good morning, tgif.opper three, northeast philly where we have water main break, that's casino of turned into this sinkhole. chalfont drive closed in and around this area. yikes, just make note that far, because it is going to be a busy morning, you can see the cones out, there you're not going to be able to drive on this road, whenever you see a sinkhole, just creepy, scary. all right, moving on here, now, we've got the made in america festival. because that far we've got a loft lane closures, one of them happening right now, vine street expressway, westbound, the ramps to the ben franklin parkway, is closing starting at 7:00 a.m. and that goes philadelphia sunday p.m. so just make note of that again the vine street expressway, the ramp to the ben franklin parkway, closing starting at 7:00 a.m. so that's one of them. one of many. here's some other closures happening, ben franklin parkway, kelly drive, martin luther king drive. also, jest so you know, take a quick note, i'll be tweeting this out. these a

tgif to all of you at home. it is looking good on the roadways, just dealing with construction as we typically are, kai l i know when i walked out the door this morning, it felt nice, crisp almost. >> yes, it is. you know, lovely out this time of day, just beautiful when looking at warm day ahead. we talk about crisp air. let's look where the temperatures should be this time of year. by september 23rd, our average 75 degrees. re amp down there going into november, 61 degrees. but today looking out for some very warm temperatures, and already, looking at 64 in philadelphia, 57 atlantic city. taking a look at storm scan3, it is nice and clear, going to see the blue skies again, as we go through our day today. and even into tomorrow, looking pretty good with the blue skies. so, really nice looking out there. we are looking at highs over the next couple of days, especially friday, saturday, mid 80s, if you're at the shore, it will be low 80s, upper 70s, but l o

good morning, tgif, to you. this is what we are looking at, 95 southbound, s curve into center city looking great, actually, looking busy, not busy, but it is still early, but moving in the northbound direction, as women, you can see the volume we have even in the northbound direction on 95. ninety-five, i just showed you, camera about 15 minutes ago at girard, looking, you know, busy, still traveling at posted speeds but certainly volume levels are already out there. here is a look at where we have some construction, woodhaven between roosevelt boulevard and 59 pulled all the way off blocking left lane. but not causing any slow downs. when i looked at this just little bit ago, it was more of single file line. that's breaking up just little bit. that will will be cleared out of the way. that's not causing too many slow downs. slow down, phoenixville closed between ash bridge and greenhill road. use the alternate of pottstown pike for those of you in that area, and also the made in america festival, this weekend,

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tgif kids, we have a weekend. 87 is the high before sliding into the low 80s by 6:00 p.m. as we take a look at the one issue today, an air quality alert in effect across the entire area away from the shore. that means those of you among the senior citizen population or those with asthma or heart ailments, limit your outdoors between noon and 6. the revolt us can help out by not filling the cars between those hours. speaking of cars you've got some on the roads. >> reporter: no cars on the benjamin franklin parkway we look at the benjamin franklin parkway the inner drive is closed right now. at first they blocked the right lane with equipment getting ready for the papal visit. now the inner drive closed happening yesterday morning. again today we expect gridlock already preparing and seeing effects of traffic with the pope's visit. it will be closed through september 29. on the schuylkill expressway here we are at city avenue. westbound traffic heading toward gladwyn. up ahead approaching belmont, overnight construction is cleared. no delays on the schuylkill expressway. co

larry miller, give us some good tgif traffic. >>> i can't do that, howard.tunately we have a few accidents that are proving to be difficult for commuters, particularly those of you on the maryland side traveling southbound on i-270. there's a crash just after germantown road causing delays. i want to give you a live look right now. looks like the delays are improving so traffic starting to move a little more freely than it was maybe 10, 15 minutes ago but still slow as you approach areas like rockville. so just make sure you be cognizant of that. add a few extra minutes to your commute to get you to your destination on time. meantime i-66 at 234, we have an accident blocking the showldzer. not causing -- shoulder. not causing much in the way of delays. make sure you use caution when approaching the crash site. over to you. >>> to campaign 2016. about half the republican presidential field is actually on its way to the dmv this weekend. eight candidates are scheduled to speak at thage values voters summit at the omni hotel on calvert street northwest. donald

