here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. today is wednesday, august 2nd >> it is really scary. >> a community on alert after a woman is pulled off of a montgomery county trail, and then sexually assaulted at gunpoint. victim described her attacker as a black male wearing a black mass income a dark hooded sweat shirt. as the manhunt intensifies for gunman wanted in connection with the deadly shooting, the police and

resident in haverford township come together. >> there was a murder. they are not used to it here. none of us are. >> a shocking crash, captured on police dash cam, an officer struck, hurled into the air. teen traveler is in custody after his unexpected exit from an airplane. >> he jumped on the wing. >> a lot of fun at politician ness washington d.c. now that you are one of them. >> right. >> do you think that you were being unfair to them. >> no, no, no. >> senator al franken of course only person to play a senator on tv and become one in real life. >> someone famously asked one which one is easier, he said really, of course, being a senator. lets send it out to katie. we may see some rain today. >> yes, all scattered in nature, we will definitely see

wet weather, are you going to see it in your specific neighborhood. that is where question mark comes in and i cannot answer that question when we have this forecast. that is one where those where anyone can see it throughout the afternoon and evening, most prone time frame but with this kind of a set up storms will pop up but just question of we don't know where they will pop up but we have to wait for signs later in the day. i will walk outside with an umbrella today just to have it , in case, because if you plan to be out the rest of the day eventually storm scan will look more active then just included cover currently working its way in. it feels really steamy outside right now and you'll eventually start to see showers, storms popping up with time. they could be locally drench ing. low to mid 70's is current temperature up and down i-95. low to mid 70's as well through southern new jersey, central and southern delaware. cool if you want to call that it, off to the north and western suburbs. even in allentown we are only at 69 degrees right new but as

day goes on you will heat up efficiently as well. we have 68 in cape may. odd ball out for these observations. as the day goes on we will heat up with no problem, right backup to 90. we did verify at 91 yesterday afternoon. scattered late day thunderstorms. we will see more sun then anything but when they fire up they could drench you. do not want to get caught underneath one especially if you have lovely hair like you do you don't want to get stuck in that. >> it is a work in progress every day. thanks very much for that. good morning everybody. happy wednesday to you. so we're looking outside vine was closed for that construction project both moving in the west and eastbound direction that has been since clear. volume, levels you are working with in the westbound direction jumping on at the schuylkill. brake lights but everybody traveling posted speed. same story on the eastbound side. vine is looking g resurfacing was taking place on the schuylkill in the eastbound and westbound side, westbound side was starting to look busy but it looks like they have

all moved out of the way, construction worker so we are looking good. i will say that volleys starting to build up both west and eastbound on the schuylkill right now. quick peak at 95 at girard same story here starting to build. just take a look at the sea of headlights all right, people may be wanting to get a jump start to their day, yesterday maybe because of how busy things were predominantly on 42 in new jersey but still anytime it is busy like that in the morning the next day we will have almost a residual bump and and we will see volume increase quicker. that is what we're seeing at 95 south the girard. real quickly 95 south at girard starting at 10:00 a.m. we have construction taking place 10:00 a.m. between 10 and two, rahel, over to you. police are searching for an attacker after woman is sexually a ultimate sad while out for a run in montgomery county this happened just before 11:00an in norristown farm park. nineteen year-old victim was was in the panic. she told authorities that a man pulled her off the trail and sexually a ultimate sad

her at gunpoint. officials say suspect was hid ing in wood and people that visit park often say they are shock. >> i can't believe i missed bite 20 minutes. it is nerve rack to go me. it could have been me or anyone else and i could have easily been pulled in. it is just really scary. >> nearby norristown state hospital was on lock down briefly as officers searched for the attacker. crews will continue to gather evidence in the 690 ache are park, victim is recovering. authorities are warning people that the suspect is armed and should be considered dangerous in other news a spokesmen for bill cosby tells "eyewitness news" that the comedian will hire a new lawyer by the end of the movement cosby's lead lawyer brian mcgone gallon filed paperwork to withdraw from the case yesterday. judge scheduled a hearing on his request for august 22nd, you may recall cosby's first trial ended in a hung jury, jurors were dead locked after 52 hours of deliberations, cosby will go on trial again in november.

