. >> another night of protests in philadelphia as demonstrators march through the streets. they want to topple racism and a conversation statue in center city. and because of that a picture of frank rizzo has extra security. we're live with the latest. >> after several protest-filled days at trump tower, the president returns to his working vacation in new jersey. but the fallout continues. i'm seth lemon in washington with more coming up. >> and it's a case of good news and bad news. the bad news is you didn't hit the powerball jackpot.

the good news is neither did anyone else. we'll tell you how much the next drawing is worth. >> it's thursday august 17th. i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. keeping an eye. >> i forgot to buy a ticket yesterday. katie did you end up getting one? >> oh, yeah. we went for a special walk in the wagon to get tickets. >> i'm sorry. >> rahel said it though i have a feeling we're all going to be back here tomorrow. >> a much more positive person. >> that's because you're feeling healthy. >> yes, i had my colonoscopy. that sleeping thing was the best sleep i've had since i started this shift. >> congestion, we've got a lot of construction. >> everyone's got a mental image now. >> yes we do.

i'll try to brighten that thought for you. take a look at what's happening. thankfully no fog issues like we had yesterday. it's all clear. this is the view outside pleasant valley middle and high school the campus up this way is completely clear. yesterday if you could recall all we could see is this 1 lone streetlight. thankfully that has definitely dissipated and it stays that way throughout the day. nice clear sky for the most part. the further south you go you may run into a pop-up shower or thunderstorm later on today. there are a couple of showers rolling across the maryland-virginia border. it's the southern counties that stand to see a pop-up some time today. 71 the current value, we're in the mid 60s up and down. 69 in atlantic city as the day progresses it's more sun than anything. watch for that spotty thunderstorm again mainly south

of the city. meisha? >> you say more sun than anything is so great. thank you very much and good morning to all of you. what are we looking at right now? my producer tim just made this map for us. patco is running an emergency schedule. work equipment derailed early this morning. heads up delays throughout the am rush are probably going to be prevalent. any additional information we receive we'll bring it to you. construction is causing maybe a little bit of congestion, not too much. construction 73 southbound at 295, the right lane is compromised there and 422 when we come back in the next 10 minutes. jim, back to you. >> new this morning a philadelphia police officer is recovering at penn presbyterian medical center after a car accident. they say the officer hit a parked car along the 5100 block

of baltimore avenue around midnight last night. it's not clear what caused that accident. the debate over the controversial frank rizzo statue in central city philadelphia is heating up. >> we told you about the calls to remove the statue and now there's a call to keep it. trang do again outside the city's municipal services building where the statue currently stands. trang, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, rahel and jim. yes, what a difference a day makes i was out here just yesterday and there were no barricades surrounding this statue. earlier this evening there were about two dozen police officers as well as two additional barricades that have since been removed. a single set of barricades surrounding this statue just last night there was an anti-racism demonstration that was massive and a smaller group gathered around the monument ordering that it be removed. a cross-section of philadelphia,

a thousand people strong marched down broad street wednesday night to be a collective voice against racism. this in the wake of a white supremacist rally in charlottesville, virginia over the weekend. >> racism has no place in our society. in our nation. and we will fight to uphold the laws of freedom. >> such a long way to go. i've been marching in marches like this for 50 years. i'm old but not i'm tired. >> reporter: the march brought a number of different groups together for one cause. police commissioner richard ross says the crowds remain peaceful and no one was arrested. >> we respect everyone's right to protest. that's what this country was founded on. >> reporter: while many passed into the church for a prayer service, a much smaller group surrounded the statue of frank rizzo demanding it be removed.

those calling for removal claimed allegations. >> it needs to come down one way or the other. i am not necessarily committed to which way it comes down. >> reporter: in the meantime philadelphia police set up additional surveillance cameras and barricades to protect the statue following two accidents of vandalism for which one man was arrested thursday morning. and on the other side of this, a petition started by a south philadelphia man on tuesday to keep the statue in place now has more than 16,000 signatures. meanwhile the mayor's office now saying that it is ready to discuss the statue's future. i'm trang do, cbs3 eyewitness news. rahel and jim back to you. >> and cities and states across the country are removing confederate monuments. cbs correspondent is live at one

