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good afternoon, i'm brooke thomas. >> the court who is evacuated right after the hearing. >> live in center city with the details on monsignor lynn's court appearance, and the mishap that forced the courthouse to be cleared. >> brooke, jim, afternoon, monsignor lynn's hearing anti-cry a.m. i can, in being if a, set trial date for may first, but when we were leaving the courtroom, that the fire alarms were going off, sheriff's deputies evacuating everybody, from the criminal justice center, and there are two patients that we are aware of right now, injured, in what is being described as elevator incidents, one elevator apparently malfunctioned, debris fell inside the elevator, and injured a woman. but, first, a sergeant from the sheriff's department was also injured. you can see, he's being taken away in a ambulance. and rushed to hahnemann hospital. that happened just in the last half hour. he's not identified just yet. but, of course this was an all hands on deck emergency response, the fire department, the sheriff's department on the scene, and of course, the medics, and as the medi

. >> i'm brooke thomas, more on the deadly flooding in maryland from those torrential weekends rains, first it is another miserably sticky day with the possibility every thunderstorms this afternoon putting us under flooding risk. >> first look at the forecast with meteorologist, justin drabick live on the cbs-3 skydeck. good afternoon. >> good afternoon, certainly historic flooding there in maryland, almost 6 inches every rain in just two hours, now, we have our flood potential here today, just because we had recent saturated ground over the region over the weekends, so any additional rain could cause some problems, some parts of the area. a lot of clouds over us right now, not seeing whole lot of sunshine, could get few peaks every sunday this afternoon, would help fuel more showers and thunderstorm, storm scan3 does show little light rain activity near the shore point, nothing heavy at this point, we do zoo seize a heavy shower over lancaster county sitting in the same area, so that could possibly produce some flooding. everybody else pretty much dry. but we will see the scattered

good afternoon, i'm brooke thomas. >> i'm jim donovan, little girl remains in critical condition. camden county police were called to eighth and spruce, around 8:30 last night after reports of shots fired. >> when officers arrived at the scene, they found the child with a gunshot wounds to her hit. asking for the community help, to come forward with any information they have, with regard to the individuals of responsible for this. >> no one in custody right now, also reviewing surveillance video taking nearby. >> investigators say philadelphia police sergeant is recovering from serious injuries after he was hit by a hit-and-run driver, during a traffic stop. police say hit-and-run charges aren't the only ones that driver could face. our anita oh, live at einstein hospital where the sergeant was taken earlier this morning, anita? >> brooke, 55 year old police sergeant is lucky to be alive. he suffered a broken collarbone, and also recovering from other injuries here at einstein medical center. that hit-and-run happened around 1:00 this morning, on the 4100 block of main street, nea

now the race is on for survivors, good afternoon, i'm brooke thomas. >> i'm jim donovan. blamed for more than 07 deaths and officials fear the death toll will rise, in umbria 50 miles northeast of rome, correspondent set don't reports fromamezega trees with the latest. >> carried young girl to safety after pulled from the rubble, the earthquake jolted many awake, flattens homes, and trapped people and collapsed structures. it struck just after 3:30 this morning, one town clock stopped marking the time. dazed residents woke to find parts of these rural communities level, in some cases walls were crack open or destroyed. this woman says a wall fell next to her but luckily didn't hit her. >> remote mountain us region, area where italians, in particular, come to vacation. one of the main issues at this point is just getting heavy equipment in to sift through some of this rubble, and of course the ambulances in to try to get those wounded out. about 8 miles from amatrice, they waited for rescuers, to dig outloved ones burried under the rubble. this man says no one has gone the

. >> i'm brooke thomas. delta says some flights are getting off the grounds now but delays and concellations will continue throughout the day. this was the scene this morning at philadelphia's international airport. stranded passengers were spotted warned g around on shore, kenneth craig shows us how delta plans to get all of knows flights, back on track. wait in the long lines at lax even after the airlines computer system came back on line longest line, 3 miles long. >> some fell asleep as they waited. it was similar situation from london to washington. >> i came in, saw the line stretching out the door. >> delta problems began around 2:30 a.m. power outage in atlanta affected operations world-wide. travelers checking their phones and computers couldn't get accurate flight information. >> it just a.m. i'm spent, my trip today disappeared off my app. >> says passengers can get refunds if their flight was significantly delayed or canceled. during the outage customer service agents did what they could manuall

. >>> aim brooke thomas. federal agents swept down on the offices, early this morning. >>> our greg argos is live at ibew union hall in spring garden, a location targeted by the feds, greg, what have you you learned. >>> well, good afternoon, there, this is ibew local 98 union offices, spring garden and 17th street. you can see behind me the pennsylvania, state police, have completely surrounded this building. no one can go inside or outside unless you you are a federal agent with the fbi. those agents collecting, evidence, and serving search warrants. state police stand guard outside local union 98 offices of the international brotherhood of electrical workers. ibew local 98 headquartered at spring garden and 17th street and its union boss john dougherty at the center of the federal investigation, spanning multiple locations throughout philadelphia. a spokesperson for the philadelphia a division of the fbi would not elaborate on the specifics of the investigation, only releasing a statement in part saying th

