[gunfire] >> an attack that united members of the congress and left one law maker critically injured. we have the late oats virginia shooting as we hear from lawmakers about their decision to continue with their baseball game tonight. jurors in the bill cosby trial have now deliberated for 27 hours, and we are live with the wait for a verdict and what it could mean for the future. cool off continues, thinks a live look in center city where we're in for a very nice afternoon today, with much less humidity. >> really nice, and hosting annual day. >> my hair will thank everybody. >> today thursday june 15th

good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an eye on things this thursday morning. >> yes. >> you know what i walk up to the desk this morning and, on my seat jim, sitting on my seat, reserved seat please have special ticket. so, all i can think of, i wonder if i have a copy. looking outside, everything is looking really nice, really calm and dry. >> yes. >> it looks like it will stay that way throughout the entire day with lower humidity. it looks like a very pleasant day. >> thank you, katie. >> you are very welcome. >> no special tickets required on that one. >> looking at storm scan it is empty. high pressure is generally in place but it is however making its departure giving way to a new storm system heading our way in the upcoming weekend. today is that nice little break, brief break, but break nonetheless in between systems and other than a few additional cloud more than

anything, you will notice the fact that humidity has been scaled back here as has temperatures too. we are at this point in the mid 60's and yesterday was very warm. we have hovered in those mid 70's for a good portion of the morning. fifty-eight in millville. fifty-nine in atlantic city. more refreshing out there off to the north of the city we are at 57 mount holly where our national weather service regional headquarters is located but with time we expect to rebound nicely to where we should be, not a bad excuse, guys, to dine outside at lunchtime here today. there will be a couple cloud but it noise where near as hot nor humid as in the days pennsylvania so you will will be comfortable, meisha. >> that is what i will do. thank you very much. that sound like a great plan and looking outside now, as katie said gorgeous just a beautiful morning, taking a look at ben franklin bridge for those in new jersey traveling westbound toward center city, just enjoy it. really nice, dry, really comfortable out there. you will probably, not even crank your ac at this point.

just beautiful out there. vine, clear. overnight crews blocking west and eastbound side, westbound side opened 10 minutes ago. eastbound side just followed suit. we are looking good both west and eastbound direction. we are talking about an accident investigation at 3:45 in princeton, new jersey. if you are just waking up with us route one northbound and southbound right now are closed. for a while it was just one side but now both near washington road, your alternate route 206 is your best bet and we have another accident out there on the new jersey turnpike southbound, pennsylvania route 322 partial right lane is block, more coming up in a little bit, jim and rahel, back over to you. congressional charity baseball game in washington d.c. will go on as scheduled tonight one day after shooting that left a top republican law makers in critical condition. >> house majority whip steve scalise was practicing for that game when a gunman opened fire injuring him and three others. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is following latest developments from our news center, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. louisiana representative steve scalise remains hospitalized

in critical condition this morning, still today his teammates and fellow lawmakers will take the field for that charity baseball game with the intent of sending a message. >> if we play we don't play this baseball game and we go home then they win. >> reporter: texas republican roger williams ace monk lawmakers backing the decision to press ahead with today's annual charity baseball game despite witnessing the shooting still rattling capitol hill. republican members of the congress were practicing for that game yesterday when a man identified as james hodgkinson of southern illinois opened fire with the rifle, the 66 year-old again man was shot and killed by officers but not before shooting four and wounding two others. house majority whip steve scalise was shot in the hip and is in critical condition. president trump visited scalise in the d.c. hospital afterward tweet nothing part representative scalise is in very tough shape but he is a real fighter. president praised two capitol police special agents at the practice as part of the

scalise security detail, one officer was shot in the ankle and is recovering, the other officer suffered minor injuries and has been released from the hospital. >> many lives would have been lost if not for heroic actions of the two capitol police office hours took down gunman despite sustaining gunshot wound. >> reporter: investigators searched for a motive, representative mike boss who serves the district hodgkinson was from said his office received several calls and e-mails in the past. illinois representative says in hindsight one raise aid red flag. >> it was not threatening, if you vote this way, we will remember you. well, that means if you are a political activist that means you will work hard's begins me next time that is you don't take that as a physical threat >> reporter: hodgkinson wrote several letters to his local newspaper railing against republicans for what he says were policies that too often favored the rich. the investigation into hodgkinson, continues today, federal investigators are

