>> right now at 11:00 o'clock an elderly man the victim of a home invasion in the middle of the afternoon and police say this is not an isolated incident. good evening everyone. i'm natasha brown. police are warning about group of criminals who they say is preying on the vulnerable. this happened this afternoon in the 600 block of east comely street in lawn crest. elizabeth hur is live at northeast detectives with the story. liz. >> reporter: natasha, we've this before and police say the exam hasn't changed. they are going around offering to fix broken pipes or even

asking about rooms for rent but what's new here police say this group is traveling with a child all the while targeting the elderly. for his protection, we are not identifying the 68 year old victim of vietnam war veteran who was unable to speak after suffering a stroke. >> people who prey on disable get no pity from me. knock on my door. >> reporter: as a relative this man expressed outrage and concern. >> from what i understand he's not the first and he probably won't be the last till they're caught. >> reporter: after learning the 68 year old is the second victim to be targeted in just three days. >> i couldn't pinpoint but -- >> the culprit according to eyewitnesses and police -- >> a guy in his early 40s. slightly bald. >> reporter: group of four including a child traveling in a white mini van. >> there was a little baby. she had every bit of about three. he was asking about the apartment for rent behind me.

report roar police say the latest incident happened sunday afternoon in the 600 block of comly street three days earlier police say another disabled man in his 80s was victimized just two blocks away on sangor street. >> upsetting. when things like that happen, it's sad because that man doesn't bother nobody much stays to hisself. stays in his house. you know he obviously as a little bit of issues of it's like the man is trying to help himself but you're taking from him. >> reporter: and police say taken from the home, cash, and based on their mo and so far the suspects' description police believe the same group is responsible for both of the crimes so far and they don't want to hear from a victim number three. that is why police say they want this story out there and residents in this area to bewa beware. that is the very latest from here live in northeast philadelphia, i'm elizabeth hur cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right. liz, thank you very much. after four children are killed in a fire, a community

comes together to comfort the grieving family and there's also an outpouring of support for the occupants of seven other homes destroyed by this blaze. "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson has the latest from southwest philadelphia. >> reporter: a new day the same pain. >> very very bad. >> reporter: solomon johnson lived neck door to twin girls so close they called him uncle. >> uncle sal, this is your house. what are you doing to do. >> reporter: he says those the very last words to him from four year old twins maria and march ella bowa before this frightening flames that nearly destroyed 6500 block of gesner saturday morning. killing the twins along with brothers patrick and six week old taj. johnson remembers the harrowing escape with his brother moments before he says he lost everything. >> the fire was blazing. i said let's go, let's go! >> reporter: sunday, a new da day. same pain but hope just around

the corner. >> everyone is responding with love. so it is a blessing. >> reporter: christ international baptist church sits right outside the devastation. pastor in a foal yann divine opened his doors to owe donations of clothes and canned food. the response unlike anything he expect. >> never in my wildest imagination we would have had this much. people coming all night. we couldn't enter our church this morning. >> reporter: donations have been pouring in from everywhere. people of different faith, ages, races a new day for a community, a city in such pain. a little hope much need. >> i am proud to be a philadelphian when the chips are down, we pull together and we do things together to help. our fellow man when he's down. >> reporter: community official expected to come together to rally to get together and figure out how to take financial donations for the families affected all this while investigators look to pinpoint how this started in the first place. reporting from southwest

philadelphia, i'm steve patterson cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> well log on to cbsphilly.com to find out how you can help the families impacted by this tragedy. and turning to our weather now, get ready for the return of heat and humidity as many head back to work after this long holiday weekend. meteorologist justin drabick is live on the cbs-3 sky deck with the first forecast. hey, justin. hey, natasha. still very nice outside right now. hard believe that it's fourth of july weekend when you talk about the weather because we have absolutely in humidity. but, yes, that will be changing over the neck 24 to 48 hours but hope you enjoyed today. another beautiful day across the delaware valley. we'll take to you pottstown this is our neighborhood network. go through a time lapse loop through the afternoon. a lot of sunshine. some clouds that rolled through, mid to high level clouds didn't produce any rain and set up for a nice evening all across the region. still warm here in philadelphia. we're at 77. 70 in millville, new jersey. 74 in wilmington. allentown you guys are checking in at 73.

