this is the democratic national convention coming up, and we're not too happen bye finding anyone with explosive devices in the city. police discovered explosives inside a car during a traffic stop. but it is what else, they found inside that is really upsetting officers. good morning i'm brooke thomas. i'm's jim donovan. we will have more in just a moment but first here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. shooter stood over his body and fired shots. >> this young man's life cut short mere feet from his front door. sound of gunfire rang out here in the the 4200 block of viola a street. >> congratulations, dad, we love you. >> this morning donald trump

is officially republican parties nominee for president. >> legendary gary marshall has passed. >> marshall is known for decades in television and in film, with credits like happy days and pretty woman. gary marshall was 81 years old. >> i have right here in my hands, the top ten excuses medical an a plague rised michelle obama's speech. >> i thought a was speech everybody gives. i am just like you i didn't think donald would make it this far. number one excuse that medical an a gave for copying is, three words, i speak no english. that was james carden delivering david letterman's trademark late night top ten list. >> did he just plaguized david letterman. it could be a top ten day. >> i think so. >> it feels awesome. >> sometimes producer stick us

out here in the sky deck when it is crazy hot, cold, rain, i will take it. low humidity for mid-july. this is good stuff. take advantage of it. full moon still out. coming off full moon, just a nice start to the morning. temperatures anywhere from the 60's, to around 70 degrees, up to 72 at the airport in philadelphia may drop another degrees right before sunrise in 15 minutes or so but some suburbs dropping to the low 60's and even some 50's now showing up, quakertown checking in at 59. mid 60's mount holly, new jersey and up in willow grove and that comfort index is looking good today, dew point temperature tells us moisture, humidity in the air, usually this time of the year in the 60's and 07's, right the now in the 50's, very dry air mass. we will call it pleasant throughout the morning in the afternoon. one shower, moving over ocean city, atlantic city area right now that should move off shore in the next ten or 15 minutes. we will see plenty of sunshine around the region today. pretty much top ten day, we can call it perfect but the sunshine, it is warm but low

humidity, nice light breeze today, a high of 86 degrees for philadelphia, mid 80's at the shore and temperatures in the poconos. we have 80's. we have another stretch of mid to upper 90's returning to the forecast, i'll let you know when it arrives in a few minutes. lets head over for a check of the road. >> i don't envy you out there but today, i do. i should go do traffic report from that area, that would be awesome. i-95 south cottman coming around s curve. we are seeing temperatures, go up and traffic and congestion is happening to look that way. i will say it started off a little bit heavier today then what we see. maybe a good indication thaw want to give yourself more time, heading out the door. 422 eastbound, look at that gorgeous blue sky looking good on 422. this is first accident of the morning, garden state parkway, northfield margate that left rapist still block. so if you don't get this out of the the way it will start to slow you down ever so slight thely but it isn't yet. i will update you on.

that more construction 322 is closed until 6:00 a.m. your alternate is ac expressway. that is your best bet. construction new jersey turnpike southbound at route 68, right lane now clear. ramp from route 168, also clear, we are looking good on the new jersey turnpike and pennsylvania turnpike eastbound between downingtown, yellow stone road that right lane is block. brooke, over to you. donald trump running mate mike pen ce will be center of the attention a republican national convention. >> many speakers denounced hillary clinton. new jersey governor chris christie used his experience as a u.s. attorney to launch an aggressive case against clinton. he said clinton's performance as secretary of state, is dismal. >> we cannot reward incompetence and deceit, we needed to demand more than what hillary clinton offers for america. because we know exactly what four years of hillary clinton look like. all of the failure of the obama years but with less charm and more lies.

