merely write you a citation payable to the city in the exact same way that you with pay a speeding ticket. that was the case up until may 31st for this woman when college graduate was arrested for possessing marijuana. >> i might go to jail. i just lost my job. i'm in the whirlwind of craziness right now. in the fall police officers can choose not the to arrest people possessing 30 grams of marijuana or less, instead they can write a $25 fine payable to the city just like a parking ticket. plus the the fine won't generate a criminal record. >> i don't think someone who does something at a youth knuckle headedness which we all have made mistakes should pay with that mistake with the criminal record forever. >> reporter: councilman jim kenny authored the bill n2017, 17,000 police hours were spent arresting people with small amount of marijuana. >> we think that money can be better spent. >> don't you, really. >> reporter: not everybody agrees with the plan, however,

dennie o'brien thinks laws like this should be made at the the state level. >> if you want to make this a summary offense you have to go to harrisburg do that. it creates administrative issues. >> reporter: while others say it could promote drug use. >> all we're doggies advocating and enticing young people to use it. i'm not for it. >> reporter: mayor nutter weighed in at an late afternoon press conference. >> i don't know at the local level we can actually, in fact, decriminalized something that the state deems to be an illegal substance. >> reporter: some are saying the actions are part of the broader trend across pennsylvania, to lessen marijuana laws. hear of one lawmakers's push to legalize medical marijuana use in the keystone state. live outside city hall, matt rivers, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". what do you think about this marijuana vote in city council, connect with us and, join the conversation, you can post your comments on the cbs philly facebook page, or you

can shoot us a tweet at cbs philly. >> turning to the other story that has people talking to day that would be the weather, we're still tracking showers moving through the area now, meteorologist kate bilo joins us from the weather center with the very latest, kate. >> i don't know about you but i was woken up in the middle of the night with those storms that passed through severe storms, lots of lightening and we will go back and look at damage reports here in a minute but first let's show what you is happening right now. good news is that the the clouds came in, temperatures cooled off and air stabilized enough that this front as it is pushing south has in the been bringing any severe weather. it is just a couple showers, you can see it drifting south of philadelphia, we're seeing the sun coming out in the poconos and lehigh valley but these showers are heading for the shore. this front is producing severe weather. lets look off to the south and look at all that lightening, severe thunderstorm watch and warnings in effect richmond, virginia area and these will miss us to the south so we will not see anything american just showers we are seeing right now. lets do a least cap on what happened last night. here's a loop overnight to see

how quickly these storms came through from midnight through three or 4:00 a.m. and lots of lightening with these. lets look at just one frame here on the radar, about 1:45 a.m. and we will query these storms and see how much lightening strikes we got just in this five minute frame and take a look at this numbers, over 1200 lightening strikes on this one frame of radar ape lightening strikes did produce damage reports all across the region. we have reports of house fires in the area the lets look at these west deptford township house fire on lynn drive due to a lightening strike. more over towards hockessin another house fire was reported thanks to the lightening strike v dangerous cloud to ground lightening up towards bucks county house was struck by lightening a lot of problems last night. good news, showers, and there is some storms for upcoming forecast, for the weekend, kathy and i will have that in a bit. jessica, back over to you. tonight should be a lot calmer then last night this was the scene in the early morning hours, mother nature in full display, check out this slow motion shot of

lightening striking over margate as powerful storms moved through. those same storms caused damage across the area like here in quakertown, trees, branches along comrie road. fortunately no one was hurt. take a look at the this amazing shot of the lightening strike in norwood bergen county. sean sent us this photo where a streak was forking out across the the sky there. take a look at this video from south dakota where a tornado touched down in the small town of westing ton springs. anything in it its what i did not stand a chance. only a handful of people in the town were injured, because they did heed the warning to find shelter. if it is safe for you to take a picture during the storm we do want to see it. end us your fishings on facebook or twitter just use the hash tag cbs-3 storm. we have learned more about the crash, that seriously injured the comedian tracie morgan. ntsb investigators say the driver of the truck that hit morgan's limo van was speeding, and "eyewitness

