Katie, on the way in i saw the flashes of lightening all around and some Traffic Cameras we are seeing the the rain, it is upon us. It is pouring down where we are getting hit hardest here, we want to get out. There is a lot to cover here. What has happened is nasty then are storms has erupted throughout the overnight and affecting essentially central portion of our area we showed you storm scan three. Is there a severe then are storm warning still in effect here for us across, specifically the heaviest lightening. We will zero in on a couple of these. We have Severe Thunderstorm Warning shaded in yellow that includes eastern chester delco, philadelphia counties and just in, a Flash Flood Warning has been since issued for northeastern chester, most of Montgomery County a and now into western bucks. So we have a lot going on. In the bright green area, that is actually a flood advisory, still lots to track here with this. We will take a look at a wider zoom you can see how thing moved in quickly, we have basically seen i mean like buckets of rain dumping down. I have reports that we have seen up to one and a half inches of rain, within a 20 to 30 minute window. That will absolutely, lead to flash flooding, and if we go ahead and zero in on this we can quickly there we go, we can take a look at rainfall rates with the dark maroon color, youe that, that is insanely heavy rainfall, rainfall rate coming down at two and nearly threequarters of an inch per hour. Granted, you will not get dumped on for an entire hour but that will add up exceptionally quickly and lead to flash flooding. With that said maybe you got woke up by thunderstorms and just tuning into see what is going on. If you are about ready to head out and you tune in with us to check the weather if you can wake it the out, i would do it because these storms mean business. Walking through future weather we will see that first cluster move out. We are expecting additional showers and storms. We need a cold front to cross through. Through midday hours yes another round of heavy or nasty thunderstorms is likely to crop up here but then, later on tonight things start to clear out. We are looking ahead to midnight later tonight and we will start to see skies clearing and worst of the moisture getting swept away. As far as what to expect the rest of the day this is an essential carbon copy of yesterday, showers thunderstorms caterd but producing locally heavy downpours. Poor drainage flooding, flash flooding and of course, slow travel absolutely to be expect. Take it easy out there vittoria over to you. Absolutely yes. In the way in i was driving in the studio i definitely noticed lightening and when i came into the studio and saw these Traffic Cameras it was like that, that it happen. As we look at the schuylkill expressway i want to direct your attention to the head ramp. That rain is coming down hard. That will cause low visibility and definitely will affect your morning commute because flooding will be out there this is 76 around king of prussia. But it is not only here we are seeing rain. We are seeing it moving, toward the the area of center city as well. As we look at ben franklin bridge it still looks like from what i can tell, fairly dry in either direction, we are not dealing with any delays but i would only imagine as date i was talking about it would move through. Plan accordingly. Do take it slow this morning. That would be best thing to do over at pennsylvania turnpike westbound between bensalem and willow grove right set of lanes will be blocked because of construction. We are starting to see a slow down in that area. So keep that in mine. Also delaware Memorial Bridge we have construction, right lane block until friday afternoon. Mass transit in delays but call ahead at the airport quarter. Elderly woman on her front porch is shot and now search is on for that shooter. Shooting happened on the 2800 block of north 25th street last night. Police say stray bullet hit her in the right leg. She was rush to the hospital where shes listed in stable condition. That shooter remains at large. Also an argument in philadelphias Port Richmond neighborhood end in gunfire. Police say two minaj 65 and 31 started arguing around 11 30 in the 2100 block of ann street. Investigators say younger man went after the older man with the shovel and then the older man shoved him. Police are investigating whether that shooting was in selfdefense. The 31 yearold man is in critical condition. A Philadelphia Police officer is in custody on charges including conspiracy and obstruction charges. Only Eyewitness News was there when officer robert pence surrendered to authorities. He was shot off duty any march 2014. He is a accused of paying a former brotherinlaw to implicate his current wife in the shooting. Penn a 25 year veteran of the force is under suspension for 30 days with the intention to dismiss. A freak accident here on the wissohickon creek in east falls claims the life of the fisherman. He was fishing with friend in the 4900 block of ridge avenue and got a snag on the line. Eyewitnesses say when he went waist