breaking news this morning, on cbs-3, you are looking live at fire scene in southwest philadelphia. dozens of people are evacuated after fire ripped through several row homes over night. we'll have a live report coming up. the ooh's and the a ahh's philadelphia celebrates with spectacular fireworks with partying on the parkway. from the city to the suburbs, the festivities included food, families, of course lots of fun, all celebrating independence day 2014. today is saturday, july 5th, good morning to you, thanks so much for joining us, i'm nicole brewer. it is 5:00 o'clock. let's get awe check on the forecast, just talking about it, carol, little chill think morning when we were coming in. >> isn't it shocking?

>> shocking. >> from the heat and the humidity to how chilly it got. >> it's been a while since i had goosey's coming out of my car in the morning, you know? >> i even hate to say it, i turned the sort of the heater on in the car. >> no. >> yes. >> did you really? >> yes, i mean, can i not believe the difference, i think it is the breeze, the lower humidity and the temperatures have dropped a lot. great overnight though, you can get some of the hot air out of the house and just kind of replace it with the cool air at least this weekend. things change again, though, however. so let's enjoy this. let's take a look, see what we have at the present time. you can see on storm scan3, that we do have arthur, look for arthur, way up in maine, just tremendous amount of rain through there, but look what the cold front went through arthur went by and we are left with just completely clear skies. looks just great out there. we have temperatures that are cool, 59 in allentown, 57 degrees in reading, we have 65 through philadelphia, but if you go through south jersey, you have got temperatures that are in the 50's, just about 60 degrees

through millville. so, it is a very cool start to the day. these dew points that were in the 70s, they were some 30 degrees higher, you know how humid it was, well look where they are now, in the's, but as comfortable as we get this time of year. temperatures today warming up by noon, 81, by 3:00 p.m., 84 degrees, this is a great fifth of july today. and we are looking right now future weather, i'll stop it at 1:00. but no reason to. just have clear skies, as we go through the day, i think you will love this weekend forecast, again, fortunately, maybe not so much what we're seeing next week. we'll take a look at that, nick snow. >> thank you works we begin with breaking news, firefighters just getting control of three alarm blaze in southwest philadelphia, that's where we find "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson, steve, what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning, nicole, this is very chaotic scene, still very early in this investigation following a fire that appears to have

charred at least six row homes and damaged many, many more. looks like almost an entire city block of row homes has been destroyed. if you pan back, and look back, what we can tell you at this point that two children have been taken in to dreamt for smoke inhalation. so firefighters remain on scene here, red cross on scene here, as well. i spoke to several members of the red cross, who says, at least 40 people, 40 people, affected by this fire, and that they're starting to look at setting up a temporary shelter in the area. but you can just look back there and see the destruction, firefighters working on hot spots at this point. this is the 6500 block of guess nerve, on the street we saw people just kind of lined up on the roadway, many of them in tears. i spoke to a few of those folks, just kind of very upset about the situation that they saw and heard and experienced in this massive fire. but again, firefighters holding the scene, working to

get rid of some hot spots, as well as we are hearing about those two children, at least, that were suffering from smoke inhalation. but there is much more to learn from this. we're hearing the fire commissioner should be arriving in about 20 minutes or learn much more for our next hit at 5:30. we'll come back to you as soon as we know more. reporting, steve patterson, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> a lot of people affected there, thank you. two homes are heavily damaged after fire breaks out in berks county happened after 11:00 last night near main street and south second street in bally. neighbors tell "eyewitness news" about six people live in the homes. everyone managed to get out safely. there is no word yet on what cause that fire. perhaps the biggest party happened right here in the city of philadelphia. the birth place of freedom, and last night, downtown philly was certainly the place to be. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers was there and spoke to many enjoying the food, the fun and the other

festivities. >> it is the music, the food, the fun, the smiles, the people this july 4th in philadelphia. >> not nothing sour about philadelphia. philadelphia is just the truth. >> good energy out here. it is to really is. >> these colors don't run, but they can be worn, as the parkway turned into a red, white and blue sea even ben franklin would be prout of. >> it is pretty awesome. every year there is a pretty amazing turn out at the parkway. this year no different. >> are you pretty pay tree the snuck. >> yes. >> as the sunsets, music turned up with opening act ricky martinez, followed by none other than his i's -- philly's own roots. all of that adding up to the sound of the summer, stage. >> it is different, it is different, scenery. >> the weather did start out bit sketchy. by late afternoon nothing but warm, golden sunshine. >> relax, enjoy the air and the beautiful women. >> there is no fun without

