federal authorities, in pennsylvania, state police, carry out items out of several location as cross philadelphia today. items include hard drives and documents. and good afternoon i'm's jan carabao in for jim donovan. aim brooke thomas. federal agents swept down on the offices, early this morning. our greg argos is live at ibew union hall in spring garden, a location targeted by

the feds, greg, what have you you learned. well, good afternoon, there, this is ibew local 98 union offices, spring garden and 17th street. you can see behind me the pennsylvania, state police, have completely surrounded this building. no one can go inside or outside unless you you are a federal agent with the fbi. those agents collecting, evidence, and serving search warrants. state police stand guard outside local union 98 offices of the international brotherhood of electrical workers. ibew local 98 headquartered at spring garden and 17th street and its union boss john dougherty at the center of the federal investigation, spanning multiple locations throughout philadelphia. a spokesperson for the philadelphia a division of the fbi would not elaborate on the specifics of the investigation, only releasing a statement in part saying that quote, fbi philadelphia has personnel at a number of locations around the city this morning in connection with an ongoing investigation.

the federal agents were seen leaving both torresdale avenue home and city hall offices of council member bobby henon a long time union official himself who joined city council in 202 and represents the sixth district. back here live, you can see pennsylvania state police and fbi collection, evidence, team members, just right inside offices here. we asked the spokesperson with the fbi today's activity was connected to a larger nationwide investigation, but that official, would not comment on that question. we're live here at the union offices of the ibew local 98, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". federal agents also, looked for evidence the at john dougherty's house in south philadelphia. that is where you will a's find "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff with the very latest there, alex? >> reporter: well, philadelphia's most prominent labor leader john dougherty has been outside all morning he is out here right now, you can see him with the white shirt on and white sixers hat but he has been out here,

federal agents have been combing through two of his family homes that sit side by side along the bar he owns around the corner. now agents emerged from dock's union pub on the 1800 block of south second street with at least two boxes, several more may have been removed from the home. next to dock hurt's it appears to be relatives appear to live as well. neither dougherty or his lawyer gave any official statement this morning but dougherty did say that nothing has change, in his home since the last time that the federal were here, and that was back in 2006 as part of an investigation into an electrical contractor. now, dougherty head up the local ibew, 98, and he is also become a prominent fixture on the political scene as well. as greg mentioned we don't have a a whole lot of tea tails into the nature of the investigation as soon as we have them we will bring them to you as well. reporting live from south philadelphia i'm alexandria hoff now back to you.

thanks, alex. "eyewitness news" camera are live in city hall just outside councilman henon's office where officials are inside, we're told no one else is being allowed in that office. we are continuing, to follow developments, in the federal raid that began here in philadelphia this morning. we will have more on this story on "eyewitness news" starting a at 5:00. follow very latest information all day on line at cbs philly.com. turning now to weather, as we head in the weekend we are looking at a stormy, and steamy start. lets get a first look at a the forecast with meteorologist lauren casey live on the cbs-3 sky deck, how does it feel, lauren. >> it is feeling a little bit more humid, jan especially from early this morning but still very comfortable by august standard, sunnies shining and beautiful conditions right now, down the shore lets get a live look at cape may, and our neighborhood network county courthouse looking out over blue skies as a couple of cloud, 74 degrees with the nice sea breeze wind south at 9 miles per hour. temperatures right now are at

81 degrees in philadelphia still hanging out in the 07's in the lehigh valley. feeling good in ac at 79 degrees. our ocean temperature up to 77. dew points they tell us about that sticky factor, this morning we will start off near 60 degrees and they are starting to creep up a little bit mid 60's you can see that dew point change over the last 24 hours after a very comfortable day yesterday, especially in the lehigh valley, berks county dew points on the order of 10 degrees from this time yesterday, and as we head into tomorrow, it is going to be a steamy day even by this evening. we may notice difference in the humidity levels but all together pretty quiet and mostly sunny conditions taking us in the 5:00 o'clock hour with temperatures in the middle 80's but for tomorrow storms do return to the forecast as well as that humidity, and we have a marginal risk of severe, wet's cross the delaware valley. we will time them out and when to expect them and if conditions improve in time for our sunday in the full forecast in just a couple

minutes. and investigate, and elevator mishap that sent two people to the hospital and, recovering, from surgery, and a hahnemann hospital. and, they elevator she was riding in, shot up from the, flew the ceiling at the shaft. and, police, to a second elevator in the basement.

