ike summer today. but what a fantastic memorial day weekends it was. we had everything from cool, sunny saturday, to the hot and slightly steamy weather today. let's take a look outside on storm scan3 see nothing really happening. quiet all across the region at the moment. any storms are firing well off to the north and to the west, and you can see that line of showers up over new england that's indicative of warmfront, that's well to the north, and that's what has ushered all of this warm moist air in, from the south and west. and we will be feeling it for the next few days, in fact, next few days are even warmer and more humid than today. it feels great out here right now, with the breeze blowing the shade 86 degrees at the airport, 86 allentown, 80 atlantic city, 77 wildwood. perfect beach day perfect city day we're out in wick a hick on park with the boys this afternoon riding our bike, people out on the trails, get, work out in before the memorial day barbeque. plan on being out late this evening, sitting outside enjoying the afternoon it will stay nice and warm many temperatures in the 80s and our first forecast for this

memorial day night 80 degrees at 7:00 p.m. by 9:00 p.m. 74, and mainly clear, and still warm, at 11:00 p.m. 71 degrees, with the clear sky, but as we head into the next couple of days, temperatures just continues to ramp up. talking 90s and possibly, close to a heatwave, as we head through the next few days, that is warm finish to may. i'll have the seven day coming up in just a bit. jessica, back inside to you. >> kate, see now little bit. plenty of people taking advantage of this gorgeous weather down the shore. new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live in ocean city where local businesses cashed in all weekend long cleve? >> that's right, we hear from many of the businesses that things were just terrific. people were here in big crowds, in fact, many of them don't want to leave. we are area here across from the ocean city music peer, many sitting down doing people watching enjoying the ice cream, all the treats that you can buy on the board walk, this is the weekend that people will not want to forget. whether it was having a catch

or digging in the sand, it was a picture perfect memorial day at the shore. >> oh, it was beautiful absolutely gorgeous day. >> the franklin family from northeast philadelphia were all about building sand castles and putting winter in the rear-view mirror. >> being together with the family yes, enjoying the beach, and catching some sun actually. >> little ava's gym that is innings got cheers on the beach. and up on the boardwalk, store owners were head over heals about the amount of business this weekend. >> we had an outstanding weekends, it was record breaking. >> schrivers candy salt more taffy and 20 batches of fudge than memorial day weekend last year. >> we actually had to have somebody run in here and make more fudge make more taffy so we're -- we had great weekends. we were really happy. >> the number one industry in cape may county tourism. exact figures later this week about hotel and parring g lot counts. all indications are this was a banner weekend. >> it really does start off

with memorial day sometimes it can be cold, and wet so we're fortunate this year, it has been three spectacular days of weather, and this really help merchants. >> reporter: do you see sunshine? people still smiling, waiving to each other, waiving to us, having terrific time on the board walk, although many of them will want to get in their cars soon so they can try to beat the traffic headed back away from the shore. reporting live from ocean sit cleve bryan cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right, clever, looks nice out there. thanks so much. many mom oriole day observances were held all around the region today. >> ♪ ♪ >> "eyewitness news" in doylestown, bucks county, veterans marched from cb west high school to doylestown cemetery. that will parade included military theme groups and also community organizations. american flags, and wreath decorated the courthouse in

media. that's where the town wrapped up its annual parade, and afterward, many veterans lingered around that courthouse, sharing stories about what memorial day means to them. >> one of the delaware valley's oldest memorial day parades was held right here in philadelphia. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch has the story from bridesburg. >> reporter: what a mix, moving down richmond street, allows for all who take part. this shady patch already claimed. >> every year this is where do you have sit, right here, in the shade beginning the parade you catch everything. >> eight year old madison long time spectator and first time march err with her brownie troop. >> do you think you'll mess up? >> no. >> the parade, the dream come true of world war ii vet edward marine who served in hiro hiro jima and came home to found the parade. >> that way when you think about all of the people who come out support your dream how does it make you feel?

