>> reporter: the fox show turnout to be a professional and personal disaster. her husband edgar served as a producer. when they clashed with network executives they were fired, several months later, edgar killed himself. >> everything went down, and gone. >> reporter: joan pick up the pieces and pioneered concept of red carpet awards preshows with daughter melissa. her willingness to mock celebrities to their face and faun over their outfits turned preshows in the standard part of the award show experience. >> i'm in love with this. >> reporter: rivers was men for honking her jewelry collection on television and her love of plastic surgery. she also, won celebrity apprentice in 2009. she continued to work and defend into her 80's. she rarely apologized. marley hall for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". melissa rivers released this statement about her mother's passing, quote it business great sadness that i announce the death of my mother, joan rivers. she passed peacefully at

1:17 p.m. surrounded by family and close friend. my son and would i like to thank the doctors, nurses and staff of mt. sinai hospital for at macing care they provided for my mother. cooper and i have found ourselves humled by outpouring of love, support and prayers we have received from around the the world. they have been heard, and appreciated. my mother's greatest joy in life was to make people laugh. although that is difficult to do right now, i know her final wish would be that we return to laughing real soon. a lot of people commenting on joan rivers death, this afternoon, teresa says rip joan you made us laugh and made us look good. you'll be missed. matthew johnson wrote into say a favorite memory from the early 70's, joan was on the mike douglass or movie griffin doing a skit about the ryal family. they were on a family vacation at jersey shore and his grandfather was on the floor, he was laughing so hard, a big fan of joan, ever since. and patty writes to us that god may comfort the heart

of the family at this time. well, stay with "eyewitness news" for latest on the death of joan rivers, find new information, anytime, at cbs philly.com. topping news tonight delaware governor jack markell offering an apology today for an embarrassing tweet that came from his twitter account. it included a photo of a scantly clad woman. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones is live at the sat center with details on that, todd. >> reporter: model whose twitter handle is precious little is responding tonight, to the whole mix up. this is a picture that governor staffer was supposed to tweet out but this is what was sent out, instead a picture of a model named darja wearing a leather choker and flashing a peace sign. delaware governor jack markell was at warner elementary school in wilmington thursday morning to announce a new fishtive to support the state's disadvantaged students. after the wrong twitter picture was sent out to mark the occasion, it was quickly

deleted and an apology followed on the governor's twitter account saying an inappropriate photo was inadvertently sent out earlier. markell's office then later issued a statement saying in part while the tweet would be edited the auto generate link for picture was inadvertently altered, as a result, picture linked to the tweet was a random unrelated and inappropriate picture that has been on the internet since 2010. thursday afternoon the model, who described herself as an than ground visual artist says i do not personally know anyone from the governor's staff, of course, i a will guys if anyone is offended because many age was taken out of context. the there is nothing deceptive or secretive that transpired but i feel people may be digging for a deeper story. and tonight the governor's office says lesson learned, don't tweet too quickly, and that they had wish that the accidental link had been to a cat video. reporting live tonight from the sat center, todd quinones,

cbs-3 "eyewitness news". all right todd, thank you. developing news now, fire fighters are tackling a two alarm blaze in hamilton township, new jersey. we are told one person had to be removed from a second floor window, their condition is not yet men right now. two engines and a score of fire fighters have responded to this scene. philadelphia police are working to identify a body that was found inside of a burning car last night. discovery was made behind the 6100 block of lawrence street in olney. investigators want to know if this might be connected to an earlier shooting that took place around three blocks away. an investigation is underway in the discovery of two bodies inside a northeast philadelphia home. they wore hazmat suits inside the home on the 500 block of allengrove street because it was infect with bed bugs. authorities say a relative went to the home this morning and found one man shot several times. a second man was also shot, and beaten in the back have of that home.

