if you are headed through northeast philly this morning, that's academy of course boarders philly, northeasthilly airport, you want to use the roosevelt boulevard as your best bet. later tonight begins the septa trolley blitz. they're closing the tunls in center city. so all of the subway surface trolleys will be diverting to 40th and market, for the next couple of weeks. they'll replace a lot of the overhead lights, the sign and, some of the rales, whole big track project that begins later tonight at 10:00 o'clock, here's ukee now with a look at sports. >> reporter: thank you, bob. changes on the phils the day after the trade deadline, blue were no deadline deals involved. cliff lee is on the 15 day dl after re injuring his elbow against the nationals. lee through pitch in the third inning, then gestured toward his elbow, and trainers dashed to take a look at him, then take him out of the game. lee says he could be done for the season. >>> he'll see a doctor very soon, and the game ben revere had another four hit night. and the phils beat up the nationals, good to see, at least, ten to four

this is where steve is northeast philly. also in my opinionth block of hawthorne was closed we are hearing it might be reopened. steve is out there at the scene to get the update on that. for right this second, rutland street or large street if you want to head out this second that's great alternate. northbound side of route 21 oxford bypass. >> you made mention of sky fox over it right now breaking news in northeast philadelphia. a person struck and killed by a car early this morning, sky fox oaf the they're testing this the driver to see if in fact he was intoxicated. >> 6:04 now developing this morning police kill a map that i say aimed at them first. >> and second man wanted in this case. but you have to hear how the police and two suspects first came into contact. >> fox 29 live at the scene in northeast philadelphia, steve. >> well, police cleared the scene. so you is main treatment. castor back open. wakely even back open and side street happened on 5 doors in. only officers on the scene are one patrolman. faringing t

philly international. here is our first live look from chopper three hd. over this accident i told you about in northeastladelphia, we're looking live at academy road. this is academy road right at philly, northeast philly airport, academy road between grant and morrell. what we're hearing from police is that a vehicle lost control, clipped this telephone, this sign pole here, and struck a pedestrian, killing the pedestrian this morning. the driver in police custody, but looking right now at the investigation as it is underway here, this is that stretch of academy road, again, that goes from grant avenue up toward morrell. there is obviously the vehicle that was involved in this crash here this morning. so with the investigation being add any road closed as i mention between grant and morrell. we could go back to the maps, your best bet this morning is going to be the roosevelt boulevard. here is the stretch right here. that's a busy stretch, too, right near the airport. so there will be a lot of motorists looking for the alternate. you want to use the boulevard instead. blue route not bad between 95 hea

northeast philly. 58 in trenton and wilmington is 59 degrees with low 50s for pottstown and millville. sunny skies. cool this morning. 64 at 7:00. by 9:00, we're still in the 60s. and then just 74 degrees at lunchtime today. neighborhood by neighborhood to show you exactly what to expect. but that's when i come back. first, katy zachry has traffic. good morning, katie. >> i'll take it from here. i'll tell drivers if they are on route 1 southbound to 76 westbound we talk about philadelphia right now. this is the scene that you're going to encounter. that exit ramp on 76 westbound is closed off because of an overturned tractor-trailer. we've been watching it for the last few hours. it doesn't look like it's going anywhere any time soon even though state police on scene say it should be cleared around the 6:00 a.m. hour. here's alternates to get around this. you should take ridge avenue to city avenue bridge to 76 westbound. it's also affecting drivers on 76 westbound trying to get on city avenue. here's a live picture of that. an alternate is continue west on 76 past lincoln drive to th

your best bet would be the roosevelt boulevard maybe even ninth or frankford rolling through northeast phillyme headed up the northeast extension music fest begins today up in bethlehem. erika, back to you. >> that's eyewitness fuse from now, talk philly coming out at noon. i'm erika von tiehl. have a great morning enjoy ♪ ♪ box! now at h.h. gregg, you can save up to 25% off store-wide. plus, get another 5% off instantly with your h.h. gregg card. get this whirlpool stainless steel three door refrigerator now only $1499. or a samsung 55" smart tv for just $788. for these amazing deals, and the boxes they come in, hurry to h.h. gregg, and fill your home with happy. [ brian ] in a race, it's about getting to the finish line. in life, it's how you get there that matters most. it's important to know the difference. like when i found out i had a blood clot in my leg. my doctor said that it could travel to my lungs and become an even bigger problem. and that i had to take action. so he talked to me about xarelto®. [ male announcer ] xarelto® is the first oral prescription blood thinner proven to tr

right now temperatures at 71 degrees in philadelphia, 70 degrees here in northeast philly. 68 inç mtolly and temperatus in atlantic city in the low 70s. closer look at the future weather, most of the clouds and rainfall will continue to push offshore and track to the northeast and we'll see more sunshine as we head into the rest of today. and into the rest of your workweek. if you're closer to the shore, just a few lingering showers throughout your wednesday and then 81 degrees for us today. thursday, 81. heading into friday, 79 degrees. your seven-day forecast shows beautiful conditions and especially to end your workweek, heading into weekend. temperatures in the high 70s for philadelphia as well and pushing into saturday and sunday we stay in the mid-80s. >> 6:09 right now. there's an accident you should know about. >>> jillian mele has the details in the first alert traffic center. >> it just happened in the last few minutes. it's on 95, the southbound side near the area of the walt whitman bridge. if we tilt this map, you can see in this area, speeds in the 20s and 30s. we do ha