. >> good morning, tgif.hrough this together overall note, avoid center september i if you can, detours, vine heavily affected a and -- on and off ramps. live look from chopper three from the vine street expressway, broad street. you can see just a little ago, looking at great usual all, law enforcement out on site, awaiting the pope's arrival into philly and also we were seeing pedestrians, trying navigate around. i can tell that you you are having a problem getting onto broad street, it is closed so don't even try to do so. also an accident outside, 59, southbound, just let you know what it is before broad street. the left lane is blocked. it is getting bus any that stretch. now, here we go. we go through this together, vine street expressway, off ramp closures, if you take a peak, these are the ones effective right now, east and westbound, broad street, east and west from the ben franklin parkway, and then only eastbound, at eighth street. these are the closures that go into effect tonight, at 10:00 p.m.,

>> tgif.again on this friday, also slow downs back of jaws knife tractor-trailer on the westbound vine ramp to the schuylkill. all of the updates coming up. first we'll take a quick break. cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will >> from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> oh, good morning to you. look at that, the rain has moved out. even just the humidity, took it with her. nice of mother nature. much more comfortable conditions on tap for you today. all of the details on, that and we're happy to hear, the rain is out of here, it will be a nice day. >> nice change. let's face it, we needed the rain, but yesterday little tough to get through. >> it was. >> i was on my couch for most of it, i won't lie, and there is a part of that, out and about, no excuse to stay in, you have a choice to stay in. so, much better day today. and here's some evidence of that. live neighborhood network, kutztown, start to see those, yes, beautiful there, 64 degrees, and clouds are c

. >> yes, tgif. where did the week go? here we are on a friday. where did september go?

tgif to all of you at home. it is looking good on the roadways, just dealing with construction as we typically are, kai l i know when i walked out the door this morning, it felt nice, crisp almost. >> yes, it is. you know, lovely out this time of day, just beautiful when looking at warm day ahead. we talk about crisp air. let's look where the temperatures should be this time of year. by september 23rd, our average 75 degrees. re amp down there going into november, 61 degrees. but today looking out for some very warm temperatures, and already, looking at 64 in philadelphia, 57 atlantic city. taking a look at storm scan3, it is nice and clear, going to see the blue skies again, as we go through our day today. and even into tomorrow, looking pretty good with the blue skies. so, really nice looking out there. we are looking at highs over the next couple of days, especially friday, saturday, mid 80s, if you're at the shore, it will be low 80s, upper 70s, but lot of sunshine friday, saturday. then clouds are moving in

tgif. hey, i think a loft people agree with you. and we are off to good start already. so, let's take a look, if i can get this to go, there go, what we are looking out for today practically perfect, doesn't get much better than this, low humidity, light wind. it will be another gorgeous day, no doubt about it, current temperatures right now, you can see at 64 degrees in philadelphia, 50 mount pocono, 59 down in wildwood. as we get our day started we zoom in down the shore, six an already at barnegat light. check out ocean city coming in at 67. fifty-five for cape pavement as i mention, and 62 to those of in you rehoboth. if you are heading to the shore today, boy oh, boy, real nice. check it out. eight a degrees for hi, beautiful out there. make sure to have the sunscreen on, your uv index at six. rip currents risk is low, so if you need to put the toes in the water no problem there. philadelphia forecast, see temperatures warmer than the shore. talking high of 85 degrees today. and you think about it, our average, yes, only upper 70s. so we're looking good, take a loo

. >> tgif. holiday weekends, weather, kyla, i hear we're supposed to have some great weather. >> you can see my hair is much smaller today. humidity levels are dropping. very good sign. >> so government we've got nice weather on tap for the weekend, too. i just get to be the bearer of good news today. finally i get to tell you about the good news. let's look what we can expect this weekend, sunny skies, cooler temperatures, lower humidity s that is going to be lovely. current temperatures right now, still a little toasty. look at this. 79 degrees in philadelphia. 72 degrees in reading, about 70 in wildwood and trenton coming in at 73 degrees. so still feeling a lot of the moisture in the air, too. taking a look at storm scan3, see few clouds over us, but again, look off to the left of your screen, the top left corner there, and you see the stormy weather. that's the colds front, storms ahead of it that are tracking toward us will help to cool us down. that's why we could see some thunderstorms g

