hello, summer. it is first day of the season and it is heating up outside, katie will let us know what to expect. plus, the federal say he was constantly on the take but philadelphia's d.a. seth williams lawyers say he didn't commit any crimes, we are live with what to expect as his corruption trial continues. new this morning nearly 100 homes are without water after this water main break? we will tell you when repairs should be complete. today is wednesday june 21st, good morning, i'm jim donovan. 's jan carabao, katie and pat are keeping an eye on things this morning. >> good morning. >> we are keeping an eye on that break, nasty, chopper three on the way so we will

show you scenes from glenside in a bit that would be helpful at least weather is cooperative at the moment. for any traveling east bound maybe playing a little hooky, going eastbound on that garden state parkway. >> yes, you need those shade. >> i will not live that one down. >> but yeah, looking like you will have great weather, all and all, still cloudy but lets talk about summer. here we go, overnight 12:24 summer solstice took effect and it took place and now we are in the middle of astronomical summer. so, lets get things underway for us here for day ahead. it looks and feels like a summer day. at the shore we have cloud, we have seen a few speckles of rain drops showing up on our camera shots, don't worry about any other major issues hearsay for i stray shower, thunderstorm, second half i do think these cloud will lift and then eventually we will end up with more and more sunshine and that is what you have over every other location here in the delaware valley where mountains, beautiful view, overlooking delaware

river, being taken from palmyra cove nature park, city sky line off in the distance. we will sit at airport in very mild air, definitely humid by comparison even to yesterday but as the day progresses, just another day, sunshine, daytime highs are nice and warm in the upper 80's yet again, but touch more humid and then later today shower, thunderstorm is scheduled to get triggered. great cool day, pat but keep those ears perched for sun glare. >> looks good to me. looks like a pretty good seven day. we are excited about the weekend. not so excited about the vine street expressway as we see an accident pushed off to the side, eastbound, just pennsylvania broad street and it is slowing things down, and at 6:00 it is already slow on vine street so take precaution heading in this direction. i-95 look at the sun, blazing sun glare in your face, at allegheny headlights are going , headlights, here are going southbound, so that is nasty right there.

this here, excuse me is i-95 at allegheny. last one was platt bridge, nonetheless we have you covered across the delaware val which that nasty sun glare put those shade on. this is construction, 495 southbound in delaware between 12th street and, terminal avenue, two lanes blocked until this afternoon, so once everyone starts to jump out on the roadway that will slow down. jim and jan, back over to you. pat's been telling bus this all morning long nearly 100 homes are without water after a huge water main break in glenside, montgomery county water is bubbling up near mount carmel and tyson avenue. repairs should be complete around lunchtime. philadelphia district attorney seth williams return to court to defend himself against corruption charges. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live outside federal courthouse in center city with more on what we can expect today, good morning, trang do. >> good morning, jan and jim. we are one witness in the trial that is expected to last anywhere from three to four

weeks, first prosecution witness works for a catholic nursing home caring for williams elderly mother, that woman is expect to take the stand again later to day. in opening statements federal prosecutors painted a picture of district attorney seth williams as a man who used his position to broker deals with two local businessman resulting in plane tickets, a car, even a sofa. he was expected to return those favors through preferential treatment and a position in the d.a.'s office. >> good morning. >> reporter: on his turn defense attorney thomas berk told the jury his client made mistakes but they didn't amount to a crime and described the businessman as williams close friend. the prosecution's first witness was kathleen depriest of catholic health services who testified that williams signed paperwork that he would direct his mother's pension payments to pay for her nursing home care, but she says instead of making payments williams spent that money on himself.

