ukee, erika? >> jill, i hear there is a group challenging people to quit facebook at least for short time. >> yes, could you live without facebook for 99 days? challenge from dutch non-profit, and this comes in response to that controversial mood experiment, which facebook recently admitted it conducted on hundreds of thousands of users. so, this is asking users to quit the social network for three months, then participate in an on line study, to see how living without facebook impacts happinessment ukee, erika? >> i could do that. >> i probably could, too, but i bet some people would freak out. >> i'm sure they would. >> well, are they paying for this? i don't know, jill. >> interesting. >> i don't think you're getting money. i think you're rewarded with all of your extra time. >> there you go, free time to read, call friends. >> thanks, jill. >>> thanks, jill. coming up after a short break, traffic and weather together. we do it on the 3's. >> good morning, for this friday, dealing with not too

. >>> i'm erika von tiehl. here are stories we are following today. elderly couple is dead and police are trying to figure out why. nicole brewer has a live report coming up. >>> president obama will be in delaware to talk about infrastructure in the shadow of the i495 bridge. >>> cease-fire is in effect between both israel and hamas how long will it last? we will tell you coming up. >>> those stories and much more underway. lets start with the weather forecast and a nice morning this morning. >> yes, but you have been talking to us all week, katie. >> this is like my favorite day of the forecast because it is day after the storms, like we are finally cleared. yesterday we transitioned. we had heavy rain through new jersey, if you will recall but it is all out of here and we are sitting pretty nice. >> kickback, put the my feet up on the desk. >> go ahead. >> i'm just kidding, i'll work for the next 4.5 hours but we are looking to pleasant weather. kind of forecast i like to give you because it is a well deserved break after the storms, heat and humid

erika? >> remember the old don't make me come back there. >> oh, i know, the the invisible line, uh-huh. >> thanks, jill, talk to you. coming up after a short break, traffic and weather together. we >> morning, bob. >> good morning, live look at the ben franklin construction continues here, of course at the long-term project, replacing patco high-speed line, but also again three lanes this morning come nothing philadelphia. i went over the benny yesterday. i tell you what a mess from philly into new jersey, it seemed like every expansion joint there was major, major speed bump until to about mid-span. so, there is a loft work that is ahead of them here on the ben franklin bridge. no delays there at the moment. downtown we go. live look at the vine expressway, into and out of philadelphia, light volume so far. we do have an accident, though, on 492 freeway. this is southbound there is will into new jersey, this morning. right at route 544. now, of course, with a monday morning, a the love fol

erika? >> jill, uber said it patched the security flaws that allowed to see the passenger rating. what's this about? >> yes, well, it turns out, that not only do clients of uber the mobile car service company rate drivers, but drivers can also way in on the customer giving them a one to five grade after each ride. soap, one passenger figured out how to hack into the system and posted instructions on line on sunday so that set off few hours of paranoia on social media, with riders questioning why they didn't have a perfect score. remember to be nice to your driver. >> yes, i had no idea they could grade the customer, too, because they make you give the driver stars at the end. >> did you hack? >> i did not. i didn't know what was happening. i apparently was off the grid. thanks, jill. appreciate t. >>> coming up after a short >>> good morning, waking up with a accident here along route 309, the bethlehem pike, right at welsh rd. the movie theater here off to the right to give you locate or, r

. >> i'm erika von tiehl. stories we're following today: strange smell forces evacuation of dozens every residents. officials still aren't sure what caused it. we'll have a live report coming up. >> pink slips are expected to go out to hundreds of casino workers in atlantic city today. we'll update you on the fate of the trump plaza coming up. >> violence continues in the middle east, in israel's defense into hamas stretches into another day. >> start in the just a bit. let's start with our forecast. talking steamy stormy? >> feels that way right now. >> oh, yes, definitely steamy. he know, erika, you said you got woken up because of the storms last night? >> sophie, did, too. >> actually looking at yet another day of stormy weather out there. you probably heard the rumors about this polar vortex style cold front, that's dropping in. true. there is going to be some much cooler air starting to settle in, back to the midwest, northern planes, for us, though, it is not so much a cool-down that waits in the wings,

>> good morning, ukee, erika. president obama is pushing congress to find money to improve the country's roads and bridges. today he heads to facility in virginia that puts new highway technology for transportation, in early august the federal transportation funds will one running he run out every monday which means road construction can stop in their tracks, construction workers could lose their jobs. obama pros posted four year spending plan, but said he would support a $11 billion republican proposal to finance transportation projects for nine months. >>> trading begins today with the dow above the 17,000 mark again. good earnings report from citigroup, pushed stocks higher yesterday. the dow finished up 111 points, the nasdaq gained nearly 25. >>> microsoft could be planning its biggest round of layoffs in five years with thousands of people expected to lose their jobs, possibly as early as this week. now there is comes as microsoft integrates with nokia mobile phone business. and home depo is stocking somethi

