. >>> well, in other developments a leading archaeologists leading at the ancient city of palmyra has been beheaded by fighters from isil. the 82-year-old khaled assad was captured at the world heritage site. >> for half a further khaled assad was an architect at the palmyra unions. it is here that that it is believed he was beheaded by the islamic state in iraq and the levant. before the syrian conflict, the ancient buildings and amphitheater would draw tourists from around the world. khaled assad would oversee the relics in the site. >> he would live there and die there if need be, and he did pay the ultimate price. >> in better days assad showed foreign dignitaries around the site, including the former french president, but then the war came to pa palmyra. fighting peppered the ancient buildings with bullet holes. after capturing the site from government forces isil arrived. khaled assad stayed in palmyra to remove the museum's valuable contents but was captured and reportedly interrogated. sledge hammers and power drills have been used to ruin priceless artifacts. some pieces supe

came and tack over the palmyra area. >> i don't know. i can only guess. my instinct tell me that he's been closely connected to the city, even thought he could have escaped with - when they evacuated the museum contents. which he was very much involved with, he chose to stay behind. as a result, it was taken by d.a.e.s.h., i.s.i.s., and clearly executed, unfortunately on tuesday. i think he just felt that he was so much involved in part of the city and part of the culture and the history of the archeology, that he would live and die there if need be, and paid the ultimate price. >> why did he pay the ultimate price, what risk did he pose to i.s.i.l. >> on a personal level, nothing, it was pure vengeance. as far as i understand from those i spoke to earlier today, they basically held him responsible for the evacuation of the - you know the museum contents. i think the charge was that he was involved with smuggling antiquities which was, in this case, essentially that he had hoped to evacuate the museum contents, which saved the collections. >> what risks d

palmyras ancient buildings drew tourists from around the world. as head of antiques, he oversaw years of research and restoration at the world heritage site, gaining international recognition. >> he was so much involved in part of the city and the culture and archeology of that place that he would live and die there if need be, and heed by pay the ultimate site. >> reporter: fighting between syrian rebels and government forces peppered the ancient building with bullet holes, and then after capturing the site from government forces, isil arrived. he stayed in palmyra to help evacuate the museum's invaluable contents, buzz was taken host taij and reportedly interrogated. isil has destroyed hundreds of sites across syria and iraq, sledge hammers and power drills have been used to ruin priceless artifacts. some fragments of human history have been successfully smuggled out, but it's not known how much damage they can caused to palmyra. it is believed that isil may have sold some of the artifacts on the black market to help fun their campaign. this vid

right now we are at the tacony palmyra bridge. this is one of two bridges where this toll hike could go into effect. the bridge commission says it needs $110 million to make safety improvements to this and the burlington bristol bridge. the commissioners held two public meetings earlier this week about this. drivers were able to voice their kerns but really what is the effect on you? for cars, motorcycles, light trucks, the toll would go from $2 to $4 if you pay cash and $2 to $3 if you have e-z pass. >> this is only the second toll increase in 25 years. we don't raise tolls lightly. this is something we're compelled to do, unfortunately. >> reporter: the commissioners are scheduled to vote on the increase later today. if it is approved you'll pay more starting next month, september 15th. now, this of course is not sitting well with some of the drivers we've been talking with and they say unfortunately this is something they'll have to deal with. hearing from the chairman there in that sound bite, it seems like this is more than l

fox 29 steve keeley live in palmyra for this one for us. hi, steve. >> as soon as in september, which is just about a month in the, if all goes as planned, and it likely will go as planned, as the drpa raised tolls repeatedly in recent years, next-door neighbor to the north here, the burlington county bridge commission, in the bridge business, just above the drpa, did not raise tolls. talcony palmyra bridge the one you are looking at held steady at two blocks for 15 years now, while the drpa betsy ross and four other bridges went way up more than doubling the talcony palmyra toll, now five bucks to cross with the drpa bridges. so the talcony palmyra and the burlington bristol bridge will still be cheaper to cross even after this coming toll hike, but not as cheap, because this 2-dollar toll is double itself to four bucks if you pay cash, so, if you don't have e cents pass, may want to quickly sign up for t if you have e-zpass transponder, you are only getting hit with 1 dollar toll hike to $3. so be wise to get e-zpass for many reasons, but

came and took over the palmyra area? >> i don't know. i mean i can only guess. my instincts will tell me, and just from what i know of him, he has always been closely connected to the city. he could have escaped with - when they evacuated the museum contents. which he was very much involved with, he chose to stay behind. as a result, it was taken by d.a.e.s.h., i.s.i.s., and clearly executed, unfortunately on tuesday. i think he just felt that he was so much involved in part of the city and part of the culture and the history of the archeology, that he would live and die there if need be, and paid the ultimate price. >> why did he pay the ultimate price, what risk did he pose to i.s.i.l. >> on a personal level, nothing, it was pure vengeance. as far as i understand from those i spoke to earlier today, they basically held him responsible for the evacuation of the - you know the museum contents. the charge was that he was involved with smuggling antiquities which was, in this case, essentially that he had hoped to evacuate the museum contents, which saved the coll

