. >> meisha. >> well when heartbreak strikes we must find the strength from win or from others to getthrough. in today's love it we're meeting a young lady whose overcoming by finish wagon she started and with the support of a second family. that's coming up. katie. >>> and meisha as we get close to the upcoming weekend at the moment things are looking still pretty good i do think there's possibility of leftover shower perhaps on saturday especially in the morning time frame, we should brighten up for more and more sunshine. daytime highs typical of august upper 80s but more sun than anything for those after plans that so many of us have scheduled. stay that. we'll come rig >>> katie time now 12:17. 82 degrees. >> yeah. we'll heat up. >> sticky. >> sticky but not steamy as later in the week unfortunately. it does look like it's going to be one of tho those wrap ups to the week that features more showers and thunderstorms and feel like for summer fest we've had to deal with showers and storms almost every friday. i feel so bad. it seems like that's the way the pattern has been. >> it's

jim, back over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. well, spain is reeling from another terror attack, just hours after a van plowed through a crowd in barcelona, killing more than dozen people >> the latest happened in a seaside resort town just south of barcelona. authorities say they shot and killed five men, wearing fake suicide belts. before being gunned down, local media reports, the men hit several civilians with a car, this incident is linked to the van attack earlier in the day in barcelona. where 13 people died at least 100 other were injured. >> of course, so much more to come from this. stay with "eyewitness news" and cbsphilly.com for the latest on the barcelona terror attack. our jan carabeo will be live at 5:30 from philadelphia international airport, where the terror attacks are on the minds of travelers. >> well, it stands larger than life, and this morning, the frank rizzo statue in philadelphia stands as one of the most devisive symbols in the city. >> overnight vandals targeted the statue again, "eyewitness news" re

twitter at meisha cbs3.ogether we can all make a difference. we'll be right back. >>> we have breaking news oh tell you about. phillies have announced pete rose will not participate in alumni weekend festivities next week end. baseball legend will not be honored on the phillies wall of fame as previously planned. >> rose backed out of the event after an alleged relationship with a 14 yerevan-year-old girl came to light. the incident happened in 1973 and rose claims he thought the girl was 16. the age of consent at the time in ohio. allegations recently revealed during a defamation lawsuit filed by rose against the lawyer who had him expelled from baseball. we will continue to follow this story and of course you can get the latest any time online at cbsphilly.com. >>> and that's "eyewitness news" at noon for today. i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon for meisha, katie and all of us thanks for watching. >> "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00. >> and make sure to visit us online at cbsphilly.com. >>> the youn

meisha?hbound, multiple problem areas surrounding the single accident. yikes. all of the update coming up. but first we will take a quick break, stay right where you are. cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this is a story about mail and packages. and it's also a story about people. people who rely on us every day to deliver their dreams they're handing us more than mail they're handing us their business and while we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget... that your business is our business the united states postal service. priority: you ♪ >> from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news ". >> good morning, everyone, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon, it is 6:30, here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute, today august 1st, 2017. >> not one but two major accident have triggered a stands still on route 42 in south jersey. >> president trump has hit the restart button in the west wing. >> we l

thank you shall meisha.ell from fresh flowers to pick your own fruits and vegtables, the summer is the perfect season to spend some time al local farms in our area. >> exactly where we find eyewitness news reporter pat gal then morning live in medford new jersey at johnson corner farm, pat, good morning . >> beautiful peachtree at the johnson family farm in medford i've perhaps picked the largest peach i've seen in my life. that's the kind of peach you'll get right here. this is erik johnson. >> good morning. >> good morning. a lot of people think about the south whether it comes to peaches. not all about george, they don't get all of the fun, beautiful peach trees. there are some beautiful peoples growing in new jersey thousands of acres, actually, one of our largest crops. >> i learn something new every day. you've got 7 acres worth? >> 7 acres ers every pick your own peaches in the farm. also sweet corn, and flowers, other garden drops, tomatoes, people coming out to pick all kind of stuff today. >> when

joe, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. the philadelphia sports community and the entire city, is mourning the death of one of the city's most beloved sports figures. >> former phillie great, darren daulton, has lost his battle with brain cancer, our pat gallen had a chance to get to know dutch, and pat, really tough day. >> tough morning, tough news to wake up to, certainly, sad day for so many waking up to the news, but the one and only dutch has passed away. did i get a chance to work with him, had the honor of hosting radio show with dutch, won awesome down to earth guy he was. today we mourn the loss every great player, leader and person, overnight the phillies announced the passing of darren daulton. >> well well hit to deep left center. that ball is way out of here. >> affectionately nicknamed dutch, darren daulton spent 14 seasons in the major leagues spending all but one in a phillies uniform, knocking in over 100 runs in a season twice. grand grand-slam. grand-slam homerun, darren daulton. >> he was best known as

