>> breaking news, another attempt to repeal obama care comes up short. finds out which three republicans helped vote it down. >> a center city scuffle, caught on camera. where it happened, and the steps to make sure it doesn't happen again. we're under a flashflood today we'll let you know whether you can expect the worse of it, today is friday, july 28th, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. let's check today's forecast with traffic and katie. >> good morning, good friday. that means there is a lot of construction out there, we'll tell you about that in a couple every minutes. >> kentucky derby, looks like the ensemble today. >> pat and i look like a prom

date. >> i like. >> prom photo. >> all right, so, you know, let's go outside, talking about the rain, yes, we have flashflood watch. not going into effect just yet we still have time before that will take place, about 2:00 p.m. or so when it goes into effect. we'll show it to you in a second. storm scan what you in the, few speckle of green. and there are some downpours, within those speckles of green , at the moment most every russ dry, might even run into some fog, winds still relatively light. flashflood watch goes into effect as of 2:00 p.m., for basically the southern half of the delaware valley. so it does include eastern montgomery, then all point south of chester county, delco , and through all of delaware, southern new jersey. so, eventually the rain will hit us. when it does it will come with a vengeance, very soaking at times. seventy-three the current temperature at the airport, mid to upper 60s through the lehigh valley reading area, quite mild, steamy, down through the shore point. but as today progresses, the

rain will start to over spread the region. you know, you can't real i go by the planner for what the evening has in store, soaking rain on tap here, pat, we'll time it out more specifically little later on. >> sounds good, thank you. good morning to you everyone, a look at the vine street expressway, it is closed, as it normally is at this time of the morning as we know right around 5:00 a.m. when they open this thing back up between the schuylkill schuylkill, and broad street. we will keep an eye on that this morning, also, keeping an eye on there is the schuylkill schuylkill, there is construction going eastbound, between gulph mills and belmont avenue. again, this is around 5:00 a.m. they start to clean this up. maybe little later than. that will bunch of stuff happening on the northeast turnpike, southbound before quakertown, construction, then accident as well, downed pole, red hill, montgomery county, route 29, main street, closed at east eighth street. you're going to want to use jerry ville pike to get around that will bunch every of construction on the pa turnpike, the turnpike westbound, past norristown, then again, the northeast extension, there is more construction there.

we have ton more to get to, rahel, jim, back to you. >> pat, see you later in the show, thank you. breaking overnight, serious blow to president trump's agenda. >> the rejected part of obama care, so-called skinny healthcare bill went down after three republicans voted to defeat the measure. one vote left fellow senators got pink. >> after a long night of drama and debate, the healthcare freedom act failed. 3gop senators including john mccain, voted no. majority leader mitch mcconnell introduce philadelphia on the senate floor. >> the legislation i just held down is called the healthcare freedom act t restores freedom to americans that obama care took away. >> senator lindsay gram want add guarantee the house won't simply pass the senate's bill. >> i need assurances from the speaker of the house, in his team, that if i vote for the skinny bill, it will not become the final product. >> speaker paul ryan responded with a statement calling the skinny bill the only path

ahead but noting that the house was willing to negotiate the bill if the senate can pass it. but after meeting with speaker ryan, gram said he felt comfortable that the house would hold talks with the senate. >> one of the major problems with obama care it was rammed through congress by democrats without a single republican vote. >> senator john mccain had urged his colleagues to seek bipartisan solution. >> every bill has been a bad bill. there is a race to the bottom. >> the final vote was 49 to 51 >> seth, lemon, cbs-3, " eyewitness news." >> president trump apparently as watching the healthcare debate, once the senate voted against the healthcare bill he tweeted three republicans and 48 democrats let the american people down. as i said from the beginning, let obamacare implode, then deal. watch. >> delaware senator tom carper tweeted his thanks to the three republican senators who voted against the bid to appeal obama care. he tweet: thank you senator

collins, lisa, john mccain, for about the g your constituents and your country above all else. coverage of the healthcare vote and reaction to it continues on cbs this morning starting 7:00 a.m. right here on cbs-3. >> to washington, leaks from the white house provoking in house fighting among members of president trump's team. communications director anthony scaramucci went on profanity laced tirade, published thursday on the new yorker magazine website. he claims someone leaked his financial information to the press, and also, that he was having dinner with president trump, and fox news employees. scaramucci went to the finger at white house chief of staff, prius. >> when i put out a tweet, i put name in the tweet, all making the assumption that it is him, because journalists know who the leak ers are. so if rines wants to explain he's not a leak err, let him do that. >> and the president hired scaramucci in part to get to the bottom of the leaks that has angered the president since he took gloves new this

