earlier, of course we had this picture from yesterday southampton burlington county really does look like a tornado even though it is block by the building. today national weather service meteorologist where is out on the ground assessing damage from yesterday's storm. joe was among them, and he said the close look and tried to carl late damage patterns was what he saw on radar and this is what he had to a. >> the wind were anywhere between 60 and 70 miles per hour which is consistent with what we saw on the ground in terms of damage and consistent with the radar. so there is two pieces that came together, two pieces of the puzzle came together, straight lane wind in the really a tornado. >> reporter: so joe, from the national weather service says not a tornado but straight line wind here in bensalem. i'm undercover. we will get back in the truck because things are going downhill, heavy rain, frequent lightening you don't want to be out in this. we will take our own advice and send it back to you substitute ohio. reporting live, meteorologist kate billow for cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

and southampton burlington county traffic getting by on 206. if you want to avoid the activity, smithville or birmingham road are possible alternates. we will check it again in the next half-hour. >>> and on "action news" tonight a familiar killing six family members collapses in court and the dramatic hearing next. >> and how a local family is using a bike-a-thon to fight cancer. and ali gorman with their story. >>> and checking back in with meteorologist adam joseph about the weekend. we will all be right back. >> the texas man accused of killing six members of his ex-wife's family collapsed twice in court today as the judge detailed his alleged crime. ron lee haskill is charged with killing steven and katie stay and four of their children when they wouldn't tell him where he could find his ex-wife. and the couple's 15 year old survived and managed to call 911. >>> and 3,000 cyclists hitting the road for the bike-a-thon raiding millions -- raising millions of dollars for support and cancer research. >> and talking to one of the bikers and why

. >>> now to a serious accident that happened just a couple hours ago on route 206, in southampton burlington county. chopper three was over the scene, to capture the aftermath there, two vehicles involved here, and a suv that was pulling a camper. one child was air lifted from the scene at the hospital, although that child's condition was not the yet known. it is unclear what caused that crash. >>> afternoon fire gutted this home in upper darby delaware county, chopper three over 400 block of croyden road as fire fighters cut holes in the roof to ventilate the smoke, heat from inside. we are told that no one there was injured. >> taking a look at the weather, it is a fabulous friday across the area. "eyewitness news" in spring garden where people were out and about enjoying beautiful weather. meteorologist kathy orr was outside on the cbs-3 sky deck with the first weekend at the week ahead. >> it feels warm out here, guess contact plenty of blue skies, a few fair weather clouds, very nice evening on tap. on storm scan three we are looking at mostly, clear skies across the region. there are a

. >> crash involving several vehicles in southampton burlington county lands a child in the hospitaloday. chopper three was over route 206 near 38 where two vehicles and an suv together a camper crash. leaving debris littering the road. the injured child was flown to a hospital but there's no word right now on that child's condition. >> tonight a camden mother tells "eyewitness news" she's release lead after the man convicted of murdering her son and raping her daughter is headed to jail. rivera was found guilty on all charges today. that violence happened in september 2012 in a home on wear street. prosecutors say rivera slash the throat of six year old dominic, as he tried to help his 12 year old sister. her throat was also slashed but she was able to break free and get hem. >> dominic's memory will be around him. how strong he was to face this monster animal that he is. and justice -- justice was done. justice is served. >> rivera faces live in prison when he's sentenced in october. >>> new tonight, thieves targe targeting storage units are caught on camera. take look at this surv

and we are still watching the bad crash in southampton, burlington county closing down 206 between 38u woodlane road. and showing you the debris over the roadway. may on smithville road to the west or birmingham road to the east to get around the continued blockage. >>> the big picture, restriction in upper darby because of fire construction. and a crash on the end of belmont to the eastbound schuylkill and in general a bunch of slow spots all over i-75. and 95 definitely slow. the northbound side check it out. we shall starting to pick up the pace by allegeny, the disabled vehicle by cottman is gone but slow go from the vine to the work zone at cottman. >>> and crash at old york and one at canterbury road. and an earlier transformer fire, and the crew are on the scene. and if your headed up to the poconos, watch out for a broken down vehicle on northeast extension of the lehigh tunnel giving us restrictions there. >> thanks. >>> and looking live at cape may, new jersey. folks enjoying this beautiful friday afternoon and kicking off what should be a spectacular weekend there. >>> and

. >>> chopper three over a serious accident in southampton, burlington county. two vehicles and suv, pulling a camper were involved in that crash. a child was air lifted to the hospital in unknown condition. the circumstances leading up to that crash are still unclear. >>> fire gutted a house in upper darby, delaware county this afternoon. chopper three over 400 block of croton road as fire fighters cut holes in the roof to september late smoke and heat from that house. no injuries were reported. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> well, in weather it was a gorgeous day to day but question is what is in store for the weekend. meteorologist kathy orr is live on the cbs-3 sky deck and she has that first look at the forecast, kathy. >> reporter: chris, beautiful afternoon with those fair weather puffy clouds across the region and tonight, we're expecting moon lit skies and should be the start of the beautiful weekend. look at storm scan three we have a few clouds rolling through and one shower, in cumberland county that has materialized this afternoon

