keeping an eye to the west, and storm system headed our way that could impact your outdoor plans this weekend. today is friday, august 5th, good morning, i'm brooke thomas. >> and i'm jan carabeo in for jim donovan today. lauren casey, meisha johnson, keeping an eye out on things this morning. tgif. >> tgif to you guys, as well, jan, so great to have you in the studio this morning, roadways looking really nice, guys, friday we can kind of expect that, lauren bringing the heat and you will of the good news. >> oh, yes, you are so welcome. heat returns tomorrow, humidity, but what a nice stretch of august days, and today we'll have much of the same. waking up right now, temperatures, cool down the shore, 61 degrees. we have some 50's, 59 degrees right now, in the poconos. and a little bit more mild this morning, as compared to yesterday morning. 70 degrees right now, in philadelphia. dew points, they're still on the tame side right now, in the 50's, six off's, but as we head into the second half of the day they'll start to creep their way up. so your day planner today, not much after problem, leave that

umbrella at home, no rain slicker, need the sunglasses, sunshine takes us into the 3:00 hour, eventually topping off right around 87 degrees, and for your friday evening, it is going to get a little bit more sticky, and then it will get stormy, as we head into tomorrow. much of the delaware valley, is in marginal risk of severe weather. talk more about the timing of the storms, when you can expect them, and when they will clear on out in your full forecast coming up in just a couple every minutes, meisha? >> do we have to talk about those storms, lauren? can't we just kind of jump over them? thank you, good morning everyone, hammy friday. looking outside, looking good. schuylkill westbound at city avenue, one of the areas i always like to pull up, especially in the 6:00 hour, we start to see it heat up. right now guys looking real nice. you come off the boulevard, the vine kind of same story here, looking good, eastbound side, closed overnight for the evening construction over night construction rather, that has now since been cleared. and it was only the eastbound side that was affected last night, so eastbound side obviously has reopened, and looking good both directions. in chesterbrook, take a look

at that sky. sometimes you guys you just got to take a moment, because these small things, they certainly matter, don't he? 202, headlight moving in the northbound direction at 252 looking gorgeous there. construction still out there, 95 southbound, between route 141 and delaware service area, also more construction pa turnpike eastbound between downingtown and valley hill road. that will left lane is block, in that area, and just reminder delaware memorial bridge southbound left lane block until 2:00 p.m. today. also in the world of septa manayunk and norristown, norristown and norristown transportation center every weekend through august, because of track work. brooke, jan, back over to you. >> thank, meisha. this morning sheriff sergeant is in the heart after elevator accident at the criminal justice center he went through surgery last night which went successfully. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live outside the building in center city this morning. justin, so what's the next happening there at the criminal justice center?

>> reporter: jan, brooke, good morning. for now the cjc is closed for business today, so that repairs and the investigation can get underway. after that elevator crash thursday morning injured two, one now home from the hospital. the other, that sergeant was critically injured. sergeant paul owens continues recovery at hahnemann hospital today. sheriff jewel williams paid a visit. >> he is in a lot of pain. his family is there with him, his mother and his wife. >> reporter: the veteran recovering from surgery, broken bones, head trauma, internal bleeding after the chaotic thursday morning at the criminal justice center. "eyewitness news" was there at the philadelphia police and fire department responded, and evacuated hundreds from the cjc. >> all we heard was a big bang, we just grabbed our stuff and just left. my supervisor said let's go. >> the mayor's office reports staff elevator car crashing up and through a shaft ceiling at the justice center penthouse. sergeant owens age 48 was

inside. then, debris from that collision smashed onto a second car below. the only court staffer inside. >> what happened? >> i don't know. something exploded inside the elevator. >> then whisk away in shock to hahnemann hospital for treatment, hours later our camera was outside hahnemann when smith released and headed home. no doubt relieved. >> good? you're okay? >> city records show all cjc elevators passed inspections back in june, the malfunction cause now under state investigation. and back live, you can see, that police tape covering those stores here at 13th and filbert. now, some court business will resume today. talking preliminary a rangment, bail operations, and emergency services, the city meantime mandates that the elevators here be repaired and re-certified before the building can reopen and that elevator be used by court staff here again, sergeant owens is recovering now, at hahnemann hospital from