>> in case of palmyra, they've decided there's no need to destroy it. we've had news from contacts saying they're not going to do anything to palmyra because they see it as a prospective safe have from the coalition air strikes. no coalition is going to strike a unesco world designated heritage site. they've done it in several places. so they're very clever to how they use it. they loot what they can loot. they destroy what they cannot sell or need to make a propaganda statement, and they will hide against what will give them safe sanctuary. they're very versatile and clever in how they use that. >> ifill: amr al-azm, thank you so much for telling us about your friend. >> thank you. >> woodruff: the associated press reports today that under an agreement with the international atomic energy agency, iran will be allowed to use its own inspectors to investigate one location it has been accused of using to develop nuclear arms. this comes about halfway through the 60 day period that congress has to scrutinize the iran deal with the u.s. and five other count

palmyra is an example of everything isil hates. it's a city that had been a great multi-cultural center, a melting pot of various civilizations. one of the reasons it became one of the most important cultural centers was because of its ownness, kind of its role in history in syria as a place where many cultures came together. >> for those people that haven't studied it as you have, would it be fair to equate in term of its size and nature of the preservation there with other ruins, such as the par they non? >> the temple that was destroyed was small but exquisitely beautiful example of influences representing the multi-cultural melting pot i membered a moment ago. this type of a site, it really is unprecedented almost anywhere in the world, i mean, even palmyra as this extraordinary ruin field that rises out of the desert in this kind of astonishing way, and even rome itself i think doesn't have the kind of extraordinary standing ruins that we see in palmyra. >> is there any chance, you may remember the buddhas in afghanistan that

it is not known how much damage they caused to palmyra. it's believed isil sold some on the black market to help finance their campaign. the human cost though is clear. this video shows 25 men in a packed am theater before their apparent execution. now the beheading of a renowned archeologist who devoted his life to palmyra, now at the mercy of isil. >> mexican police have destroyed more than 140 tons of illegal drugs. they were set on fire in tijuana and eight our cities. the marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine were worth $120 million. >> investigators looking into the disappearance of 43 mexican students say the government is preventing them from doing their job, that important evidence could have been destroyed by the authorities. we have more from mexico city. >> one of the things that most angered mexicans about the abduction of 43 students late last year was the collusion of local authorities. the town there ordered their object ducks and then the local police force together with the gangs carried them out. the army had a base nea

the current tacony palmyra and burlington bristol bridge is raised $2. bigger vehicles, buses and trucks, will pay six bucks up from $4.50. as for why these rates are rising? the burlington county bridge commission says the hike is needed for hundred million-dollar in capitol improvement. the big concern is safety and structural integrity. the commission voting three to zero in favor of the raise. the last hike they point out was in the year 2,000. they also say that the bridges here are more than 80 years old and they say they take wear and tear every single day. now is time they say to take care of them. >> this is an absolutely an asset to palmyra as well as regional commuters on both side of the bridge. that is the bottom line. if we don't maintain this bridge the way it is required, the the way it is necessary to maintain it we lose that asset $2 for is a 15th years is a bargain. it is going up 1 dollar for e-z pass customers. it still remains a bargain. >>> a bargain that some drivers could still raise their costs. commuter costs they say currently

and isil killed a leading archeologist who spent half his life carrying for the ancient city of palmyra. >> hello, our top story, united nations security council members have just been briefed about the full scale of the horror in yemen. speaking after visiting the country, emergency stephen o'brien said the suffering there is almost incomprehensible. that's as the u.n. children's agency unicef said that children are dying every day, and those who survive live in constant fear. it said that the war escalated in march when 398 children died and 605 were injured. meanwhile, a report from amnesty international said that the conflict has gone too far. all sides can be held responsible for war crimes. this is the update from the u.n. a short time ago. >> the needs of the people are massive. this is exacerbated by i a embedments of imports with the widespread scarcity of food and fuel. this is why airports and sea ports need to remain open and be used for commercial imports and humanitarian supplies without restrictions. disregard for human life by all patriots continues with a attacks on res

