from the traffic center i'm meisha johnson have a great afternoon, drive safe out there and i will see you again soon. >>> so meisha will be extremely busy tweeting over the weekend. >>> the big question that everyone has on their mind at this point, big question is what will the weather be like? there is a a possibility of rain on sunday if we can about on the this will weather, pat, we would be all set but possibility of weather on sunday. lets check with kyla outside on the sky deck. >> if anything make going those road closures more bearable is the fact that this weather is so gorgeous. just a stunning day, lots of sunshine. we are not going to car think weather forward into our papal visit weekend. the as we look at the forecast you can see saturday we are expecting clouds to move in, breezy conditions, high of 74 degrees. cooler on sunday high of 72. that is a chance of showers coming in. sunday a afternoon. check this out future weather, track this forward and as you can get to 7:00 a.m. sunday that rain very close to the south of us as we work in the a afternoon, remember 4:00

if you have to get in and around there, meisha johnson will have a closer look in the next half an hour. >>> twenty-one days for the arrival of pope francis in philadelphia and world meeting of families has announced availability of more tickets. beginning tuesday september 8th at noon 10,000 tickets will be available to the public for the went pope francis at independent mall on saturday, september 26th. you can get those tickets and then ticket will be available on first couple first serve basis. so, keep that in mine. they are limited to four per person. >>> stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the papal visit, everything you need to necessity is on the web site at cbs philly to the come. >>> switching gears, philadelphia police investigating a shooting overnight in frankford. it happened in the 1800 block of harrison street. a three two-year old man has been taken to the hospital with the gunshot wound to the leg. police say there could also be a second victim, there is no word on what cause that had shooting. >>> another deadly shoot to go tell but this one on sou

meisha johnson will have a closer look in our next half an hour. >>> well, talking pope, papal visit, three weeks away, 21 days to be exact from the arrival of the pope francis in d meeting of families has announce add veil built of more ticket. beginning tuesday september 8th at noon 10,000 tickets will be available to the public for the event with pope francis, at independent mall, on saturday, september 26th. you can get tickets on the world meeting of families web site, the tickets will be available on first come first serve basis and limited to four per person. >>> you can stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the papal visit, everything you need to know is on our web site at cbs philly.com. >>> switching gears a deadly shooting on south street while thousands of people were outside waiting for a conser. gunfire erupted outside the theater of the living arts in the 300 block of south street. one person a man was shot and rushed to hahnemann hospital where he died. hundreds of the people were in the area for a concert at theater of the living arts. one bullet even

lets get started with, weather and traffic, kyla grogan and meisha johnson joins us. >> good morning,id hear relief is in the the air, kyla, that is good news for people. >> it will be a little shocking to go from 90's that we have the

we have the lovely kyla grogan and meisha johnson. >> good morning, it is our hump day.re: the the road are really quiet. >> let's talk about the the weather, you guys, because we are officially in the the heat wave. we made i

here's meisha johnson to break it all down from the traffic center. meisha? >> hey, everyone, happy sunday. here is what you need to know in the worlds of travel and fun today. first the pope's arrival less than one week away. there will be some road closures as you well know. one you should be aware that far will affect your commute on the ben franklin parkway. inner drive will be closed between 20th street and eakin's oval until tuesday september 29th. also, between art museum drive and spring garden street, make note, that the right lane is blocked with equipment set up for this event. >> in the world of mass transit, the west trenton line is shuttle bussing today due to construction between the west trenton and wood born stations. >>> we're still in construction season, friend, but one of the areas that just cleared is on the extension between the mid-county and lansdale. this stretch in both directions of the northeast extension was closed overnight due to construction, but then reopened this morning at 6:00 a.m. >> switching gears now, if you're soccer

