sthv this is most important election maybe in the country's history. >> mayor kenney sits down with jim for one-on-one interview as we focus on philadelphia. >> brook thomas. >> i'm jim donovan. >> and the democratic national convention tops what you need to know in today's morning minute >> after all the timing the opening gavel comes down this afternoon at the democratic national convention. >> these wikileaks give us proof this is what happened. >> the bus in the political world surrounds resignation of democratic national chair woman debbie wasserman-schultz.

>> at least nine shots were fired. >> one man is dead after a shooting in penns landing and it happened just after midnight at the corner calohill and columbus boulevard. dallas cowboys bus is involved in a fatal crash in western arizona police say the bus collided with a van killing four people in the "star trek" beyond took over the box office this weekend earning nearly 60 million dollars it was a good weekend for the movies. sure. >> not too bad for weather. i expected it to be hot. what is today going to be like. >> another hot day for sure we're already dealing with nasty thunderstorms too. there's a lot to discuss here, guys, and yet another day that it might not be the worst idea to go to the movies and just sit in the air conditioning legalities start it off looking at what is going on with thunderstorms.

we start by taking a look at one live neighborhood shots if we can. right on cue. there's so much lightning with this cell that you don't need to wait long to see the frequent lightning strikes that continue to come through here. the bottom line we have a heavy cell of thunderstorms it's a cluster moving rite over the major meto area of i-95 and all surrounding major arteries. if you're about ready to hit the road an you can wait it ou out, i highly suggest it. it's moving along long at a relatively quick clip, 25, 30 miles east and regardless we're tracking heavy rain with this as well as pretty strong wind clearly frequent lightning and very, very low with this cell later on today, though, there will be additional showers and thunderstorms we'll talk more about that later in the show. but here's what it feels like for now. tate a look in philadelphia where you actually had these storms rumble through and it does feel a lot closer to what the thermometer reads and soupier in millville and ac and

wildwood because that's where you have yet to see the worst of the dew point sort of get cooled off by that rain. and meantime we've continued to talk about excessive heat and excessive heat warning for all counties in the hot pink area and if you're not included with this you have a heat advisory. everyone is going to see some impact, advisory, warning here today. and at the shore we expect to top all the way off at 90 today with scattered light day showers and thunderstorms. that is sort of the story everywhere. they will move in west to east essentially and in philly, 97 the high. that will be a new record as long as we hit it and again some more strong thunderstorms to track as the day goes on. it's a busy day in weather for sure, meisha. >> traffic center as well, katie, thank you so much. good morning, everyone. happy monday. today traffic report will be mixed bag certainly all closures of dnc and also four accidents and overturned vehicle out. there let's get right to it and talk about it because we have rain and lightning and all that that can really slow us down

this morning and overturned vehicle here schuylkill eastbound city avenue right lane blocked because of it and slow moving on past that. accident 95 south pasta academy and was blocking left lane. now pulled all the way to shoulder. you can still see it's very, very busy around. there it's only 5:30 in the morning and right now looking like what we see in the 6:00 hour. accident here pa turn pike westbound willow grove right lane blocked there and another accident 295 southbound before route 644 blocked that area and another accident in media a vehicle crashed into a guardrail here. baltimore pike near route 452 and talking about closures this is one area. vine eastbound off ramp to 95 check point here. there's additional checkpoints 95 northbound off ram top bartrum and southbound to vine. also just remember 95 both discretions between vine and platt bridge no vehicles over five tons allowed hence

checkpoints. make note of that as well and take a look at this google eastbound off ramp closed 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. daily broad street between washington and packer and no parking in center median. of course all ip date this and carry you through all morning long, brook over to you. >> we are getting our first look at video from for the meyers, florida where there has been another mass shooting as many as 17 were shot earlier this morning at a teen partied in a night club. sadly police say two of the victims have died. police say they have one suspect in custody and serving for one more. again we know two people are dead and up to 17 others hurt in a mass shooting in for the meyers, florida. stay with eyewitness news for updates all morning long. in just a few hour the democratic national convention starts and philadelphia will be center of attention. are you looking live inside the wells fargo center where they will bang the opening gavel this afternoon.

