lots of questions following a horrible accident in south philadelphia when an 11 year he will would i shoots himself in the face we're live with an update on the child's condition and we will tell what you police are saying this morning. man accused of shooting and killing in the active road rage faces a judge we will explain what will evolve outside a chester county courtroom. 1lone ticket hit 750 million-dollar power ball jackpot we will tell you where that was sold but we're all here so it was not us, good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. thursday august 24th, katie's off lets check the forecast with chelsea and traffic with meisha. >> yes, can you imagine waking

up 750. >> i cannot even think bit, yes. >> all right. we're looking outside we have two accidents out there a bunch of construction and gateway to our weekend, everybody is in a good mood. >> we have hit the jackpot when it comes to the weather for sure, things are looking fantastic for us, we are starting out the morning on the cool side of the things even for suburbs, some 50's out there, 59 degrees in reading, 68 degrees in philadelphia, 62 in wilmington sixty-one in millville, we are at 64 down the shore in atlantic city. just look at our dew points in the 50's, that is so comfortable for this time of the year, 55 degrees is current dew point in philadelphia, cannot ask for much more for this time during the year. >> here's what you can expect throughout the morning and rest of the afternoon. seventy-one by 9:00 a.m. look at that wall to wall sunshine, all the way to 3:00 when we will hit a high of 83 degrees. lets check traffic with meisha

good morning. >> you are bringing all of the beautiful weather, today is perfect, thanks very much, for that still dark, still very early but sun, is really going to be nice to see, looking outside at this early hour we are looking at construction. we are looking at route one oxford valley in both directions so you will to have exit off of, oxford valley and then reenter on to oxford valley. overnight resurfacing on the schuylkill very busy around here ease bun between gulph mills and belmont and westbound between gladwynn and blue route is what you are looking at this camera shot is showing you around blue route area, around the blue route area usually around five. we will see what happens today vibe opened, no problems there , we do have a couple accident one in bala cynwyd union avenue at bryn mawr and another one in mapel glenn, montgomery county particularly welsh road and fort washington avenue, jim, back over to you. someone is waking up rich, very, very, rich. how many more should we put it

, very rich. one single winning power ball ticket matched all six but for you and me the ticket was sold in massachusetts. >> here's the store that sold the lucky ticket handy variety convenient store in watertown massachusetts. excitement is building there as town awaits win tore come forward and claim 758.7 million-dollar prize, that is why jim kept saying very, very , very. jackpot is second largest in u.s. history. you still do want to check your tickets. winning numbers on the screen six, 17, 16, 23, 26, abe power ball is four. according to the power ball web site there is a two million-dollar winner in pennsylvania, and also one million-dollar winner in new jersey, and pennsylvania. well, in other news this morning an 11 year-old boy is in critical condition after shooting himself in the face. "eyewitness news" reporter henry rossoff is live outside children's hospital. any update on the boy's condition. >> reporter: we have a

condition update, police say that he was rushed from methodist hospital to here at children's, because pair brought him to methodist but methodist does not have a trauma center so he was brought here. we know he was in critical condition but conscious and expect to survive, which is really something after he was apparently accidentally shot in the face. crime scene, consisting of blood, on the floor, and the walls. there is also, the gun, laying on the floor and other, live bullets. in that second floor front bedroom. >> reporter: detectives say that is mother and fathers room that happened in the 2600 block of south hicks. there were four other brothers and sisters at home when the shooting happened just before 12:30 in the morning a 13 year-old and three others younger then the 11 year-old who apparently shot himself. >> we don't know where they were in the house at the time, that the shot was fired. >> reporter: what police on

the scene do know is is that this should not have happened. >> when we have five young, very young children in the hospital and there is a gun in the house, it is very important that gun, be in a safe location where children don't have access to it. >> reporter: one other way to render your weapon safe philadelphia sheriff's office gives away free gun locks no questions asked, live from the children's hospital of philadelphia, henry rossoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a 14 year-old girl distract by her cell phonies struck by a car in montgomery county this happened yesterday afternoon right across the street from abington high school in the 900 block of highland high school. victim was face timing while crossing the street and simply didn't see the car coming. "eyewitness news" has learn that the girl was on her way to cheer leading practice and we spoke to her teammates. >> just went along face timing friend, whoever it was and that could happen to you, in

