>> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. a person of interest confesses to murder. cosmo dinardo tells bucks county prosecutors he killed four men who have been missing since last week. we'll tell you the reason this mystery is far from solved. >> showers are headed our way. this is a live look at storm scan3 this morning. we'll tell you how much rain to expect on the way to work and when storms may make appearance. >> and, president trump is in paris, celebrating bastille day with a french.

we'll tell you how questions about his son's meeting with a russian lawyer are raining on his parade. >> well, today is friday, july , good morning, everyone. >> i'm jan carabeo in for rahel solomon. >> hey, katie is excited. >> no kidding. >> by the way, july 14th already. where did july go? >> i know. >> how did we -- >> everything about this year is going too fast. >> this week went fast. looking outside, just a lot of construction, singing the same old tune. >> how much coffee have you had? >> this much. this much. (laughing). >> we need a little that far. >> indeed we do. i don't come bearing the best news for yet another day. we've had the storms pretty much the last few, but all fired up during the p.m. hours. obviously that's not the case right now, we've gotten by with pretty quiet morning commutes, but that's not going to happen for you in many

locations, a, western chester county, and then eastern lancaster county also getting hit by that, b, you'll see this roll east. so part of i-95, for example, likely to get hit here over the course of the next probably 90 minute or so, maybe little sooner for you folks in new castle county. however, this is an entire day's worth of potential for showers, storms, especially this morning, then specially p.m. commute. so the time willing just perfectly terrible, basically. but here is how it feels at the moment. close all-in-all, where the thermometer actually reads, but still incredibly muggy, temperatures around the dew point temperatures i should say will remain in the 70s throughout the entirety of the day. then they start to drop off toward night fall. that's as this frontal boundary finally drops through. this is the catalyst. this is the lynch pin for us to finally see the worse of any storms, heat, humidity, all get wiped clean. seventy-six, your current value as we mentioned, at the philadelphia international airport. this is basically feeling like what the thermometer reads in terms every dew point, but still quite muggy out there.

i keep umbrella handy pretty much any time here today. >> severe wet area concern, talk about those impact a little later in the show. >> all right, katie, thank you so much. a lot going on for today in terms every weather. looking outside, it is pretty quiet out there for now. the rain moves in, that's really going to start to slow us down. right now dry roadways, ben franklin bridge looking good, traveling in the westbound direction toward center city, the vine, closed overnight for the construction, it looks like we are just wait being for the eastbound ramp from the schuylkill to open. but really, westbound side opening, eastbound side following suit. and then, construction here on the blue route, northbound between germantown pike, mid-county toll plaza, right lane compromised because of the cones, it does look like crews are out there right now kind of picking that up. that should be getting better for us on that seemed overall the blue route looking pretty good. we look around in the worlds of mass transit we do have this guy, so take a look at this, charlie is loving 13, 34, 36, being differ earth today 13th and woodland avenue because every police activity at 38th and market. also, in the worlds of mass tran it two, regional rail

lines running special schedules, media elwyn, west trenton, saturday, sunday, for overhead wire construction, we will be talking more about mass transit coming up in the next ten minute or so. jim, jan, back over to you. >> well, major break-in local missing person's case that's grabbed national attention. >> cosmo dinardo confess toss killing the four men who mysteriously vanished in bucks county last week. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live in solebury township this morning. so, trang, there is information that dinardo may have had an accomplice. what do we know about that? >> reporter: yes, that's right, jan, person with direct knowledge of the confession says cosmo dinardo confess today having co-conspirator involved in threw of the killings. the bucks county district attorney not ready to discuss these details last night. but he is expected to release more information later this morning. meanwhile, cosmo dinardo and his attorney are speaking out. >> what do you have to say to these families, cosmo, anything say? i'm soree? >> i'm sore.

