abe history of some gusty wind. here is what to expect in these storms, of course, downpours wind gusting to 40 miles an hour. the possibility of small hair and, of course, lot of lightening with these storms. part of the reason is heat and humidity. heat index in philadelphia is 97. in wilmington it was a hundred. right now 99. in dover it feels like 100 degrees. these storms will put an end to the heat and humidity. here's timing between now and 6:00p in m to the lehigh valley and extreme northern and western suburbs near pottstown and quakertown. 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. in the adjacent suburbs and 9:00 and 11:00 in the south jersey, shore and delaware we will be seeing these showers and thunderstorms. coming up we will have a better timing on this storm in and out of the neighborhood and talk about when the sun returns, remember, get an update on the forecast anytime with the new cb. philly weather app, check severe weather when you air way from your television and share your storm pictures just down load app now on i tunes and that android version is

coming soon. mcdonald's employees in delaware county ace accused of serving more than just burgers and fries tonight. police say worker served up drugs at the fast food train on west lancaster avenue in wayne. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter joins us live at radnor township police department with the story, walt. >> reporter: well, police here in radnor take all drug tips very, very seriously but tip they got in early june really got their attention. it said adam tram mel was dealing not from the treat corner or from his house but from his job working as a food preparer at a busy mcdonald's on lancaster avenue. police say adam trammel was doing more than cooking up food as he work at this mcdonald's he was allegedly dealing crack cocaine. fifty-seven packets police say, along with cash, found in his pockets when under cover officers arrested him on the job, on tuesday evening. >> when not working as a crew and preparing food he was out

in the rear parking lot selling crack cocaine. >> oh, my god, outrageous. you don't know what to expect anymore. you don't know. >> reporter: customers might have been surprised but not undercover officers. they said that they arranged to buy crack at mcdonald's, four times in the past months. in conversations with the undercover officers trammel allegedly stating that he was always in possession of crack cocaine, and that i could call him, anytime. >> crazy, absolutely crazy, that doesn't happen here. >> reporter: police say at alleged drug dealing going on inside mcdonald's put customers and fellow workers at risk and added concern, police say, trammel was allegedly handling the crack as he was preparing food. >> to remove this individual from the community. we don't stand for this type of activity. >> reporter: responding to our inquiry the mcdonald's owner/operator e mailed i take allegations such as these very seriously, however, it would be inappropriate for me to

comment. upon either a pending police matter or any employment related matters. among the questions, still unanswer that had we have the matter have background checks. court records show trammel has a history of two prior drug dealing convictions and prison stretch. question is were any background checks performed before he was hired two years ago. neither he or a legal representative was available as we tried to reach out with inquiries. much more on the story when we join you at 6:00 live from radnor, i'm walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, five former fail traffic court judges accused of ticket fixing have have been now cleared by a jury of the main charges against them. the jury to day cleared former judges michael lowery, michael mulgrew, willie single try, michael sullivan and thomassin times on conspiracy, mail and wire fraud. the injury difficult convict

lowery, mulgreen and single try for lying to the grand jury and investigators. >> it was not the verdict that we hoped for but we accept the jury's verdict in this case. >> it has been two years of stress, strain, it has been very difficult for myself and my family. >> i don't know, we said we were not guilty, how can i make a wrong statement to the jury. don't make any sense. >> reporter: prosecutors portrayed traffic court as a place of krone iism where family and friend got special treatment. also acquit today of conspiracy chester county judge mark bruno and businessman, robert moy. faa is continuing the ban on u.s. airlines flight to tel aviv after a rocket, exploded near the airport. the ban is just one of the topics being discussed at a stand with israel rally underway right now at love park in philadelphia. this is a live picture from chopper three. you can see how many people there tonight. "eyewitness news" reporter

