year. friday he was on a hike with the friend in the jerusalem for es and disappeared after the two decided to take separate paths down an incline. this happened just miles from where a palestinian teen was found dead in july asiana alleged revenge killing for israeli teens murdered in june. officials have not ruled out sofer may be another victim in the israeli/palestinian conflict. >> there are concerns, as we all know, about the possibility of an abduction. >> reporter: elect and religious leaders spoke before some of the lakewood's large orthodox jewish population on tuesday and they are calling for u.s. israeli government to increase support in sofer's search. his brother mayer told "eyewitness news" he hopes policy makers will treat aaron their their own son. >> should have mercy on us and everyone should pray for him to make sure that he comes back to us. >> reporter: sofer's family says there is a hundred thousand scheck also, 28,000 u.s. dollars. community leaders in lakewood

says prayers are continuing at all local synagogues. we are live, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cleve, thank you. a new jersey man says he was brutally attacked by philadelphia police for in reason and now he is taking the department for court. new at 6:00 tonight he shares his story with "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson. >> reporter: there was a moment in the hospital when 31 year-old marcus bow saw him self for the the first time after he says he was see severely beaten by a philadelphia police officer. >> when i saw it i was like my goodness thinks terrible. >> reporter: on may 25th, bow said he and group of friend were celebrating his 30th birthday party at fat tuesday's on south street. bow says he came out of the bar with a cup, when a police officer identified in the civil complaint as victor mcknight told him that is not allowed. bow said he sat the the cup down and started to walk away. moments later mcknight rushed and attack him. >> he put a hand to the throat, takes his stick out

hits me and i buckle and fall. >> reporter: complaint alleged officer mcknight and other officers kick, need and punch the plaintiff's body while the plaintiff was laying prone and helpless on the street. bow says he was thrown headfirst into a police vaananen top of a broken nose and scarring he says that the damage to his teeth and gum line is likely permanent. >> i have go through several route canal procedures, i may lose a few teeth. >> reporter: did you say anything to him during all of this to instigate that kind of force. >> nothing. >> reporter: complaint language comes from the civil suit, just filed against the philadelphia police department, for police brutality. >> officers have been for too long afforded a level of credibility and trust that they have shown over and over again they do not deserve. >> reporter: kevin mensi says this is latest in the recent string of brutality, corruption and civil rights violation cases against the department. >> i think national climate is kind of catching up to what is going on in philadelphia for a

long time. >> reporter: police department had in comment on the lawsuit but a police spokesperson says after the incident, bow never filed an abuse complaint with the department's inn terrible affairs division. so, officer mcknight was never placed under investigation and he remains in good standing on the force. it is latest from the sat center, i'm steve paterson, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". breaking news right now philadelphia police just announced an arrest in the murders of two women in northeast philadelphia. james meres now faces two counts of murder, robbery and related offences. they say meres was a house guest of 67 year-old dolly evans and 59 year-old ruby thomas. they were found dead saturday in the home on vista street and police say they were both shot in the head. new tonight two cemeteries final resting places for war heroes, desecrated. now police in bensalem are searching for vandals who did it. police tell "eyewitness news" that 50 to 60 veterans graves were damage at bows rose dale

and roosevelt cemeteries. vandals piled american flags, holders and decorations and then set them on fire. most recent of the vandalism happened overnight. tonight police in longport new jersey are mourning loss of of sergeant charles adams, adams died in the motorcycle crash in franklin township last night. his bike hit the side of the suv. adams a 21 year veteran of the department was off-duty at the time. former fbi director louie freeh is still in the hospital in new hampshire tonight. he was seriously injured in the car crash in vermont last night. police say freeh's suv went off the road, hit a mailbox and tree. freeh was director from 1993 to june 2001. he led independent investigation in the the jerry sandusky penn state abuse case. well, if you have got outside today we have finally felt that august heat that 90-degree mark on the thermometer. we will hit it today.

meteorologist kathy orr is here to let us know if the heat will be here for a while, kathy. >> here we go that sultry summer heat, and it will try to hold on for a little while. in philadelphia down to 85, already after peeking at 90 trenton 84. eighty-four in allentown. seventy-eight in the poconos. ocean water temperature sitting at 77. with the sea breeze it has cooled down to 77 down the shore. so temperatures at warm side dew points inching up, when we have a dew point temperature between 61 and 64, not bad just yet but 67 gets a little muggy and those dew point temperatures on the rise, that means it will be increasingly humid tonight and during day tomorrow. nothing on storm scan three locally but pulling out here is hurricane cristobal who will stay hundreds of miles away from the mainland u.s. but impacting our weather with dangerous rip currents. more on that coming up. in the meantime we have a big parade tomorrow in philadelphia the taney dragons are welcome home tomorrow at the 2:00 p.m.