10 seconds is very scary. >> very scary indeed. police say driver did stop to help the victim. officials rush the little girl to the hospital with serious injuries and authorities have questioned and released the driver. man accused in the road rage killing on the chester county highway is due in court , david desper is set to be arraigned on first degree murder. desper is accused of fatally shooting bianca roberson on route 100 in west goshen township. this happened back in june, police say roberson and desper were trying to merge in the same lane at the same time when the shooting occurred. desper is due in court today at 9:15 this morning. a surprise guilty plea by david creato, junior, camden county father accuse had of killing his year-old son. creato, who was set to go on trial next month pleaded guilty to manslaughter yesterday avoiding a possible murder conviction and now face s 10 years behind bars, after admit to go playing the role in the death of his son brandon back in october of

2015. creato's first trial, ended in a hung jury. >> if he had not admitted to anything he could not get benefit of this deal. it would have been irresponsible, foolish frankly for him not to take this deal. >> three-year old brandon's body was found in the park about a half mile from his dad 's haddon township home, creato will be sentenced on september 29th. police in chester county charged a man after finding racist, anti sematic gra feet any coatsville and valley township. office's rested 24 year-old george of coatsville yesterday , the graffiti was found tuesday on a car, garage door and wall of the convenient store. results from the chester county prison on $150,000 bail he admits to having pennsylvania association was white supremacy groups. thirty-five you this dollars reward is being offered to help solve a cold case on the main line. six two-year old denise barker was found dead inside of her home on heatherstone drive-in

tredyffrin township in june of last year, she died of blunt force trauma, citizens crime commission announced the reward yesterday for anyone with information leading to an arrest and conviction, her family continues to seek justice for her death. she was probably my best friend, she would probably say that and i can, just a good person. we lost a tremendously good person and it is just not right. >> anyone who may have information on barker's death is asked to contact the citizens crime commission at 215-546-tips, callers can remain anonymous. opening statements are scheduled for september 6th in the corruption trial of new jersey senator bob menendez. a jury of six men and six women plus four alternates was selected yesterday, menendez is accused of taking campaign donations and gifts from his wealthy friend, florida eye doctor salmon megan in exchange for political influence. both men are on trial. a passenger injured in

tuesday's train crash in upper darby is suing septa darryl robson said he was knocked unconscious and suffered a head injury when norristown high speed line slammed in the park train at 69th street station. his suit claims that the train over shot the previous station national transportation safety board is investigating what caused that crash, federal officials say 33 people were injured including the train's operator. well, philadelphia parking authority's parking app called meter up will be back in operation by mid to late fall, meter up app allows drivers to pay for parking with the smart phone and add more time remet ly. the app went dark about four months ago after ppa had problems with the company behind the app, a new vendor is in place and customers will to have fork over a 40 cents user fee. >> the vendors in atlanta, georgia they have seven years experience in the u.s. so their main business is the pay by phone parking

application. >> if you want to use meter up again you'll have to down load new app once it goes live in a few months. a scare on the school us about a driver is facing charges after students on board called their parents in fear, disturbing things deputies found on the driver when she was stopped. and southern texas getting ready for tropical storm harvey we will show you how people there are preparing for severe weather, we will be right how dixie ultra plates?roved with two pounds of steak. in each hand. dixie ultra. stress tested so you can stress less at dinner.