safety, though, something philly police know all too well. from horses to bikes, to plane old foot patrol, security was priority one, just earlier this week "eyewitness news" was granted an exclusive look into the city's command center used to keep people safe all day long. >> constantly look at things from the previous years, looking at ways you can improve. we prepare and plan accordingly. >> matt rivers, cbs 3, "eyewitness news". all right, and of course we wait all year to see fireworks like these, dazzling displays lit up the nights skies at cherokee high school. delighted wet weather didn't ruin their fun. many local communities postponed fourth every july fireworks balls of our rainy weather. here just few of the cities that will have fireworks tonight. it includes ocean city, sea isle, wildwood, and upper darby. well, the city was hopping of course, but the suburbs also celebrated the fourth of july in style. "eyewitness news" reporter jen was there for the showing of

pay interest tree the i can pride in chester county. >> reporter: a big birthday bash in the suburbs, along with gardens, in kennett square, chester county has one of the best. >> pay tree the i can music, all of that, oh, i'm just so excited, yes. >> i love the fireworks. they are so cool. >> the sold out crowd of 5600 agrees, some making a road trip out of the holiday, just to see this 30 minute spectacle. >> i drove from richmond, virginia, through the hurricane stuff. >> i'm very proud to be an american. >> that sentiment carried over into norristown montgomery county. patriotism on full display here, too, with the red, white and the blue. >> beautiful weather, melt with my beautiful wife. >> live music brought families to their feet. >> he went up on the stage and played the drums. >> and the party forged new friendships. >> turned out beautiful. couldn't be better. >> not a better night, they say, to celebrate the the usa. >> what i like the most is being with family, friends. >> this is our country, yes, i

am very pay tree the i can, very excited. >> we have a fum suburban fireworks guide over at cbsphilly.com. reporting in longwood gardens, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". fireworks also lit up the new york city skyline, just take a lock at this amazing display put on for millions of people in the big apple. the show lasted 25 minutes, and used about 50,000 pawn of explosions. this year's theme was the 200 anniversary of the star spangled banner. and it was a star spangled birthday party in washington, d.c., many came out to enjoy the capitol concert. >> this year, performers included patti labelle, frank i valley, even special appearance from kermit the frog, and miss piggy. wouldn't be the fourth of july without those two. well, back here at home, vice president joe biden celebrated

independence day at independence hall. the vp took pride in telling the crowd that he's married to a philly native. he even brought his grandson on stage to make it more after family affair. so cute. mr. biden and mayor nutter marked the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act, and the 60th anniversary of brown versus board of education. each talked about what they considered the defining issue of our time. >> i believe he had, is the civil rights issue of the 21st century. the quality of he had something vitally important to creating opportunities, for every young person, in our great nation. the civil rights issue of our day, making it clear, that you should be able to marry whom ever you love. period. >> after the ceremony the crowd cheered as vice president biden and mayor nutter walked in the annual parade in center city. well, the bells of freedom rang in philadelphia, young descendents of the signers of the declaration of

independence circled the liberty bell to symbolically tap it 13 times, in honor of the original 13 states. "eyewitness news" anchor chris may served asthmas err of ceremonies for that celebration. well, if you are looking for a fun way to cool off this holiday weekends, you might want to head over to penn's landing, the annual super scooper all you can eat ice cream festival kicks off today. now, there is music, there is games, there is fun for the entire family, and the cost for admission is about $7. all proceeds go to help finds a cure for pediatric leukemia. you can't lose in that situation. arthur puts a dam perron the holiday weekend in several areas along the east coast. coming up next, we will take a look at the impact from the first hurricane of the season. and the fourth means frank's in cone i island, the range champion remains the top dog at nathan's annual hotdog eating contest. >> coming up next how even a marriage proposal was thrown into the mix. of all places.

