>> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. >> developing right now, a military plane crashes and exploded in mississippi killing more than a dozen people. we'll tell you what the plane was caring that's creating a danger for neighbors. >> also, police make arrest as they continue to search for four young men who went missing in bucks county. the place where searches are now focusing their efforts. >> no respect for authority. robber targets fast-food customer directly across from a philadelphia police station. the one thing the victim did after handing over cash that

caused -- caught a robber by surprise. >> today is tuesday, july 11, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. >> good morning, happy, great day today, jimmy? >> have you her her forecast? >> oh, always a great day. this is why god invented air-conditioning. >> you killed it. looking outside just a lot of construction out there, i'm thinking the same old song every day. >> yes, and you know, i will be actually, too, this weekend, 90s, heat, humidity, thunderstorms, primarily going to be in the p.m. hours. morning drive all-in-all doesn't look like all that impacted more of a pm issue. when you take a look outside here, okay, looks can be deceiving sometimes. it is a very tranquil looking view, right? but let's look at the current conditions, okay, what what time in the morning? 5:00 # one, and only 77 degrees? it actually feels warmer like it is almost 80, because we've got the southwest winds flow, modest winds flow, helping to

bring in the warmth, it is helping to bring in the moisture, and that as a result means our dew points are little higher. so feels more humid to you when you walk out the door. in short, the next few days, are going to be very much like this, but there are worse days than other when it comes to the heat, certainly whether it comes to potential for thunderstorms, as women. today, still expecting pretty scattered thunderstorms you don't want to get caught in this, even this isolated pocket that just popped up along part of the pa turnpike. that will drench you even though brief it, will drench you. may not be the worse idea to keep your umbrella on stand by. most of the first half of the day looks fine, primarily the second half you'll see the showers and storms pop up. even then not widespread, more hit and miss, but still locally heavy, potentially strong with very gusty winds, 77, though, we mentioned is the current value, at philadelphia, also in atlantic city and wildwood. as the day goes on, i expect 94 on the mercury. this is just one day of that. >> all right, katie, thank you so much. it is going to be hot.

so pack those waters, in your vehicles with you. and, by the way, walking around outside, have extra water, getting yourself water, pass it onto someone outside. it is going to be super hot and can be dangerous, ben franklin bridge what we are being looking at now, nice dry roadways of course. but, i will say, that already kind of with a we were saying about 95, southbound, moving toward center city, also looking like this, a lot of movement already. sometimes when we see that in the early 5:00 hour just means that things will be very busy today. they were yesterday. but more into the 6:00 hour, today they're already starting, cracking into the 5:00 hour. disable vehicle here, blocking the intersection of spring garden street at broad street. even just heads up. trying to move that out of the way now. construction, on 95 south between new hope, route 332, crews are still out there, hopefully that gets moved out of our way, a lot more to talk about in the next ten minute, jim, rahel, back to you. >> man is behind bars this morning, as the search continues for four young men who mysteriously vanished from

bucks count. >> i police are not calling the man they have in custody a suspect but they are focusing their investigation on his family's property on solebury township. trang do live near the police stationary in solebury township with an update now. good morning, trang. >> reporter: we are just down the road from one of those properties, at the center of the this investigation. the da hearsays he's confident that this mysterious case will be involved, but there are still so many missing pieces including how the man who was arrested yesterday may be connected to all of. >> this take a look at this chopper three video from monday, county, state, federal investigators including the fbi are focusing their efforts on this property in solebury. investigators also collected evidence from another property in bensalem, owned by the same family. they're searching for evidence in the troubled case of four missing young men, two teenagers. jimi patrick went missing, andean finocchiaro, sturgis,

went missing. there are indications the men know one another, he does suspect foul play. >> we've been treating this from the outset as criminal investigation, and nothing has deterred that to this point. >> this investigation, the leads incredibly hot, very fruitful, making great progress, but there is so much more work to do. >> and in a related development, police arrested 19 year old cosmo dinardo whose family owns both properties under scrutiny by investigators. he was arrested on unrelated weapons charges, and has not been named as a suspect but again sources say he could be connected to the disappearance. now we do expect an update from the da coming up at 11:00 r now, liver in solebury township, trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news," rahel, jim, back to you. >> trang, thank you. >> new this morning, bold and violent robbery directly across from a busy police station. this happened just after 11:30 last night at the wendy's at