ukee, erika? >> hey, the price is right. >> late night talk show host will have a field day with that one. thanks, jill. >>> coming up after a short break, traffic and weather together, we do it on t >>> just past 4:53. >> they just reopened, there you go, good morning, everybody, just in time, live look here, 26th and penrose, so, they had to 26 street tunnel blocked because of flooding from the overnight. so we're good to go now, from southwest philadelphia, south philly working your way down 26th street. that straight away into the schulkill many police just turn their lights off, back in business there. out to chester county, where again this morning obstacle courses most likely as you roll out of your driveway from the storm damage last night. could be a trash can lid, maybe a we branch along the way, live look at route 202, in malvern, careful on all of the work zones. on my way in here this morning, i noticed some of the power grids are out. so the overhead street lights are out, couple of

. >>> i'm erika von heel have tiehl. developing right now two shootings just blocks away from each other. philadelphia police are investigating whether they are both connect. >>> they put their hand up to my face, or put their hand up and i bit his finger. >> she's 91 but that did not stop this west philadelphia woman from fighting back, against two teenage burglars. >>> and a man line mansion is in flames, now investigators know, how that two alarmer started. >>> we have to talk about this morning lets start with the forecast. we have seasonal temps in the mid 80's. the lets see what is up. >> mid 80's in july. >> normal day unfolding generally speaking. we have the same frontal boundary that does not get out of here. very sluggish. slow to retreat. we will end up with additional showers and storms but skies are gradually starting to clear out for us, that is some good news w that said it means we will not heat up quite as easily. even though we still have to dodge a couple of showers and storms, they should not be of t

pennsylvania side, we will have all of the details and check with mass transit coming up next, ukee and erika, good morning. >>> in the news police question a man in the grizzly discovery of the woman's body in the duffle bag. >> they tell thaws man and victim lived in the same west philadelphia apartment building. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us at police headquarters with the developing details, nicole. >> reporter: ukee and quarter, two days after laura araujo was discovered, murdered in that duffle bag in south philadelphia they say they may be one step closer to solving that heinous crime. lets roll video and show you the scene as her parents arrived to homicide headquarters tuesday afternoon, same day that a person of interest was taken into custody and questioned by police. now authorities believe that the 23 year-old man who lived in the victim's west philadelphia apartment complex maybe connect to the crime that left the 23 year-old art institute grad strangled and beaten and her hand tied. police say he raised suspicions after being treated for burns at crozer-ches

syma. >> reporter: that is right, ukee and erika. still many places have had their power restored, we saw it for ourselves this morning. we were looking at blocks and streets and we could see power go up and there are places like what is behind me at this wawa with no power and it is odd to see, always so empty. lights are on only because of us. take a look at that, that is our light. that is only thing we could provide for this wawa. but this is a 24 hour wawa location and normally they would have customers, people coming into get gas, some coffee but right now no power means no business. there are two employees inside with flashlights and she said power went out last night. this is when storms passed through our area last night. obviously leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power. crews, had to deal with fallen trees and power lines, of course, biggest issue with these strong storms. peco crews were out all night in the early morning working to restore power. but again, a lot of crews are out there still trying to do th

numbers like erika mentioned is 40,000 people still in chester county without power. and, erika and ukee, turf say, i'm rooting for this 24 hour wawa because i'm in need of some coffee. i will be exited to see people trying to pull through trying to get gas and coffee and it is not opened. it will be interesting to go see that this morning. >> hopefully won't be long. >> she will be first in line, syma, thank you. >>> wild wind whipped up a dust storm during philadelphia union match at ppl park. we showed you this. we got this eyewitness video from one of our producers kevin kin cade. here's what happened, strong wind pick up dust and then blew ate cross the the fans and the field. everyone tried to take cover. >> it just came in. before you know it, everyone was underneath. >> katie took this video of the fans taking cover in the concourse under the stands. that game was delayed because of the dust, and then the rain, which made for a very late night for miss fehlinger who is getting an extra large cup of coffee. >> i'm running on pure adrenaline right now. match got

erika? >> ukee, our eye is on the jersey shore to see what kind of impact hurricane art will your lead there as thousands sell brat the nation's birthday n ocean city beach patrols have implemented few restrictions to keep swimmers safe. "eyewitness news" reporter jen bernstein, she joins us now on the board walk with the latest information. jen, good morning. >> good morning, erika. not the start to july 4th that you would normally want. it is not going to be a great beach day, at least this morning, look behind me at the boardwalk, how hazy it is, you can partly see even couple of blocks down there, when thee guys were walking all the way over there, they look like ghosts coming through the mist. so little creepy. but this place is going to still light up with people soon. people will want to come out here go, to the businesses, when it is rain or shine. we turn you over to the beach. hurricane arthur definitely making its mark even all the way up here, the ocean, you can't see it, because