when questioned by "eyewitness news" leaving court on tuesday the embattled d.a. continued to deny any wrongdoing. >> seth, did you expenditure mother's money. >> no way. >> reporter: again that was seth williams saying in way as he left the courthouse, last night, the defense will return to the stand today to cross-examine that prosecution witness, but for now we are live outside federal courthouse i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news", jan and jim back to you. >> thanks for that update. meantime judge month presided over bill cosby's sexual salt trial will deciding whether to identify the jurors. those jurors dead locked in the case after a week of deliberations, prosecutors plan to retry cosby and release the names of the original jurors could impact jury pool for retrial. both prosecutors, and defense attorneys oppose the release of the jurors names. state police are still on the scene investigating after finding a stockpile of explosives inside a bucks county home, emergency response teams rush to the home on the 8700 block of

easton road in ot tsville. police were conducting a mental health check on a man living inside the home yesterday afternoon, when authorities say they found guns, ammunition and chemical explosives. that is when they called in the bomb squad. neighbors say there is a propane company just yard away from this home, the home owner was taken into custody. also, crews will be busy over next few days cleaning up this mess, some train cars came off tracks yesterday in sellersville we are told three of the cars that derailed were loaded with butter, three other cars carrying wood also partially came off the track, some diesel fuel also, leaked from a refridge unit in, one was hurt. new information this morning in a hit and run in burlington township that left victim fighting for her life. police say they are looking for a car like this one silver 1997 or 98 mazda prote ge, victim crossing southbound lanes of route 130 and devlin

avenue 9:15 sunday night when one car hit her and another car dragged her, moments later surveillance video shows one of the cars pulled into a nearby car dealership, the driver, passenger switched seats before driving off. authorities say that a new jersey police officer involved in the crash in hamilton killed himself just before the collision. officials say that the officer was off-duty when his suv struck back of the van yesterday in the 2700 block of nottingham way. the officer was initially thought to have been killed inside that crash but the mercer county officials say that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, no one else was injured in the accident. republicans hold on to a pivotal house seat in georgia following a win in the state's special election. republican karen handle will fill the state's sixth district congressional seat after defeating democrat john ossoff yesterday that seat has been held by a republican since 1979. handle secured 52 percent to ossoff's 48 percent. it was most expensive u.s.

congressional race in history and widely viewed as a referendum on mr. trump's presidency. president trump offered his congratulations and tweet ed well, special elections are over and those had want to make america great again are five and zero. all of the fake news, all of the money spent, zero. kelly ann conway chimed in with her shot at democrats tweeted laughing by ossoff. meantime, congressional baseball game, fund raising and ticket sales. organizers say that the game raised 1.5 million-dollar, the game raised $500,000, last year. representatives steve scalise, a member of the republican baseball team was hospitalized , last wednesday after a gunman opened fire during practice in alexandria, three others were also shot, the shooter was killed. well, coming up national weather service confirmed two tornadoes touched down in our area this monday. >> we have surveillance video of one of the twisters as it

formed, plus this. >> first day of summer kicks off with severe weather i'm hanna daniels with more on how tropical storm cindy is surg ing toward the gulf coast. i guess barbie like man buns and dad bod, the ken doll guess a make over we will tell bit i'm sure you are wait forgo this information with baited breath coming up pro tip for fruit lovers: giaproduce prices. ble so you'll never have to choose between your favorites. i thought i was your favorite. take a fresh look at giant's produce prices.

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that is as tropical storm sinned moves through bringing wind, heavy rain. >> so parts of the coast could get as much as a foot of rain, correspondent hanna daniels reports people are warned about possible flash flood. >> reporter: tropical storm cindy is making her presence known packing sustain wind of 60 miles an hour as she move toward the gulf coast, heavy rainfall pounded biloxi mississippi and that rain is what forecasters say is the biggest threat, residents are being warned that there could be life threatening, flash flooding. louisiana and national guard dispatched high water vehicles and helicopter to flood prone areas and state officials are telling residents who want to head to the mainland to do it as soon as possible. the first heavy band of rain and wind hit new orleans last night, soaking the cities famous french quarter and bourbon street. >> this is going to be a serious event, we could get lucky and it could turnout to be nothing but we don't expect that will happen, it could be

