i'm's brooke thomas. katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things as always but first we will go up and start with meisha, what is going on outside. >> good morning, you guys. things are looking okay you guys as we see morning construction like we always do. welcome. accident 422 westbound on ramp from the schuylkill, and not causing any slow downs right now but certainly will, as we push in the 5:00 o'clock hour. it doesn't get cleared out of the way. we are starting to see a tic of gaper delay but we don't have amount of vehicle tolls sustain that. overall you can see crews are out there trying to get this remedy for you. vine street expressway was closed between the schuylkill and broad, eastbound side, you are still closed, westbound side you have now, been opened. ben franklin bridge, looking as gorgeous as it usually does coming from new jersey into center city just a few early risers out there looking at the boulevard at fox street this is what you are looking at for those in and around this area looking nice, calm,

just as it should. speaking of construction if you are just waking up with us good morning, we are so happy you are here. 295 southbound off ramp to route 421 lane is blocked and this will be block until right about right now. so ill a's let you know when that clears. construction on the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound between, service plaza and new jersey connection bridge has been cleared. pennsylvania turnpike between valley hill road and downingtown that right lane is block. that is it for the roads. right now katie, what are we dealing with today. >> well, it is a very toasty day, good morning, everyone. the starting things off with an update that begins tomorrow and excessive heat watch, it is going to be taking effect for our area at noon time tomorrow and it will linger until friday. two solid days, basically two solid days of excessive heat coming our way with heat index values will spike to nearing the century mark and that goes specifically for all of the counties in that red color right there. so basically by 95, and all of the counties. storm scan three shows us that

at least at the moment not too much is happening, in new castle county picking up a quick shower or thunderstorm. we are basically getting split right now by back edge of the the high pressure to the eastern edge of our area to more moisture building in off to the west. so we are going to see showers and thunderstorms around here today. they will be scattered in nature but when you get them they could be locally heavy. seventy-three is current temperature in wilmington. definitely feels palpabley more humid then yesterday. we are at 69 in millville. upper 60's in these outlining suburbs but bottom line is we're off to a milder start, more humid start and it is starting to turn a lot more unsettled. brooke and jim, back to you. >> thanks, katie. police are not getting much information in their investigation of the north philadelphia shooting. >> this is new video just in police say the 25 year-old victim was shot twice in each leg, at least six shot, were fired around 3:00 in the 24 hundred block of buy veer streets. the gun man, got away.

the victim is in critical condition at temple university hospital but he is expect to survive. a community remembers a teenager killed following a basketball game in southwest philadelphia. >> this morning police are still searching for his killer. >> "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live at police headquarters with more on the investigation, justin? >> reporter: brooke and jim, good morning. an arrest could come soon in the rest of tyhir barnes. he was gun down monday in what police are calling an ambush. lets go to video from tuesday evening, this is a balloon release that closed off one of two vigils held for tyhir barnes many carrying messages for loss of the aspiring rapper and rising sophomore from the southwest philadelphia area. just before 10:00 p.m. monday police say barnes and his friends were ambush as they were leaving the basketball game, around 60th and baltimore avenue. detectives then report that ten shots were fired.

their motive apparent lit was retaliation. they say barnes neighborhood basketball team had a buzzer beater win over a rival team within the last week. that started an earlier fight involving barnes his teammates and that rival team. then monday night that gunfire, that left barnes shot in the face and two other teens injured all were taken to penn presbyterian where he died a short time later. >> there is no reason she should be planning a funeral for this young man. absolutely none. no reason for young kid to be going through this pain and torment. >> you took a life. why don't you be man enough to turn yourself in. >> now, detectives say the shoot inner this case is likely also a teenager but still, they are asking for the public's help as they get closer to making an arrest. brooke and jim, back inside to you. >> thanks, justin. there are several preliminaries hearing including one for mother

charge in the death of her four year old daughter. prosecutors say shakeia holmes initially claimed her daughter was hit by a stray bullet last month but they believe the girl shot herself with the gun that she found in the bedroom. her boyfriend, also faces charges in this case. authorities say, phillips was waving a gun around his kensington to be home last april. gun went off shooting and killing his four year-old daughter. and phillips faces involuntary manslaughter and other charges. there is also a hearing today for three people accused in the murder of toya bryant. she was found last month handcuffed, and shot to death in fairmount park. prosecutors say the defendants killed bryant over a $800 debt. paul contact sonnies accused in the murder on have his wife with the cross bone. he admitted shooting his wife pamela in his home in the northeast. couple had been married less than ten days earlier.