reviewing gunman's on line activity, they say he repeatedly took to facebook to post anti trump rhetoric. live from the news center, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". back inside to you. some lawmakers say it could have been worse if not for capitol police assigned to scalise security detail. >> not every elect official gets a security detail, that includes pennsylvania congressman ryan costello. he typically car pools to wednesday morning baseball practice but yesterday he missed his ride. >> never before had i been suited up, ready to go to practice and not been able to hitch a ride. >> regardless of the party affiliation elected officials say threats are part of the job in cases where threats are deemed serious they are reported to law enforcement. stay with "eyewitness news" for very latest in the virginia shooting we will bring you updates on tv and on line at cbs philly.com. in other news deliberations will enter day number four this morning in the sexual assault trial of bill cosby. >> yesterday jurors left courthouse without coming to a

verdict. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is back live outside montgomery county courthouse with the very latest on the case, good morning, trang do. >> reporter: good morning rahel and jim. over past three days this jury that is deliberated for some 27 hours, so far they have had six questions, two of them they asked yesterday both having to do with rehearing witness testimony including from key witness andrea conn stand. >> ♪ >> reporter: on money sang. >> hey, hey, hey. >> reporter: on tuesday, he imitated animated character fat albert. but on wednesday, bill cosby said nothing leaving court. the third day of jury deliberations with no verdict. "eyewitness news" caught up with lead defense attorney brian mcmonigal at the end of another long day. >> obviously everybody is working hard, we are all exhausted and we will go home and get some rest. >> reporter: over 12 hours of the deliberations jury asked court to read back andrea constand's testimony recalling the night in 2004 that she says her one time mentor

drugged her with pills and then sexually assaulted her. jurors also asked to rehear testimony from cheltenham detective richard schaefer who interviewed cosby after constand came forward about the alleged assault. >> it is just so much information they are putting the pieces together to the puzzle. they are trying to morally get it right. >> reporter: cosby spokesmen andre wyat said comedian has been in a conference room of his own he has dubbed his dressing room passing time napping and sharing memories with his team. >> during the day he tells wonderful stories. wonderful stories about the old days and, you know, him getting on stage. >> reporter: just like the rest of this week this jury will come back to the courthouse at 9:00 a.m. a told they will go straight to the deliberation room and continue to work. but for now we are live outside montgomery county courthouse i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news", rahel and jim, back to you. thanks, for that update. "eyewitness news" will be at that courthouse until the

conclusion of the cosby's trial, as soon as jury reaches a decision we will have it on air and on line at cbs philly .com. in international news 17 people are dead after islamic extremist attack a popular restaurant in somalia. the attack started, last night when a car bomb exploded at restaurant entrance and gunman posing as military soldiers stormed in and then opened fire. police say that the men held at lee 20 people hostage. security forces say that because area was so dark they had to wait until today light to rescue victims. all five attackers were killed this morning retired nba basketball star dennis rodman is back in north korea and didn't arrive empty handed. he gave county sports, the country sports minister a copy of president trump's book the art of the deal a gift intended for kim jong un. it was not signed by trum hospital was rodman's boss for two seasons in the celebrity apprentice reality tv show. rodman has said visit has nothing to do with the white

house. authorities are investigating a cargo ship after reports surfaced of a dirty bomb on board, we will tell you what the coastguard is saying coming up. a hiker missing for five daises rescued we will tell you how the man became stranded in the wood. plus we will show you more of the damage left behind by severe weather in wisconsin, that is just ahead.