we are looking at mainly sunny skies, tgif lots of sunshine. looking good for saturday. sunday more clouds coming through temps cooler, high may be in the mid to upper 70s. today 86 , it degrees, it will be toasty for this time of year. let's bring in ines right now. >> good morning. something to watch out for the east by exit 11 for an accident. in new jersey 287, exit 37 there's an accident there. trains are great this morning no problems with long island railroad. >> ben: there'll be a big change for women wanting to serve combat in the military. >> juliet: will tell you abo selling 18 homes? easy. building them all in four and a half months? now that was a leap. i was calling in every favor i could, to track down enough lumber to get the job done. and i knew i could rely on american express to help me buy there are always going to be unknowns. you just have to be ready for them. another step on the journey... will you be ready when growth presents itself? >> ben: 6:46 a.m. fox 5 art questioning a please are questioning a man on two murders. on the death of a woman an

tgif. it's cooling off and the inland communitist are not going to feel it. who is?ht there into san francisco. giving you a live look. reestablishing itself and along the coast, the clouds are working back in. along the coast, sfriks and a the bay -- san francisco and the bay and -- taking another day before things start to really drop. as we get to the forecast for the weekend, we have got 90 dz and low 80s around the bay and the cooling trend gets under way for us tomorrow and saturday looks good. for the first weekend of fal, not bad tall. >> not the wild swings. >> yeah. we were going from 100 to 70. >> and the giants and a's. too. >> thank you. >>> covering the pope's trip. this morning, she is back inside the hall of justice in the city by the bay. looking at a number of stories. we have to talk about your trip. and an your way back, you ran into a group of veterans from the bay area. tell us about that experience. >> it was really crazy. had this amazing trip and all, it's coming to an end and heard all these cheers and red, white, and blue and wondered what

. >> tgif.nth told but huge surprise for group of local high school student, bishop shanahan, high school, three year old marching band asked to do something amazingly special for the pope's visit to philadelphia. >> drum roll, please. >> you are going to play for the pope! >> heck ya. the downingtown school's marching bands the first thing the pope francis sees. and hears, when he steps off a plane in just two weeks. they're all outside right now with mike and alex. >> hey, guys. >> can you imagine playing for the pope? they are some lucky kids. >> you all looked excite that day. are you still p.m. snapped. >> yeah. >> they're pumped. >> sister, congratulations. >> thank you so much. we're so proud of our students. >> so what's it been like? have you just been a twitter ever snips. >> the whole school. the whole school is alive with spirit of the holy father coming and the extraordinary that's come to this high school bishop shanahan. >> how did bishop shanahan get nicked. >> it was invited bec

lauren: tgif they say. investors at the timing yellen's firm stance on rate hike bullish for u.s. economy. u.s. stock market futures taking cue up sharply ahead of open. nicole: in a few hourss pope francis addresses united nations. we'll have a preview. lauren: president xi jinping will hold a news conference with president obama. cybersecurity is expected to top the agenda. nicole: volkswagen expected to announce a new ceo, nominating porsche's ceo mueller, to. first look at today's markets, latest breaking news and what to expect for the friday ahead. lauren: we'll certainly talk about janet yellen because the federal reserve is on track to raise interest rates to record lows by end of the year. fed chair janet yellen laying out federal reserve's plan at a university of am mers. >> most of my colleague and i are likely conditions to raise interest rates over quite gradual pace over next few years. it is important to emphasize, however, the timing of the first rate increase and any subsequent adjustment to our rate target will depend how developments in the economy influence the