one to three or three to 12. >> forecasters say cindy will crawl her way toward texas over next couple of days, hanna daniels for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, a line of severe storms spawned two tornadoes in our region. >> one touched down right in berks county twister was caught on camera in berks county on monday. ef0 tornado packed wind up to 80 miles an hour, several trees in the area were uprooted but there was in serious damage, another tornado was confirmed near greenwood, delaware. another tornado touched down monday night in southern delaware, right, katie. >> that is right, guys, do i want to take you out and show you some of that video if we can, look at this incredible, this is inside the eye of monday's tornado in greenwood, delaware. and you can see the center of the screen. national weather service used this video, to verify what

ended up being a ef0 tornado that had max wind up to 85 miles an hour. you can see debris going in the circle in that vortex. unbelievable. but that is the thing, it is like proverbial tree in the forest if you didn't catch it, see it happen, leave any damage behind or run into something that would have left damage, did it happen add all? that is part of the problem when it comes to verifying these tornadoes for national weather service. it goodies we are starting to see these camera shots pop up, all over on surveillance video that sent storm scan, definitely has action packed across the gulf coast, heavy rain, spilling into the gulf states here out ahead of the storm system and tropical storm system that has not made land fall yet. we are sandwich between veil of cloud cover, cape may county for example and off to the north and west but we expect sunshine. bring it back down to the gulf we will talk about flash flooding in hand's package there. this is incredible rainfall for one system potential of

upward of half foot, think about that a half of a foot worth of rainfall, widespread, and that means that will cause major problems. does that moisture reach us? i don't think so. we might be humid but looking like this will be on the side. now throughout the course of the afternoon we expect to see scattered shower or thunderstorm, generally window is about four to seven around philadelphia and immediate vicinity but looks scattered, brief, but heavy downpours for a time, and then all out and it is looking hot with that said heading in to tomorrow. today is not a cool day, 88 degrees with that sun more than anything, tomorrow we will spike to 90 keeping upper 80's on friday as this next cold front makes it's a approach. >> busy couple days but it is summertime. this is glenside, and that water main break we have been telling but all morning, this happening around 2:00 a.m. chopper three live as you can sea water is flowing here at mount carmel avenue and here is a map to look at, as we,

transition to show you exactly where it is, because it is causing some problems, in the area, we will go pennsylvania that because is there an accident, vine street expressway, as you come on from the ramp on broad street, this is eastbound between eighth and broad, and as you can see it is a multi vehicle accident, multiple lanes are compromised, so it is slowing things down back to i-76. so a mess here, major delays in this area. also major delays will be happening in this area because we saw it yesterday 495 southbound between 12th and terminal avenue, two lanes are block until 3:00 p.m. here and then some more to tell but in new jersey, cherry hill, route 70 ease and westbound between penn avenue and crop well road alternating lanes getting by ever there, jim and jan, over to you. breaking news britain's prince philip has been admitted to the hospital, british media reports that queen elizabeth's husband was taken there last night as a precautionary measure for infection from preexisting condition.

prince philip is 96 years old and he was said to accompany queen at a speech he will give at opening of the parliament, but now will not be there. last month prince philip announced wow step down from public engagement sometime in the fall. now for a look at newspaper headlines across our region. >> from the intelligencer wait time in some parts of the pennsylvania to schedule to take a road test for your drivers test could take months or decide to go pay hundred bucks to take it sooner at penndot approved third party sites. it is all part of the pilot program that started last year and being tested at 10 sites statewide. >> in the spirit in delaware county are chester area candidates trying about their credentials, that is question newspaper is asking after finding descrepancy with the academic credentialness campaign literature of several candidates. in the burlington county times rowan college, trustees approved budget proposal keeping college combined tuition and fees the lowest in

the state. under the proposed spending plan in county tuition and fees would remain steady at $4,065 for a full-time student >> that is the newspaper headlines around the delaware valley. well, barbie's boyfriend is getting a make over and a lot of people are taking notice. >> they are talking bit. toy maker matel launched a new line of ken dolls, 15 new ken versions, and one of them, even sports a manbun. >> yes. >> jim does not like that one. >> matel says it is more diversified lines, three types of body types, several different skin tones and nine different hair styles. >> yes. >> is there a need both in popular culture, like again, fashion, or media to see representation of everybody. it is not isolating people for being different but really the celebrating of all types. >> so looks will join 100 other looks that will be barbie brand in the last three years and if barbie can be

