. >> we're following a developing story, crews are searching the schuylkill river for a man whomr merion police. >>> last night it was supposed to be about mike pence, but this morning it's about ted crews. >> the head of temple university ely out of a jobay. >> let's go over to karen rogers with accuweather and matt pellman has >> reporter: good morning good e look at satellite and radar, we have clear skies and we're looking good. if you're in martins creek it's 58 degrees, temperatures below yesterday morning. 61 in snreet wood. 6 -- fleetwood, 72 water main break is giving us problems this morning, 206 blocked at princeton pike stay on route 1 no problems over there. so far so good along i-95 at 295. not complaining about that. we expect delays on the regional rails, we'll be watching them as this thursday morning progresses, tam. >> thank you matt. >>> we're following breaking news this morning a violent night in philadelphia as gunfire erupts across the city. detectives are working on two homicide right now. the latest one a man was returning from a fast food run gunned down on the

let's go over to katherine scott she's been following the search from the lower merion police department. >> reporter: good morning, tam, so far this morning police have not said if the man has been located, but they've had equipment on the water throughout the night. this started at 10:45 p.m. let's go to video of the schuylkill river from the search site. police pulled over a man for possibly driving under the influence near hallow and river roads in lower merion township. police say the man got out of his car and ran away from them and jumped in the river. search crews were called in, they hauled in large lights and boats launched philadelphia police used their helicopter to and i would in the search. one of the problems they don't know if he is not water, so they continue to scour the area for signs of the man. we're waiting to hear the latest from police this morning. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> a 16-year-old visiting his girlfriend in north philadelphia got shot outside her home. two suspects tried to rob him. both suspects opened fire striking the teen. he is at st

we have good news in the area of king of prussia for upper merion drivers.s a crash on 76 westbound affecting the ramp to 422. that has in the last 15 minutes or so has been cleared. >>> now your nbc 10ç first ale weather. >> it's a warm, muggy morning and it's going to be a warm evening tonight. tomorrow the heat is on. i've issued a first alert for a heat hazard for the pennsylvania suburbs, philadelphia, new jersey suburbs and northern delaware from 1:00 to 6:00 tomorrow afternoon and again on friday. that's when the temperatures and the humidity will soar. it will feel like more than 100 degrees at times, especially tomorrow. here's the heat index. which shows tomorrow at this time, it will feel like 75 degrees in the morning. during the afternoon, look at those numbers. it will feel like more than 100 degrees from allentown to the lehigh valley, through the suburbs, philadelphia, northern and central delaware and into south jersey. avalon 85 degrees. if you're looking for relief tomorrow, you'll find it at the shore. the steaminess will stay with us in

s skyforce 10 is live above one of these protests happening in lower merion. you can see demonstrators gathering here for the past hour. that's where drew smith is live tonight. drew? >> reporter: yeah. those protesters marched up the street from here, but they left one of their messages on the sidewalk. isn't confined to the city. they're feeling it out here in the suburbs, too. another day with another gathering of upset voices. this crowd gathered at a park in wynnewood holding signs that say black lives matter. their bicycles in the main line. >> reporter: anita friday is glad to see so many people come out to show outrage at racial injustice. >> we're sitting on a powder keg. >> reporter: former philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey called this a critical time on "meet the press" this morning and said extreme rhetoric isn't good for anybody. he says he fears something could happen at this summer's convention. >> we need to come together. we need thoughtful people to sit down and engage in dialogue but actually come up with solutions, not just fi

we're watching for hazardous road conditions being reported out in lower merion on old gulph road andulberry lane. northeast philadelphia, we might see delays onç the boulevard around masher street because of traffic lights malfunctioning in the area. route 38 on haddonfield road in cherry hill, new jersey, not a lot of cars on the roads here. no problems or delays according to drive times. that's what most of our majors look like right now. we'll keep you updated throughout the morning and when i come back in the next ten minutes. >>> i wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves and i watch my daughters, two beautiful, intelligent black young women playing with their dogs on the white house lawn. >> first lady michelle obama speaking of history and promoting unity at the dnc last night. and the first lady's address helped cap a dramatic opening day at the democratic national convention. >> the cover of one of our local newspapers captured the events of day one, reading "speech therapy" referring to democrats trying to bring factions of party together for the conventio

this began when lower merion police pulled a driver over for a possible dui.of the vehicle and ran to the water and jumped in. there is no word if the search are resume. >>> happening today, temple university will officially fire its president, the board of trustees will vote to terminate the president at its meeting today. it took a unanimous vote of no confidence due in part to a 22 million-dollar financial aid detective at this time. the chancellor will serve as acting president until a permanent successor is found. >>> time to turn to accuweather. >> reporter: heat heat and more heat. storm tracker 6 live double scan looking good to start you off. let's go outside, we have crystal clear skies looking live on sky6 live hd with the center city skyline. it doesn't feel too bad. it's a little sticky in the city, but the dewpoints will drop in a couple of hours. the temperature, 71 degrees, the dewpoint 67. in many other areas it's less than that. the pressure is steady. the winds are calm. the ocean temperature, 73 degrees. of course, we've got our always on d