broad and champ plows. the 57 year old victim told officers he was about to order at the drive-thru when a man walk up to his car and stunning a rival through his window. the police department's 35th district is right across the street in this well literary. >> the 57 year old victim gave up $7, and then the victim grabs the barrel of the rifle. that's when the perpetrator fired one shot striking the victim in his hands. >> this individual either did not know that the police station was there or didn't care. >> now it, cents victim is in stable condition. police have not confirm whether the shooter used natural rifle or something else such as a bb gun. >> now on to the developing story this morning, at least 16 people are dead after us military plane crashes in mississippi. >> hena daniels live in new york with more on this crash. good morning, what can you tell us? >> good morning, rahel, jim. the deadly crash prompted urgent rescue effort in one of the most rural regions of mississippi.

the marine corps says that operated the plane but hasn't said where the flight began or where it was going. a military plane crashed in rural mississippi monday afternoon, killing at least 16 people on board. according to the emergency management chief. witnesses say, the marine corps refueling tanker was seen spiraling towards the ground into a soybean field, about 85 miles north of jackson. >> it was loud, scary, just scary. i seen all of the black smoke, horrifying. >> all of the marine corps spokesperson would say so far is that it experienced mishap. the flames burned for hours of the witnesses say so hot that at one point firefighters had to pull back. >> sprague the foam on it.

every time, it light back up. >> warning resident to stay away. >> we don't want nobody out there. you have fuel everywhere. so we don't want anybody out, responders, in the area. >> the local fire chief says debris from the crash is being found within a 5-mile radius. and while the investigation is still in the preliminary stages, authorities don't believe foul play was to blame for the crash. a press conference is scheduled for later this morning. jim, rahel? >> thank you, hena. >> back here at home, today is the thirds day of the hearing to decide if 16 members every penn state fraternity will face trial in the death after pledge. the defendants a periods in center county court on charges including involuntary manslaughterment 189 year old timothy piazza died after heavy night of drinking during alleged hazing ritual last february. attorneys for the piazza family and the defendant spoke outside the courtroom. >> jim piazza told me from the courthouse to the car that there wasn't a moment today

that he couldn't stop thinking about his son, tim. >> this is a terrible tragedy, the ems family feels absolutely compassionate, and deeply sorry about the loss of this young man, but we can't equate tragedy with criminality. >> total of 18 frat members face charges, two have wade their preliminary hearing. >> in chester county controversy around the sunoco pipeline in west goshen township continues this morning. officials filed a complaint hoping the public utility commission won't put an end to the project. the commission will decide whether or not to stop work on the natural gas liquid pipeline today. folks nearby in west whiteland blame the company for brown water last week. west goshen township's attorney says the station goes against the agreement. >> there wasn't going to be any above grounds facilities, except that the station, their station on the other side of 202. and we're trying to stop putting anything on this

particular piece of property. >> i think they should at least make sure that the pipeline is headed in the right direction, and is safe for all people who are going to be around it. >> now, sunoco spokesperson says the company has back up water supplies for resident, as a precaution. >> well, who doesn't like free stuff? check your calendar, it is 7-eleven, that means, free slurpees at 7-eleven. >> sure does, participating 7-eleven's will be serving small slurpees at no cost from 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. the convenience store has been doing free slurpee day since 2002, any flavor including the newest one cotton cans. >> i i would like to try that one. may want to grab the umbrella before you leave today. this is a i have will being look at storm scan3. storms may be problematic for part of our region. katie times it out in her full forecast. >> and a us army soldier facing terror charges this morning, we will tell you the serious accusations the fbi is

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>> double shooting in germantown left a woman in critical condition. authority tell us more than 30 shot fired along the 5,000 block of germantown avenue, just before 1:00 a.m. police say 22 year old was had just walked out of chinese take out restaurant when shot in the back.

