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We will get back to you. For much more on the nationwide reaction to these deadly shootings, stay tuned for the evening news with scott pelley, right here on cbs3 after Eyewitness News. Officials are discussing how you they will handle protesters and more during Democratic National convention in philadelphia. We also have new details about security plans tonight, we are just 18 days away from the start of the dnc and Eyewitness News reporter david spunt is live with new information, david . Reporter hi jessica when it comes to safety and security the you had secret service they are running this ballgame. They have taken over for last couple weeks or so and they will see this dnc through but members of the Mayors Office and Philadelphia Police department are helping and they believe things will run smoothly. For than a event like dnc there is no city in the country i would rather be in then city of philadelphia a. Reporter cities top Decision Makers met three weeks to the dnc, over a million are expect to converge on philadelphia and officials are ready. City officials and United States secret Service Released this map to the public. It highlights a secure perimeter around the wells fargo center, site of the convention. Others streets around that area impacted as well, but the dark area at bottom of the screen is the secure zone. Map looks nothing like the one officials released for pope francis visit last september that shut down most of the city. You cannot compare obviously the papal visit to the Democratic National convention. It is much more confined area. It is minimally impact full. It will impact some people but generally impact full on businesses rather than residents and traffic. Reporter thousands of protesters indicated that they will demonstrate in nearby fdr park. Police commissioner richard ross welcomes their points of view. His goal, it is to make sure that they protest safely, legally. We will respect the constitution and everyones right to protest and i think the city and police department, as well as other entities have done a good job at demonstrating that and trying to convey that to everyone involved. Reporter secret Service Release aid long list of items thaw cannot the bring into the the secure perimeter if you happened to be near wells fargo center. We have that list posted on cbs philly to the come. Jessica and ukee. We have another picture of that map if you want to take a closer look coming out from the secret service. Reporting live, david spunt for cbs3 Eyewitness News. As dnc draws closer Eyewitness News has you covered. Head over to cbs philly. Com dnc for more on the road closures hain that security plan. Another hot sticky evening commute for septa riders on pack Regional Rail trains, delays, crowded trains have been the normal, for commuters this beek. The railcars get emergency repairs some trains have bypassed crowded platforms. They are also running slower because of the speed restrictions caused by excessive heat. Riders who want a refund for their weekly and monthly passes because of this weeks delays have until today to return their passes. Good news for those traveling around the city during the septa rail lunch and dnc. Uber and Philadelphia Parking Authority put the brakes on their heated battle and struck a deal. Not everyone is happy about it. Eyewitness News Reporter joe holden reports. Reporter in a sudden, unexpect move the Philadelphia Parking Authority announced thursday that it will temporarily stand down, in a long run and bitter feud with uber. Their ride will be legitimate. There will be no interference from the parking authority. Reporter p pa was hedging its bets that state lawmakers last week would have put this entire issue to bed, but because of some budget hang ups, it never happened. Were told lawyers agreed to a 90 day period where uber x and uber pool will be able to operate in the city, including the airport. As it should be, being here for a year. Reporter the news was welcomed by those using the Ride Sharing Services a serve that is up until now has been flying under the parking authoritys regulatory radar. Convenient, yes, much more so than normal cabs. Reporter one point of contention. I dont believe taxi drivers will be happy that they have had competition. Reporter he is right about that. This whole thing stinks. Reporter ronald blount, president of the Taxi Workers Alliance say they just delivered a damaging blow to his drivers. The parking authority, short circuit this process and just looking for the dollars. Reporter uber will monitor drivers and will be responsible for background checks. Each ride will have a milliondollar of insurance. We all hope thaw are correct in doing it. We feel we are. Sometimes there is a place for people to come together and make an exception. That was joe holden reporting for us. Another day of blistering heat across the Delaware Valley with a warning, still in place tonight, Eyewitness