syma chowdhry is live at the rally with much more on this ban which has wrecked a lot of travel plans today, syma. >> reporter: that is right, diana. fighting may be oversees ease but it is affecting our community here first in the form of a rally. you can see here in love park this is a pro israel rally going on right now, folks waving their flags, holding up signs, shouting, things like that. you can see the heavy police presence here. well that is because right across the the street here at 15th and jfk you can see another group. those are pro palestinians. they are also there with signs, flags and shouting police presence on that side as well. but this comes hours after the faa has extended its ban to israel. middle east conflict hits close to home as protesters rally at love park, this comes hours after the faa extend the travel ban for 24 hours, grounding american planes to

israel. >> you know, our team is very dedicated, working 24/7. >> reporter: iris is owner of gill travel agency specializing in flight to tel aviv. >> we have clients and groups that are supposed to fly on u.s. air out of philly. >> reporter: this week more than 1,000 clients had plans to go to israel through various airlines and now gill's travel agent are helping their travelers either postpone their trip or change their flight to the israel i airline etal. >> sometimes they have to pay more if they wanting to right away. >> reporter: they also have client overseas waiting to come back home. >> maybe they will have to come back tomorrow or the next day so we are also discussing with them and preparing them to perhaps have another night in the hotel. >> reporter: pro israel protesters speak out against faa ban. >> it is americans who want to go over and show their support they should be able to. >> reporter: again, u.s. airways flight that would have taken off today at 9:00 p.m. has been canceled. u.s. airways since once faa

lifted it ban it will continue travel to israel. coming up at 6:00 we will hear more from the protesters, especially on this side of the fence. but for now we are live at 15th and jfk, syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, u.s. does say negotiation toss broker a truce between is rally with and hamas militants are making progress but still no end in sight to the violence tonight. secretary of state john kerry did take a military flight to tel aviv where he met with u.n. secretary general moon, and palestinian authority mahmoud abbass. kerry offered his profound gratitude to israelis, who lined the streets of jerusalem for funeral procession of max steinberg, the 24 year-old american from southern california was killed in the fight. it has been a day of remembrance in the netherland, the the country that lost the most people on the down malaysia jet liner, remains of about 200 victims arrived from the ukraine today. as mark albert reports while

investigation continues into who down the plane some u.s. lawmakers don't want to wait to punish russia. >> reporter: when bodies of those killed on malaysia air flight 17 arrived in the dutch air base wednesday afternoon they were given military honors. the victim's died in the war zone. flags of the 11 nations whose citizens perish on malaysia air flight 17 were lowered to half staff and mourners line the mile long route as the hearsts passed by. >> they want their children back. >> reporter: bodies of the up to 100 of the passengers are still missing. at the crash site in eastern ukraine investigators resume search for remains, and for whatever everybody might be left from a trampled down crime scene. british investigators looking at cockpit voice recorder say they down loaded valid data and black boxes show no signs of being tampered with. u.n. says even though it believes pro russian

separatist were the ones that brought down the air liner rush also bears some of the blame. >> they would not be there doing what they are doing, period, so they culled fire a bomb without the support of the president putin and russian president. >> reporter: fighting continues. ukraine claims missiles fired from russia brought down two fighter jets on wednesday, not far from where mh17 came down. in washington, mark albert for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". we're following a developing story today there, has been a deadly plane crash in taiwan today. the plane crashed in the failed emergency landing in penghu island. fifty-one people died in the crash, seven others were injured. media reports say emergency landing was prompted by strong wind from a typhoon. the plane operated by trans asia airways carried 58 passengers and crew members. traffic is moving gannon ben franklin bridge after a tractor trailer crashed this afternoon.

chopper 3hd over the scene at 676 on ramp just before the bridge. you can see large truck rolled over on its side spill debris across the road, what a mess there this afternoon. we were told one person was taken to the hospital, no word on his or her condition. a stretch of the pennsylvania turnpike is moving faster tonight. >> a little. earlier today a new 07-mile per hour speed limit went in effect between blue mountain and morgan town. penndot officials announce aid pilot program to raise speed limits in other areas that will begin next month. if everything goes well, more highways could follow suit, as early as next year. coming up next on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" birth control that could work with the remote control? health reporter stephanie stahl shows us how this new type of contraceptive works and how could use it. growing number of hotels doing everything they can to help you eat right and stay active while away from home. we will take you inside a