now, for the latest on the campaign trail, hillary clinton finally has bernie sanders officially in her corn are. cbs news has learn that donald trump will announce his running mate by friday. >> final preparations are and way for the republican national convention in cleveland, next week, hena daniels has the latest on the presidential race. >> reporter: team trump plans to unveil its vice-presidential pick this friday. yesterday the presumptive republican many in minute knee campaigned alongside indiana governor mike pence hinting the former congressman could be his potential running mate. >> i don't know whether he will be your governor or your vice-president or not. >> reporter: trump talk about his vp choice on "fox news" on tuesday night. >> the billion air businessman also called out supreme court justice ruth paider ginsburg after she said i cannot imagine what the country would be with donald trump as our president. in a tweet overnight trump says the eight three-year old just advertise has embarrassed all by making very dumb,

political statements about me, adding her mine is shot. resign. >> hillary clinton will make an outstanding president and i am proud to stand with her today. >> reporter: former secretary of state hillary clinton has waited five weeks for bernie sanders support. on tuesday the vermont senator backed his former political rival. >> thanks to the new proposals, senator sanders and i work on tuesday, for families making less than $125,000 a year, we'll limb nate tuition at those schools all together. >> reporter: just two weeks shy of the democratic national convention, this endorsement could give clinton a boost to maintain her slight lead over trump, hena daniels for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". we also learned that they are planning a event on independent hall after her official nomination at democratic national

convention. her campaign obtained a permit from the national park service for a public, assembly on july . now that is the day after the dnc end at the wells fargo center. the convention is reportedly invited senator elizabeth warren to speak on its first night. the massachusetts demies under consideration, as a potential running mate the by hillary clinton's campaign. clinton, warren, excuse me is a passionate voice for the party a ace liberal wing but it could help clinton sure up support among those on the left particularly backers of senator bernie sanders. now jessica dean will be in cleveland to cover the republican national convention, look for her live reports all week long, here on "eyewitness news". funerals will be held today for three of the five officers killed in the dallas snipper attack. at a memorial service yesterday in dallas five american flags sat in empty chairs. there was a solemn symbol of the five officers who lost their lives. president george w. bush told the crowd that americans should remember they shared commitments for common ideals.

president obama appraised police officers around the country saying they keep us safe. he urge americans and police to work together despite our history of racial tensions. >> i'm here to insist that we are not as divided as we seem. i know that because i know america. i know how far we have come against impossible odds. >> before the service began applause broke out when, some of the injured office's arrived at the auditorium, nine officers and two civilian where is injured in the a tack. philadelphia's lb gt community pays victims to the orlando night the club massacre. dozens of performers entertained the crowd at eye candy nightclub. "eyewitness news" in center city for the event. organizers say tragedy in orlando has brought the lb gt community together and closer then ever before. donations and tips are going to the families of those killed and injured in the shooting. now for a look at

newspaper headlines from across the region. >> from the covers of the times hurled norristown police is asking for public's help in locating two philadelphia men considered armed and dangerous. jerry butler and 19 year-old shed smith are wanted for simple assault, riot ape firearms violations stemming from an incident that occurred this month. >> on the front page of the mercury east pike land barn is destroyed and fire fighter had to to hospital after two alarms flames. it happened at spring hallow farm yesterday afternoon. the fire company was assisted by phoenixville fire company. fire fighter will taken to a nearby hospital because of heat exhaustion. on the cover of the delaware county daily times, chris quinn of middletown won a special election for a seat in the state house representing the 168 legislative district. seat was vacated after republican representative thomas killi the an moved to the state senate. that is a look at the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. coming up, tragedy for a pennsylvania native at the grand canyon. >> we will tell you what

happened, this day, after this business woman posted this picture on instagram. and, officers with a again with us gesture after they are spun in public. what they did when the couple refused to sit near them at a restaurant. story is straight ahead. ♪ and this is a highlight from the all-star game, we will be right back in the moment. >> okay. >> stay with us. your business needs a lot of speed. but getting it doesn't have to break the bank. introducing the comcast business summer savings event. now you can get a lot for a little. as little as a cup of coffee and donut a day. fast internet speed to drive performance,

