>> a major commuter alert headed out the door, part of route 42 close in the south jersey after three car crash, as you can see, causing a monumental mess, meisha, has your detail. >> the reason he pulled off this dangerous stunt, what the mayor's offers is now saying. >> and, the morning after the latest shake up at the white house, now, that the mooch, anthony scaramucci is out after job watch will president trump's new chief of staff do next? that's the question. and today is tuesday, august 1st, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. meisha, you certainly have your hands full this morning. >> oh, do i ever. my fellow new jersey friends, oh, stay away, not only that accident investigation, there is multiple things that have happened since then, walking every way

>> i don't really have a ton to tell you other than it looks like all-in-all, nice day, back to clear skies, coy see shower thunderstorm pong up at some point this afternoon. don't think this will be a widespread concern, currently mid to upper 60s, low 70s, depending where you are. look at mount pocono, also dropped off since last check, interesting because tech particularly the sun just came up. will start to rebound from here, as we go through the day pretty substantial rebounds. go from the 50's in the poconos, back to the 80s, and go from the 60s or low seven's in philly, back to the 90s could see spotty shower or thunderstorm, but at the shore probably evening out totally dry day. also little hazy start there. that said because you have the little bit of moisture to work with here helping to create bit of haze, certainly feels somewhat steamy but as the day goes on it is primarily sunny.

>> tire yan than what you've got out there at the moment, steamy conditions as well. so some thunderstorms return, some higher humidity returns, heat certainly out there it will be with us for an amount of time, but it does get wiped away with time. i'll let you know when. >> speaking of heating up. >> yikes. >> yep. it is no good. okay, so, what is going on? so this is an accident investigation turns err ville, happening earlier, 2:00 a.m., two people transported to the hospital. what you are looking at, 42 northbound closed between college driver and route 54. you will have to use an alternate. however with these alternate, 168 or route 55 going to be your best bet. really not best bet. because there are so many vehicles now taking that alternate. however, if you're up here, and can you not escape, traffic is being diverted to college drive. what has happened, though, is on college drive, we have an

overturned tractor-trailer now so even being diverted off there, you are almost completely stopped as they try to remedy that situation as well on your exit out of this situation. so, in other words, kind of trapped, no where to go, if you guys are watching us at home, avoid this area at all costs, if you can. if you cannot, factor tore in probably two hours extra time maybe even more, a lot more to talk about when we come back in a little bit. jim, back to you. >> thank you shall meisha. well today is the first full day of newly shuffled west wing new chief of staff is, in the man who was the communications director is already out. president trump is insisting the white house is not in turmoil. >> great day at the white house, that's how president trump describes via twitter monday evening when was certainly an active day can he

might house, one began with a hiring, and ended with a firing. it started with the swearing in of new chief of staff, general john kelly, says he want more structure, less game of thrones. i predict general kelly go down in terms of chief of staff, one of the great ever. >> one of kelly's first act as chief of staff, pushing out white house communications direct or anthony scaramucci. on the job, for less than two weeks, scaramucci had trouble shaking a profanity laced interview he gave to new yorker magazine. going after kelly's predecessor ryan priebus. >> the president certainly felt apartment any's comment were inapropriate for a person in that position. >> just the late that's long line of high profile names that have come and gone from the trump white house, the president insists this does not add up to chaos, lawmakers though phrasing the discipline kelly seem to already be bringing to the administration

>> hopefully in order, and i think that it was a god choice >> when he was general kelly he took all of the different agencies making them work well with our country's objectives, that's a good thing. >> unlike before kelly when several aids had direct access to the president, now all access will run through the chief of staff. cbs-3, "eyewitness news." philadelphia mother is arrested and charged after her baby was found alone in a bucks county motel room. thirty-four year older did a lopez is facing a laundry list of charges now including endangering the welfare after child. the made at the knights inin motel found the baby wedged under a bed and think he was left alone therefore about 24 hours. >> why someone would leave a seven month olds in that condition is beyond me but, three is years doing this job, i stopped trying to figure people out a long time ago.