>> police immediately responded from the second district and found two maleness their 20's, one looks like he was bludgeon with the hammer, the the other was shot. both were deceased homicide investigating at this point. >> so far police have have have not made any arrests. developing news right now justice department is launching a broad investigation in the ferguson, missouri police department. attorney general eric holder made that official announcement today. move comes in the aftermath of the shooting death last month have of a unarmed black 18 year-old, by a white police officer. >> in meetings and listening sessions and informal conversations people consistently expressed concerns stemming from specific alleged incidents from general policing practices, and from lack of of diversity on the ferguson police force. >> now this investigation is separate from an ongoing federal civil rights investigation into the circumstances of that particular shooting, a local grand jury is also investigating.

it is being called the most exciting project in philadelphia in recent years, dilworth park is now opened to the public. "eyewitness news" reporter and anchor pat ciarrocchi is live at the park to show us around, hi pat. >> hi jessica, this is the park. it used to be an public space now it is dilworth park in progress, it is not quite completed as of yet. ultimately though there will be green here at city hall. with scissors in hand mayor michael nutter cut the ribbon on dilworth park an outdoor public space on the west face of city hall. >> awesome. we see it beautiful, people are out here, enjoying themselves in this bought beautiful weather. >> reporter: project has been years and 50 million-dollar in the making. >> since the days of penn and new dilworth park is latest chapter in its great history. >> reporter: park covers more than 120,000 square feet. on such a hot hot day children were dash go through a

fountain, programmed by computers, ultimately, this space will be an ice skating rink in season. >> i think it is a nation they have been working so hard and one has been able to see finished product until now. >> i mean obviously they are not finish yet but already it is nice to have this nice space a little bit of greenery, potentially one of the of the most architecturally beautiful buildings in the city. great thing they did here. >> reporter: beside upside septa opens up city hall station below. the the station now accessible with new elevators, new stairs and now entrance to the market and broad street lines as well as the transit hub. you know today is just such a beautiful day and there is excitement. you can see behind me still at this time of the late afternoon there are lots of people here at city hall. there is one corner, southwest corner who is still under construction, there is a lot of equipment still there but on that space ultimately will be lawns and trees, and a

place to lounge. that should be opened at some point by the end of october. reporting live from city hall, pat ciarrocchi, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> a lot of people will enjoy it, pat, thanks very much. septa's market east station is no more, it is called jefferson station. the change is as a result of the naming deal with thomas jefferson university hospital. jefferson is paying 3.9 million-dollar over five years for the naming rights to that station. more students in our area are hitting books with plenty to celebrate, at chester up land school for the arts. school officials tell us there is an increase in enrollment over last year and that is important compared to just two years ago the school was slate todd close because of low enrollment. a big smile at the bus stop take a look at this, exited to get back to school. "eyewitness news" in washington township this morning as students boarded buses on this first day back. we wish all of them good luck and a great year. still to come on cbs-3

"eyewitness news" at 5:00 terror in the water. >> we were just talking and paddling and i looked over to talk to her and it came completely out of the the water and got the bottom of the boat. >> two kyackers survived an attack by a great white shark we will have a first hand account of that drama. it is 85 feet long, 30 feet tall and 130,000 pounds, scientists in philadelphia revealing the bones of one of the largest animals, ever to walk the earth. fast food workers held a rally hoping to raise a minute number wage to $15 i'm syma chowdhry with that

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scientistness philadelphia today unveiled details of a new dinosaur species. >> it is believed to be among the largest, land animal that ever lived. "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao has details from drexel university. >> reporter: what is the tail that stretches around a room and leg bone taller than most men, only biggest land animal to ever grace this earth? meet the dinosaur discovered by a team of scientists from drexel university. >> what a great day for drexel and field of science. >> reporter: day they revealed their nine year project with a shin bone like that it was in the done growing but he is a huge dinosaur. its name, ad in to the fact that it feared nothing. >> this goes back to the turn of the last century, first big, steel battleship that in that era were impervious to attack. >> reporter: this outline shows just how big, he was, at

