going to parade maybe, grilling out, it will be just gorgeous katie outside on the skydeck with that gorgeous forecast, good morning. >> happy memorial day everybody, no matter what your plans include, going to parade, maybe just got picnic scheduled, whatever it may be outside, you are looking good here. let me start things offer with quick peak at storm scan3 remains empty at this point say forehand full of clouds, temperatures miler than they were this same time yesterday. by pretty decent margin actually, many of you are at least 10 degrees warmer this morning, and off to the north you can see few signs of life on the radar none that far wet weather expected to mess with our forecast here today. we are still expecting dry weather, although, we are eventually going to see this atmosphere moisten up, in other words, humidity returns now, if your pool or rather if your plans include maybe hitting the pool or actually hitting the ocean waves well, if you wanted bath water territory, you have to go pretty far south here at home, dealing with generally low 60s, which again still on the

cool side. obviously the very beginning of the season here for folks down the shore so, we got to give it little time in order to get that heat building up in the water obviously, takes much longer than it does dry lands, but here on dry land, do you have similar temperatures. sixty atlantic city, progress through the day we will easily get right back into the mid 80s here today. generally under sunshine, it will be warm, obviously but you're going to notice a breeze. i wouldn't call it refreshing breeze necessarily, but it is going to make it feel little cooler for you any time it does below here today casino of like it did here yesterday. now, that said, it is warm today. we keep the sunshine, but as i said, the temperatures not only are climbing, but also, the humidity with time here. and it really looks as though the entire week is just going to be a nice dose of summer, and some of these forecasts coming up here are reminiscent of the dog days of summer. so we will talk temperatures little bit more for the seven day coming up as the show

progresses,. >> see now little bit, thanks. >> for the jersey shore memorial day weekends marks the start of the summer tourist season. >> many spending time with the sand and surf. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo in ocean sit right now, good morning. >> stuck owe, erika, good morning, during my last hit i said i was lonely, now seen total of three people. we had jogger just go by, and also couple of people who woke up early came out to the board walk, so they could see the sunrise and then they say they want to beat traffic and head home. it is a nice morning out here in ocean city for. that will avenue feeling folks, though, will be sleeping in today after full weekend of activities, but won't take long for that to change this memorial day. hundreds will still be down the shore today. and those here in ocean sit can i honor the servicemen and women who gave their lives pro teching this country and our freedom. at memorial day ceremony and parade, that starts at veterans memorial park at fifth and wesley avenue at 11:00 a.m. it has been fun filled weekend here in ocean city.

beaches have been packed with families, the board walk bustling for the un official start every summer and there are many similar sites in wildwood, as well, there the rides were getting work out as others strolled the board walk and the sands. and finally, in asbury park last night fireworks capped off a fun filled weekend. and if you take us back live here in ocean sit, you can see, another jogger just go by, so i think ocean city, is waking up right now. we have those early morning walkers, joggers out people that want to see the sunrise as i mentioned. and couple of people we were able to speak to just couple every minutes hooking were here to do just that. take a listen.

>> still, it was a little bit chilly for them. but, really is going to heat up today. good beach day on tap. you can see that we have the crews here on the beach getting the sand all ready for the crowds of people to come in. right now pretty lonely here on the boardwalk i've seen four people now but i'm sure that's just going to grow as it gets later and later on in the morning hopefully we'll speak to some of them as they come out here. back to you in the studio. >> they heard were you lonely, had to come out and say hi. >> that's right. we'll get back to you this morning. thank you jan. holiday of course also about honoring fallen service members, let's give you live look at philadelphia's korean war memorial where people will pay tribute to troops who gave their lives later today. the ceremony starts at one 1:00 this morning. now, yesterday dozens gathered at the dedicate today puerto rico in the freedom foundation honor in valley forge. annual service held by the latin america post 840 of the