or out of the city this is what you can expect big crowd on the rails as you can imagine, our meisha johnsonneed to know coming up next. >>> also pope francis trending, no surprise there, how social media is helping connect the world during pontiff's stay here in philadelphia. >>> but first here's another look at the the parkway where people are starting to gather for today's historic mass. a as we go to break more sound from last night's festival of the families. >> let's take a listen... >> ♪ >> ♪ the >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> just heard that beautiful performance by bobby hill, the 14 years old who received thunder us applause during the festival of families. mc mark wahlberg says hill, a member of the keystone state boys choir by the way, has the the voice of an angel, and i could not agree more. i heard that voice. i just stopped in my tracks. >> there is something so beautiful about the voice of the child in general. >> very sure. >> and then someone given that gift and it is pure sound. >> just beautiful. >> yes, you could feel positive e

from the cbs-3 traffic center i'm meisha johnson, have a great day to day and i hope to see you at the race. >> meisha, thanks. >>> septa bus operators are showing off their skills this weekend. they drive buses through an obstacle course through the septa bus and maintenance rodeo. "eyewitness news" at corn wells heights bus station. fifty bus riders competed for right to represent septa in the international bus and maintenance rodeo. i had no idea there was one. septa has won this event several times, so, how about that. >>> well, event organizers typically hope for a big turnout but stand down gathering in bucks county is quite an exception. it is a three day camp at helping homeless vets find common ground. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff a has details. >> reporter: for these retired servicemen and woman the war never ended. >> people want to survive and they survive the best what he that they can and sometimes it is not pretty. >> reporter: buses brought 100 men and women from across the fail area to levittown for annual three day stand down event. all guest is here hav

traffic reporter meisha johnson has more on the road closures and delays you could face today. >> hey guys, this is what you need to know as you hit the the road. first made in america festival is happening this weekend so plan on some road closures. all major roads are on the ben franklin parkway and art museum area are closed. inner lanes of the parkway are closed until will tuesday morning, and then outer lanes are closed until the end of the festival tonight. today's kelly drive, martin luther king drive, spring garden street and pennsylvania avenue, will be closed until the end of the festival. and so good alternates are vine street expressway, fairmount avenue and jfk boulevard all of which will be opened. >>> so secondly, septa is offering additional services during the festival to help you get around, regional rails have extra late night services, broad street line and market frankford line are running every five minutes during the day, and, some trolleys are offering a additional services for those attending the festival as well. keep in mind that some of these september buse

from the cbs-3 traffic center i'm meisha johnson have a great day to day and i hope to see you at the the race. >> all right, meisha, thank. >>> 8:20. septa bus operators are showing off their skills this weekend. they wheeled buses through an obstacle course through an septa bus and maintenance rodeo. "eyewitness news" at cornwells heights station in bensalem. fifty bus operators competed against each other for right to represent septa in the international bus and maintenance rodeo apparently septa has won this event several times so we have drivers with some, serious skills out there we will take a short break, happy sunday everybody. your immune system doesn't work the way it did when rock was young. so we made fluzone high-dose vaccine... for people 65+. with a high high higher dose of antigen... it's significantly more effective than fluzone vaccine in preventing flu. fluzone high-dose vaccine is approved for people 65 and older. it's not for anyone who's had a severe allergic reaction to any vaccine component, including eggs, egg products, or to a prior dose of any flu vaccine.

from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm meisha johnson.en, everyone. >> all right, 6:21 rid now. philadelphia's own m. night shyamalon is back with another thriller. >> this time, he's turning a trip to the grandparent house into something sinister. we'll have preview of the visit coming up next. probably a lot of grandparent not happy about this. we'll i am never getting married. never. psssssh. guaranteed. you picked a beautiful ring. thank you. we're never having kids. mmm-mmm. breathe. i love it here. we are never moving to the suburbs. we are never getting one of those (minivan). we are never having another kid. i'm pregnant. i am never letting go. for all the nevers in life, state farm is there. >> a nightmare, m. night shyamalon's movie, the visit. it also incorporate some unexpected humor. cbs suzanne marquez has a sneak preview. >> there is something wrong with nanna and pop pop. >> they're just old. >> sin links beck a and tyler spent week with their estranged grandparent for the first and last time in writer director m. night sh

