will tell you when heat wave end and when flash floods could be an issue for our area "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. it is 6:00 o'clock. the here's is what happening, live at floor of the democratic national convention where the excitement is building, because historic nominee hillary clinton has arrived in the city and we are awaiting president obama's speech to the delegates, tonight. vice-president joe biden will speak tonight, as well as the vice-president nominee tim kaine, here on the floor of the dnc at the wells fargo center. good evening, i'm ukee washington. aim he jessica dean. great to be with you this afternoon. we have team coverage for you, joe holden is once again, with protesters in center city philadelphia and our greg argo s is live on the convention floor. let's start with you, greg. >> reporter: good evening, there jessica and ukee. we're live here up in the

stands with some of the delegates. i can tell you that the anticipation, excitement is building with many folks i spoke with we have that all-star line upcoming here to speak to the delegation in just a few hours. president barack obama, vice-president joe biden. take a look, you can see some of the chairs are empty but you can reza assured once the speech begins in a few hours from those two men this place will be packed. day three of the democratic national conn convention, history being made, for hillary clinton becoming the first female presidential nominee of a major political party. >> for delaware, new jersey and pennsylvania delegates like gisele featherman those tears of joy may be tears of excitement as the president and vice-president are expected to speak tonight. >> we're moving and listening to them in the lifetime how likely are you get to do that

and i will get to do that in the front row to do that. >> reporter: delaware delegates are thrilled to hear from their home state speaker. >> today i expect the most awesome vice-president, joe biden, to deliver a winning speech to motivate the audience and then we get to hear from the president. >> reporter: nearby in a new jersey section. >> last night at the convention center it was rocking. >> reporter: peg schaefer says if anything can top last night 's historic roll call vote. >> i move that hillary clinton be selected as the nominee. >> reporter: it will be tonight's two speeches from president obama and vice-president biden. >> barack obama, terrific speaker. joe biden i think will talk about her foreign policy and how competent and capable she is. >> reporter: i can tell you president obama on air force one is expected to land around 9:45 tonight, so that gives you an idea as to when he may speak. he will have a direct route coming to the wells fargo center. live here at the wells fargo center, i'm greg a argos for

cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you so much for that. questions still remain on how tight, how united the democratic party really is. >> some of the bernie sanders supporters, took to the streets to protest to daze and our joe holden is there with them, we will go live to them in center city now, joe. >> reporter: jessica and ukee, as we have demonstrated in the plaza across from city hall, all day but this is as toned down as we have seen. in fact, it is more of like i dance party up here on this stage. we also heard from green party candidate, jill stein, just within the last hour. but the bernie sanders people who are out here, they are not giving it up, in fact, they are calling this a peaceful rise up, and revolution. there have not been any incidents on this hot wednesday afternoon in center city, many of the officers, thaw can see, have been taking a break, make that now jill stein's folks. she's the green party

candidate. the crowd was energized. that is significant in explaining how the narrative has shifted out here on philadelphia streets. as we have been telling you all week thinks where you'll find the division in the party many of the signs out here less than flattering toward hillary clinton. as they part company with bernie sanders. >> the whole process was rigged against them. that is not the a process i'm for. of course it is for bernie. >> as we pull away from the stage a little bit you can see some officers behind me from philadelphia police, they are staying hydrated and taking a break and it has been a long day. this is third day out here, and there are two more days, including hillary clinton's visit to independent mall on friday. again, no but we will continue to keep an eye on things. live from center city, joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". thank you very much for. that. you can see activity in center city right now.

