>> we are following some breaking news this morning, in quakertown bucks county. you're looking at the smoldering smokey wreckage after deadly crash, driver went out of control, driving directly into a pool supply store which then caught fire. just spoke to the fire chief on the scene, liver report coming up. >> a grand jersey now being used in the russian election meddling investigation. while the president goes on the offensive. i'm with the latest from the white house, coming up. >> and, we're celebrating cbs-3's summer fest today. visiting two great towns at the shore. pat gallen is taking us to a shop that's found a way to combination dirt and breakfast into one delicious sandwich.

>> better bring something back today is friday, august 4, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm january jan. >> pat bringing stuff back for us? >> he better or we'll track him down. >> looking outside right now do, have couple of minor accident, we will get to all of that coming up, the nice dry roadways for now. >> and for the most part most of us should stay dry today. with every passing day granted we had some thunderstorms really went through with a vengeance yesterday, but weren't as widespread as the predecessors from the day before. little left over shower rolling right now across burlington county border into ocean county, but for the most part here, i do think you'll see some sunshine, it will be hot, it will be sticky throughout the course of the day, but any showers or thunderstorms will wait again until the afternoon. they primarily fire up to the west. so maybe you've got plans to make a trip out to watch i shall country or hershey park or something like that for the weekend, going out there this afternoon, that's when the

threat of not just some thunderstorms but maybe even some severe weather back to central pa specifically may start to threaten. so we will need to keep an eye on the radar out that way for any thunderstorm cells that might try to migrate east. right now we don't sit in the major threat of severe weather here locally at all. low 70s around the region as a whole, upper 60s, allentown back to reading, a.c. airport, wildwood, checking low 70s at this hour, as do many of the other beach locations. for example, stone harbor, 71 degrees, winds direction still generally out of the south, pumping in the moisture content, so again, we will still keep it on the humid side throughout the course of the day here. by 3:00 p.m., yes, still call it partly sunny, but there will be few showers, thunderstorms, and i'll give you little better sense of where those might erupt most specifically later in the show , meisha? >> sounds good. katie, thank you so much. and good morning, happy friday , so looking outside at the ben franklin bridge. looking gorgeous here, traveling westbound from jersey over the bridge into center city. looking good. looking just as it should. now, couple of places where it

is not. it is still early. we do have couple every accident out there. this one schulkhill eastbound montgomery drive, was blocking all lanes, in fact, the accident right was in the center lane. then it blocked all lanes now it is pushed all the way over to the far right. so traffic getting by there pretty good. you might see people kind of putting on their brakes, as they travel on by, little gaper delay. overall not enough vehicles out there to sustain any real slow downs, looking okay there new jersey turnpike southbound past pa turnpike, another crash here, two inner roadway lanes blocked now, just heads up, that construction, back to the schuylkill westbound, left lane compromised there, now all clear. crews completely out of the way. looking good there. we will be talking about a lot of construction coming up in the next tenth minute or so. back to you. >> thank you shall meisha. >> breaking news this morning, car crash into a pool store then that store goes up in flames. >> authority now trying to figure out what caused the driver to swerve off the road. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do, enough quakertown this morning, with more on this deadly crash.

trang, what can you tell us? >> good morning, jen, jim, still very active scene here, the 1600 block of northwest end boulevard, also known as 309. now, if anybody's getting up, getting ready to go to work, definitely avoid this area. take a look at the scene, still tons of crews out here, and we can see the pool store directly across the street. now, right now, tow truck is getting ready to tow that car that was involved in this crash, as you mentioned, that driver has died. now, crews remain on the scene , because this was very challenging fire, lot of hazards to deal with. this is a pool store. take a look at this video from earlier this evening. now there is fire started just after 2:00 a.m., at 1618 northwest end boulevard in quakertown, the pool pro. state police say someone was driving on the road here, but for unknown reason their car left the roadway, crashed into the building again part of pool pro, pool supply company. now the building then caught fire. as you can imagine, lots of

hazards to deal with here but flammable chemicals stored inside. firefighters had to wear their air packs due to the chlorine and acid in the air. now, at this point, investigators are still not sure why the driver lost control. >> apparently motor vehicle, not sure which direction, came down the highway, lost control somehow, went off the highway, and crashed into the building, setting the building on fire. >> this is not only a business here, there was actually an apartment upstairs, and family has been displaced right now, they're still missing their dog. at this point, firefighters here, just cleaning up this scene. it could take some time. but for now, live from quakertown, i'm trang do, cbs 3, "eyewitness news," jan, jim being back to you. >> tracks that's very bus busy business, i find my hot tub supplies there, the folks that run that place real nice, too, so sad to see this, especially sad story with the driver of the car. thank you for that report.

