lot of times in the morning i don't necessarily feel bad for morning commuters but sometimes things happened. today is within of the the days where i feel bad for on you commuters getting on i-95 southbound. if you there are already you are stuck between vine and columbus boulevard. i may have updates with justin coming up in a bit but it is a mess out there. >> rough way to start it off and wet weather does not help but at least that is clearing out a little bit. very distinct back edge to the wet weather moving through and that is courtesy of the cold front passing through. you can see back edge of the cloud right now. however still left with these showers and some of them are frankly steady and heavy. straight up call it steady rain out there. not everyone is hit, it is still a scattered situation when it comes to this but off to a damp start and muggy start, when it comes to our commute. on top of that all we are going to end up with much nicer weather in the wake of the cold front. it is a front loaded forecast when it comes to the wet weather situation for now, 74

at the airport. lower 70's through most of the outlying suburbs, tad cooler up toward lehigh valley for example but our area headlines we are off to a cooler beginning, to the month of september here and when i say cooler we are just typical for standards of this first day. 84 degrees is where we top off in the city as skies gradually clear and it looks like a nice end to the week. problem is hermine is starting to have a little bit more of a mind of her own here now that we have a tropical storm in the gulf of mexico. track is starting to change and it means our tore cast may get downhill much more later in the show. >> katie, thank you. what i want to show you is what we were talking about what justin will be talking about in a moment as well. i want to give you a bird eye shot. we are talking about an accident involving a tractor trailer and fire truck. the injuries are involve. i-95 south between vine and columbus boulevard all lanes block. once you take i-95 and move up

there whence you get pend in there there is no where else to go. we did see officers directing traffic trying get the to the vine, earlier, and the vine was closed for overnight construction. overnight construction has now cleared. you are able to get on the vine. problem is if this cam why were to zoom out, remember what was behind that it is just a sea of vehicles leading up to this. so pretty soon the vine will be completely, jammed up, as well, so if you have to get on i-95, just know you will want to give yourself at least an extra 40 minutes or so and possibly know you might sit on the vine as well. i will update you as we push throughout the morning but we have an accident on 295 northbound near 541, pulled off to the shoulder not causing too many slow downs. we have speed restrictionness play because of weather, 35 miles an her on the ben franklin bridge and walt whitman bridge. brooke and joe back over to you. we have breaking news, on i-95 south, just before the columbus boulevard exit. >> tractor trailer and fire truck crashed overnight

causing miles of backups as we have been telling you about. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live in the middle of the jam with the latest information, justin what can you tell us. >> good morning, just the past few moments we did see a man in plainclothes actually get out of the truck here and seem to go in the medic van right there... >> okay. we did lose that life shot there. this is the overhead traffic shot of what justin has been telling us. it appears he was leading to us believe, the man has was placed in the back of the ambulance but there are miles an miles of backups. i-95 through center city, just above interstate 676, the vine street expressway, and down through south philadelphia it is completely shut down southbound lanes all because of that tractor trailer. we will be getting back to justin in his live report

shortly. police are searching for the person who gunned down a 29 year-old father in west philadelphia. the hand's 12 year-old son may have witnessed the shooting. police found victim lying on the front steps of the mantua haverford community center on north 39th street shortly before ten. he had been shot multiple times. man was row announced dead at the hospital. police reviewed surveillance video and it appears victim got in the argument with the man who opened fire. this morning police are trying to find the person who took a statue from the church, it happened in port richmond, and now lets look at the statue, before and after, it is a child sitting at seat of the jesus which disappeared tuesday night. it happened on the hour hotter of divine grace church at monmouth and east thompson street. church said thief would have climbed a wrought iron fence, investigators are looking at surveillance video from that area for clues. and a burglar hit another church too this one caught on