surgery, cjc should be open for business regular business that is by monday morning. live here in center city, justin finch, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", jan, brooke, back into you. >> thank, justin. now that elevator accident happened just after a hearing for monsignor william lynn. he will be retried on child endangerment charges in may of next year. lynn was released from prison on tuesday, he was convicted for the way he handled complaints that priests were molesting children. but the state supreme court overturned that conviction last week. lynn is free on bail, and living with relatives. reputed philly mob boss, joey merlino, among 46 people indicted in connection with alleged organized crime activities. he was arrested in palm beach county florida ann period before a federal judge. the wide ranking charges for the group include racketeering, conspiracy, arson, and firearms trafficking. authority say the mafia family's operated in new york, pennsylvania, massachusetts, and florida, over the last six

years. this morning, six people are in custody after big drug bust in north philadelphia. investigators say they seized more than 520-pound of cocaine with street value of $23 million. most of the drugs were found in a warehouse at second and cambria. >> this seizure represent a very large amount of cocaine that did not hit the streets of philadelphia, that did not infect our children and our families, and that did not bring over $23 million in cash back to the drug trafficking organizations. >> the drugs believed to have come in through the port of philadelphia from at far away as puerto rico and the dominican republic, the raid a result of month long investigation involving local, state and federal authorities. >> philadelphia police need help finding a man wanted for attack ago woman in kensington and that's not the only crime he is accused of committing. this is surveillance video of the man they are looking for,

police say he grabbed a woman last month, and choke her until she was unconscious. when she finally regained consciousness, she was naked behind a building on jasper street. police say the same man is wanted for murder and four rapes. >> new this morning, police are investigating a shooting in southwest philadelphia that has left a man fighting for his life. this happened on the 2200 block every south 69th street, just before midnight. the victim was struck in the groin, leg and abdomen. he is in critical condition. so far there is no motive or description of a suspect. >> in campaign 2016, expert say, donald trump is struggling to get his campaign back on track, a mid series every miss steps this week, and declining pole numbers. he campaigns in iowa and wisconsin today. on thursday, trump's own runningmate mike pence split with him once again. pence voiced his support for the re-election bids at senators john mccain and kelly. pair of polls out yesterday has trump trailing hillary clinton by several point nationally.

clinton will be stumping for votes in washington dc today. >> meantime, president obama is urging congress to move quickly on emergency funding to combat the zika virus. the president's appeal came on the same day of officials in florida began aerial sprague above the miami neighborhood at the center of the zika outbreak. on thursday, president obama called out congress for going on vacation before approving his funding request to fight the virus. >> this is not the time for politics. it is time toll do a job, fighting zika costs money, now the money we need to fight zika is rapidly running out. the situation is getting critical. >> health officials have declared one part of that so-called zika zone in florida clear of the virus. >> and, flanked the local fight against mosquitos in florida, a federal effort to test a possible vaccine. researchers at walter reed who tested possible vaccine on monkeys, say it offered complete protection to the animal. zika is spread by mosquitos,

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yes, mom. why? hmm. no reason. >> severe weather left two people hurt, as brian web reports, even people whose homes were not damaged, felt the impact in new orleans, louisianna. >> i'm freaking out. >> reporter: driving rain, high winds, and funnel cloud pummeled new orleans thursday afternoon. toppling trees, taking our power lines, rattling a few

nerves. >> all i heard was a big boom. >> reporter: the national weather service confirms a 80-mile per hour tornado touched down over half mile track. at least four buildings, believed to be abandoned, collapsed. many cars were also damaged, during the storm. two minor injuries were reported, officials centuries cue crews, with search dogs, out to comb through the wreckage. >> we take all of the precautions, so we have -- that's why we have the dogs, dogs really well trained. >> at the height of the storm, tens of thousands of people were without power. >> the winds was so strong, the win was picking us up. >> the damage happened mostly in and around the city's seventh ward, an area hit hard by hurricane katrina in 2005. >> brian web, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". just so hard to seep, devastating, the people of new orleans are dealing with another weather issue, as if they haven't had enough. but what can you do? >> thankfully nothing like

that here. >> luckily it was only on the ground for half mile. could have done much more damage. here we are doing quiet conditions this morning, getting a live look, at down the shore. ocean city, new jersey, beautiful, the sun coming up. what a nice start to our day today. live look on "skycam 3". cape may county, gorgeous, and if you're strolling on the beach on this friday morning, you are luckily -- lucky, but almost to the weekends, and conditions are nice once again this morning. waking to up some cool temperatures, certainly by august standards, temperature right around 70 degrees, in philadelphia, 64 in allentown, 59 degrees your current temperature in mount pocono. we will get a look at some of the suburbs, 606 degrees right now in mt. holly. at cool start in quakertown, at 61 pottstown. we have dry air in place, temperatures able to cool pretty efficiently during the overnight period. dew point starting to creep up a bit in philadelphia. now up to the middle 60s, might be seeing little bit of the muggy factor, up toward the lehigh valley and poconos, nice and dry, head into the second half of our day today we will start to feel bit more