live in palmyra, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> 5:33 now. new this morning, a beauty queen from central pennsylvania is accused of lying about having cancer. she now faces charges. brandy weaver-gates is this year's miss pennsylvania u.s. international pageant winner. investigators in center county say events were set up to raise money for her medical bills and she took that money even though she didn't have cancer. she shaved her head and had family members take her to the hospital. >>> developing right now, the coast guard is searching for a man missing from a freight ship. the man was last seen 13 hours ago as the ship left bayonne in north jersey. the coast guard says the man may have disappeared anywhere from bayonne and ocean city, maryland. here's the freight ship he was on. after alerting the coast guard, the crew continued on to norfolk, virginia. >>> pennsylvania'sç governor i scheduled to meet with house republicans today as the state's budget standoff continues to drag on. governor tom wolf was in norristown, montgomery county

but then the war came to palmyra. fighting between syrian rebels and government forces peppered the ancient buildings with bullet holes. and then after capturing the site from government forces isil arrived. assad stayed in palmyra to help evacuate the museum's valuable contents but was taken hostage and reportedly interrogated. isil has destroyed hundreds of heritage sites across syria and iraq. sledgehammer and power drills with been used to ruin priceless artifacts. some fragments of human history has been successfully shulinged out of the--smuggled out of the conflict zone, but it's believed that isil may have sold some artifacts on the black market to help finance their campaign. the human cost is clear. this shows 25 men in a packed amphitheater before their apparent execution. and now the beheading of assad, a renowned archeologist who devoted his life to palmyra, an airport city of the crossroads of civilizations now at the mercy of isil. neave barker, al jazeera. >> allegations of rape by peace keepers in the

palmyra. >> this is in fact, two local bridges, the burlington bristol and the tacony palmyra. the burlington county bridge commission says it doesn't have another commission. their argument is $110 million is needed to make safety improvements to the bridges built in 1929 and 1931. for cars the toll would go from $2 to $4, if you pay cash and $2 to $3 if you have e-z pass. this would be the second toll hike in 25 years. the commissioners are scheduled to vote on the increase later today. if it's approved you'll pay more starting september 15th. some drivers are not very happy. i'll have some of their thoughts when we see you again coming up at 4:30. live in palmyra, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> new from overnight, a barrage of gunfire sent two men to the hospital and narrowly missed a pregnant woman. it happened on 30th street in the grays ferry section of philadelphia. police say two men in their 20s were sitting on their front porch when the gunman unloaded, firing two dozen bullets at th

then the war came to palmyra. forces peppered the ancient buildings with bullet holes and then after capturing the site from government forces i.s.i.l. arrived. assad stayed in palmyra to help evacuate the valuable contents but was taken hostage and reportedly interrogated. i.s.i.l. has destroyed thousands of sites across the middle east. fragments of human history have been successfully smuggled out of the conflict zone but it's not known how much damage was caused at palmyra, some sold on the black market, to help finance the campaign. their human cost is clear. this video shows 25 men in a packed amphitheater before their apparent execution. now the beheading of halad assad, who devoted his life to palmyra. now at the mercy of i.s.i.l. neave barker, al jazeera. >> in washington, how minority leader nancy pelosi now says democrats have the volts to keep the iran nuclear deal alive. meanwhile there's new controversy tonight over iran's nuclear program, the associated press reports on a secret agreement between te

how important a structure is this in palmyra? >> these temples in palmyra attest to the extraordinary layers of history that existed in the area. a syrian, roman, christian and even islamic. but crucially, these layers of history were built on top of one another and these structured embodied and preserved them. obviously what the islamic state is doing is effecting as much hostility as these buildings have exhibited tolerance for over. [ inaudible ] >> this comes after the destruction of numerous artifacts in iraq, the nearby temple, how concerned are you about the fate of the other crucial artifacts in the city of palmyra and syria now? >> i think we are confronting a very troubling paradox when it comes to the state of these antiquities. namely if went to preserve them we have to buy them from the islamic state and we have been doing that over the last year and before that we were doing it when other groups, other islamist groups were smuggling these artifacts out of the country n doing so we of course further the islamic state

. >>> blowing up palmyra, isil releases pictures of destructi destruction. >> hello, calling on europe to unite. it is to succeed in tackling its refugee crisis. in greece more refugees have arrived near athens. jonah hull was there to meet them. they're are their stories. >> this many stages of the long journey of what is yet to come, this travel to lesbos has been perhaps the most secure. they paid the ferry operator ran than a beam sugarreller. >> are you happy to be here? do you feel relieved to be here? >> yes, we're so happy here. >> thanks. >> we come to turkey, greece, and now we're going to macedonia to serbia. >> have you heard about the trouble on the route in the last few days? >> i worried so much. >> are you worried about that? >> yes, yes. >> this is the fifth ferry to arrive since monday. that's on the front of the lines there are 10,000 people waiting to got on to ferries like this. and that number is growing every night. the authorities in greece are utterly overwhelmed, offering little besides a simple registration document that allows the refugees to pass through th