. >> i'm brooke thomas, all that plus great day for team usa in rio sunday, but first, katie is back and she has a check on today's very nice forecast. and meisha will tell us how the roads are doing. good morning. >> good morning, guys, did you have a great weekend? joe, great to have you. katie, great to have you back. >> exactly. >> the roads are looking really good. >> riding the wave of vacation. >> roads are looking really good, nice and dry, vine was open last night, all good in the world of traffic. >> and i was very pleased, thank you for leaving the vine open for me this morning, very much appreciate that, and i'm very happy to report some very nice weather to kick start the week. you might run into couple of low clouds here and, there but generally speaking quiet start to the day, comfortable start to the day, as well, yes, just got couple of clouds rolling on through at this point, you can generally expect more sun than anything, as the day progresses, nice way to kick start the week. we get a check on some of the temperatures here, as we go throughout the show. but meant

. >>> good afternoon, i'm brooke thomas. >> i'm jim donovan. police say the occupants of the two cars were engaged in a shoot-out in broad daylight. our rahel solomon live in atlantic county where investigators worked through the night to sort out the deadly violence, rahel? >> brooke, jim, just about hour ago, state police, the names and charges of those involved in the shooting and tell us one person involved was just 16 years old. take a look. at this point, five people in total have been charged and state police say the scene stretched for miles. at this point, we know that 24 year old leonardocara, 19 year old will hesean williams, 38 year old seansukes, 24 year old anthony hicks, and 16 year old male, all charged with weapons offenses, just before 3:00 yesterday state police received calls of shoot-out on the a.c. expressway near exit 12. four shooting victims showed up here at the wawa on dalilia road egg harbor township, another man, 22 year old rosemont octavia of egg harbor township killed and found on the garden state parkway, and th

i'm jim donovan. >> i'm brooke thomas. justin, and all every us here, thanks for watching. >> and "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00 and we're always on line at cbs cbsphilly.com. the young and the restless is next. who do you talk to for military advice right now? i'm hillary clinton and i approved this message. well, i watch the shows. i mean i really see a lot of great - you know, when you watch your show and all of the other shows... while donald trump watched tv, as secretary of state, hillary clinton negotiated a cease fire in gaza. a reduction in nuclear weapons... took on vladimir putin... and stood up against the trafficking of human beings. a steady leader in an unsteady world. and spent eleven months in a pow vcamp.m what donald trump said about our members of the military being captured is a disgrace. he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. when you fly over enemy territory, the odds might be against you being able to come home. donald trump doesn't understand the weight o

. >>> i'm brooke thomas. beginning with campaign 2016 this noon donald trump's campaign chairman paul manafort is out. weijia jiang has details of manafort's resignation and details of the up investigation of the ties with the former president of ukraine. >> reporter: donald trump arrived in baton rouge to tour flood damage area friday morning but first he took care of business and accepted the resignation of the campaign chairman paul manafort. trump issued a statement thanking manafort for his service and calling him a true professional. manafort's resignation comes as investigators in ukraine are trying to determine if he accepted, illegal cash payments. whether he secretly routed millions of dollars to u.s. lobbies. manafort did consulting work for ukraine president victor yan cove i can an al-zawahiri i of vladamire put principal 2007 through 2012. trump installed steven bannon and kelly ann conway as ceo ape manager earlier this week. they have already made some changes. trump came close to a pol guying

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. >> good afternoon, i'm brooke thomas. >> i'm jim donovan. another fire kept crews busy earlier this morning, and this one injured a firefighter. our jan carabeo reports, crews had hands full with difficult fire and very difficult conditions. >> seventy-five firefighters, nearly two dozen apparatus, spent hours battling this two alarm fire in south philadelphia overnight. the smoke and flames forced many neighbors, living mere broad and wharton, into the street, some those were still fast asleep. >> police came in, we still asleep, so they returned in, said everyone out of the house. >> brian really is on vacation, visiting his in law's, they all got out in the nick of time. row home just next-door looked like this. >> we just saw flames, shooting out, we didn't smell smoke or anything. and that close to us,. >> passenger drivers did their best. >> i jumped out the window, guy just laying the horn on, like passing his car like screaming, wake up, wake up. i grabbed any purse, and i came out, and i called 9911. >> firefighters battled not only

i'm brooke thomas, jerry sandusky in center city courtroom again today. this time the prosecutors are on the stand. seventy-two year old sandusky wants new trial, or released from president on. convicted of child sex abuse, in 2012, but he says he received ineffective council. today sandusky are questioning 2012 prosecutor around others. they want to prove someone from the attorney general's office leaked secret grand jury testimony. if a judge agrees, sandusky could be granted a new trial, or released from prison entirely. our greg argos is there. he'll have live reports on "eyewitness news" beginning at 5:00. >>> well, philadelphia mayor jim kenney in new york city today for the funeral of former police commissioner, john timoney. the 68 year old passed away last week at battling lung cancer. funeral mass was celebrated at st. patrick's cathedral in man hat on, laid to rest in west chester county, new york. john timoney served as first deputy commissioner with the nypd as well as miami's chief of police. >>> within the hour, president obama will be in l