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can show you coverage options to fit your budget. oh -- ohhh! she slimed me. [ laughs ] family and friend are mourning the death of the delaware county native who fell and died at the grand canyon. >> park rangers said colleen barnes and her friend were hiking, and taking sunlight photos along the south rim where she trip and fell in the canyon. she lived in florida and was regional director of marketing director for yelp, the consumer review web site. her mother tells us that the family is overwhelmed with grief and is trying to deal with what happened. in southern italy crews are using heavy equipment to remove wreckage after a head

on train crash killed almost two dozen people. meantime, rescue dogs continue to search for possible survivors. today, it thely transportation minister who briefed the country's parliament, in the investigation in the causes focused on a train alert system that realize on a station master calling each other on the phone. a group of four leg friend is doing its part to comfort people of dallas following the tragic killing of five police officers last week. these golden retrievers, traveled from chicago to dallas, the group of comfort dogs and their hand letters will spend time with the officers, families, and even strangers to help as the city grieves. all right. katie is here now with our brief break from that super heat is about over. >> pretty much, yes. >> we will see typical heat for sure but now humidity ramps up and we will end up with showers and thunderstorms. a couple of those to track for you as we go out here to storm scan but i wanted to start off with a couple views from cameras. it is not as bright as a sky this morning because we have fewer clouds to work with.

this is sky scan three shot overlooking intersection of the broad and spring garden taken from our own station headquarters here in the spring garden section of the city but regardless it is not quite as bright. it is a little bit clearer out to cape may county here, our view from middletown ship high school off in the distance, light of the day starting to pop over the horizon, it is still early, just shy of an half an hour or so, we will see that sun officially rise, cross the delaware valley. you are going to see sunshine here today. difference is there will be showers and then are storms to dodge and a heck of a lot more muggy throughout the course of the day then it has been in recent days. it started to go up tic and now back again in more positive form. here's more activity, firing up already. here's the goodies, guys, high pressure has moved out to sea. as a result of us being on the western rim we are starting to see that not only some of the wind flow but also moisture start to move back in the delaware valley and you can see with enough disturbance

moving through the potential for some showers and storms. and that is exactly what we got right across new castle, salem county there is one little pocket of locally pretty heavy showers between salem and lower all away creek. we will be running in the the potential for harm. this will be a concern for anyone, anytime, here as the day progresses. we will quickly check on the comfort index here. 68 degrees is the current dew point, definitely more muggy then it has been and will likely get up to around 70 later today and quickly as we check regional forecast upper 80's in the city, lower 80's in the cher towns, and up in the upper 70's in the poconos and anyone, meisha is fair game for shower or storms. >> great to know, thanks very much, katie. well, so far, so good in terms of the weather. we will see how this pans out for us, in terms of your traffic this morning. we have been dealing with an accident on 422 westbound on ramp from the schuylkill, hard to see in this camera shot. it is pulled off to the shoulder but we can see flashing lights there but crews are still out there, moved out of the way.

looking at 422 that is something we will be dealing with still and the vine, off ramp from the schuylkill eastbound on to the vine that was closed, that is now reopened, so the vine it will not close for construction between schuylkill and broad. we're looking good in all directions right now. ninety-five south, at cottman this is what you are looking at there looking g coming around that s curve you can see things are looking good northbound, barely even a look at this hour because it is looking g you can see early risers both directions on interstate 95. we are looking g accident, boulevard northbound at, just past woodhaven road with the down pole and someone with injuries. outer drive is closed right now because of that accident, we will be updating you when that clears, brooke, over to you. and in western pennsylvania a lot of you are talking about when police officers in the town of homestead did this week. >> it started in a restaurant. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us to explain, good morning, jan. >> yes, this story is getting a lot of attention on social media. as we know tensions between police officers in many communities across the country

