but right now enjoy the nice open roadways, evidence here, 95 south at cottman, come around the s curve headed into center city looking good here, starting to pick up maybe ever so slightly on 95 south at cottman, but still, still looking okay. so, we did have overturned tractor-trailer, mlk drive near the art museum, blocked both directions, having to take kelly drive. that has now since been cleared. so you can see, right now, looking very, very nice, clean and, again, back open. now, one area that we do have some problems, overturned vehicle here, still out there, past garden state parkway, right lane compromised. head heads up. might want to start giving yourself little extra time, pushing deeper into the 5:00 hour. another accident this morning in north wales, swarthily street, that roadblocked there jim, rahel, back over to you. >> thanks, meisha. after months of hype, eclipse day has finally arrived. >> it is the first total solar eclipse to sweep the coast-to-coast in 99 years. cbs news correspondent don champion in st. joseph, missouri for people flocking for one of the best po

we're looking live at cottman. southbound traffic on your right headed towards center city and we can see no delay, no problems. in some spots roads a touch damp but not major issue. how about mass transit. we're seeing no problems right there. regional rails are running on time, dave. >> spotty sprinkles and showers around as karen mentioned right now. there's a couple in camden county and gloucester county. a steadier batch down by baltimore that looks like it's going to make it up the i-95 corridor later this morning though. that could be an issue, say, 7, 8 o'clock, something like that. 71 degrees by 7 o'clock. 79 by noon. i am posting the chance of a spotty shower or a thunderstorm as we go through the day. mainly cloudy. can't rule out some sunny breaks but a lot of clouds out there and we're going to go for a high of 83. that 3 o'clock time is a little iffy. it depend on whether it's raining. when the rain comes in those numbers will tend to drop temporarily. as we take a look at the airport all green aircra

. >> reporter: lima whose of whose african-american lives on cottman avenue but traffic on cottman ist, heavy, parking is tight. show so many residents park around the corner on teesdale in what appears to be a pre predominantly white neighborho neighborhood. lima did so sunday night and came out monday morning to fine the note. >> i was scared and i was thinking maybe they followed me or maybe they know where i live and i don't want to fear like for my life if somebody would do something to me if i was to park around there again. >> it was more like in here. >> reporter: actual nail in the tire? >> yeah. actually in the tire. >> reporter: bernadette is lima's next door neighbor on cottman. she, too, parked on the 3100 block of teesdale sunday night as she often does. on her way to work monday morning her tire went flat a nail puncture the tread she heard about lima's windshield note. >> you're not so sure this is just a random nail now in your tire? >> no, i don't think so. no, i don't think it was. that's racist. it's hateful. in this climate and in this day and age that's intolerab

. >> reporter: lima whose african-american lives on nearby cottman avenue but traffic on cottman is fast. heavy, parking is tight. >> so many residents park around the corner on teesdale in what appears to be predominantly white neighbor. lima did so sunday night. she came out monday morning to fine the note. >> i was scared. i was thinking maybe they followed me or maybe they know where i live and i don't want to fear like for my life if somebody would do something to me if i was to park it round there again. >> it was more like in here. >> an actual nail in the tire? >> yeah. actually in the tire. >> reporter: bernadette waits is lima's next door neighbor on cottman. she block on the 3200 block of teesdale sun date night. on her way to work monday morning her tire went flat a nail puncture the tread and she heard about lima's windshield note. >> you're not so sure this is random nail in your tire. >> i don't think so. i don't think it was. that's racist. it's hateful. in this climate and this in this day and age that's intolerable. >> lima says her mother parks on that block of teesdal

resurface project, between cottman avenue and ninth, the outer lanes are blocked 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and over night seven p.m. to 5:00 a.m. >> jerry lou kiss make you laugh or cry. lewis died yesterday morning, at his home in las vegas. he was 91, before lewis was a sole or act, he teamed up with dean martin first at the old 500 club in atlantic city, then in movies, then on tv. after they split, lou ills not only started -- starred in films but wrote and directed them. lewis also of course hosed the very popular annual telethon for the muscular dystrophy association, raising more than one and a half billion dollars >> well, there is no word yet on funeral plans for dick gregory, the comedian and civil rights activist, died saturday night in washington d c. his family says gregory suffered a severe bacteria qual infection, in the 19 60s gregory broke racial barriers by spreading messages of social injustice, went onto become one of the first african-american comedians to find main stream success with white audiences, dick gregory was 84 years old. >> well, up next, we w

to the vine, thumbs up there and we have construction there, north bound between oxford circle and cottmanvenue 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 yesterd

