good morning, i'm rahel solomon. fail fire department in mourning. collogues the georgia toward grief a fire fight her kind in the light of duty. dnc week is here just one day until opening gavel of the democratic national convention we are live with what you need to know about road closures in effect. and the next vice-president have of the united states, my friend, senator tim kaine. and hillary clinton formal ly introduces her vice-presidential candidate tim kean explains why she's choosing him as her running mate. it is sunday july 24th, good morning to you i'm rahel solomon. the lets start out with weather. damaging storms held through the delaware valley saturday. take a look. this huge tree came down in

magnolia camden county. a woman inside as pull from the wreckage fortunately up harmed. and take a look at this, this eyewitness cam video shows rain and hail, pouring down in nearby haddon heights. the storms gave us a little break from the dangerous heat but temperatures are heading right backup. justin dray pick just in i was just telling you i had dinner in the city and i was having dinner near window, totally sunny and then it was like a monsoon. >> and then it got sunny again that is so typical, hot and humid we will get showers and storms coming up. today we will stay dry throughout the entire region. humidity drops today hey little bit. it will still be hot. we're talking mid 90's but tomorrow it ramps right backup we will talk about showers and storm chances. we will continue with the extreme heat. take it ease think weekend. if you haded to pick a day to head outside today is best day of the weekend because of the

drop in humidity. you can feel that difference outside right now. shaping up to be a nice morning across the delaware valley. mostly clear skies, sunnies up looking south from our roof camera, current air temperature on the warm side at 75. we have a northwest wind so that is a dryer wind, and that is pushing out a little bit of the humidity. sixty's showing up in the suburbs. sixty-seven in allentown. sixty-eight in reading. upper 60's in wilmington. we are cooler then yesterday at this time. look at quakertown 63 degrees, enjoy that, there is that change in the dew point and that tells us how much moisture in the air and humidity and we are four to five degrees lower then yesterday at this timement that indicates less humid air has but excessive heat warning continues today, for philadelphia and adjacent suburbs and will continue through tomorrow at 6:00 o'clock. then tomorrow areas in orange is a heat advisory in effect for lehigh valley, down in central southern delaware and new jersey shore. so that heat continues once again for at least the next 24

hours. storm scan three is quiet, notice clouds popping up this afternoon and that is it. ninety-five for the high, we got to 97. it felt like 101, today we will not be dealing with any heat index, heat index over the actual air temperature. shore upper you had 80's. still though you want to head for shaded area if you outside and drink fluid this weekend and upcoming week. we are settle talking about heat in the forecast. we could set the new record as well for part of the work week we will let you know how hot in the seven day in a few more minutes, rahel, back to you. justin, thank you. this morning philadelphia fire fighters are mourning one of their own, fire fighter died in the line of duty in north philadelphia fire officials identified as gabriel lee of ladder company 12. he was found unconscious in the 1300 block of cam bree street and then rush to the hospital. officials say lee responded to a fire early yesterday, and then returned to the firehouse to work the night shift. police assembled last night at

temple university hospital, to escort lee's body to the medical examiner's office. fire fighters from another station, were on hand to solute the fallen fire fighter as his body was brought out of the hospital. the cause of the death is still under investigation. and in other news this morning, we are just one day away from the democratic national convention the at the wells fargo center in south philadelphia. security is tight ahead of the convention. authorities closed south broad from packer avenue down to the the navy yard yesterday and roadway surrounding the wells fargo center and fdr park are closed off as well. meantime penndot closed i-95 exit ram tops broad street last night. cherri gregg from our sister station kyw news radio is live from south philadelphia where the dnc starts tomorrow. hard to believe but count done is almost over, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, rahel. count down is on. we are only a few hours away, it is hard to believe but there are many, many confused drivers. take a look behind me these officers have been here all

morning as drivers came here to broad and paterson, only to find it closed off and the officers have been giving traffic advice to truck drivers, and to delivery drivers mostly this morning hoff come down here and realized road is closed and they have to reconn figure their route. take a look at the video. this confusion began yesterday afternoon when the road closures for the dnc began going in to effect both southbound lanes of broad street from packer to the navy yard are officially shut off to traffic until next friday evening. but that is not the only area. paterson from seventh to fdr park, are closed, terminal avenue from broad to south 11th and south 11th, from terminal avenue. there are other areas where access is restricted to authorized vehicles. police will be control who comes in and out. the southbound exits, of i-95 north will be opened up at on point but the i-95 northbound

