today it is saturday august 9th, good morning, i'm elizabeth hur and time is 6:00 a.m. in center city philadelphia and here is meteorologist carol erickson with the fabulous forecast. >> liz, it is the best, august weather is ideal, when it is like this and it is not like this every single weekend in august as we probably know, by now but this one is and it will be perfect. lets take a look outside and we will fine just clear skies, great, start to the day and it is not just a start you don't to have race out to try to enjoy it right now. if you want it cooler, you will but otherwise take your time and even eye the rest of the day as well because it will be just as beautiful. our temperature right now 66 degrees. i want to brighten things up, a look at leadership academy

in philadelphia and in case you didn't see the sun coming up, we will do it the for you again. we love to put the sun honorary pete. sunnies up. 64 degrees. our temperatures at the the airport are slightly warmer than that. storm scan three, not much to talk b a couple of high, thin cloud moving off the delaware bay and otherwise things are great, 68 philadelphia, 61 in trenton. sixty-three in wilmington. it is still cool to the north. look at allentown at 57. poconos 51. fifty-nine in reading. we will get in the 60's by the time we get to the south. dew points, every place are in the 50's and that makes this air feel so good. and our temperatures today, they will feel good too. by the the end of the afternoon we are right where we should be in the mid to upper 80's but sunshine is here all day long and we don't have anything to worry about, computer model is saying relax, don't even think about anything, except enjoying yourself, how nice the of the weather to give us this gift for this weekend. we will get this gift as we

move through the workweek and that is coming up with our eyewitness weather seven day forecast, liz. >> thanks, carol. pennsylvania, and new jersey in the meantime announced their first human cases of west nile virus, both of them are sickened and they are from our area. three on your side health reporter stephanie stahl has more. >> reporter: height of the mosquito season and many testing positive for west nile virus. >> the number of infected mosquito pools that we have collected that are infect with west nile virus is actually rather high this year and it is continuing to increase. >> reporter: doctor caroline johnson with the philadelphia health department says risk of getting a virus is expected to increase over next few weeks mainly because there are so many up affect mosquitoes in the area most people infect do not get sick, about 20 percent have symptoms. >> this can be a very serious infection. it tends to affect the elderly, most often and

vulnerable persons who do not have healthy immune system. the symptoms are neurologic, and so people develop headaches, high fever, confusion. >> reporter: health departments continue to spray to control mosquitoes but there are steps to take to protect against them. >> wear repellant when you go outside and mosquitoes are usually active in the early morning and dusk and early evening. those are best times to stay inside. >> health officials are urging residents to get rid of standing water where months keith owe breed. we have more information on west nile virus, cbs philly.com, click on health. i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and a young mother killed in the deadly carjacking is remember at a vigil in north philadelphia. thirty-four year-old keisha williams died thursday night, she was in critical condition for two weeks after she and four others were hit by a carjacked suv in the tioga section of the city.

three of her children were killed in that crash. one woman from the northeast stopped by the crash site after hearing of keisha williams death. >> she passed away and it just floored me and i took my granddaughter from school and said lets go by and just we have to go. >> this does mean that suspects jonathan rosa and cornelius crawford will now face four counts of second degree murder, and conspiracy. in the meantime a day of summer fun went terribly wrong for three kids at a philadelphia public school. they went for a swim and ended up getting shock. an electrical current somehow got in the water at o'connor public pool at 26th and south street and our todd quinones talk with one parent who says this may not have been the first time that it happened there. >> reporter: a trip to the pool here turn into a trip to the hospital for those three

children, in the meantime maintenance workers are trying to if you go another out what went wrong so they can fix it. an electrical current in the the city pool, shocked three children. they were rushed to children's hospital and they are said to be 13 years old and younger. it all started as a perfect sum are day at the pool and then suddenly turned serious and scary. this woman's daughter saw it all happen. >> she said one of the children was about to get out of the pool and touch the ladder and was immediately shocked. and then his sister came over to help him and then his sister was shock. >> reporter: gale dougherty said her children were shock in the same lad inner june at the o'connor pool at 26th and south street. >> we were climbing up the ladder and it shock us. >> it was just a little shock. if you were a foot away you could still feel it. >> that came as a surprise to the parks and recreation department. >> this is first time we heard

