>> is a night of basketball turns deadly, next what police are doing to track down the suspect who opened fire on the teens. >> and we'll show you the incredible case that opened late into the night. and surprising way it all came to an end. >> up for adoption. we'll introduce to you several dogs who just arrived in the delaware valley. the devestated place they're leaving behind, and somehow soon they'll be ready to join their new family. good morning, today is tuesday, july 12th, aim jim donovan. >> i'm brooke thomas, a lot to tell but this morning, including what two people are accused of doing in center city, that's attracted attention from homelands security, first of course a check on the day's forecast with katie and roads with meisha. >> happy tuesday, we have overturned truck in conshohocken, overall we had big accident last night at 10:00 p.m. on the schuylkill, that's now since been cleared, so great news for those of you on the schuylkill, we'll get to you in a little bit. >> at least looking ahead to real nice day here in the

delaware vale. more sunshine for you, started off with a lock at storm scan3, remains pretty quiet, high clouds out, there the sun now officially up, and it is going to continue, to help warm things up, as the day progresses so not really going see too much activity on storm scan3 only real change, up tick in the humidity, little bit of up tick in the humidity, feels more like july. yesterday crisp day for july standards pretty awesome, now getting back to bit of dose of reality for you, 40, with 70 in will mink, middle low 60s in most other locations, in philly today though expect to hit very seasonable, i mean, right where it should be, daytime high of 87 degrees great beach day, or maybe headed up toward the northeast extension g do some fishing, great excuse to towel of that. in the forecast, things go bit

downhill, as things starting to up in terms of humidity. >> chance for showers, thunderstorms, all of the things starting to up, so we start to, again, have to dodge some wet weather on the radar in the days ahead, i'll tell when you to expect that wet weather coming up a bit later in the show. thank you you, good morning, looking at the roads, pretty good. blue route headlight moving in the southbound direction at baltimore pike, see, both moving in the southbound eastbound and westbound on the schuylkill looking nice right now, 422, taillights moving in the eastbound direction, valley forge, you can see, moving in the eastbound direction bulk, and speaking of 422, take a look at this, overnight construction between trooper and first avenue, eastbound side, seven p.m. to 5:00 a.m.

westbound side, that's going to be nine p.m. to 6:00 a.m. one lane is going to be open both directions. >> accident overturned tricky was talking about up at the desk in conshohocken, these are the details conshohocken road closed near old elm street. use local detours to get around that, brooke, over to you. >> meisha, a teen boy is dead and two others are in the hospital, because someone shot them "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live at southwest detective with the latest information, good morning, jan. >> jim, brooke, good morning, homicide now taken up this investigation, detective tell us, this group of teenage hers just left a basketball league late last night, southwest philadelphia, when they were ambushed now one of the teens, 15 year old boy, will never return home. police are searching for a kill they are morning, after a triple shooting in southwest

philadelphia all just came from a basketball game. >> a solid neighborhood with good basketball program with a lot of people involved. >> detective are hoping those possible witness cans help track down the shooter. police say of the basketball games ended around 10:00, the teenagers 14, 15, and 16, walked eason baltimore, when they encountered group of males at edgewood street. one of those guys, police say, a gun, and for some reason, opened fire on the teen. police believe the boys were targeted, but don't yet know why. >> this just looks like kids, caring something from a neighborhood here, just had an opportunity to go after these young men leaving the court, and took an opportunity to shoot them, which is unacceptable. >> the 14 year old was hit in the arm, the 16 year old hit in the ankle 15 year old was shot in the face. the 15 year old eventually pronounced dead. tuesday morning they searchedment shooting scene for clues, scene not even

