new overnight, murder, by a firehouse the place where police say two masked gunman opens fire, steps away from the philadelphia a fire station. congratulations, dad, we love you. it is now official, donald trump, clinched the republican nomination. hear what he had to say after it happened and a mock trial that thing that takes place during day two of the convention. we have just got the this video in the the news room fired at a local farm we will tell you where fire fighterser battling this blaze right now. good morning today is wednesday, july 20th i'm jim donovan. plus a new target very soon. but first a check of the forecast with justin and the

weather with meisha. happy hump day it is a good day when jim comes in, to the dressing room, dancing with the music. >> he has got the moves i have to say. that the roads are looking good. and low of 53 down in quakertown. we may drop another degree or two right before sunrise, maybe dew point temperatures in the past several days were in the 60's and 07's and now

in the 50's indicating a very dry air mass but we don't see this too often during the month of july. take advantage, high up to 86 degrees today in philadelphia a couple degrees below average. at the shore mid 80's in the poconos. we will be in the 07's don't get used to it though hottest air mass of the summer season so far heads our way, later in the forecast and how hot it gets in ramp to broad street is closed, this is because a dry run for democratic convention, next week. on and off ramps, will be closed for that convention at the broad street, make note. we will go overall that coming up in a little bit. but first just make note that the off ramp to broad street is closed, i-95, vine nice and opened moving in the westbound and eastbound side, and this is the and not causing you any

slow downs, and that construction, and eastbound, between eastbound, and right lane, blocked as soon as that closed and lets move to the northeast extension northbound, southbound between quakertown and mid county, ultimately lanes will be shifting and opening so we will keep update you throughout the morning and let you know when that clears. jim, over to you. man is shot dead from a firehouse. >> it happened in the park side section of when the philadelphia. "eyewitness news" reporter just continue finch is live with the very latest, justin what can you tell us. >> reporter: this young man's life cut short near feet from his front door ambush by two masked men who shot him down in cold blood in front of his friend. sound just in the 3200 block of viola street, victim a 22 year old man was left lying in the streets suffering from gunshots to the head.

police on patrol heard those shots and arrived to find the victim month. man friend told investigators a victim park on the sidewalk and then, waited for his home in a few minutes. when he came back out he was chased by two armed men wearing white t-shirts and ski masks who ran of from a next door lot. they fired at him before he collapsed on to the the street just a few steps a way, police say that the shooter, stood over their body and fired more shots. >> from that information that this event, was in fact, the intended target but what they are tribe as just two males, both wearing ski masks, both wearing t-shirts, and they were last seen, in a vacant lot southbound in the the 3200 block of the street. >> reporter: and that is as police search for those two suspects loved ones are gathering at his home, nearby, those witnesses are speaking with homicide detective as well, now sadly the man

pronounced his victim dead just a few steps to walk to a firehouse at viola and belmont. we are live from park side, justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". brooke and jim, back to you. and another shooting in olney leaves a man in life support this morning. it happened on the back deck of the man's home in the 15 hup block of west chew avenue. police say gunman used a semiautomatic weapon to fire one shot from close range. man was shot in the face and rush to einstein just blocks a way. police say shooting may have been spark by a prior argument involving a female no a rests have been made. also this morning a man is in custody after police found fire works and improvised explosive devices in his minivan. police pulled the man over in germantown at 9:00 near 20th and champlost. a 31 year old driver and two, three-year old were inside. officers then discovered the explosive and fire works. it is in the clear what the driver was planning to to with them.

well, new this morning huge flames in the chester county in usual room far, call came in around 1:30 from the modern mushroom farms in new garden township. cell phone video from the scene, it took fire fighters an hour and a half to control the flames. we are toll the fire involved bails have of hey. no one was hurt and investigators are trying to find out what sparked that fire. donald trump is officially the republican parties nominee for president. >> he got 1,237 delegates needed to secure the nomination, and anger jessica dean was in cleveland as donald trump addressed the convention for a spending time. >> eighty-nine votes donald trump. >> reporter: it was his home state of new york including donald trump son donald junior who cast final votes to put the political new comer over the top as the republican presidential nominee. >> he addressed the crowd via remote from new york. >> we're going to bring back our jobs. we're going to rebuild our

depleted military and take care of our great veterans. we're going to have strong borders. we're going to get rid of ice is and we will restore law and order, we have to restore and quickly, law and order. >> reporter: speakers hammered hillary clinton on everything from the economy to gun rights. the crowd broke into chants of the lock her up, as new jersey governor chris christie ripped her like a prosecutor going after a defendant. >> as to hillary clinton, lying to the american people, about herselfish, awful judgment in making our secrets vulnerable. the what is your verdict. guilty or not guilty. >> reporter: trump's children made their convention debut to place the man they know as dad as they explain why he should be president. >> he draws out the talent and drive-in people so they can chief their full potential. that is a great quality to have in a father and better