skyfox over the scene lower merion, last night, divers and six boats scour the waters. crews were looking for a man who jumped into the river while running from police around 10:30 p.m. they believe he drowned and are calling there a body recovery mission. >>> and a 16 year old boy is in critical condition this morning after being shot during a robbery in north philadelphia. it hatched cecil b. moore and woodstock street just after 9:30 last night. we're told the boy was shot twice and returned to st. christopher hospital. and no arrests have been made. >>> 6:11. happening today temple university board of trustees will seek to dismiss the president of the university at a meeting scheduled for today. earlier this month, you will err, issued vote of no confidence in the collin's president doctor kneel theo bold. decision came a mid $22 million financial shortfall. the intends to put the school's chant letter in his position until they find replacement. >> well, three days and no shortage of interesting moments, and it is all leading up to tonight. we will go live to cleve

near hallow and river roads in lower merion township. police launched a chopper and went out in boats to see if the person made it across or remained in the water. we'll have more on the story at 5:30. >>> tonight donald trump will stride to the center stage of the republican national convention to accept his party's nomination. last night was about michael mie pence accepting the official nod, but everyone is talking about ted cruz. >> if you love our country, stand and speak and vote your conscience vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and be faithful to the constitution. >> cruz's speech comes as the republican party to seeking to unify. trump criticized cruz on twitter who failed to order a pledge, he knew it was coming, he saw the speech two hours later. sarah bloomquist has reaction from local delegates. >> we were next to the stage when senator ted cruz completed his speech and got booed out of the arena. we were next to the pennsylvania delegation when the entire convention floor erupted

this one out on lower merion on lancaster avenue and ardmore avenue.also starting to see some of the first delays of the morning for septa, thorndale train 1512 is running 10 minutes late. that started about 15 minutes ago. watch out for that ripple effect as well. route 42 near route 41 in deptford, new jersey. the northbound lanes are right in here. that's what's headed toward the philadelphia area. no problems or delays heading into that direction. up and over the bridges, toward that area. i'll have more when i come back. more accident scenes out in montgomery county. >>> lock her up! lock her up! lock her up! >>> taking aim at hillary clinton. he prosecuted a multiprong case against hillary clinton and the convention crowd responded to his litany of charges against her. >> in china and syria -- >> hillary. >> in iran and russia and cuba -- >> hillary. >> and here at home, for risking america's secrets to keep her own and lying to cover it all up? >> hillary. >> christie wrapped up with a call to defeat clinton and make donald trump the next presid

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. >> contractor working in upper merion township may be responsible for a gas main leak. chopper three was on location shortly after officials arrived at made encouraging lane and prince frederick streets. police tell us they were called to the scene after getting numerous reports about a gas odor in the area. upon arrival, they discovered a construction crew may have hit a gas line, there were no evacuations. >> nan south philadelphia, resident may want to avoid this intersection at fifth and snyder street. the road is currently closed following a water main break this morning. the philadelphia water department tells us they're work to go repair six-inch main, right now no customers are without service, repairs expected to be completed today. >> well, coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", stepped up security for the dnc. >> we'll tell you the areas that will be off limits when the convention comes to town. plus: >> the fbi calls it case closed but republicans say not so fast. i'm on capitol hill, clinton answering questions about emails. >> one of the youngest bosses in

." >>> now, to montgomery county, skyforce 10 is over the schuylkill river in lower merion last night where police say a person involved in a car crash ran from police and jumped into the water. this happened mere hollow and river roads. divers have searched the area but have not said whether they found the person. >> announcer: now your nbc10 "first alert" weather. >>> this is a rue from center city. we'll see plenty of sunshine. while it's 72 degrees in philadelphia there's a range of temperatures. this is why we do neighborhood weather. 70s in the cities. 60 from vineland. and mount holly. allentown down by five degrees. nine degrees cooler in vineland. sunshine in the 70s in philadelphia. middle 80s at lunch time and middle to upper 90s this afternoon. humidity increasing later in the suburbs as the temperature climbs to 79 degrees at 11:00. middle 80s by the afternoon. 78 degrees your 10:00 temperature and then into the upper 80s, near 90 degrees in the lehigh valley. sunny skies for new jersey, too. and a considerable warmup. if you're looking for cooler temperatures, usually yo

the action cam was outside earlier today along lower merion along river road, a cloudy start to the dayuffy cumulous clouds across the region, sun gives way to more clouds as the day wears on and enough moisture to fire up the atmosphere with showers and storms. philadelphia 82 and 82 in reading, 75 in the poconos and at the coast in cape may, 76 degrees and 80 in atlantic city and the same thing in trenton, here is satellite 6 along with action radar the clouds are starting to build and thicken across the region. the low pressure is in canada with the trailing cold front, it makes its way eastward into a warm and ripe atmosphere as far as showers and storms develop. as it makes the way eastward the showers and storms fire up and that is why the prediction center put a good chunk of our region into the severe weather category. 3:00 today you can find the showers and storms firing up north and west of the city at this time from the poconos to allentown and reading and lancaster, i wouldn't be surprised if before 3:00 in the afternoon we had a renegade shower or storm fire up because the

