harvey is now a tropical storm moves deeper in texas and turns deadly along the way , get you up to date. they are packed up, heading south, the rules some of the philly's first responders they will take to help them recover from harvey.

and new road rules for drivers here in pennsylvania. how tougher penalties are designed to keep them sober. good morning, today is sunday august 27th, i'm jan carabao, we will talk about harvey in a moment but first we will look at our weather here at home. here's meteorologist matt peterson, good sunday morning, matt. >> good morning. >> our day is looking great. >> fantastic, yesterday was wonderful day to get outside did you get outside. >> difficult. >> i was able to get out too and it looks like today will be another repeat, we will get carbon copy of saturday and for some reason you weren't able to enjoy your saturday afternoon, as i said never fear because you'll enjoy our sunday. it is a clear morning for a lot of us across the area. we have a little bit of light patchy fog that has developed in a few spots but not overwhelming, it is not going to cause a problem on area roadways this morning just to keep you updated that there are a few spots north of the

city where temperatures have gotten cooler where we are seeing patchy fog developed. the rest of the storm scan three nice and quiet on this sunday morning, outside across the region we're waking up at 62, in philadelphia, and, 54, and, good news for us, humidity remains down today. waking up down the shore take the sweat shirt if you step outside early this morning because it is 56 degrees and the poconos, down in the 40's, my goodness, definitely fall- like start to the day in the poconos. here's our regional forecast we will get up to 81, sensational sunday here in the philadelphia area if you are down short a couple degrees cooler, great day to soak up rays, sunshine, high of 79, and check out poconos this afternoon. weak get to a high of 73, sunshine for us, as well, jan, it looks like it will continue , nicer weather into monday and showers in the forecast later in the week and

harvey coming up in a bit too. >> thanks, matt. this morning harvey has been downgraded to a tropical storm and it is causing devastation in texas. storm is blamed for two deaths there would man drowned after driving into flood waters in who houston and one person died in the house fire in the coastal city of rockport. harvey is dropping rain in texas. it made land fall as a category four hurricane downgraded to a tropical storm this morning. houston's mayor says rain will continue there for another three to four days, the flash flood emergency is in effect in that city, officials still do not know the full extent of the damage, severe weather is making it very difficult for them to reach hardest hit places. and about a quarter of a million people are still without pure. don champion shows us the damage. >> reporter: harvey hammered houston overnight with torrential downpours, that led to widespread, flash flooding. in some areas, 14 inches on have rain fell in the span of three hours, rising waters,

submerged cars, trapped drivers prompting a warning from the cities mayor. >> let me tell you, it is dropping a lot of water. the streets are treacherous. >> reporter: as water rosa cross the region 911 centers were inundated with calls, police say one woman was killed after she drove her car in too high water and then got out. >> we heard somebody hollering out here and it was ron, the man across the street that had seen her floating face down in the water. >> god bless her, so sorry to hear that, pulled her out. >> reporter: this is video live streamed than line by houston's chief of police overnight as he helped rescue stranded residents. >> i want you all to see this, for your situational awareness you do not need to be out here >> reporter: to the places like rock port and corpus christi people are cleaning up after harvey made land fall here friday night, as a category four hurricane, and

new downgraded it is expect to me ander over eastern parts of the texas. adding to the devastation more than a dozen tornadoes have been reported across the region, harvey's flooding rains could impact the state for the next three days. don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". right now dozens of first responders from our area are heading down to texas. they will be helping with relief efforts after hurricane harvey. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live from the cbs-3 news center, anita, a lot of the first responders got a very early start to the day, is that right. >> reporter: they did, jan, fire fighters from the philadelphia fire department and surrounding areas left around 2:00 this morning from the naval base in fort worth texas to help with the devastation down there. the pennsylvania emergency task force is currently on the road and they are driving 22 hours straight. crew includes doctors, tech specialists, rescue specialists and two k-9's. they are bringing down water,