we're down into the lower 70s for the suburbs. quakertown, doylestown, mt. holly, new jersey, all in the low 70s this hour. so temperatures tomorrow morning when you wake up are going to be comfortable in the 60s but the dew point temperatures still very low. this measures how much humidity is in the atmosphere we're still talking about 50s. just a few clouds, passing by, through the overnight hours. again lows to night 60s to around 70 degrees. but then we crank up the hee this week coming up in the full forecast we'll talk about that heat and humidity and the next chance for some showers and storms and of course you can stay ahead of the forecast any time just download the new cbs-3 weather app you can track radar, get severe weather alerts. it's coming soon to android. natasha, back over to you. >> justin, thank you. >> it may not be the fourth of july. but it sure looks like it. atlantic city was among the towns that postponed fireworks until tonight. trying to escape the rain. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers tells us this move prompted many vacationers to extend their stay. much to the delight of business

owners. >> the best things come to those had wait as the old saying goes and sunday night that meant fourth of july fireworks in atlantic city. they were postponed friday night after hurricane arthur made for rough seas making it impossible to launch the fireworks from their bases on ocean barges. but the crowd sunday night were big ♪ >> reporter: -- the crowds during the day were equally as impressive. late afternoon sunshine, swept over a crowded boardwalk. >> i was surprised to see a lot of people out here. >> reporter: whom who came just for the fireworks. after a weekend that was a bit of a washout. >> that's why we came over here with the whole family try to have a nice time. peak up for all the time we had rain. >> reporter: the mendel came down from boston after wet weekend in new england. >> one of the worst fourth of julys in a whole time weather wise. >> while they felt for those who missed out the show on friday they're feeling lucky they get to catch a glimpse. >> there were disappointed people down here friday night.

>> i'm sure. >> we pulled in and found out there's firework. awesome. >> reporter: if you thought the fireworks being postponed until sunday night would make business owners unhappy, you'd be mistaken. many we talked to say friday's choppy ocean water helped boost their sales on night that typically would see far less crowds. >> i believe so that it kept them in town for another day or so. >> chanel mitchell owns a psychic shop on the boardwalk. the extra crowds are welcome news after a lean summer so far. >> we had a rough crowd and it's streakily bad. we're all in trouble all my neighbors. >> reporter: whose hoping the firework usher in a profit al remainder of the summer season. matt rivers cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> a violent confrontation in south philadelphia ends with shots fired and a man under arrest. off duty philadelphia housing authority officer told police that he honked at a driver blocking the 500 block of south eighth street overnight. the officer said the man then aimed a gun at him and started

driving towards him. the officer fired his own weapon strikinstriking the windshield. philadelphia police did catch up with the suspect a few blocks away and they took him into custody right away. >> steven tri beck of felton, delaware, is under arrest accused of attacking miss girl forty seven them searched for him for hours after his girlfriend called and in 11 when a 29 year old showed back up near his home, he was arrested. he remains jailed unable to make. >> no charges filed against a driver who struck a two year old no kensington just before 4:00 p.m. on the 1800 block of east monmouth street. officers took photos of the mini van but the driver was not taken into custody. employees say this was just an accident. the boy is listed in stable condition at saint christopher's hospital for chirp. israeli officials arrested sick jewish suspects in the death avenue palestinian teenager. authorities believe the teenager

was killed in a revenge attack for the kidnapping and death of three israeli teenagers. his cousin an american season claims he was beaten in east jerusalem is under house arrest. israeli officials say he was not an innocent bystander. >> intelligence experts are trying to verify the identity of the man in this video. it is believed he is abu, the leader of the militant group isis. the video of this very public experience in the city of mosul surfaced on saturday. today iraqi officials said analysts are still studying that video very carefully. >> get out of the water? >> shark! >> new video of the chaotic moments leading up to shark attack in southern california. and tonight the man who survived getting bitten by a great white is speaking out. he recounts the terror in the water and what he says saved his life. >> plus, new rules at airport security. what you need to know before fly

next time. justin? >> all right. after pleasant finish to the weekend we're talking about heat and humidity and storm chances for the work week much those details coming up. >> and straight ahead in sports game two in the summer league for the 76ers. nerlins noel sits this one out but other top prospects show they have moves, too. we've got that and more coming up. stay w

>> i'm stephanie stahl he's trapped in a body that doesn't work. for chris just standing in an ordeal much the 34 year old has to be cared for by like a baby but his mind is fine. >> do you like going outside? >> um-hmm. >> from happy days at the shore to being incapacitated. how could it happen? a missed medical diagnosis doctor after doctor would say all his tests are fine. it's very frustrating obviously it's a very diss heart tepping. we've had our days of tears, you know, but we're very positive.