american legion, it honors every metal of honor recipient, the country's highest award for valor. and for look atmore memorial day events happening in your neighborhood, and around the region, you can also head to cbsphilly.com. new this morning philadelphia police are investigating a deadly overnight shooting in west philadelphia. it happened shortly after 1:30 this morning, near the intersection of 41st and aspen streets. police responded to a call for a man shot in the shoulder. paramedics returned him to presbyterian hospital where he later died. police say they believe the victim may have known his killer. well, this morning we are remembering a truely beautiful mind. a cab crash on the new jersey turnpike claims the life of nobel prize winning mat ma tis john nash and his wife al leash a the crash happened in the southbound lanes near exit 8a in monroe township. justin finch in the satelite center more details. justin? >> reporter: good morning the nash's had just flown back from overseas where john nash

was honored and at the airport they hailed yellow cab to head home. but never made it. the story of john nash still captivated hollywood turned it into oscar winning film, 2001, beautiful minds recounts brands breaking achievement in math and science achievements made at he fought paranoid schizophrenia, his wife, alicia, by his side for many of the battles. >> the only way out -- >> both killed saturday, when their yellow cab crashed into a southbound new jersey turnpike guardrail, the couple had just left the airport in newark, after flying back to the states from norway, where nash received the prestigious bell prize. the nash's made their home in princeton junction where neighbors and colleagues mourns their sudden lost. >> most spectacular thing about him was his fantastic originality and his contribution to science. >> former princeton professor joseph cone first med him -- met him at mit.

>> very sad. it will affect prince on junction. >> neighbor john kelly said he drove by the crash not knowing the nash's were involved. >> it was brutal. you know huge emptiness. that's very sad. >> they were ejected from the taxi and pronounced dead on the scene. state police say they may not have been wearing their seatbelts at the time of the crash. that taxi driver was taken to the hospital. he should recover and no word yet on any charges in this crash. erika, ukee? >> justin, thank you. and the stars and production team behind the fill a.m. beautiful minds are mourning the loss of john nash. actor russell crow who portrayed nash said. >> this. stunned, my heart goes out to john nash and family, beautiful minds beautiful hearts. and director ron howard also shared his grief in a tweet: rip brilliant nobel prize winning john nash and his remarkable wife alicia. it was an honor telling part of their story. now the accident that

killed nash was within a mile of the crash that injured comedian tracy morgan. morgan traveling northbound on the new jersey turnpike near cranberry township last june when his limo van was hit by a wal-mart truck. morgan suffered traumatic brain injury and suffered in several broken bones. he has filed a lawsuit against wal-mart the truck driver, kevin roper has been charged in the crash. stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the death of john nash and his wife alicia. you can find updates at cbsphilly.com. >> 5:08 right now. so-called suspicious vehicle brought the bomb squad near the us capitol. >> the squad successfully detonated when capitol police describe as a pressure cooker. it was left unattended on the national mall near the capitol's west front. the police arrested the vehicle's owner. the incident did not stop the annual memorial day concert. your time coming up on 5:09. record rainfall drenches parts

of the midwest, and more storms are on the way today. >> we'll show you some. hardest hit areas. >> also, relief and grieve for the family of missing california couple. they disappeared two weeks ago, after trip to a casino. now, one of them has been found alive. how she survived in the elements for so long. >> and, turning up the heat for the holidays, katie has your steamy memorial day forecast, when we come right back. good morning.

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memorial day events have witness cancelled in the city of san marco texas today. city suffered extensive damage over the weekends with heavy rainfall caused the blanko river to top its banks. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> the raging river destroyed roads, wiped away hundreds of homes, and sparked dramatic rescues. nearby whimperly also hard hit. officials there are searching for several people, unaccounted for after the storm. thousand it is of others, who were forced to evacuate, are being urged to stay away from their home. severe weather also affected other parts of texas including, houston where tornado ripped a roof off this apartment complex. in austin, kayaker had to be rescued, when his adventure turned into fight for his live. the rain has also soaked portions of oklahoma, washing out roads and overflowing into homes. a firefighter in claire moore was among those killed when he tried to rescue people from high water. >> got caught in the storm drain itself. >> this may is already the the

