katie and meisha will be along.you need to know to start your morning minute. >> police are investigating a triple shooting in philadelphia's hunting park section. three victims were riding their bikes near fifth and erie when the shot rang out. >> while police chase ends with a crash in philadelphia's port richmond section. >> police tell us this lady is lucky she didn't kill herself and other police officers last night. as she took them on a chase, a 2-mile chase, in a stolen car. >> overnight north korea says it conducted it fifth nuclear test, president obama says any provocative actions by north

meisha, over to you. >> sounds good. happy monday everybody, this is why you're looking at interstate 95, southbound at cottman, you can see coming around the s curve a lot of brake lights starting to off. starting to slow down little bit, maybe get out little earlier than what you were anticipating probably new jersey 42, you can see, a say satisfy of headlights out there, looking pretty, still traveling around 56-mile per hour, blue route tail light moving in the northbound direction media swarthmore, what you are looking at here, taillights, headlights, overall everything kind of holding steady where we are, as we push deeper into the 6:00 hour we start to slow down. overturned vehicle here in new jersey, new jersey turnpike southbound past height town, right lane blocked right now for repairs. give yourself couple of extra minutes, accident here new jersey as well, another investigation from an accident that happened little earlier. route 47 delsea drive closed near port elizabeth cumberland wrote. a lot going on thi

jim, rahel, back to you. >> meisha, a thank you. now for a look at newspaper headlines from across the our region. >> from the cover of the mercury second time in less than a week daniel boone area school district dealing with the fall out from kinder garth never being left on a bus, you may recall on september 6, the first day every school, a kinder garden student left on locked bus for four hours, while on september 12th another student was not dropped off at the correct location. and road a school bus for two hours. >> and, from the front page of the reading eagle, penndot officials were hit with a bit of sticker shock this week when reviewing contractor bids to reviewing the ben street bridge. lowest bid about $6 million over what's been budgeted and that budget had already been increased 50%, since planning began. >> in the burlington county times, burlington county board of fro holders is considering a double dipping ban, reviewing proposal to prohibit the county government from hiring anyone already collecting a public funded

we get your day started with weather and traffic with lauren and meisha, in for katie this morning. >> good morning, all right. wet commute, we know what that will entail, very busy, we are seeing speed restrictionness places, we have a couple accidents and a lot have construction leave you home this morning. >> yeah, just a beautiful day to day. >> yes. >> just kidding. >> we do need rain but it will impact our commute. we are seeing flash flood watches and warnings issues for part of the delaware that have been dealing with the most rainfall over last 24 to 36 hours. storm scan three is showing us heaviest rainfall concentrated over parts of the delaware right now and embedded thunderstorm with lightening strikes, over the del marva peninsula over last several hours, maybe waking you up early. we are dealing with the area of widespread rainfall in center city philadelphia and parts of the southern new jersey. main concern is across delaware where we have a flash flood watch in effect and also some flash flood warnings in effect for parts of the southern delaware to the coastline and

katie and meisha keeps an ion things this morning. meisha, busy morning for you out there? >> it started in the had hour, not eased up at all. we have three accidents out there, all of which i can tell you right now are going to slow you down this morning, plus a lot cough being -- coming up in mass transit. >> i should point out, international speak out like a pirate day. >> so batten down the hatches, mate is. that was more irish? >> i was going to say. the irish pirates are taking over. >> there is a storm everyone out there. yes, the grunt in there. take a look at the radar, guys. argh. >> there go. >> oh, i got to work on this one. all right, bear with me, for example, i know, it is monday, not the best news to start the morning off. we want to get you out the door with a smile, though. all of the tools that you need to have a day that's going to be fantastic. i would highly suggest one of the tools is a umbrella because it is soggy out there right now. very heavy rain currently falling. not everyone is getting hit, but we look at this just snapshot basically, of storm

