thomas. katie and meisha are here as well keeping an eye on things this morning begin deed, good morning. >> welcome back. >> welcome back, katie. it is friday, and also looking good, guys, but we have accident on 95 right now that's causing some major slow-downs, we'll goat that in just a moment. >> we're like that on a friday, and i have nothing but heat to talk about basically, i mean, for days here. so there it is, excessive heat watch, going into effect tomorrow morning, but today will be pretty toasty day, make no mistake, talking excessive heat starting again tomorrow, where we see the worse of the heat peaking, but, for now, it is already off to pretty muggy and certainly very mild start, so no problem hitting mid 90s later today. so storm scan3, quiet at least for now, later today there is going to be frontal boundery that passes through, especially the northern counties, most effective, see locally stronger thunderstorms, should be pretty isolated but they'll be out there. low mid 70s, currently finding up and down i95, point south and east, again as i mentioned somewhat humid out there to

start the day. dew point nice and hi, meaning, it will be pretty steamy day. we'll heat one no problem by noontime, already into the 90s, feeling hotter than that, again, going to be talking about isolated thunderstorms later on today, as early as the afternoon, but specially toward evening, so we'll track that situation for you as the show progresses, but like we mentioned all of the headlight pretty much talking about the heat, the worse of which comes this weekend. as we challenge couple of records, along the way, so how hot are we talking here shall meisha? the answer later in the broadcast. >> katie thank you so much for. that will good morning, happy friday, just waking up with us so glad you're here, this is the accident i was referring to up at the desk involving tractor-trailer, see it is blocking rot lane, tow truck trying to do it job right here, past woodhaven road. you can see some cars, coming up on this, slowing down, do you have the gaper delay. take a look at the backups guys. this is before woodhaven as you approach this. yikes. not expecting this on a friday. so, for those of in you and around that area or at home

with us right now just thinking about headed out to this area i would wait. i would give yourself at least 20, 30 minutes, if you have to go out right now, just know this is what you will be approaching, this is what you will be sitting in. so i'll let you know as soon as it clears, crews out there trying to get that out of your way right now. disable vehicle here, 95 north at bartrum avenue left lane not too much going on there, commodore barry bridge westbound, left lane, still block, by the way, guys, weaver did the. in. c in town next week, we will be going over this coming up in just a little bit. but 59 north off ramp to broad street closed 8:00 p.m. tonight through friday. ninety-five south the off ramp to broad street access to the navy yard only. close the daily 59 between the imagine, no commercial vehicles over 5 tons in this area again going over there this morning coming up in a little bit, jim, over to you. >> thanks, meisha a donald trump's campaign hoping to gain some momentum in the polls now that the republican national convention is over. >> weijia jiang reports, trump

accepted nomination on the final night of the rnc. >> reporter: fireworks lit up the sky outside the arena as balloons rained down on donald trump, mike pence and their families, the joyful celebrations contrast dollars trump dark 75 minute address in which he vowed to restore law and order to a nation in peril. >> the crime and violence that today aflict our nation will soon and i mean very soon come to an end. >> trump also made his case against hillary clinton. >> the worlds is far less stable than what obama made the decision to put hillary clinton in charge of america's foreign policy. >> let's defeat her in november. >> clinton's campaign fired back over social media, throughout the speech.

>> i'm with you, the american people. >> the presumptive democratic nominee took particular offense when he mocked her campaign slogan, firing off this tweet: i'm with you, not included, women, african-americans, lgbt people, muslims, latinos, immigrants. >> trump's speech also aimed to sway republican voters, still skeptical of his campaign. his oldest daughter ivanka trump did her best to reach women voters. >> he will fight for equal pay, for equal work. >> talk about equal pay for women, i thought she did a great job. >> the focus now shifts to democrats, whose conventions starts next week in philadelphia. weijia jiang, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". former pennsylvania governor and dnc host committee ed rendell on "eyewitness news" last night, he offered his take on the republican national convention >> this was fairly disastrous

convention, attacking governor case and, republican governor of ohio they have to care. tuesday night you had ben carson saying that hillary clinton talked to lucifer. you had trump's speech wednesday night, never saw anything like that at convention, then very poor speech by donald trump tonight. i think the convention was a disaster. >> you can see rendell's interview in it entirety, on our website cbsphilly.com. >> and, next up, the dnc in philadelphia, now just three days away, and all of the focus now on hillary clinton, and who she'll choose as her vp. now, she is campaigning in tampa, florida, expected to make the announcement later today. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live at the wells fargo center where the convention begins monday, good morning, jan. >> reporter: jim, good morning, that's right. the political spotlight so positive speak shifts from cleveland to philadelphia, and this is center stage.

