katie says some of us could see a storm, she times it out for us. and also a man is shot several times overnight in germantown and this comes on the heels of a rash of shootings in that very same area we are live with how officials are planning to address gun violence later today. plus this. president trump meet with world leaders preparing to meet for the g20 summit. i'm hanna daniels in new york with more on the president's second foreign trip of his administration. today is thursday, july 6th good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an eye on things. good morning. >> good morning. >> we are looking outside much like yesterday it was very busy out there. we are looking busy again, string of the accidents, lots of construction, obviously as well but accidents, yesterday, today, yes. >> what is up? >> weather still dry for the moment but this is day we have been mentioning if there is

wet weather on the way would i recommend walking outside with an umbrella. you will notice most of the region is still dry. we may eke out a relatively okay morning commute, but, you know, there is heavy rain just waiting nearby if you look closely, lower left-hand corner of your screen, soaking rain moving into the nation's capitol and that is essentially going to be moving up i-95 heading our way. we are finding light showers across new castle county, southern west most portion of the region here through lancaster and chester counties as well. we are off to a mild start. they will in the rebound that much. at best another 10 degrees out of the current temperatures in most locations. sixty-six for doyletown, quakertown, willow grove and 67 is the value in mount holly where national weather service regional headquarters is located. pool side, well, not the best day. i think that if you are desperate to get your lapness you can work around it and i would do it now but as day

goes on, showers, storms are going to start to ignite. they will be scattered in nature and come through off and on in fashion, but, it is, very much very cloudy and not that hot, meisha but with storms on the horizon if you hear thunder it is best to stay inside. >> did we ever get that pool inside. >> i didn't. >> well, i didn't either. but don't do it today because we will not show up. all right, thanks very much. we are looking outside, good morning, gateway to the weekend. looking down the shore, garden state parkway near cape may toll plaza looking fairly quiet. we have been looking at this all week licensing for those going to the shore, coming back from being down the shore , this is what it is looking like there. it has looked like that all week long. and speaking of bridges lets talk about the bridge, tacony palmyra bridge we will talk bit right now, coming back down. it went up, lets ship pass through and now back down. for those waiting on than that big thumbs up. we are looking good right now. also, we have been talking about this in delaware county

glenn olden delaware county we are talking about an accident here with entrapment. so, two vehicle accident, one in the pole, route 13 chester pike at gardener avenue. if i were you and this is your neck of the woody would stay away if at all possible. it will become, if in the already very busy around that area plus we're talking about construction, big construction in princeton, new jersey. we will talk more about this in the next 10 minutes, jim and rahel, back over to you. well, another violent night in germantown. >> man is in critical condition this morning after area's fourth shooting in two days. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live in germantown where a meeting is scheduled to address this gun violence, good morning trang do. >> reporter: good morning, rahel and jim. this community meeting was planned ahead of this recent wave of violence in germantown and just last night, police responded to yet another shooting add to go this disturbing trend. four shootingness two days and an alarming pattern of gun violence in the cities

germantown section. latest shooting happened just after 12:30 on thursday morning on the 5,000 block of germantown avenue. after several 911 calls, police arrived to find a 30 year-old man with gunshot wound to his neck, chest, torso and groin. officers rush him to temple university hospital where doctors are now fighting to save his life. >> it appears that the shooter walked up on this individual, fired multiple shots, striking the victim multiple times, due to the fact that he was hit so many times, it appears that he was in fact the intended target. >> reporter: this shooting comes on the heels of the three in germantown on wednesday, one fatal. >> when you think of public safety it is urgent. >> reporter: stephen kensey whose district includes germantown is hosting a public safety meeting which community members called after several armed robberies in the area. >> we decided to jointly work with the neighborhood association to bring police, security, folks together as well as town watch to have a conversation about what neighbors can do to protect