, maybe some brake lights going off, in the distance, but overall cottman still looking pretty good.ty-two at the a.c. expressway, some of you going down the shore possibly, this weekend. both directions, obviously, looking good. traveling northbound or southbound. either way. 295, route 70, what you are looking at there. again, congestion levels basically anywhere that we look, you can see, different parts of the delaware valley, basically, it is all looking kind of the same. starting to build but kind of holding steady. so so far so good. we have one accident however. in torresdale neighborhood, northeast philly, vehicle hit a pole here. we got some downed wires, as well, academy road at grant avenue. use the alternate, frandford avenue will be your best bet. and then two-point every construction on the black horse pike, okay, black horse pike, excuse me, northbound past kings highway. right lane, also, between route 42 and ferry avenue we have crews out there, as well. jim, back over to you. >> thank you, meisha. cbs-3 summer fest packing up headed north today all the way to the p

hello northeast philadelphia we are seeing headlights southbound i-95 cottman avenue pad construction at betsy ross bridge coming from new jersey delays on the freeway, pockets of volume. everything damp and wet but not heavy steady downpour we had to drive through this time yesterday here. waking up down the shore good morning to ocean city looking good on the parkway and back road like route one a little wet so watch out there. route 309 we are dealing with some fog outside ambler and new project will begin today along bethlehem pike right at stenton avenue they will repave this whole stretch here that is a hot mess to begin w next couple of days this week actually with the paving project, expect delays, painters crossing route one and 202, again wet, little bit of fog here on 202 rolling in and out of west chester. watch out for an accident on the boulevard, north bound side of the blotched at c street. traffic lights are defective in the great northeast torresdale and robbins and that will slow everybody down heading for tacony palmyra bridge. mike and alex, back to you. >>> all r

. >> reporter: allen is a cook at jim's steaks for more than 20 years fixture cottman and bustleton in northeast philly. last went just ahead of his night shift he was called and told to stay home. >> one of the other managers told me that they shut the store down the health department. >> reporter: city inspectors had found numerous food safety and sanitation violations at the restaurant. the report says "the establishment has agreed to discontinue food operations the and voluntary close until cleared to resume business by the city. the surprise shut down caught lunch time customers by surpri surprise. john klein drove here from langhorne for a sandwich. >> now i got to do option two which i don't have a plan. >> you got no plan b. >> no plan b. i got to drive back to langhorne. >> reporter: there's more. allen told me he was owed 37 and a half hours of pay about 400 bucks when the restaurant clos closed. he spent the past several days texting his boss the own are in carl begging for his money. >> i like the company. i like mr. carl. i just want to get paid. >> reporter: i visitor car

one, one lane open there and we've also got construction roosevelt boulevard so, so bound between cottmananes closed. still snowing a lot of green, letting everyone know you're still obviously at this hour still traveling around just as we should. and the betsy ross bridge, as well, construction westbound, two left lanes, compromised there, and some more construction to talk about coming up in the next ten minutes, rahel, jim, back to you. >> meisha, still ahead on " eyewitness news" this morning , trouble retailer makes plans to close more stores. >> also, whole foods makes some changes under new ownership. how those changes will affect your wallet. when "eyewitness news" continues. ♪ lysol max cover kills 99.9% of bacteria, even on soft surfaces. one more way you've got what it takes to protect. two kids barfed in class today. it was so gross. lysol disinfectant spray kills 99.9% of bacteria, even those that cause stomach bugs. one more way you've got what it takes to protect. >> time for check on business news. >> meg oliver joins us live from new york, meg, good morning. so, we hear t

. >> reporter: lima who's african-american lives on nearby cottman avenue, but for convenience and safety, she like many of her neighbors parks around the corner on the 3100 block of teesdale in what appears to be a mostly white block. lima parked here sunday night. says she came out monday morning to find the note. >> it's very hurtful. very scary. >> the tire went flat on the expressway. >> reporter: bernadette waits is her name on cottman she too park on the 3100 block of teesdale sunday night as she often does. on her way to work monday morning, her tire went flat. a nail had punctured the tread. after learning of lima's windshield note, bernadette no longer thinks the nail was a coincidence. >> we're all in the struggle. we're all living there. we're all trying to pay our bills. all trying to live together, and to have this kind of thing happen, it's hateful. >> reporter: lima says her mother also parks thon block of teesdale and come to think of it -- >> your mom has gotten -- >> two. >> two flat tires. >> um-hmm. >> after parking on that block? >> nails in the tires? >> yes. >> rep

and left over work crew on the boulevard northbound between the oxford circle and cottman avenue. karen, thomas, back over to you. >> thanks for the heads up, bob. time 5:03. man accuse of shooting a teen in a extreme fit of road wage expected back in court for formal a rain: twenty-eight year old david desper shot and killed bianca roberson on june e route one bypass, she was tempting to merge in the lane when the shooting happened. delaware county man has been charged with murder, roberson, she was due to start college this fall. >> 5:04, it is clicking over to right now. a bombshell in camden county, new jersey, david creato admits he did kill his on three year old son. dawn timoney on the stunning reversal right before the beginning of his new trial. >> it is a really, really sad conclusion to a really, really sad thing. >> lots of heavy hearts in haddon township today after news began to spread 23 year old dj creato pleaded guilt think morning to killing his little boy, brendan, almost two years ago. creato was scheduled to be retried on first degree murder charges in a matte

also, working on the boulevard northbound between oxford circle and cottman avenue.he inner drive is blocked. and then, down in delco, working along the blue route, 476 southbound, right near media swarthmore. thomas and karen, back over to you. >> bob, thanks so much. there is a montgomery county teenager now critical condition, and it may be because of her phone. witnesses say, she was face-timing and walked right into the street and into the path after car. our dave kinchen from abington police department. >> reporter: police describe the injuries to the victim as very, very serious, they say, condition is critical. meantime, police were able to speak with the person on the other end of that face time call. >> i feel terrible for her. i feel awful. >> emily and mattie rushed over to highland avenue in abington where their 14 year old girlfriends was struck by a calf where 3:00 p.m. >> her bag just sitting down there, it is really bad. it is emotional. >> skyfox flew over the scene wednesday afternoon as investigators work, the girl walk to go abington high school

