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that sunnies scheduled to come up in 20 minutes, 25 minutes or so. we will take a look at the temperature change. we have dropped from three to upward of 8 degrees since this same time yesterday. so it is not terribly colder then it was yesterday but yesterday was also kind of will cool. this is kind of morning you want to think about for grabbing an extra layer on the way out the door and tad breezy at the moment. lets look the at those values in fact, out of the west, that wind is, picking up at eight or nine or 10 miles an hour in most spots. we are at 52 in atlantic icy. fifty-four in philadelphia airport and 41 chilly degrees, flirt with the 30's in mount pocono. looking forward in the day planner, it is definitely nice and bright. sunglasses require. it will be on the cool side. if you are not heading out until 9:00 a.m. it is mild enough you don't require extra layer but up until that point we are still on the cool side. mid 70's speculate tore day, still breezy, granted but this is looking like a nice day, meisha. >> yes, it sure is, 70's cannot complain, sunshine can't complain there also. construction, between route 30 and 401 that right lane is still compromised for those driving around we are dealing with construction and debris in the roadway. good news, schuylkill eastbound at spring garden looking gorgeous moving in the eastbound direction you can see beautiful water moving in center city. looking good here. we will have sunshine. pack those sunglasses. and, this is looking good in this area moving westbound in center city. a lot of beautiful lights a lot of relevant i risers out there already as well. so we do have some construction, pennsylvania turnpike westbound between delaware valley and bensalem that right lane is block because of that construction. also more construction for you in new jersey, route 130, southbound, this is near market street, utility work is in the right lane so you have to dodge a dart there. just know this is going on here. i'll let you know when that clears. more construction 295 southbound off ramp to route 42, that is closed, they are saying that will be closed right around 5:00 a.m. so should be lifting soon. i'll let you know when it does, brooke, over to you. sadly philadelphia is waking up to another fire death in the city. >> overnight flames ripped through a row home on the 1700 block of south take already street in the cities point breeze section. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live with the latest on the investigation, good morning, justin? >> reporter: jim and brooke, good morning. fire investigation active in the 1700 block of south taylor as fire fighters here search for a cause of this now fatal fire. reports of the fire came in on the 1700 block of south taylor at 2:00 this morning. commissioner adam thiel says crew is a arrived here within minutes and they found 1746 south taylor showing fire the on the first and second levels. neighbors living in homes on either side of that fire home were also forced out as well, as that fire was put down and as investigation continues. meantime, fire fighters had word rather of an elderly man trapped inside the burning home. fire fighters for the back those flames looking for the victim and then, he was found. >> elderly man was found in the first floor of the home, again, cause and fire location exactly are still under investigation. >> back live now, perhaps you can see all of the debris that came from that home at 1746 south taylor here. neighbors living on either side of that home again are displaced until further notice at this time, in reports of any injuries to fire fighters that we know of, again one man dead and elderly man he has in the yet been identified and investigation will continue here. we are told throughout the day fire marshall is here on the scene. we are live from point breeze i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". new this morning philadelphia police officers are victims of the hit and run. you can see their car badly damage this started with a traffic stop at 21st and carpenter around 12:45 this morning. the driver of a 2009 nissan altima then threw tonight reverse, slamming it the in the front of the car before speeding off. no officers were hurt but it shouldn't be hard to track down that driver because police have his license plate number. philadelphia's on the verge of the becoming the first major city in the united states to place a tax on sugary drinks. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live at city hall with more on the tax bill that cleared a major hurdle and what comes next, good morning, jan. >> reporter: jim, good morning. city council was able to come to a compromise last night, to do that, lawmakers decided to change mayor jim kenney's proposal in two ways. they decided to lower tax increase and they decided to include diet drinks. by doing so, city council president darryl clark says this broadens the tax responsibility. following weeks of contentious, public hearings, inside city hall, and testy protest outside city hall, philadelphia city council has given preliminary travel to the beverage tax increase, instead of the 3 cents tax proposed by mayor jim kenney that did not include diet sewed, council agreed upon a one and a half percent tax on all sugary drinks. >> with the addition of diet at the request of the members of the council it is a broader based responsibility for funding these initiatives. >> reporter: ninety-one million-dollar in estimated revenue slate todd fund prefer prek and parks and recreation programs through the city. >> is there so much unmet need in philadelphia and we know high quality prek can put our kids on a road to success in school which we desperately need here in philadelphia. >> reporter: many are skeptical especially after the kenney administration admitted that some revenue will be diverted to the cities general fun. >> hours before a vote that we find out this money isn't being ear mark largely for our children and education programs, i mean it doesn't seem like an honest debate was hat. >> you cannot tax one industry out of existence. when price of soda goes up, sales goes down and when sales go down we lose jobs. we lose positions out of this. >> reporter: the beverage industry all the way up until last night's vote, business owners equally worried the tax will drive customers out of town a sentiment echoed by some consumers. >> i will leave philly to go get something more cheaper if it cost me cheaper and save me money. >> reporter: this is a tax on the drink manufacturers, not the individual products within the stores and at this point it is unclear if that cost will trickle down to consumers but it is a legitimate concern. final vote on this increased taxis scheduled for june 6th, event. reporting live from center city, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". jim and brooke back to you. thanks for that update. stay with "eyewitness news" and cbs philly.com for fink coverage as we wait for final vote on the sugary drink tax next week. some people are still without power this morning after fast moving storms left behind a lot of damage in parts of our area chopper three was in cinnaminson, burlington county where a large tree nearly slice aid home in half. this is on the 1300 block of gulf road, thankfully, in one was hurt. scary moments for a driver in camden, a large tree came crashing down on her car, look at this, she was still inside. it took rescue crews about 15 minutes to get would the man out she was shaken up but says she's just grateful she was not hurt. while bernie sanders meets with president obama today at the white house presumptive g.o.p. nominee donald trump gets together with the wealthiest donors. hena daniels has the latest on is what happening today in campaign 2016. >> today bernie sanders heads to washington to meet with president obama at the white house. the party is hoping to unify against donald trump. democrats acknowledged that they need the millions of sanders support tours win the general election, after polls have shown sanders would fair better against trump in november. >> it is certainly a persuasive argument, nobody wants to see donald trump in the white house. >> reporter: during a taping of the tonight show with jimmy fallon, they say sanders has invigorated the party. >> i thought bernie sanders brought enormous energy and new ideas, he push the party, and challenged them. i thought it made hillary a better candidate. >> reporter: presumptive democratic nominee hillary clinton is focusing her attacks on trump calling him a demogog after his attack on judges, media, opponents and their families n a interview with cbs scott pelley clinton says her opponent is unprepared for the white house. >> i do not believe that his views or his rhetoric will find that favorable an audience in the generally electric trait. what he has already said, both word indeed disqualifications him from being president. >> reporter: today trump witt meet with donors in new york. he is promising to make a speech on the clintons next week. hena daniels for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". we are now just 46 days from the start of the democratic national convention here in philadelphia. for more on the preparation leading up to the convention, visit cbs philly.com/dnc. it is a big day here at cbs-3. it is our tenth annual alex scott: a stand for hope tell-a-thon. we are raising money for fight against childhood cancer. phone lines will open up in less than a hour at 6:00. stay with us to find out how to make a difference. trust me you will want to be involved. >> great day here. remembering the champ, the special services being held to honor muhammad ali ahead of his funeral. plus terror in tel aviv, find out what a pair of gunman did before opening fire in the crowded market. get ready to pay more for your water, whose bills are going up and how much more they will cost. >> ♪ >> pretty view, what a beautiful sunrise, katie says we will see plenty of sunshine today, she will show you how long the perfect june weather will stick around when we come back. muhammad ali for me mow. welcome back. the israelis beefing up patrols and canceling appointments after deadly attack at a tel aviv market. here's the frightening security video that shows palestinian gunman posing as customers in suits. they opened up fire killing four people, and wounding at least five