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>> officials say the state council dollars a bullet from hurricane arthur, category two storm with winds everyone hundred miles per hour when it made landfall along the outer banks early friday morning. now, there are no reports of any deaths or serious injuries

but more than 40,000 people did in fact lose power. also, suspected tornado tore through some of the homes there. >> headed to the bathroom, the feeling was just collapsing behind us. >> hurricane arthur rained out or changed fourth of july plans, as you can imagine, as far north as new england. >> arthur raising concerns about the safety of the water down the shore, passed by new jersey actually wind up bands of heavy winds and rain. the gray rough shore waters of sea isle sit bring mostly empty as you see there even as the weather passed as possibility of rip tides it, does still remain, so be careful >> i suggest they don't go in the water at all. >> good advice, dangerous rip currents are predict today last into the weekend so just be minds full of that if you are headed down the shore this

weekend. >> carol, talk about it little earlier, chill when we got out of the car this morning. >> i thought i was in the poconos. turns out i am. >> great start it the day in the poconos this morning, it is as cool as the poconos everywhere, maybe just a comparison from all of the these with a we are fining this morning, which fells great. but it is a big shock to the system, cool feeling, as it is win we move to the shore, looks real nice here, people having phenominal beach day. i think the boardwalk will be packed because the ocean itself, that is high surf advisory, the rip currents will be fairly strong today, so i think buying some spoon holders, couple of t-shirts, would be the great idea. 61 degrees that's the temperature out in ardmore this morning, i know we act like it is 30, but it is

61 degrees out there. here is arthur, and we're left with much better weather conditions at least on the land, i mean, the surf is still being kick up little bit. but still the sky conditions couldn't be better our winds out of the north-northwest, 15 miles an hour in the poconos, temperature of 65 degrees. fifty-six in philadelphia, 12-mile per hour winds, and at the shore, 8-mile per hour winds, 59 degrees. so, depending on where you are, you're finding different temperature profile with temperatures in the 50's, 60s, primarily, and along the shore we have got these temperatures in the 60s, ocean has cooled down in a major way, 59 degrees. thanks, arthur, again. saturday, temperature, today, 84 degrees, tomorrow, 87 degrees, it is sunny, both days, absolutely terrific. future weather, we will stop it at 1:00 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, when there is that cloud, maybe see it otherwise great weather conditions it, does heat up hereby monday, and we get another couple of

hot days coming up. >> soy let's enjoy weekend, chance of shower, monday, tuesday do see another one. in the pool, isn't this lovely? don't you love a pool like this? oh, no oh, no, no, no, please, not in my pool. bob kelly, but you know what, it is really fast cooling. if were lucky any to have a pool or kiddie pool, you get out, you will dry off so fast you will be freezing, so full sun, fast cooling, temperature of 84 degrees today, and high pressure in charge of the area, so sunny and nice throughout the entire weekends, this is just phenominal. then we get into the 90s, heating up again, we see another front come through here chance every shower or thunderstorm, otherwise, 84 in philadelphia, shore, 78, poconos, 78 degrees, just ideal, and, remember, a breeze, northwesterly breeze

ten to 15 miles an hour, lovely day, cool night again, 62 degrees, we do not have to pay for this into our how the. open those windows. cool out your houses, and store up some of the chill. we'll get tomorrow to 88 degrees. slightly hire err than today. monday higher humidity, hire temperatures, into the 90s monday, tuesday, maybe even wednesday, keep it 89 for now, just to stop the heatwave. then 87 thursday, and 86 degrees on friday. nicole? >> oh, you know what, nicole, boy, you take that, let me tell you something, the latest forecast at your fingertips, new cbs philly weather app the great way to get severe weather alerts and send us your weather pictures, it is available in the app store now. now, nicole until. >> all right, carol, thank you. well, annual hotdog eating contest in brooklyn, new jersey, competitors scarfed down dozens of hotdogs in just

minutes. more on the hotdog eating champ that walked away with thousands of dollars. >> ooh dog eat dog competition, the nail and's hotdog eating contest fourth of july tradition going back 99 years. the challenge, who can wolf down the most francs and buns in ten minutes. the competitors dipped their hotdogs to go down faster, the rain made them extra solid -- soggy during the men's race. >> the woman's race won by mickey from las vegas, she polished over 34 dogs and upset the two time champ. >> when is the next time you see a hotdog after this day? >> i love hotdogs, and i think i will ' be taking a break from eating in general for about a day, but i'll be back to normal. >> the men's winner was the bun and only joey chestnut. he finished 61 francs and won $10,000, along with coveted mustard belt for the eighth year in a row. the speed eating machine who

