jim, over to you. >> thank you, so much, meisha. well, the moment a lot of people have eagerly been awaiting for has arrived in new york city. >> and it smells. i love the story, though. a corpse flower in bloom this morning at the new york bo pan call gardens, how long it will stay open for grave visitors to sniff. stay with us. who do you talk to? i'm hillary clinton and i approved this message. well, i watch the shows. i mean i really see a lot of great - you know, when you watch your show and all of the other shows... while donald trump watched tv, as secretary of state, hillary clinton negotiated a cease fire in gaza. a reduction in nuclear weapons... took on vladimir putin... and stood up against the trafficking of human beings. a steady leader in an unsteady world. >> the time now 4:50. time as always for check on business news. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us live this morning, from the new york stock exchange, good morning, jill. now, we hear chipotle cooking up something new. what can you tell us? >> reporter: okay,

katie and meisha are here as well keeping an eye on things this morning begin deed, good morning. >> welcome back. >> welcome back, katie. it is friday, and also looking good, guys, but we have accident on 95 right now that's causing some major slow-downs, we'll goat that in just a moment. >> we're like that on a friday, and i have nothing but heat to talk about basically, i mean, for days here. so there it is, excessive heat watch, going into effect tomorrow morning, but today will be pretty toasty day, make no mistake, talking excessive heat starting again tomorrow, where we see the worse of the heat peaking, but, for now, it is already off to pretty muggy and certainly very mild start, so no problem hitting mid 90s later today. so storm scan3, quiet at least for now, later today there is going to be frontal boundery that passes through, especially the northern counties, most effective, see locally stronger thunderstorms, should be pretty isolated but they'll be out there. low mid 70s, currently finding up and down i95, point south and east, again as i mentioned somewhat humid out

meisha is in the cbs-3 great hall with them right now, hey, meisha?ful to be standing next to these guys. they're our power troopers, it is our fourth of july, celebrating today, and let me tell you, this is army's premiere four member acoustic band, and it is an honor, such an honor, to have you guys this morning. so, first of all, i have to ask how does this group bet put together? >> going into the va homes it was so much easier with these instruments, we can walk in, play bedside, listen to somebody's story, we can also sing the anthem at a ballgame, we can gained of go anywhere, very modular. >> i know, absolutely is. >> we love your show. >> you can. you know what, it is our bless that you're hereby the way. hey, so i hear that you guys played for philadelphia yesterday? >> sure did. >> so where else do you guys go in do you travel all over? >> we do. we travel all over the country, and as my boss here, said, we one day will be in a veterans home playing bedside for vet that's not fortunate enough to come out to a beautiful park like you have do

katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things as always but first we will go up and start with meishag on outside. >> good morning, you guys. things are looking okay you guys as we see morning construction like we always do. welcome. accident 422 westbound on ramp from the schuylkill, and not causing any slow downs right now but certainly will, as we push in the 5:00 o'clock hour. it doesn't get cleared out of the way. we are starting to see a tic of gaper delay but we don't have amount of vehicle tolls sustain that. overall you can see crews are out there trying to get this remedy for you. vine street expressway was closed between the schuylkill and broad, eastbound side, you are still closed, westbound side you have now, been opened. ben franklin bridge, looking as gorgeous as it usually does coming from new jersey into center city just a few early risers out there looking at the boulevard at fox street this is what you are looking at for those in and around this a

thirty minute from now, jim, over you. >> thank you shall meisha. death toll in france is growing as authorities investigate what led to last night's apparent terror a take in the resort town every nice. >> hundreds of dozens of people including at least two americans were killed when the driver after truckload dollars with guns and grenades plowed through a crowd gathered for bastille day celebrations. tina krause has an update. >> forensic teams in nice examine the bullet ridden truck overnight, its driver mode down dozen every people celebrating bass toll day hours before. one eyewitness captured the truck picking up speed as it barrelled down the prom made. mike lives in nice and heard the screams as people ran for cover. >> we looked out our window off our balcony. there were people, you know, streaming down the pedestrian wall, making over the tables of the cafe. >> father and son from texas shot, were among those killed. captured this video as he and others hid in the storage roof of the restaurant. he said the driver opened fire on spectator

jim, over to you. >> thank, for that information, meisha. now, for another look at this morning's headlines, bad on ruge police are now saying the gunman acted alone, but no known ties to any extremist groups, police shot and killed that gunman. >> republican national convention begins tonight in cleveland with tight security, the police union asks governor john kasich to suspend the open caring of weapons, but kasich says he doesn't have the authority. >> septa is fine tuning schedules on its regional rail lines. the transit agency is leasing another five cars all from maryland for providing more seats for commuters to check the schedule changes visit cbsphilly.com. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, dramatic turn getting a drivers license, where and why it is happening. >>> and, santa dresses for the occasion, as delaware community becomes a summer wonderland. stay with us. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [

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brooke, over to you. >> thank, meisha.toss celebrate independence day, a lot of options to choose from. >> festivities taking place throughout the day today all over town. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo is live along the ben franklin parkway, where thousands will turn out for one of them. jan, good morning. >> reporter: joe, brooke, good morning, i finally start seeing some walkers, some people getting in their morning jog, however, you don't see cars, and that's because the ben franklin parkway now closed, will remain closed through 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. of course that's because we have big party, concert and fireworks happening here today. of course overnight the big clean up begins. but take a look behind me here this morning, the staining is set, ready for the concert and fireworks show, all we need now are few thousand party goers. the concert start 5:00 p.m. tonight including act from leslie odom, jr., from hamilton, brotherly love, o.j.'s, philly pops and many more. after the concert the fantastic fireworks sh

meisha. >> yikes, all right, katie, thank you everyone. happy monday. what a great week to be in philadelphia with the dnc in town and what we're seeing is a lot of closures already. only 4:40 in the morning i can tell you now it's underway and getting busy out there especially as you try to maneuver around the closeers. what we're looking at now this is the closer for the dnc and that's what we'll talk about all morning long. 95 broad street closed. take a look at this. these vehicles now getting through here they're only going to the naval yard. 95 both directions between the vine and platt bridge. no vehicles over five tons will be loued and by the way there's checkpoints. if are you over five tons you will be stopping there are checkpoints everywhere. 95 north and south, northbound off ramp bartram and south ramp to the vine. we have checkpoints and we're waff watching them line. off ramp to 95 another check point. we were seeing them pulling someone here a little bit ago as well. closures around wells fargo and fdr. we'll talk about this in ten min

a lot to get you this morning, first, a check on weather and traffic with katie and meisha. >> the roads are dry right now. >> and things are looking pretty good with the weather, it will end up being a beautiful day. yesterday was fantasticment only difference from yesterday, it will be that touch more humid for you, throughout the day today. but here is a look at "skycam 3", as we throw the current conditions over top of this, you do still have very modest breeze, barely noticeable, it feels so comfortable outside, 67 degrees, actually, feels like 67 degrees. even when you factor in a little hint more of that moisture content in the air. but again, nice summer day is currently underway here, storm scan3, very quiet. will remain that way, has been working over time, not picking up on anything for the last 24, 36 hours, will continue to look that way right through the day. current temperatures are into the mid or upper 60s depending on loath case, little warmer, little cooler, right at 70 in wilmington, so off to very mild start there. but comfortably mild. as the morning progresses, we

high, meisha. it is all good. now, let's take you out to the maps, storm scan3, very quiet at the moment, you can totally adjust any time you feel like it, friends, storm scan totally quiet it, will stay that way throughout the day. frontal boundery going to eventually be bringing us couple of showers, very likely thunderstorm throughout the day. this could be bringing us shower, thunderstorm, as early as specially the afternoon, but generally toward evening, is when we will see anything that is we call quote un quod widespread fire up. we take you through future weather to show it to you as of maybe 5:00, 6:00, again, little bands of showers or storms will likely be firing up, placement it, could be off to the north, but we'll see where it all ends up developing, but regardless, anyone is hoping to see shower or storm at some point here specially this evening, then we clear it out, by noon tomorrow, just baking in the sunshine. we will be off to the races on that thermometer. so if you are trying to beat the heat

perfect timing for those guys, as meisha mentioned it should get out of the way relatively soon. one thing that is not going anywhere is the heat. we have nice clear sky on storm scan what will happen as sun comes up you will heat up out there. it will heat up efficiently to the point that we're easily in the 90's today and several days beyond this point. storm scan may be quiet, it is looking awfully innocent right now but we have these side issues of the heat and humidity to make it awfully uncomfortable. here's your excessive heat warning for 95 down to new castle county and count that is flange it, as far inland as eastern chester count which heat index values of a hundred degrees. the this is perfect excuse to find a pool near you and take it the easy or also seek out air conditioning. meanwhile here's where we stand if you must get outside this is a good time to do it. seventy's at the airport and ac. but week expect a hot stretch where we get to 94 ape that is doing a little flirtation with triple digits we are far from record setting in the next few days. >> interesting t

meisha?looking outside, you guys, we have some sun up, slow downs, plus an accident, in conshohocken, construction on 422, and septa remind, all of those coming up in a little bit. first we'll take a quick break, stay right where you are, cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will be right back. grand canyon and glacierger than national parks combined. and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york state. ♪ you can find it all only in new york. new york. it's all here. it's only here. plan your summer vacation at iloveny.com dear fellow citizen, i know what it's like to live a full life. but living for today doesn't mean forgetting about tomorrow. most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do for retirement. but i like to think of retirement like it's a 30-year vacation. so how are you going to get there? don't worry. it just takes some planning. and i can help. so if you have a question about retirement, ask me. sincerely, bernard tynes fellow vacationer and fellow citizen.

katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things this morning. >> good morning. i have to say real quickly awesome to hear all of the awesome things about national news is saying about the city of brotherly love. in terms of the road, a lot of closures, checkpoints, restrictions. if you missed it monday and tuesday i will cover it again today. we have an accident. we have a car fire that is still out there also, some updates to septa. >> all right. well, certainly here in terms of the weather things are not looking too bad. we could see a shower or then are storm south of the city, and even now there is activity , i will go back to what meisha said that i'm with you on the national coverage of this. if you are so inclined, it is worth looking up mo rock a's piece that he did yesterday on cbs this morning about philadelphia's language and dielectric. it is awesome. you need to look it up. any water for hot day ahead, outside we will go to storm scan three we have wet weather that is showing up currently on the radar. would i love to hear from the eyewitness weathe

meisha and i are pumping our fists here. it is wednesday, july 6th i'm jim donovan. >>> i'm brooke thomas. we have a lot to tell but including that breaking news out of the city and your reason your lunch options could be limited. lets get started with the check of the forecast with katie and check of the roads as well, meisha. >> this means there is still hope, there is still hope. >> yes, i feel it. >> i will give katie a cut of the action. >> yes. >> yes, we did. >> yes, true. >> i'll take it. >> millions, millions of dollars that we will win tonight or tomorrow, to construction, there is a lot of it out there. a lot of construction. no accident. dry roadways. >> dry roadways but very muggy outside and that will be the theme of the forecast as it the will be the heat. with the excessive heat warning that goes into effect later this morning but for now storm scan is quiet, little will gun include order the radar but no problems when it comes to wet weather. we have cleared out in terms of that but we are going to end up wi

jim, over to you. >> thank, meisha a as meisha mentioned, the regional rail commuters in for difficultoday and for several weeks. that will thomas our headlights this morning on cbs-3. the transit agency has pulled one third of it rail cars more than 100 in all after defect was discovered last friday. we've got team coverage all morning long, and resource guide for you at cbsphilly.com. >> nasa is celebrating it historic mission into june err terror bit, culmination of journey. to study jupiter's competency, learn more about the entire solar system. >> and president obama makes his first appearance campaigning with hillary clinton today in north carolina donald trump is also in north carolina, campaigning with tennessee senator bob corker. >> well, still ahead, how our lines are working to make summer travelers make sure they don't get caught in those long security lines. >> but first, shear look at the july 4th fireworks display over the camden waterfront. we'll be right back. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ longhorn's grilled tastes of summer. our new smoky pepper crusted filet. our new hawaiian

joe and brooke back over to you. >> meisha, thank you very much. breaking news right now, a strike is underway in atlantic sit. >> i workers at the trump taj mahal have walk off the job as of 6:00 this morning, just a few minute ago. jan carabeo there with more on what went wrong during negotiations, jan? >> brooke, joe, good morning, these folks have their striped t-shirts on, bullhorns out, these casino workers are officially on strike. they are fighting for better wages and better benefits nearly thousand cooks, servers, bell men, house keep letters walk off the job at trump taj mahal today. see dozen already outside the front door. and this strike, you know, what comes at atlantic city heads into the july 4th holiday weekends among the busiest of the year, for casino workers, here. now, the city's main casino workers union, that's local 54, says it was unable to reach an agreement with trump taj mahal late last night. taj mahal is the only one of five casinos here that was unable to reach a new deal on thursday, the union struck deals with ball

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jim, brook over to you. >> thanks meisha. updating breaking news now there has been a deadly shooting in for the meyers, florida. at least two people were killed at a night club early this morning and there's up to 17 other people hurt. investigators are on the scene. but so far they are no motive for the violence. we do know the event was geared towards teenagers and many victims may be teens. police say it's very much a fluid situation. >> officers arrived on scene found multiple victims suffering from various levels of gun shot wound. ems was called and multiple units came to transport people from the scene. right now, we still have a active scene here. >> police have one person in custody in connection with shooting and they're searching for one more spus suspect. >> meanwhile opening gavel at the democratic national convention sounds this afternoon. >> attempts to unit the party are strained after a scandal leads to the resignation of the party chair woman. eyewitness news reporter jane is live at the wells fargo septemb

