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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 greatest tribute of all, a man we
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actually lost months ago but he kept pretending not to be dead. today bernie sanders endorsed hillary clinton. so in your on or... >> stephen colbert is having a field day with this election season. >> i haven't seen that but when i knew whether was happening i knew that would be out of control. he is the best. >> he is. >> the weather, it is not that great either from what i see on katie's little map things over there. >> we are tracking some wet weather, guys and there is this one little pocket of showers currently moving across delaware bay in salem county specifically. that is one and only spot where we will run into that wet weather for now but now anyone is fair game. for a scattered shower or thunderstorm. you can see here on the local radar, yeah, it is very isolated but where you got it, it is coming in, steadily.
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so portions of cumberland county getting involved in this. you may want to think about not the worst idea to have the umbrella with you as you walk out the door. in the meantime an excessive heat watch scheduled to take effect not to day but tomorrow at high noon for heat index values that will be soaring to near about 100 degrees here. we will not be shock if this turns into a warning eventually but excessive heat watch, i think what we have for right now basically the last excessive heat warning all of the counties included in that are currently going to be included with this new warning. looking at area temperatures mid to low 70's, around the board at the moment up and down i-95, lower 70's. it is a muggy start to the morning for sure, and also coming into play here, we have a sea breeze along these shore points that will make it feel more comfortable for you but regardless, turning somewhat cloudy out there this morning. by the time you hit 9:00 in the morning it the is humid, warm, we're at 79 degrees. what a rebound to we think is
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a seasonal 87 degrees, however, it does feel more steamy, out here, and a few showers and then are storms are also, locally as the day progress. it will be scattered, but they will be out there. >> good to know, thanks very much, katie. good morning everyone if you are just waking up with us, happy hump day, wednesday, we made it. slowly but surely. the here's the blue route headlights moving in the northbound direction, it is moving in the north bound and southbound directions. so, things are looking darn good, we do have an accident though, out there, hoping it would be cleared, but when i came to this camera. it is not the cleared yet. 422 westbound on ramp from the schuylkill, off to the shoulder. it has been lingering out the there all morning long. the not causing too many slow downs. you might start to get a gaper delay as you pass by you can see crews out there but overall it is not going to slow you down too much just yet. it possibly could fit doesn't get out by 6:00 o'clock hour. north of the schuylkill headlights moving in the eastbound direction at what you can see here, still traffic at posted speed, anywhere but we know that will
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start to change. schuylkill starting to heat up a little bit. then we have an accident here, thinks a down pole and injuries, boulevard northbound at horning road past woodhaven road, outer drive is closed. of course you you can use the inner drive but outer drive is closed. it might slow you down a little bit. lingering construction pennsylvania turnpike between valley hill road and downingtown that right lane is still block, jim, over to you. thanks, very much meisha. funeral services begin in texas for dallas police officers killed in the line of duty last week. >> yesterday, president obama was among those who eulogized the men at inter faith memorial service. the as don champion reports the president urged americans to reject despair over race relations. >> reporter: as funerals for three of the five dallas officers ambush begin today, president obama will meet with law enforcement and civil rights leaders to discuss ways to repair the bonds of trust. >> ♪ >> reporter: tuesday during a public memorial service the president applauded the fallen
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officers for their bravery and sacrifice. >> these men and their families shared a commitment to something larger then themselves. >> reporter: the president did address fears gripping the nation caught in the bitter debate over policing after killings of two black men. he made a plea for common ground. >> surely we should be able to hear the paint of alton sterling's family just as we should hear the students and co-workers describe their affection for philando castille. >> reporter: people without tickets to the inter faith memorial service gather around dallas in a show of solidarity. >> in the last couple of days the community has grown a lot stronger but we have a lot of work to do but it is not impossible. >> reporter: former president george w. bush had a message for the officer's family. >> your loss is unfair. we cannot explain it. we can stand beside you and share your grief. >> reporter: this moving image from the memorial service shows the daughter of one of
