. >> i'm rahel solomon. jim, welcome back. >> thank you very much. katie and meisha of course keeping an eye on things this morning, good morning. >> good morning, guys, happen mine day. how are you feeling? >> head cold. >> back at it? >> like -- >> i know, the minute you walk on an airplane. >> here they come. the germs are attack taking. >> yikes. all right, looking outside right now, just one accident, lot every construction, we get to all of that coming up. >> don't you feel like sometimes you need a vacation? seriously? >> i woke up this morning, ahh >> and take that extra day, yes. >> true. >> but, you know, at least the weather is cooperating for the most part. all-in-all, you're very welcome. i brought it just for you. let's take a look what's going on, at the moment, not a heck of a lot. uietty here, i think all-in-all you have quiet day just in general but we are going to see w build, already, little vale of that working its way in,t feature, , all of the daylight hours anyway, do feature dry weather an the clouds, as the day goes on that'

. >> i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an eye on things this friday morning. good morning, ladies? well, good morning, you guys, happy friday. >> made it through. >> wow, so excited. >> what are you complaining about? >> well ... >> i do not know why you're throwing insult at me so early in the morning. >> well, we are going to quickly steer to construction, that's really what it is, a lot of construction out there. the good news, no accidents, and of course already people are going to say is it raining i know that's coming. so is it going to? >> it will certainly. >> i brought my umbrella. >> good for you. >> what is it, like i'm small child here? >> pat him on the head for me. >> but yes, we are going to see some wet weather, very heavy rain at time, here, already, even finding some real heavy storms rumbling through parts of the lehigh valley, parts of carbon, monroe county. needing a bumm a walking out the doorway. elsewhere, steamy at the onset right now. good portion of the area, dry, that's relative term, though, because it is so, so moisture- laden, th

i'm rahel solomon. >> and i'm jim donovan. here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. today is thursday, august 17th. >> demanding change, protesters take to the streets of center city in the aftermath of violent protests in charlottesville. >> racism has no place in our society. >> a show of unity in charlottesville in the exact same spot where clashes took place. >> sporting an emergency on sept is just an app away. >> we count on our customers to help be the eyes and ears. >> no powerball winner whoever night. the jackpot grows to over $500 million. >> if i'm president, no more monday. nobody likes monday. let's go right to tuesday. two saturdays. you got a wednesday. nobody really cares about thursday because the weekend is coming. >> i think he might be on to something. something we can all agree on. andrew "dice" clay a little less controversial. >> he's changed a lot since the old days. he was a firebed of controversy years ago. >> he looks a lot different too. >> mainly the hair. >> mellowed

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

. >> i'm rahel solomon. keeping an eye. >> i forgot to buy a ticket yesterday. katie did you end up getting one? >> oh, yeah. we went for a special walk in the wagon to get tickets. >> i'm sorry. >> rahel said it though i have a feeling we're all going to be back here tomorrow. >> a much more positive person. >> that's because you're feeling healthy. >> yes, i had my colonoscopy. that sleeping thing was the best sleep i've had since i started this shift. >> congestion, we've got a lot of construction. >> everyone's got a mental image now. >> yes we do. i'll try to brighten that thought for you. take a look at what's happening. thankfully no fog issues like we had yesterday. it's all clear. this is the view outside pleasant valley middle and high school the campus up this way is completely clear. yesterday if you could recall all we could see is this 1 lone streetlight. thankfully that has definitely dissipated and it stays that way throughout the day. nice clear sky for the most part. the further south you go you may run into a pop-up shower or thunderstorm later

. >> and i'm rahel solomon.e will continue to follow the developments in barcelona and bring you any developments as they happen but for now we're back in our area. "eyewitness news" reporter henry rosoff was in the courtroom for this morning's hearing on the chester county case. he joins us live from west chester where dozens of supporters for the victim gathered. henry. >> reporter: jim and rahel friends and family of bianca roberson attempted to pack this tiny courtroom looking for answers for the man accused of pulling his truck alongside of roberson's vehicle and shooting her in the head. >> this is senseless. he murdered an innocent child. >> reporter: roughly 100 bianca roberson supporters gather an hour early outside the chester county district court. >> we're here to support her and we want to see justice for bianca. >> reporter: they file in one by one but once inside the proceeding lasts only mere minutes with david desper waiving his right to a preliminary hearing. desper has yet to offer any additio