about shocks to the young people or adults that use that pool. >> reporter: dougherty said she didn't report the incident in june. >> i didn't because i really thought they were crazy because they weren't holding on to the ladder but swimming in the water. >> reporter: late friday afternoon peco workers were back at the pool testing the ladder with voltage meters. the kids were shocked at the the ladder around 1:15 friday. >> draining it, refilling this pool, and it will not be reopened until we find out what the cause of this incident toys day. >> reporter: parks and recreation department indicates that workers were out here earlier in the day working on the motor and pump. there were a total of 12 children in the pool at the time. a as for those three kids shocked and taken to chop, they were last listed in stable condition but i'm told that they should be just fine. reporting from 26th and south street, todd quinones, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and happening right now, some of the world's best, anglers are back out on the delaware river as part of the

2014 bass master tournament that is going on all weekend. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live in tacony where the axis just getting started, good morning, steve. >> good morning, this event is just about to get underway, we are minutes away from the boat launch. look around here, these boats there are 50 of them about to compete today, 50 anglers wanting to to take that top $100,000 prize and they went from zero to 60 in an instant. these boats were not here probably 15 or 20 minutes ago an now they are all on the water. in fact my camera guy here takes like a half an hour sometimes to get one boat if you are an amateur but these are very top professionals in the world, thinks bass master's let professional series, the guy you are looking at over here is michael iconnellie, and he is the leader, warming up getting ready to go in the water.

he is from philadelphia. the first time this event has ever been in philadelphia. but he is one of the top guys in the tournament prize winning and he will be back on the the river hoping to get a home turf victory. but again, 50 boats, they have cut it from 100 to 50 and then they go to 12 tomorrow. this is like the masters of fishing. these anglers are very, very serious. through can see the sunrise coming up for a beautiful morning. they will be fishing all morning. this meet at penns landing, they will catch five fish in total. they will weigh those fish to see hoist the winner. of course, lot of people are pulling for the home turf guy behind me. we will stay with us. we will find out how they do after they launch in just a few minutes. it is exciting here at the delaware river. we will send it back to you. >> it looks beautiful and exciting indeed, thank you for that update, steve. well, still ahead here on "eyewitness news" the latest on u.s. air strikes in iraq

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and now to the latest on the crisis in iraq, the u.s. has conduct a second air drop of food ape water to the thousands office people, stranded on mountains in northern iraq. the attacks are meant to send off advancement of islam i can extremist, u.s. war planes unloaded artillery belonging to the group known as isis. president obama authorized the air strikes, thursday evening and the u.s. is working to protect personnel working in northern iraq's kurdish region. and new we are hearing from a kurdish exchange student, living here in philadelphia, that man is studying at temple university and as you can imagine his thoughts are with his family in iraq and he shared his concern with "eyewitness news" reporter, charlotte huffman. >> reporter: a fair of fa18 fighter jets dropped bombs on artillery positions of the the islamic extremist group known as is is or erbill city. >> it is really terrible and

very catastrophic. >> reporter: this curish iraqi, his family lives 100 miles southwest of erbill, he is an exchange student studying at temple and while he is a world away, his thoughts are back at home. >> every day i get up here in philadelphia, the the first thing i do in the morning is want to call my family and make sure they are safe because they are in the desperate the situation. >> reporter: fighters trying to protect erbill are overwhelmed as sectarian violence escalates. >> to stop the advance on erbill i have direct our military to take targeted strikes against isis terrorist convoy should they move towards the city. >> reporter: while president obama authorized air strikes and humanitarian aid he stopped short of putting more boots on the ground. five u.s. military aircraft dropped enough food and water for 8,000 people, many of them christians and people surrounded biasis fighters including thousands trapped on