>> very good, very good. >> oldest memorial day par aches we're told it does much more. >> memorial day parade is one of the things that keeps the neighborhood so tight-knit. >> five years ago organizers say the parade almost didn't happen. times were tough, cash is hard to come by. but the organize nerves bridesburg say they didn't give up. instead they gave it their all. raising money to keep the parade going and all say they'll keep doing so, to honor the men and women who gave their lives, and to keep edward due beck's dream alive n bridesburg, justin finch cbs-3, "eyewitness news". and, virginia, president obama honored those who gave their lives protecting our freedom. the president laid a wreath of the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery. he paid tribute to unknown american soldiers from world war world war i world war ii, korea and viet nam. afterward the president said the sacrifices of the men and women in our armed forces will never be forgotten.

and this year, we mark a historic anniversary, 07 years, since our victory in world war ii. more than 16 million americans left everything they new to fight for our freedom. more than 400,000 gave their lives. >> the president also said this is the first memorial day in 14 years in which the united states is not engaged in a major grounds war. >> and actual is agents ceremony held today on board the historic battleship new jersey. the u.s. citizen ship and i am graduation services conduct that ceremony, nearly 50 people from countries around the world were sworn in as new american citizens, after reciting the oath of allegiance. >> our family here, i work here, i live here, so, make citizenship here. >> wreath ceremony also held. coming up tonight at 6:00 hear

the personal stories every some of our newest citizens. are you looking for something to do tonight before the holiday weekend comes it an ends? you can head over to cbsphilly.com. there we posted list of events in towns all across the delaware valley. a series of telephone threats against commercial airliners led to searches of at least two planes at new york's kennedy airport today. in one instance, us military jets escort add air france flight into the city, but nothing was found on the plane. authority also cleared two flights that landed in newark, one was a delta flight, coming from glands, the second, a united flight coming in from scotland. anonymous calls reported chemical weapon, and a bomb, on those planes. but that was false. authorities say all of these calls, might have come from the same sours, and they do not believe the threats to be credible. resident of a philadelphia condo buildings are spending memorial day without power and water and the outage is also affecting some local

businesses. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria in rittenhouse square now with more details. alexandria? >> reporter: it was a showcase every suitcases through the doors every ten rittenhouse where hundreds of residents had been on the move for more than 24 hours. >> i'm waiting for a car to take me to my friend today. >> ruth had the content of her freezer packed up. as she vacated her powerless apartment which was also water less since it is powered by an electrical pump. >> has it been inconvenient for you? >> of course. there is no water. there is no air-conditioning. >> a peco spokesperson told "eyewitness news", an underground wire was damaged and its position therefore delayed repairs. >> water elevators, anything electric, even the water is pumped electrically. >> reporter: white barnes and noble utilized another power source, no air-conditioning, and most other businesses on the block were left in the dark. >> we are busy, and the power went out and people have to leave.

>> inside after shadowy, chef watches helplessly as would be customers walked on by. >> it is a shame. because we are supposed to get very busy today. beautiful holiday. but we don't have power. so we are waiting for it to come back. >> and wait something what most have done. frustrated by thanks to good weather, in good spirits. >> we have two dogs, so it's been a little bit of inconvenience. >> but i did just peak with a peco representative. they told me that while this above-ground temporary line is being installed right now, a fit for this is still not likely to happen until about 11:00 p.m. tonight. reporting live from rittenhouse square, alexandria cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> thanks so much. police are looking for a gunman who opened fire on a man in north philadelphia today. this happened on the corner of 28th and allegheny today around noon. police say the victim was shot twice, once in the head, and once in the arm. he's now in stable condition at temple hospital. police have one person in

custody but they do not believe he's the shooter. meanwhile, the search continues for a killer who gunned down a man in west philadelphia early today. this happened shortly after 1:30 this morning near the intersection of 41st and aspen streets. police responds today a call for a man shot in the shoulder. paramedics returned him to presbyterian hospital where he later died. and police believe the victim may have known the shooter. officers are also investigating a sexual assault in south philadelphia. just after 5:00 this morning 35 year old woman woke up to see an unknown man standing over her bed. he reportedly placed his hand over her mouth demanded money, and then us a at dollars her. neighbors say this is a normally quiet street. >> anything like this happen ever around here? >> no, not that i know of, and i been here like 17 years. i don't think so. >> reporter: the suspect took $10, plus the victim's car and house keys. he reportedly also took her

