during demonstration during recent police involved shootings. >> we as a people are tired, and we can't take it any more. >> black lives matter activist plan to protest this evening in philadelphia. >> operated under a mistaken belief. >> bill cosby set to go on trial after judge ruled against his lawyers efforts to have his case thrown out. >> presumptive democratic nominee, hillary clinton; making a stop in philadelphia today. she is set to talk to the ame convention tonight. >> sometimes there is a need for people to come together. >> uber and the philadelphia parking authority make a deal to help travelers during the septa rail crunch and the dnc. >> that was singer jennings performing last night at the del music center in strawberry mansion last night, before all of this bad news happened. >> the concert marked the opening of the summer season at the east fairmount park

venue. we will talk to katie live on the skydeck, you have important news, because the heat can actually be dangerous. >> absolutely, another day of excessive heat out here, still quite warm, even at this hour, and the sun has not even yet risen over the horizon, once it does, it will be very efficient heat that takes place here, yet again we expect to sky rocket back to the 90s here at the local level. quick peak what's happening on storm scan, at the moment, thankfully, not too much taking place right now, you have got a hands full of clouds here, there, but generally speaking it is just a quiet start, all be it very muggy start to the day. here is a look at the excessive heat warning once more, we do still have it in effect until 6:00 tonight across the i95 corridor, and all point to up mercer county from basically new castle, right up to mercer county, so, still the same zone in for the worse of that heat here today. temperatures, as they stand right now, low mid upper 70s, being reported across the region, dew points still very, very high as well with this, so again, very steamy start to the day, and steamy day just in general.

i would call it a good start to the day if you want to hit the pool. but later on today, there will be some showers, some thunderstorms that begin to fire up. and coming up a bit later, i'll tell you exactly when the storms are likely to arrive, and will the what impact will be. we'll sit in some spots in slight risk for severe weather. more details later in the show. >> katie, thank you so much. guys, i want to pull your attention to this very serious accident, the boulevard northbound at ridge avenue. all lanes blocked, looks like far left lane just opening right now, and it sounds like this accident is involving a motorcyclist. never good. this is the season when we are jumping on motorcycles, so just make sure we pay a tension to that, again, that's what this accident is involving, it looks like they are just starting to open the far left lane right now, but you can see, crews, it will really slow you down, not only are they going to be remedy the situation, but also you'll get a lot of gaper delay because of it, especially whenever we have this many crews out there. so again, accident happened

here, boulevard northbound at ridge avenue. and it looks like that far left lane is only lane getting by. going to be slow there. blue route, taillights moving in the southbound direction, this is at ridge pike, looking actually okay, out there, when we look at the schuylkill, this is what you are looking at, there tail light moving in the eastbound direction past king of prussia, 422, tail light moving in the eastbound direction near the turnpike looking really nice, on 422, another accident outside horsham, not yet cleared, take a look at this, if you are just waking up with us, county line roadblocked between blair mill road and meeting house road. we have downed pole and wires. you will have to use an alternate. right now it is street road there. construction new jersey turnpike southbound between burlington mt. holly at route 73, two right lanes block, indeed, still block, haven't cleared early, and also more construction route 422 westbound between sanatoga and arm around hammer boulevard. overall two accident what i mainly want to point out for this traffic hit right now, boulevard northbound at ridge avenue and also the second one in horsham. i'll let you know as soon as

those clear. that will construction still lingering out there, as well, brooke, over to you. >> more on the breaking news we're following this morning, downtown dallas texas is a crime scene after police say snipers shot and killed four police officers and a transit officer. >> the gunfire errupted during demonstrations over police involved shootings in minnesota and louisianna. justin finch is live in our cbs-3 sat center with details on the ambush and courage of civilians, justin? >> jim, just minutes ago, from poland, president obama called the ambush vicious and twisted and promised resources for dallas a law enforcement advocacy group said it was the deadliest attack for law enforcement since september 11. dallas mayor is: asking is the it i -- city to come together, what he calls the worse nightmare for dallas, four dead, six wounded, there is also word a civil yan was injured, shot trying to shield her children from gunfire, she was hit in her right calf.

