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Transcripts For KYW Eyewitness News At 8 20240622

Excitement is building as first preseason game gets underway. Also, a hot air balloon, ride turns frightening with the balloon crashes in a Lancaster County field. Three people are injured. We will have details. New this morning, remembering julian bond long time leader of the civil rights movement, and, good morning to you, it is sunday august 16th, thanks so much for joining us. Im nicole brewer. And, lets head today lah for the temperatures, keep on rising. And, social media, there is a discussion about what do you see. Ill take the the heat. Ten times out of ten. Me too. Well, it is good because we will get heat today, everybody. We are talking 90s again today. It will be a hot one. Humidity there too. Lets look at where it is awfully pleasant. Neighborhood network camera, boardwalk at rehoboth beach. We see people walking. The beautiful. Wind negligible there 2 miles an hour. 73 degrees. The as we look at the radar, we will confirm that blue skies out there it will be a stunning day to be at the shore, no doubt bit. We will are going to see those 90s yet again. We will top out in the 80s, and then 90s as we get later in the afternoon. Humidity will be kicking too. It is in the just today, right. Today heat continues, highs in the lower 90s. Humid and steamy. We will have a run of heat continuing. Nicole, i will be back with the seven day forecast to talk about how long the the heat will be with us. Kyla, thank you. You bet. Switching gears now and new this morning Philadelphia Police are investigating a deadly shooting in west kensington. The it happen just before 1 00 h and cumberland. Victim is described as a black man in his 40s. A passerby took that victim to temple hospital where he later died. They say people inside that bar heard gunshots but not many saw the shooting. It was. Unaudible. Unfortunate not a lot of leads in reference to this shooting. Police are reviewing surveillance cameras that may have captured that shooting, the suspect is still on the loose. Also this morning civil rights activist and former head of the naacp julian bond has died. The Southern Poverty Law Center released a statement overnight saying bond died saturday night in fort lawson beach florida avenue a brief illness. They didnt specify what that illness was. The native was considered an icon of the civil rights movement. He served as Board Chairman of the naacp for ten years. One was 75 years old. Now to campaign 2016, donald trump has a commanding lead in the race for president. Billion air and his rivals are in iowa for one of the most important events of the campaign so far. Cbs news correspondent wendy gilette has the the latest. Reporter donald trum april arrived in style at iowa state fair and took questions. He criticized his fellow republican candidates jeb bush for a comment he made about isis and what the u. S. Need to do in iraq to control the terror group. Jeb bush is a puppet to his donors. He has got lobbyist. He said we have to prove we have skin in the game. I think it may be within of the dumbest statement i have ever heard. Reporter trump promised to unveil his first policy proposal of his campaign. They would outline his plans for immigration on sunday. He also answered a question about the email controversy enveloping the leading democratic president ial candidate, hillary clinton. She has got a lot of problems with the email situation. That is a big problem. You look at general petraeus, he had just a tiny fraction on of what she has got going and they destroyed his life virtually. Reporter clinton also addressed the issue of her using a private server while being secretary of state during her stop at the fair saturday morning. I never sent classified material on my email and i never received, any that was marked classified. Reporter clinton recently turned over the the server to the fbi but date the a and her emails have been wiped clean. Wendy gilette for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Donald trump will to have take a break from the campaign trail to fulfill another civic duty. The republican president ial front runner had has been called for jury duty. His team says he will report to the manhattan courtroom but if he fails to appear he will face a 250 fine. Something tells me he has got money. Hillary clinton was on the campaign trail in iowa on saturday her husband kept busy on the massachusetts golf course. Former president bill clinton joined president obama on saturday afternoon in marthas vineyard. The president is currently on a two week vacation. I wonder who won. Big kay for Philadelphia Eagles fans, the birds are back, can you believe it. Eagles will take the field at the link for the very first preseason game later today, it is against the indianapolis colts. Cherry greg from our sister station kyw news radio 1060 is live this morning in south philadelphia, cherry. Reporter good morning, nicole. Yeah, it is still pretty quiet here outside of the link and i have seen a lot of workers go in and prepare the parking lot for tailgaters that are expected later this morning. Let me tell you, on the mind of fans, bacon, eggs, and eagles, of course. The center has been a buzz and as folks count down for the start of the preseason. The the eagles off season was filled with major changes in the roster and pressure is on for coach chip kill toy prove his strategy will work but today may in the be the day to put it to the test. Since the presumed starting quarterback sam bradford wont see the field. I really want him to play. I dont think he is happy about my decision. Hes been out here for two weeks doing a nice job have the he will get his first work against ravens. Bradford suffered a torn ligament in his knee but praised for a speedy recovery and has not missed any practice. I will be ready to rel next week. Reporter tim tebow, vying for Third Straight quarterback spot is expected to get sometime. He says he has improved and is ready. Im looking forward to it. It is always nice to play against someone else and, that would be exciting and fun. Reporter quarterback mark sanchez and matt barclay your also expect to play today so todays focus, the depth of the kellys roster. Lots of optimism, of course, on twitter, folks are saying they just cant wait until this preseason game begins later today against the colts. Let me tell you, i mean this season is one that is highly anticipated as i mentioned with all of the changes but there is optimism as folks called for a super bowl win. I mentioned this morning that thousands of eagles fans have petitioned the holy father hoping that he will even pray over Sam Bradfords knee. Nicole . Yes, we have heard it all, cherry, thank you for that. I guess whatever helps. 