good afternoon, i'm brooke thomas. >> i'm jim holden. jim donovan off today. now that the jury is set opening statements began today at the montgomery county courthouse, we learned several prominent officials in philadelphia and montgomery county set to take the stands during the trial. we get more now from "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch. >> accused of felony perjury by leaking secret grand jury details to the media. reportedly lying about it under oath. she also faces misdemeanor charges of obstruction, official oppression, conspiracy, false swearing. over several hours, some 100 potential jurors vetted behind closed doors entering list of questions including if they were struggling deciding kane's case or if they had ties to her office. law enforcement or potential witnesses. kane has insisted she's been targeted for going after what she is called an old boy's network for her exposing of the so-called important gate scandal. the ring of racially offensive and sexually explicit emails traded by state workers. later led to several of kane's stepping d

. >>> good afternoon i'm brooke thomas. >>> i'm jim donovan. the gas leak still is an active scene in the community of trooper. chopper three over the 100 block of devon drive, where a car hit the gas line to a home just before 11:00 this morning. we're told it is an auctionary line just similar to the gas grill line, there are no reports of any injuries but several homes in the surrounding neighborhood have been evacuated as a precaution. we will keep you up to date as we learn more about the situation. in other news, powerful after shocks continue to rumble through parts of the central, italy, and devastated by wednesday's quake. and arrests and, track. jonathan vigliotti is has the latest from amatrice a. and, more than two days after an earthquake, devastated parts of the italy the race is on to find survivor. >> this trainer says the dogs are brought to areas where they believe there are missing people, trapped below the ruble. from above, the scale of the destruction is overwhelming. and several people have been pulled from the debris sin

. >> i'm brooke thomas. it is day six of this latest heatwave. dangerous stretch of weather that's contributed to at least three deaths so far in philadelphia. meteorologist, katie fehlinger, tracking the intense heat for us. any relief in site? >> there is, brooke, but it will take us cup ill elf days to get there. heat warning still in effect extended until 6:00 tomorrow. so it is for i95 and all of the counties from new castle up to mercer. basically your urban corridor, through the mouse outlying suburbs, like eastern chester county finds pretty excessive heat, the descriptive word of choice, feels like values right now right at 100 degrees in dover, they have been clobbered with just brutal heat as of late, further south you go the worse off it has been lately. ninety-two what it feels like at philadelphia international airport, as well as allentown, in trenton, wilmington, also feeling like the 90s. so if you look for any relief, you may want to try to go further inland at this point, into maybe some of the more rural terrain here. storm sc

. >> i'm brooke thomas. excessive heat warning has just gone into effect for ourer. >> meteorologist, katie fehlinger in the weather center tracking storms as we begin a stretch of dangerous heat, hey, katie. >> guys, if it seemed bad out there, you just said it, he zest i have heat warning went into effect, it will be in effect for couple of days, not just couple of hours, actually turn our focus quickly here to storm scan3 yes, those storm rumbled through quickly thankfully, but led to flashing into i across portions of the kelly drive. do still have wet weather to track a toss portions of ocean county. all moving along relatively quickly. a look at the heat warning, counties in the hot pink. you'll feel that heat today. up and down i95, where you will find it, and all of the counties that flank it from new castle county up to mercer. here's how it currently feels. brutal stuff, feeling like the century mark in millville, atlantic city, feeling like 108 currently dover, that's rough stuff. even reading fee

good morning, thanks for joining us, i'm brooke thomas. >> i'm january car bay know for jim donovan, getting start on our day with a check with weather and traffic with lauren and meisha. >> good morning, tgif. guys, still battling this cold. brooke, you have been here with me for the ten days i've been battling it, i'm hanging on, it is friday, it is the weekends, it is getting better and the roads are looking good, and nice and dry. so how long can we expect that? >> dry conditions again today. yesterday, another beautiful day. today not too bad. little more sticky as we head specially into the second half of the day. but the storms will hold off as we head into the day tomorrow. so dry conditions, leave the umbrella at home. you don't need it. temperatures bit more mild than where we were this time yesterday morning. 07 degrees right now, in philadelphia, 63, down the shore, but we've still got some 50's to wake up to in the poconos, dew points right now in the upper 50's, and low 60s, so, still feeling pretty comfortable, but by the end of the day today those dew points will start