makes upward of $200,000 a year doing this, also got engaged to his personal chef and trainer before the race. this day has become that much more special to you, right? >> special is an understatement. and i'm beyond happy. it is a great day. i'm never going to forget it. >> the competitors ate hundreds of hotdogs, turned independence day no indigestion day. cbs-3, "eyewitness news". wow. is it just me or am i the only person that has to look away? sorry, i know they enjoy it and they make a lot of money. good for them. anyway, tough to watch. the competitors fast by the way for about 24 hours before that race, chestnut says he doesn't eat for two or three days following it. i can understand that, 161 francs? needs some time to digest, right? >> your holiday weekends includes a movie, we have a preview of what's new in theatres. check this out. >> hi, everybody, i'm nancy odel. this week melissa motorcycle cartly have you laughing out

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working together. we made each other laugh, so i think we've been prepping for 15 years for this movie and didn't know it. >> joining her for this unusual family road trip, susan sarandon. >> how about a beer? >> no. >> whiskey? >> no. >> oh, my gosh. >> you're pregnant. >> i'm driving a car. >> she can do anything. she is the coolest woman i've ever met in my life. nancy odel, now, back to you in the studio. >> all right, and you can stay up-to-date with what's happening in hollywood with entertainment tonight, catch it every week night at 7:00 right here on cbs-3. 5:25 right now. we are following breaking news from overnight. two children are injured after a huge fire destroys several homes in southwest philadelphia. we're live with the details in the next half hour. swimmer's ear is come on this time of year, recommendations for treating the painful condition. as we go to break now, let's take a look at last night's fireworks over the parkway. dazzling site to see. we'll be back.

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we are following breaking news, row homes in southwest philadelphia destroyed, injuries children, liver with the report next. this morning the party on the parkway including a spectacular fireworks show over the city of philadelphia. we'll show you more straight ahead. and a crackdown on the water as one of the busiest boating weekends gets underway. what you need to know before you leave that document. today is saturday, july 5th, good morning to you, thanks so much for joining us, i'm nicole brewer, just about 5:30, let's get a check on the forecast, little cool when we got out of the car this morning, carol. >> it was, very cool out there, i think -- >> refreshing change from all of this crazy wetter. >> shocking change, because the winds were blowing, so if you had your windows open, you may have papers scattered all over your house, because anything that was out will be blowing around, even in your house, because we did pick up that very welcome breeze. so, if you enjoyed the fireworks last night, you probably are watching us with just one eye open this

morning, fireworks went on late but they were beautiful. atlantic city look how nice this looks. also, let's look at the ocean, high surround every advisory until noon today along the shore line, and moderate risk every rip current. now, conditions should improving this afternoon, as hurricane arthur pulls farther away. you can see it, here, as we take a look at storm scan3, now up in maine. so a long way away from us, when we're left with clear skies, so things look great. be careful at the beaches specially going through today, i mean, always, but make sure that you're near where a lifeguard; and if there isn't one, watching you swim, don't swim there. >> we are looking at 65 degrees in philadelphia, 61 in trenton, 61 in wilmington, 59 degrees in allentown, for some reason, both nicole and me it feels a lot cooler than that this morning. and i think it is because of the low dew points, our dew points are down in the 40's. so, it is just a dry and comfortable air mass. temperatures today, by noon, 81 degrees, by 3:00 p.m., our

high of the day, 84 degrees, and it is full sunshine all day long, and slight breeze, just ideal. can we possibly do this again? i'll check it out with the eyewitness weather seven day forecast, coming up, nicole? >> carol, thank you. we are following some breaking news this morning, out every southwest philadelphia. two children, are being treated for smoke inhalation, after a three alarm fire breaks out in the kingsessing area. that's where we find "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson. steve, you spoke to some victims who say they had to rush out to avoid the flames, right? >> we did, nicole. it is very chaotic scene here, still waiting to learn more, what we can tell you, two children injured, at least, by smoke inhalation, but we just saw moments ago, a parade of families, young women, children, fathers, mothers, paraded down this way, you see them back there, many of them were in tears, crying about their experiences and what they saw. we don't know if that means that there were more people hurt in this fire, but we're wait to go hear more from the fire commissioner.

