>> "eyewitness news" at noon, breaking news, chopper three over the scene of faith al fire in the fox chase section of philadelphia. this is 823 emerson street, firefighters found a man dead in the bedroom of a home. the cause of the fire is under investigation, but arson is not suspected. >> good afternoon, i'm brooke thomas. >> i'm jim donovan. another fire kept crews busy earlier this morning, and this one injured a firefighter.

our jan carabeo reports, crews had hands full with difficult fire and very difficult conditions. >> seventy-five firefighters, nearly two dozen apparatus, spent hours battling this two alarm fire in south philadelphia overnight. the smoke and flames forced many neighbors, living mere broad and wharton, into the street, some those were still fast asleep. >> police came in, we still asleep, so they returned in, said everyone out of the house. >> brian really is on vacation, visiting his in law's, they all got out in the nick of time. row home just next-door looked like this. >> we just saw flames, shooting out, we didn't smell smoke or anything. and that close to us,. >> passenger drivers did their best. >> i jumped out the window, guy just laying the horn on, like passing his car like screaming, wake up, wake up. i grabbed any purse, and i came out, and i called 9911.

>> firefighters battled not only the intense flames, but also work through pouring rain, lightning, and an ongoing heatwave. >> our firefighters, our medics have been working in this heat for almost a week now, it takes its toll, hard to stay hydrated when out here doing this every night. >> one firefighter taken to the hospital because of smoke inhalation and over heating. really says, no one was living next-door where the fire started, unfortunately, he says, the thirds floor tenant in his building lost everything. >> there is a silver lining, though. >> third floor tenant came down, he got his pet cat, was able to bring that out. >> now the fire marshall's office is investigating, but at this time, we're told it is much too early to determine if weather and lightning plaids a role here, in souse philadelphia, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> in other news, one woman injured during her escape from this fire in delaware county. chopper three over the scene about 9:00 last night, in the 300 block of west 21st street

in upland. firefighters say the woman was trying to get away from the flames, through window on the upper floor. she was taken to crozer-chester medical center, the cause of this fire is also under investigation. >> can you feel it? not quite as humid outside today, but still dangerously hot. chopper three was right here over the delaware river, this morning, where we spotted some roads cooling off f they're out later today they might want to keep an eye on the sky, meteorologist, katie fehlinger, with the latest on the heat and the chance for more thunderstorms. katie? >> guys, we could end up here with more thunderstorms as the day progresses, generally, it waits until after the sun has gone down. and i think it is safe to say we'll even get the phillies game in tonight without any major hiccups, at the moment, feels pretty good. think part of that is because perception is a little skewed, considering it has been so muggy lately, it is still technically a little humid, definitely warm, which we'll show now second. storm scan, devoid of any storms right now, though that

may be different picture as the day progresses. and specially again toward night fall. looking at the dew point, still got some pretty muggy air. let's be honest, down drew dover, wildwood, dew point in the mid 70s, philly, definitely dramatically dropped off here, actually feels dairy say even refreshing up in the poconos right now, currently, the temperature hitting 70 degrees, in the mountains, and you've got pretty decent breeze out here, too, mid to upper 80s, we expect to fully with ease here hit about 90 degrees, in philadelphia today. now, again, likely shower or thunderstorm, heavy one that fires up by tonight from philly on south. but coming up later in the show, talk about the potential for even stronger thunderstorms out of that, and also, this stretch of thankfully some relief, still pretty warm weather. details coming up, guys? >> thanks a lot, katie. developing story this noon, talking now about a smash and grab robbery, at the former franklin mills mall, in northeast philadelphia.

