>> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness this morning. >> eclipse day is here, millions will look to the sky ff the sun for a solar eclipse. we'll tell you the t watch with you're clips glasses. >> and some of you are probably wondering if thoses wir view. here is a live look from the parkway central katie has you're clips forecast. >> and search and rescue operations navy ship collides with a oil tanker. we'll tell you where it is all unfolding. well, today is monday, august 21, good morning, i'm jim donovan. solomon. a check on today's forecast with katie and and on track with meisha. counting down. >> so katie have you getting tons of tweens about

this? >> so excited. >> so excited to see. >> this looking outside rig of construction, so i sends it to ever kate. >> looking good right now, while there may be a spotty pop up holdff until after the event has long since concluded. so that's start things offer by taking you out to storm scan3, how that is good, clear, speckle of green shows up within that loop ther b still in the midst every generally clear sky. see little vale of clouds trying to work its way in, folk, sunshine is our story today. and then nice warm afternoon to g a look around the region as a whole, in the mid or upper 60s , for the b mtrd, the only diffe that you see here is mount pocono, a50 k, at the hour, ands 07 degrees currently at philadelphia international airport. little milder, little cooler just depending on location, but as the day goes on, bpart ot

to see nothing but sunshine again those thunderstorm icons are specific to later on this afternoon and toward evening, so we are still expecting, meisha, good looking forecast for that partial eclipse, that will be happening later today. we'll have more specifics on the event itself in my forecast little later on. >> yeah, how exciting. katie, thank you so muchment and right now looking outside right now to overturned tractor-trailer. >> this actually happened around 12:30 a.m. mlk drive, near the art museum , mlk drive right now closed and it is closed both directions. probably kelly drive your best bet. good news, early, but an area to. and get busy pushing into the five hour on monday morning. i would take kelly drive for right now. overnight, schuylkill, east and westbound, between gulph mills and gladwynn, then westbound between gladwynn and conshohocken, that has now since been cleared. so actually looking pretty good, overnight, schuylkill, no problems there. vine was overnight, it was not closed overnight for the

construction project, see westbound, eastbound, looking great. we will be talking about more, overturned vehicle, and also some more construction coming up in the next ten minute. back over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. >> well, it is almost here. the total solarwill see a parti, but you still do need to w and e aren't many around. "eyewitness news" found this man ien for $10, but on line, some certify eclipse g several d dollars. i that's insane. don't ihink i'm ready to spends that kind of monday. >> i he said that's coverage ina around 2:45 p.m. this >> and for sun the rare coal alar eclipse not just cosmic but histori way of divine communication, other believe it is a

anger. "eyewitness news" stops by the peter and paul to ask some local church goers what they think. >> i think every day we can cloation, marvel at the beauty of it, the wonder err of it, basically god bridges light into the world. and though this darkness occurs for a little bit of time, light continues andoe the. >> now, if you miss it today, the next totalarll ben the units in 2024.s you're clips fest station, we'll have coverage of everything you well, in other news this morning, two people are dead after an chester, delaware county crash happened before 8:00 p.m., every tenth and lamb ohka streets. families tell the on. the crash is under investioting tir rally on hole.

>> they've made a last minute deal to call offg f keeping hise in center city philadelphia. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do, live stue of the munil services building.ng, jim, rahel. police tiannamen to monitor th s overnight, several patrol cars , now just one. meanwhile, those push to go keep this statue in place hope a meeting with mayor kenly help all sides come -- calls to take down the city statue of former mayor frank rizzo, are nothing new. but a tweet last monday from councilwoman helen gym re ignited debate over the controversial monument. she wrote quote all around the country we're fight to go remove the monuments to slavery and racism. take the rizzo statue down. >> i look pretty goody i believe. >> two term mayor was known for his larger than life personality. and tough law and order policing. his critics argued that