humid, mostly sunny, high temperature right around 87 degrees, average high in philadelphia, and overnight tonight, not quite as cool, with the increase in the moisture temperatures will cool down as effectively, so 73 degrees, under increasing clouds, our sunset at 8:09. storm scan3, showing us very quiet conditions, just couple of showers, starting to pop up near baltimore, otherwise, we keep it nice and dry. we do have a weather system up winds that will roll through as we head into the day tomorrow bringing us chance of some scattered storms, that could be on the stronger side. but nice, sunshine returns by sunday, monday, looking and feeling good, as well. and for today, down the shore, feeling good as well. mostly sunny, bit more humid, 83 degrees, water temperature, 75. right now, as we head into the day tomorrow, things looking stormy, so do watch out for that storm factor. steamy, as well, high temperature at 90 degrees. and then as we head into the second half of the weekend, beautiful conditions return. that humidity drops right off. we like that. one day, humid, and then gone.

we can deal with that for one day. >> yes, one day as we were kind of saying saturday, one day to have a little bit of rain. we can deal with that. we can deal with anything on a friday, right? tgif guys, good morning, just waking up with us, roads looking really good. only dealing with one other accident that's now since cleared out of the way. you have a couple of updates on septa. but overall guys look at the roadways, gorgeous out there, they are looking actually very quiet, usually we see this on friday. kind of oddly enough heat up in the 5:00 hour, kind of hold steady even into the 6:00 hour, and then moving on to the 7:00 hour it is really anyone's guess. we know it will start to get busy in the 7:00 hour. overall for the 6:00, we kind of see it hold steady like here for the most part, what we typically see, then of course you can see the gorgeous sunshine, so moving in the eastbound side, probably hit you little bit. you will need your sunglasses, schuylkill westbound at city avenue once you jump off the boulevard you can see it here, your looking good. eastbound side, looking a lot lick this, moving into center city, but overall, schuylkill, you are looking great.

the only area that's really starting to heat up this morning right now, early on in the 6:00, is interstate 95 pushing in the southbound direction at girard looking good overallment still traveling at posted speeds but probably won't be for too much longer, as it looks pretty her think. also, in urge in new jersey, 42 northbound creek road what you are looking at there, i would say building ever so slightly as you head toward 295, but again, overall you're still traveling at posted speeds, construction here on the pa turnpike eastbound now since cleared, just reminder delaware memorial bridge southbound left lane blocked until 2:00. those updates on septa coming up in a little bit. first we will take a quick break, stay right where you are, cbs-3 "eyewitness news"

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>> beautiful start to the day. >> good morning, everyone, i'm ' january car bio in for jim donovan today. >> i'm brooke thomas. summer olympics kicks off tonight with the opening ceremonies in rio de janeiro, that's right, but the game have been plagued by construction delays, doping scandal, and concerns over safety. so, is rio ready? jamie uke as joins us live from rio de janeiro. good morning, jamie. >> reporter: good morning, brooke and jan, that's the question, right, everybody wants to know.

we're right outside the olympic park where millions from all over the world, will be watching, as those games begin. and as you said, there has been so many concerns, leading up to the games. along the lines of what you are tacking about, also the seek a -- zika cyrus, shotty construction, dirty water, and now they want to be back to it fun loving culture. >> along the copa cabana beach, making memories ahead of the olympic games. >> i'm excited to see everyone with the energy, i've never seen it before, only in television. >> armed police officers watch the crowds, very closely. >> my intent is just nice to see the presence here, what i would expect at olympics. >> military ships can be spotted right off the coast. >> the landscaping, beautifully painted buildings what most tourist also see along the walkway built specifically for the olympics. what you can see behind me,

