very detailed description of the suspect. >> it was scary. >> a close call for a family whether a stray bullet crashed through their north philadelphia home. the suspect accused of opening fire on police is in custody. >> i heard what sounds like a freight train. >> resident in souls bury, maryland are convinced the tornado touched down in their neighborhood. a big clean up is underway. >> at first google did nothing >> but now they've fired an employee that had the controversial memo on women and sex. >> to be an actor my whole life, but first a kid who loves movies. >> yes. >> and walk on a set, open your eyes, do a scene like any other work day, and star wars, coy cry. literally like oh, my god, that's r2 d2, i thought i would pass out. >> that was on the late show with stephen colbert last

night. talking about being star struck while working on a new star wars movie. >> i think we can all agree to that, even you and i, we work on television, but certain people when you meet them, oh, freak out. >> absolutely, i know, i know all about it. >> we send it out to katie. i hear our forecast is improving. that's always a good thing. >> definitely. i will say that i had total star struck moment when i met joe holden for the first time. >> oh, my gosh. >> i mean, come on. >> what a set up. >> now, look, everyone one will stay tuned, i have to match that width here. >> oh, good luck with that. >> game's on. game's on. >> we all know i am now the pun queen of this morning show >> quite pretty, katie. >> quite the pun. >> all right, well, the we'll see what happens for the rest of the show, stay tuned. rahel, you said it, things are really looking pretty pleasant by comparison certainly to yesterday at this same time. the rain was just starting to creep toward us here in philly now it is starting to just make it departure. so pretty much done across the

the a good portion of the area , do obviously have few speckles of green showing up through the outlying western suburbs, if you had to flick the windshield wipers once or twice, that's y the main story here this is making its departure, see how skies have gun already back through the northwestern half of the keystone state. right now mid or upper 60s, pretty much region wide, mount pocono cooler side by comparison, i testified to be, outlying suburbs even also following suit. sixty-four quakertown, 68 pal my, a at mt. holly national weather service regional headquarters is locate also upper 60s, as the day goes on, i expect to see more and more sun than anything. so one of those days that with every passing hour, it get progressively nicer, nicer, so again, you might still have a couple of showers around, especially in those areas that got hit the hardest mainly off to the south. but it will progressively start to dry out. we will have nice little window of dry weather coming up. i'll let you know how long it is will cents later in the show shall meisha. >> katie, thank you, yes, the day looks like it will be gorgeous, we de is her of it

after yesterday. looking outside right now, we start to maybe heat up just little bit as you push in the southbound direction 95 as you head in toward center city. or into center city, either way, basically what you are working with. northbound side, picking up little bit, too, yesterday, 95 northbound, side, actually pretty busy. we had problem spots out, there as well, see what happens today. schuylkill at the boulevard, you can see, both pushing in the westbound or eastbound direction. either way that you go, it is actually looking good. but we are seeing a lot of tail light, headlights out there already this morning. and 422, headlights moving in the eastbound direction, this is past oaks, looking pretty busy there for around 5:30, 5:33 to be exact. that's looking little bit busy good heads up for you taking the vine, that construction, overnight construction has cleared. rahel, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you will. police in haddon township new jersey are searching for a man who reportedly trying luring young girl into his car. investigators released this sketch of the suspect. the victim told officer she was reading her bike sunday on

the 200 block every addison avenue. that's when the man pulled up saying her parents asked him to pick her up and take her home. the girl quickly road away. police think the suspect was driving a 20034-door hyundai elantra els gold or tan in color. >> meanwhile, 31 year old omar cooper will be in court today. he is accused of killing his infant son back in may. police say they found the six week old boy unresponsive at a home on the 5800 block of willows avenue in southwest philadelphia s investigators say the boy had multiple traumatic injuries throughout his body. cooper was charged with murder and related offense. >> new developments this morning, surrounding a series of arsons at a center city apartment building. management at the sterling hired contractors to install cameras on every floor to help supplement existing camera system, will also be installing security device toss limit elevator access. there have been seven arsons in the building since last month. damage has been minor. and no one has been injured.