news" reporter jane carabao has new details from a preliminary report just released. >> reporter: these newly released images show aftermath of the deadly accident on the new jersey turnpike in cranberry township. one dead, four injuries, and including actor tracie morgan. now federal investigators say that the driver of the tractor trail their caused the wreck was traveling 20 miles per hour faster then the speed limit. >> he is a fun guy and i'm sorry that he was involved in that. >> reporter: national transportation safety board says that truck driver kevin roper was going 65 miles per hour right before the crash. the speed limit on that stretch of turnpike is just 45, because of a construction project, investigators say signs, a mile away from the crash, warned of the lane closures and a half mile away they say speed limit signs reduced speed from 55 to 45. authorities say roper failed to notice traffic slowing. >> i experience it all the time. i was doing like 55 to 60, and they went by me like they were

doing 80. i mean that was a truck. >> reporter: this preliminary report renewed focus on work zone safety. >> be aware, ab alert, don't tailgate, drive the posted work zone speed. >> reporter: consequences are costly and deadly, just a week before, minister again's crash a pennsylvania turnpike worker was killed in west pike land township when a tractor trailer entered a closed lane. >> we want to make sure that the workers that are in the work zone whether they are department force or contractor employees come home safely just like the traveling public. >> reporter: now ntsb investigators also say roper logged 13 hours in 32 minutes at the time of the collision, that is actually under the maximum 14 hour consecutive duty period allowed for commercial drivers. investigators are also still trying to determine how much rest roper got in the days and hours leading up to that crash. in the sat center, jane carabao, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you. a 19 year-old man is rush to the hospital after the car he was in collided with

another car in west philadelphia. "eyewitness news" at 58th and girard just after 12:30 today. that accident was initially thought to be a hit and run but striking vehicle to return to the scene. no word right now on the injured man's condition. prosecutors filed more child sex abuse charges against former malvern music teacher anton fauxman 36789 more children accused fauxman have of showing them sexually explicit photos. he was a music teacher at malvern school of music. prosecutors originally charged the the 44 year-old with abusing, three, six year-old students. man nicknamed the swiss cheese pervert pleads guilty to indecent exposure and harassment charges. christopher paying again owe's trial was set to begin this morning. in january the four two-year old was accused of offering to pay four women to put swiss cheese on his private areas and perform sexual acts. today the judge sentenced pagano to eight years probation. following a week of deliberations the president laid out his plan to help iraq

fend off attack from sunni militants. those militants are trying to establish an islamic state within parts of the iraq and syria. cbs news correspondent craig boswell gives us a look at the president's plan. >> reporter: president obama says he is ready to send up to 300 military advisors to iraq to help country from falling in the full scale civil war. >> american forces, returning to combat, in iraq, but we will have helped iraqis taking the fight to terrorist who threatened the iraqi people, region and american interests as well. >> reporter: president is not ordering air strikes as of right now, but confirmed he has increased surveillance over iraq. >> going forward we will be prepared to take targeted and precise military action if, and when, we determine that the the situation on the ground requires it. >> reporter: president obama did in the call for iraqi prime minister nor i al-maliki, something many in congress says needs to happen. >> maliki has to be transitioned out, but the only way that is going to happies

for us to assure iraqis that we will be there to assist. >> reporter: president obama says a long term solution will require iraqis to bridge their own sectarian divide, above all, iraqi leaders must rise above their differences and come together around a political plan for iraq's future. >> reporter: sunni militants continue to hold several cities north of baghdad and have vowed to take a capitol city. craig bosswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". much more on the escalating crisis in iraq abe u.s. response tonight on the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. that broadcast immediately follows "eyewitness news" at 6:00. to the whole thing now a dire warning from revel casino hotel in atlantic city. it is telling staff it will shut down this summer if it cannot find a buyer. employees got a warning letter today saying they could be laid off as soon as august 18th. the the casino is owned by investors who gained control during bankruptcy last year.