trendy wellness hotel. plus an eight year-old boy attack by a shark in florida, you're watching cbs-3 "eyewitness news"

we could be in for a stormy night tonight, we are looking at storm scan three tracking thunderstorms. meteorologist kathy orr have the latest on what areas could get hit tonight and when, when she's along with her forecast in just a few minutes. a bolt of lightening strikes

three people in florida, one of them dies, and it was a terrifying scene that played out on fort myers beach, yesterday afternoon. the 41 year-old man died instantly according to authorities. a four year-old boy, and a 16 year-old girl nearby were rush to the hospital. there is still no word on their conditions tonight. an eight year-old boy in florida is lucky to be alive tonight after being attacked by a shark in knee deep water. aidon crypt was playing in the surf a few feet from his mother when it happen. she heard him screaming and knew something was very wrong. when she pulled him from the water they noticed a 6-inch gash down his leg. >> i felt it. my eyes opened. and then a second later i started to screaming because it hurt so much. >> it turns out that the area where he was attacked is a hot pot for sharks, another woman was attack not too far away just last may. whenever you travel, whether it is for business or for pleasure, staying active

and eating right can be difficult, especially, when you are staying at hotels. >> but three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan find a growing number of hotels are using wealth and wellness as a selling point. >> reporter: the smell of sage greets you at entrance of this hotel. is there fresh fruit infused water and wet clothh to wipe away day's grime. this is a new brand of hotel from the inter continental group called even. >> whole premise behind even hotels is we want to help our guests stay in ballot road. >> reporter: in in connecticut location rooms are equipped with fitness balls and yoga mats, a pull out desk encourages travel tours stan while they work. and food menu consists of healthy optionness small portions. earlier this year westin launched a campaign that offers guest work out gear and healthier food options, wyndham, and speakermont hotel promote hotels and good reason. wellness tourism is growing

50 percent faster than overall global tourism bringing in billions of dollars every year. lisa knot and her family stayed at even overnight. >> just fabulous idea, people are able to keep up with their exercise routine. >> reporter: that way they can keep their helton track even far from home. hotels focus on this thing are cashing in. global wellness institute say health conscious travelers spend 130 percent more than the the average tourist. >> um-hmm. >> and is it kind of like the whole food traveler, whole foods version of the traveling. >> i guess so you are paying for what you are getting. >> reporter: i will take any vacation. put the me in a hotel far away. >> just get the smell of sage in the studio and i will be happy. >> great to me. >> thanks, jim. still to come here on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 a tweet gets a traveler kicked off a flight. we will tell you what he tweeted and why the airline late's pol guyed. plus a sick little boy's wish to receive tons of carbs

for his birthday and how these campers are making that dream come through, that is a

well, it was so humid to day you know those storms are not far behind. >> no, they are coming quick. we track them last half an hour just about 20 minutes ago, a line of storms moving towards the east at about 20 miles an hour.

they were approaching the lehigh valley, now they have turned severe, we will track them as they move into the region. lets take a look outside where we have quiet conditions, but it is warm, and it is very humid outside there. you can ring the atmosphere right out. so anytime we see a shower or a storm, it is going to pour. expect very heavy downpours with these storms, as well. down the shore some folks catching a break in the the water. you will see some storms but not until later this evening, so all cleared down the shore for now especially there and ocean city cape may county. lets get to storm scan three you can see showers and thunderstorms and lightening lighting up storm scan three this afternoon. the watches, up through northeastern, pennsylvania extending into new england but we have a severe thunderstorm warning once again for lehigh valley, berks county and montgomery county for this line of storms. you can see line beginning in the poconos and going down through harrisburg, hageers town, maryland and nearly 900 lightening strikes just there. as we zoom into this line it is right here, wind gusting to

potentially 60 miles an hour, damaging wind as well with these storms and they move east at 20 miles april hour they will if the closer to the delaware valley. these storms will be in upper macungie by 5:34. allentown by 5:49. reading berks county by 5:56. easton also in the warning area by 6:06. once again a severe thunderstorm warning for berks county, lehigh valley and also the northern part of the montgomery county until 6:15. damaging wind are a possibility, possibility of hail as well. it does include these towns. you can see fleetwood, boyer town, pennsburg, lower fredrick, coopersberg, south white hall, this is area we are talking about with very gusty wind in excess of 60 miles an hour as well. right now in philadelphia 92. that is our high for the day. allentown 88 with the storms approaching. the reading 87. eighty-nine in wilmington. down the shore warm temperatures. not as the hot as our inland area as is usually the case. ocean the water temperatures up to 72 degrees.

