Transcripts For KYW Eyewitness News At 8am 20140727 : vimars

Transcripts For KYW Eyewitness News At 8am 20140727

Taking off the tops of some of those build, we move to the shore area, there looking at the clouds, seeing the raindrops, that have fallen, people back out on wet and almost deserted boardwalk, but i think that boardwalk will be getting a lot busier as we move through the afternoon. Storm scan3, showing those showers, and thunderstorms, that have moved off the coast, fortunately, as they moved right along the coast. We still have lingering shower, through portions of cape may county, atlantic county. But things are improving for now. Notice back to the west, with the clouds thinner out there. We do expect to see some sun today, we expect to see clouds, showers, thunderstorms, and it is going to be changing, who is getting what and when. So just know, that this is a day when the weather patterns are active, and sometimes youll like them, sometimes you wont. 74 degrees in philadelphia, 74 in wilmington, 71 degrees in the trenton area, mild, dew points are getting up there, as well. Our future weather, as we put by the way, get to go about 90 degrees this afternoon. As we put this into motion, we are looking at some sunshine, breaking out in spots, and by noon, were seeing few showers in spots, not everywhere, obviously, but then some sunshine, look at this, this is 5 00 oclock, we do start to calm down little bit. Well show you where we are expecting some of this to happen according to the very latest computer guidance coming up. Liz . Thank you, carol. New this morning, Delaware County Authorities Say a child was shot on haverford road in crumb lynn. Authorities are not releasing too much information, but we do know that two people include that child were taken to crozerchester medical certain. Dont know the whereabouts of the suspect, well give you more information as it becomes available. Also, new, fire breaks out in a house in the Oxford Circle section of northeast philadelphia. Eyewitness news 1300 block every eldridge street. Police say flames spotted around 5 30 this morning. Two girls, ages seven and nine, were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. They are in stable condition. And, a north Philadelphia Row home goes up in flames, but thanks to the quick action of neighbors, those trapped inside were able to get out safely. It happened around 2 00 this morning, in the 900 block of west huntingdon street. Two brothers, kick down the door to rescue an elderly man. Eyewitnesses say they were able to convince his wife, who was trapped on the second floor, to jump out of the window, to escape the flames. And then we were swimming, like miss, just come out, jump out. When she finally jumped out, i was able to break her fall, only thing she walked away with was a scraped leg. That was a blessing. Indeed. Two people were returned to the hospital, and treated for smoke inhalation. The cause of this fire is under investigation. Meanwhile, a grieving Community Remembers three children struck and killed by a carjacked suv. The childrens mother was critically injured, and is fate fighting for her life. The family selling fruits on Street Corner when the carjackers crashed into them. Suspects then ran away. Eyewitness News Reporter matt rivers was at an emotional vigil last night. They are harder when remembering children. Fifteen year old williams, thomas read, and seven year old terrence more, three siblings died selling fruit on the corner for their church. Here is a picture of them week earlier picking out what to sell. Very gentle kids, very good kids, you know, always close to her. By her, she means, keisha williams, childrens mom, last saturday, she brought them to the garden, all smiling, this saturday fighting for her life in a hospital bed in critical condition. Dedicated, they were hard workers, they were playful, they were kind. Williams, her three children, and another woman, were all hit by a car, that went out of control at allegheny and germantown avenue. Two suspects had stolen it at gunpoint from a realtor, crashed when a tire blew out, fleeing the scene as their victims lay dying on the sidewalk. The pair remains at large. Im believing in god the perpetrators will be brought to justice, those three children will not come back. Theyre dead. So they have that to live with. Meantime, heart broken neighborhood can do little more than mourn and pray. And once again, remains 110,000 reward for the person with information that leads to the arrest of the two suspects still at large. Outside every police headquarters, matt rivers, cbs3, Eyewitness News. And remember, our coverage continues on our website cbsphilly. Com. If you have any information, that could help investigators, we have their contact information, also, on our website. Another fire in philadelphia. This one in mantua ended when two firefighters hurt. Eyewitness news at 33rd and mantua just after 7 00 last night. You can see, a group of firefighters on the roof, and were told it was a vacant apartment building. It is unclear right now how this fire started, and no word on the firefighters condition. New information on friday, fire in south philadelphia, 46 year old Christopher Smith police say has been charged with attempted murder and arson, in connection with this fire. Investigators say, he pushed in a window air conditioner, then lit a flame. Minutes later, he allegedly returned to the 1700 block of ziegel street, with more accelerant, trapping woman, man, and child. Lieutenant Jonathan Josey off duty and in the area and ran in to help them get out. You will remember, he was acquitted