escaping moments before the plane was engulfed in flames. good afternoon, i'm brooks tonight. >> i'm jim donovan, dubai's main airport is open again, after a jet crash lands and catches fire. shutting down traffic at the airport for several hours. a firefighter was killed, responding to the fire.

but all 300 passengers, and crew, escaped without injury. correspondent jonathan big lot i reports. >> reporter: the emirates air nine flight from india came to fiery stop on the airway, people looked on in horror from the dubai airport. plane came down on its belly. video posted on line shows the boeing 777 errupting into a massive fireball, blowing off one of the wings. firefighters, hosed down the smoldering fuselage, most of the top melted away. amazingly all 300 people on board, including six americans, were quickly and safely evacuated and about a minute. >> i think something burning, the smoke was coming inside. they evacuated. >> some passenger report the pilot made announcement that he needed to make an emergency landing because of landing gear problem. airport officials say there

were strong winds and blowing dust as the plane approached the runway. the exact cause of the crash landing is still under investigation. john cbs-3, "eyewitness news". developing this noon, authorities say a washington dc transit police officer is charged in an fbi sting, with attempting to support the islamic state group. officials say 36 year old nicholas young, bought nearly $250 in gift cards, and he intended for the islamic state to use, to purchase global apps to facilitate communication, young actually gave the gift cards to an undercover fbi source. >> in other news, a crash seriously injured a driver and back up traffic for miles on i-95 in philadelphia. this is a scene from chopper three, it all happened just before 9:30 this morning on the southbound side near the allegheny avenue exit. we're told the injured victim was trapped inside his suv for about 20 minute, before rescue crews could get him out. only one lane was getting by

but now all lanes are back open. no word on what caused the crash. >> looking at today's weather, august is usually a hot and humid month. but we are starting off on a pleasant note. how long will it last? let's get first look at the forecast with meteorologist, justin drabick live on the cbs-3 skydeck. >> that's right, this is pay back from the hot, humid july we were dealing with, nice little break here, take advantage of it, look at this, outside, beautiful shot here, pretty much full sunshine, few fair weather clouds this afternoon, enjoy it, temperatures cooler than average, and no problems as far as the humidity levels go. check it out. still 70s showing up at this hour, 76 berks county, still in the upper 60s, up in the poconos, feeling very nice, 80 degrees now at the airport in philadelphia, suburbs kind of the same deal, mid upper 70s, as you head up toward doylestown and quakertown, and again the key thing here today is the dew point temperature i've been showing this for the past several days earlier this week in the 70s, tropical like air mass, when you have a dew point of 60 that's kind of

like the cut off for humid and non-humid conditions, out on the line there, compared to what it has been it feels great it, will stay like this today, and really even for the next 48 hours. so enjoy it. storm scan3, nothing happening. great beach day in south jersey. seeing little more cloud cover up toward the poconos, still enough sunshine makes it feel pretty good. so this afternoon mostly sunny, comfortable humidity levels, high temperatures, low 80s, maybe the mid 80s for the warm spots. that's it. that's going to be below average. part of the reason is the winds direction out of the northeast. that's cooler flow. coming in off the water. eighty-four will do it for philadelphia, near 80 at the shore, mid 70s, up in the poconos. now, as we head toward the weekends, we are bringing changes back into the forecast. we'll let you know what they are coming up? just a few more minutes, brooke and jim back to you. >> thank you, justin, former philadelphia catholic church official is headed out, out of prison, headed back to court tomorrow for a status hearing ahead of his new trial. this is a look from a distance at monsignor william lynn's

prison release just outside of scranton. he was released on bail yesterday. the pen supreme court supreme court granted him a new trial. the six a year old was the nation's first roman catholic church official to be convicted for conspiring to protect pedifile priests within the archdioces. philadelphia's district attorney is vowing to re-try lynn over his handling of child sex abuse complaints. we're getting our first look at the suspect in assault in olney last month. police just released this image from a playground, at a and champ chose streets on july 12th. investigators say the suspect chased a 11 year old boy, pulled a hand gun, and forced the young boy to remove his clothes. the suspect punched him and then took off. if you recognize anything about this suspect, call police. philadelphia police say a shooting in cobbs creek overnight may have started with an argument over a card or dice game. >> police were called to the 100 block of north 54th street around 11:00 p.m. for report

