schuylkill eastbound ramp to packer is closed between 2:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. this is very heavy in terms of the traffic yesterday 95 north near platt bridge. no vehicles over five tons are allowed to see these checkpoint between vine and platt bridge. another checkpoint is 95 south at the vine and also leading up to some of the checkpoints you will also have lost a left lane, and we will hearing reports some areas even two. eastbound vine at 95 giving you a look outside. quickly in the world of the mass transit trenton inbound we have another extra train. septa buses, patco speed line extra cars as needed, jim, as needed. >>> one police department is using sweet treat to bridge the gap in their community. >> it is something that people like to see on a hot summer day st. louis police department is taking an ice cream truck around the city, the goal of operation polar cup toys create positive interactions between police and the community. the ice cream is free. >>> coming up next on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" we are live a at the wells fargo center with a preview

great news for our commuter ers, we do have accident here, schuylkill eastbound past market street beforetwo right lanes blocked, in this area, that's going to slow you down just little bit. more coming up in about 15 minutes, jim, brooke, back to you. >> montgomery county prosecutors apparently will challenge a chester county woman's claim that she was legally insane when a.m.ly kidnapped baby from it mother at the king of prussia mall. last week, the attorney representing 32 year old moore notified the judge she was claim ago insanity defense at her upcoming trial. >> in the intelligence err, abington police they can tie one man to two robberies at the same 7-eleven store, that man held up the 7-eleven on the 1800 block of olds york road tuesday night. police believe the same suspect also robbed the store in january of last year. >> in the trentonian, new service out of trenton mercer airport with one way fares as low as 39 bucks, beginning in november, the las vegas based carrier are offer non-stop service to orlando, tampa, saint pete's. >> that's a look at some of the newspaper headl

construction schuylkill eastbound from the ramps to the vine left lane is closed leading up to the vine there. you can see these arrows pushing you to the right-hand side. we are still looking good though. a lot of vehicles. ninety-five south at cottman, off the s curve, it is looking good. it got bus bye you not until the 6:00 o'clock hour. ac expresswaye bound at williamstown is moved off to the shoulder. great news for those in that area. construction on 322 is closed a at route 54 at 6:00 a.m. more on that, coming up. jim, over to youing. >> buzz is swirling aren't donald trump. >> who will he choose for vice-president for campaign 2016. >> we have a report from new york, the big decision is expected tomorrow. >> reporter: donald trump says he has brought down his vice-presidential picks to two, ahead of his big announcement. appearing on "fox news", he hinted at who his vp might be. >> i want to pick somebody who is solid, smart, i'm in the looking for an attack dog. >> reporter: former house dog newt gingrich indicated the choice myself be between him and indiana governor mike pen

backups are extending to the boulevard, this is a schuylkill eastbound at the boulevard. e how slow moving it is. not only in the eastbound direction but that accident didn't help but on the westbound side because of congestion. make note, you have to head out, give yourself some extra time. we are dealing with visibility issues, you you can see that almost fog that is dripping down to the roadways and they are looking wet. ben franklin bridge in new jersey, congestion, looks okay but it is just you will to have deal with that if you go. the visibility, out there and still so wet. we have had a string of accident because of it, so just take your time and give yourself some extra time out there. overturn vehicle, where we have even trapment in boothwyn, delaware border in pa, meeting house road near bridge road we have lanes blocked there and construction on the schuylkill eastbound. ramp, that right lane is block, jim, over to you. >>> thanks very much, the time is 6:49. there is a lot coming up this morning. >> charlie rose joins us from a new york with a preview, good mo

taking a look at the schuylkill eastbound, so this is the schuylkill eastbound, the ramp then to thee closed this morning, for overnight construction, but again, that's now also been cleared. the vine anywhere on the vine right now looking at good, westbound, eastbound, looking nice there. also good on the schuylkill, you can see already in the 5:00 hour, in just the top of the 5:00 hour talking about how many vehicles we can see there already out on the schuylkill. indicator of things to come? i don't know. we will see. 202 northbound, and southbound, between route 30 and route 401, this was compromised, right lane compromised because of construction, overall looking good there, pull your attention to this absolutely stunning sky, just take a moment, just take one moment, of gratitude, for that thing. because that's beautiful. 422 westbound between 202 and trooper, you are still dealing with some construction right there. that right lane is still compromised. overall when we see the congest ten levels around there, not much. overall looking good there. so looking good on 422, one th

one lane getting by on the schuylkill expressway eastbound.e the weather impacting the roads. you have closures and restrictions related to the democratic national convention today. unlike the you people visit the highway -- the papal visit, the highways are open. if you're traveling around the sports complex, we have packer, pattison shut down, south darian, fdr park local streets around there. on i-95, if you're traveling a commercial vehicle we're watching the shots where we can see the police checking only allowing the passenger vehicles no commercial vehicles over five tons on i-95 that's all the way from the platt bridge up to the vine. everybody will expect heavier congestion on the schuylkill expressway on the vine related to that. you want to watch for that right now. a quick look i want to show you what we're following on storm tracker 6 live double scan you can seem the severe thunderstorms moving through the area, marlton, 5:19. gibbsborough, 5:20 a.m. mount holly, as well. >> and the kickoff for the dnc just a few hours away comin