well, little girl with a big heart. >> meisha is here now with today's love it. meisha? >> girl from texas stepping up in a very big way, all in an effort to help her brother who has severe autism. one little bear at a time. take a look. >> a few pipe cleaners, glitter and glue, is all seven year old mattie needs to make bears on behalf of her big brother. in fact the bears are name after her big brother, ben, the majority of bears are made into superheros, and for very good reason. >> my daughter always told me my son is a superhero because he can reaching things, and she's so small. he helps with her a lot. >> in return she is helping her brother use his creativity at this, and saving money for important addition to the family. >> he says why do you want to get me service dog? and i said because you need one. >> that's right, mattie wants a service dog for her brother who has difficulty communicating. their mother vanessa and mattie are really his only support system. and they believe a dog will be beneficial for many reasons moving forward. >> i help him calm down. i

jim, rahel, back to you. >> thank you shall meisha. jury is side wag woman who said she got ovarian cancer if using baby powder. >> just how much johnson & johnson will have to pay after that verdict. we'll be right back. >> back to breaking news, the crash involving two septa trains has injured 42 people. this happened over night at septa 69th street terminal in upper darby. the transit agency says the train heading into station hit a park train, septa says there are no life threatening injuries. the crash is under investigation. septa says expect delays throughout the morning. trang do will have more on the crash coming up in a live report at five. >> son son and johnson ordered to pay $417 million following a lawsuit in california. the a jury sided yesterday with the 63 year old woman who said she got ovarian cancer after decades of using the company's baby powder. she testified she has been using the product regularly since she was 11 years old. the woman around she would have stopped using the powder if the product had a warning l

katie and meisha will be along in a moment.t your day in the morning minute today tuesday august 8th. >> an investigation is now underway into the cause of this deadly fire in kensington >> a firefighter was also hurt >> wanted: police in haddon township are searching for a man they say tried to lure a young girl. this girl was able to give a very detailed description of the suspect. >> it was scary. >> a close call for a family whether a stray bullet crashed through their north philadelphia home. the suspect accused of opening fire on police is in custody. >> i heard what sounds like a freight train. >> resident in souls bury, maryland are convinced the tornado touched down in their neighborhood. a big clean up is underway. >> at first google did nothing >> but now they've fired an employee that had the controversial memo on women and sex. >> to be an actor my whole life, but first a kid who loves movies. >> yes. >> and walk on a set, open your eyes, do a scene like any other work day, and star wars, coy cry. literally like oh

jan, jim back to you. >> thanks, meisha.eadlines from across our region. >> from the reds g eagle 27 people have been arrested in berks count nay major drug bust. around 125 officers took part in early morning raids this week, as part of a investigation dubbed last hooray. 4 kilograms every cocaine, 20 pawn of methamphetamine, and 20 grams of phentinol, were confiscated. warrants have been issued for another 12 suspect, who have not yet been caught. >> in the trentonian, now, city business owners are in shock over tax bills maimed out this week. numerous trenton businesses say their taxes have tripled after an assessment was done at their properties. >> tripled? from the spirit in delaware county, listen to this, jan, when 12 year old damian faust 's bike was stolen last week by group of teenagers, he was understandably shaken up, but what happened next, his family sales, was extraordinary. the day after aldan police officer chris izzy wrote a report on the robbery the officer showed up with a new bike to replace the one sto

katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things. >> good morning, looking outside right now, yeah, roadways are nice, dry for now but i have to tell you we have problem spots out there, already so shaping up to be a busy thursday morning. >> yes. >> why do you look at me. >> problem child at the desk right now. weather is cooperative but you mention that had fog. you may run in poor visibility depending on location. storm scan is quiet. we had round of showers on the outskirts of the greater delaware valley and anything out is there out to sea at the moment. we are looking okay. i don't think we will need umbrella here initially and all and all a nice clear rain sky at the moment. as day go on, you will notice it somewhat sticky and hot, heading to the upper 80's, we're off to a mild start. mid to upper 60's regional wide but you'll notice that the wind flow is quite light and is there definitely again humidity in the atmosphere. that is where this fog has started to develop, and, now that the sunnies coming up, it will do its part to scour ate way. as datings on we will hit 89 degrees. ano

meisha. >> that's right. a song an smile. the absolute best thing that you can serve up in today's love it we're meeting a young man whose changing the way customers dine and feel at his workplace much that's coming up. chelsea? >> of course, meisha, we are keeping a very close eye on the all important weekend. we're looking at a taste of fall heading our way talking about high temperatures in the upper 70s. can you believe it? and also low humidity. a fantastic weekend said setting up i'll have more coming up in your full forecast. that's next. >>> chelsea is back. can we get this show the on the road? i want to seat weekend. >> i keep looking on those maps. bring it on. >> i know. seriously really great forecast will be heading our way as we move into the next several days. i was out on the sky deck it's starting to come to frue wig. take live look outside. we have still cloud cover out there but also plenty of sunshine peeking its way through the clouds. we'll take to you live look at storm scan3. we are still dealing with