a hundred tane in northern iraq. >> i want the american people to know that there is a potential for a humanitarian crisis, whether it is against a small religious group or entire population of iraqi kurdish stan, i want them to know that this crisis and we all have to step up and do something for it. >> reporter: since u.s. troops left in 2011, isis militant have taken over key cities across iraq. earlier this year the president sent 800 troops to help protect erbill in baghdad. charlotte huffman for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". in the meantime with no long term deal in place the fighting in gaza resumed, one minute after a cease-fire, ended. hamas militants fired a barrage of rockets from gaza and israel responded with air strikes, one hit near a mosque killing a ten year-old boy. israel has pulled its delegation out of cairo saying it will not negotiate while

under fire. hawaii is cleaning up from its first tropical storm in 22 years. iselle brought down trees and power lines and led to some flooding, some properties were also damage. now hawaii residents are keeping a close eye on hurricane julio. the time right now 6:15. carol erickson is here, it is ugly in hawaii but in the the case here at home. >> no, not at all, look at this sunrise, liz. it is a beautiful day, sunnies starting to work already this morning. it doesn't expect any extra compensation and it is just working full-time both today, tomorrow and a lot on monday as well so perfect start to the day through atlantic city, you will move over to the margate area and you've got nice conditions there which i'll show new a second. center city philadelphia notice these lovely skies and you this down to margate and you can see a couple people

wondering around on the beach at this point just a beautiful day every inning is is will location, beaches will be pack, the boardwalk, your neighborhood, people outside i hope because we should even eye this kind of weather, it is here and it is really to be enjoyed today. 68 degrees in philadelphia, it is a very comfortable start out at the airport. no one should leave with temperatures as nice as they are today. sixty-one in trenton. sixty-three in wilmington. it is in the 50's in the north and west and go far enough to the north and west and it is still in the 50's. so that cooler air is definitely out there. you are finding it through northern sections. you will get in the philadelphia area just slightly warmer, it is milder down through washington and richmond at 72 degrees. new york city at 67 degrees this morning. nobody is complaining about the weather at this point at all. storm scan three notice just a few high clouds you can barely see them going by, we will find them in the delaware bay right new but otherwise, sunny nice, high pressure is here.

temperatures in the 80's today and tomorrow and in fact they will be in the 80's the entire week. it does not look like we will see a day with temperatures getting to 90 or even 90 plus. we will be kind of close tomorrow in the upper 80's but still it is just, a lot more comfortable then it can be normally this time of the year with the dew points remaining fairly low. our high pressure eventually has to give way because is there always another weather player out there, and this one is going to be a front that we will see coming through probably tuesday night ape with that we will find humidity picking up a little bit the but also a chance of a shower or thunderstorm. otherwise by wednesday we will see a continuation of that and then we will clear that out as well. future weather, i don't to have stop this at all let the clock running out, we are into sunday we are in the finding anything different at all but just lots of sunshine, mostly clear skies at night, by tuesday, early in the morning we will see a few more clouds. hey did you see that moon, were you up last night or did you see it just bursting

through your windows? it is the the super moon inn especially you will see it tomorrow but do you know when it is most, closest to the point have of earth? in the afternoon on sunday it was 1:44 in the afternoon. harder to see. that it is 221,000 miles away, 14 percent closer and 30 percent brighter then usual. it is great out there but it does impact the persaid meteor showers because that full moon is stealing some of the thunder from that and it makes it harder to see. if you could see it looking to the north east 40 to 50 meteors per hour and it will be peeking tomorrow through wednesday. so energy this beautiful weather, low risk of rip current, temperatures in the lower 80's but do expect a sea breeze later on today. eighty-six through the philadelphia area. 68 degrees. next couple days are easy, we have got temperatures in the 80's. by tuesday and wednesday a chance of the shower or thunderstorm but otherwise it is ideal around here, liz?