future weather shows that line forming and it has a good grip of what is going on right now and as we continue to run this model you can see by seven or 8:00 o'clock tonight that line is over the philadelphia area and i-95 corridor and then moves quickly off, shore. thursday morning, some clouds, but then the clouds, will give way to clearing from the northwest to the south east over the course of the day and then late in the afternoon there is a chance of the lingering, shower especially down the shore with our frontal boundary still close by. so for your thursday the front will move through, clearing skies in philadelphia and suburbs with temperatures in the 80's. by friday high pressure really takes control with high pressure we have sinking air and also you have a clockwise know win comes down from the north dry conditions, low humidity, temperatures in the 80's we will heat things backup again in the upper 80's. the as we go through the evening we will see oppressive conditions turning better tomorrow in the pleasant category on the comfort index. late tonight we will see

showers and storms coming to an even. overnight low 73, during the the day thursday morning showers possible and then clearing high of 84. looking good, on the eyewitness weather three day forecast, 48 thursday. same friday, saturday, warmer with a high of 88. that is a look at your forecast we will let you know what goes on with those storms in the meantime i want to remind thaw orr at the shore is live tomorrow in stone harbor, we will be, of course, sunny by the afternoon, we will have more on that coming up tomorrow live at 5:00 and 6:00, we will be right back with more news after this.

eagles right tackle lane johnson is officially banned from participating in the

first four games of the regular season, that announcement coming from the nfl today. johnson violated the league's policy on performance enhancing drugs. lane will report to camp on friday and can play in the preseason before the ban takes effect. he released the following statement. in april, while training, i mistakenly and foolishly put a prescribed medication in my body to help with a medical issue. i mistakenly failed to clear witt eagles trainers and check the nfl list of banned substances. i'm extremely sorry for this mistake and will learn from it and be smarter in the future. all right. game three between the giants and the phillies tonight at the bank, aj burnett gets the start, carlos ruiz is back in the line up after missing 22 games with the concussion. ryan howard will not start tonight, darren ruf will play first base. been a tough year for the big fellow batting just .224 with one home run in list last 121 plate appearances. >> i'm just trying to get back in the flow of things.

i am just trying to get back in the flow of everything. it is what it is right now. i will justin to try to work. the that is about all you can do. >> they are just searching for confidence and, you know, he is trying to keep his confidence going while he is being benched to lit the kid play. >> tough environment to work out of that. >> yes. >> beasley, thanks very much. >> a hrouda wakening for hundreds of hotel guests, they swarmed the streets of philadelphia after the fifer alarm goes off in the middle of the night. coming up why they had to be evacuated to the convention center for hours. also the doomed ocean liner the cost a costa concordia. >> new at 6:00 international cyber thieves pull off a major fraud at on line particular reseller stub hub. a local cyber security expert with the number one piece of advice to avoid becoming a

i'm chris may with the top stories today a stand with israel rally is held at philadelphia's love park. meantime the federal government continues to ban u.s. airline flights, to tel aviv after a rocket exploded near the airport there. well, it is a national day of mourning in the netherlands, the remains of about 200 victims from the

down malaysia air jet line's arrived in the dutch air base today and they were given full military honors. mcdonald's worker in wayne, delaware county is accused of selling drugs, police arrested adam trammel last night as they claim he sold crack cocaine to under cover officers in the restaurant's parking lot, kathy? we have a few severe cells to talk b you can see from allentown, reading, lancaster, harrisburg and maryland a line of thunderstorms. these right here are severe through allentown, lehigh valley, in northampton county, reading, berks county. thinks moving east at 20 miles an hour, 700 strikes right in this area a lot of lightening, heavy downpours, winds gusting over 60 miles an hour and potential for hail this will be in allentown by 5:43. in reading, by 5:51. severe storm will be in exiter by 6:13 and in easton northampton county by 6:17. moving east at 20 miles an