>> doctors say what led to chris' condition is a growing problem. especial until our area. what you should know tomorrow on "eyewitness news" at 11:00. >> well prosecutors in poland have opened a criminal investigation into a plane crash that killed 11 people. the plane was carrying parachute instructors and students. it crashed minutes after take off from an airport in southern poland. one person survived and authorities say they are investigating whether foul play was involved in this crash. also, security officials will parent the turn their attention now to cell phones at airport checkpoints overseas. the tsa says officers may ask u.s. bound passengers to power on their cell phones to prove that they're not explosives. it comes on the heels of new concerns that al-qaida might be developing bombs that could go undetected by security. >> and a new york city firefighter is killed in a high rise apartment fire in brooklyn. today dozens of grieving fire department personnel paid

tribute to lieutenant gordon bellis. he died after suffering multiple injuries saturday night while searching for possible victims on the 19th floor of that building. the fire started in an air-conditioner electrical cord that had become pinched between a bed frame and a wall. >> the lieutenant went into the apartment to search for life. and did not come out. and by the time his brother firefighters found him it was too late for him. >> two other firefighters suffered minor injuries. two residents were treated at the scene. this is the first line of duty firefighter death in more than two years. now a man in california is attacked by a great white shark and he lives to tell this amazing story. he told cbs news correspondent tara okita his story of survival plus dramatic video of swim mrs. trying to get back to shore. >> reporter: very few have an encounter like this and live to tell the tail. >> i was staring at the shark

face to face looking at his eye balls as he bit into me. >> reporter: the and tire attack took three seconds. >> i had absolutely no time to react. i felt that crunch right into my chest. and that expression with the teeth coming in my ribs. >> reporter: he credits his training as an ocean swimmer to know what he had to do. >> just instinctively i used my right hand to grab its nose and just tried to yank it off of me and then once i got that shark off it disappeared right away. i'm screaming at the top of my lungs and you could hear me just in salute terror screaming for my life. >> reporter: word spread quick toll those still swimming. >> hey, get out of the water? shark! get out of the water! >> shark! >> reporter: he was pulled to safety then hospitalized for deep cuts in his chest and hand. >> it's crazy how fast something can turn. how your life can just change

instantly. i swam in that water my whole life over 40 years. sharks are not interested in people. this stuff just doesn't happen. >> reporter: but it happened this time because a man fishing off the manhattan beach pier had caught the shark on his line. witnesses say for 40 minutes. >> by the time he cut that line loose, i was in the wrong spot at the wrong time. the shark was agitated and i was the first thing he saw. i know it very easily could have gone the other way. the shark could have pulled me underwater. i could have drowned. >> reporter: he loves the sea. he spent most of his live in the water. but for the moment -- >> i'm to the ready to go in the ocean right now. >> reporter: he's fine being on shore. terry outeat at a, foterry oh, . >> you've never run across any and you're a surfer. if they're there i haven't seen any. >> we should only hope they

steer clear of you justin. great weekend to be in the water. exactly. water got cool but air temperatures very comfortable and we'll actually warm it up over the next few days. back to typical july weather as we head into the work week. and still people hanging down in ocean city right now on the boardwalk. leftover people maybe extending their holiday weekend another day or so. nice night no matter where you are. still very low humidity and check out compared to 24 hours ago we're actually warming it up a little bit. so we're now about three to 14 degrees warmer than we were this time yesterday. still it is very comfortable and the reason because of the south wind starting to bring in that warmer and more humid air mass. 77 degrees at the airport still in philadelphia 70 millville and atlantic city. in allentown you can keep the windows open. humidity level on the low side. south winds continue that will start to bring in that heat and humidity from the deep south. over the next 24 to 48 hours. now the dew point temperature showing this a lot lately but it's been so low.