we're talking about the tacony palmyra and the burlington bristol. drivers voiced their concerns at two earlier meetings held this week. the burlington county bridge commission says it needs $110 million to make safety improvements to these bridges built back in 1929 and 1931. what does this mean for you? for cars the toll would go from $2 to $4, if you pay cash and $2 to $3 if you have e-z pass. that kind of increase is not sitting well. >> it's horrible. doubling in a month and how much notice? they didn't bother contacting the public. >> reporter: second toll hike in 25 years for these bridges. the commissioners are scheduled to vote on the increase later today. if it is approved you'll pay more starting september 15th. so what is the likelihood of this happening? we're talking with one of those who will vote on this. that's coming up when we see you again in 30 minutes at 5:00. live in palmyra, new jersey, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> leroy wilson is scheduled to be arraigned on murder charges today. police say he also beat the victim and steal

palmyra administrator says if not now, when? >> $2 for 15 years is an absolute bargain. it's only going up 1 dollar for e-z pass customers. it's still remains a bargain. >> reporter: so there isn't an advantage to use e-z pass when you cross these two bridges no matter which side you decide to crossing them. the vote was unanimous those new rates expected to kick in a little over month away september 15th. we're live in palmyra, new jersey torque david spunt cbs3 i'm witness news. >> developing right now, violence march as summer night trip to get water ice in philadelphia. gunfire erupts as people are standing in line an teenager is critically wounded. natasha brown is on the scene in overbrook with more details for you tonight. natasha? >> reporter: well, ukee, we can tell you at this hour that at least two shots were fired into a crowd of teenagers who were ordering here at this water ice shop along haverford avenue. police say the shooter had absolutely no regard, many customers who were standing by at the time. >> heard two shots. that's it. >> reporter: a white fla

and now the beheading of a renowned archeologist who devoted his life to palmyra. now at the mercy of isil. neave barker, al jazeera. >>> thousands of syrians are continuing to leave the country. many are entering the european union by crossing from turkey to europe. on tuesday six syrian refugees drowned when their boat overturned and on monday around 20 were rescued. the syrians are now being taken to northern greece and from there it's a bus journey to the border. this has become a regular site as people wait to board trains to macedonia. the biggest crowds form in the morning. once across the border, it's another train. this time through serbia, towards hungary. the red cross estimates as many as 200 crowd these trains every day. our correspondent jonah hull has more from kos on the refugee's desperate journeys. >> reporter: they keep on coming well into the daylight hours of the morning as we saw. for many it's a fairly short and direct journey. that's the turkish shore behind me, but others find themselves adrift at the mercy of the currents, hoping for rescu

also in palmyra. the an sent city is a unesco world site. they have demolished assets paced on their extreme islamic law him analysts say the destruction is one way islamic state leaders aim to demonstrate to the world the group's power. a legendary japanese judo star retired. he won med also, starting at the atlanta games. the 40-year-old is thenly judoist in the world to have won the event three times in a row. nk has more. >> reporter: he held a conference to tell his fans that he is retiring. >> i reached my physical limit. i tried various kind of training and medical treatment, but decided to retire after struggling to get back in shape. >> his glorious career began in the 1996 atlanta summer games. he showed the world his highly skilled shoulder three. none of his opponents were able to escape from his moves at the 2000 games in sydney or in athens in 2004. nomura is a legendaryjudoist not only because of his accomplishments but by the way he pursued them. he has the highest score a competitor can earn in the jap feeds martial arts. bu

then the war came to palmyra. fighting between syria rebels and government forces peppered the buildings with bullet holes. after capturing the site from government forces, isil arrived. he stayed to help evacuate the museum's valuable contents, but was taken hostage and reportedly interrogated. isil has destroyed hundreds of heritage sites across syria and iraq. sledge hammers and power drills have been used to ruin priceless artifacts. some fragments of human history have been successfully smuggled out of the conflict zone. it is not known how much damage they caused in palmyra. it is believed isil may have sold some artifacts to help finance their campaign. the human cost is clear. this video shows 25 men in a packed am theater before their apparent execution. now the beheading of a renowned archeologist ho devideo his life to the ancient city at cross rods of civilization now at mercy of isil. >> the author of my house in damascus and expert in syrian cultural heritage joins us from london this morning. dianna

and i'm worried about the future of palmyra. >> palmyra is famous for its roman ruins, which include temples and an amphitheater. they date back about 2,000 years. the extremists seized palmyra earlier this year and reportedly smashed a number of roman statues. the militants have been destroying cultural relics elsewhere in syria and iraq. >>> russia's foreign minister has indicated that president vladimir putin may meet president barack obama next month. putin plans to visit new york for the u.n. general assembly. >> translator: -- is sending the signals that washington wants to maintain contact with leaders in moscow. >> he said putin would consider a meeting if there's a proposal for one. the two leaders have not spoken face to face since last november when they came into brief con tablth at the apeck summit. they remain at odds over the crisis in eastern ukraine. fighting continues there between government forces and pro-russian separatists. relations worsened after russia annexed crimea last year. both countries have imposed sanctions on each other. observers say the ties betwee