>> the baby was check out at hospital. authorities say this is not the first time lopez has had a run in with the law. on a chase last september that nearly ended in a car crash. >> well the search is intensifying for the deadly shooting in haverford township now offering $5,000 reward for information leading to arrest. twenty-nine year old john lee was gunned down saturday night , in what appears to be random shooting. the suspect in that shooting was caught on a security camera leaving the scene, in a red hoodie. one resident heard the gunshot , and says the suspect may have walk by her home right after the shooting. >> i was upset i didn't get to up see, but you don't think that's happening here. >> police also linking this suspect to another shooting in philadelphia's overbrook section. that shooting happened about 45 minute prior to the one in half ton township. one person, no one injured in that shooting.

>> lawsuit targeting new jersey new bail reform rules. duane chapman of cable tv's dogs of bounty hunter back in a federal wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family after millville man. suit claims gunman who allegedly shot christian rogers had been arrested for weapons offenses and released under the new bail guidelines. >> this should not have happened to him. all he was doing was walking home from a convenience store. >> supporters, how much, of the new rule say they help keep defendant from staying in jail because they can't afford bail. the rule went into effect in january. >> some shocking video, man climbs to the top of the city hall in philadelphia without anyone in the g. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do with more on the dangerous stunt, also what the mayors is now saying about it.

>> shot iconic city hall, from inside the clock tower, right to up william penn himself. a youtube here uses the, posted evidence of his heart stopping and i will legal feat , on his account sunday. the video take friend his per spec testify shows him traversing ladders, staircases , scaffolding for the ultimate birdseye view. >> inside of billy penn. >> taking you there before, cbs-3 joe holden highlighting the once in a decade painstaking work just completed on pennsylvania's 37-. but king managed to take his video completely undetected sometime in the past two months. he says he does it to document history and take care not to damage or vandalize anything. he also managed to get himself down. a week ago, two other photographers needed help from police, after climbing to the top of the ben franklin bridge to take photos.

those men are now facing several charges. in response to king's video, mike dunn said extremely concerned by this video. what this person did was dangerous and i will legal. the scaffolding now down, but philadelphians should be aware of the extreme risk they pose to their personal safety if they engage in activity like this. and, saying he's not encouraging others to follow what he did, in fact, he strongly advises against it. from broad street, i'm trang do, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> well tonight communities across the country will celebrate national night out. >> yes, great chance for members of the community, " eyewitness news" stopped by one of four rallies last night , the festivities at marconi plaza in south philadelphia included refreshment, music, give aways , also some face painting national night out celebrated every year. >> a mess in margate, resident and vacationers are frustrated with the flooding caused by a

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>> tropical storm emily has been reclassified as a tropical depression after making landfall in florida. >> the storm landed on florida 's west coast monday morning. the system dumped several inches of rain and pack winds in excess of 40 miles per hour and despite the downgrade, at the height of the storm, 18,000 were without power, and 31 counties were under a state of emergency. meanwhile, sands dunes built to protect communities during devastating storms are causing problems in margate. the dunes are part of a beach project stirring up controversy. margate's mayor and some neighbors say the dunes are blocking the water from draining properly. the army corps of engineers

say they'll be pumping water over the dunes, and filling the basins with sand, one neighbor said she just want the project to stop. >> our greatest resource is destroying, the pollution on this beach, the bacteria, the filth, the mess they're dredging up, the damage they're doing to the sea life. and it is all unnecessary. >> ventnor and longport are next on the list of beaches scheduled for the replentishment project. >> sending it out to katie now today might be good day to hit the beach. >> agreed, absolutely. actually do have a live picture of margate. there is no dunes that you can see, or any kind of replentishment project going on in this particular camera shot. this is outside beach patrol headquarters, but looks like the tide about mid-way point. not quite all the way up to the highest level just yet. but this looks all-in-all, yes , as rahel said, pretty fantastic beach day for our area. and whether we go next, taken out to what's in the tropics,

this might be your beach week and out at the shore, is emily going to have impact whatsoever on your plans to be on the beaches? nothing directly whatsoever. this storm, as we mentioned, also has been downgrade today depression, and it looks like it will stay on this northeasterly track, not even hitting the portions of carolina coastline, stowe does stay out to sea. it could, however, churn up the surf little bit toward week's end. need to keep an eye on that possibility, possibly kicks up stronger surf, some rip current, so keep an eye on, that always swim near the lifeguards anyway as general rule. in the next couple of days stays pretty hot, scattered showers, storms to dodge wednesday, thursday, friday. by saturday though front crosses through, and it turns brighter and less humid through the weekend, meisha. >> all right, katie, thank you so much. turning our attention right away to new jersey and what's happening out there. earlier this morning talking about all morning an accident investigation, in gloucester township, new jersey, three vehicle accident, happened earlier around 2:00 a.m. forty-two northbound, closed between college drive and

