certainly, you know, something that we have to talk b we'll do just that in the minutes ahead. guys, back to you. >> see in you just a bit. good morning, america's bert place is celebrating its birthday. and philadelphia is inviting the entire country. >> the festivities begin on independence mall with the second in command. we're not talking about nicole brewer. she is fantastic, talking about the vice president here, she joins us now there live. good morning. good morning, guys. and happy fourth of july to you. really i can't think of better place to celebrate america than where freedom got started, and apparently, the second in command, our vice president joe biden degrees with me, actually coming here to independence hall at 10:00 o'clock to be part of the celebration of freedom. of course, the annual event, all part of the welcome america celebration. but, let's roll some video, casino of show you the work that's been done throughout the city to just prepare for these events. you can see, much anticipation surrounding the event, which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the civil

rights act and the 60s anniversary of the ending of school segregation. it will include music, speeches, readings from the declaration every independence, then from noon to 7:00 switching gears here, as welcome america continues, this time, partying on the parkway from 20th street to aikins oval. where crews have been setting up for blocks and blocks of exciting activities, games, entertainment, music. really is the full shaban here, all leads up to the fourth of july japan fireworks, from 7:00 to 11:00 on the parkway, also known as many the largest free concert in america. this sex siting highlight. we have everybody from the roots, nicki minaj, to jennifer hudson, and vicky martinez, now, we mentioned those fireworks as well, the city of philadelphia will once again end things with a bang, thanks to amazing fireworks display over the philadelphia museum of art. so, if we come back here live, i think it is safe to say, we are getting our freedom on in the very place where freedom

got started. there is no better place to celebrate the fourth of july than right here in the city of philadelphia. we're live at independence hall, nicole brewer, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". here here. >> i think you just started a hashtag there, get your freedom on. i like it. >> now, one tact will not be on the parkway tonight, singer aerianna gram, canceled her performance, off to be with her grandparents tweeting they need me, i got to be there. thank you for understanding. >> are you still making plans for the fourth every july in check on what's happening, or last minute changes to fireworks plans, find all of that on our website cbsphilly.com. a loft folks waking up wondering what the forecast will be like if i can, so many plans today? >> i would say the later it is in the day, better off you are, to get in those plans without any wet weather issues. the problem is we've got hurricane obviously, that is still creeping up the eastern seaboard, and there it is, on the tropical satellite, little snapshot for you here, as of

1:00 a.m. it was upgraded, arthur, to category two, yesterday. however, we've also got cold front that's crossing, so, a lot of weather-related issues. meantime here is quick look at where the tropical storm and hurricane warnings continue at this hour. it is generally just clipping the virginia coastline, down specially through north carolina. here is a quick check on storm scan3 for you here, little snapshot of the radar, picture over the last really as we stand right now, still dealing with pretty heavy downpours back through our western suburbs, lehigh valley, pocono region, back edge of this however is now visible back through central, western pa, especially, so really just matter of time before this starts to get out of here, and we can expect to end up with some clearing skies, and a breeze really just being the only issue at that point. 72 degrees is the current temperature, nice and mild, see the damp pavement off in the distance there on the roadway outside whitt fields elementary school in reading, neck nickly west lawn, pa, i want to walk you quickly through future weather. take a

look, back edge of the clouds, effort, right? but we are watching this move through very slowly. there is arthur. glancing blow thank goodness, but will kick in the surf and rip current issue for us. then we gradually clear out. by 9:00 p.m. a lot of fireworks were supposed to happen depending on when they may or may not, but the wet weather is gone at that point. your headed to the beach today, heads up, careful, guys, rain out there this morning, it is humid, it is windy as the day progresses, high expected to reach 77. dangerous day for rip current and surf issues. so as we say, respect the lifeguards. respect what they have to say. they know best. and if it is too dangerous, just stay on dry land. not the best beach day we've ever seen anyway. erika, back to you. >> thank you, katie. now as katie mentioned that first hurricane of the atlantic season has made landfall in north carolina on the coast. arthur packing heavy wind, rain, even knocking out power. it is also forced thousands of vacationers to scrap their july 4th holiday plans. our team coverage begins now with susan macinnis, live from nags head.