right now, suspect the drunk driver is accused every killing a man walking on a sidewalk in northeast phillychopper three over the scene, on academy road and avalon street, right near the northeast airport. police tell us the driver lost control of her suv, jumped the curve and hitman before crashing into a pole. the man was pronounced dead at the scene, and police are holding the driver on suspected drunk driving charges. bob's going to have any detours in that area for you coming up in just a few minutes. >>> deadly shoot-out in nicetown. "eyewitness news", at bristol and hick street last night. three people were shot, one was killed, the victims are at temple university hospital, where one was stable and the other in critical condition. police have not made any arrests. >>> the winslow police department is offering $3,000 for information leading to arrest in the case of a girl shot in her bedroom. that shooting happened on july 7th, after a gun fight involving at least two people, this was near haywood drive and sicklerville, new jersey. a stray bullet went through the wall, hit a girl, a

we had that one shower northeast philly, now weakened near willingboro. we have got the other cluster near george up to, delaware, that has weakened as well. so, so far, so good. this one cell looks like it's redeveloping a little bit, moving right toward berks county, a lot more, as you can see, back to the north and west. so, it may be an active evening around here. now, there's that storm in harrisburg. most of that stuff moves to the southeast, but other showers and storms scattered around. there's 8:00. this storm could just as easily be right over the link. so, got to prepare for that. some rain gear. look at this. some -- not all over the place but they are scattered and they are heavy. a lot of rain, lightning, gusty winds and some hail with these. but you by tomorrow morning, things quiet down a little bit. but then we get more showers with the east wind tomorrow. look at all of that. finally, with start getting drier air moving in from the east for the weekend. now, that is gonna happen, but it's gonna happen gradually. so, for the shore, tomorr

was woman in northeast philly raped, strangled, in a struggle in penny park. and, if so, could her case be connect today previous unsolved attacks in pennypack park on women there in previous years, chris? >> okay, steve. then, take a look at this home. how it was absolutely destroyed, why other homes nearby are now in danger, also. >> and, all dogs need to get that dreaded bath. but this one prefers the shower. >> yes, i'm show that you videoment look at that little face. >> does it ex folate while in there? oh, he drinks from it, too. i love that. >> it is august 6, 2014, thanks for waking up at 5:30, 5:31,. >> halfway through the week, your a smiling. >> glad you're with us. sue, what you got? >> i have to share that this morning, rufus came in the bathroom, and he stood there at the shower, looking at me, i turned the shower on, and then -- he drank a little bit. >> now, would he get in? >> no, as soon as the water goes on he gets out, then when you turn the shower off and there is water in the bottom. >> yep, my dogs dot same thing. what is that? >> he's

>> sound good, katie, 6:25, morning, live look at i95, northeast philly, time to make the donuts, southboundng to see delays here, from cottman avenue, through girard, i just got update on that nasty crash, in south jersey. here is the deal. route 47, which is a delsea drive close, right near 322 here in glassboro. now, they have medical helicopter en route to the scene. so that gives you a idea how serious it is. forty-seven, not only is it used here through the neighborhood, but also that short cut for folks like they use coming from the back shore, so this morning, headed back from the shore, stay with route 55, instead. erika, back over to you. >> bob, thank you, mystery with the coast guard looking for bodies off the florida coast. this follows discovery of bodies of four men off of the area of hollywood, florida. what the coast guard has not found is a vessel. there is no word on who the victims are or if they are migrants. >>> no day at the beaches in florida over the weekends, nearly 200 people had to be treated for jellyfish stings in knew snip a man and daughter standing chest high

holly, doylestown, 84 for northeast philly, down the shore. 79 for cape may.uble 77s in rehoboth. also under a mix of sun and clouds. chester at 83 degrees and voorhees at 84. for the next seven days, here's sun and clouds for tomorrow. thursday, a chance of showers and storms. we look real good as we head into the weekend. >> 6:21. we continue to follow breaking news this morning. a philadelphia police officer lucky to be alive after being shot while going after a suspect. we have live team coverage from the hospital where the officer is being treated to the crime scene where police are still selecting evidence this morning. there's a great way to buy high quality cars at low, no-haggle prices... ...and it all starts here, at carmax. log on to carmax.com and start your search today... ...and choose from over 35 thousand carmax quality certified used vehicles. from cars and trucks to suvs and minivans. browse the store nearest you... ...or shop from our nationwide inventory and have the car of your dreams, transferred to your local carmax store. finding the pe

all the way up to northeast philly, in the 60s for allentown.tlantic city, wildwood included and millville adds 67 degrees. here's the forecast. partly sunny skies. temperatures warm up to 85 degrees although we'll be 81 by lunch time. a minimum of sun and clouds and also for this evening. we'll see showers and also thunderstorms also in the forecast for tomorrow. but big question, guys, of course, is williamsport beginning to get someç rain? it will but will it be around game time? we think the bulk will be in the afternoon, by evening, scattered showers. hope that game will continue and mo'ne will shine. >> and the bigger question is, will taney win? >> yes! >> and we will -- the bigger question to that is will we be able to stay up to see it? if we have bloodshot eyes tomorrow morning, you know why. thanks for joining us. "today" show is next. >> remember, get these at nbc10.com. >>> good morning. gruesome act. reaction pouring in after the execution of an american journalist by isis militants. their parents releasing a statement remembering