>> resident in parts every south jersey are dealing with flooding, this is a look from our chopper three over route 130 last night, heavy down poured stranded drivers, businesses and homes in the area were also flooded. >> you have a problem, regarding flooding, please do not drive-thru the flood, flooded streets, if you see a line down, do not cross the line, please dial 911 so someone can come out there. >> now, fortunately, there are no injuries to report. the storm yesterday also caused flight delays at philadelphia international airport. >> authority in camden country investigating a multi vehicle crash, in cherry hill, that left one person dead. that crash happened right around 9:00 last night, on kings highway near miami avenue. police say the wreck involved two motorcycles, and at least one other vehicle. in addition, to that fatality, another person was also injured in that crash. no word on that person's condition, this morning. >> well, it is a game, police

warn, could become deadly. bikers now swerving in and out of traffic coming inches away from oncoming cars. take a look at this, videos show the bicyclists popping wheelies in sit it streets, coming dangerously close to cars before wear syringe away, coming into the way of vehicles and pedestrians on purpose, but it is not all fun and game, official say, these dangerous stunts are dis starting to drivers. >> getting worse every day. swerving in and out of track, going head on with cars, i guess playing a game of chicken with the cars. >> they follow the rules or will get hit. >> police say they're cracking down on the swerving bike sicklies that is effort to keep everyone safe on the roads. >> major new developments in the presidential investigation investigation into ties between russia and the trump campaign. the information comes as the president set out for vacation , cbs news correspondent hen a tells us the president will be in new

jersey. >> the russia story is a total fabrication. >> president trump called the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election a hoax at a rally in west virginia thursday night. just cbs news learned special council robert mueller is now using a grand jury to advance his february are -- federal probe. allows them to streamline the process every got egg subpoenas for records and testimony. the president insist this is is all soar games by democrats still upset by his win in november. >> there were no russians in our campaign. there never were. we didn't win because of russia. we won because of you. that i can tell you. >> white house press secretary , sarah sanders, issued a statement that former fbi director james comey had, quote, the three times that the president is not under investigation. and we have no reason to believe that has changed. reacting to suggestions by mr.

trump that he may be look ing into firing mueller, two bipartisan groups of senators introduced bills thursday, making that much harder to do. they stipulate if the president ever gave such an order, that order would then require the court's approval. >> one of the most admire people that i know. you fire him, you will create a fire storm here. >> ty cobb, member of the president's legal team, says the president is committed fully cooperate with mueller, and favors anything that accelerate the work of his work fairly. cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> police departments all across the country are having trouble with some of their ford explorers, the philadelphia police department is now taking a closer look at their own suv's, officials say exhaust is leaking into ford explorer intercept or suv's, the city has 188 of these vehicles in the police department, so far there are no reported issues here at home, but 20 officers, in texas, tested positive for

carbon monoxide in their blood one overs lost consciousness near boston. >> as a result of that, several vehicles have since been taken out of service. >> i stand here confident that we are making the right decision today based on what we know with the carbon monoxide exposure issue we've, the impact it has had on our work force. >> ford spokesperson says drivers of regular non-police ford explorers shouldn't be concerned. meanwhile, ford is working with police to fix the problem >> the do you know construction project in margate is on hold. a a superior court judge in new jersey has halted construction after complaint it created pools of standing water, outside of beachfront homes. city attorneys called the project a health and financial crisis. attorneys for the state argued that draining the ponds and partially filling in the basins should address that problem. >> well, we now know what led to the death after woman found burried in the sand in ocean city, maryland. we will will have an update for you coming up next.