the ramble from the schuylkill expressway eastbound to packer avenue shut down from 2:00 p.m.00 a.m., the ramp from i-95 to broadly street shut down northbound and southbound is allowed at times. speaking of i-95 i want to show you an accident scene that shows you the conditions we have today. we have a vehicle that hydroplaned in heavy rain ascertain heavy traffic on i-95 southbound past academy road. be careful as you head out we have heavy rain and restrictions with the dnc. >> i'm tamala edwards live at the wells fargo center this morning the democrats are dealing with quite a bit of controversy. a batch of leaked e-mails show the dnc leaders with not what they were supposed to be nearly during the primaries. instead they undermind bernie sanders and aided hillary. debbie wasserman schultz this should be a crowning moment for her, but she is out over the scandal. now wasserman schultz is supposed to gavel in the convention this afternoon at 4:00 p.m. it will be interesting to see if that goes through, balls she could face a -- because she could face a rough reception from

schuylkill eastbound off ramp to packer also closed 2:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. this is fun.e have a concert tonight for dnc volunteers and staff, camden rising concert 1:00 p.m. patco is running every some tenth minutes from 0:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. new jersey river lines run in the 10:00 a.m., lady gaga, lenny cravats, dj jazzy jeff who wants to go with me, brooke, are you in. >> i'm in. >> hey, if you are looking for a way to beat the heat? how about a dairy queen blizzard. >> it is 11th annual miracle treat day at dairy queen, dollar or more from every blizzard sold today will be donated to children's miracle network hospitals. so you can enjoy frozen treat and help a good cause at the same time. children's miracle network hospital provides care to 10 million children each and every year. >>> well, coming up next on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" we are live at the wells fargo sent center with the look the at the speeches plus a preview of hillary clinton a's remarks tonight. >>> more bad news for atlantic city. find out what the resort up to may be doing in days that could lead t

schuylkill eastbound for city avenue that right line in compromised and it is very, very slow around this area. and also, 95 south pasta academy now pulled all the way up to the shoulder we have an accident here. you can see how busy it is it started in the 4:00 hour primarily i'm sure a lot of people knew when it was raining and road closures. this will do it to you. accident pa turnpike westbound willow grove right lane blocked there. we have two accidents around each other 295. take a look at these. 295 south past 268 lanes blocked there and 295 south before route 644 left lane blocked there. a lot going on in that area. and sdoo another accident baltimore pike near 452 and have dnc closures you're looking at now eastbound off ramp to 95 you have a check point there. lot going on. jim, over to you. >> that's an under statement thank you so much, meisha. the world famous harlem globetrotters made their way to wildwood. >> they'll be at the jersey sure for a series of basketball games. pat is there to learn skills. have they made you honorary member of team yet. >> not quite. but th

schuylkill eastbound the off ramp to 7 and park avenue. there's closures between 2 p.m. and 2 a.m. daily. we'll talk about this coming up in about ten minutes. over to you. >>> now we're following breaking news into cbs3 another deadly shooting at a florida night club. it happened early this morning at a club called club blue in for the meyers. now this is the picture from the scene. we have word that at least two people were killed and up to 17 people were hit by the gunfire that broke out during a s so-called swimsuit glow party for teenagers and latest report from the scene says police have one suspect in custody and searching for one other suspec suspect. again two people are dead and up to 17 others shot at a for the meyers night club. and well, high hopes, high temperatures, and high trauma at the democratic national convention. >> and that's before the opening gavel. eyewitness news reporter jane is live at the wells fargo center where the convention starts this afternoon. jan. >> reporter: brook, jim, good morning we gave until here at the wells fargo center 4:00 this after

what we're looking outside is a accident, the schuylkill eastbound approaching the conshohocken curve. it is pulled all the way off to the shoulder, not going it cause too many slow downs. seeing drivers passing by, tapping the brakes, taking peak what's going on. it might be okay to do that right now, not a lot of vehicles on the roadway, but we get more and more on the schuylkill, tapping your brakes, taking a peak at what's going on, is not a good idea. that's how we really start to slow down. a look at the vine, westbound, eastbound, now open, looking good there. you were closed, off-ramps to broad for little white. now since clearedment construction here, pa turnpike eastbound between valley forge and george washington, right lane blondes, i'll let you know as soon that is clears, downed tree, take a look, cheltenham, north front street, lanes blocked in that area. and also, we have downed pole here, route 130, gateway boulevard, highlands avenue, lanes block, there as well, joe, over to you. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, one week after the surprising brexit v

schuylkill eastbound closed 2 p.m. to 2 a.m.etween washington and packer and also several septa bus routes now detoured make sure to check schedules online. a lot going on today. want to give you a live look for your commute. 95 south cottman you see how slow it is on the s curve. ben franklin bridge looking wet heating up westbound in new jersey for 42 freeway creek road. wet out there. busy, schuylkill at boulevard take a look at this eastbound, westbound, not even moving. dnc closures 95 north platt bridge checkpoints there and more of that coming up in a little bit. >> jim over to you. >> looks like a parking lot, thanks, meisha. we've been talking about it all morning controversy and chaos overshadowing start of dnc here in philadelphia. >> don giordano is live in the news center. dnc chair debbie wasserman-schultz is step stepping down. is this bump in road or real problem for democratic party. >> brook i would say it's a ill little early to tell. they did right thing by firing her quickly but bernie people we saw in town