>> a man is hospitalized after crashing head first into a building in philadelphia's talcony section. according to police the driver smashed into the keystone apartment just before 6:00 last night. eyewitnesses say he then got out of the car and was later found hiding in a bathroom inside of the apartment building. officers took him to the hospital. investigators say it is unclear why the driver lost control. nobody else was hurt. >> the time now 5:35. in business news this morning, glutes on free pizza crust. >> and more records for the stock market. money watch's roxanna joins us live interest morning from the new york stock exchange, good morning, roxanna. >> reporter: good morning, joe , rahel. here on wall street the market made big gains with the s&p reaching record high. the dow picked up 25-point, stretching its streak of closing highs to nine. the nasdaq gained 32. >> google has fired an engineer which sparked controversy for arguing low number of women in tech jobs the result of biological

differences between men and women. james de more says it is filing, annex morgue legal action against google. >> pappa john's started offering gluten free crust this week but the pizza chain cautioning people with seal ac disease or serious gluten intolerance cents not eat t the company says the crust could be expose today gluten during the pizza making process. and t-mobile is dialing up baby boomers. the company is launching it 55 plus plan this week, giving people 55 and over two cell phone lines with unlimited calling, texting and data. the plan cost $60 a month. t-mobile says the baby boomer generation streams videos and talks on the phone just as much as younger age groups. joe, rahel? >> roxanna, i guess we'll see if other cell providers offer suit and offer or kinds of up the and tee, make a better deal? >> ever competitive bidding war between the cell phone companies. we'll see. >> my par won't like something like, that they like more competition, i'm sure. >> too shea. roxanna, thank you. >> well, wine makers in italy

have jumped started this year 's grape harvest about ten days early. high temperatures and drought in that country have take answer toll on italian wine production this year. wine makers are facing a ten to 15% decline in production. so, that means, less wine. violent hail storms, spring frost, also hurt the games. but there is some good news. the heat prevented fungus and disease from getting a grip on the vine, that could improve the quality of the wine that is made. >> governor chris christie signs new law focused on protect dogs in new jersey. those fighting animal cruelty, applauded the governor's mover yesterday. under the new law dogs can no longer be chained or tethered outside overnight between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. if the dog is chained for more than 30 minute during the day, they must be fix affix today light weight chain or rope at least 15 feet long, also access to clean food, water and shelter. >> for certain violations, if the dog is okay, people will get a warning first. this is not just going to be

violations and fines. they're going get a warning. and it is mandated in the law. so then you have a certain number of days to correct that >> and, pennsylvania has a similar law that will go into effect later this month. >> plus, we've been telling you, you know we've had a lot of rain lately, while good for the lawn it, provides ripe conditions for breeding moss keith oats, spreading the diseases, those little pests carry. >> this year the number of mosquitos caring the west nile virus has doubled. the pennsylvania department of environmental protection says 611, to be exact, mosquitos, tested positive so far this season. all last year, there were just 300. officials say though you can take precautions. >> get rid of all standing water, even very small amount of water, is sufficient for some of the mosquitos to lay eggs have, larvae. so if you get rid of all of the water you get rid of all of the moss keys owes. >> studying ways to limit the transition of the virus to humans.

they are attempt to go block mosquitos immune systems so the insect actually short circuits, and dice from the virus instead of transmitting it. >> caught on camera, woman seriously injured when she is truck by a speeding dirt bike in pleasantville. have a look at this surveillance video here showing the moment of impact. it happened while she was standing at the inch section of main street and west jersey avenue saturday evening. after the crash here, the bike got up, and biker got up and ran away. if you have any information, you are asked to call police. >> today president trump is set to tackle the opioid epidemic, which is rapidly spreading across the country. the president will participate in a briefing with health and human services secretary tomorrow tom miles. president's budget asks for $10.7 billion for drug treatment. that's $200 million increase. the trump administration says opioids are a top reason it is focus on america's boarders. >> some shocking video now. woman who did not realize just how close he came to danger during a road rage incident in

texas. here is the video. this is on a busy highway outside of dallas fridayment victoria best told police driver in front of her was moving aggressively. so she decided to record him. it wasn't until she later slowed down the video that she realized the guy actually pointed a gun at her. >> at first i was shocked. then i started crying. i don't feel like i provoked the guy at all. it was really the look on his face that scared me the most. >> wow. shared the video on facebook, then shared tens of thousands of times. the driver did turn himself in to police. but he says he was acing in self-defense, and actually thought the woman's cell phone was the gun. police are still investigating >> australian scientists are stum many after teenager gets attack by a mysterious flesh eating creature. the 16 year old victim here held up a cup of tiny bugs at a hospital in melbourn. he thinks they were the creatures that attack him at a local beach on saturday. he says his legs were covered in blood, when he got out of the ocean.