hour, potential for hail, also frequent cloud to ground lightening and damaging wind, a very big threat with these particular storms. once again severe thunderstorm warning in effect, lehigh valley, berks county and northern montgomery county until 6:15. we will track the storms for now, diana, back to you. >> thanks, kathy. hrouda wakening for hundreds of hotel guests in philadelphia, early this morning, part of the sheraton had to be evacuated when smoke started to fill the hallways there. "eyewitness news" reporter noel income claire even was at the scene to find out exactly what happened. >> reporter: it is not the picture of a good nights sleep at the sheraton downtown hotel, evacuated from their beds to the enter city streets, guests did whatever they could to make themselves co mftaarm went off and we didn't know what to expect. >> reporter: fire officials say the cause was animal function in the hotel's hvac electrical panel on the first floor filling the lob which smoke. >> i looked in the hall and i

saw this smoke and said we have to go. >> reporter: stench also filled the hallways where more than 1,000 guests were staying, three people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, others including hundreds of attending a postal workers convention were displaced for eight hours as fire fighters found the source. >> i'm exhausted, sweaty, hot, tired,. >> reporter: managers say they weren't aware of any previous concerns with hvac system. >> i'm not aware of any problems. i have been here for well over a year. >> reporter: hotel just experienced a power outage last week as fire officials say they are investigating whether or not the two incidents are connect. >> obviously we don't believe in coincidence so if there is relevance, relationship we will make sure we will determine that. >> reporter: hotel has been cleared for occupancy but you smell of smoke still is here. the hope is some of these fans will help out with that a little bit but i'm told the

furniture and rugs here are not even a year-old a lot of them will have to be replaced. in center city noel mcclaren for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". costa concordia cruise ship is on the final journey tonight. two tugboats are pulling concord a to the northwestern part to a journal that i is expect to take four days. when it arrives the vessel will be scrapped. this is, of course, cruise ship that capsized more than two years ago, killing 32 people. minute so the man and hiú two kids are asked to leave a southwest airlines plane over a tweet. watson tried to board a southwest plane in denver with his kids. he is an a list passenger meaning he gets priority boarding but gate agent would not let his six and nine year-old board with him. they would all wait to board later. watson gated that the gate agent was rude and then he was asked to deplane. he says he was then forced to delete the tweet. family was allowed to reboard, watson says southwest did

apologize and then gave him $150 in vouchers. new at 5:30 a new direction for atlantic city. officials are pointing to two concerts on the beach as proof of how the town is trying to lure visitors as gaming faulters. "eyewitness news", new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live on the beach with more now, cleve. >> reporter: chris, a summer with more lows than highs for atlantic city but two concerts that will flood this area with beach goers, concert goers are intended to show off atlantic city's first and biggest attraction: the beach. in just over a week atlantic city will host free beach concert with to of country music's biggest stars blake shelf even, and lady antbell antbellam. >> fans were freaking out in center city philadelphia on wednesday as do ac promotion team handed out free tickets. >> some country, rock and

roll, summertime, yes. >> we are doing that to let everyone know atlantic city ace live and kicking. there are 19 concerts in the summer three, on the beach. beach is always free there. boardwalk is always free. >> reporter: with as many as four casinos possibly closing this year atlantic city is trying to hard to market itself as a multi tracks report. the the concert may give infrequent visitors a new perspective on the city. >> we spend time and money on our beach, landscaping, on our paving an light. come back and kick the tires. you will be happy what you see. >> reporter: atlantic city mayor don guardian, sold state lawmakers on the bass pro shop to talk about atlantic city's future. senate president steve sweeney plans to call a meeting in the next six weeks with business, labor and government leaders to discuss atlantic city f there is a way to bring money to town by expanding gambling to other parts of the state. >> at the end of the day whether they support it or not i need smart people that understand these industries to get feedback to see what we can make atlantic city.