concerns are growing that they may destroy more in palmyra. they took over the city in may. >>> ahead of the international atomic energy agency says it will be possible to check whether an iranian military facility suspected of developing nuclear weapons in the past is doing so again. iaea board members met to discuss how to monitor whether iran is following through on last month's final agreement with six world powers. yukiya amano told the meetings that the process would require and urged them to cooperate. it didn't clarify if they would be allowed to enter the facility outside tehran. one option is for iran to provide images and video of the facility's interior for inspection. amano says there are various ways of undertaking the verification activities. >> the important thing is it should be technically sound. it should be in line away from the established iaea practice and very important element is that it should be -- we should be able to technically authenticate it. >> the issue of inspections was a focus of the talks between the countr

palmyra was's war, one of the country's top attractions. officials say the basic structure of the temple of bel is still standing. until official pictures emerge, we won't know what's left for future generations. caroline hawley, bbc news. somalia's coast -- off of somalia's coast, there are warnings about a new outbreak of piracy. that is despite efforts to build stability in the horn of africa. our africa correspondent has returned to the northern region to see why the causes of piracy have not yet been addressed. reporter: it is a long, hard road. it is similarly is most notorious pirate village -- it is somalia's most notorious pirate village, but times have changed here. the pirates' flimsy boats sit idle now. foreign navies now control the ocean. pirate bosses, like this man who does not want his face shone, are out of work. how do you feel about what you are involved in? what made you stop? we were persuaded to stop, he says. the money was good. we hijacked two ships and got $3.8 million in ransom. hasnd us, the village assembled. th

days earlier, extremists blew up the temple in palmyra. the cultural agency is calling the attacks war crimes. >>> a warning to pakistan from national security adviser susan rice. rice says militants in pakistan are behind a series of attacks in afghanistan. attacks destabilizing the region. the white house is concerned that pakistani leaders are not doing enough to combat the extremists. pakistan's prime minister has been invited to the white house in october. >>> the white house putting together a package of economic sanctions against chinese companies who profited from the hacking of u.s. trade secrets. not clear if the sanctions will be imposed or when. a decision is expected within the next two weeks according to "the washington post." >>> president obama goes to alaska for a three-day visit highlighting climate change. he will announce the government is renaming mt. mckinley. the highest peak in north america will be called mt. denali. a symbolic gesture. it was denali before mckinley. a climber decided to name it mt. mckinley. the p

>> reporter: so he had been director of antiquities for 40 years in palmyra. he was an internationally recognized expert on the site, an internationally recognized archaeologist. he retired about ten years ago in 2003, stayed on as an advisor to the assad government on antiquities. then in may, palmyra was taken over by isis. mr. assad, who's 82 years old, decided not to leave. this was his hometown. he was close to the sites that he studied, the sites that he loved. isis first detaped him briefly. then about a month ago detained him once again. according to the syrian government, it was all about hidden treasure. isis wanted to know where antiquities were being held, where supposedly stocks of ancient gold were being hidden in the city. there is often rumors in this part of the world that 18 shunti -- ancient sites hold hidden treasures, hold magical powers. mr. assad wouldn't cooperate and then he was killed yesterday, according to a syrian rights group. he was beheaded and then he was hanged from a -- his body was hanged from a lamp post in the center of th

isil captured palmyra in may and tore down ruins it considered pagan. it is said to be a loss for all syrians. >> this temple has been reconstructed before by a french team in the 20th century. i think that kind of rebuilding will certainly come. i think a place like palmyra loses a little bit of its, you know, its presence and authenticity every time something like this happens, and, you know, the loss to the people of syria is in calculable. syrians have that very strong identification with the site of pal meyer are precisely because they embrace this multi-cultural sense of self. if you ever, i lived in syria 12 years and if you asked a syrian which sect they belonged to or which group they belonged to religiously, it's an offensive question there. they would almost always look at you and respond i am syrian. the site represent that is multi-cultural diversity, precisely the kind i think isil wants to see eliminated. >> thousands of personnel have been deployed in a western india state. at least half a million people from the minority community have

