gas taxis heading to the state senate. >> the gas taxings up by 23 cents a gallon. >> he was stranded on a desert island what homeless person would you want. >> whichever celebrity most shaped like a boat. i have always wanted to ask you this, what is in your wallet. >> a whole lot of money. >> good for him. >> yes. >> katie, is your forecast money. >> yes, i would say, for the most part we are looking good here. there are a couple spots where we may not be so exited to hear what i have to tell you but overall coming up on the holiday weekend here things are looking very, very nice. it is still so comfortable outside right now. it is tranquil here on the sky deck where wind is so light you barely see it. skies are completely clear, the unis, give it a couple more minutes it will be rising over the city of philadelphia, and once it does you will get slammed with sun glare but it is a beautiful, blight sunny day. we will look at storm scan not much to go on out the there right now. completely clear across the board. and, temperature, and, and, 67, currently, and, 53 in at atlantic city, trenton and wilmington. bottom line it is a really pleasant morning but now that the sunnies officially rising in a couple minutes, by the time you hit 9:00 in the morning we will be in the mid 70's here and pack another probably 10 degrees honor so on to that before it is all said and done. a beautiful afternoon, granted, it is warm but without that humidity and keep the sun all day to day. so gorgeous day, meanwhile by the time we hit tomorrow the next wet weather glitch is on the way and we will track that for you coming up and if there is a tweak to our holiday weekend forecast thaw want to stick around for it could affect some fire works plans. we will have those details and much more in the the full forecast later in the show, meisha. >> it looks beautiful outside, already, good morning everybody. welcome to our gateway, friday is just around the corner now, thursday morning for you we have a disable reek will 95 south at front street that is pulled out block ago this far left shoulder and part of the left lane as well. not causing too many slow downs but coming around this curve on i-95 south we are tapping your breaks and moving over to the right. it is out there for those heading out in that direction. vine taillights moving in the eastbound direction, you can see what you are working with here. the beautiful skies starting to lighten upright now. 309 north bound at norristown road, we are looking good on 309, anywhere i look on this stretch is looking really good. calling your attention to a down tree phoenixville pike between spring mill drive and warn are lane, all lanes are block right here. you will to have take route 29, that is going to be your best alternate, again all lanes are block right here for those in and around that neck of the woods we will have to use that alternate. construction here 35 turnpike northeast extension northbound, that right lane is still block and in the slowing anyone down quite yet but as we pushed towards 6:00 if that doesn't get moved out, we will slow down, i'll have updates on mass transit in a bit, jim, over to you good well, today new jersey senate is set to consider a plan to increase the state's gas tax by 23 cents cents. >> drivers are not happy but state leaders say there is a silver lining. jane carabao is live to tell us where money would go and what state leaders are not on board. >> reporter: of all so to speak in the state senate court and leaders there are criticizing this deal. still governor chris christie is confident it will pass and if it does he has pledged to sign this gas tax hike into law the thought of paying more at the pump isn't sitting well with new jersey drivers. >> it will hurt people because people have have to travel, get back and forth to work and, you know, it is not fair. >> reporter: but 23 cents per gallon tax increase could soon be reality, taking new jersey's gas tax from the secondlyes in the country to the seventh highest. on wednesday, governor chris christie back the state a semmably's plan and voiced confidence that the senate will pass as well. move would set up a $2 billion three-year transportation trust fund over next eight years. >> fact is it will help to improve mass transit in our state, it will help to improve the roadways in our state and help to improve bridgeness our state. that is all a good thing. that is what compromise is all about. >> reporter: gas tax would increase, the state sales tax would decrease for the seven to 6 percent. the deal would lower income tax honorary tire res in, all christie says package will result in a net neutral tax to residents. >> i have never signed a tax increase in the seven years as governor. i'm in the particularly thrilled to have to sign this one but i have said all along if that represents tax fairness, that i would do that. >> reporter: democratic state senator loretta a weinberg says leaders are united against the measure saying the deal is completely different from the senate version. >> thinks the worst kind of government, being done at a really inappropriate