this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well right now at noon, we're just over an hour away at the start of momentous event, the solar eclipse of the century, americans from coast-to-coast are e-a-g-l-e-s ly awaiting the event, we're just as excited for eclipsefest, cbs-3, i'm jim jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. first notice until oregon being make its way across 14 states, passover south carolina before going out to sea. >> don champion live along the path of totality in saint joseph, missouri, good afternoon, don.

>> reporter: good afternoon, jim, rahel. about 15,000 people are expected to take in the eclipse from had in air filled , one every countless gatherings from coast-to-coast for this celestial event that for many will be once in a lifetime. the anticipation started early this morning, in st. joseph, missouri thousands converge on the town for the first coast-to-coast eclipse in nearly 100 years. >> so excited, we're kinds of geeked out about it. >> on the west coast the farming town of mattress, oregon, the first in the nation to watch the moon completely block out the sun. >> i've come, you know, thousands of miles to be here this area came up as the best place, in terms of the weather >> the eclipse will make its way from oregon to south carolina before heading out to sea. even americans who are not in the path of totality will still get to see partial clips , carbon dale, illinois, will be in the dark for the longest for two minutes, 40 seconds. the big question here in st. joseph, and other spots along

the path of totality is the weather. some areas could be cloudy or stormy. lulu pagano, and others, traveled interest individual any, australia. >> in is my fifth eclipse, each one different. >> they say the solar spectacle not just cool phenomenon, also chance for scientists to learn more about the sun. >> the corona is incredibly hot. millions of degrees, astronomers don't understanded completely why the corona is so hot. >> experts caution, if you do plan to watch this seles tee and event, that you make sure have special eclipse glass toss protect your eyes. just to give you idea how many people have converged thon one small town of st. joseph, hotels here started selling out well over a year ago. and jim, rahel, we are told about 20 million people could witness this eclipse, in the continental united state, which could make this eclipse one of the most observed in

history. it will be a great day. >> sure is, consider us excited, don, thank you, live for just st. joseph, missouri. all eyes, thank you. well, a great place to view the eclipse locally is rowan university. they're hosting a party with a free show in their plan tear yum and handing out free glasses while supplies last. "eyewitness news" reporter anita live in glassboro, gearing un for the big event. hi, anita. >> reporter: hi, there, rahel. well, what a crowd here at the edelman planet plan tear july, viewing party, thousands expected here, as you can see, it appears they showed up. this is just one of the lines to get inside extending as far as the eye can see, some have even brought their lawn chairs , and are standing outside, they've been waiting since early this morning. now, throughout the afternoon the plan tear yum will be showing educational information about the eclipse inside, although in our area we will only see partial eclipse. those who have gathered here will head outside with special solar eclipse glasses to watch as the moon begins to cover the sun. the plan tear yum you

mentioned, rahel, will be handing out more than 1,000 pairs of special glasses first come first served, starting at 1:00 this afternoon, but some kids we met are already prepared with their own heavy duty solar eclipse going else, and they even made their own eclipse t-shirts. >> and so it will be great, like, i can't wait. this is when it looks like on my shirt. >> now there is event is free, as open to the public, doors for the first plan tear -- plan tear yum, kid friendly activities kick off at 1:00. still time to get down here, but the line is very long, live at rowan university this afternoon, anita oh, cbs-3, " eyewitness news" meanwhile our eclipse coverage continues with "eyewitness news" health reporter stephanie stahl. live at wills eye hospital in center city where this morning the line stretched around the corner with people still trying get those eclipse glasses. hey, stephanie. >> reporter: that's right, jim