. >> we're following a developing story, crews are searching the schuylkill river for a man whomr merionpposed to be about mike pence, but this morning it's about ted crews. >> the head of temple university

. >>> montgomery county firefighters are battling two brush fires along train tracks in lower merion. at least they were. it looks like it's all out. skyfox over the scene just a little while ago. firefighters if anything have things pretty much under contr control. maybe working on hot spots there. septa says the fire has the paoli thorndale line running delayed right now. no one is hurt. we don't yet know what started the fire. >>> happening now, another rough ride for septa commuters across our area today. it is standing room only and the cars along the lansdale doylestown line people packing in again for what's expec expeco be another crowded evening rush. people still of course feeling effects of having a third of septa's rail cars out of servi service. >> oh, yeah, we are feeling the effects all right. big crowds, long waits. so when does this end? our chris o'connell is live at the suburban station right now. chris, you got a whole lot of company. >> reporter: i wish i had the answer to that question. i wish septa had the answer to that question, yet, day two of septa transit t

police chiefs from bensalem, upper darby, haverford and lower merion joined community leaders and shareds about officers response in recently police-involved shootings across the country. the group also discussed ways to rebuild trust between police and the community they serve. one official had this advice, if you get stopped and pulled over. >> roll your window down, put your hands on the wheel and that's it. wait for the officer to give you instructions. don't go reaching to are your driver's license or registration. if you have a carrying permit, tell the officer. don't take your gun out and show him or her. >> another meeting is set for next month. >>> stop feeding the seagulls in ocean city or be prepared to pay a phone. that's the message from the shoretown's mayor. on the city's website, police will be strictly enforcing this law. too many people continue to field wildlife at the shore. fines can go as high as $500 and 90 days in jail. >>> also down the shore, north wildwood could get a name change. the mayor received a petition asking theç city to change bac to its original nam

here on 422 eastbound at first avenue off ramp was closed in upper merion but they have reopened as well. we are good to go heading in toward king of prussia good to go on the vine street expressway this morning in overnight closures. we are fine in both directions. we did have work on bridges overnight and still working wrapping up in a bit, tacony palmyra bridge. we have got construction with stoppage of 15 minutes until 5:00 o'clock at betsy ross, work at ben franklin is gone on this thursday morning. matt. >> developing this morning, a gunman shot two people, including an innocent teenage bystander. it happened late last night in the city's juniata section. "action news" reporter annie mccormack is live at east detectives to tell the full story, annie. >> reporter: it looks like this is second time this week that east decks are investigating a case where a teen is hit by stray gunfire n this case teen is expected to be okay. the 23 year-old that was also shot, we're told by police is fighting for his life. this video from chopper 6hd from last night, over o and lycoming street in jun

bridgework begins in lower merion, remington road will close through objecting for work on the bridge over west branch of indian creek. stick with wynnewood road or maurice road to get around. that chichester delco railroad crossing work closing meeting house road all week so instead of meeting house stick with 322 and 452 as alternate. time for commuter report brought the by waze app, lots of people coming back from the beach this machine morning. if you are doing that, watch out for road dill odd road, garden state parkway northbound in cape may courthouse, nydia. >>> new this morning aero smith guitar player joe perry is under going tests at a insuring hospital after a illness forced him off stage. rocker was playing with johnny dep and alice cooper on coney island. video posted on social media shows perry sitting down on stage and then walking off in the middle of the song. a representative says that the six five-year old perry is now stable and resting. >>> two strong earthquakes rattled northwestern coast of the ecuador. magnitude 5.9 and 6.4 tremors are latest after shocks from

watch for hazardous road conditions, reported out in lower merion.that's from the storms yesterday. hazardous road conditions could be debris in the road, downed tree or wire, that's around hollow road and river road. more updates when i come back. vai? >>> bernie sanders supporters at the dnc gave him a rousing welcome when he took the stage. >> the democratic runner-up pledged his support for hillary clinton and tried to soothe his faithful followers. >> i understand that many people here in this convention hall and around the country are disappointed about the final results of the nominating process. i think it's fair to say that no one is more disappointed than i am. i look forward to your votes during the roll call. >> sanders supporters we spoke with were split over whether they'd be voting for hillary clinton in the fall. >>> bernie sandersç responded a donald trump tweet accusing the senator of selling out to hillary clinton. sanders simply tweeted to trump, never tweet. even with the ongoing investigation and accusations of collusion, membe

overnight we had the ramp from 422 eastbound to first of a blocked here in upper merion.opened. it will close again tonight at 10 o'clock but for now you're good to go on that chunk of 422. they also blocked the westbound lanes of 422 west of pottstown as they shifted traffic onto the newly built bridge over the schuylkill river. so, things look a little bit different for you through there this morning. the lanes have reopened. tonight it will be the eastbound lanes that close on 422 in the pottstown area. in warminster a new closure took effect yesterday. all part of the ongoing construction to rebuild bristol road just west of york road now it's blocked. so, old york road or maybe street road some alternates through that area of bucks county. matt. >> thank you, matt. >>> new here on "action news," a northern california man who was accused of waging several attacks on google headquarters claims he was worried the company was watching him. raul diaz faces a number of charges including arson. he's a suspect in three separate incidents at three separate google buildings. p