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>> more severe weather is expected after a line of storms dumped record rainfall on parts of texas oklahoma and other planes, in mid western states. at least three people were killed, a dozen are still missing, and thousands were forced from their homes. omar villafranca has more from wimberlee, texas, one of the hardest hit areas. >> reporter: the blanko river in san marcus, texas rose 26 feet in just one hour. the river overflowed flooding roads and wiping away homes. >> you have 12 missing persons that we are actively searching for. >> reporter: first responders used a helicopter to lift its 68 year old father, trapped in the river for two hours. >> hold on. please don't leave. please don't leavement i'm here for you. i'm here for you. he's just like i don't know what to tell you i'm sore. >> i there was another

dramatic rescue near austin, kayaker struggled to keep his head above the rushing waters of the san gabriel river until bystanders pulled him to safety. nearby wimberlee was also hit hard. hundreds of homes were destroyed. >> the river swells dozens every feet and 100 year old trees were uprooted. this home was ripped off its foundation and pushed into the hillside. this area will come back. >> oh, yes. >> it will. it will. >> reporter: massive flooding also hit oklahoma two people were killed, including a firefighter, who was trying to evacuate stranded residents. >> he's our hero. that's for sure. >> reporter: the storms also spawned a tornado that damage add houston apartment complex. omar villafranca cbs-3 "eyewitness news". about 100 miles southwest of wimberlee flood waters killed a teenage girl on her way home from prom when her car was swept away. attacks i driver remains hospitalized after the car crash that claimed the life of

nobel prize winner john nash and his wife. nash was awarded the prize in math in 1994, the subject of the film a beautiful minds. the nash's killed on -- in a accident on the new jersey turnpike saturday afternoon. john nash was 86 years old his wife, alicia, was 82. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news", your baby's risk of sudden infant death syndrome could be linked to where you live. we've got important information for parents. plus how a life-long love of roller coasters leads to a record breaking day for a 82 year old man right here in pennsylvania.

>> kate bilo with us now, what a great toned three day weekend for so many people out. >> what a great weekend in general. >> absolutely something for everyone. >> cool day saturday, today sunny, warm, perfect memorial day. >> absolutely, a lot of people probably enjoying that. >> a lot of people still enjoying t couple of our beach cams, we will take a look in a couple of minutes. see loft folks still out on the beach just can't tear yourself away on day like today. you can say maybe we'll just leave little later maybe beat the traffic except for everybody else has the same idea. want you to notice at the bottom of your screen, we have our weather watcher observations crawling for you. take a look outside see how the evening is shape up. everyone talks about the shore, but a lot of folks head to the poconos of course. great shot here, on the pocono

cam. "skycam 3", jack frost big boulder up in carbon county. see everything looking very green, at the ski resort right now, but nothing but sunshine, nice warm day even in the poconos, certainly, nice and warm here in philadelphia, and even down the shore this day did not appoint. >> they were doing it, going down the backyard on the slide, great day for. that will hopefully the end see of the neighborhood. look how crowded the beach is still. completely pack, at 5:20 p.m. nobody wants to head home and start a work week, at least short work week, but just make this day last as long as possible. even still some folks out on the beach in march bathe. beef patrol headquarters, people set up shop, hanging out all day long, enjoying just perfect day. feels like june or july day such bone us to get this done, only in may but on memorial day. couldn't ask for better weather. in fact looking for sunshine, warm temperatures specially down the shore today is the best day. next couple of days are hot more humid better chance for