of gunshot. investigators say they found blood and several shell casings on the street. then, they got report, police suspect there might be her to than one shooter because they say the shell casings were of two separate calibers. >> we're getting information from the officers that often individuals are out here gambling, playing cards, so the motive for this shooting may be related to a dice game, or a card game. >> the victim is at penn presbyterian medical center in stable condition. police haven't released a suspect description yet. a philadelphia police officer is being called a hero after he pulled a driver out of a car just in the nick of time in the city's logan section. that car crashed just after midnight at broad and wyoming. an officer from the 39th district was driving by and noticed the driver was slumped over the wheel. investigators say as soon as the officer pulled the driver out of the car it burst into

flames, that driver is in stable condition. >> turning now to campaign 2016, democratic presidential nominee, hillary clinton, will talk about her plans for stronger economy when she rallies with supporters in the denver area later today. >> on the republican side, donald trump is cam plane in florida this afternoon, but he's still getting a lot of heat from members of his own party, about his feud with a gold star family. correspondent craig boswell explains how trump is responding to the republican establishments criticism. >> reporter: donald trump is causing tension within the republican establishment with his refusal to endorse house speaker paul ryan and senators kelly, and john mccain, in their primary races. >> and i've never been a big fan of john mccain. and i just hate the way our veterans have been treated by john, and other people. >> all three criticized trump recently for his attack on the family of us army captain kahn killed in combat. trump refuses to apologize.

>> i don't regret anything. was hit very hard from the stage. you know, it is just one of those things, no i don't regret anything. >> reporter: president obama calling on republicans to abandon their mom nay, saying the comment on the kahn comment are proof. >> i think i was right mitt romney and john mccain were wrong on certain policy issues but i never thought that they couldn't do the job. >> sean i rose asked political director john dickerson about the likelihood of republicans ditching their nominee. >> so what's likely to happen, nothing? >> well, at the moment, yes, a lot of hand ringing, a lot of phonecalls going around how do we fix this, how do we stop it? >> trump insists no problems within the gop tweeting there is great unity within my campaign, perhaps greater than ever before. craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. >> vice president joe biden is getting a prestigious award, he will except the world affairs council of

philadelphia's at last award in center city later today. the award recognizes biden's leadership role in the cancer moon shot initiative. the initiative calls for double the progress against cancer in the next five years to find a cure. >> well, coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> the pope set up a panel, what could lead to groundbreaking change in the catholic church. finds out how it could affect women. >> and it was no ordinary night at philly's games, find out why it was suddenly appreciation night a and spent eleven months in a pow vcamp.m what donald trump said about our members of the military being captured is a disgrace. he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. when you fly over enemy territory, the odds

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>> welcome back. pope francis giving his blessing to consider the idea of women in the learning. >> i marlie hall shows us, it is a move that is shocked and excited many, in the catholic church. >> pope francis says his decision came after intense prayer and mature reflection to appoint a panel to study the idea of women deacons in the roman catholic church. religion professor phyllis, the only american on the commission, and says she's been waiting for this moment for years. >> the church would be making a great statement about the dignity and place of women in the world. >> known for his progressive stances, pope francis' decision to look into the possibility of women deacons differs from the views of his predecessors. he first entertained the idea last may, after meeting with a group of women from various religious orders. >> the idea for the commission originally came from the nuns,

not the pope himself. he agreed to the study but the vatican says not to expect change any time soon. >> deacons are ordained ministers, who can preach as well as pro side over weddings and funerals, but they cannot celebrate mass. women in this role not new to the catholic faith. >> there are several popes in the middle ages who wrote to the shift giving them authority to administer women as deacons. >> so there is a precedence for this? >> great precedence for including women. >> says the idea can transform not only how women are seen in the church but in society, as well. marlie hall, cbs news, new york. and new jersey man filing a class action lawsuit in federal court to keep pokemon go players away from his house. jeffrey martyr, of west orange, says for the past month, strangers have been lingering outside his home and even knocking on his door asking to get into his backyard to catch a pokemon