chopper three over here the shopping center now known as philadelphia mills. police say three men walked into the zales jewelry store around 10:30, used sledgehammers to smash cases and get away with diamond rings and gold. police could get more information from security cameras. >> chopper three over the scene of car that crashed into a building in voorhees, elderly woman attempting to reverse her car in the parking lot, and accidentally accelerated into the the building. woman inside was injured and transported to a local hospital. she's in stable condition. the driver was reported to be okay. >> in other news, philadelphia police confirm that former commissioner john timoney has lost his battle with lung cancer. timoney was the top deputy in new york when he was recruited by philly mayor, ed rendell in 1998. he served as philadelphia police commissioner for four years, including during the 2,000 republican convention. after philadelphia, he was police chief in miami, john timoney was 68 years old. later today, bruce castor will replace kathleen kane as

pennsylvania attorney general. castor replaces kane five months after she created the solicitor general job for him. kane resigned yesterday after her conviction for leaking secret grand jury testimony and then lying about it under oath. voters will choose a new attorney general, this november. >> stay with "eyewitness news" as we stay up-to-date on kathleen cane's resignation, our coverage continues on line at cbsphilly.com. >> in the race for the white house, donald trump is making changes at the top of his campaign, and hillary clinton is bracing for potential republican attacks, after the fbi released notes from its investigation into clinton's e-mail server, cbs news correspondent x-rays boss well with the latest from the white house. >> thank you, thank you. >> donald trump is shaking up his campaign staff with less than 09 days to go until election day. steven, who runs bright bart. com now joins the campaign as its ceo, and kelly ann conway joins us a the new campaign manager. paul manafor. it will remain chairman but

with diminished role. >> one of the toughest most aggressive most negative operatives in america today, that signals to me that trump rather than softening his approach is going to double down on being the tough in your face campaigner. >> trump says he doesn't want to soften his approach. >> i am who i am. it is me. i don't want to change. everyone talks about oh, are you going to pivot? i don't want to pivot. you have to be you. >> hillary clinton would like to pivot from any talk about her emails, some on capitol hill won't let the subject die. republicans con tell she may have perjured herself at the house benghazi hearings, now comparing notes the fbi handed to congress tuesday from it investigation into clinton's use of a private e-mail server to see if there are discrepancies. >> i have nothing to say. >> clinton would not talk about the news during campaign event in philadelphia yesterday, but her campaign says it want the fbi notes made public, so republicans can't selectively leak

incomplete information. the fbi warned against that, saying, the notes are being provided with the expectation it will not be disseminated or disclosed without fb icon currens. craig boswell, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". an event draws hundreds every thousands of people to the shore every summer, it never disappoints. >> they call it thunder over the boardwalk. that's right, the atlantic city air show. the show is about to get started, this is a free event for everyone, and it is the biggest event of the summer in atlantic city. fans get to see the thunder birds and golden nights. what a great time for everyone. >> all right, the us men's basketball team headlines today's action, at the rio olympics. they play argentina in semifinal match later today. here are the medal standings right now. us up to 84 medals, 28 are gold, china is second overall with 51 and 17 golds and great brit and is third with 50 overall and 19 gold.

>> second baseman, chase utley. (cheers). >> and it was a heroes welcome last night for chase utley, at citizens bank park, a standing ovation to start the game as fans showed their love to the former phillie star. and utley had an unbelievable game, and his return two homeruns including a grand-slam. phillies lost 15-five. but chase put on a show for everyone. and things are great in chicago right now, the cubs are the best team in baseball. and they get to see plays like this, anthony rizzo, hopping up on the wall to make the great catch. amazing grab. the cubs won the game four-zip. >> and it has happened again. children are injured at amusement park. coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", what happened on the popular scrambler ride that sent several kids to the hospital. >> plus, stroller safety. we will show you why so many babies are hurt every year in strollers, as well as what parent with do to keep them

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charles krauthammer: you have to ask yourself, do i want a person of that temperament controlling the nuclear codes? and as of now, i'd have to say no. [bill o'reilly sighs] >> lava from hawaiian volcano has reached the passive irk ocean. they want to make sure tourists are saferment the last time it reached the ocean was 2013. hitting the surface it creates plume every dense steam, very popular with the 5,000 spectators who have hiked the area since last month. investigators trying to figure out what happened at amusement park in the town of new london, connecticut.