a couple of high profile democrats will speak on the first day. senator bernie sanders and first lady michelle obama tomorrow former president bill clinton takes the stage and president obama and vice-president biden will be here wednesday and hillary clinton is scheduled to accept the nomination thursday. >> the convention begins one day after resignation of dnc chair debbie wasserman-schultz. the florida congress woman stepped down after the publication of hacked emails suggesting the democratic national committee played favorites with clinton over bernie sanders during the prime areayes, debbie wasserman-schultz resignation will be effective after the convention ends. >> hillary clinton and running mate tim kaine are hitting road after dnc and will visit pennsylvania and ohio. democratic ticket will talk about the economic issues which they stop in harrisburg and pittsburgh. eyewitness news learned the two candidate will appear at public rallies and smaller events and meanwhile nominee trump is

visiting two battle ground states as well. he'll number roanoke, virginia and winston, salem, north carolina and wednesday returns to pennsylvania where he'll rally supporters in scranton. thousands tolerate swepte swepterring temperatures for the first major protests ahead of the democratic national convention. >> bernie sanders supporters marched yesterday for a clean energy revolution. they cheered and chanted from city hall to independence mall. they also held anti-fracking and anti-pipeline signs. philadelphia police officers march add long with protest others to keep the peace. >> well dnc put philadelphia front and center for second time in less than a year. hi a chance to sit down with mayor jim kenney to talk about the opportunity to showcase our city. >> what do you think are the best things about the city people will find out when they come here from across the country. >> personally its of

philadelphians are fun. >> you can see more of my interview with mayor kenney in my interview. and special coverage of the dnc live from inside the welsz fargo center as the national spotlight shines on the city and explore the rich history of conventions including the very first republican convention held here in philadelphia. we'll also check out philly's food scene and that's tonight at 7:00. >> well new this morning one man is dead and three suspects are in custody after a shooting at penn's landing. >> police tell us officers on patrol saw the shooting. eyewitness news reporter justin finch is live in the cbs news center with the latest on the investigation. good morning, justin what have you learned. >> brook, philadelphia police are working to uncover why a man was gunned down near a busy penn's landing area late last night. that man is dead. three suspects are caught and police are actively serving for more clues. 11:45 last night police say

officers heard gunshot columbus avenue and calohill boulevard and officials tell us police all saw a 24-year-old man being shot and several running from the area including three male suspects. officers caught them and got the victim to hahnemann hospital he died there a short time later with gun shots to head, neck and back. on scene nine shell casings were found near ford suv and victim was getting into suv backdoor before being shot. chief inspector scott small says the suspects may have tossed gun into the delaware river and marine units are serving for the seem eye automatic weapon and look for surveillance video to fill in the gaps. >> fortunately intersection of columbus and calohill there are numerous cameras we found traffic cameras and also found businesses several bidss with exterior cameras. so hopefully these numerous cameras recorded something that can help us with this homicide

investigation. >> those three men are being questioned. no motive yet but police have witnesses among them a man in the front seat of word suv when shooting began behind him. he and others are speaking with homicide investigators. jim and brook, back into you. >> thanks a lot, justin. >> well still ahead on eyewitness news the major singer coming to the small screen. >> and pat down the shore. >> yeah i'm in wildwood crest you may wonder why i'm on basketball court 5:40 in the morning because these guys are in wildwood coming this up week harlem globetrotters. nothing weird about that 5:40 in the morning. >> not at all, pat. >> we'll show you what happened when this tree fell at an outdoor wedding. >> we'll be back.