themselves or community at large. >> reporter: that meeting is scheduled for 6:30 tonight at wesley enhanced living on the 6300 block of green street but for now live, from germantown i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". new back to you. in other news a nine in old baby rolled on to a hypodermic needle in the manayunk section, this happened on the 200 block of green lane last night, medics found needle sticking out of the babies leg. we are told that the infant's father was with the child at the time of the incident and authorities are testing the needle, while the child is evaluated at the hospital. shame on you, shame on you >> protesters gathered outside senator pat toomey's office last night in harrisburg protesting begins the health care bill and its cuts to medicaid. they gave them several warnings before arresting six people, pat toomey held his first q and a session this year. overseas, this morning at

a press conference in poland president trump addressed north korea's very, very bad behavior. later today president head to germany for g20 summit and tomorrow meeting with vladamire putin. here's hanna daniels with more on the high stake meetings. >> they are behaving in a very , very, dangerous manner. >> reporter: president trump is in poland this morning on his way to the g20 summit tomorrow in germany. answering questions about what the u.s. was prepared to do about north korea's first successful test launch of the missle earlier this week capable of reaching alaska. >> i don't like to talk about what i have planned but i have some pretty severe things that we're thinking about, that doesn't mean we will do them. i don't draw red lines. >> reporter: in an emergency u.n. security council meeting, u.s. refused to take any options off the table. within of our capabilities lies with our considerable military forces. we will use them, if we must but we prefer not to have to

go in that direction. >> reporter: u.s. has been calling on china and russia to step up sanctions but official from his both countries have said more economic crackdown could destabilize north korea north key rehas another element to an already complex sit down, president trump has with russian president putin on friday in germany. first official bilateral meeting between u.s. and russian president in nearly two years. >> i think that is most important part of this meeting is to have a good exchange between president trump, president putin over what they both see is nature of this relationship between our two countries. >> reporter: trump administration says it is prepared to explore ways to tackle crisis in syria with russia, among options on the table, establishing in fly zones in the nation and coordinating delivery of humanitarian assistance. hanna daniels for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". in other news this morning congressman shot last month at a baseball practice in

virginia is back in the intensive care unit of the washington d.c. hospital. doctors say louisiana republican steve scalise has an infection and listed in serious condition. officials at med star washington hospital said they will provide an update later today. scalise was hit by gunfire at a practice before congressional baseball exhibition, gunman was shot and killed by law enforcement. new york city police department is america tragic looks of one of their own. authorities say the officer was in a park mobile command unit in the bronx when 34 year-old alexander bonds walk up and shot her in the head. bonds was shot and killed by police a block away. officer leaves behind three children n a letter james o'neill urged his fellow officers to protect each other and remain safe. similar ambush style shooting played out right here in philadelphia just last year , edward archer shot gist heart note multiple times as he sat in his patrol car in west philadelphia hartnett returned fire shooting archer.

police say archer confessed in the name of islam. he is scheduled today for a pretrial motions hearing today at 9:00 a.m. coming up next serious health issues on the rise with millennials. we will have details on the healthwatch. united airlines is back in the head lines for something that happened on a recent flight, find out why it took away a toddler's seat and resold it. 7-foot python gets loose in the philadelphia neighborhood where it came from and why some say, they weren't worried. >> ♪ >> this is a song you shake your hipps too but every time you hear shak ira, yes. >> speaking obfuscate i, she says it culled rain or a storm , whenever, where ever today. she will time it out next.

welcome back, 7-foot python is the talk of the one philadelphia neighborhood, after it sliterd, rahel and went for a tour of the neighborhood this would scare me but a lot of people in point breeze, "eyewitness news" caught up with the snake 's owner outside animal control in hunting park. si l.a. h picked up his python that sliterd, as jim just pointed out of his home in

point breeze earlier in the day. snake ended up in his neighbor 's front yard. >> i seen him, and pick it up, put it in the bag. i'm standing there watching everything. >> i have a two cats and kid, he is very domestic. he is only aggressive when it is time to eat. other than that it is just another pet he is fine just another pet he says, shabazz believe the snake may have escaped when he left front door opened. that will do it. lets hope he doesn't leave the door opened anymore. >> he is only aggressive when he need to eat. >> my goodness. >> yes. >> what do snakes eat. >> mice. >> and they swallow it whole in competition with the cat. >> all right. >> katie, i wouldn't want to be there. >> interesting point there. >> oh, my goodness, let's just completely switch gears, and we will talk about the forecast, today.