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good afternoon, i'm rahel solomon.. jim donovan is off today. >>> more on that statue in a moment but f racism is what header heyer's loved ones saying sheas killed n charlottesville on saturday. the 32-year-old group of counter protesters werentohem at a white nationalist rally. he's behind bars and facing her death happening live right now hundreds are gathered right now in inside of a public memorial honoring her mourners were asked to wear purple. heis her mother. >>> meantime president trump is dealing with more fallout from hictly who was to blame fort weekend violence in charlottesville the backlash to his fiery comments is coming fromid of the aisle. >> excuse me. president trump is facingisan ce appeared sympathetic toward the white that clashed with counter demonstrators during rally in virginia last weekend. nople were neonatzis believe me. not all of those people were >> yesterday during a press conference meant to announce infrastructure plans doubled down on his earlier comments blaming both sides for thel

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. chelsea, good morning, a good forecast too. >> it is a good forecast, good morning at home. temperatures on the cool side to start we are checking in the 60's, 53 in mount pocono. 67 degrees in philadelphia. sixty-two wilmington. sixty in millville. low to mid 60's down the shore much cooler to then just 24 hours ago and very refreshing with the dew points in the 50 's. hard to come by this time of the year. here's what you can expect for your thursday, tons of sunshine in philadelphia, 83 degrees for that high temperature, down the shore look for a high of 80, mostly sunny, very nice and gorgeous day, with a high of 72 degrees , chelsea. >> we are looking at this forecast that is absolutely spectacular. good morning everybody. happy gateway to our weekend. we are looking outside at construction, route one northbound at oxford valley, both directions were closed now just northbound side we are awaiting for crews to move out of the way there. you will to have exit off oxford valley and

i'm rahel solomon. greg argos is live at 7eleven in center city where the lottery machine is really getting a good work out. greg, good afternoon. >> reporter: yeah, it really is rahel a lost folks here purchasing those tickets for the powerball $700 million like you mentioned the second largest jackpot in the game's history. we crunched some numbers here at the 7eleven off race and broad and if you purchase a ticket and you are the sole lucky winner, the cash payout that is $318 million in your pocket. think about that for second. could buy a lot of tesla model ss. 4600 in fact or if you're feeling little bit more ultra wis tick want to pay tuition for 1189 drexel students you can cover tuition for all four years if you're the winner. a lot of excitement here like i mentioned this is the second largest powerball drawing in the game's history. we asked some folks including the manager here exactly what the deal is to win that money. take listen. >> the key to winning is say your prayers, respect your fam

. >>> good afternoon i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jan carabeo. jim donovan is off this noon. dip employee platt tick language taking a back seat as the u.s. and north korea threaten each other with fiery rhetoric. >> more details on exactly where things stand from the white house. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> reporter: president trump issued a strong warning to north korea tuesday and within hours the communist nation responded with the new threat. pyongyang issued a statement saying it is examining plans to make fire around areas around guam. they have two military bases housing more than 6,000 american soldiers and airmen. u.s. analysts say north korea has made nuclear war head small enough to fit on top of a ballistic missile. >> the goal of the american president to stop north korea from having an icbm that can hit america win nuclear weapon on top. he would go to war to prevent that. >> reporter: on twitter this morning president trump said his first order as

good afternoon, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim done v. at league ya joins us live now at the scene in upper darby with the latest developments. good afternoon, alicia. >> good afternoon, jim, rahel, now, ntsb investigators are still out here, we will pan over and gave you a look, because, the train that crashed is still in the terminal just behind me, this caution tape around it, and we're told spoke from the ntsb is on their way from dc to give us a update on the investigation into this crash, but shear with a we know so far. >> overnight at the 69th street septa terminal, in upper darby, a train crash, the second one this year, at the same ternal. >> coming from work, the train out here, the train going real fast, like super fast, and i'm looking up, and i see that we had 69 street. >> why going so fast? >> raymond was knocked unconscious in the just after midnight train cash that injured 41 other people. >> super lucky. because it was super bad. >> the driver is all banged up , and there is this one girl , bleeding out of her face prett