told me the bustleton and cottman restaurant had become too much to handle. a as a result -- >> you say it's just not worth it. you're closing the door for good we made arrangements for kelly allen to get his overdue paycheck. >> he calls you and you'll make sure he gets his money? all right. that's great. >> reporter: so kelly allen is connecting with mr. pruetto at the jim's steaks in springfield delaware county as we speak. he'll get his final paycheck that's the good news. the bad news at least for jim's steaks fans one less iconic cheesesteak joint in the city. lucy? >> all right. thank you, bruce. >>> bill cosby's defense attorney says he wants off the case. attorney brian mcmonagle filed documents to withdraw from the case before cosby's retrial. now cosby faces charges he drugged and molested a woman more than decade ago. he first -- his first trial ended of course in a mistrial. after the jury failed to reach a verdict following more than 52 hours of deliberations. >>> opener of a daycare center in easton pleaded guilty in the death of a flee month o

we have debris blocking a lane i-95 northbound at cottman. it's cleared.thbound we have building volume no big deal just yet on i-95. we have a disabled vehicle in cheltenham roberts avenue. patco emergency schedule that could cause slowing because of that. they had work equipment that derailed. issues with patco this morning. an accident causing problems in cape may, route 9 is block at stone harbor road, the accident brought down a utility pole. stick to the parkway instead of route 9 right now. >> thank you karen. >>> new this morning, philadelphia police officer wrecked his cruiser trying to avoid another car. it ended up striking a parked vehicle on the 5100 block of baltimore in southwest philadelphia around midnight. the officer was not seriously hurt. >>> a barricade surrounds the statue of frank rizzo. police clashed with protesters who branch off with a larger more peaceful demonstration. jeanette reyes is live with the latest on what's going on. good morning, jennette. >> reporter: thousands of protesters are gone, but the officers remain as do

also 95 south at cottman we were looking at this earlier we couldn't even see movement. the fog is starting to i would say get a little bit better and we're still very slow on the vine. >> president trump is headed back to his golf club in somerset county, new jersey after a brief stay at manhattan's trump tower. where he held a combative news conference where he once again blamed both sides. even some republicans have done demed the remarks. former president obama has weighed in has become the most liked tweet in history. he posted this image of himself along with a quote from nelson men dell la. the tweet has been liked almost 3 million times. >> overnight crews in t baltimore began tearing down four remaining confederate statues. t other cities are considering a similar move after last weekend's violence in charlottesville but people who want the monuments to stay say that statues are pieces of history that should remain visible. >> reporter: a confederate statute may soon be bound for the history bin if a recent petition succeeds. >> i think it's about time it should

i-95 looking good at 55 miles per hour at cottman and both girard.e you to the ben franklin bridge eastbound in here 8th street there's reports of a disabled vehicle near 8th street. watch for slowing. we saw that in some of the speeds, more people heading toward the walt instead of the ben because of disabled vehicles here. >> rallies are being held across the country in response to the violence in charlottesville, virginia. >> deadly clashes broke out over the rally over the weekend. a nazi sympathizer is accused of ramming his car into the crowd killing the woman. emily rowell is in charlottesville with the latest. good morning, emily. >> reporter: good morning, matt and tam, the city of charlottesville in the state of emergency. the sun is coming up, still very quiet and somber. big groups of people came out last night to hold a vigil in charlottesville and across the country. the alleged driver behind the wheel of the car mowing down a crowd of people protesting against a white nationalist rally now charged with murder. 20-year-old james fields

let's look at i59 at cottman avenue.ast time we looked it was pretty foggy, still quite hazy there. your taillights are southbound, on the left, the headlights are moving northbound, this morning, so, still plenty of fog ou out there to slow you down. we will be back with the forecast in 15 seconds. >> it is me again. dense fog advisory continues. so the weather story and the traffic story, the headline, pretty much the same. so this stays in effect for couple of more hours. we've got plenty every fog out there this morning. we have zero visibility in millville, new jersey, so careful if you travel along route 55 down there. only 4 miles at philadelphia international airport, so much less to the north of us, lots and lots of fog out there this morning. now another issue, you have, because of hurricane gert, and we're glad it is well off shore, yep, ger. it is category one with 90-mile per hour winds, but close enough to the east coast, that it is causing some problems with rough surf, and today there is a high risk of da

you can see, the flow is looking g take a look at this 95 south at cottman coming around s curve in centerlooking really nice in, fact i'm surprised to see it look like that but sometimes we don't start to heat up until more like 7:00 o'clock hour. we have an accident, 95 eastbound pennsylvania 295 that left lane compromised traveling around 38 miles an hour. would i venture it is even lower then that right now. we have a down tree in upper providence township township line road at lynn field trap road, in your neck of the wood , and around that and in the world of mass transit norristown high speed line back to normal west trenton big thumbs up, looking good there airport line, also back to normal, i will still say, i would just stay cautious and check your schedules on line and overall we are looking good there. we have fun stuff taking a look, two games two preseason eagles game and phillies game this will cause traffic, two games, one at 1:05, one at 7:00. something to think about, fun times. jim, back over to you. >>> breaking news, this morning one person is homeless after a house fi