revel posted an operating loss of 21.7 million-dollar in the first quarter of this year. well, coming up here on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 we have had the the liberty bell, independent hall, art museum steps could philadelphia soon be home to the own version of seattle's famous space needle. plus, i got about size of golf balls. >> big surprise for some golfers when a police chase, came barreling down the fair way. are you booking a hotel for your summer vacation? well, there is something you may not know about your stay, three on your side's where i am donovan, explains what you should check for before you check out of the next hotel. kathy is live in at atlantic city for orr at the shore, hi kathy. >> it is world cup of sand sculpting and we are playing a game, an italian game and this is how it is plays played, go ahead, bernard? we're making a court here filled with sand, we will show you how to play the game plus

forecast from the city to the shore as "eyewitness news" at 5:00 conti

you expect certain things when you stay at a hotel, comfortable bed, clean bass room certainly among them. >> that is right, one traveler got something he did not expect when he stayed at a days inn. three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan explains. >> reporter: gary says his road trip stop at this california days inn was just fine but it was fine print he noticed on his bill that didn't sit well with the frequent traveler. stating he had to personally call or write the wyndam help tell group if he didn't want his personal information shared with the company's

affiliates. >> it is called an opt out clause, automatically giving companies consent to share personal information, unless you read fine print and take action. wyndam's web at says it collect is a dress and credit card fur to pictures and social media id's, information it may share with other hotels, vendors and service providers. >> privacy programs, by definition, are not consumer friendly. >> reporter: consumer add ohio cade joe rideout said most corporations of opt out policies because they know most people don't read fine print. selling or sharing that information can be lucrative but risky for consumer and opting out may in the be enough. >> if you do opt out it can be shared before hand. best to restrict as much information as possible. without giving them a phone number or genuine e-mail address if they have no need for this information. >> reporter: wyndham says it takes reasonable steps to protect the the information but cannot ensure its security. you may recall, wyndham's computer systems were breached

several years ago, hackers stole credit card store for 600,000 customers. i opt out of everything. they are not going to find me. i'm in like the cia. >> police might eventually but you not the hotel. >> not the telemarketers. >> bogus e-mail addresses, i don't want any of that. >> you have to protect yourself. >> jim, thanks. still ahead on "eyewitness news" face-to-face with the shark. viral video but where we are going to ask you is this real or fake. coming up in sports, the eagles wrap up mini camp, phillies head to st. louis and top three prospects in the nba draft is hurt, we will talk about how that effects sixers coming up in 60,

we have rain around the area this afternoon we're tracking it with team three weather coverage. >> we have kathy orr live at the shore in atlantic city but first we will check with meteorologist kate bilo in the cbs-3 weather center, kate. >> it looks like kathy broke out rain jacket we will see if the showers made it down the shore, they are just starting to clear city of philadelphia, take a look at skies scan three, looking over the bridge and river and blue skies, as darker clouds begin to clear and the showers, move on out of here. it will be a much nicer night then certainly we had last night. the lets look at storm scan

three and you can see what is happening. here's our front oriented east to west, it is now pushing south and we have clouds all daze today and we have showers all day, stabilizing the air. we dodged a bullet, off to the south though you can see these storms really rock ago cross portions of the eastern virginia, a lot of lightening, heavy rain as well so good thing we are not getting in on that action today. we are seeing these showers intensify as they move in northern cape may county. you can see that dot of yellow because this area had more sunshine then we did in the city, air is more unstable so we can see pockets of heavier showers. with the showers that came through with the clouds, temperatures in better than low to mid 70's and that is about 20 degrees cooler then it it was at this time yesterday, a huge departure, from those mid 90's we felt yesterday. very, very steamy day. we got to 94. today our high is just 78 degrees. now temperatures have dropped in the wake of the showers, that just came through.