♪ lysol max cover kills 99.9% of bacteria, even on soft surfaces. one more way you've got what it takes to protect. the organizer of a rally has turned himself in. university of police had, warrant out for chris cantwell in the white supremacist rally almost two weeks ago. cantwell is accused of illegally using tear gas during protest and causing bodily injury, with malicious intent. bus driver in georgia is

facing charges after police say she was drunk while taking dozens of students to school. video shows tense moments on the way to high school in atlanta monday morning. several of the 31 kid on that bus told their parents about the incident right away. soon after police arrested the driver. they found multiple bottles of tequilla and vodka. >> she was going 60 or 70 up there from what it seemed like she turn in the ditch because it is just pure ditch there. she hit a driveway and we started to move. >> i was scared for my life. >> district won't tolerate behavior that jeopardizees student safety. >> school district fired that driver, she's charged with a dui while driving children and more than a dozen counts of child endangerment. preparations are underway in texas for tropical storm harvey, plywood is flying off of the shelves in corpus christie as people there get ready to board up their homes,

sandbags in high demand with some stores placing a limit on how many bags one person can buy. city is offering free won so people do to have fill bags themselves, some people say it is better to be prepared then sorry. >> it is almost a necessity, you know, just a precaution but not really nervous at all. i have been through storms before. >> we just have to be prepared just in case. >> officials say city is prepared for the storm and how clean the storm drains to prevent flooding. about an hour from houston , in galveston people there are not taking any chances either. people are rushing to stock up on food before harvey hits, they are bracing themselves for torrential rain and extreme flooding, most businesses already have sandbags in place, experts say that the tropical storms could be a hurricane sometime friday >> the season, when does the hurricane season technically start. >> a little while ago, yeah and we're nearing the peak of hurricane season.

>> all right. >> it could get even more active. here at home it is just cooler , in humidity. >> beautiful. >> perfect. >> fantastic weather heading our way, not just today but for the next several days, how about that. here's a live look outside at center city, you can see we are dry, different store friday this storms, we had those nice one last but things looking much better out there. temperatures checking in on the cool side of things, you probably need a light jacket when taking the dog out for a walk this morning. 68 degrees in philadelphia. sixty in allentown. we have 54 in mount pocono. 65 degrees, right now in wildwood. sixty-four in atlantic city. dew points are very comfortable right now things feeling very pleasant in the mid 50's out there we have fantastic feeling weather, as we head in the next several days and all thanks to this area of high pressure canadian area of high pressure will be promoting, sunshine for next several days, low humidity, morning low temperatures in the 60's and really just a

expect particular lar forecast , can't ask for much more, especially this time of the year. sunny skies, low humidity day, look for high temperature right around 83 degrees north wind filtering in that dryer air for us. partly cloudy and comfortable overnight low right around 63. another cool night in store, down the shore a fantastic beach day on tap, we have a le risk of rip currents, which is great, still swimming near garden beaches, plenty of sunshine, seeing temperatures in the mid 70's to the lower 80's with the north wind at five to 10 miles an hour. eyewitness weather seven day forecast i will sound like a broken record you never want to stop playing, sunshine today, sunshine tomorrow, sunshine saturday, sunshine sunday, sunshine monday, and then temperatures feeling really comfortable, meisha, what about traffic. >> like you said earlier we hit jackpot with this weather, this forecast looks amazing. because of that we know weather and traffic work hand to hand.

when weather goodies, commute is good as well. we are seeing nice dry roadways, still dark, still early we are dealing with construction, crew is still out there but they are getting ready to move out of the way. one area route one at oxford valley was closed both directions that is starting to dwindle down now. we might see crew was their lights on but they are finishing up. over tonight resurfacing project, gulph mills between gulph mills and belmont and westbound between gladwynn and blue route this camera is showing you around blue route area and what we will be working w levels are still obviously light we can expect that all through 4:00 he clock hour and we will see what happens as we push in the 5:00 . vine street expressway opened, that is great for those heading out to the vine, thumbs up there and we have construction there, north bound between oxford circle and cottman avenue those outer lanes are closed, jim and rahel back to you. birthday party to day at philadelphia zoo. we will show you who is turning one when "eyewitness news",

money watch's roxana saberi joins us live from the new york stock exchange, good morning roxana. investors are looking to wyoming, for important news for people who like to shop for groceries on line, what is latest there. >> reporter: good morning, investors are waiting to hear from fed chair janet yellin she and other central bankers are expect to speak in wyoming give their take on the global economy. yesterday stocks here on wall street gave up gains from the day before, dow jones fell 87 points and nasdaq finished 19 points down. amazon is coming much closer to buying whole food, whole food shareholders and federal trade commission approved a nearly $14 billion deal yesterday, two co now need to finalize a deal set to big changes to help people shop for groceries on line, jim and rahel. samsung yesterday revealed its new, long awaited, i should say, smart phone, is it