happening this morning, democratic national convention committee will unveil the stage and podium here, all part of the final touches, now being put into place, ahead of opening day of the dnc on monday. >> announcement made soon from hillary clinton, could announce her vp pick as early as today, virginia senator jim cane, and ago secretary, said to be on clinton's vice presidential short list. both seen as having a loft executive experience. >> hillary clinton made indications most concerned about experience, wants to double down on experience to contrast what she sees is lack of experience and lack of seriousness quite frankly in donald trump presidency. >> now, new jersey senator cory booker and massachusetts senator elizabeth warren were also rumored to be in the running. clinton is campaigning in

florida today, and is expected to make an announcement in that state. >> back here in philadelphia, the clinton campaign now has the democratic party office open near 15th and cecil b. moore in north philadelphia. democratic members of city council were on hand last night to celebrate. volunteers in this office will work to get clinton elected as well as other democrats on the ballot in november. and, of course, security will be tight here in philadelphia, over the next week, during the dnc. "eyewitness news" got an exclusive look at how the us coast guard has trained for this event. crews from the atlantic city air station will protect restricted air space during the convention. if an aircraft violates the no fly zone, coast guard is the first line every defense. now, back out here live in south philadelphia on the ground, see all of this tall fencing now in place around the wells fargo center, so the security is ramp up here, so are a lot of other activities around the city, this is the first day of political fest, and coming up in the next half hour, we will take a look at some of the sites and sounds that you can experience over

the next week, a loft fun stuff ahead. jim, brooke, back into you. thanks, jan. when delegates arrive in philadelphia for the dnc, they'll be visiting many of philadelphia's iconic landmarks. but, love park, well, that's going to be off lit. >> love park undergoing multi-million dollar renovation, the parks and rec commissioner explain the timer for con have the you can sean saying the extensive renovation has been in the works well before the final details of the convention were planned out. >> of course, ideal situation, we thought to have everything done in the city but, you know, not every construction project will be done for the dnc. >> the commissioner says the construction project at love park will be completed by may of 2017. stay with "eyewitness news", for continuing coverage of campaign 2016. on the radio, with "kyw news radio", and 1210wpht; on line with cbsphilly.com; and on tv

with cbs news and of course your "eyewitness news" team right here on cbs-3. well, new this morning, police are looking for the gunman who shot and killed a man at point blank range year old victim was found dead on the scene, surveillance cameras may hopefully help them finds the suspect. david randall behind bars facing numerous charges after he allegedly hit and killed his six year old girl, while driving drunk. police in dover, say, randall was driving while intoxicated wednesday, when he road up on the side of the walk, on the sidewalk, excuse me, and hit six year old anya jackson, her mother and a family friend. all three victims were rushed to the hospital where jackson died. randall is currently being held on $34,000 bail. >> the nba announced its decision thursday to move the 2017 all-star game originally scheduled to be played in

north carolina. the game was supposed to be held in charlotte. the decision comes in response to the state's controversial house bill two, which requires people to use the bathroom that corresponds with their gender at birth. of course this affect the transgender community. justin finch will join us at 6:30 with much more on the move. >> still ahead, motel guests are force the out of their rooms by massive fire. but firefighters say it didn't start inside the building. find out what they blame for the inferno. >> plus we are just learning that philando castile the man shot and killed by a minnesota police officer during a traffic stop earlier this month had history with the same officer. find out why their past cross -- why their paths crossed years ago. >> alarming discovery in colorado, thc, main chemical in marijuana, got into the town's water supplies, and police say this was no accident. >> ♪ >> ♪