no luck but ultimately he returned my phone calls he told me the restaurant at bustleton and cottmanggesting it would reopen had become too much to handle you. >> say it's not worth it. you're closing the doors for good. >> i made arrangements for allen to get his overdue paycheck. he calls you and you'll make sure he gets his money? all right. that's great. >> got bills to pay and now you can pay them. >> now i can pay them thanks to you. thanks to you. if i would have never called you i don't think i would have got paid. >> reporter: kelly al celeb out of job but at least he now has his final paycheck. as for fans of this jim's steaks, well they'll have to go elsewhere for their favorite sandwich. in northeast philadelphia, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> a local cop accused of sex assault. still getting paid. and their son acting strange. they thought he was just a normal teen until a neighbor said get a drug test. >> you know, no. he would never do that. >> i'll never forget the pain that i saw on their face when they realized kind of what was going on. >> addicted to heroin an

live look at cottman, southbound traffic heading toward center city. monday morning, matt's favorite day, we've got light volume, roads are clear, a new accidents in hill town township, bethlehem pike at county line road. watch for this accident restrictioning traffic just a bit. but no too many problems. boulevard extension southbound traffic moving nicely toward the schuylkill expressway. the schuylkill expressway is clear overnight construction is cleared. over here northwest wilmington we have fulk road and bedford road we have downed pires, they have shut down the roadway, if you're in the area, stick to conquered pike. off ramp to delaware doing emery roadwork. two lanes are blocked. happy monday. >> you, too, massive flooding from tropical storm harvey along texas refinery rich coastline is going to have an impact on the pumps. key oil refineries have shut down, gas prices could increase as much as 25 cents a gallon. uber's board has row placed ousted ceo and faces the difficult task of changing uber's culture. they have dealt with claims of sex

the work on the boulevard southbound side in the outer drive between cottman and bustleton. eastbound by the blue route work that should go, too. northbound on the blue route near broomal is clearing out. a crash that cleared at pots avenue. there's one in ambler along main street at forest avenue that's an intersection you want to avoid. we have work in the southbound side of route 1, the super highway oxford valley road. northbound on i-95 in bucks county, one lane is blocked, that too, you guessed it, overnight construction. >>> this could be good for some people you know they call it whole paycheck for a reason they may be changing. we learned about the acquisition by amazon of whole foods. monday whole foods will offer lower prices on bananas and eggs and beef and other products. in the future, amazon prime members will receive special savings and instore benefits at whole foods. >>> stocks ticked lower after a wild ride. futures this morning are pointing to a higher open. matt. >> new on "action news," a connecticut man who sent the boy scouts organization his eagle sc

construction north bound between oxford circling and cottman avenue outer lanes they are closed. we are seeing yellow on our sensor maps, would i say not so much now but give yourself a few extra minutes, depending on how long crews do stay out there betsy ross bridge construction here two lanes westbound within lane eastbound and all green still traveling around posted speed. back to you. >>> you know what that means, i didn't win the pur ball. >> neither did i but there is a single winning ticket worth more than 750 million-dollar, was sold in massachusetts. >> oh, well. >> cbs news correspondent seth lemon jones us more, and just a guess here you probably didn't win either. >> reporter: yeah, you know, i am at work this morning so i was not one of the lucky winners. lottery players scooped up those two-dollar power ball tickets in hopes of beating the miserable odd and winning this massive jackpot. largest grand prize now ever won by a single lottery ticket , in u.s. history. >> there is a winner, for the 758 million-dollar power ball. lottery officials say the ticket was sold

shot of i59 we're looking at here, cottman avenue, taillights are on the southbound, and the headlights on the left are northbound. so everybody's moving along okay there. travel times to check for you, so far, so good. when you see that green there, it means you can get where you're going on time, on the schuylkill expressway, and on route 55. thomas? >> we love to see the green, sue, thank you. time 4:03, sea of people filling broad street in center city philadelphia. hundreds turning out for last night's philly is charlottesville rally organized by group called power. the demonstrators say they're determined to stands up to the hate in virginia, that took place over the weekend. >> the community coming together is what it is all about. i mean, we all need to stands up together. >> i'm jewish, so i'm proud to gather is he synogogue, and walk to city hall in solidarity, all of these good people. >> rally organizers tell us their goal is to stand up for equality, gay rights issues, mat their score institutional racism in the community. >> developing right now, the protest over charlotte

according to those reports, the baby was in the back seat of a car stolen at the boulevard and cottman avenue again you can see little boy has been found. reunited with family member. we have a crew on the way. as soon as we get more information about this scene, we'll pass it along to you. >>> heart pounding moments there. my goodness. >>> arsonists on the loose tonight. police in philadelphia looking for the person who tried to set cars and a city garage on fire. here's the thing. some of those cars belonged to police and firefighters. thank you much for joining us at 5:00. i'm lucy noland. >> ate i'm thomas drayton. iain page is off tonight. >>> investigators say the it could have caused a very dangerous situation. let's get right out to dave schratwieser live at police headquarters tonight. dave, what do we know? >> reporter: thomas, this is causing real concern in the police and fire departments tonight. the police looking for a suspect and a motive in this incident and trying to figure out who would want to do this and why. along the road here, police tell me, this could have end

