someone writes the words black power in white spray paint on the frank rizzo statue. >> the statue just power washed by the city yesterday. >> overnight woman covered up the graffiti. >> the eagles pick up a pre-season win at the linc, but not without plenty of ups and downs. >> you know it can be something special, have to keep putting together. >> my wife said i think the bridge is opening. >> a terrifying ride over a local bridge. a family says they were forced to drive over it, as it opens. >> we landed with a big impact >> ♪ >> ♪ >> oh, and if you thought that was funny, james corden takes his crosswalk to whole new level. you don't want to miss it, ahead. >> those are always the best. >> absolutely, crazy.

>> so katie, woe would be singing in the crosswalk today >> as long as as you have an umbrella, singing in the rain. fun fact, i was in a production of hair in college. >> oh? >> oh, that's why you have such beautiful hair. >> i was going it say, you fit the role. >> how does the song go? my long lucious beautiful hair i forget the song, long time ago, but ya, fun fact about me >> extra hair spray kind of day? >> i always say, always learn something brand new and very bizarre about jim donovan, so your move, my friend. >> love that. >> what we do have some stormy weather on the way, very, very steamy at the moment on the skydeck, pretty much everywhere, notice across the lehigh valley parts of the poconos, heavy thunderstorms currently rumbling on through there, but we will see this fill in on the radar as the day goes on, also, going to see some breaks every sunday shine, that is the sun. that's the lynch pin for us to see some instability, get built up in our atmosphere here. so when you get the heating of the day, really gets the

possibilities going of some heavier thunderstorms, stronger thunderstorms, that's i think what we will see, so mix of some sun, heat, humidity, thunderstorms, currently mid 70s around the region as a whole, little cooler up in the poconos, but, scattered storms, certainly going to be with us, as the day goes on. then the colds front comes in. that will will arrive later on today toward night fall. that's when really sets offer the strong strongest and the heaviest of the thunderstorms, meantime, we also have the possibility of flashflooding out of. >> this so little later in the show, we talk bit more about timing, and also, when this all is expected to get out of here. because that's an important point with the weekends right around the corner, meisha. >> sure is. a lot of people gearing up for this weekend actually. and you know, not always fun to hear that we will have little rain. but the good news, it is friday. so look willing outside at the boulevard, boulevard southbound, pushing towards the schuylkill, what you are working with out there. i would say this is fairly typical for the boulevard, at this time on a friday, 5:30, when we start to heat up. then as we push toward 6:00 hour, we find our groove little bit. that's when we start to steady out little bit. of course more vehicles out

there. overall should be good commute hopefully that's what we will see today. 422 at route 29. headlights moving in the eastbound direction, of course , westbound direction, anywhere we look on 422, see thumbs-up. looking good. same story with the blue route blue route mid-county push in the southbound direction, looking great, there as well, anywhere we look on the blue route, looking good. now, we do have an accident out there, the torresdale neighborhood, northeast philly heads up, academy road, grant avenue. your alternate frankford avenue. your best bet. vehicle hit pole here. we also have some downed wires , just heads up on that if that's your neck of the woods. maybe give yourself couple of extra minutes, avoid it if you can. two-point of construction on 168 talking about coming up in the next ten minutes, rahel, jim, back to you. >> see you then, thank you. waking to up another terror attack in spain. >> this one happened in the seaside resort town just south of barcelona. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live at philadelphia international airport where the attacks are on the minds of travelers. good morning, jan.

>> reporter: jim, rahel, good morning, clearly, philadelphia travelers are sad ends to hear what happened in spain yesterday. they're also now very anxious about traveling overseas, after all, 13 people alone were killed in barcelona yesterday. more than 100 other injured. and now, overnight, word of a second attack. >> spanish police now investigating a second attack overnight in a resort town south of barcelona. five suspect were shot and killed. spanish authority say the suspects had plowed down pedestrians in their car, and were wearing fake bomb belt. that came after a van was used as deadly weapon in barcelona. mowing down pedestrians in the popular las ramblas district, people were out dining at the time of the attack. >> we saul all every these people, tourists running, moms , kids, everybody trying to find some shelter, and in some of the buildings. >> spanish authorities say the attack appears to be the work of a terror cell. police now have two men in custody, a spanish national

and a more okay and, but they say neither is the driver that far van. meantime, back here at home, american officials were swift to react. >> the united states condemns this terror attack and we will do whatever is necessary to help. >> at philadelphia international airport, " eyewitness news" caught up with travelers now heading to barcelona. >> very scary, because our hotel where pretty much it happened at. right now they're not telling us if we can check in there or not. i feel like the this is all in the center every town. >> meanwhile philadelphia police say they're prepared to protect the people of this city, especially, during events that attract a lot of people. >> putting a lot of resources prior to the event, and during the event, a lot of those, the efforts, putting in place, you don't see, they're non-visible >> now, isis has claimed responsibility for that attack in barcelona, and isis is encouraging attacks with the use of vehicles as weapons, because those types every attacks are extremely hard to