route 534. i'm going to show you a back up shot in just a moment. this is live chopper three, however. that is over actually where traffic is being diverted, from 42, onto college drive. and what happened as you were being diverted, we have now an overturned tractor-trailer. and you can see, that this is quite a mess. lot of people walking around here, as well. so, individually, one car after another is having to squeeze by here. again, this is where you're being diverted off from where that accident investigation was underway. so i'm going to take from chopper, take a look at this, so all of these vehicles are driving up toward where that accident investigation is. and then, you're getting off at college drive, where you just saw that overturned tractor-trailer. so all these vehicles, single handedly trying to squeeze by, and i can tell you it is an absolute mess in terms of how long you're going to be sit ting in this. even your alternates, 168, route 55, you're still going

to be very, very slow, hours of waiting at this point. so avoid this area if you k more to come in a little bit. jim, rahel, back to you. >> meisha, in this morning's health watch, new study shows that women with history every gum disease may be at greater risk for cancer? researchers at the university of buffalo tracked that, on six a thousand post menopausal women, they found those with periodontal problems had 14% higher risk for cancer, link to cancers of the esophagus and gall bladder was specially high. >> this is interesting. new study shows that the health benefits of the mediterranian diet may not benefit everyone the same. italian researchers have found that people, get this, with high incomes or education levels benefitted the most. they say because people with higher incomes near higher quality feeds, forks, pricier olive oil has better nutrition than cheap olive oil. fewer with fewer social advances aren't saying the same advance in cardiovascular

risk. >> any leo's about to celebrate a birthday listen up , might want to think about excepting a piece of cake. blowing out birthday candles spreads germs, to test it, they slathered icing on two birthday cakes, people blow out the can recalls on one of them, here is the thing, they found blowing on the candles increase the amount of bacteria on the cake by 1400%. huge. >> hum. there are germs all over. it won't bother me. on on the health woman, price of prescription drugs continues to rise. >> now some promising better deals. here's how it works. >> extremely, extremely high. >> deals with constant pain. after complications from a surgery, led to a pinch sky attic nerve. >> this is 30 day supply. >> that prescription for nerve pain cost him $622 a month.

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>> fifty bucks is quite a bit. >> good rx gave the best deal, $382 with a on line coupon, $81 off the regular price. >> yes, that's really good. >> he will now be checking both, before he buys. >> a big help. >> considering it a bit of pain control, for his bottom line. liz collins, for cbs news, minneapolis. >> well, coming up: the dangerous reason why more than 1 million ford explore remembers now under investigation. >> speaking every danger, would you walk on this? tell you where the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world is open. that's next.

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>> for a look at newspaper headlines from our ruge own. >> bucks county courier times, putting out a house fire, it caused he can tens i have damage. this solar panels prevented the roof from being opened up to event the fire and fumes, making the fire within the

building even hotter. firefighters can shut off electric power to a home, but solar panel, well, they remain energized so firefighters can't get on a roof. >> and the inch till genes err , the department of conservation and natural resources is conduct ago survey to ask pennsylvanians what to change about parks. the department manages 300,000 f $102 million. >> and in the burlington county times girls on the run returns to cinnaminson son. ten week program combining training for a 5k race, with education and inter-active discussions for protein girls, as they reach adolescent, the program is open to girls in grades three to five, registration by the way begins today for the fall season, which starts on september 11. sounds good. >> and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >> new bridge in switzerland the longest pedestrian suspension bridge. looks little scary but i here

that the views are out of this wormed. the 1650-foot long bridge has a system in place to keep it from swaying, thank goodness, and 279 feet off the ground, about 27 stories, hiking trails, offers breathtaking views at the famous other peaks. >> that wouldn't bother me. >> that wouldn't bother you? >> things along the side so you can't full offer f there was a bridge with nothing on the side. >> well, let me know how it looks. >> well, go on vacation there. coming up: a banner day on wall street. what should investors do now? live in new york. >> plus, game of thrones fans might want to be careful of spoiler alert watcher we know about the hbo hacks. >> governor chris christie speaking about his confrontation with a cubs fan, we'll hear his side of the story coming up. meisha? >> good morning, huge mess on 42 northbound, multiple problem areas surrounding the single accident. yikes. all of the update coming up. but first we will take a quick