report report if you weren't able to get ticket for free concert there will be viewing areas along the boardwalk and other side of the pier, blake shelf even one week from tomorrow, live from atlantic city, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks, cleve. a big honor for rocker john bon jovi, he is this years recipient of the philadelphia's marion anderson award, mayor michael nut's long with the board of the anderson awards revealed an enlarge photo of the singer at sophie tell hotel in center city this afternoon. bon jovi is not just nationally recognized but he has made a big difference in philadelphia by helping to build hundreds of homes for low income families. the awards gala and ceremony will be held in november. on friday, one very sick little boy from massachusetts will be celebrating his sixth birthday. his wish, getting lots of birthday cards. >> and when children at a cherry hills sports camp heard this they decide to try

to make that day extra special. our pat ciarrocchi has the story. >> reporter: this is the face that has launched thousands of birthday cards. dennie snickerson will be six on friday, a birthday that his family feared he'd never see. >> he has brain cancer. >> reporter: complicated diagnosis, chronicled on line, in daniel's journey. with a story and a facebook request that caught at tension of counselors and kids, at the international sports center in cherry hill. >> the only thing that he asked for his birthday was a mailbox full of birthday cards. >> it sounded like a mission. >> reporter: construction paper, colored pens in the hands of creative kids, set to lift the spirits of another kid. the results revealed their compassionate hearts. >> keep your head up high and stray strong. >> i want him to know that he can fight through this brain tumor and will survive, for a long time. >> reporter: camp's goal, 400 birthday card to be delivered for danny's friday birthday,

in fox boro massachusetts. cherry hill card writers have been busy. >> try to let him know he is not len in the world. >> you are one of the toughest most amazing kids ever. >> reporter: as with anyone who understands giving, the return can feel greater. >> i feel really special because i finally help someone in need. >> reporter: for someone who is waiting for a birthday wish fulfilled. >> happy birthday danny. >> reporter: pat ciarrocchi, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> wow, if would you like to send danny a birthday card we have posted all of the information you need on our web site, just log on to cbs philly.com. a story just gave me the chills. so wonderful. good evening, everyone. if you are traveling on the schuylkill expressway, unfortunately i don't have much good news because we are dealing with a very serious accident which is taking out right-hand lane.

multiple vehicle accident now emergency teams are on the scene blocking right and center lanes of the eastbound side of 76 approaching spring garden and this is causing a mess for commuters who are dealing with high volume on the schuylkill associated with an overturn vehicle on the ben franklin bridge. trying to make your way from pennsylvania into new jersey. it backup the vine. eastbound on 76 at 28 backup the schuylkill expressway. all and all we are not moving well in and around center city. with that overturn truck on the ben franklin bridge in the eastbound direction approaching the the mid span you will find high volume on fifth, sixth race and callowhill. folks trying to maneuver around that part of the city. give yourself some more time but mass transit looks good and expect usual on i-95, vine street expressway and even 476, chris? >> vittoria, thank you. still to come on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 a chosen counter with the whale, we will show you a macing video taken by a kyacker who found himself riding atop this giant mammal. >> look at the whale of an

encounter. >> um-hmm. >> i could in the help myself. this is one grovy grand pop he can get down, see more of his dance moves on the floor, next. kathy? i won't say chris, that looks like you. >> kathy? >> weather-wise, we're talking about a turbulent avenue and evening tracking showers and thun

pennsylvania obstetrician celebrates miracle of life by welcoming new borns with a song. >> ♪ happy birthday to you >> doctor carry andrew jaja, pittsburgh's magee women's hospital gets everyone to join in for a chorus of happy birthday. he says he work with another doctor who sang to the babies and likes the tradition. so he has sung to more than 8,000 infants. well, if you think you have dance moves, bet as in the as good as this guys. even without his two canes, this elderly gentlemen, proves he can still be the life of the party. this video of him dancing, rocking around the internet for past couple days. you the was first posted on facebook, of course, and it has generated tens of thousands of hits. >> i love his confidence. >> look at him go.