. >> the upper merion and plymouth township are sending officers to the funerals. >>> police are looking for four people. here's a look at two of the suspects under arrest. police say the men stole eight guns and a bb rifle from a pawn shop on saturday. when police arrested the suspects they allegedly told the officers they were going to use the weapon to shoot police during protests in baton rouge. >> we have been questioned repeatedly over the laspç severl days about our show of force and why we have the tactics we have. this is the reason, because we had credible threats against the lives of law enforcement in the city. >> the arrests follow protests in baton rouge over last week's police-involved shooting of alton sterling. >>> a threat made against three police districts is not credible. someone flagged down an officer and warned him of a threat on facebook. when investigators looked into it, they found no evidence the threat was legitimate. >>> this morning, employees at three atlantic city casinos are working under a new contract. the unionized worker ratified the pact with caesar

this is lower merion. there's a road closed. remington road is closed between lancaster drive. we'll check in with new jersey when we come back. >>> 4:41. we're just over an hour away from sunrise. we'll see a lot of that sunshine today. no repeat of the storms and no high humidity. the temperature will be climbing right now at 74 degrees. just a 3 miles an hour wind. that's a southerly wind. the winds will be shifting. that's going to bring the humidity down. so the feels-like temperature and the temperature will be nearly equal through the day. one change at 9:00. might be a little bit warmer. but not by much. they're right on target. 89 degrees t will feel like 89. because the humidity will be much lower this afternoon. it's going to be a warm day. but the northwesterly winds will be blowing in our favor, bringing in that drier air. 74 degrees right now. 34id will 80s by lunchtime. northwesterly wind at 9 miles an hour at that hour. plenty of sunshine in the suburbs. upper 70s at 10:00. into the middle 80s during the day. the lehigh valley, no repeat of the showers and thund

. >> the upper merion and plymouth township police departments are also sending officers to the funerals >>> the woman convicted in the 2014 center city gay bashing attack is out of jail this morning on parole. >> nick you'd like to say to the victims? >> kathryn knott stayed quiet as she was released from jail yesterday. she served the minimum five months of her five to ten-month sentence. knot will stay on parole for the remainder of that sentence and begin two years probation. the 2014 attack on a gay couple in center city left them with facial cuts, bruises and broken bones. two other defendants in the case took plea deals. philadelphia district attorney seth williams said the victims of the attack were made aware of knot's parole but did not object to it. >>> a community is remembering a teen killed earlier this week. hundreds of people gathered for a vigil in tribute to barnes last night. the boy's parents were joined by faith leaders near the park where barnes was shot on monday night. investigators say the 15-year-old was walking with friends after a basketball game near 60th and

which will have them in merion at 4:22, minutes from now, and ten till 5:00 in philadelphia.avy rainfall. the rain is coming down within this line of storms at a rate of almost 12 inches per hour. there's a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. all that humidity you feel, that's fueling these storms this morning. this line will move through and it will also produce a tremendous amount of lightning. look at the number of lightning strikes, more than 300 lightning strikes popping up in chester and lancaster county and they're moving to the east. expect these to move through quickly in our area and it will be clearing out behind it. then our attention will turn to the dangerous heat. severe storms this morning and dangerous heat this afternoon, for philadelphia, pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware for today and tomorrow. high heat and high humidity. it will feel like it's 100 to 108 degrees this afternoon. right now, it is dry in wilmington. a live view but we could see storms return on the heels of the afternoon heat later today. i'll go through the futurecast hour by hour when

of the episcopal academy graduate gerald henderson, free agent guard, playing high school ball in merionys dreamed of playing for sixers. >>> dario saric says he is finally coming to the sixers too. yeah, yeah, yeah, we have heard this before. twelfth overall pick reiterates today that he will play for the sixers after leaving croatia to the olympics today where he was named tournament mvp. saric played last two seasons for turkey and sixers have have been negotiating a buy out with his team over there. >>> union are trying to get on the ball after falling out of the first place, union are desperate to bounce back tonight against d.c. united after losing a season high two straight. andre blake and keegan rosenberry named all stars today. he looks like a all-star too. he scores two goals with d.c. united, in the forty-seventh minute. union win three to nothing. they are now one point out of the first place. >>> arena football the soul in allentown check this out, cleveland's devon wilson tosses ball to ron jaworski after touchdown. bad idea. jaws can throw. he throws back. dann raudabaugh

lower merion bridgework over indian creek will close readington road starting to day through october. so you can use wynnewood or morris roads as alternate around that one. upper chichester it is railroad crossing work that will close meeting house road all this week. you can stick with 322 and 452 to get around. that crossing into northern delaware it is more railroad crossing work that is closing naamans road as obvious about 15 minutes ago until saturday, and we will stick with blue ball avenue as alternates there. time for commuter report brought by waze app, boulevard by inner drive near red lion reports of the vehicle stopped on the road there, tam. >> thanks, matt. >>> new here on "action news" an argument over black lives matter movement may have led to a deadly shooting in missouri. police say an off-duty officer shot and killed a man who reportedly tried to break in the officer's home in st. louis county. authorities say that the 20 year-old suspect threw a planter through the window of the home, saturday evening, and then went inside. >> he confronts the police officer in t