susan, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning, things have calmed down here over just the last few minutes, winds speeds of 80, 90, over 100 miles that hour that we've been tracking on handy winds speed reader have calmed down, only temporarily, not soul can be fawn here in nags head, kill devil hills only police and media. some people are riding out this storm in their hotel rooms, in their homes, but thousands every people heeded the warnings, yesterday and wednesday, and they pack up their things and got out of the way. police in vare county north carolina told people here to stay indoors, as hurricane arthur came ashore thursday night. dumping heavy rain, and unleashing 100-mile per hour winds. the first named storm of the season made landfall as a category two storm before midnight near the southern end of the state's outer banks. ahead of the storm, north carolina governor put more than two dozen counties under

states of emergency. >> we really might not know how extensive the damage might be until mid-morning, or even later. >> arthur is pounding the north carolina coastline, and watching out july -- washing out july 4th holiday plans and vacationers here, many of whom evacuated, some did stay to ride out the storm. police went door-to-door to take note of who stayed behind. but harry and his family vacationing in nags head from north virginia decided to pack it in. >> we felt -- we asked him, he said mandatory evacuation, so we decided to leave little earl. >> i impact felt far beyond north carolina boston moved its independence fest tifts tiff tis up a day, putting on concert and fireworks show last night. arthur expected to arrive there today as weaker storm, as it continues its path northward. >> now, we are already hearing about tens of thousands of power outages, in just north

carolina alone. the governor said this is the kind of storm that can do significant damage to structures and flooding because of the storm surge, also big worries about the roads here. a lot of these barrier islands, very vulnerable, one road going into the mainland, a lot of wore business people sticking it out there, that they will be block from the mainland. governor says we will be able to access the damage when the sun's up. >> be safe, talk to you in a little bit. arthur is also stirring up the surround in our area as well. >> beach-goers down the shore are urged to use caution if they do venture out into the water. "eyewitness news" reporter jen bernstein, joins us now in ocean city cape may count which more on those safety restrictions in place. jen, good morning. >> reporter: happy fourth of july. here in ocean city they are expecting a lot of rough surf today. that includes rip tides. and here this morning, it is incredibly hazy. it is a little bit rainy out

here, not exactly your picture perfect beach day. you can see a loft haze here. and the ocean very, verb loud. i can tell you, i can't see the ocean, but i can absolutely hear it right now. ocean city beach patrol wants people to have fun today. but if you are going to go into the water you need to follow strict rules. we have video from yesterday to show you. yesterday the ocean city beach patrol told us we could be looking at 6-foot swells, and plenty of rip currents. lifeguards will be on alert if people want to go in the water today even though not expected to be again your picture perfect beach day. you want to stay by a lifeguard. here is some of the restrictions. >> we're not allowing any type of raft in at all. then trying to keep everyone aways deep water. we have extended hours here in ocean city until 10:00 o'clock. so we will always have some people on the most crowded beaches. >> reporter: we do know also that the fireworks display here in ocean city was postponed until saturday

night. atlantic city fireworks also just across the way postponed, here in ocean city the fireworks go off on ocean barges at sea, and little worried about the safety of people out on them. that's why those fireworks won't be tonight. that's the latest from ocean sit. jen bernstein, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> all right, jen, thank you. now, if you are headed to the shore today, get ready to pay more for tank every gas. check out the numbers, we found prices above $4 a gallon overnight. seem familiar? we haven't seen that high in six years. triple a says you can expect them to stay this expensive for awhile. not what outwent hear. >> we have alert for septa's regional rail riders, service suspended between the airport and wilmington, newark line. septa says amtrak signal problems are to blame. should l buses are operating between 30th street station and the airport. heads up for you. one man dead, another wounded, after late night shooting in the city's frankford section. "eyewitness news" on the 5200

block of akron street, as detectives search for clues. police tell us a 25 year old man was shot in the chest. died at the hospital. another man was shot in the leg, and he's stable right now. there is no word on what spark the shooting. right now, 5:10. still ahead this morning, the us military is grounding an entire fleet of fighter jets. we'll tell you the reason why. >> also ahead, powerful storms moved through, lots of people will be spending their holiday cleaning up. and more, more could be on the way. also, this: >> i took off my shoe and i hit the window like twice. >> she broke a car window in a busy parking lot just with her shoe. you she? but police say she's no criminal. >> of course tracking a lot of weather-related stories here, not only still dealing with a cold front, but of course we have to talk about arthur and the impact that it will indirectly be bringing us. so we will do just that on the other side. also a check on your pollen report. stick around. >> ♪ born in the u.s.a. ♪

