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KYW Eyewitness News At 6 June 22, 2024

Around that 69degree mark in philadelphia. Fiftyeight in atlantic city. Mount pocono is 50 degrees. Reading at 59 this morning. The the storm scan three radar is looking spectacular, in the just for us but as you can see point north and south and west, everybody looking good this morning. That is story heading throughout the day. The skies will be nice and clear. Warm with sunshine today. Humidity is mia, missing in action, we are catching a break today. It is a fantastic end to august. We will be on the roll for next couple of days, it is not just today but thursday, friday. You can see temperatures working their way in the 80s but that sun shin will be with us. It will be a gorgeous one today, tomorrow, friday. We have heat coming our way. We will talk about that when i talk in a bit but for now lets head over to meisha. We have weather on our side. Yes, thanks, mother nature. Live look outside. We will start off busy, we are starting this steady, but we are seeing volume levels pick up, as we move in the 6 00 oclock hour. Here is schuylkill eastbound at montgomery. You can see still looking great here. Anywhere i look on the schuylkill we are looking good which is nice to say, in the 6 00 oclock hour. Heres a beautiful shot of the ben franklin bridge for those coming into new jersey and center city looking great here. Everyone traveling around at posted speeds. We will see the ben franklin bridge pick up more toward that 7 00 oclock hour, holding steady, looking great here. Overnight we had a serious accident in Burlington County, new jersey just be aware of this. Investigation is underway on route 130 north bound at route 543, northbound lanes of the 130, are shut down, just so you know, i would use an alternate like 295 because of that accident. Ladies, back to you. Meisha, thank you. We are updating breaking news in Montgomery County. Huge flames race through an Apartment Building in king of prussia overnight. They have damage a dozen apartments and forced more than 30 people out of their homes. Eyewitness News Reporter justin finch spoke with affect residents and justin just a long night for those people, good morning. Reporter looking night and will soon be a long morning for them as well. We have just heard neighbors tell us that knocked on their doors, what got them out of their bed and away from the fast moving flames this morning. We can tell you many are standing outside waiting to get back in and see what is left. Fire fighters say all 16 units in this building here behind me, suffered some kind of fire damage. Lets go to video from overnight. Flames were fantastical. 1 30 this morning, came reports of the fire, king of Prussia Fire Department responding to this scene here at the abrams run apartment complex off bill smith boulevard. The alarm quickly moved to two alarms. Heavy fire and thick black smoke consuming this complex, about 30 or so people were evacuated in the end. We are told the roof of this two Story Building carries the the flames throughout this structure. Another concern here in fighting this fire were seeing live utilities, popping sound were heard throughout the fire fight. Those were active, electrical and gas line we were toll. That gas fire was put out a short time ago rather a after crews, doug underground to shut off that line. At one point a water main break when temporarily complicated the water fight of the fire but that was brought back on land this morning. We are told very soon that water could be shut off to the complex. One alert neighbor did tell us he first saw fire at 1 30 and ran outside to put it out or so he thought. Take a listen. I immediately came out and grabbed the fire extinguisher from my kitchen, and ran outside, and, tried to put it out. By the time i got there it already went up the vinyl siding and went to the second floor. It was useless. Reporter and, the area he is talking with is that corner right there. You can see gutted, just wood frame and lots of burned and broken wood. That is where the core of the fire did break out where he ran to no avail trying to put it out. We can tell new injuries to report this morning. A Fire Fighters or residents at this point. The causes under investigation and all of those who are affected are making arrangements we are told with family, friend and also the red cross which will be on site shortly. Live from king of prussia, justin finch for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Justin, thank you. Also breaking right now a serious car crash in Burlington County. One person has been air lifted to a hospital after this accident happened near route 130 and beverly road. The extent of the persons injuries are not yet men right now. It is in the clear if that victim was the only person inside the car at the time. Police are trying to figure out what caused this crash. Meanwhile, violence overnight, a shooter opened fire into a Port Richmond bar striking one patron and multiple times. Philadelphia police say that the shootings happened on the 2700 block of allegheny avenue just after midnight. Police rush to the victim to temple hospital where he is listed