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katie and meisha keeps an ion things this morning. meisha, busy morning for you out there?the had hour, not eased up at all. we have three accidents out there, all of which i can tell you right now are going to slow you down this morning, plus a lot cough being -- coming up in mass transit. >> i should point out, international speak out like a pirate day. >> so batten down the hatches, mate is. that was more irish? >> i was going to say. the irish pirates are taking over. >> there is a storm everyone out there. yes, the grunt in there. take a look at the radar, guys. argh. >> there go. >> oh, i got to work on this one. all right, bear with me, for example, i know, it is monday, not the best news to start the morning off. we want to get you out the door with a smile, though. all of the tools that you need to have a day that's going to be fantastic. i would highly suggest one of the tools is a umbrella because it is soggy out there right now. very heavy

meisha? >> good morning, so yes, very serious accident as jim was just talking about here, in lower merion township. now this accident happened around 11:30 p.m., blue route northbound is closed right now because of this accident between saint david's villanova and the stuck. five vehicles involved. one was a tractor-trailer. i can tell you right now that traffic is being diverted around this area. so you're not going to have a choice, you will be diverted onto route 30. if we get any other ways you can go we'll let you know as soon as possible, right now just know anywhere around the area you will be diverted on where they are taking you, right now it is route 30. again very serious accident here. we have another very serious accident in jersey. i'll turn to 206 southbound heading road, you guys, so this is in florence, in urge new jersey, 206 southbound, heading road, right lane blocked, downed pole, wires in and around this area. again, traffic is being diverted here as well. if you want t

jim, over to you. >> thank you so much, meisha. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, vote on plan that may have saved consumers lots of money, is abruptly canceled. we'll tell you why. also, ahead, the tulsa police officer accused in the shooting death of unarmed black man is in court today. we'll tell you why her lawyers wanted the hearing moved up by a day. we will be back. stay with us. does your makeup remover every kiss-proof,ff? cry-proof, stay-proof look? neutrogena® makeup remover does. it erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. need any more proof than that? neutrogena. >> welcome back, the south carolina teen who allegedly killed hills father before opening fire at an elementary school is due in court today. the 14 year old shot a teacher in two, six year old boys on playgrounds on wednesday. one of the students, jacob hall, remains hospitalized in critical condition. >> tulsa police officer betty shelby is in court today, will be arraigned on first degree manslaughter charges in the shooting

meisha? >> beautiful today.hank youment looking outside right now, you guys, good morning, happy tuesday, 95 south at ridley park, we have an accident, there it is, kind of hard to see, very dark, pulled off blocking left lane. accident there. so, going to sneak up on you just a little bit. see the tractor-trailer pulled off to the far right. again 95 south before ridley park will slow you down maybe just little bit if nothing else might get couple of peak putting on their brakes, because it is so dark in around that bend. blue route, heads light, approaching route one, certainly starting to get busy here, both moving in the northbound and southbound side of the blue route. that's not what we saw yesterday at all. looking really busy there, also, take a look at the vine moving in the westbound direction. trying to get on to the schuylkill looking very busy there as well. overall, certainly starting to heat up, we're not even into the 6:00 hour, good indicator that it will probably get pretty busy. ninety-five so

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brooke, back over to you. >> thanks, meisha a6:49.n cbs this morning, nora o'donnell joins us live with a preview. good morning, nora. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, brooke, ahead charlie's conversation with former president bill clinton. he talks about hillary clinton's health, what the clinton foundation is doing it avoid mixing charity with politics, and why he thinks the presidential race is so close. plus only on cbs this morning, the president and the ncaa mark em rhett here in studio 57. he'll explain the decision to move event out of north carolina show you how keep ion batteries can lead to dangerous explosion, the news is back in the morning, see in you just about ten minutes. >> thanks, nora. >> all right, part of staying healthy, can be a balancing act, literally. from preventing falls to pe texting your posture, maintaining good physical balance, to help with flexability, and better mobility as we age. that's why jim is leer with today's what's up doc segment, and a look at improving your balance. how is your bala

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meisha, over to you. >> katie, thank you so much. you guys, gorgeous shots of the art museum, eakin's oval. take a look look at this. now, it is going to heat up little bit later, why? because the president is holding a rally in front of eakin's oval at the art museum today. because that far it will absolutely affect your morning g commute. right now looking peaceful, gorgeous, let's switch gears, pull you to map here. show this is eakin's oval highlighted in front of the art museum, where it will all go down, just so you know this will be completely closed down. so i'll pull you up some bullet points so we can talk through this. starting 6:00 a.m., lane trough stick seans at the oval, 7:00 a.m., kelly drive detoured come nothing philly and fairmount avenue. also at 7:00mlk drive and spring garden traffic detoured on to the vine. then at 9:00 a.m. the entire area surrounding and leading into eakin's oval will be closed and this will be closed throughout the day you guys. i'll be tweeting this information out as well. vine closed over