and that will have an effect on traffic both in the morning and afternoon. >> especially when the president gets here later lets go to meisha johnson in our traffic center, what sit looking like. >> good evening, you guys. we have been talking about the dnc closures and checkpoint restrictions all week long. we will continue to do so for the rest of the week. i will show you three checkpoints. we are looking at one, 95 north at platt bridge, left lanes are closed, leading up to these checkpoints. also, no vehicles over five tons are allowed past these checkpoints, and also, you have an evening flight, make sure to give yourself extra time. looking very slow. the five north around platt bridge. the second one this camera shot is like at 59 south at girard but 95 south at the vine is where checkpoint is. again, you have lost that left lane. the it is slow moving around here as well. checkpoint three eastbound vine to 95, this camera shot is showing between broad street and vine, checkpoint at the vine also looking slow. we can also see some slow downs over here. we had an accident in the westbound direction that has

now been since cleared. i want to show you this alternate, you guys, this is what you want for i-95 moving in the northbound direction, flat bridge, 26th to the schuylkill and vine and reenter 95. looking to move in the southbound direction you will take this and you will flip it that will get you there. thinks the best alternate for 95. also i want to call your attention to this, d in. c closures. ninety-five ram tops broad street northbound you are completely closed. southbound you will have access to the navy yard but it is completely closed southbound direction, between 2:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. schuylkill eastbound ram tops packer avenue no parking on south broad street center median. a lot of this will be covering all week long, and again, this is one of the height of our rush hour times, and so these checkpoints are really going to come into play as well as closures, use that alternate, ukee and jessica, back over to you. all right, meisha, thank you very much. mayors from all over the nation gathered in philadelphia, around city hall for a forum on lbgt equality.

>> members of the members of the discrimination coalition include jim kine, greg stanton of phoenix and washington d.c. mayor bowser. they difficulties cowed how current policies focus on eliminating discrimination against lbgt community can impact passage of the federal equality act. that bill would amend civil rights act to include protections banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. over in olde city, a historic marker goes up in commemoration of the philadelphia's role in the lb gt civil rights. "eyewitness news" outside arch street meeting house on third and arch street. back in 1979 activist gathered at that spot to plan the national march on washington for gay and lesbian rights and today's event was part of the equality forum festivities, that is the nation's oldest lb gt civil rights event. still to come tonight on "eyewitness news" have have you ever wondered what it was like to sit in the oval office

here's one of the interactive experiences you can get at the dnc and we will give you a look the at some of the new things you you can do in south philadelphia. it was all of the rage two summers ago and now we are seeing results. our stephanie stahl shows us how money from the ice bucket challenge is being put to good youth, don. hey, philadelphia eagle arrested and charged. how will they handle the situation? i'm don bell coming to you live from the novacare complex answer is next in

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back on eyewitness nice with the birds eye view of the democratic national convention , house bandies doing their thing right now, day three is a big night as president barack obama will speak tonight making a case for hillary clinton as his being is or.

from a bird eye view to the bird nest, lets check in down the street, first, training camp is underway and the vets are in camp and so is our don bell. db? >> ukee, well played, my friend, that is right birds eye view it is, 89 of the 90 players report to go camp, lon e guy not here is john dorenbos, the long snapper and he will be here in the morning lets look at guys arriving here, set to arrive by 2:00 p.m. they had a meeting at three. first full practice is tomorrow. now one of the guys whom we didn't see who was here is ni gel bradham. he was a rested and charged with battery. some project him to be a starter. head coach doug pederson on how the team will deal with this situation. >> until we get further information from the authorities, in south florida, you know, and don and people here i just felt like just don't punish him from being here and just let him practice , let him report and

go through conditioning tests and all of that and then we will see what happens. meanwhile most significant news today involved starting running back ryan matthews. he limped in to camp with a ankle injury suffered last week. he has been placed on the active non-football injury list. tough way to start camp. lets switch gears here and talk about day baseball, in miami. phillies and marlins in the rubber mash, jean carlos stanton 22nd home run of the season, 430 feet, three run shot, marlins on top in the first. now in the sixth, don kill which some good wood, right center it goes, it is a two run triple. 22-year old zach eflin got the start, he tossed two complete games for phil this is month but a loud seven runs in five innings of work, in miami. so, they lose series there and now, the fightin phillies are off to atlanta to take on the braves for four game series. once again here i'm coming live from the novacare complex