broad street exit is closed. so you can expect higher volumes of traffic, on 76, 676 , and route 291, but of course, all this is to make room for 50,000 people attending the dnc. luckily this is nothing new for south philadelphia arrest dents who are used to sharing their neighborhood streets. >> the eagles game, phillies games, concerts, the broad street run. so, we lived through that, we will live through this. >> we're used to it. you learn to adjust like you have to. either you adjust or you move. >> reporter: back out here live, most have the they restrictions will remain in effect through friday. you you can check twitter. there are a lot of resources out here. we have philadelphia a gov, twitter account on line, 5/11 pa.com. check our web site for links so you can look at those maps and plan out your trip if you are coming to south philadelphia, over the next few days.

live from broad and paterson, cherri gregg for kcw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". of course, dnc hasn't even started yet but we are seeing protests. demonstrators gathered yesterday outside of the dnc rules committee meeting at the pennsylvania convention certainty. they called for an end to the parties super delegate system. meanwhile inside convention center yesterday, rules committee disputed a proposal will to end super delegates. it is a party or elect official free to cast a vote for any candidates at the convention regardless of whom voters of their state prefer and critics say it is un democratic. >> i'm a democrat because i believe in democracy, i believe in the power of one person, one vote, and we need to make sure that our party, reflect that is principal. >> the supporters of bernie sanders believe the super delegate system damaged his

can hascy. hillary clinton and her vp choice tim kaine will accept their nomination at the dnc this week. they made their first public appearance yesterday in the key battle ground state of florida. jamie youkiss has more on why she choose the virginia senator. >> reporter: hillary clinton introduced her pick for vice-presidential at a rally in miami sat kay. >> senator tim kaine is everything that donald trump and mike pence are not. >> reporter: virginia senator tim kaine showed off his fluent spanish skills hoping to appeal to florida's latino voters. >> speaking spanish. >> reporter: clinton says unlike donald trump, kaine is qualified to do the job. >> from at atlantic city to his so-called university, he leaves a trail of broken promises and wrecked lives where ever he goes. >> reporter: newly form democratic ticket is looking for momentum heading in to next week's democratic national convention here in philadelphia. clinton needs to sure up her

support among single woman who will be key players in the election making up more than 20 percent of voters in the united states. >> that is what hillary brings to the table is concrete ideas and a path forward to get to them being accomplished. >> reporter: donald trump called kaine a career politician and claimed he was owned by banks. kaine has a reputation for reaching across the aisle. republican senator jeff blake of arizona tweeted trying to count the ways i hate at tim kaine in drawing a blank. congrats to a good man and a good friend. jamie youkiss for cbs news, philadelphia. republican nominee donald trump is criticizing tim kaine on twitter. he claims clinton's vice-presidential pick is a job killer for supporting the transpacific partnership. trump is pledge to go bring jobs back and get wages up. heads back on the campaign trail in roanoke, virginia and winston salem north caroline and makes a stop in our area in scranton on wednesday.

stay with "eyewitness news", on the radio with kyw news radio and 1210 wpht, on line, cbs philly.com and on tv with cbs news and, of course, "eyewitness news" team right here on cbs-3. and face the nation with john dickerson will be live in philadelphia today, we will talk to him and get a preview of the the show ahead in the 8:30 half an hour. and then tune in at 10:30 for a special one on one interview with president obama, of course, right here on cbs-3. and join us tomorrow night at 7:00 for special coverage of the dnc, we will broadcast live from inside of the wells fargo center, as national spotlight shines on our city. for the convention and including the very first republican convention which was held right here in philadelphia. also, what do the delegates think about philly's food scene. and all that and much more at 7:00. still to come on "eyewitness news" this morning

a wild fire burns out of control in southern california and now an investigation is underway into a body found in the neighborhood swept by the flames. and also ahead hundreds of walkers and runners on the move through philadelphia, we will tell you why they were on the move, justin. all right. good morning, everyone, slight decrease in the the humidity today but we have potential for record breaking heat for the workweek, we will let you know help relief is