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joe, over to you. >> thank you, meisha. hermine weak ends to tropical storm as it moves over florida. the eye of the storm hit the state overnight as category one hurricane. hermine was the first hurricane to hit florida in more than a decade. even before it roared ashore, the storm pummeled parts of the state's panhandle with heavy rain and forceful winds. hermine is expected to bring as much as 10 inches of rain and 12-foot storm surge. officials at the jersey shore are watching hermine as it moves up the east coast. lifeguards have been dealing with rough surf and rip currents, and officials say if you are planning to spend the labor day weekend, down the shore, prepare yourself for heavy rain and wind. tidal flooding is also a big concern with the storm, like hermine. and stay with "eyewitness news", as we continue to track this powerful storm. we'll have all of the updates you need here on cbs-3 and our website cbsphilly.com. >> developing right now, in mayfair, bicyclist dead after being hit by a car. >> driver kept g

we will keep you updated throughout the morning but i'll toss to meisha watching it in house, meisha. >> we will take from it there. meisha is joining with us a look at these detours around all this mess. justin was giving you a view of what was going on the scene there we are talking about that accident, i-95 south between vine and columbus boulevard. what we are seeing leading up to where justin is, right now it is where it is still block. they are opening up a lane right now. these are vehicles taking the vine. i would still suggest getting on to the vine if you can. it will be very, very slow trying to squeeze by there on interstate i-95. i can tell you this right now when i came in at 3:00 o'clock in the morning already it was slammed with vehicles. this is a backup shot, all the way back to i-95 at girard moving in the southbound direction. the these backups extend beyond that as you can see almost as far as the eye can sianni it is only 6:00 o'clock in the morning. if you can avoid interstate i-95 you will want to. if you can't, i would probably take the vine until more than on

>> thank you, meisha. more coverage on the first debate coming up. >> plus we'll tell you why green party presidential candidates jill stein escorted off the hofstra university campus. >> and hall of famer charles barkley offers his opinion of carson wentz. stay with us. i used to blame the be stronger to fight back.d to pantene's pro-v formula makes my curls so strong* they can dry practically frizz free.*á because strong is beautiful. get even stronger results with pantene expert, our most intensely concentrated pro-v formula. >> liver from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. >> there is nothing crazy about not letting our companies bring their money back into their country. >> the gloves come off and the first presidential debate, if you didn't stay to up watch, we have all of the highlight, plus, we'll tell how is coming to town to stump for hillary clinton today. >> my mike was defective in the room. >> that's mike saying his microphone wasn't workin

meisha will have more on the detours involved in this crash in just a few minutes. natasha. >>> well, bruce springsteen plays citizens bank park in south philadelphia again tomorrow night and i have to tell you, he will have a hard time topping last night's show. >> ♪ >> sounded good. bruce and his e street band broke his previous record for longest u.s. concert, he played for four hours and three minutes last night performing 34 songs. wow. among the songs last night a tour premiere of streets of philadelphia. >>> trust marilyn monroe sang president to kennedy is going on the the auction block. flesh color beaded gown has become an icon since she wore it back in 1962. it was also one of monroe's last public appearances. it has been said that the dress was so tight monroe had to be zone into it. it is expected to draw as much as three million-dollar at julian's auction house in november. >>> sorry fans have of murder she wrote, angela landbury will not appear on the next season of game of thrones and jim donovan is so hurt by this. >> so am i. i was so excited. actr

. >> thanks so much, meisha. new this morning police are investigating a triple shooting in philadelphia's hunting park section. police say "eyewitness news" say three victims riding their bikes near fifth and erie when the shots rang out. seventeen year old boy was struck in the back, 18 year old friend was shot in the leg, and 44 year old man was also shot in the back. all are in stable condition. >> and a wild police chase ends with a crash in philadelphia's port richmond section. >> now the female driver of an s.u.v. is currently under arrest. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live at police headquarters this morning with more on what happened. jan? >> natasha, jim, good morning, police tell us this lady is lucky she didn't kill herself and other police officers last night, as she took them on a chase, a 2-mile chase, in a stolen car. she was able to walk away from the scene and into police custody with only injured hand. certainly could have ended whole lot differently. take a lock at the video, crash v