police do not believe she was the intended target. twenty-five year old plan was also shot in the back. he's in stable condition. >> around the very same time, less than mile away, authority responds today gunshots along the 5200 block of germantown avenue. police saw the women found, with gunshot wounds to the foot. hospital in the stable condition. right now police trying to determine if these two shootings are connected. >> authority say us army soldier base in the hawaii pledged his allegiance to isis, now facing terror charge, federal officials arrested 34 year old over the weekends as part every sting operation, following a year long investigation. authorities say he offered to provide isis with a military support not noll egg weigh dealing with f.b.i. agent. >> included providing military document, persons he believed would pass them to isis, be involved in the purchase after drone, with the intent that it

would be provided to isis, in providing combative training to an individual he believed was affiliated with isis. >> scary stuff. now, according to his military record he he was deployed to afghan innocent in 2013, iraq in 2011, even observed global war on terrorism service medal. authorities say no military documents ever reached isis. >> residents in minnesota are cleaning up debris after tornado ripped through part of the state. the national weather service says the twist i hit 20 miles south every minneapolis. it lasted for about 30 seconds. it was powerful enough to move large vehicles, while downing dozens every trees. >> a camper moved 15, 20 feet. and it tipped on it sides over, broke out the back window. >> trees kind of fell in a way the right way and didn't fall directly on out or didn't fall directly on any vehicle. so we got lucky. >> that is good news, work

remembers now repairing power lines and downed polls. sector nato touched down 4 miles north of the first one on sunday night. no injuries were reported in either case. back here at home talking about stormy, steamy weather. >> indeed. steamy. >> definitely, and we're really going to be feeling that humidity in the next couple of days with our daytime highs reaching the mid 90s, then sky-rocketing into even triple digit territory when it comes to how it will actually feel when you walk out the door, but in addition to the heat and humidity, you also have to deal with thunderstorms along the way here too. we start thing offer by looking at storm scan three the more region wide level where there are some heavy thunderstorms already popping up across part of central pa you see here in the last hour or two. >> now they fizzled somewhat around central pa, but regardless, we will still end up as the day goes on, with sunshine backing us here at the surface, helping to get the instability going, stronger storms, we will cover that in a second. but in a wide zoom, cluster of heavier thunderstorms also moving its way just over the

ohio river valley, i don't think this really impact us, it should either fizzle or stay off to the south and west, but regardless, still stuck in this pattern, and later on today we all end up with possibility of showers or storms. and that is pretty much in line with where the marginal risk for severe weather comes no play here. again, i don't think we are talking about any toronado activity, that's not a concern, it is mainly gusty wind, heavy downpours, frequent lightning as primary issues anything that does pop up, mainly through the second half of the day. right now the model indication, mainly north, the northern half of the delaware val i would get struck by that, so the storms have their benefit works at least come through a neighborhood, help cool that off briefly. but the rest every us, if you don't any rain, you're stuck in the humidity. look, what's this called, the discomfort index, how oppressive it is about to feel. dew points sit in the 70s, very likely over the entire span of the next three days. that is steamy weather. so, finds an air conditioner

near you, or at least a pool to jump in. because you'll be uncomfortable otherwise, gout to take care. landscapers, postal workers, you know, ups drivers, talking to you guys, take it easy, since you must be out in. >> this i want you to take care of yourselves. so 94 degrees is the call today. it will feel even hotter than that of course when you factor in the humidity, always does, just watch for the scattered showers, storms, dropping to 76 tonight. but this isn't even where it is the hottest jim, lock at this, thursday is where we peak. we flirt with record high no less, meisha, of 98 degrees. and you'll have to dodge thunderstorms right through friday. >> man, just get worse from today on. all right, katie, thank you so much. good morning, everyone, happy tuesday, all right, so looking outside right now, looking at the vine closure, between the schuylkill and broad. westbound, eastbound side, closed, now open. westbound, eastbound, actually looking pretty good. we progress, now through the 5:00 hour. i will say say though it is looking busier today this exact same time as it was yesterday. so just minds full note there.