meanwhile, firefighters still on the scene here, this is the 6500 block of gazner street, a block that looks much different after this morning's fire. fire broke out shortly after 3:00 this morning. dealing with hot spots at the moment. at least half dozen of these row homes are totally destroyed. while others have very significant damage. the entire block looks different. we, again, poke to many of the family members, just lined up along the street here, many of them crying, upset, ex aspirated, about their experiences, we spoke to one laid how just made it out. >> and he run upstairs and he said there is a fire. so we grabbed, you know, everybody and we go for the front door. but it was -- the flames was all on the porch. they were all over. so we had to go out the back door. >> want to gave you a live look look at some of the families, see them shrouded in the red cross blankets, and they're coming down this way,

many of the women that were just walking by are just agonizing, screams. we don't know what the situation is here. we do know that the red cross is on scene, they have told us at least 40 people or more have been affected or displaced by this fire, as you see that young woman back there just breaking down after what appears to be a tragedy. we'll get back to you as soon as we learn more, for now, i'm steve patterson, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", back to you, nick snow. >> steve, just hard thing to watch. our thoughts and prayers with all of those affected. thank you. it is 5:33, right now, we will switch gears just a bit as thousands came out to the ben franklin parkway to celebrate america's 239th birthday philly style. the welcome america philly fourth of july japan fireworks put on quite a show, as you see there, there was also plenty of fun, food, and music, of course people

traveled from all over to join in on the festivities. the parkway turned into a sea of red, white and blue, pack with thousands of people, ready to celebrate the holiday. and that they did. well, fourth every july celebrations happening all across the nation, really, overnight. wonderful display of fireworks, lit up the night sky in miami, all to cap off the fourth of july there in the south. well, the holiday has special significance for our men and women in the military. the mood was light, at the airfield in afghanistan. service members list toned live music, played games, and snacked on foods, just like they would back in the states. a little taste of home. well, president barack obama hosed a special naturalization ceremony at the white house. twenty-five people, who took the oath of citizenship, were military members, who were born in other countries. the president took the opportunity to address immigration reform. he stress that it is america's diversity that sets it apart from the rest of the world. >> we're going to have to fix our immigration system, which is broken, and pass common

sense immigration reform. we shouldn't be making it harder for the best and the bright toast come here and create jobs here and grow our economy here. we should be making it easier. >> president obama announced earlier this week that he is planning to pursue all of the changes he can to make the immigration system, without congressional approval. and we would like to end us deuce you to new citizens in our area, these 38 men and women took the oath of allegiance on board the battleship new jersey, they came from 27 different countries, but, they now all call america home. >> i never thought that i would come through -- i did. i never thought i am going to become a citizen, but i did. so let's see what the future holds for me. >> love that attitude. now the man who shot this video, "eyewitness news" photographer, who you see there, in this shot, got some tips from the crowd, as well. five years after leaving iraq, he he's only weeks away from taking his own citizenship.

good luck there. 55:00, this week's food truck explosion was top of minds as thousands gathered in philadelphia. firefighters, police officers, along with l & i officials, walk down the parkway to ensure food trucks servicing the event met safety standards. they did more than just smell for gas. they also checked valves on propane tanks, red labels, and demonstrated safety techniques to workers. well, last night, crews recovered the body after man who's sailboat capsized in the delaware river wednesday night. authorities say a wave runner spotted the 66 year old's body, 1 mile north of linden avenue in torresdale. well, boating safety is a top priority for state police in new jersey. they're stepping up patrols this weekend, after governor christie signed a bill this week to increase penalties against boaters who leave the scene of an accident. "eyewitness news" reporter charlotte hoffman road along with police as they geared up for busy weekend on the water. >> morning showers didn't stop boaters hitting the delaware