this is the schuylkill expressway eastbound where the water was coming down quickly with the thunderstorms and the vehicle flipped over here. now we can see the traffic getting by. the roads are wet and we're jammed on the schuylkill expressway eastbound from bell month to waverly road. th -- the earlier accident on i-95 has cleared, as well. 295 there's an accident here southbound past 168 an are area that's busy anyway. you're traveling 11 miles per hour. the heavy rain is causing problems, now the greater issue is in new jersey as it's moving through. you want to watch for that and all the water that's left on the highways with that. now, let's talk about the democratic national convention how how there's a combating your ride this morning. if you're driving around the city, expect heavier volume on the schuylkill expressway and on the vine because they are not allowing trucks over five tons to travel on i-95 from the platt bridge all the way up to the vine. vehicles are allowed, but truck over five tons not allowed on i-95 through philadelphia because of that. we have the closures of i

police and penndot there, you're extra heavy on the schuylkill expressway eastbound right now.ays just starting to begin on some of the regional rails now, dave. >> reporter: on the big board we are warm and muggy, 8:00 a.m., 76 which is where we are now. 10:00 a.m., 81. this afternoon oppressively hot and humid, 94 degrees. we'll hit that around 3:30 p.m. and sit there for 2 1/2 hours. it will feel like 100 or higher than that with the combined heat and humidity. plus, there's a chance of a brief downpour from a brief thunderstorm take cover if they head your way. >> new this morning, apparently the daily grind is getting to us. 8 out of ten drivers admitted expressing anger aggression or road rage once the previous year. an estimated 8 million drivers endaindle -- engaged in extreme haver including ramming a car on purpose or getting out of their cars to confront another driver. when you've been making delicious natural cheese for over 100 years like kraft has, you learn a lot about how people cook. i wish i had like four different mexican cheeses but in one super melty chees

eastbound schuylkill nearby we are telling you it is looking very slow there.ur backup shot, little sketchy here bubbling around but i will do this schuylkill taillights past conshohocken curve leading up to where that accident was, it is just a string of brake lights and it has been like that for almost an hour now. i-95 south at girard congestion levels there very heavy. check septa to the organize for latest and greatest in dealing with the septa stuff that is going on accounts brooke, back over to you. >>> 6:50. there is a lot coming up on cbs this morning, jeff glure joins us live with the preview. good morning, jeff. >> good morning to you as well. we will take a look at why hillary clinton will not be indict for using private e-mail servicer. john dickerson joinses with how it impacts her campaign. >>> ben tracie goes on patrol with brazil yan police hit bite a crime surge. >>> more americans are taking less vacation time how more work could hurt your productive. news is back in the morning. brooke, we will see new ten minutes. >> we will be watching, th

schuylkill before spring guard and beautiful shot here moving westbound and eastbound sgrexs things lookingood on schuylkill. let's look at a closure and disabled vehicle in the same area. 59 ramp to broad street closed. so, 95 north they're closed all week. southbound is closed except forts navy yard and put it is completely closed that's what i'm talking about between 2 p.m. and 2 a.m. so, outside of that time zone you can access the navy yard. during 2 p.m. and 2 a.m. you're completely closed there. also just remember schuylkill eastbound packer avenue you're closed between 2 p.m. and 2 a.m. here's checkpoints for you talking about the vine eastbound at 95 and 95 southbound vine street expressway and 95 northbound near platt brim and also those of you looking for 95 alternate platt bridge, 26 to skull till to vine then reenter 95 if moving in the northbound direction and southbound sgrex you yut want to reverse that. jim, brook, back over to you. >> thank you so much, meisha. >> our team coverage continues on the democratic national convention and justin finch is live at fdr park where p

looking at 422 that is something we will be dealing with still and the vine, off ramp from the schuylkill eastboundn to the vine that was closed, that is now reopened, so the vine it will not close for construction between schuylkill and broad. we're looking good in all directions right now. ninety-five south, at cottman this is what you are looking at there looking g coming around that s curve you can see things are looking good northbound, barely even a look at this hour because it is looking g you can see early risers both directions on interstate 95. we are looking g accident, boulevard northbound at, just past woodhaven road with the down pole and someone with injuries. outer drive is closed right now because of that accident, we will be updating you when that clears, brooke, over to you. >>> and in western pennsylvania a lot of you are talking about when police officers in the town of homestead did this week. >> it started in a restaurant. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us to explain, good morning, jan. >> yes, this story is getting a lot of attention on social media. as we know

this is where we have accident schuylkill eastbound near girard. bit of that maybe far right lane. and prae dominantly over opt shoulder. can see how busy traffic is there. and check point 95 south at vine make note of this. this camera shot is more on girard. you are see how slow it is left lane blocked between girard and vine. check point as well here heavy congestion 95 north near platt bridge if headed by airport give yourself extra time for sure because this is what you will sit n very heavy yesterda yesterday. headed to check point left lane you can see is closed and also looking heavy there. septa delays this morning lansdale, doylestown, 19 minut minute, fox chase 82037 minute and septa buses see dnc detours tours and patco tweeting for you. >> and moving northbound and southbound sgrex, jim and brook to you. >> time 6:49 cbs this morning is broadcasting all week live from philadelphia. >> at the national constitution center nora with a preview. >> hey, good morning to you brook, jim, bernie sanders got a huge show of support in philadelphi