yet in a president of the united states. >> a president who has real people families and livelihoods dependent on his success and the success of his company for decade. >> reporter: speaker of the house paul ryan who expressed his doubts about the nominee told delegates to come together and to stop clinton. >> what do you say we unify this party at a crucial moment when unity is everything. >> reporter: of course, the republican national convention rolls rolls on today. tonight we are expect to go hear from another one of trump's children eric trump. we will hear from former rival senator ted cruz and vice-presidential nominee mike pence, it is coming to you from cleveland and we will be here for you n cleveland jessica dean for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". we invite to you stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the campaign 2016 when in the car stay up to date with our cbs radio station kyw news radio

and 1210 wpht, or on line at cbs philly.com. while this week focuses on cleveland the attention will shift to philadelphia getting closer. we are five days away from the democratic national convention. philadelphia's cleaning up its act to show itself off as a showcase for american politics. last minute preparations are underway at wells fargo center which host the convention starting on monday, under i-95 and fdr park crews are at work sprucing up this skate park which is a dump. clean up crews are having a tough time keeping up with the waste. >> just a few areas and it is really nice. >> homeless worry they will have no place to go. two men told "eyewitness news" that the city has told them that the convention center and other campsites will be off limits during the convention. happening today, a question/answer session for people in montgomery county worried about water

contamination. a alarming level of chemicals shown up in the the water supply in horsham and warminster. chemicals were used in fire fighting foam at formal naval air base. tonight's meeting takes place at williamson banquet hall at blair million road at 6:00 o'clock. if you drive path turnpike get ready to pay. turnpike commission approved a toll increase for e-z pass and cash users. increase is set to take effect january 8th. officials say toll increase is needed to pay off debt for maintaining and improving the aging turnpike. coming up, baltimore police officers narrowly escaped getting hurt when a driver loses control. the officers can be seen next to their cruiser when another car slams into it. we will tell you what police say driver of the car was doing behind the wheel, it will have you shaking your head possibly. plus a fire burns out of control in idaho, damage it is leaving behind and what fire fighters are hoping will happen today, to help their efforts, stay with

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it has spread to 3500 acres. flames, more than a hundred fire fighters are on the job and they are hoping cooler temperatures and higher humidity will help them battle the flames. fire destroyed several structures including a barn and chicken coupe. well, caught on camera a driver distract by pokemon go game, side swipes police cruz inner baltimore. baltimore police tweeted out this video as a warning, crash happened at 3:30 in the morning monday. officers were standing on the sidewalk, finishing up a call, when a car crashed in the park patrol car. the driver then got out of his car and can be heard saying quote that is what i get for playing this dumb game. along with the tweet baltimore police say pokemon go is not all fun and games. check this out, a bus rolls through metro phoenix,

flowing opening traffic. visibility dropped to a quarter miles in the parts of the region. wind gusts were between 30 and 40 miles an hour. dust storm over took phoenix and lost its punch as it moved through the city. >> i have been in a dust storm like this, craziest thing ever. >> i don't like that. >> no. you cannot see. it is crazy. >> they are called haboobs. >> yes. >> it is haboob. >> yes, that is so funny. >> it is one of the better names in the weather business. >> i didn't know technical term. >> no dust storms here, just on nice weather for middle of july. 74 degrees in philadelphia right now. look at the poconos and allentown lower 50's to lower 60's feeling nice, low humidity outside, every where, shore is in good shape for now but there is a cluster of showers and storms coming through cumberland county and i will show thaw in a second. the comfort index feels so

nice. this is dew point of 54. in the 50-degree zone is when it feels good and this time of the career we will see dew points in the 50's and 70 degrees. the there is a shower that is good news, severe thunderstorms earlier as it came through salem but it came to the shore watch that southern atlantic and next half an hour, and maybe a couple rumble of thunder and that is off shore in an hour. we are left with sunshine dominated pie high pressure. that will rock us in the dry weather. we could use more rain, not much really happening over next several days. what will happies we could heat up, and that could help fuel a shower or storm on friday but maybe on big time heat we're talking about by end of the week. we are at 86 degrees. still nice at 69 for the city, maybe some 50's in the suburbs. extended forecast mid 90's friday, upper 90's saturday and sunday. that would make it the hottest day of the summer season.

>> justin, that is hot, hot, hot, thank you, good morning. happy wednesday. looking at outside we will see flashing lights i-95 north off ramp to broad street is closed for a dry run, for democratic convention happening next week. off ramps from 95 north and south will be closed during that convention. i will tweet that information coming up. make note for that morning, 95 north off ramp to broad street right now it is indeed closed. schuylkill eastbound at syringe garden nice shot here looking quiet and nice what we want to see cruising toward 5:00 o'clock hour. ninety-five south at girard. it is a good indication i always think, around four credit 30, moving in the 5:00 o'clock hour we will see congestion like this it means that it will get busy especially on i-95. busiest morning so far. accident here, northfield at margate, left lane is block. jim and brooke back over to you. a new target is coming to town. find out what makes the store on washington square west

different from other targets. plus a local man is getting ready to speak before a national crowd. >> little nervous. >> it is probably a under statement, even more than nervous i'm honored and humbled. >> meet the man who will be representing philadelphia a next week when he speaks at the democrat he can national convention. stay with