african-americans and the lgbt q community were unjustly targeted and brutalized under his ten ooh. not so says rizzo personal former secretary. >> in the row home neighborhoods, blue collar neighborhoods, he was the champion. >> barbara one every thousand who are calling for the rizzo statue to be left alone, petition for the call started on tuesday, now, nears 25,000 signatures. >> but those calling for the statue to comenl, as well. a petition of their own has neay 2500 signers, in statue wasult ing in two arrests, and mural in the italian marketfo ny rizzo supporters has been that y can somehow bridge the cap sides. >> that was our trang do reporting. now ton a develop morning, ten s

missing and five are hurt after a us navyil w tanker near singapore. tw officials say this is the second accident involving us little more than two month. senator mccain tweeteday cindy and i are keeping america sailors aboard the uss john f tonight, president trump also tweeted his condolances se the sailors. >> president trump is back at the white house after a two week working vacation. he said to announce his strategy for afghanistan tonight from fort myers, in virginia. trump tweeted that the decision came after meetings with military leaders over the weekend. secretary of defense, james mathis, said the president needs to quote collect his thought on how eggs go zero he is going to explain this trolley is. >> this will be president trump's first major national security address as president. >> police searching foreman they say brutally attack a store clerk inside 7-eleven near city hall.

take look at the surveillance photo. this man walk into the store 1300 block of market street after 6:00 yesterday morning, he and the clerk got into an argument over cigarette. the suspect reportedly then jumped over the county, stabbed the employee multiple times with a butcher knife, then took off. the victim is in stable condition. >> police say man used a stolen gun from clearfield, pennsylvania, in a police involved shooting in north philadelphia. this happened on the 2500 block of north alder street at around 1:00 is a saturday night. police say bike officers and on patrol when they spot add man walking with a gun in his hand. the officers asked the noon put his gun down. he reportedly took off. police chased them, chased him , he pointed his gun at officer. that's when that officer opened fire, streaking the suspect twice. he's in stable condition. no officers were hurt. >> meanwhile, police arrest a man they say opened fire on parked car before speeding off and then crashing into another parked car, in new castle county. police arrested timothy show

yesterday. investigators say the 27 year old shot at the first car on the 200 block of barnwell lane suspect then reportedly sped off. lost control. then crashed into a car park on the 100 block of mccormick drive. no one was inside either parked car at the time. a the youngest victim of the pulled night club massacre was honored in center city. young educated athlete held their appreciation event last night. the event aims to recognize and celebrate the contributions of local parent a mid the hustle and bustle of back to school. here's parent were in attendance, presented with a painted portrait of their daughter. >> it makes mimi feel good, that they believe in the vision also, that they support the organization, and they come back every year to support the organization, and we're now working on ascoma ship in kirra's name. >> she was stands out basketball player and graduate every west catholic prep in west philadelphia.

live guards and fire fighters cape may form a human chain to rescue a struggling swimmer. look at this daring rescue. the distressed swimmer originally tried, jumped in to try to save three other, who made it back to shore. firefighters were just few blocks away and arrived on scene within seconds. two fire fighters and several re rest cures ers link hands, d evaluation. >> coming up: disturbing discovery after barensiton. >> what police officers found after stand-off came to an end >> also, chris christie talking about his plans after he leaves office. we will tle wl not be taking. that's when "eyewitness news" fs afternoon, cairi live special r. team of corriveau dent will be stationed in the path of tota wull effect, if you're in the near a tv, not to worry. cbs newsg liv on our website

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>> 4:43, police make startling discovery after stand-off ends in officers enters 3300 block of heart felled street, found rifle rifles, even possibly hand grenade. found the weapons and still aggravated assault who ran into the home. out west,gaered for duelingt southern california beach. >> go away, go away. >> a group called america first, held an anti-illegal immigration protest, at laguna beach yesterday. met thereby counter demonstrators. >> we're telling them to go home. us uniting together, against them, this is what makes america great. >> my grandfather fought in world war ii. he thought against the nazis. and i'm not about to let them come back.