85 feet long, it weighed as much as a dozen african elephant and more than 7trex. its discovery was made by drexel professor kenneth, along with a hundred scientists and volunteers in the this section of argentina the find at 145 bones, representatives the most complete skeleton, and skeleton ever. >> this really good window into the way that these animals actually existed, the largest creatures to walk the land. >> reporter: he grew up in linwood south jersey. his love of science started much simpler then this with a box of minerals. >> you only see mud and sand. i never seen anything like that and at that moment i determine that i would be a geologist. >> reporter: now his discovery will reach worldwide quite possibly inspiring the next generation. at drexel university, jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". good afternoon, everyone, just after 5:00 o'clock just

5:13 now. everything is already, completely in full swing, you can see this is our camera here right in between girard and allegheny, so southbound there is a lane writ here headed toward center city. there is a disable vehicle pulled off to the left-hand side that we cannot see here causing much of the delay. heading north bound towards northeast philadelphia a combination of rush hour and construction as well. is there a 3-mile backup, into the the vine street expressway, so this is heading eastbound towards that delay on i-95 so give yourself an extra ten, 15, 20 minutes as rush hour begins to increase as well. we know everybody will continue to be stacked up. elsewhere in claymont, delaware there is an accident on naamans road at petary road so use cautioning go through this and fire police on the scene in montgomery county at valley forge road and sumanytown pike to an earlier accident. otherwise travel times, everything still starting to slow up a bit, 422 on 202, to oaks heading westbound still real slow there a 12 minute trip and take you 21 minutes on the schuylkill expressway, from 476 into the vine street

expressway heading eastbound. mass transit a great alternate because there are no problems, septa, new jersey transit the and dart are running on time with no reported delays and currently no delays at the philadelphia international airport, chris and jessica. >> thank you very much. still to come on "eyewitness news" thousands of fast food workers across the country and here in our area walk off the job. we're live. and, what about 43 of them, we will have the story of this unusual, x-ray of a dog's belly we will be right

and, right now, anywhere else where here. >> but we do have the hot weather, it does not feel like school has started and we are back to the september routine but i think that we are fining ourselves at least on the calendar in that direction. lets take a look outside, we have blue skies, beautiful day, humidity not all that bad and will be picking up over next couple of days but then it start to tropical again. we are not stuck in any kind of soup, for very long. we have a nice looking shot though at ben franklin bridge. these temperatures are warm in the middle 80's already. 85 degrees in philadelphia 83 wilmington. eighty-four in trenton. 87 degrees in allentown. it is warm along the the shore and it is, like soup, in the

ocean. you've got 78 degrees in the ocean right now off atlantic city, 83-degree water temperature off cape may. this is very, very warm along the beach and i know anybody who decided to take their vacation right have after labor day we thought they're brilliant. storm scan three nothing going on here but notice these, they may come by tomorrow afternoon. if you see a shower tomorrow or maybe even outside chance of the thunderstorm that is where they are coming from. this is saturday's weather over here but it should be dry, pretty much until they get to saturday afternoon except for that spotty stray shower except that they could be finding tomorrow. high pressure leaving us warm tomorrow way up in the 80's, practically 90 degrees with that possible scattered shower. then on saturday much better chance of more organize showers and thunderstorms afternoon and evening as a cold front comes by and we should be glad it is coming by and look at sunday in the 70's, clearing, cooler, humidity starts to drop before we drop. lets time some of this out and

you can see on future weather, do we sees a couple things scattered around tomorrow afternoon, it is possible by the time we get to saturday we are looking early in the morning could there be a sprinkle or even a shower, along the the shore, that is possible. as we go through the day what you will find, increasingly some sunshine and precipitation in the area long with that front, maybe some showers and thunderstorms but this is going to be changing our weather dramatically and we will fine temperatures very comfortable by sunday and humidity will be coming down as well. that is in the bad at all. seventy tonight, muggy partly cloudy tonight night. tomorrow we are looking at temperatures close to 90 degrees, it will be muggy, and uncomfortable. going to the beach there it is warm there too. 84 degrees. the on the saturday, we are looking at 85 degrees. it will be just a very much a beach kind of a next couple of days, but look at this and i want to you look at this, second row of numbers on our three day, i'll show you seven day at the shore coming up in a bit but these temperatures

will start to drop. so by sunday we are looking at temperatures at night, that are getting down there so i think we can definitely even i wrote that with the temperature right now at 85 degrees. that is a nice warm one i'll just let you go out on that picture as "eyewitness news" at 5:00 continues.