morning, authorities in philadelphia's fairmount neighborhood are investigating after a rite aid store was robbed at gunpoint. this happened just before 1:00 r 20th street and fairmount avenue. police say the crooks got away with a unknown amount every monday i and cigarette. no one was hurt. so far, no word on any arrests meanwhile, three suspect are under arrest in new castle county after robbery suspect opens fire on police officer, in wilmington. an officer tried to stop a suspect on the 1100 block every west over road around 7:00 last night. that's when police say that the suspect fired shots at the officer. and the officer fired back. the suspect took off. then the chase continued on foot. >> the officer was able to take the suspect into custody without any injury. the one, able to locate two suspect who we believe are properly involved in the initial robbery. >> now, police eventually arrested the suspect at greenhill avenue, west seventh . that's where officers also took two other suspect into custody. no one was hurt.

>> allentown mayor ed pawlowski pled not guilty to to federal corruption charge, the mayor of the pennsylvania 's thirds largest city, now freon $50,000 bail. on wednesday mayor pawlowski and former reading mayor, vaughn spencer, were both indicted on bribery and fraud charge. the men and three alleged co- conspirators for a pay to a scene. >> looking forward to our day in court, we've gone through this day, i'm sure there will be more to come. but we look forward to being able to tell our side of the story and the truth being told >> and former mayor pence will appear in court on tuesday. said his client also plans to fight the charge. >> philadelphia police investigating after video surfaces on line of a brawl at center city, happened wednesday evening, take a look at this, just feet from the doors of the comcast center, police say around 3,000 people were taking part in the weekly happy hour event, very popular

event, several fights broke out. authority say six people were involved in a brawl, and taking on the charges. >> when the officers got into the crowd, they didn't see the fight, things only starting to disperse, but if someone want to come forward, hey, i got punched in the jaw yesterday, i want to make an assault report, we will be happy to take it, we don't want to lever stones un turn here. >> center city city district immediately released statement condemning the incident, so far no arrest haves been made. but security will be beefed up in the future. >> well, investigators are trying to figure out how a thrill ride at the ohio state fair passed safety inspections , just hours before a deadly accident. a 18 year old man died in at least seven others were hurt wednesday night, when the fireball seemed to break free from its housing. ohio governor john kasich toured the fairgrounds, in crumb us b -- columbus. >> despite this, ohio will move on. that doesn't mean that we won't remember yesterday. it doesn't mean that we were not going to keep those

families in our prayers. >> now, the it is open, but for now, none of the rides are operating. >> and the effect of the ohio tragedy are widespread here at home, parent, and amusement park managers alike, are paying closer attention to ride safety. in wildwood, morey's pier shutdown two rides, similar to the one at the deadly accident as a precaution. those rides have since reopened. meanwhile at the delaware state fair in kent county rides are tested for safety by both state officials and private inspectors, same goes for the kimberton fairgrounds, in phoenixville. >> every day we inspect our rides, by the 10,000 come through, or two pew come through. we inspect every single day. no ride opens until the the inspection is done. >> in addition to morey's piers in wildwood, fares and amusement parks in oregon, canada, also shutdown similar rides, just as a precaution. philadelphia police continue their search for a suspect caught on camera twice , burglarize ago mosque in the northeast. >> this happened at the

islamic society of greater philadelphia on roosevelt boulevard. investigators say the thief stole money from donation bins on july 12th and july 17th, and they think he was familiar with the buildings. >> the he obviously knows where he is going in the mosque. that will was one of the concerns of the staff there. >> think about the consequences, look at what happened to you, not just here , but we, what we think in terms of life after death. >> if you recognize the suspect, give philadelphia police a call. >> and philadelphia police also looking for three suspect , who they say spray painted anti-police slogans along walls in vehicles. on south 35th street, investigators say two suspects sprayed the paint while the third acted as a look out. last seen walking along the 1200 block of south 36th street. >> well, there is much more to cover on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning, name dropping, a virginia high school decides whether to sever its ties to its confederate rat history.

>> and another bear in the suburbs, which community is on alert after homeowner catches this one on camera in his backyard. >> oh, oh,. >> back in two minute.