prevent. live at philadelphia international airport this morning, jan carabeo, cbs-3, " eyewitness news," jim, rahel, back to you. >> jan, thank you. cbs this morning will have team coverage of the attack in barcelona with live reports from the scene. that's coming up at 7:00 right after "eyewitness news" this morning here on cbs-3. >> developing right now, the frank rizzo statue in center city once again the target of vandalism. this time, someone spray painted the words black power on it. it happened late last night, the thirds time this week the statue has been vandalized there is all comes as critics call for the removal of the monument, that honors the city 's former mayor and police commissioner, however, 11,000 people have also signed on line petition to keep the statue in it place. >> well, the time now 5:36. in business news this morning, charities are cancelling their fundraisers, at mar-a-lago. >> questions about the origin every some spring water, money watch's roxanna joins us live from the new york stock exchange, good morning again, roxanna. >> reporter: hi, jim, rahel. uncertainty at home in terrorist attack at abroad,

worse day here on wall street this year. the dow lost 274 points on thursday. the nasdaq, 123. >> another possible sign of fall-off for president trump's response to the violence in charlottesville. three clarities say they've cancelled fundraisers at mr. trump's mar-a-lago resort. the american cancer society said it has to consider what it called values and commitment to diversity, cleveland clinic, and group that raises money for ambulance service in israel, also canceled. a class action lawsuit claims poland spring water isn't actually spring water. the suit filed in federal court claims poland spring is just common grounds water. poland spring parent company necessarily water says the product meets all relevant federal and state regulations for spring water. >> home depo is teaming one tezsla, prepare improvement retailer says will install solar panels on the top of 50 stores with the help of ge and tezsla. home depo says the move will cut each store's use of electricity by about a thirds.

president trump dropping plans for advisory counsel on infrastructure. the move came a midback lash from business leaders over his comments on charlottesville. on wednesday the trump administration said it was ending two other advisory counsels after several announcements by ceo's that they were resigning. jim, rahel? >> dropping bleigh there, yes, that spring water story is interesting, though. >> see, i don't believe any of that stuff. water is water. you tell me, it is all market ing. >> tap water, fee gee, all the same. >> yes. >> have a great weekends. >> thank you. >> well, the countdown, rahel, it is on. a rare solar eclipse will occur monday when the moon will completely cover the sun for more than two minutes. >> yes, we've been counting down for quite some time. the great american eclipse can mainly be seen from north america, where millions will be in the path of totality. correspondent hena live with a preview. good morning, hena. >> reporter: good morning, rahel, jim. monday solar eclipse will be a sky show for millions.

but for scientists and those who simply love astronomy, this is a great chance to study the sun and the earth from both the grounds and in space. with tech analogy that hasn't been available before. >> monday solare clips will be the first total eclipse seen in the united states in nearly 40 years. >> we're just really lucky, lucky, because the moon, apparent diameter in the sky, is the same as the sun. so that it could completely block it, but it is not too big. >> the rare vest tal event happened when the moon pans cents -- passes between the sun and earth, at the moment, perfect orbit and timing when the sun's light is blocked from reaching our planet. the sun is eclipse dollars by the moon's shadow. >> and the whole thing is under an hour and a half. that's how fast the moon crosses over and the shadow hit. >> the shadow there streak across 14 states in the u.s. on path from oregon to south carolina those who aren't on that 70-mile wide line will see a partial eclipse.

>> any sit you want to check out, just click ton. >> nasa jet propulsion lab spent a year developing an internet application called nasa's eyes. showing what the eclipse will look like from anywhere in the country. when the sun's bright surface is covered for more than two minutes, the only light visible in the sky will be the sun's outer atmosphere, known as the core own, a but before you look up on monday? >> the number one rule for safe eclipse viewing is don't improvise. if you don't know, don't chance it, it is not worth it, you really can damage your eyes. >> make sure you have glasses that meet safety standards. >> and the first solar eclipse in 40 years has inspired a lot of citizens science project, involving solar physics, atmosphere, and biology. jim, rahel. >> hena, very important question. do you have your government approved sun glasses in we're modeling ours. >> yes, we have our cbs-3 eclipsefest glasses on, ready