diversified why not ken, right jim. >> they all look like they are in good shape, that is not diversified that is in the people. >> yes. >> they are wear man girdles. >> yes. >> just please give the man bun people it does not work unless you are a rock star or soccer player. >> even then. you have a hard time falling asleep? coming up the surprising thing you should do to stop all that tossing and turning. >> okay. >> and it is celestial event of the summer season, when and where you can see a rare total solar eclipse, next.

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welcome back, count down is on this august the summer sky will experience a very rare, solar eclipse. >> it is first time in nearly 100 years that the u.s. will have a chance to see a total

solar eclipse coast to coast. nast scientist doctor alex young joins us live from the goddard space flight center in green belt, maryland to talk about this anticipated event, good morning, doctor young. >> good morning. >> so doctor young, this is scheduled to take place in about two months from today august 21st. why is an event like this so rare and where will it take place? >> well, you know, only about every 18 months or so, the earth, moon and sun line up just right so that the moon casts a shadow down on the earth, and anyone in the line of that shadow in that path of totality will experience a total solar eclipse, this will start in oregon and it will travel, across the you had, ending in south carolina but the amazing thing is not only do we have this total eclipse but everyone in the you had, including north america, central, part of the south america is going to get to experience at lee a partial

eclipse, and, including, you guys, you will see about 75 percent of the sun covered up. >> wow. >> yeah, you just mentioned this a little bit but what will we see august 21st and how can people safely view this. >> well, so what will happies, you know, starting at 2:20 the moon will start to take a bite out of the sun, it will move across and when it reaches, its maximum at 3:44, you know, about 75 percent of the sun will be covered so you will notice a change in light, it will be darker outside, and you will even see, strange shadows cast from the ground but one of the thing that is very important is we want to make sure you have protective eye wear, still too bright so safe solar viewing glasses like this, and or you can use direct projection method, even using your hand or other thing to project pin holes in the ground you will be able to see as the moon moves across the

sun. >> so doctor young your scientists so excited for this what are they hoping to learn. >> well, thinks an opportunity to see both our atmosphere of the sun called the correspondence roane a, so during totality we can see a region of the sun's atmosphere in visible light that is only visible from a total solar eclipse on the ground and that shows us, a unique area of the sun, where all of this incredible activity happens, creating what we call space weather, that actually can impact you and i hear on earth in terms of our technology but also, because of this is going across such a big piece of land it gives us an opportunity to study it much longer, and even, study effect s on the ground, we can see changes that animals have, plants have, and it actually creates its own micro climate as the shadow moves across the earth, and so we will be able to study it from the ground, from balloons, from space, and away that in one has ever done

before. >> wow. >> fascinating stuff, doctor young from the goddard space flight center in green belt maryland, thank you very much. jim, used to go there all the time as a kid always a good time. >> great, great. >> coming up where philadelphia ranks on list of the best vacation spots in the u.s. >> i hear it is near top. and pennsylvania gets tough on animal abuse. >> good. >> major steps lawmakers are taking to protect dogs and other pets, plus this... the results are in, for the most expensive race in house history, i'm weijia jiang on capitol hill with that story coming

good morning aim jim donovan. i'm jan carabao, rahel is off, 6:30 here's what you need to know, today june 21st, 2017