this is pretty cool a new kind of target is opened for business in philadelphia's washington square west neighborhood. >> mayor jim kenney helped cut ribbon on the store at 11th and chestnut. officials say it is first and smallest of target's four new flexible format stores in philadelphia. new store offers grab and go groceries, a pharmacy and star bucks, target will give customers free reusable bags during the stores grand opening celebration on sunday. i will go check it out. >> walkable from you. >> yes. time for a check on

business news. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us live this morning from the new york stock exchange. good morning, jill. big stores seen their sales drop and macy's is now turning to high tech to try to change that is that right. >> reporter: macy's want shop tours use artificial intelligence, at its stores, retailers testing a mobile companion as they call it, shoppers can ask questions where items are located and is what in stock. could they bequest would you normally ask a salesperson. this is developed by ibm watson. brooke and jim. >> i kind have like that idea. i know where everything is in macy's, i could do it with my eyes closed. >> of course, you do. >> why don't you talk to their other people and get their opinion. >> i love my macy's and coupons but sometimes i can't find anybody. we hear snap chat and bit emoji is teaming up. >> they want to bring personalized emojiness tour

snap chat photos and chat. bit emoji lets you use it like an emoji. now place this in your snap, snap chat says about 150 million daily users. incredible. >> i wonder who would be using emojis. >> bite maine gi is too far for me. that is something i feel like my mom and her friend like to do. it is funny, because, it is like they created these characters and these narrative that is go with it but it is funny not age appropriate, i believe, jill. >> bit emoji is older. >> yes, um-hmm. >> we will check in next hour, thanks very much. coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", a special invitation. >> i am going to be a speak are to democratic national convention. and caught the attention of the organizers as one of the biggest political events

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good morning we have nice refreshing air mass in place it will feel good when you step outside. we have one shower we're track ago cross southern numbering heading toward the shore. you go down to parts of the eastern cumberland county, northern cape may county southern atlantic county is there a brief heavy downpour in the next half an hour, so that system will continue to move off shore. this is a severe thunderstorm early, but look at the temperatures. we have 60's in the suburbs to the north and west of the city. fifty-two at this hour in mount pocono. feels good with the cool air and low humidity. today's high degree or two below average 62 degrees. very pleasant for middle of the summer. tonight quiet, clear. fifty's in the suburbs. by end of the week we are cranking up the heat mid 90's on friday and upper 90's for saturday and sunday with lots of sunshine. >> all right, justin, thank you so much. good morning everybody. happy hump day to you.

take a look outside, this is i-95 north off ramp to broad street was close and just reopened that ramp, try run for democratic convention that we will be having next week. so just make note that they are starting to make preparations, between, the information we will be talking about that as the week continues. moving on the vine was not closed for construction still moving in the west and eastbound side you can see what it is looking like right there. would i say fairly heavy, not for overall big picture but certainly not even being in the 5:00 o'clock hour i would say this is heavy for that area accident here, parkway southbound margate, that left rapist block there we have construction out there, i know you are used to that, pennsylvania turnpike eastbound between that right lane is block, and, also some construction this delaware, route one southbound that should be clearing right around 5:00 o'clock. jim, over to you. a local man ace monk speakers during the democratic national convention in philadelphia. >> and, 28 year-old thaddeus desmond is a child advocate social worker. he got at tension of the dnc

host committee through his local philadelphia a youth. and in his speech, desmond claims to have reported his own personal story of being a foster child. >> i come from, the work that i do, i think it is important. >> i feel incredibly proud of him, you know, he could have chosen to dot work that i have always done. >> and as she just mentioned desmond's mother is also a social worker. she adopted him when he was three years old. this is really special. >> this will be great. looking forward to him, meeting him next week. coming up on "eyewitness news" we are live with the latest on the murder in front of the firehouse overnight. a new report blames to have bleak outlook on bill cosby's health. we know what led to the deadliens dent at a pennsylvania prison. we are back at the top of the hour, stay with us.

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new this morning a man is targeted and then killed just steps from a firehouse. the we're live with the few details police have right now. donald trump officially becomes the republican presidential nominee. i'm weijia jiang in cleveland ohio with the very latest coming up. and live look in center city this morning. there will be a perfect summer day but the extreme heat is ready to return. today is wednesday july 20th good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm's brooke thomas, justin meisha is here. katie is off. you guys are keeping an eye on things. >> we sure are, thank you. >> you guys, i will tell you, it goes so fast. >> yes. >> dance nothing with music.

i'm so happy. >> road are looking nice. they are nice, dry. it is a gorgeous day out there. we have a minor accident not causing any slow downs i will get to that. >> great weather day for middle of the summer this is a great day. low humidity, warm in the sunshine. don't get used to it. it is july. we will bring serious heat back in the delaware valley by the even of the week and weekend. coming off a full moon you can see it outside we have cool skies over the city, current temperature coming in at 72 degrees, light wind out of the north east at 8 miles an hour. it is that northerly wind bringing in the dryer air and we will feel difference already as soon as we step outside, one cluster of showers and storms that developed through the overnight across southern new jersey, now heading toward the shore it is weakening but you could get the a a brief downpours just west of ocean city and that will extend down toward the shore points over the next half an hour, should be off shore, shortly. seventy-two in philadelphia. sixty-threell