>> i cosmo dinardo apologized to the families of the four men, his confessed to killing, as he was taken away to the bucks county jail. >> he confessed to his participation or commission in the murders of the four young men, and in exchange for that confession, mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty. >> his attorney, paul lang said his client told investigators everything, including why he participated in the killings of jimmy patrick, dean finocchiaro, tom meo and mark sturgis. source telling the ap the men were shot in the head or the back after dinardo felt cheated during three drug transactions. the source also said the bod wrist burned on the dinardo family solebury township farm of the of the four men, finocchiaro has been positively identified from remains found in a 12-foot grave on the property. where investigators continue to dig. neither the da nor dinardo's attorney was ready to discuss

motives thursday night. >> that will come out in time. i don't think it is a prepare rope at me out of respect for the families, that we get to communicate that right now. >> and, dinardo's attorney also telling authorities where the bodies are located, and two different locations, we do expect to learn more later this morning, at a news conference at 11:00 a.m. about this as well as an alleged accomplice. for now live in solebury township, i'm trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news," jan, jim, back to you. >> a lot of unanswered questions, trang, thank you. >> we will be staying on top of this story until the very end, as soon as there are any new development we'll have threat boehm on the air and on line at cbsphilly.com. meanwhile, in other news this morning, police are still searching for the suspect in a brutal murder of a lawncrest woman. >> friends and family held a vigil last night, for rosalynn wicks, police say the 57 year old woman was beaten with a hammer, and stabbed to death.

she was found dead wednesday morning, in her home, on north hill creek drive. neighbors say she was a pillar of the community. >> she was a beautiful woman in the neighborhood. you can see, all of the people that's out here, she was very much loved. she was very loved. >> well, wicks' daughter was also home at the time of that attack. she is currently recovering in the hospital. >> the search for missing 11 year old little girl in north jersey ends in tragedy. eleven year old abigail smith's body was found yesterday morning, near her apartment complex in keansburg, abby went missing wednesday night. police are investigating her death as a homicide and believe she may have known her killer. >> meantime, the man accused of sung err punching a man with cerebral pals any west chester in may now faces new charge, chester county prosecute verse charged 29 year old barry baker with flight to avoid apprehension. baker surrendered and posted bail after video of the assault was released, but police say baker then went on

the run for ten days before he was eventually captured in june. baker's fiancee has also been arrested on related charges and his father has been arrested for allegedly dealing drugs. >> new jersey lawmakers moving forward with plans to pay state employees for time they missed during this month's government shutdown. the state senate passed the plan on a 31 to zero vote, and governor chris christie said he plans to sign the measure it, has to be voted on in the state assembly first, they say the funding already in the state budget, so the legislation won't cost any additional money. president trump is celebrating bastille day with his french counterpart this morning. these are live photos right now, video from bastille day military parade, where president trump and the first lady, melania trump, arrived about an hour ago, throughout the morning we've seen military demonstrations, re-enactments, over shadowing the trip, how much, are questioning surrounding mr. trump's son's pre-election meeting with a russian lawyer. here's cbs news correspondent jane ferguson.

>> reporter: president trump in paris helping to celebrate bastille day, quickly found leaving the country did not also mean leaving behind questions surrounding russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. >> as far as my son is concerned, my son is a wonderful young man. >> the president defended donald trump, jr., regard ago meeting he had with a russian lawyer, promising damaging information on hillary clinton. >> zero happened from the meeting, honestly, i think the press made a very big deal over something that really a lot of people would do. >> now, not one but two senate panels want the president's son to testify. >> we've had trump campaign officials, where we've had trump administration officials, all say they've had no contact with russians, there is nothing to look at here, until the evidence comes out that there were meetings with russians. >> back here in paris, as people start to gather to celebrate the military parade, the hope is that president trump's visit will help smooth

over a relationship between the two leaders. french president macron's invitation was offered to commemorate the 100 anniversary of the entry of american troops into the first worlds war. that ghana century of us cooperation and involvement in european affairs. a policy many in europe fear president trump is retreating from. >> something could happen with respect to the paris accord. we'll see what happens. >> the president actually hinted at a willingness to reverse course on his decision to pull out of the global paris climate agreement. jane ferguson, cbs news, paris. >> meanwhile, back at home now, just few hours after the release of the senate republicans newest version every healthcare reform, the bill is already in jeopardy. the bill is designed to fulfill the gop campaign promise to repeal and replace the affordable care act. now, the congressional budget office will forecast how much it will cost, and how it will impact insurance coverage. senate majority leader mitch

mcconnell says the new bill works, but other republicans are not so sure. >> after extensive consultations across the conference, numerous meetings with constituent, and intensive conversations with members, our conference has updated last month's better care discussion draft, with additional provisions. >> repeal, owe bear a care -- >> now, the first vote, critical step to allow debate on the bill, could come as soon as tuesday. well, earl think morning, the president tweeted this from paris, saying, republican senators are working hard to get their failed obamacare replacement approved. i will be at my desk. pen in hands. >> well, coming up: wind and fire combined to put on quite a show. >> crews battling a wilds fire, witnessed a fire tornado, wow, we will tell you what causes the fire tornado and where this happened. >> severe flooding ravages a community in ohio. we will tell you how many people are displaced this