>> seth, did you expenditure mother's money. >> no way. >> philadelphia district attorney seth williams returns to federal court, to defend himself against corruption charges. defense arguing that the williams exercised bad judgment he didn't break the law. i stand before you, extraordinarily humled. >> the most expensive congressional race in history is a big win for the republicans. >> this is going to be a serious event. >> parts of the gulf coast are bracing for tropical storm cindy. >> we are just going to ride it out. >> the ceo of uber is out, travis kalanick stepped down from the company that he helped create. >> matel has released a new line of ken dolls, including one that has a dad bod. you are wondering where we are on gender equality, body doll has to maintain the most

unrealistic body parts for 15 years and now she's forced to date a guy with the dad bod. talking about those new ken dolls, today. >> yep. >> katie? >> i know, jim your big issue is man bun. >> man bun thing, people do not, i mean i saw someone in the store with it other day and wanted to tap him on the shoulder and say not a good look. >> some people can pull it off >> very few. >> very, very few people can pull it off, very right on that one but i have to say i'm loving the diversity. i think it is a great move on their part. lets look at what we can expect today first official day of the summer season, solstice is behind us, we do have two summers that we track in meteorologists, meteorological summer began on june 1 and that will last us through august 31st, but we are looking at, astronomical summer though takes into account that solstice. that is what we go by

according to the calendar and that will last news to late september, so, now it is completely official, no matter what kind of calendar you track and storm scan is empty at the moment say for left over cloud cover at the shore points but that is starting to thin out, and it will continue as day goes on. we are looking ahead to the nice summer day, guys, 72 at philly international. seventy-two appease in wildwood and atlantic city as well. cooler in allentown and mount pocono, in the 50's there where sky was nice and clear all night long. may not rebound as easily but we will all hit 80's, from the shore, up to philadelphia, up in the mountains more like mid 70's, that thunderstorm icon, don't worry too much about it, it looks scattered, if anything at all, many won't see a drop of rain but if you hear thunder, head inside, of course. >> doesn't look like a bad day we will take that, thank you very much. this is a look at glenside , pennsylvania, where there was a water main break this morning right around 2:00 l

avenue, and this is a look at the mess that it has caused, and they are diverting traffic , around this, and also some problems with septa because train station is so close there is a 10-mile an hour speed restriction at that station so that might cause some delays on septa as well as you try to get around. that here's the map mount carmel closed between houston and tyson avenue. use that alternate that is glenside avenue. also on the vine street expressway, is there an accident, multiple vehicles are involved, in it, pushed off to the side so not causing too much delay but right between broad street and eighth street going eastbound, also cull presidentville there is an accident, traffic is being diverted around the scene there and on the garden state parkway, down by the shore we have got two problem spots right by the great egg tolls and that is until 10:00 a.m. on one side and 11:00 a.m. on the other, jim, back over to you. belgium authorities say they have avoided a large scale terror attack when they

shot the suspect in brussels largest train station. cell phone video shows aftermath of the failed suicide bombing yesterday. police say they killed suspect moments after partial explosion, when he ran toward a solder, shouting allah ago bar which means god is great in in arabic. owe had gas canisters and nails in his bag but never fully detonated his device. big republican win in georgia means g.o.p. holds on to a pivotal house seat. correspondent weijia jiang explains why it is a race the white house was keeping a close eye on. >> tonight let's celebrate and tomorrow the real work will begin. >> reporter: former georgia secretary of state karen hand el won georgia's sixth district congressional seat last night becoming state's first republican woman's electric to congress. >> i pledge to be part of the solution to focus on governing >> reporter: in his concession

speech democrat john ossoff seemed to claim moral victory making a close race of the county that has gone republican since the carter administration. >> at a time when pol tics has been dominated by fear and hatred and scapegoating and divisions this community stood up. >> reporter: political analyst say democrats will have to figure out a new strategy to win back the house. >> democrats you know to have redouble their efforts or find a different kind of voter to go and peel away. >> reporter: president trump repeatedly tweeted his support offhandedel in the days leading up to the race. many viewed it as a referendum on his performance. >> special thanks to the president of the united states of america. >> reporter: the president was among first in his party to congratulate handel tweet nothing part fantastic job we are very proud of you but anti trump sentiment made the race