. >>> i'm brooke thomas. we have a lot the to get to including a job fair very important there and, reason a local community will see emergency crews and gas workers in a few hours but first up justin is in for katie and meisha here watching the road, good morning. >> good morning. >> justin, great to have you. i've got to say we are starting off with serious accident on the roadways, some just cleared but 422 eastbound i have serious incident coming up. >>> great day of weather. if you liked yesterday, cool in the morning, in the afternoon still gets warm but comfortable. low humidity in the the forecast for another day. we will get used to it. it is still august. we have time to go with heat and humidity. it does make a return the two forecast. right the now we are looking at clear skies, good start to the morning. 69 degrees currently at the airport, probably dropping another degree or two over next few hours before sunrise, southwest breeze coming in at 6 miles an hour. there is temperatures around the re

good afternoon i'm brooke thomas. >>> i'm jan carabao in for jim donovan. we want to get you straight out to meteorologist katie fehlinger live on the cbs-3 sky deck. kate, how are you feeling. are you sweating yet. >> it took two seconds for me to have a slow drip, it is very, very uncomfortable to say the least. wait until you see these feels like values. so baking in the unshine right now, high friend, there is nothing to track on storm scan but give it sometime much like we had yesterday you may find a few bubbles that fire up out there of localized showers, maybe thunderstorms as the day progresses. so expect that, meanwhile, our excessive heat you have mentioned a warning in place for parts of the the area and excessive heat watch that takes effect tomorrow. all of those spots shaded in that burnt maroon, you will this be a heat advisory, rest of the day. tomorrow the watch takes effect. regardless we are stuck with this. core of this heat is notable up and down i-95 and flanging counties. look at this it already feels like, well, through go magically

i'm brooke thomas. >>> first a check on your morning forecast with katie on the roads with meisha a good morning. >> good morning, you degrees, the roads are looking actually really good. nice and dry right now, a loft construction out there, what a day yesterday. hopefully we don't have repeat today like we saw yesterday with all things, septa, delta, the crashes. it was very busy yesterday. >> we thought we were going to gave you a break after the dnc. >> forget about it. >> snow, just kidding. >> at least the weather is holding off. it will be a quiet start to the day, the whole day looks tranquil. i don't wouldn't you to worry about the little glean blotches you see, when i zoom out one time, we throw things into motion, loop here for the last couple of hours, there is nothing out there. it is a very quiet beginning to our tuesday. the entire day really does look very, very nice overall. low 70s, currently where we stand, philly, into dover, still in at best the mid 50's, currently at mount pocono. quite the variety depending on your location, actually quite cool this morning, but co

. >> i'm brooke thomas. we're getting your day started with a check on weather and traffic with justin and meisha. katie is on vacation today. >> good morning, you guys, welcome back t goes all too quickly. i have to say, though, like therapeutic talking about construction this morning, instead of all of the road closures. check point, talking about seriously like i feel a zen moment. it is out there this morning, guys, but the good news the roads are looking good and dry for now, justin? >> humidity is out there. it will be steaming again today. that will will help bring more showers and storms you but it does get better next couple of days, still little uncomfortable right now. little low clouds, maybe little fog developing into some spots, looking live here, at center city. you can see the tops of the buildings that's a good sign, but later this morning, some of the fog may develop in some of the outlying areas. 77 degrees, it is warm, northeast breeze, at 7 miles per hour, here in philadelphia. we do hav

good morning, i'm brooke thomas. >> i'm jim donovan. >> katie and meisha will be along in just a moment. >> first what you need to know in your morning minute. >> the jury listened to the evidence -- >> the guilty verdict for pennsylvania attorney general, kathleen kane. >> her sentence which could include years in prison should be decided within the next 90 days. >>> philadelphia police have one suspect in custody, and are looking for one more, in a string of robberies targeting asian business owners. >> the secret is do you have plan. >> hillary clinton returns to philadelphia today. clinton's appearance at west philadelphia high school is her first trip to philadelphia since excepting the democratic nomination last month. >> people in indianna are bracing for another round every storm today, after multiple tornados ripped through the state, causing a loft damage. >> one final surge. here comes, it will be tight. it will be a dive by miller for the line. >> shady, talk about a dramatic finish. that dive by shanae miller blew up twitter. >> american alex felix wound up taking home silv

good afternoon, i'm brooke thomas. >> and i'm joe holden, jim donovan is off this noon. right now, this little girl is in critical condition, while police serve for the gunman whose stray bullet hit her. the little girl was playing on the front steps in front of her east germantown home. justin finch shows us what police found at the scene. >> reporter: just playing by her front steps, a child found herself in the cross hairs of danger tuesday evening. >> on police arrival we found a six year old female laying on the sidewalk, she was unresponsive, suffering from a gunshot wound to her left armpit. which is a very bad spot to be hit by gunfire. >> about 7:00 last night, a wave of calls came in to 911 reporting a shooting in east germantown. the scene, on the 6300 block of northwood stock street, where a philadelphia police count some 21 shots fired, and surmise at least one semiautomatic gun was used. that six year old girl, likely, not the intended target. >> when someone gets hit with a stray bullet, and they're innocent, that is of particular concern to us. >> thirty-

. >> good morning, i'm brooke thomas. >> i'm jim donovan. those floods are part of what you need to know to start your day in our morning minute. >> as soon as today, a jury of six men and six women could begin deciding the fate as state attorney general kathleen kane. >> it was actually great to go to the bathroom, to wash up. >> the water is finally back on for residents in west philadelphia. a water main break caused some to go 12 hours in this heat without any running water. >> milwaukee police have arrested more people after a second night of unrest over a police officer shooting and killing a black man. >> when i woke up, there was 5 feet of water in my house. >> president obama has now declared four parishes in louisianna major disaster areas, after historic flooding . >> can bolt catch him? here he is. stillions vince recall. hussein bolt. >> i run like that. >> will you had you. >> for my afternoon jog. >> i run like that away from you. just kidding. >> i just got pack from vacation. >> i know, but i want to make you feel at home. l