for monday, i can tell you now , i can't see anything right now in front of me. >> you guys, i'm really late on there is i tried to order them on prime yesterday, on amazon prime, and they won't be. >> oh, we're losing her. >> i'm so late. and i've been covering this story for weeks. i can't believe i dropped the ball on this. >> we have a pair of cbs-3 glasses with your name on, it hena, we'll overnight t hopefully they to gets to you. >> i would love that, guys. >> and i can look direct lie into the studio light, threes bright lights. i can't see is a thing. i go he these things will work on monday. >> you don't see those bulbs? >> nope. don't see anything. >> people on twitter, let us know how we look. >> if you want your own pair of cbs-3 limited edition government approved eclipse glasses, you can come on down to dilworth park in center city today. >> yes, so we've got plenty. >> the prompters, we can't see >> seriously, people have been

messaging me on instagram, twitter, where do i get glasses. here, come to dilworth park today at noon center city we will be handing them out, going to hook you up. this is a hot commodity, even hen a, our cbs-3 correspondent doesn't have them. this is a hot commodity, and we have you covered. >> 92.5, xtu, today's 96.5, and 98.1wogl are also giving away eclipse glasses throughout the weekends. listen to your favorite radio station for the details. >> or if you would rather stay inside, but still want front row seat to the eclipse, cbs news will be broadcasting live monday, from one p.m. to 3:00 p.m. team of correspondents will be stationed in the path of totality where the eclipse will be in full effect. also streaming live on cbsphilly.com. we will be right back.

>> taylor swift is a woman of her words, after winning her counter suit against a denver dj, announced she would donate money toward organizations that helped survivors of sexual assault. the singer made good on that promise through an undisclosed donation, to the joyful heart foundation, charity that assist survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. >> and speaking every philly entertainers, phillies own meek mills sitting in a new york city jail this morning. police arrested the rapper

after he allegedly road a quad bike through manhattan, then posted the video to social media. mills was charged with wreckless endanger. , currently now at and expected to be arraigned later this morning. that's upsetting. i don't know if he's still on probation, or not? >> oh, no. >> why would you do these things, and then post it on social media? >> just -- people -- >> that's a permanent record right there. >> yes, yes. >> even what you ate for dinner last night, on instagram, a permanent record. >> that's why i don't post for dinner. >> (laughing). >> chicken soup last night was very good. >> well, all eyes on this weekend, and we've made it to friday. but not really starting the weekend off on the greatest note. >> three day weekend scheduled , today is the day off for you, yes, some stormy weather to tell bullet the whole day is not a washout but very soupy. dew point quite high.

eventually ends up with pretty heavy downpours, stronger storms to deal with, yes. so, we start it off by taking a view outside of ocean city, out in new jersey, of course, cape may county, where looks little hazy. not going to be dealing with any fog per say. but the humidity is building, the moisture in the atmosphere is building to the point that when something does unfold, in the way of wet weather, it will be drenching. so, i would walk out the door with a umbrella today. and expect that you may be needing it at some point. this will not be a washout after day though as i mention, meanwhile we check in with the eyewitness weather watchers, let's take a look there, already, in fact, seeing some storms. so we got to go north for this we will take you in toward the poconos where the value coming in from keith this morning, is 71 degrees, but more specifically, he is in fact dealing with some of the heavy thunderstorms that have been moving through this area, northern lehigh valley up through the poconos. so he's also saying if you have to travel up this way, maybe northeast extension, i08 , may run into some standing water there. just south of where keith is reporting, john jenkins also reported a little bit of lightning if i'm not mistaken,

74 degrees his current temperature, but did say in the distance i'm guessing to the north he saw some lightning out there. so, too far away for him to have heard the thunder because he is a few counties south. regardless the storms will begin to get underway, across the region as a whole, as the day goes on. here is the deem. warmfront lifting north. cold front on its heals. and as we sit in the warm sector of the storm system, you build up the heat, you build up the humidity, you build up the instability, with any sun that comes through. so there will be showers, storms, that run through, pretty much at any time. but you also see sun along the way, let's talk about future rain amounts, now, very important to note that this is a guide, it is not gospel, but you could see anything on the orders of an inch. to inch and a half locally higher. not a guarantee certainly that philly would end up with three and a half plus innings, but possible that somebody does. so, we have to keep an eye on where things set up here, regardless, flashflood sag concern, as a result of this. now, quickly, looking at the storm threat primary impact,

