lightening, thunder, wind and rain this was the scene in center city earlier this morning. we saw strong storms moving through in the early morning hours, chances are some may have woke you up. >> certainly woke me up. >> storms did leave behind damage in sellersville bucks county where lightening may have sparked a house fire on the 600 block of east temple road, fortunately in one was hurt there. magnolia camden county part of the basement wall collapsed, this happened on the 500 block of beverly drive and believed that the heavy rain caused the ground to buckle. >> live look at storm scan

three shows is what left of the storms moving out to sea, we could see showers this morning but rest of the day will be much different. today's wednesday, august 23rd , happy hump day, good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. katie's off, chelsea and meisha are keeping an eye on things, this morning. >> good morning, welcome to the crazy party. >> glad to be here. >> sleep deprived still. we are looking outside, storm scan through obviously. we will have remnants on the road. we are seeing down traffic signal lights, stuff like. that overall i have to say no real problems on the major highways and roadways. >> that is good news. we will see improving weather throughout the day-to-day and how about the rest of the week , right. >> yes. >> here's storm scan three we are monitoring a couple sprinkles here and there but overall things have quieted down. we have had nasty storm that rolled through earlier and that did cause flooding in some locations but things are looking better and better as morning progresses.

temperatures right now checking in the 70's. seventy-six in philadelphia. seventy-four millville. mid up toker 70's. seventy-seven in wildwood. right around 75 in atlantic city. cool spot around mount pocono at 65. those showers and storms associated with the cold front behind the front more comfortable air and also some cooler air heading our way, comfort index today not too bad we will notice humidity in the first half of the day but dew points falling, feeling good-bye thursday and friday and then especially this weekend is looking nice. quick check of the future weather, cloud decreased throughout the day, shower possible for areas south ande but overall meisha, we will see increasing sunshine as we head in the afternoon. really nice weather will be heading our way not just today but for next several days. how are road looking. >> that is awesome news. roads are looking okay, i have to say, we have got a couple minor spots but overall things are looking good, things are

looking better and better. that is great news. good morning. happy wednesday. looking outside, looking a little wet but overall congestion levels, in the 5:00 l expect them to change but enjoy nice opened roadways. water main break one in audubon, one in bridgeport egypt road and trooper road one lane is block, route 202 dekalb street is closed. this is something out there a bit between fourth street, alternate dekalb pike is your best bet. i'll let i know when this gets cleared out of the way but that is still out there something that is out there is route one construction. route one north and southbound were closed at oxford valley. now just northbound side. people looking to exit off oxford valley and reenter on to oxford valley. more on that in a little bit. jim, over to you. president trump travels to reno, nevada after holding a campaign style rally in phoenix, arizona when he

touched on several out hot button issues. >> protests got out of the hand and four people got arrested. we now have the. >> reporter: report police officers in riot gear used tear gas and flash bangs to break up protests outside president trump's rally in phoenix, arizona inside the cities convention center the president spent majority of the time claiming the media is responsible for dividing the nation. in the aftermath of the violence in charlottesville, virginia, saying they twisted his word. >> it is time to expose the crooked media deceptions and challenge the media for their role in causing divisions. >> reporter: among several other subjects the president touched upon the need to reform immigration. he also again insisted a wall on the mexican border will be built. >> believe me, we have to close down our government, we are building that wall. >> reporter: on health care mr. trump said he made a promise not to mention any names allude to go arizona

republican senator john mccain he was one of the three senate republicans to cross party lines, and shoot down the new health care bill with his last minute thumbs down vote. >> we are going to get rid of obama care, i will never stop, one vote, i will never stop. >> reporter: president trump committed to passing the biggest tax cut in american history. and allude todd a pardon for controversial former arizona sheriff joe ar pa io convicted of ignoring a federal judge's order to stop detaining people because he suspect them of being undocumented immigrants. nicki bat tease for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". new this morning a man is in extremely critical condition after he shot in south philadelphia. this happened at 16th and le tona streets just after midnight. police say victim was hit multiple times in his chest and stomach. investigators say nearby surveillance cameras captured two men running from the scene around the time of the shooting. in word on a motive.

today investigators from the ntsb will be in upper darby interviewing septa train operator involved in yesterday 's crash that injured 33 people, that train on norristown high speed line, collided with a parked train at 69th street station, officials say it somehow over ran its stop, and authorities say they are now checking the vehicles and safety systems. >> we are going to be here on the scene for four or five days collecting our evidence. once we are finished here we will continue investigation back in our home headquarters in washington d.c. and eventually when we finish investigation nine to 12 months from now final rorrer will be available to the public. >> meanwhile "eyewitness news" has learned that the train's operator is providing samples for drug and alcohol testing. new jersey politicians are mourning sudden loss of the state senator jim whelan, whelan represented atlantic county asiana semmably man starting in 2006 and as a senator two years later before that the democrat was three term mayor of atlantic city,