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back on "eyewitness news" and today is a that the the day of mourning in afghanistan following a suicide attack in kabul. isis claims it is behind terrorist attack that killed at least 80 people and wounded another 230. authorities say that two suicide bombers detonated bombs after a huge protest. the march was against a major electric power line and roof instant. afghanistan's interior ministry has issued a ban on all public gatherings for the next ten days. investigators are learning shore about the gunman who killed at least nine people on friday before turning the gun on himself in munich, germany. twenty-seven people were hurt. seth dome has more in munich. >> reporter: german authorities say the 18 year-old munich shooter acted alone, and had no links to terrorist groups, suffered from depression and was obsessed with mass killings. a search of the shooter's family apartment today turned up reading materials about mass murderers including right

wing fanatic anders brief hockey killed 77 people exactly five years ago. many of the nine victims of the friday's shooting were teenagers. the first bullet hit the boy next to me, 29 year-old hussein, told us, i tried talking to him while the shooter continued his rampage and i thought i'm next. this video apparently shows him trying to save the teenager's life. >> you weren't able to save him. >> the boy says, i cannot go on any longer. he drew his last breath. police say that this shooting that unfolded here was premeditated, that the gunman had hacked into someone's facebook page and made it a peer as if there was a promotional offer trying to lure people to the scene. the killer's body was found not far from the scene. each shot himself and had a backpack full of ammunition. so yet again, sidewalks, have been turned into somber

memorials. and another major european city is left shaken. seth dome, cbs news, munich, germany. >> wild fire in southern california may have claimed its first victim, a burned body turned up in santa claire , detectives are new trying to determine how the person tied. the flames, fueled by extreme heat are threatening at least 1,000 homes just north of los angeles. fire erupted friday and has scorched 31 square miles and is only ten percent contain. piece of the moving history is destroyed by wind, take a look this tree became famous in the 1994 movie the shawshank redemption. morgan freeman's character found a box buried near the tree base. in mansfield, ohio and became a tourist destination. part was damaged by lightening five years ago and then this past week a strong gust of wind knock the rest of it over and extreme heat is baking most of the country in

california's san fernando valley as heat caused thermometers to slow. >> wow. >> yeah. temperatures soaring if the high 90's on the west coast and here in the east coast soaring in the high 90's this week. >> tomorrow we have a chance to set some new record tomorrow. >> yes. >> well, you know, it is this hot might as well go down in the record books. we have not seen or broken any record recently. >> it could be the hottest day of the year. >> yesterday was at 97 that is hottest day of the summer and we will see what happens tomorrow. today slightly less humid. you can notice difference right now, so it is not that bad outside this morning. this afternoon does heat up again, mid 90's, another good beach day ocean city the exception yesterday with those showers and storms that rolled in later in the day. we should make it through dry, people out for their morning jog or walk on the ocean city boardwalk. the looks nice out there cranking up 90-degree day. july so far we have ten, which includes yesterday. we will add to that list for sure this upcoming week, this

season so far 18. last year for entire season we did have 37. seasonal average is 23. we will probably get to that before july is finished because we are in the hot stretch. typical for the the delaware valley this time of the year and this is hottest time of the season on average but some of these temperatures are not that bad. it is cooler then yesterday. near the shore low 70's. off atlantic city 64. seventy-three in dover, delaware. cherry hill 69 degrees. the mid 70's at the airport in philadelphia but surrounding suburbs we are in the upper 60 's, chalfont, pal my, yeah malvern 68 degrees. look at quakertown the coolest spoke the on the map as well as mount pocono checking in at 64. richboro is in the upper 60's. the on you dew point temperature really tells the story this this is what you want to machine for. highest this number is more humid it is. now we are in the lower 60's. that is not bad. sixty in allentown. sixty-four in philadelphia yes , it is a humid air mass but these numbers do go up once again later tonight and

certainly tomorrow. so for today, it will be feeling humid to the steamy side, better than yesterday though, tomorrow we will crank it backup to oppressive arc lot of humidity around fueling a shower or storm. slight decrease on tuesday but still feeling rough out there, and then wednesday start to net that is humidity drop. it does stay hot for the next several days, you may not net is a difference with temperatures in the 90's. nice and quiet on storm scan three, a few clouds rolling through, ahead of the clusters , showers, storms, cold front way out to the west that doesn't come through here until later on monday bringing our next chance of showers and storms. shore forecast, sunny, warm, decrease in humidity, high of 88 degrees. tomorrow we will crank it backup to 90 degrees. shower and storm chances at night on monday and then tuesday partly sunny skies, in the quite as hot as tomorrow, still warm in the upper 80's. protected by high pressure today. weak cold front came through last night so that is a brief cool down, warm front still to the south and west. once this passes later tonight the we will start to bring