>> i got to tell you singer reannie yu is taking on a new rolech the pop star will star in the final season ever bates motel. it's a prequell total fred hitchcock "psycho" the announcement was revealed comi comiccon in san diego. she will play marion crane who

died in a bloody scene. she appeared in battleship than is the end. >> newly weds might be ready for sickness and health. not this. a tree crashed through the party tent at lauren's wedding. it happened as storms swept through new boston, new hampshire, an hour north of boston, massachusetts. even though it happened in middle of reception no one was hurt. >> the tent was blowing and table clothes were flying and next thing we knew a tree was down. >> everyone safe party went on as you can tell. didn't stop anyone from having a good time. >> i'll believe it is good luck if we can neighboring through a mini tornado we can make it through anything. >> after the all they fell for each other. >> i have to laugh. >> rain is always a sign of good luck. >> it is. >> there was a downpour on my parents wedding and they were married 51 years. >> we could hear the thunder. >> moments ago in the studio. >> quick moving cell but it's

still out there thankfully moving along way from philadelphia and it's losing a little of its umph as well. >> we'll show what you is happening out there. here sky cam three and live look over center city philadelphia. the tell-tale raindrops on the camera there and thankfully worst of cell has rolled off east. good news for philadelphia. if you are about ready to hit the road the further west you are the more likely it is that the storm has since passed and you're not out of the woods as we say just yet across a good portion of central new jersey which we'll get tovrment i want to check in with the eyewitness weather watchers and an important place to check when you track active weather. let's take you to the pinelands here. 75 in for mark this morning at the moment he has nothing but cloud cover overhead and he said it's a thick ever hadeness to the atmosphere this morning all inddick taiv of the moist tire in the atmosphere. and won't be shocked if you end

up with thunderstorms. further indlad the storms long since passed leftover clouds for fran out in the nottingham area. pretty much breeze at the moment. that said let's take you to the maps. and here we go with heavier cell. now it may not look like it's really weakened all that much. trust me heaviest of torrential rain has had a chance to ease up a little bit. it was pounding down with shy of 3" per hour rainfall rates over philadelphia within the last half hour now started to ease up a little bit. though make no mistake this is a pretty strong thunderstorm cell and it will continue trek east here to portions of monmouth county. here's a cold front crossing through and before that happens it heats up efficiently here today. eventually ending up with more showers and strong thunderstorms we will catch a break once the first cell get out of here. you will see sunshine. it's a soupy day. later on we see scattering of locally strong thunderstorms firing up again with frequent

lightning and heavy downpours. it's almost like we're on repeat with that pattern later today. in terms of records these are numbers we have to hit in order to beat it. philadelphia you got a pretty good shot of doing. it record is 96 last set in 19 1999. we're shot shooting for 97 in our forecast. that will be new number for books here and meanwhile the next few days into the 90s. it's still a scorcher of a day but it won't be as humid and likely won't have storms eithe either. >> absolutely. all right, katie, great information thank you so much and for those waking up with us we're glad you're here. we're waking it a busy morning in the world of travel now. thank you to, of course, mother nature and also dnc is in town. let's get into talking about issues that affect you more immediately right now. overturned vehicle here just starting to get cleared out of way. schuylkill eastbound for city avenue that right line in compromised and it is very, very slow around this area.

and also, 95 south pasta academy now pulled all the way up to the shoulder we have an accident here. you can see how busy it is it started in the 4:00 hour primarily i'm sure a lot of people knew when it was raining and road closures. this will do it to you. accident pa turnpike westbound willow grove right lane blocked there. we have two accidents around each other 295. take a look at these. 295 south past 268 lanes blocked there and 295 south before route 644 left lane blocked there. a lot going on in that area. and sdoo another accident baltimore pike near 452 and have dnc closures you're looking at now eastbound off ramp to 95 you have a check point there. lot going on. jim, over to you. >> that's an under statement thank you so much, meisha. the world famous harlem globetrotters made their way to wildwood. >> they'll be at the jersey sure for a series of basketball