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you can't fake steak. people around the world tonight remembering the life and career of joan rivers, the 81 year-old comedy ledgend died this afternoon surrounded by family and friends at a new york hospital. >> our own ukee washington caught up with her back in 2009, in philadelphia. >> how many times do you go into a neighborhood and see one of the big houses and you go who are these people? how did they get so rich.

>> well, i stopped cars, and been doing a big limo pulls by who is that? how you did they get so rich. i asked them? >> wow. she was something else. >> she was, she was, a trail blazer. celebrities from l.a. to new york are react to go her passing today. >> joining us from hollywood now with more is thea andrews of the insider and thea thanks for your time. this news exploded on twitter and on line, so much reaction, what are they saying in hollywood. >> we know, chris and jessica there has been outpouring of emotion from what feels like everybody in the industry and i think it speaks to her character in the just who she was on camera but in her private life, she was well men for that tough, brash personality but you in real life a lot of people don't realize she was a very kind, thoughtful person. i interviewed her several times and so impressed by how generous, thoughtful she was and people especially hollywood people really got that sort of cutting

personality of joan. that was just a show that they did. they didn't mine. it was an honor. you can see that reflect in the tweet about her, rosie o'donnell tweeted she made fun of my lesbian challenge black tie. anna kendrick said being publicly told that my dress was hideous will never feel quite as awesome. so, it was really a lot have love for her despite the fact that she could sometimes be tough, shall we say, on the red carpet. >> created the whole experience, trail blazing experience of the red carpet, those preshows, so many things, what do you think her legacy will be. >> i think, without a doubt the the fact that she did create that, that she was a pioneer not just for women in comedy and in the whole entertainment industry, you have to remember that she started when a woman wouldn't even show her pregnancy, on television and it is hard to believe that now in this age of reality television when everybody puts everything out there but she was one of the first people who was actually

authentic in the entertainment business who was ant frayed to say things that were politically incorrect, it was a joke, maim people feel uncomfortable or afraid to look a star in the the face to say you have a terrible outfit. she wasn't afraid to talk about plastic surgery. no one did that. i think with joan, she lived through so much in her life, so much tragedy that she was ant frayed of anything anymore, except not working. >> yes. >> she always wanted to work and she work right through to the even. she always said i will never stop working. >> she was a force of nature, no doubt bit. thea andrews from the insider. thanks very much. we will be watching later tonight. we will have much more the life of joan rivers on the insider tonight at 7:30. see program every night at 7:30 right here on cbs-3. there is still much more news ahead in the next half an hour these two women were peacefully kyacking one moment, the next they were screaming for their lives. attack by a shark they lived to tell the tail, we will hear

their terrifying story up next. then she was given only three months to live, but thanks to some local doctors and a promising any therapy think woman's cancer is in remission. health reporter stephanie stahl is on her side with your story and how you cab help others like her. now at 6:00 more kids went back to school today but in one new jersey district in the everyone got to ride the bus, we will tell you why some students now have to find another way to class.

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here's some of the top stories for you, it is breaking news tonight, comedian joan rivers has died. she of course was hospitalized back on august 28th, after going in to cardiac arrest during a routine procedure. dilworth plaza in philadelphia is now dilworth park. the park which is sitting at the base of the city hall opened to the public. it stretches more than 120,000 square feet and includes a fountain and outdoor cafe. drexel university professor honored new dinosaur species while exploring in argentina. it is one of the largest animals to ever walk the earth. at 85 feet, it is estimated to be, a dinosaur that weighed