back that humidity, we will feel the difference. tomorrow here comes the cold trent so late in the day we could see scattered showers and thunderstorms. tuesday that front passes but does not cool us off. not a lot have cold air behind it. look at these heat indexes, they are pretty much where air temperature is. that just indicates dryer less humid air mass. look at tomorrow, these heat index values 105, zero seven, 108 in some spots, it will be rough tomorrow afternoon so try to stay indoors if you can not as humid today, sunny, hot , 95 degrees. tonight more humid mostly clear, 78 degrees. cooler in the suburbs. these are record highs we have to beat tomorrow. these are doable, because they are in the mid to upper 90es a philadelphia 96. wilmington same deal. forecast high of 97. we could easily set a new record tomorrow, showers and storms late in the day but 90 's continue for end of the week and upper 80's by next saturday. >> which looks good. >> that is average, how it should be. >> thanks, justin. despite that heat more

than 1,000 people got up early and got moving for a great cause. enan tabernacle baptist church hosted 11th annual fitness for eternity run yesterday. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh has who would benefit from this generosity. >> on your marks, get set, go. >> reporter: athletes or amateur large group of athletes, gathered saturday morning. for the fitness for eternity run organized by enan tabernacle baptist church. a you this people made four and a half mile trek to the other campus all seven you this dollars raise will raise money for center for grieving children and teens. that is i place where she and her three children know very well. >> we need this support to get us through, daily. >> reporter: to have grief of the loss of her husband, karl. >> he was kill in the car accident two years ago. so we have been going ever since then. >> reporter: services are completely free, so the center 's executive director doctor angel richardson which

means these fund will allow them to help even more families and children tiehl were lost. >> they are able to go and say this is what i'm feeling, this is what is going on they are not bolling it up. we will see better behavior in school and at home. >> reporter: leroy miles, says the annual run has raised more than $120,000, for different community organizations, and in the past 11 years. >> they are a allowing to us blessing to our community. >> reporter: they chose this cause in september, a tea vine pick, as they could have never predict a year ahead filled with so much pain. >> the violence we are seeing in our community. the number of stories that you all covered with the tragedy, they are the organization when grief counselors will be on sight they are the folks that show up. >> reporter: this group's support has been clear whether they are in the grief center or on the ground. >> y'all got it, strong finish >> reporter: reporting from philadelphia. >> how are we doing are we making magic happen.

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together to cut costs. the lloews help tell will hose virginia and new york. >> we are all about service excellence. >> i have learned the process and you just have to fill out an application, they put your name the ballot. >> reporter: david traveled from florida to get the here, he is just 25 years old and weighed in on hillary clinton 's transportation choice, virginia senator tim kaine. >> he speaks fluent spanish and they are going to go crazy in miami. they will love that. but also he is very experienced. some other kahn dates on the short list i think maybe they weren't ready to be president. ultimately that is your final factor when you decide hour vice-president will be. >> reporter: it is meeting of the mind as these delegates get ready to hit the convention floor and streets of the philadelphia a. as for downtime delegates can use their official credential toss access political fest. residents are asked to reserve their tickets on line. reporting from independent mall, alexandria hospital for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". coming up in the next half an hour of "eyewitness news"

an exclusive look at how u.s. coastguard will provide security for this weeks dnc right here in philadelphia. she man look like a italian mom always cooking for her family and friend but how making meals saved and change her