block away from where teenagers at one point were having a good time playing basketball. positive program that works well in the community. call for tips to get the individual off the street. >> the two other teens shot and injured are currently in stable condition, this morning, and meanwhile this investigation continues, unfortunately, detective don't have a good description of the suspect, only to say, one is a man, possibly, five-nine, wearing white t-shirt, black shorts, the other is a male with a red t-shirt and wearing a bandana, anyone with information is asked to call police. we are reporting live outside southwest detective, this morning, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", jim, brooke, back into you. >> thanks a lot, jan. >> in other news, philadelphia police say threats have been made against several district, that investigators say the threats are not credible or realistic. at least right now. authorities released a statement reading in part: obviously, we're taking this seriously, and it will be thoroughly investigated, in

order to ensure the safety of not only our employees but the residents who live in the aforementioned districts. the police investigation is snot over. we'll bring you updates when any new information comes into our news room. and, this morning, homeland security investigation is underway, that is after two people were found on the roof of the hyatt at the bellevue in center city last night, around 7:30, in the evening, that's in the 200 block of south broad street, police say the two had smoke bombs, and camera equipment. no word on the charges they're facing. >> later today, barring last minute appeal, new details may become public in the case against former penn state assistant coach, jerry sandusky. judge gary glazer is expected to unseal documents, from an insurance lawsuit that could contain allegations that a could, that in 1976 san did you kiss molested details about claims penn state assistant coach south inapropriate contact, sexual contact between sandusky and a child, in 1987, and 1988.

>> for the sixth day in a row, people protested in philadelphia, against the recent police shootings of black men around the country. the first rally was held outside city hall monday morning. it was followed by an evening rally on cecil b. moore avenue. police say the riots have been peaceful, thanks to patience and community outreach. >> real safe. the protests are peaceful, all races, inspiring, i hope the whole nation is seeing this cause and it is great to see. >> even some of the groups they credit who really don't have any love for us, have not been violent. >> commissioner richard ross told "eyewitness news", they expect protests at the democratic national convention. he says they're fine tuning their security plans all the time. >> well, a majority of new jersey residents are saying no thanks to new casinos. november's ballot will ask new jersey voters whether to expand casino gambling, the public minds pole by fairly dickinson university shows 57%

of respondents say no. 35% support it. well this morning several dogs from flood ravaged west virginia are here in philadelphia looking for new homes. >> the pennsylvania spca has parted with an animal health fresh west virginia where shelters there are filled to capacity. the dogs are at the pspca headquarters on erie avenue, look checked out, and you can started a operating them later this month. >> love that. >> that's great. great news. >> hopefully all every these dogs finds new homes. >> many doing up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning, we're on the campaign trail. >> big endorsement, had ill hill is receiving today, and the reason donald trump says he's the law and order candidate. >> this crazy chase, it spark high speed pursuit in california and show you the unexpected way the chase came to an end. >> ♪ >> ♪

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>> police are reporting a stolen suv. this this several close calls with other cars, even bicyclist before going onto speedway. speeds hit 08 miles an hour, the driver eventually stopped, and is now in custody. >> well, take a look at this cool video. this is from skycam of the cbs affiliate in charlotte, north carolina, you can see some thick dark storm clouds rolling in over the city, pouring rain, and then a rainbow with some clouds left over. where is the rainbow? come on. >> i see. >> can you see it? >> oh, there it is, yup. >> had to look close. >> thin of rainbow. >> that's cool. >> right? i think we new my vision was better than yours before this. >> katie? >> i'm over here like staring at the monitor?

the older we get, jim, the older we get. >> oh, katie. twenty-two years young. >> thank you. >> i'm not sure what you are talking about. >> all right, we'll just switch gears. you know guys really looking ahead to beautiful dayment won't see any rainbows in the scion take like there is nothing but sunshine to enjoy throughout the day. beach headquarters, very quiet, looks as though the high tide may be coming in, looks like that is the edge of the shore line, coming in little bit closer in the for grounds here, but regardless, nice start to the day. ever so slightly more humid. storm scan3 at the moment very quiet. do have more sun than anything for you, cup many every clouds certainly, high pressure still in control. things starting to more downhill though however as this next system moves in. it will come in as a warm and cold front duo, right now, very vicious severe weather continuing to unfold right across the missouri and kansas border, we are not at this point specking any kind of major severe weather to operate locally, but regardless going to see the forecast go bit downhill with wet weather returning.