littles eye gave out 2,000 solar eclipse glasses this morning, they were gone in about an hour. take a look at what we saw out here earlier today. people lined up outside the lobby at ninth and walnut. that line as you said stretched around the block. with just hours to go before the eclipse happens here in philadelphia, there was last scramble to get glasses. wearing them is the only safe way to look at the sun during the eclipse. they block out harmful rays, from the sun, and doctors say watching the eclipse for just a couple of seconds, without protection, can cause something called solar retinopathy, burns to the retina, which can cause vision lost. there has been shortage of glasses which is why so many people lined up this morning, for the give away. here is some of their comments >> we've been here since 4:30, 4:45. we had gone to the zoo saturday, stood in line for two hours, sold out. we new today right now was the last option. so we came early. >> i don't have anything better to do this morning, and coy wait until the next

eclipse, but i don't think so. so i'll wait and hopefully i'll get glasses. i heard there are a lot of them. so i'll give it a shot. >> we are so excited. we live in atlanta. and this has meant so much to him to get these, yes. are you excited, jay? >> yes, yes, yes. >> reporter: now, wills eye has extra staff on duty in their emergency, department, just in case people don't take precautions. symptoms of solar retinopathy happen about one to six hours after exposure, and those symptoms include new blurred vision, and seeing spots. reporting live from wills eye hospital, i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> good information, stephanie , thank you. and turning out to the forecast, there is some sunshine out there, little cloudy, too, but katie, with so many eyes to the sky, will the sun fully be out when our partial eclipse begins? what do youy? >> i think definitely stay dry here. we have been expecting couple of patchy clouds have rolled in over center city, many

other locations, as welshing for the most part going to stay breitbart. going to see the sun filtered through the clouds, you will have for the most part a pretty clearview about eclipse throughout the afternoon, we check in on storm scan3, which remains empty at this point, little hint of cloud cover rolling through on the satelite coverage as you will notice. now, as the eclipse does in fact get underway, we should again for the most part ends up in the sunshine. it is quite warm out here, as well, specking thigh reach about 87%. 87 degrees, rather, as we see the partial clips up to 87%, then as the afternoon progresses here about 0:11 things begin to wrap up. shortly thereafter the potential comes for couple of showers or thunderstorms, now, what you will notice in the next few days, is we do go on bit of uphill climb, pretty substantial uphill climb for tomorrow. then we start to cool back down. so there is a system that's going to be working its way through. we do have some showers, some thunderstorms to track along with this progressive cool down. little later in the broadcast have, your full forecast, when

do these storms get here, when will you need the umbrella? i'll answer all of those questions a little later on. >> thanks so. keep it here on cbs-3 for cbs news special report at 1:00 p.m. team of correspondents will be stationed in the path of totality where the eclipse already full in effect, also, be streaming this special report live on cbsphilly.com. >> now, if you're able to safely get a picture of the eclipse, wearing your cbs-3 eclipse glasses we want you to share your photos and videos with us, up load them on social media using the #cbs3. of course stay with cbs-3 for this historic event, weaver you covered throughout the area, live reports from the path of totality. it is eclipse day, all day long, here, on "eyewitness news." meanwhile, in other news this noon, police in spain say they've shot a man wearing a possible explosive belt in a town outside of barcelona. now, it is not clear if that man was involved in last week 's terror attack, when a driver mode down pedestrians, killing 15 people.

we will continue to follow this developing story. and staying overseas now, one woman was killed and manhunt hurt when a man slammed into two bus stops in france, happened this morning on the port city of marseille, the driver arrested short time later. authorities say the suspect is now undergoing psychological treatment. officials say it is too early to know if this is a case of terrorism. >> president trump is preparing for major speech tonight on the future of america's war in afghanistan. the president is expected to give the green light for the deployment of 4,000 additional troops. his plan may also involve putting new pressure on pakistan to stop giving safe havens to terror groups. the us involvement in afghanistan is the longest war in american history. and and you can watch the presidential address live tonight at 9:00 right here on cbs-3. >> meanwhile, coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" the search continues off the coast of singapore, where a navy destroyer has collided with a oil tanker. we will tell you what safety violations have now been

uncovered. plus, dramatic video, distracted driver on a scooter falls into a sinkhole. you're watching "eyewitness news" at noon, we will be right back.