equipment, food, other materials to allow them to be completely self-sufficient for up to a week. that is because once they will get there they will be working around the clock. gunfire commissioner gary, explains what the team will be focusing on. >> we will be helping people from the roof of their houses, things like that, they are very apt on getting into heavy concreted, buildings that have collapsed, or under water, and they will go in there and search. >> reporter: this is is what called a type three deployment , the second largest kind, in fema that is federal emergency management agency moves that up to a type one officials here will fly 40 more personnel down to help. live from the news center, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks very much, anita. while some people fled their hems others down in houston stayed put but when storm rolls in so did devastating tornado. "eyewitness news" reporter henry rossoff spoke with one woman who moved from the

delaware valley and he has her story. >> about 1:00 o'clock last night a tornado hit and it just, rolled through the neighborhood i have never seen , anything like it before. >> we face timed with jamie phillips, she and her family are from aston and moved from the houston area for her husband's job and they are from what neighbors believe was a tornado caused by harvey that ripped through their neighborhood. >> about 15 homes, lost roofs, one of my friends the roof is in their living room, another friend had, parked a tree through the bathroom and little girls window blew out and got injured in it. people were having to run to get to closets, and it sounded like a freight train. it was just scary. >> reporter: phillips says next issue is flooding, that is also the case for brian matthews from outside pittsburgh and new dropping off his daughter college in austin. >> pretty much raided non-stop ever since then and we will be seeing for next few days as well.

>> reporter: with the flooding even more power outages are expected. that during the texas summer can be deadly. >> biggest concern here, the air conditioning, it is hot. >> reporter: volunteers from local red cross chapters are all ready in texas helping out with the red credits chapters down there, and truckload of supplies from our area are on their way down as well. in the sat center henry ross off for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". triple a says damage from hurricane harvey could lead to higher gas prices, depending on the damage along the gulf coast, nearly one-third of the nation's refining capacity have been sitting in low lying areas along the coast from corpus christi texas to lake charles, louisiana, so far there is not much change if the pumps close to home, driving in southeastern pennsylvania, you'll pay an average of 2.54 for gallon of regular gasoline and in new jersey it is 2.28 a gallon and in delaware cheapest price is 2.23. stay with "eyewitness

news" for continuing coverage of the tropical storm harvey, we will have updates all morning long and our coverage is always on line at cbs philly.com and the cbs local app. new this morning authorities are investigating after they say someone intentionally set a house on fire in the cities overbrook section. fire broke out in the home on the 800 block of north 64th street right around 3:00 this morning. fire crews quickly got those flames under control in about 30 minutes. officials arrested a suspect for arson was hurt. philadelphia public school teacher is charged with making terroristic threats begins a police officer after an altercation during a protest at frank rizzo statue earlier this month. >> bleep, bleep. >> authorities say that john edward sheeran made verbal threats of violence toward the officer on august 16th. he was arrested without incident there school district

of philadelphia says that sheeran has been removed from his position as a teacher while they continue their investigation. check this out, the philadelphia school district released this statement reading in part, the safety of our students and staff is our highest priority, this is a matter which we will take very seriously. the school district is aware, but prior to his arrest mr. sheeran had been under investigation, and he has been removed from his school, pending our investigation. meantime mayor jim kenney 's office is speaking out about president trump's pardoning of former arizona, and, sheriff arpaio and ignoring judge's order to stop racial profiling in traffic patrols but president trump pardoned him calling-are him an american pay tree why the who kept him safe. statement from the mayor and his director of immigrant affairs says, that quote, this pardon like many of the presidents actions contradicting his pre fessed claims for respecting the rule of law. ar pa io does not represent

american values and he does in the represent law enforcement office hers do their jobs with professionalism and fairness every day. now the presidential pardon comes before a judge was supposed to sentence arpai o while it is unusual for a president to issue a pardon before sentencing it does in the violate any conditions dogsal law. we have so much more to come on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this sunday morning a new law in pennsylvania tries to put brakes on drunk driving , how the keystone state is getting tougher on those who get behind the wheel when they should stay off the road. hype end as floyd may weather and conner mcgregor face each other in the ring who came out on top in this most unusual map match. afternoon paints a bright picture matt peterson's forecast is just minutes away, stay with us.