hey, we could always use the rain, right? had couple of dry days inbetween, spells every wet weather. now, as early as tomorrow, notice, the time stamp 10:00 a.m., most of us, at least through new jersey and delaware, for the most part, in full sunshine. cloud deck starts to nudge in here with the approach in advance of the warmfront. tan does look to me as though i say the western third, that sliver of the delaware valley, could see shower or thunderstorm, through the p.m. hours of tomorrow. and then by thursday, start to see more widespread, more numerous chance for granted scattered showers and thunder storms, but they will affect anyone at that point. starting to run short on time so i jump you ahead to the seven day, give you sense what lies ahead, generally speaking, it is just going to get hot, steamy, un settle. looking ahead to the next couple every days, some disparity on the computer model as to when things will shake out, still just a chance for showers saturday, even friday, looks like just chance, thursday, looks like it is the best shot, though, across the region.

>> yes. >> i don't mind thursday, saturday? clear the way. >> still looking pretty good especially for drivers dealing with sun glare, not bad thing to be dealing with, pass the sunglasses, you'll needs them. we had offered turn vehicle, chart that in conshohocken, another one happened 10:00 p.m., just now cleared on the schuylkill, so great news for those every you that take the schuylkill, things looking pretty darn good out there. take a look at that sunshine. when i look at sunshine like this i just get happy. i don't know about you, but guys, this is soul food that we can never take for granted. this is gorgeous. boulevard, headlight moving in the southbound direction, at fox street. you actually are looking pretty darn good there on the roadways, guys. got to say, delaware county, 95 north, 452, another spot, soak this in, looks like postcard, absolutely gorgeous, moving in the northbound direction, at 452.

you take this all the way up to the airport, that's what you are looking at, gorgeous shot. fifty-nine south at cottman, starting to heat up, come around the s curve moving into center city, so might want to give yourself couple of extra minutes in around this area, accident in conshohocken, overturned, conshohocken road closed near old elm street. you will have to use a local detour, jim, over to you. >> thanks so much, meisha a this morning, investigators say an inmate who fatally shot two bailiffs at michigan courthouse briefly took hostages before he was killed. it happened at the city every st. joes ever, about hour west of kalamazoo. authority say the prisoner was being moved from the jail cell for a court appearance, when the inmate grabbed a gun from an officer. police say he killed the two bailiffs, and wounded a sheriff's deputy, and civilian, before two other bailiffs shot and killed that prisoner. >> well, president obama, vice president joe biden, and former president jw bush will speak in dallas today, remembering the police officers killed last week in the ambush. last night, in dallas, more

than a thousand people lit candles in memory of the five officers killed in the ambush. each officer was remembered with speeches and prayers, from the chief of the dallas police department. three of those officers will be laid to rest this week, meanwhile, police continue to investigate the background of shooter micah johnson. >> today bernie sanders set to appear with hillary clinton in new hampshire. he reportedly plans to endorse, aligning himself with some of the sanders positions, in recent days, she is announced new policies on higher education and healthcare. party platform also shows sanders' influence with a commitment to a 15-dollar an hour minimum wage. and tougher language on the climate change. >> meanwhile, donald trump is set to have fundraiser in chicago today. that is a day after he said he is the law and order candidate during stop in virginia beach. he said the crowd there hostility against police must end now. he says i'll support police while fighting crime in the nation's inter cities.

he also said the name of the black lives matter movement is devisive. >> "eyewitness news" anchor jessica dean will be at the republican national convention next week, look for her live reports on "eyewitness news" and for continuing coverage on cbsphilly.com and the cbs local app. >> all right, what would you do for a free lunch? would you be willing to wear something strange? >> yes. >> well, if you chick-fil-a wants to give you food free of charge today, the unusual thing you will have to put on in order to get it. >> stay with us.