but as that front moves to the south tomorrow high pressure noses in nice day highs back in the mid 80's with lower humidity. on saturday showers mainly off to the south, we will clear out in the afternoon and staying cool for first day of the summer with highs in the 70's but then back to high pressure and temperatures in the 80's again as we head into your sunday. for rest of tonight 63 degrees, clearing skies, much cooler then recent nights, less humid at 63 again. for tomorrow 85, sunny, nice, comfortable, just a beautiful friday and here's you're witness weather three day forecast, beautiful friday and slightly cooler, ironically enough as we start season of summer here on saturday. some unis, shower from the city on south and sunday looks great we are at 83 today and it does stay mostly sunny. never a bad day kathy joins us live from atlantic city, hi, katie.

>> believe it or in the rain is in the bad for sand sculpting, it helps, we will talked to a renowned sand sculpture to explain why that is so. right now in atlantic city thinks the world cup of sand sculpting. this is opening day, and we have artists, already hard at work. we also have our own costume cbs-3 desk here, for the second year in a row, so we will be broadcasting from that this afternoon, and starting to day you can see, 20 art carvers, these sand carvers that will be turning 500 tons of sand into works of art, so, you'll be seeing different types of characters, and different things emerge from these mounds of sand. now take a look at the end results from last years competition. sand was sculped into classical greek art, mythical dragons that appear to be rising from the beach and, of course, sand castles and dozens more a beautiful work

of art. carvers came and do come from all around the world. back here live in the middle of it all we have our organizer and also our renowned sand carvers john gotti and what a day to day. a little bit of rain. >> thinks great for sculptors. >> great. >> tell us about the rules. >> well, rules. only sand and water, okay. they could use only the sand in their plot, okay. the the perimeter plot to the center of the earth. they can go all the way down, and some do use negative space. >> what countries are represented. >> we have about nine countries, we have india, singapore, before it tane, russia, i don't know. >> it is amazing. >> australia. >> we will show everybody the the weather for weekend because we know it will get better and we know they need water right to have everything

stick together. >> that is true. >> it will be good for the event as long as it doesn't pour. >> here is our shore temperatures right now as carvers do their work. temperatures right now are in the 70's, 78 in atlantic city. cape may 76. our forecast for this weekend looking good, friday 76. we have lots of sunshine. saturday a chance of the shower and by sunday mostly sunny skies and a temperature of 78 degrees. back here live we will continue to watch the artists at work and bring more coming up, on "eyewitness news" next half an hour but for now we will send it to break and we will be right back after this. >> do you like that umbrella? scottie, get me one of those.

eagles held their final mini camp of the off season players report on july the the 25th, chip kelly told the the guys to enjoy your time off, be smart, stay in shape. phillies start four game series tonight in st. louis, yesterday fightins swept braves winning ten-five in the final game, ryan howard went three for five, drove in two runs, big piece had a great series against atlanta, he was five for 13, with two home runs and six rbi's, david buchanan gets the start tonight. in los angeles last night dodgers clayton kershaw through a no hitter two time cy young award winner struck out career high a 15 rockies including final out, the dodgers won eight to nothing. josh beckett no hit fill is, back in may. the nba draft is one week from tonight, one of the top three prospects is hurt, can you you believe this is happening to us when we have the number three?

kansas star joel embid has a stress fracture and will have surgery, many mock calves have have the cavilers taking him so now sixers will to have have move up if they want to get andrew wiggins. that is your 60 seconds sports. now back to chris and jessica. remember to breathe, remember to breathe. >> you remember to breathe, it will be okay. >> still on the way here at 5:30, caught on camera quiet game of golf, ends in a crime scene when police chase wind up going straight down a fair way. berks county officials make 13 arrest in the child pornography sweep i'm syma chowdhry with that report coming up. then new at 6:00 governor christie signs a bill into law that guaranties students with disabilities can participate in school athletics, how lawmakers hope this will influence other states to follow in new jersey's footsteps.