okay. so we have wet weather out there at the moment. most widespread and heaviest, anywhere from, washington all the way down toward norfolk virginia area and chesapeake bay but this is all headed our way and we will be dealing with off and on rounds of rain and or thunderstorms, some of which could be locally gusty in the southern half of the region but at this point anytime it is fair game but especially into the mid to late day, we will see what looks like steady chance for showers, thunderstorms, firing up out there and then additional wet weather, into the first half of the day. here's my advice, keep the umbrella nearby right through tomorrow at least first half and you will be okay. don't want to get stuck. it could be locally dousing. ample moisture. keep that in mind. today also not the best opportunity, to hit the beach, we are not going to see this bright, blue sky as a backdrop but we will see showers, storms, overcast skies otherwise along jersey shore

and delaware beaches. water temperatures creeping up , upper 60's and daytime high at the beach at 78 degrees w that said we will go back in the city and anyone is fair game for showers and storms. that includes philadelphia your high only 80. you will not get benefit today of solar heating. looking forward to the weekend , it gives us a nice trade off. back to the mid to upper 80's throughout weekend and monday and sun returns too, meisha. >> yes. >> get over here, katie. >> bring it in. bring it in. >> all right. >> this is what i'm talking about on this thursday morning thank you so much. that weekend makes us so happy especially because we are dealing with a little bit of rain, today, little bit of rain tomorrow and then we will get to that sunshine. today for our morning commute looking at the boulevard pushing in the southbound direction we are starting to build up levels right new but every camera shot, still looking dry so enjoy it while you have it because it is

going to change. i will be right there with you i'm taking a dream drive jumping on those roadways with you. headlights moving in the eastbound direction near king of prussia both directions starting to heat upright new and ben franklin bridge first look, you can see it starting to get busy. this is time when we start to look and it sometimes does. it looks busier then what we can see in the westbound direction a lot more to come in a little bit, rahel, back over to you. fire fighters out west where wild fires burning in the dozens of states forcing hundreds of evacuations, latest greg in the breaking ridge, colorado, hot, dry weather fueling flames, several new fires popped up in southern california this week. out of control fire is burning in northern nevada, the ranch fire in the pal mean owe valley has charred acres. one home has burned down and residents are asked to leave their homes and take their animals with them. in the healthwatch more reason to get a good night

sleep. scientists found a possible link between sleeping problems and increased risk for alzheimer's disease. researchers from the university of wisconsin found people who reported worse sleep quality and more daytime sleepiness had more biological markers for always highamers in their spinal fluid. also, new research reveals more millennials are having strokes according to an analysis by scientific american. the studies show a 32 percent spike in strokes among women age 18 to 34, and that 15 percent jump in males of the same age. doctors say this recent surge is preventable. >> almost a perfect storm of problems, so you've beesty, eating too much, exercise to go little, gaining weight, not being active, all of these factors can combine to this situation where the body just can't deal with that. >> the research mentioned that drug use may also be a factor in the increased number of strokes that have been recorded among millennials.

harmful uv rays are one of the top health concerns during the summer months. >> they are for me but is there a high tech way to monitor effects of all that time in the sun, cbs news correspondent, danielle nottingham has more from los angeles. >> reporter: junior life guard in training tatiana cruz spend time in the sun. >> i use sun screen and i reload on sun screen, every two hours. >> reporter: sixteen year-old said she's worried about getting skin cancer so she's trying this high tech wearable called my uv patch to machine for her sun exposure. it contain photo sensitive dy es that exposes ultraviolet rays. users scan the patch and receive sun safety tips based on the results. >> this is a way to tell them when to rhea lie. when to tell them is there sun damaging on even though you don't see it. >> reporter: doctor gene rubinstein says sun damage is cumulative.