deep to unhook that fishing line he flip himself. That water business 25 feet keep. Mayor nutter and home less man he took action against in the confrontation we were first to show you on cb. 36789 video shot by an eyewitness shows an encounter outside the Municipal Services building. Fiftysix yearold george crammer is seen cursing a at the mayor and then fighting with the security detail. Crammer tells Todd Quinones he had no intention of harming the mayor. Im not a violent person, no, not at all. I was not harm, threatened, i didnt feel threaten. Im from west philadelphia, i can take care of myself. Crammer says he is trying to draw attention to the home less problem in philadelphia for his part, mayor nutter says he will not increase his security detail. Former president bill clinton will speak at Naacp National convention in philadelphia today. His appearance follows president obamas who yesterday outlined his idea for reforming the just advertise system. President argued putting nonviolent offenders behind bars doesnt protect americans but it breaks their bank accounts. Every year we spend 80 billion to keep folks incarcerated. 80 billion. Now just to put that in per speculative for 80 billion we could have universal preschool for every threeyear old and four yearold in america. The Convention Wraps up today a at the Pennsylvania Convention center. Happening today president obama will face questions about the nuclear deal with iran when he holds a News Conference at the white house. After nearly to years of talks diplomates from the u. S. , iran and partners announced that the agreement in australia iran gets relief from economic sanctions in return for opening itself up for some inspections. The israel opposes this deal because iran continues to seek its destruction. Congress has 60 days to review that agreement and the president s News Conference is scheduled for 1 00 this have afternoon. Jury in the colorado theater shooting trial begins its deliberation this is morning and Closing Argument the Prosecutor Says james holmes was legally sane when he entered the Movie Theater killed two people and wounded 70 others. His defense lawyer argued that it was controlled by his schizophrenia. Left wing government is hoping to get reform package through government. Now, pressing need for more austerity measures with lawmakers. The International Monetary fund says greece will need debt relief as well as 94 billion in refinancing through 2018. Heres some great news for you the Delaware RiverPort Authority said it will approve a discount for frequent bridge users starting to day. Ez pass holders will get a 18 account credit if they make 18 round trip crossings each month over any of the drpas four bridges. Enrollment is automatic for ez pass holders. This discount is expected to roll roll out within three months. That is 20 bucks a month. Usually it is like tolls are going up. Finally giving something back. We will take it. Still ahead on Eyewitness News relief behind debt and devastation in eastern kentucky, we will show you how storms tore up the region. Up close and personal view from pluto and nasa says more pictures are on the way. We are back nasa is promising more images in the next few you hours of pluto. New horizons spacecraft swept when 7700 miles to provide this first up close look new horizons journey began nine and a half years ago when pluto was still considered a fullfledged planet. Heavy rain overnight threatens more flooding in eastern kentucky. Mondays storms claimed two lives in johnson county. Six others are missing. Rescue crews go back to work this morning and they are going door to door searching for those who might be trapped inside their homes. What an awful situation they have. Yes, just terrible. Back here at home we are dealing with severe then are storms katie. Lets see here what time, 4 42 in the next few minutes that Severe Thunderstorm Warning going out of effect but, big caveat, but we still have very heavy rain, frequent lightening very gusty wind with this. It is a mess out there if you are about ready to leave the house, would i try to wait it out. This is a situation you dont want to be driving in that. Keep that in mine. We will walk you through is what happening on storm scan and give you a sense of what the rest of the day has in store but for now it is action packed. Lets start off with a view of sky cam 36789 i was in the radio booth doing a live hit and happened to see this shot just light up, with lightening. So we will see if we will get a strike or two out of it but there is lightening in the area looking over ben franklin bridge. You can make out streetlight here at ground level but there is a a lot of activity, tracked. No lightening strikes in the camera shot. The lets see what we have here. This tells the story dont you think, very heavy rain coming through in one cluster. The most of delaware, all of the state of the new jersey at this point basically rain free but thinks all moving north east about 25 miles an hour or so. In the meantime heres the bulls eye we have a Severe Thunderstorm Warning about ready