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>> from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news ". >> good morning, everyone, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon, it is 6:30, here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute, today august 1st, 2017. >> not one but two major accident have triggered a stands still on route 42 in south jersey. >> president trump has hit the restart button in the west wing. >> we look forward to an even better job. >> a new chief of staff is in. the man who was was the new communications direct or was out after less than two weeks on the job. >> a shocking allegation. former phillies star, pete rose, is accused of statutory rape.

>> on top of the clock tower at city hall if philadelphia. >> dangerous stunt, man climbs to the top of city hall without ever being noticed. >> his daredevil photographer took advantage of renovation work. particular take it back you should be -- (laughing). >> ahh. >> he's got the ring. >> clip from the lay lay show from james card on. we send it out to katie. i hear you have a relatively good forecast. looking pretty good behind you >> looking good compared to this same time yesterday. that much very true. so there is not that chill in the air, it felt very strange to walk out the door, and feel like you needed an extra layer the last few mornings, but that's no longer the case, quite comfortable, even though humidity is noticable. not insufficient err zero r err recall, the air mass stays somewhat light throughout the course of the day as well, at worse mid 60s for dew point

temperatures, which again, is just shy of what it start to feel little humid. now at the moment, storm scan nice and clear. we are promised and already seeing i should say an absolutely gorgeous sunrise take place, storm scan is empty it, will generally stay that way. at some point this afternoon or evening, though, i would not be shock to see quit pop up shower or thunderstorm, in just couple of of spot. most of us stay clear, most of us stay dry, most of us seeing nothing but sunshine, get pretty hot out there. all of that said, too, it is milder than yesterday. sixty-nine the current temperature at wilmington, at 72 at the airport, still only in the 50's in mount pocono. but as the day goes on we will definitely heat up easily up that way, as well, and even though, again, you might see spotty shower or storm, most every us do stay dry. that certainly is the case at the shore today. 86 degrees for you at the area beaches. all the way up to 91 in philadelphia. so it is a hot day, but it is august. it is not all that atypical for us to see these kind of temperatures, generally, with the sunshine, too, now coming up we do start to see not only

higher humidity but also more unsettled weather on the unfold. i'll let you know exactly how long that stretch of the pat certain going to last us little later on shall meisha. >> sure looks beautiful out there, katie, thank you so much. very good morning to all of you, happy tuesday, just waking up with us right now, and you're anywhere in the jersey area, just take a look at this, we have live chopper three over an accident investigation. gloucester township. so three vehicle accident happened earlier 2:00 a.m. investigation stages are underway, you can see the clean up hang right there. but what you can't see in this shot, 42 northbound closed at college drive. snow we can take it from chopper, show them the live shot. take a look at this, 42 northbound closed college drive. your alternate 168 or 55. both of which are so busy, and if you're caught in this, what's happening is you're coming up to it, being diverted off 42 to college driver. but what happened there, we had overturned tractor-trailer where were you being diverted off to college drive. so all these vehicles are

single handedly trying to squeeze by college drive past that overturned tractor-trailer. that is why you're seeing everything completely stopped. then for those of you at home, that's been listening for awhile taking 168 or 55, five is also getting extremely backed up at this point. 168 is no different. if you can avoid the area at all costs, going to be sitting in therefore hours, i would definitely do so. rahel, back over to you. >> meisha, quite a mess out there. president trump says all is well at the white house. and there is no chaos in his administration. he tweeted it had been a great day in the white house after general john kelly took over as chief of staff. and anthony scaramucci was fired as white house communications director. scaramucci is the seventh senior white house official to be ousted. >> not a problem scaramucci can probably do without, the latest edition of harvard law school alumni directory lists him as deceased, made a mistakes, covered sincere