showers and storms. heat and humidity comes thanks to the big ridge of high pressure built overhead. you can see the warm front off to the north few showers up across portions every canada, we zoom out, you can see pretty nasty storms here. >> one area stayed cool today thanks to that rain, thanks to the rain-cooled air. any time you get showers clouds, stays little cooler. otherwise entire eastern half of the count have i hot. 82 degrees in wilmington at the moment, 80 atlantic city eight a degrees in trenton, 79 mount pocono. you can see big ridge higher pressure, cool air all behind the warmfront but saint lewis is at eight a, little rock at 83 atlanta 80. see where the showers are. 70s right now in nashville and in birmingham. so hour by hour for the rest of this memorial day monday, if you're out and about this evening, maybe lighting up the fire pit lighting up the grill, nice and warm don't have to break out the sweatshirt tonight. eighty by 7:00 p.m., 78 by

8:00, 74 at 9:00 p.m., low 70s by 11:00 p.m. some of the models don't even keep temperatures, don't even drop to the 60s overnight tonight. some spots may hang on to the low 70s all night long, look at 8:00 tomorrow morning 77 degrees in philadelphia. upper 80s to near 90 in the afternoon, just chance, for few isolated showers and storms, but the dew point climbs the next couple every days, in the steamy range specially tomorrow and wednesday, and then getting maybe margely better by thursday. overnight few clouds, mild, breezy, 66 will be the low. tomorrow, partly sunny hot humid, again maybe stray thunderstorm. your three day eyewitness weather forecast again warm, humid, right through thursday. better chance for thunderstorms wednesday and thursday. i'll let you know if the pattern breaks coming

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>> plenty of memorial day fun today at the blue cross river rink summer fest on columbus boulevard. this was the kick already off weekend for the river rink and the newly re-done spruce street harbor park nearby. both of those will be open for the rest of the summer, all the way through the end of september. check those out. no matter where you are enjoying the holiday weekends, part of the excitement firing up the grill maybe for the first time this season. today philadelphia fire commissioner derrick sawyer put on the barbeque apron in order to remind people, safety first, the commissioner and chef mc houston of jack firehouse restaurant says it starts with lighting the grill, whether you are using charcoal or propane. >> we want to make sure you have the proper tank, one that you approve take warm soapy water, and just spread it around the edges if not still corrected you will see it will start bubble up. >> biggest mistake with charcoal is lighting that

lighter fluid while you're putting it on your charcoal. put the lighter fluid on the charcoal, and then you wait about a minute, and then light the charcoal. you. >> don't need to put things on top of your charcoal. that's where you have flare-up. not using the direct heat of the charcoal. everything is surrounding the indirect heat. >> good tips there. other advice, always make sure you're grill is on solid surface to prevent tipping. the area should be cleared of anything combustible the leading cause of grilling fires is having materials too close. and remember, in philadelphia, grills are not permitted on apartment balconies or decks. coming up in the next half hour, we are honoring the sacrifice every those who have served and died for our country. >> for more than 60 years this korean war veteran's family was haunted by three letters, mia. now, thanks to some scientific research and some hard work, they know his story. we'll share it with you next.

>> then food companies across the country are going natural. what's behind the new push to change recipes and get rid of artificial flavoring? then new at 6:00 memorial day has an extra special meaning for 49 new american citizens. they pledge their allegiance against the backdrop of one of the most decorated warships in history, battleship new jersey. we'll take you to the ceremony

from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> i'm jessica dean. authorities have searched and cleared several planes after telephone threats made from anonymous sours. air france flight to jfk airport, two flights were also served in newark, new jersey. >> econo building, number of businesses in rittenhouse square without power. crews work to go repair failed underground cable. they hope to have this all fixed by 11:00 tonight. and, today we pay tribute to our nation's fallen heroes. on this memorial day wreath laying parades and other ceremonies honor those who served and diet while protecting our freedom. kate? >> and, you can know, memorial day also also thought of as the start of summer, and it certainly feels like summer it, will feel even more summer like the next couple of days, your headlines, the heat builds, and as it does so,