to go out of effect but with the heavy rain that comes with this we have seen, so much in the way of flash flooding starting to take effect here because we have rainfall rates of nearly 3 inches an hour. Granted, it went be kind of rain that is falling for an entire hour because it is moving right along but that will add up quickly. In terms of the number of strikes just this batch here within the last several minutes we have seen over a hundred, that is why i would say, with so much lightening in the area, and certainly with so much heavy rain in the area if you you reside around southeastern pa in general try to wait this out if you can. We are not out of the wood, my friend. We will have showers and thunderstorms on and off throughout the day and they could be locally drenching if not gusty as the day progresses. Skies will be clearing later tonight and then, we will get fresh air. Tomorrow and friday looking so much nicer by the weekend, we are starting to turn a lot to see here as we flirt with or hit 90degree mark. And we will see at least have a good shot to see a shower or a storm either weekend day. Erika, back to you. In sports, this morning the American League has the Home Field Advantage for this years world series, after a local product supplied some allstar game fire works. Seventyfour yearold pete rose was giving a standing o when introduced as one of the red greatest players. He has been banned for decade for gambling. The in the game, mike trout of the angels led the midsummer classic with the home run right there trout was named mvp for second year in the row. American league won the game sixthree. Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon was name to the National League allstar team but did not get in the game. Pap he will will one spent the allstar festivities lobbying for a trade and phils general manager ruben amaro responded on our sister station sports radio 94 wip. Pap is a very good pitcher but he doesnt know anything about the the front office it is as simple as that. Im a gm. Pat is my boss. All these deals that are complicated and can involve they have so much money involved, you know, these are all discussion that is we have had. With david montgomery, same thing. Amaro says phillies are talking with other teams about trading papelbon, the the cubs and blue jays have shown some interest recently. To Basketball Summer League basketball from vegas and sixers playing knicks. First round pick Jahlil Okafor spins around for two of his 18 points but sixers leader was scottie will bercan. He had 26 points including six, three pointers, and three rebound and three assists. Knicks won in overtime 8481. Innings isers and nets today. Soccer action katies ears are perk, in Chester Union taking on englands bornmouth in the International Friendly lead. Brits beat the home team fourone. Union takes on toronto fc toronto north of the border. I love that they call it a friend league. 4 46. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning christmas in july or at least summertime version of the black friday. I like the sound of this. But first heres what is coming up tonight on cbs3. A a woman is recovering after she was victim of a stray bullet this stops our headlines this morning. It happened late last night in the 2800 block of north 25th street. That woman was sitting on her front porch at the time, so far police do not have a suspect. Police are investigating whether it was selfdefense that led six fiveyear old man to shoot a 31 yearold man in Port Richmond. It started on east ann street and that young man tried to use a shovel as a weapon. He was shot and critically injured. Discount for drivers on area bridges expect to be approved today drpa will be giving credit to ez pass hold hours make 18 round trip crossing is a a month. Twenty bucks a month. 4 49. Time for a check on business news. Money watchs jill wagner joins us from the New York Stock Exchange and yesterday a fourth day of row on gains on wall street. We like good news good morning. Good morning, erika and nicole. Investors will be watching as janet yellin heads to capitol hill. She will deliver her Midyear Economic report to congress. Lawmakers will ask her when the fed will raise interest rates. They have been near zero since the the financial crisis in 2008. Fed is expected to raise rates this year as the economy continues to improve. So whatever she says, likely to move the markets today. No kidding. Well said. Jill, for a lot of on line shop tours day is like christmas in july. This is what we are talking about this morning. Amazon and walmart going head to head. What can you tell us about this. Reporter amazon and walmart will be trying to one up each other with a 24 hour saleathon. They are offering deep discounts on thousands of products amazons prime day event, only for prime customers, some of the discounts include a 40inch tv for a 115 bucks. Walmarts specials include apple ipad for 265 and Free Shipping for order of 35 or more and erika and nicole, im predicting worker productivity way down today. Yes, plumet. But sales, sky rocket. Jill, thank you. Coming up after the break we will get another check of weather and 4 53. We will check on those roads with vittoria. Good morning everyone. Unfortunately weather will be severely affecting your commute this morning as it has, already for this vehicle here traveling on the schuylkill expressway heading out of the area of king of prussia in the eastbound direction. Notice we have flashing lights over on the shoulder, this is a vehicle spin out accident. You will find it is, as katie mentioned this morning some flooding on the roadway and because of the weather we have in this area or have in this area, you can see how slick the roads, in fact are. So traveling out and about pack your patients this morning and take it extra easy. Again, vehicle spin out on the eastbound side of the schuylkill expressway around king of prussia traveling on the ben franklin bridge we are not seeing any major delays but on the westbound side we have a disable vehicle blocking righthand lane coming over mid span. Something to watch out for as well. We have construction on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound between bensalem and willow grove. Right and center lanes block no major problems for mass transit but people will be calling ahead at the airport. Absolutely, at least for now we have very heavy rain falling, one generally large cluster across the delaware valley. Not everyone is getting hit but i have a a lot of reports who got woken up by these then are storms and letting us necessity on twitter. Thank you for ground reports. We love to hear them from you. You can see how much lightening, but rainfall intensity coming with these storms thankfully, now are severe then are storm warning has since expired. So that is some good news. We will zero in on this we have seen not just the numerous lightening strikes in the last couple minutes but still that leading edge of wind driven heavy rain. Do you see that pocket of red moving in bucks county that is where we have got very, very strong wind gusts and in combination with intense torrential downpours. So that is our Biggest Issue right new but still youll see flashes of lightening out there heres where we stan, temperature wise, interesting wind is calm in ac but seeing north at 14 miles an hour wind speed at philly international. It tells us a story about a different scenario depending on your location right now but you anyone is fair game for showers, thunderstorms throughout the day and we will start to clear it the out completely and wipe slate clean tonight, nicole, back to you. Now let check the stories our sister station kyw news radio 1060 is following. Local parishes are planning, part that is offer the the message without the inconvenience. New guidelines for treating, cholesterol how many more lives could they save. A year before the 2016 election campaigning begins but we will talk about a race that is much closer to home. Check in two three, four times a day on kyw news radio 1060. Coming up next on Eyewitness News we are live for a search for a shooter after an elderly woman is hit by a stray bullet. Plus how did he escape . Brand new video shows the the moment when mexicans notorious drug lord breaks out of prison. And is this the future of flying, add proposal that could make passenger face each other, because sitting next to each other than the so awkward enough. That is just uncomfortable. More of this when we come back at the top of the hour, good it is a stormy start to the morning Mother Nature putting on a light show within the last hour look at that lightening. Eyewitness news captured lightening strikes all across the area and storm scan three shows more rain heading our way. Katie is tracking these storms and threat of flooding. Plus shot by a stray bullet innocent woman recovering after she shot on her front porch, we are live with the search for shooter. Confrontation mayor has everybody talking about today mayor nutter is speaking out about that intense encounter we had first on cbs3. Wow. Dont mess with mayor nutter. Good morning it is wednesday, july 15th, 2015. Im quarter von tiehl. Aim nicole brewer. Katie, we are seeing lot of storms out there. We certainly are. We are seeing it effect the road. We had vehicle spin out on the schuylkill expressway and i have a feeling with this rush hour it will continue to get worse. At least as far as what were dealing with currently in the current radar it is moving along but timing is terrible as people are just trying to hit the road and get their day started. We will show you the loop is what happening right here on storm scan three. That is coming in the form of incredibly heavy rain, frequent lightening strikes as well as gusty win. At the moment no severe then are storm warnings are issues but we did have one posted that has been since expired but looking at just some aerial flood advisory that we have posted in the green that is where we have flood advisory until 7 45 for the arrow pointing. Some lasting later depending on your location but they are in effect through new castle, delco, chester county, berks county and fla