rain and winds from harvey's band are beginning to hit the texas gulf coast good afternoon aim rahel solomon. jim's off this noon. hurricane isn't expected to make land fall until sometime tonight or early tomorrow morning. correspondent done done champion is in corpus christie where residents are told to get out while they can. >> reporter: skies are gray, in the gulf, as it is churning long texas coast as hurricane harvey spins closer to shore. forecasters are warning, it could be the most powerful storm, to make land fall in the u.s., since 2005, and millions are in its path. >> we don't know what will happen, if we will come back to a home what damage we are coming home to, it is kind of sad, scary. >> reporter: many coastal residents are boarding up their homes and heading inland , hotels are making people check out. school buses are shuttling hundreds out of corpus christie. thursday, babies from a neonatal intensive care unit were flown north to safety but officials are concerned because not as many people are evacuating, compared with previous storms. the national hurricane center is

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

. >> i'm rahel solomon, i'm jim donovan. >> three people including a firefighter injured, trang do, resident to have happily safely escaped. >> i saved my dog, the fist thing i grabbed, barefooted the whole time. >> tony and his chihuahua max made it out of their canterbury court apartment complex seconds before building g became engulfed in flames around 12:30 a.m. >> we heard the alarms going off. came outside. >> 302nd later flames out of g 5. >> he says the fire appears to have start in the his neighbor linda's second floor apartment he saw firefighters carry her out on a stretcher. deputy fire commissioner said she was one of three people hurt. >> we made one occupant transport today a local hospital. second occupant, also transported from adjoining apartment. and we had one firefighter suffer minor injuries. >> say the fire contained to the one apartment but the other nine in the building sustained extensive smoke and water damage. the red cross is assisting the 50 people displace the. staff kept resident on septa bus, until they could arrange accommodations. >> anything we needed, the

. >> i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an eye on things, halfway point to the halfway point of the week. >> i like that. >> i like that, too. >> i had to figure that out in my head. halfway what? >> that's that's the nyquil. >> nyquil, sudafed, yes. >> looking outside, just a lot of construction, and rahel, yes, both the morning rush, are we going to see any rain? >> i think we do, but not talking widespread, pretty scat nerds nature. currently is in fact scat nerds nature on storm scan, more localized zoom here, yes, couple of damp roads currently , but anything currently falling is pretty isolated and localized. so, yes, you will run into the potential need for the flicking of the windshield wipers if you're standing and waiting for a train, the need for an umbrella but only in a couple every spot. that's how the day progresses, you know, pretty much all day long, anything that shows up on the radar will be just like this, scattered in nature. locally steady, notice that, right on the tail end of

. >> i'm rahel solomon. we have a lot of breaking news overnight but first lets get you out the door with katie and meisha. >> good morning, guys. gateway to the weekend. good news is this morning we have nice dry roadways that will help us out and no accidents. that is great too. >> yes, my goodness. totally quiet, it will stay that way for another day, hotter then yesterday and with time we will see or more specifically, feel a little bit more humidity as morning and especially tonight progress. we will take a quick peak at storm scan not much going on so lets move it along. we are looking at temperatures and they are comfortable in the lower 60 easy sentencely regional wide. mount pocono and certainly here in philadelphia where we are flirting with 70 degrees at this hour. i-95 is comfortable and mild, regional wide really and in matter where your travels take you we will see a quiet drive here weather-related issues are virtually nil. sixty-one for willow grove, doyletown and mount holly where regional h

. >> good afternoon, i'm rahel solomon. >> and i'm jan carabeo. jim donovan is off today. home invasion suspect is now in can you custody. police say the suspect's crime spree began in mount airy. the home invasion happened around 9:30 last night on the 200 block of west mount airy avenue. police say the man then drove the homeowner's suv to a bank on city avenue and tried to use her atm card. officers spotted him near saint joe's university in overbrook where he ditched the car and then shed his pants and shoes in a nearby yard. >> my biggest concern is safety, you know, it was at night. i have a son. he plays outside. >> generally good neighborhood but every once in awhile something crazy happens and comes in my front yard. >> now, police have not yet released where they caught up with that suspect. he's now in custody. charges are pending. >> former penn state fraternity members back in court today for a preliminary hearing. they face charges in connection with the february death of timothy piazza. piazza fell down the stairs at the beta theta pi house after a night of