and with them new jersey state police. >> morning, guys, how are you doing? hey, sergeant corbin, state police. >> troopers on the look-out for signs of alcohol use and conducting basic safety checks. >> boating and drinking doesn't go good together. >> fortunately for these jet skiers, they were in compliance, but state police sergeant said that's not always the case. >> the guy that's drinking, he kind of stands out, he is all over the place, depends on your level of intoxication, they may just plow right into something because of the slower reflex. >> if caught could you lose your boating and motorcycle license and serve jail time. earlier this summer, donald of phillips berg appeared in court facing vehicular homicide and aggravated manslaughter charges. police say he was under the influence on the delaware when he crashed his boat into a rock two years ago, killing a harmony township woman on board whose body wasn't found until days later. the number of accidents are significantly down over last year, when there were 320

accidents and eight fatalities. so far this year, just 14 accidents, and one fatality. and troopers hope to keep it that way this weekend. >> take it easy. just play it smart. don't -- save the alcohol for home. >> as the day continues, state police expect boating traffic to get even heavier. and that's why they'll have the 100 extra troopers patrolling the water to make sure that everybody has a happy, but safe, fourth of july. on the delaware, charlotte hoffman, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". all right, still ahead on "eyewitness news", a california highway patrol officer repeatedly punches a woman on the side of the road. coming up what police are saying about this incident, caught on camera. also, ahead, a summertime treat hits the streets and cause as big mess on a highway in pennsylvania. and hold the cream and sugar. why some people say putting but the nerve your coffee can actually be good for you. we'll be right back.

>> an investigation is underway, if an officer crossed the line whether he repeatedly punched a woman during a necessary los angeles. altercation was captured on video camera. terry okita has that story. >> it happened during tuesday evening's rush hour. drivers traveling along one of la's busiest freeways, could see the highway patrol officer, follow an unidentified woman, across the onramp. he then through her to the grounds, and repeatedly

punched her as she tried to block his blows. david diaz recorded the incident on his cell phone camera. >> so take me back to that moment when you saw them on the grounds. >> they're on the grounds, he was basically on top of her in full control. and he basically really did some power punches to her head. >> the chp officers incident report say the barefoot woman ignored warmths. the pedestrian then becomes physically combative. the report says, a face call altercation ensued, as the pedestrian continued to resist arrest. at which point, a plane clothes off duty officer assisted in applying the handicuffs. >> diaz said he heard the officer yell freeze, but didn't see her resisting arrest, or holding a weapon. he believes she may have been intoxicated or unstable. >> this is one, two, if you're trying to protect her, then what is this beating in the head for?

>> chris owe quinn, chief of the chp southern division, discussed the incident. >> we're looking at every possibility, every fact, every circumstance that contributed to this situation. and we're going to try to come to adjust conclusion to why it occurred. >> the highway patrol says they became aware of the video thursday, and immediately opened an investigation. they also say the woman was taken to the hospital for evaluation but have no further updates on her condition. >> terry okita. "eyewitness news", los angeles. >> 5:43. summertime treat stops traffic and makes for pretty big mess on pennsylvania highway. take a look. pick-up truck overturned and spilled its loads of watermellon on interstate 81 and mechanics burying, cumberland county. what a ways. two people on the truck had to be hospitalized. that's even worse. no word on what caused that crash. all right, 5:43 right now, let's get a check on the

forecast, little chill think morning l it get little more mild as we go throughout the day? >> it will feel like summer as we head toward the afternoon. we've had so much summer, summer has been on overdrive the last couple of days, just gotten too full of itself. so it is calming down this weekend, then, we will be finding these temperatures climbing again by the time we get to monday. but this weekend, another one of our gorgeous weekends, as we look at the ben franklin bridge, the blue skies, just absolutely perfect, there were fireworks going on in that very location last night. shore looks just great. atlantic city, now, remember, there is the high surf advisory until noon today. pretty good risk of rip currents specially as we go through the first part of the day. but don't rule it out the second part either. and always know that around jettiss, past, rip countries being is enhanced. careful on the beaches always. 65 degrees, 61 trenton, 16 is wilmington, 64 down in wildwood at this point, 55 up in the poconos, and then as we