back on "eyewitness news" a planned rally in san francisco by a right wing group was called off but that didn't stop counter protesters from showing up this was the scene in the cities square park, counter protesters had planned rally with a begins so-called, patriot prayer event but that event organizer cancelled it citing inadequate security measures. back here at home, convicted drunk drivers in pennsylvania, will now face tougher consequences for their actions. as of friday first time dui offenders automatically get a ignition interlock, drivers must breathe into that device nerd to start their car.

before the law went into effect, police would suspend driver's license anywhere from 30 days to a year, the driver would get the breath lies dear vice after that suspension. >> now whole different system. better off being aware of where you are when you are behind the wheel, bottom line. >> some people say this is an effective way to deter irresponsible driving on the roads, accord together state's dui association, little more than 7,000 people in pennsylvania currently have that device. check this out, floyd may weather remains undefeated, folks. he beat connor mcgregor in most anticipated match ups of the entire year. may weather held him out until the tenth round where he scored a technical knock out and won the match. mcgregor is credited with putting on a respectable performance, this was his first professional becoming match. may weather says he will new retire, overnight, he spoke about those plans.

>> i want to help these fighters, you know, look forward to becoming a boxing trainer, just helping trainers , as far as, my daddies a hell of a trainer, as you know, he taught me the sport. everything he taught me from day one i still know, but i want to help other trainers, help make fighters better. >> mayweather evens his career with an incredible 50 wins and no losses. >> back to back champions. >> the philadelphia soul are league champions, once again, they beat the tampa bay storm last night, 44-40 in arena bowl 30. it happened at wells fargo center. this is soul's second straight arena bowl title and third title overall, we will have highlights from that game coming up later in sports. and tyrick evans of the grizzlies is hosting a

basketball cam in his hometown of chester. saturday was first day with the young are students there receiving hand on instruction and coaching from evans, and camp staff. all participants received school supplies and t-shirts. >> it is good to know that the place i came from and a lot of kid coming out, and, they played basketball, you know, they are coming out here to get back to school things and get ready for school but also have fun in the camp. it is definitely an honor to come out here and show the kid to have a good time. >> kid looks like they loved it too, thinks fourth consecutive year of the camp but evans has been coming back to chester since he started in the nba back in 2009. turning new to weather, matt, it would be a great day to get out there for any outdoor activities. >> get out there shoot some hoops. that wouldn't be i bad day for it. unfortunately not the case, down in the gulf coast, we will stint continue to talk about tropical storm harvey.

it churning away drawing in that moisture from the gulf of mexico and we will see tons of red, yellow, orange on storm scan three this morning and that is very, very heavy rain with all that continuing to inundate not just texas coastline but now a little bit inland toward houston area it is a long time that we are talking about this precipitation, continuing to update you on is what happening down there zoom in, a little bit, houston is just getting hammered with another round of heavier thunderstorm activity. we are seen rainfall rates as high as 6 inches per hour through houston area. folks looking to take shelter, on twitter we are seeing security measures and first responders, tell them to take an act into their a particular so they can break through their roof to sit on the roof because that is how high water is in some areas around the houston area, over 20 inches of rain has already fallen,

and it could get even more, we could be looking for 15, 20, 25 more inches on have rain in some areas in southeastern texas before this all is said and done an also, houston's airport is completely shut down because of the runways are flooded, so it is, really just a mess, down there in south texas right new we will continue to monitor that situation, overall, back here closer to home storm scan three much, much quieter, very comfortable morning, maybe a few high cloud, light patchy fog north of the city through lehigh valley but that is about it, we're all only talking about here in the philadelphia area future weather as we go in the afternoon hours today we will see it paints in cloud cover. it wouldn't be surprise if you go we see a few cloud but overall it looks like it will be a mostly sunny, sunday afternoon, again temperatures that are going to be average maybe a little bit below normal this afternoon but overall good. as we move into tomorrow morning, we have been waking up to cloud cover over the