place interested by the virtual game. spokespeople for the company that make the game were not available for comment on the suit. pokemon's marketing director said last week the company is updating the game so it remains fun for players but respects the real world. >> google is getting ready to make deliveries by drone. the white house announced yesterday google's project wing will start testing. the faa says it hopes drones will be able to fly problem-free before the end of the year. amazon recently said it will start testing drone deliveries in great britain. it is believed the drone industry could create nearly $83 billion in the u.s. economy. in other news, experts say those self check outlines at retail stores like super markets are extremely popular with shoppers. >> but auditors say they're also extremely popular with crooks. they say unexplained lost was 170% higher in stores and self-scanning devices compared to stores with normal check outs. but, some experts say it might not be intentional theft.

it might just be mistakes made by shoppers. the umpire at last night's phillies game called out plenty of batters and base runners. >> also saw to it a fan booted out of the bluchers, too, home plate umpire bob davidson said he heard enough about a guy about 15 years back. he said he let it go until the guy started using profanity. he told security, who encouraged the fan to leave on his own. after the guy left davidson said he heard something unusual for an up fire south philly. cheers from the fans. well, still ahead on "eyewitness news". >> another amazing night at another ballpark for one little boy. we'll show you why it was so special for this boy. justin? >> oh, that looks like fun. well, this morning we woke up with temperatures in the 50's and 60s, setting up for a nice afternoon. but all talk about when the typical summertime heat returns coming up in eyewitness weather.

welcome back, monsoon storms rolled through phoenix, arizona causing flashflooding and water rescues. an elderly woman was pulled from her car after being trapped in the middle of a flooded highway, fortunately, she's okay. another driver misjudged the rising water and got stuck, with no where to go. when that comes in, fast. >> oh, yes. >> not used to, that and flooding one of the leading weather killers, heat tumuli number one, flooding number two. >> even little watt kerr sweep away a car. >> exactly. fast moving water, it's gone. no rain for us today. next couple of days actually looking pretty good. nice stretch of early august weather, if you can get outside, take advantage of it, even open up the windows

tonight, safer money on the electric bill, because temperatures dropping into the 50's, again, in some suburbs. good beach day jersey shore. check it out, live look packed in ocean city. why not? full sunshine, going on, ocean, little rougher than the past few days, actually past few weeks, we have easter at this winds kicking thing up, moderate risk for rip current, make sure lifeguards are on duty when you go swimming over the next few days, easterly wind will continue as we head into the end of the week. 80 degrees right now at the airport, in philadelphia, not bad for this time of day for early august, still 70s north and west, reading 76 degrees, 79 in allentown, near the coast, we're in the upper 70s, there is the breeze, notice the arrows pointing out of the northeast it, means nice breeze off the water. ocean at 76 degrees, and dealing with similar air temperatures, this afternoon. most of the clouds well to our west, we see some showers breaking out over the mountains of virginia, west virginia, they stay there, so nice dry pattern, setting up for the next several days. get outside if you have outdoor plans, definately a

go. talking about dew point temperatures for the past few weeks. this is very low for august. seeing 50's, to low 60s, indicating very dry air mass, the forecast with our dew points, pretty much stays the same. actually gets little better tonight into tomorrow. seeing a lot of 50's showing up indicating low humidity all across the delaware valley. and the reason why it is high pressure, which is parked over new england right now is providing that northeasterly wind flow. that's little bit of cooler flow. that's why our temperatures are below average, same deal tomorrow, still going to be in the mid 80s, in a lot of spots. friday we start to change up just little bit. still going to be nice, sunny, upper 80s, but little more humidity around. nothing too bad. saturday that's going to be the day where it is hot, humid, typical august day, watch out for scattered shower, storm, coming in during the afternoon, looks like we do reach around 90 degrees over a lot of locations, then we put end to the 90s again, another cooler air mass, which i'll show you in the seven day. tropics starting to get little active. usually see this in early august. the peak is not until early september. so down in the southern