those shots rang out close to 9:00 p.m. thursday, fired as a rally in support of alton sterling every louisianna and philandco castile of minnesota. both men died in police custody this week. dallas. >> reporter: those were fired from high platforms, targeting officers below. crowds ran for cover. then, hours later, came report after gunman holdup in a highrise parking garage, took his own life. three other suspect are in custody, two men and one woman, police chief, david brown, says, there could be more out there. >> we still don't have a complete comfort level that we have all of the suspects. so we will continue a very, very rigorous investigation and search of downtown, we are likely to be working throughout the early morning hours of friday until we are

satisfied that all suspects have been captured. >> and, this morning, the fbi is working with dallas police on the investigation, as you heard, downtown dallas remains a crime scene. officials expect to reopen buildings and streets in the area slowly over the next several hours. jim, back over to you. >> thank up, justin, if you watch it. >> v coverage of the shoot cents last night or followed along on social media, you likely saw picture after man named person of interest in the shooting. >> it turns out, it was a mistake. this picture was plastered all over the place. the man, his name mark hughes, he attended a rally in dallas, he was wearing a camouflage shirt and caring a large rifle which is legal in dallas. overnight police questioned hughes, and released him clearing him of any wrong-doing. >> hey, i mean, i don't know what to say, i can't believe it, i can't believe it. >> crazy thing about it, i was down here, i couldn't get to my vehicle because.

roadblock. and in hindsight 20/20 i could have easily been shot. >> mark went on to say he was interrogated for 30 minute, now afraid for his own life after receiving multiple death threat. >> well, in other news, the state department is re-opening it investigation into hillary clinton's use after private e-mail server, while secretary of state. the move was expected, fbi director james comey testified about the agency's investigation yesterday, on capitol hill. the state department probe will focus on whether current employees should be punished for how they handled clinton's emails. >> in the presidential race, hillary clinton returns to the campaign trail today, will be in our area, vice president joe biden will make his first appearance with clinton in his hometown every scranton this afternoon. clinton also has family ties to that area. the presumptive democratic nominee then makes her way to philadelphia, she'll deliver the keynote speech at the conference for the african methodist episcopal church tonight at the pennsylvania convention center. she is also expected to address the police-involved

shootings in baton rouge and minnesota. on the republican side, donald trump is expected to make a policy speech today in miami. this follows a contention us meeting he had with republican law makers in washington on thursday. after the meeting, trump tweeted: it was a very interesting day. later, former rival, ted cruz, saidel speak at the republican national convention in cleveland over a week away, texas senator said no discussion of any endorsement. septa commuters are in for another hot morning on packed rail cars. delays and crowded trains have been the norm for the commuters this week, while defective rail cars get emergency repairs, some trains have bypassed crowded platforms, also running slower because of speed restrictions caused by the excessive heat. also, uber and the philadelphia parking authority have a deal to help travelers during the septa rail crunch, and the dnc. the two sides put the brakes on their bitter regulatory battle yesterday, and actually shook hands during news conference. the deal allows the ride sharing service to offer in

the city legally for 09 days. ooh letter pay the ppa to ends several legal disputes, and be responsible for backgrounds and insurance checks. >> we are making this exception to the law. we all hope we are correct in doing it. we feel we are. sometimes there is a need for people to come together and make an exception. >> the taxi workers alliance says the decision will hurt taxi drivers. they wanted the ppa to wait until pennsylvania lawmakers passed state-wide legislation legalizing ride sharing. >> tonight a lot of money is up for grabs, the mega millions jackpot we've been talking about it all week gone up to $540 million. >> nice way to lighten the mood of the newscast, pat gallen tells us about the seeks iment going throughout the delaware val. >> i trying to bring levity to the situation, obviously, someone will be smiling tonight, that's the hope. thirty-five, that's how many mega millions drawings there have been since the last

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weather watchers this morning, but yes, you have nice sunrise to start things off. eventually, the possibility, though, some stronger thunderstorms returning to our forecast, we will walk you through everything, start things off, though, with a check in with the watt watchers, and you have real significant warmth. there are places already flirting with 80 degrees right now across portions of delaware. let's take you into new jersey, though, we jump on in toward the pine land region anyway. peter, reporting sunshine this morning, out in the williamstown area, just saying the humidity is a killer, it is so palpable outside. we go to another one, very close by, 72, coming in from margo this morning in the sunshine, and she has got 100% humidity being report from the her weather station, warmth, humidity, also, great advice to check in on the elderly, neighbors, that you may have nearby, then head to the nearest pool, tgif. i am with her. this does ends up being a decent half of the day, looks decent for pool weather, but again some thunderstorms on the way. john up in yardley checking in with 82% humidity in the sunshine, definitely feels