whether you use the patch or other app connected wearables, awareness can help prevent skin cancer. >> so wearables have a potential to gauge someone like a teenager or child to where they can understand is there a link between how much they put on, how much time they stay outside, and the sun exposure that they get. >> reporter: doctor rubinstein and people should not rely solely on technology when it comes to being sun smart, be sure to use sun screen that provide uva and b protection and reapply every two hours. after 20 minutes wearing the patch, cruz got a red alert. >> very surprised i was in the sun a bit. >> reporter: she said her experience will encourage her to wear even more sun screen in the future. danielle nottingham for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> i look like i'm wearing a long white sleeve shirt outside. >> that is good protect myself >> sun's not my friend. why a toddler who his seat and why his mommies so upset bit.

>> meisha's taking us on another dream drive. >> this is our home, this is my summer place. >> i was going to say i love it here. >> all kind of beautiful gardens all in one spot, but see animals this place attract s and others coming

we are looking ahead to the week end that promises fantastic weather, i expect sunny skies, especially sunday looking phenomenal, highs in the mid to if not upper 80's, on the breezy side but in the meantime wet weather to track and we will track it later on for you, guys. all right, katie, thank you. for a look at newspaper headlines across the region. >> former montgomery county youth center employee is heading to prison. thirty-five year-old joel springer of philadelphia was sentenced to 23 months in the county jail after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a 18 year-old female resident of the facility last summer.

from the press of atlantic city tuition and fees at stockton and rowan university will increase for upcoming academic year. stockton board of trustees approved a 2.5 percent increase, and tuition and fees an increase of $327. rowan university trustees recent lay proved a 2.4 percent increase which amounts to $315. in the reading eagle they faces of reading loom larger than life on the side of franklin street station. giant video portraits of local resident will be projected from eight to midnight throughout the month to highlight opening of the film, this is reading, on july 14th. that is a look at newspaper headlines around the delaware valley. >> um-hmm, united airlines is once again apologize to go a passenger. >> after a toddler is bumped out of his seat and forced to sit on her mother's lap. shirley was the plane last thursday with her two-year old son, she said boy was sitting in his purchased seat, when a man came up, claiming that was

his seat. he notified flight attendant and she said, shrugged and said plane was full before walking away. >> i had to move my son on to my lap, he is 25-pound, half of my height, i was very uncomfortable, my hand, my arm was smashed up against the wall. i who feeling in my legs and my left arm. >> spokesmen for airline says gate agents in accurately scanned the boarding pass. they claim their system showed him as not checked in so his seat was given to a stand bypass eveninger. >> can you imagine that is a long uncomfortable flight. they did give her a refund. well, coming up next on "eyewitness news" a car made out of glass. >> um-hmm. >> plus search continues for two people who robbed and terrorized worker in a local restaurant and their weapons are so unique it should help track them down. life guard is a salted in ocean city what led to the altercation, meisha?

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i'm jim donovan, good morning. >> i'm rahel solomon. it is 6:30. here's what you need to know to start dare in the morning minute on today, july 6th, 2017. just last night police responded to yet another shooting add to go this disturbing trend. a man is hospitalized after he was found shot several times in germantown. anyone fair game to at least see a few showers if not thunder throughout the course of the day. and we have got out of the actual house, i cannot say it is surprising i did have the door opened.