. >>> now, police are also investigating an attempted armed robbery and shooting in northeast philly. investigators search for clues on the 1700 block of gill forward street. now, police say two men tried to rob a victim of cash and cell phone, but one of the victims accidentally shot himself while trying to run away. police continue to search for second suspect this morning. >>> just about 6:03, let's get your traffic and weather together. here's kate. >> i good morning, everybody, happy monday to you. skies are nice and clear for us out there this morning. and there is still a chance if you want to head out to the window and check out the view from the moon, even though the sun now rising over the horizon, we are still able to see that moon, and it is very, very bright outside. as a result of that. let's start things off by talking about what the impacts will be because of the moon, not only did it light up the night sky, but affects the tides, and there will be coastal flood advisory that takes effect later on tonight, little delayed reaction, but the moon still closer to the earth

. >>> and, take a look at this new dramatic video here, from wednesday's deli store crash in northeast phillyeillance video exclusively obtained by "eyewitness news". >> attempted to pull into a parking spot, luckily, no one was injured. >>> a new development now, in the philadelphia school budget crisis. a pennsylvania lawmakers is calling for an investigation into the condition of the schools. state senator vincent hughes has released a report on the conditions. he says funding cuts during the past academic year have lowered the district's quality of education. senator hughes is urging his colleagues to pass the cigarette tax to help fund the schools. >> this is clearly unseam somebody. cigarette tax must be done, it must be done as soon as we come back to harrisburg. it must be done in a context that we prepare ourselves to do much more for the funding of public education for low income school district. >> senator hughes says parents upset by the quality of action in the district should file a complaint with the philadelphia department of education. >>> now, some members of the philadelphi

it did get into the low 90s in northeast philly and 85 in millville right now. it did get into the 80s at the shore. it dropped into the 70s with the sea breeze coming in. we have dry conditions across much of the area. isolated showers well to the north and west. pretty much out of the area. in central pennsylvania. they may not survive all the way to the east. it could potentially graze the poconos. cristobal is still offshore. it's not coming ine ining any c. it's going to make the right turn. it has been churning up the water so much that those rip currents continue to be a problem. that will be the case tomorrow. the ocean doesn't quiet down just in a matter of hours. it's going to take a while. the storm will be way out of here before conditions really improve dramatically at the shore. in the meantime, you have to listen to what the lifeguards have to say. at the shore, the rip current risk tomorrow, still high. five to eight-foot swells. a little bit of improvement friday and a lot more saturday. nice weekend at the jersey shore. in the poconos, nice ove

last night here in northeast philly. a truck from a security agency circles the lot at the cottman bustleton center. the strip map on bleigh avenue with good reason. thursday at the dinner hour, armed robbers made a bold stri strike. >> you think that these guys were watching him. they'd seen him come and decided to make their move here. >> there's no doubt they were in that parking lot for over an hour waiting for him. >> reporter: watch as the vehicle pulls into a parking space not far from a pathmark with a citizens bank inside from the top of the screen comes a white van. two armed men jump out, run to the driver's side and then to the passenger window break it grab cash and deposit bag and take off. >> oh, my goodness that is terrible. i just can't believe it. you're not safe anywhere any more. report roar are you surprised at this level of sort of, you know, law breaking in a community like this? >> yes. this is a very nice community and i'm very surprised that that would happen. >> reporter: but it did. police say

holly, northeast philly at 84 degrees. partly sunny skies, partly sunny down the shore, too. and 84 degrees, philly high of 84 along with voorhees, glassboro at 83 degrees for a high for the day today. the next seven days, thursday, again, showers and storms, maybe a chance on friday morning. but then it clears out. this weekend stillç looks goods we are still right around 80 degrees and still no 90s for at least this week. >> 4:22, if you're waking up in the tacony area of philadelphia, keep in mind it may take you longer to reach your destination because of that police involved shooting. >> numerous blocks are completely shut down in this area. as you can see, all of this police activity in the tacony section of philadelphia, ditman is blocked off, torresdale, magee. take frank hurt, tyson with be princeton is okay. one block you can see, one of our penndot cameras, this shows you all of the police activity in that area. i'll break down the closures and give you alternate routes throughout the morning. this is a live look at 76 near south street. 76 in both directions are q