roughly 65 tons. carol? >> it has got a name as long as the dinosaur. well, we're looking at an absolutely beautiful day/night but boy that humidity is really still staying with us. i think that tomorrow, oppressive is about the only way to describe it, by saturday, oppressive, by sunday, we will get down to the pleasant range. so, why is that? why this change? we will talk about why with the temperature that are to follow, jessica. >> police arrested nearly a dozen people protesting for higher wages for fast food workers, many fast food restaurant employees in our area, long held their job hoping to get that message across. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry has that story. >> what do we want. >> wages. >> reporter: dozens of fast food workers took to the streets to send a message. >> no workers in this greatest country on earth should to

have live in poverty wages. >> reporter: they are demanding a minimum wage increase to $15 an hour for workers of all fast food restaurants. it is part of the national grass roots movement called fight for 15, minimum wage is $7.25 many say that isn't enough. >> we need food on the table, clothes on your back, you know, it is hard. >> reporter: rasheeda austin works three jobs and makes $11,000 a year. she says it is impossible to support a family with her wages. >> take care of my daughter, food on the table, clothes on her back, make sure she has everything she needs and don't ever ask anybody for anything. >> reporter: workers started their march at mcdonald's on broad street and girard and ended at mcdonald's on broad street and arch, facing city hall. the company put out a statement saying quote, we believe that any minimum wage increase should be implemented overtime so that the impact on owners of small and medium sized businesses, like the once who own and operate math report of our restaurants is manageable. >> we deserve more.

we work harder than the managers. it takes a crew, it takes a team. >> reporter: workers say they are doing their best to make an honest living. >> trying to stay off the streets and get my money the right way, it is hard. >> reporter: rally ended with several arrests made but protesters say it is worth to it get their message across. in center city syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". it is being called most important gathering of nato leaders in the history of the alliance. they are facing a pair of crisis in this two day summit, standoff between russia and ukraine and threat from the sunni militant group isis. cbs news correspondent craig boswell is at the white house. >> reporter: on the sidelines of the nato summit president obama is working to enlist allies to confront isis. he joined prime minister david cameron making a case to stop militants advance because it threatens security at home. the u.s. is striking isis targets in iraq and white house is weighing what to do about the group's strong hold

in syria. on the summit's official agenda is standoff between ukraine and russia. the white house is preparing more sanctions against moscow for its anxiouses in eastern ukraine. >> president obama is very committed to moving on the next track of sanctions. >> reporter: president obama along with european leaders sat down with ukraine president, today looking to end russia's military intervention. >> russian troops and russian tanks are attacking the ukraine forces and while talking about peace, russia has not made one single step to make peace possible. >> ukraine's president said peace and stability will come if russia withdraws its troops and border is closed. at the white house, craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". kyackers off the coast of massachusetts said a great white shark attack and knock them in the water. two teenage girls were in separate kyacks, 110 yards off the shore when they saw fin of

the shark. the next thng they knew the shark's teeth were just inch's way from them. adam harding spoke to those women. >> we were just talking, and paddling, and i looked over to talk to her and it came, completely out of the water and got the bottom of the boat and flipped her over. my kyack was completely knock over. >> reporter: ida parker is still shaking after a close encounter with the great white shark at this plymouth beach. >> i saw at least 4 feet of its head, 4 feet have of it came up out of the water. >> reporter: shark went have after ida and her friend out kyacking. >> it fit through the boat. there is bite marks all the way through. >> reporter: harbor master confirms that these by the are from the great white, second time within was spotted wednesday alone. >> we were sitting in the water and she was thinking and i was flipped over holding on to the bottom of the kyack abe it was terrifying waiting and in that water for the arbor master to come and not knowing

if anybody would come get us. >> reporter: girls say a neighbor heard them screaming and then rushed in after calling 911. they were bobbing in the ocean still unsure if they would survive. >> most scary part was sitting in the water, basically waiting, wondering where he was. you didn't know if he was under you, around you. >> reporter: it has been a summer full of shark sight goes on the south shore remember this massive one in dunks ferry? it could very well be the same great white that went after these two girls who know they are lucky to be alive. state police air wing tried chasing it down but they could never find it. >> it might go, after someone else i'm sure is there great amazing footage of our screaming. >> reporter: welshing neither of the girls were hurt in that attack. good afternoon everyone, just after 5:30. our cameras right here live on top of i-95 at cottman avenue. you can see i the 95 getting