this is after six children were shocked on amuse many park ride. the children suffered minor injuries, one had minor burns to his hands. ocean beach park was closed around 2:00 yesterday, after the accident, on the scrambler ride. fire officials in california say more than 82,000 people have been told to evacuate mountain communities that are threatened by a massive wild fire. >> more than 30,000 acres have been burned and homes have been destroyed in several san bernardino county communities, the fire has closed interstate 15 and highway 138 clogging traffic as resident try to flee. >> in some areas where the fire is essentially raging through the areas, at times it is not safe for firefighters to be able to engage the fire. >> a smoke advisory was issued for portions of the northwest, and central san bernardino valley. california governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency for san bernardino county, tuesday evening. meanwhile, more louisianna resident are making their way

to shelters this noon. >> downstream from devastating floods are beginning to flood, as well. one haunting image is a floating casket, in southern louisianna. flooding has killed six of people and damaged 40,000 homes. officials in one louisianna parish say 75% of the homes in the entire parish have been destroyed by high water. the red cross says disaster volunteers from all 50 states are now headed to louisianna. >> now warning for families when it comes to keeping their kids safe in strollers and carriers. according to a 21 year study in the journal academic pediatrics, researchers found that 361,000 children, ages five and younger, went to the emergency room for stroller or carrier-related injuries. topping the list of most common injuries are children falling from the stroller or carrier, followed by the product's tipping. traumatic brain injuries and concussions accounted for one quarter of the injuries. >> we want to make sure that parents are taking the steps that they can in order to

prevent these injuries from occurring to their children. >> some steps to avoid injuries, always buckle up children in the stroller, locking the wheels to prevent it from rolling away, and don't hang heavy bags or purses on the handle. >> the world trade center mall is making a come back after nearly 15 years, the mall reopened yesterday, with performances by hamilton star and philly own leslie oath em, jr. popular shops like the apple store, kate spade and shake shack will be the staples. the goal is to have 100 stores open for the holiday season. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news": sleeping on an airplane is going to get a lot more comfortable. >> coming up: what airline is doing away with coach and filling the fuselage up with beds. katie? >> oh, that sound interesting. well, we are looking ahead, my friends, to more essentially of the same, granted, not quite as muggy for you, but still warm, and still going to have to deal with humid weather, not to mention some storms. breakdown all of the details coming up.

>> well take a look at this unbelievable video out of texas, man suddenly struck by lightning at his home while unloading groceries, flash of light, then he was knock to the ground. the man's wife, also struck, dragged her husband into the house. >> this is lightning, here it is, coming up, on display in new york city. upper -- a photographer ready with his camera, snapped neice electrifying photos from hoboken, new jersey, storms brought much needed rain to the area with is in moderate to severe drought. >> we were talking, sure, overnight we saw it here. >> we had hundreds of strikes that rumble through. did it wake you guys up at all? >> nothing. >> we were already awake.

>> ya, so, if that was what woke you up in the middle of the night, hopefully were you able to get back to sleep. hopefully, those storms are long gone. enjoying sunshine so far. looking ahead to nice rest of the day, overall, now, potential for some thunderstorms which we will get to. i don't think they arrive until later tonight. let me get you out there. show you what's happening, first and for most, with beautiful shot hereof gorgeous atlantic city, right now under nothing more than couple of patchy clouds, taking this shot of course in atlantic city because we have that atlantic city air show, just about ready to get underway. in the the breeze, courtesy of those waiving flags there, so, it is definitely a breezy afternoon. we did just have frontal boundery that tried to push on through. that's where that's coming from. but in addition, to the breeze, again, there is the potential that will end up with wet weather, and i think the shore could get involved in that, too. to storm scan, show you what's going on with the overall pattern. cold front is technically what brought us the showers, the thunderstorms yesterday. however, you can still see it is kind of strung out right