>> the pet python is back in the point breeze home after slittering on are home in a neighbor's garden. >> never been closer to poland then we are right now. >> president trump is in poland meeting with the polish president ahead of the g20 meeting in germany tomorrow. it was another big night for sixers first overall pick markelle fultz. he had 23 points in summer league action including four, three pointers. big accomplishment, i'm not a guy from here and left and never coming back. i look forward to coming back. >> philly's own kevin hart talking about what his hometown tribute means to him. >> it is kevin hart day in philadelphia and mural will be unveiled later today. lets go out to katie. if you want to see that, you may want to bring an umbrella. >> not the war idea. that is my advice, thaw want to keep an umbrella ready to

go toss it in, as you hit the road even though i'm clearly not using it right now, it is sitting right around the corner here just in case and we have wet weather heading our way. it is not over philadelphia county and some of this isn't actually hitting the ground just yet. sometimes that radar is deceiving because we have light breeze beginning to show up across berks, as well as bucks, montgomery counties, chester county. it doesn't mean it is hitting that ground just yet but in new castle delaware we did see a report, it just depend where you are, nothing more than very, very light rain and generally across western half of the region. seventy-one at philadelphia international airport. seventy-one in atlantic city. sixty-one mount pocono. comfortable beginning of the morning do not expect these values to climb, we have a thick overcast skies overhead and showers and storms rumbling through we will in the rebound that far. 80 degrees in the city of philadelphia today and then again showers and storms are out there, throughout the day,

really hitting anyone at anytime, although, we certainly are getting off to an okay start, weather-wise for your morning drive. as day goes on those chances will increase for showers and locally heavy thunderstorms. we will end up with really pleasant weather, the weekend promises to be a gem, and i'll let you know how long that trend last this time around later in the show, meisha. >> katie, thanks very much for that very good morning, we are bracing ourselves for rain to move in, enjoy while we have them and for the most part most places we are seeing outside camera shots. route 42, taillights moving in the southbound direction toward ac expressway headlights moving in the north bound direction where we are seeing the bulk of the movement right now moving toward as if you will make your way toward center city. i-95 south moving in the southbound direction, but it is bus there i might want to pack on a couple extra minutes on your commute jumping on interstate i-95 toward center city. schuylkill at boulevard

headlights moving in the eastbound direction what we are looking at there but it is westbound side once you jump off the boulevard and on to the schuylkill westbound right around the boulevard and city avenue, we are seeing brake lights there. i would say you might want to add a couple extra minutes there then we have been looking at bigger construction project in princeton, new jersey. route 206, is closed between carter road and elm road, this is through september 30th, quite sometime, your alternate , route one or princeton pike mercer road, route 606 busies being detoured, jim, back over to you. well, new, this morning a man is fighting for his life after shooting in the citiese germantown section on the 5,000 block of germantown avenue just after 12:30. police say 30 year-old victim was shot multiple times and rush to the hospital, police believe victim was targeted, so far no arrests have been made. residents displaced by high rise fire in center city

were begin to a return home. chopper three was over that scene at 13th and walnut just after 7:00 p.m. the fire was started on the second floor but smoke made its way through roof of the 13 story building. everyone did make it out of the building safely. and still no word on what caused this two alarm fire in burlington county new jersey that left a fire fighter injury. chopper three was over that scene at a condo complex off route 38 at yarmouth lane. authorities say that fire broke out 4:45 yesterday afternoon, red cross right now is assisting four displaced families. that injured fire fighter is expect to be okay. search is on for robbers with a weapon using to it terrorize restaurant workers in jenkintown this weekend. take a look at this surveillance video from the mexican grill on the 200 block of old york road. male suspect was wearing a freddie kruger wolverine style bladed glove, female suspect was arm with the butcher knife >> it was a distinct glove we are hoping somebody in the

public might recognize somebody who possessed this glove, but witt tonight essayed he was proficient witt , you can see he hold him up to the victim's throat. >> well, in of the employees were hurt, but if you recognize suspects please contact the police. five men charge after police say they got in the fight with life guard on the beach in ocean city this happened on the eighth street beach around 4:30 tuesday, several families complained to life guard about a rudy bunch of people who appeared to be intoxicated. they were using loud, vulgar language. life guard asked men to keep it quiet, asked for their cooperation but this escalated into a physical confrontation. >> other people gotten involved, they had other people there, they could have gotten involved. it did not happen n1 else got hurt. war parties they took the attention of the life guard away from the water, on the beach, and, instead of the life guard focusing on the people out in the water. >> when police arrived we are told the group began to