how was it yesterday and today is better meisha. >> i can feel it this morning already, katie, thank you so much. okay, good morning you guys. we'll jump in and faulk about the closures most of which we talked about yesterday. if you missed it yesterday we'll talk about it again today. what you are looking at now is a map of the closures around wells fargo september erin fdr park. three main ones you should be aware. we were talking about these yesterday, broad street, patterson and terminal avenue are completely closed. here's a live shot at broad street pattison avenue. quiet, you can expect that. schuylkill to packer is closed between 2 p.m. and 2 a.m. this is a live look outside 59 ramp to broad and 95 north closed all week and closed except for the navy yard and between 2 p.m. and 2 p.m. make note of that for those of you around that area. we have a khoyk point vine eastbound ram top 95 both directions between vine and platt. no vehicles at the check point over five tons are allowed. 95 southbound at vine street expressway and 95 northbound near platt priming and there's more. a

meisha, over to you. >> katie, thank you so much. good morning, everyone, happy friday. a lot of stuff going on this morning, primarily construction, and we've got some tree trimming here, pa turnpike, onramp to bensalem, intermittent lane closures until about now. should be clearing sometime soon. also, route one southbound right around this area, while there is activity there. make note of. that will also the vine, construction canceled until after the dnc next week, so great news for those of us that take the vine. still looking at the westbound and eastbound sides, you're looking great. in real good company right now. we do have this disable vehicle 95 north aproaches route one, right lane compromised looks like it is pulled off to the shoulder, very deaf kilt to see coming around the ben, still very dark outside, make note it is out there. also construction on the commodore barry bridge westbound, left lane block, more construction route 322 closed at route 54, until around 6:00 a.m. and also, new jersey turnpike southbound between route 73, and routes 168, that lef

it is an active pattern, meisha. >> all right, thank you so much. >> good morning, everybody.appy thursday, happy last day of the dnc for those who may be tired of closures and police checkpoints i cannot say i blame you. both morning, afternoon and evening commute you are all getting rocked. this is what we are looking at right now first checkpoint we will look at this morning 95 north at platt bridge give yourself some extra time. left lane is closed leading up to where that checkpoint is, no vehicles over five tons beyond these checkpoints. second one is at 95 south at the vine and third checkpoint is right here eastbound vine at 95, this camera shot is showing between broad street and vine checkpoint is eastbound vine at 95 we will see out there but looking quiet around those areas. the closure 95 ramps to broad north and southbound, southbound except for navy yard even that is closed between 2:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. schuylkill eastbound off ramp to packer and we have information of a concert in a little bit, brooke, over to you. >>> as katie said there is another hot day i

meisha. >> all right. katie thank you for that. everyone, happy tuesday talking about closures and restrictions and check point. right now, giving you kind of a look outside the boulevard southern looking here for those heading there or are to the schuylkill westbound city avenue looking a lot like this if you jump to the schuylkill. overall holding steady looking good out there especially on the blue route. headlights moving southbound direction baltimore pike looking good looking quiet looking quiet there you guys. check point here you can see them kind of filtering off. 9 5 north near the platt bridge. it was very, very heavy yesterday in this area and take a look at this already just a sea of headlights out there. so, looking heavy there. good imd cater that if you have to head out there and go to the check point again you want to give yourself extra time like we saw yesterday. here's another checkpoints not nearly as congested vine eastbound ramp to 95 and reminder 59 both sgrexs between vine and platt bridge. no vehicles over

meisha? >> oh, that will be so cute. do anything to see those auditions because kids just don't care. >> what you are looking at coming around the s curve look being like just starting startio build little bit. moving toward the 6:00 hour, actually looking pretty darn good specially with interstate 95. so looking okay, but you can see, a lot of vehicles out there, not even in the 6:00 hour yet. boulevard what you are looking at there, pushing in the southbound direction looking okay. once you jump on the schuylkill westbound right around city avenue kind of basically what you are seeing as well. overall we're looking pushing toward the 6:00 hour starting to just build ever so slightly this area, talking all morning long, that's just now clear. schuylkill westbound near grays ferry where we had accident that happened actually last night at 10:00. rolled over to this morning working tirelessly, to get it moved out of the way, just naught, just moment ago, that has now since been cleared. so again, schuylkill westbound near

right now just a lot of the construction, brooke, over you. >> thanks shall meisha a the donald trump campaign is looking for a bump in the polls now that the republican national convention is over. formally accepted his party's nomination on the final night of the convention yesterday. delivering speech in which he vowed to make america safe again. also use the his lengthy address to attack his opponent, hillary clinton. now, the focus shifts to the democrats where thousands are headed to philly for the national convention. >> during the dnc, visitors can explore our city while having fun and learning about the political process, "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live with more on pom political fest, what's happening at the wells fargo center, jan? >> good morning, big day for philadelphia, center stage is located just behind me here, at the wells pharaoh center, for the democratic national convention, and happening later this morning, the dnc committee will actually unveil the stage and the podium here. meanwhile, all across the city after lots and lots of planning, political f