nicole: tgif, you made it. i'm nicole petallides.could set up for another wild ride on wall street. this jobs report could be considered a critical factor on federal reserve decision to raise interest rates. stock market futures here in the u.s. looking to the downside. down about 152 points. s&p, is 6 handles. nasdaq 37 to the downside. >> this is one of the most watched jobs report. nikkei is down. obviously china is closed once again. nicole: we talk about red arrows in asia and u.s. how about europe. red there too, folks. cac down 1.7, as is the dax under pressure. >> in commodities oil prices volatile story this week. they're sliding down a bit. 46.48 is your quote. on concerns about a slowing global economy and gold prices essentially flat. nicole: check the u.s. dollar ahead of jobs data. euro and japanese yen showing strength against green back. >> for your yield on the 10-year treasury, yields are at 2.13% this morning nicole. nicole: just a quick talk about what the fed funds futures are betting. this is all about the jobs

it is friday tgif now. >> indeed. >> nice friday on the way.r and nicer as we go. cool and comfortable overnight. temperatures once again heading into the 80s in the afternoon. so if you're looking for hint a fall in the forecast, tomorrow or today is not your day. saturday is going to be warm as well and then we start to see little bit of a hint of fall creeping back in starting on sunday. let's take you outside right now start you off outside our studios looking live towards center city on skycam3. everything lit up. beautiful comfortable night out l that's the saving grace of this week even though temperatures have been above average when you get cool comfortable nights and low humidity it still feels pretty awesome outside and it's feeling great outside this evening. let's take you out to quick time lapse video this from the beach patrol headquarters in margate. storm off the coast of the carolinas brought a few clouds to coastal areas this morning. in philadelphia palmyra nature park camera it was a beautiful day. beautiful sunset. orange

tgif. it is friday, 5:11.are looking out towards the bay bridge, temperatures in the upper 50s, 70s at the beaches today, 80s across the bay and peninsula. 90s away from the bay inland. the weekend forecast is still coming up in less than four minutes. >>> today a public briefing happens on the "butte fire" in the sierra foothills. yesterday, president obama added calaveras county to his disaster declaration for the "butte fire" and "valley fire" which together have destroyed about 2400 homes. that declaration frees up more federal funds. the press conference with state and federal officials is set for 11 a.m. in san andreas. >>> 5:12. the largest evacuation center for victims of that "valley fire" have shut down. the napa county fairgrounds in calistoga closed yesterday morning. three other shelters still open. the "valley fire" alone displaced more than 1200 people and burned more than 76,000 acres. satellite images from nasa show the devastating burn scars. the photos were taken last weekend. everything in

at your traffic, and look at your traffic, and roberta can't ,,,,,, ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ geico motorcycle, >>> tgifay. 60s at the coast, 80s inland. but i'm looking ahead to saturday. it's billy joel at at&t park. 50,000 people flooding to that particular concert with clear skies and 67 degrees. >>> the sacramento airman who helped take down a gunman on a train in europe received a hero's homecoming last night. spencer stone landed at travis air force base last night. with his hand still injured, he shook hands. many voiced their pride in the northern california native. >> we wanted to celebrate and welcome him home after such a courageous act. [ music ] >> along with stopping the gunman, stone gave life-saving first aid to a victim of the attack. >>> a former oakland police chief seeking a career in law enforcement -- a student at merrick college seeking the same are going to be schooled by a former top cop. the program the first of its kind at a community college in northern california. today howard jordan and the mayor libby schaaf will announce a new police training program at merrick college.

tgif everybody.e'll be right back. >> ♪ >> back to work this morning, after a bed bug problem, exterminators came to the sit hall offices yesterday afternoon, after someone found the bed bugs in the carpet there. fifty workers went home, server requests are being handled on line at this point. >> authority searching for brazen bandit who stole philadelphia plisses err's bike. an officer left his bike outside 7-eleven store, west girard in northern lib earth cents, when he came out the 17-inch fugi mountain bike was gone. anyone with information is asked to call police. >> well, surfers along the california coast ventured into the pacific hoping for some big waves, were egged on buy sign sign -- tsunami warnings, but expert say, these big waves, hadding in to do with that. water did rise about a foot in just ten minutes, and in santa cruz harbor, so they had a lot to work with. i know surround fest get excited about those kind of conditions, but can also be kinds of dangerous, right, cellula? >> takes