. >> i'm rahel solomon. >> good morning, guys. so, just a lot of construction , i know, i sounds like a broken records when say it. honestly, there is so much construction out there. thankfully it is clearing out. you know, i think we are in for at least a stretch of quiet weather for now, stay tuned, but today is the day of transition. boy do we de is her after break. after yesterday's soaking rain , it was absolutely drenching down places like rehoboth for example, not seeing anybody out here just yet, really is quite dreary, even still, at this hour, across this area. but the tell tail signs, the haze over the boardwalk lamps, also of course a lot of very wet boards here, along rehoboth beach. so, we're off to still unsettled start depending on location, as we take a little bit after tighter zoom on that storm scan3, pictures, the three-hour loop that we're looking at, not too much clearing just yet, which is a shame, because we have near full moon. won't see too much of it out there this morning, but regardless still couple ev

." >>> good morning, everyone, i'm jan carabeo, rahel solomon is off today. >> i'm jim donovan, katie and meisha will be a flong just a moment, first, what you need to start your day in the morning minute. today is friday, august 4. >> fiery crash into bucks county business leaves a driver dead overnight. >> still active scene here, snowing is full -- >> chlorine and adds i had. >> rain dumps rain on burlington count. >> i street swerving up close to cars, bicyclists get a stern warning. >> broken hand -- >> can i please get in? >> can an uber carpool help make a love connection? >> for one philadelphia company it did. >> did you ever see yourself a match-maker? >> bob sled going down, here they go. weee. >> there you go. >> and that's the diamond backs and the cubs, and how they, the bullpen's pass the time during a rain delay, at wrigley field. >> you got to have a little fun during a rain delay. some last hours, actually tracking little bit of rain for ourselves, right, katie, spotty snow. >> indeed, but not just yet. maybe later today, and specially tonight, that any showers or th

. >> i'm rahel solomon. lots of news overseas and at home. here's a look at weather and traffic in our region. >> we have a lot going on. in the world of travel things are looking g we have construction and overnight closures that will impact you this morning. >> no weather related issues but sun glare will be an issue at 6:00 a.m. hour. it is a problem you don't mind that much because it is promising to be a absolutely gorgeous not only sunrise but beautiful day in general. looking at storm scan, say for that little, batch of cloud rolling away you wouldn't know there was a loop going here because it is just that clear outside. that is a thermometer drop off more readily as well but dew points have done the same in short it does not feel as humid as it has in recent days yesterday not too bad certainly but we are warming up with that low humidity today. we have got everything working for us, a really nice pattern as high pressure puts itself overhead with light wind to go witt. it looks, all good, you have got, smooth sailing as far as i'm c

. >> i'm rahel solomon. first notice until oregon being make its way across 14 states, passover south carolina before going out to sea. >> don champion live along the path of totality in saint joseph, missouri, good afternoon, don. >> reporter: good afternoon, jim, rahel. about 15,000 people are expected to take in the eclipse from had in air filled , one every countless gatherings from coast-to-coast for this celestial event that for many will be once in a lifetime. the anticipation started early this morning, in st. joseph, missouri thousands converge on the town for the first coast-to-coast eclipse in nearly 100 years. >> so excited, we're kinds of geeked out about it. >> on the west coast the farming town of mattress, oregon, the first in the nation to watch the moon completely block out the sun. >> i've come, you know, thousands of miles to be here this area came up as the best place, in terms of the weather >> the eclipse will make its way from oregon to south carolina before heading out to sea. even a

. >> i'm rahel solomon. >>> this all happened early this morning and now police are interviewing the victim in hopes of peacing together what happened during her terrifying ordeal. joel holden is live outside the upper darby police department with more on this developing story. joe, good afternoon. what police are telling you. >> reporter: good afternoon. police are investigatin investie brief disappearance of brittany law as an abduction, a kidnapping and a robbery. they say the 31-year-old havertown woman was last seen at a sunoco on west chester pike in upper darby township around 4:0. they say she left in a car to be -- believed driven by lyft driver the store goes brittany was out late celebrating her sift's 21st birthday. they say both had been drinking heavily. they say that that it this all started in 1200 block of saint james street in center city. they say that they hailed a lyft driver through fusing an app on their phone. that service then took them to west philadelphia where the driver apparently said he wanted to stop and get out and get matches so he could smoke. the s