where eagles full squad will have conditioning tomorrow morning, conditioning tests, and then get underway with the serious practice. that is story here now lets go just a couple blocks down the street back to ukee. ukee. >> just a couple blocks, thanks db. i'm not liking ryan matthews gate there. thanks very much. lets go back to the studio and check with nicole brewer. >> on the cbs-3 healthwatch tonight do you remember ice bucket challenge for als? well, it work. yeah, money raised from that campaign led to an important research break through. health reporter stephanie stahl is here with the reaction. this is great news. >> very exciting, nicole. >> until now there has been very little progress in the fight against als also known as lou gehrig's disease, devastating illness name after baseball player who brought to it national prominence. well now buckets of ice cubes have changed things. 17 million people posted videos on line, taking the ice

bucket challenge for als. instant sensation quickly raised 150 million-dollar. >> i could not believe how fast it took off. >> reporter: ice bucket challenge is aimed at helping people like 44 year-old wes rose diagnosed 11 years ago. >> it is a bad deal but look what i have. i have a life that i have always wanted, so to be able to say that, it is hard to complain frankly. >> reporter: he is married with two sons and able to continue teaching biology at arcadia university. >> we will see. >> reporter: eventually the neuro degenerative disease will paralyze him to the point of being unable to breathe. >> yeah, i think about what is coming in the future, it is scary, i would be lying if i told you i was than the scared about what is going on. >> reporter: there is new hope , money from the ice bucket challenge led to an important genetic discovery that is expect to lead to better treatments. >> it is another example of peoples money at work, i mean,

als foundation has been able to use that money to get real results. >> reporter: it might be too late for wes but he has defied odds, paralysis symptoms have been slower to develop for him and he has lived much longer then most with als. >> fit can help me that would be great but i think more exciting, is to think about that there will be fewer people in the future to deal with this. >> reporter: what a great guy he is. ice bucket challenge isn't over yet. one advocate will be visiting 50 states in the the next 30 days, touring august hoping to raise more monday foy are research. we have a link at cbs philly .com/click on health. that ice bucket challenge is nice, these days. >> yes. >> my goodness, yes. >> i agree. >> yes. >> it worked though. >> yes. >> it was worth it. >> good news. >> and, and also what is the deal with the flooding. >> well, we have and, and humidity again tomorrow and

some heavy storms to talk about through the end of the week. mainly thursday night into friday but could continue right through the weekend, so we will trade one problem for the next. lets take a look at what is happening outside. take you down the shore we have some will folks still enjoying nice warm day in ocean city, we have heavier storms rolling through the shore points mid afternoon, heavy rain, street flooding in sea isle but now things have cleared out and people back on the beach enjoying the end of this day. here's a live look at middletown ship high school ate cape may courthouse as well. clear skies. 82 degrees. not too bad there. showers and storms moved off the coast and everything is quiet on storm scan three. notice there are showers and thunderstorms, there is a lot of shower and thunderstorms to our south, that is part of the system that could be impacting us over the next few days as that front lifts back to the north and an area of low pressure track as long it. we're still hot 93 in philadelphia. and that should be our high for the day. ninety-two in reading. ninety-one in wilmington. cooler down the shore.

eighty-three in atlantic city and wildwood. dew points in the zero seven's down the shore, delaware. 77 degrees in dover. very humid. humidity has dropped north and west of the city. much nice inner allentown with a dew point of 57 right now in the mount pocono, 56, it all depend where you are. it is an impressive spread of dew point as cross the region. future weather shows us a quiet night tonight. tomorrow a different story. scattered showers and storms tomorrow afternoon. some could be locally heavy, all of the red shading here with the storms. they are not every where but anyone of these thunderstorms could produce local liz heavy downpours much like what we saw monday evening here in philadelphia and this will continue on and off throughout the overnight hours thursday night into friday morning and watch this, big batch of rain could miss us to the north but is there a chance that this moves further south, and certainly impacts us friday morning. that could slow you down here and heavy rain with that. even lingering showers and storms friday afternoon. so, flash flood watch goes into effect thursday evening what that means is anyone of these showers and thunderstorms although they won't be every where could produce torrential downpours,

leading to flooding on the road. for yourself thursday hot and humid with scattered storms in the afternoon. more numerous storms thursday night and friday. that is true for shore as well , back to the lower 80's friday and saturday. dodging showers and thunderstorms, thankfully here in the city most active thursday night into friday but then we have shower and thunderstorm activity possibly on saturday but certainly sunday and monday as well. stay there we will have much more when we come right