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probably okay, we need to keep eye on the radar for sure and tomorrow we're cooking away here, same story. not only is it hot, it is also humid. you always have to factor that in the summertime. look at these bars, high up there. start to see the magenta, hot pink showing up on the dew

point, you know it is getting pretty toasty out there. another impact of course with this kind of weather is on our very own health. air quality making it unhealthy for sensitive folks, kids, elderly, respiratory problems, if you suffer from that, pollen levels, as well as heat index levels, moderate, uv's, still up there. you got to make sure you're laying on the sun block, and adequately specially outside for any stretch of the time. and take care, guys, remember this is the kind of heat that can be dangerous if you're not smart about it. so use some common sense. take it easy, just try to stay cool. meisha? >> absolutely, thanks so much, katie, and good morning, everybody. happy friday to you. so what we're looking at right now, where we had accident involving tractor-trailer, just news all cleared. ninety-five south past woodhaven road, little bit ago looking at the back up. this is what you are looking at there. you still have backups in this area, but they are losing tension little bit right now. so, rest i hadly, not the greatest, but again, it is looking a lot better than it did i would say 15, 20 minute ago. so again, this is 95 south,

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>> the temperature is on the rise, so is the humidity making it feel like triple digits. >> katie will tell us about the excessive heat watch this weekend, what it means for you if you're be outside. good morning, i'm jim donovan.

>> i'm brooke thomas. it is 6:30, here's what you need to know today in your friday morning minute. >> donald trump's campaign making a jump in the polls now that the national convention is over. >> hillary clinton expected to announce her pick for a vice president sometime this afternoon. the political spotlight now shift completely to philadelphia, happening this morning, the democratic national convention committee, will unveil the stage, in a podium here. >> the republicans appear to have a very clear plan for america, arctic path dollars throughout the convention, one, jail your political opponent, two, inject rudy jewel even anna with a speed

ball enema, and then, three, spend the rest of the time scaring the holy bee-jesus out of everybody. >> well, john stewart is back behind the desk surprising the crowd as he took over the late show with stephen colbert from just a few minutes last night. >> big surprise there. hi, katie, how are you feeling outside there right snow. >> definitely warm. definitely muggy. hint of breeze, which helps, but it is going to be one of those days, and the dog days of summer, basically, are here. as we look ahead to the next couple of days, each and every day of our seven day forecast, my friends, hits at least 90 degrees. at least. so, let's see where we ' standing here today. very muggy beginning to the morning, i give that you, couple of clouds overhead, not really skewing the sunrise too much. do you have more bright sun than anything, storm scan again quiet for now, later today there will be couple of scattered showers potentially strong thunderstorms which we'll discuss as the show progresses, meantime you mention the excessive heat watch guys. there will be highs into the upper 90s this weekend, with the elevated humidity, it

could feel like surpassing even the 105 degrees mark, in some instances so you've got to use common sense here, take it easy from what promises to be very hot, steamy, all be it sunny weekendsment today we have air quality alert once again, notice couple of cloudy not included here portions of the lehigh vale, portions every bucks county, up in the poconos, not included, more than anything, because we think you'll see some storms up that way to help clear out the pollution. so, with that regard, you know, again, the storms can definitely have positive impact, but later today we have to dodge them. 74 degrees is our current temperature meanwhile at the airport, low 70s, in atlantic city at the airport anyway. here's where we are expecting to warm up to today. hot and steamy end to the week. watching for the isolated showers or thunderstorms, especially through the northern half of the delaware valley. anyone truly fair game. however, more detail on what the storms could produce later in the broadcast, but just know meisha hot, steamy, starting today, and from here on out. >> yes, it will. thank you so much, katie. good morning, everyone,

looking outside right now, what you can see, all of that smoke, this is an accident involving a vehicle fire. woodhaven road, taillights are moving in the eastbound direction, at millbrook road near 95. you can see it is blocking part of the left westbound lane, as well, for those of you in this area. we are starting to see backups right now, starting to form. you can see it clearly, crews are out there, we've got obviously the fire crews, we also have people out of vehicles, walking around on the road. it is pushing you all the way onto that far right shoulder. you can see everyone trying to get on to the shoulder and get single file lane going. so this will really slow you down right here, then on the westbound side, you also have a lot of the gaper delay taking a peak at what's going on, not to mention the fact that they have this left lane blocked off, as women, so this will really slow you down this morning, guys. take heed. i would probably say give yourself extra 30 minutes, at least, or wait until this clears. so, right now, kind of a messy situation out there. looking outside of 95 south at cottman, one of the areas that we know heats up, it is

certainly doing so. at around 6:30 this morning, we can expect this, especially on a friday morning, not looking too bad. we know it will heat up little bit in the 7:00 hour. usually on friday it casino of tapers off, then, because it is friday, and we're talking about the democratic national convention, i'll be tweeting out you will all of this monday through thursday at the wells fargo sent, i'll be tweeting that on more in about 15 minute, back to you. >> thanks, meisha, a it is official donald trump is the republican party's nominee for president. trump formally accepted the nomination on the final night of the convention. yesterday he delivered a speech in which he vowed to make america safe again. trump also used his lengthy address to attack his opponent hillary clinton. >> the world is far less stable than when obama made the decision to put hillary clinton in charge of america's foreign policy.