region in general though it is a dry machine morning, a dry drive to work, shouldn't see any weather related issues earlier in the day on monday but as we get through afternoon tomorrow mixture of sun and included monday afternoon, temperatures very similar to today where we are in the seasonal to slightly below average range, as we get into tuesday it starts to change up a little bit. we will look for more cloud cover on tuesday, it will be dry, for pretty much the entire area through most of the day, but in the second half of the afternoon and evening we could watch showers develop across the shore points in southern new jersey and tuesday evening and overnight in delaware as well because there will be area of precipitation system that tracks off the coast line that could give us a few showers here across the shore points and back down into delaware. at the cher today no rain in the forecast, wonderful day 75 to 80 degrees at the shore with mostly sunny skies and seven day forecast 81 here in the city.

eighty tomorrow. there are showers and thunderstorms in the middle of the week accompanied with very comfortable temperatures 70's and 80's. >> i'll take it, thanks, matt. 7:21. time to see how traffic is moving out there, we have kyle hahn in the cbs-3 traffic center good morning, kyle. >> good morning, jan. we have a crash on the northeast extension southbound , at the culp road access gate. it is off to the shoulder and did his not appear to be causing any delays in that area. we have an accident investigation on route 47 blocking both directions between goshen road and route 657, a carver utility pole car , so, use 657 an alternate route. we will take a lot route 42 freeway and it is moving smoothly in both directions as commuters make their way in and from the city. in the city, cbs-3 traffic center i'm kyle hahn, jan, back to you. >> kyle, thank you. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this sunday morning just in time to go back to school,

a local group makes sure anyone who need a backpack gets one, find out how these students are getting help. and standing tall sunflower that didn't stop growing until now, story when "eyewi

welcome back. if is there one thing you cannot start the school year

without it is a backpack and one local organization is making sure in child goes without one. philadelphia outreach development council donated 300 backpacks and other school supplies to the cities most needy families. this is ninth annual back to school event benefiting the families forward organization. organizers there say however that they need help year round >> usually around middle of the year those bags and those supplies wear out so we find organizations like that we are always looking for people to partner with and, halfway during the school year, to bring in all bags and supplies to the kid so that they can be set up for second half of the year. >> now philadelphia outreach development council says it will hold another donation drive for students in need in january. check this one out, it is an incredible sunflower, grown by a chester county family with a serious green thumb, sissy cole sent us this of the daughter michelle standing by pop at sunflower before they

cut it down with a saw, that is right a saw. >> family planted the seed in may and plant never stopped growing, sissy, we thank you for sending us that picture. incredible there. in the next half an hour of "eyewitness news", a assignment philly first responders head south to help lone star stays recover from hurricane harvey. line of pink breast cancer survivors and those who support them prepare for final day of the susan co man three day, matt. great weather for last day of the komen walk, wonderful end to the weekend and we could have a few showers, unfortunately in the mix for our coming workweek we will talk about that and of course giving you an update on harvey coming up after the break.

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sunday august 27th, good morning i'm jan carabao, we will get you all caught up on all things harvey in just a moment but first here at home a really nice day ahead for our sunday, meteorologist matt peterson live on the sky deck this morning with eyewitness weather good morning, matt. >> good morning, i broke out the vest this morning it is cool out here on the sky deck

to start the day out. it has a fall-like feeling to the day already. it looks like it will be a fantastic afternoon, but again , out here early this morning or just getting upstarting your day get ready for a cool morning. break out sweat shirt getting out early on this sunday. what we can expect through the day time hours is patchy fog that develops this morning. it is not too much concern, not overly dense anywhere but if you do drive around in a few areas outside where it has gotten cooler we will look for patchy fog, to start out our sunday. sun comes out already and last through the afternoon, it is a sun filled day, that humidity low, remains that way, last few afternoons it has been more than comfortable. that does not change. temperatures remain seasonable , could be even below average. temperatures for us here this morning 62 in philadelphia 50 's through reading, lancaster, allentown as well,