controversial site. >> president trump's refusal to place blame for the violence in charlottesville on white supremacists has sparked national outrage. meanwhile hundreds came together at the exact spot where the clashes took place to denounce racism overnight. here's seth lemon with the latest. ♪ and the home of the brave >> reporter: hundreds gathered wednesday evening at the university of virginia for a candlelight vigil denouncing the violence and racism that was on display over the weekend in charlottesville. >> we don't want this anger and hate. >> being here tonight was a way of reclaiming the city. >> reporter: protests continued throughout the country. this one outside trump tower in new york was organized by a jewish group. even in santiago, chile, outside the building where vice president mike pence gave a speech, there was a show of

solidarity. here in dc the condemnation of trump continues in light of his comments claiming both sides for the violence in charlottesville. >> the president speaks for himself. the klan is evil. >> orrin hatch insists the president is misunderstood. >> i don't think he personally has a racist bone in his body. as he handled the virginia incident as well as i would have liked him to? no. nearly a dozen high profile corporate leaders quit the business advisory council over his response to charlottesville. in a tweet wednesday the president announced he had disbanded the group. >> in other news this morning and happening today the man accused in a case a deadly road rage case faces a judge. 28-year-old david desber faces

murder. they tried to merge into the same lane. jan carabeo will have more. the coast guard says the black hawk helicopter went down during training tuesday night. crews have since found parts of a fuselage and a helmet. several aircraft and boats are being used in the search. >> it's been almost a year since a woman was seriously hurt at a pumpkin launching competition in delaware. she suffered severe injuries at the punk kin chunkin event last year when a trap door flew off one of the cannons and hit her in the face. she has brain damage. we now know the identity of a man who urinated on a northeast philadelphia synagogue.

this is the suspect. he's facing numerous charges including ethnic indimation and institutional vandalism. eyewitness news was there as he surrendered to police tuesday night. it was he caught on video making an obscene hand gesture and urinating on the synagogue. in case you were wondering, there are no multimillionaires this morning. no one hit the jackpot. >> no new multimillionaires. one lucky person in los angeles did get five out of six numbers. the powerball jackpot up to $510 million. the next drawing is saturday for $510 million. >> we're in the pool.

you put your money in, right? we're all going out together. katie's laughing over there. as much of the country diabetes about statues and monuments, there's a new call to remove their name from schools and parks as well. >> portugal has been fighting wild fires for weeks now. we'll have an update. >> it's illegal in many places to use your cell phone in the car but now one town wants to ban distracted walking. sol experts say it's the start of a national trend.

jim you were off yesterday but we were saying there seems to be a song for every tease or is it a tease for every song the chicken or the egg. >> we're going to figure this out. in a meantime we will see you in two and a half minutes.

back now on eyewitness news wild fire skoichd portugal. >> firefighters battle the blaze as fast-moving flames ravage the land. authorities have ak vakuated one village so far. this year's flames have destroyed three times more land than the average over the past 10 years. meanwhile several tornadoes touched down in minnesota. authorities believe at least five possibility tornadoes swirled through the area. a tree was uprooted and crashed to a home with someone inside. no one was hurt. >> and how about this. storms caused so much damage in kansas that officials had to cancel the first day of school today. strong storms moved through yesterday afternoon. people are still working to

clean up the damage after debris filled streets and yards. that's saying a lot if they had to cancel school. >> who starts school on a thursday? that's all. >> i love the way your brain works. i'm like that's an odd day to start the school year. >> the teachers all go back a week early. >> i guess they've got to ease the children back in. >> yeah. and maybe they don't want them walking through the debris. >> well yeah for the storm but i mean if the storm didn't happen, we're off track here. how's the weather happening? >> thankfully i don't expect any kind of major severe weather potential here in our area at all. though you may see spottiest showers or thunderstorms firing up later today and that's going to take place south. a localized zoom as well as the regional zoom looking pretty empty. we did have a little batch of showers, you can see that working its way across virginia and the maryland state border

but again we end up with sunny skies here today. the system that brought all that severe weather back into the central plains and southwest in general, that is headed our way and it could pose the threat of some stronger storms tomorrow which we will get to. but i want to focus on the beach here specifically because we do still have hurricane gert, granted well out to sea. but it is bringing in the indirect impact. these storms are large, right? so that is going to churn up the surf. even all the way out here in the jersey shore and the delaware beaches. keep in mind there may be dangerous rip kurts because of gert and you always want to be swimming near a lifeguard anyway, but especially when you've got this kind of situation, it can be dangerous to be in the water if you're not safe and smart about it. have a flotation device, a. swim near lifeguards, b and stay safe. the high is 85, just the isolated thunderstorm possibility we talked about and then tomorrow is when the next

storm system or specifically frontal boundary crosses the region. by the way meisha it's looking good this weekend and more importantly for the eclipse on monday. >> a lot of people were wondering about that. that's great news. thanks so much katie. we're looking outside right now. visibility not an issue this morning like it was yesterday. we just have a lot of construction out there. we're looking at this area. first of all we were looking at 95 we're also looking at 422 westbound between route 23, the right line construction we're looking at the vine, by the way the vine was not closed for construction. pits not going to be closed tomorrow either. it will note be closed. also we do have in limerick township. that accident is out there, not that it's going to slow you down

too much for now. we do have overhead sign repairs happening in robbinsville, new jersey. you will have to use an alternate. a lot going on in that neck of the woods but we're going to be talking about more construction when we come back in the next 10 minutes or so. rahel and jim, back over to you. >> all right, meisha we'll see you shortly. now for a look at newspaper headlines from across the region. >> in the mercury a former berks county man who helped coach the twirlers is heading to jail for having an inappropriate relationship with a teenaged girl that he coached. the 26-year-old was sentenced to 3-23 months after pleading guilty to a felony charge of corruption of a minor in connection with incidents that occurred with a 17-year-old girl in june of last year. >> from the trentonian there are

concerns about water testing high for lead. officials say they weren't notified beforehand that a letter would be sent out to all residents notifying them that the water had tested above the the appropriate lead levels. >> the intelligence report sent more than 500 farm animals are on display. our producer s his sister won the quilling competition. a repeat winner. >> and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. texting while crossing the street could be banned in a connecticut town. >> even talking could be illegal in stamford. >> the ordinance is modeled after one approved last month in honolulu. the law would carry a $30 fine if police would catch you in the act. >> this is not to raise money for the city, but to hopefully

educate the public. >> i think it's ridiculous. >> i think it's fantastic. i think people are distracted enough as it is and cell phones just add to that. >> my grandmother lived in stamford and no one pays attention crossing the streets there. it could become law by october. experts say it could spark a national trend. >> up next pat is here with your morning sports. >> good morning. coming up we get you ready for tonight's eagles match-up with the buffalo bills. see what the team is seeing about preseason game number 2 and perhaps the worst first pitch of

welcome back. we're glad you're with us. >> and pat's here with sports and football returns to the link tonight. and pat looks like he's part of the cast of jersey boys today. >> thank you.

i will not sing for you. sorry about that. while it is only the preseason, eagles fans can get their fix of football in south philly tonight as the birds return to financial field. they held a walk-through. it looks like carson wentz will play. the pair of veterans are looking for defense in front of what they hope is a rocking crowd at the link. >> we definitely want to come out here and show our fans we're going to have a great one this year. we're going to make the playoffs and get there. >> i love it. i love the energy here. i love the people i've met, the football fans. it's definitely a blue collar football city. >> the phillies play the giants in san francisco tonight. the giants have the second-worst record in the national league. i'll give you one guess who has the worst. the phillies. they lost four in a row they

were swept by the padres losing 3-0. it goes just outside and hits the photographer. right where it counts. 17-year-old jordan's reaction is priceless. he's a high school pitcher and cancer survivor. he said he wanted to make sure hitters didn't crowd him on the plate. ouch. yeah. tomorrow here on cbs3 it's summer fest from the poconos. yesterday i visited camelback mountain and their camel beach adventure park. they have it all. perhaps the coolest place to go in the poconos tomorrow morning right here on cbs3. after our morning show, summerfest continues tomorrow afternoon. ukee washington is heading to the poconos.

we are live at 5:00, 6:00, 10:00, 11:00. i'm getting too old for this probably. >> yesterday was a great day for it. >> perfect day. it was so crowded. i can see why families love to head out. >> you've got to like that blazer. >> thank you so much. >> coming up in the next half hour of eyewitness news, a makeover coming to a childhood favorite. >> and a special shirt made just for the eclipse. we'll have a live report from wall street. jan? >> reporter: and a delaware county judge faces an accused death. reporting live what we can expect inside of the court rooms later this morning

. good morning. i'm rahel solomon. >> and i'm jim donovan. here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. today is thursday, august 17th. >> demanding change, protesters take to the streets of center