>> earlier in the evening, donald trump junior cast final votes his father needed to clinch the nomination, 89 for the state of new york. trump will formally accept the nomination tomorrow night. dom giordano from 1210 wpht is at the convention. we will talk to him live from cleveland at 6:50 right here on "eyewitness news". once the republicans leave cleveland democrats will make philadelphia the center of attention. last minute preps are underway at the wells fargo center which host the convention starting on monday. a clean up job is going on in many parts of the city. under i-95 crews are sprucing up this skate park that has become an illegal dump. >> we think we are going through the area just to beautify the area for the dnc and we just say please stop dumping down here and we can have it looking nice for dnc. >> philadelphia homeless are worried about finding another place. two men told "eyewitness news" the city has informed them the convention center and other

campsite will be off limit during the convention. police call it a disturbing discovery, just ahead of the dnc in philadelphia, they say the officers pulled over a minivan in germantown and discovered two improvised explosive devices and fire works inside. it happened at 20th and champlost around 9:00 last night as a 31 year-old driver and two, three years olds were inside the minivan. >> of the two improvised devices had the strength equivalent to about a quarter stick of dynamite which is, pretty powerful. so depending on how close devices were to explode, near people, they could cause i'm sure serious injury, possibly even death depending on how close in proximity the people are. >> that is a concern. police say it is in the clear what the driver was going to do with the fire works and ied's, he was arrested and is facing charges. time right now is 5:36. in business news this morning, how cloud computing is paying off for microsoft.

>> and big pay off for goldman sachs. money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the new york stock exchange, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning, brooke and jim. the can the dow jones make it nine days in a row. it jumped 25 points closing at another record high, the nasdaq fell 19, dragged down by netflix, future right now pointing to a higher opened. goldman sachs is reporting 74 percent jump in profit in the past quarter compared to the same period last year. company says spike in parties result of the big drop in the legal expenses. microsoft turnaround plan appears to be working, tech giant focused on cloud computing as p.c. sales slow down and it is paying off. microsoft turn a of the this is last quarter with revenue from cloud computing, more than 100 percent rise. good news if you are heading to the rio olympic shoot for ticket prices. sales and organizers have opened up local ticket web sites to everyone which means fans outside of the world can

buy tickets at local rates and brazilan currency because of the fluxation in exchange rates that means lower prices. brooke and jim. thanks, very much, jill. we are getting a look first at philadelphia and actually a first for target. >> jan carabao joins with us a tour of the target's first store designed to berth serve large cities in the washington square west neighborhood. >> good morning. >> reporter: good morning you guys this is a soft opening for this store and i have a feeling it will be convenient for a lot of people. this is center city's first target and it takes a different format. it is much smaller than target's traditional big box stores. officials call it a flexible format, meant to better serve urban communities and with that, folks who live and work in washington square west now have a target in their neighborhood. the 19,000 square food stories the first, and smallest, of four new target stores coming to philadelphia over the next year. the flexible format store as

it is called is meant to be a better fit for urban area and provide a convenience for shoppers who would otherwise to have drive to the next nearest big box store. >> i would save 112 apartments we are catering too, we have a hospital across the street so we have accommodate their lunches, on the way home. >> reporter: stories on chestnut street between 11th and 12th, city leaders say it is not only good for shoppers but neighborhood as a whole. >> this type of development will spur development around it report rorrer store leaders looked at the needs of the community and this target is stocked with everything from apparel, health, beauty items and tech and to a pharmacy and other essentials. >> it is groceries. we're ready for them. >> reporter: now another new stories set to open up in rittenhouse square in october, the next year, two more stores will open, one in roxborough, other near the art museum on pennsylvania have avenue. and then another great thing about this store in washington square west it added 60 jobs

as well. >> yes, new jersey. >> and, right. >> thanks so much, jan appreciate it. >> still ahead, lady gaga addresses rumors of her break up. >> she just posted it overnight, pat. good morning jim and brooke, we are here at the national liberty museum, drinking tea out of, 250 year-old plates, this is a a white house, with china collection, that we will take a look at, we will tell you more about how and why you should come down

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lady gaga and her fiance taylor kenney are taking a break. they have been together for five years. kenney a lancaster native proposed to gaga last valentines day but last week she was seen vacationing without her heart shaped rock. overnight gaga took to instagram with the message for her fans. she shared this picture of the couple and says quote, taylor and i have always believed we are soul mates, just like a couple, we have ups and downs, and we have been taking a break.

ambitious artists hoping to work through long distance and complicated schedules to continue simple love we have always share. please, we are just like everybody else and we really love each other. >> that is so sweet. more than 100,000 fans are gathering in san diego for the start of this years, comiccan, highlights include world premiere of star trek behind, justin timberlake will be on hand to talk about the new movie trolls and will smith and jared ledo slated to discuss their latest film, called suicide squad. and there is even a pokemon go, pub crawl plan. you'll like that. >> i'm fascinated by comickan people. >> it is really fun. >> it is just interesting. >> they get into it, for sure. >> that is a big event. >> i'm enjoying this weather, so far. >> yes, you have about a day.