News on kelly drive where many are just trying to stay cool on this hot day. Meteorologist kate bilo outside on the cbs3 sky deck to tell us what to expect for the rest of the evening, kate. Jessica, still very warm, very steamy out here this evening. The clouds have rolled in a little bit this evening and that has helped temperatures to drop off their daytime highs at least slightly and once sun goes down it will improve. It is all thanks to the big heat pump High Pressure system off the east coast. Jet stream well to the north and that is allowing that hot humid air to surge in from the south. It hads been a stretch of 90s today, yesterday, tomorrow, and then gannon saturday. Temperatures right now have fallen back to the 80s in many locations. We are at 88 in allentown. Pair of eight as in wilmington. Ninetytwo in philadelphia it is humid. It feels like 95 in the city. Feels like 100 degrees at the moment in dover delaware. Our seven day spoiler which day to look forward to . That would be sunday. I will tell you why coming up. Look out for tomorrow in addition to the heat we have chance for storms. We will time them out coming up. For now back inside to you. Bill cosby faces a loss in court today. He will head to trial for aggravated indecent sexual assault. Comedian left norristown courtroom a short time ago. The his attorneys argued the case against him should be dropped because his accuser former Temple University basketball coach Andrea Constand never took the stand in a preliminary hearing back in may. Why denied cosbys efforts to compel constand to testify before trial no trial date has been set. Police are investigating the death of the woman found dead in her home yesterday after the Burlington County medical examiner, ruled her death a homicide. Officials say 45 yearold Shannon Orourke was discovered in the 100 block of new saw road. Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Burlington County prosecutors office. A teenager responsible for shooting a 14 yearold girl in East Germantown yesterday has turned himself into police. Seventeen yearold elijah faces numerous charges including aggravated assault and recklessly endangering another person. Police believe he may have been playing with a gun when it went off. Shes currently listed in stable condition at st. Christophers hospital. Still to come tonight on Eyewitness News, alcohol sales sky rocket in philadelphia how much more City Resident are drinking now and what is behind the incredible increase, don. Complete turnaround for phillies offense and ben simmons is back, for some more, we will talk Summer League sports and more coming up next. When youre the parent of a disabled child, you realize that the world can be a harsh place. But you also realize it can be a really loving, wonderful place. When i saw donald trump mock somebody who was disabled, i was appalled. You gotta see this guy. Ahh, i dont know what i said, ahh, i dont remember that reporter suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arms. It told me everything i need to know about his heart and what he believes deep down. Priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. Latest report on philadelphia tax revenues show a major increase in alcohol sales. Eyewitness News Reporter anita oh shows us what is fueling the boost and who benefits the most. Growing double digits, and, you know, it is very lately it has been very, very busy. The growth of sales has been sky rocketing. Reporter owners of philadelphia establishments like mcgill ans old ale house and beer garden says they are selling more beer and liquor then in years past. It has been a explosion of tourism in the city, we have pop up beer gardens. Reporter a 10 cents tax on each alcoholic drink sold is making it city controller alan butkovitz. According to numbers from his office, revenue from the liquor by the drink tax a long is flowing freely 22 milliondollar in the past five years. State Officials Say that is about 5 million more kind of beer that has been sold compared to 2011. That is enough liquor for an olympic sized Swimming Pool double size of this one. Tax must be paid by any establishment that sells alcohol by the drink, such as hotels, restaurants, bars and caterers. It is really hard after the tax was enacted, we didnt want to pass along increase to our customers. You know, so we just completely absorbed that tax. Reporter does it make you feel better that money goes to the School District. If it is, if it does go to the School District it does make me feel better. But does it. Reporter money raised from taxes on alcohol, cigarettes and real estate and others contributes to the philadelphia School District which collected 1. 