have this is what most think of when they think of rio, construction, worn down buildings. finishing touches being done on new subway line expected to officially open today. it was supposed to be finished months ago. as for team usa, most members here and ready to go. including the most decorated olympian ever, swimmer michael phelp, with 22 medals. he will carry the stars and stripes in tonight's opening ceremonies. >> just the honor, the opportunity, to do that, it is incredible. >> phelps is looking to add to his collection of gold, and so will all of the other american athletes. while thousands of fans from around the world get a taste of the olympics, in south america, for the first time ever. the opening ceremony will last about three hours. and while there has been no official words on who will light the coldren, lot of spec lake it could be soccer star,

palaia, how much, there could be hiccup with that, too, because as people say, he has contractural issues, brooke, jan. >> that's interesting, i know it is crowded and hard getting around there right now. what's been your experience? >> reporter: i have to tell you we don't have one of those official olympic parking passes because we just don't have one, so our driver had to be able to get around in normal traffic. and it took almost two hours to get between here and copa cabana beach a little more than 10 miles from olympic village. so it is very, very congested, very crowded, one of those things that the government actually gave a holiday yesterday and today, making it little bit easier, still lots of crowds. as you can imagine, the last several days leading up to the olympics, has not been that crowded around olympic park. but all of that will change once the games begin. >> wow. i thought the traffic here was bad. >> my goodness, thank you, jamie. let's get a check now on the wetter. >> yes, lauren, weather

watcher friday. who do you have with us today? >> yes, we have one of our weather watchers, phil, in from chestnut hill. i'm thinking of you like our weather watcher photographer. because you take so many great pictures, we always love to share those. why did you want to join the weather watcher network? >> because of two things, one, photography, and the other is weather which are my two favorite hobies, so i dove right in. i love being a weather watcher. >> awesome, great, and why do you love the weather so much? >> i like it a lot since i was a kid. i just like watching the weather happen, you know, thunderstorms, hurricanes, know storms, i love the weather. >> i'm there with you, phil. and you have a cool nicknames your friends are calling you up, they want some advice on it weather watch do they call you? >> my family particularly my neices they named me doppler phil. >> that's good name. thank you so much for being in with us this morning. >> my pleasure. thank you for having me. >> great photos, great observations, and if you want to become a cbs-3 weather watcher we would love that

too. you can go to our website sign up at cbsphilly.com/watchers. thanks so much, phil, it will be a nice day today. sorry we don't have more weather work for to you do with all of this quiet weather in store, but 70 degrees is your current temperature in philadelphia, at 63 allentown, 59 degrees, cool start, once again, in the poconos. and, down the shore, our cool spot is cape may. little sea breeze going there, 57 degrees, but would do have land breeze, in ocean sit, keeping us at 68 degrees, but headed today, looking, it will be nice day, mostly sunny, 87 degrees, little humid, especially as we head into the second half of the day, that uv index is definitely way up there, at about ten today. so, what's ahead, to the upcoming weekends, saturday is the day to watch, saturday, the day that will not feel so great. we start off tomorrow morning, foggy, hazy, humid conditions, you'll notice it as soon as you step outside tomorrow morning. that will stay with us, into the second half of the day. we do have chance at strong thunderstorms scattered in

nature as we head into tomorrow afternoon. so do have that back-up plan for your outdoor plans. but, as we head into sunday, meisha, beautiful conditions, returned humidity drop off quickly sunshine, though sunday is the day to get out there and enjoy those outdoor plans. >> lauren, you nailed it, perfect day to get in the pool. thank you so much. good morning, everyone, and speaking of, take a look at the sunrise, that you are waking up to. on this gorgeous friday, looking beautiful out there. look at chesterbrook, 202, at 252, looking good. looking sunny, just as we like to see it, especially on a friday. what a way to kick off our weekends to see sunrise like that. it is absolutely beautiful. and my traffic producer says looks like we're in the amazon. doesn't it? what do you think? let us know, right, sue? >> delaware county 95 north, at route 322, this is what you are looking at here, starting to heat up little bit. near the commodore barry bridge, you can see the traffic slow northbound direction, overall again you are just dealing with the

beautiful sun glare. be sure to pack your sunglasses, might slow you down ever so slightly, then look at the vine at 95, what you are being look at, nice birds eye view there, looking good, looking just as it should around 6:30 in the morning, see it heat up little bit in the 7:00. but overall friday's tends to be one of the calmer days of the work week. also in the wormed of septa, manayunk norristown shuttle bussing between northbound transportation center, every weekends saturday and sunday in august because of the track work, and also, just reminder, return of the regional rail cars to their tracks, yes. starting august 21, 10 cars a week, all cars and service by the week of november 6. normal weekday service, they are hoping by early october, ill of course cope you updated on that, just reminder delaware memorial bridge left lane block until around 2:00 p.m. today. jan, brooke, over to you. >> thank, meisha a this morning sheriff sergeant is still recovering after getting hurt in a elevator accident. >> it happened yesterday at the criminal justice center, sergeant paul owens boarded the elevator which then spun out every control to the top