>>> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan, here's what you need to know to start your day in morning minute. today is tuesday, august 22. >> breaking overnight, a train crashes into an empty train at 69th street terminal. dozens are hurt. >> i stood to up get off and smack, hit the other trolley hard. >> there were four critical injuries but still officials say none of them are life threatening. >> it will be 15 to 20 minute increment, and you can absolutely expect delays. >> comedian bill cosby's defense team returns to court. he's hired michael jackson's former lawyer, tom mesereau, for his upcoming sexual assault trial. >> we will fight to win. from now this -- victory will have a clear -- >> president trump explains his plbut butt said the us can't hastily leave the country. >> i just turned 40. i haven't seen die day like that in my life. >> incredible. awesome. >> look, oh, that's amazing. >> people across our region mesmerized yesterday by the solar eclipse. >> i certainly was. fortunately the weather cooperated. clouds really didn't get in the way of the way of the

. >> jim donovan, rahel solomon, katie fehlinger, pat pat gallen, and meisha johnson. >> welcome backo colorado tonight as they continue a road trip out west. >> and jim, the trip is not going well so far. millville's own mike trout got things started for the angels last night in anaheim. his 21st homerun of the season , his second in a series against his olds favorite team , nick williams put phils up with a homerun during a four run second inning, but the phils could not hold on, lost this one when the angels scored two in the eighth, phils lose five to four, their 12th straight lost to the ainge he is. >> well the first exhibition football game of the jeer in the books. the cardinals and cowboy met up in the hall of fame game in canton, ohio, fishes touchdown comes from williams, the cards running back, goes in from 5 yards out, there was limited play for the starters, the cowboys win 20 to 18. >> eagles training camp continues today, we will hear from coach doug pederson and quarterback carson wentz. >> full coverage on " eyewitness news" news beginning at five. >> coming up: dunk

. >>> now china and russia are weighing in the on the tensions good afternoon i'm rahel solomon. >>> i'm jan carabao, jim donovan's off today. wendy gilette is at the white house with how north cover re ace responding to the president's new threats. president trump issued a new warning to north korean dictator kim jong unthis morning. he tweeted military solutions are now full i in place, locked and loaded, should north korea act unwisely. hopefully kim jong unwill find another path. >> they have been doing this to our country for a long time for many years and it business time that somebody stuck up for the people of this country and for the people of other countries. >> reporter: not to be out done north korea issued its own warning saying if the u.s. launches an attack on the north then it will reduce u.s. mainland into a field of nuclear war. president trump continued to push china to do more, to stop its neighbor and close alley from taking any drastic steps. >> i think john, we can do a lot more, china can. i think china can do more. >> reporter: chine delivered a warning to no

stay with us. >> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. know to start your day in our morning minute. today is tuesday, august 1st. >> the first day of the newly shuffle west wing, new chief of staff is in, the man who was the new communications director is out. after less than two weeks on the job. >> disturbing discovery, philadelphia mother charged with leaving her seven month old son alone in a bucks county motel. >> a shocking allegation. former phillies star, pete rose, is accused of statutory rape. >> on ton of the clock tower in philadelphia. >> a dangerous stunt. man climbs to the top of city hall, without ever being in the dollars. >> daredevil photographer took advantage of renovation work. >> the much is toast. the front stab err has been back stabbed. >> with just today. finished the. >> hey, i'm anthony scaramucci there is a new mooch in town. >> get out. >> i will say, i was at the gym on the treadmill when i saw the breaking news, i almost fell off the treadmill. >> oh, you should have seen the cable news network, all of th