caribbean we have earl tropical storm stat us winds 70 miles per hour. it could become category one hurricane before making landfall sometime thursday near the coast of belize, so if you have vacation plans in the uketon, cancun, later this week, this weekend, could be rough there. deal with stormy weather. back home though enjoying the temperatures. mid 80s at best for the warm spots this afternoon, tonight look at that, seeing a lot of 50's again. so northwest suburbs, interior south jersey, normally cool spots, are going to get nice and cool overnight. then tomorrow, casino of repeat of today. maybe some upper 80s in some of the warm spots, still with the low humidity, will feel good. eighty-four today in the sunshine, tonight, mid 60s for the city, 50's in the suburbs, headed to the phillies game, giants in town, game two of the series, 70:51 pitch, 76. good night for baseball, with mostly clear skies. there is the extended forecast, each day, just little warmer, getting close to 90 on friday. we hit 09 saturday. little humid with shower or storm. but by the end of the weekends into next weekends humidity

drops again, back to the mid 80s, good stretch. we deserve it. >> we do, we'll take it. >> nice weather, love it, thanks, justin. eight year old boy who received a double hand transplant at the children's hospital of philadelphia takes a big step in his recovery. >> sigh on harvey throughout the ceremonial first pitch last night at the baltimore orioles game against the texas rangers. since having surgery, here at chop last year, he had been work to go regain his hands function. the transplant took 11 hours, and zion is the first child to ever receive the procedure. what an exciting night for him, though, right? >> really. i remember stephanie stahl met him last july here in philadelphia. it was a great, great one. >> he's awesome. >> good for him. >> recuperation, and moving forward in life. >> just had the best attitude. do you remember how much he loved his little cyster? >> exactly. >> really cool family.

>> coming up later today on "eyewitness news", it is another case of philly fans behaving badly. now, we told you about the umpire asking a phillies fan to leave in the middle of a game. tonight at 6:00 that fan explains what he said that got under the ump's skin. >> well, for the second year in a row, longwood gardens is giving visitors a new way to look at their famous garden. >> and artist's collective created night scape, a light and sound experience. once the sunsets, lights move

along, they spin like a collide scope, as music flows through the space. if you like the music you can buy it or download t night scape open wednesday through saturday night at longwood gardens until late october. that's so cool. >> whole meditation thing going on. >> right? >> so relaxing. >> yes, yes. >> the weather is nice today. >> yes, easy to take a nap outside this afternoon, maybe cold beverage next to you. talking about this morning. >> oh, that would make the news go faster. >> see what we can do. >> forecast looks great. this afternoon 84 degrees in the sunshine, gets warmer by the end of the week, humidity increases friday. saturday will be most humid day, 90, could be shower or storm in the afternoon, next week, though, humidity drops again, good stretch early next week, jim, i know you're away on vacation, rubbing it in, but we have good weather back here. >> oh, i'm be thinking of you. that's "eyewitness news" at noon. >> "eyewitness news" continuing at 5:00 always on i got shot down over vietnam

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[ birds chirping ] >> dylan: hey, you good over there? >> faith: yep. you good over there? >> dylan: roger that. i think our first camp-out is a success already. and even sully's loving it. >> faith: he's asleep. >> dylan: well, that's because of the good, clean forest air. come here. take a deep breath. [ inhales deeply ] ah. you see what i'm talking about? soothing, right? >> mariah: [ screams ] oh, my god! i saw it. it's in the water swimming, and it was swimming -- >> sharon: what does poison ivy look like? or -- or oak? maybe it's poison oak. whatever it is, i have it or -- or something poisonous. >> mariah: maybe the thing in the water is poisonous and it's gonna come out at night, it's gonna murder us all! what are we doing here?! >> dylan: [ sighs ] >> summer: hey. how was your shower? >> luca: you should have joined