assault officers as all five men were arrested. average credit scores reached a railroaded high in recent changes to the industry could be more good news for consumers. >> cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger joins us from new york with more, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning. >> so first remind us about system and why it is so important. >> well, remember that credit reporting and scoring is used to determine your ability to repay loans and can impact the cost of borrowing. but also your chance to rent an apartment or ability to purchase insurance w information from the reporting agencies, scores are generated the most widely used one is fi co that range from 300 to 850. company recently said average score just hit 700, that is the highest in a dozen years. >> nice. >> amazing. >> so what are the changes that could help increase peoples scores. >> well there are three nationwide consumer credit reporting co, equifacts,

spherion and trans union. they have implemented another phase of their national consumer assistance plan which was lawn inched 2015 to make credit reports more accurate but also to make it easier for consumers to correct any errors. as of july 1st the company is now enforcing much more strict rules about the accuracy of data that they collect. now that includes the reporting of civil judgments and tax liens so a lot of people will see those judgments orleans removed from their reports, and that could help boost credit scores of up to get this 12 million americans by 10 to 40 points. so for more on how this industry is become much more consumer friendly we have a big post on jill on money.com a little bit of good news for consumers as the summer begins >> i recommend people check their credit scores at lee once a year, it is free,

thanks, jill. well, did you know this? i didn't know this, rahel. gorilla glass that is what is used for iphone screens. glass maker corning is introducing a concept car that uses it in passenger vehicles. corning says glassies thinner, lighter, stronger then regular glass and they say it could help with fuel economy, but there is always a but, big drawback it is more expensive then regular glass. >> learn something new every day. "eyewitness news" is hitting road tomorrow for summer if he celebration. this week we are heading to berks county for 68th annual kutztown foulke festival. >> we will show you traditions with some special places around kutztown, all of the fun starts tomorrow morning on cbs-3. then ukee washington, lauren casey, vittoria woodill will have special coverage on "eyewitness news" and that begins at 5:00 p.m. >> bring back shoe fly pie. coming up meisha takes us on another dream drive. >> kevin hart day in philadelphia.

>> aim not a guy from here that left and never comes back >> kevin hart sits down with ukee washington to talking about honored in his hometown, pat. >> this weekend you have a chance to see your favorite former villanova basketball stars take the court together in a singlee limb nation tournament worth a lot of money, we will tell you where to go as we sit down with mike nard i and reggie reading obtain super know of, that is just ahead. >> just ahead. >> flash back in time today with this music. >> fool in the rain. >> don't be a fool in the rain says katie fehlinger, not that exact quote but, yeah, bring your umbrella you may be a fool in the rain, when it starts coming down. we will have more we will be right back.

welcome back to "eyewitness news" on this kevin hart day in philadelphia >> it is first birthday too. they are honoring favorite sun , funny man and philanthropist. part of the tribute is a huge mural officially dedicated to day at germantown and erie avenue in north philadelphia. a block where he grew up. ukee washington talked to kevin who said he loves the city of philadelphia. >> i eat, sleep, breathe philadelphia it is not something i take for granted. i am who i am because of this city. whenever i can come back and show that i care, it is necessary. >> he is always welcome here. hardest working man in show biz is a philanthropist. when he could not make to it our cbs-3 ronald mcdonald house tell-a-thon he made a generous donation of $10,000 to be exact. so, again, big thank to you him and happy birthday,

congratulations. >> congratulation is yes. >> imagine having a rahel solomon day. >> sound goods. >> who do you have to talk to. >> you never know you know ukee washington, so things can happen. ukee washington day don't you think. >> yes. >> he has been honored with so many award. >> we should all have a day, when is jim donovan dayy just want a day off, even though i have monday and tuesday i have i want more. >> you had, king of three day weekend. >> lets get outside, eyewitness watcher up and adam , thanks for these reports i want to focus across southern observations because we are starting to see rain, show up in our observations right now, jason checks with a light rain in middletown, delaware where it is mild 72 degrees. very good advice, make sure umbrella ace handy. seventy from delores. she too reporting very light rain. she came from from a mini vacation in the rain where it was in the 90's.