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news", we are talking movies, a former business air is showing off his romantic side way few laughs thrown in for good measures. daniel radcliff teams up with others to star in the new romantic comedy what i if. susan marquez gives us a sneak peak. >> friend. >> yeah why not. >> okay. >> friend. >> harry potter star daniel radcliff tries his hand at romance in the new friend what if. >> at least try on the the dress. >> reporter: radcliff plays wallace a young man who feels a connection with zeo's character but trouble is she has a boy friend. >> are you okay. >> sorry. >> it is about two people who all fall in love with each other but it is not easiest thing for either of their lives so they are living in denial of their feelings. >> really relatable situation. >> that is what he i first read it, i thought that could be me in a heartbeat. >> since when being a man

involves expressing your feelings. >> reporter: radcliff knows it is an adjustment to see him as anything other than boy business air. >> it is a gradual process have people seeing me in other things. >> reporter: he hopes rolls like this will help change peoples perception. susan marquez for cbs news, hollywood. and down by the river last night it was perfect weather for some music, "eyewitness news" on penns landing for this smooth jazz summer nights concert featuring performer chris, cbs-3 and cw philly are proud sponsor of this event and our stephanie stahl was there to serve as mc, the the smooth jazz concerts are every friday night, in august and they are free, family friendly and opened to the public. safety concerns, surrounding one of the largest music festivals of the summer, why city leaders are calling for a review of security at music fest, coming up in our next half an hour, we will be right bac

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paterson is standing by live. >> reporter: it is 2014 bass master classic elite professional series. for the first time here in philadelphia i'm steve paterson and guess what i'm on a boat. we will have a live report from the delaware river, that is next. >> today is saturday august 9th. good morning everyone. i'm elizabeth hur. the time right now 6:28. here in center city philadelphia here is meteorologist carol eric on in the eyewitness weather center with a wonderful day ahead. >> it will be beautiful. when we came in it was dark this morning. we saw that gorgeous super moon and now it is super sunshine coming up. we will keep that sun with us all day long. the lets look out the window where we will pull it up and there is shade over city of philadelphia. there his no shade out there right now. we have full sunshine. we will keep it all day long. storm scan three showing no problems at all in our area and we are continuing with

nice weather throughout this weekend. we have a nice look down here, this is down in margate a live picture at beach patrol headquarters down there. temperatures in the 60's right now but not all of them in the 60's. we have temperatures in the 50's too. fifty-seven in allentown. fifty-nine in reading. fifty-one in the poconos. that is cool. we will get to philadelphia the at the airport 68 degrees. sixty-one in trenton. sixty-three in wilmington. lower 60's along the shore area. other point that makes it so nice is low dew points so temperatures in the 50's. 56 degrees dew point is ideal and that means that the air mass does not have moisture with it so we will not than dealing with the usual humidity of august that makes it feel like we have mushrooms every place. we have a temperature at noon time 81 degrees. by 3:00 p.m. 86 degrees. lots of sunshine all day long and as we go out in the future we have in reason to stop you this this but i will at 4:00 and keep it running and net is we have clear skies

right through this evening. gorgeous weather, can we do it again tomorrow? yeah. i'll show you how many more days after that we will do it, coming up, liz. >> thanks, carol. now to a warning from police about a crime they admit they have in the seen a lot of, before. they want you to be extra vigilant on social media and our natasha brown spoke with detectives about the police believe are behind this unusual crime. >> i was scared. i just kept thinking oh, manny hope this is not my last night. >> reporter: after being robbed at gunpoint this victim who chose not to be identified knew it could very well happen a night that ended tragedy. after meet ago i woman august 1st he was lured to the 200 block of south allison street where the female suspect's boyfriend lie in wait. >> i parked on the corner and she said meet me under the tree. as i called her back and said where you at? she said i'm coming out. gunman came out. when i turned around he was,