♪ you are looking at a rescue playing out in southern oregon man is being hoisted up was a stranded hiker missing for nearly five days. he was last heard from just before embarking on a 45-mile hike friday. during the hike he came across a swollen river he could not

cross so he stayed put until he could be found and rescued. glad to see he is doing okay. also several storms and severe storms at lee 21,000 people without power in wisconsin. >> northeastern part of the state near green bay was hit hardest yesterday afternoon, high wind, down trees and power lines and even destroyed buildings. national weather service report i tornadoes in three counties, forecasters expect to see more storms, in that area, this week. this is like a daily occurrence in the midwest. >> it seems like every day we have had severe weather, crazy video. here at home it looks like a nice, pleasant day. >> yes, very pleasant day. all these huge storms they take up so much real estate. it is just different communities getting struck this time of the year. it is prime time. this is the season for this kind of stuff for sure. we might have strong storms ourselves, heading in to early next week, pretty potent cold front but you said it for now nice weather out there, very comfortable. far cry from yesterday. even yesterday those dew point

s starting to drop off but this time of the day, man, dit feel steamy, not the case right now. lets go outside to storm scan which is devoid of storms. i like when it looks like this we are starting to see heavier thunderstorms popping up in isolated fashion but man, look at the place. , that was just terrible, it went right over that one cell, do you remember it went right over along the major arteries in philadelphia and ac expressway, like it was trying to travel the highways, but storm scan is empty, and it will stay that way all day to day. very heavy thunderstorms bow ing out, look at that structure with very heavy rain and nasty storms, moving through missouri and just, well, right through central part of the ohio river valley. none of that has an impact, certainly not to day, maybe a shower late tonight far north of the city but tomorrow warm front will be lifting and that is where things go downhill. fifty-five is value at airport really comfortable. interestingly warmer in allentown and reading then it

is in philadelphia at this hour but bottom line is it is comfortably cool, and you may easily walk outside without a jacket and be comfortable. fifty-nine in cape may, on shore wind flow that water temperatures chilly for my personal taste but still looks like a nice beach day with that said. lets go out to the shore where you'll end up with some sun, a few cloud, no where near as warm nor as hot as it been in recent days but uv index is high up there take it ease which sun block, put it on and keep in mind that the rip current risk is still moderate and swim near life guard if you plan to go in the water at all do that is a general rule anyway. very pleasant back in the city , high hits 81 where we should be lower 80's where we will top off on this particular day and seasonal for nighttime lows too. dropping down to 63 with cloud starting to rebuild and looking forward, there may be fog here and there, into tomorrow or saturday, for that matter as a warm front lifts in. spotty showers off and on tomorrow, spotty shower or storm on saturday and then

still remains unsettled on sunday, meisha. >> katie, thanks very much for that great day on tap, and looking outside, great morning commute so far but i will say 95 south at girard we are heating up a little bit. give yourself extra time but as we crack more toward 6:00 and moving until the 6:00 o'clot want to give yourself a couple extra minutes. still traveling at posted speed on i-95 in the southbound direction toward city. blue route ridge pike taillights moving southbound looking great both northbound and southbound still this morning thumbs up. boulevard at wissohickon a bird eye view. let me show you what it is looking like there and looking great both directions. boulevard, blue route, 95, looking okay, i-95 is heating up quicker then other two. delaware river bridge eastbound we have construction block ago this left lane, not slowing you down too much right new but again one of the things as we push in the 6:00 o'clock hour you'll feel the burden of the construction crews being out there still as more vehicles hit roadways.

pennsylvania turnpike westbound between bensalem and willow grove that left lane compromised there and more construction crews this morning. route 13 bristol pike southbound between 413 and new portville road right lane is compromised there, rahel, back over to you. meisha, thank you. for a look at newspaper headlines across the region. >> bucks county courier times bensalem school board approved a final budge wet no property tax increase but 34 staff cuts dozens of the residents, teachers, students were among 250 people in the auditorium of bensalem high school urging the board to reconsider the cuts. trentonian, latest of the flurry of cash results for trenton. governor christie announced a park would be developed along the delaware river connected to downtown but construction of the pedestrian bridge over route 29. project has been expected to cost around 18 million-dollar. from the cover of the times herald it is first housing project for veterans in chester county. 150 people were in attendance