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set to officially swear in newest hire. officer anthony gray will take the oath of office during tonight's council meeting. >> that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. on "eyewitness news" this morning, free lunch. >> chick-fil-a wants to hook you up. but there is a catch. we'll talk about the unusual thing you will have to wear in order to get that for free. hey, katy? >> just saying, once again looking at bright sunshine, a comfortable humidity, overall, as well as seasonable wash. how long can this pattern last, however? not too much longerment we'll have the answer on when that heat really ramps up coming up.

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>> good morning, nice summer day in store for us, a lot like yesterday, but kate tracking some showers in the forecast, we'll tell when you to have the umbrella ready. hey there. thanks for joining us, i'm brooke thomas. >> i'm jim donovan, 6:30, time to get you caught up. here's what you need to know today in your morning minute. police are is her clinic for a kill they are morning after triple shooting in southwest philadelphia, leaves two teenagers injured and third teenager dead. police, do believe, that these teenagers were targeted, but they don't yet know why. >> two people in custody after found on the roof of the hyatt of the bellevue in center city. police say the pair were caring smoke bombs, and camera equipment. >> fast moving fire, heavily damages a local deli. two alarm blaze raised through short hills deli on east

evesham road. >> president obama, and former president, george w. bush, will speak at memorial today for the five dallas officers killed in a ambush last thursday. >> okay, buddy. >> bucks county, saturday morning, souls bury township park ... fox was released from a soccer net. >> they managed to cut the fox free and sent him back into the woods. >> very great ending to a rough time for that animal there. katie out on the skydeck with your forecast. >> good morning, starting things off on pretty quiet note. we'll see essentially for the most part carbon copy forecast, temperatures reached the mid, upper 80s, very seasonable overall, keep the sunshine if full effect, still don't have too much wind to contend w we're in the only difference, is that the other

up tick in humidity, you know what, it is july, it is what you would expect and franklin pretty much going to be very typical sunny summer day. so, let's take a look what's happening on storm scan, as you might imagine, not a heck of a lot. we have the satelite composite over top of us, featuring nothing more than few clouds, thin vale over us. here at the cbs-3 headquarters nothing more than the ever so finest little vale of cloud cover overhead, it is real a nice start to the day here. as we move things forward, it is a clicker cooperate, temperatures country reading low mid 60s, cooler by comparison mount pocono as is typical, up and down the shore point, you have anywhere from mid 60s to the 70s, so bit of variety pack there, more of on shore wind flow, as well, so that see breeze will make it feel little cooler, as the day progresses, and that said, around the region, talking sunshine across the board here, low 80s at the shore, more like upper 70s in the mountains, but here in philadelphia, certainly warm up most readily talking about 87 for daytime high in the

sunshine, and it really does look like noise day. enjoy it. now, the problem is, we eventually need to see change in the pattern, that is going to start to come in the form of up tick in humidity as well as an up tick on the thermometer in the days ahead, of course with the next system on the move, also, the return of some stormy weather, in our forecast. so i'll tell you coming up a bit later until the broadcast when to expect any hint every wet weather. sounds good, katie, thank you for. that will good morning, everyone, looking outside, actually looking pretty good. i will say we are starting to heat up in most areas, near jersey, one of those, 42 knee way northbound creek road, what you are looking at behind me, see this is certainly starting to heat up in this area. has been over the past 15, 20 minutes. but, it is kind of holding steady here, so actually looking okay, just make note, you will have to give yourself couple of extra minutes in most areas right now, the schuylkill, headlights moving, in the eastbound direction, at the boulevard. you can see, slowly starting to slow down here, as well,