took everything, my wallet, driver's license. >> reporter: little did this victim know it was a set up. police say 27 year-old man rice a harris pulled this same stunt on two other men, after trolling facebook scouring social media site looking for victims. >> boyfriend/girlfriend scenario they set up to have her troll, find guys, have them meet them in this area which is a dark residential, not many people out. boyfriend would lie in wait. >> reporter: both harris and her boyfriend tyrone gibson have been charged with three separate robberies on this same block in southwest philadelphia this victim wiser and more weary of meeting anyone in an area he does not know. >> have them meet you in a place with a lot of people or where is there lights and stuff. >> social media is a good thing but it is used and very dangerous if you don't take precaution. >> reporter: there were three separate incident one on july 11th, july 29th and august 1st. right new police don't know if there are other victims out

there but they want to you come forward. these two suspects are facing three counts of robbery and other related offenses. at southwest detective, natasha brown, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". now to the latest on a heart breaking story, we are hearing from the family of mother murdered in delaware county, on thursday. police say keith bell a general as shot and killed his wife, cristina and then kidnaped their children. bell a general as then traveled to staten island where he killed himself. the boys are being cared for by their grandparents and their aunt tells "eyewitness news" that they have not talked much about what happened. >> they are young. they are aware of what happened. how much they actually comprehend. just keep the kids in your prayers. they need all they can get. >> if would you like to help those two young boys, an on line donation cities up and running. we have posted a lincoln our web site at cbs philly.com. we have new information in the murder of a jogger near

penny pack park in northeast philadelphia. the reward for information leading to an arrest in the murder of connie maclean murray is now up to $50,000. the philadelphia parking authority and advertise trick council 21, added a combined $15,000 to the reward fund. maclean murray's brother was a long time p pa worker. >> we have gotten a lot of tips. we're running on those tips. right now none of them have and out just yet but we will continue to work. >> maclean murray was found dead tuesday morning, and she was strangled, police say they have no suspects, few leads and they are in need of the public's help. the death of former white house press secretary james brady is officially ruled a homicide. brady was shot in the head in an attempt of president ronald reagan's life in 1981. according to the autopsy, a gunshot bound and health consequences are responsible

for his death, on monday, besides partial paralysis brady suffered short term memory troubles, slurred speech and constant pain. the suspect in the deadly shoot ago the the mercy fitzgerald wellness center in darby is new behind bars. richard plots was released from the hospital thursday and taken right the two delaware county prison. plot is charged with the murder of his social worker teresa hunt and attempted murder inner of his psychiatrist, doctor lee silverman. silverman suffered a grazed wound but returned fire with his even gun striking plots. there are new security concerns surrounding the lehigh valley's annual music fest. as "eyewitness news" reporter noel mcclaren tells us two nearby shootings have organizers and officials looking to improve safety. >> ♪ >> reporter: striking up the band for 31 years, bethlehem's music fest has grown from a small town celebration of opening acts, to a musical

main event, attracting a million visitors from across the country, david spencer came from california for a week of free music. >> my sister in law always go to music fest. we are here today. >> reporter: as festival grows now in the fourth year over at south side, security concerns, have grown as well. police have responded to two shootings in the last five days, just blocks from music fest stages. >> it gets bigger every year and crazy every year. >> reporter: maybe robert doncsecz vowed to amp up security in, a statement he promised festival goers that recent incidents that have occurred downtown will in the go unanswered. festival organizers echoed the mayor. >> we have our community police, county emergency management department, state police, we have the the state, lancaster and bethlehem police on horses, forces, throughout the community and even the

presence of the fbi. >> reporter: but despite the added violence nearby the band play on. >> we didn't let us hold it back because usually you feel very safe here. >> reporter: crowds have yet to be deterred as the festival nears its close at the end of the week n bethlehem, noel mcclaren for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". okay, all morning long we have been telling you about, the the 2014 bass master tournament. it has the world's top fisherman ankling for a big cash. >> it is happening right now on the delaware river and that is where we will fine "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson live on mobile three but not only live but you are on a boat. >> reporter: liz, i hope you boa live shot in the middle of the delaware river right now happening is the bass master classic elite. these are the professiona it. some of the guys have been really close to shore and they have started fishing. others have gone further out. they have gps units to motor