ukee, erika? >> jill, forks is out with its celebrity 100 list which writes the most powerful celebrities. who is in the penthouse? tell us about it. >> well, who other than beyonce, right? she is number one on forbes 15th annual celebrity 100 list, ranks the world's most powerful celebrities, based on earnings, and also, fame. now, forbes estimates that beyonce made about $115 million over the past 12 months, rounding out the top three, nba star labron james, he came in second, and rapper and entrepreneur, doctor dray certainly helped by that, beats electronics deals. ukee, erika? >> beyonce, bron bron and doctor dray, got it. thanks, jill, appreciate t coming up after a short break, traffic and weather together, we do it on the 3's, we'll be >> we begin with a accident at i-95, will slow down anyone headed toward the airport this morning, i-95 southbound, right between the airport and 291. so, if you are headed south this morning, just be aware, police out there, looks like it is blocking two la

>> erika, nice day unfolding out there. however, we are keeping an eye on the tropics right now possibility we ends up with our next named storm system in the atlantic basin before the week is out. we'll have that check on traffic and your full eyewitness weather forecast after the >> a vigil scheduled for later tonight for the three young victims every last night's deadly carjacking. earlier this morning jonathan rosa and corneilius crawford formerly charged with murder. >>> a 58 year old man is in the hospital at the university of pennsylvania, with several stab wounds. he was stabbed inside a home on the 6100 block of west columbia avenue around 12:30 this morning. and police are investigating the circumstances. >>> the ntsb announces today what caused this train to derail and leak chemicals in the mantua creek in paulsboro in 2012. one of the cars released about 20,000 gallons every vinyl chloride, which is toxic. >>> our time 5:43, traffic and weather together in just a moment. but first, check out this major flooding

erika?so jill does money buy happiness? is the eternal question. new study says yes, but to a point. what do you have? >> yes, new study fine that how much you need to hit that threshold, that point where money no longer buys happiness, it really depends on where you live and the cost of living. so there is actually some numbers that were crunched, new analysis from advisor perspective, found that if you live in hawaii, you make $122,000 a year, before bringing in any extra money, wouldn't translate into more happiness. in pennsylvania, it is $76,000 a year. in new york it is about $99,000 a year. but of course, this really depends on the individual, plenty of factors, like how many kids someone has, if they have any debt. so really, numbers are interesting, but it just depends on who you are. ukee, erika? >> i just need 20 bucks from bob to buy breakfast this morning from everybody. >> thanks, jill. talk to you later. coming up a sort break, traffic and weather together, we did it on th >>>

ukee, erika, back to you. >> time now 5:35. business news this morning, what you get in your 78-dollar taco. >> gold plate in the. >> i'm telling you. >> also, what's helping employers hire more workers this quarter. money watch's jill wagner joins us now from the new york stock exchange, i would like to try this 78-dollar taco, jill, good morning. >> yes, $78, a little hefty. good morning, ukee, erika. well, we'll see if invest kearse keep the momentum going. stocks finish higher on friday after google, ge, other big companies reported their quarterly earnings. the dow finished up 123 points, the nasdaq added about 69. so us companies say rising sales are letting them hire more people and boost wages. the new survey by the national association for business economics found that 57% of businesses say sales rose in the last quarter up from just 35% in the same period last year. with that poor firms say they're bringing on more peoplement and most of verizon fios custom letters see up load speeds on the internet. starting today ve

. >> reporter: ukee and erika, absolutely heinous murder that as you mentioned investigators may be one step closer to solving this morning two days after that 23 year-old woman was found bound, beaten, murdered her body touched in the duffle bag in north philadelphia. lets go ahead and roll some video and show you the scene as her parents laura araujo's parents arrived at headquarters tuesday afternoon, the same day, that a person of interest was taken into custody and questioned by police. authorities believed that the 23 year-old man lived in the victim's west philadelphia apartment complex may be responsible for the murder of the art institute graduate his car was also found torched. police say that man raised suspicions after being treated for burns at crozer-chester medical center. >> all of her belongings were thrown out of the vehicle and we believe whoever did this took her vehicle to the south philadelphia area and set it on fire. >> according to investigators araujo was in transition having recently obtained a job at a local hotel. on personal items were found there at the mu

. >>> i'm erika von tiehl. here are stories we are following. develop right the now a person of interest is in custody after the discovery of the woman's body in the duffle bag, nicole brewer has a live report. >>> tri-state area ace waking to more storm damage after, powerful storms rip through the area again. >>> this delaware county teen is thankful to be alive after being struck by lightening. >>> let's talk about the storms and our forecast with katie. >> it feels like yesterday was not as bad as monday night's storms. >> it dependedded where you were. it is so much about where are you when these storms come in they hit you or they don't hit you it can depend on what your story is the next day. there were very strong storms yesterday but a lot of it was in new jersey. generally with the exact same time as what we had the day before that. it has been two straight days of very strong storms, more damage to clean up at this point and we're not totally done but do i come bearing better news. look at storm scan three, tri-state sweep, still pick