wettest on record for several cities in the southern plane states. forecasters say all of the rain could officially end the drought the region has been facing for years. omar villafranca cbs-3 "eyewitness news". oh, rough couple of weeks in the midwest and the planes, katie, good morning. >> yes, this whole month has been very, very difficult on that part of our country. for us, we've ended up overall i would say with some really great weather. but it is because of roadblock situation, more than anything, that we have seen sort of set up in the atmosphere for good sean when this has been going on view of storm scan3 see things very quiet east of the appalachians, west of them, too, but a loft action packing up here with heavy rain, rolling through the great lakes, rolling through the mid mississippi valley, and not right now more weather on tap here in this area. when we look strictly at just

the flood advisories, the alerts, watches, warnings, that are all out there, it is basically end casting a what, two/three of texas most of roam home, a entire state of arkansas, so these areas just don't need the rain any more. which is a shame. you actually really need the rain, in california, folks and even here we could use the rain at this point. future weather we take things forward in time, starting off 5:00 a.m., notice what happens here. all starts to erupt again. get the bright colors, the red, the orange, yellow, reds that show up on future radar radar 101 right? more heavy rain in the exact same area what's happening for us high pressure, holding tough here, eventually, this is going to roll into our area but i think prep mitch in the clear as we head even into tomorrow. temperatures will be heating up with time. today already woman err than yesterday, warm, breezy, high

of 86 with sunshine, drop to pair of six's tonight generally under clear skies and tomorrow, save for the mountains, i would say up in the mountains, shot for shower or storm. but i would say otherwise still looking good here with some sunshine, 90 degrees both tomorrow wednesday hottest days yet of 2015. and we will keep the theme going essentially here thursday friday. so starting wednesday those scattered showers and storms that we owe so often find in the summertime, that's when those will start to fire up. but we should stay dry up until then. >> sounds terrific. great day for parade today? pool plans whatever you got going. >> our ' good. >> you got it. >> hey, if you are driving through camden county you need to avoid the haddon avenue bridge in berlin for the next few days, it is closed right now, while crews repair sinkhole. we're told the repair should not take too much longer. >> well, is american losing the fight against isis? hear who the pentagon blames for the terror groups latest victory. >> memorial day mishap, when sky diver survives a

frightening fall. we'll let you know what sent him falling into power lines. coming up. >> first though, more memorial day events happening around our region today. and you can see full list at cbsphilly.com. we'll be right back.

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>> the search for missing couple in southern california has ended with the husband found dead, and his wife found dehydrated. >> as don champion reports the wife survives on just rain water and food in the car for two weeks. >> in a heart breaking post on facebook sunday, the children of cecil and diana, confirm the family's worse fear. the missing couple had been found, but news on didn't survive. >> this is obviously a very unfortunate situation. >> the couple disappeared two

weeks ago after they were seen leaving the valley view casino just outside of san diego. they were supposed to be going to their son's home in palm springs for a mothers day dinner but never med t told investigators she and her husband got lost. >> she said that they had left the casino and they were looking for a short cut to get to their destination. they became lost. the vehicle became trapped on this remote road. >> atv riders found the couple in the remote area of the indian reservation, new son's body found outside the couple's car which had gotten stuck. flown to the hospital in serious condition. >> we believe that they did have some food stuff with them, some oranges, i believe a pie or something that they had recently purchased, so they had that, as well as rain watt their they had caught from the passing storm. >> investigators do not suspect foul play in the case. don champion, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". so far new orleans police have few leads in the fatal shooting after housing

authority officer. he was found in his patrol car in the central city neighborhood sunday morning. police say that car was still in drive rolling a block or two before stopping at a curve. investigators say the offers he is was 45 years old and was on the force for two years. your time coming up on 5:21, david letterman is sitting around during retirement? >> see how the former late show host was just honored at one of the country's biggest races. >> and get down for good cause. the important message behind this dance party. when we come back.