in critical condition. Eyewitness news tell police that it the began in a fist fight that spilled outside until one man pulled a gun and started shooting at the victim as he tried to run back inside the of the bars. While being shot at, the victim ran back inside of the bar in order to get away, but the shooter continues to fire and fired at least two shots through front glass door of the bar. Philadelphia Police Credit alert bar patrons for helping them track down the the shooter. Eyewitnesses followed that gunman outside and then took note of his license plate number. That allowed police to make an arrest a short time later. Meanwhile a man who once jumped the white house fence is shot and killed at the Chester County courthouse. That suspect is identified as 34 yearold curtis smith of coatsville. Police say that smith entered the Justice Center just before noon, ran up to a deputy and began slashing him. Another deputy opened fire. That deputy at last check was in stable condition. Smith later died at paoli hospital. Run through the doors saying i am going to get you. Went right past security. I hear pop, pop. Something wrong with him. He is down. But for god sake let him out. Eyewitness news was able to locate at agreement between the the federal government and curtis smith, in it the United States agreed to stop charges against him if he stayed away from the white house and stayed out of the legal trouble. Smith signed that document six months ago and was able to walk free. Turning to campaign 2016, the temperature turned up on Donald Trumps feud with uni vision tuesday when he kick out one of their reporters from his news conference. Cbs news correspondent Hanna Daniels has details. Sit down. Sit down. Go ahead. I have a right to ask a question. No, you dont, you havent been called. I have a right to ask a question. Go back to uni vision. Uni visions best known personality jorge ramos was removed from the press conference after ramos fired questions about immigration, while trump was still talking. Ramos was allowed back in and continued, his line of questioning. So heres the problem with your immigration plan, full of empty promises. Reporter trump aimed mess of the jabs at g. O. P. Rival jeb bush. Jeb bush does than have a clue. Reporter report earlier at a rally in colorado bush difficulties smithed trumps plan to build a wall. It is a great sound bite but it is in the defensible in terms of the practical policy. Reporter with trump lead nothing most polls his opponents are having a hard time standing out. It is a real problem for them because they need that oxygen, that attention to break into front runner status and with trump getting all of the headlines they cannot do it. Reporter trump continued his criticism of the foxs megyn kill which a series of tweets late monday. Fox news chief roger ales called them disturbing and said an apology is in order. When trump responded it was kelly who owed him an apology. Hanna daniels, it was cbs news. Asian market are volatile, markets across the region were up and down during trade to go day. Chinese stocks closed down 1. 3 g beijings decision to cut a key interest rate. Well now investors on wall street are hoping u. S. Stocks will have a better day. Yesterday stocks surged from the opening bell but it wasnt enough to prevent another sell off, the dow jones has gone down six days in a row losing 1900 points during that period. Dow jones lost almost 205 points in total, nasdaq was down nearly 20, s and p500, dropped 25 points to close at 1,867. A lot of people just biting their nails wondering what will happen, today. Yes. 6 09. Still ahead this morning, do it yourself braces, oh, boy. It sound scary with you growing trend with teens, trying to straighten their own teeth. My gosh. Hear why and shows just this is a bad ideay could have told you that. It is not your typical rush hour traffic jam a group of pick up drivers block a busy highway and put on quite a show. We will have more on that coming up next. By switching to progressive. That was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said, that was me, mom. [ laughter ] whale of the show off the coast of california. Look at this incredible image here a hump back while, pod, splashing and spraying in the warm waters. Love seeing that. So much fun for the tourist the boat nearby but great for marine biologist. They say whales every after one thing. The answer would be the snickers bars of the bay. Everybody wants to eat them. Well, anchovies they are looking for plannington and lead other sea life closer to shore, as for warmer water we are told that el nino is contributing to that, but what a sight to see, so close too. Beautiful. To australia where a few days of heavy rain is causing big problems there. Hubs of people are evacuated and even this kangaroo hopping its way to dryer ground. Many people are using canoes, paddle board to get around town. So you can tell, it is a mess there. But, back here at home, nothing severe in our forecast. Right. But man, island have been getting tropical disturbances, recently. It is heating up. We have a Tropical Storm too keep an eye on. This one looks like it could have potential to cause serious problems. Wind