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good morning i'm rahel solomon. thanks for being with us. severe weather in parts of the region on saturday. look at this damage in montgomery county. cbs-3 weather watcher, lou, sent these pictures of trees down all over west norriton. the storms did give us a break from the dangerous heat that settled over the region but temperatures are heading backup and unfortunately bear er of bad news, justin drabick, joining us on the sky deck. you said a little relief but really getting hot tomorrow. >> tomorrow we could be setting record highs. today is best day to get outside in the extreme heat if you have to. it is because of the slight decrease in humidity. it will be humid but better than yesterday. you can feel that difference already and the humidity levels may drop more, later on this morning in the afternoon. even the temperatures are cooler, yesterday it was tough to find any 60's this time of the morning but now we're seeing widespread 60's in the you the ther suburbs. seventy-five at the airport in philadelphia look at quakertown chilling in at 64

at this hour. mid 60's in doylestown as well as mount holly, new jersey. that is not too bad. comfort index looks bet they are morning. right now current dew point temperature around 64. yesterday was near 70. still feeling on the steamy side, but hey, we will take it , at least it the is in the oppressive or insufferable. oppressive heat warning stays in effect for philadelphia and adjacent suburbs through tomorrow afternoon and then tomorrow a heat advisory will go in effect for the lehigh valley and south jersey and delaware. tomorrow will be the worst of the humidity. storm scan three nice and quiet. we are storm free. yesterday's storms moving off shore. next chance for wet weather should hold off until later on tomorrow. it is still hot today up around 95 degrees in the sunshine. eighty-eight at the shore. mid 80's in the poconos. still take it easy in this extreme heat next several days will be hot. drink plenty of water a void strenuous activity outside, stay out of the direct sunlight between ten and 4:00. light colored clothes. good thing to to to keep cool

and keep kids and pets cool and leave them out of the car as well. we will talk about that record heat and when things cool down in the seven day in a few more minutes. rahel, back to you. >> thank you. good tips there. for advice on staying safe in the heat call the philadelphia a heat line that number is (215)765-9040. you they can answer your question or they can help you too in the the heat. you can call from 8:30 until midnight tonight. turning to campaign 2016, hillary clinton and her newly name running mate tim kaine are looking for momentum heading in the dnc right here in philadelphia clinton and kaine stopped in the key battle frown state of florida saturday. they emerged to big chairs at florida international university in miami. more than half of the student body is hispanic and clinton is hoping kaine, who is fluent in spanish can help her solidify her support among latin. voters. >> i'm grateful to you, hillary for the trust that you have placed in me and we're

going to be... spanish speaking. >> and kaine, by the way, has served as a former mayor of richmond virginia and virginia governor, he supported president obama back in 2008 and was a early supporter of clinton touring this election cycle. ahead of the tnc at wells fargo center security is very tight in south philadelphia, authorities closed south broad from packer avenue down to the navy yard yesterday. the roadways surrounding the wells fargo center and fdr park are closed off as well. penndot meantime closed i-95 exit ram tops broad street last night. cherri gregg from our sister station kyw news radio is live this morning in south philadelphia where dnc starts tomorrow. cherri, good morning, a lot of traffic confusion for drivers this morning. >> reporter: good morning, rahel, yes, a lot of confusion because many people are not aware of these road closures, so they come down here, and this is what they get, to see, police, and cones, blocking

packer avenue here at broad street and they go all the way down to the convention area where the wells fargo center is, and we have seen a lot of people coming here, they literally have to come and backup and continue around and get advice from the nice officers there including sanitation workers who are currently waiting for access to get in. take a look at the video that we have here, all of this confusion began yesterday afternoon, when the road closures for the dnc went into effect, both southbound lanes of broad street from packer avenue to the navy yard are officially shut off to traffic that is not the only area, pat ison, terminal avenue as well as sections of south 11th street. there are other areas where access is restricted to authorized vehicles and police will be determining who gets in and out. the as you heard i-95 northbound, broad street, exit is closed, and will remain closed for quite on time, at

least until friday, the southbound exit will be opened up at some point for access and you can expect higher volumes on 76, 676 and route 291. there are some wait restrictions for larger trucks all this is to make room for 50,000 people attending the democratic national convention , but for those heading to work, it means, rerouting their trip this week >> i cannot get to work. i'm trying to get in there. i have to go all the way down and around. >> reporter: now you are thinking about how you will get there. >> yeah, it is rough. yeah, it is rough. >> reporter: turf say it is, the sidewalks are opened, and people can navigate through this area on bicycles, so that is probably a good way to get around. you can also use public transportation, to get past these barrier point here thaw want to navigate through dnc but if you plan to drive, check out our web site at cbs philly.com for a link to maps and other web sites that can