now. it is going to be stalling nearby. so typically with cold front passage, you hope the nice refreshing air mass takes over, it is better outside, but it hasn't quite cleared the coast. obviously, so it hasn't really been the full change in the pattern that you might expect from a cold front passage. so, what we will be dealing with here guys as we continue to keep this front sort of hung up nearby is that at least the worse of the humidity is dropping off. but it is still kind of there. kind of have our between not bad, and steamy, when it comes to the dew point the next couple of days, but by comparison, this is so much better of a an afternoon, the last couple of days, we'll take it, little victories that come along with the forecast, meanwhile, we've got moderate or i should say slight risk rather for some severe weather, most notably through the delmarva peninsula, point across the bay, into maryland and virginia, and even marginal risk just south of the city for more downpours, gusty wind, frequent lightning. tonight specifically, let me walk you through the timing

here, jumping you all the way to 9:00 p.m. future weather, i believe, i like the way this initialize z, we may just be starting to see some activity on the area radar here, so, i do think that the phillies will get their game in without a hitch, unless they go into like 18 innings for some reason, so should be okay. but regardless, kate will probably having it to track at 11:00 tonight. looks like we'll end up with heavy downpours rolling through or south of philadelphia. so, that will primarily be the spot that get hit the hardest, could see showers as far north as the poconos, then clearing out to sea back on the air for "eyewitness news" at 4:30 and 5:00 a.m. the forecast if you are headed down to the ballpark, clouds will be building. i think we stay dry. just storms on the horizon off to the west toward the end of those innings. again, warm night certainly, 84 degrees, but we've seen so much worse. 84 degrees the current temperature, outside palmyra cove nature park with citizens bank park well off in the distance, can barely see it,

but at least nice afternoon overall. not terribly humid even though there is mid 60s for dew points, partly sunny at the beach here this afternoon, like we said, great excuse to go check out the air show, we'll flirt with or actually hit 09 degrees in the days ahead, not too much movement in this pattern, so there could be spotty shower or storm along the way, guys, but it is not what we dealt with before. so it is better by comparison. >> i like the fact earlier you said refreshing. >> yes. >> and i will go with refreshing. >> definitely better. i'll stick to that one. >> all right, and business class seats on delta flights are about to get way nicer. airline reps just announced business class on some international flights will be all suites. that means, you get your own bed, your own entertainment system, your own storage space, and you don't have to climb over anyone to get to the bathroom. that's the best part, right? the roll-out will take years to complete but it starts next year in the fall. >> that's going to sell out like that.

i would pay for that in a heartbeat. >> do you know how expensive those tickets will be? >> it will create competition, because a lot of other airlines do this on international flights. it will create competition, which could mean cheaper prices. >> just the foot room alone. >> yeah. >> coming up who is gearing up for school by stuffing 30,000 back packs.

>> crayola crayons bringing back 1200 corporate volunteers to their united way back pack-a-thon. >> meant to give 30,000 children school supplies, will helpless end the burden on disadvantaged families. representatives from local businesses, citizens bang, independence blue cross were on hand helping kids kick off the new school year in style. >> tomorrow is your shot to become a soap star. >> from noon to 3:00 men or women 18 or older are invited to audition for chance, for the young and the restless or the bold and the beautiful. auditions are at sugarhouse casino. young and the restless, doug davidson, and steve burton, will be there to meet and greet fans. >> that's "eyewitness news" at noon, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm brooke thomas. >> i'm katie fehlinger. "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00. always on line at cbsphilly.com. the young and the restless is next.

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>> paul: what the hell is this? >> kevin: spring grove bus station. same locker dylan got an anonymous tip about. except this footage is less than an hour old. >> paul: kevin! >> kevin: paul, come on. this could be a huge break. >> paul: there are no breaks. the case is closed. i told you that. adam pled guilty. >> kevin: this is about more than clearing adam. it could prove that chloe is innocent, too. >> chloe: [ sighs ] i'm so sorry.