justin is meisha are here keeping an eye on things. justin, you are holding it down for katie. >> that is right. >> yes, we are looking good on the roadways. turf give to it our morning commuters. they are doing a good job, looking great out there everybody is still traveling at posted speeds. >> yes. >> all right. >> we cannot blame any weather because nice and quiet. >> final day, little bit, this is key summer right the here, team summer. meisha likes summer. >> i am lie winter too because we will go snowmobiling. >> yes. >> that will have to wait. >> all right. >> still summer temperatures next few days, second half of the weekend when we will bring in fall-like conditions. outside right now it is receipt i comfortable. lower then yesterday at this time. 69 degrees, currently, north breeze at seven. that pushes out humidity a bit. we are down to the upper 50's in the the mount pocono. sixty-two lehigh valley. still hanging on to 07 in interior south jersey toward the shore. comfortable pottstown, quakertown, 50's and lower 60's. st

meisha? >> thank you so much. and happy friday everybody. good morning, looking outside at 95 south at cottman. so, this is what we are starting to see. i would say one of the bus years stretches, and particularly right here coming around this s curve right here seeing some brake lights go off. then it kind of eases tension both before that and after that. so right here, where we are seeing slow downs, going to get little busy through the 6:00 hour interstate 95 it always does, no matter what day of the week that it is, but for now, kind of holding steady here, as you can see, however, if you are jumping out to interstate 95, i would say, maybe, maybe, give yourself couple of extra minutes, new jersey 42 freeway at creek road, 295, what you are looking at again. one of the areas that's heating up little bit, kind of holding steady here, what we're seeing on a lot of the highways, interstates, kind of leaning toward the heating up and then just kind of holding stead any there. blue rut headlig

meisha?y, katie, watching yesterday, i was face timing, i held my camera up to the sky and it was gorgeous not like were you saying, not a cloud in the sky. it was absolutely perfection. good morning, everyone, happy monday. looking outside right now, we've got some activity pulled off to the right. looks like accident that's hopefully now clearing. route 30 eastbound past route 322, again, pulled off to the shoulder n downingtown. still very dark out there. and you can see, around this accident, there is a lot of congestion there right now. some not only gaper delays, just have pure monday congestion starting to build serb pi certain areas, 95 north, beginning of the girard point bridge, pulled off to the right shoulder. blogging lit bit of the right lane as well. kind of forcing people to swerve around. just a heads up on that for those every in you that in that area, that could slow you down, in fact, i know it will slow you down little bit. give yourselves extra time here. northbound sout

brooke, over to you. >> thanks, meisha.ut it, read the small print straight in to see the tv maybe? >> it may be time to take a closer look at your vision. >> from kids to adults, many of us might be missing the sign that our eyes need help. morning, doctor will be. >> morning. >> say if a child is struggling in school it could be an irish ooh? >> you're right. we always look at the senses, eyes, hearing. so if a child is not seeing correctly, then it is hard to learn. it is hard to focus. maybe to read on the blackboard, people think wow they're a slow learner. you're not even remembering what they red. chances are maybe they're not being able red correctly and things are blurry. they might lead to behavioral problems. always check the senses, eyes, ears, someone having trouble learning or acting out. >> i know oftentimes kids aren't able to identify signs of a vision problem, but there are important signs in parent should look for? >> good point. kids don't know. normal for them. but, certain signs you want to look at. fi

jim, over to you. >> thank you so much, meisha. let's bring you up to date on breaking news out of florence township new jersey. >> police say one person dead after crash overnight. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo is live near the scene where she just got update from police. jan? >> reporter: brooke, jim, that's right, i just spoke to florence township police. they do have bit after update for thus morning. they tell us it was a female pass inning here died here on the scene as a result of this very serious accident. and the male driver was taken to the hospital. now in serious condition. you can see behind me here that police are keeping us pretty far away from the scene, west front street still closed but you can take a look at the video, you can get better idea what's happening down there. it is a very violent crash. again, one man taken to the hospital. his female passenger killed. this is still an active scene and investigation. this crash happened just after 2:00 this morning near the intersection of west front street

meisha has been giving you great advice this morning. reporting live from the oval, jan carabeo, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> here we go again, people who rely on septa regional rail service are dement another setback. all septa silver liner five cars are out of service again. some of them had been repaired but now septa says the fix has a flaw. the problem involves the new bolts used to repair the cars. riders say they appreciate septa's concern for their safety. >> i'm okay with them. as long as i'm safe. that's the main thing. >> they want to make sure their riders are safe. so have to do what you have to do. >> septa officials say this recent discovery sets things back just few days, not weeks or months, still, if you ride the regional rails, expect more delays. >>> new this morning, six people are in the hospital after an accident in west philadelphia. "eyewitness news" was at 59th and samson samson streets,e a car was upside down. police say the accident happened around 11:30 last night when a car rolled over and hit several parked