and, shoe now admits she was about this video. trump tweeted it was the the hostage plane in geneva switzerland not the plane carrying 400 million-dollar, cash, going to iran. and, apologizing or refusal to endorse paul ryan and other establishment republicans. now, and, wisconsin governor scott walker and senator rob johnson said they still support trump but they are skipping his rally in green bay wisconsin this evening. harry reid says republicans must back trump or risk losing

g.o.p. majorities in the house and senate. >> he is the nominee of the republican party, and they are stuck with him. >> trump's electoral map is had shrinking not only is he trailing in the poles of battle ground states this week but his numbers are beginning to fall, in traditional republican states. and, hillary clinton now holds the four-point lead in georgia, a state that is voted republican, since 1996. and, national polls show clinton with an average of a seven-point lead. >> we are. and, the case that trump is a bad businessman, who was not good for the nation's economy. craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". construction of the new comcast center in center city philadelphia reaches new heights. today workers will finish pouring concrete for the elevator core of the building on 18th and arch. the core is taking place

870 feet above the city. you may remember back in march, we were the first to show you construction from the top of the new building in its early stages, more than 48,000 d 200 tons of steel rebar is being used to build the elevator core. going up fast. coming up here on "eyewitness news". >> it arrives in rio we will tell but security concerns there and the athlete prepare for the opening ceremony. and, this baseball game is about more than just how one group is helping to make those, more acceptable to everyone who wants to play. we will have that i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. how do we make the economy work for everyone? hillary clinton's plan starts here... by making big corporations and those at the top finally pay their fair share in taxes.

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ing. >> welcome back. two adult and four children are in the hospital after a explosion leveled a home in connecticut. rescue crews responded to the scene in vernon yesterday to find four people were still trapped in those ruble. one was a seven year-old boy and police said he appeared to have been had the most serious injuries. investigators are still trying to determine, what caused the blast. let the games begin, 2016 summer olympics officially kick off tonight in rio with the opening ceremonies. fans watched the olympic torch go through downtown rio last night, torch was used to light a small caldron. rio olympic have not been without problem. rio has been criticized bio limb pick officials for lack of preparation and there are concerns about security. cbs correspondent jamie youkiss has more from rio di

janeiro. >> reporter: along rio di janeiro, beach, the american tourist are snapping pictures, and making memories ahead of the the olympic games. >> i'm really exited to see everyone with that energy because i have never seen it before. only on television. >> reporter: armed police officers watched the crowd very closely. >> my an ten ace up but nice to see the presence here. it is what i would expect at an olympics. >> reporter: military ships can be spotted right off the coast. the well maintained landscaping and beautifully painted buildings are what most will see along the walkway, built specifically for olympics but as you can see this is what most think of when they think of rio construction and warn down buildings. finishing touches are done on a new subway line expected to officially open up today. it was supposed to be finished months ago. as for team u.s.a. most members are here and ready to go. including the most decorated olympian ever, swim are michael phelps with 22 medals.

he will carry the stars and stripes at tonight's opening ceremony. >> just honor and the opportunity, to do that was, it is incredible. >> reporter: phelps is looking to add to his collection of gold and so will other american athlete. while thousands of fans from around the world, get a taste of the olympics, in south america, for the first time, ever, in rio di janeiro, jamie youkiss for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". baseball in montgomery county, isn't just a game these days. it is an opportunity, for a local man, to get one step closer to building, a miracle field. >> "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt the has the story. >> reporter: call it a summer baseball game with a mission. not just to win on the field, but to raise money for other baseball players. >> it is to see thaw can, people are behind you and can support you. >> reporter: kevin baron is horsham native and college student in north carolina but he spent his summer raising

money to create this special miracle field in horsham. the it is made with a rubber material for handicapped children who want to play ball. right now they are forced to play on this old, over grown beat up field and can't play when it rains. >> it is raining hard and i want the kids to be on the plane and have a good opportunity to play in the safe manner. >> reporter: kevin started two years ago and he has $85,000 in the bank. he says it cost about $250,000 for a new field but he is confident he will get there. >> it is just happy to be helping out and can help people like that that don't have the opportunity that i do. >> reporter: parent are opening up their wallets left and right to help out with the project. >> i think it is best thing ever. we could not beat it. somebody that comes along and does this for all of these kid, everyone should play baseball and good opportunity for them to fund raise for a great cause. >> reporter: he says the field will take a few months to build, will continue to fund raise as he plays baseball during the school year. >> my goal, to make it one of

the best in the country. >> reporter: there are ways to help donate visit cbs philly.com. in horsham david spun t for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". still a lot of good people doing good things. still ahead, athletes aren't only ones in rio. >> pokemon go, goes to the olympics. we will show you, the game, being played at the game. and lauren. >> get that pokemon. into tomorrow the summertime scene and storms return to the forecast we will time them out and talk about a beautiful end to the weekend in your full forecast coming up next. with toothpaste or plain water.an their dentures and even though their dentures look clean,