crashing through the sealing. it sent debris to second elevator shaft which hurt a woman within that elevator. city records show the elevators inspected in june, they were all check again yesterday, the building will stay closed today. pa investigating possible contamination risk in west depford, gloucester county. over the last several years, people who live on berkley court found little pieces of plasmic their yard, see it there, epa soil testing revealed pieces were from crushed car battery casings, and could pose a lead contamination risk. a battery recycling business was actually on that site, until the neighborhood was developed, in the late 1980s. it is illegal. that's not an easy question to answer. so this happened a long time ago most likely, so i can't say whether it was legal or illegal at that time. >> the township should have caught onto that when they sent their inspectors out to check on the plumbing and all. >> now, the township

administrator says they're cooperating with the epa. the epa says they'll continue to test homes in that development. a georgia dad is in jail because police say his twin, 15 month old girls died after being left in a hot car. officers say the girls were spotted in an s.u.v. yesterday, as temperatures hit more than 90 degrees. when police got to the scene, they say, neighbors and the girls' father were trying to cool down the girls with ice packs, in a kitty pool. the girls were pronounced dead at a hospital. jail records show their father is charged with two count every involuntary manslaughter, and two count of wreckless conduct. >> this morning, police are investigating after they say someone booby-trapped a trail in northern new jersey. this happened in high mountain park in wayne. police found broken bottles, wooden planning with nails sticking out of them, anbarb wire. they're telling everyone to be careful when they visit this trail. >> this morning, investigators leaking for a plan who george zimmerman says punched him in

the face. >> this happened at restaurant over the weekend. you will remember zimmerman shot and killed, tray son martin back in 2012. zimmerman was talking to a group of people about the shooting, that is when a man came up to him and asked him if he was bragging. then he turned. him in the face. that's when zimmerman called 911. >> waist going on there? >> man punch me in the face. >> okay, is he still there? >> yep. he said he was going to kill me. >> does he have any weapons? >> send like three, four cops. >> the man left on a motorcycle before police arrived. since then the restaurant has said zimmerman is not welcome there. >> still ahead: we'll show you a dating app that uses artificial intelligence to find the perfect mate. >> all right, and also ahead, people wondering about those light in the sky. take a look. coming up: the mystery over the st. louis arch, pat?

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>> at 18th and arch, they'll pour the concrete, in march, tori woodill the first to show you the early construction, today's concrete pour will happen 870 feet above the city and when finish, the 59 floor building will not only be the tallest in philadelphia, it will be the tallest in the state. there is something weird going on in st. louis. check out this video posted on a city park facebook page t shows mysterious lights in the sky. all right, this was shot tuesday morning, the video shows strange bright light around the famous st. louis arch, it social security around for about an hour. is it a ufo? yes, absolutely not, park managers say they don't know what it is, but they do say it is weird. there is no such thing as ufo's. >> i'm getting the feeling you are not a believer? >> , no stop, it is not a ufo.

>> oh, okay. >> i'm believer. >> but it is weird. >> no, ufo's. >> what's that? >> me and meisha were on board with the ufo's. >> stop. >> actually, aliens, one of my bigger fears, ya. >> sometimes they come down at night, they take you places you don't want to go. no one likes that. >> so, getting you started this morning with some of the weather watchers, they've reporting their current conditions, this morning, we always appreciate that, especially, early on a friday morning. so, temperatures right now, we check in, 61 degrees as reported by weather watcher carry. bright sunshine in mt. laurel, new jersey, and she has been watching this morning, because she is giving us a shout out, also, happy friday to lauren, steve, our weather producer and doppler phil, that's your name, now, phil, taking it away there. now, one more current condition right now, 62 degrees. we'll just go little north. there you go. weather watcher kenneth n willingboro, new jersey,