>> back on "eyewitness news" with incredible recall video in china. watch a sinkhole opens in the street. man on scooter drives right into it. amazingly, though, he wasn't seriously hurt. we're told the man was distracted by his smart phone and didn't see the giant hole in the grounds.

well. that will do it. >> back here at home, support here want to keep the frank rizzo statue across from city hall have postponed their planned rally today. mayor's offers agreed fleet with organizers if they did not hold the rally today. last week philadelphia councilwoman helen gym called for this, and critics called the lgbtq community unjust will you targeted as rizzo's mayor, defenders say it is not true and sites many accomplishments in the sit. >> i oil tanker involved in the collision with the uss john s mccain had passed navigation safety violations. this as the navy orders broad investigation into the readiness of its pacific fleet ten sailors are still missing and several were injured after the navy destroyer crashed yesterday with a oil tanker near sing a poor. official data base for ports in osha shows the tank her several deficiencies at its last inspection. researchers located uss

indianapolis, navy ship that sang more than zero seven years ago. the ship was found 18,000 feet below the surface of the north pacific ocean, the crews are err hit by japanese tore pied owe in 1945. most of the 2,000 sailors on board survived the attack, but only 316 survived several days they were stranded in the ocean. >> well, still ahead on " eyewitness news." >> a little sister helps her us a particular i can brother one art project at a time meisha? >> that's right. when you see a need, you think of ways to help out with t1 creative little girl is definitely doing just that. in today's love it, meeting a special sister who is working over time, to make it possible for her brother to get the help he needs. that's coming up. katie? >> meisha, already looking all the way out, so the upcoming weekends, and at the moment fingers crossed it stays that way. we're expecting some really stellar weather here, sunshine , comfortable warmth, low humidity, slightly even below average conditions. really nice looking outlook here. how long does that last, though? that's the question.

and i'll have the answer on the other

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london's iconic big ben chiming normally for the last time ahead of major repair work. the clock tower is now set to resume -- not set to resume regular timekeeping until 2021 the bells, will however, sounds on special occasions like new years day. too bad, be there in a couple of weeks, so i guess i have to count that out. >> we can just replay the video few times while you're over there. >> the house i grew up in had the doorbells play westminster chime, it was so old, by the time we moved in like two note missing so it was like dh, du. , ridiculous, hilarious whenever someone came to visit we have the continental united states in the midst of the united state, yes, countdown quite literally on at this point. still expecting nothing more than some patchy clouds overhead for the big celestial event. now, with time, some showers, some thunderstorms will begin to pop on the radar. we get you out, there show you the scenario here, waiting on next storm system to move in,

primarily with cold front passage into tomorrow. but in advance that far, high pressure retreat treating, allowing more moisture to build in the atmosphere, more heat to build in the atmosphere, little bit of instability. as result could see spotty thunderstorm at some point. look close, just outside the p on philadelphia, already back through western pennsylvania, spotty shower and thunderstorm has gun to pop up out there. so basically still sitting pretty. holding tight to high pressure until it is all wrapping up with the eclipse. come 4:00, just as the event is wrapping up, this is how the radar begins to look, few speckles of green, couple of rumbles every thunder and lightning coming on through here, but the key word here is scattered, spotty, not everyone will be getting hit by this. actually all wraps up toward the tail end of the typical evening rush, into the overnight, basically clear. but dow think you can see some fog develop into the overnight , with building moisture and very light wind out, there as well. then, we move it forward through the rest of tuesday, take look at the time stamp here. moles of your tuesday is going to feature sunshine. that means, the ability to really heat up. see that in the seven day, and