dollars out on 59 around cottman, what you are working with, looking pretty good.ck those sunglasses. now, this is where we have overturned vehicle, 59 south before the blue route. it looks like this is actual i a lot more cleaned up than what we were looking at 20 minutes ago, the backups behind it, yikes. again, so, that overturned vehicle, 59 south at the blue route, backups leading to up where it; where the clean up is happening now. and you can see, all lanes bumper to bumper conditions right now, if not stopping, as you approach it, get out there , closer, i should say, almost completely stopped there. gaper delay as you kinds of squeeze by, if you can avoid the area you absolutely want to do so. then, we did have accident new hanover township now since cleared. but we are still looking at some construction krause out there, garden state parkway between the a.c. expressway and black horse pike, left lane block, until around 7:30, 8:00. rahel, back to you. >> meisha, thank you. hurricane harvey continues to intensify as it inches closer and closer to the texas

on the big picture slow speeds have developed now on the schuylkill and 95, southbound from cottman intoaffic light troubles in tacony at torresdale and robin and that crash on the boulevard northbound at c street is off to the side but something to watch out for if you're out and about and in norristown that construction going on all week along creek road. stay on hartford road to get around that work zone. >> camden county police trying to track down the driver of an atf that used it as a battering ram against two officers on saturday night. police tried to stop the man when they witnessed him tampering with equipment at a gas station on newton avenue. the man drove his atv into the open door of their cruiser injuring a female officer. he then drove into a detective knocking him to the ground. both officers were treated and released from the hospital. >> new this morning, a driver wanted in connection with an apparent road rage incident in texas actually turned himself in and claimed he pointed a gun at another driver in self-defense. victoria best recorded the incident while driving t

it happened at cottman avenue and boulevard. the child's father told police he left the car running with the 3-year-old in the back seat that's when the thief got in and drove off. police found the boy at a nearby fire station sitting nises -- in his car seat. the child was not hurt. police caught up with the suspect and the stolen car in tacony. >> penn state fraternity members who are charged in connection with the hazing death will be back in court today. both sides are laying out evidence is to whether or not 18 members of the fraternity should be tried for the death of timothy piazza. the state college detective delivered bombshell testimony he said he believes one of the defendants intentionally deleted footage from a basement camera. he fell down the steps after a night of drinkle. he was left -- night of drinking, he was left there until the morning. >>> there was a pepper spray attack at pat's king of steaks. surveillance video shows the woman spraying mace or pepper spray in the face. >> street parking is public. there

live on i-95 at cottman, no issues here, southbound traffic heading toward center city, moving just fine. >>> we're just hours away from the great american solar eclipse with the first moments beginning for us at 1:21 p.m. this is the first solar eclipse to sweep coast to coast in 100 years. there's a lot of watch parties going on, jeanette reyes is live in center city. >> reporter: we've been counting down for this day for quite sometime. many eyes will be looking to the skies. the question will will -- where you will be to take in the sight. >> i may never see another one of these in my life. >> reporter: at roberts elementary the kids will be digging into sun chips and sunflower seeds. the kids will record data to send to the scientists alternates is a. >> the sun gets blocked there's less solar radiation it will cool the temperature of the air that's one of the things the students will look at and see what the temperature drop is. >> for those not looking to be scientists for the day. there's another way to take in a few eclipses. the drink that is. >> make sure you're wearing your s

it's already slow past cottman to girard as you're traveling towards center city on i-95 southbound.te you on that vehicle fire on the atlantic city expressway when we come right back. >> ♪ >> let's get an update on a problem that's been out there for awhile, karen. >> that's right ax vehicle fire on the atlantic city expressway happening westbound right near 42. it just cleared. but this one caused some pretty big problems. i want to take a look at this video which we have which a viewer sent in. hooting up on the atlantic city expressway westbound right near route 42. a vehicle lost control, hit into the guardrail and then traveled across all the lanes before bursting into flames. so, a mess of a scene. thanks to a viewer for sending in this video here and you can see those flames that were shooting up there. they have fire crews, emergency workers. this accident just cleared. that car fire westbound on the atlantic city expressway near route 42 just cleared so we're moving a lot better. right now you see the green traffic flow through that area. let's check another scene for you:

work on approaching broomal is in the process of clearing and the zone on the boulevard between cottman and bustleton in the outer drive packing up as we speak. opening at the tacony-palmyra has wrapped you mean. things are clearing out looking up around the region. we lost a crash in west norton, everything is clear chestnut avenue at potts street. they are working on the one in bam -- ambler at forest and main street. everything good to go at fox ford valley road -- oxford valley road. work in delaware, northbound in the next half, as you head toward christian, speeds in the 30s, because three lanes are blocked. >>> two men broke into a woman's home in north philadelphia this morning and one of them shot her in the back as she tried to flee the scene. it happened on the 3000 block of north 23rd street at 1:30 a.m. the woman is in critical an. police have two persons of interest in custody. find out what another person inside the home did to get neighbor's attention and make it less bad coming up in a life report in the next half-hour. >>> a wild and violent shooting had philadelphia p