jim, back over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. headed out the door stay updated with katie's forecast on sister station "kyw news radio 1060". also, woman philadelphia hopes to learn from attacks, like -- from attacks like the ones in barcelona, plans in place to make sure it doesn't happen here. philadelphia public school principals reach ken tiff contract agreement with the school district. and one hot ingredient that's in some new foods at the linc this season. check in two, three, four times a day on "kyw news radio " 1060 on your a.m. dial. >>> well, philadelphia's playing host to a group of young leaders from africa. >> all part of six week professional placement. thirteen nelson mandela scholars will work with local organizations to promote innovation and positive change asked the group about it experiences at city hall, the 13 fellows between the age of 23 and 35, and represent the diversity in africa. welcome to fill. >> i coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news,d eyewitness sports team here to breakdown last

but the good news, meisha, we do begin to clear it out already by tomorrow.re in for some pretty pleasant weather all-in-all for the majority of the week. >> all day wash out, certainly , katie, no the what we want to hear on a monday, but the silver lining is tomorrow. to get through this morning. so, so far what we're seeing right now, dry roadways, we know the rain will be moving in, so enjoy it while we have t what we're looking at right now, where we had the resurfaced project overnight. that's clearing. the eastbound side between gulph mills and city area, you are actual actually actually looking, blue route, looking pretty good. westbound side, clearing out of the way now. then the vine, it was not closed overnight for construction between the schuylkill and broad. so enjoy the open roadways here as well, westbound and eastbound, looking pretty darn good. moving onto an accident that we have this morning, already, in swenksville, park avenue, pennypacker road, looking okay , we're still showing a lot of green around the area, but heads up for that neck

rahel, jim, back to you. >> meisha, thank you. talk about going above and beyond the call every duty. >> police officer from north jersey was called into action, while on vacation. this is the moorestown police sergeant sean o'hare, taking some type off in florida, noticed two year old child drowning in a hotel pool. o'hare immediately jumped into action, pulling the child from the water. and performing cpr. we're told that the child was resuscitated, taken to nearby hospital for treatment. good news, and great job by officer o'hare there. >> absolutely. >> well still ahead on " eyewitness news" this morning , clean up underway after a train goes off the tracks. take a lock at this mess, we'll tell you the surprising way weather is being blamed for causing all of this. we'll be right back. >> take a look at this, officials are blaming flooding for causing this train derail ment in oklahoma this is incredible. this is right along the board where arkansas, now, we're told that flooding washed away the grounds under the tracks, that

jan, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you.till ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, the new item amazon could soon be selling. live report from wall street. >> plus singer taylor swift takes the stands, the testimony gets fiery. we'll tell you what was said about the dj accused of groping her when we come back. our first and only trainingent way to underwear.mpers the t ur today, we spend a whole lot of time like this. so at citizens bank, we've created banking tools that fit how you're living today. from advanced atms... to online banking... to our award winning mobile app. and if you prefer face-to-face, we have that too. ask me, terry goggans, how our balance of technology and people can help you. >> welcome back, if you are headed out the door stay updated when katie's forecast on our sister station "kyw news radio" 1060. also, big fine coming for pennsylvania drivers who don't properly buckle up their children. new jersey supreme court reverses 20 year old family court ruling dealing with children of divorce, and one

meisha?we are starting offer nicely this morning, but levels are building a little quicker than normal. we have one accident and lot of construction to talk b first a quick break, stay right where you are. cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will be right back. en re and still have dry eye symptoms? ready for some relief? xiidra is the first and only eye drop approved for both the signs and symptoms of dry eye. one drop in each eye, twice a day. common side effects include eye irritation, discomfort or blurred vision when applied to the eye, and unusual taste sensation. don't touch container tip to your eye or any surface. remove contacts before using xiidra and wait at least 15 minutes before reinserting. chat with your eye doctor about xiidra. >> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm joe holden. jim donovan is off this morning. here's what you need to start your day, on tuesday, june 8th , 2017. >> body discovered inside a house fire in philadelphia's kensington section. another resident and firefigh

rahel, back to you. >> meisha, thank you.y continues to intensify as it inches closer and closer to the texas gulf coast. earlier this morning it strength toned category two storm. forecasters label it a life threatening storm. it is the most powerful system to hit the us since 2,005. hurricane has potential for up to throw feet of rain, 125- mile per hour winds. and 12-foot storm surges. weather models show it stalling out over southeastern texas for days. >> we could see the worsen vier mental disaster in the united states history. >> concern here, as it works its way back down to the southeast, possibly out over the open water, we could be seeing maybe a restrengthening going into tuesday of next week. >> the governor of texas declared pre-emptive state of disaster and 30 counties yesterday. the storm is expected to make landfall either late tonight or tomorrow morning as category three hurricane. >> and while many coastal resident are making their way out of the path of the storm, doctors, nurses and other rescue personne

