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live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs "eyewitness news" this morning. it's back to work for jury in the squall trial of bill cosby. they tell the judge they're deadlocked will he tells them keep going. play ball among members of congress goes on a day after a gunman opens fire during practice. and members on both sides show their all on the say that team. and it looks like the forecast stays unsettled but what impact will that have on the weekend? it's friday, june 16th, good morning, i'm are a hole solomon. >> i'm jan car bay yo. let's get a check with katie and on traffic with misha.
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. looking good, we have a lot of construction, the vine, of course, is closed, katie, i'm sorry, still. . >> i know they're doing important work, but man: i know. i always -- yeah, i get, two minutes, all right, so let's take a look at the stormscan 3, picture year locally. not looking bad. still dry generally but you can see there are clearly showers especially out to sea, and just outside of berks and lancaster county, that will be the story for us, spotty shower or thunderstorm but most of the day is generally cloudy. certainly not going to be the prettiest day we've seen, temperatures are told tolerable at the moment. the ocean weather temperatures a little bit mild up to 67. that's starting to creep up. with time we certainly warm up
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to typical level. let's take a peak. at least some sunshine but the clouds are wilmington in with us. up in the mountains, just crack the upper 60, misha a shower or thunderstorm is certainly in the clouds >> what do you think about people traveling by airport? are you asking for a friends or >> i think you'll take off. you'll be ok thanks so much, it is still early, looking outside. ben franklin bridge, what we have here is we do have construction going on in the westbound side, the downside it's hard to see but blocking these two right lanes. that should be blocked until maybe another hour and a half or so until right around 6:00. but it's not going to cause you sue many problem, however moving into 5:00. we start to get one line going across the ben franklin bridge. it can start to slow down, that construction katie and i were just talking about vine at ben franklin bridge. taillights will be moving in the we can direction between the
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schuylkill and broad. let you know science crews move out and 202, cleaning up hopefully 5:00. the right lane is blocked. then we have construction in cherry hill that we'll be talking about coming up in the next ten minutes. rahel back over to you. the jury in the bill cosby trial will begin fifth day of deliberations >> trang do. is on verdict watch. she joins us live from the courthouse in norristown. good morning, trang. >> good morning, jen and rahel, this jury deliberated about 40 hours now. around 30 hours they returned to the courtroom to tell judge steven o'neill they were deadlocked. waiting outside the courthouse, the atmosphere waffled between boredom and chaos. a drum core added to the frenzy outside the montgomery county courthouse on day nine of bill cosby's sexual assault trial.
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to say tensions between accusers and supporters coming to a head amid news of a did he do locked story >> i experienced first hand when he drug and raped me and threatened me to silence. >> reporter: jurors returned to the courtroom to tell judge o'neill they were unable to come to an agreement on any of the three charges of aggravated indecent. reactions was swift. cosby curious victoria valentino >> i think there's somebody that doesn't want to see this celebrity go down. there's such a celebrity >> when the going to see beat the cavs, it was a win, i'm not call it a win. it's a deadlock >> we got the first glimpse as to how central witness andrea
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john past the time. tweeted a video of herself shooting bask into mini hoop, ending with the phrase, quote, always follow through and the judge instructed the jury to follow through and to deliberate to the point of quote violence. they will continue to do that at 9:00 a.m. for now, we're live outside the montgomery county courthouse, trang do. cbs3 "eyewitness news." rahel and jan back to you. >> thank you. and "eyewitness news" will be at the montgomery county courthouse until the end of the bill cosby trial. once the jury reaches a decision, we'll bring i on air here on cbs3 and online at cbsphilly.com and the cbs local ap. jury selection in the philly corruption trial of seth williams starts monday. he used money from a political action committee for his own personal use, williams is also accused of accepting bribes from two businessmen to help friends of theirs who were charged with
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crimes. williams has denied any wrongdoing. new this morning, police say man is in critical condition after being shot at point-blank range. this happened on the 5,000 block of germantown avenue around 12:30. officials say about witnesses were near the victim at the time of the shooting. so far, no word on a suspect at this time. and one person is rushed to the hospital after a house fire in delaware county. flames broke out just before 2:00 a.m. in this home on the 100 block of golf view road in ardmore, fire officials trying to figure out what sparked the fire. republicans and democrats come together for their annual charity baseball game one day after a gunman opened fire on a gop team practice. it was emotional at national's park in washington, dc last night. bipartisan commradere was shown both on and off the field. local congressman who attended the game honoring the victims of wednesday's ambush.