>> yes. >> take the day off, call out sick. >> enjoy the day. >> i'm halfway here. >> almost near perfect conditions for midsummer for july, and sunshine, light humidity we will take you outside, we are looking at center city sky line looking south from our roof camera, sunrise happening, mostly clear skies in berks county, really nice at that kutztown area middle school where it is a comfortable 61 degrees at this hour. we're seeing sunshine there as well, and feeling pretty good with that east north east win. the lets check with our weather watchers and i know they are enjoying this nice weather. we are seeing a lot have of lower 60's showing autopsy cross the region, even some 50's, how about that for july, we will see that not too often. gilbertsville is the place of the week with the coolest temperatures, high lean that is got clear skies at 57 degrees at this hour. we are getting closer toward the city, milder of course up to 64, barbara lane in willow lane. we have clear skies into new jersey. temperatures dropping off as well as we get inland and

vineland, mark in chatsworth 61 degrees. shower through ocean city new jersey area right now and head down toward middletown delaware with jason milder there coming in at 69. he is happy about today's nice weather, and again, kutztown looking good, 61 degrees, east/north east wind at 1 mile an hour. there is clear skies, one shower, exiting our region right now, severe thunderstorm very early in salem county. we are dominated by high pressure. dry stretch, of weather continues. great beach day. we are waking up, little bit of cloud but we will see increasing sunshine 81 today. tomorrow lower 80's. then hot gannon friday. back in the upper 80's a for shore, inland in the 90's. we have high pressure over us, came in from canada, that is, in the cooler, dryer air that is over us for next few days. that blocks storms from developing. we will see warm front pushing through on friday, that brings in some heat and humidity, maybe a late day shower or storm on friday.

so jet stream back on the move, expect hazy, hot, humid conditions, late in the week in the upcoming weekend. we will check out this forecast, saturday high of 97 degrees. ninety-eight for sunday. men to monday mid 90's. record for upper 90's to lower 100. sunday and monday we will get close to record across the region. factor in the humidity it will feel like 105, higher then that. eighty-six for a high. enjoy it tonight, still pleasant in the 60's and that extended forecast enjoy it now, heating it up, 90's for weekend. hottest air so far this season. the what is the latest. >> what do you think do you think we will break those record. >> it will be close. >> i think we will do it. >> might as well, getting that hot. >> come on, mother nature, throw us a curve ball. we are looking at the vine you can see moving toward schuylkill westbound direction at the vine a lot of break lights here trying to get on the schuylkill overall we will see this, it is just letting us know it is busier today, i have been saying that since

4:30, do you see it, then what we typically see start ago this early. so give yourself a couple extra minutes on the vine, anyone in the vine or schuylkill just add a couple more minutes from the kind of the pattern we have seeing this morning. schuylkill highlights moving in the eastbound correction past king of prussia, you can see what we are looking at there as well, looking fairly heavy. we will only see things appear, certain there, sipping your cup of coffee with us just know as h as we love for to you sit with us, you might want to see ben franklin bridge from new jersey moving in center city. we are looking okay, gorgeous shot there. it just looks scared all day. construction route 322 closed at route 54 until 6:00 a.m. your alternate ac expressway. i will update you on than that closure as we progress through the morning. over to you. with the dnc in town politics will take center stage in philadelphia. >> one of the things to sianni do is an exhibit offering a glimpse into life at the white house. "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen is live at national