apologies and will offer corrections in future edition, from harvard law class of 1989 >> president trump's drug commission is calling on him to takings against the country 's opioid crisis by declaring a national emergency now the chewing spear headed by new jersey governor chris christie says the declaration would motivate congress to find funding solutions. in a recent interview, governor christie stated that there are 142 deaths each day from opioid overdoses, that means, the death toll is, quote, equal to a 9/11 scale lost every three weeks. meantime conrail and city officials have gun the daunting process of cleaning up a stretch of train tracks notorious for illegal truck activity. mals i have overhaul began yesterday, and they vowed to clean up and spare the tracks, more than half mile of tracks is overrun with heroin needles , and trash, and the city has paid $90,000 to build series every fences along

overpasses, additionally, police officers will also supplement conrail security. >> we are eliminating a situation that attracted drug users to the neighborhood from across the region in the northeast part of this country >> we should opt out conrail has attempt topped clean up this stretch in the past. this time they're implementing long-term strategy there is includes providing temporary social service trailers, to assist those struggling with homelessness, and addiction. >> new jersey's recent government shutdown now inspiring lawmakers to make legislate i have changes. assembly approved two bills, one would force the governor detail to close whenever there is a shutdown. you remember these fixtures, governor christie on the beach during the shutdown last month another measure would keep state parks open. they say it still needs it way in on the plans, another measure approved a way to pay state workers during the closing. >> well, the dow jones industrial average closed at

noontime -- new time high. other inch did he cents within striking distances of their record. >> levels just prompt investor action. business analyst, jill schlessinger, joins us live from new york, good morning, jill. >> good morning. >> the jill, why are stocks continuing to rise this year? >> now, if you remember, when we began the year, investors hoped politics would help propel stocks. they counted on infrastructure spending, comprehensive overall of the tax code, and regulatory reform. well, the administration just nicked around the edges of regulatory issues, stock indexes have reached new highs this year, on better than expected corporate earnings. second quarter profits that companies in the sp and 500 index are on pace to rise by 9 % from a year ago, that follows 14% increase in the first quarter. the economy grew at 1.9% annual in the first half of the year, that's not wildly excessive but strong enough to create plenty of jobs, all of

that put together new stock market highs. >> so, jill, what can investors do right now? >> i'm not going to tell to you do nothing, because there is no better time than when the markets are calm and rising, to re balance your portfolio. you start by connecticut firming hey is my allocation in check? if i was a 50-50 investors six months ago, is it still 50-50, or maybe the stock market movements have shifted your percentages. if they have, make adjustment. if possible, use that auto re balancing feature a lot of retirement plans have, many large investment companies offer them, too. don't forget you may want to free up some cash you might need over the next year. maybe there is a tuition payment, a home down payment, or car purchase. this is also an ideal time to replentish that emergency reserve funds, you know that's where you set aside enough money to carry six to 12 months of living expenses. for more on how you can manage

marked risk, let's do it when the markets are higher, now when they're down in the dumps g to jill on money. com. >> i think the auto re balancing feature, specially 401k's that don't go into them , check that often, i think that's real a great idea , jill. >> thank you. have a good time with this, and it is always more fun to do this when stock are higher than lower. >> here, here. jill, thank you. >> well, hackers claim another target. >> this time, it is hbo. >> three of the network shows have been affected according to entertainment weekly the hackers allegedly took the script to neck week's game of thrones, oh, no. hackers also leak episodes from the hbo shows ballers, which stars duane the rock johnson and groom so far hbo declined to comment. >> summer olympics are coming back to the u.s. coming up which city also hosting the games in 2028. >> one whole police department pulled their fleet of ex poor ers many we will tell you why the vehicles may be dangerous.