help you plan your trip. live, at broad and packer, cherri gregg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you. as cherri mentioned security will be tight for the dnc as law enforcement officials are not just keeping close tabs on the ground. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan got an exclusive look at the tools one agency is using to keep everyone safe from above. >> reporter: normally saving lives at sea coastguard helicopter crews will set their sights on the different scene, the wells fargo event certificate. >> we have been requested to provide capability for both rnc and dnc which has been designated national special security events. >> reporter: working with the air force and secret service coastguard is protecting restricted air space a pilot offer worst case scenario terrorist gets too close, coastguard helicopter will intercept. >> they are very quick launch and and maneuverable accesses which is were coastguard is

involved. >> reporter: we got an exclusive chance to do training for dnc. >> we will shoot for standard two head to head right beam and left beam. >> reporter: crew from his atlantic city will soon perform to philadelphia our mission we will go for two hours and practice maneuvers as if coastguard had to intercept a aircraft as if willing over the republican or democratic national convention taking turns as intercepter the pilots are practicing how to approach from different angles to assess risk until air space violators where to go. >> unaudible. >> reporter: they've electric tronic signs to communicate and if something doesn't look like coastguard will alert air force to immediately address the threat. >> biggest challenge that this isn't a traditional message for the coastguard most of the pilots have lots of search and rescue experience from other units. >> reporter: if you ac is present iry unit and if something happens they plan to be ready. in atlantic city, cleve bryan, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

you probably noticed bright lights and patriotic decorations around philadelphia. the peco building's messages system features a dazzling kiss play that includes animated iconic images that celebrate america's history. and, boat house row is also getting in on the fun, take a look their lights are lit up in red, white and blue for dnc. the recreational department says the lighting system was replaced and upgraded just this time for the convention. city wide scavenger hunt is aimed at helping people explore philadelphia a. the host committee for dnc launched a new free app that lets you search around town for those donkeys. "eyewitness news" reporter vittoria woodill tells us how the scavenger app works. >> reporter: hurry, is there i donkeys spread all over philadelphia what do my eyes see. >> dinosaurs. >> but wait, look down. >> a a dongy a donkey. >> my god. >> watch me get those points. task completed. with the dnc coming to philadelphia let's just say

this city isn't horsing around >> today we found a serious donkey business. >> reporter: unveiled was donkeys around town a scaveng er hunt app that will have you looking at the streets for democratic donkeys >> there are 57 challenges, you can complete challenge in any order a live at any donkey at anytime. >> reporter: kansas. is what the name of the movie character that appears the back of this donkey? that would be dorothy. there is in place like philadelphia. >> reporter: rules for these mules, yes, get their questions right or get the right picture and you will get points all going toward prizes for top scores. 7 miles you have been walking and you have found 16 donkeys. >> yes. >> you really are showing me up and i do not like it. >> this game isn't for the faint of hoff and it isn't for everyone but best parties making friend along the way. >> donkeys. >> reporter: so if you want to get in on the free fun just down load the app and look for donkeys around town on the scavenger hunt.

it is free, great, fun, you learn about the city and you can play all the way up to the end of the dnc. variety tore contract woodill for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". still got a couple of days still to come we are not the only ones sweating it out in the extreme heat. >> a heat dome is sitting on top of the u.s. with scorching temperatures from austin to boston i'm brian web in insuring with the stories coming up. plus, a typical italian mom always cooking for family and friend and then she decided to write a cookbook this book of recipes is about more than just food. find out how this project saved her life and change for the better. another hot day is ahead but could we go, should we go for a record this week? justin is back to tell us when things might cool us down a little, we are back at i

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people in more than two dozen states are under heat warnings or advisories this weekend, it it is being caused by a heat dome. a mix of heat and humidity make conditions miserablely hot for millions of americans, including us here at home. brian web reports. >> reporter: in the nation's capitol people hit from the heat, anyway that they could, from umbrellas to unique fashion statements. >> anywhere we walk, you sweat >> reporter: it is also steamy

in chicago and in philadelphia , which is hosting the democratic national convention this week. in oklahoma this woman had to go to the doctor after receiving third degree burns from hot pennies left in her car. >> never seen anything like it >> reporter: forecasters are blaming a heat dome extreme heat is mixing with a high humidity air mass moving across the country, creating triple digit heat index. temperatures hit the upper 90 's in manhattan but with the humidity it feels like over a hundred degrees. haagen dazs used the heat to pro most ice cream giving away free samples. >> that it is hot. nice man gave me some free ice cream and just what the doctor ordered. >> reporter: in los angeles a reporter put a thermometer on the hot dashboard in direct sunlight and it reached 120 degrees in just a few minutes, and then, exploded. >> you just don't leave children, pets, even elderly, in the car, without the windows rolled down.