all right, i'm going to pull you to the construction here, we do have bridge inspections, schuylkill eastbound, westbound, between university and the vine street expressway. take a look at this, westbound is the right lane, that's going to be closed between nine a.m. and 1:00 p.m. eastbound is going to be the left lane, 12 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. yes, that will slow you down just little bitment make note of this, i'll be tweeting this out for this morning as well. dealing with more construction in new jersey, 295 northbound and southbound, you will see traffic shift, some lane shift there, make note you might want to give yourself couple of extra minutes in that area. overnight construction 202 north and south between route 30 and 41 between eight p.m. and 5:00 a.m. this will be going on tonight, through thursday, brooke, over to you. >> thanks, meisha a this morning, investigators in louise ann are trying to figure out why gunman killed three baton rouge police officers. >> they say the alleged shooter gavin long act the alone. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live in the cbs-3 sat center wit

what we are looking at is that sun glare schuylkill eastbound at spring garden pushing in the eastbound toward center city you can see what it looks like there. overall not that bad we are starting to heat up on the schuylkill we can expect that at 6:30 but i would have thought it was heavier then what we are seeing right now. that is great news for those on the schuylkill. let talk about these checkpoint areas 95 north before the platt bridge not only is it heavy leading up to the platt bridge where that checkpoint is but we are dealing with that sun glare. when they have that camera spun in the different direction we can see that sun glare. i'm not kidding when i i say blinding. we have lost have the left lane the leading up to the checkpoints this is 95 at girard. ninety-five south at the vine where checkpoint is and we have a disable vehicle blocking left side of this. very slow moving here. we have a concert later today i'll get to that in a bit but for now jim and brooke back over to you. >> tonight hillary clinton takes the stage to formally accept her parties nomination for pres

headed eastbound on 422 to make the delays. heading towards the schuylkillight see some of the delays with this accident scene still under way. upper gwynedd, watch for this on beaver street. there might be closures there. the schuylkill expressway eastbound ramp to packer avenue, that's obviously for the dnc.[% northbound around the philadelphia international airport, we're starting to see some of the delays. headed southbound towards center city where there's a checkpoint around girard avenue. i'll have more updates when i come back in the next ten. vai? >> we'll check in with some of our local delegates at the democratic national convention. >>> plus, breaking overnight, police are looking for two teenagers they believe carjacked a woman in southwest philadelphia before crashing the vehicle and the victim was direct ties within the police department. live with an update. >>> plus, in today's nbc 10 responds, a woman with an ongoing computer problem could not connect with the company that owed her a refund. we'll tell you how the nbc responds team helped

schuylkill eastbound approaching montgomery this is what we are looking at in the eastbound directionting to slow down ever so slightly now but overall still looking good there as well, and the boulevard, dealing with that gorgeous sunshine headlights in the southbound direction the at wissohickon avenue. great news on the boulevard along this area where we did have this accident, all clear. jim, over to you. >>> a man is in the hospital after being shot four times twice in each leg. police say it happened around 3:00 this morning on the 2400 block of bouveer street in north philadelphia investigators collected six spent shell casings from the the street but they say the 25 year-old victim is not cooperating in the investigation. possible eyewitnesses are not providing much information as well. the gun man got away. >>> it has been a month since the orlando nightclub shooting and philadelphia's lb gt community is paying tribute. dozens of performers performed for eye candy nightclub in center city last night. organizers say tragedy brought community together and closer then they have

the vine, taillights moving in the eastbound direction here, headlights westbound, toward the schuylkill, looking actually pretty good. i would say westbound starting to heat up heavier than the eastbound side. and also, that overnight con vukovich thon that we know that we talk about, katie, listen up, starting again, vine closure that we've all come to love so much. again, that start next week. so in terms every all of the dnc stuff, we saw closures out there. ninety-five at broad street ramps still closed northbound and southbound, all roads on the wells fargo center still closed as well, will reopen later on this evening. but the good news our checkpoints, both are all clear, so those restrictions for the 5-ton vehicles between the vine and platt, that has all been lifted. great news. schuylkill eastbound the off ramp to packer also clear. no parking at broad street center median between washington and packer until midnight saturday, brooke, over to you. >> the democratic national convention is over. now the stage is being set in north philadelphia. >> hillary clinton will make her f

it the is busy pushing in the eastbound direction on the schuylkill already. just tipping into the 5:00 o'clock hour. good independent case that it might get busy today. not to hemmings the fact we are dealing with wet roadways in some areas. one being ben franklin bridge moving into center city coming from the new jersey area you can see how slick on the ben franklin bridge. not a lot of vehicles out there. it will not slow you down, just take it easy out there when it can get slick. i call your attention to the the more serious accident this morning in cherry hill. this is route 70 ease wound near route 295, two lanes are block right now so this will start to get blocked up as we push in the 5:00 o'clock hour if that does not get cleared and be prepared for flashing lights in and around this area for those in cherry hill. construction out there, route 322 is closed right now at route 54 until around 6:00 a.m. we will have more coming up in a bit. jim, over to you. >>> with tensions on the rise between police officers and people across the country many are sh

so you can see headed westbound toward schuylkill eastbound, no delays. expressway looks great.delays. you can see eastbound into center city, at the most it will take you 13 minutes. the blue route to the vine, speeds are into the 50s. we have fourth of july prep, the welcome america festival preparation on ben franklin parkway that's closed between art museum circle and 20th. >> thanks. >>> we're following breaking news from overnight of a shooting at a family cookout in philadelphia that left a teenager dead. nbc10's matt delucia is live at the scene to walk us through what happened. >> reporter: the 16-year-old was the only one shot. police tell us there could have been more victims. there were close to a dozen victims outside at the time. take a look behind me. it happened in this alleyway here. philadelphia police tell us that this is 34th street moore, a philadelphia housing authority gome development. shots were fired just before midnight. take a look at this video. the chairs now overturned in the backyard. police say someone started shooting from a car. this was a driv