showed pictures blowing up palmyra's bal-shalmine temple. deal with saudi arabia to provide aid to the people of yemen and 15 million people are in urgent need of medical care but the hospitals are overwhelmed and many clinics damaged in the fighting and saudi-led air strikes have benatar getting houthi rebels since march. chinese state media says 200 people arrested for spreading rumors over the stock market and people died following the explosions earlier this month and there was a 9% drop in the market and adrian brown has more from beijing. >> reporter: china's official news agency says 197 people have in its words been punished but won't specify what the punishments were and accused of spreading rumors and spreading false reports connected to the explosions in tianjin as well as to the falling stock market. those who were punished is a journalist who works for the respected monthly magazine and his crime was to report back in july that the government was preparing to end its intervention in the stock market by withdrawing some of its fu

live in palmyra, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> 5:02. new from overnight, a barrage of gunfire sends two men to the hospital and narrowly misses a pregnant woman. it happened on 30th street in the grays ferry section of philadelphia. police say two men in their 20s were sitting on a front porch when the gunman unloaded, firing two dozens bullets at the house. both men were hit multiple times, both in stable condition right now. the bullets just missed the vkt's sister who is six months pregnant and another woman was sleeping inside. >>> police tell us someone shot three people, two men and a woman on crowson street around 1:00 this morning. two of them are in critical condition and police are still searching for the gunman in both shootings. >>> 5:03. in just a few hours we'll hear from pennsylvania's attorney general, kathleen kane for the first time since having charges filed against her. kane scheduled a news conference for today in harrisburg. yesterday, the head of her security detail pleaded not guilty in norristown. patrick reese

the vote affect the talcony palmyra and the burlington bristol bridges. let's head out live to sabina kuriakose in palmyra with more on the vote tonight. high. >> hi, lauren, if the hike goes through, that could mean the commute calls for some people would be double it, would be the commissioned first toll hike in 15 years, but not everybody of course is on board. now the burlington county bridge commission operate the talcony palmyra and the burlington bristol bridges as well as several smaller spans, toll increase would up passenger car price frost about $2 to $4. e-zpass, fee pass more for trucks and buses as well. commission says it needs the money to maintain to pay for fund for about $110 million maintenance project. officials held two public meet this is week to get the reaction from people on both sides. some say they can't afford it, other say the bridges need to be updated. back here live outside the talcony pal mia bridge, see this early morning, bridge traffic steady out here. now the commission will vote on the proposed hike at its headquarte

we are live here in palmyra, new jersey i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> now, if that toll is raised it my help gas prices are dropping, according to triple a, gas prices slipped 6 h down to $2.59 a gallon on the national average. some experts say they could drop to below $2 by the fall. here's how prices are looking in our area, in the state of pennsylvania a gallon of regular is on average $2.59. in new jersey, 2.38. in the first state, it is 2.44. >>> preparations continue for the papal visit, today, the pope update, we will show you what was going on here in philadelphia and what this was all about, vittoria. >> $2 a game. >> reporter: we are live from the saint ann's carnival and italian festival where is there fun, food and games. all right, let's go. >> mark, set go good my favorite carnival game i always try to beat the kid in that one and i usually win. lets look at storm scan three showing one shower pushing n we will look closer at that and tell but a warm up in the forecast, that is coming up in a couple minutes, pat. >>> phillies and die machine backs are

now the commission votes tonight at their headquarters in palmyra. if the hike passes, we'll see the increase in about a month on september 15th, lauren? >> sack even, a thanks so. >> two men posted as water department workers, able it rip off olderly woman, happened in subdivision every honey locust and med island drive. men told the old err i lady they had to check her faucets. she let them n they later swiped her money and her jewelry when she wasn't looking. the woman wasn't hurt but police say she was certainly shaken up. neighbors think the victim has lived alone since her husband died few years ago, and they feel sorry moore she's been through. >> the lady was outside. she look really upset. >> very active scene here, and just very, very nice people. to pray on somebody line that, extremely cowardly. >> gloucester township police say you don't have to ever answer your door if you think someone suspicious is outside, yell at your door, and if you need to call police. >> attorney general kathleen cane plans to answer questions at 1:00 p.m. press

. >> the burlington county bridge commission has approved raising tolls on the tacony palmyra and burlington bristol bridges. starting september 15th, it will go from two to $3 for e-z pass commuters. and those who pay cash is paying $4 now. the the commission says that it need the money to maintain the bridges. >> i wish i didn't have to do this. but we're compelled in the interests of safety and in the interest of viability and in the interest of maintaining our bridges, i feel to take this action. >> betsy ross, get right on i-95 north and south, i don't have to go down a mile, up and downstate road, lot more convenient. >> triple a says bridge commission fails to give drivers enough time to comment on the toll hike. the it called on the commission to phase in the hike to ease the burden on the motorist. >>> hard working father is attack while delivering pizza in bristol bucks county. while he laid bleeding on the ground inn conscious the thieves robbed him. >> police are reviewing surveillance video hoping it lead to his attackers. "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco spoke to that vic