>> reporter: on the street, one pup was giving boots to protect his paws. in several states these dog days of summer are expect to continue into next week. brian web for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". you certainly have to take precautions. it is summer, justin but with it being this hot it is dangerous. >> this is our hottest time of the year but it is persistent. days on days of 90-degree plus temperatures and this weekend is the worst of it. tomorrow will be the most humid. we have a shot of breaking new record because of the records tomorrow, are in the mid 90's but we have a shot of the up are 90's. 97 degrees. this morning looks nice out here. bethlehem hotel, we are looking live, we don't see hazy conditions. humidity has dropped. it is comfortable in the lehigh valley. slight decrease today. it feels better than yesterday , and nonetheless still hot. we are in the hottest stretch of the summer season so far, we have kick it off last friday where we hit 94 degrees

yesterday. made it up to 97. dit feel like 101 during the afternoon with the humidity. today we are he back down in the mid 90's. indexes should stay where air temperature is because of the lack of humidity. tomorrow cranking up humidity and stays in the 90's the rest on of the week. humidity decreases in a little bit as we head toward the upcoming workweek. sixty's in allentown. sixty-eight in reading. seventy-four in mount pocono. mid 70's for philadelphia and dover delaware. nice breeze out of the north to northeast at the shore, feeling good, 68 degrees in cape may. seventy-six in ocean city. ocean water temperature is still pretty chilly off the coast of at ocean city, atlantic city coming in at 64. that will feel good, cooling off this afternoon. storm scan three we are quiet protect by area of high pressure. we have showers and storms over the upper great lakes. we may get a stray shower in here overnight tonight, better chance coming in tomorrow have afternoon, and scattered showers, thunderstorms as a cold front approaches. but then that front is really not bringing any relief to the

heat. here's your shore forecast, up to 88 degrees. lots of sunshine. not as humid. uv index running high. make sure you have sun block. light wind becoming easterly at ten miles an hour. you'll get that sea breeze at delaware shore's jersey beaches. it will feel g tomorrow we will have a marginal risk for severe storms coming in especially tomorrow afternoon as that cold front approaches. let's time things out. today not much happening. we have sunshine, clouds will pop up. just due to the daytime heating. overnight there could be a shower or two in some spots, since 2:00 a.m. monday morning models picking up the showers. first half of the day should stay dry. late in the afternoon, we will start to see more scattered showers and storms popping up. not seeing a whole lot showing up in this model but there could be stronger storms that do develop. we will talk about the heat index values, today, they will be in the low to mid 90's. that is close to the actual air temperature but the humidity cranks up again tonight, look the at these heat indexes tomorrow, up around 100. maybe 105, 108 in the most

humid locations. so takes it ice are easy tomorrow afternoon if you head outdoors. that will be the worst of it, of this extreme heat we're dealing w today, sunny, not as humid, 95 for the afternoon temperature. tonight more humid, partly cloudy skies, we will get that shower overnight. 78 degrees for the city. it is a warm start tomorrow. so enjoy this morning right now because tomorrow is a different story. low 70's in the lehigh valley. upper 70's in south jersey. look at this extended forecast we will go up to 97 on monday f we hit that that is a new record for philadelphia, watch out for late day showers or storms. ninety's through friday, it could be a shower gannon thursday and then we're back in the upper 80's on saturday. rahel, back to you. >> ninety looks good the at this point. >> it does. >> thanks, justin. time is 6:49. lets check the roads with ann evans in the cbs-3 traffic sent iser. ann, with the dnc in town we have lots to talk about this morning. >> we do have have a lot the to talk about rahel, you are exactly correct. closures are as follows. north and southbound i-95 off