. >>> i'm brooke thomas. we will have all that plus a break in the crime spree targeting asian businesses but first katie has a check of the morning forecast and meisha tells us what you can expect outside on the roads, good morning. >> it is here, we are almost at friday. >> it is friday eve. >> yes, but we cannot leave you without the construction. we have to talk about construction. that is an exciting topic but we have an accident as well and we will get to that in a moment. >> we do have activity on the radar to track. the it is scattered stuff but you can see on storm scan still lingering showers and some are producing steady rainfall but it vice localized. over chester county, western chester county we have a pocket there, also bucks, montgomery counties and lehigh valley we are finding rain. we're looking at a three hour loop, with that clocked last night, let's face it but thankfully during the course of the overnight hours that big blob of the heavier stuff has long since moved out the to sea. this

. >>> good morning, i'm brooke thomas. i'm jim donovan. here's had you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. breaking news from philadelphia's feltonville neighborhood where a met or cyclist is dead after a hit and run report report police have found striking vehicles and they were able to do that following a trail of leaking vehicle fluid. >>> donald trump is taking a surprise trip to mexico. republican presidential nominee tweeted he has accepted invitation of president enrique pena nieti and looks forward to meeting him. >>> hillary clinton's running mate virginia senator tim kaine rallied with supporters in lancaster. >> the way he treats voters with disrespect like he thinks we're gullible. >> singer chris brownies out of jail on bail this morning,. >> threatening me with the gun in my face. >> i'm a villain like i'm going crazy. >> so long as we have been here... >> unaudible. >> well, that was actor john, and late show host stephen colbert doing something that they call puke takes. >> i didn't like that one. >> i did

. >> hey, there i'm brooke thomas. we're getting your day started with a check on weather and traffic. we have justin in here hanging out with us for katie. meisha, good morning, thank you so much, great to be back, guys. we'll let you know we have water main break on the boulevard right now, still active with a couple of accidents. >> final days every august, guys, it will be still feeling like july, cranking up the heat, 90s, still humid. some changes that we have something for everybody on tap this upcoming week, this morning, all is quiet. okay commute as far as the weather goes. clear skies right now, looking at center city, no problems, temperatures right now 73 degrees, so little warmer than yesterday morning at this time. wind has shifted direction out of the south, 6 miles per hour, so that's going to bring back some humidity through the afternoon. there is the temperature difference compared to 24 hours ago, anywhere from two up to 9 degrees warmer compared to this time on sunday morning. and winds pretty muc

. >>> i'm brooke thomas thanks for joining us, there is a lot to get to including a scam targeting peco customers. we will show you how you can protect yourself after we get a check of the hot forecast with katie and commute with meisha. >> it is gateway to the weekend, yeah but first we will talk about the roads. we have an accident out there in newtown square, we will talk about that coming up in a lot of closures out there at the vine in particular. >> yes. >> but at least that is opening up. >> yes, it will. >> within the half an hour. we have the heat. that will be a problem if you are not a fan of the heat and humidity it will be a issue the next couple days. real quickly, we will check on storm scan three with a few blips on the radar, nothing major quick hitting shower. we may need to flick your windshield wiper once and twice but overall we are off to an okay start. thing is, it is really steamy outside, and looking at excessive heat warning scheduled to take effect at high noon we will be on the the eras it takes effect on "eyewitness news" at noon. up and down i-95 and those

. >>> aim's brooke thomas. we have a lot to tell but including going inside the wells fargo center as crews continue clean out from the dnc week. >>> but first a check of the forecast with justin and on traffic conditions with meisha , and katie is out. >> good morning to you as well, happy hump day to all of us, lots of construction again this morning crews are loving this because weather supports it and the good thing is that the red ways are nice and dry. >> nice, dry, humidity low, great to be outside anytime today for early august you cannot beat it. best day of the week as far as heat and humidity goes and quiet outside right now. we are looking at clear skies, no low cloud or fog to deal with around the city a at this hour and temperatures still comfortable at 67 degrees, at the airport in philadelphia, light pleas north east at the five, humidity low, actual feels like temperature is same as air. sixty-four in a allentown. fifty-nine in mount pocono. seventy in the capitol city of delaware, and 59 degre