very, very warm. so in the meantime, fran's out in nottingham where on the radar it looks like something is hitting the ground. it is not hitting the gun some times radar can play tricks on you. you just have cloud there. chester county it looks like it is raining. and cloud squeeze out some moisture and some could be, and, heavy rain, and, it is working its way toward beltway area of d.c. and this will work its way toward us over the course of the day. we're talking generally scattered, off and on round of showers, embedded thunderstorms and some rain heavier at times. just pack your umbrella in your work bag, cart it with you rest of the day and have it on stand by. you won't to have deal witt all day long but you don't want to get stuck underneath one of those pockets. right through tomorrow that possibility of showers and storms is out there then it clears out. then it looks good. sunday, monday mid 80's, sunny

skies, light wind, low humidity, meisha, you the sound awesome. those will be next nice days of the forecast. >> they look beautiful, i can tell you people bracing for wet roadways to come. they will be moving in right now good news is enjoy dry roadways while we have them. looking outside, guess what we are busy. we are getting busy. vine moving in the westbound correction toward schuylkill, bumper to bumper very slow there, and blue route north bound approaching route one both directions north bound and southbound looking okay but we see slow down more as we push in the 7:00 o'clock hour. 422 headlights moving in the eastbound direction past oaks, congestion levels here looking really, really nice. 422 basically, you are looking at a big thumbs up, and looking on the construction in princeton as well, and, the project, 206 northbound closed between carter road and elm road through september 30th. your alternate route one or princeton pike mercer road,

route 606 that busies now detoured just a head up on that and also we're talking about a sinkhole this morning as well route 63 more land road eastbound between davis ville road and route 611, that right lane compromised there. getting busy, pat, over to you this saturday at philadelphia university the basketball tournament gets underway. teams from across the country will battle it out with the winning squad taking home two million-dollar. joining me from team super nova a villanova alumni we have coach mike nard i and forward reggie reading. how are you doing. >> good. >> what sit like for you as head coach you have to bring these guys together to get them ready for a tournament they have in the played together in a long time. >> yeah, you know, it is just a matter of organizing everything trying to get everybody on the same page, people living in different areas and just trying to come up with a time that works best for everybody. >> reggie, you have played in this tournament before. what is competition like.

i'll sure with their being a two million-dollar pry. it is pretty good. >> it is great competition. guys are competing, playing hard, trying to win that two million-dollar but it is good competition for us during you the summer and we are looking forward to it. >> mike, those that don't know a lot about the tournament, what sit, who can they sianni what can they see when they come out on saturday. >> just former great college players, guys who may be overseas playing, guys who were in the d league and i mean with our team just a bunch of former villanova greats. we are just looking forward having to a chance obviously winning such a, you know, a large amount of money,. >> sure. >> it will be a great tournament. we have to win six games to get to 2 million. >> just like ncaa tournament. >> that is right. >> and then you have 2mil. >> lets go back tour playing days, 2006 through 2010. is what your fondes memory of being a wild contacted.