1 billion for local tax revenues in the last fiscal year. In center city. Cheers. Anita oh for cbs3 Eyewitness News. A north jersey woman cashes in on a nearly 500,000 lottery ticket, that she almost, let expire. The woman found the ticket in april getting paper ready for her taxes. The new jersey cash five ticket had all winning numbers for the april 14th, 2015 drawing. So she filed her claim on april 1st this year, just days before it would have expired. How about that. Can you imagine, the look on her face, wait a minute i won but what is todays date. O, my, yo, yo. Yes. Indeed. Phillies on the road. Yes, yes. All right. Lets keep that streaking. Yes. See the ball, hit the ball, overly simplistic approach taken by all time hit king pete rose. The it worked for him and maybe working for the phillies. Fightins were the worst offensive team baseball. Plus over their last 15 games they are seeing the ball pretty well and scoring nearly six runs per outing. Tonight they will open up a four game series in colorado. Speaking of tonights ben simmons is back on the court for the sixers in Summer League play. They are taking on utah jazz on monday the number one pick left his league debut early, simmons said he suffered the worst cramps he has ever had. We will see how he fares tonight. That is in the a good look but did he play well after all. It is like bill gates winning 5900 milliondollar power ball, speaking of winning, the record setting Golden State Warriors introducing kevin durant today in oakland. Former mvp joining two time mvp, steph curry. It aint fair. After 13 seasons with the heat dwayne wade has taken his talents out of south beach. Wade accepting a a two year deal with the Chicago Bulls worth a reported 47 milliondollar. Hey, future of the flyers literally put on ice, team holding its developmental camp at skate zone in voorhees, new jersey, the 34 prospects were put to the test, including nine of the teams ten picks from last weeks draft. Heres the best part if you want to watch these guys play in person you can to that. It the is free. All on ice sessions are opened to the public, final day of the work out are on monday. That is fun. Also cool. I was going to say can we get tristate area in there. Yes. Good stuff. Good stuff. Perfect segway over to kate bilo indeed. Hockey would be the best spectator sport to attend right now. Got that right it is hot outside. Temperatures in the 90s still. Feels like mid 90s and only going to stick around for another couple days. Today and tomorrow the worst of it. We are halfway through the worst part at least, looking at the bright side as we always try to do and as we head in the weekend things do improve, quite a bit by sunday. Looking outside shows us that it is hazy in the poconos, that is within spot to beat the heat, some of the those lakes like jack frost big bold inner Carbon County feeling cooler with temperatures still in the 80s, still humid but nothing like heat and humidity we have been feeling here in the city. We will get a urban heat island effect because of so much blacktop and concrete in the city, as that heat up. It raises temperatures in urban areas where spots are a little more bucolic like that one and stays cooler. Storm scan six shows a six hour loop of the storms that formed off to the east of philadelphia today. They missed vast majority of the region but one or two formed over Burlington County, moved through portions of ocean county where they briefly blew up those ocean county shore towns and then moved out to sea. Now things are quiet. Cant rule out a stray sprinkle tonight but we will see better chance tomorrow afternoon and evening. Lets talk about our comfort index, dew point is 67 degrees. Dew point is measure of course of how much moisture in the air. We have used our comfort scale to tell you how it feels out there. Sixtyseven. We are in between steamy and oppressive here in philadelphia. Overnight the tonight we will see dew points back in the 70s where they will be tomorrow as well, right on that line, not the most humid air we have ever felt but certainly still above average and with temperatures well above average it is making it feel hotter, then your thermometer indicates. Right now feels like 100 solid degrees, triple digits in dover. Feels like temperature in the city 95 at the moment. Ninetyfour is what it feels like in wilmington. Lets talk about future weather and time out these showers and storms. If you have travel plans down the shore after work on friday air just thinking about how you will battle that normal friday traffic in the summertime, we will see scotterd showers and storms popping up. 2 00 p. M. Burlington county, ocean county once again. As we go in the afternoon showers and storms could pop up anywhere. Some could have locally heavy rainfall this particular model wants to put a shower over philadelphia at 7 00 oclock. Probably not in that exact location tomorrow the at 7 00 but there is a chance many spots in our area could see a heavy thunderstorm tomorrow. Saturday starts off with cloud cover, cloud keep temperatures slightly lower in the lower 90s but slight thely lower early saturday and another round have showers and storms begins to form saturday afternoon. It behind these storms we will start to feel difference, and