. >> i'm rahel solomon. katie is out. matt is here. matt and meisha keeping an eye on things this morning, good morning, guys. >> hey tuesday, yes, we have the big crash this morning around 12:15, norristown high-speed line, by the way loft updates coming in, this should help us out a little bit. plus accidents out there, what , already, we have mystro roadways, matt, not sure what was going on. >> a case of the tuesday's. >> right? >> weather, not a problem for folks traveling this morning. it is going to be an issue though later this afternoon, not because we're going to have necessarily any bad weather, but we are going to be dealing with high heat, high humidity, like we haven't seen, pretty much since the very beginning of august. so, do get ready for triple digit heat index values later this afternoon. neighborhood network shows you across from the jera side, it ia little bit haze think morning. so, not necessarily going to be the greatest sunrise it doesn't look like right now. temperatures for the most part are in the 60s and 7

rahel solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> that is it for "eyewitness news" at 6:00 here's what wecoming up at 7:00. streets disappear as hurricane harvey causes catastrophic flooding in southeastern texas we will show you some of had destruction. >>> plus, here at home philadelphia fire fighters rushed to a burning house in overbrook and now investigators say this was no accident. >>> it will be a glorious day to day matt peterson's back with your forecast just after the >>> harvey is now a tropical storm moves deeper in texas and turns deadly along the way , get you up to date. >>> they are packed up, heading south, the rules some of the philly's first responders they will take to

your local news is next. >>> good morning, i'm rahel solomon.vent tabor could have a new lawyer by end of the month. brian mcmonigal who served as lead attorney and deeven ifed him against sexual assault charges filed paperwork to withdraw from the case yesterday j will consider his request at a hearing later this movement cosby's first trial ended in a mistrial and goes on trial again this november. >>> well, let's send it over to katie for a check of the forecast. we may see rain but do not cancel any plans. >> exactly. classic summer where we do not ever really know what this kind offset up where thunderstorm may or may not pop up but because of the way these storms could drench you this afternoon or evening especially would i walk out with the umbrella just to be on the safe side because these storms could be not just slow movers but pack a lot of moisture. as we look first to the area temperatures we are in the mid 70's already up and down i-95 and outskirts of the town in the lower zero seven's, off to a warm start. we have mixture of sun

. >>> the former radio >>> good morning, i'm rahel solomon.ect in margate moves from the beach to the courtroom today. army core of engineers and epa meet in federal court, judge halted the work a week ago. critics say project is a health hazard and also blocks access to the beach. governor christie ordered dune project after hurricane sandy. >>> lets check the forecast with meteorologist katie fehlinger. it looks like all and all a nice day. >> we are off to just a stellar start across the region here. it looks like it will last right through tomorrow. currently we are off to a cool spot, nice clear skies up to 59 degrees, wind virtually non-existent at the moment and we're with this all day to day and tomorrow, courtesy of high pressure. mid 80's ever so slightly shy of seasonable and by friday and weekend patternoe dnhill, st you have got while you have it >> enjoy it whi>> you said it. looking outside nice dry roadways this morning but weble. in this area we have an blocking left lane just95 head up on that. schuylkill eastbound near off t

my >>> good morning i'm rahel solomon. search continues for a suspect involved in the home invasion in the overbrook section of philadelphia police say suspect ditched a stolen car and took off on foot when confronted by officers. man took car and atm card during a home invasion, occupant of the home were not injured. >>> let go over to katie for a check of the forecast. it looks like another nice day >> we are going two for two with nothing but bright blue skies, sunshine technically relatively low humidity throughout the day but it will get warmer throughout the afternoon then it did yesterday. beautiful shot outside kutztown area middle school and we will keep that sun around all day here. it feels more like august, this afternoon. 87 degrees, still not terribly humid new does change with time. our pattern goes downhill. saturday looks like right now to be the wetest of the two weekend days, meisha. >> thanks very much. we are still looking outside, looking good, hazy shot here burlington bristol bridge is scheduled to

i'm with you. >>> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. on record for any u.s. lottery game. largest was 1.6 power ball drawing you may remember from last year this current jackpot has been growing since june 10th, a chance by the way of picking autopsy six power ball numbers is one in 292 million. >>> just a little chance. >>> lets send it over to chelsea for a check of the forecast. >> still a chance, rahel, yes. things are looking much better then us. we will see temperatures in the 70's. 76 degrees in philadelphia. seventy-six millville. upper 70's down the shore, wildwood right around 77 degrees. for today we have increasing sunshine, lower humidity, high temperature right around 84, that is a nice treat compared to where we were yesterday, mostly clear, comfortable. overnight low 64. you can give air conditioning a little bit of the break tonight. you're witness weather seven day forecast 83 degrees on thursday, 80 on friday. look at this stretch of sunshine in the weekend and start of the next week following temperatures by saturday