liberty museum to tell us more about this, pat. >> yes, good morning, jim and brooke. as dnc opens up here next week in philadelphia, it is time to learn something about our political history. it is the perfect city to do it. this is the perfect place to do it, it is national liberty museum, at third and chestnut, look, anyone can google anything, anybody can go to wikipedia but you want to see these things with your eyes and here's perfect place to do it. national liberty museum is one of the seven places in the city of philadelphia that is part of the political fest. to tell us more about that this man is kevin, the vp of programs here at national liberty museum. good morning. >> welcome to the the museum. >> i appreciate that, thanks for letting us in so early. tell us before the cool artifacts here about the building itself. >> sure, we opened up in 2,000 and we are smack dab in the middle of philadelphia's liberty trail steps from the liberty bell. ours is a museum where we invite our visitors to find their story in liberty and as

part of their experience here, in the museum they have an opportunity to see several exhibits that are part of the dnc political fest. however, we do have a collection of white house china that has been on displays just behind us here. very elaborate display, very much so. we have a cross section of our president's white house collection here on display. >> we've got kennedy, carter, you are telling me though a little bit about nancy reagan and what she did with some is of the white house china yes, she did her thing, if you will with the white house china of making a change to the white house china collection particularly under reagans, what is neat, cool about white house chine itself is each piece is a reflection of the american president and that presidency, from kennedy, and, place setting and to the american eagle, and a lot of the settings. >> that fine irish man.

>> absolutely. >> one can come in the museum and take a look at these, plates and settings here at the museum as part of the political fest, we do have a replica, place setting of the white house, state dinner, and we have examples from various presidents, on display. >> how do you get your hand on things like this. >> we were very fortunate. one of our board members work in the white house and donated his collection to us to put on display. >> not bad at all. >> give us some information if people want to say hello. >> sure we are located at 321 chestnut street in olde city, philadelphia, we're opened during political fest from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. folks can walk in purchase a ticket for museum here to the museum, and as part of the political fest ticket, they can visit one of the seven locations including national liberty museum. >> we will talk to you next hour and next hour, we will learn about these beautiful dresses, i will not try them on, we will have those jim and brooke and we have some presidential shoes, that we will be taking a look at, look

at that cool stuff. join us in the 6:00 o'clock hour. >> national radio museum is a gem in olde city. i have taken many people there great place on spend an afternoon. >> thanks, guys. we will be right

well, we told you yesterday morning about the controversy surrounding melania trump convention. >> she defended herself late last night on the late show with stephen colbert, kind of of. >> that is because i learned honesty during my humble upbringing. in the west philadelphia a, born and raised. thank you. on the playground is where i spend mess of my day. >> you know that familiar line is from the theme of the fresh prince of bellaire, she quoted movies like braveheart and the network, and if you are wondering that is actress laura bennoti.

>> coming up next, we will talk about the dress melania trump wore for her convention speech. it was much more than a style choice. we will show you hidden message behind the trust. italians are known for amazing cookie and local woman doesn't disappoint we will tell you about the cookbook that goes beyond her family recipe, stay with us.

donald trump: i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go f--- themselves! you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever... you gotta see this guy. ahh, i don't know what i said, ahh. "i don't remember." he's going like "i don't remember!"

new this morning murder just steps from a philadelphia firehouse, right now police are searching for two masked men who targeted and killed a man at point blank range. and also, new this morning we will have the latest on the the search for what sparked this fire, and a local mushroom farm. plus this. >> i'm so proud to be your nominee for president of the united states. >> donald trump officially becomes the republican presidential nominee, i'm weijia jiang in cleveland, ohio with the very latest coming up. today is wednesday, july 20th, good morning everyone. >> you're jim, i'm brooke.

i'm brooke thomas. katie and meisha is keeping things this morning. >> katie? >> justin is here. >> you know who i am. >> yes. >> sometimes i don't feel that way. happy anniversary, first full year. >> yes. >> i have to say that this has been an amazing year, it goes so fast. that is why i always say slow down, let's drink our coffee together and energy rush hour. >> yes. >> can't we enjoy rush her for one day. things are looking good. roadways are nice and dry but it looks like, for friday i swear, it gets started with a bang we are seeing more and more vehicles out you the there. >> all right. weather is great. you can keep windows rolled down and nice not to step outside and start sweating, and, it will feel good with the low humidity. nice sunrise happening, looking from spring garden camera, looking good with the clear skies, full sunshine today, low humidity, and nice little breeze coming