brunt of the rush hour traffic, so far north bound toward northeast philadelphia, really slow go and southbound towards center city as well the same story. a shaky camas well. we will head over to cameras on top of the ben franklin bridge from the new jersey side. they just went out there. but we will head over to 422, from 202 into oaks, really heavy headed westbound, 14 minute trip there, stacking up quite a bit. twenty-three minutes on 202 from the schuylkill expressway into route 30, heading southbound still pretty slow. otherwise, out in south jersey crash popped up outside bellmawr on 295 southbound just at the black horse pike. otherwise mass transit a great alternate this morning. septa new jersey transit and dart are running on time with no reported delays there, chris and jessica. >> thanks very much. still to come on "eyewitness news" an unusual x-ray for all of the missing mystery for shock pet owners? how about missing 43 socks all eaten by the dog, we will have their story, beasley.

i'm at xfinity live and there is a big party on the other side of the camera as eagles celebrate their count down to kick off here, wip is getting ready to go on live, that is it, plus shady mccoy talks about his role this season that is all coming up in sport. ring ring! progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people. make it progresso or make it yourself. and now try new progresso chili. slow-simmered, homemade taste.

we will return to our top story now, more on joan rivers, who passed away late today at mt. sinai hospital in manhattan. >> our sister station w cbs has been covering the store friday new york city and reporter andrea grimes is live, where rivers recently performed, hi andrea. >> reporter: hello to you chris and jessica. she performed her, her very last performance last wednesday. the owner told me just a short time ago they are heart broken. she has performed at west bank cafe on west fourth second street roughly 200 times over last five years. he was telling me she always came here. she treated this venue like any other large venue she would perform at. she was doing her stand up comedy. an hour and 20 minutes last wednesday she did a great job and she showed no signs of having any medical problems. just a normal performance here at the cafe. >> she work right until the

end, which i think says so much about her, entertaining audiences and certainly we never forget people who make us laugh. andrea grimes in new york city tonight, andre, thanks very much. it is time to check your philadelphia jobs report. >> here's cbs news correspondent steven green greenberg. okay. we will try to get back to this, we don't have it available just yet but stay tuned for more on. that we will

tom wolf. he'd be a different kind of governor. he served in the peace corps in india. and then got a phd from mit. and as a businessman he gives between 20 and 30 percent of his profits back to his employees. when he served as pennsylvania's secretary of revenue. he turned down the perks. and donated his government salary to charity he refused take a state car, he drove his old jeep instead.

can't argue with that. tom wolf. he'd bring a fresh start to pennsylvania.

now lets look at that philadelphia jobs report. >> let's check with cbs news's steven greenburg. >> for many workers in the philadelphia area and across the country our up proving economy is missing one key ingredient a meaningful raise. since the recession top 1 percent in pennsylvania may have recovered with wage gains but bottom 99 percent income has actually gone down. worker productivity is up meaning workers are contributing more but may not be earning more. wages have remain flat as unemployment has declined by 2 percent in the philadelphia area there is some good news. employers increasingly say they will offer raises based on performance. maximize your chances of receiving a raise keep a record of your accomplishments at work. save flattering e-mails, write

down praise you received, note all of the times you go strat mile, politely ask for a meeting even if your company does not offer annual reviews. ask for more responsibility. the not just more pay. that makes it easier for employers to say yes. and stay positive and calm. even if you don't immediately get a good response. give the employer sometime to think burr discussions. with your philadelphia job market report, i'm steven greenberg. >> well, lets talk sports now. excitement is building for eagles and season opener this sunday a against jacksonville a game you can watch right here on cbs-3. >> sports director beasley easies live in south philadelphia where eagles are getting the fans pumped up for this game, beasley. >> you better believe it. i'm at xfinity live. this is eagles count down to kick off. you can see the game with the jaguars at 1:00 o'clock on sunday right here on cbs-3. there are players dropping by to sign autographs, wip our

