>> ♪ >> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia, this is cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> well, to and night at 6 o'clock we are tracking severe thunderstorms coming through the area. but it won't be a total washout. we'll tell you when the skies will clear up for the holiday weekend. >> july 1st and we have no

state budget on my desk. under our system, i have a wide array of powers as you painfully learned but i can't post a budget for a vote or vote for a budget. >> well, government shutdown. new jersey is closed this weekend as governor chris christie and the democrat led legislature try to hammer out a budget deal. good evening everyone, i'm natasha brown. thank you so much for joining us. it is the first state shutdown since 2006. at stake a nearly 35 billion-dollar spending plan. it's now a war of words between the governor and the legislature. "eyewitness news" reporter henry rossoff has the latest. >> reporter: confused drivers were greeted by locked doors at local dmv offices today unable to accomplish even the most basic of business. >> i was hoping to get my registration fixed today but apparently not. >> reporter: he asked us what was going on. >> bottom line is dmv's are closed. >> reporter: after we explained she told us her registration expires today. >> that sucks.

so and i can't drive, i can't do anything on the road. >> reporter: and so far lawmakers can't seem to get anything done except point fingers. governor chris christie shut down nonessential state offices and operations after there was no budget vote last night. he put up posters blaming assembly speaker vincent prieto for not allowing a vote that would include stricter insurance regulations for horizon blue cross shield shutdown was completely unnecessary. i was ready to sign a budget yesterday. i'm still willing to sign were untoday. >> reporter: but prieto fired back saying new insurance rules are a topic for another day. >> how do you get a budget and blame the only guys that's trying to get it there? again, this is a hostage crisis and this is unacceptable. >> reporter: meanwhile the impasse means cars cannot pass into state parks during the busy holiday weekend. she had to u-turn her minivan full of children at rancocas state park. >> not fair to the normal working people, you know, in

our families, you know, so they need to stop being so selfish and come together and make up something. now we can't take our families to enjoy the day. unlike the dmv which will remain closed throughout the government shutdown there are some essential services that will be active during the shutdown. that includes nj transit and the state police. a more complete list of what's closed and opened at cbs3.com. in cherry hill, henry rosso if. f cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> if you felt the rain just yet? it's pouring all over the area as severe thunderstorms moved through the region. how long will this last? for that we're going to check in with meteorologist chelsea ingram in the weather center where she's tracking. >> reporter:. >> hi, natasha. we have been monitoring this line of very strong showers and storms as it pushes through west to east across the delaware valley. let's take you to storm scan3 so you can see exactly what's going on here. lots of heavy rainfall. tons of thunder tons of lightning and also some very strong winds. associated with this line of storms as it continues to make

its way through across the delaware valley. we have several severe thunderstorm warnings that have been issued. we'll show you a look at who is currently under these warned storms at this point in time. severe thunderstorm warnings for burlington camden gloucester philadelphia counties. this is until 6:15 this evening. we also have severe thunderstorm warnings for the northern portion of this line of storms for hunterdon mercer middlesex counties. this is until 6:30 p.m. as these storms continue to push their way off toward the east. extremely heavy rainfall right now in philadelphia. this is going to be impacting several folks to the east here very soon. it's moving to the east at around 20, 25 miles per hour so let's track this out for you so you can see who is going to be impacted here in the near future. so, you can look for folks like old bridge, jackson, you folks need to have a huge heads up, 6:26 for old bridge, 6:32 for jackson and then we also have a severe thunderstorm watch that remains in effect until 9 p.m. this evening.