again this accident scene is on the schuylkill eastbound into center city.e. an ambulance on the scene there looks like they have left the scene. one truck still left. a few police officers. we are seeing some delays by the scene with two lanes open it's only on the shoulder and delays headed westbound by the scene as well. gaper delay there. watching disabled vehicle on 95 southbound. normal drive time for right now. 24 minutes southbound from wood s woodhaven road. some trains are forced to move express by platforms with people on them because trains are loaded with passengers and filled to capacity. we're also seeing some 20-minute delays from trenton train 9706. >> keep us posted eed on what e seeing out there. we're keeping an eye on morning rush and potential problems for those riding the regional rails. >>> plus, we'll explain how uber says it will get commuters going where they're going during the septa slowdown and today the senate returns to capitol hill after the holiday break but one controversial issue is not on the agenda. >>> it's five minutes

we're hereing that a lot lately and schuylkill eastbound at packer avenue is also closed between 2 p.m2 a.m. make note of that closure as well. aroument the wells fargo center and broad, talking about prood street today, pattison, terminal avenue. what you're looking at now camera shot broad at pallet i son avenue. you can see the crews out there right now. this is what it looks like. ghost town. lot of closures on the wells fargo center and fdr park are looking a lolt like this also checkpoints we'll talk more about this coming up in a little bit, jim, brook, over to you. >> now for a look at newspaper headlines from a cross the region. >> from cover of mercury calling case of horrific domestic violence a judge snnt snntsed hatfield man to prison for fatally stabbing his wife in their home. he stabbed his wife mona more than 20 times as the couple's five-year-old twin daughters slept upstairs. >> from the front page of the times harold a chester county woman aus kood of kidnappingmer baby. sharia moore says extensive publicity behinders her forgetting a fair trial. they are asking for

also construction here, we have bridge inspections, schuylkill eastbound and westbound between university ave. and vine street expressway. take a lock at this, westbound the right lane between nine a.m. and 1:00 p.m., and the even left lane 12 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., will slow you down, more construction in jersey between 42 and 168. you will see some lane shifts there, brooke, over to you. >> thank, meisha a good news on monday morning, right? well, if you ride septa regional rails, things could get little better today. >> could. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch live at the glennside station, so, justin, what do riders need to know? >> jim, brooke, good morning, yes, some new information for regional rail riders, starting today, five new cars are hitting the rales, meaning, that riders here should have a better commute in theory getting in at five area regional rail stations including this one, changes that septa hopes will better serve riders as they look to repair entire fleet of rail cars. >> commuter service septa expect the extra trains to help ramp up service on its bus years lin

and schuylkill eastbound ramp to person is closed between that same time frame. the good news is these closures are lifting either midday tomorrow, or in the evening especially in the closures around wells fargo center, those are lifting tomorrow night. what you can expect in the world of the travel, by air, several dnc departures tomorrow, make sure to check your schedules on line you will than dealing with some delays and also this 95 alternate platt bridge to 26th to the schuylkill to the vine, ramps on i-95 that is moving in the northbound direction. ukee and jessica it has been a busy week and still looking busy outside right now. >> i'm sure it is, meisha, thanks very much. >>> as we continue here for last couple weeks we have been getting reaction from both side of the aisle. >> we are joined by former maryland governor, martin o'malley, thanks for joining with us. >> great to be here. >> we saw you talk last night in support of the hillary clinton and great opposition to donald trump. what do you think she can do tonight. there is such a small segment of

schuylkill eastbound, off ramp to packer avenue, that closure also cleared. so a lot of great news, just keep in mind broad street is still lingering out there. here one of the check point areas. you can see the droplet on the camera lens, letting you know it is going to be wet this morning, probably busy because of it, 95 north at the platt bridge good, all week long this looked so busy because those check point right now, it is looking just great. jim, over to you. >> good to hear, thanks, meisha. the corpse flower is now on display at the new york booth and that gardens. >> take a look at the bun gent flower getting a lot of attention, so smells like rotting meat or rotting fish. >> lovely. >> visitors heading to the bronx in roughly 100 degrees heat to get a whiff of the rare flower. the flower only stays open for 24-36 hours before it closes and goings dormant. >> it is not on my bucket list, but what the heck. coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news", live on the campus of temple university with a preview of hillary clinton's first stop aft

we have schuylkill eastbound ramp to packer also closed same time frame 2:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.e looking okay. this checkpoint was very heavy yesterday, and also, looking heavy right the now. we are not even in the 6:00 o'clock hour. i-95 north near platt bridge. no vehicles over five tons between vine and platt bridge at these checkpoints. we have also lost left lane. the another checkpoint 95 south at the vine but take a look we are starting to see delays at that checkpoint 95 south at the vine, already this morning, and it is also here i-95 north near the platt bridge. this is heavy. give yourself some extra time to avoid. obviously you want to if you cannot avoid it. give yourself extra 30 minutes , already i cannot imagine in the 6:00 o'clock or 7:00 o'clock. checkpoint here at heading toward the checkpoint we have lost the left lane. in the world of the mass transit, trent on i am bound we have a train septa bus, detours as you need them, same thing for patco speed line, extra cars as you need them, jim, over to you. >>> warning for home computer users this morning a calif