some expert believe the culprits are blood sucking parasites called sea fleas. the boy is expected to be okay >> scary there. >> welshing san francisco is beautiful. but the price after home in san francisco can easily top a million dollars. >> oh, yes. >> but one safer i investor has pick up a whole street for a mere 90,000 bucks. michael chang, bought the street at attacks auction, the street, yes, now they own the sidewalks, again, the street in all areas considered common ground. trouble is, the wealthy residents here didn't know their street was for sale. and they're not happy that it was put up for sale. >> the sales are absolutely valid. >> can the board of supervisors negate it? >> that's a question for the board of supervisors. >> the law is really clear on my ownership. >> i believe that spokeswoman deflected an answering that

question. now the city has scheduled a hearing on the case for october. the usual ooh came up after the city realized the homeowners association tax bill went to the wrong address , for 30 years. >> so many questions. and likely a lot more to come out of san francisco there. we are about two weeks away from the historic eclipse. how the solar event is out of this world for zombies owners? if you plan to observe the eclipse, you should wear protective glasses. but expert have a warning for buyers. how to make sure you don't become the victim after scam. >> then, find out how mover i am they're asking for from the network, when we come back.

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>> hackers strike again, hbo says it is working with police and cyber err security experts after more files were released yesterday. hackers demanding ransom of several million dollars, and threatening to leak more information, even a entire tv series. content includes what appears to be scripts from five game of thrones episodes. oh, no. >> i got to tell you, lucille ball bio picks is in the work. amazon has bought the rights to film the fill that many will star cate blanchett as ball, producers now looking for the right actor to play her husband, desi arnez.

wrote the script about the legendary comedian and television pioneer, the two children of ball and around owes will produce. >> and,, to another blast from the past. remember this? more than 30 years after its original premiere, a 3d version of michael jackson's thriller video will dai-ichi buy, film festival, a lot of fans here, able to use new technology to convert the 14 minute film. thriller debuted in theatres and on television back in 1983 an hour long documentary detailing the making of the video will also screen at the festival. >> very good. >> really good. specially that video. >> my gosh, that song terrified me when i was a child. >> they were monsters, that's all we know for sure. >> katie, you set me up earlier. >> you've been thinking about it? >> global, universal, and a strong connection here. >> oh, boy. >> strong delco connection.

>> meanwhile in delco? >> lover of wawa, you snow you if you don't follow that facebook group, you should. >> indeed. region wise, just looking nicer, in general here today. >> delco. >> delco and everywhere else, yes, we do feel like delco may be the center of the universe, but, you know? >> what, what? >> news flash for you right there. so let's take you to different place where at the moment things are starting to clear out already even, up outside hotel bethlehem up in bethlehem where it looks like the weather will actually be spectacular for the next couple every days worth every event. looking at the main stage, looks like noah black, cyrus, hot ticket right there. looks again like things will be clearing out nicely. damp at the onset. see some light of day for a change, yesterday was so gray. we could barely make out any sun anywhere. couple of you did end up with a bit of it, but that's

neither here nor there. now we come into today with skies clearing, day of transition underway. and currently at 66 degrees, this comes in from ed connor, just sent it in over the last ten minute or so, dose have nothing more than few clouds overhead, but he's noting it is still damp. we doyle have the left over wet roadways specially through southern delaware, as well as southern most new jersey. meanwhile, across the river here to barbara lane we go, she is again also with clouds overhead in the willow grove area. her dew point at 65. still saturation in the air mass, but it does start to feel more comfortable with time. also at 66 degrees, phil chaplain, in the chestnut hill section of the city taliaferro i had up over two and a half inches every rain, that's his house, for august thursday far it last been very wet couple of weeks for our area. on storm scan, notice, things are beginning to clear out however. bulk of the rain is well off to our south. so traveling, going into virginia, going down toward north carolina, you're got vacation coming up, that's where you're head the, that's where you will find the wet

conditions. back here at home keeping it local. nothing more than left over shower at this point. so this clears out of here, high pressure then builds in, from the north, that's going to keep control of the pattern for us for couple every days, what that means, fair weather. very quickly, turn focus to the tropics, franklin still tropical storm working it way through the union peninsula, will maintain the tropical storm strength, even as it moves right back into the gulf of mexico. eventually, it will lose it steam, crossing over the mexican mountains, but thankfully not a threat to the united state coastline. back here stateside, however, mid 80s continue, really right through this forecast, but tomorrow, thursday, all looking like at this point the nicest day of the pack. unsettled pattern does return, meisha, as early as friday. >> good to know. so just when the week send starting, all right. well, we take it one day at a time. looking outside right now looks like today will be great day. driving conditions are good as well. dow want to pull your attention to malfunction traffic light here, robbins street, talcony neighborhood in northeast philly. just heads up on that, might slow you down just little tiny