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the slain officers giving a bracelet to another, a symbol of their father's ultimate sacrifice. don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". police are still looking for the person who shot and killed a teenager, have after a basketball game in southwest philadelphia. dozens gathered at two vigils held in his honor. police say 15 year-old tyhir barnes was killed machine night after leaving a basketball game at 61st and baltimore. investigating believe this was retaliation for a fight for a basketball game last week on the same court. tyhir's mother teresa, had a strong message for his killer. >> justice will be served. everybody that was out there, if you know something, say something, so forget out that no stitching, y'all friend. >> two friends walking with tyhir was shot. a 14 year-old was released from the hospital yesterday and attended both vigils. the other is 16 and still recovering at penn
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presbyterian hospital. state senator anthony williams offered to pay for tyhir's funeral. it is 5:37 in the morning. in business news find out is what different about the new flavor of oreo cookies. >> more records for the sky rocketing market, jill wagner joins us live from the new york stock exchange, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning, brooke and jim. s and p and dow jones opened up at new record highs. dow jones jumped 120 points, beating former record high reached more than a year ago. the nasdaq jumped 34, futures pointing to a higher opened, again today. amazon second annual prime day is a wrapped, top sellers, amazon's fire tv, curved samsung tv. it appears sales were in line or beat last years total but there were early problems with customers buying lightening deals no other major issues were reported. gas prices are falling and drivers might save more this summer then previously estimated. the government now expects gas will average 2.25 from april
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through september, down slightly. if you cannot decide between chocolate chip cookie or an oreo, problem solved, check out new limited addition cookie hybrid, it is a chocolate chip flavored oreo, the first one is a dual flavored wafer, golden and check late, as chocolate cream inside. brooke and jim, don't say i never did anything for you guys. >> jimmies stressed out about this. >> leave the stuff alone you cap still buy the regular ones. >> it is like, everybody tweaking these things, leave them alone. >> you know what, jim, i was on the same page as you until i had the birth toews cake oreo, that is special. >> i will try this. >> i will try this and i will see if i will change my mind. >> i'm drinking positivity tea today. >> find something new, jim, okay. >> thank you. a major shake up on campus at temple. the university has taken the first step to oust its
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president. >> the board of director took a unanimous vote of no confidence, in neil theobald, for removal of the top school official and 22 million-dollar short fall in the financial aid budget. the board gave theobald an opportunity to resign and he refused. board scheduled a formal vote to fire him next thursday. so far, no comment from temple officials. trump taj mahal workers are taking their strike to manhattan. work are have been on strike since july 1st they want health benefits and pension plans restored. today they will protest at the office doorstep of current owner carl icahn. they also plan to march to trump tower. donald trump originally opened the trump taj mahal. this morning we have learn sometime during the democratic national convention there could be a strike at philadelphia international airport. hundreds of baggage handlers wheelchair attend apartments and other workers voted to walk off the job. main issues include scheduling, clarity on sick pay and being able to
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unionized. no date the for a walk out. weeks after hillary clinton became presumptive democratic nominee, she has endorsement of long time rival bernie sanders. he avoided even corresponding clinton until yesterday when they appeared in new hampshire. now sanders says he is pleased by updates to the official party platform made over the weekend which he calls the most progressive in history. there are only 12 days until the opening gavel of the democratic national convention at the wells fargo center. watch continuing coverage here on "eyewitness news". the democratic convention in philadelphia and republican convention in cleveland, will be no fly zones. the faa is imposing a flying ban for pilots 34 miles around each of the conventions. secret service director joseph clancy believes his agency is prepared for the convention but he says that out of the campaign trail protecting the candidates is getting tougher. the number of the threats against candidates are up compared to the 2012 and 2008 election cycle.