. >> all around the country competed today in doylestown at tom son bucks county classic, meisha johnson was at the site today. thousands of spectators washed. cbs3 is the partner for this 18. great to see them out there. sports director don bell is back. >> i've been their 30 second, i'm jumping in interrupting. are we cool? >> absolutely always. >> we go back a way. week one under with in nfl everyone is having fun except for teals baiting to play monday. eagles and falcons are less than 24 hours away from kickoff. nine months since we seen the birds play if a real game. listen to the players. >> i'm very excited for the season to start. we've been gearing up philadelphia international airport. waiting forever. knew in it's actually here, we're overly excited and happy it to kick it off. >> we start to see them, you make personal and team goals and kwoj act person on this team or in this organization hasn't set the is super bowl as a goal for this year. >> we're off to baseball. phils looking to split a four game series with the can you be, ryan howard in the bottom of the 30, the figh

lets get started with, weather and traffic, kyla grogan and meisha johnson joins us. >> good morning, happy hump day. >> i did hear relief is in the the air, kyla, that is good news for people. >> it will be a little shocking to go from 90's that we have the past couple days to highs in the upper 70's. >> yes. >> yes. >> it is a little bit of the jarring move but today we have to deal with the heat first. we have another day where we could see that 90-degree temperature out there. lets look right now at our live neighborhood network. we are in the mid 70's from little creek, millville, bensalem, cinnaminson at 75. notice wind is out of the south and east. we will see that change as our temperatures change. currently looking around our region we see 60's and 70's. seventy-six in philadelphia and the atlantic city. this is the change. these are storms ahead of over cold front that will knock the heat out of the way. storm scan three skies are clearing here, as all that out to the west and north will track our way, that is why tonight we could see a stray thunder storm or two. bulk of wh

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. >> lets go to meisha johnson now, tell us what you know. >> yeah, good evening, both jessica and pat, road are looking good. if there is one bright side to all of the road closures it is that rush hour is looking more like a ghost town. here's a live view from chopper three schuylkill at the vine. road are nice and clear. traffic box just went into effect at 6:00 p.m. switching gears, some notes for you here, outside, septa stations or some of them that are closed right new for those who are taking septa this evening, and also i just want to let you know that all septa rails, i will backup so you can enjoy this rule, all septa rails are operating on saturday schedule and only stations are opened right now. also right the now all regional rail lines are delayed, because of very heavy volume. septa stations that are closed now until monday, here they are, all four, regional rail line at suburban station, market frankford, broad street line, and the trolley street and also new jersey transit, for those in new jersey take a peak, access link is now suspended, buses are suspended, atlanti

we have the lovely kyla grogan and meisha johnson. >> good morning, it is our hump day. we have made it. halfway there: the the road are really quiet. >> let's talk about the the weather, you guys, because we are officially in the the heat wave. we made it past that three day mark. i think we will go for four possibly five before it is all said and done. lets take a look at the statistics here. you can see what i'm talking about. we made it to 91 on sunday. ninety-three on hundred. ninety-two on tuesday. we are looking at yet another day of heat. temperatures 74 in philadelphia. sixty-nine in atlantic city. sixty in the poconos. dover coming in at 07 degrees already. look at these due points. higher then yesterday, 70 right now, in philadelphia, so that tells you how much moisture is in the air, very humid out there. the skies are cleared once again so once again that means we can heat up today and we are expecting to. so a high of 94 in philadelphia is what i expect today, even more, and 87 at the shore getting up there at 80 for poconos. meisha, more heat to look forwa