. >>> a crash involving several vehicle unless southampton burlington county sent a child to the hospital. chopper three over route 206 near 38, two vehicles and suv together a camper crashed there leaving debris all over the road. injured child was flown to a hospital, there is no word right now on that child's condition. >>> biggest name in basketball is now heading home, after taking his talents to south beach for four seasons and winning two championships, lebron james is going back where it all started. cbs correspondent jericka duncan shows us cleveland is clearing off the thrown for the king's return. >> he's coming home. >> reporter: lebron james is going back to his roots, ohio native is returning to the cleveland cavilers. he made the announcement in an essay published in sports illustrated saying northeast ohio is a part of who he is, it is where i walked, it is where i ran, it is where i cried, it is where i bled, it holds a special place in my heart. cleveland fans have been waiting and hoping for this day, weathering a 50 year sports championship drought. even fans angry whe

. >>> a crash involving several vehicle unless southampton burlington county sent a child to the hospital. chopper three over route 206 near 38 here. two vehicles and suv together a camper crashed there leaving debris all over the road. the injured child was flown to the hospital and there is no word on their condition. >>> well there, has been a major shake up at research labs that deal with dangerous germs, the cdc shut down two labs, it also announced ill will stop shipping dangerous germs from government labs for now. as bigad shaban reports from los angeles this comes in the wake of some serious safety lapses. >> i'm disappointed by what happened and frankly i'm angry bit. >> reporter: the director of the centers for disease control tom freedan says three separate scares involving miss handling of the dangerous germs at cdc forced him to shut down two laboratories and stop shipments of biological samples from certain governmental labs. >> i think this is a wake up call, these events should never have happened. >> reporter: he said early last month workers may have been exposed to ant

women, that produced wires down across portions of burlington county, southampton, bucks county.flashflooding reports in northern chester, as well as in northern lancaster. whole lot of rain, and a lot of messy weather last night. little quieter today. >>> that being said, left over showers from the same slow moving cold front, likely this morning, especially in new jersey, as we get the final shove of this front to move off shore, we will see the clouds clear it, will give way to some sunshine, i think by this afternoon it is much, much nicer day. humidity will drop. we will ends it pretty well, at least here if philadelphia. 50's back toward our west for the polar vortex, setting up, 70s right now here though in philadelphia, 73, 69 in reading, your shore forecast for today, unfortunately, not a beach day. clouds, showers, this morning, tendency to link near the afternoon. even though we clear out in philadelphia, it will be tough to do so down the shore, west winds at 5 miles an hour, uv index at four. eighty-three today. beautiful one on tap thursday. eighty-four sunny low hu

now, of course, portions of burlington county yesterday had a suspect tornado earlier today, meteorologist from the national weather serve debris in southampton really an "s" ising the the damage there looking at the damage patterns toe was it a tornado or was it straight line wind damage. now, they did assess that it was straight line wyndam age and not a tornado but look at this photo that went viral in our area on twitter showing what appears to be a funnel cloud or a wedge cloud in that area. we have asked, national weather service meteorologist joe mckenna about what he thought about that picture. >> the picture was very telling and all of these pictures come together... unaudible. >> wonder what the tornado or not, it was straight line wind, still very serious damage. the threat still continues through tonight. reporting live from bensalem, meteorologist kate billow for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> of course, more storms, certainly last thing that people in south jersey want to hear about tonight. let turn to "eyewitness news", new jersey reporter cleve bryan live in voorhees an area hardest hit by last night's storms. cleve, what is th

maple shade, 58-mile per hour wind gust, southampton 60-mile per hour winds gust, up in new hanover, in burlington county, 48-mile per hour wind gust. soy a loft us saw that. that's enough to knock down some weak trees, certainly branches, trash can, recycling bins flying all over the street. so things might be bit scat third morning when you wake up. right now 72 degrees here in philadelphia, 60s 70s, mainly showing up across the area, again, front really didn't take the edge off the heat. it is still pretty humid. forecast for today, 9 degrees should be the high temperature f we get there it will be the second heatwave of the month, three days in a row for nine plus. still chance for pop up thunderstorm, i wouldn't rule it out, slight chance of storm extends into tonight, but otherwise, overnight tonight we should clear out, maybe see cooler weather starting tomorrow. so it looks a little bit quieter. >>> time now right after 4:31, how are we doing out there this morning, caste? >> a lot of things to dodge. downed tree, headed southbound 295 passed rancocas woods, right lane blocked, anticipate