weather as long as you're smart about it, use common sense.

find pool near you, great excuse for that tomorrow, you see in the seven day. for now we bring it back to the here and now, pleasant valley middle and high schools. fog your primary issues, visibilities are low, where you don't have the rain, and it is just a really moisture laden air massey wouldn't call this is the best beach day we've ever seen but clears out with time later, rip countries being thankfully low, and take a look at the city daytime miles in the next couple of days, four straight days of 90 or above. >> see couple of shots, over to you. >> katie, i love the heat. but this is just getting gross. >> new jersey 42 northbound, creek road, i would say that what i saw yesterday, this is probably double what i saw all day yesterday. all day. so for themes of in you new jersey, 42 freeway north road, approaching 295, looking very busy basically interstate,

highways, picking up quicker than with a we normally see. because everyone is trying to get a jump start on the work day for those who go back to work just looking very wet out there. taillights moving in the eastbound direction, already seeing some brake light go off. oaks, so these guys moving in the eastbound direction over all that is what we are looking at. westbound no problem, don't even look over there. accident, where we had accident 95 south at penn's landing blocking both the right and left lanement back, just take a peak, at this guy right there, was not involved in the accident here. but i will say right and left lane, left lane guy that had spun out was facing oncoming traffic now all since been cleared. >> guys, over to you. >> for a look at newspaper headlines across the region. >> burlington county man accused of killing his former employer.

forty-two year old david speed of pemberton township charged with first degree murder and robbery in the shooting death of thomas wright the second. wright was killed inside his tabernacle township home last week where he operated his business art son building creations. on the front page of the burlington county times ten municipalities, to answer questions you might have about your power bill. beginning in september, texas based try eagle energy will supply electricity. the county says it will save you average of 12% on electric bills. >> in the times herald, the conshohocken soak box -- soap box derby returned for the year yesterday, naiver dating past the crowds lining both sides every fayette street. the cars were made with lighter material, and more area owe dynamics than ever before. >> that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware vale. >> well, pat gallen is here, not with soap box, but with a preview every what's coming up in sports. >> i don't think that will be coming up. we're getting a lock at the debut of the top pick in the

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is with the treat you make together. ♪ ♪ >> look looking liver at 30th street station, septa tries to fix more than 100 rail cars in its fleet. septa says to expect delays throughout the summer. mower details including updates on the train schedules on cbsphilly.com. pat's here with this, mo's stories from the sport world. good morning, pat. a lot happened. >> yes, a lot happened last night, especially for sixers fans. nba utah summer league is underway. we're getting first look at the sixers top draft pick, ben simmons. the number one overall pick look pretty comfortable on the court against the celtics in salt lake city last night.

simmons fin wished ten points, eight rebounds, five assists in 24 minutes, but the sixers lost 102-94, see them down right there. he gave sixers fans a scare as he was helped from the court in the fourth quarter. but, it was just right leg cramps. how much, simmons will not play tonight when the sixer play the san antonio spurs. the sixers are likely to have pretty crowded front court this season, but now they've found themselves a shooter, 30 year old sergio rodriguez, has signed one year deal worth $8 million. rodriguez spent the past six years in spain, but he's no stranger to the nba. he spent three seasons with the trailblazers, and split a season between the kings and the nicks. >> kevin did your durant decided to take his talent to the west coast, signed two year deal with the golden state warriors for reported $54 million, which as crazy as it sounds keep steve kerry's mvp the fourth highest paid player on the keep. hard to believe, right? clay thompson, green, and kevin durant all make more

than the league mvp. fans every his former team the oklahoma city thunder says kd's decision hurts. >> i'm upset that he left because i think he should have been more loyal to the thunder lime duncan is to the spurs. >> such a tragedy, when it hit me, i was just sitting at home, i didn't know how to react, what to say. i looked to my friends looking for support and they were like, well, got to move on somehow. >> they need support. they need help. phillies take on the braves tonight at south philly look to go build on their fourth every july fireworks pun intended. bottom of the second yesterday against the braves. phils down one-nothing, freddie galvis grounds out, game tide, that's when the explosion of runs happens. ceasar hernandez trip tolls right. tommy joseph scores. gives the phils a lead, that they would not lose. franco, also hit, solo homeruns in the seventh inning. and the phils coast to a eight

to two win. >> i can't complain about the hitting any more. i mean, these guys, the hitting continues, it is great to see. i believe our first eight hits were extra bases hits. i don't know if that's a record or it has got to be close. you. >> get in, you start running into some pitches. you know, the line keeps movingment next guy gets a hit. keeps going. keeps going. confidence through the roof. >> get to go meet one of the most colorful phillies ever in our next hour, the man they call nails will be here live in our studio. former phillies all-star and 1993 spark plug lenny dykstra has a book out, and of course he pulls no punches. he'll stop by to tell us about his new life after his rise to stardom. then his fall from grace. any phillies fan knows how outspoken and wild dykstra was. this morning, guys, should be no different. certainly be interesting talking with lenny dike travel that's coming up in the 6:00 hour. >> that's coming up. oklahoma fans. >> i knew it, i knew it, stewing. >> i feel like we're being a

little ridiculous. because most people would leave their jobs in whatever state for $54 million in california. >> i would agree. >> i would say neck to you for $54 million. i would give it away. just the pleasure to be here with you. >> this is a different situation. we said motion people, you know, thanks, pat. well, ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, braving the train. >> septa pulls 100 trains from its tracks from major repairs. we'll have what you need to know if you are taking a train this morning. we're live at suburban station. >> plus, a special dedication, the new memorial that's just arrived to audubon, new jersey, back in a moment. for all those pokers, prodders, shuckers and sniffers, all giant produce is triple checked. we're focusing on fresh... ...so you don't have to guess. my giant.

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