time. >> i'm opposed to any new taxes. they will call a victory for bipartisanship, in new jersey legislature but it is just going to be a loss for the common man. >> reporter: still, this is definitely not a done deal just yet. today is final voting session for senate before the end of the fiscal year. if this passes governor chris christie says the gas tax hike portion have the deal would go into effect tomorrow just in time for busy july 4th travel, of course, we will keep you up to date but for now beer live from pennsauken, jan carabao for cbs one "eyewitness news". >> back to you. lots of information there, thank you. in other news a 13 year-old boy is shot and killed while playing with a gun in the cities germantown section. this morning detectives are trying to figure out hot gun belongs to. the shooting happened yesterday in the backyard on east walnut lane, police say a group of teams were playing with the gun when a teenage boy was shot in the the face. he died at the hospital. you have to be preparing for your life. my heart dropped, 13, summertime just starting. he didn't even get a chance to start to realize it, his dreams. >> detectives are interviewing several adults that may be connect to this case, to find out who owns the gun. so far in one has been charge. time is 5:37. in business news this morning a change to facebook, and likes. >> markets here and abroad are making a come back. money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the insuring stock exchange, jill. markets continue to recover from that massive two day sell off, following the brexit vote, as of the close at trading yesterday, the british stock market has made up all of its post brexit losses if you can believe it. on wall street dow jones gained 284 points, nasdaq added 87, future pointing to a higher open. so far today asian markets are mostly trading higher, european markets trading lower. good news for banks, which has been getting slammed post brexit, 31 of 33 big banks cleared final round of the stress test which looks at whether banks can withstand another crisis. deutch back and santander failed and morgan stanley needs to resubmit capital plan this morning investigators will get some inside in the job market. labor department releases data for how many americans filed for unemployment benefits last week. facebook is making changes to the news feed, users will see more quotes from family and friend and less from on line publishers, businesses and celebrities. facebook said users were complaining they were missing important post from his their friends. brooke and jim. >> i like that. >> i do like that. >> facebook friends, because i like to see all my family, and every post jim makes i need to be able to see it. >> yes. >> thanks, jill. >> check in with you tomorrow. >> this morning the law firm representing governor chris christie is contradicting him. the firm which has been representing him in the george washington bridge case says it returned his phone after responding to a government subpoena. christie said he gave the phone to the government and did not know who had it. two indicted allies says it is relevant to their case. they are accused of fort lee to punish democratic mayor for in the endorsing him. atlantic city casinos could be facing a strike in time for the fourth of july weekend. local 54, of the united here union is threatening a strike tomorrow against bally's, harrah a's, caesars, tropicana and trump taj mahal. this is all unless they get the a new contract today. there are more talks scheduled for today. union chief said they made concessions now they want the money return. well, philadelphia's counting down days until the democratic national convention begins, we're now just 25 days away and images of the dnc are popping up all around town. later today the convention's host committee will announce the installation of the 57 fiberglass donkeys around town and they will all be in place in time for fourth of july weekend, and will remain until september 9th. crews began installing first of the official dnc host committee welcome banners in center city yesterday. "eyewitness news" on market street just east of the city hall where one of the first sites delegates will see when they arrive in town next month. today we're gearing up for welcome america and for annual wawa hoagie day. right now they are hard at work at national constitution center, so we caught up with hoagie architect, just a few minutes ago. wawa experts are making a 6-ton hoagie served free at noon there is free admission to the constitution center today courtesy of wawa. still ahead major changes coming to one major pageant. we will tell you what you won't be seeing. also ahead drowsy driving, experts say it is just as dangerous as drunken or distract driving, now there is a national effort underway to address the problem, we will be right back. okawhoa!ady? [ explosion ] nothing should get in the way of the things you love. ♪ get america's fastest internet. only from xfinity. next years oscars will have quite a diverse group. 