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>> threatening harm to the candidates, and some just wanting to be heard and they are willing to do whatever in terms of the jumping over barriers. >> barricades are usually used as buffers between a candidate and a crowd but now barriers are being pushed further out. jessica dean is heading to cleveland to cover the republican national convention, look for her live reports all week long on "eyewitness news". sometimes you have to take good with the bad, the good star bucks is giving away you'll pay more. >> knew this would happen eventually. select sizes cost ten to 20 cents more, lattes will increase between ten and 30 cents. increase comes a day after star bucks announced all employees and store managers will receive a salary boost, as much as 5 percent. still ahead, we will show you sir paul rocking out, at citizens bank park. and why drinking diet soda may lead to eating more. plus tinder trouble instead of the ceiling a kiss police say this man stole other things from a woman he
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tell you sir paul mccartney is still the man. he brought his one on one concert tour to philadelphia and he rock the packed house. >> ♪ >> mccartney tweeted a sold out citizens bank park to a magical tour down memory lane. beatles led them saying lots of classics opening the show with the hard days night and they were dancing, singing along and at 74 years old paul mccartney is still going strong, laying 38 songs last night. >> wow. >> wow. >> fantastic. >> look at that crowd. >> so awesome. >> a lot of fun. >> we have good weather. >> well, in the really. >> yes. >> but we are going to see here is a up tic in the couple
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things, air temperature, humidity and potential for showers and thunderstorms. they are working against us and also, excessive heat watch goes into effect and that takes effect tomorrow. lets start off with a little about what looks to be a cloudy start, we have more cloud overhead this morning in many locations, and that is a process of the fact that there is more moisture to work with. this is a shot of the camera overlooking lake harmone i, we have no wet weather over this area right the now but moisture is palpable when it comes to the humidity and we are going to at least have potential here and every where else for shower, thunderstorm which we will discuss. i want to check with the eyewitness weather watchers and give you a sense what they are finding outside this morning. that comes in the form of the couple pictures of just the sky and we will start off with john's view. this is in at northeast philadelphia olney section, just at 5:30. barely a cloud to report. it is off to a quiet start here. we will go a couple miles away, in the northeast and ed
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connor sent this from chesterfield a few more clouds he is finding and splitting the difference over lynn springer's house and she captured this with just a big all caps, muggy. so she's feeling that humidity for sure. many will if you haven't stepped outside from the air conditioning. willingboro kenneth reporting 63 degrees. we have a variety pack. lower 07's from eagleville and where lewis reporting from, john as we showed thaw picture of 70, upper 60's from clementon, david reporting there and eileen in gilbertsville, upper 60's generally in the lower 70's what we are finding around the region as a whole. here's the overall gist of the the pattern here, there is not at the moment any real organized storm system moving in, rather, we are seeing high pressure getting to drift off shore and as we sit around the western rim of this, remember with areas of high pressure we will get clock wise flow drawing in the southerly push, drawing in the warmth, moisture and that means it
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will heat up more readily and it will also help to get instability going. let's jump very quickly off to the seven day forecast and show you what is to come here. today 87, feels more steamy, watch for shower, then are storm anywhere, excessive heat watch for thursday, friday we will get more by the upcoming weekend. meanwhile friday is an perfect day for us here in the cbs-3 weather center, your child could follow in our footsteps here. join us for kid caster audition from his noon to 2:00 n easton. you can find all of the information at cbs philly.com/kid caster. lauren casey will be broadcasting live from the auditions on friday on "eyewitness news" at noon and next week we will show you those auditions also on "eyewitness news" at noon, meisha. >> how would i love to be a fly on the wall, so cute. just say anything. kid say the darndest things. it is so true. ninety-five southbound at cottman looking good here looking in the southbound
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side. northbound side, no problems. southbound side starting to heat up a little bit but still looking good. this is the area we had an accident 422 westbound on ramp from the schuylkill we did have an accident pulled off to the shield their has been cleared. looking at 422 in and around that area we can see a string of vehicles. make note 422 is heating up predominantly on the westbound side but overall heating up. schuylkill headlights moving in the eastbound direction at boulevard you can see what we are looking at here overall, looking good on the schuylkill but anywhere we will start to look now as we are creeping toward the 6:00 o'clock hour we are starting to heat up a little bit. give yourself a couple extra minutes on a wednesday. and that is from new jersey looking okay we saw that accident at boulevard northbound involving a down pole ape injury. and horning road past woodhaven road. jim, over to you. on the cbs-3 healthwatch, bicycling may be a keyway to keep away diabetes. >> danish researchers followed more than 50,000 people between age of 50 and 65.