let's defeat her in november. >> after that, balloons rained down on trump, his vice presidential runningmate, mike penned, and their families. the republican ticket is now hoping for a bump in the polls following the four day convention in cleveland. and now the spotlight is on philadelphia, where the democratic national convention starts in just three days. >> when thousands of visitors show up, there is plenty of fun activities to do all around town. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo is live with more on political fest and what's happening at the wells fargo center. jan? >> reporter: brooke, jim, good morning, it is a big day for philadelphia. center stage is set for the dnc just behind me here in the wells fargo center being happening this morning, the democratic national convention committee will unveil not only the stage, but the podium, as well, and all across the city political fest finally get underway. >> we have seen centerpieces

like air force one fuselage make their way to philadelphia, ahead of opening day at political fest. but now all of those pieces are in place. and are ready to entertain not only philadelphians, but the 50,000 visitors, expected during the democratic national convention. >> political fest was huge success, for the republicans in 2,000, this is even better. >> former pennsylvania governor ed rendell, he helped bring the city-wide event to life estimating cost at four and a half million dollars all set -- offset by fundraising. the site range from the union league, focusing on political conventions in philadelphia, to the historical society of pennsylvania, showcasing founding documents, like the first printing of the declaration of independence and of course there is the pennsylvania convention center featuring air force one. >> this is replica of the air force once flown by president kennedy november 22, 1963. it is the closest reproduction that's out there. it has been used in several

movie sets. >> visitors there can also take a seat in the oval office. all of the exhibits and events celebrate political history, government, and of course, the road to the white house. the experience meant to educate and inspire. >> it is part of democracy. if we get involved we can change things. don't wait for the leaders to change things. change them yourself. >> political fest runs for the next six days. ticket for adults cost $15. tickets for kids cost $5ment you can find full list of all of the sites and the events and the activities on our website at cbsphilly.com. reporting live in south philly this morning, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", jim, brooke, back into you. >> thanks, jan. >> meanwhile, verizon has made some network end happensments ahead of the dnc, company installed system that improves wireless capacity by more than 550%. now these upgrades have taken place around the wells fargo center and locations across the city. it is it is deployed cell on

wheels, temporary cell site will also help boss network capacity. stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of 2016 on the radio with "kyw news radio" and 1210wphg. on line with cbsphilly.com. on tv with cbs news, and of course your "eyewitness news" team right here on cbs-3. >> in other news, an about face by the nba. it has canceled plans to have the all-star game in charlotte, north carolina. >> the unprecedented move is in response to the state's controversial transgender bathroom bill. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is in the cbs-3 sat center helping us break down the decision, justin? >> brooke, jim, lead commissioner adam silver missed controversial house bill two, is the reason, for the decision to pull the 2017 all-star game from charlotte yesterday, but the city may get another chance in two years.

>> back in 2014 the nba all-star game was economic slam-dunk for new orleans, brinking in more tan $100 million to the biggies i, and next year may and repeat. science were pointing to new orleans as front runner to replace charlotte. that is after the nba pulled the 2017 all-star game from north carolina, because of its controversial law banning transgender people, from using bathrooms according to their gender identity. the nba had been work to go change that law, but decided the league could not successfully hossa game, in what they called the climate created by hb2. >> this is much bigger, not just than an all-star game for the nba, but this is much bigger than the nba. >> north carolina governor pat mccrory put out a statement saying left wing special interest groups have no moral authority to try to intimidate the large march/of it american parent who agree on common sense bathroom and shower privacy for our children. in a tweet, the charlotte