that will ukee, erika? >> always stinks to be that last person on the plane, you think, sorry, your bag won't fit. we have to check it. >> no! >> so true, so true. green light to sell its cars in pennsylvania, governor tomorrow corbett signed legislation allowing the electric car maker to open five dealerships. had pushed for the bill. its business model ran up against state law prohibiting manufacturers from also acting as a dealer. >>> on the hell watch this morning, can your ipad make you sick? pediatric researchers found it gave one boy in california a nasty rash. turns out the 11 year old had a nickel allergy. doctors say it was triggered by daily use of ipad. they tested the device, found a compounds containing nickel on the outside coating. the boy got better when putting a protective case on the tablet. >>> incorrect measurements can lead to dangerous dosage mistakes. new pediatric study find more than 40% of children had given their children the wrong dosage because they got confused by teaspoons a

ment ukee and erika back to you. >> in business news this morning what is making whole foods stock drop>> and why argentina having trouble paying bills. >> jill joins us with the stock exchange in new york. >> good morning, ukee in that regard defaults again. collapsed last knight. arm tina economy is in reception with short am of tlarz and highest inflation rate. >> we'll see how that afek the world markets and also here on wall street. yesterday the dow lost 31 points to nasdaq and rose he 20. whole food stock slowing. they're feeling the pain of increased competition as americans look for healthier foods. mainframe super markets are selling more organic groceries and whole foods has been cutting prices in response. and say good tie to dog and cat never easy you can seend them in style to the far reaches of outer space. a couple called celestise is suspending flights to cats and dogs. for years they're bringing them back and starting price for pets will be the same as humans. $995. for more that $1,000 give them a one way ride into the "cosmo" s, ukee and erika. >> that's a stup above

. >>> i'm erika von tiehl. here are stories we are following today. one person is missing after a boat capsizes in the delaware river. search is set to resume, a live report ace head. >>> captain on the ice spend the night in the penalty box, the flyers claude giroux arrested and spend the night in the canadian jail. the the reason is just ahead. >>> overnight lightening and rain causing major damage across the region what we can expect for the holiday weekend, today is friday for a lot of folks. >> true, a lot of lightening last night. thunder boomers. >> oh, wow. >> it woke my dog up. >> my dogs were going crazy. >> yes. >> they always tend to with those kinds of storms. they did fire up. we had some late in the evening. we had some earlier in the day in the poconos and another round that just came through the last few hours. that is done at this point that last round that we just saw. we can take a quick on storm scan three and see retreat. we are looking at three hour loop. look at that lightening. they were booming away thunder bolts here overnig

starts to come in and we will talk about how slow we will get in i will say a half an hour or so, erika>>> a teenage boy and a man are shot within minutes of each other in the same northeast philadelphia neighborhood. >> police are working to see if the two cases are connect. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us from northeast detectives with more on this investigation, nicole. >> reporter: philly police were on patrol after midnight when they heard first of the two shootings, two blocks and ten minutes apart. lets set the the scene for you at least with that first shooting there. it happened near darrah and philmore streets in northeast philadelphia where they found 15 spent shell casings from two separate guns but no victim. they have learn a 22-year old male was shot once in the thigh and had run from the scene from aria frankford hospital where he is in stable condition. minutes later those same officers were within ear shot of multiple gunshots coming from the 4600 block of frankford avenue. only a couple blocks away. there they found a 20 year-old male victim with two

. >> reporter: erika and ukee, local travelers are left scrambling for other options to get to israel, happening today, we could learn new updates from the faa about this travel ban. happening this morning is what supposed to be a flight here to philadelphia international airport from tel aviv, supposed to land at 5:20. that won't be happening. philadelphia area travelers with trips booked to israel are left scrambling after the federal aviation administration pro hib its u.s. airlines from flying to that country for at least 24 hours. >> we have had plans for a while to go to israel, we're supposed to leave sunday night. we generally go every summer on a vacation. >> reporter: even a temporary ban won't stop nathan and his two kids who are already in israel. he says his plan vacation will now turn into something else. >> obviously we're concern about what is going on there and we want to show solidarity with the israelis. we definitely did not even consider changing our plans. >> reporter: he is one of whom disagrees with the flight restrictions saying there are concession to hamas m

project, we have a accident in south jersey and running down mass transit coming up next, ukee and erika, good morning. >>> a suspicious death investigation in philadelphia, an elderly couple found dead in their home overnight. >> "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer is in strawberry mansion right now. i understand you spoke to the victim's family members, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, that is right, ukee difficult speak with the nephew of that couple, who has identified them as 66 year-old al gladys and roofus perry, al gladys is a retired nurse from hahnemann hospital but looking behind me many family members have gathered here just looking for more answers trying to get information about what happened here overnight. according to the family members we are told this couple was in good health, in constant touch with relatives. you can imagine just how horrifying it has been and how horrifying it was for their daughter to come check on them last night and discover both bodies dead on the living room floor. it happened in the 2500 block of north spangler street in strawberr