meisha? >> okay, katie, thank you.oking very wet so far, those every you just headed out the doorway actually looking okay, you're in good company for now. we now pushing through the 5:00 specially into the 6:00, busy morning, slow with the rain on the roadways, give yourselves extra time. disable vehicle, right here. so the u-haul pulled off to the shoulder, schuylkill eastbound at montgomery, again pull off to the shoulder. so not seeing too many slow downs around there. actually pulled all the way off, block ago lane, pulled way off now to the far right. so it is not going to slow you down little bit. you might tap your brakes coming around the s curve, just a tad if you notice it by glance, last second, but overall it is not posing too many problems. ninety-five south at girard, what you are looking at here. you can see how wet it looks here. specially going to get on the sidewalks, side streets, bridges, overpasses all of that where it will accumulate watch can happen specially in pothole areas too, we can get hyd

katie and meisha will be along in just a minute. here's what you need to necessity to start your day in our morning minute. >>> tens of thousands of students at itt tech are scrambling to find a new school. for profit college chain is shutting town campuses nationwide. >>> eleven local town has dropped its plan to out source its police force. >> many are relieved to hear pendell pd is here to stay. >>> bill cosby's trial on sex assault charges will start on june 5th of next year. thirteen women agreed to testify against cosby. >>> we're going to bring back our jobs. >> for second time in a week donald trump is making a campaign stop here in philadelphia. >>> hillary clinton had a rough time campaigning this weekend. >> yet, another hillary clinton hacking scandal but she did have a nice recovery. >> every time i think about trump i get allergic. >> well, i will say, i have had coughing fit, i have tea, lozenge is here, worst feeling. >> especially when you are on. that is the worst. it has happened to me. there is in recovering from

meisha?ttle bit of bummer there. all right, katie, thank you. good morning, happy friday. so we are watching this accident on the schuylkill eastbound, past king of prussia. it was expecting two left lanes, now pulled all the way off to the shoulder. great news, looking at backup shots of this. it was really starting to become i would say more affecting 202 and 422, the two spot, really still that we're seeing some residual delays overall. now that it has pulled off to the shoulder really going to loosen up nicely for you. so 202, 422, make note of that, might want to give yourself extra ten, 15 minute or so. accident here as well delaware, route one northbound, closed, at 95. so you will have to use an alternate around this. route 13, or route 40, to route 896, going to be your best bet this morning. i'll let you know as soon as we get any updates on, that but sounds to be serious, and road closure we know will slow a loft you down. also, mass transit, new city and suburban schedules for tue

meisha? >> anybody better than yesterday with all of the rain, granted we needed it, but it will be so nice to have 84 today. thanks, good morning, happy tuesday. all right, so we have a vine closure here, westbound and eastbound still closed between the schuylkill and broad. getting used to this construction project. right now still closed also construction on 95 northbound between ridley park and 420. see how heavy this is already, only 4:30, still very dark out there, already, causing some pretty significant slow downs through this construction point. again, 95 northbound between ridley park and 420. if i were you, i would give yourself extra time. downed pole robinsville, route 130 past church lane, closed there. more construction 42, both directions between 295 and route 544, traffic shift, so we'll be having lane shifts there, more construction 295 both directions between 42 and route 168. again, some lanes shifting going on, there as women. also, some fun stuff. there you go. white sox

meisha? >> justin, accident out here, so what we are looking at right now for awhile there looking at the southbound side, accident 95 south near business route one in bucks county but what happened was vehicle went into this median area here, and that is why we're seeing now crews on the northbound. so let me back up. looking at the traffic going in the northbound side there, so around that area, moving in the northbound direction, now going to be affected little bit on the southbound side heads up, near business route one, far left lane compromised on the northbound side, no longer the southbound side. then we have disable vehicle here, 95 north, girard point bridge, make note of this, this will absolutely slow you down. even more importantly whenever we have someone out of their vehicle like this, standing outside, working on something, whatever it might be, you just want to use extra caution, you can see these cars kinds of wizzing by. use extra caution, more coming up in a little bit. ji

meisha? >> katie, thank you. another very serious accident out here you guys, take a look at this, very serious accident, involving multiple vehicles, eastbound woodhaven road past the boulevard. all lanes are blocked right now. you guys, you will have to take an alternate around this, grant avenue, street road, probably going to be your best bet. so take a look back there, what you are looking at back there, i'll show you back up shot leading up to it there is isn't the best shot, penndot moving this around. but traffic is being diverted right now, i can tell you that, as you approach where that accident is. and what we were just looking at couple every minute ago, before they moved the camera here, it was dead stopped all over the place, filtering up to where you are on eastbound woodhaven road at the boulevard. so, anywhere around that, right now, absolutely stay away from the area if you can. if you have to approach that area, you will be sitting therefore quite some time. and then you are going to be diverte