meisha? >> katie, thank you so much.morning to all of you happy friday, guys, looking outside at an accident on the schuylkill, so this time it is the schulkhill westbound, before looking at another accident eastbound around gladwynn, very slow, that's now since been cleared, tension easing there, but now westbound approaching spring garden two, right lanes compromised kind of squeezing by on this far left lane. and you can bet that the backups are pretty substantial this is back up shot that's going all the way back to girard leading up to the accident, all the way back to girard, what we're working with, a lot of the vehicles, and closer you get to the westbound around spring garden , where you are bumper to bumper conditions right now squeezing by, and plus you will have a lot of gaper delays. so i would just say, headed up to the schuylkill, both westbound and eastbound directions, particularly westbound, give yourselves extra time, definately going to need it. yikes. look at the vine push toward the schuylkill, also

meisha? we're looking outside right now, friday morning commute is looking okay, enjoy some of the dry roadways wife you'll got them. some not dry. construction and all of the update coming up. first a quick break, stay right where you are, >> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> 3:00; what you need to do to start your day, august the 28th, 2017. >> spanish police now investigating a second attack overnight, in a resort town south of barcelona. five suspect were shot and killed. >> philadelphia travelers are saddened, also now very anxious about traveling overseas. >> very scary, because our hotel is where it pretty much happened at. >> frank rizzo statue in philadelphia is vandalized for a third time. the situation here, just constantly changing, a city crew has come out, and has gun to remove the graffiti. >> last night eagles won their first pre-season home game. it was a big debut for two new birds, both expected to plane a major role this season. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> okay, james cord on and, of c

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meisha? >> kate thank you so much.ture gig us a hallway pass today for the eclipse. a lot of people real excited about. that will good news, good morning everyone, happy mo n day to you. we're looking outside at accident cheltenham township route 309 northbound near waverly road it is pulled all the way off to the shoulder. not going to slow you down. in fact you see travelers traveling on by one, bear barely putting on brakes, two, not a lot of volumes levels, route 309 looking good. we do have disable vehicle here. you can see it looks like just going to get it towed out of the way sometime shortly schuylkill westbound ramp to vine eastbound pulled off to the right. you might be tapping brakes just little bit travel on by, no worries. then also this accident north wales, still out there, walnut st. at partly street. that's been out there for a while. just heads up on. that will then patco heads up running new schedule, starts today. new weekday schedule, make sure to check the schedules on line, and quick peak at the

straight i and meisha will be here along in a moment.1. >> it is going to be pretty awesome. >> real ' really excited. >> today is the day, the moon and the sun team to up put on a spectacular show in the sky. the partial solar eclipse will peak at 2:44 p.m. this afternoon in

looks good, meisha. >> looking gorgeous, thanks very much for. that very good morning to all of you, beautiful shot here speaking of the ben franklin bridge in the westbound direction nice and quiet. still dark out there. for those in new jersey jumping on the ben franklin bridge we have no issues traveling westbound into center city. we are looking at vine, ramp to the construction project,e and westbound you are all cleared, headlights moving in the westbound direction. looking good both directions now, looking a little bit better than eastbound side but we are still looking good. too early for any major problems. then we are looking at construction still out there roosevelt boulevard south bun at devereaux avenue, two right lanes block there head up on that, that will get busy, deeper in the 5:00 o'clock hour pennsylvania turnpike, the left lane is block there jan, back over to you. >>> meisha, thank you. busy night for fire fighters in bucks county battling this huge fire at scrap mill facility, in the 300 block of steel road south in morrisv

katie and meisha will be along in a moment. first here's what you need to know to start your day in a minute today, wednesday, august 16th. >> you look at both sides. i think there's blame on both sides and i have no doubt about it and you don't have any doubt about it either. >> president trump faces growing backlash this morning for his latest response to the violence in charlottesville. >> new overnight, vandals target a statue of former philadelphia mayor frank rizzo amid calls to remove the statue. >> it's about confronting our own past and moving forward. >> meanwhile a petition to keep the statue in place gained momentum overnight. >> a major break in an unsolved case. police locate a jeep involved in the deadly hit and run. >> power ball fever is heating up. a $431 million jackpot is up

thank you shall meisha. appreciate it. >> you bet. >> up next, new uniforms for the sixers. >> get a first glimpse at the team's new jerseys, look closely to notice the changes. that's when "eyewitness news" at noon continues. tim & charlie, 4th graders. lazy 3rd graders. they even have those new easy open gogurt tubes. we used to struggle 20 minutes to open our gogurts. we were on our own. and when we finally got those things open, we'd be overcome with the sense of accomplishment no 3rd grader today will ever know. hi guys. get a job. you believe this guy? new ez open gogurt. kids never had it so easy. >> getting a look at the sixers new nike jerseys. >> markell fultz putting on the jersey for the first time, they're still mostly red, white and blue, but this time the updated jerseys have the words brotherly love embroidered in gold on the help. they'll be available for purchase on september 29th. >> well, a little boy treated airline passengers had kansas city to a little extra hospitality recently. >> lo