quite just uncomfortable outside. soap, make sure that you're hydrating. grace advice, especially if you are one of the folks, you can't help it, you have to work in the heat. you're landscaper, construction worker, you have to be out in this, we get that. but we also want you to take it easy out there and take frequent breaks if you must. meanwhile, future dew points really tell the story just how palpable that humidity is. six an is about the benchmark of where it starts to feel muggy right? we hit 1:00 this afternoon dew point into the 70s, owe press i have humidity, may actually spike into the early evening why? actually thunder storing moving through, some could be locally heavy before they rumble out of here. keep an eye on that, into tomorrow, as women, that will still be a theme until we hit sunday. sunday, 5:00 in the morning, give or take a couple of hours there. you will really notice dew

point dropping, air go, starts to feel heck of heck of a lot me comfortable. i come bearing that good weather news, now although storm scan3 is nice and quiet, likely not stay that way, got heavy thunderstorms crossing through portions of lake erie eventually will be the story here, and we are talking about any potential tore strong or severe weather at least eastern pennsylvania, portions of the suburbs, in other words, outlying philadelphia, sit in severe weather risk, gusty winds, with any of the strongest thunderstorms that fire up. doesn't look like this would be major little event. definitely not tornado type event, regardless some of the storms could have bit more gust, when they move on through. we check on future weather say early afternoon, about the same time we saw it fire up yesterday, those storms start to ignite, scattered fashion, similar story tomorrow, and then we get relief. bear with me for two more days of 09 or above. not necessarily huge drop on the thermometer sunday or monday, but we keep the sunshine, also see the drop in the humidity, snow is some

real nice summertime weather coming our way as of sunday. meisha, over to you. >> beautiful weather, thank you so much, katie. good morning, guys. an accident, involving a motorcyclist, boulevard northbound at ridge avenue, it is now pulled all the way out to the far right shoulder. still seeing some slow downs. light still out there. really have to use extra caution looking for friends on bikes right now. again, boulevard northbound at ridge avenue, back upshot out of the boulevard take a look, southbound looking okay, northbound side, almost bumper to bumper, squeezing down, condensing down to one, two lanes, trying to pass that congestion levels are thereto sustain this casino of slow down, and also, you are going have that gaper delay with crews and flashing lights, make note, if you can avoid the area, certainly want to do

so. rid lane block, another one kind of lingering throughout this morning, take a look at this, this is supposed to be in horsham, county line roadblocked at blair mill road, meeting house road, you will have to use alternate. street road probably going to be your best bet right now. and also just septa reminder you guys are probably somewhat used to this, but weekday service running interim schedules in effect for most of the line saturday schedules, for these lines fox hate, make note of that, also weekend service regular saturday sunday service. >> whenever we have the hot water can add to tension, so give yourself extra time, check out septa.org. new jersey turn pine southbound between burlington mt. holly and route 73, two lanes blocked until 6:00 a.m. i'll let you know it lift, jim, brooke, back to you. >> picture after dad sleeping under his son's crib is going viral. this happened in york pennsylvanian dray palmer had just left work after nine hour shift and rushed to see his 20

month old son aj with asthma, while his wife was asleep on the couch, he didn't want to wake her up so he found a place on the floor. >> he is being called dad of the year, and we agreed they're all out of the hospital now. >> isn't that the cuteness. >> it is indeed. remember, e-a-g-l-e-s em cam? new camera to look in. and wait until you see the view, it is fishing in alaska, we'll show when you we come back.

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jenny, with special vegan hippo size fruit and veggie cupcakes. >> i need hippo size cupcakes. actually, i actually like that idea, just the right size. guests will get treats of their own and chance to sign birthday card and sing a course of hippo birthday to you. >> oh, so cute. another great fun activity behind independence hall. re-enactment of the first public reading of the declaration every independence, join crowd of 18th century figures and be just like the citizens of philadelphia, back in the summer of 76. 1776 that is. it start at 11:45, you can get free copy of the declaration, too. coming up in the next hour of cbs-3, "eyewitness news", continuing coverage of the deadly ambush in dallas. >> at least five officers were hit and killed, and now the

>> terror on the streets of dallas, texas. >> violent toned what started as peaceful protest against

this week's police involved shootings. this is now the deadliest day for law enforcement since the september 11 attacks, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm brooke thomas. report with the latest on the deadly ambush on police in dallas last night. the shooting killed at least five police officers. at least two snipers opened fire last night during a dem administration protesting this week's police killings of black men in louisiana and minnesota. 11 officers and one civilian were shot. a suspect who said he wanted to hurt and kill more law enforcement officials killed himself overnight after trading gunfire with police. minutes ago in poland president obama called the attack vicious, calculated, and despicable. >> our focus is o