here are a preliminary report from the ntsb finds driver of the truck that crashed into tracie morgan's limo was speeding. investigators say that kevin roper was traveling 20 miles an hour in the construction zone on the new jersey turnpike. philadelphia city council signs off on a bill decriminal

ice a possession of the small amount of marijuana there are enough votes to override a possible veto from mayor nutter this fall. president obama says u.s. is ready to spend 300 military advisors to iraq, he says that intelligence, and surveillance operations are available to help that country from falling in the all out civil war, with sunni militants, kate? it has been a cloudy, showery day but showers are now clearing the area, they are heading down the shore and skies are clearing, behind it. it looks like we will get some sunshine across the area before sunsets. showers cleared tonight, coming up, we will have your weekend outlook from the city to orr at the shore, stay tuned for that. jessica, back over to you. new at 5:30 a crackdown on child porn graph any berks county as "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry tells us 13 people now face charges including a juvenile. >> possessing images of child sexual abuse is a heinous crime and will not be

tolerated in berks county. >> reporter: thirteen people air rested after officialness berks county conduct a child pornography sweep, 12 men, plus a 17 year-old boy are facing several charges for possessing and disseminating thousands of images. >> when you distribute, disseminate, prop gate it throughout the the internet, child is exploited not just ones but several times over. >> reporter: authority conduct sweep for the past year and a half. berks county district attorney john adams says 12 men come from all different walks of life from professionals to general laborers but now they are facing jail time. >> it could ruin their lives, so why they continue to participate in this type of behavior is sort of difficult to comprehend. >> reporter: one of the men is a respected doctor. steven schwartz is a neurologist. we went to his office in wyomissing but employees did not want to comment. d.a. says at rest should send a message to those who

continue to down load child pornography. >> we will catch you, you will get arrested and suffer the consequences. >> reporter: and each count the men are charged with can carry up to seven years in jail. in reading, syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". search continues tonight for three suspects, who kidnaped a teenager and terrorized his parents. it all happened, yesterday in the somerton section of the city. a 15 year-old was walking home when he was forced in the car by armed men. investigators say two of them went to the teen's home, tied up and robbed his parents. the men then took off with the teenager in toe but later left him unarmed, at 23rd and fairmount. police say robbers stole about $30,000 worth of cash and jewelry. a new survey shows number of uninsured americans is declining due to the expansion of the medicaid under affordable care act. pennsylvania is one of the only three states still debating whether to expand coverage. robert wood johnson foundation

says number of uninsured has dropped by nearly 57 percent in the cities, benefiting from medicaid expansion. it is estimated expanding coverage in pennsylvania would reduce the total number of uninsured in philadelphia by 55 percent. the fire fly music festival kick off just a few minutes ago in delaware. it is one of the biggest music events on the east coast but if you are going you can expect major delays due to the 495 bridge closure and closed exits. chopper three over the area a little earlier today, where, the dover exits on southbound delaware route one, cobbs earth goers, traveling on route one southbound you need to get off exit 95. and, at cbs philly.com. absolutely heading in to delaware is quite the feat today and trying to get to

i-95 on 476 is also going to be quite an obstacle. the lets talk about what we are dealing with here, accident southbound 476, approaching area have of saint david, villanova. it is compromising left-hand lane and you can only imagine what this is doing to 476, even back towards mid county tolls, and affecting the schuylkill, pennsylvania turnpike and also the northeast extension. lets move over to i-95, traveling on i-95 northbound we have an accident around allegheny, it is causing quite a delay for our folks on i-95 stemming back towards penns landing and continues to be slow all the way through to cottman avenue, and that would be this accident here. taking a look at speed sensors notice in both directions of i-95 we are in the red between northeast philadelphia and south philadelphia. if you are traveling on the southbound side of i-95, on columbus boulevard we have down wires, the southbound side only the right lane is blocked, so we will finally have movement earlier, both sides, of columbus boulevard, delaware avenue were shut down. we are finally seeing that pick up, however, southbound