also, build up the moisture content. so when this gets here, there could be heavier duty thunderstorms come along with it, but would likely wait until at least evening, then into the overnight this continues to push through. now, let's talk one more time about how to view this. i'll step out of the way so you can take a look and read through this. you never look directly at the sun, sunglasses, regular one of the mill ones, do not cut it for this. you need the proper filter. got to be approved one by the government. so double check that. and it is even safer if you observe this indirectly by projecting the sun's image with a pin hole camera or binoculars, actually have a tutorial on how to do this on my facebook page, i'm telling you, you only need couple of pieces of material to make it happen. and i guarantee you have them all sitting in your house, check out, my facebook page, still have time to create t comfort index something noticeable here. specially tomorrow. real high humidity making it feel quite owe press itch. dew point likely in the 70s for bulk of the day. so with high of 91 degrees tomorrow, be made to feel as

hot as 100 easily, but thankfully that starts to go by the wayside behind the colds front passage we talked b now temperatures as they currently stands, pretty close to the daytime high, expectations already, 84 in the city. shooting for 87 with time here today. it is already 81 in broad heads ville. there is some sunlight peaking through the clouds, feel like this looks little more gray than it actually s just the coloring on the camera. but you will see some sun filtered through the clouds in time for the event. and again, yes, you will see some clouds. but it should not skew completely our view of this eclipse here happening this afternoon. now moving forward, thunderstorm look pretty spotty, primarily going to happen at night tomorrow. they may linger as late as early wednesday morning, but then we are smooth sailing, we clear it out for the rest every wednesday, humidity drops, thursday, friday, right now saturday, sunday, look absolutely gorgeous. we will keep our fingers crossed that high pressure holds tight for that long. >> all right, katie, thank you looking good. well, little girl with a big heart. >> meisha is here now with

today's love it. meisha? >> girl from texas stepping up in a very big way, all in an effort to help her brother who has severe autism. one little bear at a time. take a look. >> a few pipe cleaners, glitter and glue, is all seven year old mattie needs to make bears on behalf of her big brother. in fact the bears are name after her big brother, ben, the majority of bears are made into superheros, and for very good reason. >> my daughter always told me my son is a superhero because he can reaching things, and she's so small. he helps with her a lot. >> in return she is helping her brother use his creativity at this, and saving money for important addition to the family. >> he says why do you want to get me service dog? and i said because you need one. >> that's right, mattie wants a service dog for her brother who has difficulty communicating. their mother vanessa and mattie are really his only support system. and they believe a dog will be beneficial for many reasons

moving forward. >> i help him calm down. i know his quirks. >> yep, patsy facing a costly venture trying to finally get a dog for her brother and pay for its training, she trying to raise $6,500. and her determination is definitely inspiring. mom, who is also now in the effort, helping to sell the bears for $3 apiece, seeing that kind of determination is definately contagious, way to go, mattie, and good luck. if you come across any other inspiration ideas please sends them on my way, guys, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. well, the eclipse has started in oregon. >> we'll show it to you next.

>> well check this out. the eclipse has started. this is live look at the beginning of the eclipse in oregon. very cool. and it is also getting close now, we're just hours away from the partial solar eclipse here in philadelphia. we're ready and excited but no one is more excited than derrick pits, the planetarium director at the franklin institute. he traveled to missouri right in the path of totality. >> well i'm real excited when will happen here today. i'm looking forward to seeing totality. any time i have the opportunity to stands in the shadow of the moon, i'm happ

iment and today i'll get two minutes, 39 seconds, of nice bath of moon shadow. >> i always feel like derrick 's excitement is so contagious. and derelict join us liver later today on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 and 6:00. reminder in just about 30 minutes, cbs news will broadcast special live report on the eclipse, and a note to soap opera fans, you can see the bold and beautiful right after "eyewitness news," it is early today at 12:30, normal schedule will resume tomorrow. >> that's "eyewitness news" for today at noon, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. for meisha, katie, all of us here, thanks for watching. >> we're always on line at cbsphilly.com. again, the bolds and the beautiful is next. go out, enjoy the rest of the day. wear your protective glasses. >> contact cbs-3. >> got my solar socks on, we're ready. >> we've been ready. see you tomorrow. >> born ready! >> ♪ >> ♪

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