camera though a week ago sunday philadelphia police say thief broke a stained glass window to get inside our lady of calvary church, that is on knights road. the hand pulled a collection box for the poor off the wall and took money from another. this church has been burglarized three times. police believe the person in this video may be responsible for several other burglaries. philadelphia police say they are close to catching hit and run driver who killed a motorcyclist in feltonville. fifty-eight year-old raul perez was killed when his motorcycle was hit by a gmc. it happened tuesday night near whittaker and ludthan street near feltonville. victim's girlfriend has just left her before the crash. >> unaudible. >> i cannot believe he passed away. he didn't deserve that. he being a man, human being, come on. >> authorities say owner was located but that is not the suspect. if you have any information, call the police. this morning an effort is

underway to continue allowing cars to park along the broad street median in south philadelphia. now this was the scene last night as supporters of the median parking gathered signatures for a petition. they are working in opposition to a group that is doing the same thing in hopes of getting rid of the heed yan parking. some neighbors say there is not enough parking in the area but opponents say it is just not safe. mayor jim kenney said in august any possible changes regarding the median parking would be done with the community. happening today, we will get an update later this morning on the progress of repairs to septa's fleet of regional railcars. septa has run with far fewer trains since an issue with suspension forced 120 of the silver liner five cars off the tracks. the bucks county company is fabricating replacement parts. septa will discuss scheduled return of the cars to pass eveninger services. happening today subway riders can ride the broad street line, for free. mcdonald's is giving away free tokens in honor of tonight's

eagles game. estimated 5,000 tokens will be distributed at the walnut and locust broad street line entrance. and we have heard that rumors for months and it will soon be official. the nfl draft is coming to the city of propertierly love. details will be released in a press conference at noon. chicago is hosed the draft past two years including last spring when eagles picked carson wentz with the number two overall pick. fans and business owners say they are excited about the draft coming. >> dnc, i mean the pope came here, obviously this is city where things are happening, so it is fitting that now nfl draft will be here. >> great shot in the arm for all businesses of philadelphia. it is a great greg gary just consumers who eat, drink and go out. that is what football is all about. >> temple university study shows the draft pumps more than 80 million-dollar into chicago's economy. battle of the badges is happening today, in atlantic

city. >> fire fighters and police officers are teaming up for a blood drive, the men and women in uniform in each department are trying to recruit the most donors to give blood to the american red cross. you can help out the by making an appointment between 7:00 and 5:00 the atlantic city lodge on west end avenue. this morning florida is bracing itself for tropical storm hermine. >> state of emergency is already in effect, we will show you how people are getting ready. g.o.p. presidential nominee donald trump lays out his immigration plan in the highly anticipated speech after meeting with mexico's president, highlights of the ten-point

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welcome back, campaign 2016 donald trump is doubling down on his hard line immigration proposals. he unveiled his ten-point plan for immigration reform in arizona yesterday. ideas include getting mexico to pay for that wall, long the southern border and creation have of the tea porttation force to deal with undocumented immigrants who commit crime. the address came hours after trump flew to mexico to meet with the country's president, hillary clinton criticized the meeting as a photo op.

hillary clinton's running mate tim kaine wrapped up his two day swing through pennsylvania, virginia senator rallied with supporters in hanover northampton county. kaine will return to the commonwealth on monday for a labor day parade in pittsburgh. clinton is clinging to just a two-point lead overdone old trump according to a "fox news" poll. that margin is far narrower then most other surveys show, two other polls shows clinton with seven-point leads. white former atlanta police officer faces murder charges for shooting and killing an unarmed black man last june. crowd of demonstrators pumped their fist in the air when indictment was announced. former police officer james burns faces several charges including murder and making false statements in the death of the 22-year old kaine rodgers p he essay burns was fired after an internal investigation determined that he used excessive force. tropical storm hermine is gaining strength and taking aim the at florida's gulf coast. people there started leaving

yesterday as storm brought rain and already some flooding to the area. florida governor rick scott has declared a state of emergency in more than 50 counties projected to be in the storm's path. hurricane madeline was downgraded to a tropical storm as it hit hawaii. hawaii island public schools were closed to day in anticipate of the storm. flash flood warnings have been issued on the big island and maui county. people have been encouraged to stay indoors. and on two front here. >> um-hmm. >> so, panhandle of florida. >> this is hermine. we have two separate faces with the the hurricane season. of course, pacific and atlantic and the one that effects us is atlantic hurricane season and hermine specifically. it looks like it will have an impact on our holiday weekend after all. lets start off by backing it up to the here and now. what we are looking at is currently soaking rain across