city schoolteacher and life guard. whelan did in the seek re election in november. he had kidney surgery last month. in word on his cause of death. jim whelan was 68 years old. in a statement governor chris christie said i came to know jim as a forthright, honest leader whose word was his one. current come back of atlantic city is due in no small part due to the efforts and passion of jim whelan. senate president sweeney said jim was rarely one to raise his voice but he was a advocate for atlantic city, a city loved, and determined to see it thrive. in other news u.s. navy is expect to dismiss commander of the seventh fleet after a series of collisions, and according to u.s. officials, dismissal of admiral joseph o coin comes after the crash of u.s.s. john s mccain second major collision in the pennsylvania few months involving seventh fleet, seven sailors died in june when u.s.s. fitzgerald collided in the container ship in the waters off of japan. we are also learning one

of the sailors missing after the collision of the u.s.s. john s mccain has ties to the area 22-year old kevin smith spent his senior year high school at cherry hill east. he was working as a electronic technician as board the mccain when it collided with a tanker ship near singapore on monday. he and nine other sailors remain missing. smith's mother is hopeful they will be found real soon. >> i just want to be over there searching. his father and i could not be prouder then our son. >> military officials say some bodies have been recovered but they have yet to be identified probably not what you want to hear with a week and a half left of summer, two beaches on the bay side of long beach island are closed because of high bacteria levels. bay beaches at new jersey avenue and stock exton avenue in long beach township are currently off limits, officials have issued an advisory for bay beach at 16th street and surf city for very same reason. well, i'm buying mine have you bought yours? we are talking about tonight's pur ball jackpot now worth 700

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this growing inferno in yesemite national park. the fire which began last week has grown to 3,000 acres. national park service issued a mandatory evacuation order for residents in the nearby towns, more than 750 fire fighters are working to contain this blaze. rescue workers in italy are working around the clock trying to find survivors of the devastating earthquake. >> fire fighters rescued this little boy from the ruble, just one of the three who survived after their home collapsed. 4.0 quake struck monday night in the resort town near naples , woman was killed and

nearly 40 were hurt and this morning some 2600 people are without shelter. mother and her infant daughter are okay after a accident along the pennsylvania border. >> take a look at their car, a tree came crashing down on the car, this happened while driving in west virginia. mother recalled horrifying moment when she saw the tree toppling over. >> everybody was buckled in, me and my nine in old daughter i was going the speed limit. i saw the tree come from the side. i tried to swerve to the other side of the road since nobody was coming. it landed on me anyway. >> glad they are okay. crews closed off area while they spent the afternoon clearing the road. fire officialness maryland believe a lightening strike caused this apartment fire flames erupted just after 8:00 r from baltimore. we're told fire caused buildings entire roof to collapse. one person was rush to the hospital. in word on their condition.

>> did you see that? cell phone video capture frightening moment lightening struck world trade center in insuring last night. the summer thunderstorm brought plenty of rain and we got our fair share of rain, at 12:30, we were seeing alerts. >> an alert went offy thought it was amber alert. i had to figure out where i was, and i was like what the heck. >> that was scary. i was upset because it woke my dog and then he never went back to sleep. >> i have to say those people outside when thunder roars you have to go indoors. they probably shouldn't have been outside during. that we see things improving for us here in the delaware valley. we have heavy rain that moved through just a few hours ago. we can see improvement on the radar. just a couple sprinkles here and there, overall we are in the using windshield wipers too much, maybe for road spray here and there, but man, things are looking better out

there. temperatures checking in the 70's. get you out the door at 76 degrees in philadelphia 74 in millville. mid to upper 70's down the shore, 77 in wildwood. seventy-five in atlantic city. seventy-three allentown. cool spot on the map, right around 65 degrees. these showers and storms associated with the very strong cold front that is continuing to make its way south ande even at this hour we will still be stuck in the cloud for next couple hours, we could see redevelopment of the shower or storm here right along this cold front pressing to the south ande for areas south ande of philadelphia near atlantic city, millville and we will see cloud moving out. cloud will be last to move out for our shore communities and then we will see breaks of sunshine by noon time and then full sunshine as we head in the afternoon and this evening , with mostly clear skies, so things looking much better behind that front. we have lower humidity. not feeling too bad by this

afternoon but feeling pleasant , awesome heading in to thursday and friday, that is well deserved after a day like yesterday when humidity made it feel so much warmer out there turning sunny less humid 84 for that high. heading in the overnight hours get the ac a break, mostly clear, comfortable 64 degrees. quick check of your shore, 85 decreasing cloud, water temperature at 77 degrees and low risk of rip current. meisha what can we expect on the roadways this morning. >> i have to say things are looking okay. we are still seeing pooling on the side streets and smaller roads, bridges, and all that but overall, i will take you back, to what chelsea said, things are looking better. they are. forty-two freeway northbound at creek road approaching 295 this is volume contending w we will see more headlights, then what we are looking at the 4:00 o'clock hour and they will only give more so as we see. i would say that the schuylkill right now is looking good in both directions, you can see nice,

