and she's ready to be the next command inner chief. >> democratic nominee hillary clinton gets the presidential seal of approval, from president obama. we will tell you why he says that clinton should win and what we can expect on the last days of the convention. unrest the at the fence, protest get rowdy outside wells fargo center number of people arrested for forcing their way past police barriers . a young musician makes the streets outside city hall his stage, meet the teen, who is getting a tension on social media, this morning for a respond tear just performance.

>> good morning it is thursday july 28th i'm's jim donovan. i'm's brooke thomas. we will have those stories plus a police chase that span ned 50 miles in a moment but first katie has today's, forecast and looking ahead at storms and meisha is watching the road. >> good morning, you guys. so final day of the dnc, people are crying, rejoycing, either way one thing to re joyce about the roads. soon they will go back to normal but bear with me today because a lot of closures, police checkpoint in place. the once again, one camera and more police we have seen in previous days. >> yes, luckily right now things are quiet for weather but we will be tracking some thunderstorms across the delaware valley. that will happen in the p.m. time frame but as early as late morning there could be a bubbling up on the radar. things are tranquil on storm scan things are nice and quiet , nothing but a clear sky , couple clouds here and there but it is turning steamy and it will be yet another day we think will extend this heat wave here but eventually a

flash flood watch goes into effect and that will be for scattered, but more numerous showers and thunderstorms because we are building up so much moisture the potential for locally heavy downpours. you will recall what happened monday night, that is what will come out of the next round of showers and thunderstorms again anyone is fair game for that. temperatures as they stand right now are certainly off to the mile start. the further north they are cooler in mount pocono for example but flirting with zero seven in allentown, milder down toward a dover where we are flirting with 80 degrees, but it is another hot summer day and we will see sunshine but as humidity up creases moisture content and at the months fear builds. we will see isolated but local liz heavy showers and thunderstorms coming through as day progresses. coming up later in the broadcast i will track them give you a sense when things will evolve on the radar. for now it is quiet, meisha. >> good to now, katie, thank you. that will help our morning

commute. we will need all of the help we can get with the road closures we have been talking about. the in case you missed it this week or just refresher this is what we're looking at. this is one of the police checkpoints 95 north at platt bridge you will need extra time as you progress through the morning if you are heading to the airport, make note of that and remember as you lead up to these checkpoints you have lost the left lane. it looks like you have lost two lanes here. nevertheless the checkpoints in the left lane is closed. no vehicles over five tons past these checkpoints. this is another one look at how this police activity on i-95 at the vine this camera showing 95 south at girard and vine, where checkpoint is. overall this morning give yourself extra time. we will have more information in ten minutes. jim, over to you. "eyewitns news" at the airport where president obama climb stairs to air force one and left philadelphia a well after midnight. now back in washington after wrapping up a rousing speech at democratic national convention last night.

the president passing the baton to the woman he hopes will succeed him in the white house. >> hillary clinton made a surprise appearance on stage alongside her former boss. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live inside the wells fargo center with more on last night's speeches, and what is ahead on the fourth and final day of the convention, jan, good morning. >> reporter: brooke, jim, good morning, today is day number four, last day of the democratic national convention , and it is the day everyone has been waiting for. timely, tonight, hillary clinton will get her moment on that stage behind me here in south philadelphia as she officially accepts the parties nomination for president. overnight here in the wells fargo center you can see crews have been working hard to re conn figure that stage to make sure everything is just right for this another historic night. last night you could see speakers brought out the crowds, stands were filled with celebrities and delegates alike, president barack obama ended a night with a speech filled with hope and optimism,

far cry for dark america for republican date donald trump a week earlier. the last night president said america is already great, and already strong, he then tore into trump criticizing his record in business and his lack of experience saying trump is unprepared for the job and would be a military disaster, instead, president the said clinton has what it takes. >> hillary clinton is that woman the in the arena. she has been there for us, even if we have not always noticed. if you are serious about our democracy you cannot afford to stay home just because she might not line with you on every issue. you've got to get in the arena with her because democracy isn't a expect tait the or sport. america isn't about yes, he will. it is about yes, we can. we will carry her to victory

this fall because this was the moment to band. >> reporter: after president obama a's speech you can see we have a surprise visitor, hillary clinton appeared on stage to give the president a hug. it will be eerie motional tonight, back out here live in the wells fargo center in south philadelphia you can see crews are putting final touches on that stage so speaking at the well this evening is not only hillary clinton but her daughter too. chelsea clinton will introduce her mother, and today's theme is working together. it will highlight what hillary clinton plans to do for the future of this country. we will continue to follow it all but for now we are live in south philadelphia, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". jim and brooke, back to you. clinton's running mate senator tim kaine made his convention debut last night. >> i humble accept my parties nomination to be

vice-president of the united states. >> the former richmond mayor, virginia governor and lieutenant governor, spent equal time introducing himself to voters. he praised clinton and bashed republican donald trump. >> he has got a way of saying the same two words every time he makes his biggest, huge promises believe me, it's going to be great, believe me. we're going to build a wall and make mexico pay important it, believe me. we will destroy isis so fast, believe me. there is nothing suspicious in my tax returns, believe me. >> vice-president joe biden also spoke last night and he echoed those same sentiments about the republican rival. >> he has no clue about what makes america great. actually he has no clue,