. >> i'm brook thomas. >> but here's what you need to know to start your morning in the morning minute philadelphia police nab a suspect in the late night murder. >> police chased down and caught that suspect at the scene, victim, however did die. >>> and, at least two dozen people, including two fire fighters are hurt in an apartment fire in maryland. eyewitnesses say they heard a loud explosion before midnight. >> parent are outraged and police are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect wanted for burglarizing at least nine daze care centers. >>> a lot of crazy people in the city. >> dangerous stunt high above the new york city. >> reporter: charges are pending against mant tried to climb to the top of the trump tower. >> and any big plans for weekend. >> yeah, i got training camp to go to, i got to go to training camp. >> i see you like the french vanilla, top it off. >> you have been here before. i have to get my curls in today anything to do to help you. >> do you need any insider fantasy football tips. >> there was no love for brent celek, of course, from the eagle

well, today is monday august 29, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm brooke thomas.morning with a check on the forecast, and meisha keeping an eye on the roads this morning, welcome back, meisha. >> missed you guys, too, i have to say, even on vacation, i think about you guys. monday morning, guys, they are not easy f if you are headed out to the boulevard, not easy. water main break only getting worse. and huge slow down because of it. >> another hot one today, so if you like heat and humidity, you will like today. it already feels

. >>> i'm brook thomas. lets start with weather and traffic. we have lauren in here for katie and meisha. >> good morning, you guys. the road are looking good. just construction. >> construction. >> construction, construction, construction, every single morning. >> yes. >> vine is closed and there is a minor accident out there. >> well, just tons of sunshine in the forecast as we have have the trend last couple of days, beautiful weather today it will be a little bit the more muggy. we see that reflect in the dew points creeping up in the lower 60's, some of our areas across the region. 69 degrees in philadelphia. southeasterly win, southerly component to the wind flow will present i in more moisture. you might note that is difference in the mugginess. sixty-seven in the shore. sixty-three in the poconos. storm scan three showing us a bunch of nothing. try weather continues, few cloud across central pennsylvania but today we will keep it mostly sunny once again for 9:00 o'clock hour. 76 degrees. as we head into lunchtime warming up at 85 and by

. >> i'm brooke thomas. there is a lot to tell but this morning, including details on security scare at new york's john f. kennedy airport. but first, big welcome to jim donovan, coming safely back from bermuda. >> oh, i rode all the way, yes. >> twenty-one, yes. >> absolutely. >> katie and meisha in the house, too. >> good morning, you guys, roadways are looking really good. a lot of construction, we know that, roadways are nice andrew, we survived the heat. my goodness. >> still going though, unfortunately, it has already proven deadly for couple of folks. no joke. so it continues on. still have excessive heat. very quickly, take a look at storm scan3, quiet thankfully at the moment. we did have heavier thunderstorms that rolled through the overnight. those have long since fizzled away. left with heat and humidity, still out there. high pressure generally, once more, excessive heat warning now extended until 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. so, we've got two more days of the worse of this, we think, before things final

it is thursday, august 4th, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >>> i'm brooke thomas. lauren and meisha are here keeping an eye on things this morning. >> good morning, happy gateway. if only it was that easy. it is coming in. >>> good morning you guys, things are looking good, roadways are nice and dry, construction out there and some great news for our septa riders this morning. >> well, we will only open a door for a day saturday, opened and then shut by sunday, and get back out of here, but for today nice conditions, once again, yesterday, that humidity, it really was absent and it is august, it was such a nice feeling day and once again we are dealing with dew points on the lower side, certainly by august standard and with that dryer air in place our temperatures, these are the coolest we have felt in quite sometime after spending 16 days in philadelphia in the 90's last month. 68 degrees. that feels nice. sixty-one down the shore. middle 50's in the poconos. might even to have break out sweat shirt this morning. storm scan three showing us very quiet conditions,

. >> i'm brooke thomas. it is day seven of our heatwave, with temperatures feeling like they're in the triple digits again. just like yesterday, the heat could fire up some thunderstorms. meteorologist, katie fehlinger live in the cbs-3 weather center to let us know when the storms will get here. hey, katie? >> i would say couple of hours, brooke, all we have left until we see things bubble up on the radar here at the local level. but, let's back it up, talk about the heat very quickly here, excessive heat warning, hot pink shaded area, that sort of burnt orange, where you still have a heat advisory, that goes until 5:00 p.m. excessive heat warning is only going to last us until about the time the sun goes down, so, few extra hours, onto that. because you have a feels-like value, pretty brutal right now, be honest, still feels like the 90s up and down i-95, 101 in dover. that has been at least this set of observations by far the worse spot, over the last couple of days, just brutally hot and humid air. now,

. >>> i'm brooke thomas. we have a lot to tell but this morning before we get to all that here's other good stuff to katie and meisha getting out of the door the right way. >> that is right, good morning. >> happy wednesday. things are looking good. we have an accident in delaware we will get to that in a moment and a lot of construction. >> starting things off on a busy note. the it is still quiet when it comes to the heather but things starting to go downhill here. looking at storm scan three at local zoom no make or problems just a couple of cloud, one zoom out shows you some activity to track, and primarily, bypassing us well off to the north here but we are eventually going to get in on this with some showers, thunderstorms that fire up as the day progresses in the second half of it. excessive heat watch not issued just yet, it start noon time tomorrow and that will last us until 6:00 p.m. a saturday. so, it is going to be a stretch it looks like of some pretty, well, again, excessive heat that fires aut