i'll tweet this map for you as well and take a look at this, schuylkill eastbound off ramp packer avenue closed between 2 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily and broad between washington and packer no packages in center median rather parking in the center median and i'll tweet this as well and more updates as we progress through the morning. jim over to you. >> breaking news to cbs3 two people dead and as many as 17 others have been shot at a for the myers florida night club. we're still gathering details. but here's a picture from the scene. our cbs affiliate in form myers reports that this happened early this morning as the club was hosting a teen party. we'll continue to follow this story and keep you update the r ed as we learn more and two people dead and 17 more shot in for the meyers, florida. >>. >>> after all the planning opening gavel comes down this afternoon at the dem caingtic national convention. >> before it begins turmoil at the top of the party. eyewitness news jane is live in the wells fargo center with that and look ahead at this morning's speakers. >> jim, brook, good morning. well

schuylkill, eastbound direction approaching spring garden. looking real nice, you guys, just starting to heat up on our tuesday morning, we can expect it as we approach the 6:00 hour. forty-two freeway northbound, at creek road lookings good, 95 at girard, area where we are certainly starting to heat up. you can see just steady flow of headlight starting to come toward our camera, letting us know that pretty soon it will be less than posted speeds. locking okay there, construction 495 northbound between 12th and edgemore road, left lane blocked, until 5:00 a.m., so little while with that. also more construction northeast he can construction, northbound side will be left lane compromised southbound side right lane. just make note that far between there, as well. construction, between sanatoga, right lane block, just rid lane block until around 7:00 a.m. jim, back to you to you. >> from juicy peaches to delicious jersey tomatoes, there is nothing like grabbing, i do love my food, like grab i food fresh off the farm during the summer season. >>

schuylkill eastbound ram tops packer avenue no parking on south broad street center median. a lot of this will be covering all week long, and again, this is one of the height of our rush hour times, and so these checkpoints are really going to come into play as well as closures, use that alternate, ukee and jessica, back over to you. >>> all right, meisha, thank you very much. >>> mayors from all over the nation gathered in philadelphia, around city hall for a forum on lbgt equality. >> members of the members of the discrimination coalition include jim kine, greg stanton of phoenix and washington d.c. mayor bowser. they difficulties cowed how current policies focus on eliminating discrimination against lbgt community can impact passage of the federal equality act. that bill would amend civil rights act to include protections banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. over in olde city, a historic marker goes up in commemoration of the philadelphia's role in the lb gt civil rights. "eyewitness news" outside arch street meeting house on third and a

a fender bender just cleared from the eastbound side of the schuylkill approaching passyunk match knew, the good news is all three lanes are reopen as you head eastbound on the schuylkill but still some debris in the center lane and it's still jammed solid coming east of the vine into that early accident scene, that is where all the heavy vehicles are right now, because they can't be on 95 through south philadelphia, weight restrictions remain in place and the check points with the lane restrictions are still in place, we have delays going into those this afternoon just 12 miles per hour on the southbound side. we expect 95 to close at times as the motorcades as president obama moves around during the 9:00 and 10:00 hours, i would like for those closures and restriction as long 95. eagle road is closed by cabrini because of downed wires. >> all right matt thank you. much more ahead on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. look live one more time at the convention floor in south philadelphia where day three is underway and plenty of excitement and activity. we'll hear from the president and vi

schuylkill eastbound at girard see just one lonely vehicle, traveling on by.ll switch gears. we are opening this morning, with some very sad news, in mt. laurel, take a look at this, guys. we have fatal accident in like i said mt. laurel, 295 north route 73, all northbound lanes are blocked, you will have to use alternate around this investigation area. and that's going to be route 70, going to be your best bet, of course g i'll be tweeting details out as we get them. brooke, joe, over to you. >> okay. i'll take it from there. looking at newspaper headlines from throughout our region. >> burlington county times report on community effort to regulate dog and cat sales in an effort to reduce number of animals that come from puppy and kitten mills. >> bucks county courier times reporting people in bristol township are so upset about noisy cars in their neighborhoods, they are smith ago petition to their council asking for action. >> and, reporters from the intelligence err reflect on the identify apps every independence, what it means in the modern era. there is

schuylkill eastbound at city avenue slowly starting to heat up. as we look past these lights here moving in the westbound direction coming off the boulevard how many headlights are out there good independent case as well that the schuylkill is one of the areas that will heat up probably quicker then other areas. this is a very serious accident in cherry hill. the great news about this accident is it is now clear. we are looking good in cherry hill. new jersey construction 42 southbound between 130 and 295, one to two lanes are block. it will be blocked until 6h a.m. we have another half an hour. hopefully it will clear early. we have more construction here clearing at 6:00 a.m. route 322 is closed, absolutely closed at route 54. for those in and around this area make note that 322 is closed, and of course i'm tweeting this information out as well. so just to remind you, route 48, harding highway that is also closed between gang creek road and route 40, and this will be closed until march of 17. so, we will become friend with this construction, rig

looking right there moving out of the schuylkill eastbound at spring garden, beautiful shot eastboundard center city. looking really really nice. we know that it is going to be kind after hit or miss situation today with our holiday weekends, but overall you're dry on the schuylkill, looking great. i've been looking at that time even in other part, around city avenue, parts like that, looking good. this is a look at 42 freeway, do have some construction being back out of the way, way back here, and when that construction is, 42 northbound, route 130 and 295, that right lane blocked until about right now. also, keep my eye on the southbound direction on 42, for those every you hitting the shore for example this weekend, probably going to heat up, 42 freeway moving in the southbound direction sometimes fairly quickly, construction here pa turnpike between valley forge and ft. washington that right lane is still blocked. overall, a lot of construction this morning, joe, over to you. >> meisha, thank you very much. it is time to take a look at newspaper headlines from throughout our area.