>> coming up on 5:23 i need your -- >> dose of summertime for us on this unofficial beginning of the summer season, really

not even just memorial day the entire week, is looking and feeling like summer. i know many of have you been craving. that will we've had nice little dose that far honestly here, just within the last couple of weeks but really going to have a long stretch of heat for the next couple of days here. outside beach patrol headquarters in margate, all is calm and quiet. but the lifeguard stands like they're at least open for business, as right on cue, one loan man takes his morning walk right across the screen. see if he get into the shot here. we're waiting on him. >> but he's out there. there he is. storm scan3 also, empty. going to see handful of clouds out there today but you're regardless going to stay dry with more sun than anything. notice, not so much the numbers here, the direction of these arrows southerly push of our area, means temperatures are going to go on nice uphill climb. and with, that the humidity also climbs. so, here's what it will feel like, in the next couple of days 90's, easily, tomorrow, wednesday, and thursday, as

well, and that as we really get the moisture content going in the atmosphere. while temperatures don't hit necessarily the 90s every single one of the days, still going to feel like t that's what we really want to hammer home here. you have to make sure you're taking care of yourself in heat like. >> this every day. even sunday the coolest day of the bunch still well above average. and as early as wednesday will likely see couple of scattered showers or thunderstorms, firing up out there. ukee, back to you. >> thanks, and in sports, phillies and mets today at city field, memorial day matinee in new york. now the phils had to leave yesterday against the nationals, in d.c. freddie scores, bobble single in the fourth inning. but that was it for the phils offense, unfortunately the nationals scored in the next half inning, never look back. bryce harper two runs batted in. nats win this one final score four to one. well the golden state warriors, ticket to the nba finals later tonight win over the houston rockets had

history onment warriors side, no team in nba history going into the finals has ever lost a series after leading three games to none. well, just wild finish for game three of the nba evening conference finals, over time for the cavaliers and hawks labron james drives and misses only to get the ball back and drain it with less than a minute left. the cavaliers beat the hawks 114 to 111. they take the three games to none edge in the best of seven series game four tuesday in cleveland. by the way labron missed his first ten shot, and finished with 37 points and 18 rebounds. check out the indy 500 yesterday in indianapolis, at the brick yard, two crew members from the number 18 pitch crew team were injured when they were hit by the 19 car after it hit the 63 car along pit row. neither injury was serious the winner was one pablo who also won it back in the year 2,000. erika, back to you. >> hey sticking with the indy 500, days after retiring former late show talk show

host, david letterman hit the indianapolis 500. letterman and indianapolis native co-owner of the ray hall letterman langan racing team. they first met in 1986 when dave interviewed him for the show. they later formed their own indy car team. at yesterday's race, letterman signed autographs for fans and spoke about his big send-off after 33 years on television. >> i just assumed that we would do the last show and go away. and it was very nice. it was very gratifying. and my family, you know, they were never quite sure what did i for a leaving. -- living. so it got everybody's attention. >> oh, unfortunately dave's indy team did not win as you heard from ukee, they did finish in fifth place though. i'm sure a lot of fans so excited to see david letterman,. >> still going out making them laugh. >> coming up: we have more memorial day celebrations happening around our region. jan?

>> ocean city is waking up as people hit the boardwalk and as crews combed the beach ahead of those memorial day crowds. coming up: we have live look at some of the parades as well as the ceremonies in our area. jan, thank. also, great day if you are headed to the shore where january is, or just hanging out at home. katie returns with your holiday forecast, we're back in two minutes.

>> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". oh, good morning we are waking to up a beautiful morning on the ocean city boardwalk, as the sun is coming up. just shaping up to be a terrific memorial day. you really can't ask for much better. if you can, get outside to enjoy, go to one of the parades, hit your grill. >> oh, that sound good.

>> katie is looking at some rising temperatures, as well, she's over in the weather center hey young lady, good morning. >> good morning to you both. no matter what your plans entail, as long as you're outside, totally fine and looking good. certainly dose of summer to go along with it, sun block retired, sunglasses required, and i would say -- >> check, check. >> what? >> check, check, checking them off. >> just check it off the list. sorry, what? i got you. happy memorial day everyone. happy monday to those of you maybe not able to celebrate the holiday by having the day off from work. but, regardless, no matter what your plans entail here today looking pretty good for us out there. start things off with beautiful view here over looming lake armon i now turning in and over to camping season, more so than ski season obviously, with the temperatures that we will find, in the days ahead, you can understanded why. a lot of people might be headed up toward the poconos to sort of get some relief, because our average high temperature at this poin