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meisha is laughing. thanks, jill, we'll check in with you tomorrow. >> protests continue around the country, following the recent police involved shootings of two black men in minnesota and louisianna. >> this is new video for englewood, california where black lives matter protesters marched through the night. take a look at your screen. see what the pros test remember doing, mostly young and differs crowd actually formed peace sign while blocking traffic. the demonstration was one of several across the country this weekend. another is planned today in just a few hours, at philadelphia city hall. but this one is by another group, "eyewitness news" reporter justin fin of live to tell us more, good morning, justin. >> jim, good morning, that rally is set to begin at 8:00 this morning, the organizers, showing up for racial justice, say they plan to demand that mayor jim kenney and city leaders takings against police involved violence, in minority communities. now, this rally by philly showing up racial just

but otherwise, meisha, a the week send being looking beautiful. saturday, sunday, sunshine and much lower humidity. >> yes, it sure looks nice this weekend, lauren, thank you so much. good morning, everyone, we made it. happy friday. what we're looking outside is a accident, the schuylkill eastbound approaching the conshohocken curve. it is pulled all the way off to the shoulder, not going it cause too many slow downs. seeing drivers passing by, tapping the brakes, taking peak what's going on. it might be okay to do that right now, not a lot of vehicles on the roadway, but we get more and more on the schuylkill, tapping your brakes, taking a peak at what's going on, is not a good idea. that's how we really start to slow down. a look at the vine, westbound, eastbound, now open, looking good there. you were closed, off-ramps to broad for little white. now since clearedment construction here, pa turnpike eastbound between valley forge and george washington, right lane blondes, i'll let you know as soon that is clears, downed tree, take a look, chelte

meisha, over to you. >> that will be nice, katie, thank you. good morning, everyone.appy friday morning to you. looking outside, the schuylkill, taillights eastbound direction, you can see early risers out, there as well. this is fairly kip call for a friday morning, that is. specially this early, looking really quietment ben franklin bridge, you were experiencing some construction both directions three lanes were open on the eastbound side, one lane open on the westbound side, that was scheduled to clear at 5:00. good news for those of you taking the ben franklin bridge. it is already cleared. accident, where we've got it, county line roadblocked at blair milan meeting house road. street road probably your best bet. then construction out there this morning, guys, new jersey turnpike southbound between burlington mt. holly at route 73, two right lanes block, this is going to lift at around 6:00 a.m. so towel put one that through the 5:00 hour. more construction here as well, 422 westbound between san towing and and arm and hammond boulevard. one lane blocked there. >>

meisha, over to you. >> another gorgeous day, katie, thank you. right now, good morning, if you are just waking up with us. we are taking a look at a video. now, this is multi-vehicle accident involving an overturned truck that happened last night, at around 10:00 p.m. where this is, the schuylkill westbound near grays ferry, one person was transported to the hospital. all lanes were blocked, for quite some time, in fact, traffic was being diverted to vare avenue. but, it looks to be that this is now just starting to clear, out of the lanes, in fact, going to live shot, you can see what it looks like right now. cube westbound near grays ferry, you can see, you are still blocking the ramp to university ave., crews are still out there, so, again, this is the ramp to university ave., but suing westbound has now opened, so it looks like they're pushing it all the way off to the right. great news for those every you jumping on the schuylkill, because right now, starting to see i wouldn't say con jen ton levels build by any stretch, but more and more ve

very steamy stuff, meisha. >> yes, certainly is, and we said it earlier, kate. crate i to think that the high eight's are a low point coming up. that's our relief coming up sunday, guys, good morning, what we are waking up to? a loft news going on this morning, but also getting this beautiful sunshine. so, that's one positive this morning. this is an area where we did have an accident, this is all clear, so this is the boulevard northbound, at ridge avenue, you can see, moving in both directions, looking good there, but you will certainly have to pack those sunglasses, as the sun glare will be pretty hefty. ninety-five south at girard, again, take a look at the sun glare, pushing in the northbound or eastbound direction, moving in the southbound side, you can see, just plenty of vehicles out, there might slow you down little bit this morning. give yourself extra time, but i will say that typically friday's are usually a really nice and easier commute. new jersey 42 freeway northbound, what you are looking at there, fairly typical almost on the lightened. acciden