thunderstorms, will begin to pop up each afternoon, and each day this week they get little bit more and more increasing in coverage, say then stuck in the humidity for days on end. get ready to head back to work and school feeling like summer, and if you can't be at the shore to cool off another great place to be is at the pool. meteorologist, justin drabick live at the aquatic swim club, hey, justin. >> reporter: afternoon, kate. this is the place to be, hang out on hot day, memorial day happy memorial day everyone. sigh high, everyone! this is a great place to hang out. why not? nice place to cool off on a hot day. joined by hanna, right here. what was the weather like today out here? you were here all day. >> it is so cold -- hot! >> how is the pool water? >> cold. >> that's cold i actually checked it out. the reason it is cold, actually use spring water here in this pool. so it is actually pretty chilliment talking about high heat humidity for the next few days.

guys jump in the pool. let's see you. all right, that's what i am talking about. having fun in the sun kicking off the unofficial start of summer. we go to tomorrow, again we're talking about temperatures up around 90 degrees. and as we head toward the afternoon, it will be a lot of humidity around, as well. so again it, will feel good to jump in the pool. now, we talk about dew point temperature. that tells us how much humidity is in the atmosphere, right now generally in the 50's, tomorrow in the 60s stowe will have the steamy feel, and of course, you got to lay the sun block on next several days. all right? we are talking about high uv index, eight and 9:00 across the region, so again we will be dealing with a lot of sunshine, and some hot weather to deal with. all right back here live i'll crash this baseball game. take the mike.

here we go, i'll take a swing. >> (screams). >> you like that? maybe the phillies should sign me up? live attack cat i can swim club. >> nice work there now you can jump in the pool! bye, guys, thanks so much. a dow of solemn remembrance for those who made the ultimate sack files. more on the memorial day observances around the nation's capitol. >> (taps). >> thousands gathered as taps played at arlington national cemetery. president obama late a -- laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown. >> each marker arrange in the perfect military precision signifies the cost of our blessings. that is debt we can never fully repay. >> seventy years after fighting in world war ii, the memories overwhelm harry f miller.

>> it is very moving, for me. in fact, i breakdown i try not to but i do. >> from the army and air force shared a secret with us. >> lying about my age. >> he was just 16 when he volunteer, so many of those he served with did not make it home. philly native charles smith did to tours in viet nam. that's him in 1968. spill comes here every year. >> at had about 12 buddies on that wall, high school buddies, buddies that i served with. >> there was also a special tribute for women. >> we saved lives. we saved a lot of lives. >> 265,000 women served in viet nam. eight are listed among the dead on the viet nam memorial wall. craig boswell cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a special rededication ceremony was held at the philadelphia viet nam veterans memorial on penn's landing. that memorial has recently undergone two phases of

expansion to make the site more visible and also, help deter sands dales. former prisoner of war was the keynote speaker at today's ceremony. ralph galatti spent 14 months captive do your the during the viet nam war. >> may addition agree with our government, you may not support a particular conflict, but at least respect the soldiers and sailors air men and marines that have honorably served our country. >> philadelphia veterans of the viet nam war first dedicated the memorial on penn's landing back in 1987. >> sixty years after he went missing in korea a the remains of an american army corporal have been identified through a dna match. today robert higgins honored as a service man killed in action. steve patterson was there. >> reporter: on this memorial day, city officials on hands to honor the lives after estimated 40,000 americans who died in the korean war. >> for years we never new

what every happened to him. >> for more than 06 years that number did not include the story of robert higgins the 20 year old declared mia in 1951. and for all of those years, their families, forgotten son lost to what some call the forgotten war. >> every once in a while my dad would bring him up, we would talk about him he said i'll guess i'll never know what happened to my brother. >> but one year ago that all change wad single phonecall. >> it was out of the blue. >> the military took possession of hundreds of remains from the war, two samples discovered in the 90s were submitted for dna testing, that can now be done with phones and a match came back. robert was coming home. >> we just said that is miracle. it is -- how can this happen? >> reporter: here lives corporal his inches, after his family took possession every had his remains, they burried him here. closure some six decades in the making. turns out, higgins was a