games. pat is there to learn skills. have they made you honorary member of team yet. >> not quite. but they've got to see my skills before i become a member. hawk, bull and handles they're all here i showed up and they were on the court in wildwood crest crazy how that works. >> what's up. > hi. >> how are you feeling. >> great. >> handles tell me about what does -- how do you become a harlem globe trotter. >> we have some of best dunkers shooters and driblers in the whole world. not only a great basketball player we pride ourselves in being great players and role models for kids. >> you will be here four dates coming this up week. >> yes 27 through 30 wednesday through saturday every single night at 7:00. >> and then you were talking about being role mod elingz in the community for kids. you have camps going on as well. >> yes, we're plague at the wild woods convention center and doing camps every morning day of the camp at 10 and after

games weless always sign autographs for kids and fans at the games. >> very, very cool. so, guys, you're all very good at particular things is that right. you're handles you're good at something and bull good at something. >> everything. >> of course i look good. >> that's true. >> look at that face. >> hawk, hawk you as well. >> yes, of course, o., they call me hawk for a reason. known for flying. >> you want to show me a little something. >> yes. >> i'm not good at any of this i need help. >> what you got for me. >> look at this guy. >> this guy here. >> come on man watch this. >> i can't done any of that. >> watch me on youtube. >> took you one night to do this. >> here you go handled. >> ut, oh. >> how he does this at this time of the day i don't know. >> yeah.

>> that's great. >> here we go. yeah. >> look at that. >> they call him hawk. >> i tried this earlier and hit myself in the face♪ nice, nice. nice. >> there you go. >> what you got? >> i like it. now, how do i get in. how do i get in on this. >> okay. >> hold my finger up. >> don't move. >> don't be nervous. >> okay. >> everyone is watching. >> i'm not going to look. >> easy, easy. >> i'm not looking look. >> like you've been doing it for years. >> that's about all i got. that's all i got this morning we'll come back in the 6:00 hour and hopefully by then i figure it out and they make me honorary member. >> i feel like you have this exactly i do. >> hyundai coordination. >> oh!

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>> back on eyewitness news with a live look at bethlehem. we've ban watching storms move through all morning. it's been a steamy start to monday. katie has an update on near record hooets heat in a few minutes. >> a tv photographer caught a moment on video in california. >> she spot aid hum m back whale lunge feeding they can be spotted this time of year as they eat mark rel and sardines swimming close to the shore. >> we've been coming to this coast 200 million years they're smart they know where to find the cafe so to speak. >> wild life experts say cold water pushed up from teerp parts of the ocean which is making for bigger fieldings. >> that's one big guy. >> uh-huh. >> coming up in the next hour of cbs3 eyewitness news live at the convention floor of the

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>> we're following breaking news out of florida this morning another mass shooting. two people were killed and more than a dozen shot at a night club in for the meyers. florida. the night club was hosting a teen party at the time. >> and philadelphia is in the spotlight as the democratic national convention kicks off today at the wells fargo cente center. today's scene, united together. but the party is in chaos after its chair woman resigned amid anti-sanders email scandal. we're live with a look at the impact could have on the election. steamy and stormy start to dnc. you may have woken by all the

thunder and lightning and temperatures in the mid 80s and severe thunderstorm warning is in effect. today is monday, july 25. good morning everyone i'm jim donovan. >> i'm brook brooing. >> and katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things. >> busy in the world of travel. not only wet roadways and lightning but it looks like maybe that is calming down a little. road closures, four accidents, overturned vehicle. it's a mention. i'll get it that in a moment. >> certainly a mess left behind by strong storm cell. it's out there. but thankfully it's hart starting to, i hate to say weaken, it looks nalingty. it's not as potent as it had been. good news that severe thunderstorm warning has gone out of effect. though there's a lot of gusto with this cell. frequent lightning going in and heavy rain with the cell and it's primarily a new jersey concern at this point. we look at a three hour loop of what has gone on here in the