reporting bright, sunny skies, he says enjoy your day, fellow weather watchers, of course we would love to have some for weather watchers if you want to join us join our website cbsphilly.com/weather watchers. we have this beautiful video, check this out, sea isle city this morning. the waves crashing, isn't that nice? just put in you a good mood. oh, you can even hear the sound of the ocean, sun coming up over the horizon there, nice start to the day specially if you are down the shore, even in the city we're getting pretty nice start to the day as well. live look at center city philadelphia, nothing but blue skies, 70 degrees our current temperature, winds light, and out of the south, but that southerly component to the win flow will your nerve more moisture specially for the second half of the day. no most tire to be had, storm scan3, quiet conditions, just couple of false returns, as we head through the day today mostly sunny, bit more humid as we head into the second half of the day. otherwise temperatures topping right around average. 87 degrees, tonight, won't be quite as comfortable as we've

had over the last several nights dropping only to 73 degrees, increasing clouds, start to feel the muggy conditions really start to kick n future weather showing us we fast forward you, this is saturday morning starting off with some clouds, haze tomorrow morning, fog around, and then see some showers and storms firing, west of the i95 corridor. around midday. and then scattered storms as we head into the prime afternoon hours, few of those could be on the stronger side but quickly clearing out, as we head into tomorrow evening. but our storm threats, for tomorrow, heavy rain, winds, lightning, moderate, meisha, low tornado threat, low hail threat. we like it like that. definitely need to keep eye to the sky for some of the possibly stronger storms, popping up. >> yes, lauren, you will appreciate this. take a look at this sunrise, that everyone is waking up in delaware valley to. absolutely stunning. just, just take a moment. really soak this in. because that's honest will he so gorgeous, look at the roadways, chesterbrook, 202, 252, looking very, very nice, for our morning commuters just thinking about maybe jumping out on the roadways, you're in

great company with your neighbors respect let me tell you, delaware county looking at 95 north at route 322, looking good, a little bit busier here than what our former shot, 59 south at cottman, looking great coming around the s curve exactly what we want to see on a friday morning, what we are getting, still traveling at posted speeds there. now in the worlds of septa being look at this, manayunk, norristown line shuttle bussing between elm street norristown transportation center every weekends in august, saturday and sunday, because of some trang work, jan, over to you. >> meisha, thank you. man in vancouver says he built a better dating app. >> built on artificial intelligence. justin long created bernie, he says, it is like a dating personal assistant. so, you sign up for $2 a month. bernie asks to you make dozen every choices and learns which people you find attractive, then, it searches dating sites for you. it can even start a conversation for you and gauge interest on the other end. >> we use what are called

neuro networks. they are computer term for simulating neurons in the brain. and bernie will use those neuro networks to actually extract the face from an image and create a model of that face. >> justin claims bernie has already helped him fine love. he says bernie reconnected him with old college classmate who is now his girlfriend. >> just seems so difficult these days. >> this is interesting. >> interesting. >> not afraid of rejection because bernie does it four. you just step in at the end. >> that's right. it is now 6:49. and there are a lot of things coming up on cbs this morning. >> nora o'donnell joins us live from new york with a preview. nor, a how are you doing today? >> reporter: great, there is a lot of good things coming up, brooke, jan, ahead. yes, first of all our interview with vice presidential nominee tim kaine, boy is it nasty, we talk about donald trump, the $400 million payment to iran, and how hillary clinton is different than president obama. plus: trump falls further in new national polls, also down

in multiple battleground states. bloomberg politics john heilman joins us. also bill step forward for drone delivery. nick thompson on how google's parent company and amazon are trying to out play each other. and, ben trace any rio ahead of today's opening ceremonies, the neutral back in the morning, so see in you about ten minutes. >> looks good. thanks, nor a definitely watching. >> take care, guys. >> hey, looking at the fitness routine into your summer vacation? >> kind of a.m. this morning trading in beach towels for the yoga mats. "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen is live on the beach in sea isle this morning, and i have a feeling so relaxed by the end of this, will be falling asleep on us, i don't know. >> i mean, guys, don't i have it good? we're out here, 91 street, sea isle beach, doing beach yoga. if you saw in the 6:00 hour, sun rising, nice sweat in, got the blood flowing, body feels good, minds feels good. this is my friends ashley

currently in tree pose. good morning, how are you feeling? >> good, how are you feeling? >> great after the session we just had with continues with our friend here on the beach. so you have been doing this for about seven years, how long have you been an instructor for? >> for about four years. >> what brought you to yoga? >> honestly i did my very first yoga class in a church basement with my mom. and i just kept going off and on until i found it again in high school. continued through college and i just loved it. >> you decided to make a profession out of it? >> yes, did i. >> not bad way to wake up to the sun and -- >> oh, the best way. >> with these great people. talk to people about what the benefit are of yoga, because we're always sitting, always hunched over. it is just good to breathe and let it all out? >> yoga all about optimizing the function of your body and mind, loosening up, your range every motion, stabilizing, strengthening, lenthening, and at the same time about focusing your attention on what you are doing in your body to focus your minds, create that mindfulness and de-stress, de clutter, get rid