that's out there on bustleton avenue shutting it down between cottman and bleigh.ast if you're traveling over the twin bridges on the roosevelt boulevard to get to the northeast that northbound side very slow. from this point at 76 all the way out to broad street so definitely going to be a slow go but it looks like southbound you're good to go approaching schuylkill expressway. we're getting word that all regional rails are seeing delays up to 45 minutes. all due to signal issues. that could be a setback for you. i want to take you to skippack area. schwenksville excuse me on route 73 an accident on skippack pike at route 29. watch yourself there and look at that we're seeing a delay right now on the southbound side of the 42 freeway right here at creek road although it's not too bad just an additional two minutes there. brian and monica, back to you. >> gina thank you so much. >>> take a live look outside this afternoon. sky6 giving us a view over the ben franklin bridge. still nice out there but you can see those clouds moving in. >> that's right. meteorologist

fifty-nine south at cottman, come around the s curve headed into center city starting to build levelsat on a tuesday, construction crews still out here on 422 westbound between the schuylkill and route 23, left lane compromised and the vine not closed overnight for some construction, we will be updating you on the norristown high-speed line that crash happened 12:15, i can tell you real quickly service has resumed but more detailed information coming up in a little bit. rahel, jim, back to you. >> from the burlington county times, 23 year old yamir board ly of camden, has been indict in the decks with what officials are calling the largest seizure of phentinol in new jersey history. 31 pounds. that's one of the deadliest opioids with a potency 50 times greater than heroin. >> the reading eagle pennsylvania governor tom wore took walking tour of west red willing yesterday. checking out revitalization project, funded by the statement department of community and economic development. for the past five years provided nearly $600,000 to the west reading community development project. >> ne

cottman, southbound traffic on i-95 heading toward center city. we expect to see more volume on the roads with more kids back to school, for now you're looking good. northwest wilmington we have folk road that's closed. if you're in the area stick to concord pike. >> help is pouring in as catastrophic flooding continues from hurricane harvey. governor abbott has called in 1,000 more national guard today. >> officials are concerned about the rising river levels causing the levees to break. army corps of engineers is releasing water from two reservoirs to release pressure on the dams. >>> president trump is planning to travel to texas tomorrow, but the exact location has not been released. >> the president received a briefing on the situation yesterday morning, since then president trump has been tweeting his support for the victims and praising the state's response to the crisis. >> we head to natasha barrett from our sister station ktrk. >> reporter: rescues continued throughout the night in houston, the country's 4th largest city in crisis. >> th

new -- no issues on i-95 clear and dry, cottman southbound moving toward center city. 13, 14, minutes, southbound on i-95. we have an accident that was partially blocking the off ramp on 38 westbound in mount laurel. traffic is moving better, if you're about to head out on 295. no problems there. hopping into new jersey, live cameras, that's 42 a little bit of volume coming back from the shore, no delays as you head toward the walt whitman bridge. matt and tam. >>> the day is finally here, the countdown is on, the great american eclipse. >> small towns across the country have swelled in size welcoming thousands of visitors who want to be in the path of totality for the historic eventful weekend. >> even though we're not in the direct line the conditions are prime to catch a glimpse of the partial eclipse and celebrate the big eventful weekend the museum festivities kick off at noon and culminate at 2:44 p.m. when philadelphia sees 80% coverage of the sun. in wayne, the nature center is hosting a sold out event. the solar snacks are stocked, plenty sun chips and sunny d to go around. o

of milling and paving work in the outer drive between the bucks county line and red lion road and cottman, the whole way down to 9th street, watch out for the crews during the midday and the overnight hours. the crash on the boulevard extension has cleared. on the schuylkill expressway construction is in the process of clearing there. there's a crash in perkiomen township montgomery county. watch out for it at park avenue at pennypacker road. >>> time for a look at business at the big board. starbucks is denying claims that it's sophie shops will offer discounts to undocumented immigrants. it promises 40% off for any menu item for undocumented i immigras on august 20th. the stop executive calls it false and fake and took to twitter to promote the so-called dreamer day they say is not true. >>> wall street is up by a note, job growth, plus, u.s. stock futures are pointing to a higher open. >>> you may call nipton california we'd town. a manufacturer has purchased it 128 town for pot lovers there will be cannabis infused water and different varieties of marijuana to smoke. >> it is 4:53 a.m

we're looking at 95 at cottman right now. you can barely see those headlights and that will affect our commute this morning. the good news is the accidents that we had a little bit earlier this morning they've already been moved out of our way. take a look at the blue route, you can see all that fog out there both directions, anywhere that you go this morning except for when we start to move towards the city in some of our camera shots it's looking pretty clear. 42 freeway northbound as you approach 295 just starting to build there and we have some construction out there ac expressway at route 73 that right lane is compromised there. jan, back over to you. >> all right, meisha. excitement is building as we're just days away now from the historic solar eclipse. >> this will be the first coast to coast solar eclipse in nearly a century. >> good morning, dr. christian. >> good morning. >> so what exactly will we experience next week? we've heard so much buzz about it, but what will we actually see? >> so there in philadelphia yo

live look at 95 approaching cottman that's southbound traffic headed towards center city.rently dry. we're seeing that rain pull up from the south and west so you're going to get wet on i-95 but not happening just yet here approaching cottman. we have construction crews, they're out there on the blue route from 9:00 until 3:00 today southbound between broomall and springfield. watch for them doing some tree removal and they're going to be blocking at least one lane, the right lane scheduled to be blocked so that will create delays starting just at the end of the morning rush at 9 o'clock. let's hop in new jersey and see what's happening on 42. not much if you're coming up from deptford or turnersville, looking good so far, matt and jeanette. >> thanks so much karen. >>> the rain continues to fall on the houston area and throughout the night there have been scenes playing out like this one. >> volunteers continue to rescue people using dump trucks and boats to get to the people stick in flooded neighborhoods all over the city. >> houston's convention center is at capacity b