jim, over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. our eclipse fest coverage continues in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news," live with cbs news space consultant bill harwood with what astronomers expect to learn today. >> also ahead, news this morning, more statues honoring confederate lead verse come down, we'll tell you where. >> rescue one group every men will never forget. find out what they were doing when the coast guards came to save them. we're back at the top of the >> history in the skies, in just few hours, the moon will pass in front of the sun turning day into night. oh, my. >>> we have team three coverage of today's eclipse fest. >> millions coast-to-coast will don glasses and look toward the school today for the great american eclipse. i'm don champion in st. joseph , missouri with a preview coming up. >> and kate haste been calling it the super bowl of the sky. we now take a live look at the parkway in center sit. >> i today is monday,

joe, back over to you >> meisha, thank you.secretary of state rex tillerson apparently managed to meeting with top diplomate summit of southeast asia nation this is weekend, tillerson gives the dinner both men scheduled to attend. over the weekends the un security council voted to enact new sanctions, on the north, after their test every inter-continental balistic missiles, with have the potential to carry nuclear weapons. the president of venezuela says beat terrorism with bullet. that's after rebellion broke out at military base. met with military leaders says the government has put a stop to what they're calling a parra military terrorist attack, few people killed during the anti-government rally. the country's defense minister blames, quote, delinquent civilians? military uniforms >> support in denver today, after she filed lawsuit against former radio host accusing him of sexual assault david mueller sued swift saying that he was falsely accused of sexual assault. then swift filed lawsuit of her own claiming that he groped

but by sunday, meisha, we clear it out.nicer of the two weekends days. >> yes, look at sunday, monday , they look gorgeous, katie, yeah, thank you so much very good morning. we made it to friday. looking good outside on the roadways, a lot of construction looking all morning long, good news a lot clears out around 5:00. a lot of is moving out of the way. route one fox street, taillights moving in the southbound direction, headlights northbound direction, you are looking good. certainly heat levels, but really on a friday we don't see that happen too much. not going to get bumper to bumper conditions until probably the 7:00 hour. route 202 at baylor pike, headlights moving in the southbound direction, looks like frozen camera there. ninety-five tail light, this is around the airport area, no delays at the airport by the way. nice conditions out there. so looking good. both in the air and on the roadways. looking nice. other than some construction, like i said, good news 5:00 rolls around, a lot of the crews pack up their stu

meisha?yes, we can weekend looks pretty nice going back to the 80s, thank you so much for that, good morning to all of you. looking right now, talking about this basically all morning long. so an accident investigation in turnersville, new jersey. three vehicle accident happened around 2:00 a.m. people transported to the hospital. forty-two northbound closed. between college drive and route 534. what we're seeing right now is vehicles actually being divert from the 42 onto college drive you will want to use an alternate if you can. i would say 168 or route 55 is going to be your best bet around this. we are looking at the camera shot, birdseye view shot of say five, ten minute ago, and it was very, very busy, a lot of vehicles already out there. and we're still in the early part of the 5:00 hour. so avoid this area, wait if you can, if you cannot, just remember to use the alternates , again, route 168 or route 55 going to be your best bet. accident here boulevard northbound seventh street. pu

jan, jim, back over to you. >> thank you, meisha. we begin with breaking news this morning, vehicle crashed into a business in lehigh county, we are told the impact of the accident has killed the driver. this happened just before 3:00 , that's a pool supply company, 1600 block of northwest and boulevard, in coopers berg. there is no word yet on what caused the crash. and "eyewitness news" crew is headed to the scene. we'll have live report in our next hour. >> this morning, residents in part of south jersey are cleaning up, and drying out from severe flooding. >> heavy downpours yesterday, flooded streets, chopper three , over route 130, burlington city last night where traffic barely moved. some drivers became stranded in heavy flood waters, businesses and homes in the area, were also flooded. >> you have a problem, regarding flooding, please do not drive-thru the flood, flooded street. if you see a line down, do not cross the line. please dial 911 so someone can come out there. >> always good advice. fortunately, there were no inju

katie's off, chelsea and meisha are keeping an eye on things, this morning. >> good morning, welcome to the crazy party. >> glad to be here. >> sleep deprived still. we are looking outside, storm scan through obviously. we will have remnants on the road. we are seeing down traffic signal lights, stuff like. that overall i have to say no real problems on the major highways and roadways. >> that is good news. we will see improving weather throughout the day-to-day and how about the rest of the week , right. >> yes. >> here's storm scan three we are monitoring a couple sprinkles here and there but overall things have quieted down. we have had nasty storm that rolled through earlier and that did cause flooding in some locations but things are looking better and better as morning progresses. temperatures right now checking in the 70's. seventy-six in philadelphia. seventy-four millville. mid up toker 70's. seventy-seven in wildwood. right around 75 in atlantic city. cool spot around mount pocono at 65. those showers and storms associated with the cold front behind the front more comfortab