northeast philly coming in around 60 tomorrow morning. along the shore, mid-50s. around philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs tomorrow morning, the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. locally, we are dry. we have some clouds passing through. if you look way off to our west, we have two weather systems we're watching. one around missouri, up near canada and both of these features will come together. and that's what will give us our chance for rain on sunday. future weather, we stay dry as we go into saturday. going to be a nice day all the way through the afternoon. then into sunday, you notice more clouds starting to move in early in the day. we could start off with a few early showers. later in the day, we actually start to clear out from north to south. so we'll see some improvements as we go through the day on sunday after the clouds and the rain. your shorecast for saturday, 81 and sunny. sunday, chance for showers. in the poconos, start off nice. sunday the chance of showers. mostly clear and cool. tomorrow, sunny and nice. we're starting off the weekend really

look at allentown possibly 53 degrees. 55 in reading tomorrow morning, 62 for trenton, even northeast philly, some of our suburbs to the north and west, doylestown and norristown upper 50s. closer to the shore tomorrow morning, mid-60s, violent 58 degrees, dover 62. and we'll be seeing clear skies as you wake up in the morning around philadelphia and the surrounding sub sunshines, ranging anywhere from the upper 50s to low 60s, average morning low this time of year, 60 degrees. we'll talk about the below average high temperatures too, and our next chance for rain straight ahead. >>> a montgomery county man is found guilty of killing three family members with a sword. a judge ruled he was mentally ill when he did it, this is video of joseph mcandrews shot today by the pottstown americary. he's convicted of the 2011 attack that left his father, mother and twin brother dead. they were killed inside their upper merion home. mcandrew knew what he was doing and knew it was wrong. but the judge disagreed. mcandrew will spend the rest of his life behind bars, in prison or eye mental hospital. >>> a

. >> no injuries but damage, apartment fire on grant avenue, northeast philly. no word right now on how that fire started. >> 5:43, we want traffic and weather together. we have a large view over there, katie watch are we looking at? >> yes, i run out nice wide zoom. a, we have high pressure in place, so nice giant dome of high pressure, allowing us to keep that sunshine, put little h inbetween there, and also this next approaching cold front. that will be the next wet weather maker for some of you. looks like spotty shower perhaps thunderstorm moves n but, you want to focus on the tropics here. right now hurricane on our hands, guys, cristobal did upgrade to category one hurricane, since yesterday, and we are still expecting it to stay out to sea thankfully, but has got some very warm water temperatures that will continue to roll through, before it completely move away, and starts to diminish in intensity. so again, while it does stay out to sea, it will maintain some strength here, and in the meantime, we've got beautiful beach weather. so that can actually po

going outside, live look, check some of the jam cams, good morning to northeast philly, the headlights coming southbound, along i-95, that straight away there the girard avenue construction zone, where we go into the squeeze, coming into center city philadelphia, with no shoulder thereon either side. but, slight volume, at least at the moment. schuylkill expressway, same deal, at girard. but, overhead traffic lights are out somebody, ukee, did you pay a power bill? >> i thought i put it in. i didn't put a stamp on it. >> see, that's why we didn't pay the bill and therefore the electric got turned off. on the schuylkill between girard and center city, ooh ' driving in the dark there and casino of catches you by surprise. i rolled through here this morning on the way in, so just be aware of that. an accident in chester county, along 896 at limestone. there is some police activity first avenue, right at observation oak street in coatesville. headed to the shore get ready for new traffic pattern. this will be a hot mess today as you come over the walt whitman bridge, and hit southed south

. >>> philadelphia shoot and kill a home invasion section in northeast philly. loose at this hour. >> good morning, it is happening on the 900 block of wakely street. that's where "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan joins thus morning, cleve, hearing the homeowner somehow signalled to police for help. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, that's right. police say it was very alert office their saved a young couple from two armed robbers, it happened earlier, just at the block here, wakling street, around 12:45 this morning, police say a couple were ambushed as they came to their front door by two mask men caring guns, they forced the residents inside at gunpoint, at which time the home security line was tripped. but officers arrived, the door, one of the suspects came to t

. >>> here is a look at dramatic new video from deli store crash in northeast philly, surveillance video was exclusively obtained by "eyewitness news". police say the 86 year old driver smashed through the front doors of steve stein's famous deli at bustleton and grant, as he attempted to pull into a sparking spot on wednesday. no one was hurt. >> coming up on a 33:00, traffic and weather together. >> happy friday first and for most, we made it here to the weekends, but we haven't yet made it out of this somewhat active pattern. this pattern is actually coming courtesy of a couple of things, but as far as the weather weather goes, area of low pressure very, very slow in its movement, and progress, and that's why we will continue to have to dodge some wet weather today and probably even tomorrow. >> burlington, ocean counties, not everyone included with that, but very heavy rain in these areas. and thankfully it is out of here at this point. but only another ten minutes before that will be allowed to expire. meanwhile, here on storm scan3, it is evident that things are starting to quiet d