he told me the restaurant at bustleton and cottman, not with standing a sign, suggesting it would reopen, in fact become too much to handle. >> you say it is not worth t you're closing the door for good? >> therapy made arrangement for al tone get his overdue paycheck. >> you'll make sure he get his money all right, that's great. >> got bills to pay, now you can pay them. >> now i can pay them thanks to you. thanks to you. i don't think i would have got paid. >> so kelly allen out after job, but at least he now has his final paycheck. as for fans of this jim's steaks, well, they'll have to go elsewhere for their favorite sandwich n northeast philadelphia, bruce gordon, "fox 29 news." >> let's take you back outside. live look at city hall where philadelphia police are on a mission to find the guy who posted a video of himself climbing it walls. now, police discovered the video on youtube, post bad three days ago by a guy who goes by the name of exploring with carson. it is a seven minute pan ram i can video of him taking on the dangerous stunt. and now authorities are warning residents do

between bridge and cottman starting about 9:00 up till 3:00.hey're also going to be working up in conshy. between the schuylkill expressway, and the conshy interchange. will be headed north toward the mid county tolls. mass transit looking good. forecast back to work monday, subie got it 15 seconds. >>> 7:45. we had a tropical storm storm form yesterday. it's name is gert. and it's just off. we got it right off the coast of georgia. but pretty far away. and it's only about 475 miles away from bermuda. now, we would be more concerned if it wasn't going to take this right turn head toward the northeast. maybe strengthen into a hurricane but not going to threaten any land at all, we might get heightened waves at the shore. we might get rip current risks. nothing to show you on radar at the moment. let's go to the temperatures as you walking out the door, plenty of sunshine, 69 in philadelphia. we'll be heading into the 70's by next hour, 55 mount pocono, 65 in wildwood. and we're going to switch later on in the day to a southerly's wind which mean

construction on the boulevard, as well, still out, there southbound between cottman, bustleton. outer lanes are closed. still showing green. we'll keep an eye on that for this morning, jim, back over to you. >> hurricane harvey quickly making its way toward the gulf costes it strengthened overnight to category two hurricane. >> and it looks to be the most powerful storm to make landfall in the u.s. since 2005. cbs news correspondent don champion, in texas, where resident are being urged to evacuate immediately. >> corpus christi texas, flown north to north, as harvey honed in. national hurricane center called still strengthening storm life threatening. it is expected to bring perilous winds, historic flooding, and destructive storm surge along the texas gulf coast. >> expect as much as six to 12 . >> in the flood prone city of houston, harvey could be catostrophic event if the storm surge is just a bit higher. houston ship channel is the second largest oil and gas complex in the world. >> we could see the worsen vier mental disaster in the united state history, and probably set

happy monday by the way, 95 south at cottman, come around the s curve, actually looking pretty good. would say we start to build levels little earlier in the 5:00 hour. then kind of hit our spot here kind of traveling around posted speeds, more and more vehicles hitting the roadway, overall still looking good, and 95 a good marker for how things are progressing through the morning, and so far, so good, again, you can see how vehicles are starting to push out there, make their entrance thereon 95 south, but overall, still traveling at posted speeds. same story here on the blue route. southbound direct, looking good. vine not closed overnight for the construction project, so looking good hbut again, startid levels a little bit. now we have disable verie e, bee mid-span eastbound. all lanes are temporarily bloc,nd we are starting to get some really big pileups and backups behind it, but i'll let you know as soon as that moves out of our way, jim, back over to you. >> well, this is exciting and just in a week sungazer will be looking to the skies for the total solar ' collapse, two prote

starting to see levels build ever so slightly 95 south at cottman again still traveling at posted speeds. but monday, tends to be pretty busy, especially on 95. speaking of 95, do have accident here. fifty-nine north, off ramp betsy ross bridge pulled off to the far right. moments ago, i would say about ten minutes ago, watching cars kind of travel on by and putting on breaks. so this is an area that's going to start to get slow. good news northbound side, northbound side usually not that busy, until way deeper into the 6:00 hour. should be okay there. then construction the schuylkill eastbound, between gulph mills and conshohocken, that has just been cleared. jim, rahel, back over to you. >> updating breaking news this morning, right now police still on the scene every gruesome murder in south philadelphia. >> "eyewitness news" reporter anita live at the scene with an update. good morning. what can you tell us? >> good morning, jim and rahel well, we're seeing investigators going in and out of the home, the 1300 block of federal street, after police found a bloodied couple found dead in

