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Today is wednesday june 8th good morning im jim donovan. Im brooke thomas, we are Getting Started with weather and traffic with katie and meisha. Good morning. Good morning, happy hump day. Looking good. Still very quiet. Other than construction we are looking nice. Definitely starting off on a quiet note. There will be a few showers that role through midday but little disturbance but generally speaking not causing too many headaches. We are looking at storm scan three here locally no problems at the moment but we will zoom it out and there it is off to the west a little bit of shower activity primarily now moving in the alleghenies, lower highland area but that is scheduled to make its arrival here as early as 9 00 other clock across western suburbs and it does move through midday. That is only issue we will face here today, upper level le disturbance pushing through where that is getting triggered. In the meantime it is a heck of a lot cooler then this time yesterday. We are currently in the upper 50s and 40s even up in the northwestern counties a and mountains. Pair of fives currently reported in millville. Sixtythree at philly international. Still comfortable. With that said dew points have to continued to drop off. It is feeling a lot less humid. Sixtyone the current temperature in palmyra were in the upper 50s in quakertown, pottstown and day progresses, watching for a shower here and there and it will move through generally midday for most of you, a little earlier for western suburbs and later closer to the coast obviously but wind picks up for everyone as this little disturbance pushes through and more than anything would i say main head line it is a heck of a lot cooler by comparison today. I could feel it right away when i walked through the door relevant i. Thanks for the head up. Seventys will feel okay but certainly can feel a difference out there looking at the roads vine was closed for overnight construction between schuylkill and broad. We are used to. That lifts around 5 00 oclock. West and eastbound still closed. We have construction on i95, i95 south atwood haven road that right lane is block not causing any slow downs, right now. Not enough vehicle tolls do so. Giving you a heads up 95 south and northbound headlights moving in the northbound direction. Off ramp to street road is closed abe 95 northbound and southbound at street road that right lane is also compromised. Make note, for those in and around that area construction here route 202 both directions between 401 and route 30 that left lane is blocked in each direction, jim, over to you. New this morning a mcdonalds parking lot the in Montgomery County is now a crime scene, after a person is shot, and killed. Police say victim was pronounced dead at the scene and it happened outside the mcdonalds on west main street in norristown around 11 30. No word on a suspect or motive at this time. Hillary clinton is celebrating a historic milestone as first woman to lead a major American Party ticket. New jersey primary gave her more than number delegates to lock up the democratic president ial nomination. Donald trump is last republican standing but john kasich and ted cruz who dropped out a few weeks ago were still on the bat ol. President obama called Hillary Clinton to congratulate her or clinching the nomination in addition to new jersey she won in new mexico and south dakota still no word yet on california. Cbs nooses mates she has 2648 delegates more than enough for the nomination, once the democrats meet in philadelphia next month. Clinton noted that is this not just her victory. Tonights victory is not about one person, it belongs to generations of women and men who have struggled and sacrificed and made this moment possible. Bernie sanders won in montana and north dakota he put his time in california, sanders told supporters the struggle continues and vows to fight all the way to philadelphia. And then we take our fight for social, economic, racial and Environmental Justice to fill, pennsylvania. President obama also called sanders last night, the two will meet at the white house tomorrow at sanders request. For donald trump it was a clean sweep of five states, cbs nooses mates trump has 1535 delegates, and he became Presumptive Republican president ial nominee weeks ago. In going after the clintons, trump read off a teleprompter in a prepared speech something that the billion air businessman rarely does. We cannot solve our problems by counting on the politicians who created our problems. The clintons have turned the politics of personal enrichment into an art form for themselves. Meantime trump is trying to explain his comments that the federal judge could not preside fairly over a case over Trump University because of his mexican heritage. Trump says his comment was misconstrued. We have the outcome of the rest of the races in the new jersey primary on line at cbs philly. Com. It is just 47 days and counting until the Democratic National Convention Starts here in philadelphia. Go to cbs philly. Com dnc for a look at the preparations. In other news we could learn today if philadelphia mayor jim kenneys controversial soda tax will be a reality. City council is set to vote this morning. If you are in the area expect a big protest outside city hall today, employees from the soft drink industry and owners of the independent Grocery Stores will rally at 10 00 a. M. 3 cents per ounce soda tax would bring in an estimated 95 milliondollar