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cars. >> the national highway traffic safety administration has expands add investigation into 1.3 million ford explorers over possible carbon monoxide issues, made between 2011 and 2017. the nhtsa says more than 2700 complaints have been filed by owners who were concerned they were expose today carbon monoxide while in explorers, including those who drive them , as police vehicles. >> what i understands, these officers were tested, and they had double and triple the amount of carbon monoxide in their system than they're supposed to have. >> the announcement comes on the heals of the austin texas police department pulling all explorers from it police fleet popping multiple complaints. >> over the past five month, we've had 62 workers come report files, by officers, for

, posh ear to carbon monoxide. >> the 446 explorers make up majority of the fleet. >> the absolute right decision , based on the concerns that we have over the carbon monoxide exposure issues we've had, that impact our employee's health, wellness and safety. >> some officers, including one from california, are suing ford motor company. in a statement lay friday, ford says it will cover the cost of specific repairs, in every police intercept or utility that may have carbon monoxide concerns. i'm mary maloney reporting. >> very serious stuff there. well, the summer olympic games are coming back to the u.s. >> it is official, la will host 2028 olympic games, international olympic committee made its decision yesterday. rival cities, paris, la made a deal. par list host the games in 2024 and la will host in 2028. last time the us hosed the summer olympics in atlanta

back in 1996. 2028 a big year, but the here and now for the moment. here in philly in the philly region, pretty nice day. >> interesting, it seems like so far away. we'll bling our eyes, it will be here. fin i how that happens. no kid willing g, i'm with you now, things looking pretty calm. looks overall like a pretty nice summer day for us, can you believe we're in august already though? time about time flying. we have really pretty shot for us, out there this morning, from the eyewitness weather watchers, starting things off though with a little bit more of this helpful picture,ly due shopped up, looks like the top after mailbox, came in from phil. watch you might need to flick your windshield wipers. really are i one, looks like the humming birds giving the plastic humming bird a little kiss there. nice shop. -- shot. nothing to see here folks. but nice blue sky, little hint of yellow. came in from ed connor out in the chesterfield area.

off to a milder start, by comparison to this same time yesterday for sure. so many of us, started off in the 50's, this same time yesterday. low 60s to eileen, john, john, both john's in glasco, and he had ned chesterfield 656789 that list goes on from john, from perkasie, kenneth, del dolores, lou, we could keep ongoing. thanks, guys, for sending in the observations look like warmest spots, in cherry hill where lynn is reporting 67 degrees. next storm scan, shows us couple of things. you have little activity back toward the send tran planes shall southern planes, eventually frontal papas and takes place later in the week. what's left of emily. moving to the northeast, will not have any direct impact on our area, possibly churning up the surf is people. i ' jump you ahead, essential

carbon copy, partly sunny, hot , humid, couple of scattered shunned err storms, by the weaken we cool down and brighten up nicely, meisha? >> take a look at this, talking about it all morning long, accident investigation in jerry. so gloucester township 42 northbound closed at college drive. what you are looking at all of these vehicles are trying to get to up where traffic is being diverted. off 42, onto college drive. then when you do jump there, overturned tractor-trailer, almost blocking college drive. one lane squeezing by, but it is literally one vehicle at a time. so if you are moving into this area, and you're kind of trapped, real now where to go because it is so slow getting onto college driver. now you can take the alternates around it 168 or route 55, both of which are slow moving by the way or try to take route 30 route 30 probably start to get slow as well. looking at these time here, i would say that you're going to

be sitting in this if you have to go out there for far more than an hour and a half. i would say more dropping into the two hours at this point, simply just not moving. so again, traffic being diverted to college drive right now. college drive, overturned tractor-trailer. very slow. >> big, big mess, thank you. from plump peaches to sweet corn and of course the famous jersey tomatoes, nothing like grabbing some farm fresh items during the summer season. >> that's why "eyewitness news " reporter pat gallen is at johnson's farm in medford new jersey this morning. good morning, pat. >> good morning, guys, we have our corn and i'm not going to pick this off the stalk because broke one already, i don't want it do that. erik johnson, good morning, my friends. so this is some beautiful corn what you guys are known for, out here in the cornfield this morning. you have a lot of acreage hereof corn. >> yes, grow about 25 acres here in medford, grow more at the other farm in jobstown, new jersey.

>> you and i spoke earlier about many doing out here and picking peaches. you and at family can come out and pick corn? >> picking corn, peaches, suing keen i, string beans, flowers, other things. >> got to love it. not just about corn on the could be per say. you guys do a lot of different things with corn including what we have here in front every us, beautiful spread you provided us. yes, creating all of these different corn recipes, made right from our corn that we picked in the field. >> what do you do with it? what do you have smear. >> we have corn qeso, very kind of rich flavor, our corn salsa,. >> lovely, i had some. my photographer kyle also a big fan of it. little dip in here. >> yes. >> don't break the chip. >> i won't break the chip. aim good at it now. >> all right. >> talk about the vegtables, sorry, can't talk with my mouthful. it is rude.