erika, back over to you. >>> also new you this morning police are looking for person responsible for a shooting that left within man in critical condition in west philadelphia. "eyewitness news" on scene of the 4900 block of thompson street. investigators say victim was riding his bike when he was shot multiple times in the face and chest. police are checking surveillance cameras in the area for leads on a suspect. >>> a burglary suspect was arraigned this morning in connection with the home invasion in montgomery county. we have cell even if video here showing at rest tuesday morning. police say that the suspect entered an unlock home in gulph mills only to find home owner still there. that is when investigators say crime turned from a robbery to a home invasion. >> the female victim is tied up and male victim is taken against his will out of the house, to get more money from an atm machine. >> luckily would the man was able to free herself while the two men were out of the home. police were looking into whether that same suspect is responsible for similar crimes in that area. >>> y

>> that's right, ukee, erika. kind of like an amish barn raising, coming up, we're live as habitat for humanity makes history right here in point breeze. >> i'm brook anderson, coming up cameron diaz and a sex tape, sequel to disney comes to life on the big screen. >> and we are looking ahead to absolutely stellar day. much like yesterday. it is not too hot. it is warm. we keep the sun, how long can this last? i'll have the answer on the other side. stick around. >> some people about to have a brand new home, looking live right now, nice friday morning, good day to do some building, be outside. >> indeed. let's run down the numbers. six homes, four builders, three days, one union. >> habitat for humanity getting help this weekend building homes for families in need. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us now, in point breeze, and you got the hat on, so we know you mean business, nicole? >> i'm hard hat ready. look, it really is kind of like amish barn raising, but right here in the middle of philadelphi

ukee, erika? >> very nice, booking more like hbo with additional programming, documentaries, all of. that will thanks, jill. right now 5:38. and international experts are reaching out again today to reach the debris of malaysia airlines flight 17. dutch and australian police then could not get there yesterday because of ongoing fighting between ukraine and pro russian insurgents. the crash site is reportedly under heavy shelling. on july 17th, missile shot down that plane, killing all 298 people on board. >>> time is 5:39. before you shake one's hands today. we have news that will probably make you think twice. >> coming up, teenager also learns a tough lesson on facebook. how a dangerous viral video almost killed him. >> and spiderman scuffles with police in times square. we'll tell you about the big changes this fight could mean for tourists, katie? >> and ukee, thankfully the retreat of our storm,, now, evident on the radar. we are still dealing with some residual wet weather which we'll talk b

. >>> i'm erika von tiehl. here are stories we are following today. faa banned all flights in tel aviv. jane carabao has an update from philadelphia international on when that ban may be lifted. >>> a suspect is in custody after a home invasion and robbery and now authorities are investigate if you go that suspect is connect to other area break ins. >>> new jersey teacher is under arrest for sexually assaulting a student. more on the arrest coming up. >>> those stories and more on the way. katie is back in the house. she's over in the weather center. >> hello, are you noticing the color choice of the day. >> yeah, yeah. >> may not be a heat wave necessarily but not even a heat advisory. starting to get steamy outside. i like to brighten it up for you okay, all right, brighten it up. >> it works. on a day like this it will be very hot, steamy out there and that is all as we anticipate the arrival and passage of our next cold front which you can see over my shoulder. let's take storm scan three wide screen and we have pretty nasty thunderstorms through

erika? >> torrey, thank you. here is a look at today's headlines on cbs-3, one man dead, another critically injured in a shooting on waterloo street in fairhill. that violence followed deadly beating few blocks away on fairhill street. >> israeli forces clash with palestinians overnight in bethlehem. militants fired rockets at israel yesterday. israel responded when more air strikes against gas a president obama has told israel the us is willing to help negotiation a cease-fire. >>> more than 300 philadelphia school district workers will find out today if they're being laid off. superintendent william hite says another 1300 layoffs could follow if lawmakers in harrisburg don't approve philadelphia's proposed cigarette tax. >>> your time is now 5:16. get ready to pay more to go to one every pennsylvania's most popular colleges. we'll tell you about the tuition hike expected to be approved today. >> also, more trouble for the father accused of leaving his son in a scorching suv. the latest problem as he remains loc