at tgif. this is the fourth of four consecutive briefings. i hope it goes well. i have the week ahead. i hope -- i will be happy to get right to it. let me do a short announcement and then i will take at least a couple of questions. on december 17, president obama announced historic changes to our cuba policy, beginning the process of normalizing relations between our countries. embargo remains in effect. the administration has published regulatory changes to existing cuba sanctions. today, the departments of treasury and commerce took additional steps to implement the president's new policy direction, announcing additional revisions to cuban sanctions that will further advance our goal of empowering the cuban people. the united states remains committed to our enduring objective of promoting a more prosperous cuba and protecting it the fundamental human rights of all its people. we believe the changes made today will allow the united states to maintain our interest in improving the lives of ordinary cubans. for more details, i refer you to the department of treas

tgif.ll the way out to the shoulder not causing any slow downs really. saw the volume out there. the vine where we had the tractor-trailer incident all morning long, that's since cleared. the vine street expressway looking really nice right now. just quick peak at our wide. 11 miles per hour 95 southbound right around girard as you head into center city. have a great weekend. erika, over to you. >> meisha, thank you. next update 8:55. ahead on cbs with sleep number, now there's an adjustment for that. only at a sleep number store. don't miss the final days of the biggest sale of the year! with the c2 queen mattress just $599.99. ends sunday! know better sleep with sleep number. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up this half hour, world cup soccer champ alex morgan is here in studio 57. there she is in white looking lovely. hi, alex. she's taking the fight to level the playing field for women in sports. >> reporter: plus were polaroids an instagram? learn how each snapshot inspi

. >> the countdown has gun, i can feel it in my fingertips, good morning everyone, tgif to you.have car fire outside. this is 26 north before the schuylkill. this is in south philly. for those of you taking this stretch again, 26 northbound before the schuylkill. you can see, pulled all the way off blocking some of the right lane. i want to show you the wide map real quick. 24 miles per hour on i95. twenty-seven on the schuylkill, blue route looking good. >> next update is at 7:55. up next on cbs this morning, a security concern, a drone crashes at the us open tennis tournament. i'm nicole brewer, make it a great morning. it's gotten squarer. over the years. brighter. bigger. thinner. even curvier. but what's next? for all binge watchers. movie geeks. sports freaks. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. we love, love, chocolaty, creamy, with a little something extra. mmm deliciousness. cookies or almonds. yumminess. hershey's is mine, yours, our chocolate. >>> a string of dust devils burned through the burning man festival in the desert. they had to hide their h

tgif. we are back in business here. vine street expressway traffic moving again.ackknife tractor trailer, a little line up here. this gang heading in to 30th street station. i-95 look at the shadows cast by that big old sun. ninety-five south just minor delay working in toward girard avenue. even though sun glare earlier rain leaving with us delays at philly international. check with the airline before you head down to the airport otherwise your speed meter reading, 95 tight near girard running slow from conshohocken to belmont and delays on the blue route in the normal spots rolling through drexel hill. head up tomorrow eastbound on the schuylkill all day long, penndot will be doing tree trimming down to one lane between conshohocken and gladwynn. heading in the city oregon for an early trip to the airport use the blue route. mike and alex. >> people tweeting me this morning saying it is their birthday. you know it is september 11th. >> what a day to have a birthday. >> that is for sure. >> they are getting ready to ring that bell. it has been 14 years since the

this is tgif and a segment we call pop fix so you watch the >> she knows. >> here we go. to do it right. the pressure is on. >> get ready. >> guess who is not going to crack. starting things off with john staplious, the 52-year-old is breaking his silence about his dui arrest back in june and his stint in rehab in july. in the new issue of "details" magazine out tuesday stamos says it had been a rough year after losing his mother last september. he said when it all came to a head, it was a turning point. stamos tells the magazine you either continue on that path and some of it is fun, but a lot of it is not, or there's this other thing, this golden opportunity sitting there with all this book and all this goodwill that you have going for you, that's the key. "the fuller house" star who has been instagraming photos from the set says he's feeling better than he has in a decade and we certainly wish him the best. >> got to road for staplious, good guy. >> absolutely. >> people opening up about you know, it takes away the stigma, that's wonderful. >> you're right. >> struggle with something