hornet say they understanded the decision but are disappointed, a sentiment also shared by is steph curry, golden star warrier car, two time mvp and charlotte native. >> that is basically my hometown. disappointing for not to be able to celebrate the game of basketball as they had planned. >> former nba star turned charlotte owner called the fall a disappointment and looks forward to the game returning in 2018. nba says that will happen only if hb2 changes, final plans for next year all-star game due out in a few weeks, brooke, jim? >> thanks a l justin. >> philadelphia's lgbt community came together to help raise money for the victims of the orlando shooting massacre. >> rosewood bar near 13th and walnut participating in the philly fundraiser last night. mayor jim kenney was the guest bartender, he was busy, the mayor took orders and served a lot of people. >> well, coming up on "eyewitness news", shopping

for a student loan just got even easier. coming up: on line retailer selling them at a discount. >> plus, upper darby's own tina fay is set to get a prestigious award. find out why she is being honored. pat? >> guys, i am a little too old for this, but here is the future, lifeguards and training program here in brigantine. they're getting psched up. join us when we come backment we'll show you what it is they do. >> ♪ sunshine in my pocket ♪ ♪ >> brooke is dancing, meisha is dancing, i think katie is getting a tan on the skydeck, we're ready, it is friday, stay with us, we'll be right back.

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darby's own tina fay. the actress and comedian will receive temple university's lou kline award this fall. she being recognized for her writing and acting work, fay, well known for her roles in movies, and on saturday night live, will be the 16th recipient of the excellence in media award, the ceremony takes place on october 7th. congratulations. >> well, soccer goalie is probably kicking himself in the head this morning. >> that's because he accidentally scorned against his own team. take a look. >> this happened wednesday night, during a game between minnesota united and uk team, yes, you saw it, the minnesota goalie tried to throw the ball down the field, but slipped out of his hand and into -- ended up in his goal. >> oops. >> minnesota united would go on to lose the game, four to nothing. >> and katie you're a big soccer fan. >> yes. >> i don't think that's a good thing, do you? >> no, sometimes you see these own goals happen where they

accidentally kick it, but for the goal cheaper to do that? that's rough stuff. >> it wasn't like he lost the game winning goal. they didn't score once, so, oh, well. guys, we check in with the eyewitness weathernet work this morning, a lot of warmth and mugginess up and down the entire region here, weaver temperatures into the 70s, upper 60s in a handful of the spots, in fact, we zero in on couple of them, 69 degrees comes in from mary ann, in browns mills, and she does have reporting 99% humidity, very, very modest breeze, so feeling casino of sticky outside. we go to few more, take a little further inland here, and let's go ahead, take it north of philadelphia. seventy-three comes this this morning from willow grove, barbara lane is reporting, and she, too, finding pretty high humidity at eight a %, see if we can find one for in you delaware, bit further south. 71 degrees this morning from andy, he, too, finding whispy clouds, 100% humidity to report, and i love this phrase, the calm before the

explosion of heat. definitely going to be heating up here today. right now the dew point down in delaware, are at pretty much the highest that we're seeing across the region as a local, so it will be really soupy sort of day for a lot of folks. outside we go, storm scan3, where at the moment you have got a line of some heavier bands of showers, at the moment, finding tough to see but right on the tail of that loop, couple of lightning strikes starting to fire up. some of this is pushing through our area before the day is all said and done. sit? slight risk portions of the poconos, lehigh valley as far as the region goes, generally speaking anyone is fair game, further south you go, the less it is likely that you will not only see a shower or thunderstorm, but that it would be anything of severe category. regardless keep an eye on the radar, deaf dry that for you so stick with us both on air, on line, cbsphilly.com. of course lot of sun in the meantime trying to beat the heat shore is good place to go, sun block required. that sun angle still very high

it is a hot, sunny stretch for the most part, shower, thunderstorm today, probably another one on monday evening, meisha? >> katie, thank you. right now, you guys, we have live chopper three over an accident involving a vehicle fire, that's now been put out. you can see, this one person was transferred to the hospital with minor injuries. this is taking place woodhaven road, tail light moving in the eastbound direction, at millbrook road, this is near 95. the left lane of the westbound side is also blocked off. you can see, right here, as we go further back, with chopper, that they are being pushed all the way off to the shoulder to try to come around this accident. you can bet this is going to slow you down little bit for those of in you the area, chopper three giving us wide shot view of who is all crawling up to that, and again, once you get up to the accident, you're going have to be filtered on to the shoulder. stowe will slow you down little bit. make note of that. good thing that's not on

interstate 95. again, that's woodhaven road, taillights moving in the eastbound direction at millbrook, near 95. let's take a look at this, guys, broad street line northbound, experiencing 20 minute delays, because of a medical emergency at olney, i'll be tweeting this, as well, do have an accident, off to the shoulder, also construction around this area, that might slow you down, even little bit more. and also, you guys, as we know, the dnc is next week monday through thursday at the wells fargo center all of this information i'll be tweeting out for you, as well this morning, jim, over to you. >> thanks, meisha a you can get just about anything on amazon now even discount on student loans. amazon prime teaming one wells fargo to offer half point interest rate discount, for members of its student prime program, no application fee for the bank. repayment doesn't have to start until six months after you leave school, and graduate student also eligible for that discount.

