home video shows the suspect being wrestled to the ground in the side yard by officers. shortly after he allegedly broke into this home, tying up a woman, and forcing the home owner, her fiances, to drive-in his car to a nearby wawa to withdraw cash. an though her husband witnessed the arrest. >> he heard the police officer yelling, get down, get down to the ground and with that, they all surrounded the subject and got him down to the ground. >> reporter: police say when stolen car was spotted the suspect, took off, but after a brief pursuit he jumped from the car, race ago cross the busy rush hour lanes of the schuylkill expressway, before being arrested. >> the fence runs across the the expressway and sound barrier war in the merion township. >> reporter: police say that the the victim's home may have been chosen at random by the alleged robber who rode a route 100 trolley to a nearby

station, and then began walking through the neighborhood. the crime, causing concern among local residents. >> it makes me feel sick inside. it makes me feel sick inside. >> i certainly feel for them having to go through this. be in wants to go through this. >> reporter: police say when the suspect was spotted and chased he was back at the septa station with his victim apparently thinking he could ride septa away from the crime scene. that didn't happen. there were no injuries, fortunately, and right now the suspect is here in upper merion police headquarters await ago arraignment on numerous charges. live from upper merion i'm walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> walt, thanks very much. new at 6:00 a cape may county high school teacher is under arrest and accused of sexually assaulting a student. police tell "eyewitness news" tonight that 34 year-old joseph towns assaulted that student, at middletown ship high school, sometime between october of 2012, and

october 2013. towns turn himself into the authorities today, couple hours later he was released after posting bail. the conflict in the middle east is now having a big impact on american travelers. u.s. airways is one of several airlines in the u.s. and europe canceling flights to israel. tonight's non-stop u.s. airways flight from philadelphia to tel aviv was canceled, this move comes after a rocket landed near tel aviv's airport cause ago lot of damage to day we have talk via skype with the woman who works for jewish federation of the greater philadelphia and is in israel right now. >> the feeling is that there is no safe place at the moment. i'm very, very scared paw i have many friend. i have nephew, i have relatives, that are there, that are in gaza, that are on the boarder with gaza, that might be in gaza at the the moment as we speak. >> egypt has proposed a cease-fire that is back by

u.s. and israel but hamas has reject it. is there news in this nation's immigration christ toys day that texas governor rick perry is deploying a thousand national guard troops to help secure boarder with mexico. that have movies the governor's latest challenge to the obama administration over its handling of the child immigration crisis. governor perry and the white house are at odds over how to handle the growing number of unaccompanied minors, cross go into the u.s. from mexico and central america. the president has asked the congress for more than $3 billion in emergency fund to deal with that problem. the child immigration crisis is not just an issue3 for border states, its impact is also being felt here. new at 6:00 noel mcclaren witness that had first hand. >> reporter: from south of the border, to the middle of pennsylvania's cornfields, bethenny children's home in western berks county can be home to as many as 32

unaccompanied minors waiting to be reunited with their families each with a story of struggle and danger as they crossed in to our country. >> seeing this lit 58 year-old girl you know, thinking of her can't swim crossing rivers on rafts and walking and riding on top of a train, good grief. >> reporter: representative charlie dent of lehigh county, pat meehan of delaware county and jim gerlack of berks county toured facility earlier and met with some of the young children september here illegally from central america. >> handing our young children over to a stranger to go thousands of miles, i just can't imagine. you must be desperate beyond all measure to be willing to do that. >> reporter: but despite how they feel the congressman say that their tour of the berks facility has pressure them to create new border securing policies in washington. >> policy based on the rule of the law as well, not on emotion but rule of law, and that is what our challenge will be. >> my objective is to learn the fact, better understand

how we are being impacted in this region and be better armed to go back to washington for work on solution that is help us. >> reporter: in addition to bet henie children's home i'm told one other locationes accepting these an code minors, including a location in lehigh county, called kids, peace representative dent said he will be visiting them in the near future. in pennsylvania, noel mcclaren for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". our weather is set for a change to day "eyewitness news" on the banks of the delaware river. the boats were out, so were some turtles there by the water but if you were outside you could probably feel it getting more muggy. meteorologist kathy orr is on the sky deck tonight and kathy, temperature and humidity both went up to day. >> they did and you can feel the difference and tomorrow it will be higher, in the oppressive range when you add heat and humidity. right now we have a breeze, bringing some relief to that heat and humidity that is over us right now. take a look at storm scan