. >> thanks so much, meisha. bill cosby heads back to court this morning, in his sex assault case. >> accused of drugging and assaulting andrea constand at his elkins park home 12 years ago. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch live outside the montgomery county courthouse where cosby could find out a trial date today. good morning, justin. >> reporter: brooke, jim, good morning, bill cosby jury begins in just matter of hours at the montgomery county courthouse, and by days end, cosby and his now revamped legal team could walk out of court with a new trial dathan strategy. today will partly center on potentially damaging evidence against cosby, his lawyers want his years old deposition thrown out. in it, cosby, discusses cost bands, getting her pills and alcohol what he calls concentual sexual encounter. there is -- also, 2,005 taped phonecall between cosby and con stands' mort in which she reportedly also recounts those same events. in 2004, constand then temple university staffer says cosby whom she thought

thanks, meisha. the countdown heating up, now just 41 days from election day, last night for the first time the candidates went tow to tow over the issues. of course it was the match up everyone had been waiting for, first presidential debate between donald trump and hillary clinton. >> the two met face-to-face it, didn't take long for the fireworks to begin. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live at drexel university where vice president joe biden will be campaigning for hillary clinton, this morning, good morning, jan. >> jim, brooke, good morning, that's right. vice president joe biden will be making a stop here at drexel university, right around 10:30 this morning, he is set to speak about hillary clinton's vision for the economy. and the future of the united state. but, both sides will be hitting the campaign trail hard today after that fiery first debate, last night. take a look at the video. hillary clinton and donald trump were cordial while taking the stage at hofstra university in new

meisha, back over to you. >>> good morning everybody. happy wednesday. look at this, construction on i-95 south between bridge street and betsy ross has two right lanes blocked until right around 5:00 a.m. but take a look at this, line, trying to get through, lot of vehicles in the 5:00 o'clock hour and already it is many vehicles granted condensed in one drivable lane but for not even being in the 5:00 o'clock hour. so for those heading out there i-95 south between bridge street and betsy ross two right lanes are blocked because of construction until 5:00 a.m. construction in the morning can slow us down in the earlier hours. police activity here pulled off to the right shelledder 95 north near woodhaven road. we were seeing a string of activity and now down to a couple different cars. the that is pulled off to the right shoulder. you might see a delay but we are looking okay there construction conshohocken fey yet street southbound at route 23 that right lane is still compromised and we have more to cover including two accidents coming up in about ten

jim, brooke, back over to you. >> thanks, meisha. time for look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> on the cover of the times herald, over doses are up by alarming rate in montgomery couldn't. that's according to data released thursday by the district attorney's office. overdoses have increased 138% from last year. so far in 2016 there have been 260 overdoses, resulting in 85 deaths, majority are due to heroin or opioid. >> from the news journals, expert drug maker astro zeneca are closing the plant in ft. washington and relocating all 134 workers to their fairfax delaware headquarters. the transfer of workers jobs include marketing, medical affairs, sales, and other positions to force the company's diabetes business. >> for the morning call, sands casino is planning expansion that would add restaurant, separate poker room, give us the biggest casino floor in the state. filed with the department of community and economic development show the casino wants to add more than 35,000 square feet of gambling space. >> and that

lauren and meisha will have more in a moment but first here's what you need to necessity to start your day in the morning minute. >> philadelphia police say an officer is hurt because a driver slammed into his patrol car. >> that officer was taken to the hospital, he is expect to be okay. >> that officer was injured guarding a crime scene that unfolded last night in cobbs creek. police shot and killed a man accused of going on a violent rampage stabbing two children including his own son. >>> we have issues at school and home. >> reporter: how a community in south caroline ace reeling after a shooting at an elementary school. a teenage gunman shot two children and a teacher. >>> donald trump's running mate is in pennsylvania today, indiana governor mike pence will rally supporters at penn waste recycling facility in york. >> ♪ >> that was a sing off between sean menendez and james corden on the lay, late show last night. jim donovan was the biggest crisscross fan ever. he used to wear his pants backwards and everything. >> who is crisscross. >> clearly i'm joking. >> i remember that. i

katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things this morning. >> good morning, happy hump day, few accidents out there, would i say things are getting moved out of the way and construction, i was worried about is moving out of the way. getting better, at least. >> weather is going to be returning to heat and humidity, very brief spell, in the like we are looking at days upon days have of 90 or above which would be okay with the oklahoma native. maybe not everybody else. regardless we will see very nice weather unfolding in the days ahead. we will show you storm scan which is devoid of storms still working overtime were not much to show. we have no included cover. we have a few but that is about it. we are expect to go see a nice sunrise as a result. sixty-eight is current temperature, at the airport. warmer then this same time yesterday but still in the 60's near shore. sixty's in mount pocono, that is spot that is a lot warmer then recent mornings but it is still comfortable. even though that win direction is more out of the south. you get that southerly wind component and helps bring in wa

getting your day started on a check with weather and traffic with meisha. >> good morning, you guys, happy friday. tgif. we do have an accident investigation in burlington, new jersey right now, all of the de takes on -- details on that, such busy world in traffic lately, that i am hoping this friday it is quiet. >> no problems when it comes to the weather. still quiet out there, will stay that way all day today. there is obviously storm system watching still category one hurricane no less. as we look at storm scan right now, bit more of region wide zoom, what you will fine here is generally just clear sky over our area. but clearly, some bands, the outer most bands, of what again is still category one hurricane hermine right now, starting to roll its way up the shore line. so, we do have a tropical storm watch now, posted, even though it is away from any kind of direct impact here, but that spans anywhere from portions of the north carolina coast, all the way up the jersey shore line. so, let's zero in on our area very quickly here, again, tropical storm watch is what you are lookin

rahel, back to you. >> thank you, meisha. six weeks after federal agents carp i had out series of raids throughout the region man caught in the middle of the investigation opens up and only to "eyewitness news", it is the first in depth interview for union bok john dougherty. he talks about his family, his city, howell always be there for the men and women of local. >> he said woe only do the interview with our ukee washington and could not discuss specifics of the investigation. that said, he did shed some light on how he felt the day the government came knocking a second time. >> look, i got caught completely off guard, okay, i didn't see this coming. >> reporter: john j dougherty reacting to the raid by the f.b.i. >> i still don't know why, okay, it happened. >> reporter: but it d the key sites includes his home, electricians union headquarters and the city hall office of his friend and city council protege, bobby. >> the crime tape around the house and around the union hall, little excessive. the by line on all of the new

meisha, over to you. >> look at today, katie.t is perfect. >> perfect. >> it is, yes, i'm into that. thank you, good morning everyone, happy monday. kind of feeling a lot of people will be in really good mood today. i wonder why. ninety-five south at academy, looking good, looking nice and quiet. we know this will start to heat up. i would say even in the later part of the 5:00 hour and of course cracking into the 6:00. so if you want a jump start, i certainly would, roadways right now are looking good. although we do have couple of incidents out there, we do have an accident here, ambler, butler avenue at bethlehem pike here, a truck did hit a deer, also another area, an accident, vehicle, ran into a pole here in collegeville. ridge pike closed near germantown pike, downed wires here, you will have to use alternate, twp. line road probably your best bet. also another accident, overturned vehicle actually went off the road. new jersey turnpike southbound, at height town. pulled all the way off to the shoulder. but just make note

hi meisha. >>> good morning you guys. we have a accident in new jersey and water main break, we will have details coming up but you first we will take a quick break but don't go anywhere cbs-3 "eyewitness >>> a beautiful start to the morning, but, then, we're getting ready. >> lots and lots and lots of rain. well, we need it. it is a good thing. it will last for a while. katie will let us know when we will dry out. good morning i'm jim donovan. >>> i'm brooke thomas. here's what you need to know today in your morning minute. >> campaigns are now cranking up trump is set to canvas midwest as clinton and bernie sanders are off to new hampshire and michelle obama comes to philadelphia to canvas for hillary clinton. >>> funeral for shimon peres will be held in israel on friday, peres tied last night after suffering a major stroke two weeks ago. >> one person dead following a fatal crash on the roosevelt boulevard, the one car accident, happened around 10:30 last night at wakeling street. >>> they shot him five times and he is