prisoner of war taken during a fierce battle. now, laid to rest. >> we are very happy you know, that they were able to identify him. >> the record now reflect kia instead of mia. for this family, memorial day now a time of reference instead of wonder. in newtown steve patterson cbs-3, "eyewitness news". been more than a week since isis militants seized key iraqi city of ramadi. they helped to take that city back, now fierce that more of the province that is in could fall to that terror group. correspondent jonathan biglioti reports. >> reporter: thirsty exhausted, thousands of refugees fled iraq's province on foot, out of fear the entire region could soon fall to isis. this man says all of our properties and animals were destroyed. we don't know the destiny of our families. more than 40,000 people have

escaped since isis took control of ramadi nearly two weeks ago and reportedly carried out public executions as fear tactic. this isis video showed american backed iraqi soldiers, fleeing out of the city us offense officials say iraqi troops lost the will to fight. security analysts say they could fuel tensions among the sunni population. it has been nine months, since the us led coalition began air strikes against isis, and militants are still seizing territory in both iraq and across the border in syria. on wednesday militants captured the ancient city, and activist said fighters executed more than 200 people, including children. this video claims to show militants rallying residents in the streets. jonathan biglioto "eyewitness news". >> graduation even more unforgettable this year for

senior at a high school in alabama. steven turner got more than a diploma. he was also surprised by the return of his mom. (crying). >> that's steven and his mom embracing after the diplomas were handed out. steven's mother is back home after a nine month navy deployment at guantanamo bay. >> i'm so proud of you. i'm so proud of you. >> it means like so much to me. it means like the whole world. like i thought she wasn't going to make it. >> but all he could say was mama thank you thank you mama, thank you i love you. steven by the way is on his way to alabama a&m on full scholarship. >> still to come on "eyewitness news", a health alert for parents out there. why where you live could increase a baby's risk every sudden infant death syndrome. also, a golf course with few extra holes. in fact, even the worse of

golfers could have a fighting chance at a hole in one here. kate? >> and it was a great day if you were out on the golf course today or at the pool, or down the shore or just about anywhere. we've got some hotter, more humid weather to talk about as we head through the next several days. i'll let you know if the pattern breaks at all in the seven day forecast, when we

>> on the health watch

tonight, where you live could boost a baby's risk of sudden infant death syndrome. researchers at a birth and death certificate registry of babies in colorado over seven years. they found babies living in attitudes above 8,000 feet were at more than twice the risk for sids. about 2,000 american babies died from sids every year. >> many us hospitals have stop sending new moms home with free formula samples. public health officials oppose the freebies, because they say it discourages breast feeding. 2013 just under one third of us maternity wards offer give aways, versus nearly three/four in 2007. 3,000 hospitals were surveyed. and, a new british study finds dyslexia in children is not linked to eyesight. researchers found more than eight in ten children diagnosed with dyslexia had perfect scores on their vision tests. >> it is graduation time experts say it is a good time to be a graduate. loved ones are ready to spend big bucks to congratulate them. the national retail federation

says americans are planning to spend about $4.77 billion on graduation gifts that's the highest number ten years. average gift give letter spend about a hundred dollars. so way to go, graduates. more news when we come

>> four giant sinkholes opened up at a golf course in missouri. the biggest one; more than 70 feet wide, and 35 feet deep. i think i can make it into that. experts say, it is likely an under gown river or cave caused them. crews aren't sure just how they're going to fix those but they are working on t let's -- that's going to be a problem in the golf game. >> yes, i would say so. will increase the par on that hole. >> just little bit. >> headed into the canyon. but nice day for golf out there if you wanted to take some cold beverages, with you little warm, but nice. >> it was. you know humidity wasn't that bad today. it was hire than yesterday, hire than saturday, felt steamy, but compared to the next few days, today just not bad. fantastic. let's look what the evening is shape up like. and hey what a great night if you're even in the city headed out maybe sitting outside at some of the awesome restaurants in the city. great week toned do it because everybody's down the shore poconos, maybe having barbeque at their house. so you know what? may not have to wait for table