opened roadways, blue route same story there at ridge pike headlights in the southbound direction. we have a couple accidents, so just head uptake a peak 42 southbound at 295 that left lane and route 30 admiral wilson boulevard eastbound near federal street. yeah, probably. route 30 not so much right now but this within route 42 southbound at 295 just a head up, be cautious, because when we get a couple accidents it is probably still wednesday and whenever we have that flooding we have a chance of hydroplaning as well. we will talk more about the effects of that storm last night, lights and down wires in the next 10 to 15 minutes. rahel and jim back over to you now for a look at newspaper headlines across our region. >> times herald a willow grove man and philadelphia man has been arrested for seeking sex from minors. twenty-six year-old nicholas musk and, one other facing felony charges. they engaged in on line conversation was under cover detectives posing as minors. and burlington county

times construction of the natural gas compressor station is drawing complaints in northern burlington county. chesterfield police chief reported 30 complaints last week alone. residents are upset about noise, odor, network and traffic. from the reading eagle while military families brace themselves after president trump announced will commit more troops to have again stan solve their paperwork in hand n a week navy commander michael marcola a glad wait of governor mifflin high school will report for his fourth overseas deployment a 12 month tour embedded with the arm any afghanistan and we do thank him for his service. >> we sure do. >> that is some of the newspaper headlines around the delaware valley. up next pat's here with your morning sports, good morning, pat. lets talk eagles. they wrapped up their joint practice with the dolphins and now all that is lefties game on thursday. we have details. plus a block buster trade that shakes up n pa eastern conference sixers fans you need to pay attention, sports

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welcome back. we're glad you are with us. >> pat's here about sports and we are getting ready for eagles third preseason game tomorrow night. >> that is right and what is usually last true test before regular season all important third preseason game, tomorrow night against the dolphins. we won't see jordan hicks, who is out with a minor groin injury, brandon graham sits with the triceps injury but both are expected to be ready for week number one. as for quarterback carson wentz will get his most work on thursday night, first team

plays one half in the third game, against buffalo the first team owe even if was sub par. here's what carson is looking for against the fins. >> to be sharp. we have had been all over the place in the first two pre season games. now we have had a chance to look and game plan for these guys and see them in practice new. so plan is to go out and execute and be sharp. >> tonight is stitch and pitch night at the bank. knitting may be just thing to take your mind off phillies performance yesterday. fightins were swept by marlins in the double header game number one fish had 14 hits they won 12-eight. phillies lost seven-four in the late game as bad weather moved in. some other phillies news, starter vince velasquez has been placed on the 60 day disable list. he will have surgery on his right middle finger and will be out for remainder of the season n15 starts this year velasquez has an era over five if you paid attention to the nba off season there has been drama surrounding the

cleveland cavilers, lebron james could leave after next season and kyrie irving could bolt in two years, cleveland deals irving to the boston celtics in a blockbuster trade that nets them all-star guard isaiah thomas. cleveland gets jake crowder and unprotected 20,181st round pick of the nets. weeks ago irving demanded a trade. well, he got one. circus is in town floyd may weather and connor mcgregor arrived ahead of their big fight this weekend. men got in the little bit of the scuffle in front of the cameras before being separated mcgregor says he will knock may weather not two rounds, may weather said it will go distance, estimated 50 million people could watch the fight in the u.s. may weather is expected to make 200 million-dollar, mcgregor could make about a 100 million-dollar. >> wow. >> i'm crying it is so much. john jones has failed a doping test his second failure

just last month generals beat daniel to become light weight wait champ. jones denied ever using performance enhancing drugs. in a statement his representatives say they are having the samples retested, so, don't cheat, don't dope, but i know you get excited about the money, 200 million-dollar. >> what is the power ball up to. >> possibility of damage to won face, that is why i don't get involved. i have to think ahead, think twice about that one. >> yes, thanks. coming up next on "eyewitness news" a travel warning from the state department. >> find out why they are telling americans going to mexico to be careful, trang do continue investigation in the train crash at 69th street station i'm trang do live with who investigators will speak to today. then it has happened again another cemetery in our area vandalized we will tell you where these headstones were

toppled, chelsea. things are looking much better as we head in the weekend, ready fortes of fall? that is what is heading our way. high temperatures will be in the upper 70's, we can give ac a break, we will also have some low humidity, more details in the ful

chelsea and meisha will be along in a moment but first here's what you need to necessity to start in our morning minute is wednesday, august 23rd. police in phoenix fired gas and flash bang grenades as angry protesters took to the street as president trump held a campaign style rally. >> we are fully, totally committed to fighting for our agenda. we will be on the scene for four or five days. >> ntsb continues continue on investigate tuesday's crash at 69th street terminal. today they will talk to the conductor of the train. >> politician as cross the garden state are remembering jim whelan, who died at 68 and served in the new jersey legislature as atlantic city mayor and a life guard. u.s. navy is dismissing the commander of the u.s. seventh fleet, vice admiral joseph ocoin being booted after two major collisions in the last f