. >> i'm brooke thomas, we're getting ooh day started with a check on weather and traffic with justin and meisha. >> good morning, lot and lot of construction already this morning, 4:30 in the morning, i can tell you almost every camera map is construction. >> we do have better news in the forecast, though the humidity starts to lower little bit today. you will feel the difference, gets real nice wednesday. flashflood watch actually ended out earlier, it has now been canceled, that's a good thing, you need to see most of the radar now pretty quiet. we did have brief heavier showers over parts of cecil county maryland, few hours ago, but that's about it, still left over with clouds across parts of the delaware valley should give way to some sunshine, so pretty mild this morning, waking up to 73 degrees at the airport in philadelphia, 72 allentown and just like yesterday, pretty much everyone generally dealing with the same numbers at this hour, couple of upper 60s, willow grove, doylestown. dew point temperatures looking little better compared to yesterday. they were well to the 70s, n

. >> i'm jan carabeo in for brooke thomas. we have a lot to tell you about including the closing of three catholic churches in our area. and we have meisha keeping an eye on your morning trek. >> good morning, great to have you with us this morning, jan. the roads are looking good. little bit of construction, but for a monday morning, things are really rookie neat. >> i can echo that same sentiment when it comes to the weather. >> i love katie's forecast. >> right? >> my gosh, i'm telling you, i will take the credit for this morning. but no, all high pressure, that's what we have to thank for the beautiful weather coming our way. how about the floods last night? couple of storm reports to get you out to. so we start our focus, get things started couple of homes struck by lightning, two in middletown, delaware, trees came down in bell plane, new jersey, street flooding from some pretty heavy rain coming through in bear, delaware, especially across the delmarva peninsula, saw heaviest of the storms that rumble on in, right at th

good morning, i'm jan carabeo in for brooks thomas. >> i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in just a moment. first, what you need to start your day in the morning minute. i think we're having some technical problems there. >> sorry about. that will the japanese prime minister stole the show at the closing ceremony of the rio olympics, we'll see more of that in just a second. >> i think we'll go to katie. >> let's try that. >> i can't hear more about this great weather, so just keep it coming. >> katie, let us know what we can expect. >> i think mother nature decided she'll just play with our control rumor something, because we have better stuff to talk about. yes there is weather pattern really looks so phenominal. let's take you out there. show you what's happening. i will say there is ever so slightly, i don't want to say a chill in the air, but definitely noticeably cool outside, in a good way, on storm scan3, there is basically absolutely nothing to report t looks so, so nice outside. and storm scan, well, it is just not going to be a term

. >> i'm brooke thomas. we'll have all of that for you plus some concerning new numbers about zika cases in our area. first we want to get a check on today's awesome weather forecast with katie and traffic is meisha. good morning. >> good morning, welcome back, brooke. so looking outside right now, couple every accidents to start our morning off. not fun note. we head into a tuesday morning, it will be a busy one. buckle our seatbelt. >> the weather still very, very quiet. it stays that wayment today personally, my personal favorite because it is just so comfortable outside. actually quite cool depending where you are. so we'll take you on a tour, get things started, storm scan at the moment has nothing to report. clear as a bell. high pressure is in placement under the nice clear sky, temperatures have had very easy time dropping through the overnight. so, let's take a look. out in mount pocono, 46 degrees, the current temperature, this is some of the coolest air we've had since june, so it has been quite a

. >> i'm brooke thomas. getting your day started with a check on weather and traffic, lauren and justin are here looking out with us, and for katie and meisha. >> i'm make traffic ologist. >> so far so good, weather not bad, i think, as far as the roads go. so i don't think there will be any problems with that, hot one. >> it will be a hot one, hot, steamy, we felt the humidity start to creep up yesterday. today will be the cup miniation of that. temperatures will soar into the 90's this afternoon, then we will get nice break head into the upcoming weekend. certainly warm start to the day. 76 degrees right now in philadelphia. we're in the 70s in the poconos, remember, earlier in the week, you started off in the 40's, quite a bit of difference this morning, 74 degrees your current temperature in atlantic city. storm scan3, actually some activity this morning, west of the i95 corridor, few sprinkles around the poconos, what was thunderstorm now is starting to weaken, making its way toward berks county, see co

good morning i'm brooke thomas. >>> i'm jim donovan. but first here's what you need to know to start your day in our morning minute. >> sad day for the atlantic city. >> reporter: trump taj mahal will shut down after labor day employees are set to get their layoff notices by end of the week. >>> and today a former philadelphia catholic church official is out of wrist on but back in court for a hearing. monsignor william lynn is convicted of conspiring to protect pedophile priests, in the philadelphia archdiocese. >>> in london police are trying to figure out why an attacker with a knife killed one person and hurt five more people. >> early indications suggest that mentallal health is a significant factor. >> the campaign is doing really well. >> reporter: despite that assessment those close to donald trump believe his campaign is in chaos. >> donald trump seems like a larger than life figure do you think wow do well in the world of professional wrestling. >> it was made for a guy like donald trump. >> is there any chance that his campai