annually. The mayor says that the money would fund universal prek as well as improvements to city facility. Also happening, driver accused in the deadly hit and run in northeast philadelphia is due in court for a preliminary hearing. Thirtyfive yearold john cook, crashed into a bus stop at cottman and bustleton avenue last month killing a lay hoe mow lean a cook surrendered to Police Almost eight hours after the he faces Involuntary Manslaughter a and other charges. Pennsylvania state police are looking for the driver who fired a shot, during a rush hour road rage incident on i95. They released this sketch of the suspect described as a black male 30 to 40 years old with the goat tea, at 6 30 Tuesday Morning state police say he started aggressively tailgating another driver just before the girard point bridge. He pulled up on the right side of the victims car and fired off a gun. One round struck the rear passenger side area have the victims vehicle and actually punctured the tire and victim could have crash and seriously injured himself. Victim was able to safely pull off the road and call 911. Suspects carries an early 2,000 chevy impala or malibu with weathered black paint. State Police Hope Surveillance Video will led them to the suspect police are searching for a prisoner got away from Episcopal Hospital on lehigh after new last night. Hasan miguel ran away from the facility at 9 30. He is 5foot eight, 175pound with a tear drop tattoo on his face. He is wearing a gps ankle monitor. Police believe he is still in the area. Mother of sixers assistant coach jones brooke said their family is over served. He served asiana cysttent to brett brawn have after a 12 year nba career. He suffered a heart attack in a Philadelphia Restaurant yesterday. So far no Funeral Plans have been announced. He was 46 years old. Meanwhile there will be two opportunities for fans to pay their respects to the late boxing legend muhammad ali. Officialness louisville, kentucky have distributed 4,000 free tickets for tomorrows Islamic Prayer Service honoring ali. Free ticket will be handed out for this morning for the friday funeral in downtown louisville. Ali died friday in arizona after a 30 year battle with parkinsons disease. He was 74 years old. Well, still ahead a truck plows in the group of bicyclist why police were searching for the driver before the crash. Also a head a wild ending to a police chase in kansas, see more of this dramatic video. A leopard gets loose in the the utah zoo we will tell what you visitors did to protect themselves and what the cat was doing when it was found, we will be right parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what . You could apply for a Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan whenever you want. No enrollment window. No waiting to apply. 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This is a sad story in my, a driver plowed in the bicyclist killing five of them. Authorities say they have been searching for 50 year old driver after getting many concerned calls. Just minutes before he crashed near a park in the western part of the state. Eyewitnesses say they rushed out of their homes after hearing a loud bang. I seen a dodge ram slide past me coming toward my house. I seen a blue truck spin around and land in the yard. He hit a tree, like it didnt sound like he collided, with people, bikes. Four other cyclist were seriously hurt. Names of the victims have not been released but we know they are all adults and the driver has been arrested. Guests at a utah zoo are forced to take shelter after a leopard escape. Four yearold 60pound Republican Air name isaiah didnt move far from her exhibit. She was sleeping just 2 feet away. Still guests were taken inside buildings as a precaution. She was tranquilized and is expect to be fine, it is unclear how she was able to get out of her enclosure. Time is 4 42. Kate has another check of your forecast, katie. Guys, it is not terribly breezy but that will change in time. Wind will kick up for us. We are tracking a upper level disturbance which we will get to in a second. Beautiful beginning to the day here. Very quiet, peaceful here in ocean city on the boardwalk with ferris wheel in the distance and, obviously light of the day beginning to pop over that horizon and specifically at 5 32 we will see sun coming up in philadelphia a minor two earlier then that at the shore towns. Heres storm scan three. You can see a hint of wet weather firing up here through central, western pennsylvania. Thinks part of the upper level disturbance. That front that came through is gone, upper level disturb a answer that will trigger showers in our area and generally speaking basically talking about midday for these to roll role through l me walk you through future weather, all fine and dandy through the entire morning rush hour. Take a look by the time we hit 9 00 a. M. Give or take far northwestern suburbs are hit with showers, there could be brief, locally heavy downpours with this. By lunchtime it is rolling its way through i95 in philadelphia there could be heavy rain, future weather is accurate here but that said, by two or 3 00 p. M. It is winding down pushing its way across shore points and out to sea. Midday again expect a couple showers by tomorrow, we are looking to see up here, expecting sun to shine and nice day. In the meantime expect partly sunny skies, showers through midday, depending where you are, it will come earlier or later and tonight feel free to forgo that air