this measures how many humidity in the air. 59 the current number that's pretty low for summertime. tomorrow we bring it back up into the mid 60s. what does that mean to you? it will start to feel a little bit more steamy and then as we head towards tuesday and wednesday we'll get back to that oppressive feel as the dew point temperatures reach the 70-degree mark. dry on storm scan storm scan3 he dominating our weather a few clouds passing on by a lot of sunshine still in our forecast for monday. if you have outdoor plans tomorrow, looks pretty good. good day to hang out at the pool because we'll warm it up. low 90s for the inland spots. cooler near the water. it's tuesday that's when the humidity really arrives. temperatures well into the 90s. and there will be a chance for afternoon scattered showers and storms as cold front approaches. still hot and humid on wednesday. temperatures again in the low 90 that is front hanging out across the region more shower and storm chances wednesday afternoon. not on all day wash out. if you are outdoors keep your eyes to the sky. quiet day on monday. mostly sunny conditions. hotter. little bit more humidity as we well.

then tuesday you can see the showers and storms developing in the afternoon. a lot of them still to our north and west. not everyone sees it. it will quiet down tuesday night and things refire again wednesday afternoon so typical for summertime. the heat and humidity around. here go the temperatures. um to the lower 90s for inland spots for monday afternoon. some relief on the new jersey shore and delaware beaches. hotter on tuesday. well into the low 90s maybe mid 90s depending on how much sunshine we do see. the forecast tonight, milder but still comfortable partly cloudy, lows for center city near 70 degrees. some 60s in the suburb hotter day on monday, sunshine and clouds back up to around 99 degrees. southwest wind at 10 to 15 miles per hour. it's will be windy at the shore. 82 for the air temperature ocean water in the mid 60s. and that southwest wind will kick up to about 20 miles per hour. here's the extended forecast. lower 90s monday, tuesday and wednesday. and remember it's tuesday afternoon wednesday afternoon best chance for some scattered showers and thunderstorms.

by the end of the week we get a cold front through here. little bit more comfortable thursday and friday with lower humidity. >> all right. thank you very much, justin. sure. >> lesley has sports highlights fours. summer league for the sixe sixers. game two today. nerlins noel had the day off but some good stuff from some of the other rookies much the phillies trying to avoid that sweep in pittsburgh. aj burnett pitching against his old team. highlights comin

>> phillies trying to avoid the sweep in game three again the pirates today. chase utley and ryan howard both with the day off. pick things up top of the first marlon byrd and j roll with the hit. j roll rounds third and that's going to put the phils up one to nothing. to the top of the seventh phillies down two. marlon byrd coming up big again right here. that's a single homerun his second in as many days. that bring the phils win one and that's as close as it gets. phillies bullpen allows three runs in the eighth. pirates take the wip and the sweep much the final score

six-two. >> he wasn't in the lineup today chase utley will be on the field for the upcoming all star game. he was picked to represent the national league at second base. it will be his sixth time in the big game. the sixers rookies seeing some more time in summer league play today. the team taking on the oklahoma city thunder without nerlins noel he had the day off. other top pros specs still able to get things done. ronald robert, jr., out of st. joe's with 12 paints. kj mcdaniels putting up 13 points. kasper wear leading the team with 20. sixers take this one, 84-73. coming up next in the sports zone, we'll talk to mark, from sports radio 94 wip about all the big sports headlines this week. also a mow bee a queue go from the philadelphia union talking world cup and union straight ahea

14 sheep made a break for it after coyote got a little too close and they ran all night long until they were just so tired they collapsed in the middle of the road. >> all right. it's not an olympic sport but it takes some skill to fit a cherry -- spit a cherry pitt. this is the 41st annual cherry spitting contest. this year's winner spit the seed 80 feet 8-inches a strong breeze may have helped that pitt travel further than usual. >> how about the weather. >> it's still skill and it's all about the weather. little breeze never hurt. >> we're back in a moment. stay with us.

>> justin, i can sum this up much it's going to be hot. you got it. summer weather coming this week. hot and humid, 90's. >> that was quick. eye that's "eyewitness news". >> that's all you need to know. that's it. >> thanks for joining us. we're always on at cbsphilly.c cbsphilly.com. we're handing th

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