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. >> i'm rahel solomon keeping an eye on things this morning. good morning ladies. it's kind of foggy out there. >> it sure is. and what happens when we get fog or rain as we all know now, the commute really gets congested early. in fact it started in the 4:00 hour with a couple of accidents out there. it's kind of a mess right now. >> that's absolutely it you can't see it and it comes up on you like that because it's so patchy there are some places where it is totally clear. in center city, philadelphia the visibility is pretty much perfect certainly by comparison, but you know, even just a couple of blocks away or maybe about a mile away toward boat house row, towards the schuykill where you've got that river bed, you've got really dense fog in spots and the countryside is just littered with this fog. it's really settled in here. the shore as well has gotten in on that. but storm scan is quiet. let's look at the visibilities. philly international is about the best we're finding. mount pocono is not looking too bad. keep in mind these are observation sites. since w

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. >> and i'm rahel solomon. it's been kind of a crazy morning around here. >> it has. >> every day. >> good morning, everyone. gate way to our weekend is here. we're looking outside right now just a ton of construction, much of which is moving out of our way. dry roadways, no visibility issues. all really looking very, very clear right now. i'm going to show you a camera in a second that is showing a little hint of low-lying cloud cover. but you're right by comparison, it is nothing like what we saw yesterday. nice clear storm scan 3 at the moment. we may end up with a spotty shower or thunderstorm late today right now you don't have to worry about that. here's that shot i promised you. notice off in the distance you've got to look far out, behind the tree line there is some cloud cover, it obviously looks a little hazy but are we talking below a quarter mile visibility? absolutely not. that's helpful. but there is some moisture out there and i think you'll notice it. the humidity is certainly something that wil

i'm rahel solomon.adly road rage faces a judge in less than an hour. david desper faces murder charges in the shooting death of roberson. after both drivers had tried to merge into the same lane. katie, it looks like it should be a nice day. >> i think so. i think we're going to end up with more than anything sunny skies out there. a little hint of humidity, it's august. we are looking pretty good. up to 87 degrees. generally again in that sunshine. tomorrow different story. high humidity will be oprosively humid and we have a series of fronts coming through a warm front to bring in the humidity and a cold front that could trigger heavy thumples. by the weekend we are clearing things out. >> it's a little bit busy. your alternate route 33 is going to be your best bet. we have an accident here route 9 is closed near stone harbor boulevard. your alternate garden state parkway. and patco is running emergency schedules. >> our next update is 7:55. up next souvenirs from monday's solar eclipse. i'm rahel sol

today is friday, august 11, good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jan carabeo in for jim donovan. katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things this morning. >> sure are. >> yes, we rtgif indeed. this weekend is upon us. looking outside right now, i've got to tell you, starting off with a lot of accident. we have been since 4:00 in the morning, ton of construction out there, so it's been busy, busy. >> guess so >> we will be tracking wet weather can time but i come bearing some better news, today our die of transition, now, you'll see couple of speckles evergreen showing up out toward central pa you don't have to worry about, that perhaps quick sprinkle in the position knows, that's about it, but elsewhere for the whole feels pretty good. at the shore, 64 degrees, up in the mountains 57 degrees. dew point also 57. but take it forward from this point on, things are only going to rebounds nicely from here. we expect to get to 83 degrees , in philadelphia, now, we say any showers or thunderstorm they primarily happen not just p.m. but specially toward nighttime frame in philly. i don

. >>> and the next hour, a >> good morning, i'm rahel solomon.re being interviewed by police after shooting in the somerdale section of philadelphia. twenty-four year old man is now in critical condition. he was found beside his car near cheltenham and somerdale avenues with several gunshot wounds. police say the man was shot by a man in another car. so far police have no motive and no suspect. now over to kate way check on today's forecast and the weekend forecast. >> all-in-all today really does look like okay day. it is a day of transition for the area, granted, but we are going to generally stay dry, with building clouds. when you look outside currently at our live neighborhood network it is a split difference across the sky. you have some sun. you have some clouds. that's essentially what you find outside the area. outside cut town area middle school, did have little batch of very light showers, most of which didn't even hit the ground rolling on through. however, overnight tonight, into tomorrow, specially, granted, scattered in nature, but