we'll track these storms out for you coming up and we'll let you know when sunshine returns for the rest of the holiday weekend in just a bit. natasha back to you. >> thanks so much. we'll see you soon. now a developing story at this hour. west goshen police release new surveillance pictures of the suspect's pickup truck in the murder of bianca roberson. authorities say the man behind the wheel of this red pickup truck shot and killed the 18-year-old girl on wednesday afternoon after they were trying to merge into the same lane. the driver is described as a man between the ages of 30 and 40 with a medium build, blond or light brown hair. he is considered armed and extremely dangerous at this point. crime stoppers is now offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in this case. also a water main break forces the shutdown of a major intersection in west philly. residents used brooms to try to help clear away the mud at 61st and haverford. the water main broke around 5 o'clock this morning turning the 6000 block into more of a lake. right now the philadelphia water departmentally is

working to try to fix that main as quickly as possible. and flames damaged camden county home. firefighters got the call at about 12:30 this morning to this home on the 3200 block of horner avenue in pennsauken. no one was hurt luckily. the fire was placed under control in just about 20 minutes or so. so far no word on how that fire started. and it will now cost you a little bit more to ride septa starting today. thanks to an across-the-board fare increase. electronic cards are token fares have increased from $1.80 to two dollars. cash fares jumped to $2.50. a weekly trans pass is $25.50 now. septa says the increase is expected to bring in an additional $25 million in operating revenue the next fiscal year. police meantime are now investigating a mass shooting in downtown little rock, arkansas. they say at least 25 people were shot early this morning during a concert at tower

ultra lounge. arkansas governor asa hutchinson released a statement praying for the victims of the shooting. wendy gillette has more now from new york. [gunfire] >> reporter: the barrage of gunfire was broadcast on facebook live from inside a nightclub in little rock, arkansas. panicked club goers ran for their lives to get away from the chaos while dodging bullets. >> got shot man. >> reporter: cruz williams hid under a pool table. >> i lay in wait for the gunshots to stop but they went on for about 10 minutes. police believe several people got into an argument and gunfire was exchanged injuring dozens. the youngest victim is just 16 years old. >> all the individuals were injured either being trampled or trying to exit the location. >> reporter: broken glass from the second floor of the club littered the ground below. police also shut down several streets in the area to search for suspects. but no arrests were made. investigators were back at the crime scene collecting evidence saturday. officials say crime is getting worse in little rock.

there have been a dozen drive-by shootings in nine days. >> we know that we've got to use a hammer. we got to use a big hammer on the people who would do violence with guns and hurt people. >> reporter: police say it's too earl to know if there's a connection to this latest shooting. wendy gillette for cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> well, we're getting our first look at the weapon used in yesterday's deadly hospital shooting in new york. police released this photo of the am15 rifle. authorities say dr. henry bellow a former employee brought the arrive kneel bronx lebanon hospital underneath of a white lab coat. bellow shot and killed one person wounded six others before taking his own life. >> yesterday five are in critical condition, three have been downgraded to be stable and doing quite well. we are happy with their progress. one particular patient is still critical and stabilized but we feel he will need

additional surgery. >> the investigators say bellow resigned from the hospital back in 2015 amid allegations of sexual harassment. now las vegas is known as sin city and it has adding the use of marijuana as its list of indulges. a 10 percent tax on sales is that expected to bring in more than $60 million over the next two years for the education system. because marijuana is still illegal at the federal level, it will not be sold at nevada resorts including casino hotels. and this week pennsylvania made more moves to make medical marijuana available but legislature has no plans to legalize recreational marijuana. delaware is debating whether to do it as well. and the topic is expected to be discussed in new jersey next week when the new governor takes office. and still ahead on "eyewitness news," mixed celebration in hong kong. why protesters hit the streets

as celebratory fireworks boomed overhead. plus. >> they weren't burned so, you know, a lot of people had angels over them today. >> plane crash heroes. how a few people on their way home ended up saving lives on a california freeway. and a bit later, wildfires burning out west. the latest on the brian head fire and the residents who were displ

♪ >> well, fireworks lit up the night sky in hong kong today marking the 20th anniversary of hong kong's hand over back to china. that came after china's president made his first visit to the city since he took power in 2013. in his speech saturday he warned any efforts in hong kong to challenge the power of beijing are absolutely

impermissible. the president left before the annual july 1st pro democracy march which organizers say has seen 60,000 people. the hong kong police, however, said only 14,500 people joined in the march. and tonight we are hearing from an off duty firefighter who came to the rescue of two survivors of a fiery small plane crash. it was all caught on camera near los angeles. the twin engine cessna crashed on the busy 405 freeway yesterday. john medford was driving home at the time and watched as fire engulfed the small plane as it came down. he initially decided for his own safety to stay back but seeing the pilot and his wife made him run right toward those flames. >> wife that was the passenger i seen her face and head pop up out of the passenger side. if she could be there i thought i could be there. i wasn't looking for like any fame, just with the fire service i'm just -- we're always here just to help