what we expected? >> reporter: many ways it is note eight does have a larger screen and two rear cameras, which is neat when you take photo phone stores both and also offers a stylist to use to write messages and phone could be unlock. samsung says it has extensive ly tested batteries and that they are safe, last year defective batteries caused galaxy note seven to catch fire and explode, and note eight goes on sale september 15th in the u.s. and will cost $930, jim and rahel. >> very expensive, 700, 8900. >> for a minute here based on your expression, maybe you were considering this. >> no, i'm an iphone person, i can't make the switch, too much for me but interesting. >> reporter: it is a life change, i agree. >> we will check in the next hour. >> you bet. is there a birthday celebration at philadelphia zoo today. >> zoo's throwing a party for amani little gorilla is

turning one, there is birthday girl, we shot this video a few months ago. her party kicks off at 10:30. kid can make birthday card and learn more about her friends there will be presents and of course birthday cake all are welcomed to attend. >> happy birthday amani. >> pretty name. >> it is, it is. >> we are getting a break from the humidity just in time for her birthday party. >> yes, and also nice day to have lunch outside. >> we have a gorgeous stretch, heading our way, i'll let you know how long it will last in your full forecast c

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here's a live look at bethlehem where it is right around 60 degrees, we're dry, we have a gorgeous forecast in store as we head in the afternoon, temperatures right now across the delaware and lehigh valleys, checking in the 50's and 60's, cool start to the morning 68 degrees in philadelphia, 62 in wilmington , we are at 59 in reading, 62 at trenton right around 64 in atlantic city, up to 70 down the shore in wildwood, dew point is very comfortable especially for this time of the year, 55 right now in philadelphia, that is making for a very refreshing start, to your thursday morning, and today here's what you can expect, sunny skies, and low humidity all thanks to the canadian area of high pressure we're forecast continuing a high temperature this afternoon right around 83 degrees, a gorgeous day on tap, we will have your seven day forecast coming up in a bit. lets go to meisha with a look at traffic. what is going on. >> in the world of travel things are looking good, still

early, just heading toward that 5:00 o'clock hour, nice and dry, and chelsea pointed out it will be a gorgeous day to day and serves as a nice commute. so far so good. construction route one northbound is closed, exit off oxford valley and reenter oxford valley in both directions and now just north bound side. refur facing on the schuylkill eastbound between gulph mills and belmont and gladwynn and blue route you can see some cones still on the roadway but it will in the slow you down just yet, it will maybe deeper in the 5:00 but this is what you are working with congestion levels are just not out there. ninety-five south coming around s curve, your neighbors out there this morning looking good there, construction crew is here roosevelt boulevard northbound between oxford circle and cottman avenue outer lanes right now are closed, excuse me, but looking outside, betsy ross bridge, one area will start to get slow too but not until, right around 5:30 we will see a switch but betsy ross bridge

two lanes westbound within lane ease bun closed and more construction in the next 10 minutes, jim, over to you. well, this little piggy's back home new jersey state troopers found this piglet last thursday, he was running around, commercial township in cumberland county and they named him norris. one trooper with experience with farm animals took him home and cared for him. troopers looked for other and soon farmer came looking for him and now norris is back home. >> adorable. >> cute stuff. >> well, coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news" is there only one winner to the giant power ball jackpot and we are live with where that winning ticket is sold. who could forget this dramatic video right here near major new developments in the case of the car that plunged from a parking garage. there are new developments this morning in the controversy surrounding former 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick we will have details when we come right back.

well, this is one lucky store, is there only one, jackpot, winning ticket for last night's, power ball, where we're live with more on where it was sold and tell you where, one and two million-dollar winners could be today. a tragic accident, overnight in south philadelphia, young boy now fighting for his life, police say he mistakenly shot himself in the face, we are live with an update on his condition. we are getting closer to the weekend and fall-like temperatures on the horizon get ready for sunshine and lower humidity today. it is thursday, august between the fourth good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel son