there for us tonight, cleve. >> jessica, family friend of aaron sofer says he was a very cautious young man. he asked permanent mission from the rabbi he was studying under to go on that hike last friday when he disappeared. investigators are looking at how exactly he died, but from the officials he has spoken with it appears to be accidental. >> aaron sofer was reported missing a week ago when on a hike in the forest in jer year now his hometown is full of sadness that the news his body has been found. >> it has been, something that everybody has been thinking about and talking about so it is quite stalking and upsetting. >> sofer was part of the larger respected family. >> second cousin, and, close to home. >> there were fears when sofer disappeared in the the jerusalem forest that he may have been abduct as part of the conflict between israel and hamas. local officials who have had conversation was police overseas, say that there have

been no indications of foul play. he was fund by an experienced search team. >> the heavy operations that they were doing there is same gentlemen that pulled my daughter out of the bus bombing in israel 11 years ago. they had found body, they were combing the forest area and he was found in the forest area, i understand near cliff area. >> reporter: sofer's parents and family members are already in israel and preparing to bury aaron. >> i have spoken to some members of the family, very little to say, they are grieving, really badly. so, they are very little to say other than how sad they are, and they are saying that prayers and everything. >> this afternoon governor christie offered his condolences, town officials say that the burial will take place in israel but they understand that there will be a web cast that people here in town could see at a local school. they think that will happen tonight sometime around 2:00 a.m. we are live, i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". tonight, "eyewitness news" gets an exclusive first look

at new medic units and procedures that could save more lives in a emergency. walt hunter shows us why city says having more medics available is making a difference on the streets of philadelphia. medic 23, might look like most other philadelphia fire units. but there is something, very special about it. >> unaudible. >> reporter: responding to a call in west philadelphia, it is the first, of 25 brand new unit that willful i replace half of the cities aging fleet, by years end. >> we want everyone to know that the city and fire department believes in their care. >> reporter: new equipment options let machinery not medics to do lift to go get patients in and out. >> when you open up the the door that the medic unit kneels and lowers, which allows an easier access to get inside and out of the medic

unit safely. >> proceed. >> reporter: dispatchers in the fire communications center where cbs-3 was granted rare access now screen incoming calls, making sure that advanced life units like medic 23 don't get tied up with less serious runs while people calling with life threatening emergencies are forced to wait. >> what is at dress of they're mergecy. >> we will have the right equipment, at right time for the right person. we are seeing more medics on the street able to service, the citizens of the city of philadelphia. >> reporter: with new equipment and procedures city officials say that 100 days into their e ms reforms, life saving carries more available then ever. >> from soup to nuts, start to finish, everything about the the way e ms is delivered in this city is undergoing a change for the better. >> reporter: city officials say since those improvements began a hundred days ago residents complaints about delayed responses, due to medic shortages have have

dropped significantly, each year philadelphia medics respond to more than 300,000 calls for help. live from the sat center i'm walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". it is going to be a great beach weekend for sure if you are shore bound though there is a warning you need to hear tonight. meteorologist kathy orr is live where life guards are keeping a close eye on these rip currents, kathy? >> you know what jessica, it is very deceiving. you come down here you have brilliant sun and warm inviting ocean water but there is a dangerous threat, even though the storm is hundreds of miles away it will continue to impact the area. you can see over my shoulder, a beach, but not water, guard are off-duty in avalon and that means everyone stays out, in fact, they let sun bathers into their waist and probably will be same case tomorrow. call for it is hurricane cristobal the minimal hurricane at 80 miles an hour where we are looking at sustained wind that will stay that way. it is accelerating north east

at 36 miles an hour and it will lose tropical characteristics as it continues on this track. it is 700 miles from cape may, but those swells, continue to impact our beaches. that rip current risk will continue through tomorrow, through our jersey shore and delaware beaches, that high risk of rip currents will persist with waves of three to 5 feet. back here live, it is a gorgeous, afternoon and it is expect to stay that way through mess of the holiday weekend. kate and i will be back with the forecast from the city to the poconos to the shore coming up later in the broadcast. developing right now at 6:00 comedian and tv host joan rivers is in critical condition at a new york city hospital right now. she was rush thereafter she went into cardiac arrest at a doctor's office this morning. reporter don champion of our sister station in new york w cbs is outside mt. sinai tonight. >> reporter: joan rivers was rushed to mt. sinai hospital around 9:30 after the 81 year-old reportedly went into cardiac arrest while

undergoing a throat procedure at a clinic on the upper east side. during the procedure we are told she stopped breathing. in a statement late this afternoon mt. sinai hospital says the comedian is under close watch of doctors and quote her family wants to thank everyone for their outpouring of love and support. >> the cake has so many can also we didn't bother to break it. >> reporter: just months ago she appeared on our sister station tv 1055 morning show joking about her age. born in brooklyn rivers career took off after appearing on the tonight show with johnny carson in 1968. she was such a hit she soon hosted her own show and even earned an m.a. ward for it in 1989. >> let me just say seriously. >> reporter: through the years she paved way for women in entertainment with their gutsy ways, men for their racey and tell it like it is style to the take she still does stan up never disappointing fans. >> you could see when she was younger, her kind of comedy was accessible to a lot of