>> then dramatic rescue from flashflooding in california. but this isn't the only extreme weather playing that area. find out what else is happening there. coming up. >> and there has been another fire at a giant skyscraper in dubai. we will update you on the damage left behind. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> welshing singer war didn't get a green light b to perform at chicago's la la palooza festival last night when the show was postponed. >> no in. >> yes. >> find out why the crowd was told to go home. >> i'm waiting to hear this story. when we come back. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪

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>> on "eyewitness news," death of texas woman whose body was found on a beach in ocean city maryland this week has been ruled accidental. thirty year old ashley o'connor fell into a hole someone dug in the sands there , and was burried alive. authority say the incident sadly is not unheard of. beach-goers, who dig, don't know holes can quickly cave in and trap those inside. >> the body singing one moment

quickly encapsulated in the sand another moment. >> i think it is all about just keeping an eye on your children, you know, if you are walking away from what you are digging, make sure you fill it back in. >> records show collapsing sand is actually killed 31 people world-wide in the last decade. >> that's horrible. severe weather forces the popular music festival lola palooza to wrap up quickly in chicago, around 9:00 last night, heavy thunderstorms ended day one of the four day festival, about an hour earlier than expected. over 170 act are booked for the send, 400,000 people are expected to attend the festival over the weekend. >> well, lorde was about to perform when the show was postponed, she tweeted this saying they've told us we can't play. i had the most spectacular show planned for you, and i promise i will come back to play it as soon as i can. >> well, residents on the west coast are hoping for a break in the weather this weekend. >> areas near los angeles are dealing with the aftermath of flashflood there, other

sections will broiling in the heat and wild fire smoke. core correspondent john loyer ends with the latest on this west coast wetter. >> flashflooding engulfed part of southern california thursday in the community of acton, 50 miles outside of los angeles, roads were washed out , vehicles were trapped, and some people needed to be rescued. in a metro link train, caring about 200 people with was stopped, due watery roading section of track. over in palm springs, early morning thunderstorms were to blame for flooding, power outages, road closures in the coachella valley. washington state could use some precipitation. wild fires are scorching some spots, like lewis count. >> i we expect it just to get worse over the next several days of this dry weather continues. >> the area hasn't had significant rain in weeks. and is dealing with record-breaking high temperatures. air quality problems are reported in seattle. >> if you're outside even for five minutes, ten minute, and whether it comes, the kind

choke comes into your chest, your throat, tightens up. you are kind of gasp for breath. >> in addition to the heat, smoke from canadian wild fires are bringing a blanket of pollution over the area. >> a lot of this can be irritant reaction, irritant reaction to any of your airways, stowe could be your nose, eyes, ears, lungs, so inflammatory reaction occurs in a lot of folks. >> john loyer ends, cbs-3, " eyewitness news." >> some wild weather out west. >> yes, so katie, friday. >> yes, it is indeed. i would say our weather looks all that wild here today, you know, we are certainly going to see some stormy weather specially back through central pa that could be pretty dicey, for us locally, you know, again, looks like kind of a typical classic summer day as we await the passage after cold front. in the meantime, just hitting on, re it rating the point from the store a moment ago, yes, oh, zone, fine particle pollution, really has significant impact on your health. so weather very directly

related to, that that's why we try to bring you the air quality alerts any time they do pop up, if you are an asthma sufferer, because it has aim pactment on outside, look at storm scan, wider zoom for you. right now storm system brewing , you can see at the center of circulation, much more classic look to the organization with this now. up across midwest, trailing frontal boundery behind it. this is what crosses our area, later on tonight. now there is will be arriving for western and central pennsylvania, and ohio, as early as this afternoon. so, you will have ample heat willing of the day going on at that point to really help get some very strong thunderstorms active. triggered across this area. by the time it reaches us, the sun will likely have long since been down. lost the heating of the day. at least good portion of it, that does help dampen the severe weather threat. that's something that's on our side. but i think we'll still see few showers or storms. turn the focus to the tropics, couple of systems to watch. 50% development with this guy just around the lesser

antilles, if this were to develop, next, franklin, meanwhile we do have another system, not necessarily sure which of these would develop if at all first, but, this one does have a better shot develop, and the ne the list beyond franklin would be gerth girth, taking a peak what we could expect here locally, pop up thunderstorms, very likely none severe variety, 09 degrees the expected hi, frontal boundery crosses later tonight, leaving behind residual shower in the morning or thunderstormment then start to clear out. all-in-all saturday does look nice, sunday just still looks absolutely beautiful, meisha. >> all right, sure does, 82, and just sun. thanks so much, katie. looking outside right now, you guys, hammy friday first of all. the good news is 59, still looking good. still dark, still quiet out there, 59 southbound, push in the southbound direction toward center city looking great. northbound direction still quite a few vehicle. still traveling at posted speeds. 422 at route 29, same story here.