temperatures and humidity will drop off on sunday. So heres how it will feel. Friday still feeling oppressive with dew points right around 70 degrees. Saturday dew points back to the 60s which is still steamy. Sunday we will cut that down. Monday we are looking at dew points back in the 50s. Gradual cool down and gradual drying of the eras well heading toward the weekend and next week. Overnight very warm, steamy, 76 is your overnight low. Not the best night to leave windows open while you sleep. Tomorrow another carbon copy day, hot and humid with a stray afternoon then are storm. Same story down the shore, thunderstorms in the evening down the shore but we could see them pop up in the afternoon. High of 88. Saturday 88 partly sun which a storm possible in the afternoon and evening but then sunday looks like your best beach day of the bunch, more sunshine and lower humidity, once we get through this heat wave and we will get into sunday we have a great stretch of summer weather on the way, sunday, monday into next week, so next week, week off, next week down the shore upper 80s, lots of sunshine. The not too hot but still feeling like summer. You mentioned a beach day. We want to keep rolling. It is thursday. That means Vittoria Woodill down the shore. We hear you have a special delivery. Yeah. Okay. Who is ready for a pizza party. Yes. Okay. That is right we are making special deliveries to the beach, it is all about pizza and making deliveries, and we will get the dad to carry them all. We have an update now on the breaking news out of fishtown. Police have located a six yearold boy who jumped in the Delaware River about an hour ago and disappeared. Chopper three is over the scene near Delaware Avenue and beach street. Surf crews pull the boy from the river just a few minutes ago and they then rush him to the hospital. We will bring you an update of the story as it becomes available. Officialness philadelphia and Camden County teamed up for a big announcement. They will be receiving 1. 8 milliondollar in Transportation Planning and Community Revitalization grants, for the funded project including a redesign concept plan for walt are ran Transportation Center in camden, and in philadelphia, grants will fund wissohickon gateway study to examine improvements to accommodate new development. We will be right can show you Coverage Options to fit your budget. Oh ohhh she slimed me. [ laughs ] sometimes ordering your food to be delivered, is the way to go. Getting it delivered straight to the beach well, that is the best, Vittoria Wood nil Sea Isle City where she has found a place that does just that and there is even less there, torey. No, there isnt, jessica, open up the box, please. You throw a pizza party and you get squat. Lets just say oogi espies a is a hot commodity. We talk about how pizza was made, some of the best pizza ever. We love it here in sea isle but making deliveries on the beach, not having to leave the beach is the way to go, am i right. I was told there was pizza here. Sorry, looking for next party on 68th. Watch this. Were on the move, whether by land or by sea. All right. So, do they give you prescriptions or what. Well, usually but sometimes they are faulty i call them when i get on the beach. When i identify them i just say, i start running. Like right now. Yes. Like right now. Coming in hot, coming in hot, we have pizza coming in hot. Who is hungry. All right. You are. Did you order these pizzas, did you mack a even if call from the ocean for a pizza. Yes, we got you. Real quick. Youre well come. Thumbs up. Delivering pizza to the beach is good for you and me. Dont tell my boss. Pizza delivery girl that is me, difficult a good job. What do you think. Yeah. I did okay. You dont have any pizza dont worry, uncle oogies will hook us up with cheese stake stromboli. That why is we always have you covered, sending it back to you guys, do you have forks. Hey there, hands in, everybody. Forks . My forks are right here. Vittoria, enjoy, thank you. Thanks for watching Eyewitness News at 6 00 we are back at ten on the sister station cw philly and back here on cbs3 at 11 00. Up next is cbs evening news. In for scott pelley is maurice duboise. We will see you later tonight. Dubois its happened again. For the second time in two days, a black man is shot dead by the police, and again there is video evidence. You shot four bullets into him, sir. Dubois angry reaction. We cannot allow black men to continue to be slaughtered. Dubois also tonight, an officer is among many taking their feelings to social media. Im saying to myself, im not that type of police officer. I know officers that are like me that would give their life for other people. Dubois the f. B. I. Director denies Hillary Clinton got favored treatment. There are all kinds of folks watching this at home being told, well, lots of other cases were prosecuted and she wasnt. I want them to know, thats not true. Dubois and allegations

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