chelsea and meisha keeping an eye on things this morning. >> great to see you again. it is the gateway and we are looking good thanks to you, nice, dry roadways, construction but overall things are looking good. >> feast your eye on this live look at sunrise, from the kutztown area, temperatures right around 54. cool start, and, need a light jacket heading outside door to start out your day. 67 degrees in philadelphia. sixty-four wilmington. we are in the low to mid 60's. sixty-five in wildwood. fifty-nine in millville. we are cooler compared to just 24 hours ago, anywhere from eight to 14 degrees cooler across the entire region, no surprise there. we have very nice weather heading our way through the afternoon around 9:00 a.m. temperatures righting in the lower 70's, very comfortable morning. gorgeous sunshine by noon time eat your lunch outside 76 degrees. eighty-three is our high right and 3:00 p.m. nice afternoon on tap and nice weather this weekend. we will have details in a bit. >> gorgeous. road are looking good too, it is really nice commute this morning. we h

time frame specially, meisha? >> humidity will be lower, all right, katie, thank you so much. just moment ago talking about jim mentioned this accident, yes, it is in the accident investigation in turnersville, in urge new jersey right now. the accident investigation stages underway from a three vehicle accident. actually happened around 2:00 a.m. so what's the status right now route 42 northbound is closed at college drive. you will have to use an alternate around this. route 55 or 168 is going to be your best bet. you can see a lot of activity there. a lot of this like i said under the investigation stages right now, so you won't see as many flashing lights, but still will have to use both alternates, then looking at the vine, vine closed overnight. westbound and eastbound completely closed down right now. see it looking very dark, very quiet. let you know as soon as crews move out of the way. overnight resurfaced projet checking on it again today on the schuylkill, westbound between city avenue and gladwynn, eastbound, between gulph mills and belmont avenue that's where you

meisha?that heat, but i have to tell that you weekends looks gorgeous matt it, looks just like beautiful weekend coming up. thank you so much. well, for now, happy tuesday. the beginning of the work week , looking outside, accident, schuylkill westbound , before conshohocken curve pulled all the way up to the far right shoulder, slow moving as you travel on by here. so it was blocking far right lane, just kind of squeezing by in the left lane, now, it is pulled all the way off to the shoulderment take a look at the backups, still pretty substantial. belmont, headlight moving in the westbound direction, toward where the accident is. take a look at this, from the vine to the blue route, talking about 80 minute or more. so definitely going to want to factor in extra time into your commute this morning, i would say if you can hole off little bit at home, certainly want to do so if you have to head out, just factor in a lot of extra time. accident here, 295 north before route 38, pulled off to the

that will we kick off next week with 79, again, on monday , meisha.red showers there in the forecast for tuesday. but those temperatures, i know you like the 90s, but those of us ready for cooler weather, i think we're getting it. >> i got to jump on the bandwagon for that, it looks absolutely beautiful. matt, thank you so much. good morning to all of you. we made it, friday, looking outside right now, talcony palmyra bridge went up, now it is coming back down. so those of you waiting on the bridge, you're pretty good, too. construction route one oxford vale, looks like construction crews are moving it out of your way right now, if it is still out thereby the time you get out, there exit off oxford valley, re-enter on oxford vale, as well. resurfaced project, eastbound, looking at this basically all week long, looking at it again , eastbound between the blue route, gladwynn, right lane compromised still, camera shot showing around the blue route area, and you can see the crews are still out there. hopefully in the next 15 minute or so they'll start to

katie and meisha will be here in a moment but first here's a what you need to necessity to start your day in the morning minute today, wednesday august . >> an attack or threat on guam is a threat or an attack on the united states. >> tensions rise as north korea threatens a missle strike on the pacific island after president trump said this. >> north korea best not make anymore threats, they will be met with fire, fury. >> breaking overnight, vehicles slammed into a group of soldiers guarding a suburb, eyewitnesses say it was a deliberate act. >>> a powerful earthquake rocks southwest china. 6.5 magnitude quake struck a popular tourist area killing several people. >>> ♪ rine stone cowboy >> music world mourning loss of the glenn campbell country music's first cross over star and who his battle with alzheimer's yesterday. he was 81. >>> harlem globetrotters take their talents to the jersey shore with an amazing shot. >> wow. >> i still can't get over that , globetrotters, pulling off the shot from morey pier in wildwood. >> they are in town with games , 16th through 19th. can you see