>> we will be right back.

it was a scare of life time for kyackers off the coast of air again teen. the go pro camera captured a pod of whales, swimming right for them. it was quite a sight to see, that is, until they started getting a little bit too close for comfort. one of them even bumped into them. >> wow. >> lifting them out of the water. >> wow. >> they were able to make it back to land in one piece with a great story to tell.

>> yikes. yikes is right. weather-wise we are looking at a few storms out there but not down the the shore, we're looking the atlantic city from our sky cam three, of course, a lot going on, beachers, are crowded board are and steel pier looking g we have had storms that will move down the shore later this evening. lets go to storm scan three and show you what is going on this line of showers and thunderstorms has formed over the course of the afternoon, it is strong, holding together a lot of lightening here over a thousand strikes when you count them from the poconos down to hageers town maryland and moving toward the east at 20 miles an hour. severe storms right now in the lehigh valley, lehigh county, northampton county, reading berks county and moving into northern parts of the montgomery county. if you hear lightening or i should say hear thunder see lightening bring everyone indoors and wait until these storms pass. we are looking at storms in lower pottsgrove by 6:08. pottstown by 6:23.

hatfield by 6:46. in these storms you have potential for damaging wind in excess of about 60 miles an hour, in even the possibility of hail with these storms as well. you can see hail indication right there near reading and another one over northern lancaster county. this storm to the south will be in lancaster at 5:57. pottstown 6:11. limerick at 6:26. towamencin by 6:44. we saw largest hail 1 inch, with severe thunderstorm near hershey to the east. northern lancaster county 1 inch in diameter and that is largest hail we have seen so far. severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 6:15 for all of these towns, drug kutztown, also fleetwood, boyer town, pennsburg, coopersberg and south white hall until 6:15. ninety-two in philadelphia 84 in millville. 90 degrees still in dover. look at cool air coming in behind this cold front, cleveland 66 degrees, that is a refreshing change. buffalo, new york 73. state college sitting at 77.

future weather shows a line moving through right around seven or 8:00 moving along that i-95 corridor through trenton, philadelphia, extending on the jersey side and then sweeps through and falls apart through south jersey. tomorrow we have clouds giving way to clearing, pretty much every where over the course of the day. we are looking at heat and humidity tonight, oppressive but tomorrow, turning pleasant. the air mass will be much more comfortable. during the evening, showers and storms ending overnight low of 73. during the day tomorrow 84 about clearing skies and on the exclusive eyewitness weather seven day forecast and shore cast looking good as we head towards the weekend and then hot gannon sunday, monday steamy, noticeably cooler, after that, with another cool, change, coming. certainly a great day to dip in the pool especially at the recreation center in strawberry mansion. our meteorologist kate bilo is there for fun safe philly summer pop up event. kate, it sound like a party. >> it is definitely a party out here. always a party at the pool but tonight is a special night

sponsored by fun safe philly summers. it is their pop up pool party. we are opened until at 8:00 o'clock here at the recreation center. i'm surrounded by a lot of kids out here having a great time today. they were just winning prizes, playing in the pool, doing swimming games and they are enjoying it. now, guys, is it hot out here today. >> yes. >> okay how does the the pool feel. >> good. >> awesome. >> things are getting a little crazy here guys, we will all cool off in the pool and everybody wants to be on tv lets look at our heat index values right now in the upper 90's across much of the area, near 100 in other spots especially off to the south and it has been a cool summer so far. we have not had many days in the 90's to day 13th day in the 90's here in philadelphia and look at this graphic many cities across the northeast and midwest have not seen their normal amount of 90-degree days but we have got another one today and it looks

been a great day. back here live at stray bring mansion at the the recreation center, pool opened until 8:00 o'clock tonight. it is pack. they have music going. you will be outside, keep an eye to the sky for those storm clouds rolling n reporting live i'm meteorologist kate bilo for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". on the cbs-3 healthwatch tonight researchers are testing a birth control micro chip that they say can be turned off an on with remote control. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here now to explain how it works. >> reporter: wait until you see this technology. we are talking about a tiny implanted chip that was first tested at the way to deliver medicine for osteoporosis. now it is being expand todd other uses and bill and melinda gates were behind the the effort to use this technology for birth control. this micro chip may be the future of contraception implanted under the skin it can deliver tiny amounts of hormones, just like a birth control pill.