i-95 ramp to columbus boulevard, and delaware avenue is experiencing heavy delays. give yourself more time, however mass transit looks good. now back to the desk vittoria, thanks very much. forget sand traps and water some golfers in minnesota had to deal with the dangerous hazard, check out this amazing video of the police chase right on the links. this definitely is in the par for the course. golfer captured high speed pursuit in the mid of his round. here's his shot by shot account of what he saw. >> he jumped ditch and got on the course and chaos just broke loose after that. >> there was people running, i could see in the distance people scattering and running, still in shock bit. living around here you don't see something like that every day. >> the driver was caught and faces drug charges and other charges for fleeing police and property damage. course officials say most of the damage on the course has been repaired. >> still to come on "eyewitness news" at 5:00, why

philly might get its own version of the space needle. will an iphone kill switch keep you from getting robbed of your phone? plus an eye on the arts. planning blank tonight we will go behind the scenes of evita, right here and we will get a few lessons in the tango, kathy's dancing on the sand in the atlantic city. and, literally and figuratively, 500 tons of sand, turning into works of art. we have artisans from all over the country, and, what is new this year that is bringing in an italian game to the, beach to the first time ever, we will play that game and have your forecast from the city to the shore coming up as "eyewitness news" at 5:00 continues.

kill switch added to apple iphones appears to be to go its job. new report found thefts of i phones that have that switch dropped sharply in the first five months of the year compared to last year.

feature allowed the owner to shut down the phone if it is stolen h this feature can be used on androids and windows phones. google wants to get more girls to get involved, in computer coding and today they launched a new made with code campaign, new web site features to lessons on how to use code to create things like bracelets. google is giving 50 million-dollar to coding programs for girls. you are most likely familiar with the space needle in seattle, now a similar tourist attraction could rise over south philadelphia. phl local gaming is proposing a building that is 615-foot tall amusement tower call the sky spire near front and packer. cot will build that if it is granted the remaining philadelphia casino license. the the sky spire would be part of the new entertainment complex, right next to that casino. >> we will see. we will be right back.

wow, scary student racing out of masterman school in spring garden this afternoon, the last day of school for philadelphia public school students. these kids are quite happen a parentally to start their summer vacation. enjoy, be safe. construction is now underway to transform an important piece of property,

in trenton. the calhoun street will be home of the new nursing, education center for thomas edison state college. new jersey governor chris christie took part in the ground breaking there today, this project is expect to cost $26.2 million. well, after those severe thunderstorms, we had overnight we are tracking more showers in our area. >> we have got team three coverage kathy orr down the the shore in atlantic city but you first lets check with kate bilo here in the studio. >> we have those nasty storms late last night but good news today we have had cloud cover and cool air in place but the showers, we're mainly seeing showers. we didn't have any strong thunderstorms but as you can see now taking a live look at sky scan three over ben franklin bridge nothing but sunshine. it is looking beautiful as those showers cleared to the south. lets look at one of our live neighborhood network cameras, this is time lapse from kutztown area middle school. we started day clouds, rain, very glummy start but watch

what happens in the late afternoon. clouds are moving quickly, these storms are progressive and you look up to the sky and see fair weather clouds, blue skies, 73 degrees, a beautiful end to what has been a gray, glummy day but definitely not as hot as yesterday so we will have that going for us. you can see here on storm san three most of the showers are down the the shore. we will see if kathy is seeing them in atlantic city. you can see green from ocean county, cape may county but off to the south and west severe weather is underway today. we are missing it. heavier rain is over dennis area at the moment have the not seeing a whole lot of thunderstorm activity. we have had plenty of that with numerous lightening strikes and house fires caused by lightening. temperatures that pushed through pretty cool, 75 at the airport. seventy-five reading. seventy-four in allentown. to points through this evening, still in the upper 60's, that is in the steamy to oppressive range but as we set this into motion watch tomorrow afternoon, dew points