schuylkill eastbound at syringe garden nice shot here looking quiet and nice what we want to see cruising toward 5:00 o'clock hour. ninety-five south at girard. it is a good indication i always think, around four credit 30, moving in the 5:00 o'clock hour we will see congestion like this it means that it will get busy especially on i-95. busiest morning so far. accident here, northfield at margate, left lane is block. jim and brooke back over to you. >>> a new target is coming to town. find out what makes the store on washington square west different from other targets. >>> plus a local man is getting ready to speak before a national crowd. >> little nervous. >> it is probably a under statement, even more than nervous i'm honored and humbled. >> meet the man who will be representing philadelphia a next week when he speaks at the democrat he can national convention. stay with >>> this is pretty cool a new kind of target is opened for business in philadelphia's washington square west neighborhood. >> mayor jim kenney helped cut ribbon on the store at 11th and chestnut. officials say it is f

so looking busy there, also, the schuylkill eastbound, before spring garden, as you move into center city what you are looking at. starting to see maybe couple of brake lights, i'll say we are starting to heat up little bit. usually though once we push into the 6:00 even in the 7:00, on friday, yes, it get busy, but it usually tends to hold steady on friday. so, this is what you are looking at right now, nonetheless, we push toward the 6:00. and in new jersey, first lock here on 42 freeway northbound take that to 295, what you are looking at, not bad, i would say fairly typical. also construction here new jersey turnpike southbound between route 73 and route 168. that left lane blocked until 6:00 a.m. so another ten minute or so on that. commodore barry bridge, westbound, that left lane is block, for those every you taking the bridge this morning, and also, some more construction, route 322 closed, at route 54, until around 6:00 a.m. in fowl son, new jersey, so for those of in you and around this make note, 322 closed at route 54. jim, over to you. >> well, if you don't have a slip a

schuylkill eastbound same story there same time frame, 2:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. these restrictions will end by midday tomorrow. that would be great news. we have delays on septa already paoli thorndale, train 502, 29 minute delay already. train 9701 we are running ten minute delay. make note and check your schedules on line. overturn vehicle 295 north bound before route 73 is pulled out to the shoulder, jim, over to you. >>> scammers are using peoples cell fence to steel their identities. here's how it works. it is called cell phone hijacking identity thief takes over a victim's cell phone account and upgrade phones on the account that are eligible. victim gets stuck paying those charges and that is not even the worst part. >> facebook, google, bank of america, wells fargo they are all using your cell phone as a secondary measure to prove who you say you are. >> some companies use a text to your phone to verify your identity. consumer experts say this is result of the data breaches and pfishing and set up a pin with your car year that must be roved before a phone

also schuylkill eastbound ramp to packer is closed between the same time 2:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. checkpoint here, this got heavy yesterday. you can see it starting to build 95 north near platt bridge no vehicles over five tons between the vine and platt bridge. another checkpoint is obviously 95 south at the vine make note, lot of times leading up to these checkpoints we have a, left lane lost, lost that left lane maybe two eastbound vine at 95 you can see that is the case here. we have construction out there new jersey turnpike north bound at route 73 right lane block until 6:00. on ramp from route 73 right lane block until 5:30. jim, over to you. >>> well, day three of the democratic national convention , we have team coverage, with justin finch live at fdr park with the latest on the protests. >> but first lets begin with jan carabao on the floor of the wells fargo center with how history was made last night and look head at today, jan, good morning. >> reporter: brooke and jan, good morning. we have seen so much speeches throughout the tell i can national convention from cele

we were getting reports of a possible accident on the schuylkill expressway eastbound near university. i'm checking the cameras and not seeing any problems. this is the schuylkill expressway past university eastbound traffic on your right moving okay with though delays right now. how about i-95 at cottman, southbound traffic heading toward center city off to the right coming up from langhorne or bensalem looking good right now, dave. >> reporter: all right, karen, we're looking hot later tharchld on tharchld -- this afternoon on the big board. this afternoon we get up to a high of 95 around 3:00 p.m. some urban centers could feel closer to 100. there's a chance of afternoon and early evening thunderstorms some of which could strong especially out in the northern and western suburbs. checkering the big board, hoping for all green aircraft. fair amount of clouds around, but no hint of rain at this early hour and any of these places you might be heading out to. >> going on to "healthcheck," using cinnamon may boost your brain power. mice involved in the study were fed ground cinnamon, wa

schuylkill, headlights moving in the eastbound direction, past montgomery, what you are looking at thereing at posted speeds, but you won't be for much longer. and you are not, you are no longer, on the schuylkill westbound at city avenuement take look at this, coming up, just slow crawl at this point, hoping to key you at 55 miles per hour through at least around 6:30, but not going to happen here at city avenue. we can casino of expect that. now pull your attention to couple of accidents out there there is one, route 13, dupont highway, at the boulevard, two lanes blocked. that's certainly going to slow you down little built. another one northeast extension southbound, that right lane block there, brooke, over to you. >> thank, meisha a police officer hurt in coatesville after a manna tack him with a rock. watch as police say 29 year old eric watson through a rock at the officer's cruiser breaking the windshield. happened yesterday afternoon east lincoln highway. the officer stopped his car. investigators say watson tried to hit the officer in the head with the same rock. police say wa