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and i went to the back door, back room. >> you were worried? >> she was screaming like unbelievable. >> another tree fell onto a vacant house over on cottman avenue. >> now, the storm also caused similar damage in chester county, in allentown ship, two drivers pulled over during the worse of the storm, only to have a tree fall on their cars. at the tried to dot right thing, pull over, that's what happens. one person you can see there was taken to the hospital. 5:13, folks hoping that things clear up today. in time for barbeques and fireworks, katy? >> yes, we just have to give it time. i think we'll be dealing more than anything with bit of gusty breeze, but for now, still stuck with two separate pieces of energy, and there are some significant pieces of energy, that have to get through here. cold front, and of course, hurricane arthur, still category two hurricane. in other words, maximum wind speeds 100 miles per hour. not feeling those effect in terms every winds, but will feel the wind picking up at some point. i do however want to start things off, quick check on the

pollen report. once again, levels low today, tomorrow, today, sunday, monday, high pressure will be building in, pollen to settle in. but just not that much to speak of at this point. storm scan3, okay, so, you can see the leading edge right now, of what arthur has got going for it, right? here is your cold front. almost like it is a yo-yo pulling up the actual, you know, plastic part of the yo-yo on the string, which is the cold front. so, once that yo-yo pulls, you know, up into it, it will all shove everything out to sea, and we will be left with a clearing sky. so, little bit of analogy for you there, but still left with some additional pockets, of locally heavy rain, perhaps some thunderstorms. some of which could still proof locally gusty. but i think severe weather threat basically over at this point. we look ahead to temperatures right now into the 70s, eventually getting up to the lower 80s, today, and that winds is already starting to turn more northwesterly. so already starting to feel some relief out there, in

terms of the worse of that humidity. you're headed out to the poconos, fireworks displays up that way. again the breeze is kicking in there. mid to upper 70s expected when beautiful weather on both saturday and sunday and perhaps you have some barbeque plans, just going up to the lake, whatever it might be, at the shore, keep in mind, race -- rip current, rough surf the problem, but good full weekend weather coming up. by monday starting to heat back up, start to feel the humidity, as well. ukee, back to you. >> thank you, here is a look at today's headlines on your fourth of july. hurricane arthur made landfall in the outer banks yesterday. today it could impact independence play plans along the coast, arthur expected to weaken as it heads north. >> ocean sit hurricane churned up the sea, but the jersey shore not expected to take a direct hit. beach patrols are making sure everyone knows the rules and stay safe. >> philadelphia police are investigating a double shooting in frankford that left one man and another man wounded. it happened on the 5200 block of akron street around midnight. so far police have made no

arrests. we'll be right back.

>> boston pops moved up a day. show went off without a hitch. >> this was incredible site high above the charles river. organizers wanted to avoid potentially bad weather from hurricane arthur. as soon as the show was over, mother nature's own fireworks lit up the night sky as those thunderstorms moved in. well, authorities in cape may county believe they've recover the body of teenage here disappeared while swimming last weekend. fourteen year old cory ham on was caught in a rip current near the ninth street jet i in ocean city sunday night. police say hammond's body found near the ocean city longport bridge around 12:30 thursday afternoon. right now, 5:19. the son after woman who was found dead inside a basement freezer in feltonville has

surrendered to police. investigators were looking for william, after his 83 year old mother, andrea, was found in the freezer north lee street tuesday. he allegedly told a family member he put his mother's body if the freezer after she died in a fall. pair of jewel thieves want in the cape may, new jersey, apparently strike again, this time in the baltimore area. police say this is video of robert antoin wetters and robin tracey nelson, swiping $100,000 worth of rings from art son's al kobak in may, again, this is in cape may. the suspects distract the store employees, they grab the gullery the pair also wanted for jewelry heist in south carolina, michigan, ohio and pennsylvania. will he spend the night in jail. now speaking out. still ahead. we'll tell you what flyers star claude giroux is saying about that unusual arrest. >> semi finals today in the world cup, fortune telling turtle is predicting the winner.

>> naturally. >> a turtle. >> how else would you predict it? >> too shea away. we'll be back.