people. >> medford dragged the wife out of the plane and went back for the husband and off duty nurse and a nurse practitioner took care of them until paramedics arrived. acadia university hosting the hoops against bullying tournament. "eyewitness news" here in glenside montgomery county. dozens of children separated into 18 teams to shoot hoops, to participate in anti-bullying workshops. acadia partnered with the community coalition for youth to teach the children. and we're going to check in with chelsea ingram. i thought i heard some thunder boom terse. she's in theers. she's in the weather center. >> we're monitoring severe weather moving across the delaware valley from west to east. here's a look at radar. there's a lot going on across the region, some extremely heavy rainfall. we have plenty of thunder and lightning. we're dealing with a flash

flood warning for portions of berks lehigh counties. this is until about 8:15 so there is so much going on. we have a severe thunderstorm warning that has been issued for hunterdon mercer middlesex somerset counties. this is until 6:30 p.m. and this is for winds in excess around 60 miles per hour not to mention the extremely heavy rainfall. we did have a severe thunderstorm warning for philadelphia. that has expired because it has weakened in that area. we're still dealing with the thunder, lightning strong winds and also the extremely heavy rainfall. we still need to be taking extra precaution even though that warning has been -- has been canceled for the philadelphia area. severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect for the rest of the delaware valley though but i have a feeling that we'll see some of these counties being chiseled away at as we head into the next couple hours because they are at this point in time behind that strong line of storms and things are going to be quieting down very much for those areas. here's a look at that flash flood warning you a telling you about. already saw over 2-inches of

rainfall in portions of berks, lehigh counties. this flash flood warning remains in effect until about 8:15 p.m. here's some great news though. we'll see some improvement as we head into your sunday. the rest of the holiday weekend once we get past the the next one or two hours things looking much better. tons of sunshine, even less in the way of humidity. plenty of sunshine on monday, more comfortable than what we saw throughout the day and independence day looking fantastic as well so some much better weather is heading our way. lots of rain cooled air across the lehigh valley into the poconos. we're in the 70's. even philadelphia checking in around 74 degrees at this hour. the official high temperature today at philadelphia international airport was 89. of course at times it felt a lot warmer than that and that was because the dewpoints were way up there in the 70's for much of the day t now dewpoints have fallen back into the upper 60's in allentown mount pocono, 70 in philadelphia. that's definitely making it feel very uncomfortable out there. dewpoints breaking down as we head into the next day

or so into the low to mid 60's through the remainder of the holiday weekend. while you'll still notice the humidity it's going to be more comfortable compared to what we dealt with throughout the day today. so these storms are going to be pushing off on the east. by 9 p.m. things very quiet other than a stray shower or storm in the poconos. heading into the overnight hours tonight we're dealing with partly cloudy skies, a couple of clouds in the morning. that will be followed by plenty of sunshine as we head into sunday so definitely better weather heading our way. down the shore great beach day in the forecast for the next three days. plenty of sunshine and high temperatures in the 80's. tonight partly cloudy warm muggy overnight low around 72 degrees. tomorrow is going to be a fantastic day. going to be lots of barbecues, lots of cookouts for the fourth of july. look for high temperatures in the lower 90's. even though it's still going to be warm it's going to be less humid compared to what we have dealt with throughout the day today. man that and humidity was for sure noticeable out there. here's a look at your seven-day forecast.