. >> reporter: good morning, ukee and erika. nearly 40,000 people here in chester county are, without power including this wawa behind me in the corner of the rutgers drive and route 100. funny how it works because if you look across the street on rutgers drive, power has been restored on that side of the street, not just this side of the street, just yet. so of course wawa employees inside are waiting for the power. they are hoping that maybe it will come on soon. they still have to be inside the shop regardless of the, fact that the business is closed and despite the fact that it is a 24 hour business. pumps are empty. no one is here. we have seen a few people driving around thinking this this wawa is opened. fun toy see how they get here, they are confused and then look on their face they are disappointed as i can completely understand. that employees told me that the power went out around 8:00 last night. when storms passed through our area last night as we have been mentioning all morning long at one point it left, hundreds

erika, back to you. >> bob, thank you. new this morning, two men injured in a double shooting in west philadelphia. "eyewitness news", on the 400 block of north felton street, as investigators search for clues overnight. police say a 18 year old man was hit in the ankle. he's in stable condition at the hospital. another man suffered a minor graze wounds to his arm. no arrests have been made. >>> developing now, israel says one of its soldiers dead and the operation, the ground operation, in gaza is re lawn: offensive after several days of fire on its cities. yesterday humanitarian cease-fire allowed palestinians in gaza to restock food and water. air strikes on on gaza have killed more than 240 palestinians. >>> our time now 6:08. president obama used local visit to offer assistance investigating what happened to the downed malaysian jet. he addressed the incident in wilmington, delaware, where he traveled to talk about our anythings' infrastructure. president made his comments with the now closed i495 bridge as the backgr

erika, my best to ukeelee i just her him. carolina coast with the latest on hurricane arthur and it could impact travel plans for millions. peter greenburg is here with different travel insurance option was protecting your vacation. >>> u.s. increases security on some flights into this country, cia insider mike morel l joins us with where the threats are coming from. >>> and the world cup inspires tim howard mania with a capitol mania. we will look at the opportunities for america's hottest athletes. news is back in the morning, we will see new about ten minutes and erika i would like to know is there anybody doesn't love tim hour at this moment. >> not a single person. >> and we will see more beards popping up too, starting a trend. >> i think so too. >> gayle thanks so much. we will see new ten minutes. >> 6:51. small south dakota town is stirring up interest around the globe, the entire town is for sale. businessman lance benson is selling, sweat, that is name of the town, it is two hours hours south of wrapped city. they

. >> here's erika. >> hi. >> hi. >> i'm marcus. >> i'm erika. >> how are you? >> good.ice to meet you. >> are you accounting? >> i'm the operations manager here, so i do all the accounting, all the finance. >> do you have a financial statement for last month? >> um, the books are in your office. >> sure. i'll get it. >> i could print you one, i think. >> you do the books but you're not allowed to keep 'em. >> everything stays in pete's office. >> but not because she can't get it, it just stays in my office. >> i don't think i've ever seen a business where the accountant doesn't have control of the books. pete needs to give erika the tools to do her job and not hide them in his office. right now you're losing $150,000 a month, you're selling ten cars. you're 50 cars short from breaking even. in order to make up for the $150,000 in monthly losses, athans would have to sell 60 cars at $2,500 profit per car. in order to sell 60 cars, you need at least 120 on the ground. today you have 20. you're 100 cars short. since the average used car sold in this area is around $15,000,

. >> reporter: good morning, ukee and erika. a total of 12 people were injured when this food truck exploded in feltonville. police did tell us last night that four people remain hospitalized, two in stable condition and two others as you just said remain here at temple university hospital at the burn unit in critical condition. we did learn that the two that are here are a mother and daughter inside the food truck at the time. we have pictures from relatives from the two of them. relatives tell us that olga gomez, it was her dream to have a food truck when she made it reality two months ago. her daughter jaylen landsbury was helping out inside, also now that school is over. a surveillance camera at third and wyoming caught this explosion on video. it turns in the fireball. flames spread across the the street, burning a passing car and sending parts of the truck flying. several people were burned when this happened who were outside. we talked to jaylen's cousin last tonight about her family members and here's what she had to say

ukee and erika, back to you. >>> right now 6:56. these days when it comes to jeans that warn look is in. >> it is called distressing and usually done by a machine but in japan wild animals are doing the distressing. jeans made from that distressed denim is up for auction to benefit a zoo. they are jeans designed by lions, tigers and bears. >> oh, my. >> i knew it, you guys beat me to it. >> they will play witt while wrapped around items in their pen. the auction is next week. >> i love that idea good that is so cool. >> such a cool idea. >> i hope they wash them, a little tiger spit on there. >> yes. >> well, coming up in just a couple minutes we will have more local news weather traffic ape sport on our sister station cw philly. >> coming up on the cw philly high tech gadgets and apps that will sure be a great way to step up your grilling, this summer. >> i thought we were going to bobs's. >> no, you keys. >> you can find cw philly on comcast xfinity channel three or hd811 and verizon file on channel 616 and 516. >> quick reminder