more. marketplaces across the street from israel, military headquarters, one of the gunman was injured by police, both men were arrested. thousands of people of all faiths are expect to attend the first memorial honoring muhammad ali today. islamic prayer service is being held in freedom hall in louisville, kentucky. boston ledge event started crafting details years ago. public celebration of his life is scheduled for tomorrow. the three time world heavyweight champ was just 74 years old when he died last friday. after a stormy afternoon, things are looking much more quite to it day. >> katie, how does the rest of the day look for the day. >> really nice. we can expect a breeze, certainly as day goes on but overall very, very nice and comfortable weather, and we will see temperatures rebound in the mid 70's today. again, just nice outside. now we are off to a cool start. we will go out to statistics here. we will kick it off by looking at where we are standing right now. the low, thus far at philly international is 54 degrees. we will not hit the record, guys. we will need another 10 degrees. it will not happen here. regardless, it is going to start off very cool by comparison to what we have become used to. it is a chilly it has been since late may. this says something. looking at live neighborhood network beautiful sunlight popping up over the horizon and we will see that sun coming up in about 15 or 20 minutes or so. as it does so, bright sun glare becomes the next issue, traveling east bound. so watch for that. we barely have cloud in the sky. you can see how any wet weather or that disturbance has long since, this is well out to sea. we are under the influence of high pressure for next few days. worth a mention it is a very minor problem but there is an area, of disturbed weather, we will call it here down between florida keys and cuba, and hispaniola where we may see tropical development. very low shot from the national hurricane center, one in ten chance for that to develop but something to keep an eye on at this point. we don't have any projections for tropical activity here but with that said heading down to the shore points, beautiful day coming up here. seventy-six and sunshine tomorrow. low humidity. very modest breeze. it looks like it will be breeze bye really nice. saturday is when we will see our next cold front cross. most of the day is try with sunshine but late in the day a shower or locally strong thunderstorm will rumble through, and then we're back into partly sun toy mostly sunny skies on sunday. weekend is not looking bad either but if i had to pick my personal favorite of the forecast, meisha, i would go with tomorrow. seventy-nine, low humidity. perfect hair day. you don't to have worry about that. sunshine continues. >> oh, katie if you only knew, this is a work in progress every day. all right. good morning. i have to agree with katie, tomorrow looks amazing, today, better than yesterday, right. anything is better than yesterday with that rain. ninety-five taillights moving in the southbound direction past betsy ross bridge. we are looking good. i-95 is one of the first places that gets heated up in the morning. right now it is looking nice, quiet. what you are waking up to this morning is debris in the roadway in certain spots. just make note. this is boulevard headlights moving in the southbound direction approaching the schuylkill, looking good there. we can see early risers moving in the southbound and northbound directions but every where i looked this morning things are looking good. would i say, slowly, starting to heat up now that we are pushing in the 5:00 o'clock hour but things are looking g blue route north bound approaching route one, this is what you are looking at looking good as well. i will call your tension to construction we have out here, we have been dealing with these, all morning long, garden state parkway between north wildwood and route nine, that left lane will be blocked until 3:00 p.m. also construction on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound between delaware valley and bensalem, that right lane is block and mercon trucks in new jersey, route 130 southbound near market street utility work in the right lane, brooke, over to you. closing arguments are set for monday in the federal racketeering trial of congressman chaka fattah. fattah is accused of arranging an illegal one million-dollar campaign loan to pay back part of witt federal grant money and charitable donations. his defense claims political operative close to fattah were behind the scheme and congressman had no idea. bill cosby's lawyers are appealing the use of hearsay evidence in his criminal sexual abuse case. his accuser an korea constand was in the called to testify during cosby's preliminary hearing last in but instead prosecutors used police statements as evidence. ultimately a judge upheld the charges and sent the case to trial. defense is arguing that the constand should have been call to the stand, so they could have questioned her. pennsylvania superior court has ruled hearsay testimony is admissible in preliminary hearing but state supreme court has agreed to review the issue. new for a look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> from the front