temperatures more seasonable by the middle of the week. as we head into wednesday a couple showers and storms around. >> thank you so much chelsea. lesley's got sports highlights. >> i have news, guys. free agency started at midnight in the nba. sixers with the most cap room but reportedly offering free agents one year deals so they can resign some of their young core starting next year. someone took that one year deal. sixers and jj redick agreed to a one year deal worth 23 million. the deal cannot be officially signed until july 6. reddick averaged over 15 points a game and shot 44 percent from the three-point land last season with the clippers sixers needed shooters. brian colangelo not finished. they signed amir johnson to a one year 11 million-dollar contract. the 12 year vet played the last seasons in boston. the 30-year-old averaging 7.5 points a game almost six

boards and and brings leadership. over in camden sixers finishing up the final day of mini camp before heading to utah monday night. all eyes of course will be on topic markelle fultz. sixers will be coached by assistant billy lang. he was asked what he wants to see from this team. >> just compete. let's represent sixers brand and sixers logo, represent the city of philadelphia, understand, you know, what philly basketball is, what we're frying to do here, which is build a brand of exciting basketball where guys pass and compete and if we get that with a bunch of guys that don't know each other they'll enjoy their experience. >> the warriors and steph curry agreed to a five year, $200 million contract extension, the biggest contract in nba history. the two time champion and m.v.p. is going to make $110,000 a day for the next five years. 40 million a year. pretty nice. phillies in queens taking on the mets.

hellickson on the mound for the phils. new yorkers have owned the phils since 2014, 44 and 20 against the fightans. no score in the second reyes at the plate. lucas duda will score and the phillies trailing one to nothing. fourth inning ty kelly with the grounder that should be a double play but zack wheeler drops the ball at first tommy joseph and nick williams score. phillies take the lead. mets come right back. duda back at the plate and just crushes this pitch. solo shot to dead center. right now the mets tied up at three in the sixth. free agency also started today in. the nhl. flyers making a couple moves as expected. they signed goalie bryant elliott from the flames. plus they signed forward mike. steve mason however has found a new home. he signed with winnipeg. two year $8.2 million contract. mason spent the last five years with the orange and black but he wanted out

because he didn't want to platoon with michal neuvirth. >> all right, lesley. >> bye-bye steve mason. >> thank you so much. appreciate that. still ahead wildfires continue to burn out west. we're going to show you what hot shot crew found in arizona that wil

>> ♪ >> welcome back. firefighters known as the flagstaff hot shots were caught on camera making an adorable little rescue. let's let you take a look at what they its a little hard to tell with the fire and darkness but in there capable hands are two little off and ons. the u.s. forest service says the two off and ons were separated from their mom trapped in the path of the goodwin fire as of saturday afternoon the goodwin fire burned more than 25,000 acres. now a nearby brian head utah evacuees of the brian head fire finally allowed to go home after nearly two weeks away. the brian head fire.

ed more than 59,000 acres. firefighters are fortunately continuing to contain those flames.

>> welcome back. the home. world famous ringling brothers and even a community used to clowning around when an 8,000-pound elephant got loose. according to her handlers kelly the elephant and another elephant worked together to

unlatch the gate to her enclosure on friday morning . >> [laughter] kelly took off. >> there's not a lot of places where elephants would be on the loose. just another day in circus city for us. >> very fun sort of playful personality mischievous in way. it was sort of out of the box for her, out of our grounds of course. >> kelly had a partner in crime in her escape. the directors of circus world say an escape like this has only happened one other time in the early 60's when they first old. kelly is still on the move. i guess. hard to miss if you see her. call authorities. chelsea what's happening with these storms. >> let's show you a look at storm scan3. we've been dealing with some very strong storms that have been pushing across the region and we're still dealing with heavy downpours located east of philadelphia. things are quieting down a little bit more in the city, still dealing with a little bit of light rain but it's looking much better much quieter later tonight. >> thanks for joining us. i'm natasha brown for lesley chelsea all of us here, we're

always on at cbsphilly.com. captioning sponsored by cbs >> ninan: the president's search for voter fraud. >> this is an outrageous violation of citizens' privacy rights. >> ninan: nearly two dozen states refuse to turn over voters' personal data. [gunfire] also tonight, a shooting inside an arkansas nightclub leaves dozens wounded. while a doctor in new york shoots up the hospital where he used to work. >> dead bodies and blood all over. >> ninan: up in smoke. sin city legalizes wreck rielleuation -- recreational pot sales. and hong kong marks 20 years of chinese rule with fireworks. and protest. >> this is the cbs this is the "cbs weekend n"