around until they find a good spot. they cut that motor and put on a electronic motor and cast a line and try to bring in the big fish. boat we're on right now is probably 60 to $07,000. motor alone maybe 18 to 20,000. so it is quite an expensive sport to get into but once they get in and these professional guys are all sponsored they will get out on this river and get to work. this is for a big, big prize, a hundred you this dollars they are ankling for, five fish that they can catch. they will fish all morning, bring them back from penns landing at 3:15 they will dot weigh in. they will call 50 to 12 and that will be the final competition tomorrow. but just look around, how beautiful is this on the delaware river. the first time in philadelphia that this event is going down. we spoke to a guy name michael iconilli, he is a leader and one of the top guys in the

sport from philadelphia so for the first time to be in philly, to have him here, he obviously wants to take home a win. i'm taking home a win right the now enjoying a breeze. we are hanging out on the river. we will probably just, maybe take a little ride and enjoy and hang out for a little bit and, you know, catch some sun. we will send it back to you, liz, have a great day in the studio, we will be out here on the river. >> you are having too much fun but well deserved, thanks, steve. well, from fishing lets talk football. the the eagles played their first preseason game last night, taking on the the chicago bears. nick foles, who only threw twont alone. okay. a little pretty sloppy game, foles under pressure gave the ball away in the game's first possession and head coach chip kelly talk about their performance. even though it is just preseason the coach expects more from this team. >> we turn the ball over too

many times on the offensive side of the football if you are going to win games. that part of the game doesn't change. we were careless i think. >> mark sanchez also had a few snaps in the second half as well but the bears went on to beat the eagles 34-28, the birds head to new england to face the patriots next friday evening. well, there is much more still ahead on eyewitness nice including advice from angie's list on what to do with treason your property in danger of toppling over. also this. >> more and more college students are making it through school from financial aid with their grandparents. i'm marley hall in new york with the details coming up. >> i felt it jaw, i felt its teeth. >> a nine year-old boy survives an attack by an alligator just wait until you hear him tell the story coming up next. and a great start to the weekend, carol will tell us how long in nice stretch of weather will last, that is all coming up, stay with

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welcome back, neighbors in cincinnati now know why they weren't receiving mail. it turns out their pose al carrier was delivering it into a dumpster. the worker was caught, on camera as you can see tossing letters, bills, even paychecks into the the trash. the residents say the postal worker return to pick up the mail after they called to complain. >> i'm saddened by it because you rely on the postal system

and now they have failed you. >> people missing out on bills, letters, it could be anything important and necessary. >> in a statement the postal service says in part quote this is clearly unacceptable behavior that does not the reflect the efforts of the thousands of professional, dedicated carriers in our work force, and they say they are investigating this incident. the the cost of college continues to rise and that might change the way many families are paying for college. a new study finds that many grandparents are pitching in for their grandchildren's tuition. marley hall has this story. >> reporter: isabel is getting ready for her final year at arizona state university. her degree will be made possible by her grandparent who paid for school. >> way back when i was been and i have two older brothers my grand parents decided they wanted to start a college fund for all of us and had was their way to give back to us.

>> reporter: survey from fidelity investments find more than 50 percent of grandparents are saving or plan to save for their grandchildren's education. >> it has become more of a team effort in the planning and saving for college. >> reporter: significant number of grandparents plan to contribute at least, 25 you this dollars. >> many grandparents polled say they are pitching in because getting a higher education continues to cost more. the department of education says that total college costs have jumped more than 500 percent in the past 30 years. >> i think the grandparents are recognizing that it will be difficult for their grandchildren to go to college without some help. >> reporter: she says that her grandmother doesn't want to be paid back but does expect a return on her investment. >> they always say to me all we ask for is get good grades and graduate and go on and be successful. i will repay them by doing my best in school. >> reporter: thanks to her grandparents she will be leaving college debt free.