>> they already had one for guns, now texas has new open carry law. starting september 1st, people can carry swords, knives, double edge blades and michetti's, yes, the law will not apply to schools, prisons, hospitalization, amusement parks, churches, and bars. >> well, a school board in northern virginia vote to drop the name after area high school named after a confederate general. two years of debate over whether or not to keep the name jeb stewart high school is now over. those opposed to the original names said it was hurtful toward student every color to attends a school named after a slave holding defender of the con fed rasi. the renaming process will begin in the fall. officials say the new name will be in place no later than

the beginning of the 2019 school year. >> back here at home, evesham township police have extra patrols and are warning resident about a bear caught on camera in a backyard, it was cited near barton run boulevard. this is a black bear. the homeowner recorded video of it on wednesday, later ran into the woods. the homeowner said he decided to take a look outside after hearing allowed lifting sounds >> it was loud enough for me to stop and in the. i look over at the tree, there was this big black mounds. >> actually the whole family last night sent me the post, watch this, in your court. >> oh, boy. >> wildlife officials say the bear's behavior is calm but be aware. >> beaches in atlantic city, ventnor, reopen to swimmer, no longer high bacteria levels in the ocean, good news in time for the weekends. new jersey department of environmental protection gave the all clear late yesterday afternoon. officials blamed untreated storm water runoff from a recent heavy rain to the high bacteria levels.

>> well, time now, 4:44. >> katie that news comes just in time for the weekends. will the weather cooperate for beach time? >> i don't think it will for the entire weekends, i'll say this much, yesterday looked as though possibility anyway we might see showers linger longer than we wanted them to. i don't think that will happen now. that's good. looks like this storm is finally showing it true hand, and we will be able to gave you a better sense of how the weekend shakes out. very much a half and half err kind of weekend for us. right now, still looks like trying to get it act together really. more speckles, rounds of showers and scattered fashion, stretching from arkansas all the way up toward us, but meantime, there is really just very isolated activity on the radar locally. but let's wake you through how much we are expecting here. real at this looks as if this doesn't get underway in intense rainfall until we hit the early evening. so, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. or so, when this really starts to spread over the area, and also see the flashflood watch take effect at 2:00 p.m., southern half of the region, philly also include in the that. let me let this play out.

future rain ability right through early to midday saturday. you could ends up with easily pushing 4 inches worth of rainfall. again, this is model indications, not like you'll see 2.8 inches in millville, but gives awe idea flashflooding true concern with this, again mainly later tonight, into early tomorrow morning, that we ends up with the heaviest of this rainfall. meantime look how low that cloud deck is, skewing the center city skyline. visibility could post an issue for you specially traveling in some of the valley areas, near the river beds, 72 the current temperature, feels like 72, but it feels like muggy 72, the winds flow is very light, that's allowing the advice tonight drop off in a few spots, look at this, at or under half mile, reading, allentown, a.c. airport. just watch for. that meanwhile let's look at good news for a change. what do you think? the by the time we hit sunday it, looks a lot better. then by monday, tuesday, heck even wednesday, certainly getting hotter, but i expect sunshine, looks good. >> if i get on the beach sunday, katie, i guess i have to take that. >> still befriends?

>> we would still befriends. and i love that dress, by the way. >> thank you. >> i love a good theme. >> appropriate for the weekends. morning, construction to tell but obviously on the vine street expressway. there normally is overnight but clear it out in a couple every minutes around 5:00 a.m. between broad street and the schuylkill expressway. on the schuylkill expressway, this one here is between gulph mills and belmont avenue. got the right lane block off. this is, again, will probably be out of here between 5:00 to 5:30, the same as yesterday. this is westbound, past delaware valley, right lane block here. also, pa turnpike eastbound, before valley forge, then westbound past norristown, and when you head up the northeast extension, that's southbound, the ramp to the pa turnpike westbound there. more to tell you about, northeast extension southbound , before quakertown, hope you wrote it all down, that's a l there is an accident as well, route 29 main street in red hill. that slows at east eighth street. use jerry ville pike to get around that. jim, rahel, back to you. >> pat, you like katie's dress

we also like your suit, looking quite dapper today. >> thank you. >> looks like happy little couple. >> still ahead this morning, big refund for some wells fargo customers. >> apple about to turn these ipods into collector items. has it been that long? well, we'll explain. >> i have these. what is this going to mean for me? kn>> also, what that means? it must be summer fest. >> this week, later on " eyewitness news" this morning , then continues on " eyewitness news" at 5:00. jessica dean live from longwood gardens, and a get a behind the scenes look at how the beautiful fountains come to life. we'll be right back.