. >> good morning, everyone, once again, just wild scene in northeast philly.aughts police want to know why a truck crashed into row home. >> it happened last night on levick and farnsworth streets in mayfair. police say an s.u.v. blew a red light around 7:15, then slammed into a tractor-trailer, forcing that rig into the north side of the home. the force of the crash punched a huge hole in the brick wall. this is not the first time an accident has happened at that intersection. >>> they should try to

trenton, northeast philly, mount holly, all up to 90 degrees this afternoon. low 80s for atlantic city, cape may. wilmington, chester, philadelphia, all hitting the big 90 today. it won't last. cooler weather is just around the corner. the seven-day forecast when i come back. >> about eight minutes after 5:00 now. let's get a check of traffic and mass transit and see if everything is moving on time. >> jillian mele has headlines happening right now. >> good morning. here's what's happening. no problems to report on mass transit. everything is on or close to schedule. bridges are also clear. no delays there. and no accidents to report right now on any of the major roadways. this is heading out to montgomery county, 422 eastbound side past route 29. you can see your drive times are looking good on 422. about seven minutes both ways between oaks and route 202. 202 is clear. 95 quiet near the new jersey state line. traveling 76 this morning both directions the entire length of 76 really quiet right now. average speeds as we make our way eastbound past the curve do

. >> the principal of fox chase elementary school in northeast philly, politics aside, he says, the simple alarming reality is that with further cuts, his school will do less educating and more babysitting. >> if we cut any more, can i not, as i said earlier, ethically morally tell parents in we can open on time and educate their child. i can't say that. >> any cuts that do happen will take place by august august 15th. meantime protesters and prince can do little more than hope for the best. >> we had heard today there is some growing support among local democratic law makers to actually sue the state in federal court for what would be called failure to properly educated citizens. that will would be lengthy process, and philly schools set to open up in just a little over a month. live in certain city tonight. matt rivers, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> matt, thank you very much. police are called out meantime to camper in camden county, and end up shooting the man inside. the man died at the hospital, and tonight, investigators are trying to piece together exactly what happened. jan carabeo

right now, here are the numbers, 71 for northeast philly, mid-60s for the lehigh valley. 69 for pottstown, atlantic city wildwood. how about a backyard forecast. show you what to expect for the day today. 81, partly sunny, light winds, our high today 85. still a minimum of sun and clouds by the afternoon. some areas points north could see a slight chance of a quick brief shower but that will be later on tonight. otherwise tomorrow, more rain on the way. we'll talk about that. more coming up in your seven-day forecast. first let's get a check of wednesday morning traffic with jillian mele. >> i need a pool like that in my backyard. that looks like a nice way to spend the day. southbound side, congestion building as drivers head into the city. it's not really causing a big delay, not impacting drive times around 13, 14 minutes in both directions. the vine street expressway is clear. we have a little problem here in montgomeryville, disabled vehicle, hartmann road at regency drive. for drivers in new jersey, 295 at 168. traffic is moving along just fine out there in both directions. keep in

it happened in several neighborhoods so far northeast philly and also in northern liberties. >> developing that night the crisis in iraq. defense secretary chuck hagle says he expects militant group isis do regroup for new attacks. he said just a short timing a u.s. air strikes have helped iraqi forces regain their footing. the us launch adeflor receive strikes yesterday after the militant group isis released a video taped execution of captured american journalist james foley. officials here now admit the group had demanded a ransom for foley last year. his captors wanted more than $130 million. the u.s. of course has a long-standing policy against paying ransoms. a secret mission to rescue him failed last month. attorney general eric holder says the justice department is launching a criminal investigation into his death. >> after a night of relative calm my sorrow's governor is ordering the national guard to begin withdrawing from ferguson. since an officer shot and killed 18 year old michael brown almost two weeks ago the nights have brought continual protests and often violence. brown w

. >>> northeast philly good samaritan ride righting a wrong. >> tire slashes almost prevent add motherrom seeing her son. the random act of kindsness making all the difference. >> they're still in their teens but they've been helping others for years already. today, they're being recognized. years of service is helping children they will never even meet. colleen. >> one eagle wasn't looking forward to practicing with the patriots. we'll hear what he has to say now that the practices are over. >> colleen, right now, no need for umbrellas across our area. the humidity is dropping as well as the temperatures over the next couple of days. details with the seven day forecast coming up. >> and an officer pulls over woman for blowing through a stop sign only to see she's choking. he jumps into action, saving her life. tonight at 10 what she did next that left even the officer tonight at 10 what she did next that[ shelly ] as a graduate of devry university and keller graduate school of management, a business career was my goal. this was my career training camp... my professors... they were als

could see a chance of a shower especially up in the poconos. 77 mount pocono expected. 85 for northeast phillyor the day today. partly sunny skies. mostly sunny down the shore. should be a nice beach day. 80 degrees for atlantic city, along with cape may. vineland at 85 degrees. we'll have a high of 85 in wilmington at 85 as well. all under a mix of sun and clouds. winds remaining light but it will be warm for the day today. here's your seven-day forecast. prepare for showers and storms for tomorrow. also a chance on friday. saturday we start to cool off. look at these, we drop to the upper 70s as we start to head into the weekend. those numbers are well below average. more sun expected by sunday. >>> 4:41 now. let's see how the roads are shaping up for your drive to work. >> we check with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. she has the headlines. >> here's what's happening right now, accident-free on the majors, which is good news but we are following overnight construction in some areas, including here in hammonton. take jackson road as an alternate there. speaking of the area