also, reports of hazardous road conditions in lower merion on old gulph road and mulberry lane.ute 202, you can see 11 minutes, no problems or delays north or southbound from route 30 to the schuylkill expressway. more updates when i'm back in ten. tracy? >> jessica, thanks. >>> the convention kicked off amid scandal. >> the dnc e-mail leak didn't just get the attention of democrats and sanders supporters. it also got donald trump talking. next, hear why he says there is a political double standard between the two parties. >>> also -- >> we are democrats. we know at the end of the day. there's a big, ugly beast on the other side. >> standing united. hear from local delegates at the convention who say despite friction within the party, they're all still fighting a common enemy. >>> plus -- >> after the storms, extreme heat sparked bursts of rain, hail and flash flooding. next, we take a look at the damage left behind. ugh, this pimple's gonna last forever. oh come on. clearasil ultra works fast to begin visibly clearing up skin in as little as 12 hours. and acne won't last foreve

but that is how nine year-old a va, of lower merion spent her morning after getting a few cooking tips from chef mark vetri, she cook up her award winning sonny's omelette for senator bob casey. she said opportunity to cook in vetri's kitchen was quite an experience. >> it is pretty cool. my daddies almost as excited as i am. almost as excited a i am a va was chosen as national winner of michelle obama's healthy lifetime challenge. her spinach omelette was name for sonny, one of the obama family dogs. >>> solar impulse two is beginning a new leg of the historic flight. plane left spain this morning on its way to egypt, crew is trying to complete first around the world voyage relying on just solar power. flight to egypt will last 50 hours and 30 minutes, this is the next to last flight on a journey that end in the united arab emirates. >>> and there is much more still to come on "action news" at the 2:30 a pancake mix sold across the country could make you ill, what is wrong witt, we will tell you what you can do about it coming up next. >>> spider man was seen hanging around town this

. >> should you entertain volume two or another one i would like qualm in theer northern merion islands. 1941 the japanese .ent to hong kong and singapore in this city which is roughly a hundred miles to the north where it both -- atomic bombs worth if you would entertain suggestions. thank you. one of the criteria is that i failed to mention is that i visited all these sites. now you have given me a good reason to go there. this was the third of the major laboratories where the materials of the atomic bomb were assembled. this is where the plutonium was produced. that reaction is now open to the public and you can visit and it is a fascinating story of re-creating this town, not in a total wilderness. , not in a total wilderness. there were native americans living in this area. the federal government came in and created this factory to produce 14 pounds of plutonium. $350nk they've spent million at this time to do this. at hanford, told washington. one of the great outcomes of visiting meaningful places like this is that the transformation that occurs when we discover and learn is ther

. >> this 9-year-old lower merion is winning, her recognition is coming from the would you also. >>> in the next half-hour, want to participate in the dnc, there's a way to do it without credentialals chris. coming up in weather, another sticky morning in the delaware and lehigh valleys, these numbers drop off a little bit during the day today only to increase tomorrow, the hottest day of the year tomorrow and then a cool down. details in the seven-day forecast coming up. all right, folks, thanks for staying with us, parts of the area got drenched. the action cam was out for a downpour in sicklierville, camden county, as chris sowers predicted only someplaces would get hit. the good news, nothing like this is expected today. a beautiful shot outside, sky6 live hd giving you a glimpse of the ben franklin bridge. glorious shot to start your sunday morning. how will it all end. >> reporter: tomorrow. looking live at atlantic city we have a cloud cover hugging the shoreline associated with the showers and storms that south jersey picked up. it will rush out to sea. it will be warm for th

they joined forces with the you upper merion police department. they walked to spread the message that most officers are dedicated to serving those in their communities. >>> veterans were saluted this weekend for their service to our county. the 21st ward veteran association held their music program. this events serves as a thank you for those who served our country. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. >>> he was known as the king with the golden touch. now, you too, can get up close to the artifacts. >>> we have flash flood warnings in parts of the area, chris sowers has all the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast next. >> all right, 7:42, you have to admit it feels good in the ac, because outside it is swampy. >> reporter: it's awful out there. let's get you outside, we have a serious situation starting to develop for parts of the area. the city is in the clear, for the most part we'll see low level clouds. east in south jersey we have flash flood warning in effect for central ocean county this extends from east of woodland r

one other issue here, is in lower merion, lancaster avenue at church road.ed there. along lancaster avenue because of an accident. alex? >> 8:32, philadelphia's bravest are looking for a few good men and women. applications are available now. and chris murphy is outside to find out how you can join. >> on hiring spree, so so peak, what casino of candidate are you looking for? >> for folks from all walks of life certainly veterans, but we want folks the best talent we can find from across the city representing the diversity of this city and all of the great things this sit represent. >> how many firefighters do you have now? >> we have more than 2,000 firefighters, med being, emt's right now, just graduated 157 new firefighter, and look to go hire more to basically going to put our two yearlies out, hiring for couple of years so we'll see. >> how many roughly do you think you want? >> we just did two classes of about, you know, like i said, 157. so we think probably over two years around that number. >> pay is about 50,000 a year startingy? >> that's the star