>> the suspect wanted in a shoot that forced the university of last vague neice a lockdown, has been taken into custody in california. authority have identified the suspect as 34 year old kevin, a wanted fell on in both nevada and hawaii.

he followed an un lv employee and her 11 year old daughter onto campus and opened fire on their vehicle before driving away. no one was injured. authority are also linking him to string of carjackings, immediately following that shooting. >> well, some heavy rain made the evening drive an adventure for commuters in indianapolis. the indianapolis fire department says they got calls for stalled cars, and stranded motorists after the downpour. firefighters say the grounds was already saturated by storms, and heavy rain, had no where to runoff. fortunately, there were no injuries. city officials say the flood waters are receding. >> not so luck any this mobile home park, in ohio, east of columbus. neighbors say the heavy rain combined with drainage issues there caused brown waist high water in a few hours, they used row boats to get the family and pets. thousands with the red cross and facing huge home repair bills. >> i live back in the back. i don't even know what me

place looks like, but i'm up over-the-hill, and hopefully it will be all right. >> the rain came in, and probably waist high now in my driveway. i have to watch my mom struggle and having babies, yes, nerve wracking. >> more than 45 people were forced from their homes, they're staying at local motels, schools, and churches, this morning. >> welshing check this one out. windy weather in armorial owe, texas, fan the flames every wild fire causing a fire tornado. now, a fire tornado is caused by strong winds, making wilds fires difficult for firefighters to contain. the fire burned through three hours nearly armorial owe international airport, thankfully, no one was injured, no structures were lost. >> fire tornado, that's a first, i've never heard that far one, have you? >> yes, yes, those definitely exist for sure, yes. dust devils, those kinds of things, look lie zero like tornados just basically the same thing, featuring dust or fires, crazy stuff. >> crazy stuff here last night, too? >> oh, no kidding.

several tornado warnings ended up across our region here yesterday. today i think the risk is low, but it is still a risk. it is another day that features potential for more severe storms, more severe weather. we take a look at storm scan3 locally, or more region wide, clusters of heavy rain, thunderstorms working their way at the moment either off shore, or right toward us, at this hour, so while we have enjoyed breaks in the stormy weather throughout the morning drive, as of the last couple of days, you won't get that this time around. this isn't quite an all day event. but it is a day that features that potential for showers, storms, really at any time. certainly this morning. then again toward the typical p.m. rush time. so, thanks a lot for that timing, mother nature, just to deal with t looking at the severe threat, slight risk, updated to slight risk yesterday around noontime for us, and we sit in that slight risk yet again here today, this time the lower two thirds, or, really more like the lower four-fifths. so, a broader zone that could ends up with that severe storm, severe storms throughout the day.

this morning, expect locally heavy downpours, brief break in the action, for lunchtime, but still, very steamy outside. then later this afternoon and evening, that threat returns for the strongest every any storms that we will fine out there today. also, the front that will be dropping in. here are the impact in terms every what looks to be the worse issue, heavy downpours, minor flooding concerns as a result, frequent lightning. winds also moderate issue. then hail and tornado activity would be low risk but risk nonetheless. future dew point, if you notice, zone in on one spot like fill fry now upright through the rest of the day, that number virtually will not change. so, even tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., you're still at dew point in the 70s. but, all if takes is that one hour or so, and it drops off dramatically. this is a model. it is important to note. however, we still are stuck with the heat, the humidity, no cents quite as hot as yesterday was, only mid 80s at the shore for example. only get peaks every sunday there too. i wouldn't call this the best beach day.