back in the lower 50's in many locations and that is much more comfortable. so humidity will be noticeably dropping into our friday. as far as future weather is concerned and showers are mainly out of here for tonight. skies will be clearing and dryer air starts to come in. here's tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. nothing but sunshine. the not a cloud in the sky. beautiful day. saturday some clouds maybe a stray shower here and there throughout the afternoon but for the most part nice start to the weekend and nice start to summer but a bit ol cool side. clear sky, cooler and less humid. may be able to give air conditioning a break inn leave window open a crack tonight. for your friday sunny and nice. comfortable day. high 85. you're witness weather seven day forecast and shore cast is there start of um iser, coolest day of the week, 79 degrees there. sunday 38 with sunshine and a, nice start to next week with sun and highs in the mid 80's and a thunderstorm again by wednesday. welshing it hasn't been

greatest day weather-wise but never a bad day down the the shore for this weeks orr at the shore, kathy is in atlantic city, hi kathy. >> it is ending up being a pretty nice day here we have a few sprinkles but it is a sun shower we have a sun over my left shoulder so finally a break. hopefully it will stay that way. we have something spectacular going on here. we are at world championship of sand sculpting opening day and something new to the competition this year a game called chickcoating and anton ohio brought the the track or sculped the the track, so many people in america can now see how to play this game. now tell me, about it, antonio, who play this is game and where do you play this game in italy. >> okay, in italy this is a very traditional game. it is perfect for families because children can play together, and they build a track, maybe build a bridge, castle and then they play with

little ball, plastic ball, and it is real fun and very, very traditional italian. i was surprised nobody knew this game in the united states so they called me here to introduce americans and at the moment we have a very good feedback and i'm very happen bye that. >> can you show me how you to play. >> sure. >> okay. thinks the mash will, this is my hand. you use only one finger and flip it. >> what is the object of the game. >> same as the other races, you have to do all the way around and try to be first on the finish. >> and almost flicks does it take to you get through this enormous track. >> the the actual record on this 190 feet track is 16 flicks. >> we will see if jake, our photographer we can see if i

can beat antonio's first one, i don't know about this one. >> one more here we go. three, two, one. >> what i touch yours, is it okay. >> yes, okay. >> thanks very much. say the name again on the beach. checoating, atlantic city, come on, come everybody. >> welcome, welcome. let's talk weather here. these are the fans and i hear a lot of these folks down the shore have gotten good. come down this weekend. here is our forecast. ocean water temperatures if you want to take a dip are not so bad in the upper 60's atlantic city. warmer in cape may at 73. here is your beach forecast coming to see world championship here right off of pennsylvania have avenue you can see it friday, look at this, temperatures 76, sunshine, uv at nine and the at day uv seven with the shower possible.

the temperature 77 degrees. back here live, the sunnies out in atlantic city, the sun always shines in atlantic city. he fridays rome as well. do you like atlantic city. >> you are from italy. >> yes. >> do you like atlantic city. >> yes, i love it. >> good answer. >> we will be back with more on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 and i didn't even tell you that. we will see you then. the the tony award winning musicale sleet at story of e va perron is on stage through sunday. >> this production is story both, song and dance with the tango in the center of the action. pat ciarrocchi ventured behind the scenes to check out that fancy foot work. >> eva perron inspired passion and now it is inspiring dance.