meisha? >> all right, katie. thank you so much. >>> good morning, everyone. happy gateway to our weekend. we are almost there. take a look at my fingers, this close. that enclose. thursday, almost there, guys, 95 south of injure. you can see plenty of headlights. we can typically expect i would say monday through wednesday in the 5:00 hour, we're not even just before about 5:20. this is a little bit heavy. probably going to be pretty busy thursday. a lot of people getting last couple days after an extended long holiday weekend. either way, it's looking pretty busy there. to 422 headlights moving eastbound. this is fairly typical i would say oddly enough, i would say this is heavier than what we normally see in the early 5:00 hour. again, another indicated. schuylkill headlights moving in the eastbound direction. this is moving eastbound direction. these guys moving in the westbound direct. you can see on the schuylkill this is what you're looking at. jumping on the schuylkill. it's going to heat up quickly. we know around 5:30 it will. back to you. >>> it's t

jim and brooke back over to you. >> thanks very much, meisha. 6:50.morning is broadcasting live right here once again this morning in philadelphia charlie rose joins us live from the national constitution center with a preview, good morning, charlie. >> good morning brooke and jim hillary clinton prepares to deliver the biggest speech of her life, we will talk to her campaign manager robbie mook about what to expect and we will ask him about donald trump to urge russia continue on clinton's unique e-mails. a unique insight in president obama's positive vision of america from the speech writer who helped craft his message. all that and more, news is back in the morning. we will see new ten minutes. >> we will be watching thanks very much, charlie. >>> researchers are making new progress in the evidence against zika virus. scientists at washington university school of medicine say they have found antibodies in mice that can protect a begins zika. that discovery may lead to new vaccines, diagnostic tests, and therapy toss treat people with zika. >> do yo

and i think we will even get sun before the day is out, meisha? >> awesome to see the sun, thanks, katie. good morning, everyone, happy friday. if you are just waking up with us we are so glad you're here. looking at the road, casino of updating you with all of the dnc closures and checkpoints, great news if you are just tuning in right now, checkpoints, all clear. what you are dealing with is one of the closures right now, 95 at broad street, ramps still closed north and south. the roads also around the wells fargo center where the dnc was, those are still in effect, those will be in effect until later tonight. make note of. that will check point all clear, restrictions on all of the vehicles leading up to the check point over 5 tons, that's also been lifted schuylkill eastbound off-ramps to packer avenue open as well. check point at 95 at the vine, there was some police activity around the area earlier this morning, now since cleared, but pulled off to the shoulder, so certainly not going to slow you down at all this morning, and actually lookin

katie and meisha are here keeping an eye on things this morning. >> good morning. we are starting to look wet in some areas right now and we have a very serious accident in cherry hill, so just take it easy this morning. >> one little will pocket too. there is a little sliver of showers currently moving through. we will get to that in a second. lets talk about the heat. >> yes. >> it is really rough stuff, guys. new advisory actually posted, and it takes effect at noon time today. it is not in effect yet but make no mistake it is muggy outside but excessive heat. we have excessive heat warning, that is your hot pink, but also heat advisory, that is that burnt orange look. we will see that take effect at noon time today for all surrounding counties. as of at least the last half an hour or so it just was the excessive heat warning, but we know it will be hot enough for national weather service has since issued the heat advisory for everybody else. so it really will be the core of that excessive heat does hit 95 throughout the day. that is where we will see heat index

back over to you. >> thanks so much, meisha for that information.till ahead on "eyewitness new news" -- >> wildfires have people on the run. we'll take you to the fire fight out west. >>> katie? >> and brooke back here at home it certainly is very very steamy outside and that is going to help provide some of the the stability we need for nasty fire storms to fire up yet again later today. we'll track them for you have your full forecast on the other side. donald trump: i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go f--- themselves! you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever... you gotta see this guy. ahh, i don't know what i said, ahh. "i don't remember." he's going like "i don't remember!" >>> major wildfires in california are forcing thousands of people out of their homes. >> the flames have already destroyed 18 buildings while hundreds morey main in danger. cbs news c

meisha? >> justin, perfect weather for to you get your gto on. >> what? >> all natural. >> whatever you say, justin. schuylkill, eastbound direction approaching spring garden. looking real nice, you guys, just starting to heat up on our tuesday morning, we can expect it as we approach the 6:00 hour. forty-two freeway northbound, at creek road lookings good, 95 at girard, area where we are certainly starting to heat up. you can see just steady flow of headlight starting to come toward our camera, letting us know that pretty soon it will be less than posted speeds. locking okay there, construction 495 northbound between 12th and edgemore road, left lane blocked, until 5:00 a.m., so little while with that. also more construction northeast he can construction, northbound side will be left lane compromised southbound side right lane. just make note that far between there, as well. construction, between sanatoga, right lane block, just rid lane block until around 7:00 a.m. jim, back to you to you. >> from juicy peaches to delicious jersey tomatoes, there is not