three we have a hazy sunshine day here with a few clouds, and a few sprinkles and showers earlier through the lehigh valley and berks county but nothing of any consequence. high today in philadelphia is 88,ing ago above normal for first time in nair liz a week. normal high being 87, the record is 103 setback in 201. eighty-six in philadelphia 85 in trenton. zero seven's down the shore with that ocean water temperature warming in the 70's as well. we will cool down to about 79, not so cool, at 9:00 p.m., a few clouds at 11:00 with a temperature of seven 56789 then all eyes on the frontal boundary over great lakes. it will be approaching during the the day tomorrow increase ago this heat and humidity and setting off some showers and thunderstorms, coming up, we will be tracking those storms to show what you to expect and after that, a better start to the weekend, that is all coming up with the seven day when i join you inside now back up to in the studio. thanks, kathy. police are looking into this crash on interest stat

i-95 245 sent a woman to the hospital today. officials tell thaws a tow truck carrying a backhoe hit the princeton pike over pass, the backhoe fell off the tow truck as a result of the collision and then hit the car behind it. several lanes of traffic had to be shut down, drivers should still expect delays in the area we are told engineers are on site right now inspecting the bridge, the truck driver was not hurt. right now police are searching for a gunman who shot two men in northeast philadelphia that shooting happened overnight in the 4600 block of kendrick street in holmesberg. police say gunman fired 17 shots hitting a car, a home, and two men standing outside. those men were shot twice, each and are recovering tonight. also in the northeast police believe they have found weapon used in the double shooting overnight, engaged couple suffered from serious injuries in the shooting that happened outside a drugstore on castor avenue. the gun man remains on the loose but police hope surveillance video from area businesses caught that crime

on tape. the search is on tonight for brazen robbers responsible for a heist at an atlantic city casino. new jersey state police say caesars was rob early yesterday morning, sources tell "eyewitness news" that those suspects got away with $181,000 in cash. well, meanwhile philadelphia's only casino is preparing for a major expansion, as "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson tells us sugar house is taking a game that many lady luckies on its side. >> reporter: before sugar house not much to see at the edge of fishtown. >> blighted sight, fences were up and wees growing and garbage and new people have access to the river. >> reporter: and access to the slots but reception meant initial plans had to be held off just look at the file video of this original scaled model, now though. >> wow, wow. >> reporter: casino representatives say it is time. >> very exciting day long time coming. >> reporter: sugar house breaking ground on 164

million-dollar expansion project. adding more than double the casino's original size, room for new event space, parking garage, poker room, even better, 1600 temporary construction jobs, 500 per casino jobs. >> being in the position to provide adequate employment for residents of the city is number one on my list as it relates to this project. >> reporter: some are questioning doubling down with so much competition. >> market right now is saturated. look at what is happening in atlantic city. >> reporter: four casinos could be shutting down for that very reason. here in philadelphia four developers are vying to open up cities second casino. >> when i think bit, i don't understand how numbers would pencil out for second casino. >> reporter: ceo greg carlen says expansion's non-gaming focus will add protection from market pressure. >> if lou at expansion itself we are not adding a ton of gaming. key toys find a great customers experience. >> reporter: states gaming commission is deciding on a second license for possible second casino here in philadelphia, meanwhile, the

expansion is set to be completed here at sugar house sometimes in 2015. in fishtown, i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, keeping philadelphia clean and green. still to come here on "eyewitness news" credit this may look like a regular parking lot and could impact our environment. also ahead you cannot go to the boardwalk without getting boardwalk food. i'm syma chowdhry. i'm telling but a list that ranked boardwalk food across the nation. i'll tell you which ones in our area make the cut. in weather we are talking about a few clouds out there today but it will be warmer and more humid tomorrow making it feel like the triple digits in some locations, we will track summertime storms coming up, hi beasley. phillies an their fans watching trade rumors, another lost last night and general manager says everyone on the team is up for grabs, make meehan offer, hear from ruben when i join you later