chester county, you are also getting heavy rain in delaware county in drexel hill as well, lower merioneavy rain and few areas like medford lakes in new jersey and mullica, getting those. south and east of philadelphia for rest of the day, flash flood watch until noon because heavier rain is falling until now because this area under a flood advisory until 8:45. same area we were just talking about delaware and southern new jersey. future cast has this going on for next couple hours, heavy, heavy rain. we are not completely finished for rest of the day we may see some sunshine but pop up shower or two rest of the the day when we call weather, unsettled. that is the case today, and tomorrow, and sunday as well but no more 90's. heat wave is over. we will put that in the the books as a seven day heat wave. august begins on monday, weather should be starting to improve by then and then by tuesday we're talking about lower humidity, by thursday though we are heating backup in the upper 80's, probably getting ready for some more 90's because that would not be unusual bob kelly for the month o

he was involved in a crash near hollow and river roads in lower merion.e ran from police officers and then jumped in the water. divers searched throughout the night. we've reached out to police to see if a body was found. we are waiting to see if they did. >>> a man is hit by a car driven by a man arrested for drunk driving that happened at wissahickon and roberts avenue. the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. police say they have a car and they also have the driver. hoping that situation gets worked out, but we're keeping an eye on that. anyway, let's check in with jessica boyington see what's happening on the roads this morning. >> yeah, it's 6:17, so far, we haven't had any complications on the roads, knock on wood, but it is getting into that more voluminous at traffic at times. i don't know, that was probably not the right word. but she knows what i'm talking about. >> i know exactly what you're talking about. we were talking about a lot of our majors today actually being a little slow or slow start to getting the rush hour under way this morni

divers in six boats scoured the watters in lower merion for several hours last night but could not findsox over the area of hollow and river roads. police say they were looking for a man who jumped into the river while running from police, around 10:30 last night. they believe he drowned and they're calling this now a body recovery mission. 5:59. the phillies not playing well. the offense has been brutal. howard's next sports in one minute. >>> good morning phillies finally had a game they got some hits, more last night than they had in three straight games. and maybe the final outing for jeremy, in a phillies uniform, going to the ballpark, tyler goodel, second, pete mccann on shakes up the line up. herrera in the line up, but goodel is in. hit the homerun, two-nothing, knock in three. and jeremy, eight innings, five hit, eight strikeouts, he could be traded, phillies win it four; could be the last start for the phillies, does he think about being traded? >> inbetween start, you know, like i've been saul saying all along, i want to be here, i want to win here, if we get on little role,

ardmore, lower merion, at ardmore avenue, police on scene, there cents an accident there, busy intersection in the center near the center of ardmore. and, we also have an issue on the turnpike northeast he can tension, southbound, off grant to lansdale, that ramp is block, because of a disable tractor-trailer, that is the northeast extension, speaking of the turnpike. >> okay, that was -- >> oh, turning it over to us. i get it. >> and also this is the next story, which i thought you might do. we'll steel your thinner here, the cost of driving on that turnpike is going to go up. and it is not stopping any time soon. why you can expect to see a big toll increase for years to come. alex holley? >> anybody win the lottery last night? mega million? anybody know? >> phillie just cannot hit right now, going into last night's game, phillies had five hits total. five and not enough to citizens bank park. tenth inning, one-one, tommy joseph did homer. kristin, who had homered earlier, breaks up the tie. >> miami beat the phillies two; now, pretty simple, what the problem is, and the manager knows it,

divers in six boats scour the watters in lower merion for several hours last night, but could not find him. skyfox over the scene in the area of hollow and river roads. police say they were looking for a man who jumped into the river while running from police around 10:30, they believe he drowned, and they're calling this a body recovery mission, at this point. >> now to developing story, in north philadelphia, where a man was rushed to the hospital after being shot multiple times. the shooting happened just before 11:30 last night on the 3,000 block of west lehigh avenue. philadelphia police say the victim, 33 year old man, has some type of drugs on him, we just learned the victim is in stable condition. no word on any arrests. >> it was north wildwood in the midst of an identity crisis? why the shore town is looking to change it name. >> really? ♪ ♪ this is the sweetest thing anyone's ever done. that one's from my friend caitlyn. "you always encouraged me to go after my dreams. well, it's my turn now. love always, your future maid of honor." >> board of governors vote today raise tui

regulations regulations in bringing pot to the peoplement senator lynch of half forwards and upper meriongulatory conference bringing cannibis entrepreneurs, other professionals, patients, advocate, and data analysts from across the country. >> from the times herald, launched $2.5 million water line upgrade in norristown. work started yesterday along hamilton street. the project will replace nearly 10,000 feet of aging 4-inch and 6-inch cast iron pipe. >> finally on the front page of the mercury ending year long push to add 30th officers, phoenixville set to officially swear in newest hire. officer anthony gray will take the oath of office during tonight's council meeting. >> that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >>> on "eyewitness news" this morning, free lunch. >> chick-fil-a wants to hook you up. but there is a catch. we'll talk about the unusual thing you will have to wear in order to get that for free. hey, katy? >> just saying, once again looking at bright sunshine, a comfortable humidity, overall, as well as seasonable wash. how long can