as the mission first housing group held a ribbon cutting at white hall inn on schuylkill road. renovation along with the construction of the new addition has created 48 apartments, for veterans in need. that is a look at newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. a pat is back with morning sports. >> good morning, guys. place your bets did the phillies win last night? one red sox player was on a mission to extend their losing streak to eight games. big news involving an eagle, a flyer and sixer, all that and more when we

welcome back. glad you are with us this morning. >> pat's here with sports. good news for eagles fans. >> yeah, i guess. if you want to put that it way good for one eagle. he might be older but still getting paid that is jason peters, anchor of the eagles offensive line for a decade. he was rewarded with a brand new contract that assures he will cover carson wentz blind side for foreseeable future. eagles signed 35 year-old to a 32.5 million-dollar deal through 2019, 15.5 million of that is guarantied, the nine time pro bowler wants to retire an eagle and this should do it. head coach doug pederson thinks it is the right move. >> it says a lot that he wants to finish out his career here and retire as an eagle, it is so important great message to send to the rest of the guys that we continue to work hard and do right, you will be rewarded and i think that is the name of the game. as jason has done his whole career he has worked extremely hard.

>> phillies keep phillying, they could have used a win last night not only because they who seven straight going in but because they will face red sox ace chris sale today he being major league strike out leader. phillies were in the hole early again down two to nothing and mookie bets does damage, that is a double, bets also blasted two home runs and triple short of the cycle. good news aaron altherr hit his 11th home run of the season that got phillies within two. free fall continues, by the way, all tear making a great defensive play last night, as he runs down this long fly ball in right field. fires to first to double off off the runner but still phillies lose seven-three. game home and home end tonight. nba draft is a week away, sixers have the third pick but yesterday sixers made a big but expected move, they exercised their team option on robert covington who averaged 13 points per game last season

nhl season finished, flyers stapel could be on his way out, goalie steve mason. his agent reportedly says that they have spoken with the team but there has been no contract negotiations. the deal is not reached by july 1st the 29 year-old will be an unrestricted free agent. this is happening fight we have heard about forever is on floyd may weather will get in the ring with connor mcgregor on august 26th in las vegas. the 40 year-old mayweather has been retired for 23 months he is a huge favorite over the 28 year-old mcgregor both are expected to take in a haul off , brace yourself, jim, over 100 million-dollar appease. don't forget, tomorrow, cbs-3 summer fest is live in ambler, pennsylvania. >> i met up with a family that has been taken care of hair in ambler for last half century, the boda family runs ambler

barber shop and i spoke to them about the town and spot that customers keep coming to after all these years to help us kick off summer if he tomorrow morning right here on cbs-3. take a little off the top. >> looking forward to it. >> very good job. >> love a good barber shop. coming up in the next half an hour, bakers and friend are churning over a butter shortage, we will tell you what it could mean for pastry business in a live report from wall street. also the washington post reports president trump is being investigated for possible obstruction of justice we will hear from delaware senator chris coons about the explosive allegations. >> this isn't good search continues for two escaped inmates watching for murder for two correctional murder, and we will tell but big crew investigators uncovered, katie we are close to the weekend and that weekend forecast is coming into more focus. i think we will see scattered shower or thunderstorm on saturday, also a chance for that to to reignite on fathers

day on sunday. it looks like a steamy fathers day but mid up toker 80's for daytime highs but heaviest rain will hold off until monday. so that is some good news. we wil

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katie and meisha will be along in a moment but first here's your morning minute for today, june 15th. >> members of the congress, shaken but unified after a shooting rampage, leaves four peopleurip steve scalise. >> lawmakers vow a charity baseball game between democratsl make and go on tonight. congressman ryan costello ever before had i been able to h a lawmakers, congressman bob too high. >> that can't high. deliberations, still no verdict in the bill cosby assault trial. >> most of the questions with re peering witness t nancy