bit. if anything, just reminder and heads up for us. schuylkill near spring garden, looking here, taillights eastbound direction, gorgeous shot here. and the flow actually looking pretty good there as well. then the blue route, baltimore pike, what you are working with, if you are headed out around that area. ben franklin bridge, starting to heat up certainly, headlights moving in the westbound direction toward center city. you can see, certainly, starting to make little bit of appearance, as we approach the 6:00 hour. >> then looking at some water main work here, belmont avenue , closed, between rock hill road and city avenue. 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. so you will have to use the alternate, conshohocken state road is your best bet. a lot more construction to talk about when we come back in a little bit. jim, rahel, back to you. >> thank you so much. solar eclipse just weeks away. >> and all of the big buzz really putting some small us towns and businesses on the map. kenneth, the owner of mr. z's ash i park in south carolina never heard of it? neither had we. but the small town now a hot spot for travelers, hoping to

experience these solar eclipse on august 21. the says his phone has been ringing off the hook. >> i've probably had over 200 phonecalls of people want to go come into the rv park. and i've filled up my park. and it has been great for me. >> he says the rv parks across the midlands are benefitting from all of the hype. >> while most sky gazers will watch the solar eclipse from dry land, about 100 drivers will watch the moon pass in front of the sun from underwater. >> 8.5-acre car any southern illinois offering eclipse diving, including training, specialize dollars glasses and lunch. participant also get certified as official solar eclipse divers. >> if you can just imagine, floating like you would in outer space, and experiencing that solar eclipse at the same time. it has just got to be magical.

>> merm. t hads also tent camping, but like mr. z's, rv parking already booked. >> around here, see partial solar eclipse, so still, you should avoid looking directly into the sun. >> expert also say you should wear protective glass toss keep your eyes safe when feeling the eclipse. now, some scammers, you know this was coming, looking to cash in by selling bogus glasses to make sure you don't get burned literally, look for glasses with iso icon, and clearly see the manufacturer's name not do not use a camera, set of binoculars, telescopes, even your cell phone, do not view through these, even if you are wearing the iso stamped approved protective eye wear: because they're only geared to protect you through normal viewing. >> go to nasa.gov click on the eclipse hyper link. there find list of approved retailers where you can safely buy glasses. >> stay with "eyewitness news" as we keep track of how to

prepare for the total solar eclipse. and when you are not near a tv , go on line to cbsphilly.com. up next: see the two newest editions to the philadelphia police bomb squad unit, and they're adorable. >> i mean, a do-able. also, you have got to hear what is to blame for the damage to this car. we will tell when we come back

>> new jersey is the garden state, been saying it for years, appearing on license plates since 1954, yesterday, governor christie played it official, signed new law, making the garden state new jersey's official slogan. the nick nickname got its name from the agriculture industry. new jersey is the thirds largest industry. >> colorado man will be shopping for a new car later today. >> see, his car was broken into. but here is the thing, it was a bear that broke into his car , horns started honking, the car rolled backward across the yards, one neighbor says it was too dark to see the suspect. investigators say the bear who got inside likely dislodged the brakes, and put the car into gear. quite the bear. >> once in a while. all right, how about the philadelphia police department , showing off its newest recruits. >> oh, my goodness.

these officers in training are sure to make your day little brighter. how about this? you can not get much cuter than these guys. the posted this adorable photo on social media. welcoming george and ralph to the force. the pups will serve as department's soon to be explosive detection dogs, and i just check their twitter, they now have hundred re re tweets for that picture. so that was on facebook, two and a half thousand likes on twitter, already 600 times that's been re tweeted. and for perfect reason. >> good news. >> new jersey state police are investigating an unusual robbery. >> investigators say this guy here robbed a wawa, and among his loot was a chicken ceasar wrap. we'll tell you what else he took. >> also, engineering student at penn take on top honors for race car they built. and they showed it off to our very own pat gallen. see how it works, when " eyewitness news" continues.

>> homicide detective, a boyde found in a burned outhouse, also, firefighter now recovering after getting hurt battling that fire. the overnight development. and, police looking for this man, after a child's told them he tried to lure her into his car. the description of the man in the car and he was driving. >> violent weather so hour full it, flipped a car. now the natio