all lanes open, whether you're headed westbound towards the schuylkill expressway or eastbound towards 95. lus watching drive times, 95 looking okay. 14 minutes there into center city. no problems on the schuylkill expressway eastbound from the blue route to the vine is a 13-minute trip. no problems on the blue route either, southbound from the schuylkill to 95. a 15-minute trip with speeds into the 60s. i'll be back with ten minutes with more updates for you on your morning drive. tracy? >>> hello, philadelphia. we just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet. >> a surprise appearance by hillary clinton capped off an historic day in presidential politics at the dnc. clinton appeared live via satellite from her home in new york hours after she became the first woman to win a major party nomination for president. >> clinton finished with this message to girls and young women across the nation. >> and if there are any little girls out there who stay up late to watch, let me just say, i may become the first woman president but one of you is next. thank you all. i can't wait to joi

at that you guys, same story especially moving in the westbound direction at city avenue, schuylkill eastboundlooking okay on the eastbound side. westbound side is where we have an eye right now, my gosh, take a look at that, very busy, certainly give yourself a couple extra minutes heading anywhere on the schuykill right now. boulevard, headlights moving in the southbound direction approaching wissohickon dealing with that sunshine, not moving in the southbound side. but if you go north/north east in the eastbound direction we will get that sunshine and sun glare in the vehicles. accident on the garden state parkway southbound at northfield margate has been out there all morning long. first accident of the morning is still out there block ago this left lane and disable tractor trailer on the northeast extension, southbound off ramp to lansdale right now, is block, jim, over to you. >>> donald trump's new running mate mike pence tops the list of the speakers on day three of the republican national convention. the last night focused on speakers bashing presumptive democratic nominee hillary cli

the it is busy on the schuylkill eastbound from the blue route through this point in the curve, againeading into center city, westbound side backing up from the boulevard out to gladwynn. all delays on the regional rails at this point are zero minutes or rest, we will expect delays to form later and don't forget we are on new schedules today that do involve a little bit of extra service, also increased service on 101 and 102 trolleys on the subways. if you can take those you will be better off. >> yesterday was sunday, beautiful day, hopefully just kickback, enjoyed yourself. today if you have errand to run in problem, it is repeat of yesterday. 69 degrees by 8:00. by ten, 74. great weather to head out to the store to get your shopping down if that is what you need to do today. lots of sunshine, low humidity this afternoon will be on the warm side. by 1:00 we will be up to 85. we will be up to 87 by 3:00 this afternoon but humidity will be low today. lots of sunshine. little bit have the light breeze. really gorgeous afternoon, building. tam, today is good day to get stuff done becaus

speaking of the schuylkill the eastbound ramp to packer avenue is going to be closed afternoon and evenings pretty much all of next week. even if you did exit you wouldn't be able to head south side on broad street. that closes starting tomorrow between packer and terminal and south of washington avenue you won't be able to park in the median along broad street. other local closures include pattison terminal tar yen tenth, 11th. even though the interstates will stay opened unlike the papal visit there are still traffic implications of the convention coming to town. we'll talk more about the situation rick and monica, in the next half hour. >> all right, thank you again matt. >> thank you. still ahead on "action news" training like a champ. in today's fitness friday ali gorman tries out a group workout led by a former pro athlete. we'll show you. also ahead. >> did you get one. >> no. >> important government business interrupted by pikachu. a reporter gets called out for chasing pokemon go into a press briefing. that and much more when "action news" continues tonight. hey how's it going, hot

the ramp from schuylkill expressway eastbound to packer avenue will be closed during the afternoons andverall some speeds in the 30s doesn't look terrible. >>> police ruth anne burnett severely beaten in her second floor bedroom yesterday. the beloved block captain and church member touched many lives. >> she was a great committee person, a block captain, always cleaning. >> it doesn't make no sense for a person to leave the earth like that, a beautiful person like that, a god given woman. it hurts my heart she is not here with us. >> family and friends say she was having problems with her boyfriend. >> the city of baton rouge are riding an emotional rollercoaster, the funeral of a victim of the shooting and one coming home. hospital staff erupted into cheers for bruce simmons fell officers saluted him down the hallway as he got ready to go home. >>> nba is pulling their all star game from charlotte, north carolina, they said they are moving the game because of the law that made headlines that people use the bathroom according to their birth gender not how they identify by gender now. t

we have problems at this early hour, schuylkill expressway eastbound at conshohocken, we have an accident off on the shoulder. we're watching live as the schuylkill expressway traffic gets by at conshohocken. turnpike, westbound eastbound looking good, very light volume. in montgomery county you have an issue in cheltenham, this downed tree brought down wires here, as well. park view road at front street. all roads blocked. gateway boulevard at highland we have a pole that is blocking two lanes. >>> nearly 1,000 workers are going on strike they are supposed to hit the picket line in 90 minutes at the trump taj mahal. the timing is essential hitting the casino for a big weekend. the workers walking off the job are cooks, drink servers and luggage carriers and people who clean rooms at the resort. their break with the casino goes back to 2014 when a bankruptcy judge terminated the health benefits. striking workers say they went along with that to help the casinos fight off bad times, they say now with a better economy they are overdue for basic wageses and decent benefits. by the way despit