meisha?r some activity going on on the platt bridge, sorry about the bouncy camera, feels like vehicle fire, it is going to slow you down little bit. construction route 38, i'll have all of the update, first we'll take a >> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. >> good morning, everyone, taking a live look outside this morning, katie calls it a rock star day. i like the sound of. that will sleep ' have the full forecast in just a moment. i'm jim donovan. >> i'm brooke thomas. it is 6:29, almost 6:30, what you need to know today in your morning minute. >> septa is promising its regional rail ride areas little bit of relief today. septa is adding trains, and stops, and departure time are adjusted, as well. >>> protests continue around the country following the recent police involved shootings two black men in minnesota and louisianna. >> center city and city hall bracing for yet another protest. police in missouri say teenagers used th

justin is here in for katie and meisha keeping an eye on the roads. >> looking good. what can i say? >> construction. >> a lot of it this morning, guys, the good news is the vine is just open for those of house are stopped by the construction on the vine in the morning, just now clearing. >> at least the weather won't impact the roads, feeling difference in the humidity it, dropping, so it will feel better today. check it out, full moon, right now a lot of moonlight. before sunrise, looking live from the roof camera right there, nice cool shot there, full moon, current temperature, 74 degrees, south wind coming in at about 3 miles per hour, but much lower already than this time yesterday. the actual air temperatures, suburbs dropping to the upper 60s at this hour, 68 in allentown and reading, upper 60s pottstown quakertown, dropping few degrees before sunrise, dew point temperatures tells us the humidity right now back down to the mid 60s, that's not bad compared to yesterday when they were in the 70s, these numbers will continue to drop to the afternoon. so it will b

so, we will become friend with this construction, right there, jim, over to you. >> thanks, meisha. >>> in campaign 2016 donald trump's camp, tomorrow morning presumptive republican nominee will be ready to reveal his running mate. >> "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us about all of the speculation, justin. >> reporter: by some accounts trump has five options from which to choose and today the republican rules committee could take a vote that could change things up at next weeks cleveland convention, one that would allow delegates to vote their conscious and not the for trump who is said to be narrowing vp choices down to his top two. potential front run are indiana governor mike pence, he and his wife had breakfast with trump and his family wednesday in indiana. then more speculation after former house speaker newt gingrich anal bam a jeff sessions were seen making back to back visits with the trump camp at an indianapolis hotel. on tuesday sources say trump and his adult children met with new jersey governor and current trump advisor chris christie, trump was tight-lipp

all right, brooke, back over to you. >> thank, meisha. happening today, airport work remembers fighting for better pay at philadelphia international airport. 1,000 employees voted to walk off their jobs next week during the democratic national convention. baggage handlers, cabin cleaners, wheelchair attendant, other employees, demanding 15-dollar per hour starting wage, and union workers. they hope arriving dnc delegates will embrace their cause should they walk out. >> well, developing this morning, a corrections officer and a prisoner are both dead following an altercation at the luzerne county correctional facility in wilkes-barre, authorities not saying what type of altercation occurred monday evening, officials identified the inmate as 27 year old tracey gilliam, who is behind bars for failing to register as a sex offer ender. now, the person is still on lock-down, luzerne county district attorney and the state police are investigating. >> meanwhile, a federal judge says a lawsuit filed by bill cosby against the national inquirer and

all right, joe, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you very much.into this holiday weekend, we are grateful to so many of our brave men and women who serve and train and work hard every day to serve our country. >> the us coast guards has training center right here in our area. "eyewitness news" reporter pat gal send live at the station in cape may, taking part in morning workouts. hi, pat. >> reporter: good morning, joe, brooke. here in cape may new jersey at the united state coast guard training grounds, you can see recruits are getting into it behind me. as you mention you're on the beach this weekend being hanging on the water people here to keep us safer. these are the guys that eventually will do that. to talk more about what it is they are doing is bathe alien commander david pace, good morning. >> morning. >> tell us what they are up to? >> right now they are getting trained because they did something wrong. so this is what we do a lot, every morning, as they come out here. this is basically a disciplinary action that will happen if they fou

meisha.t is getting very warm. >> all right, katie, thank very much. >>> roadways are still looking good. we are looking at right now, pacecally anywhere you look i feel like this volume levels that we are getting used to, it will be 42 freeway earlier looking good out there as well, i-95 at academy is looking good. i want to call your attention to this area right here new jersey turnpike north past route 73, two lanes were blocked causing slow downs. now what you are looking at, out there is fairly the same thing but now only one lane is block. it is getting better and moved out of the way but we are seeing some slow downs. if you have to head out there give yourself extra time. you will need it. just a reminder we are running ative rent saturday schedule until further notice because of the defective fleets. you can expect overcrowding and delays. use buses, trolleys, subways, anything else you can and check with septa.org for your latest, and greatest information. construction still out the