>> marley hall for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and, check this out, car lovers are getting the chance to race the cars of their dreams. luxury and exotic cars like lamborghinis and ferraris, we have watched as the cars sped around a track built in the parking lot of the wells fargo center. the cars were provided by the imagine lifestyles rental company, and all of the drivers were coached by a professional driving instructor. >> they can come out here for a little bit of money and have a time of their life. buddy list item for theme. no bad choices out here. the the lamborghini is an amazing machine. ferrari is nimble, handles very well and nothing else sound like a ferrari. >> if driving one of these beautiful cars is a dream of yours, head on down to the wells fargo center. the the event continues today, and tomorrow. and the time right now 6:46, there is a lot coming up on cbs this morning, saturday, anthony mason an vanita nair

joins us live from new york with a preview, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, liz. coming up the troubling water war in texas. we will show you battle being waged underground, to tap into a desperately needed resource that is in short supply. >> he is the youngest pilot to navigate the globe, meet the teen who is flying high after a soaring success. it has been a walking around the zoo, the zoo walks around you, we will show you how your philadelphia zoo is reinventing the way we see animals. >> all that plus your eye opener, dish and music from jenny lou is in our saturday session just ahead on cbs this morning saturday. >> a local story, i love it, thanks very much, we will be watching. in the meantime, trees can be a great asset to your property, adding beauty and shade but only if they are in good health. in this weeks angie's list report jim donovan has information that you need if your trees are on its last limb. >> there was one there, there

was one over there. >> reporter: several treason troy carpenter's property were being devoid by beatles. >> you start noticing when canopies, thin out and eventually they don't have any leaves. we thought we could treat about half of canopies. >> reporter: treatments didn't work so rees needed to come down because once it is obvious your tree is unhealthy you need to take steps to protect yourself. >> proper tree maintenance is perfect r liability standpoint for homeowners. you may in the realize but if you have a tree that falls and damages someone else's property you will be responsible. you will take care when you see first need. >> if there is anything from partial to complete defoliation of the tree to difficulties does coloration of the foliage to disfigure racial of the leaves some times leaves are curled, that can be signs of certain diseases or potential other injuries. >> reporter: when it is time to remove a tree several factors can affect the cost. >> a lot of tree removal

companies will charge by the foot of the tree. for example if it is $15 a foot, 40-foot tree would cost $600 to remove. keep in mind that doesn't always include taking the stump out so be sure to ask about that in particular if that is important to you. >> reporter: you will find out if yard clean up is included in the price. tree removal is best left to the pros but before hiring any within make sure they are registered and insurance. for more from angie honorary moving trees visit cbs philly.com/angie's list. i'm jim donovan. you know that bear who reminded us that only we can prevent forest fires? well, he turns 07 today. happy birthday to smokey the bay, mascot celebrated his milestone in sacramento, california yesterday. smokey's first poster came out in 1944 but it wasn't until 1947 that he started to use his famous slogan only you can prevent forest fires. the blow out of those can also

quickly. it is 6:49. carol with weather. >> yes, we definitely want to protect wild life in the forest and so, nothing can stop that, we have a temperature of 60 degrees right now in reading, liz. beautiful to start the day every where. look the at wind speed, zero, that is nice, it is very quiet out there. we will keep it quiet all day long, today, and temperatures are fine. they are cool. they are comfortable. even to the north we have got temperatures in the 50's to the north and 57 degrees in allentown. fifty-nine in reading. sixty-eight at the airport in philadelphia. that is the warmest spot. otherwise temperatures are in the lower 60's. so you will find it very -- you might want to take a jacket outside when you start the the day-to-day but won't need it by the finish of the day. nothing going on. none of this is doing anything. that is just showing it could be even just some insects that the radar picks up on. literally it can pick up on. that so we are looking at a winning weekend. sunshine, high pressure is in