700 new people have been invited to join the academy including edris elba, america ferreira and john oscar isaac. the academy has been criticized for lack of diversity. remember #oscar so white? 41 percent of the potential new members are minorities. finding dori is smashing box office record but there is a down side to the popularity. now more and more people want to have their own dori. the demand for blue fish has gone up but animal rights activist are urging against getting the fish as a pet. it is constant monitoring and experts say they cannot be treated like your average gold fish. and, changes are coming to the miss teen u.s.a. pageant. contestant will in longer compete in the swimsuit competition, but instead they will model athletic wear. in a statement the organization's president says that quote, this decision reflects an important cultural shift where we're all celebrate ago this empowers women who lead active purposes full lives and encouraging those in their communities to do the same. i think that is fantastic. >> um-hmm. >> current miss u.s.a. launches. here's the thing, jimmies an expert -- >> well, i mc miss new jersey, teen u.s.a. and miss delaware teen u.s.a. it is appropriate. i thought younger contestant should be in different a tire then the older, you know, yes, exactly. >> totally. >> absolutely. >> they have got athletism. >> a lot of cheerleaders compete. >> yes. >> you know, finally realize helping that young girls, women in general, forget women in yen we don't need to focus on our bodies, so much. >> well, there is a modeling competition, so that is part of it. >> but in the half naked. >> you are done. >> we agree that katie, it is a great forecast. >> it is looking fantastic. >> along the way there will be showers and thunderstorms, tomorrow and people are traveling from the holiday at that point. we will walk you through that. weekend itself, ahh, a breath of fresh air? four take weekend, baby. >> he is so excited. >> let me show you. we will show you good news. look at this gorgeous shot. this is taken from our very own station headquarters high atop cbs one broadcast center. you can see facing east here sun coming up as we overlook, it is spring garden and broad street may be tough to tell because of vicious sun glare that is starting to pop up out there. expect that traveling east running into sun glare issues but we will check with the eyewitness weather watchers and reading comments, and pretty much it is across the board, everybody is loving how it feels outside. we have got temperatures in the mid to lower 60's, 50's in spots here. we will take you to one of the cooler spots, 59 from birdsboro this morning. and at this point a very, modest win, love to see your profile picture. send that whenever you get a chance. he is commenting that the moth even within included in sight right now, and with the sunrise, and only 59 degrees. it is just so comfortable. i want to zero in close fur we can to the northern portions of philadelphia where 65 comes in from john this morning. bright sunshine for him as well. he said very light cool breeze, bird singing, son coming up, nice deep breath and so great outside. within more across the river we will go into the cherry hill area, new jersey. nothing but sunshine as well. she's at 64. calling it a glorious morning. this is a type of morning where i love to sit outside with the cup of coffee. just so nice. if you have extra time to spare why not. lets go to another shot, outside beach patrol, very light waves slapping up on the shoreline and high pressure in place. weak area have high pressure so it last within day before the next system pushes it away but savior it while you got it. got news is once we get past tomorrow we have opportunity to energy more sunshine. but we sit in the lowest risk for a locally stronger thunderstorms tomorrow, especially through northern half of the area but seven day is in the bad at all. saturday, sunday, beautiful. machine also beautiful but cloud rebuild and maybe by that night, keyword maybe, meisha we might see some showers build back in. >> yeah, great to know, katie. a lot of people are anticipating these fire works monday night. good morning everybody. gateway to the weekend we have a disable vehicle 95 south at front street pulled off block ago this right shoulder and part of the right lane not causing too many slow downs near walt whitman bridge but more vehicles that get out there coming around the curve here we are putting on brakes. it will hang you up in a bit more vehicles we will get. right new we are still looking okay where that disabled vehicle is. schuylkill eastbound a cool bird eye view here what we are working with eastbound at city avenue. westbound side is looking similar. overall schuylkill moving in the east and westbound side we're looking okay. in new jersey 42 freeway north bound this is what you look like for those in new jersey. we have construction around the area this morning blocking three right lanes but that has been since cleared. in new jersey 42 freeway you're looking g you're lag good there as well. me elwyn is busing between elwyn and swarthmore for construction. also, check your schedules on line because tomorrow, patco will be