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this weekend, either way have, a fantastic weekend everyone from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm meisha johnson. see you again bright and early monday morning. >> all right, meisha, thank you. coming up: couple with green thumbs, and some giggles. you'll love this couple. coming up next: see the home-grown tow mate oats with unmistakable shape. interesting. we'll be right back. tt0w!tx#ho!! the end of the week to see the doctor.until because of... rabies. i was, i was, in the, i was saving some children from a coyote and it bit me. well, what would you have me do just let the children die. don't, hey don't tell me how rabies works. i know, i'm sorry, i'm sorry i'm just scared because i'm, i've never foamed at the mouth before. hello. miss. find and book a doctor when you need one with zocdoc. >> a very unique tomato was pick in michigan, that looks very much like a ducky. >> i thought, gee, that's kind of strange. and then i'm thinking and i put him down, and i thought to me it looks like a duck. >> looks like a duck but doesn't quack like one. that's because it is a tomato, grown right here in

i believe meisha johnson signed up to be one of the first to ride it. at happened, right? it wasn't you, me. >> it definitely was in the me. >> but it was definitely meisha. >> meisha is on it, i will be no where near it, i cannot to upside down roller coaster. we have had roller coaster ride of temperatures. eyewitness weather watchers out there on the ground bringing us observations what is happening in their neck of the woods. the we will start with this 107 degrees joseph said. he is in or land, pennsylvania. 87 percent humidity. joseph says starting the sixth day of the heat wave off with steamy humidity. we will see that one more day. cooler as we head where carry is in mount laurel. 66 degrees. but look at that 99 percent humidity. beautiful start to the morning. so humid. you feel it out the door moisture just attack. look at the the current temperatures, 77 degrees in philadelphia. sixty-nine in reading. seventy-two in dover. we are 73 degrees in wildwood. it is steamy. hour by hour shows us 90's yet again here in philadelphia, lots of sunshine,

our meisha johnson has details on getting around town. >> yes, hey pat and jessica. it is crazy when we look at this because we are in the heart of the evening rush hour right now and take a look at this, this is a a shot from live chopper three, a bird's eye view of the schuylkill and vine. look at this you would never imagine that in the 5:00 o'clock hour evening rush and this is what it looks like clearly heeding our warnings to stay away from center city because of the detours and road closures. switching gears here i want to pull a map and just take a look at this, starting at 6:00 x which is the green line goes into effect meaning you can drive inside of that perimeter but you cannot reenter once you leave and you cannot enter the secure vehicle perimeter which is in black. also starting a at 10:00 p.m. the traffic box perimeter extend to university city and west philadelphia and tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. all metal detectors will open up. off ramps from the vine broad street and ben franklin parkway are closed and vine street is completely close is a at 10:00 p.m.

our meisha johnson took a dream drive and stopped at the best spots along the way, lets take a look.>> so, right now we are traveling from ocean city, to stone harbor. and we're taking the road that is known as ocean drive, and one of our first stops will be the corson's inlet state park. we can see fisherman, kyackers. what makes you come here to this park, this particular spot. >> i have been coming here fishing since 1994 when i was five years old. >> reporter: what are you hoping to catch. >> fluke. >> reporter: do i got my money on him? yes, i do. going over the bridge, there is the the inn. you can come here, enjoy great food, a drink out on the patio and look at that view. stunning. complimentary sunset every night. >> i say we eat. >> reporter: thank you. football sandwich is toasted garlic bread with prime rib, fried onions and provolone cheese. >> i think i need a bib for this one. >> that is good. >> reporter: my gosh, i am so full from that football sandwich but never too full for some fudge. so right new we're going to sea isle city. i see a swimsuit place. just steps of

. >> so meisha johnson is live for us in the studio, she's on duty this morning to keep everybody informed what the situation is like with traffic. normally meisha there would be very busy traffic on the schuylkill expressway and at the exits to i-95, it is different today. >> it is, and pat, turf say i got goose bumps when you got emotional seeing that airplane take off. it is such a beautiful moment. i know you can feel energy. i can feel it inside, inside the studio, it is so great. so exciting. here's a look at ben franklin bridge. not every day you take a look at ben franklin bridge and see it completely closed down, nice, quiet. when we zoom in and look closer you can see pedestrians walking across this bridge. no vehicles on the ben franklin bridge but on the tacony palmyra bridge you can have have vehicles there you just can't walk over there. completely flip flopped from this bridge to the other. another spot where we are keeping an eye on is schuylkill eastbound at gulph mills. you can see far left lane is closed, off to the blue route, and where it is opened, rather closing you