degrees, a mild start to the morning in allentown. 68 in quakertown, 71 in philadelphia, 71 in northeast phillyser to the shore we're at 71 degrees in woodbine. fairly warm in avalon at 74 degrees this morning. as we push into the rest of your afternoon, we head into the mid-80s for philadelphia, 79 in allentown, 73 in the poconos. your seven-day forecast when i see you again. >>> it's time for philadelphia to put their best foot forward. we'll tell you what's happening today that could lead it a repeat of events 14 years ago. grandma, your biscuits are the best! these are from dunkin'. granny! i have a life, you know. [ phone rings ] oh, that's for me. ooh! dunkin's chicken biscuit sandwich is a tender breaded chicken filet on a southern-style biscuit. grab one for $2.99 today. america runs on dunkin'. >>> 5:23 on wednesday morning as we take a live look at boat house row on the schuylkill river. things are quiet now at least in this part of the viewing area. we've had flooding overnight. in philadelphia we are looking for clearing and a nice day ahead, temperatures in the 80s. >>> let's take

in northeast philly jeff cole, fox 29 news. >> after serving honorablely a k9 officer is hanging up his badge. medford township police announcing the retirement of nomos he has served as special member of the department for nine years. he and his handler joseph canuso part of a team responding to bomb threats throughout the state. their bond will not be broken. after retirement the dog will continue to live with his happened her and his family. a ceremony is scheduled for the 16th. let's check back in with chief meteorologist scott williams. a look at our labor day weekend forecast. >>> a lot of changes over the next several days, iain. right now we're looking at high pressure in control. it's comfortable. the humidity is down, and we're even talking 50s again for some. north and west tonight. so it will be really chilly for some especially toward the pocono mountains. but as we move in your saturday, warm and pleasant. similar actually to today. high temperatures top out again in the low 80s. then by sunday, as well as labor day monday, we're looking at 90-degree temperatures returning

future weather showing philadelphia, northeast philly, 88 degrees at 5:00 this afternoon.ening the numbers drop into the 70s. a nice pleasant evening. we'll start in the 60s and 70s tomorrow morning. but later in the morning closer to the 80-degree mark and here come the 90s tomorrow afternoon. look what else is on the way. chance of showers as we head into the evening hours tomorrow. not today. don't need your rain gear just your sunglasses. sunblock too. bright sunshine with barely a cloud in the sky. upper 80s today and then to the 90-degree mark for one day. tomorrow. then it's back down into middle 80s with less humid air for thursday and friday and then the temperatures go back up this weekend. 88 on saturday. looking for 90 with a chance of showers sunday and monday. >>> eight minutes before 6:00 right now. there's an accident on the northeast extension to tell you about. >> it's one of a couple accidents we've had out there this morning. jillian mele has been keeping us posted on traffic problems because of that. >> we just got word of this accident on the southbou

show you, temperatures mild across portions of reading there and pottstown, 69 degrees. 71 for northeast phillymount holly at 66 right now. same goes for millvilleç and we're at 64 for dover and wilmington. currently 72 degrees this morning. good morning to all of you. looks like we'll start to see the clouds thin out. we have more showers on the way. look at the frontal boundary, just to the west of us right now. providing a lot of rainfall in western p.a. this will start to head towards us, bringing rainfall to williamsport, too, for the day today. we'll see more expected by overnight and also into tomorrow. here's the forecast for williamsport, of course, game time right around 7:00. could see a chance of showers this evening. 73 degrees, 68, 10:00 p.m. it looks like the bulk of the rain seems to be between the time window of 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. we'll still have lingering showers around. we'll keep our eye to the sky for the forecast for later on this evening. for the taney dragons. 8:00 a.m., 73 degrees, 75 at 10:00 a.m. by noon, 81 degrees. our high today, 85 degrees. that's right where we

i95 looking good coming out of northeast philly, no problems there at girard avenue. all of the bridges look fine at the moment. erika, back to you. >> bob, thank up. all right, will he or won't he? hear what pope francis is saying about visiting philadelphia next year. and, other possible destinations. >> and don't sabatage your work out whenou the problem. >> a philadelphia police officer shot by gunmen overnight shot this morning with graze wounds to his head. >> this happened after police respond today a call of gunfire, in talcony. "eyewitness news" has learned, that officer is identified as steven, 14-year veteran of the force. officers returned fire, killing the suspect a new shipment of team merchandise is expected to arrive in some stores today. retail remembers finding it hard to keep up with the demand. well modell's sold 15 too, since dragons just two wins away from playing in the little league worlds series championship game. >>> we sell couple of things during opening day, and closing ceremonies. but not very much. but the last few days have been just, y

and take look at this dramatic new video from wednesday's deli crash in northeast philly. surveillance video exclusively obtained by "eyewitness news". police say the 86 year old driver smashed through the front doors of steve stein's famous deli at bustleton and grant, as he attempt topped pull into a parking spot. luckily, no one was injured. >>> well, there is much more to come on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. >> including a big win byy the eagles, in game three of the pre-season. they look really good. highlights and reaction ahead. we're back in two minutes. >> two american missionaries affected with ebola waking up home this morning. >> both out of the hospital and expected to make a full recovery. doctor kent brantly emerged from weeks of isolation to cheers at emory university hospital in atlanta. he and his wife exchanged hugs with the hospital workers. brantly called it a miraculous day. >> i'm thrilled to be alive to be well, and to be reunited when my family. i cannot thank you enough for your prayers and your support. >> brantly and co-worker nancy rig