eastern shores right now, ocean, monday mount county, kent, and new castle county. so depending where you are we are finding locally steady rain but majority of the region is going to start to clear out, as afternoon progress is here but as we scrum seven up, watching this frontal boundary pass on by there could be left over sprinkles or stray up shower or two that moves in this afternoon. we will see that pop up on future weather. meanwhile lets get to hermine. that area of low pressure is what is left of tropical depression number eight, that is swept out to sea by this front. we thought this very same front would be sweeping hermine out to sea as well and it just decided it would sit and spin in the gulf of mexico and it never got pick up. as a result it has a better chance to hug the coast and that is where we will get in on that threat for rain and wind specifically into sunday but included will begin to build from south to north on the saturday and then as we head into sunday that system

will be awfully close by. rain and wind become a theme for shoreline on sunday. there are question marks as to the final track regardless we are allowing for rain and wind on sunday in the meantime you have a nice day tomorrow at the shore and saturday looks good here in general. keep in mind rip current risk is an issue and will continue to be so for a couple more days at least. so typically, the way it moves to the shoreline. rip currents will pull you out, so if you are ever at the beach see a channel of choppy water that water maybe looks a different color or break in the wave pattern you could be looking at a rip current. if you ever get caught in one swim parallel to the shoreline and feel yourself get left out of it and then swim back. rip current will continue to draw you further and further out. now with that said looking ahead to the holiday weekend as a whole, it is not bad. sunday is the day that brings the best chance of win and rain from hermine and labor

damon looks like that storm will be moving out of our hair. we will get a chance to moderate backup to the 80's and sun will shine and it looks like tuesday and wednesday as we head back to work and school are bright, sun which highs back in the mid to upper 80's. meisha, back over to you. thank you so much. for those who are possibly just waking up with us we are talking about this for quite sometime, we will talk about it again, because it is so important that you hear it. in case you are out the door and might miss another report there justin in a little bit or from joe and brooke this morning. we have an accident involving tractor trailer and fire truck with injuries. ninety-five south between vine and columbus boulevard right now all lanes are blocked. vine eastbound, the ramp 295 south, that has just been closed down a lot of the vehicles, just to avoid this area that weren't already pinned in, were turning around and driving the opposite direction. the problem is vine was closed for overnight construction.

the once that had opened, so many vehicles went on the vine that it started to be very congested as well. this accident right here, good backup, when you are leading up to it now you can see we have crews out there right now that have completely shut town the road, even far surpassing what it was. now way back on i-95 forcing people to get on to the vine. again, this is very congested right now trying to get on the vine. what time is it? 5:00 o'clock, 5:15 in the morning or so? you will be sitting on the vine with all of the vehicles. for a while we had this camera zoomed around and you could see a sea of vehicles leading up to this trying to get on to the vine. there is no other place to go. heading on i-95 southbound direction anywhere between vine or around the vine i would avoid it at all cost. if you have to get out there give yourself an extra 45minimum, joe and brooke back over to you. taking a look at newspaper headlines across the area.

>> trentonian new jersey assemblyman is expressing outrage over a veto from governor chris christie. the bill at issue would extend tax exceptions for businessness trenton. governor christie pointed out tax exemptions were supposed to last a limited time and would have cost more than 2 billion in lost revenue over next decade. from the intelligencer more than 100 people gathered for light up the night, effort to bring attention to addiction and stigma surrounding it. stigma shames people into silence and keeps people from reaching out for help. from the reading eagle crews are working to remove a five bedroom house from the 1700's. the mansion is headed to private property in mill creek township. it was given to the new owners for free but the catch was they had to move it. there you have it, headlines across the delaware valley. gust what pat gallen is live in the studio with sports. >> well, we have got eagles finish up the preseason with the jets plus man who has best