overall, a lot of construction this morning, joe, over to you. >> meisha, thank you very much.is time to take a look at newspaper headlines from throughout our area. >> front page of the daily times guilty. newspaper reports on the verdict in the murder trial of jimmy coons, found manager every southwest philadelphia strip club responsible for the 2,009 beating death. on the front page of the mercury, school on the move. the paper report on planned to relocate saint aloysius school into the site of the former saint pius the tenth high school in lower pots grover. >> burlington county times reports funeral service for six veterans of world war ii, viet nam and korean wars. the remains went unclaimed for decades, but were honored at special ceremony at the brigade general william c doyle veterans cemeteriment that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >> and still ahead this morning, where you can go today to hear historic organ played for the first time in more than 40 years. >> also ahead, lucky to be alive. sky diver mid-air malfunction l

meisha, over to you. >> nothing better than those kid auditions, they will say anything.oking at an accident at girard, schuylkill eastbound, center lane just moments ago was block causing some real slow downs. it has been push off to the shoulder. we will have residual backups. backups are extending to the boulevard, this is a schuylkill eastbound at the boulevard. you can see how slow moving it is. not only in the eastbound direction but that accident didn't help but on the westbound side because of congestion. make note, you have to head out, give yourself some extra time. we are dealing with visibility issues, you you can see that almost fog that is dripping down to the roadways and they are looking wet. ben franklin bridge in new jersey, congestion, looks okay but it is just you will to have deal with that if you go. the visibility, out there and still so wet. we have had a string of accident because of it, so just take your time and give yourself some extra time out there. overturn vehicle, where we have even trapment in boothwyn, delaware border in pa, meeting hous

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katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things as always but first we will go up and start with meisha, what is going on outside. >> good morning, you guys. things are looking okay you guys as we see morning construction like we always do. welcome. accident 422 westbound on ramp from the schuylkill, and not causing any slow downs right now but certainly will, as we push in the 5:00 o'clock hour. it doesn't get cleared out of the way. we are starting to see a tic of gaper delay but we don't have amount of vehicle tolls sustain that. overall you can see crews are out there trying to get this remedy for you. vine street expressway was closed between the schuylkill and broad, eastbound side, you are still closed, westbound side you have now, been opened. ben franklin bridge, looking as gorgeous as it usually does coming from new jersey into center city just a few early risers out there looking at the boulevard at fox street this is what you are looking at for those in and around this area looking nice, calm, just as it should. speaking of construction if you are just waking up with us good

katie and meisha are here. when is the last time awed slurp me? >> it's been a while. >> july. >> i see. i said the same thing, slurp me? >> not according to seven/11. >> did i have an issue, i'm say i've had rita's ice for the first time, too. >> i feel like -- >> oh, look, everyone getting mad. >> no one is getting mad. >> roads are looking good, we do have wreckless driver, looks like slammed into a light pole now down blocking all directions and couple to tell you about. make note of that. >> katie, dry roads? >> definitely nice and dry, in the clear right now, going to have nice light win, comfortable humidity, full sunshine, basically, perfect weather. >> it is summer. yes, with low humidity, going

katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things this morning.ed the dnc, practically losing your voice with all of the road closures. >> no doubt p turkey check every time i get up, string every monday owe log. good news is the checkpoints are clear this morning, but the roadways are wet. because of it, guys, we have a lot of problems going on out there with accident, overturned tractor-trailer, a lot going on, and i'll get to that in just a moment. >> unfortunately still have to deal with very heavy rain before said and done, so we can take a snapshot view hereof storm scan, which continues to show some very heavy rain, falling right now, across new castle county just south of i-95, this is the batch we had been talking about prompting the flood advisory, through the delmarva peninsula, as you guys just mentioned, there is flashflood watch in effect until noontime. off to the west, however, things are starting to clear out, at least little bit. now, eventually we will see the clouds break, everywhere, for even little sunshine. here is the flood

late day showers and thunderstorms are expected to fire up as well the but they will be scattered meisha, not everyone gets hit by that. >> great to know. this humidity is certainly can be dangerous. so make sure to pack that water again today, thanks so much, good morning and happy thursday, looking outside, things looking ok, the good news is despite the fact we have a lost construction, it moved out of our way quickly, this is our first look, 422 eastbound to right before the turnpike area. and also left lane was blocked. that's been cleared, 422 you're looking pretty good. the vine is open. both moving in the westbound and eastbound side. you can see what you're working with there. couple early risers out there. 422 freeway, we have construction clear just moments ago. both direction between 295 and creek road. we're looking good on 42. of you can see it's only 4:33 in the morning, already, we have this many vehicles on the roadway. good indicator it might be busy. construction at the tacony palmyra myra bridge and alternating traffic lanes, jim over to you. >> thank you, meisha. >>>