. >> i'm rahel solomon. meisha, you certainly have your hands full this morning. >> oh, do i ever. my fellow new jersey friends, oh, stay away, not only that accident investigation, there is multiple things that have happened since then, walking every way >> i don't really have a ton to tell you other than it looks like all-in-all, nice day, back to clear skies, coy see shower thunderstorm pong up at some point this afternoon. don't think this will be a widespread concern, currently mid to upper 60s, low 70s, depending where you are. look at mount pocono, also dropped off since last check, interesting because tech particularly the sun just came up. will start to rebound from here, as we go through the day pretty substantial rebounds. go from the 50's in the poconos, back to the 80s, and go from the 60s or low seven's in philly, back to the 90s could see spotty shower or thunderstorm, but at the shore probably evening out totally dry day. also little hazy start there. that said because you have the little bit of moisture to work with here helping to create bit of haze, certainly fee

. >>> today is wednesday august 9th good morning i'm rahel solomon. >>> i'm jan carabao. jim donovan's off, katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things this morning. >> good morning, ladies, we are looking outside, nice dry roadways, katie, that is great this morning but we have a water main break that happened yesterday a street that has caved in that will slow you down. a lot going on. >> sounds like it. weather should not impact you as much in the next five minutes sun will rise. already light of day is out there which is so nice to see. i feel like we have had so many gray starts to the day as ovulate but this is a morning where we will not find much of anything to report on storm scan so lets move ate long here. we are looking at a gorgeous shot outside at kutztown area middle school in the last couple minutes looking closely we will see that haze rolling across the soccer field you do have to look closely but we do have just enough left over moisture that has allowed that to form this feels like a fall morning to me. it is so crisp outside and clear and stays that

. >> i'm rahel solomon. jim, welcome back from vacation. >> thank you very much?ion, how new jersey police officer saved a life while on vacation. first, a check on the forecast with casey and the roads with

. >>> today is thursday august 10th good morning i'm jan carabao in for jim donovan >>> aim rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an eye on things. almost a friday. >> yes. >> the gateway. >> the gateway to our weekend. you can feel it thursday morning because we are looking outside right now everything is looking good. turf say today out of every day this week so far has looked the best. just construction no accident, nice dry roadways. >> stay that way dry through the day but just about ready to come up over that horizon. we are going to expect to see sun glare as a result so if you travel, in the eastbound direction you have to deal with that but no complaints here, right. all clear, another morning where temperatures are right now, men to the 50's from allentown back to reading and mount pocono as well. mid to upper 60's up and down i-95 and throughout the course of the day we will heat up here but it feels really comfortable right now. i wouldn't be shock to see beach fill up sooner here today, lots of sunshine all day long, water temperatures nice and mild heading to the beach, me

. >>> and today is wednesday august 9th, good morning i'm rahel solomon. >>> aim jan carabao.s the morning off. lets check traffic with meisha and weather with katie. >> good morning, great to see you again.

. >> i'm rahel solomon.will accident involving two septa trains has injured 42 people. >> this happened early this morning at the 69 street terminal in upper darby where trang do is live, to bring us to up date. good morning, trang. >> good morning, jim, rahel. fortunately officials say none of those injuries are life threateningment i'll take you right to the train where you can actually see the trolley car involved off in the distance with police tape across it. now, despite all of those injuries, there is very minimal visible damage to the cars involved. but, take a look at the scene overnight.

. >> and i'm rahel solomon. >> how are you feeling? >> i had my colonoscopy and i'm feeling fantastic. it's about taking care of your body. they did a great >> we're looking outside right now, everything is looking good, lots of construction. but we do have a big debris spill in new jersey coming up a little bit. >> the weather is quiet. yesterday ended up being a beautiful summer day. i think today we could end up with a shower or a thunderstorm, you if you have outdoor plans i would keep them. you're going to experience sunshine and warmth, other than the spottiest of showers and thunderstorms we're looking good here today. at the moment storm scan is nice and clear we don't have the fog issues we had and a little cooler by comparison. only the mid 60s heading into the north and west suburbs. again, a spotty late-day thunderstorm is certainly in the cards especially towards the shore points but for the most party expect you'll see the sun throughout the day. up in the poconos beautiful weather, we flirt with weather. >> 80s and sun,