on the healthwatch tonight a warning from the health department in delaware about the new mosquito born virus called chicken gunea, while there are no reported cases in delaware itself there are 20 cases of chicken gunea in new jersey and seven in pennsylvania. four of those seven are in,

philadelphia all of those four infected after traveling to the caribbean. health officials urge people to take the usual precautions, as they try avoid mosquitoes. philadelphia is coming up with new ways to deal with storm run off, the the city's water department showed off their newly paved parking lot made with materials that will let rain, drain, directly into the ground. this technology allows only rain what the tore pass through and that will prevent debris from getting through and blocking drains and sewers. the method cost 50 percent more but officials say it will pay off in the long run. well, if you are boardwalk bound this weekend you can expect some top notch grub. that is right several local shore towns are on the new list of the best boardwalk food, lets take a look, atlantic city, ocean city, wildwood, and rehoboth beach, delaware all have of them making the cut. tonight our syma chowdhry shows us what is on the menu. >> reporter: the shore has sun, sand and, of course, the

food. there it is in surprise that seven shore towns in new jersey rang high on the national list for top boardwalk food. web site called daily meal rang ocean city 15th. >> we like everything, sake sandwiches, sausage, obviously custard. >> reporter: there are popular spots for goodies in ocean city. >> salt water taffy is key component to your jersey shore travel. >> reporter: pizza is another stapel boardwalk food. >> you have been working your way through different pizza shops on the boardwalk. >> that is right. >> reporter: don't forget delicious fried food. >> funnel cake is very popular and fried food. >> reporter: water ice or frozen ohio court cool off like these kids but mom isn't worried about the sugar overload. >> one day/kay. run it off on the beach. >> reporter: four boardwalks made the cut including atlantic city which came in fourth. >> number four, i think we are number one personally. >> reporter: atlantic city has typical boardwalk style food but offers up scale cuisine. >> they have a nice pizza, salad with avocados and corn,

it was delicious. >> we did stop and look at bad foods and we decided to have a healthy lunch. >> it is no secret that atlantic city is a food par died. >> reporter: py is with the the city's chamber of commerce. he a says ac is a hit among food festival. >> in the only food but beer, alcoholic beverages. >> reporter: which means big business for atlantic city. >> we are hoping to be higher next year. >> reporter: to see a full list go to cbs philly.com. in atlantic city, chime a cloud dry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". we want to know your favorite spots on the shore. >> felicia likes ranking she said her two favorite places are oc, m.d., ocean city maryland and wildwood there was no doubt in kelly's mine has best food, she said our ocean city, ocean city, new jersey tops hurleys. we want to know what you think, connect with us on facebook and twitter. nobody knows the shore better than kathy. we will check with her in a minute but great day to be at the pool even if the pool is

indoors. "eyewitness news" at gloucester county institute of technology for this years swimming championships, 450 kids from as cross country participating in 68 events, of the peach bowl all for the the title of peach bowl champion. >> way to go. >> wow, very competitive. >> yes, they work really hard all year round so congratulations. >> way to go. >> good day to be in the pool whether inside or out. >> weigh in on your favorite shore spots. >> would i like to be impartial but i think for breakfast, it is tough, i've got a cape may spot and i got a ocean city spot. but for pizza, i go wildwood. i spread my love around. >> weather-wise, i got george's our direct's says, okay. weather-wise we are looking at, okay next couple of days forecast. we are talking about heat and humidity and sum are time storms but not in the severe risk area. lets take a look outside in

place other than down the shore, we love it. we're talking about warm, conditions, that will spread even down the shore. you're looking from our camera that sits on top of the music pier in ocean city and of course looking down beach, still sun bathers enjoying those warmer ocean water temperatures in the 70's now. we have to take that warm water while we dan get it because by tomorrow when we get in the southeasterly wind a lot of times it the blows that warmer ocean water, out to sea and when that warmer ocean water goes out to sea the the colder water comes up from the bottom. we call that upwelling. tomorrow we could be in for cooler ocean water temperatures. look gooding in ocean city cape may county, grab some fried oreos while you can get them. lets look at our live neighborhood network inland that cuts the middle school and beautiful day there with a few fair weather clouds this wind south southwest at 5 miles an hour just a really pretty day. you can see with the heat of the day billowing cumulus cloud beginning to form and as