most expense any of house history, with the candidates spending more than 56 million-dollar, nearly double the previous record. weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, federal corruption trial of the philadelphia district attorney seth williams continues today, jurors heard opening statements in a center city courtroom yesterday. prosecutors say that williams took part in five criminal schemes and accepted bribes in exchange for legal favors. they say he stole more than $10,000 of his mother's pension and social security money that was meant to pay for her nurse being home care, the prosecution's first witness was briefly cross-examine yesterday afternoon, that will continue this morning at 9:30. o.j. simpson could be a freeman later this year, former football star will go before a parole board in nevada on july 20th to determine if he is eligible for early release. o.j. simpson is currently serving a nine to three three-year sentence for his role in a 2007 armed robbery,

if the board decide to release him o.j. could be released as early as october. pennsylvania's medical marijuana program is moving forward, the department of health has granted 12 permits which allows growing and processing of medical marijuana in the state. >> today signals start of the next phase of the medical marijuana program, the 12 permits will have six months in which to become operational growers, process others, may not begin to grow medical marijuana until the department has been deemed that they are operational. >> now two of the growers and processors are in southeastern , pennsylvania, both in berks county, permits for dispensaries will be issued later this month. and for the first time in over 30 years pennsylvania is toughening animal cruelty and neglect laws, newly passed legislation reclassified such abuse as a felony, and severe juror death, it also targets

those who tether a dog with the chain, state lawmakers currently say -- state law currently makes animal boost a felony in certain situations such as animal fighting or repeated and severe abuse of cats and dogs. governor wolf says he will sign the new legislation. >> long overdue, good news there. >> not news that philly is a must see destination. >> now more proof for everybody else across the country. u.s. news world report talked to experts and consumers and put philadelphia in the number two spot on two big lists, they are the best place toss visit in the you had, and the best historical destination in the u.s., new york city, took the top spot in both of those lists. well, up next we will show you swimsuit that will have everyone at the pool or beach talking this summer. >> okay. plus uber ceo travis kalanick resigns after a shareholder revolt find out what it means for ride sharing company. toss and turn at night having a hard time falling asleep listen up we have

doctor's advice how to get more z's without taking drugs. it is officially summertime, jim. >> yeah. >> beautiful look at philadelphia sky line there on a great day we will be right back.

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at paable.gov. >> emily: start saving to live independently today. well, excessive heat in the west continues to be big parts of the air zone, nevada and california. >> that is right, phoenix, arizona reached 119 degrees, grounding certain planes, that cannot take off in excessive heat. temperatures in las vegas topped out at 117 degrees, tying its record high and, in california temperatures in death veil and palm springs exceeded 120 degrees, oppressive heat has emergency official there is on high alert. >> last number 130 people died

in heat illnesses and we wanted to do our part to see that number reduced greatly here. >> the triple digit temperatures in california have left roadways, and sidewalks, cracked abe buckled excessive heat is being blamed for several wild fires including this one near big bear lake, that is already scorched more than a thousand acres. well, fans of the president trump, trying to cool off from all that heat can show their support down the shore. >> you can make beach great again. this is one piece, this is some people i point out some people might wear. the swimsuit comes from a company called beloved shirts, and it features a close-up of the command inner chief with the shocked expression on his face. it is made in america and retails for 50 bucks. katie. >> leave that one to katy i mean no matter what you think about this person, this is so to me a hilarious, anybody face on that and would i just

buckle up and laugh. put philly fanatic and just a shock look. >> you know they will sellout. >> people buy it, yes. >> oh, my gosh. >> okay. >> i think it is funny, would get a kick out of it. at minimum you have entertainment value no matter what you think. >> conversation starter. >> there you go, you want new friend definitely wear that. lets take a look at live neighborhood network we have a lot of cloud here, i promise a good beach day if perhaps you are waiting today buy your trump suits, eventually you will have a chance to do that here but it does look choppy on the ocean water here but also cloudy that will continue to change with time as we see system just skirt out of the region here but let me jump back to weather watchers to see what they are up to we have warmth to be reported here across corridor. zero in here 67 comes from john this morning inn he has