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well, wells fargo says it will row funds $80 million to customers who who may have been forced to buy auto insurance, they didn't need. according to the new york times more than 800,000 people who took out car loans from wells fargo were unnecessarily charged leaning barrow ers into delinquencies and repossession, has fired more than 5,000 employees for the sales tactics you may remember wells fargo came under scandal for a scandal last year opening accounts without users content cents. >> who is minding the shop thrower? hopefully they're cleaning house, well, hena, this is very sad to me, because i still have mine, i still use t i understands there is an ends to the ipad shuffle and nano? >> jim, this is an end of an era for sure, will discontinue its last two music players that cannot play songs from it streaming apple music. they of course are direct descendents of the original ipod, introduced back in 2001, and can only play music that's

been downloaded from itunes or from physical media. >> tiff in my car. >> well, how do you download things? >> rahel looking at me, ugh. >> hena, file like you and i are always trying to get jim back to the 21 he sent. >> i well, i paid, there are like 200, 300 songs on there. >> one day you will wake up, this will no longer work. that's how technology works. that's how they get to you buy more stuff. >> i do remember how cool the shuffle was. i think of i had a blue one, i thought it was the cool he think in the world, back then when it came out. >> i'm using it until the thing breaks. coming up after the break, we'll get another check on traffic. >> katie is checking storm scan3 for the next day's deluge? >> indeed i am, yes. indeed lock like heavy rain, thunderstorm activity is definitely on the way, and there are some final tweaks to the actual forecast that we have made. you want to stick around for. that will i'll gave you a better sense how things time out, since it is the weekends, and you have outdoor plans, and you have outdoor plans, i'llleft to rememb...at's

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>> welcome back, we take a look outside, well, we've been calling for rain, now for many days, and the timing, and the specifics are definitely starting to comma lot more together, specifically, so it looks to me though we won't see too much in the way of wet weather at least in the daylight hours. we have out there at the moment our spotty but locally drenching showers, even few thunderstorms there, too. most of which are falling outside of the greater delaware valley, but this will start to pick up throughout the course of the afternoon. the bulk of heavy rain, widespread coverage, heavy thunderstorms, that for the most part wait until tonight. but i would say you can start to see the steadiest rain as early as maybe 6:00, 7:00 this evening, then it just continues, once it gets underway, by the time it is all wrapped up, through the first half of tomorrow, and possibly even later than that, we are talking two, 4 inches every rainfall out of this. flashflooding real concern. you draw lynn from chester to eastern montgomery, straight across central new jersey through ocean county where you

will have a flashflood watch in all point south starting 2:00 p.m. and again, that rain, as well as thunderstorms, continues into tomorrow. keeping those temperatures held back, too, only 70s. and then it is smooth sailing, pat t looks to me like sunday, monday, tuesday, even wednesday, just bring back sunshine, we heat up through that time. >> we will take one half of the weekends, i guess. to get bronze this weekend have to wait until sunday day, i guess. thanks, katie. the vine street expressway closed off between broad street and the schuylkill expressway, again, in the next five, ten minute or so there is should be cleared out of there. oh, wait. there are cars. it is open. right on live television, got to love it. schuylkill expressway, one lane block here, between gulph mills and belmont, going eastbound, again there is should be out of here in the next ten, 15, 20 minute or so. also, septa, some things to keep an eye on over the weekend. they've got some special lines running here, over head wire construction, calling it the weaken wire work going on, media, elwyn, west trenton, so check septa.org for more on, that also, construction delaware, 59 northbound

between the de service area and 273, the three left lanes, are block off, just one lane getting by there. there is an accident in montgomery county, come on, clicker, warm it up, baby, route 29 at main street, closed at east eighth street in red hill. use jerry ville pike, and then we've got construction on the northeast extension southbound before quakertown. ton of construction out there, jim, rahel. >> i think you need new batteries in that. >> i know. >> putting in a requisition order. night of fashion at the party at the kimmel center every summer issue, philadelphia style reveals the best of style. it is a guide to the area's best shopping, dining, home decor, even real estate, more than 1200 guests took part in the around the world with style event. i was there, meisha johnson was also there, and jim were you there with stephanie. >> were you up somewhere at the bar. they had a lot of drink. we were sampling the vodka selection. >> jim? >> it is true, it is an adult beverage, it was nighttime. what do you have in that cup over there? >> water.

>> coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news," more on the breaking news, defeat of the send the's latest healthcare bill. >> also ahead, new jersey governor chris christie responds to the so-called controversy, hear what it did to his family. >> local road hitting the roads. we'll tell you the big project federal donuts is working on. back at the top of the hour. don't

>> breaking news, stunning un set in the senate. arizona senator john mccain votes against repealing part of the affordable care act. he's one of three republicans that broke rang with the party it has been a dramatic night in the nation's capitol. so yes, this was a disappointment. a disappointment indeed. >> swift reaction from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who introduced the bill yesterday. overnight president trump reacted to the defeat on twr.