out there in center city. lots of sunshine right now blue skies sunset after 8:00. the days getting longer and longer, for the next month or so. and we are enjoying it. let's take look what our eyewitness weather watch verse to say, thank you for chiming in even on holiday eyewitness weather watch remembers keeping an eye on the forecast, looking at temps still in the 80s across the entire area. christopher d'ambrosio in saint david's reporting full sunshine, 83 degrees right now, looking fantastic gorgeous day just came back from golf. so here we go just talking about golf. christopher was actually out on the course today and hope you scored well and didn't encounter any sinkholes christopher. one more report from one of the weather watch ers david in clementon, 87 degrees there now with sunshine, pull up couple of photos, as well, weather watchers sending into these photos n i had to pull this in. phil in chestnut hill, this is the forbidden trail in wissahickon valley. ways there today. i had the kids on the bike, 8-mile round trip trail ride. i was the one killing a kid on

trailer bike that was actually sleeping on the handlebars for about 3 miles, that was fun. that will was dead weight on the wissahickon trail. fill if i didn't see you out there, maybe next time we'll cross paths, great shop of the american flag on this memorial day. always great to remember what it is really all about. and hey who doesn't love a barbeque? look at these three racks of ribs from lynn springer, got the bake beans going the grill, zucchini for color and for healthy food, and then of course three racks every ribs, and i'm heading over to lynn's house after this. one more shot, james down in ocean city. he said a lot of people turned out for the memorial ceremony ocean city. they lever the beach came down to pay tribute for those who lost their lives fighting for this country. what's happening on storm scan3, not whole lot. everything is pretty clear, just few clouds, drifting on through. and you can see we've got couple of showers offer to the west, and off to the north as well. this big dome of high pressure in place. so, as the high starts to slip east, we start to get into a warmer more humid flow, from the south and west. what i like to call blow

torch, tap into moisture from the gulf of mexico, that's we will be feeling over the next couple of days. so today may have felt warm, humid, it will be nothing compared to tomorrow and wednesday, when it is going to feel like mid july outside. right now 86 at the airport 86 allentown, 18 mount pocono, and 80 down at the atlantic city airport. right at the beach you can see with win off the water now south winds temperatures only in the 70s but still feeling pretty comfortable. taking a walk along the board walk, ocean city, 73, along the beach in avalon, 73, cape may still sitting at 77 degrees. so, it is a summer like week. temperatures well above average. we're well above normal, thanks to the warmfront to the north, southwest flow, will bring temperatures in the 90s next few days, better chance for shower or thunderstorm wednesday, then the front just takes its time, real night going get out of here very quickly. so overnight tonight, few clouds mild, breezy, 66 degrees. for tomorrow, partly sunny hot, humid. everyone headed back to work,

maybe back to school. definitely dress for summer weather. 90 degrees tomorrow, and the eyewitness weather seven day forecast, keeps the heat and humidity around. we've added the shore temperatures as well, little more comfortable down the shore at least on beach, with temperatures in the 70s but 88 thursday, 86 friday. looks like warm start to the weekends, then we try to cool things down as we head through sunday monday temperatures back to the 70s by early next week. jessica, back over to you. >> looking warm out there kate thanks. increase in consumer demand for foods that have fewer artificial ingredients. cbs news correspondent jill wagner has more on how small companies are working to capitalize on this concept and major corporations are following suit. at this popcorn factory in harlem, they and their small team pop and package pip corn. a new snack all natural glued end free and vegan. and they say that has been a huge selling point. >> so many people are conscious of what they are

putting in their body. >> it is not just specialty food starts upgoing natural. many of the nation's biggest food companies are also changing their recipes. kraft recently announced it is removing artificial yellow and dye in its beloved mac and cheese. tyson getting rid of anti-by the nicks chicken. chipotle removed all genetically modified organisms, or gmo from its food. panera bread cutting after fish ingredient. and mcdonald's said it is simplifying its chicken recipe, slicing any ingredients you can't pronounce. going back to simple ingredients, all natural. >> marketing professor michele greene wald says americans are more aware of their health, looking for natural foods without artificial ingredients. and, they're too long pay a bit more for it. >> it is a quality of life issue, that's kind of affordable indulgence. >> now we add just real nice high quality sea salt. >> martin says their customers want that quality. after just three years they're already keeping up

with demand. for all natural business, that's popping. in new york, jill wagner, cbs news. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news", a writing into the record books, 82 year old man who is writing the same pennsylvania roller coaster 95 times in a row. we'll be right