conditioning, feeling comfortable, mid to upper 70s, lower 80s this weekend with yet another cold front scheduled across the region, meisha. I turned mine off this morning, thank you for that. Happy wednesday. Take a look, we have construction. Ninetyfive south and west wound, this is street road in the right lane. It is block, the off ram tops street road are also still closed so that morning construction. Ill let you know when that lifts. Similar construction 95 south atwood haven road, you can see it block off. Those cones and markers, we have have early risers but things are still looking darn good there. Vine, westbound side is just opening and closed overnight for overnight construction between schuylkill and broad. Westbound, now opened, eastbound you are still closed. More construction here you can see crews, route 202 both directions between route 401 and route 30 that left lane is blocked in each direction. And then also, some more construction here on the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound between willow grove and bensalem, two right lanes are block right now this isnt going to cause too many slow downs but it certainly will moving into the 5 00 oclock hour. Jim, over to you. Well, campaign 2016 tops this mornings headlines on cbs3, democrat Hillary Clinton won the new jersey primary yesterday, and primaries in new mexico and south dakota president obama has called to congratulate his former secretary of state, on clinching the democratic nomination for president. Donald trump won all of the republican primaries yesterday and he is clintons presumptive g. O. P. Rival in the november election. Police are searching for a suspect and motive in the deadly shooting in norristown. Victim was shot and killed around 11 30 last night in the parking lot on the west main street. Police have not identified the victim. Pennsylvania state police are involve in the search for a driver resembling this sketch, police say he took a shot at another driver during rush hour yesterday, it happened inner girard point bridge at six credit 30 in the morning. The other driver was not injured. Well, still ahead tsa is updating us on those long lines at Airport Security. Also ahead we will have the reason a pilot was forced to land his plane on a glazer. Plus the message he and his passengers wrote on the plane, if you are heading outside stay updated with the forecast abe our sister station kyw news radio 1060. Also Philadelphia Public School Principals Union and blue color Workers Union vote on tentative contract agreements. If you have asthma chances are you have another problem you may not the know about. And a major Golf Tournament comes to town. Check in two, three, four times a day on kyw news radio 1060 on your am dial. Time is 4 49. Time for a check on business news. Money watchs jill wagner joins us live from the New York Stock Exchange where dow jones continues to climb back toward the 18,000 mark, but jill, there is dire news about the Global Economy i hear. Reporter that is right, warning from the world bank, Global Economy could be on the verge of a slow down, world bank cut gross projections for this year and next says Falling Oil Prices are hurting russia, nigeria, here in the united states, the elections are increasing uncertainty. Brooke and jim. So jill, folks are traveling in summer we have good news about Airport Security lines finally. Yes, finally tsa says it added staff and significantly reduced wait times at u. S. Airports from earlier this spring. 99 percent have of u. S. Airport passengers were able to get through security lines in half an hour over the memorial day weekend. Airfare watch dog polls 2100 travelers about what should be do than about shrinking airline seats. 55 percent said government should regulate, 38 percent said airlines should be required to disclose seat size more prominently, 6 percent say they have not noticed that the seats are getting smaller and 4 percent say nothing should be done. How can you not notice when your knee is hitting the seat in front have of you. Im 5foot two and he noticed. Thanks, jill. Well, dinner on blank is set to return on august 18th. We dont know where it will pop up we know it will be bigger and better than ever. Preview party was held at Reading Terminal last night. Two caterers joined the line up. The event will host 5,000 guests all deck out in their fine whites this year table theme is celebrating philadelphia a city of firsts. I was there to check out and sample dining options, it was a lot of fun. You know, plenty of delicious samples. You love the food. Let you get the to the top of the line. Looking forward to that. Yes. Coming up, we will get another check of weather and traffic. Katie will show us when we grand canyon and glacierger than National Parks combined. And thats not the only thing you can only find in new york state. You can find it all only in new york. New york. Its all here. Its only here. Plan your Summer Vacation at iloveny. Com good morning everyone we have a upper level disturbance through the region today. So we will throw potential for wet weather back in the forecast. I would say general hi speaking it the should be one quick round of showers and a thunder storm and then were done. Take a look at storm scan three off to the west and distance here some showers and pockets of steady rain currently pushing into western and central pennsylvania. That will likely make its a arrival here in the far western suburbs as early as, about the time we are w