running a holiday schedule for july 4th. i will post that information. check your individual schedules on line. overall mass transit, that is what you have there. we have a down tree in phoenix pike. i will get to that in about ten minutes. jim, over to you. still talking about traffic we often hear about the dangers of texting and driving and impaired driving but safety experts are a at a sum to it talk about another issue they say causes thousands of deaths on the roads: drowsy driving. the nation's first drowsy driving summit is taking place at the university of iowa. troopers and researchers are trying get a better understanding in an effort to reduce the problem. >> drowsy driving has been on the radar forever but it has been under appreciated and reason it is here now is because impaired driving is typically drunk, drug, distract and we need to add drowsy. >> the university of iowa had made progress in vehicle safety making it a good place to lead the initiative. researchers are working on technology to help reduce drowsy driving that includes automatic braking and technology that can detect if a carries drifting between lanes. governmental officials say drowsy driving could be responsible for as many as 8,000 deaths a year. >> wow. in the healthwatch this morning, butter is shaking off its bad reputation. researchers at tufts university found eating butter has writ will or no association with chronic disease. >> well, thank goodness. >> butter may be better than the starch spread on like white bread or potatoes but fats like olive oil are still healthier choice. rates of heart disease and strokes has been declining in the u.s. but latest study find even with advances in treatment and prevention the improvement is leveling off. researchers say rise in obesity and diabetes may to be blame. vice-president gentlemen biden leads the first ever cancer moon shot summit in washington d.c. >> the vice-president launched his oldest son beau to cancer over a year ago. biden says more efforts should be done to find a cure for cancer in the next five years. yesterday he outlined several initiatives including expanding patient participation in clinical trials and improving data sharing among researchers. biden was join by legendary comedian carroll burr net who bet lost children to cancer. >> today is remarkable for many reasons. none the least of which is hope. >> time matters, days matters, minutes matter. >> more than 6,000 others took part in the cancer moon shot summit 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piece of cloth that they fashioned in to a kind of bag. they took some of the cement that they had dug out abe they weighed down the bag with that and through atop of the hole. >> an officer acted after he saw the rope hanging from the second floor. man who put the supplies in the baggies a former inmate. he is now facing trafficking charges along with the inmate. >> in the bright. >> coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news", summer health hazard. doctor jen will be here to talk about the best ways to treat some common summertime ailments like a bad sunburn or jelly fish sting. kid are sailing through summer with cool classes. the find out where they are learning to sail and see what pat gallen learned in one lesson coming the extra crispy colonel. my extra crispy, twenty dollar fill-up feeds a family of four. it's crunchy! juicy! and oh so tasty. kfc. it's extra crispy good. alright guys, we've brought you to this construction trailer to talk about trucks today. which truck brand offers engines with best in class v8 towing or fuel economy? are we moving? where we going? it's the answer to the question baby! silverado. oooh that's cool. it's truck month. qualified buyers get 0% financing for 60 months. plus, find your tag and get $8,250 total value on this silverado all star. find new roads at your local chevy dealer this morning we're waiting to hear if charges will be filed after a 13 year-old boy is shot and killed outside a germantown home. while police say what was happening right before the tragedy. and we have new information in the terror attack in turkey, police carry out several raid overnight, detained 13 suspects. find out who they are talking to this morning. and new jersey is known for having some of the cheapest gas in the nation but that could all change by tomorrow, we will tell you about today's important vote, on a proposed gas tax hike. today is thursday, june 30th, good morning, i'm jim donovan. i'm brook thomas next to katie and meisha keeping an eye on things this morning. >> good morning. >> gateway to the weekend. i know, it is friday eve. >> yes. >> well, we will miss you. >> yes. >> we will see construction and blocking all lanes. >> yes. >> well, nothing wet are related, to worry about say for sun glare, that is a problem traveling here. you will need sun visor or sunglasses. trust me it is sobriety. barely a included out there, guys. there is a satellite picture on top of this radar layer. you cannot tell it is there, and it isn't a included to report generally speaking. it is

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