period how can there be pleasure in saying you're fired. he's trying to tell us he cares about the middle class, give me a break that is a bunch of mularky. >> biden then endorsed clinton >> some protests turn chaotic right outside the wells fargo center. protesters breached the fence last night around the convention area, police say seven people got through and they were immediately arrested commissioner richard ross say protesters were warned of the consequences. >> they were able to breach that fence. it is kind of ridiculous that we were standing right there waiting for them and they see us. it is in the like it is a surprise or they thought they were taken anywhere. this he were taken into custody. despite warnings that i issued and issued along the fence line later, they are now being charged with a federal offense >> now earlier yesterday

demonstrators by other groups were uneventful. police have arrested issued 69 sightitions since it started on monday. donald trump takes his campaign trail in iowa. he is under fire by political leaders on both side of the aisle for recent comments he made. republican presidential nominee rallied his supporters in scranton and ohio wednesday but it is what he said in florida that has drawn the most criticism. trump told reporters he hopes that russia finds that thousands of e-mails hillary clinton deleted from her private server during her tenure as secretary of state. >> russia, if you are listening, i hope you are able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. i think you'll probably be rewarded mightily by our press let's see if that happens. >> clinton's campaign accused trum of creating a national security issue. even some of the trump's fellow republicans distanced

themselves from his comments, including running mate mike pence. indiana governor respond that had russia should stay out of american elections or face serious consequences. stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the campaign 2016. on the road with kyw news radio and 1210 wpht, on line with cws philly.com and on tv with cbs news and you're witness news team right here on cbs-3. coming up we will show you a spontaneous performance of the national anthem outside, city hall. we will introduce you to the teen who had people stopping in his tracks and tell you hoe dedicated this performance to. plus a driver took off during a traffic stop and led police on a chase for 50 miles we will tell you what finally got the driver to stop. and cbs news is covering every angle of the democratic national convention, at 7:00

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dash cam video catches a a police chase in oak a it happened early sunday morning as an officer was conducting a routine traffic stop when the driver hit the gas. they say moments later, kohler shane sullivan let two passengers out of the car and led police on a 50-mile chase. officers put down stop sticks and sullivan eventually was taken in custody. sound of cheers ape shouts have been common out by city hall as protesters demonstrat ed this week. >> but yesterday there was also sound of the music, from

a teen's trumpet. >> ♪ >> that is 15 year-old brandon comb, the philadelphia police posted this video to their facebook page, a crowd gathered to listen to him play for the officers there, including commissioner richard ross, whom you can see shook his hand after the performance brandon later said on facebook that the officers push him to do what he does. >> that is interesting. that is so great. >> i love seeing kid doing cool things. >> i like to hear music instead of people yelling, it makes me a much happier person >> commissioner ross does a great job getting out in the community, shaking hands, great to see that. >> in terms of the weather, it is still hot. >> yes. >> yet another day. >> what else is new a at this point but we are also going to be tracking more showers,

thunderstorms and potential that they could produce some flooding as well. lets get you out there, show you what is happening, we will start off with the storm scan three which is for the moment quiet but won't stay that way. would i say as early as late this morning the afternoon and toward evening, showers and thunderstorms start to fire up and future weather is showing that very well. lets use this as a good guide. next couple hours through the morning drive, typical morning drive you are all good, you will have sun glare to deal with but it is certainly going to stay dry. even as ten this morning there would be likely bubbling up on the radar and it is a soupy air mass and it can help produce very heavy downpours thaw sometimes get this time of the year and that is exactly what we expect. even this showing up on future weather this afternoon it will be a scattered variety of showers and storms but where you got those heavy pockets you could get drenched. do you recall what happened monday night? if you were around philadelphia that point? that is what we could be

facing. we sit in the slight risk to severe weather off to the south for this particular batch later tonight there could be nasty torrential downpours, not to mention thunderstorms that accompany that and that will linger into tomorrow. with additional round of heavier downpours as a flash flood watch lasts us throughout, tomorrow evening. so it is this evening through tomorrow evening that flash flood watch goes into effect. ninety-three for the high. the it is still hot and steamy we will drop down to 75 tonight with scattered showers and storms but some would be heavy and next couple days look at this we expect to be below average, how about that for a change by sunday 84 degrees but still scattered storms. it is an active pattern, meisha. >> all right, thank you so much. >> good morning, everybody. happy thursday, happy last day of the dnc for those who may be tired of closures and police checkpoints i cannot say i blame you. both morning, afternoon and evening commute you are all getting rocked. this is what we are looking at