>> police officers were on hand trying to separate the groups. police made two arrests but they say the protests are actually largely peaceful. closer to home now, new jersey governor chris christie says he'll not go to work at a new york sports talk station once he leaves offers. >> the governor responding to new york daily news report that wfan told christie he was no longer under consideration for a job. now, christie says it is the other way around. he told wfan he declined their request to do more shows. wfan is owned by cbs radio subsidiary of cbs corporation. time is 4:44, katie is here with another check on our forecast. >> it is like did you give me the forecast or did i ask you for the forecast? >> whatever. either way, we are moving on. so what we're going to find overall here today guys, high pressure keeping control of the roost, in short, that means more sun than anything. whether it be couple of scattered clouds throughout the event of the eclipse, i think so.

but i also think that if there is going to be any shower or under this earl storm that pops up at some point it, happens after the eclipse, has wrapped up. so, fantastic news there, we will get check on that in a second. but looking at the wider zoom on storm scan, you will in the again primarily pretty quiet eastern seaboard, some very heavy under this earl storms rolling through iowa right now , however, as the day goes on here, still keep the sun around. we jump to you within the 2:00 t this partial eclipse is going to be at its peak, and yes, there may be little hint of wet weather on the radar, but out of our area. so here are the patchy clouds we talked b should not skew your viewing come that much. come 4:01, as the eclipse wraps up, couple of pop up thunderstorms. shore should stay dry, you're a-okay. mainly n land, specially southeast pa any showers or storms will likely fire up. even then they're scattered, come 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 tonight all clear. let's talk very quickly about how you want to view. >> this we step out of the way

so you can check it out. of course do not look directly at the sun. sun glass also not going to cut t you've got to have the a a prepare pre at iso government-ish eude glasses. so make sure you have a pair of those. otherwise, there are other ways you can do. >> this look at the bottom line there. it is safer to absorb indirectly if you project the sun's image with a pin hole or binoculars, i actually have tutorial on how to create a pin hole camera on my facebook page, you can go-go check it out, super easy project, i guarantee you have all of the materials you need in the house. looking forward to tomorrow. hot day, spotty storms fire up , cold front crosses through specially thursday, friday, it is looking gorgeous. >> yes, sure is, look at that, 70s, thank youment thank you, good morning to all of you. looking at video. we had overturned tractor-trailer. happened at mlk drive at around 12:30 this morning. soy, mlk drive near the art museum, mlk close in the both

directions and were you having to use an alternate. kelly drive being your best bet. that we just got word has just been cleared, so actually looking good now on mlk drive, just heads up. then looking at the vine, not closed overnight for that construction, so eastbound, westbound, actually looking pretty good both directions there. still dark, still early. we do have overturned vehicle here. it is the expressway westbound , past garden state parkway. that right lane is compromised that's going to be an area that will start to slow down, but not yet. right now still looking okay, around that area. then we also have another accident here in north wales. walnut st. at swarthily street , roadblocked, heads up if that's your neck of the woods. might see some flashing lights , might get little slow. route 42 construction north and south between 295 and route 130, the right lane compromised there. >> thank you, having flashback to my childhood volkswagon famous micro bus is making a come back. >> we'll tell when you the classic will be hitting the road again in this morning's money watch report. we'll be right back.

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coming out with new version of old favorite. what's this all about? >> yes. well, vokes weighing on says it will put it iconic micro bus back on the road in 2022 there is time it will be electric. auto maker says the 60s inspired id bus will have 270- mile range, vw also says it will recharge the 80% within a half hour and be capable of ought ton mick driving. pretty groovy. >> i think they'll sell out. >> i think. >> really will. >> and i was just reading a article that says apparently volkswagon got the idea to bring it back, because so many millennials taking road trips, hashtag van lights. >> oh, yes. >> yes, millennials. >> good idea. and i can it can seat eight people. fun road trips. >> like one of those small houses, people end up living in them, hey, it is true, it is true. >> very groovy inch died, roxanna, thank you. >> everyone is wondering if the weather will cooperate for today's solar eclipse. >> so kate what i do you think how is the forecast looking? >> we are looking good.

all a-okay, other than couple of patchy clouds throughout the course of the event. i think we've got sunshine and pretty good view for that eclipse. but there is some stormy weather that's going to make a return appearance to this forecast, i'll let you know when you will need that umbrella again coming up.