>> brigantine police beach patrol helping the future of lifeguards learning what it takes to be a member of the team. >> "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen is live at the beach in brigantine this morning, with details about this summer program for teens. good morning, patrick. >> good morning, getting little sweat in here this morning in brigantine with the beach pa troche troll -- beach patrol. feels good with this winds in my hair, mist hitting me, beautiful morning, this is lifeguard in training program, they're getting ready to become lifeguards here on the brigantine beach. and look, 12 to 15 years old, they already know what they are doingment and this man right here is the man that leads them, senior lieutenant dan. good morning. what are these kids doing? >> we have group every kids doing can run, going out to man on the paddle board, then back in, for over here, that's paddle board run. they are showing their skills on the paddle board. >> so you have 12-15 year old out here right now, how many?

>> this morning we have about 25 kids. and the program we have about 45. >> this is the second year and already you have got 45 kids signed up. >> yes, that's correct. >> we still have some kids that show up and want to do our program, our numbers are kind of full for now. >> i never heard of this program, at least on the southern beaches, where did you come up with this idea? where does this come from? >> we have a junior guard program that starts from nine years old up to 15 year old, and couple of years ago i thought about having a better way to prepare kids to be actual lifeguards. and we heard that lbi has a program for lit's, lifeguard in training. we went up there last year, we visited, very impressed with what they did, they were very helpful to us, and we decided to bring it here. >> so what's the level of kids obviously, they know how to swim, but you have to teach them little bit more than that. >> yes, we're teaching them the skills that an actual lifeguards can do. sort of the same skills that they learn as when they become

rookies on the beach patrol. we also put them through our actual test, meaning, that the distances, the actual distances, the swim, the run, even the row, if we get, you know, small enough ocean we will take them out in the bo boat, as well. >> one of the biggest things we'll do next monday coming up, we will take them to lbi. there is a lit competitionment last year we went up therefore the first time, kids had great time, did very well. so we're very excited about that, as well. >> this almost seems like no brainer that the beaches, you know, south would follow suit. because you want to get these kids ready to become actual lifeguards. why not? >> that's correct. it is my hope from brigantine all the way south to cape may that more and more beach patrols would get involved with this. and hopefully even on the south beaches, we can get a lit competition going on. i mean, we pull kids right now, most of the kids are local kids, but we pull them from as far west as mays landing, we even just neighboring towns sending kids

like atlantic city, we have couple of kids from atlantic city even a kid from ocean city in our program this year. >> you guys are full already this year, already into it, but if parents want more information, for future reference, where can they go? >> just contact our beach patrol headquarters. we will give them any information they need. we already have the dates set for next year. so, you know, it is basically the same time frame each year. month of july. we do three days a week, two and a half hours a day, and these kids work hard. they keep coming back for more. >> well, i am a little bit too old 12 to 15, little out of my range, but maybe one day i'll become a lifeguard. i always wanted to be, jim, brooke. i think my time may have passed though. >> this is such a great experience, good for those kids. >> very, very good. >> thanks so much, pat. well, those lifeguards won't have to run and rescue any of these guys, dogs from across the country are hanging ten in an effort to impress surf judges, and land a spot in the rose parade. >> the dog surfing tryouts

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>> before you hit the road it is three to go. >> republican national convention comes did a close, in cleveland, as donald trump formally accepts the party's nomination for president. >> on the democratic side hillary clinton could announce her runningmate as soon as this afternoon as she campaigns in florida. >> the nba is looking for a new home for next year's all-star game. the league says it will not play the game in charlotte because of the state's controversial transgender bathroom bill. and that's three to go. >> let's get last check on weather and traffic. >> and it will be another hot, sunny day for us out there, still pretty muggy outside. you can see in the live neighborhood network beautiful start to the day, greet batch day, just sun block so

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