people who thought they could relate to it. now, she's just no holds barred. that is what she wants. people like that. >> all bets are off. >> reporter: in recent years she has starred in the reality show with her daughter and even designs and sells her own line of custom jewelry. insuring times best selling author in july she released her 11th book titled diary of a mad diva. >> very upset when i heard about general rivers. >> reporter: kristin is an aspiring comedian has long admired rivers. >> she's so zazi and quick on her feet and she's not frayed to speak her mine. it goodies to see a woman like that in charge. >> rivers was scheduled to perform in red bank, new jersey tomorrow night, we do know her daughter melissa did fly her to insuring today to be by her side. in manhattan don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". there are new developments in the investigation in the bodies dumped in the schuylkill river. homicide detectives executed search warrants in southwest philadelphia this morning on

south seventh second street. they removed several buckets similar police say to those used as makeshift anchors tied to the bodies. two bodies were recovered from the river yesterday morning. a third person is escaped and is currently in critical condition. so far police have not yet named any suspects. new tonight a half million more low income pennsylvanians will have access to federally funded health insurance. governor tom corbett announced the u.s. department of health and human services approved the healthy pennsylvania plan. >> our healthy pennsylvania plan reforms and modernizees our medicaid program and increases access to quality affordable health care. >> so far 9 inches have a applied to be part of the plan and that plan providers enrollment is expect to begin december 1st. we will have more details on this and you'll also see impact it could have that is tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00. it is a labor day tradition on the parkway but before the made in america stages can go up roads must

shut down. straight ahead important information you need to know, even if you are not going, kate. it has been a gorgeous day outside sunny, pleasant low humidity. we have another day on the way but what does the labor day weekend have in store. we will have forecast from the city down to orr at the shore. the kathy is live in avalon. what a beautiful day and mess people are saying it has been a great summer, will it stay that way, we will have forecast coming up. plus shore memories, colin, is what your best shore memory. >> surfing. >> isabel. >> surfing. >> they are related. >> we will have forecast coming up as "eyewitness news" continues, hi beasley. hey, here at lincoln financial field a major news out of the nfl, plus the great merrill reese will get us ready for this time preseason game all have of that coming up in sports.

the protests comes as newly formed camden county police department, tries to build with the community, is served, and this video is from last night. department's chief says outreach to the community is a big priority. >> it is important for police to understand that we derive our power and authority from the people we police. we have to be among them and

they have to be supportive of what we're doing. >> over the summer police handed out coloring books to children and introduced them to k-9 officers hoping to foster a healthy relationship. preparations are underway for made in america music festival this labor day weekend. crews are busy setting up for that two day festival. fifty acts will perform, including ferrell williams, kanye west and kings of leon. to accommodate venue construction, there will be road closures. >> i have to move my car for the entire weekend, so i take public transportation or i walk places. >> it is so unbelievably loud, and the big problem for us is we honestly can't go anywhere. >> a lot of those roads in front of the art museum will be closed down so go to cbs philly.com for more information there. >> if you are heading to made in america keep in mind in outside liquids are allowed. once you get up side you can buy a drink and get water for

free. >> it is hard to believe, summer is quickly coming to an end. meteorologist kathy orr is live in avalon for this grand finally of orr at the shore. kathy, i can't believe it is over. >> it absolutely is amazing. we have seen many people come and go and they can't believe it either because they say it is one of the best summers ever and hanging out with colin, brandon and isabel, they have been down here, for a couple weeks, how is water today. >> good. >> how was surfing. >> awesome. >> isabel, was it cold as far as the morning is concern and did youe any rescues. >> in rescues but, chilly when you first walk in. >> good luck in school. i have one question, do you want a trim before you get back to school. >> yes. >> a little trim. >> yes. >> teachers like that. >> yes good lets talk about the weather. beautiful on the beach. still good surfing. guards are going off-duty at 5:00 during the week 567:89:30 on the weekend. they want everybody to get out because risk of rip current remains high.

you can see on storm scan three we have that hurricane cristobal it is hundreds of miles away, 700 miles away but swells have been building for past several days and that rip current risk will continue to be high. thinks how they form. we have all that wave action for several days, all that water piled up on the beach, and can't move out as fast as it moves in. that is why rip currents or narrow channels of water do actually form. down the shore tomorrow you can be, like a life guard and look for those rip currents and this is how you can find them. look for a channel of choppy water, discolored in some way, mainly brown, churn up. a break in the wave pattern is a good sign of a rip current. it will be inviting over neck couple days. right new still warm. philadelphia 79. wilmington 79. you can see down the shore in ocean city 81. avalon 81. cape may is 79. shore forecast for next four days calls for beautiful conditions with temperatures mainly in the upper 70's and then by monday a chance of a

shower or thunderstorm. back here live we have lots of events going on down the shore that you can enjoy even when the summer season is over. take a look though at the immediate event, first, we have a great labor day event in ocean city, the labor day race is on monday, it is a 5-mile beach run or 1 mile fun walk. register on cbs philly.com for more information. on sunday we have philadelphia eagles, they will be organizing something in sea isle, watch sand sculpture carve out a tribute to the team at jfk boulevard beach to kick off back to football week. of course first for island beach state park, life guards on duty have weekend from friday to monday for entire month of september to find out which beaches will be guarded get to cbs philly.com, so the summer fun can continue, even though it is back to school. right, guys. >> yes. >> yes. >> more beach, for now though we will toss it back inside to kate. we don't want to let go. we won't do it.