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>> trickling in and nobody had the details. went who was involved or what extent. >> this is just the beginning we hope we have influence among others. >> and the democrats accepted the trophy after the game but gave it to the republicans to put in congressman steve scalise office. he was you among possibly shot. the wife of the gunman james hodginson had no idea her husband was going to alexandria to create such an horrific act. her husband told her he was going to the dc area to speak with government officials about tax reform. the suspect took almost everything from his business prior to leaving. >> i can't wrap my head around it. i can't believe he did this. i want you all to go away and leave my neighbors in peace. they don't deserve this, my daughters don't deserve all of this. >> doctors say congressman
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scalise is still in critical condition but improved after having several surgeries and stay with "eyewitness news" as we stay up to date on the shooting in alexandria virginia. coverage continues online any time at cbsphilly.com and the cbs local ap. the search for two georgia prison escape is accused of killing prison guards is over. 43-year-old donnie russell row and 24-year-old ricky debose killed two guards tuesday. the escapees were captured near shell beeville thursday after fire phl rounds >> they ran on foot until they came across a home. the homeowner stepped out and held the people there by gunpoint until another name came to assist him. >> the pair face state and federal charges in tennessee. they will be returned to george a trump administration official said the announcement could happen as early as ukes
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week. movement is an an effort to break a stale mate. the employment will be the largest of american manpower under the trump presidency. he also plans to announce a resisted cuba policy aimed at stopping the cash flow to the military and security services. the u.s. will, however, maintain diplomatic relations and allow americans to travel there on u.s. airlines and crews ships as organized tours. the president will make his announcement this afternoon. vice president penn state joined president trump in hiring a private lawyer. this comes as the probe may be entering the a new chapter. the "washington post" reports special counsel robert mueller is investigating whether the president tried to strict justice. allegations of obstruction surfaced after the president trump fired james comey.
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the president called it a witch hunt. >> getting to intent to obstruct or impede will be important and it could be that they never able to build that case in a meaningful way. however, damage could be done, political damage could be done during the process. >> in addition. two congressional committees are also conducting investigations. doctors in cincinnati are updating the condition of the american student released from prison. of he has extensive brain damage on tuesday the north koreans sent him home. warm beer fell into a coma after contracting botulism off the coast of atlantic city. the teenagers were reported missing around 6:30 last night while swimming near martin luther king boulevard.
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a criminal investigation is underway into that deadly high-rise fire in london. tuesday flames swept through the grenfell tower killing at least 17. investigators suspect there could be more victims. experts believe newly installed siding help the fire spread. camden county distributed more than 200,000 fat head minute knows through the south jersey as an method get rid of mosquitoes. you're couraged to eliminate breeding grounds. >> it's standing water that is the issue. for example, abandoned pools. a lot of foreclosures, you might have an inground and above ground pool that's been abandoned. >> the centers for disease control is warning of a notably severe season for tick born illnesses. this year, got to be careful >> much more to cover on cbs
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extend outdoor music and dining hours on the boardwalk. community supported the idea. but some residents have complaints to lawmakers that it's already noisy enough at the original cut-off at 9.p.m. we've known this years philadelphia is officially a national treasure. the national historic preservation gave the designation to the city's historic neighborhoods. organization said it signifies a long-term commitment to preservation with leaders and developers.
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climate change could affect your next glass of wine. experts in the wine producing communities say that seasons and climate are becoming more unpredictable. they believe temperatures are rising leading to changes in grape har vast time. the largest change is higher alcohol contents. >> you get a lot of sugar ripe ness. this means that you have wines with lots of alcohol, but no length. >> some producers say they will have to adjust production methods to cope with the climate. very interesting there >> very interesting. >> higher alcohol content is such a bad idea >> maybe too bitter or something like that >> katie >> i like a good moscato. i don't know about you guys. we do have wet weather in this forecast, we've been alluding to this for a couple of days here
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and today, tomorrow, sunday, monday, all feature at least potential for wet weather. to me, monday looks like it will end up being the wet day and the reason being, cold front will cross through and that means not only are you going to get the up lift but ample moisture and because it's gone across the entire region, we'll get hit with something, in the mean the, everything is scattered also the case on storm scan, we do have to watch out for a scattered showers and thunderstorms any time today, but that's the call for now then eventually storm system will cross through with the cold front into early part of next week, somewhat of a sluggish pattern in the meantime and there will likely be a smuterring of showers to dodge. do you need the umbrella? i personally did not bring with me simply because i run out to the car, come back in to get into the office and that's really the time i spend outside. if that's you, you could probably get away with it.