. >>> good morning i'm brooke thomas. >>> i'm jim donovan. justin will be along with the forecast in just a moment but first here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. >> sixth amendment has triumph but you should have a jury of your peers. >> delaware supreme court has ruled that the state's death penalty law is unconstitutional. >> he was shot the in the face arm and leg. >> reporter: philadelphia police kay a card or dice game led to the shooting in cobbs creek overnight. >>> a stunner for the republican party, presidential nominee donald trump refused to endorse two top republicans in their reelection campaign. >>> biggest in the world, don't worry about that, i love babies. i love babies. i hear that baby crying i like it. >> they say he can be a nice guy, okay. i. >> actually, i was only kidding, you can get the baby out of here. >> that crying baby, wants to stay here and he is acting like an adult when adults look to trump. >> i will not be weeping about the weather today, i walk outside 2:30 ape it was nice

today, ladies and jep, is friday, august 12th, good morning, many ' brooke thomas. >> ladies and gentlemen, jan carabeo in for jim donovan, getting our day started with a look at weather and traffic. >> tgif. >> good morning. jan, so great to see you. yes, tj are gif, roads are looking good, we know it will be warm out there. no accident, just construction. >> construction, really? i'm shocked. >> dairy say, kate. >> i it is always out there. we do have one little pocket of showers currently moving through. but thankfully north of the city, at least, here it is on storm scan3, i would say you could see shower or thunderstorm pretty much any time. it is fair game at least, but it will be most susceptible across the region headed into the afternoon and evening, regardless mother nature does what she want, actually thunder and lightning reported with the same, thankfully crossed over the new jersey state border has had a chance to fizzle away. let's talk about the heat. it continues to be our main story of course in the hot pink, you have got the excessive heat warning. and in that very burnt

. >> i'm brooke thomas, the summer olympics officially kick off tonight with the opening ceremonies in rio de janeiro. >> but have been some bumps along the way, jamie joins us from rio about the work to get everything ready, good morning, jamie. >> reporter: good morning few bumps is a understatement here in rio, but we're right outside the olympic park where millions of people will be watching around the world as those games begin, to see how things go, because, as you said, there have been so much talk about the concerns here. zika virus, water quality, shotty construction, but now brazil wants to refocus its attention back on it fun-loving culture. >> i love rio de janeiro famous copa cabana beach, american tourists are snapping pictures, making memories ahead the olympic fame. >> i'm excited to see everybody with the energy. i've never seen it before, only on television. >> armed police officers watch the crowds very closely. >> my intent is -- nice to see the presence here, from what i would expect at olympics. >> military shifts can also be spotted right off the coast. >> the we

. >>> good morning i'm brooke thomas. >>> i'm jim donovan. that wild fire is part of what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. >>> team u.s.a. swimmer jack conger and gunner bentz are in a undisclosed location after being pulled off a plane in rio this. were among the four including ryan lochte who said they were robbed in rio during the olympics. >>> fire rips through a row home in the, strawberry mansion neighborhood. >> we have no place to go. >> several major wild fires are burning out of control this morning in california and putting tens of thousands of homes at risk. >>> donald trump is back on the campaign trail with new leadership in charge. >> there is no new donald trump, this is it. >> reporter: despite changes rival hillary clinton says trump is still the same man who insults gold star families and others. >>> it was too tight to call as christie kaplan it is a u.s. sweep. >> incredible night for team u.s.a. and american women in track and field. brianna rollins, me a ali and christie kaplan swept the 100-met

. >> good morning, i'm brooke thomas. >> and i'm jim donovan. there are also brand new developments surrounding robbery allegations from the us swim team. but first, here's what you need to know to start your day in your morning minute. >> he had a gun, he cocked it. >> us swimmers in hot water. brazilian authority say lochte and three other swimmers lied about being robbed at gunpoint. >> two men were shot in south philadelphia. >> those two men are recovering in the hospital. meanwhile, police are now tracking down the shooter and they do have some help. >> a former teacher, and a school custodian, are among 40 men arrested in massive crackdown on the killings buying of child sex abuse in new jersey. >> believe it or not, i regret it. >> the rare display of regret by donald trump. publicly admitted that he said the wrong thing in the past. >> bolt is still in front. here's bolt. he makes it look easy. bolt. >> i'm just thinking that same thing, he makes it look easy, like you think oh, i could do that, but probably can't. that's another gold m

. >> i'm brooke thomas. we have all that, plus the campaign trails passes through philadelphia, actually today, but first, katie tells us if last night's rain will translate into more humidity today. meisha is watching the roads, good morning. >> good morning. it is pretty quiet, just a lot of construction, did have police activity earlier up on the vine. it has since cleared. >> not completely dry depending where you are, we have some showers rolling through southern new jersey, still some out, there but want to turn our focus first and for most to the heat. that continues to be the main weather headline. now heat advisories as well as excessive heat warnings in effect across essentially the entire region, poconos the only spot not included of greater philadelphia region, but smack dab in the center of course the urban corridor up and down i95, philly of course included with this, heat warning continues today. now, it actually will go until 8:00 p.m. tonight, that warning, again heat advisory for everyone e