8 08. In other news 3 people are recovering after a hot air balloon crash in earl township. It happened just before 8 00. Police say the pilot was attempting to land from the time the balloon got tangled in wires. In word on how badly the pilot and passengers were injured. The faa is investigating the cause. 8 08. He is a man the on the mission. Meet tom anderson a man cycling the globe, yes, 25,000. He has already traveled the length of the equator which business 25,000 miles and i caught up with him as he rode through philadelphia. We will have his story, plus this. Cobbs creek is one of the most historic golf courses around but it has since fallen on hard times but two men with american 14 milliondollar at their disposal want to change all that. Im Todd Quinones with that story ju since 1961, Pearle Vision has proviwith expert eye care. That was dr. Stanley pearles vision and we still proudly carry on his legacy. Today, doctors like Lisa Hamilton perform eye exams that can help detect diabetes. Because we care for you. And your eyes. This is genuine eye care, in your neighborhood. This is Pearle Vision. Many dream of seeing the world, right . Would you be willing to do it on two wheels . That is exactly how a danish engineer spent the last five years combining his passion for psyched welling his desire to travel. I caught up with him as he rolled through philadelphia. Cycling the lah goon and guatemala to pedaling his way through the pyramid, tom anderson has spent the past five years traveling the world on two wheels, through 37 Different Countries he says it is the people, not the place that define his journey. I have basically learned that people are very friendly, open and they just want to help you. Reporter same for city of brotherly love where tom stayed with friend of friend of friends while in town for two days. I caught up with him on kelly drive where he clocked his 25,000mile. My first question, are you crazy. I believe i am but this is good to be crazy. I dont mind to betive rent. Reporter these days life looks different with the danish engineer. He saved up enough money for first year and worked to cattle ranch to get by longer. He does freelance work when he needs to. I used to sit ten hours in front of the my computer and doing this programming thing. The it was g i was able to save up money for my traveling, but it is not my passion. Reporter what does one pass for a cycling trip for a cycling trip around the globe. For tom, things like food, clothing, a tent, sleeping bag and a stove and a camera to capture it all. Very nice. Reporter having snapped over 40,000 pictures tom documents his daily trek on cycling the globe. Com. From spending his 28th birthday on tomorrow of the erupting volcano in indonesia to getting chase by stray dogs in turkey, ill let him explain. They come in packs of ten, like a wolf pack, and they chase you you. For some reason they like guys on by cycles. Reporter having traveled the length of the equator tom admit he has taken a few bikes since he cannot cycle the sea but he averages about 60 miles a day. He is not in the hurry to finish but was eager to start. I didnt want it to be 80 years hold old ape say i never got the to to it. Im happy to be doing it. Im having a great time. Im meeting so many nice people that makes it all worth it. Yeah, tom has been to so many places that we just dream b incredible pictures. Heres a few of his favorites. The this is Mary Cemetery in romania, famous for its colorful tomb stones, paintings, describing people that are buried there it shows scenes from their lives. That is interesting. He calls this thai beauty, a beach in tie land, which he says is packed with natural beauty, a Perfect Place to rest his legs which im sure are tired. Heres another picture from thailand that shows a festival where tom says it is largest water fight in the world. Apparently a three day festival and you will get wet. Last one, this one is really cute, this was taken in australia, where tom met with boy, and he said while the adults are somewhat shy the kid actually love the camera. Isnt that cool good just the fact this man has gone 25,000 miles around the world. a bicycle. What he has seen and able to document it so people can keep up with his journey. Im passionate about travel too. I love to see what other people get up to, it is neat. It stretches you. New perspective. I agree. Everybody should have travel and more respect for our own country. That is my opinion on this sunday morning. I can give you fact to, not opinions. It is hot today. Here we go again. The lets take a live look outside of philadelphia it is beautiful. The trade off is you get sunshine. We have High Pressure in control, and it means beautiful clear skies. We are seeing that looking at center city. This shot is right off of the roof of the cbs3 building. It is a gorgeous one out there. It is hot. We are heating up. It is in the so hot yet. Quite pleasant. Seventyfour in philadelphia 71 in allentown. Sixtynine in mount pocono. Seventythree in at Atlantic City. As we zoom out here we will see we are not only ones that are warm. Take a look at new york city. 78 degrees. Getting in the 60s as we travel to points west but we are heating up, everybody. Storm scan three is showing the story here and you can see just clear skies, all the way, through philadelphia, right on down to the shore. That the means if you are heading down to the shore, you can be quite nice. How will it feel . Welshing in the city, in particular, not pleasant or awesome, folks, we are in the steamy and humid not just today but through the next four days. Monies where we will peak with this heat, and this humidity. So were in the out of the wood in the the enclose. We will see hour by hour here as we roll in the 80s as we get in the 11 00 a. M. Time frame. We will ramp up as we did yesterday with that later afternoon starts to get very toasty. That lots of sunshine. 