sister station is broadcasting here, that is josh enis, come down, meet him, have a good time. lets go to the novacare complex and look at practice. they are working on the game plan to beat jaguars, last season was lesean mccoy's best ever leading league in rushing, yards and scrimmage. he had 366 touches. this season with the addition have of darren sprawls what will be shady's work load. >> the guys around me especially with sprawls in there mix it up with screens, runs and passes, you know, maclin getting back healthy. we have so many different weapons i don't think it is necessary to have have that many carries but i'm sure there will be games when we need to pound the ball. >> remember to start us off with the sunday kick off at 11:30 on sunday morning. the at 12:00 noon nfl today from new york and at 1:00 it is eagles/jaguars on cbs-3. i'm beasley reese from xfinity live and let go back to the

studio. there is a big party right over there, see you. funny there is one here too. okay, beasley. look at how nice this looks in kutztown. 81 degrees. we see kids running around. they don't mind 81 degrees and humidity as well but it is a nice looking afternoon, feels like summer out there certainly with the temperatures in the 80's and well in the 80's almost a b plus in allentown if we keep the school theme going. 87 degrees. eighty-five philadelphia. eighty-two in millville. cooling down in wildwood at 79 degrees. ocean is just about as warm. this is a very warm ocean if you have have, a feeling about going down to the shore and get your feet wet, you will hardly, be complaining. we are looking right now clear skies over us, there are a few showers to the south, tomorrow afternoon you see one or two coming by, it is possible. this is more likely, is there a front off to the west, that is saturday afternoon and that

changes our weather completely. heat lingering until that front comes through and then much better air mass starting to filth ering down and then notice different second half of the weekend. future weather lets see if there are any changes and what we may encounter over next couple days. by tomorrow afternoon those scattered showers, the scattered around, scattered around at 5:00 o'clock. a lot of them look to be in the allentown area and then as we go through saturday early in the morning if there is one near the shore. you have to get the idea we're in that pattern as long as we have summer-like heat. by the the time we get to saturday evening and afternoon we will pick up better chances of showers and organize then are storms with that cool front. thinks 9:00 o'clock subject to change. the don't set your clock by it now but gives you an indication. by the time we get to sunday morning we are looking at clear skies, not only clear skies but we are looking at the cooler air coming down and dew points lowering so it gets

more comfortable here by sunday afternoon which is certainly nice. we got temperatures tomorrow though that they will be about 95 degrees is how they feel. coolest will be tomorrow about saturday 3:00 a.m. when it feels like 77 degrees. by the time we get to saturday it will feel close to 96. we have heat here. maybe go in the poconos and find relief there by the time you get to sunday. 69 degrees, the temperature as coal front comes through too and cools things down. also eagles game on sunday afternoon 1:00 o'clock 77 degrees. that seems like football weather. tonight 70 degrees, partly cloudy, warm. it will be hot around here tomorrow, close to 90. feel like middle 90's tomorrow so keep cool, keep your pets as cool as you are and wait for another hot day on saturday, 90 degrees with again chances of showers and thunderstorms, big change for sunday though 79 degrees. look at how much more

comfortable by the time we get to sunday monday, tuesday, wednesday and for that matter for thursday, chris and jessica. on the cbs-3 healthwatch tonight stand up to cancer is back in the spotlight, show is returning to prime time tomorrow here on cb. in which they raise money and and awareness for cancer research. >> stephanie stahl has more on how money is helping leukemia patients right here in philadelphia. >> reporter: nora george is looking forward to glowing old with her husband anthony and watching her grandchildren grow up but less than two years ago she was not sure whether that would be possible after doctors told her she had acute my lloyd leukemia. >> i give you three months with this, and then it was just like i just started crying. >> reporter: nora didn't respond to standard treatment but this experimental drug, sgi110 gave her hope. >> we saw very early on from