skunk at city avenue wean push in the westbound direction, starting to pick up here little bit. isodont want to say it is typical but we start to see movement push in the 5:00 hour, specially early on in the week monday through wednesday, 422 near route 29. also another area, headlights moving in the eastbound direction, another area starting to pick up, just little quicker than what we typically see, probably going to be pretty busy morning. now, want to pull your attention to construction in delaware, traffic shift, i'll move out of your way so you can see there is so 295 south past delaware memorial bridge, one lane open, 295 the ramp to route 13 closed this is going to be re-opening around 6:00 a.m. then, closing at 6:00 a.m., of, you can see at the bottom of your screen, 259 southbound to 495. take a look at this picture, letting you know how busy it is already out there. more on this coming up in a little bit. rahel, back over to you. >> for a look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> wilmington proposed gun

offender registry would require residents convicted every gun crimes to periodically check in with police or face penalties, was put on hold by city council last night. vote on the registry being delayed pending further discussion. >> and the burlington county times, children are receiving better education in burlington county. but their over well-being has declined. that is according to report compiled by the non-profit advocate for children of new jersey. the report ranks burlington county ninth out of 21 counties in educating and 15th d welling. >> from the reading eagle, spike lee will be coming to redding this year after all. on september 8th and 9th, the sitly host the reading sport festival will feature live music, and cycling races for children, and recreational and professional cyclists from across the country. >> and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >> and pat's here with a preview of sports. good morning, pat. >> good morning, guys, last night, slugger took flight in miami during the homerun derby. the winner actually has an important connection to our

area. plus, joel embiid of course hanging in miami. we'll show you what he took home when we return with

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>> welcome back, everyone, happy tuesday. >> hey tuesday. big night in baseball tonight. >> the mid summer classic, it is tonight, last night, was big night for those that like baseball going really far, so tonight, the best of major league baseball, meet in the all-star game in miami, and the game that will not determine home field advantage, in the world serie series. tenant winner with the west regular season records, tonight chris of the red sox starts for the american league, washington's mack

stars for the national league, last night, the homerun derby, major league homerun leader, aaron judge, down right impressive. he goss 30 homeruns so far this year. , then polished off the dodgers, with homerun that went 507 feet. judges longest homerun, foyer hundred 13 feet. he beat miguel in the final round, to win the derby. >> now, last year i got behind the scenes look at how baseball bats are made, at chandler bats in norristown, homerun derby champ aaron judge hit 47 total homeruns last night, using chandler, for that crown, may not have been possible, without the great work of david chandler. so, you know, he makes a fine stick. >> sixers star joel embiid on hand in miami for the all-star homerun festive tis. he took to twitter to show off his souvenirs, he's holding regulation baseball in his hand, i don't know if you can tell, that looks like golf ball in his hand.

he's just so massive. >> in another tweet he pick up handful every baseballs, you'll remember his night at the derby, much larger handful than most. >> tonight, the sixers take on the boston celtics, summer team, but without first overall pick markelle fultz, he injured his ankle, on saturday, he'll miss the rest of the summer league, team officials say he'll be back, the basketball activities in about two weeks. we can't wait for him to get back on the court, because what if summer league without your number one overall pick. >> rest up. >> get ready for the season. >> yes. >> that's it. >> thanks, pat. >> thank you, sir. crews are working to make stretch of road in delaware count a little bit more safer for drivers. >> the three big changes workers are make to go section of twp. line road. governor christie faces off irate call err with new york city sport radio station, hear the hostile exchange coming up.

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>> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news." good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in just a moment. first, here's what you need to start your day in our morning minute. today is tuesday, july 11, 2017. >> i was trying to find needles in a haystack. >> digging for clues. authorities looking for four missing men, searching a bucks county property. >> this is a very active investigation.

the d.a. says he's confident this mysterious case will be solved. >> this is scary. because i seen all of the black smoke. >> a military plane falls from the sky and explodes in rural mississippi. the crash killed at least 16 people on board. >> a hawaii-based army soldier facing terror charges for allegedly trying to provide materials to ice us. >> the intelligence committee, interview donald trump, junior. >> after admitting to a meet wag russian lawyer last year, donald trump, jr., has hired a criminal defense attorney. so, the excuse is i tried to column eude, but i didn't get anything. that's like saying, yes your honor, i broke into the house, but there was nothing worth stealing. so if you think about it, they were robbing me.