holly, and palmyra coming in at 61 degrees. as we take you hour by hour, it will be another gorgeous day, sunshine, beautiful, in the 80s, and we will be nice and crisp and cool, too, as we head throughout the day. that's going to change as warm air comes, in as our jet stream moves to the north, over the next few days so those at or below average temperatures a thing of the past, over the next five days, we will be well above average. even 90's as we head into monday, and tuesday, a live look at storm scan3, shows you just how nice it is out there right now. and we are going to continue to see these 80s, as we head across the next few days, but that will change, as we get into monday. so, meisha, a some heat coming your way. >> all right, a lot of hair spray will be needed, thanks, kyla. good morning, everyone, tgif. it is friday. we made it to the end of the work week. what you're looking at behind me, mobile three live shot. you can see, we see a vehicle there, but what's going on here? we do have an accident in northeast ph

he stayed in palmyra to help evacuate the museum's invaluable contents but was taken hostage. isil has destroyed hundreds of historical sites. sledge hammers and power drills have been used to ruin priceless artifacts. some fragments of human history have been smuggled out, but it's not known how much damage has been caused. it is believed that some artifacts have been sold on the black market to help finance their campaign. this video shows 25 men in a packed theater, before their apparent execution. and now the beheading of a renuned archeologist who devoted his life to palmyra, now at the mercy of isil. >>> couple of stories out of iraq for you. first more demonstrations in the southern oil-producing city. protests have been going on across the country has people have become increasingly fed up with corruption and lack of management. and then scuffles broke out in baghdad at a tribal conference. the gathering was attended by tribes trying to work together. discussions got heated and ended up in fistfights with some people even using chairs during the altercation. >>> the un

it was going to, it passed, the tolls are going up, if you cross the burlington bristol, or talcony palmyra bridge, when the tolls will double on those two bridges. going to happen pretty quickly. >> get ready, the gloucester premium outlets opened today. the special events going on for the grand opening, and the celebrity who is going to be there, this saturday. >> celebrity will be there saturday. >> yes. >> man, people have been waiting for those outlet stores to open. good day, it is august the 13th, 2015. >> you agree? e ' excited because today will be a ten. >> that's what jacks you up. >> all right, jeff cole. >> and if you had been walking today bridge, the talcony palmyra, as you said you would, if the toll hike hadn't happened, would you have beautiful day for it, at less. >> yes. >> but not going to happen because they did it. anyway, bus stop buddy, it is summer camp today. very nice start to the day, with temperatures mostly in the 60s, few 70s out there, now that the sun's been out for awhile. yes, he's got the joint water bottle today. because you want to be outside as long a

the vote affect the talcony palmyra and burlington bristol bridge. notice i didn't mention burlington bristol bridge, because that would be a far walk. sabina on the story. it will happen at 6:00 tonight? >> that's right. that's when they are going to vote. now take a look here, hine me, standing here along the talcony palmyra bridge on the south jersey side right at the mouth of it. >> good amount of traffic out here, been steady all morning long since we got out here at 4:00 this morning, so proposed hike will really affect a lot of people. now, if the toll hike passes, the price of passage will double for passenger cars, over the talcony as well as burlington bristol bridge. mentioned there, mike, it would go from $2 to $4, a dollar less than that if you had easy pass. >> more for trucks and buses, why the hike? burlington county bridge commission says it needs the money for $110 million in maintenance project. that includes new paint jobs, mechanical upgrades and from a structure improvement. now the commission says, the bridges are safe as is. b

. >> talking about the tp, talcony palmyra, and the burlington bristol bridges. steve, give us the numbers, my man. >> reporter: of course we have to say could rice, because we're in the news business, it is not for sure, but have you ever heard after a proposed increase that didn't actually become an increase? and so, the deal that you get now, $2 to get into philly from new jersey is going to be doubled if you pay cash to four bucks, but if you don't have e-zpass, you should get it. see all of the people in the right lane stopping to pay cash? they don't have e-zpass. getting e-zpass means you will get discount still, that is only going up to $3 every time you cross those are the people going through the yellow flashing lanes, i don't understand why anybody gets through life now without e-zpass, especially if you're going to save. so budget savvy drivers taking the talcony palmyra bridge now because it just cost two buck, less than half of the 5-dollar toll it cost to cross the betsy ross bridge, they put up with the occasional openings for ships to pass under

isis militants with new devastation on the city of palmyra. destroying the 2,000-year-old bell temple. days earlier, extremists blew up another temple in palmyra. >>> a warning to pakistan from national security adviser susan rice. rice says militants in pakistan are behind a series of recent attacks in afghanistan. attacks destabilizing the region. the white house is concerned that pakistani leaders are not doing enough to combat the extremists. the pakistani prime minister is visiting the white house in october. >>> the white house putting together sanctions against chinese companies and individuals who profited from the government hacking of u.s. trade secrets. it is not clear if the sanctions will be imposed or when. a decision is expected within the next two weeks. that is according to "the washington post." >>> president obama heads to anchorage in alaska today. he is scheduled to meet with native-americans tonight before renaming mt. mckinley. it will now be called mt. denali. that is what it was called more than 100 years ago. this is