katie and meisha is keeping an eye on things. good morning. >> good happy wednesday, it is monday, and then tuesday, yes, and then wednesday. >> yes. >> look at the sun, it is something we will have a trickle down of accidents starting to happen now, and we will get to that. weather shouldn't be a issue for us, that is good. not right now. later this evening or early this afternoon as that drive gets underway things could get dicey for us. there will be showers, thunderstorms that pop up but at the moment it is just hazy, certainly soupy outside, very steamy and you just have some cloud overhead. we have a southeasterly wind flow, we have that surge of warmth, building humidity, so it is warm to start the day off here. we are at 74 at the airport. seventy-two in dover, wildwood , atlantic city and there is sunlight popping through the cloud deck but it is somewhat limited, at the moment, but regardless i think we will see good portion of the sunshine throughout the course of the day. willow grove currently checks in at 7o in thes

katie and meisha are here keeping an eye on things this morning. >>> always good to see you. we are this close to the weekend. >> yes, almost there. >> you can just great. we are looking outside things are looking good, dry for now, hopefully it stays that way. >> well, not all of it. at least during our shift we're good. you know, i know you have had issues with traffic but weather hasn't had too much of an impact, it is later in the day. poor folks on five, six, 10 and 11 have had to deal with all that. we may still find some fog. we will get to that in a second. there aren't any advisories, just a mention. i noticed it. fog wasn't terribly thick but still out there perhaps creating a haze, minor visibility reduction as a result, but storm scan is still quiet even in the last couple of hours when these showers fizzled outside greater delaware valley region later today we will see more showers and storms popping up with time. we are sitting on western most edge of an area of high pressure waiting for a frontal boundary to credits through. that will take another day or two. w

lets go to meisha with a look at traffic.hat is going on. >> in the world of travel things are looking good, still early, just heading toward that 5:00 o'clock hour, nice and dry, and chelsea pointed out it will be a gorgeous day to day and serves as a nice commute. so far so good. construction route one northbound is closed, exit off oxford valley and reenter oxford valley in both directions and now just north bound side. refur facing on the schuylkill eastbound between gulph mills and belmont and gladwynn and blue route you can see some cones still on the roadway but it will in the slow you down just yet, it will maybe deeper in the 5:00 but this is what you are working with congestion levels are just not out there. ninety-five south coming around s curve, your neighbors out there this morning looking good there, construction crew is here roosevelt boulevard northbound between oxford circle and cottman avenue outer lanes right now are closed, excuse me, but looking outside, betsy ross bridge, one area will start to get slow

meisha? >> katie, thank you so much. so yes, talking about the commute, yes, that rain coming down in certain parts will slow us down, especially we start to see the cameras. looking outside right now, we have accident here. this is the schuylkill west before girard. just short little moment, all lanes are block, and has been moved all the way off to the shoulder. and starting to see tension casino every ease up little bit as you kind of wiz by. looking at this back up shot. this is the schuylkill, headlight westbound direction, near where that accident was. and i would say five minutes ago, it was literally bumper to bumper conditions. now, we can see that tension starting to ease just little bit. but because of the volume starting to hit the roadway ways now, still busy around there. so around girard, schuylkill westbound, maybe start to add a couple of extra minutes into your commute. eastbound side looking okay. it is really the westbound side that i've got my eye on for you, disable vehicle here, 95 south past girar

meisha, how are road looking. >> road are looking okay.have a problem spot so good morning, looking at 422 eastbound at route 23 this accident is still out there. vehicles involved. people outside their vehicles. you can see as we are traveling by we are taking it easy just as you should. tapping on your breaks. we are seeing backups form, just pennsylvania oaks leading up toward that accident is and you can see almost completely stopped in the far left lane bumper to bumper conditions in the left lane. you can avoid 422, you probably should, if you have to head out there give yourself an extra, 27 minutes, give myself an extra 45 minutes if i were you. then 95 south at betsy ross, as you push in the southbound direction, for those heading toward center city looking slow there. right here looks okay. no loaning traveling at posted speed. bumper to bumper there as well southbound side, we are slow moving, then we are looking at two water main breaks another egypt at trooper road, 202 dekalb street is closed between fourth and ford street de

joe, rahel, back to you. >> construction, construction, okay, meisha, thank you very much.ll ahead: major wireless company making a pitch to baby boomers. >> also, tezsla seeking economic jolt to help get us new model on the move. the story, when "eyewitness news" continues. >> it last been appearing on license plates since 1954, now , governor christie signed a new law making the garden state, new jersey's official slogan. it speaks to the state's driving agriculture industry. >> i didn't know what that was about, garden state. >> agriculture. >> jersey tomatoes, jersey corn. >> yes. >> big, big hits. it is now 4:50 time for a check this morning. >> roxanna joins us live interest morning from the new york stock exchange, good morning. so, tezsla apparently looking for a way to raise money to ramp up production every it new model three sedan watch are the details about that, roxanna? >> reporter: good morning, guys, yes, the electric car maker wants to fuel up on junk bonds, the company says it will raise about one and a half billion dollars for its first ever offering. hig