it will be hot and humid. the temperature 89 degrees, pack lots of water heading there for now back to you. welshing it will be a warm day but a great day for that parade tomorrow. thousands are expected to cheer out taney dragons. that parade will kick off at 20th and market at 2:00 and work its way down to fdr park. "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao is live tonight and jane, this will be a huge day for these little leaguers. >> reporter: jessica, taney dragons have certainly become the summer feel good story, haven't they? a lot of excitement is building for tomorrow's parade. the route you the is the very same route that the 2008 phillies took after they won the world series. only difference here is the entire route will in the be shut down. it is a rolling parade which means police witt shut town row is a long the route just before the taney dragons fly by. philadelphia pride on display, after the 2008 phillies won the world series.

on wednesday, our taney dragons will take the same trip from center city to south philadelphia as thousands celebrate their little league world series run. >> yes, it was as you can see. >> we have something good going on and they out to keep it going. >> reporter: what will it cost to keep party going in times of budget the cut? officials say the tab is hard to calculate, hoping donors will continue to step up to the plate. >> i will take criticism that we are doing too much to highlight the positive aspects of our kids, any day. >> reporter: deputy mayor everette gilson says police won't be working overtime. officers already in the area will handle the rolling roadblocks throughout the 3-mile parade. it will kick off at 2:00 p.m. from 20th and market street. team and several floats will make their way to broad street. first of two stops is here at the kimmel center for a performance by philly pops. then on to broad and washington avenue for a treat the from the mummers. finally parade wraps with the rally a 49:00 at ball fields

in fdr park. >> we believe in you, we support you, we want to celebrate you when you do well. that is what i think is important. >> reporter: even though dragons fell two games short of bringing home the title they are still champions for many in philadelphia. >> it is good for us. good for the kids. it will be a pick me up all the way around. >> reporter: city says yes, this will be somewhat of a traffic inconvenience tomorrow but they will remine folks that these are rolling closures, only expect to last just a short time. the biggest jams every expect around those two spots where we will have the closure for around 30 minutes as various groups perform for the kids. all this information can be found at cbs philly.com. we want to mention if you take bus september bus routes could be recruited as well. live from center city, jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". you can watch the parade live on cbs philly.com, that starts at 2:00 p.m. you can get parade route there as jane mentioned. still on the way at 6:00 the city of brotherly

love also seems to be the the city of bad drivers. >> reporter: philly's rang ago monk best drivers isn't pretty but are we a city of crazy drivers? some answers accounts next. are you hopping in the car and heading down the shore this holiday weekend. keep an eye on the weather, coming up, we will have a closer look at your labor day forecast, leslie. well, jessica, phillies trying on win their third series in a row begins best team in the division plus the problem at kicker continuing for the eagles those stories coming up in sports.

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choice for conventioners. and philadelphia is known for a lot of things, cheese steaks, good neighbors, and apparently the worst drivers in the country. our pat ciarrocchi is live along the schuylkill expressway and pat, philly runs deep in your blood. so what do you make of this study. >> reporter: i have to tell you, philadelphia can fill us with pride on most days but, today, it reaches a dubious distinction. our driving skills, leave us dead last. as americans, cities go, philly is big. >> i can see why people air frayed to drive-in philly. >> reporter: and with big, comes lots of drivers. and a greater potential for screeching brakes. resulting in this. >> you see maniacs driving all over the place. people don't stay in their lanes. people making bad u turns. just bad decisions. >> reporter: so not surprising to many that the all-star america's best drivers report gives philadelphia a worst ranking. >> it probably had about six

accidents. like minor accidents but people are careless i think on the street. it actually was within of the reasons why i started taking the el. >> reporter: among largest cities with the population of more than 1 million, philadelphia ranks last in best driving. philly drivers are 61 percent more likely to crash. and experience a collision, every six years. jenny robinson is with triple a. >> that is in the really surprising, that we will see more crashes and more fender beeners, in a busy, large city with a lot of traffic congestion on the highways and a lot of room for motorist. >> reporter: veteran drivers blame distractions and rushing on traffic too. >> i think it is more because people are texting and cell phones. it is just the technology. >> i think that everyone is in a rush. everybody cares about themselves on the road. >> reporter: with the lane or day weekend head of us triple a mid-atlantic is saying they are expecting american 460,000 residents from the five county area around philadelphia, to

be on the road, this weekend, but here's the really good news, gas prices, $3.47 a gallon, that is the best price of the entire year. reporting live, overlooking the busy schuylkill expressway, pat ciarrocchi, cbs-3 eyewitness muse. >> pat, silver lining there, thanks very much. we want to know what you have to say about philadelphia drivers and i know you have an opinion, everybody does, send it to us at facebook.com/cbs philly. send us a tweet at cbs philly. i can't wait to see what people have to say about that. good day to drive, that is for sure, it is in the raining. >> good day to have a convertible. >> yes. >> you ride a bike or take a walk this evening. temperatures will stay very warm across the delaware valley. we hit 90 today. could we have a repeat performance? that is the the question. lets look outside where skies are clear. humidity inching up and in center city philadelphia and delaware valley. this is view from our sky cam three atop our cbs-3 studios.