selling injuries any philadelphia? can you guess who it is? we will tell you

welcome back, as we mentioned earlier it will soon be official, city of philadelphia is hosting nfl draft in 2017. that is out there in chicago. great time. but before we look too far ahead there is a season to be played and preseason finally tonight. big names won't suit up as they get ready for browns september 11th but this is last chance for those fringe players to make an impression

and perhaps work their way on the 53 man roster. eagles lineman beau allen has been in this position and has advice. >> for some guys, to be honest this is their last game at this stage and it is incredibly important for them and you want to put on best showing what you can but people don't realize even if there are guys that might not make this roster every single team is looking at that final game that type you want as much tape as you can. >> today is september 1st meaning first day phillies could expand their roster. we will see if any of the big name prospects make their way to south philadelphia in the coming days, as for actual baseball, last night, there was more trouble with the washington nationals. and specifically old bearded friend jason werth, first inning and werth hammers a ball to the deepest part of the ballpark. that is impressive. fill boys anspach with the home run by freddie galvis in the fifth right there but wasn't enough. nationals managed to get one more they win two-one,

complete sweep of the phillies. manager pete mackanin said phils starter adam morgan did well. >> morgan really pitched well. he did a great job with his off speed stuff, really located extremely well, best i have seen probably ever. >> it was fun. just a simple game plan. i think use of the two seems has helped me a lot. just trying to keep the ball down. >> former eagles quarterback rodney peete is in town raise ago wearness for a cause close to his family. pete and his wife holy robinson pete held an event at camden adventure aquarium where i was yesterday hanging out with those penguins. they organized a evening of fun for families in the area with children living with autism, pete's son rj was diagnosed with autism a the three and he is now 18 years old. finally how popular is this uniform right here, guys? this is a very popular uniform in the city of philadelphia,

city is itching to see ben simmons take the court and they are already buying his jersey, it is number one selling jersey of any athlete in philadelphia, according to fanatics.com despite not yet playing a game. check this out right there he is getting ready with very good company. to his rightly brandon james and dwayne wade working out with simmons as he posted on his instagram. guys, this jersey is the tenth ranked jersey in the entire nba in july. >> he hasn't played one game. >> excitement is building. >> this jersey is little big for me and really all of us. >> we could all get into this. >> it could be morning show jersey. >> the pete's are the coolest family ever. great cause. >> cool too right. >> good stuff, pat. >> pat, thanks very much. donald trump says his visit with mexico's president went very well. >> but brooke mexico's president is actually disputing some of trump's story connect to the visit,

details he says are not quite true. plus we are continuing to follow breaking news of the crash involving a fire truck and tractor trailer these are live pictures at the scene. justin finch is on the scene and tells us what he is learning about what happened, meisha. we have that accident on i-95 but there is more one on the new jersey turnpike as well and speed restrictionness place because of weather, all that will be coming up, katie, over to you you. that is right, wet weather is still out there and you'll find it to be damp, very steamy start to the day but day of transition and we will see nicer wet's head. also we are watching tropical storm hermine as a possible impact here stay tuned for those

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breaking news a crash involving a tractor trailer and fire truck is impacting traffic right now. we will show you where lanes are blocked and let you though how many people were taken to the hospital. good morning, i'm brooke thomas. i'm joe holden. first here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. >> we are right here in the middle of i-95 south here just north of chestnut street here and behind me you can see we are looking at a scene that has traffic backup for several miles north. >> there will be no amnesty. >> donald trump delivered his much anticipated speech on

immigration. >> you cannot just smuggle in, hunker down and wait to be legalized. >> you don't build a coalition by helping our friend or acting like a lose cannon. >> tropical storm hermine is gaining strength off the coast of florida there. that is now tropical storm hermine and that is expected to potential hi mess with our who will take weekend. the nfl is expected to announce this morning that philadelphia will host the next nfl draft. >> donald trump went to mexico. quick, build the wall. >> you just know as soon as trump crossed in to mexico, even hillary clinton was like let's get cracking on that wall,. got to get up. >> that was same hotel performing on last night's late, late show.