right now first checkpoint we will look at this morning 95 north at platt bridge give yourself some extra time. left lane is closed leading up to where that checkpoint is, no vehicles over five tons beyond these checkpoints. second one is at 95 south at the vine and third checkpoint is right here eastbound vine at 95, this camera shot is showing between broad street and vine checkpoint is eastbound vine at 95 we will see out there but looking quiet around those areas. the closure 95 ramps to broad north and southbound, southbound except for navy yard even that is closed between 2:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. schuylkill eastbound off ramp to packer and we have information of a concert in a little bit, brooke, over to you. as katie said there is another hot day in store for us. >> excuse me but some good news, i'm so choke up by that forecast, good way to cool off , we will tell you how to get cool treats while helping young patients at children hospitals across the country,

welcome back. time for a check as always on business news. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us live, from the new york stock exchange, good morning, jill. federal reserve wrapped up its policy meeting, any changes to interest rates. >> well, federal reserve left interest rates as is near their record low levels following that last policy meeting but fed did sound more upbeat about the economy pointing to a rebound in the jobs market last movement analyst say they are more likely to raise rates at its meeting in september. so, we will all be keeping an eye on that one, brooke and jim. i hear facebook earnings blew past wall street's expectations so they must be happy today. >> reporter: facebook shares are hitting an all time high, the social media giant made $2 billion in the last quarter , and there has been a huge increase in ad revenue when it comes to mobile

devices. facebook says 1.13 billion people used its social media platform every single day, and which is up 16 percent, from last year. incredible. brooke and jim. >> thanks very much, jill. coming up after the break katie says heavy rain could bring in some flooding we will check with her next. right now here's a live look at the convention floor where workers have been converting the stage all night getting ready for hillary clinton's speech. stay with us, "eyewitness news" is back in two

this looks like it will be where we cap off this heat wave, finally. so lets look the at the numbers here as it pertains to average, seasonal, to what we have seen so far this year. in terms of the 90 plus degree days. just this month we have had two straight weeks of 90 plus

degrees. they didn't happen all at once but 14 separate days hit 90. average for this season is 23. we are on our way to at least the average here which is this season so far hitting 22 days of the year at 90 or above. lets look at what storm scan has up its sleeves, off to the west we will see moisture up there and that will help pre tuesday in the only more showers and then are storms which could drench you in scattered fashion later today and into tomorrow but it knocks our temperatures back. we are finally getting a dose of july reality. that, of course, as we kick off month of august here too. but we are back in the mid to upper 80's where we should be so today that is last day of the heat wave, meisha but we will deal with some active weather to get back what is normal on the thermometer. >> yeah, normal in the world of traffic as well, starts tomorrow, that within so nice for our morning commuters. good morning everybody. happy thursday. happy gate the way, right. almost, almost, we can say that now.

dnc police checkpoints number 195 north at platt bridge we are getting used to this remind you fan. give yourself extra time if you have a flight today you will need it especially pushing in the five and 6:00 o'clock hour. many people are used to this, drop that left lane but with that being said it is still very busy. a lot of people still to have go to work. if you have a flight that is what you want to much was. second one, second chance one is 95 south at the vine. this is where we have a closure, at broad street 95 ram tops broad street moving in the northbound direction, southbound is also closed except at navy yard. however, southbound we are completely closed from 2:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. schuylkill eastbound off ramp to packer also closed 2:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. this is fun. we have a concert tonight for dnc volunteers and staff, camden rising concert 1:00 p.m. patco is running every some tenth minutes from 0:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. new jersey river lines run in

the 10:00 a.m., lady gaga, lenny cravats, dj jazzy jeff who wants to go with me, brooke, are you in. >> i'm in. >> hey, if you are looking for a way to beat the heat? how about a dairy queen blizzard. >> it is 11th annual miracle treat day at dairy queen, dollar or more from every blizzard sold today will be donated to children's miracle network hospitals. so you can enjoy frozen treat and help a good cause at the same time. children's miracle network hospital provides care to 10 million children each and every year. well, coming up next on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" we are live at the wells fargo sent center with the look the at the speeches plus a preview of hillary clinton a's remarks tonight. more bad news for atlantic city. find out what the resort up to may be doing in days that could lead to it bankruptcy. we are back at the top of the hour.

on the night of memorable moments it may be the biggest president obama and hillary clinton hugging on stage after the president offers up his endorsement. >> i humbly accept my parties nomination, to be vice-president of the united states. >> there you see it, earlier in the night virginia senator tim kaine accepted the democratic nomination for vice-president, and took shots at donald trump. it wasn't all hugs, smiles , protesters storming the gates of the dnc setting fires and causing some chaos. well, it is thursday july 28th

, good morning, i'm jim donovan. i'm brooke thomas. this is a live look at the convention floor, tonight hillary clinton will accept her parties nomination making history. we will have a live report in just a moment. but first katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things. first of all katie there is a flash flood. >> flash flood watch going in to effect for us what time. >> starting this evening. >> so good. >> not affecting our morning commute. >> no. >> roads are looking good, you guys, just checkpoints we are getting used to, closures and information on a cool concert coming up in a bit. >> like you said in the dealing with any issues with the weather as it pertains the two morning drive, sun glare, of course, we have put that to the side because it is bright and quiet. there is eventually going to be a bubbling up of showers and thunderstorms. we will show you what is happening. first up we will take you up this way to northampton county just one set of heat lights crossingou