also dealing with stormy weather. but the heat is dramatically shaped back here, by at least 10 degrees in most spots, and of course have the storms to deal with. now the weekend meisha looks great. upper 80s, typical july warmth, sunshine, and thankfully lower humidity, that he the lynch pin, right? >> there it is, it always comes at some point. thank you so much, katie. so, you know, weaver to practice our patience, get through it, and looking outside, 59, taillights moving in the southbound direction, past academy, i would say volumes are growing ever so slightly, interstate 95, pushing in the southbound direct, northbound side of 95, looking great. boulevard at wissahickon avenue what you are looking at both directions there, looking good on the boulevard, and construction on the blue route, northbound, between germantown pike and mid-county toll plaza, that has now been cleared. so, construction crews, they're out of your way, get the big thumbs-up. disable vehicle northeast extension i believe it was still out there. heads up on that. but first, let's talk about mass transit. so, west trenton line, running around 30 minute delays, because every signal issues.

trolleys, 11, 13, 34, 36, being diverted to 50th and woodland avenue, bus service to 40th and market, because of police activity at 38th and market. so i may be tweeting this information out for you, as well, but just make sure to check the scheduled on line. jan, jim, back over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. now, for look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> from the delaware county daily times pennsylvania law makers have announced legislation supporting mandatory minimum prison sentences for people convicted every dealing heroin. the bill also provides for new charge, when heroin results in serious bodily injury. currently the crime code only addresses death. >> in the intelligencer, a pennsylvania woman's family sioux aetna over insurance coverage denials. mary ann lorenzo suffered a stroke back in february, and her family and doctors believe she still needs skilled nursing care. aetna is suggesting mary ann's care could be provided at home with home health services, suit claims almost immediately

aetna started non-stop process every trying to ends her coverage. >> from the burlington county times it is full steel ahead at the it will ran steenkamp. kids in grades three to seven are expose today different science and engineering process, each week the subject change per grade level, so the student aren't doing the same experiment twice. that's a good way to spend your summer. >> absolutely, learn little something. >> exactly. >> that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >> well, there is a big trade rumor this morning, involving the phillies. >> huge rumor t would be a block buster, we will talk about the player a lot of fans would like to see move from south beach to south philly. that's next in sports.

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and welcome back to cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning, the phillies are back in action as the trade deadline approaches. >> sports director don bell shows us the phils are interested in some trades, not just deadline deals with contender. >> the phillies start the second half of their season tonight in milwaukee. how much, the rumor mill never takes any time off. baseball circles are buzzing about a report, regarding marilyn outfielder john cardinal stanton, concept floated by fox sports insider rosenthal, would be traded to the phillies along with outfielder christian, here is the thing, stanton has nearly 300 million left on his deal, the scene air woe would call for miami to pick up part of the tab. by baseball standards, a bargain, due 44 million, between 2018 and 2021. rosenthal says the phillies have been quote unquote vocal about acquiring yell itch. the marlins are for sale, that

could complicate things. >> now, for guys who actually play for the phils, starter vince, making his return back from injury. last night, he made a start for clearwater. went five innings giving up one run on two hit, a walk, and 5k's. he has been out with a right elbow injury since may 30th. >> a sixers note for you. scare off against the bulls in summer league action tonight in vague egg. that's all for sports, i'm don bell, have a great day. >> well, it is friday, and that means, summer fest on cbs-3. >> and today, we are spotlighting phoenixville. pat gal len show us why people there credit the schuylkill river trail with big growth in their community. >> and overnight, beyonce shows off her new babies to the world. we'll show you the instagram picture everyone will be talking about today, that's when we come back.

>> good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm jan carabeo. katie and meisha will be here in a moment. first what you need to start your day if the morning minute on this friday, july the 14th, 2017. >> and apology and a confession, in the murder of four young men in bucks county. cosmo dinardo will spends the rest of his life behind bars.

a person with knowledge of the confession tells the aep that a co-conspirator was involved. >> president trump is celebrating bastille day in paris. the president is drawing criticism for his comment to the wife of the french president. >> part of the midwest are experiencing potentially record breaking flooding. >> it is flooded before but nothing this severe. >> an unusual crash in oregon. >> i didn't know what it was. >> a truck full of hag fish, known as slime eel, overturned, causing a slimy mess. >> you've invest in the uber, spotify, air b and b, skype -- >> are you investing in anything fun now? >> yes, i invested in a company called cowler. basically fit bit for cows. see, that's how i