page of the bucks county courier times contaminated what ther from chemicals from the the horsham air guard station is being discharged into a local waterway, without under going any filtering to remove the contaminants. in the copy of the mercury there will be no fourth of july fire works, festivities or parade in pottstown this year. for past 30 years non-profit groups organized and paid for independent day events in the town. fire works show alone cost around $20,000. yet over the past year they have raised practically nothing, leading to the cancellation. from the front page of the kenneth paper, 1.3 million-dollar west cypress street reconstruction project wrapped up this week, the improvement boro installed new brick line and i capped accessible sidewalks and planted five trees. >> that is a look at newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. we have seen pretty bad first pitch necessary baseball games over the years. >> you have to see how one rapper really missed the mark. plus phillies try to strike out a devastating disease today. find out how to meet your favorite players and help a great cause, stay with grand canyon and glacierger than national parks combined. and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york state. ♪ you can find it all only in new york. new york. it's all here. it's only here. plan your summer vacation at iloveny.com ♪ double down on your candy and coffee cravings with dunkin's new heath and almond joy candy bar flavored iced coffees. america runs on dunkin'. welcome back everyone. time is 5:23. phillies have the day off today and they are anxiously awaiting word on a injury update of their young stars. here's sports director don bell with your morning's sports. >> only good news is we don't to have see cubs for the rest of the year. not my word that is what manager pete mackanin said after yesterday's matinee in south philadelphia. fightins hooking up with chicago, north ciders. first inning, after just two pitches vince velasquez leaves the game with the straight right biceps. he will be reevaluated today. the fast forward to the sixth inning phillies down one to nothing. the chris brian, giving it a ride, 415 feet to left field. gone. two run shot. cubs go up three to nothing. two batters later this not done, it is ben this time he is like you needed 415. how bye go 416. phillies go on to lose eight-one. have after the game velasquez talk about that injury. >> i hope it will be fine. but i again, don't know, i cannot give you any idea he because i don't know what is going on. i mean that is what the doctors know. they are the specialist with it. from what i know, you know, it is a strain and we will proceed tomorrow and see how it goes, and we will go from there. >> all right. phillies off today but did you have the first pick in the mlb draft. full coverage on cbs-3. that is all for sports. i'm don bell. have a great the day. hey you thought nba finals were a done deal? think again. we are getting to game five because after getting blown out the in the first two games, the cleveland cavilers were on the opposite end last night, this is the kind of night it was for golden state. the first lebron james stole ball and finished with a alley hoop. cavilers cruised to 120-90 win. game four is tomorrow night in cleveland. you can add noon dog to the list of celebrities who would like a do over in the first pitch. check out snoop's horrendous throw, right before yesterday's game. he is a sports guy. he almost hit the cameraman. >> you could say his pitch was high and outside. >> yes i see what you did there. >> nice. >> i know who he is. >> yes, i don't live under a rock. >> yes, give me some credit, meisha, meisha is over there laughing along. coming up next half an hour of "eyewitness news", latest bill that is about to get more expensive, justin? a fatal fire here in point breeze overnight, i'm justin finch coming up what fire fighters know and why many are still on the scene here this morning. it is not personal, they were just doing to it do it. >> there are a lot of frustrated car owners after a window smashing spree, we will let you know the when the vandalism started and how police are trying to track them down. we have a hint of the breeze here, it feels like may on the thermometer right now but we are looking ahead to some very nice weather, we will have full details for you as we head toward the weekend coming up. we will check on the thursday morning commute, with meisha, coming u having acne... ...was always on my mind. so i asked a dermatologist about new aczone dapsone gel 7.5%. i apply it once a day, any time. aczone gel 7.5% is fda approved for the topical treatment of 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tel aviv. >> death toll climbs to four in the terror attack in israel with two palestinian gunman dressed in suits are seen shooting customers at point blank range inside of a popular market. >> bernie sanders brought enormous energy and good ideas, he pushed the party. >> reporter: democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders is meeting with president obama at the white house. sanders wants to make sure the party will back his progressive

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