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here in the wells fargo center , it is also partnership with instagram and glamour magazine and it includes a glambar where a lot of people were getting pampered getting their hair done, nails done and you cannot miss that big touch screen there and it shows millions of the conversations facebook users are having about the presidential candidates, who they are talking about, how many are talking bit, and goal , to help understand just what people are discussing. >> we want to have a great space for people wanting to come and share and create content. we have people going live, live stream. we have folks in cleveland, here in philadelphia, it has fun people, coming through and great content. >> instagram, also has a mini, oval office, that people can check out, mini. >> i saw the real deal, many, many years ago with the philadelphia boys choir sick for richard millhouse nixon back in the day. >> little performance. >> back in 19... >> you know that year. >> of course.

>> "cbs evening news" is just a file you few minutes away. >> scott pelley has a look ahead, scott. >> hi ukee and jessica great to be here with you in philadelphia charges have been dropped after failing four times, prosecutors announced today, that they will not pursue case is a begins anymore baltimore police officers, in the death of freddie gray. plus donald trump calls on russia to hack hillary clinton 's personal e-mails. how the ice bucket challenge has led to an important medical break through. we will have those stories just ahead on the "cbs evening news" from the democratic national [ ghost voice ] the name your price tool can save you money by finding a policy to fit your budget. [ coughs ] sorry, tickle in my throat! water would be nice, but that would go right through me. ghost problems.

well, delegates are in town and they are working hard but it is not all work and no play. >> city hosted a play date of sorts for delegate families. vittoria woodill was there. this is a day of play extravaganza. >> it was an extravaganza. >> yes. >> there was so much to do, you know, what was really fantastic about what these families did today? no only were they playing but they didn't realize they were learning too. >> it is time to play. >> that is right kid, today was a day just for you whether you are cribbing in the dry, covered in color or hand on having a ball, were you all smiles. this day of play was dnc's

only kid focused event where thousands of families gathered at city hall for a free day of fun on behalf of philly play. a program that encouraging healthy play for 60 minutes every day. the big kid behind it philadelphia a councilman bobby henon. >> this is a play day, extravagance, 2500 kid are here enjoying the healthy play day and in the weather with the fountain. we have libraries, we have mural arts, pop up philly clarks film i play works, people who are just teaching kid how to play with each other. we are trying to educate these kids, while playing. >> reporter: it looks like it is working. >> yes, we had played in the fountains and everything. we did a lot of stuff. we ate rita's water ice. >> did you learn anything new. >> that when you are doing that you are supposed to put it in and hold your hand in the back and hold it better. >> while many were learning new trade, chase even learned a little bit about herself. >> i was scared because i'm a

little bit shy. it is something i had so much fun. >> it was in surprise that by looks of it, philly play turn learning into a party and everyone wanted in. >> now today was only a one day event, unfortunately because how much did you want to get your hand in on all of that. >> i loved it. >> learn to get to party that kid said i'm's kind of shy, that is great. >> yes. >> you know what, it was awesome to see bobby say that community bringing it together , bringing so much out of all of us, playing is learning, and now he wants everybody outside coming together, is there any better way to celebrate a day in philadelphia. >> great stuff. >> great stuff. >> thanks, torey. >> thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at ten on the cw philly and back here after speeches tonight on cbs-3. >> up next, "cbs evening news" , scott pelley is reporting live from the floor of the dnc. from all of us thanks for

watching family. we will see you >> pelley: the charges are dropped. the prosecutor gives up trying to convict baltimore cops in the death of freddie gray, but defends her case against them. >> we do not believe that freddie gray killed himself. >> pelley: also tonight-- >> mr. president. ( gunfire ). >> pelley: a judge orders president reagan's would-be assassin released from a psychiatric hospital. we'll have reaction from the reagan family. trump tries to enlist the russians to help against clinton. >> russia, if you're listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. >> pelley: and it was more than a gimmick. the ice bucket challenge leads to an importanted