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welcome back. one of the philly a's most popular sports stars is bringing his annual celebrity basketball game right here to temple. >> which sports star? the answer is, the answer. >> allen iverson. >> ai kick off a star studded weekend in society hill, and

gala, auction benefited police athletic league among other celebrities, fellow sixers legend jewel just irving will be there. iverson hosted basketball game in his native virginia for several years, but this time, it is here in philadelphia. what do you work on the basketball court, lauren. >> i have some skills, yes. >> believe it, ladies. >> it is unbelievable. >> great day to get out there and shoot some hoops, for sure, humidity levels stay on the lower side, beautiful week so far, quite a change from last month when we had all of those 90-degree days, 15 in philadelphia august has been kind so far but we will change things up heading in the upcoming weekend but beautiful conditions right now. we will get a live look down the shore ocean city, new jersey, it is hot. of course, it is, it is friday, people enjoying themselves taking a little dip. that looks nice right there we are looking nice in center city philadelphia even if you are stuck in the city or just

a few puffy cumulus cloud, high clouds in there and good bit of sunshine your temperature right now 81 degrees feeling like 82. not too humid. southwest wind at 8 miles an hour but that southerly component to the wind flow will increase moisture as we head into tonight and for the day tomorrow. temperatures right now we are cool in the poconos 73 degrees. hanging on to 07's in berks count which cloud cover, 80 degrees in millville as we take a closer look down the shore. we have a nice sea breeze kick nothing ocean temperature 77 degrees. holding us up to 77 degrees and a 76 degrees right now at barnegat light house. how it will feel today is not bad but as we head in the day tomorrow that oppressive humidity, returns, but it is only brief as we head into sunday humidity levels drop back off fan and stay on the lower side by august standard as we head into monday not feeling too bad to end the weekend. for second half of the day becoming more humid mostly sun toy partly sunny high temperature topping at 87 degrees. tonight increasing cloud,

muggy conditions, not great sleeping weather we have had had over last several nights down to 73 degrees. sunset at 8:09. what to expect on stormy saturday. scattered storms developing in the a afternoon hours as early as lunchtime in some locations. heavy rain could be main threat could pick up a quarter inch, half inch, maybe some higher amounts and main threat as far as severe weather is concern is going to be strong gusty wind. storm scan three showing us nice conditions up and down i-95 corridor, shore looking great with the ton of sunshine, a few more clouds looking off to the west especially across berks county and lehigh valley and couple of showers, trying to develop up wind of the poconos and we could see a few isolated showers sneak in, in these areas later in the afternoon otherwise drawing conditions across the delaware valley, this evening, so hitting the town on a friday evening in problems, leave that umbrella behind. tomorrow morning we will wake up to some cloud, haze, foggy conditions with all of that extra moisture and then as we head in the lunch hour and early afternoon storms starting to fire, scattered in nature especially north and

west of the city and then that threat will move to the south and east in the afternoon hours. this is around 3:00 o'clock, we see storms firing up earlier then we would typically see on a summer afternoon and as we head in the early afternoon hours those storms clearing out and skies clearing out, very quickly there, after the storm threat for thomas i mentioned main threat is going to be brief heavy rainfall. we have a wind and frequent lightening threat the but good news is hail and tornado threat is low for the day tomorrow, and today, could see a storm sneaking in the poconos, mixture of sun and clouds. beautiful down the shore maintain that sunshine but becoming more humid by end of the day and tomorrow will be our stormy day, and steamy day at that, high temperature at 90 degrees but by sunday end of the weekend, it is lower humidity. 87 degrees. ton of sunshine and really nice as we head into mid week as well, monday and tuesday still feeling good but then that humidity will return in full force by wednesday but all together an august forecast that is not too bad. >> can't beat that. >> thanks, lauren.

>> sure. >> recapping our top story this noon fbi agents and state police aren't saying much about this morning's raid at several locations in philadelphia. >> chopper three is here over the torresdale avenue offices of the city councilman bobby henon. agents carried out documents and computers, raid also targeted city hall offices and union hall, and the home of the union leader. it is in the clear what they are looking for but we will be right

welcome back, as we reported earlier athletes from around the world are in rio for spectacular olympic opening ceremonies. >> they are not only ones in town pokemon go is also in brazil. the game that has club servicer from europe, to japan, will launch across central and south america in time for tonight's ceremonies no word if there will be a gold medal awarded for the game of pokemon. >> i already love this game. >> i like it, too. >> not that i love it but i did play a couple times. >> yes. >> and it is cool. >> i'm telling you, it has become more fad to hate on it. >> really. >> yes. >> people have fun. >> all right. >> you know what i mean, to each their own. that is "eyewitness news" at noon i'm jan carabao. aim brooke thomas. for lauren and all of us here thanks for watching. >> "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00 and we are always line at cbs philly.com. young and the restless is next.

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