60 in wildwood, cool spot as you might expect in the poconos but down in the mid 40 's, 46 degrees in mount pocono, definitely one of those mornings where you need jacket up there. nothing happening on storm scan three but just a few high cloud all bothering us. high of 81 degrees this afternoon, jan, we have a couple spotty showers in the seven day forecast and show you when they show up when i come back inside. we are talking about now tropical storm harvey, downgraded to a tropical storm but continues to saturate texas, flooding much of the lo ne star state. families are claiming into their a particular toss survive. at lee two people died. one in houston appeared to get out of her car in high water. other was trapped in the house fire near rock port one of the hardest hit area weijia jiang shows us some of the december trucks. >> reporter: harvey continues to pound southeastern texas with torrential rain and the

water is rising fast. >> ranging from corpus christi to the houston area, perhaps as much as between 20 and 30 more inches of rain could becoming down. >> there is potential for very dramatic flooding. >> reporter: monster storm slammed into the texas gulf coast late friday night with 130 miles an hour winds, town of rockport was hit hard many homes, businesses are gone, torn apart by power of the category four hurricane. seven five-year old elton jones house was destroyed. >> every room in the house the roof caved in and i had a clay tile roof it is all gone. >> reporter: we met jones at only opened business in town a coffee shop still with power thanks to a generator, matthew otero is the owner. do you even recognize rock port this morning. >> i do, i do but as a hurt rockport. as a fallen rockport you know. >> reporter: even before

harvey hit, flooding was a major concern and this is exactly why. many road around rock port are already flooded, leaving cars stranded, and even more rain is expect in the days to come. >> the movement, it is stationary. that is dangerous. we will deal with catastrophic flooding from harvey next few days. >> reporter: coastguard rescued more than a dozen people left stranded when boats started to take on water near the port and, as many as 50 hems were damaged by a suspect tornado in missouri city. another possible twister forms in cypress just outside houston. hundreds remained in shelters saturday night in the knowing when or what they will find when they do return home. weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". first responders from our region are now heading to texas to help with the relief efforts, they left earlier this morning and will get to work as soon as they arrive. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live from the cbs-3 news center, apparently

they left while we were sleeping. >> that is right, jan, some philadelphia fire fighters and pennsylvania emergency task force were on duty last night as well, they have the ground go back to deploy around 2:00 this morning. total of 45 members of the philadelphia fire department and surrounding areas, left to help with the devastation after harvey made land fall in texas. they are driving 22 hours straight stopping only for fuel and will be getting right to work when they get there but mostly focusing on search, rescue efforts especially in collapsed or under what the other buildings and if things get more severe officials plan to send even more personnel down to help. deputy fire commissioner gary lohse says it is all hands on deck. >> anything thaw can think of they will have on these trucks , water, food, anything at all, we even have two k-9s going, doctors going, we have rescue specialists, tech specialists. like i said, they are going to

be on the road. some for up to a week on their own. >> in all 11 major trucks and one lead vehicle from our area currently on the road, they are in tractor trailer, vans, pickup trucks filled with the necessary equipment. live from the news center anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". thousands of runners, walkers are hitting streets for annual philly 10k, race kicking off just moments ago at eighth and south streets. this is video from last years race. 6.2-mile loop cuts through south philadelphia, center city and finishing at fifth and south street, first, second, third place finisher win a cash prize, portion of the money donated to a new charity each year. if you cannot get out to the philly 10k, another fun run here in philadelphia today , color vibe 5k, kicks off at 8:00 a.m. at philadelphia mills. this is video from last years run where more than 2,000 people took part in the fun

event, joggers run through that color station right there in the white t-shirts which quickly, become bright with color, all of the money raised from the event will get to at risk children. susan komen three day is now head being in the home stretch, 400 people from across the country are 23rd of their way through their 60- mile journey, some are breast cancer survivors, relatives, friends of people battling the disease, event is a fundraiser for research to find a cure for breast cancer. >> there is hope, there is hope for you, there is hepp for me, there is hope that within day we will end breast cancer. >> now, walk will end this afternoon at philadelphia navy yard, philadelphia's one of the seven u.s. cities that host komen three day. if you want more information about the susan g komen three day just check our web site we will powe pictures , videos, updates for you at cbs philly.com.