of assault charges, after this video surfaced, and he fought to get his job back. New details this morning, about what police found inside the apartment of the suspect and the deadly Medical Center shooting. Officials executed search warned at Richard Plotts upper darby home friday and found two more guns. The 49 year old suspect remains sedated and under guard, and we are told he will be charged with murder of his case worker, theresa hunt. And the attempted murder every his doctor, lee ville verman. Doctor was also armed, and shot the suspect. And happening right now, the 27th annual tour de shore officially underway, about 2,000 bikers are peddling 65 miles to Atlantic City, all for very good cause. As you can see, our Syma Chowdhry is standing by in center sit which more on this story. Good morning, syma. Reporter good morning, liz. Im here, on walnut st. , and 20th, as you can see behind me, traffic now open. But it was different scene about hour ago. We have video what it look like earlier this morning when 2,000 cyclists were heading over to Atlantic City, it is a 65mile journey. They are doing this all for a good cause. It is 27th annual irish pub tour de shore. Raising money for the irish childrens foundation. It is a nonprofit for raising money for children, endeavors, and for supporting Fallen Police officers, and their families. Now, 2,000 cyclists headed over there, right now, we talked with congressman, pat meehan, about the event. I have a long history, as former us attorney, and da, with so many people in law enforcement. Now the firefighters are part of this. This is a great tradition, and a great just great ride. And now a nice day for it, because not so hot. I think a lot of people probably make good time down to the shore. Thats right. They are headed to the irish pub, in Atlantic City, they left this one here in center city, 65mile journey. They should arrive starting around noon, and then, from there, it is going to be a Big Old Party at the irish pub over there. It is 20 to get in. They are still raising money right now, goal 700,000 for this years event. Live in center city, Syma Chowdhry, cbs3, Eyewitness News. Thank you, syma. Developing right now, in the middle middle east, hamas has just agreed a 24 hour holiday trues in the gaza war starting at 2 00 this afternoon. Just this morning, hamas had resumed the rocket fire even though israels cabinet had said it was ready to extends the peace fire. Says seven rockets were fired at southern israel early this morning, 43 Israeli Soldiers have been killed in the 20 day campaign, in the gaza strip, more than a thousand palestinians have died. Also, a developing story in the investigation into the plane, shot down over ukraine, dutch police are cancelling their visit to the crash site, over security concerns. Meantime, identified the first victim from that disaster. Saturday the parents everyone of the passengers was able to travel to the crash site in ukraine, and cbs correspondent Wendy Gillette has this story. Parents after woman who died when Malaysia Airlines flight shot down over ukraine, visited the crash site to honor their daughter. We have promised our daughter we will come here. But the couples journey was long and difficult from perth, australia, through territory controlled by pro russian separatists. The victims father wore a tshirt, with his daughters picture, captioned, fat team, a we love you. We are for peace. She was for peace. She is for peace. And she will be forever for peace. Two military cargo planes landed saturday in the netherlands with last of 227 coffins containing victims. Troops carried each of the 38 coffins to waiting hursts in a solemn ceremony. At the crash site, nearby fighting and security concerns have prevented a thorough canvassing of the area. Investigators who have been allowed access are still making discoveries. Personal belongings, passports, i. D. Cards, things like that. Ukrainian Officials Say their forces are making progress, retaking control of some areas from the pro russian rebels. Us Officials Say videos like these, posted on line, by russian soldiers, show russia is hardly backing down. Launching artillery attacks from its own territory into ukraine. Wendy gillette, cbs3, Eyewitness News. And we have learned black boxes have also been recovered from the air al jerry flight from last week, all 118 people on board were killed. Investigators hope that this flight recorder will help them determine what exactly happened to the plane. There was bad weather at the time of the crash, the jet on its way to algeria. And new this morning, the Costa Concordia cruise ship slowly being towed to genoa. The cruise liner capsized more than two years ago, killing 32 people off the islands, and massive salvage mission, the concordia was raised out of the water, and the vest little now be scrapped. A stormy morning, and more could be on the way. Carol is tracking all of this, and thats coming up. Plus it is a mission designed to make sure military dogs are honored, and reuniting them with members and their former handlers. You dont want to miss this very heartwarming story. Stay with us. Uncle craig, whats the deal . Oh. You cant record that many shows at once. Why . I guess they didnt feel like it. You cant save every single cartoon. Why . You cant just watch tv wherever you want. Why . You know you cant pause the tv here and play it in another room. Why . Its time for fios quantum tv. Store up to 200 hours in hd. Record up to 12 shows at once. Pause and play live tv, room to room. Plus, watch live tv on the go with the fios mobile app. Redefining what tv can be. 