former reading mayor vaughn spencer is free, on $50,000 bail after entering a not guilty plea of federal corruption charges. last week spencer and allentown married he had pawlowski were indicted on bribery and fraud charge was three other people, they are accused of running a pay to play scheme, pawlowski pleaded not guilty last week. overseas now u.s. officials say talks with the north korea are possible if the communist country gets rid of the nuclear weapons. secretary of state rex tillerson made the announcement yesterday, on friday north korea successfully launched a missle capable of reaching u.s. tillerson hopes two countries can have discussions but not if the u.s. feels threaten. >> we are trying to convey to the north koreans we are not your your enemy, not your threat but you are presenting a threat to us and we have to respond. we hope that at some point they will begin to understand that. >> tillerson says china's in a unique position to put

pressure on north korea. the country accounts for 90 percent of the nor cocoa ran trade. u.s. does not blame for their actions. 5:37n business news this morning stocks continue to surge near record highs. >> money watch's roxana saberi joins us from the new york stock exchange with the numbers, good morning, roxana. >> reporter: good morning. here on wall street this morning the dow jones is on the verge of pushing through 22,000 mark for the first time banks, tech stocks and better than expect corporate profits pushed dow jones to the fifth straight record high yesterday dow jones gained 72 and nasdaq finished 14 points up. amazon is holding a giant job fare today and plans to hire 50,000 people across the country. job seekers can go to 12 shipping sites between 8:00 a.m. and noon local time that includes the company's facility in robbinsville mercer county. and employment offers will be made on the spot, 40,000 people will be offered full-time jobs, with health insurance and retirement plans since real estate is about

location, new research from home union tries to predict best zip code for rising home values in the next five years. the zip code is 33434 tops the list in west palm beach suburb gladwynn or 19035 pricey philadelphia suburb is second, and follow thanks collect their name at 48322 came in third, that is detroit suburb of west, bloom field township. and moms may be the hardest working people, in town. a new study suggest that between jobs outside the home and parenting, working mothers of children between age of five and 12 log about 98 hours of work per week, that is, adding up to two full-time jobs. jim and rahel, study found that the main way they deal with the stress is through netflix, and wine. >> no better case study then our katie fehlinger, very hard working here. >> she does the netflix, but not the wine. >> maybe, but no katie was saying, from the time she wakes up until she goes to bed

, she has two little twin girls. roxana very busy. >> i believe that. >> it takes the edge off. thanks, we will check with you tomorrow. well, still summer but game stop is already thinking about thanksgiving, the video game retailer says it is staying opened on turkey day, store closed its doors on the holiday for last three years. game stop's thanksgiving hours will be limited. new jersey state workers furloughed during last this summer's government shut down will be getting paid for that time off. governor chris christie signed a bill that gives back pay to the non-essential employees that were sent home at the beginning of the last month. government services including state parks were close forward three days while lawmakers hammered out the state budget. christie signed the 35 billion-dollar budget on july 4th. staying in new jersey now senator corry booker wants to legalize marijuana across the country. democrat introduced legislation that for remove marijuana from controlled

substances. booker says marijuana law affect poor, minority citizens right now eight states and district of columbia have legalized marijuana in some form. there is also a search for gunman hossa tack critically injured two men in east mt. airy, police say gunman pulled up to the victim's vehicle last night on the 7700 block of williams avenue and opened fire, on the passenger side. the passenger was hit in the chest and the driver was hit in the head, and investigators say a person in the back seat jumped in to the driver ease seat and rush both victims to einstein hospital. still ahead what mayor jim kenney is saying about that dare devil who climbed philadelphia city hall. plus we're hearing from a woman lucky to be alive she was rescued from her sinking suv by a good samaritan. and frightening moments when an airplane after it land , teen jumps from the plane we will tell how was going to grab him before he got away. we invite to you join us on cbs-3 summer fest head head to avalon and stone harbor.