jim, over to you. >> thanks so much, meisha. well, for decades, usa today has avoided endorsing presidential candidates. but it is breaking that tradition to call gop nominee, donald trump, unfit for the president i the editorial board said that was an unanimous feeling, and called trump a quote dangerous domogog. instead the newspaper encouraged voters to vote for heard, thirds party candidate, over write someone in. >> new jersey governor chris christie says he's not been asked to prepare donald trump for his next debate. but source tells cnn christie could be taking a lead role in the preparation for the next debate, which is sunday, october 9th. >>> authority in south carolina say they've found the human remains after young girl who went missing five years ago. police say erica pars on went missing from north carolina in 2011. investigators say she was reported missing by her adopted brother who told police their parent abused the little girl mentally and physically. investigators have not said how her remains were found or

meisha? >> great warning about tomorrow morning, yep, heed those warnings, because we know it gets busy, even if it is just a little bit of rain, even a sprinkle, we know it will slow down. good morning, happy monday. roadways nice and dry. enjoy them. i say 95, headlights moving in the southbound direction near broad, heating up just a little bit. see the steady flow of all of the headlights starting to hit the roadway. we can expect this. starts earlier monday morning, see that out there on 95. blue route southbound, mid-county, looking quiet. looking real quiet. southbound direction the blue route, mid-county, looking good there. we do have accident here overturned truck, 295 northbound before route 42 in jersey, right lane blocked right there. there is still, and also another accident city avenue cons show who can end avenue make note of this one, as well. more vehicles out there specially pushing toward center sitly slow you down. construction walnut lane bridge re-opening tomorrow. it w

jim, over to you. >> thank you so much, meisha. ntsb investigators on the scene of the deadly train crash in hoboken, new jersey. >> yes, they'll be questioning the train's engineer, now out of the hospital, and said to be cooperating with authorities. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live for just hoboken where the investigation is just getting underway. jan? >> nicole, jim, good morning, this will be the first full day for ntsb investigators here on scene in hoboken, new jersey, how much, they've already been hard at work. they've been trying to access the trains black boxes, event recorders, one more easily accessible than the other. one every them located in the locomotive in the back of the train. the rest of the train little bit harder to access, because all of the debris is still on top of it. take a look at the video here. instill fresh in minds, when the packed rush hour new jersey transit train smashed through the station here, just before 9:00 a.m. yesterday, a 34 year old hoboken woman stands g on the platform kil

. >>> thanks, meisha. time for a look at nude paper headlines across the region. >> a trenton on k cop under investigation for allegedly having sex with a prostitute while on duty has taken his own life. authorities are made aware of the allegations against officer office are after he was arrested. he was a two year veteran of the department. >>> bucks county's board of judges has selected matthew winetaubb to serve as county's interim district attorney. the veteran prosecutor is 47, he lives in doylestown township and will serve remaining term of the district attorney david heckler who retired september 2nd. >>> from the bucks county courier times you could call this a perfect save, meisha pay close attention, a kitten rescued from the dashboard of the ford f150 pickup truck. it crawled behind dashboard after a good samaritan picked it up off the road and was bringing it to a animal shelter. it took two hours to remove steering wheel and dismantle the dash but little kitten is doing fine. >> meisha would

brooke, over to you. >>> thanks, meisha. time for a look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> from the burlington county times former teacher and football coach at willingboro high school pleads guilty to stealing around $14,000 in student money, to fund what authorities called a gambling addiction. it is part of the the plea deal 47 year-old reginald lawrence of mount laurel will be sentenced to 364 days in jail, and a period of probation. >>> and in the spirit of delaware county, people in sharon hill are concerned about a recovery house. they fear it is a presence that could impact the neighborhood's reputation and reduce property values. row home has been converted into an addiction recovery facility called a key to freedom. it is for people in the 12 step program. >>> from the reading eagle soil sample taken by epa show high levels of lead behind family first resource center on south seventh street. further testing will be done to confirm the results and determine the extent of the lead contamination in the

meisha will look at your detours in a moment.e heard one lane going south is now opened but lets get to justin finch in the middle of the traffic jam with the very latest on the information. justin, what can you tell us. >> reporter: brooke and joe, good morning. as we mentioned we have one lane of traffic, that you can see traffic trickling south here past that chestnut overpass where this wreck appears to have happened overnight. two and a half hours or so ago. this tractor trailer here we understand apparently lost control, and skidded in the right side wall of the overpass. we have that ladder 16 truck that has back end damage that appears to have within struck as well. it has been towed. work is underway to toe this tractor trailer from this scene as well. but backup here north we have had traffic across all lanes blocked for more than two hours, lots of frustration here on the roadway but the relief has come. we know at least five people were transported to hahnemann hospital. all fire fighters. we understand the condition