we refuse. >> refuse to let go i love it. i am going down the the shore in a couple weeks in september. we always go in september because it is quiet, down there, weather still nice and still extending the summer season. it looks great behind you right now. beautiful. thank you so much, kathy. lets look at a spot not down the shore but on the way in the mountains and lehigh val any nazareth area middle school. time lapse through the course of today and see how it is blue skies, fair weather cumulus clouds all day long, and just a beautiful day and that running on the track there they may have started school and portions of the lehigh started this week. bethlehem started this week. around here schools go back on tuesday after labor day. will kids break out their brand new fall gear, jeans, boots. iowas so exited to wear fall clothes. the lets see when we get to the seven day forecast. the lets look at due points. sixty-one at the airport. forty-nine is the dew point in allentown. fifty is dew point in mount pocono. what does that mean? we will look at our comfort index we are in the 50 to 55

range for dew point. that means between awesome and pleasant. that sound nice. it feels great with the low dew points and that is the case again for tomorrow with high pressure overhead that will stay planted and we will keep it cool, calm, low humidity for our friday. as we head in the weekend it starts to heat up, we will keep heat at bay for saturday, still nice warm day, we will be in the 80's but on sunday we will start get heat and humidity pumping back in from the south and west and reintroduce better chance of showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. none of that tonight. the jets are in town. 76 degrees at kick off at lincoln financial field with the northwest wind at 10 miles an hour. here in the city, clear and cool, you don't need air conditioning tonight. we may have needed it past couple nights. tonight the fan and maybe a crack window will suffice. 61 degrees is your overnight low. for your friday beautiful, sunny low humidity. 81 degrees. light breeze from the north. this is picture perfect for me but people like it hotter. it has been a cool summer.

labor day weekend. unofficial end of summer, if you like it hotter i've got you coming up. look at the poconos. cool and comfortable here friday and sat day then sunday we are back to 81 in the poconos and watch the city as we look at that eyewitness weather seven day forecast and shore cast. first we will take to you made in america which will be hot, saturday, sunday and into monday, labor day, and that is when we will hit 90 degrees. hot for part two. sunday and monday in the 90's. the there that is back to school and work forecast. heat is good for labor day, and your pool plans and beach plans, but in the the so good sitting in school sitting all day. 91 degrees on tuesday as everyone goes back to work and school and then warm, sunny and beautiful. >> hot when reality sets back in. >> all right kate, thanks. >> sure. >> you just brought me back to my childhood kate, i remember sweat nothing that school uniform for sure. good evening, if you are traveling on the schuylkill expressway we have eastbound delays heading

will come back where there is major news out of the nfl. they gave ray rice two game suspension for domestic abuse, there was an outcry and commissioner is listening to you. take a look at what the commissioner is saying now. i take responsibility for the decision, after insuring that our actions in the future

probably reflection our values. i didn't get it right simply put. we have to do better and we will, commissioner roger goodell. so now it is the six game suspension, first event, life time ban, if a player does it for a second time. >> back the to the game tonight, big question remains at kicker. we have alex henry taking on codey parky, kicking, and no doubt a very, very important position and they know exactly what is at stake. >> i mean it is just little things, like an insult, it is very simple to fix. it is one of the things you need to put together at right time and two kicks during the game i didn't have it all together at the right time. >> we don't have any clue, we will just take it day by day and i'm sure they will tell us whatever is going on and we will take it, from there. >> here eagles great announcer merrill reese, thanks so much for joining us again. what should we look for in this game.

>> beasley, it is easy for people to say it is a fourth preseason game you will see guys that are here but we have followed this team, all of us and eagles fans have too and it will be interesting to go see various job battles. for the the extra spot at running back, extra spot at wide receiver, maybe battle for back side of the roster and at linebacker. of course, all of us wants to see what the quarterback, is all about. matt barclay is in his second year. he will have a lot of work. of course, leslie as you pointed out the kicker caravan will in the stop here, that alex henry will be able to come out and be solid or we will see what happens with codey parky who we have not seen kick it in a game. >> my question to you merrill, is this team a better team then they were 12 months ago. >> yes, yes, absolutely they are a bet ever team. they are a better team without additional personnel leslie because the defense is more solid.

they are sound. they know what they are doing. new guys like nate allen who have been in so many different defenses, now he is talking to the same coordinator and mal conn jenkins is a upgrade. they are a better team. nick foles will probably never have a season statistically like last year but he is a more experienced quarterback who can to more things. >> you heard it from the by him self merrill reese. is there more news after this time out. it gives you options based on your budget -- it's a piece of cake. i was told there would be cake. get a free quote at progressive.com.

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