. >>> philadelphia shoot and kill a home invasion section in northeast philly. one suspect remains on the loose at this hour. >> good morning, it is happening on the 900 block of wakely street. that's where "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan joins thus morning, cleve, hearing the homeowner somehow signalled to police for help. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, that's right. police say it was very alert office their saved a young couple from two armed robbers, it happened earlier, just at the block here, wakling street, around 12:45 this morning, police say a couple were ambushed as they came to their front door by two mask men caring guns, they forced the residents inside at gunpoint, at which time the home security line was tripped. but officers arrived, the door, one of the suspects came to the door pretending to be the resident, but asked for id proof. robbers sent out the female resident to get rid of the cops. she said everything was okay, but gestured otherwise. one of the officers went inside which surprised the robbers, police say one of the m

. >> in the news couple of arm thieves shoot a man in northeast philly and get away with $70,000. it happened outside the pathmark at large and fly around 6:00 last night. investigators say, the 37 year old victim was on his way to the bank to make a deposit. he suffered a gunshot wounds to the arm and is expected to be okay. >> the bank and the pathmark right where this robbery took place, do have exterior surveillance cameras. detectives have viewed those recordings. those recordings do clearly show the suspect vehicle. >> now, police describe that vehicle as a white van, possibly a dodge, with custom rims, and a roof rack. it was last seen driving south out of the parking lot toward cottman avenue. >>> police continue their search this morning for a child preditor in chester county. this after a 16 year old sexually assaulted near a school. it happened yesterday morning, along a wooded trail near 11th avenue and found dray street in cohen township. police say the man depicted in the sketch also attempted to rob the victim. the news left many residents uncomfortable letting thei

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. >>> and police are now reviewing surveillance video of a suspect who held up a wawa in northeast philly'clock this morning in the 9400 block of state road. police say the robber was wearing ski mask, pink sunglasses and armed with knife. the suspects got away with between 300 and 50 and $400. luckily no one was injured. >>> more than a year after merging our lady blessed sacrament closes its church building for good. it joined with saint at this site in january of last year. but the building itself remained open up until this weekend. officials say they no longer have the funds to keep the other location on 63rd street in west philadelphia open. it's still unclear what will happen to the property. >> and lady anteed bell lump brought the crowd to its feet performing before tens of thousands on a free concert on the beach in atlantic city. officials added more security for this particular show after more than 60 house san people showed up to blake shelton show on thursday. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers tells us that city leaders are hoping out of towners will realize all the goo

a tractor trailer plows into home at a busy intersection in northeast philly and this isn't the firstime. >>> good evening, i'm jessica dean. chris may is off tonight. >> it was a wild scene that rattled the neighborhood. it all happened on levick and farnsworth streets in mayfair. matt rivers is there live tonight with the latest. matt what's happening now? >> reporter: jesse, you can see the truck has actually been towed out of the house hyped me. you can see that truck just down the street over here on levick street. it was leaking diesel fuel a little bit earlier so officials are making sure that that has stopped but here you can see the damage that that truck left behind. you can see right into those poor people's living room here. no one was injured in this crash at least the people inside the home. no one was home so no one was injured inside the hem thankfully as everyone out here agree that is this crash could have been a lot worse. >> tractor trailer and a dangerous intersection. police say it was right around 7:15 when an suv blew a red light at farnsworth and levick slammi

investigators believe the trio is connected to nearly a dozen robberies in northeast philly between june 3rd and august 15th. >>> in center city, philadelphia police still searching for a man that robbed a bank yesterday but he did not get far with the money. take a look at the picture. this is the dye pack that exploded on the robber. according to police the man wearing a black baseball cap and ski mask made off with a lot of money from the branch. the man was last seen running towards 17th street. >>> in chester county police are on the hunt for a man that robbed and sexually assaulted a teenager. the teenager was attacked on wednesday morning near 11th avenue and foundry street. police say it happened on a trail that many students use to walk to school. according to investigators, the 16-year-old victim was treated and released from the hospital but they are not saying whether it was a girl or boy. police issued warnings to many schools in the area for all students to be on high alert. >>> this morning the search continues for a driver in a deadly hit-and-run in philadelphia. a woman