yesterday was national women's equality day and marked 97th anniversary of the 19th amendment, drexel university vision 2020 national women's equality coalition gathered to celebrate this years women's equality day with the history scavenger hunt, message commemorating women's history and in particular, the passage of the 19th amendment which gave most woman the right to vote in 1920. we still have so much more to come on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this sunday morning, having a blast, how the owners of the south jersey business were inspired by their own children to open up a safe place to have fun. plus reese hoskins blasts one out of here for the phillies but is it enough to beat cubs? find out in sports. putting the sun in sunday, but rest of the week doesn't look as bright, meteorologist matt peterson is live with the eyewitness weather forecast in a few minut

there is a new indoor playground in washington township that lets do you just that. "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan, gave it a go. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: moment has arrived for a washington township business. >> go, go, go. >> reporter: this camo class bunker filled battle field is called darts of war.

>> place for kid to come and essentially play nerf wars. >> reporter: doug and his wife christie are celebrating opening weekend for their play gun arena that is inspired by their children's favorite toys >> my husband was with my business and they were looking on line and they saw an indoor a reen. i was like where is that? it is in colorado. i said i can do that. >> reporter: year ago gloucester township couple decided to give starting a business a shot. >> pregnant, i was getting ready to get on maternity leave. when we knew we were having our fourth one at home he said this is what we have to do we need a family business. >> he has moves, we will do it , i started to buy all this stuff, all over my house. >> reporter: they turned this property on the black horse pike into a foam war zone. >> it its fun. >> it is cool to try to shoot the people in different areas. >> bazookas, machine guns, shotguns. >> reporter: at darts of war as a parent you can sit out there or get in the action. best parties at the end of the

day you don't to have clean up whether you're three or 43, it is fun and a work out. >> i cannot even see, the guns it is fun. he is having fun. these little kid are killing me though. >> we want them playing, running around not just sitting on the computer and watching tv. this gets them out and being active. >> reporter: whether it is a group or individual this is place to do it. >> cool. >> in washington township cleve bryan for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". matt, it looks like a whole lot of fun and people will be getting out there today, maybe going outside as well doing some outdoor activities, it will be another good one if for some reason you weren't able to get outside yesterday, go outside today get another chance to enjoy a fantastic, sunday afternoon, almost a carbon copy of what we had yesterday, so again, plenty of sunshine for us but lets check with weather watchers before we get in our forecast for sunday we're waking up to temperatures or at lee they are in the 50's for the entire

area, it is down to 51 degrees north of the city. at john's house he is in perkasie with sunshine break go through early morning cloud cover. as we take a look further south down toward delaware 55 degrees, at delores house in newark and what does she have to say about included cover out there, cool warmth and insuring, comfortable day. cool mornings don't ensure a comfortable day but we have one coming up later this afternoon and it is 55 degrees in levittown at williams house he has plenty of sunshine. what does he have to say? it is too chilly for august, i don't know, william, it might just feel pretty nice, not just too chilly for me but opened for warmer temperatures doesn't mean it is a bad thing we will take a look at storm scan three and we will see wide range of things, across, the country here, especially in the eastern half of the country and two out of the three will be affecting us in the delaware valley throughout