eastbound actually looking okay, when you look over to the westbound side, you can see how slow moving that is already starting to get. make note of that, for those every in you and around that area, downed tree branch on the ramp from 340 to 3040 -- 340 westbound, have to swerve around it, see this vehicle just did, that you can also see those markers out there letting you know that it is still out there. accident overturned truck here in conshohocken. conshohocken road closed, near old elm street. make note of that for those of in you and around the area. overnight construction, want to pull your attention to 422 between trooper and first avenue eastbound between seven p.m. and 5:00 a.m. westbound side, nine p.m. to 6:00 a.m. one lane open, both directions, and this is going to be lingering out there until thursday. brooke, over to you. >> thanks, meisha. investigators are on the scene of two early morning fires in our area. the first broke out in a home on lewis avenue east lansdowne, delaware county, started around 2:00 this morning, and firefighters controlled the fire in about a half hour. there are no reports of injuries, and investigators are searching for the cause. this fire, at the short

hills restaurant and deli on east evesham road, cherry hill, broke out around 2:45, under control in little more than a half hour. firefighters say the flames started outside the deli, and spread inside. cherry hill fire and ems tweeted pictures as they battle the fire again, here, there are no reports of injuries, and investigators are also searching for the cause. >> meanwhile, an investigation is underway this morning, after a volunteer firefighter is killed during a delaware air rescue team training exercise. the accident happened at delaware coastal airport in georgetown, when volunteer firefighter fell from a helicopter. the 46 year old victim was pronounced dead at the hospital. the man's name is not being released. >> philadelphia's homeland security unit wants to know why two people were on the roof by the center city hotel last night. >> they are concerned because of what those suspect had up on that roof with them. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch live at the hyatt, at the bellevue hotel in center city. good morning, justin. >> reporter: jim, brooke, good morning.

talking about camera equipment, as well as smoke bombs. now, all appears back to normal here at the hyatt at the bellevue hotel, though it remains part of the focus of homeland security, philadelphia police here, no word yet on charges for those two people who were found on this roof, with those suspicious items last night. chopper three, with a birds eye view of those two individuals being placed into waiting cruisers, philadelphia police telling "eyewitness news" they got the call about 7:30 last night. arriving to this block to find two unidentified people, atop the hyatt, at the bellevue roof. and, finding them with smoke bombs, and camera equipment, not much more known at this time. again, looking live at the hotel, return to routine this morning, though at last check those two individuals do remain in police custody. again, no word yet on any charges, and the police also taking this investigation quite seriously. live here in center city, justin finch, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", jim,

brooke, back into you. >> thanks, justin. children who are up this morning, with us, may not like hearing this, it may only be july, but stores are already getting ready for back to school. >> you know it is usually the second busier time of the year for the industry after the december holidays. cbs news business analyst, jill schlessinger, tells us where we can finds deals she is live in new york, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning. >> all right, let's start with the world's largest retailer wal-mart. >> reporter: i know this sounds nutty but the chain began offering back to school deals last week, they've got 300 classrooms items for under an buck, 600 for under 2:00, more than a thousand things for less than $3. meanwhile, staples getting into the act offering back to school offers on their website backing it by what calls the 100 pen% price match guarantee. macy's also targeting clothes for school age kids, so, i know it is sort of depress to go think about school, but maybe there are some deals out there. >> never depress to go think about a deal.

>> exactly! and these deals today from amazon? >> oh, my god, amazon introduced prime day last year, celebrating its 20 anniversary, repeating it today. we got deals available only to prime members. those are the folks paying 99 bucks a year for unlimited two day shipping and some other perks like video streaming, by the way, if you get a 30 day free prime trial, you can actually get the deals today, as well. and if you are a college student you get six month free trial. and you can keep it for 49 bucks a year, anyway, a.m. some came under fire last year, they say a lot of people say this is crazy, these are rotten deals, they ran out of inventory. >> this year company says they'll have great deals on tv's, toys, amazon products like kindles, fire, by the way, to help lure customers away from amazon, announce it will be offering free shipping with no minimum purchase on all on line orders, they started it yesterday, run it for five days, and this is in addition to their recently launch 30 day free trial of shipping, a loft deals out

there, but you got to look, make it quick, beautiful day, and you get to go to the beach. >> i like the way you think, jill. >> thanks, jill. appreciate it. >> well, on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning, protesting your fate. >> pat gallen will show us new technology to prevent catchers from incredibly fast baseball. >> and to the rescue, we'll introduce you to the superheros who showed up at a local children's hospital to make the day special for both children and their parent. >> ♪ >> taking live look outside this morning. you are watching cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> ♪