morning who were laying in wait outside a house here just about 5 doors after cost tore avenue northeast philly. a man and woman come home from being out at night and they get to the front door. and then two hispanic men jump out of the darkness with guns forcing them into their house to rob them and maybe more even. the couple wisely set the burglar alarm before they left earlier and did not tell the two guys with gun this would go off when they walked in without turning it off first. so the alarm company calls the cops who quickly arrive. one of the armed men answers the door when the police officers knock at the front door and says hey everything is okay but cop's instincts and training tell him something was not right and asked for i d. the guy goes back in gets the home owner lady and said yes everything is is okay she had a gun at her voice that's what she said with her voice and with her facial expressions she let's the cop know everything is not all rightch the cop tells the woman to walk out of the house. the captain picks up the story from there. >> the officer enters foyer of the pro

northeast philly 64. wrights town 63. quakertown 59, pottstown 62. 60 oxford. blue bell currently 59. down to the shore avalon 66, cape may 67. we're about 63 vineland. dover good morning at 61. there's a look at patchy fog. north of philadelphia, montgomery county. thickest in reading. be careful if you're heading out this morning. fog is there. it should lift after 9:00 a.m. future cast shows clouds thinning out more for the day. no echoes coming back. no though the expecting rainfall for the day. in fact today low 80s. then monday it will be drier. look at that. clear skies, sunny skies expected for your monday. warmer for our monday and gradually this week. we start to see temperatures climb. typically this time of year 85 degrees. yesterday only 74. today 80. these numbers go up to above average. that's the mid and second half of the week. we start to see humidity return too. otherwise going to be a dry stretch of a couple of days here to your weekend. 67 degrees, 8:00 a.m., mostly sunny skies. 75 our 11:00 hour. our high today 80 degrees. remember, 85 is

city heading south down toward the stadium area, maybe even approaching philly international airport. so if you are leaving northeast philadelphia, get going. if you are using 95, to head to the airport. the 42 freeway, starting to pick up volume coming in toward philly. all of the roads are damp, wealth, maybe puddle or two along the way wipers certainly used once or twice to get all of the raindrops off the windshield. traffic lights are not working, wissahickon avenue, at walnut lane. accident we showed you on the lincoln drive that's been cleared. lincoln drive is open between the kelly drive and gypsy lane. but again just use some caution, all of the roads are wet, slippery, this morning. out here kennel square, downed tree along interested l mill road right off route 52, otherwise, the speedometer readings not bad along the blue route the schuylkill, or i-95, and mass transit looking good with no delays. erika, back over to you. >> updating breaking news, we've been following this all morning long the search on for two gunmen who opened fire in wilmington, sending three people to the hospital. police tell "eye

temperature and a huge drop in the humidity tomorrow. 88 degrees right now in philadelphia. 91 in northeast philly. 88 in allentown. 85 in georgetown, delaware. the ocean is nice and warm. we have that air quality issue today. code orange, unhealthy for sensitive individuals. a front is coming through. that's going to change everything as we go into tomorrow. more on that plus the return of the heat and humidity for the weekend with the rest of the seven-day in a few minutes. >>> an emotional day of trial. the victim's mother took the witness stand and glared at christina regusters. the mother told the jury as soon as she saw the video, she knew it couldn't be anyone who normally wore muslim garb. she said it was on wrong. she dabbed her eyes and so did jurors as she described seeing her daughter for the first time after she had been missing for 18 hours back in january 2013. right now the victim is testifying. nbc 10's lu ann cahn is in the courtroom. she will have a live report for us as soon as that testimony is over. >>> sky force 10 over a deadly crash involving a pedestrian in wilmington thi

clouds to work southward from the poconos and central pennsylvania. 61 allen town, 62 trenton, northeast philly 66, 61 mount holly, 65 degrees atlantic city. as you notice, it's warmer this morning than yesterday. up nine degrees in atlantic city, nine degrees in mount pocono, nine allen town, six pottstown. similar in philadelphia. here's the moisture that we're looking at moving into part of the poconos stretching down to lehigh valley. we're seeing light to moderate rainfall, not a lot of lightning or thunderstorms yet. you'll notice at read aing and allen town, next two cities to see showers moving in. most of the moisture is tracking east southeast. it's not going to directly transition all the way to philadelphia. it is going to skirt along the i-95 corridor. norris town could see more rainfall. we'll show you it on our future weather model. by 8:00 or 9:00, more moisture dragging south. it's going to stay north of philadelphia stretching out to toms river. still moving into parts of reading. as we head to the rest of your late morning hours, we'll get a better chance closer to 11:00 for

northeast philly southbound side of academy road breaking news closed between morell avenue and president's street. frankford avenue and roosevelt boulevard. we have more information on that coming up next and we have to keep going we have more to talk about. steve keeley is here in northeast castor avenue blocked with activity. also 900 block of haw thorn shut down. this is showing construction on the northbound side of 95. this is worth mentioning. you have crazy slow down i've been getting tweetsw all morning as you approach 420 left lane taken out. you can see left lane blocked here check how slow this is move and how much backup we have 5:32 already guys. >> that's never a good sign. breaking news we go to this morning as well. a person hit and killed by car early this morning in northeast philadelphia. accident happened right around 3:30 this morning academy road. driver of car did not stop. police are seeing to see if he was tox indicated. we'll have more information whether it becomes available. >> more breaking news a burglary suspect is dead following police involved shooting and