>> ian hubert owe and robin are the keepers of the tango. >> is there an aspect of passion and sexy, so you have to think sexy. >> we have taken that special quality and spread it out throughout the whole play and we use it to tell love stories, we use it to tell military. >> reporter: e va perron's rise to power in the 40's from poverty to first lady, at the wife of the president juan perron. >> the universal story, i think of an icon, of a woman symbolizing hope in a nation. >> reporter: lead role of the the narrator is three three-year old josh young, a native of wallingford delaware county, coming home to the academy with this national touring company. >> after college, i auditioned for shows, and when they cast me and paid me i figured i could do it and i have been doing it since then. >> reporter: as for that fancy foot work, on the road, ian and robin have have had busy rehearsal studios teaching ten

dancing rolls to singers with limited dancing experience. they even need to jump at the costume to dance if someone is he will. >> we jump, in the 13th person less than a year. >> reporter: bravely they took on number 14. >> this frame here stays really solid. >> left, right, together, great vine, encouragement, and then, a kind of a tan go. evita through sunday, at the academy of music without the 14th dancer. pat ciarrocchi, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> still ahead on "eyewitness news" talk about living on the edge, if you think walking on the grand canyon sky walk is nerve racking what about hanging below it. >> wow. >> more of that video, that is trending today coming up.

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crazy queen, a brazen bear and sidney surprise. first up this is quite a day job here, what if this was your view when you went to work just dangling there. indeed. quite a grand task. check out workers washing bottoms of the windows of the grand canyon sky walk. they dangled about 4700 feet above the canyon floor to give those windows spot less, quite the job there. up next we have certainly had our fair share of bear sight goes lately but get a load of this brown bain settling in next to the cameraman in a last contact drew hamilton was taking photos in the water when one strolled up, decided to just, take a seat, lay down, take in the view, before he finally wandered away. and real or fake you be the judge. this video was posted a week ago and already had more than 21 million views. it shows a man taking a leap in the sidney harbor to have a

chosen counter with the great white, a lot of people are now saying they think it is fake. what do you think about this? let us know on facebook and twitter. we'd love to hear from you what do you think. >> if i'm that guy i hope it's fake. >> come on that is are close for them to conveniently swim off. >> that is a big fish. >> yes. >> all right. that is it for "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> now at 6:00 philadelphia city council green lights a bill that essentially decriminalizes marijuana, will this influence the state to push, medicinal marijuana or legalize marijuana in general, we will take a closer look, kate. we have been tracking showers on a much cooler, cloudy day but now sunnies coming out and things are looking better, do they stay that way for weekend? details coming up in weather. also new details in the crash that critically injured actor tracie minister again what investigators revealed about the truck driver accused of causing that crash. plus a victory for students with disabilities,

governor chris christie signs a bill that guaranties they can participate in all new jersey will school athletics. in atlantic city, it is opening day of the world cup of sand sculpting we will bring you very latest and show you artistry that doesn't stop even in the rain, it is all next on "eyewitness news" the at 6:00 starts right now right now at 6:00 o'clock philadelphia takes a big step, forward in decriminal icing marijuana, it is a move drawing praise, and mentally of criticism. good evening i'm jessica dean. aim chris may. council approved a bill that reduces penalty for possessing small amounts of marijuana in the city of philadelphia and with this passing or looking at ripple effect it could have statewide. lets turn to matt rivers, who is outside city hall with the

reaction, matt. >> reporter: chris, this new law passed city council this afternoon with the vote of 14-two in favor of passing it. let's tell you how it works. if you are caught with a small amount of marijuana police officer that catches you can choose to write a citation payable to the city the exact same way that you would pay for a speeding ticket. >> majority of the members voting in the affirmative the bill passes. >> reporter: that a major change in marijuana law in philadelphia people in possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana can be issued a to 25th dollars fine and be sent on their way. proponents say it means a soup i had mistake won't show up and cost you in the future. police can arrest if they choose to do so but councilman jim kenny hopes they will spend their time more efficiently. >> to me it isens isible way to do it. then police officer stay on the street. >> reporter: but critics say policy promotes a mixed message. >> we pursue people, put them in the jail