spectacular success. >> reporter: jon pierre and chris rot at fox chase bone marrow transplant program are testing the the next generation of therapy, reprogramming genetic material to fight cancer, it is being funded by stand up to cancer. >> we're looking to eventually clean up the dna not just kill the cells. the need is huge. the response has been dramatic. >> reporter: nora was part of the study testing drug that was able to reprogram her cancer cells, making them behave like normal cells. >> that reeducation has different results, sometimes the cancers disappear, sometimes they boost immune system and immune system cures cancer cells and sometimes cancer cells sort of persist and become chronic disease. >> reporter: meaning some can live with cancer, as for nor at new therapy put her cancer in remission allowing her to get a bone marrow transplant. >> absolutely saved my life, never stop fighting, just keep

ongoing, and stand up, yes, to cancer and say hey you are not going to beat me, i'm going to beat you. >> how about that. >> doctors at temple are working with research's cross the country on this trial. the other institutions are testing the therapist on lung, breast accounts colon and liver cancers. the experimental medications are less toxic, so they have fewer side effects making it easier for patients. welshing tomorrow night you can stand up to cancer. it is a live one hour fun raising special brought to you by the doll bye center theater in los angeles. watch it tomorrow night at 8:00 o'clock right here on cbs-3. a great cause obviously and lots of big movie stars there, halle berry, jennifer aniston, big list of stars. >> some surprises too you never know. >> tune in. >> stephanie, thanks. the phones are ringing at children's hospital of philadelphia where 13th annual 98.1 wogl loves our kids radio-a-thon is underway tonight. this is a two day event that

benefits patient care programs at children's hospital. stephanie stahl was there, jim donovan was also there helping out, i was there later, if you'd like to make a donation call (866)266-8898 or you can go to wogl.com/radio-a-thon. still a head on "eyewitness news" buckingham palas guard puts a new spin on his daily routine and british army, well, it is not amused. >> we wonder what the queen thinks about this. we will have that story next.

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popping the beach ball. >> boo. >> after popping it with his foot he threw the deflated ball back to the fans below and then get this, he applauds himself. how rude. talk about an unusual appetite, all of those socks, came from a dog's stomach. >> um-hmm. >> port land area family says their great dane kept throwing up so they took him to the vet and an x-ray revealed there were nearly 44 socks in his stomach. he was rush into surgery, all of the socks were removed and he is okay now. >> somebody will be sleeping outside for a little bit it looks like. >> you always lose the one sock but 43 times. >> that is a lot. >> that seems excessive. >> that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> now at 6:00 we will follow breaking news tonight legendary comedian joan rivers has died at insuring's mt. sinai hospital, we will look back at her remarkable career and have reaction on her death. also tonight more kids in the region, went back to school today but in one new

jersey district not everyone got to ride the bus. we will tell you why some students have to find another way to class. carol. we will be, sweating through some big, weather changes, before an interesting weather weekend, we will have the full forecast, coming up. the state of obesity in our region, health reporter stephanie stahl takes a look at the good and bad now on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. i would like to think i left all of the women. >> we begin with breaking news tonight, the loss of a legend, we are remembering the leave and career of joan rivers, a pioneer in the world of comedy. she died this afternoon at mt. sinai hospital in new york at the the age of 81. i'm chris may. i'm jessica dean. rivers was surrounded by family and close friend when she passed away. she had been in new york city is mt. sinai hospital since august 28th after going into

cardiac arrest at a doctor's office following a routine procedure. rivers originally wanted to be an actress but it was comedy that proved to be her ticket to stardom. she was known for her sharp witt, energy and a tireless work ethic. melissa rivers released this statement about her mother's passing today and said it is with great sadness a announce the death of my mother, joan rivers, she passed at 1:17 p.m. surrounded by family and close friend. my son and would i like to thank doctors, nurses and staff at mt. sinai hospital for this amazing care that they provided for my mother. cooper and i have found ourselves humled by outpouring of love support and prayers we have received from around the world. they have been heard, and appreciated. my mother's greatest joy in life was to make people laugh, although that is difficult to do right now i know her final wish would be that we return to laughing real soon. there was an outpouring of reaction following news of rivers death toda