vehicles both directions but overall 422 basically anywhere i look still looking really good this morning as well. what we were waking to up is a couple every accident. now, i know jim, jan, have been talking about there is car went into bailing in quakertown so what's going on in terms of the roadways? route 309, boulevard closed right now between mine road and clay avenue. so you will have to use a couple of alternate, the ones your best bet, old bethlehem pike or northeast extension. that's not the only accident that we have out there right now, also have new jersey turnpike southbound, past pa turnpike, two inner roadway lanes are blocked, by the way, that accident, earlier, on the schuylkill at montgomery drive , that like i said has now been all cleared, just in case. jan, jim back to you. >> thanks, meisha. now for a look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> from the reds g eagle 27 people have been arrested in berks count nay major drug bust. around 125 officers took part in early morning raids this week, as part of a investigation dubbed last

hooray. 4 kilograms every cocaine, 20 pawn of methamphetamine, and 20 grams of phentinol, were confiscated. warrants have been issued for another 12 suspect, who have not yet been caught. >> in the trentonian, now, city business owners are in shock over tax bills maimed out this week. numerous trenton businesses say their taxes have tripled after an assessment was done at their properties. >> tripled? from the spirit in delaware county, listen to this, jan, when 12 year old damian faust 's bike was stolen last week by group of teenagers, he was understandably shaken up, but what happened next, his family sales, was extraordinary. the day after aldan police officer chris izzy wrote a report on the robbery the officer showed up with a new bike to replace the one stolen izzy has four kids of his own and says he couldn't stop thinking what if that happened to one of my children. >> how great is that? >> hat off to officer izzy, we appreciate that. >> that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around our region. >> indeed. >> up neck, the nfl's first

pre-season game took place last night. we have the highlight from the hall of fame game. >> plus the phillies are on the road hoping to avoid the sweep in l.a. we'll tell you how they did, that's next, jan, in sport.

>> jim donovan, rahel solomon, katie fehlinger, pat pat gallen, and meisha johnson. >> welcome back everyone, the phillies head to colorado tonight as they continue a road trip out west. >> and jim, the trip is not going well so far. millville's own mike trout got things started for the angels last night in anaheim. his 21st homerun of the season , his second in a series against his olds favorite team , nick williams put phils up with a homerun during a

four run second inning, but the phils could not hold on, lost this one when the angels scored two in the eighth, phils lose five to four, their 12th straight lost to the ainge he is. >> well the first exhibition football game of the jeer in the books. the cardinals and cowboy met up in the hall of fame game in canton, ohio, fishes touchdown comes from williams, the cards running back, goes in from 5 yards out, there was limited play for the starters, the cowboys win 20 to 18. >> eagles training camp continues today, we will hear from coach doug pederson and quarterback carson wentz. >> full coverage on " eyewitness news" news beginning at five. >> coming up: dunkin' donuts could be making a major change nothing to do with their coffee. we'll have details in a live report from wall street. >> then community cut off. we tell you about the town with only one way out. the hike, plus this. >> mcdonald's is making fast-food even faster. i'm wendy gillette in new york sit. i'll tell you how it is just the latest trends in bracing

technology. >> and as we are right around the corner now from the upcoming weekend, still appears as though the frontal boundery that we've been expecting will cross right on q. so skies should clear out for you throughout our saturday, humidity drops, temperatures get held back, and we're in the low or mid 80s at best, so comfortably warm low humidity and sunshine for the better part of the weekends. not bad timing at all, mother nature. we will talk more, how much, about additional storms today about additional storms today right af at ikea, we believe your perfect student deserves the perfect room for the perfect price. so she can afford to feel at home even when she's miles away. and you can help her feel bright, without breaking your budget. and... who's there? hey. a boy? you never told your dad and i about any... oh, on the bed? absolutely not! okay... studying together is fine... and at ikea, we believe that letting go can be hard, but not pricey. what's going on now? move the flag.

this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news." good morning, everyone, i'm jan carabeo, rahel solomon is off today. >> i'm jim donovan, katie and meisha will be a flong just a moment, first, what you need to start your day in the morning minute. today is friday, august 4. >> fiery crash into bucks county business leaves a driver dead overnight. >> still active scene here, snowing is full -- >> chlorine and adds i had. >> rain dumps rain on burlington count. >> i street swerving up close to cars, bicyclists get a stern warning. >> broken hand -- >> can i please get in? >> can an uber