conditions are going to occur, the closer you get to center city one option septa throughout maybe say the merion station, go out bound, get on the empty train thorndale to work your way inbound. sure it will take you extra time, but that's just another option or maybe drive out and park at the malvern station or the doylestown station, will ensure you at least a spot on the train, and the cynwyd line, pulled the trains off altogether, using shuttle buses on that line. >> septa officials looking to lease equipment from other state after side lining 120 of these regional rail cars due to the structural problems. with a third of the fleet out of service, coping with clay after delay after delay and pack trains. >> one of the people affected tori, from here, rides from collegeville. >> so tori just got on the train here, normally, looking a it earlier, is it normally this crowded or as crowded as it looks? >> no, not normally this crowded at all. already packed and going into the next station, the train slowing down, i think the next one is upper gwenned i believe. so we have couple more, it will st

breaking news to tell but right now fire fighters are hosing down hot spots after a brush fire in lower merion this is happening on amtrak september tracks, chopper three live over the scene near lancaster avenue, and you can see some charred brush there, there are train delays in both directions, fire fighters were called to the scene around 4:00 o'clock, no word on how that fire started out there we will have more information as it comes into us. >>> well, leslie joins us now the phillies continuing to push forward, they have got momentum. >> we are excited, phillies back in action at the bank final home game before the the all-star break. they are looking to sweep braves. before the game odubel herrera was presented with his all-star jersey. he will rock that next week. phillies down one to nothing bottom of the fifth ape speaking of herrera he will drive in the phillies first run right here, a at one-one. then in the top of the sixth, braves adonis garcia hits a double to deep right center field, that will make the game two-one atlanta don't worry, bottom of the sixth we have miguel franco

watch for an accident in lower merion on penn road and east wynnewood road. a lot of delays on the majors. we're running into a light weekend. route 1 around fox street, looking great north or southbound. here's the blue route. we are still green here as well. as you can see, a 15-minute drive time headed southbound with speeds into the 60s there. we'll check in with new jersey roads and more of our philadelphia majors when i come back. >>> we're following breaking news right now. we take you live outside the trump taj mahal in atlantic city. workers are on strike, about 1,000 workers in all are on strike. this is no doubt going to affect things as we head into the july fourth holiday weekend. we have reached out to the taj mahal for comment. we have yet to hear back. about a half hour ago we spoke with a union representative. >> we're disappointed that the taj mahal did not recognize the serious contributions that these workers bring to the industry, to the company and to the town the way that the other four casinos that we negotiated with and settled tentat

upper merion celebrated the fourth with its annual celebration in the township's park in king of prussiathe festivities kicked off with a carnival complete with rides lots of food and games and at this hour, the band the mango men are set to take the stage. they promise to take the audience on a trip to margaritaville. not bad. >>> its fourth of july fun was in full swing in narberth as well. families kicked off the holiday this morning at the narberth playground. there were lots of things for kids everything from cotton candy to a bounce house. there was a pie eating contest today as well. sign me up. >> and the roar of motorcycles kicked off collingdale's independence day parade. several clubs took part in that parade including bikers against child abuse and the pennsylvania coalition of motorcycles. the bikers were followed by a local scout troop as well as spring bands. after the parade the community was invited to celebrate the holiday at collingdale park. fireworks will take place there tonight at 9 o'clock. >> ♪ >> in south jersey marching bands and more entertained the crowds in

years, norristown resident stat dollars his 40 plus year career in policing as a dispatch nerve upper merionhe says he only wanted to be a police officer. congratulates. >> on the front page of the mercury, the first ever, lazer days underway, blazer foundation sponsoring a carnival at daniel boone high school, in order to raise money for school programs, the carnival runs through saturday. >> and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >> keep europe eyes open, there may be some celebrity hanging naught center city today. >> the stars may bewaring shades. because, it is always sunny in philadelphia. >> the group from the hoe will be shooting scenes in philly today. there will be parking restrictions around 12th and locust, some other areas, watch out for. that will complete list on your website cbsphilly.com. of course one star of the show motorcycle end hen i, st. joe's grad, and he has special guesses, right there, that's anya wolf in the middle of the picture, remember, she was kick out of her prom in harrisburg for wearing tuxedo to the dance. s

the free agent guard saying playing high school ball in merion he always dream of playing for the sixers. dario saric is finally coming to the innings isers too. yeah, yeah we heard this before. twelfth overall pick in the 2014 draft reiterates his plan to play for the sixers after leaving croatia a to the olympics where he was named tournament mvp. saric played last two seasons in turkey and sixers have been trying to negotiate a buy out with that team. >>> union bouncing back in a big way after a season high two losses in a row, in mls action. who you about this last night with d.c. united. union with two all stars getting named beforehand goalie andre brake and rookie keegan rosenberry but ilsinho looked like a real all-star, scores two goals against d.c. united including this in the forty-seventh minute, union won three to nothing. they are now one point out of first place. >>> that is sports. i'm jeff skversky. have a great day. >>> two identical twins have an amazing new bond. lee a rodgers and her sister sarah gave birth on the same day. lea was supposed to give birth four days be