>> well, we're if he peak of the season, tomatoes are real, really good this year. they love the weather we've had, the hot dry weather, recent. makes for excellent meal. >> love it. talk to us about your other locations, if you can't make it out here at medford? >> my brother and family is out there in jobstown, north part of burlington county. do a lot of same things we do here, weddings, and other things, as well. >> awesome. can we get in here? >> absolutely. >> that looks ready to eat. looks ready to go. >> yes. >> little corn dip. >> we call it corn topper or corn sauce. takes your corn to the next level. you want to take some lime. >> take some lime and squeeze. >> yes. >> all right. back to you but not before i enjoy this beautiful corn could be with the corn topping >> athletes you're finished your live shot, eat safely, without having to talk, pat. >> that's good stuff. that looks absolutely

delicious. thanks to the folks at the farm for us today. >> the time now 6:52, a lot coming up on cbs this morning. >> joining because preview. vladmeere, good morning. >> good morning, jim, rahel. ahead we will talk with dan about the fall out from the newest white house shake up, and what it says about general kelly's role as chief of staff plus new push to add censors to cars, to prevent hot car deaths. >> and the nasa mission control, that sent man to the moon faces new mission. the effort to restore the landmark where history was made. all of that plus the eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. see you at 7:00. >> looks like a good show, we will be watching. >> this is known for car catcher, good reason, he rolled in 30-pound carp near locust point on the schuylkill river. >> ron says he likes the spot and catches carp there all the time. the carp catcher says it is the calming activity in serene

environment. >> with all of the stresses of life, you know, you need something that takes your mind off of stress. fishing for me one of the greatest things you can do. >> how about this? his latest catch actually isn't the biggest fish, his biggest, personal best, 43 pounds from the schuylkill. he said he never eats the fish , simply catches and release. >> i feel like i've actually seen him out there on a run before. >> the new york yankees logo. that will would cause stress to me walking through the streets of fill which a yankees lobiondo. >> chris christie defending himself after a confrontation with the chicago cub fan, that's gone viral. >> happened sunday when the cubs were playing the brewers at milwaukee miller park, christie says he confronted the fan because the man said some really quote lousy awful stuff with lot of children around. >> did you go for second, when it was at my town hall

meetings or any place else, if you give it, you will get it backment and i think that was very mellow reaction from new jersey governor to say real big shot. >> christie also says public officials are not meant to being public punching bags. his son works for the brewers. i'm sure they're happy for the publicity. >> we will be rite back with three to go.

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>> $5,000 rewards is being offered for information for a gunman who shot and killed a man in haverford township. >> president trump looking for another communications director, new chief of staff, john kelly ousted anthony scaramucci yesterday. it was kelly's first day in that role. >> tonight is national night out. the annual event partner slips between officers and members of the community, event taking place across the country. >> that's three to go. last check on weather and traffic. >> should be good event actually weight err wise for those folks, looks as though, out to the neighborhood network, nothing but sunshine, look closely in the distance, little haze over that mountain top there. that's thinning out. overlooking the rest, it will be pretty steamy out there. some showers, thunderstorms, starting specially tomorrow, thursday, friday, today, it is really isolated, meisha?

>> all right, katie, thank you so much. we still have live chopper three over this accident investigation, that we've been talking about in gloucester township new jersey all morning long. forty-two northbound closed at college drive causing some major backups, as traffic was being diverted. now one lane is open. >> thanks, meisha. new station in australia got an interesting surprise recently. >> hey, a large snake slithered into the news room and made itself at home. look at this, cameraman first started the carpet python in his desk, when the station's program manager apparently used to handling snakes came to the rescue. caught the snake using coat hanger and a bag, then release philadelphia into the bushes outside the news room. >> i think steve lindsey our executive producer has to get rid of it for us. >> dow too. >> oh, i will ' be right there with you. >> i can't, i can't. >> next on cbs this morning the space landmark that's falling apart and how nasa want you to help them restore it. >> and remember to join us each weekday morning here on cbs-3 starting at 4:30 a.m. have a great day.

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