zoom in to couple of other spots, willow grove, 6 degrees, quakertown, 59. 58 degrees in pottstown treatments some cool and welcome temperatures, and those dew points are way down. so it feels very, very dry and lovely out there. storm scan3, notice, how there is nothing, if i stand right here, i can block arthur. otherwise, we've got, wish it were that easy, otherwise we have clear skies, they go well back to the west, well to the south, you can see where arthur is right now, it is taking its rain and wind and et cetera and it is up through maine, but will also be leaving and that's the end that far system. high pressure is now building in, this will be keeping it gorgeous here this weekend. temperatures will be on the lower end of the 80s scale today. they'll get a little bit higher tomorrow, but still, the humidity remains low with these breezes coming out of the northwest. but, not forever. by monday, we start to see these temperatures getting into the 90's, as we hit up. and there is a front that may just hang around here much of the week, as long as one is in

the air, you know how the humidity comes up. you get chances of showers, thunderstorms, and i think we start to pick up the chances specially the wednesday-thursday time period. but we might even see it as early as tuesday. so, future weather, what do we see here? it says absolutely nothing but sunshine, as we go through sunday, and then, by monday, off to the west, that front is hanging up, as it just washes out and just place them. and bring up humidity into our area. that's probably what's going to be ending up hang. so, that's why we need tone joy this weekend, 84 degrees today. 87 degrees tomorrow. just lovely. and if you are going to the beaches, remember the uv index. you don't want to burn. the ocean water temperature has really cooled down, 59 degrees, it was in the 70s last weekend, so if you went last weekend, and you're expecting the same water temperature this weekend, you will be disappointed. but also the moderate risk of rip current, high surf advisory through noon today. just be real careful out there. lots to do on the sand and the

boardwalk. we've got 84 degrees, tomorrow, that's going to be our temperature this afternoon, in philadelphia, and at the shore, 78, so, absolutely ideal. and by the time you move up to the poconos, you know what, i'm so tired of the 78 degrees, lets guess to the poconos. oh, no, you will find it 78 degrees there, too. so you have sunshine, just lovely weather. remember the breeze out of the northwest ten to 15 miles an hour today, tonight 62 degrees, still a breeze, but out of the southwest, ten to 15 miles an hour, and it will bring our temperatures up a tiny bit tomorrow. we're about 4 degrees warmer on sunday at 88. by monday, the humidity really starts to come back in, and that's what is going to make the difference, into the 90s monday, tuesday, as well, chance of maybe shower or thunderstorm, no guarantee there, then wednesday, 89 degrees. still chance of shower or under this earl storm, maybe another one on thursday, as these temperatures fall back into the upper 80s. nicole? >> all right, carol, thank you. on the health watch this

morning, swimmers ear has is a common problem specially in the hot summer months. now cbs-3 correspondent alexis christoforous shows us how recent guidelines are changing the way we treat the painful condition. >> daniel is an active seven year old. but swimming can be problematic. he often gets swimmers ear, like he did on his recent vacation to the bahamas. >> one day my ear started hurting. >> when he was diving in under the water, then some like -- he would -- a day later woe have a high fever and fluid would come out of his ear. >> besides swimming, people can get it through any scratch to the ear that can let bacteria in. up to 40% of swimmers ear infections are treated when oral antibiotics. but guidelines from the american american academy of otolaryngology advises against the pills. >> bad idea, it has side effects, it causes resistance,

and it delays recovery. >> doctor richard rosenfeld was the lead author of the new advisory. he says doctors should treat the infection with ear drops. >> the antibiotic ear drops can be a thousand times more concentrated than what you take by mouth. so it really is like dropping a bomb on the bacteria. >> about half of swimmer's ear infections are among children 15 and younger. daniel's mother, hopes he grows out of it as he gets older. >> i just want it to be over. >> until then, she bridges ear plugs, ear drops, on every vacation. alexis christoforous, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and it is 5:49 right now. we are continuing to follow this breaking news this morning out of southwest philadelphia. some tragic, tragic news. fire officials now say four children have died in this three alarm fire that broke out in kingsessing overnight. that is in southwest philadelphia. of course our steve patterson has been live on the scene all morning long. he's going to bring you more

updates. but we saw the pictures of those women, of those residents, crying, mourning the loss, probably, of those children, again, four kids died in that fire in kingsessing in southwest philadelphia overnight. we'll have more updates