. >>> stories making news this morning, isis blows up ancient syria at palmyra's ruins. according to reports the group detonated one of the important temples yesterday in palmyra. the first time the islamic state are damaged a part of the ancient roman ruins. >>> two major air show tragedies over the weekend to tell you about. in england, a vintage fire jet crashed into a busy road and leaving cars burning on the highway. after the pilot failed to pull out of a loop maneuver. the likely death toll has risen to 11. >>> in switzerland, two small planes collided while flying in a three-plane formation and one of the planes crashed into a barn and leaving it in ruins. the pilot of the aircraft was killed. luckily, the pilot of the second plane was able to eject himself to safety. >>> for the first time since revealing his cancer diagnosis, president carter taught sunday school in his hometown plains, georgia, where hundreds lined up to hear him speak. >> if you have a setback, accept it and ask how much of it is our fault and then set a higher goal than you ever had before a

in just about an hour in palmyra. live from palmyra new jersey i'm greg argos for cbs-3 eyewitness news. >> greg, thank you. >>> just a short time ago three new a accusers came forward claiming they were victimized by entertainer bill cosby. lets get details from our todd quinones in our satellite center, todd. >> reporter: three women all came forward for first time all claiming that bill cosby victimized them. the women with their attorney gloria alred held up pictures of themselves depicting the time in their lives that they encountered cosby. seventy-eight year-old has been a accused by more than 35 women of sexual misconduct, last month, newly released testimony revealed cosby admitted under oath the in 2005 that he obtained sedatives with the intent of giving them to women to have sex with them. one of the alleged victims today said she was in the drugged but contend that she was sexually assaulted by cosby while waiting for a job interview. >> he growthed over my humiliation. he planned it. even to this day i'm

the temple in palmyra is reported to have been bombed on sunday. it was built around 2000 years ago, isil captured palmyra in may. in june, it blew up 28 she didn't shrines the group said were pagan and sacrilegious. >> isil has looted and destroyed dozens of sites. here are some of the most significant ones. in february, isil members used sledge hammers to smash artifacts in mosul museum. they looted the mosul library and burned hundreds of books. in march, they used sledge hammers to break apart the 2300-year-old ruins in iraqi. the complex of temples was a unesco world heritage site. later in the same month, they used bulldozers and explosives to destroy the 3000-year-old city of nimrod. it was although a unesco world heritage site. it used heavy machinery last week to destroy a christian monastery, and now palmyra. >> saudi arabia reported new cases of mers over the past week. all new infections were discovered in a hospital in riyadh. 15 are medical staff. it is the largest new numbers of cases reported this year. since it was first discovered

this comes days after they beheaded a palmyra scholar. the blast damaged some of the famed columns and it is a loss for all in syria and for the international community. >>> look at there fire at a warehouse in japan. flames shot into the building near tokyo. it took about two hours to get this blaze under control. so far there are no reports of any injuries. >>> parents in peril on a new jersey highway got much needed help from a good samaritan who helped deliver their baby. >> she but the the seat in recline, took her pants off and i saw the baby's head. >> reporter: bella rosa bud was born on the side of the road in the front seat of the car saturday night. traffic kept her parents from making it to the hospital in time. but local medics who happened to be nearby helped to deliver the baby who just wouldn't wait. soon after an ambulance rushed mom and daughter to the loss. bella is the couple's second child. >>> more rain could be moving in just in time for the evening commute, allison is up next. >> reporter: when you step outside, it

. ♪ >>> stories making news this morning, isis blows up ancient syria at palmyra's ruins. according to reports the group detonated one of the important temples yesterday in palmyra. the first time the islamic state are damaged a part of the ancient roman ruins. last week isis beheaded an 82-year-old scholar. >>> two major air show tragedies over the weekend to tell you about. in england, a vintage fighter jet crashed into a busy road leaving two cars burning on the highway. after the pilot failed to pull out of a loop maneuver. the likely death toll has risen to 11. >>> in switzerland, two small planes collided while flying in a three-plane formation and one of the planes crashed into a barn and leaving it in ruins. the pilot of the aircraft was killed. luckily, the pilot of the second plane was able to eject himself to safety. >>> for the first time since revealing his cancer diagnosis, president carter taught sunday school in his hometown plains, georgia, where hundreds lined up to hear him speak. >> if you have a setback, accept it and ask how much of it is our fault an