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You can see, along the boardwalk right now, still some raindrops, that have been on that boardwalk, itself, and thats really cut down on your boardwalk traffic today. Gloomy start to the day. You move to the north, though, doesnt look all that bad out through reading, we do have some high, thin clouds, 77 degrees, muggy, mild morning. It feels like summer around here this morning, which i think everybody is probably pretty happy about. So weve got temperatures that are in the 70s, now, 74 in philadelphia, wilmington, 74 down in millville, 57 in wildwood. It is a warm start. It will be a warm finish, almost 90 degrees later on today. Storm scan3, i will get out of the way, and show you some of these showers and thunderstorms, just loop over the last three hours, and you can see the lightning strikes that weve seen along the shore ours, and when you saw thunderstorm, you got downpour out every those. But when it stops, this is what were looking at right now. Not that bad right now. Specially to the north and the west, with some sunshine, few clouds, if we move closer to new jersey, and the shore areas. As this pushes off to the east. Just few scattered sprinkles around. But i think the more sunshine that we see today, in this very active weather pattern, that does not makes it a little more troublesome for the cold front when it comes on through. We start to get the atmosphere so agitate that you can see some weather fight break outright overhead. So we will be continuing to monitor that. Weve got warmfront going through right now. The cold front follows. Low pressure system dragging that through. All of that just means that the atmosphere is spoiling for a fight. But by tuesday, everybodys calm, oh, it is over with, we forgive you, and the weather will be a lot better. Lets look, really stellar computer model that goes out into time. It is pretty close to where it is supposed to be. Which we like. If it starts right, it has better chance every ending right. And the clearing skies off to the north and the west, and few showers right along the shore areas, notice, 10 00 oclock, we get more clears in spots, clouds in others. We get clearing by this afternoon, 1 00 oclock, but few areas to the north and west, with some of the widely scattered showers, few clouds here, sunshine there, by midafternoon, it doesnt look bad at all around here. But, here is the feature thats been added. So we get some of these clouds in here. Notice, offer to the west, this is 11 00 tonight. We see a lot of showers, and thunderstorms, and this is where youre finding the heavier showers, this is the added feature, they start to swing this one through. This is going to change, as far as the timing and the placement, computer model catches up with where exactly the atmosphere is. But, 1 00 oclock in the morning, some of these stronger storms may be rolling on through. Then, we get, breakin some spots, not in others. That is going to be the general trends over the day and maybe even again tomorrow. Remember, that Severe Threat is there, this is a broad brush for the entire area, but, some areas, will be picking up the the downpours, strong winds, even the possibility of some hail. Something to watch out for, and to pay very close attention to, if you are going to the game today, phillies against the diamond backs, 86 degrees to start. Eightyfive to finish. And were going to be finding chances every showers, thunderstorms, especially, the second half of the day. But maybe the strongest over night, as thee temperatures drop to about 72 degrees, and still some Stormy Weather can be out there, monday, looks better, slightly, 86, but still, chances of showers, thunderstorms t gets just un believe bridge great here, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and fly, with temperatures in the lower 80s, and low humidity, as well. Liz . Way toned on high note, carol. The time right now, 8 19. Time to check the roads, of course, we head out to ann evans at the cbs3 traffic center. Good morning, ann. Good morning, liz. Ben franklin bridge bus any both directions, it is open, the tour de shore biking event is through, or through actually on the ben franklin bridge, and the ben franklin bridge is open, good to go. If you are headed to the shore, no delays on the ben franklin. Further out the 42 freeway looks good. No problems on the a. C. Expressway or the garden state parkway. Moving the traffic cam to the schuylkill this morning, the schuylkill at Spring Garden street, coming along fine, if you look to the left, thats Martin Luther king drive. Thats closed, from the ben franklin parkway to the falls bridge for recreational activities. See the bicyclists on the Martin Luther king drive this morning. Moving the traffic cam one more time 202 at allendale road. Good day to dom do some shopping if you are School Shopping today out to the king of prussia mall. This would be the roadway would you take. No delays or problems on 202, it is in good shape. That is the latest, from the cbs3 traffic center, im ann evans, liz, back to you. Look good out there, ann, thank you for. That will. And it was a warm welcome home for a local member of the air national guard. Senior airman Steven Gentile just returned to pine hill, new jersey, after six months in the middle east, part of Operation Enduring freedom. The enlisted in 2012 after graduating from overbrook regional high school. Received certificate, Yellow Ribbon to remember this very special day, and a flag. Thank you, no words to show my appreciation for what you guys did today. It means a lot.

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