>> we will be tracking wet weather, making for some very interesting camera views. we start to see the clouds viewment look at this. this is a view of atlantic is he city. i'm telling you, i don't think i've ever seen anything like. >> this watching this in hd, maybe see it better, but top portion of your screen, there is ever so little bit after sliver of sunshine, it is really creepy looking right now, but we've got that sort of purple continuing to the sky, as well. going to another camera, as well, we have the tropical moisture in play, so a lot of fog settling in at the shore points. live look outside beach patrol headquarters in margate, but you're not going to get too

much sun initially. currently visibility, here's where we stands, not too bad. but at the shore, obviously little worse than it is perhaps further inland, say, for example, in philadelphia. even wack toward lancaster, little fog issue down to 2.6 visibility at the moment. you have also had some rain to deal with in the last hour. boy, arthur really started to churn here, it has since gathered category two strength. it did move a bit further inland than originally anticipated. so it did officially make landfall. but it is not going to make landfall here. rather, we just get the indirect impact of additional rain, some of which could lead to minor flashflooding, do have flashflood watches until in effect until noon. then it will ramp up speed, start to lose its strength and get out of here. so eventually start to clear skies out for you. that does bode real well for the weekend, we'll have some wind issues later today possibly even into tomorrow. not to mention some rough surf and wind current. so please heed the advisories, warnings, that the lifeguards give you, if you are going to the shore. but the weekend looks beautiful.

monday, starts to heat up with more sun. ukee, back to you. >> thanks, katie, talking sports right now. flyers captain claude giroux says he is sorry after his arrest and a night in jail. he will not face charges. ottawa, ontario authorities, claude giroux, off to jail after he inapropriately grabbed a police officer during canada celebrations north of the border. flyers say they'll handle the issue internally. giroux released a statement saying in part i regret my actions on canada day anacine sewerly apologize to my fans, teammates, and the philadelphia flyers organization for my misguided attempt at humor. well, the phillies are playing in pittsburgh tonight with the first pitch from pnc park coming at 5:05 this afternoon. the phillies use their late inning lightning to undo the marlins in miami last night. jimmy rollins, grounder drives in tony gywnn, jr. to tie the game at four. phillies were not finished.

chase utley grounder mishandled, and the phillies take the five-four lead in the ninth inning. jonathan papelbon would seal the deal. and the phils would end their six game losing streak, yes, final score, five to four. the sixers start their summer league schedule tomorrow in orlando with a player on the court, a loft folks have been waiting to see. the sixers wrapped up their pre-season practice at the facility in wynnefield heights yesterday. now, once the summer games start, we could see the big center, noel, in gamings, there he is, of course, you missed all of last year with that knee injury, as he's healed, i understand he's healed very well. could be an impact player for the sixers this coming season. good luck, young fellow, and to the summer participants. cavaliers officials have met with the agent for labron james about king james possible return to cleveland. he left cleveland you may remember four years ago to take his talents to south beach. made the nba finals ever year since with the heat. labron and the other two miami

so-called big three, chris bosh and dwyane wade have all opted out of their deals for now. labron's people have also met with officials from phoenix, houston, and dallas, come on, sam hinkie, i know you want an invitation, my man. >> philadelphia, cleveland, really? philly, common. >> we can only dream. >> right now 5:27. and the world cup rolls on with a big quarterfinal match today between france and germany. fans want to know who is favored. so brazilian authorities broke out their fortune telling turtle to figure it all out. there he is. never know just looking at him he is a fortune teller. turtle went for the french fish instead of the sardine near the german flag. so there you have it. you know? went for german fish, sorry, the french fish. >> look at you. >> i get my fish mixed up. so yes, apparently according to the turtle france will beat germany in today's quarterfinal match. i'm quite curious to see.

>> we'll keep an eye on thatter. >> animal, if they could just determine which match. >> we'll have to check the records of those animals, see how good they are. >> fifty-50 i think. >> exactly. >> 5:28. coming up in the next half hour, the latest on hurricane arthur as it travels up the east coast. jen? >> it is the start to a hazy and wet day here in ocean city. hurricane arthur not doing anyone any favors. i'll have update from the boardwalk coming up. then, new information about the i495 bridge closure. we are learning about some miss the warning signs. >> and katie returns, she has your fourth forecast, say that three times fast. >> how about it? >> back in two minutes.