>> bake sales, just ways parent try to raise money for

schools. >> tatoo artist is trying to raise money for good earth charter school, he hopes to send his young daughters one day. >> i figure p in we offer up cheap tattoos, fill this place with people, and we did cool tattoos, have a lot of fun, make a lot of money, and make some money for the cause. >> customers began showing up around noon yesterday. and for a 20-dollar donation, they could pick from a sheet of various body art. by 7:00 p.m., tatoo artists who were volunteers had drawn close to 70 tattoos. >> meanwhile, superheros descends on children's hospital in king of prussia lifting spirits. window washers from jenkintown building services scaled the hospital walls, aids hazing the children there, they had a chance to get up close to spiderman and captain america, and the children weren't the only ones who enjoyed it. >> this is awesome. it is great for the kids to be able to come and see these guys while they're waiting for their appointment, fantastic. >> parent and children alike say the gesture was a welcome

distraction. >> and what a day to wash windows. >> as great as yesterday's. >> i know. >> that will have me, the adult smiling don't have to bring me superman. >> however, looking at absolutely beautiful day, you said it, jim, once more spec to go see the sunshine out there, and we will also start to see an ever so slight up particularring it in the humidity, actually starting to come across in some of our eyewitness weather watcher reports this morning, we go on out to the map, currently finding a loft mid 406's out there, 64 degrees comes in this morning from peter, he's at 79% humidity according to his weather observation site. full sunshine to kick start the day as many of us do. bit further inland, cross over the pa board near willow grove, where barbara, is at 65 degrees, as well, finding more sun than anything, but her dew point, 63, so those two values are very close together, and you will start to notice humidity when you have got those two values. closer and closer together, just means that the air mass

can become a bit more saturated. meanwhile, we go to 66 degrees coming in from lou this morning, little more haze, little more cloud cover, to work with, 95% humidity what he is reporting, although, just some high whispy clouds are out, there mentions, too, dew point starting to creep up on us, and the higher it gets, the muggier it becomes, often enough. we are going to once more start to notice that humidity creeping up on us, with every passing day in the next few. at the moment, storm scan nice and quiet. hearing in the reports from the watch they are morning, just cup he of high clouds out there, more sun than anything. so, knott crystal blue skies as we saw yesterday, but still pretty darn nice. meanwhile, here is the next disturbance, really is barreling through the central planes bringing some very heavy duty thunderstorms through kansas, missouri, this system is eventually going to cross through our area, so serves as warmfront, bringing back high heat, high humidity in the days ahead, also dodging some showers, some storms. thankfully i don't think we are talking any major severe

weather threats at this point, if that should change, we'll let you know. let's check on the tropics. honestly, guises there is not much to report. open weather of the atlantic entire basin looks basically clear with high pressure in place. from africa, from the is a harrah, will limit any kind of development, then in addition to that you have the win shear coming in. that's very unfavorable for any kind of tropical development. so in short, tropics are nice, quiet, just like we like them to see or like to see them, that will continue. the dew point in the air, currently at 65, that's about the point it start to feel little steamy. that's about where we top off the rest of the day. regardless, very seasonable summer day. looking forward, though, we get you back to the lower mid 90s, both thursday, friday, and couple of shower and storm chances along the way. meanwhile, we have an event coming up week's end, your child could fall in the footsteps of cbs-3 meteorologist, join us, guys, kidcasters are back, kid caster auditions are this