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they found those who regularly rode a bike had a 20 percent letter risk of developing type two diabetes. by the way philadelphia's is ranked one of the best biking cities in america. also on the cbs-3 healthwatch why drinking diet soda might lead to eating more. australian scientists say they have figure out why artificial sweeteners can increase appetite. they say chronic consumption of the artificial sweeteners fool the brain to expect energy to come from natural sugar. when it doesn't come the brain demand more calories to make up the difference. >> boy. mobile dating has exploded in the last few years. some matches are successful, others not so much but one of the them wep sour for a woman in new york. >> instead of the stealing a kiss the date tried to steel her jewelry, cash and electronics. here's lou young from our sister station cbs two. >> reporter: police say the guy in the picture is a tinder burglar robbed her place,
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during another date. shocking, no. it happened in the we hearst of the sunday morning after a pleasant meal in town, a walk back to the women's home. a house like this one, multiple families, porch, they hung out on the porch for a while and then asked to go use the rest room. the that is when he was allegedly spotted through a window picking up everything that wasn't tied down. some date. >> necklacees, some cash, and some blue tooth devices. >> the tinder age has been arrested. >> reporter: they called 911 and cops discovered 26 year-old kevin clark already has an arrest record for theft. lives with his parents in highland falls where neighbors describe him as charming but troubled. >> my heart just broke when i turn on the radio this morning because he has done jail time. i was hoping that was going to end. >> reporter: clark was arrested at least once as a
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juvenile and he served in the navy but was discharged years ago. this his second arrest as an adult. tinder or not, the advice is never to invite someone you do not really know back tour home. >> they could be good looking, clean looking they have a agenda. >> reporter: common sense advice perhaps hard to follow on a warm summer evening. cops say victim is fortunate the agenda this time was only theft. >> she should swipe left or right i don't know which one. >> do not bring strangers to your house. >> yes. >> he was cute. he was fun. i'm cool with that. hopefully a lesson learned. aim glad she's okay. >> exactly. >> tinder burglar. by the way, that was lou young from our sister station in new york reporting. well, this one has people scratching their heads. >> we will show you wild incident that brought authorities out, free, on bail. stay with
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hey there, we want one not smarter than average bear. >> jefferson county, colorado a bear locked himself in an suv. >> now all of the doors, whipped owes were closed, to deputies and they answered the call to free angry animal eventually opening up the rear hatch. and then the bear spun around and ran away. >> there is a i bear rummage
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go through my trunk and it is like a baby, it is a little bigger than a cub. >> when the door came open and bear jumped out in my direction and i just kind of made a little bit of a loud yell at him and he did start to move in the opposite direction just like we wanted him to. >> get me out. car was trashed and is likely a total loss. >> oh, no. >> wow. >> they got him out of there. >> don't keep your pets in hot cars either during the weather. >> very true. coming up next on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" a big birthday. >> we will introduce to you a fail would than man celebrating a major milestone. plus two things she does every day. >> here it goes. >> there it goes. holy cow. >> severe weather to our west, we will tell you place that was hit were four, four tornadoes, in one day, we will be right back.
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the community is remembering a teen shot and killed after a basketball game and motive police say is behind the killing. and shake up at temple,
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big change that could become to the president's office at the university and we will let you know how soon it may happen. >> ♪ hard days night a legend in the ballpark we will take to you citizens ballpark where sir paul mccartney took a sold out crowd down memory lane. good morning it is wednesday, july 13th i'm jim donovan. i'm brooke thomas. a lot to tell but including a possible strike at airport and it could not come at a worse time. but first we will have a check of your forecast with katie and on the roads with meisha. good morning. >> good morning. >> i cannot believe we're already in mid-july. >> yes. >> how did we already get to mid-july. happy wednesday, happy hump day, we are getting over a hump together. we did wake up to a couple accidents out there, many of which has moved out of the way. it is a busy morning. >> it sure is, when

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