the week. of course, we have is what now tropical storm harvey spiraling in southeastern texas pumping in moisture from the gulf of mexico and inundate areas like houston and outside islands there with just plenty of rain. war looking at extreme flooding, catastrophic flooding, people are sitting on top of their hems to get away, from the high what the inert houston area continuation of the very dangerous situation in the texas coastline. but as we head, further north is there low pressure spiraling through the great lakes and cold front draped down to the south of that giving some showers, thunderstorms to the west of chicago and even more thunderstorm activity there in nebraska and also kansas. to the south of omaha area. that front will move east and will affect us here in the thursday time frame in the delaware valley. we will watch another area of tropical moisture what was tropical moisture now spiraling in the florida, this area of low pressure will track up thee coast and then

push out to sea, but a couple outer bans could spark some showers, here in the delaware valley as we head into tuesday , maybe down toward shore points and maybe even into delaware as well, now that is what will be happening later in the week systems affecting us. right now it is a quiet sunday morning. we have a few high cloud but that is bit, quiet, calm, and it is cool to say the lee. future weather shows that we continue with a few included through the afternoon hours today but still plenty of sunshine for us. high temperatures this afternoon will be sitting in the lower 80's, mess likely for most of us. seasonal to maybe couple degrees below normal. as we head in tomorrow morning not too much changes a few extra cloud, overall machine stays dry and it will be very similar to today with that low humidity, tuesday unfortunately brings that chance for a few showers in the second half of the day back down toward shore and into delaware as well, right new we're waking up with temperatures in the 50's and

60's and 81 degrees, great day to walk with sunshine and seven day forecast looking good too but a few showers rolling in by wednesday and thunderstorm possible by thursday. all right, matt thanks very much. it is 7:46. time to check the road and highways, lets go over to kyle hahn in the cbs-3 traffic center, good morning, kyle. >> good morning, jan things are looking better now as crash on the northeast extension in the area of the k ulp road access gate is all cleared and traffic is moving smoothly in that area we will have that accident investigation south jersey route 47 affecting both directions between route 657. it was a utility pole crash but, lanes are opening up in that area as crews continue to work to clear the scene. lets take a look at travel times and everything is looking good so far on the major interstates, you'll have decent drive on 95, vine, blue route and turnpike as well as

bridges in and out of the city in the cbs-3 traffic center i'm kyle hahne, jan, back to you. another championship for the philadelphia soul, and the phillies face last years world series champions. here's leslie van arsdal with "eyewitness sports". >> reporter: the phillies playing game two of their weekend series with the cubs down at citizens bank park and reese hoskins dream season continues. now some of the guys were wearing unique jerseys with their nicknames on the back. that was all part of the players weekend but out of the box in the first reese hoskins gets things started for fill business a two run home run to left field, which is just unbelievable, that is 10 home runs in 17 games for the rookie to put tonight perspective it took mike schmidt 71 games to reach 10 home runs, so yes, he is hot why two-one in the third and this is when they give up the lead. ben lively giving up a three run shot. after that cubs go on a offensive explosion and phillies will lose this one

big time 17-two the final. game three this afternoon at 1:35. right across the street at the wells fargo center arena bowl 30 philadelphia soul defending champions and it was a slow start against tampa bay storm but in the third down six dan raudabaugh connects with darius reynolds for 40- yard touchdown, soul take 21-20 lead. big play fourth and won in the third, soul will answer a storm touchdown by michael benson, soul regain the lead 28-27 and this is how the soul , seal the arena football league championship sk with a touchdown the second consecutive title for the soul , final score 44-40. to soccer the philadelphia union back in action on saturday they hosted atlanta united in chester. union trying to earn a playoff birth they get on the board first, roland alberg scores in the 18th minute mark, one to nothing union but union is not done alexandria pedroia will

score on the kick from jack elliott at 23rd minute mark and just like that two to nothing union. unfortunately, atlanta battles back and game tying goal in the 90th minute and that is how it ended, a two-two draw. eagles return to practice today on saturday teammates and roster moves ahead of the final preseason game with the jets on thursday night. bird waved wide receiver kevan lucas and, they waved cornerback take glover wright. they have to get that down to 53 players by september 2nd. >> that is sports. i'm leslie van arsdal. have a great day. still to come right here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", you love your dog but hate to hear him whim per in this morning's pet project animal advocate gives us tips on how to keep your best friend quiet and confident when "eyewitness news"