92 degrees staring us in the face. If you are looking for a break from the heat the shore might be a good place to go. 84 degrees. Sunny and warm. You can sea water temperature about 71 degrees. In fact, it is warmer in other spots, i had to look at cape may, new jersey here because their average temperature about 74 degrees but look at where they are right now. Seventyeight. It is like bath water. That is my kind of ocean temperature right there. So we are going to see a cold front try to track through here but today, monday we have High Pressure in control. We have 90s. By the time we get to tuesday a cold front will try to move in and help us out and clear some of this heat. It is not Strong Enough to do it. As you can see on wednesdays too but it will provide a few showers, in the afternoon and the pop up variety, as we get in the early part of the week. So sunshine today. We will look at future weather. We will get into monday, nice clear skies, but this is monday, as we get more into the evening time period there and it starts to show some moisture rolling in. Those pop up, popping up, on tuesday, afternoon, getting a little will close to us here. That is when we will start to sees moisture make its way n again we will get into wednesday and start the the day with a few clouds there. But after tuesday afternoon it is kind of tuesday, wednesday, thursday, even friday afternoon thing with the showers. Today another one, 92 degrees, as we get into tonight, it is a warm day when overnight low is in the 70s. It has been a while since we have seen. That so clear tonight, balmy, it should be lovely out there, wind nice and calm out of the southwest at five to 10 miles an hour, but heat is on and it is not just today as we mentioned, machine will start the workweek just a scorcher there high of 49 degrees. The tuesday will be in the 90s yet again with pop up thunderstorms and then wednesday we will see some sun in there to start but 90s persist until we get to friday, in real huge fantastic breaks coming u we will need a big old couldnt front. We dont have that yet, nicole. Cool down, not so good. Kyla, thank you. 8 18. Lets check on the road with ann, good morning. Busy out there. This is i95 north bound between girard avenue and allegheny avenue. Road construction, two lanes are closed, only left lanes squeezing by. Area has been jammed all morning and that will continue as more humid day goes on unfortunately. We will move traffic cam to the schuylkill at city avenue, volume building here but schuylkill at city avenue is moving. Traffic coming towards you is moving toward center city no delays or problems on this portion of the schuylkill and also looks all right through philadelphia and suburbs. We will move traffic cam, one more time to the ben franklin bridge, mid span, just nice take to head to the shore. You just heard forecast to cool off. If you are doing that so far so good on the ben franklin and walt whitman no delays further up, on the 42 freeway, 55, ac express wait looks good and so is garden state parkway. Have a safe drive to the shore if you are taking mass trans it this morning, honor close to schedule. That is latest from the cbs3 Traffic Center, im ann evans, now nicole back to you. Fourth and final major pro golf event of the 2015 wraps up to day. Golfers hit the links whistling straits. Last year rory mcilroy hoisted the trove bye might not know that award has local ties, it is named after John Wanamakers son rodman who founded the professional golfers association. Eyewitness News Reporter Todd Quinones shows us another example of phillys far reaching rootness golfing history and new effort to restore one local course to its former glory. That is right. Reporter even a hacker like me can feel history of cobbs creek, golf course will turn 100 years old. There are ghosts out here. You just feel will that this was part of something more grand then it is right now. Reporter mike server a it guy and joseph, a villanova professor are not afraid of people laughing in their face. People say you are nuts. You know, there is no way you can turn cobbs creek around. Very much so. We heard that repeatedly. We heard previous efforts. You will never do it. Cant get anything done with the city. Reporter we saw this as an opportunity to really man make municipal golf better in philadelphia. Reporter two men are on a eight year quest to restore cobbs creek golf course in west philadelphia. Nerd to restore this golf course it will take more than 14 milliondollar, and so far, most of that money has been raised and it is all private money that will be going to a public golf course. As for why they are doing it, it is i a passion project to show off history here. They have no barriers based on race, gender, or any other religious affiliation. Reporter late hall of famer johnny seifert, considered Jackie Robinson as golf referred to golf creek as his home course. They are both part of the design team. We saw it with beth page black in long island, torey pines in southern california. You think this has that potential. In question about it. Gill is the architect of. Reporter report malvern based architect designing 2016 olympics course in rio di janeiro, but chief obstacles major flooding mitigation is needed for cobbs creek. It still may be years before any ground is broken on the plan but these two men prom toys keep playing and hoping go to revive those ghosts on these ground n cobbs creek, Todd Quinones, cbs3 Eyewitness News. I have to say todd has a nice swing. You can see final round of the pga championship right here on cbs 36789 tune in at 2 00 from whistling straits wisconsin. It will be happening on cbs. We will be right there was a time whe

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