charge of the weather. temperatures today getting up in the 80's. all day long. tomorrow, we're back in the 80's. we are in the 80's gannon monday, and, these are just about where the temperatures are supposed to be this time of the year. and the humidity is low. so that is going to keep it really, really nice over the neck couple of days. next weather maker on the horizon is going to be this front. it comes through probably the way it is timing out right now, tuesday night, so i think on tuesday generally an increase in cloudiness can be speculator in the day on tuesday. tuesday is just so dry. maybe a chance of a shower or thunderstorm and maybe to start the the day on wednesday. otherwise the weather is pretty quiet around here and it is very bright around here this weekend. computer model, in reason to stop, anything, because there is nothing much to show. so if you see a included or two, that is it. by tuesday, probably a few more in the way of clouds. otherwise, it is perfection. we have temperatures no matter where you are, we have got it great, 86 degrees. philadelphia, shore and poconos, both 82 degrees. i think at the shore you may

be picking up a sea breeze later on this afternoon and with that giant moon, is there a chance thaw might find just a little bit of a tidal influence. if you are at in a place where normally it doesn't take much for a tiny spot of water to show up at the shore you might have move your car or your sand pale someplace else. otherwise, we have a low risk of rip current and a high risk of sunburn today. we have the uv index all the way up to nine. our temperatures today, 86 degrees. win northwest at 5 miles an hour. that is that lovely drying direction. it is why the humidity will stay dry and low all day long. tonight we will drop down to 68. partly cloudy. very comfortable night coming up. next couple of days, doesn't get much better in august. eighty-eight for tomorrow. monday 86 degrees. tuesday, slightly cooler, we will get more in the way of cloud cover and then maybe those showers/thunderstorm as we go through the night time hours and then the the first part of wednesday. it should be clearing out by

thursday, 81 degrees and friday 83. this is a pretty nice week coming up for august, liz? >> good to know, carol. a nine year-old, florida boy fights off an alligator and lives to share his story. in fact, he is doing so well he spoke to reporters from his hospital bed. as reporter michelle meredith tells us james barney was the star of his own news conference. >> reporter: nine year-old james barney was still recovering from surgery, was wheeled into the news conference on a hospital bed. but did not miss a beat. >> it was a pretty big tooth, they said the alligator was about 9-foot. >> reporter: james survived an alligator attack, that happened and 2:30 thursday at the popular lake front park in saint cloud. james told reporters he jumped in the lake to cool off, felt a tug, thought one of his friend was messing with him and realized he was fighting a alligator and fight to go save its young life.

>> i felt its jaw, i felt its teeth. i didn't know what to do so i immediately reacted and hit him a couple times. then it was letting go a little, and then finally i had enough strength left to pry its jaw opened a little will bit. >> reporter: his surgeon says they have given james antibiotics, pressure wash the wound and while in the er they found an alligator tooth embedded in his back. >> they said what is this? they pulled out a tooth and they showed to it me. i said well, i wanted to put it on a necklace. >> he was calm, he told us what happened. he thanked everyone for everything that they were doing. he is an incredible kid. >> reporter: today only place to cool off at lake front park in saint cloud is kiddy water park. swimming area is off limits while gate are trappers try to snag the gator believed to be nine to 10 feet long.

when ask if he will swim again jims did not mix words. >> negative. >> what a bright, brave little nine year-old. that was michelle meredith reporting. by the way officials are holding on to that gator tooth they want to make sure they have the right gator when, and if they catch it. stay with us we will be right

welcome back. carol is here with a final lot our forecast. >> i have been, speaking about the virtues of weather all day and i'll keep doing it because weather will be perfect today. we have temperatures liz, and everyone, in the mid to upper 80's. we have sunshine low humidity, light wind, just perfect, so nice we will do it again tomorrow.

that is "eyewitness news" for now we are signing off here but we are always on for you at cbs philly.com. cbs this morning saturday is next. have a great weekend, everybody. x

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