>> check this out. national weather service in nashville, tennessee, hosted when they call a, quote, high red stimulation model of today's solar eclipse. look at this, not looking at the screen, this out. >> is that a lollipop? >> actually a moon pie. >> oh? >> how appropriate tonight imitate the moon. and the doppler radar imitating the sun. just very creative. >> you took the words out of my mouth. very creative. so cute. i love it. yes, so to recall, this is the way this works, is that the moon will pass between the sun and the earth, and as they all line up, that's what creates the shadow being cast on earth here. and that's where we get this amazing view from. and i'm going to show you the

path of the eclipse of totality path anyway in a second here, and how the viewing will shape up. but we start thing off with our forecast, which again is going to mean partial eclipse in our area. at the moment, it is mainly clear, expect couple of clouds throughout the viewing portion of the eclipse here, recall that this will get underway at 1:21 p.m., peak at 2:44, and then wrap up very, very shortly after 4:00 p.m. and throughout that time, we should remain in the clear. meanwhile, the path of toto tal at this is as such, goes from or again straight down to charleston, south carolina, and for the most part that totality path is looking all clear. jefferson city, a little bit less clear for you there. but we are looking good here, as we get into the afternoon, thanks to high pressure still on our side. meanwhile, let's take a look at some of the temperatures we're talking about here, 87 degrees the expected high, that pop up thunderstorm i don't think do you have worry about until later on this afternoon at the earliest, after the eclipse, the viewing will be wrapping up. so even then, spotty

thunderstorm, most of us stay dry, but you won't have to worry about wet weather until the event has what happened up later tonight, similar idea, scattered thunderstorms primarily in the evening, we will drop down to only the mid 70s, now, looking forward in the eyewitness seven day, we spike to 92 tomorrow, warm, muggy, some spotty thunderstorms still waiting on cold front passage will take place into wednesday, skies start to clear out, day of transition, and thursday, friday, look beautiful, with comfortable warmth and the return of sunshine. meisha? >> yes, that looks awesome. all right, katie, thank you so much for that. and very good morning. happy monday. so, the world of travel so far , looking as we typically do, 42 freeway northbound, approaching 295, what you are working with, there looking good, just as it should, same story here, 59 south past the betsy ross, we're looking pretty good, there as well, then the schuylkill at the blue route, headlights eastbound direction, so looking there. so overall basically camera shot looking this morning are looking good. we do have couple of problem spots out, there un being this

overturned vehicle out there on the a.c. expressway westbound past garden state parkway. right lane compromised, so just heads up on that. another accident north wales, walnut st. at partly street, if this is your neck of the woods, going to be one of those areas make factor in couple every extra minutes if it is still out there deeper in the 5:00 hour. northeast extension, some construction crews still out there, north and south, this is near lansdale, that right lane compromised. not going to slow you down. material i for that t could little later. good news other part every construction still lingering, some of the crews starting to mover out of the way. that being the case here on the northeast ex it end sean, this is another area on the northeast ex it n show southbound past quakertown now since cleared. jim, over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. our eclipse fest coverage continues in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news," live with cbs news space consultant bill harwood with what astronomers expect to learn today. >> also ahead, news this morning, more statues honoring confederate lead verse come

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>> history in the skies, in just few hours, the moon will pass in front of the sun turning day into night. oh, my. we have team three coverage of today's eclipse fest. >> millions coast-to-coast will don glasses and look toward the school today for the great american eclipse. i'm don champion in st. joseph , missouri with a preview coming up. >> and kate haste been calling it the super bowl of the sky. we now take a live look at the parkway in center sit. >> i today is monday,