downpours, frequent lightning, as well as strong gusty winds. we guys cannot rule out tornado out of this either today. it will bear monitoring, certainly do that for you, stick with us. moving forward, well, take deep breath, meisha, looks a lot better from here on out, saturday, sunday, eclipse day monday, warmfront dollars but all clear with sunshine. >> all right, katie, thank you so much. all right, take the good with the bad. little bit of rain, but we get a friday, there is the trade off. looking outside, thinks looking good. so so far so government we have dry roadways. and the congestion levels just aren't there yet. not even in the 6:00 hour on a friday, so we know they won't be. everything looking good. fifty-nine at cottman push in the southbound direction, this is what you are going to be looking at there, maybe some brake lights going off, in the distance, but overall cottman still looking pretty good. forty-two at the a.c. expressway, some of you going down the shore possibly, this weekend. both directions, obviously, looking good. traveling northbound or southbound. either way. 295, route 70, what you are looking at there. again, congestion levels basically anywhere that we look, you can see, different

parts of the delaware valley, basically, it is all looking kind of the same. starting to build but kind of holding steady. so so far so good. we have one accident however. in torresdale neighborhood, northeast philly, vehicle hit a pole here. we got some downed wires, as well, academy road at grant avenue. use the alternate, frandford avenue will be your best bet. and then two-point every construction on the black horse pike, okay, black horse pike, excuse me, northbound past kings highway. right lane, also, between route 42 and ferry avenue we have crews out there, as well. jim, back over to you. >> thank you, meisha. cbs-3 summer fest packing up headed north today all the way to the pocono mountain. >> pat gallen here with a look at some of the adventures that wait in the great outdoors, good morning, pat. >> good morning, if you are looking for real birdseye view , this is one way to take in the sites. jump on board. let me take you on fun ride through the pocono mountains.

>> while cam em beach water park great place to cool off in the summer sun, looking to stay dry, look no further than ... >> here at camelback, zip line , one of the many things you can do here in the summertime. not just about skiing. this is nuts. >> so our zip line we have down here at the base area, a thousand feet long. probably get to up about 30 miles an hour. great experience. awesome ride. >> three, two, one. go. >> in addition to the double barrel 1,000-foot zip line, there is plenty more to do at the adventure park. like the new mountain slide, a 2800-foot long track. but i had my sites set on something a little faster. >> we have our mountain coaster, which is our biggest attraction in the summer, outside of the water park. >> the mountain coast is her over 4500 feet of pure thrill. kids every all ages loved it. >> what did you think that far >> awesome. >> crazy, right? >> yes. >> did you go full speed. >> yes. >> as for me?

just take a look at that face. so scary. >> that tells you all you need to know about the camelback mountain adventure park. >> well, guys, let me tell you , if you've got some time before summer out and you're a bit of a thrill seeker, head to camelback mountain, check it out a lot of up. >> what are you laughing at katie over there? i've done zip lining in costa rica and also canada. >> little crazy. it is fast. also, coming up in the next hour, we head over to cam em beach. the water park is the largest water park in pennsylvania. >> wow. >> aid lot of fun doing that, as you can imagine. >> looks good. cbs-3 summer fest continues this afternoon, of course, beginning at 5:00 watch ukee washington live in jim thorpe. will be a great time. >> you know. >> we will be right back.

>> ♪ >> ♪ >> just before 6:00, a milwaukee man says he's going to travel and maybe buy a boat after selling off his video game collection. >> wait until you hear how much he brought in, charles says nintendo was his nerds i obsession back in the 80s, 90s , and he has dozens every games, playing consoles, so he

decided to sell it all on ebay , seven ooh games across three platform, get there is the collection brought in no less than $20,000. >> that's pen years has been a huge party of my life. hobbies started booming in the last five, six years, so seemed like a good time to sell. >> ya, i'll say. he did keep one piece super march yost sign, now all that's left of his super collection. >> that's valuable. >> coming up, you've heard of tap dancing, what about hand tapping? we'll show you how this unique therapy is being ousted -- used to help people who can't use their legs. coming up in this morning's health watch. >> two new eagles expected to play major role this season, make their debut. pat gat end is leer with a look at how they did in pre-season action against the bills.

>> another terrorist attack, how they're linking this to yesterday's attack, what they learned about the people they say are behind this wave of terror. vandalized again, live in center sit way message, spray painted on the statue of frank rizzo. and we're keeping a close eye on storm scan3, katie is tracking the threat of severe

storms for later today, and says we can even see a tornado , well, today is friday , august 18, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. katie keeping an eye on things this morning, good morning, ladies. >> good morning, guys. happy friday. spinning my clicker, no clue what's going on outside. looking outside. >> spinner? >> looking outside right now, a lot of construction, no accidents, congestion levels starting to,. >> understood. some folks already dealing with it, especially up toward i80, extreme northern branches of the northeast extension, and your eye gets drawn to that, you guys mentioned a tornado. i don't think it is a guarantee, but certainly is possible. just the way the atmosphere will be setting itself up. instability growing, the key more than anything, i think, though, if we get ample sunshine, all need that to help get that instability going, regardless, storms, are on the way, it is just how strong, how severe do they