♪ ♪ >> roller coaster memorial day weekend making record breaking tribute? this crewman, 82 his favorite coaster is the jack rabbit at kenny wood amusement park outside pittsburgh. jack ran sit one of the world's oldest roller coasters, and it is celebrating its 95th anniversary so, yesterday, he decided to ride it 95 times, in a row. the stunt makes him the first person to ride the coaster more than 5,000 times. >> i never thought about

breaking the record. i just figured that i just would ride it 5,000 times and after that i'll quit counting. i'll ride it more, but i'm not going to count any more. 5,000 is a good number. 6,000, eh, i don't know. >> who needs 5,000? who needs 6,000 when you got five, flight he has been riding the coaster for decades,'s he is kept track of every single ride since 1959. not many fireworks at the box office for holiday weekends but george clooney's new sci-fi flick still manage today claim the top spot. while that's the big number it, falls well short of the 40 to $50 million the film was projected to earn over the long weekends. in second place there is week, pitch perfect two 30.3 million, mad max, fury road claims third spot making over $23 million. poltergeist and avengers, age every you will tron round out the top five. >> starting today, there is a

new way for fans of classic tv series and movies to go back in time and re-experience shows like i love lucy, the mary tyler moore show, happy days and cheers. cbs and michael broadcasting have launched new national network, calling it decades. it will be available here, in philadelphia on cbs-3's digital sub channel. the network will feature a daily show called through the decades, hosted by former cbs news anchor bill curtis. and it will look back at news and cultural events connected to theme or day in history. so you can watch decades right now on comcast, on channel 244 or fios, channel 483, over the air on channel 3.2. that's going to do it for "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now, at 6:00, remembering the real reason for the memorial day holiday. we pause to honor the heroes who gave their lives. kate? >> and jessica turned out to be beautiful memorial day sunshine, and not too steamy out here. that's all going to change, as

the heat and huge i had at this ramps up this week. it will be feeling like mid-july instead of late may i'll have the full seven day forecast coming up at 6:00. >> and a memorial day honor as new american citizens pledge their allegiance to the u.s. on board the battleship new jersey. and, the heat chases residents out of their condos and closes businesses after the power goes out. , "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. >> from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia, this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> ♪ ♪ >> saluting our military heroes, memorial day a day to honor those, who made the ultimate sacrifice. this weekend of course, also marks the unofficial kick-off to the summer season. the long weekends giving many people a chance to cool off down the shore. and the weather has been perfect out there. good evening to you i'm jest did a dean.

chris may is off tonight. the unofficial start of summer really feels like summer out there. we'll get right taught meteorologist, kate bilo, liver on the cbs-3 skydeck kate? >> jessica, you may have to drag me in offer the skydeck feels fantastic, when in the shade, especially with the nice breeze that's pick up this evening not too hot not too cool. it is a goldilocks afternoon it is just right. at least for now. but big changes are on the way as the heat and humidity continue to ramp up over the next few days. we take quick look out on storm scan3 and you can see nothing really happening here. we had been concerned last week that that warmfront you see there up across new england will stall little bit closer to us, bringing us increased risk for shower or thunderstorm this afternoon. but, since it lifted so far north, that has not been an issue, we've got clear skies barely even few clouds in the sky, just few high serous clouds at the moment. temperatures right now have dropped off little bit. we're at 86 last hour, now we've dropped to 83 at the airport, 79 at the atlantic city airport 84 degrees in trenton, 83 in reading. we take you hour by hour through th