friday from noon to 2:00. at the crayola experience in easton, pa. awesome venue for this, too, you can find all of the info you need cbsphilly.com/kid caster, lauren casey will be broadcast cents live from the auditions on friday, on "eyewitness news" at noon, then next week we will show you some of the best auditions also on "eyewitness news" at noon. always good time. meisha? >> yes, we definitely need a blooper real of. that will i can tell you kids auditioning, it makes for the best. good morning, everyone, looking at the ben franklin bridge, looking great, looking good full as it always does, i will say the congestion levels starting to builds little bit right now pushing toward the 7:00. looking great. one of my favorite shots i look at every morning, i never get used to it, just always so stunning. ninety-five south at girard, what you are looking at here, congestion levels, no longer traveling at posted speeds, hoping to keep you at 55 miles per hour, cracking into the 7:00 hour not happening. very slow moving there. also, just make note of this. downed tree branch, onramp from 340 to route 30 westbound, crews are out there

trying to get it cleared out of your way right now, we were seeing a vehicle kind of maneuver around that just little bit ago. so you can get by it. now that crews are out there it might be blocking, just know it is out there. overnight con haven't shore here 422 between trooper and first avenue. take a look at this, eastbound seven p.m. to 5:00 a.m. westbound 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. one lane open both directions. that's going to be going on until thursday. disable tractor-trailer here, northeast extension southbound between lansdale, mid-county, right lane compromised this absolutely will start to slow you down right now specially cracking into the 7:00 hour. make note that's out for you in and around the area. accident, overturned truck, out there, predominantly throughout the whole morning, conshohocken, conshohocken road closed, and this is near old elm road. you will have to use local detour in around around the area. by the way if you look down here see a lot, no longer traveling at posted speeds on the schuylkill, as well. septa, new interim schedules in effect, i'll be tweeting this out. just reminder nothing new. cynwyd line shuttle bussing, and septa is leasing

additional cars. hopefully to ease some of the tension. we go to the wide, you can see waist going on, 11 on the schuylkill, 17 on 95, 36 on the vine, but 55 on the blue route, jim, over to you. >> thanks so much, meisha a philadelphia's getting ready to add to its rich history. >> the museum of the american revolution is set to open next year. so, just how do they keep track of all of the act fact going on display? >> inventory has to be checked off. you load it into the truck, when you take it out of the truck it, goes on a specific shelf. >> coming up tomorrow: "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo will take us on a rare tour, don't miss this special sneak peak of these pieces of had history that's tomorrow on "eyewitness news" this morning. >> we are just 13 days away from the democratic national convention here in philly. the opening gavel is monday, july 25th at the wells fargo center. >> as preparations continue for the big event, philadelphia and the dnc have high hopes for high set. because they are partnering with the philadelphia start up, the technology will allow

people to dis cover the democratic until falcon svennson through images, videos, generated by attend east and supporters. >> we're going to basically be bringing in all of the imagery that surrounds the convention, and give the democratic national convention the ability to link those images to the topics of those images are about. >> say you're following the dnc instagram site, rather than just seeing an image, technology will allow to you click on it to reveal more information about the objects in the photograph. very interesting. >> well, baseball's all-star game is tonight in san diego, everybody knows baseball is kind of old-fashioned but it is using some modern technology to protect the players. >> pat gallen to show us the lateness high tech gear, from getting caught up. >> yes, actually let me wear it, see it >> with head injuries being a focal point, one company stepping up to the plate.

>> the most physically demanding position in baseball, is of course catcher. >> help keep catchers safe behind the plate, but the position still takes its toll. cameron rough of the phillies taken his share fair of abuse, but the worse foul tip to the face during his time in the minors. >> bark in the minor leagues, and had a big dash, you know, after the inning, came out, and shave over it. and they -- >> as we learn more about head injuries in all sports, force three pro gear being pro-active with catcher mass technology. the defender mask hopes to revolutionize gear that hasn't had much of an update throughout the history of the game the atlanta braves catcher tyler flowers was in town recently, to tell me why he's using it.