day progresses, and with time, some unsettled weather does eventually return to the forecast, so meisha, little late another broadcast i'll let you know when you may need the umbrella. >> katie, thank you so much. we definitely want to know. that will the good news is right now, looking good. nice dry roadways, could contend w push in the southbound direction on the boulevard, now at about 5:32 exactly, that's when we start to heat up levels right now. so take this, southbound toward the schuylkill. jump on at the schuylkill, it will be little busy out there. overall you are still travel at posted speeds over the next 30 minute or so start to slow down just little bit more. fifty-nine south at broad street, same story here, push in the southbound direction, what we are looking at there, actually everyone still traveling at posted speeds, just starting to see more and more headlight pop on the roadways, route one fox street , taillights moving in the southbound direction, looking great here, actually looking pretty good all morning long in this area. route one, again, looking great. then

straight i and meisha will be here along in a moment. today is monday, august 21. >> it is going to be pretty awesome. >> real ' really excited. >> today is the day, the moon and the sun team to up put on a spectacular show in the sky. the partial solar eclipse will peak at 2:44 p.m. this afternoon in philadelphia. >> may be hint of wet weather on the radar, but it is out of our area. here are the patchy clouds we talked becomes should not skew your viewing all that much. >> no matter what you say there is man was elected twice by meg margins. >> rally in support of the frank rizzo statue across from city hall is postponed. the mayor's offers agreed meet with organizers, if they put off the role. >> i this is about who the city chooses to honor. >> search and rescue underway after the uss john mccain collided. >> two sailors are missing, five are hurt. >> creative simulation of today's solar eclipse, courtesy of national weather service in nashville going viral. it shows a moon pie, moving in front after doppler radar. >> total eclipse i

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. >> that's coming up next on " eyewitness news" at noon, meisha?>> well, serious illness can make a family feel very alone in their struggles consideration bring what's important to the surface, as well n today's love it, meeting family that's changing the way they look at time and how they use it, that's coming up. katie? >> meisha, as we get prepped for another week of work, well , we've already got our sides on the weekends, at the moment it does appear as though it will be quite typical for mid-august here with some sun, some clouds, warmth, humidity, just like you would expect in these odd days of the summertime. but, we do have some unsettled weather to tell you about. so we will talk about that in your full forecast coming up >> iconic landmark out of service for the next four years while renovations are carried out. >> big ben fell sigh atlantic for maintenance in 2007. it will continue to climb for important international events >> were you just in london. >> i was. cheerio. >> oh, i was there few months ago, too. just like -- >> well, goo

katie and meisha keeping an eye on things. almost a friday. >> yes. >> the gateway. >> the gateway to our weekend. you can feel it thursday morning because we are looking outside right now everything is looking good. turf say today out of every day this week so far has looked the best. just construction no accident, nice dry roadways. >> stay that way dry through the day but just about ready to come up over that horizon. we are going to expect to see sun glare as a result so if you travel, in the eastbound direction you have to deal with that but no complaints here, right. all clear, another morning where temperatures are right now, men to the 50's from allentown back to reading and mount pocono as well. mid to upper 60's up and down i-95 and throughout the course of the day we will heat up here but it feels really comfortable right now. i wouldn't be shock to see beach fill up sooner here today, lots of sunshine all day long, water temperatures nice and mild heading to the beach, meanwhile, elsewhere back in philadelphia any

meisha? >> well, some of the best programs out there are the ones perfect simultaneously n today's love it, learning about a program doing just that, sending ripple effect through the community. that's coming up. matt? >> it is always nice to talk about the weekend when we have good weather to talk about. it looks like it will be fantastic for saturday and sunday. lower humidity, temperatures maybe little bit below average , and plenty of sunshine, and we de is her of it after the high heat that we'll have today. break down the heat advisory, when the cooler temperatures start to show up in just a bit >> have you been outside? >> not since 2:30 in the morning. >> miserable. it is not nice out there. >> like walking into a wall of humidity. >> oh, fun. >> yes. >> soupy, and sticky, and muggy, and any kind of word that you can use to just describe that, that's what we have today. >> breitbart size, you know me , always looking for the breitbart side of things. >> look on the sunny side of life,

katie and meisha will be along in just a moment. need to start your day in the morning minute today is august the 15th, tuesday. >> a rude awakening for dozens every residents in northeast philadelphia when fire rips through an apartment complex. >> those injured people include two people who live in the building as well as one firefighter. >> had her tied up in the basement. >> tied up and terrorized. a manhunt is on for the suspect who attacked an elderly woman in her queen village home. >> protesters in north carolina topple statue of confederate rat soldier during a rally against racism. >> not so warm welcome for president trump, who was waking up at trump tower in new york for the first time since taking offers. >> do you feel burned by experience at the white house? >> not at all. >> when you take a job like that, steven, you know that your expiration date is coming >> i didn't think i would last too long, but i thought i would last longer than a carton every milk. >> and that was former white house communications director an