of all of the things you don't need while doing something. >> now, not only do you do beach yoga on the weekends by the way right here and in stone harbor? >> yes, 8:00 a.m. in sea isle on the beach, saturday and sundays 8:00 a.m. in stone harbor, stone harbor yoga. >> you also do it back in spring garden callowhill. that's different, that's hot yoga? people get little, i don't know, what's the words in they get a little goof when it comes to hot yoga? >> little nerved up. >> i've done it before, good sweat. tell people why that's good as well. >> hot creek is good, loosens you up, opens you up almost immediately with the heat, but also eliminates all of the toxins as you sweat it out. make some things more accessible, some things debilitating but all about the challenge, stepping outside of your usual comfort zone. >> that's what it is all about, everyone, step outside of the comfort zone. come out and join us on the sea isle beach. do yoga with ashley, perfect way, right? >> absolutely. >> what do you want me to do now finishing up?

>> let's see you do a head stand. >> no. >> you told me coy do one. >> i never said that. all right, all right, fine. can't i just do what everyone else is doing? guys, i'm going to try this. now do you have teach me through it, walk me through it. >> okay. >> what do i do here? >> hands down. bring your head out in front of your hands. >> all right, like this. >> oh, ya, place your hands, head right in front of them. >> like that. >> yep. come upton your toast, lift your knees. >> all right. >> bring your feet in little closer, see if you can bring one knee to your chest, other knee, try to get your butt over your shoulders. awesome. heals go up. >> jan, brooke, go back to you before i fall. >> yahoo! i'm impressed. i'm impressed. not the greatest, but -- >> but he's got it. >> no, i think he looks good. >> now, imagine doing that before you come to work at 1:00. >> every day. >> oh, okay.

>> every day. thank, pat. >> thanks, pat. and we wilbe right back with three things you need to know before go. >> it is three to go next.

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>> before you are leave, here is three to go. >> state investigators now looking into an elevator

accident, at the criminal justice center. a sheriff's sergeant got seriously hurt in the accident. he did have a successful surgery, last night. >> donald trump is campaigning in iowa and wisconsin today. hillary clinton is campaigning in washington, d.c. national polls out yesterday have clinton now leading trump by several point. >> and, the 2016 rio olympics begin tonight, with the opening ceremony. the olympic torch passed through downtown rio last night. >> and that's three to go, and speaking every rio, athletes from all around the worlds are there this weekend for the spectacular opening is her moan. >> i but they are not the only ones in town, pokemon go also in brazil, flocked across central, south america, in time for tonight's ceremonies. no word if there will be a gold medal awarded for the games. >> i still don't under stands it. >> no, i'm with you. me neither. >> let's get last check on weather and traffic.

>> oh, another nice day today, mostly sunny more humid headed into the second half of the day. eighty-seven greets, tomorrow is not so great day of the weekends, 90, steamy with storms, few could be on the stronger side but by sunday how many dollars at this drops offer wednesday gun, beautiful conditions take us into mid week next week. >> looking outside, what you guys look like on interstate 95 pushing in the southbound direction at girard. looking good. just as we are cracking into the 7:00 hour in a few minute here, this is what we would typically like to see and a friday, ben franklin bridge into jersey, westbound direction, center city looking good there, as well. to the wide, everyone traveling at posted speeds, very nice morning. >> thank you, ladies. cbs this morning is next. democratic vice presidential candidate tim kaine opens up about comparisons of hillary clinton to president obama. >> join us early each weekday morning here on cbs-3 starting 4:30, have a great day and even better weekend. it is friday. >> ♪

captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is friday, august 5th, 2016. welcome to "cbs this morning." a new national poll shows donald trump trailing hillary clinton by the largest gap since the conventions. clinton's running mate tim kaine tells us why he thinks trump is confused. >> president obama gives his first response to the questions about the 400 million dollar cash payment to iran. he says talks about ransom blongs in a spy novel. >> do ntonight's olympic ceremo and will describe gisele bundchen as racist we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. >> i don't even really know