has been high in the wake of last weeks violence but this group of officers in western pennsylvania was able to turn an uncomfortable, eke ward situation around, with a simple act of kindness. it was a typical friday night at eat on park and homestead allegheny county, or so these four officers thought. >> we're sitting down waiting on our food. >> i heard talk. i happened to glance over and a couple coming in the restaurant. >> reporter: officers are regular is here, usually greeted with handshakes and gratitude this night was dip rent. >> i don't want to sit here. >> i said, it is okay, your is, you don't have to worry about it, we won't hurt you. he looked at me hard and said he is not sitting there and walk away. >> reporter: couple was seat add cross the restaurant but the exchange didn't end there. while these officers feel comfortable in their community, in light of what happened across the country recently they saw an opportunity. >> i sat there for a while and thought on it, finished my

meal, and we should pay his tab. >> reporter: and they d they sent the $28.50 check to the table with the message reading, sir, your check was paid for by the police officers thaw didn't want to sit next to. thank you for your support. i left a 10-dollar tip too. >> they want to make it known in our community they are our friend and they take care of us. you know, we are in the out to get you. >> the whole goal was to let him know that we're not here to hurt you. we're in the here for. that we're here for you. we work for the public. we're just want to have a better relationship between the community and the police. >> reporter: or as this sergeant put it. >> not all cops are bad, you know, not all people are bad. >> reporter: once the officers left they did get the a smile and quick thank you from within of the people who refused to sit next to them. a positive end to that situation there. >> and good tippers.

yes. >> 45 percent. >> that is good. tip your waiters and waitresses. thanks, for a great story, appreciate it. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this has many people scratching their heads, a bear somehow locks itself in a suv. we will have a cautionary tail about the dangers of on line, dating. find out what police say this man did after meeting a woman on the dating app tinder. it landed him under arrest, stay with

the baseball all-star game was a hit and one of the sides is on a winning streak. >> sport director don bell tells us which one and also, tells us how the sixers are

doing in summer league play. the 87th addition of the mlb all-star game in san diego last night, we will get you to the highlights. phillies outfielder odubel herrera was zero for one in the game. meanwhile, first inning, didn't take long for the that the league, chris bryant, gone. he gets on the board. getting it done for chicago cubs. ml goes up one to nothing. how about the american league, royals, salvador perez, to left field. and that one is gone. and then american league gets a win four-two, in david ortiz final all-star game after 20 big league seasons. on to hoops, summer league action from last night sixers taking on the golden state warriors, how about that, big hoop throw down off the tip. simmons again, this time with the finger role in the lane. ben simmons had eight points, and eight rebound, six

assists, this move right there in the paint, right there, the damage. the sixers do fall, to the golden state warriors. hey that is all for sports, i'm don bell, have a great day. >> thanks, don. coming up next on "eyewitness news" remembering the five officers killed in dallas. president obama remembers five officers ambushed by a gunman and offers up a message of hope. i'm don champion in dallas with the story coming up. there is something new on the menu at star bucks, price hikes. but first here's katie. yes, i noticed it myself yesterday when we are finding out the there today, it is more palpable humidity, potential for thunderstorms is heating up. things are changing. we will have updates on the forecast coming up. of course, meisha keeping an eye on the roads for you. we will be right back in ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪

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mahal are planning to do today but first here's what you need to do to start your day in the morning minute. temple university's board of trustees is calling for the ousting of neil theobald, it is removal of the top school official and 22 million-dollar short fall. hundreds gathered at two vigils for a teen ager killed on the basketball court in southwest philadelphia a. >> homicide detectives are asking for the public's help as they focus their search for a killer. funeral services begin in texas for dallas police officers kill in the line of duty. cbs news has learned that donald trump will announce his running mate on friday. >> hillary clinton will make an outstanding president. >> less than two weeks until the democratic national convention bernie sanders endorsed former rival hillary clinton. today we lost our gat