sustained at 40 miles an hour, and you can see as it moves forward. Remember we were watching daniel as it track forward. This one is strengthening. As you can see current path has it on path to be a category as it approaches florida. That is monday Early Morning and that could be a big problem, everybody. If you are wondering where we are in Hurricane Season . Peak is around september 10th. This is exactly time of the year we need to keep an eye on the tropic. Keeping an eye on gorgeous temperatures. Allentown 57. Lancaster 59. Philadelphia 69. Millville coming in at 63 degrees. Dew points are lovely out there. This is just so nice when you walk out and you have due points in the 50s. It makes everything feels better. This will be a practically perfect day with sunny skies, lovely warm temperatures. Not too warm. Low humidity. Light wind out there get ready to enjoy it. Storm scan three is just wide opened, today. We will have disturbance push out to sea from new england but all looking good a few high clouds. You are one of the lucky ones heading to the shore or maybe on your vacation, 80 degrees, sunny skies. Watch out for sunshine. That uv index of eight. Staying in the city where we will be 84 degrees. It will be a Beautiful Day for grilling. The lots of sunshine. I understand nicole, you like to grill so there you are. Through are grilling away, tonight, im jealous of that hat. Mostly clear, comfortable skies, low of about 65. And take a a look at your seven day forecast, it the is gorgeous next few days. Look at this beautiful. We are going to see some more heat as we get into the weekend. So you can see into saturday and sunday we will see temperatures creep up and humidity will be back too. While we could potentially end august, without another 90degree day, we do see one lurking next week. Yes. Small price to pay. That forecast seven days, great. Yes. If you are outside walking the door. Just terrific. Absolutely. Kyla, thank you. Good morning, you guys. The road are looking good. They typically do at this hour. We had a very serious crash still in play which i will get to in just a moment. Overnight Construction Projects are lifting. That is good. Main thing right now is the volume levels are starting to pick up as we move closer to the 7 00 oclock hour. Heres live lot the roosevelt boulevard. Heading in the south wound direction making your way to the schuylkill heading in the westbound direction. That is heating upright there. This is one of the area where we see pick upright around now as we push through 6 00 oclock hour, roosevelt boulevard will continue to progress and moving on to i95 southbound you can see this is certainly a stretch moving in center city. That is looking busy moving around red cones. We are used to those cones in place here but still just know when we do have them, as we push through six or 7 00 oclock hour they will still cause a problem for some people. Moving in center city looking good, just slowly starting to dip. Serious accident, this is what i was talking about at the desk. In Burlington County new jersey the investigation is underway on route 130 northbound at route 543, northbound lanes are closed, your alternate of 295, ladies, over to you. We have some breaking news just into Eyewitness News, a Police Officer has just shot a man in the cons creek section of the philadelphia it is happening on the 100 block of south 61st street. At this time we know a victim was shot in the abdomen and taken to presbyterian hospital. We are told the officer was not injured. Also unclear what led that officer to opened fire. We have a crew on the way and we will bring you latest as soon as we get it. 6 18. 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The driver did doughnuts on the highway creating a captive audience because they block the highway. Yeah. Several drivers called 911 after witnessing them perform the dangerous stunts. After a crash one of the drivers pulled a gun. Police are now looking at those license plate numbers, and proceed with charges because that is just, i mean so irresponsible. Dangerous good trying to get to work or school. Get out of the way. Geese. Do it yourself anything, pretty hot right now, but what do you put on your own braces. No. Please tell me the answer is no. The growing trend among teens, dentists say could lead to big, painful problems. It looks painful. Yes. Not good. Well, conversely fabulous. It is fabulous weather but how long will it last. Couple days but weekend we are keeping an eye on that for kicks, another kick of heat, i will have details when i come back, stay with us, Eyewitness News continues. Take a look at these bbq best cracked pepper sauce. 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In kidding teens are putting plastic rubber band around their teeth promised to go close any gaps. Doctors, dentist say what started as a small gap can turn into a bigger one or you can lose your teeth all together. When she started out hoping would be a quick fix, and little space is costing you thousands of dollars in surgical fees and then you have to have two implant replace these front teeth and it is not a goo

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