some sunshine but he is report something cloud cover, as well , and someone like andy segal in central delaware 69 degrees he too is reporting generally cloudy skies. but with time this whole region southeastern part of the region will clear out. jump pennsylvania that shot here in atlantic county and take a look at storm scan three. here's the culprit, we have had showers fire up in cape may county in the last hour or so but skies are clearing nicely, many of a bright blue sky see a couple cloud as the day goes on and that is it. we were talking about cindy in the show and here she is still technically off shore in the northern central gulf of mexico but band of rain already lifting into those gulf states. thankfully i'm thinking this will make a right-hand turn and bypass us because mid-atlantic issue so we don't end up with anything more than building humidity, not really having to deal with the tropical moisture at a local level. it stays pretty toasty frontal passage friday night into

saturday that knocks temperatures back in the weekend, right now sunday looks just awesome but it will be hot for now, pat. >> summertime we are used to the 90's. this is i-95 looking southbound toward, well, northbound but cars are going southbound and that is where traffic is. we are jammed from woodhaven all the way down to the vine street expressway which is your normal wednesday morning commute, also on 42 we are starting to slow down a bit volume levels are building and as you head toward 295, minor delays here in this area but still cruising pretty much as you head from camden toward city of philadelphia, ben franklin bridge looking decent no delays between camden and philadelphia right here but in this area this is a problem we have told but all morning glenside mount carmel avenue closed between houston avenue and tyson to get around a water main break. you have to use glenside avenue until early afternoon. frets road at wombold road is

there an accident, injuries reported here and they are directing traffic around this area jim and jan, over to you. a big shape up, shake up overnight on wall street, ceo of the ride sharing service uber's out. travis kalanick stepped down from the company he helped create in 2009. new york times reports numerous board members wrote a letter demanding his resignation, many questioned his leadership following report of the widespread sexual harassment and discrimination at the company, kalanick will remain on uber's board. several airline passengers er taken to the hospital after officials call it strong turbulence on the united flight to houston. paramedics cyst ted them off the flight yesterday afternoon and we are told plane was heading to houston from panama city and encountered turbulence near cancun mexico. some passengers were treated at the airport. one passengers describe the trouble in the sky. >> the plane started to shake

very violent. >> many people were crying. >> people they jumped to the ceiling of the plane. >> now authorities say all of the injuries were minor and passengers all expect to be okay. if you toss and turn trying to fall asleep this advice may be for you, doctors are saying in order to sleep more you should actually sleepless. >> this is interesting, christine johnson sat down with experts who say this new therapy will ward off those sleepless nights. >> whenever i go to bed would i say go to bed now. i got eight hours. then hour goes by and it is like now i only have seven hours and six hours and then it is the morning. >> this was unhappy, unhealthy way 20 year-old megan grant slept or tried to sleep at night. >> would i just sort of lay in my bed, trying to sleep. >> reporter: so doctor matthew , suggested a new therapy that had megan getting up, out of bed if she was

lying away for more than 30 minutes. >> what do you mean? that doesn't sound right to me >> reporter: it is called restricted sleep therapy. >> once tossing or turning for 30 minutes get out of bed and don't go back in until you are tired again. >> concept of laying there and resting in bed felt better than going and doing something else, so i was very reluctant at first. >> reporter: but she liked idea of a drug free therapy even if doctor lorber prepared for her discipline this process required. >> when i suggest to someone if you are up from three to 3:30 in the morning get out of your bedroom, they will look at me like i'm crazy but do i think intuitively it does make sense. >> admitly first few nights of doing this will be terrible. >> reporter: doctor stephen fineville director of lennox hill sleep center recommend this therapy. he said once patients are out of bed they should try simply reading, in tv, no electronics , no food, no alcohol. >> it seems very backward, it

seems counter intuitive that we ask people to sleepless when trying to get sleep better. >> reporter: idea to quiet mine, staying calm as patient wait toss get tired again. finesilver add it can take several weeks how to relearn to sleep. >> that is a very simple idea but it really works and works neatly. >> every night i love going to bed. it is greatest feeling i get in my bed, cozy and ready to go, it makes a world of a difference. >> that was christine johnson reporting. if only they can figure out how to help us since we get up at 1:30 in morning. >> no sleep. >> 6:51a lot coming up on cbs morning. >> gayle king joins us live from new york with the preview , good morning, gayle. >> hi, jan, jim getting up at 1:30 you sound so happen bye that. >> it is a glamorous life. >> yeah. >> good to see you guys.