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if you plan to be out waiting for a train or bus stop maybe it's not the worse idea. depends on your situation, look at this, toward early evening, late afternoon, there could be heavier storms that erupt out there keep an eye on the radar later on and especially tonight. meanwhile, there should be sun filter through the clouds, high of 83, and we'll drop down to 71, there may be patchy fog, lots of moisture with a nice light wind that can fog can easily form then steamy, father's day expected to hit 90 with sun but also a shower or thunderstorm mainly late in the day, monday looks like it's going to be the wettest day of the pack. it's a big tgif to all of you. nice's dry out there for now. morning commute hopefully i'm hoping on friday they usually are pretty nice, i'm hoping today end up being dry.
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95 southbound at cottman as we push towards 5:00 we'll see things shift as we progress. but overall this is kind of what we're looking at. 42 looks like a lot of headlights there is. approaching 295 for those of you in jersey shore. what we typically see, it kind of goes stagnant, construction on the ben franklin bridge. two lanes are blocked until 6:00 a.m. you you're kind of made to go on one line across the bridge. construction in cherry hill. route 70 east and westbound. one lane is open there. rahel back over to you. >>. still ahead, planning your summer vacation, find out why many plan to spend it at home >> going goth thumb, los angeles
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the distress signal lit up stall. west who played the caped crusader three seasons died after a battle with leukemia. he was 88. time is 4:51's henna daniels joins us, good morning, henna. there's another auto recall you have to tell us about this morning, what's going on? >> good morning, i feel every time i'm here talking to you i have another recall to tell you about. this morning, it's the fiat chrysler, recalling 297,000 minivans in the u.s. and canada. the company said the driver's
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front air bag can inflate unexpectedly. eight people have sustained injuries, but no crashes have been reported. the recall covers dodge grand car van from 2011 to 2012. back to you. >> i never want to hear that. if folks are planning to escape summer vacation, apparently they're not alone. >> new survey said 43% of people are staying home this summer. nearly half of them say they can't afford to get away. 41% of workers suffered a say they won't get a paid vacation. ladies? >> i hate to hear that. fortunately we do and i plan on taking all of my day >> every single one. >> whether i stay at home or go somewhere else >> we'll see you in the next hour. coming up after the break, another check on traffic. >> it is appearing as though it gets steamy and also have a bit of wet weather to dodge, but if you got outdoor plans you can get them in so i'll walk you
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scattered showers and thunderstorms and the weekend also does the same. before the panicking i know lots have outdoor plans or going to the beach. or plans to maybe hang out in the city, this is not going to be a wash-out. it's kind of your typical summer weekend. a few spotty showers starting to cross over into lancaster county. watch for spotty shower a thunderstorm, almost at any time. we definitely have clouds out there already. so of the next three days, for one thing, today is the coolest, if you're going to the ashore shore you will see sunshine, upper 70's expected and as we look to the weekend, mid to upper 80's. watch for a spotty shower or
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thunderstorm. sunday maybe a dray day, but in the city, a spotty shower or storm is likely. at steamy 90 on sunday. back in the city. come monday, though, potent cold front through here and that's going to bring steadier rain and storms >> thank you so much for that. good morning to you, right now, we judge the have to enjoy our roadways as we have them right now. almost there, but what we are seeing is a lot of construction crews still out there. hopefully they get moved out of the way. what we're seeing looking at the vine, it was closed for overnight construction between the schuylkill and broad. the westbound side is opening into the eastbound side follows suit fairly quickly hopefully in the next five minutes. then we're looking at the ben franklin bridge. we do have construction, it's westbound side downside, the far two right lanes blocked hard to see, but there are cones in place, forcing you to be in the far left lanes is this isn't going to pose too much of a problem. hopefully crews are moving out of the way overall, we're still looking ok and construction
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crews are still out there in cherry hill. route 70 east and we have the between cuthbert boulevard and crop well road, one lane open. then we have delaware construction and we'll be talking more about this coming up in the next ten minutes or so. jan back over to you. a beautiful event on philadelphia's rittenhouse square, >> it was the 34th annual ball on the square, held every year on the third thursday of june. the ball is the largest fund-raising events for the friends of rittenhouse square. proceeds will be used to maintain the park and miles per hour partner, jim donovan you see him there and i were happy to host. he's enjoying sleep at this hour >> you guys look great >> thank you, it was so much fun. >> i would love to come to work in a long gown >> you can do that >> i've been told not to. >> ok. maybe one day. >> maybe one day. coming up on cbs3 "eyewitness news," we're live outside the courthouse as the jury in the bill cosby trial goes back to work deliberating.
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. live from the cbs broadcast center until, this is cbs "eyewitness news" this morning. comedy. his dr. huk stabile are nothing but a smoke screen >> several victims speak out to his supporters as jurors continue to deliberate today. we're live with the latest in what the judge is telling the men and women who say they're deadlocked. game on in the capitol. last night's charity baseball game between members of congress and the touch to go show of
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