>> reporter: that's right, erika.ing with two men, who they call our persons of interest both have been here since last night, one of them was pick up by police, in the 2900 block of north sixth street. now, both are being questioned, about a deadly carjacking and hit-and-run crash, that killed three children, in north philadelphia. a search wore two suspect began, when three children, 15 year old kira williams, ten year olds thomas reid and seven year old terrence moore, were struck and killed by an out of control stolen suv while selling fruit at the intersection of germantown and allegheny avenues. the vehicle had been carjacked at gunpoint, just moments earlier. now, the children's mother, 34 year old keisha williams, was injured in the crash. she remains in critical condition at temple hospital. the carjacking victim, who was in the vehicle, remains hospitalized and in fair condition. there is a $110,000 reward in place. the two men are not considered suspects, but neighbors hope who ever did this will be brought

than mindful of that, erika. >>> israelis stepping up its offensive on the gaza strip. army says that its has attacked more than 160 sites in gaza today. at least eight people have been kill. at salt follows scores of rockets fired into israel. israeli government authority army to activate 40,000 reservists in preparation of the possible ground invasion of the gaza. >>> the latest round of attacks between palestinian and israel that interrupted a wedding in israel. this wedding party, including the bride and groom had to run for cover. "eyewitness news" said it is not a direct hit but building sustain damage from shrapnel from a rocket. we are told there are no reports of any injuries. >>> saving atlantic city. tonight casino workers will rally with toy try to save their jobs. as "eyewitness news", new jersey reporter cleve bryan tells you, one lawmakers says he has a plan to reverse the shore town's losing hand. >> it makes me sick. >> reporter: over 18 years waitressing at show show boat medical any gillespy missed plenty of holidays to keep her job and now the casino

otherwise mass transit looking good with no delays, erika, back to you. >>> this is a great story. dog rescues a little boy from the house fire proving why they are called man's best friend h this pit bull became an instant hero on wednesday. thirteen year-old nick lamb is legally deaf. he was sleeping in his second floor bedroom without his hearing aids when a fire broke out. he was starred, stranded that is until ace the family dog came to his rescue. >> so i took a deep breath and i went downstairs with ace and whole house is covered in smoke and fire. >> there is more to this story, fire fighters were able to rescue the family's cat the who was still inside that home when they arrived on the scene. >> how about that. >> great story. >> they know to go up, make sure shall goes up. >> it looks like my boy blue, too. >> he does. >> great animal, indeed. >>> coming up on "eyewitness news" a beauty queen fights back after being stripped of her crown, nicole. >> reporter:r: ukee, a tragic mystery here in strawberry mansion after a doubt are find her elderly parents dead inside their

. >> reporter: erika and ukee good morning that is what philadelphia area travelers are doing this morning weighing their options thinking of other ways to get into that country as this faa ban remains in effect and as you mentioned we could learn midday today whether that ban will be lifted. happening this morning there were supposed to be a flight that u.s. airways flight coming into philadelphia international airport right around 5:20. of course that flight has been canceled. this news of this temporary flight ban came in yesterday after rockets fired from the gaza strip hit near israel's main airport. u.s. airlines acted ahead of the faa, some indefinitely canceled all future flights to and from the country. federal aviation administration then took action prohibiting all u.s. airlines from flying to the tel aviv airport for 24 hours. that has left many travelers scrambling, some declaring they are going to proceed with their trip anyways and many folks including former new york city mayor michael bloomberg say flight restrictions are a concession to hamas militants. bloomberg flew to

erika, good morning. >> thank you, bob. mysterious odor in montgomery county community, officials just don't know what it is. >> in case officials have evacuated in a hundred homes in skippack township, steve

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i'm erika gonzalez, i'll have that story, coming up. >>> a former university of virginia dean headed to prison for nearly a decade. barbara harrison is at the live desk with details coming in. >> jim, michael morris is sentenced to 106 months in prison after being convicted on child important charges. morris pleaded guilty in april to three counts. at the time of the arrest he was the associate dean of the school of commerce. morris shared explicit pictures of children and had more images on his home computer. at the live desk, i'm barbara harrison. pat? >>> high end art and priceless collectibles will be available at your fingertips. they are teaming with ebay. they will air auctions live online. you have to be pre-registered, then you can compete with any of the high rollers in the audience. it is more mature. consumers are ready to take bids from their living room. >>> if you want an eight-inch chocolate chip cookie delivered to your door, there's now a pizza cookie. it's the latest menu item from pizza hut. you can share it with friends. it comes in eight slices. that's some cook

erika? >> never do. ukee, thank you.oday at the university of pennsylvania, m grace calhoun taking over aspen pennsylvania's athletic director, she is the first female athletic director in big five history. calhoun replaces steve, who spent the last 20 years as the quakers ad. welcome to tangling deed. >>> well, it is one of the biggest controversy in medicinement vaccines and autism. >> newly released information about the possible side effect for children. >> and, wicked weather blows through the midwest, getting new look at some of the worse damage left behind. back in two minutes. >>> 5:23 right now. >> good morning, everyone, waking to up dry start to the day, sunshine, and we'll be up in about ten minutes or so. take a live look at the ben franklin bridge right now, and you can see, skies brightening, still few clouds over the region, but no threat of any rain, we are dry this morning, but later on this afternoon, could be isolated shower, thunderstorm. very warm and humid already this hour. here we are, 73 degrees

