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pete meteorologist, katie fehlinger tracking more stormy wet they are afternoon? >> actually more rounds every rain, thunderstorms currently working their way in generally from the southwest, where you get hit you get hit hard. so if you have yet to walk out the door for the first time today i would highly recommend taking an umbrella with you, and here's why. we take you outside, oh, what a dreary start to the afternoon here. off in the distance there, 30th street station, somewhere off in the distance, but very gray, gloomy start to the afternoon here. the temperatures as a result probably aren't going to move much more from where they currently stand if we can we quickly take you to storm scan3, baby tour for you, the action continues, three hour loop, we had the real heavy rounds of heavy thunderstorms over the city in the last couple of hours, another fresh round currently moving to the northeast, see few heavy bands of rain moving in, in a place like lumberton, out to number ton shortly also lightning strikes being reported there. then you have this batch of thankfully no thunder and lightning but heavy rain

regardless, over really anywhere from, let's see, sadsbury up to pottstown, moving ever closer toward the lehigh valley. so not really immune to this, the rest of the day, even if it is not raining now it, could for the rest of the day, at any time. with time, how much, of course, system does have to move out. so coming up a little later on, not only going to time it out, we'll let you know when the sun will return, but for now keep thef the woods just yet. rahel? >> sou g you. >> and despite the morning rain, restoration work has gun on cemetery in the city's wissinoming ct than 100 gravestones found toppled and federation more than $220,000 was donated to snd repairs at mt carmel cemetery. gravestone matter cemetery servg to be at the cemetery tod,olunts paid to repairweeks. >> new developments this noon in the seth williams

upilelphia's top prosecutor remains on the job despite calls from city leaders to step down. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden has been following this story and joins use e cbs-3 sate new information, just released good afternoon, to quote federal prosecutors the evidence collected against districtwillms is voluminous, hundreds of witnesses may be called at pleaded not guilty and the court has called for him to appear this m, related to his attorney, case. >> distratlic battle against bribery, extortion, fraud start. and federal lawyers have revealed some of the scope of their case against the city's topro morning, it shows a trial would last two weeks or more, 80 p expected to be introduced, along with 300,000 emails the investigation. in addition 200 witness

statements will be produced, along with 17 transcripts, jury. prosecutors accuse william of soliciting and excepting gifts, vacations and cash for years. in e official action. williams is also charged with defrauding a nursing home, was e of his. the case against the district attorney has been described as unusual and complex due to the nature annex tent illegal activity charged against seth williams pleaded not guilty. >> this afternoon the court is going to hear arguments on why his present attorney, michael diamondstein, should be able to withdraw from the case, diamondstein in a court filing indicated he has conflicts and doesn't believe williams would be able to pay him. reporting live in the sat center. joe holden, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> thank you will, joe, for the update. following breaking news in the nation's capitkdn has been lit dollars at the white house after authorities north side of the executive

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>> as i run from great hall back to the weather center we have some shop to talk here. we will take you out to storm scan3 to start things off. rain continued to come through pretty steadily in scatter fashion, where you have the pockets of rain it itie good net wider zoom on storm s thi and we are going to actually see things wind down with every tassing hour, ease up at least a little bit. so kind of still in the brunt of things. but with every is gradually going to dissipate or fizzle on storm scan. the activity as we move severe r

threat. pretty marginal actually. it doesn't even area. however, we have already seen couple of cells withis little bf pea size hail in mercer county very early this morning, frequent ground to ground lightning out of the thunderstorms that rumble through early pn,tty decent wind gusts, thankfully don't worry abouter threats fore rest of the day. i will say i think that done ins of the initialization on futureoduide how things time out. by the time we hit 4:00 p.m., there will still be some heavy showers or thunderstorms but a lot more spars than what you are currently finding out on the area radar.uch, just better and bert. even start to see the clouds through the rest of the overnight, andsd, that dow think you can see, expect to see, some sunshine. dew points awfully high. remember the lower the air. these are high dew points, so you haveair mass right now, thas

the downpours are coming in just like, that very drenching showers that have been noted with all of the wet we fifty-one the current temperature at the airport, at 61 in ac. ere southerly. on shore flow is what's keeping usou'l see much more movement on thehe locations, because of that. so, we are definitely over shot forhewe wl stick with it at for now, because at the shore at least you ends up in the mea, pleasant valley and middle high school, see the m early in the morning could you not make it o that's something that has gotten better. but what a gray sky. the dreary necessary continues for us for the rest of the afternoon until this disturbance get out of here. and it promises to do so, as we said, later on tonight, especially, so once thursday, my personal favorite of the seven day, it is looking a lot humidity, lighter wind, specially thursday, friday, though, don't blink, we'vebringl

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into the afternoon now, joining me kevin burns from visa. so what do you got here, kevin in tell us. >> we have $10,000. >> $10,000. can we get a round of applause from the great hall. so wonderful. how did you manage to raise this? >> giving back to the itgs tt we do at visa. and giving to ronald mcdonald house charities is one of the best charities, right in our backyard, in our, and just a great organization to donate to. happy to do it. >> and pam you know every single dollar just makes such a drefor the mission obviously,t for families to be able to focus on their kids. >> tha aboutgh, keeping families close, as much as we can, andsa any more,, from the bottom of our heart, they just do awesome job for our delaware house. >> well done. can we get one more round every applause to these wonderful guys? and with that said, jim, rahel, we send it back over to you. keep the party going. >> all right, katie. we want to take quick moment to thank yards brewing

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>> nick: yes, that is exactly the information i'm looking for, and i need it a.s.a.p. i appreciate it. thank you for everything you're doing. newman connections really paid off. >> nick: i don't like using it, especially if i have to pressure someone. >> chelsea: well, what did he say? he can get the information, right? about chloe's cellphone? >> nick: i gave him the date. there should be a record of every cell tower that chloe's phone pinged, and we'll know if she left the apartment that night. >> chelsea: or that she's, you know, telling the truth and that she was here the entire night. >> nick: i know what you're hoping the answer's gonna be. >> chelsea: i would just hate to believe that chloe lied. >> nick: but if she did, we have to find out. the guy at the cellphone company, he's on this right now. we're gonna have answers very soon. and we'll know if chloe was at the cabin the night adam died. >> kevin: hey. relax. it's not like you're going to the gallows. >> chloe: [ exhales sharply ]