sun gets lower in the sky that begins to dissipate. it is going to be a very muggy night across the region. storm scan 3a few clouds here and there. that is just about it. more numerous showers and storms will be developing tomorrow because of this, a cold front approaching from the northwest, we have heat, humidity on this side. trier weather on the west side. this front is that focus mechanism for showers and thunderstorms. we will have that tomorrow afternoon and evening. by thursday this front will not clear the shore until late in the day so you could have a shore shower, elsewhere in the philadelphia area we will be drying out in the 80's and high pressure builds back in for friday with plenty of sunshine, dryer conditions and deep blue skies returns with lower humidity. lets talk about the timing of the storms, between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. around this time tomorrow. we will see storms in the lehigh valley and northern and western suburbs like pottstown, quakertown. 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. fill and adjacent suburbs. say storms between 9:00 and 11:00 south jersey including the shore and delaware beaches will see showers and storms,

and it will dissipate maybe see a few showers on thursday. lets give you an update on tropical depression number two, right now still organized, could strengthen and continues its track toward the west but it will be encountering some sheer and also some dry air, this is the dry air, courtesy of our water shape on image in the tropics and when it gets into this environment, it will dissipate. i think by thursday this could be a tropical low, and hopefully not be a threat to any land. during the overnight partly cloudy, muggy low of 72. during day wednesday heat and humidity. late storms in the evening. high of 91. good news is that heat doesn't stick around, thursday we are clearing it out, friday looks great, same for saturday, sunday some late storms, monday stays unsettled and then by tuesday, quiet again, with temperatures below average, and that could be the trend right through the end of the month and into august. we will continue our list of best shore foods, through the

week i'm sure. orr at the shore coming up on thursday. >> looking forward to it, thanks, kathy. good evening, everyone. i know you are probably sick of seeing this shot but it is still out there, and for anyone trying to get to the phils game traveling on i-95 northbound you're still dealing with this. this accident is blocking right-hand lane on the northbound side of 95 approaching area of the girard point bridge. we will talk about the delay this is the the delay right around the platt, stemming all the way back to approaching the philadelphia international airport and take a look at the the platt as folks are thinking i'll take platt as alternate. you'll get stuck there as well. give yourself more time. stay with us on cbs-3 "eyewitness news"

game two tonight between phillies and giant accounts roberto hernandez on the hill

for fightins, once again, many scouts will be on hand to see the the game with the trade deadline coming up. on wip the morning's show, ruben amaro said everybody is up for grabs. >> we're keeping our mind and our eyes opened on everything. we are not, you know, we don't have any untouchables on this club, we do not have any necessarily expectations of what we are going to do. what we do have is an open mine of trying to improve the club and we will try to do it anyway we can. >> john mayberry has been placed on the 15 day dl with the left wrist inflammation, darren ruf called up and available for pinch hitting duty tonight. philadelphia sports spotlight friday will focus on the eagles. players report to training camp at novacare complex, year two of the chip kelly time. last season turned a four-12 team around to the division winner. we caught up with brian westbrook and talk to him about year number two. >> every year you have to

prove yourself every single year. you cannot rest on what you did last year, what you have done in years previous but every single year you have to have prove yourself. i think chip will continue to find that out and hopefully he will prove himself and this team will get better and build on the things they were able to do last year. >> they will get better, deep playoff run, i'm telling you great things happening this season. >> expectations are high. >> they are through the roof. >> bring it on. >> they will live up to them.

thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at ten on wpsg the cw philly and back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. "cbs evening news" is next, scott pelley reporting tonight from new york.

>> pelley: tonight, grounded. the f.a.a. bans u.s. flights to deaf after rockets from gaza explode near the airport. the israelis fire back. barry petersen is in fooz city. >> reporter: you can see the effect of the israeli strikes. around us we can still hear the boom as more artillery is coming in. >> pelley: as some flight 17 crash victims make the slow journey home, we learn that 100 were left behind. mark phillips is at the crash scene in ukraine. it's one of the most closely monitored potential terror targets, so how did someone raise white flags atop the brooklyn bridge? michelle miller reports. and chip reid on why tourists are traveling thousands of miles for a taste of new england.