very excited to be here. >> he is eating all of the props. >> one of the things we will talk about is, pet training and, of course, he picked up, some of these that we have tried to hide around here but one of the things keeping him calm and that is what i want to talk about is keeping your pets calm because as you know some have to spell the word v- et taking the dog to the vet otherwise he goes crazy. let me show you a dog we know pretty well, this is marvin,

and listen to him. he is just whimpering. like crazy. it just didn't stop. and i started to think about, what can i do, that can make him more confident in a situation like that. and there is a really interesting concept called fear free, not only fear free vet but web site fear free pets.com and they talk about some of the things you can do to set your dog up for success , at the vet and in your house, and there is so much that they can do mentally that will help them. i ran over to medford pets and they let me take a few things away with the paying for them. turf take them back, of course , food puzzles, supposedly food puzzles are an unbelievable way to engage and even rich your dog psychological well-being, they gain confidence, working on a food puzzle. it takes more time to eat. dogs like to hunt, that is what they were originally designed for so they have to spend sometime, moving these

pieces around and getting their kin he will out. use your regular kibble or that sort of thing or put a treat in there. you start slow because sometimes some dogs are better with one puzzle verse another. so just kind of watch. that but it is really good because it can help keep them calm, confident, and also create less destructive behavior in the house, if you start to work with food puzzles. if you go to the vet and they are used to the food puzzle stick one on the floor and let them play with it there. >> works with cats i have a food puts will, enrichment, mind and taste budd. >> but like a typical mom you were bragging it is too easy, for your cat. >> i have to switch it up, he need variety. >> you may increase level of the difficulty. another thing is exercise. if you are not taking your pet to the vet because they are sick you may want to do exercise ahead of time. this is something if you're tired of throwing it just kind of chuck it, so they can do a

lot, save your arm and give your dog some exercise. hiding a very tasty treat is place in the house, scent training, a lot of websites how to scent train. it is something people should try to keep up with, just because there are ways to even rich your dog's life and emotionally, physically, they become less destructive and more confident and letters your anxiety, fear free people say it takes the pet out of petrified. >> i like that. >> we like to do that. let me show you a couple of the animals. i have a great success story, char lean, she was adopted, she is three years old and she is in a completely new home right now. now we have rudy still up for adoption very smart. he loves working on his basic obedience commands and just a wonderful dog and he would love to have a home to call his own. then you're into cats, i know

that dustin five-year old male domestic short haired cat, nervous at first meeting but pennsylvania spca where all these animals are say it is absolutely, the time of the year to go down, and get involved and if you are a loving, kind person head to the pennsylvania spca adopt an animal. hero owe. >> second week in the row dogs love me. >> migrate. >> i will see if we can find out which hand it is in, it is one of the things you can do with the scent training and your dog will pay more attention then the stressful situation. >> connor is a great dog available for adoption two years old and basset hound mix , pennsylvania spca. >> thanks, carroll. go adopt if you can find a good home. still ahead on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" how social media helped a man find a family of the dog that went missing during hurricane

harvey. plus get a taste of england without, having to cross the pond. he is heading to south jersey for a story behind a popular spot for fish and chips, and round two of the beautiful weather to round out weekend matt peterson back with the forecast.

as you have been hearing all morning long, texas is dealing with the effects of

tropical storm harvey. we have join cbs news new with a >> good morning, this is a cbs news special report. i'm christine johnson at cbs news headquarters in new york. texas right now is in a grip of most powerful storm to hit the united states in more than a decade. this morning, the national hurricane center says harvey is causing catastrophic flooding in southern texas. in houston up to 19 inches of rain has fallen in the city in the last six hours. right now, harvey is a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour. harvey blasted on to the texas gulf coast late friday as mastiff category 4 hurricane. here is latest what we know right now. two people are confirmed dead. more than a dozen have been