erika. >> something to ponder there, thanks, ukee. >>> 5:20 whale watching trip takes a wild turn, youave to see what happens when a boat gets too close to a whale. >>> also a awaiting arthur the storm just became a hurricane within the last 30 minutes as it takes aim at north carolina, we are going their life for very latest on arthur's pass, w >>> katie? >> as we have been reporting arthur has been upgraded within the last half an hour to a category one hurricane and continues to make its trek north eventually messing with our forecast as well as we look forward to the holiday weekend. we want to give you a sense what is to come here. lets start off with another view of tropical storm arthur now upgraded to a hurricane and basically making it beeline towards the carolinas. as it pertains to the delaware valley we have flash flood watches as we draw on the tropical moisture associated with arthur, gusty wind near the shore, high surf, dangerous rip currents to contend w if you hit the beach, we highly advice you listen to the life guards when it comes to this storm. more showers and s

>> hello ukeelee and erika, make or garrett tax to rick per bye his face-to-face meeting with president obama on immigration. why perry warns this could be the president's katrina moments. >>> hackers break in the secure government network targeting workers with top clearance. bob orr joins with us how this could be traced back to china. >>> and team u.s.a., very excited about this soccer captain client chin dempsey will be here in studio 57. the news is back in the morning. we will see new about ten minutes from now. we're very excited. we want to see the the captain, yes, sir. >> i was at the grocery store and we had a lot have comments on your goal, yesterday, yes, indeed. >> wasn't that a fun story take a deep breath. >> there is an art to that ukeelee. >> there is an art. >> years of training. >> you have to teach us. >> thanks, talk to you later. >> see you guys. >>> crocodile handler says he wants to get back to work but doctors are keeping him out right now. >> he has been on the sidelines since a frightening attack, he is okay now but video may be hard to watch.

. >> i'm erika von tiehl. wild weather overnight, a lot of thunder and lightning kept a lot of us up overnight. >> dust settles, five people are shot, and learning one of the victims has died. >> also, developing, the very latest as police continue to question two men in connection with the deadly carjacking friday that killed three children in north philadelphia. >>> those stories and more coming up. let's talk more about our powerful storms, that rolled through the area overnight. >> heavy rain, high winds, lightning, storms barrelled through the delaware valley. we have video for you, you can see water just coming down in buckets there. >> and the other big thing was the lightning as the sky lit up over and over again. firefighters rescued a driver trapped inside a vehicle partially submerged in the water in pottstown overnight, authorities say young woman drove her car into standing water, on west high street, near the railroad overpass. two firefighters walked out and carried the woman to dry land. as she

ukee and erika back to you. >>> 6:25.ohio teenager is dead after doctors say he took have caffeine powder that is legal in some states. >> we now have more on the harm of the dangerous stimulant. >> reporter: keystone high school in le gaining students were left with heavy hearts after the death of logan steiner in may. the 18 year-old was days away from graduation when he was found dead at home. it took more than a month to figure out but county coroner now says that he died from an overdose of caffeine. >> this is news to the coroner's office. we had never seen this before. >> reporter: doctor steve up evans said the autopsy didn't reveal anything but after a bag of caffeine powder was found they retested logan's blood and found a deadly amount in his system. accord together doctor he milk the powder a drink in his body which could not handle it. >> what it does is leads into cardiac arrhythmia which is a speeding heart and it leads to seizures and those two things took his life. >> he was just a terrific kid. role mode

ukee, erika? >> robot reporters in. >> i don't know if i look where we're going with this. >> i am not digging the sound of it. >> i definitely do not. >> not digging it. thank you, jill, appreciate t other news, developing right now, governor tom corbett is holding off on signing pedestrian pedestrian -- pennsylvania's budget for the new fiscal year which starts today. twenty-nine-point -- the $29 billion spending plan passed the senate late last night, no new taxes, but governor corbett sun happy over the lack of pension reformment the budget sets aside close to $1.7 billion to pay the state share of pension obligations, for state and school employees. >>> now, in a statement, the governor says, quote, for the single parent who struggles to pay, the bills every day for the child going to school, who deserves a quality education, for the elderly couple living on affixed income, i will continue to fight for pension reform and real relief for pennsylvania taxpayers. end quote. >>> now, last night p

>>> erika, we are still dealing with the very sluggish cold front that does not want to completely clear out of here, additional showers and thunderstorms to track here but not quite as steamy of a forecast, we will have details coming up, torey? >>> the rush is definitely not heating up, just yet, look the at the schuylkill around 202, we're just waiting for that rush to come in when sun comes up but still waiting. lets head back to the desk. >>> well, developing right now a teenager is hospitalized following a shooting in the philadelphia's frankford neighborhood. >> moments later another man is shot and critically wound aid few blocks away. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us a the the northeast detectives with more on the investigation, nicole, good morning. >> reporter: good morning ukee and erika. both victims have been hospitalized the first is in stable condition, the second is in critical condition and police are investigating if the two separate crimes are, in fact, connected. >> reporter: in northeast philadelphia police are investigating two separate shootings t