ahead david begnot is in new orleans where tropical storm cindy could cause major flooding. plus a big win for republicans in georgia special election means for g.o.p. agenda and future of democratic party. we will will take you to the tiny illinois town that they say will have the best view of this summer's total solar eclipse how they are preparing for an influx of tourist, all that plus eye opener which means your world in how many second, jim. >> ninety seconds. >> you passed. >> what time do you get up, gayle. >> 3:22. >> my alarm goes off at 3:22. >> if you need us, call us in the morning. >> yes, please do. >> you have my number, call me >> thanks, gayle. >> appreciate it. many don't need an excuse to take a selfie and powe to it social media but today is a great day to do it. it is national selfie day. a dj started national selfie

day in 2014 in arlington texas and went viral after that and now third year of the holiday has been observed, people around the world will be celebrating it too, meisha's off i will to have text her and give her the head up because you know this is, big. >> it is like a national holiday. >> yes. >> 4:30 this morning. >> we will do another one. graduation day at camden high school marked end of the era for century old building known as castle on the hill. >> this was the final class to glad wait from camden high last fall state of the new jersey announced a 133 million-dollar project to a replace the school, officials say the crumbling building ties costly to maintain. >> everybody will remember 2017. >> last class to walk down those stairs. >> it is busy day in the beginning and historic time in camden high school but it is a new beginning with the new high school coming in. demolition of the camden

high school begins this summer and temporarily puts classrooms at cooper hatch building new high school will open in 2021. well, usually you have to head to the great outdoors to have chosen counter with exotic animals. >> but sometimes exotic animals comes to you as two guys driving through texas found outlets take a look. >> my gosh what the hell. >> my favorite is the commentary this happened near monday. men kept driving and in hopes it would fall off but kept hanging on there and they even tried pulling over, eventually , it did get off. >> places to go people to see. >> that is right. >> we will be right back. >> three to go.

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well, here's three to go. >> queen elizabeth's husband is hospitalized as a precaution, prince philip is dealing with an infection from the preexisting condition. corruption trial of the seth williams continues today, prosecution's first witness was briefly cross examined, yesterday. and crews expect to finish fixing a water main in glenside by lunchtime, right now 100 homes are without water. >> that is three to go lets get a last check of weather and traffic. >> very nice summer day, very warm, touch more humid, a shot outside white field elementary

school those kid are done at this point, you have 65 currently here, however and as day goes on we will expect 88 with soggy thunderstorm. >> wrapped fire traffic. september having issues on the broad street express southbound 10 minute delays there and accidents on 42, in new jersey, as well as 295, around mount laurel, it is slow go in both directions, there. >> thanks, pat. phillies may be struggling on the ball field but hit with young fans at st. christopher's hospital. >> oncology patients at fun surprise to brighten their day when members of the phillies visited patients, family and staff, patients met stars of the team and signed autographs and even some hugs from the fanatic. >> that makes anybody's day. >> cbs this morning coming up next. >> have a great day everyone.

good morning. it is wednesday, juchb 21st, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." tropical storm cindy takes aim at the gulf coast. we are in new orleans where the city's preparing for major flooding and dangerous winds. republicans cruise to victory in georgia. the night's biggest winner may be president trump and his make america great agenda. and the driving force behind uber's explosive growth steps down. the resignation of travis kalanick will impact the ride giant. and getting ready for the great american eclipse. the sun, moon, and earth align for a once in a lifetime event. we'll take you to the town that will have the best view. we begin with a look at