ram tops broad street will be closed to traffic from now until midday, july 29th, for the convention. and vehicles over five tons are prohibited on i-95, and between the vine expressway and platt bridge from now through midday next friday. speaking of that we are looking at i-95 north bound between bartram avenue and airport, left lane is blocked, by police department activity. what the police are doing are monitoring the five-ton vehicle restriction that is happening there. same thing is happening here, at the vine street expressway at i-95, there is police department activity on the ram tops 95 southbound. that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic center i'm ann evans now rahel, back to you. at the age of 771 delaware county woman has a new career. she has written a cookbook and about tome bark on a trip around the world as the book grows in popularity to say it has been life changing would be an under statement. jan carabao has her inspiring story. >> gnocchi, spaghetti. >> reporter: there isn't a day

you won't find alyss a constantintonight. her kitchen. on this day she's trying to teach a november hoist has admitly ruining the meals. >> why isn't mine molding like yours. >> you are pushing too much. >> reporter: gnocchi is one of the 206 recipes in her cookbook, spreading art to every table brings the italian country side to the delaware valley. >> enjoy it. >> reporter: lisa has done that since she was a child cooking for her family in italy. >> i have been cooking since i was six years old. i make everything by hand. >> reporter: she never knew she would create a cookbook. in fact it wasn't her idea at all. >> she was in a deep depression, she had closed her eyes and said i'm ready just take me. >> reporter: lisa's husband of 56 years died suddenly 2013 christmas eve. their son frank remember sees her joy of cooking too that

was one thing that we realized when something was seriously wrong she had stopped cooking. one day i came across her scribbles of the if you want to call them recipes report roar turned to kick starter with the goal of raising enough money on line to develop the recipes in the book. >> couple days later we had a few thousand dollars, 30 days later, $27,000. >> reporter: realizing a publisher was too expensive frank got family friend to take pictures and he had it the text. now less than a year after its release the book has sold nearly 7,000 copies, and it the is about to go in the third printing. >> most important thing is it has brought her back to life. >> reporter: a smile on her face and the laughs never far away. >> making, millions of dollars >> reporter: and get this, lisa still works, cooking five days a week for special needs adult, and as for her book you can get it on amazon and over at italian moms cooking.com. jan carabao for

did you know people can save over $500 when they switch to progressive? i got your nose! i got your nose right here. i know that's your thumb, grandpa. talent! learn about it! phillies and pirates wrapping up this afternoon, vince slam kes will be on the mound after throwing six shut out innings in his last start, aaron nola did not make it out of the fifth inning. miguel frank co out of the line up, he is day to day. yesterday in the third cameron rupp, hit on the side of his helmet, taking one to the ear. he stayed down for a few minutes and then left the field under his own power and shows in signs of concussion. game tied up in the fifth, zest air hernandez with the ground their got through for a

hit, codey asche will score and the phillies will take the lead. pirates half of the inning, they chased nola. polanco singles to right and mercer score. and then, gonzales came in for nola and, will hit a ground are right past diving hernandez. two more runs will score. nola went four plus innings giving up six runs and pirates win seven- 46789 fightins are three-six, after the all-star break. well, summer is over for eagles rookies, quarterbacks and selected veterans. they will report for the novacare complex with training camp beginning. they will take field monday as doug pederson starts his first camp as eagles head coach. all eyes will be on rookie quarterback carson wentz, number two overall pick. many fans hope to see him on the field this season but doug pederson says he will most likely be deactivated. to the pitch, union's third game this week on the road taking on montreal. union have just one road win this season.

so in the 18th men montreal on the attack, nice pag here, and it end up on the foot, and andre blake has no chance. montreal crushed union five- one. and staying north of the border, ontario for third round of the canadian open here on 18, nice approach shot by brent, a thing of beauty. and, he will make the eagles. he shot six under 66 and has a one the shot leading nothing to today's final round thaw can see right here on cbs-3. that is all for sports. i'm leslie van arsdal, have a great day. and that is it for "eyewitness news" at 6:00 here's what we have at 7:00. security is tight for dnc find out how law enforcement plan to keep everyone safe. and with the people coming to town are we red i we will go inside the cities operations center and busy er for answers. and dangerous heat how long will we see the thermometer hit 90 and above? justin drabick's eyewitness

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well, the philadelphia fire fighter dies on the job, and as his collogues the georgia tore grief. we are going from counting days to the hours of opening gavel of the dnc.