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with the goodness of olive oil. >> phillies hoping to add a few more wins before the trade deadline at the end of the month, let's check it out. roberto hernandez on the mound, off to like start, russ end martin gets a single past a diving codey.

one man comes home. puts pittsburgh on the board. few batters later, hernandez still time to get out of the inning. injured i mercer at the plate, gets the shot to the gap. pirates jump ahead four runs in the first inning. to the sixth now, phillies bat, showing signs of life. chase utley pulls one down the line, single revere rounds thirds, comes home for the run. still in the sixth, bases loaded for marlon byrd. he hits double play ball. but that allows roll towns come home. phillies now down, two to five. pittsburgh will go onto add another three runs, they take the win with a final score of eight to two. now the flyers adding some depth to the roster signing chris, one year deal reportedly worth $575,000. he played 18 games with the team last year getting one assist. sixers hold practice center orlando ahead of today's summer league opener with the magic, a lot of fans waiting for noel, get some real basketball time.

looked guide in training camp, said his knee looked fine, expected to start today's game, tip-off time 1:00. to the world cup now, two big games held yesterday, first cup, germany, and france, 12 minutes into play, german forward, come up with the big head tear get one in the net. france gets a couple every opportunities, could not find the equalizer, germany advances, final score of one-nil. brazil also in action against columbia, a lot of hype, coming in to this one, with the home team on the field. gets on top early with the goal. and off the corner kick. eventually goes onto win two-one, brazil now plays germany in the semifinals tuesday. that's your sports, i'm beasley reese for eyewitness sports. all right, and in keeping with the sports theme, a large underground play area, roughly the size of two basketball courts. the world's first underground trampoline open to the public yesterday in a enormous cave in britain. sound pretty cool, right?

cbs's alphonso van marsh takes a look. >> riding down abandoned mine shaft, feels like a journey to the center of the earth. final destination, a calf earn, 200 feet deep, with three massive trampolines suspended from stone walls. >> it is a vast subterrain yan playgrounds these bouncer approved. >> scary at first, then it is pretty cool. >> beautiful cave. they put a tram tow lean in it. >> the three giant trampolines can holdup to 100 people at a time, and are linked by vertigo-inducing slides and stairs. the chance to bounce underground costs $34 a person. connecting fun to go down, like a ski resort without a ski lift. you have to put in some effort to get back to the top. the man behind bounce below says it took workers five months to clear out 50 tons of stone from the space.

>> but we are teams working every day, return over hung, a straight danger to our bouncer. >> safety helmets, obligator i. 9-foot wall hundreds keep people from bouncing out. tallest trampoline, 18 feet off the floorment just don't look down. in whales, alphonso van marsh, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> that's the key, don't look down. don't actually have in any idea whatever danger you're in, right? underground park part of investment plan for that park that still suffers from high unemployment since the mines in that region shutdown. 5:56 right now. we going to continue to follow some breaking news overnight. we're learning some tragic new information about a fire overnight in kingsessing. fire officials say four children have died in that fire that destroyed several row homes overnight. steve patterson is live on the scene with the latest, and he'll bring you to up speed at the top of the hour. stay with us.

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>> tragedy this morning, four children dead after three alarm fire breaks out in kingsessing. that's where we find "eyewitness news" reporter steve pal err son, steve, what are you seeing there at the scene, obviously a tragic, tragic ending? >> reporter: it is an unbelievable scene here, nicole. we saw it about 5:00 o'clock,

our hit there, where we saw families, young families, just kind of coming down this way, we saw them crying, in agony, and we couldn't figure out why. we had an interview with the fire commissioner, who came and told us, then, what had happened. and as we got word from officials, that four children had died. the screaming increased. we can still hear it in the alleyway behind me. but behind me you see the devestation. eight row homes damaged, at least five completely destroyed. firefighters still holding the scene working on hot spots. we have seen some flare ups, this morning, as they continue to do their work. but the video from earlier, as we got word of a tragedy, four children killed in this massive fire, it broke out sometime before 2:45 this morning, this is the 6500 block of guessner here in southwest philadelphia. fire officials say the fire once it broke out we're not sure how