lets go down the shore to atlantic city. beaches are in the crowded but board are. steel pier will be busy tonight. everyone getting in that last week before the lane are day holiday. it is looking g our live neighborhood network takes us to middletown ship high school and cape may courthouse and here's an example of how far inland this sea breeze is down the shore. it is only 71 cape may courthouse with the east southeast forly wind at 5 miles an hour but not a cloud in the sky just a beautiful afternoon. philadelphia made it to 90 but we are down to 85. eighty-four allentown. eighty-four in trenton. eighty-two millville. ocean water temperature at 77. we have a sea breeze so it is influencing our shore temperatures. pretty mild but still almost 10 degrees cooler then our inland regions, philadelphia is at 85. we will see more heat. answer to the question, will there be a repeat performance is yes, wednesday, making it to at least 90 degrees as coal front approaches from the

north and west. this front bringing in severe wet tore detroit this afternoon but by the time it makes it to us it will be weaken and could provide scattered showers tomorrow evening. in the wake of that thursday, beautiful again with plenty of sunshine. fair weather high pressure build from the north. that means trier conditions. little bit have the breeze and plenty of sunshine low humidity. friday's highs just around 80 degrees. here is your future weather. we will start off wednesday with sunshine and it stays that way, late in the afternoon, five or 6:00 around that dinner hour, some cloud in the northern and western suburbs, maybe a few spotty showers through the lehigh valley and front moves through we could have a passing shower or two, for late wednesday night but otherwise front goes through without much notice and breezy conditions, as we work our way through thursday. here is very latest on hurricane cristobal, max wind at 75 miles an hour, minimal hurricane, yesterday hardly moving, now it is moving to the north at 15. it will round the island of

bermuda and stay hundreds of miles from land. that is good news but all that wave action will continue to bring, a risk of dangerous rip currents for the next couple days. please be, down the shore, about three to 5 feet. and, for tonight, and, clear and comfortable, muggy conditions, will begin to make it feel uncomfortable on tomorrow morning. low of 67. hot ape humid for your wednesday high of 91. looking ahead to your seven day forecast cooler for thursday and friday, saturday back to some heat, sunday and machine a few scattered showers or storms for the holiday as well and tuesday hot and sticky again as the the students get ready to get back to school. let's focus more on this labor day forecast because we know it is very important. meteorologist just continue drabick live on the sky dick with the closer look at what we can expect this holiday weekend especially traveling, hi justin. >> hi kathy that is right we are loving the weather. will this weather last for holiday weekend?

well, in mess of the weekend should be good and it will be feeling like summer. it is great. hanging out at the pool, head to the beach or mountains it looks g lets talk about that travel conditions maybe ditching work early friday getaway friday. the looks good throughout the mid-atlantic and northeast. just a few clouds from time to time, very comfortable as we head into saturday, again, it looks like we will be dry, humidity starts to build but skies partly sunny same deal for sunday pretty much into the mountains and at the shore just expect maybe a few more clouds. could be a stray sure or thunderstorm that tries to get in here late sunday night but most of the day stays dry. however though for labor day itself we will track a cold front that moves through better chance for a few scattered showers and thunderstorms. not enough to cancel outdoor plans or barbecue but keep in mind you may run into a shower traveling across the region or just have plans to be outdoors. >> lets talk about that forecast. specifically across the region.

in philly at will be warm, humid, chance of shower or storm with the high feeling like summer. 86 degrees. slightly cooler. in the bad. some cloud and shower possible with the high near 80. in the mountains cooler there still threat for showers especially early in the day with highs in the 70's. overall looks like a good labor day forecast labor day itself best shot to see some showers and storms. reporting live from the sky deck i'm cbs-3 meteorologist justin dray bic. >> thanks, just continue. good evening. we have been having a lot have incident popping up but an earlier incident in montgomery count a affecting 309, a pretty serious one this one serious on i-95 and you are saying where is it? right underneath here that lower third taken out of the way. this is north bound side have of i-95 approaching commodore barry bridge. part of the accident here and then a good portion of that incident on the shoulder as well. lanes have been reopened but severe delays as we will show you here, this is a very good aerial shot of i-95 north

bound and delay stemming all the way back toward delaware state line, chichester avenue. this will be definitely a squeeze for any phillies fans getting do town south philadelphia. if you are traveling anywhere else on i-95 you will find delays through construction zones on the vine in the urn spots and then schuylkill. experiencing still 20 minutes for patco

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eagles continue to prepare for their final preseason game thursday night when michael vick and jets come to town. while eagles starter will in the play in that game, question mark at kicker remains, alex henry will battle out with newly acquired rookie codey parky or eagles will to have look elsewhere. since henry replaced david akers there have not been kicking highlights for the team. both kickers necessity what is

at stake. >> i think it helps with the urgency just to get better. i want to do that at every position. so, you just take it for what it is and just try to get better every day. >> just going to take it day by day and on thursday, i'm sure they will tell us, whatever is going on and we will take it, from there. >> don't look now but phillies are looking for their their straight series victory with the nationals down at the bank. cole hamels on the mound for phillies tonight while lefty gio gonzales on the hill for washington. gio has been tough in the past. utley and howard are out of the line up, galvis and ruf are in. >> give a chance for somebody else to get in there and play and get right-handed bats in there. it works two things gets a couple guys off their feet and maybe we will get, we will have some innings and put some hit together with the right-handed bats. >> tomorrow morning you can listen to our beasley reese

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