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>> that ace adorable. >> be sure to catch your favorite tunes this fall right here on cbs-3. he is so cute. >> i'm not mocking him but just so adorable. >> it is a fun >> given the hours that we work we're okay. there may be activity popping up around noon time but in the mid to late afternoon, evening time frame, any of the more widespread showers, still scattered will begin to pop up if you are just running outing to the gym, walking dog and you'll be there for a while you can go out the door without an umbrella right now. later today or out all day then would i take it. it is one of those you may not get hit but if you do, you will be glad that you had an umbrella. >> yes. >> locally drenching rain is never fun. >> no. >> take a look outside, visibility is still quite good but i can attest it is incredibly steamy, having stood on the sky deck for just

a couple minutes. it is like it starts to feel soupy outside. we are getting to that point where dew points are climbing pretty easily and granted, time of the morning where it tend to be, at its most steamy this time of the year, and it is even still, that is a general theme of the forecast, now. overlooking center city visibility good, we're generally just dealing with a veil of cloud high in the atmosphere. they will in the mess with you at the surface that much. taking a look at eyewitness weather watchers hopefully we will get to them and take a look at observations they are send nothing. we will look at the area picture that have come in, and there are just some from this morning and last night, we will start with the more, the won from last night where we had absolutely gorgeous, colors being paint add cross this evening sky. look at this, someone took a paint brush and swiped yellow through this picture this came from lynn, and there was another one that is absolutely , i mean i was struck by it setting up the segment here a moment ago. absolutely gorgeous. this is phil.

he is a photographer. he knows what he is doing behind that lens but absolutely gorgeous. i love that shot. good one, phil. we will get to a couple more. ed connor sent this one in, you see moisture on the window here of the cars so you might to have flip the windshield wiper once or twice. just one more early this morning you have to look closely but right there, little speckle, that is venous off in the distance. so early this morning you can see that. now at the moment we are off to a warm start, lot of the watchers reporting 60's, low to mid 70's. we have storm scan three still quiet. do you see this pocket of showers, heavy rain firing up across western, upstate new york. now we will see a similar scenario unfold here, shoulder could not only be locally heavy but slow moving. in addition until they fire up , air quality alert posted throughout the day specific to chester, delco, montgomery bucks county and philadelphia county. more isolated centralized area that has higher levels of

ozone but could mess with you suffering from respiratory illness. we are hot, steamy, unsettled. front crosses through, weekend clears out and looks beautiful by sunday. >> sunday looks amazing. thanks very much. very good morning. we were free all morning licensing until right new we have one, first one of the morning, and not a big one. it is pulled off to the median accident ramp from 202 southbound to route 30 westbound. head up on. that as you pass on by you can see congestion levels there isn't any. so, so far we are looking pretty g just a head up that is out there blue route baltimore pike headlights moving in the southbound direction where you'll be working with their, still traveling around at posted speeds. quick peak at 42 near 295 if you are working with obviously north bound side it looks like taillights in the north bound direction it looks like that is heating up a little bit quicker then the southbound side. just a sneak peak at what we're doing with yesterday compared to today, cannot even compare it. some construction 95 south at girard at 10:00 a.m. until

2:00 p.m., just be mindful of that because that will slow you down even in the 10:00 o'clock hour. some construction that is clearing out of the way, 295 north ramp to route 42, that is reopened and marlton, new jersey, route 73 at route 70 we have construction crews out there that has been since cleared, jim, back over to you investigators still don't know what caused a deadly house explosion in lancaster county. national transportation safety board release aid report on the incident yesterday that said the gas line to the house in manor township was not leaking, three gas technicians and a sewer inspector were working at the house when it exploded, one worker died and the other, were hospitalized, the home was destroyed and four nearby homes, were condemned. police new want to talk to a man climbed to the top of the city hall and posted a video on line. we have first shed you this video yesterday posted sunday on the you tube page exploring with carson. he climbed all the way to the