>> this kind of technology could have have a major effect in revolutionized various aspects of medicine, including birth control. >> reporter: bio tech firm micro chips is testing chip that can hold enough hormone to prevent pregnancy for up to 16 years, why a woman wants to conceive the chip is turn off with remote and they are making sure it cannot be hack. >> remote control must be put up against the skin in order to establish communication and reason we do that is we want close range communication to prevent anyone from listening in on the encrypted signal. >> reporter: some experts point out women already have implantable birth control options like iud but many still choose the pill if woman in the u.s. are in the using the methods now why would they be more likely to use this one? >> reporter: dry as unlike the iud the birth control chip doesn't need to be removed every time a woman want to be pregnant. now testing on this will continue for the next couple of years if it is eventually

approved the chip is expect to cost about a thousand dollars. interesting technology. >> i don't know how i feel about that. >> a thousand dollars for 16 years, it is a fascinating concept for sure. >> yes, thanks, stephanie good watch out for those hackers. >> we will be righ

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he will do so on the same stage. cbs which owns cbs-3 announced colbert will keep his show at new york city's ed sullivan theater. his debut date is still up in the air depending on when dave officially retires from the late show but it will be sometime next year. here's a shocker justin beiber is back in the head lines again. >> insider's kelce knight has news on the beans and brittany spears too. >> reporter: beiber shows us his calvins and brittany does too those two stories are trending today. explosive. >> reporter: after years of tweeting shots like this, and this, and this, and this, you get it, justin got his wish

and reportedly shot a campaign for calvin kline unmentionables, exact details of his contract are not known but we hear calvin is hoping to release photos later this year. singers in their underwear is all of the rage today, brittany's bedtime fashions. get ready to be intimate with miss spears to day she tweeted this photo for her new lingerie line and i got to got o say the girl still got it. you can have brittany on your body in september. >> you know brittany has sold fragrancees and clothing for years so i had no doubt she will sell lingerie and a lot of it, chris, back to you. okay, kelce, thanks. she's a powerhouse no doubt. wears a lot of lingerie too. that is "eyewitness news" at the 5:00. now at 6:00 a main line fast food worker is accused of selling american just burgers and fries. authorities say he dealt crack cocaine from the parking lot. we will tell you how he got busted. kathy is tracking some storms. >> line of storms we are tracking on storm scan three

some severe, severe thunderstorm warning for some of our counties until 6:15. we will have latest coming up. plus happening right now hundreds packed philadelphia's love park to rally as conflict in the middle east shows no sign of easing. hits this as flights remain grounded between u.s. and israel leaving travelers stranded. cyber thieves tap in the accounts of stub hub users including some here in the delaware valley, we will tell you what one local expert say everyone should do before their next log in. "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. now at 6:00 o'clock from hot ape humid to stormy, storm scan three is tracking storms, moving through the northern, and western suburbs, tonight. parts of the region are under a severe thunderstorm warning. good evening i'm chris may. aim diana rocco in for

jessica keen tonight. meteorologist kathy orr has been closely watching the radar what can we expect. >> frequent lightening, downpours and in some cases damaging wind. you can see that line of severe storms moving our way. this is a severe then are storm watch in effect through northern pennsylvania and to the north and east but we have a severe thunderstorm warning in effect believe it or in the for lehigh valley, berks county and northern part of the montgomery county. thinks the line that we're talking with with close to a thousand lightening strikes, just in three count ace loan. as we zoom in you can see some lightening and also some hail indicators near allentown and this one in northern lancaster county. these storms moving east at 20 miles an hour and at that speed they will be in pottstown by 6:28. franconia by 6:44 and limerick montgomery county by 6:50a lot of lightening in these storms and these storms do have potential for developing wind as high