>> outer mask, those attached. so, you can imagine, like a car suspension, been a big change for me, just as far as what i feel and all. most of the time don't realize the foul tip was that significant until i see the video after the fact. then, all right, man, this thing is pretty special. >> according to force three, the shock suspension system reduces impact of a ball to the face, by up to 50%. a third party lab tested the mask with shots up to 100 miles per hour. at any rate, flowers is happy with the way it is helping on shots to the face. >> makes me feel whole lot better. >> so of course, i had to test its durability. >> show me how this really works, tyler fire right at my face, full speed. ready, tiler?

>> ya, okay. >> all right, i trust it, thanks, man. appreciate it. >> i appreciate tyler flowers, not drilling me in the face with that, also thank him for showing us the new technology he is using to hope is that they can get this mask on catchers at earlier age to fend off those blows blows to the face and head area, therefore, coming down on possible injuries, also, guys, don't forget family all-star game tonight in san diego. >> i just love. that will i mean, casino of like a bumper for your face. >> he mentioned it, car suspension with the springs. >> look a little hanible electric tore. >> oh, my goodness. this guy. >> appreciate that. >> we will be right back with three things you need to know before you go. >> three to go next.

>> ahead here on cbs24. this morning, police shootings as the president prepares to visit. we'll talk with dallas mayor mike rawlings, and two of the trauma surgeons, who helped save officers lives. and hear from the mother who dove on top of her son to protect him after she was hit by gunfire. the news is back in the morning. we'll see you at 7:00. >> we have three things you need to know before go this morning. it is three to go. police in southwest philadelphia are searching for the gunman who shot and killed

a 15 year old, and injured two other teenagers after a basketball game in west philadelphia. >> president obama and former president george w. bush, will attends today's interfaith memorial service in dallas. they'll be honoring the service members, they will be honoring the officers killed last week, during a protest. bernie sanders is expected to formally endorse presumptive democratic presidential nominee, hillary clinton, today, that's in new hampshire. meanwhile, republicans donald trump campaigns in indianna. well, you have heard an outdoor concert. but what about an underwater concert? >> you don't see these every day. hundreds of divers and snorkelers gathered in the florida keys san too area. >> this video courtesy of the florida keys news bureau. some divers even dress in the costume and did some water guitar, formations while listening to water themed music. event meant to encourage protection of coral reef. i could tonightly see meisha down there with a guitar for a

good cause. >> fantastic. >> last look at weather and traffic. >> yes, you know, looking very nice out there. if you do want to go take a dip, maybe on one of the area beaches, looks like great excuse to do it, perfect beach weather honestly. we take you out near at least one of the beaches, cape may courthouse, looking good, off to nice sunny start. do you have little cloud cover specially further inland right now but we are expecting more than anything sunny skies, 87 the high, just tad more humid today, meisha? >> yes, sunny skies indeed, you guys, it is gorgeous out there, downed tree branch onramp 340, hopefully get that cleared out of your way about now, also disable tractor-trailer northeast ex it end sean, southbound, between lansdale and mid-county, that right lane is block. >> thanks, meisha acbs this morning is next. coming up. dallas police chief has strong words for protesters, who continue to gather in the downtown area. next, new details just ahead of president obama's visit. >> and remember to join us

early each weekday morning here at ♪ good morning. it is tuesday, july 12th, 2016. welcome to "cbs this morning." president obama travels to dallas to honor the five officers killed. gayle king is there. a city salutes its fallen heroes. we will speak with the trauma surgeons who helped the injured and mayor mike rawlings about moving his city forward. in politics, donald trump borrows a page from richard nixon's campaign. and bernie sanders is expected to endorse hillary clinton today. >> we begin with this morning's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> we're going to turn over every rock, w