top of the william penn pen statue which at the time was surrounded by scaffolding. the climb her remains anonymous who did it to document history not to cause any trouble. incident has exposed a significant loop hole in security. central detectives is leading the investigation. right now it does appear particularcally when he went in the tower and continued to go up it appears there was a owe even if. >> the it bothers me that someone wants to climb to the top of the city hall and same thing with the ben franklin bridge. >> this comes a week after two photographers were caught on the ben franklin bridge tower, those men, well, they are facing felony charges. security scare at a california airport when teen jumps out of the airplane. unexpected exit happened yesterday, after the plane landed at san francisco international airport. flight had originated in panama city. passengers says teen seemed nervous before he opened up emergency exit and jumped out. >> i seen him jump on the wing and then starts claiming down

wing and just runs the other way. >> airport official say construction crew on the ground detained the 17 year-old until police arrived. florida with man is facing charges after good samaritan rescues her from a sinking car >> the suv was sitting in retention pond next to the gas station. driver said she tried slamming on on her breaks when she realize she had drove in to it within minutes her car was filled up with water, and she could not get out and a man jumped in to help. >> it looks like water, the road, when it was rain. >> i just happened to be at the right place at the right time. >> yes. >> eventually several people stepped into help her get out of the car. they pulled her out through the window. afterward she met and thank the man who first stepped in. up next how a pennsylvania coffee shop is helping customer, pay it for. also ahead a unique therapy pet thaw might say, we will tell with you are this

she owns the cafe in cumberland county, pennsylvania customers can buy credit for strangers and hang on the notes with credit on

the cork board. anyone can go up to the board and pull a note. >> anyone wants to do it, especially to give stuff, to other people, that is always a wonderful thing. >> she came up with the idea when mom walked in with rowdy children. she wanted a cup of coffee. a complete stranger paid for that coffee and pastry. her customers contribute to the game. she doesn't encourage it and notes get replaced by strangers almost as quickly as they get used. >> what a great idea. we have seen examples of the value of therapy dogs for people in the hospital. >> but dogs are not only animals providing needed comfort to people facing health issues. in des moines, iowa a therapy duck, yes, quack, quack, visits three different facilities every week including this residential facility for people with mental illness. his name is webster and he makes a positive impact where ever he goes. >> to be able to pet something that is different, then a cat or dog and feel how soft its feathers are. >> he is super popular. it is a novel thing.

people don't see a ducking out and sitting on peoples laps and wanting to get attention. >> you go, webster. webster has his own facebook page detailing his adventures like his visits to hospitals, nursing homes and kid camps. and this dog has a new smile thanks to 3-d printing. blue, who part of his tongue and his bill, a few years ago and ever since his owner had to bottle feet him several times a day. but then the team, took a scan of what remained and made a replacement. vet picked out perfect material and then blue is now eating on his own and for his own for the first time in years. >> there is some good news all around this morning. >> yes. coming up next on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" when you think of yelp, you think of a business or restaurant reviews but on line rating service is being used by expectant moms, we will show you how. plus lays up your sneakers , to build better bones, doctor rob will talk about how long you need to run each day to strengthen your

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new this morning one person is shot and a carries left riddled with bullets at a gas station overnight. we will also have this. it could have been me or

anyone else. really scary. fear in the local community after a jogger is dragged off a trail and sexual ly assaulted at gunpoint we are live with the search for a suspect. this mess down the shore is being referred to as lake margate we will tell but today 's emergency meeting to address flooding problems caused by a dune replenishment project. it is wednesday, august 2nd, good morning, i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha is keeping an eye on things. good morning. >> good happy wednesday, it is monday, and then tuesday, yes, and then wednesday. >> yes. >> look at the sun, it is something we will have a trickle down of accidents starting to happen now, and we will get to that. weather shouldn't be a issue for us, that is good. not right now. later this evening or early this afternoon as that drive gets underway things could get dicey for us. there will be showers, thunderstorms that pop up but at the moment it is just hazy, certnl