>> for sure our final four run in 2009, it is something i will always remember but still when the team won a championship a couple years ago it brought back the memories and that was a great year for us. that is my most fond memories you are in germany now playing this pennsylvania season i was in germany playing in munich. it was cool. germany is a cool country, good city good league. we had a pretty good year. germany is a good country i like it over there you played as well at nova. you have gotten a chance to be an assistant with jay wright working, playing under him, what sit like being part of it >> coach wright is a great guy he is legitimate. he does it the right way and just give meehan opportunity to come back to my alma matter and being part of that campus and that community, and he is always looking to stay in contact with our former players and just help them in

anyway that he can, i'm grateful to be back on the staff. they have had great years bring got there now we are trying to continue that. >> what was it like being part of the championship run. >> unbelievable. i felt like a little kid watching his favorite team. >> reggie, two million-dollar on the line, will you win. >> that is the plan. >> this tournament kicks off on saturday at philadelphia university. super nova plays 7:45 saturday night but tickets if you want to go out the tournament.com is where you wanting to. mike nard i, gentlemen, appreciate it. good luck. jim and rahel, meisha back to you. >> of course they will win, come on, man. >> thank you. >> well, if you want to get farm life in the city you are in luck. >> meisha took another one of her dream drives recently. >> yes to the place with ton of gardening inspiration in our very own backyard. you could see tropics and drink in the bounty of summer. should we go for a ride.

>> yes. >> let's go. >> one thing i am exited to see is gardens, and in particular, the vegetable gardens. horticultural center in fair mount park is blooming with plant life both inside its greenhouse full of tropical plants and outside in the pennsylvania summer sunshine. where are we because this is a beautiful haven back here. >> where we are right now thinks humming bird garden. >> love this. >> what we have here is various flowers, and plants that are with the bird, right here, that is a honey suckle this is a burning bush. >> when we have people that come here they get to enjoy it >> public comes, they get to teach them, teach classes. >> yes. >> and that is why i love it so much. >> this is edible landscape demonstration garden, a penn state master gardener project.

the point is to show the home owner in philadelphia or the renter, resident of philadelphia what they can grow to eat in small spaces. >> right now this sexist most herbs. behind you are peppers, sweet, hot raised bed new this year and growing squash, tomatoes, beans, and ocra and cucumbers. >> i'm so hungry for a salad. i can think of those cucumbers , tomatoes. >> i will see what you can go home with all right. >> as senior arts class that is going on, they do various paintings, throughout the guardens. >> this is our home. this is my summer place. >> i was going to say i love it here. it is just an incredible place you are very lucky to be working here. >> thank you. >> i like our studio in the morning but not as much as here, not as much. >> that is great. >> yeah. >> wasn't that the greatest. you have been there before. >> i mced several events.

>> a lot of weddings, beautiful, i love how they were teaching people how to do gardening off balance conn irv their condo, apartment or small spaces where you might want to know that stuff. >> ripping lettuce right out of the ground to make yourself a salad there. >> yes. >> beautiful place, if you have ever been, got to go there. >> we will be right back. >> with three to go.

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a community meeting is taking place in germantown neighbors there will be discussing their concerns over gun violence. meeting was already planned comes after four recent shootingness germantown one overnight. >> president trump is in poland meeting with the polish president a few hours ago tomorrow he helped to germany for g20 summit today is kevin hart day in philadelphia comedian will be honored with a mural and germantown and erie avenue later today, it his birthday, very it if you go, kevin hart day that is three to go lets check on weather and traffic. >> yeah, we are off to a relatively calm start, with time we will see showers, thunderstorms, push through the region here. so shout out to kutztown area middle school tomorrow we will see cbs-3 mobil weather watcher driving down street here as we head out there for summer fest but very cloudy

beginning to the day, and very quick check of storm scan shows you it is heavier rain currently working around beltway heading our way coming through in scattered fashion with you keep umbrella hand which showers and storms on the horizon, anytime, the rest of the day. weekend still looks good especially sunday and machine lag like beautiful days. >> yeah, yeah. >> please. >> all right. >> thank you very much. we are looking outside your commute is looking okay, typical congestion levels clearly. schuylkill at montgomery drive pushing in thee bound direction toward center city. westbound side okay hung up around city avenue or so, 42 freeway north bound approaching 295 what we are looking at there looking good. >> well, next up this morning high cost of prescription drugs and how you may be able to save money on your medication. >> always a good thing. join us each weekday morning here on cbs-3 starting dark and early at 4:30. have a great day.

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