. >> the father of the three-year-old child went into a store at cottman and the boulevard, left the vehicle running with the keys in it and left his three-year-old child in the back seat. >> reporter: you heard that right. dad park his 2013 honda accord in the fire lane outside kixxusa to run in and buy a pair of sneaker for his son when a three hopped off and took off with aaron, jr. inside. store employee kevin brown saw dad react. >> we saw him sprint out the car. you can see his car peeling off. that was it. >> mile north on the boulevard the car thief stopped behind that firehouse and released the little boy still in his car se seat. then raced off again. family members arrived to console the little guy and all points bulletin went out for the honda accord. the police flooded the area and they were determined to apprehend this car and the person that had taken it. >> reporter: it didn't take long. maybe 90 minutes later, philly highway patrol officers stopped the accord on the 6800 block of torresdale avenue with this man behind the wheel. he was held at the scene until dad cou

overall 95 south at cottman, coming around the s curve, push in the southbound direction, actually lookingnorthbound side we got real busy. heads up, actually the northbound side, which is the headlight, you can see, heating up little bit. but southbound side really where i have my eye right now. actually looking pretty good. overall looking good. a lot of construction out there. i will say, see if i can get this back up, if not, i will say, that the overall arch theme today is just a lot of construction. so overall, i'll leave you with this, fix this guy, and i'll be right back. rahel, joe, back to you. >> for a look at newspaper headlines. >> family after man killed in a crash on icy street has been awarded a $45,000 settlement. johnson was driving on the 500 block greenwood avenue in 2015 when he skid, struck a tree, died. his family says the city was responsible for his death because they did not salt the road. >> the delaware county daily times says 36 year old frank deson is responsible for attempted robbery at the rite aid pharmacy on the 3500 block every west chester pike in brooma

ninety-five south at cottman looking great, big thumbs up there 95 near the airport, look at that sky line so gorgeous, pink, yellow, green, blue, all of it. i-95, big thumbs up to you as well, no delays at the airport , everything looking good in cherry hill, 295 at route 70, we are building levels ever so slightly but things are still looking good and won't change until we crack in the 6:00 o'clock hour call your tension to mass transit west trenton, due to equipment problems, talking about 30 minute delays or so. give yourself a couple extra minutes i would, plus construction crew is still out there two spots, first one route on between haddonfield road and 295, one to two lanes in both directions. second spot on route 70, there we go between 206 and route 72 mobile crews are moving both directions so might start to get slow head up with our crew s, just take it easy, i would say in the 6:00 o'clock hour give yourself a couple extra minutes. 295 we have construction crews 295 south ramp to sloane avenue is closed until 6:00 a.m., jim, back over to you. >>> woman who survived after

fifty-nine, tail light moving in the southbound direction approaching cottman right there, looking good, yesterday , very busy, i suspect probably busy little bit later, because right now things are actually looking pretty good. holding steady. vine closed overnight for the construction project between schuylkill and broad, westbound, eastbound, looking good, clearly all over, eastbound side, little heavier than the westbound side, overall looking good there. 422, headlight moving in the eastbound direction approaching trooper. you can see how many headlights are out there right now, again, everyone traveling at posted speeds, so still looking good. couple every quick things. mass transit airport regional rail line shuttle bussing over the weekends because of track work. so between 30th street, and airport, and also, pa turnpike closing between bensalem, delaware valley, this is on sunday, between 12:00 a.m., and 6:00 a.m. jim, jan, back over to you. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> avalon and stone harbor. >> yes, pat gallen live with a sweet breakfast treat. sounds good, good mor

outside live on i-95, this is at cottman.bound traffic headed towards center city moving pretty nicely. certainly no delay. an easy 14 minute ride right now. we have construction here again today, 9:00 until 3:00 that's going to be blocking the right lane heading northbound on i-95 so watch for that construction northbound on i-95 as they do some survey operations but for now southbound is your usual delay and it's looking pretty good. i was on the commuter traffic report and found johnny gt telling us about an object on the road on south township line road in limerick so watch for something on the road right there and thanks for johnny for reporting that. storm tracker6 live double scan showing just a few sprinkles here or there. we are seeing some heavier showers that will be traveling up i-95 towards wilmington but not hitting us just yet so roads are just a little bit damp. it's kind of muggy out there today. 63 in quakertown, 72 in center city and 69 in hammonton. only headed up to 83 today. lots of clouds, spotty shower

then 95 south at cottman, this is what you are looking at coming around the s curve. starting to see little shift on 95 right now pushing in the southbound direction. starting to i don't want to say slow down, but certainly getting more and more vehicles out there as you leave your homes this morning, just heads up, 95 maybe slowly starting to get little busier. and we do have accident out there, as well, new hanover township, shaver road, it is partially blocking so if that's your neck of the woods, bring it to your attention, probably won't slow you down too much. just to be aware of t construction clues still out there. seventy-six between 676 and route 130. three lanes are blocked each way, yes there is will start to slow you down, not yet, not in the 5:00 hour, showing a bunch of green around the areas but i would say in the 6:00 hour, if that's your route, that you would normally take, give yourself couple of extra minute, plus, crews are here, route zero seven between haddonfield road and 295, one lane block, this is one lane each direction, just by the way, an

let's look outside live at i-95 at cottman.e can see some of the fog that dave talked about right here and in some areas it's really dense so you need to be careful as you're traveling. give yourself a little extra time. moving okay on i-95. that's southbound traffic headed towards center city and that big accident we had on the schuylkill westbound is long gone as well so your majors are in pretty good shape. we had an accident involving a motorcycle in bucks county on 95 northbound approach approaching 332. that cleared. traffic is moving better there. crews on the atlantic city expressway. you can see the cones set up approaching route 73. this is in winslow township right now. the crews are out here because they have to do emergency road work and they're blocking the right lane. so when it's hard to see with fog and you've got construction workers out there you really need to be a little extra careful. construction also here until 6:00 a.m. in mount ephraim right on the black horse pike northbound at valley road. they'll be