crews are battling two brush fires in lower merion township. live over the scene near lancaster avenue and chatham road along the amtrak and septa rail lines. you can see the crews there they got it under control spraying water on that grass. right now there's no word on any delays because of all of this and no reports of any injuries. >>> all right. back to you decide 2016. the presumptive republican presidential nominee also took to twitter with some details bout upcoming republican national convention. in between his series of tweets about democrats failed leadership in atlantic city, the billionaire businessman tweeted that tomorrow that he will announce the list of speakers for the republican national convention. he added that today should be devoted to quote crooked hillary and the rigged system under which we all live. >> it's getting easier and easier to tell that the democratic national convention is almost here a pop up shop opened at the comcast center selling all things dnc. in the building's concourse you can now buy apparel and bu

free agent guard saying playing high school ball in merion he always dreamed of playing for sixers. dario saric says he is finally coming to the innings isers too. yeah, yeah, yeah we have heard this before but the 12th overall pick in the 2014 draft reiterates his plan to play for sixers after leaving croatia in the olympics after being named tournament mvp. saric played last two seasons in turkey, sixers have been trying to negotiate a buy out with that team. >>> union bouncing back in a big way, after a season high, two losses in a row, and mls action. how about this last night begins d.c. united, union, with two all stars named beforehand goalie andre blake and keegan rosenberry but ilsinho who looks like the real all-star scores two goals begins d.c. united including this in the forty-seventh minute. union won three to nothing. they are now one point out of first place. >>> that is sports. i'm jeff skversky. have a great day. >>> when you are 103 years old you should get whatever you want, right? well, katie cohen wanted to run bases at toronto blue jays stadium so using her wa

free agent guard saying playing high school ball in merion he always dreamed of playing for the sixersio czarrish is finally coming to the sixers too, yeah, yeah, yeah we heard this before. twelfth overall pick in the 2014 draft reiterates his plan to play for sixers after leaving croatia to the olympics where he was name tournament mvp. he played two seasons in turkey. the sixers have to try to negotiate a buy out with that team. >>> the union bouncing back in a big way, after a season high, two losses in a row, in mls action. how about this last night begins d.c. united. union with two all stars getting named before hand, goalie andre blake and rookie keegan rosenberry but ilsinho who looked like a real all-star, scores two goals against d.c. united including this in the forty-seventh minute. union won three to nothing. they are now one point out of first place. >>> that is sports. i'm jeff skversky. have a great day. >>> we've got more "action news" just ahead. >> we will be right back. ♪ trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling i

. >>> she is only nine years old but a little girl from lower merion is already soaring in her careeri was recently named the national winner of first lady michelle obama's healthy lunchtime challenge and today her success kept on going. she had the chance to make breakfast for u.s. senator bob casey and award winning chef mark vetri. she cooked up her award winning sunny's omelette right there in front of an audience inside vetri's kitchen. >> cool. my dad is almost just as excited as i am. i mean as excited as i am. >> proud parents, right. they share in these moments. safe have a's dog shaped mushroom and spinach omelette was flamed for sunny, one of the first family's dogs. >> i made omelets this morning but hers look better. >>> a mural representing growth and resilience was dedicated today in south philadelphia. artists nathaniel lee created this papering to celebrate the lives transformed at the gad tend ya' house on washington avenue. the program helps people. they dedicated the new mural in partnership with the philadelphia mural arts program. >> it is one of the hottest game

one note for you here, if you are traveling in lower merion township, montgomery avenue shutdown between conshohocken state road and levering mill road due to a fallen tree. and that's the latest from the cbs-3 traffic center. i'm inch evans, rahel, back to you. >> ann, thank you. there was just one winner of last night's 487 million-dollar powerball jackpot. how would that be? the single winning ticket was reportedly sold in new hampshire, so if you have any family there maybe give them a call today. back here in our area, maybe you won a smaller prize so check your numbers. winning numbers: eleven, 17, 21, 23, 32, lucky powerball number is five. >> well, some harry potter fans might have stayed up all night reading the latest installment of the famous and popular book series. take a look. how about this line at the barnes and noble in rittenhouse square? harry potter and the curse child charts one and two, final sale at midnight last night. fans wasting no time. they say they've been waiting too long to read more about their favorite wizard. >> we have been waiting for this for years,

the free agent guard saying playing high school ball in merion he always dream of playing for sixers. is finally coming to the sixers too. yeah, yeah, yeah we have heard this before. twelfth overall pick in the 2014 draft, reiterates his plans to play for the sixers after leaving croatia to the olympics where he was name tournament mvp yesterday. saric played last two seasons in turkey. the sixers have been trying to negotiate a buy out with that team. >>> the union bouncing back, in a big way after a season high, two losses in a row, in mls action. how about this last night against d.c. united. the union with two all stars getting named before behind, goalie andre blake and keegan rosenberry but ilsinho looked like a real all-star, scores two goals begins d.c. united including this in the forty-seventh minute. union won three to nothing. they are now one point out of first place. >>> that is sports. i'm jeff skversky, have a great day. >>> and is there much more to come on this sunday morning addition of "action news". story of a senior citizens and bus driver, see what happens when