certainly not what we want to see. good evening i'm chris may, jessica dean is live in rome, we will see her in a few moments but first lets go down the shore kathy orr tracking rain live from sea isle city now, kathy? >> reporter: clouds rolled in this afternoon chris and now we have a sea breeze, the skies are getting dark and we know rain is coming this evening. you can see it is a quiet day here in sea isle, on the beaches but cloud haven't kept the crowds away from town. take a look at storm scan three and i will show you the rain. we have spotty showers even in cape may county, interior south jersey and camden county. this is just plane old showers. no storms, no severe weather here in northern and western suburbs. a few sprinkles. but thinks moving east ward. severe threat tonight is really localized, it is in central and southern delaware really focused near georgetown and laurel, in sussex county delaware. under the slight risk means a chance of downpours gusty wind and small hail and scattered storms. so for tonight some showers

it will turn to steady rain overnight and half inch of rain possible and some spots highest amounts to the south and even possibility of the few rumbles of thunder. through this evening from philadelphia to the shore temperatures will be falling through the 70's, we will see spotty showers by 9:00 o'clock. by 11:00, 71 in the city or i should say 71 in the city, 72 down the shore. we expect rain to pick up in intensity by late night hours. that is very latest from sea isle. we are more significant weather coming our way this weekend with rain and wind but will it be a wash out? i will show you details from the city to the shore later in the broadcast. chris, for now back to you. well lingering widespread power outages have left refrigerators and freezers filled with spoiled food that has got to be thrown out and that is costing homeowners and small businesses a small fortune. "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live from washington township with more cleve. >> reporter: a very expensive power outage, seven star diner here is one of the places that

when you walk in the front door you see the delicious the displays of pastries. well today they pulled the trigger, and throw everything out. the mood of the seven star diner could be summed up in three ward. >> devastating, horrible and heart breaking. >> reporter: no power for 48 hours, meaning dozens of employees are home with empty pockets and those who came to work are throwing out as much as $150,000 worth of food. >> i'm so upset about it. i was here until 3:30 this morning and just came back again. i felt like crying. >> reporter: not only are employees throwing food out in the dumpsters but some has to be refrigerated until it can go in the trash. they have had to rent expensive refrigerated trucks for their garbage. >> nobody can give us a straight answer when we will have power back. >> reporter: those frustrations with the continued power outage echoed at washington township fire headquarters. expert tree cutters from the new jersey forest fire service

were delayed hours as township had a hard time coordinating with atlantic city electric. >> we have had major challenges with the utility company and trying to coordinate teams to get roads opened. >> reporter: with some of the problems worked out task of restoring power comes with pressing concerns, among them loss of business, traffic dangers a at intersections without working lights and then hazard of the down power lines all throughout residential neighborhood. >> children are out of school, please keep them away from all trees, all deprice where you see wires. >> reporter: when those lights go backup on this sign and throughout washington township where the power has been out people need to be careful especially as they are bringing in their things up to the curb. you are supposed to cut up your tree branches, bring them up to the curb but a roid those power lines. we are live from washington township, cleve bryan cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> great advice that need to be heard tonight cleve thank you. there are still days of

clean autopsy head in hard hit delaware county, the residents there are trying to stay positive and lend a helping hand. in chester the philadelphia union today opened ppl park to residents so they could shower, get a hot meal, charge they're electric tronics and recharge themselves. there is also a 24 hour shelter opened in brookhaven tonight as delaware county remains under a state of emergency. well, power crews are working hard to get services restored to tens of thousands of homes. earlier today we spotted some workers in concordville delaware county from chopper three. they are making progress but utility companies say that many customers could remain without power through the weekend. that is right here are latest numbers now peco reporting a little over 44,000 customers without power ac electric, with one 19,000 still off line and pse&g says a little will more than 9900 outages remain and del marva reports about 1800. other news now new jersey governor chris christie has

reportedly made the call. the associated press says he will run for president and he will make that announcement next week at his old high school in north jersey. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is live in pennsauken and she spoke with new jersey residents about that reported decision today alex? >> reporter: chris as with any presidential contender analyst will take a close look at how their own states feel about them to judge how the nation might. here in south jersey, we did just that. though moment is not yet here notion is not new. >> i'm not suppliesed whatsoever. i thought he would run last time. it is not shocking to me. i think, i know a lot of republicans who are happy about it. >> reporter: she is's a democrat and teacher. she would rather see chris christie in her classroom over the oval office. >> i work for camden. i just don't think he is interested in. >> reporter: as republican governing a typically blue state christie has highlighted his ability to do business

with new jersey's democratic legislature. >> i wouldn't trust him. >> i don't trust him. >> he is certainly willing to say what he thinks and it gets him in trouble frequently but it is certainly something we need, we need someone to step up and say it isn't right and let's fix it. >> reporter: christie's bold persona has worked with and against him earning support from fiscal conservatives and less from sectors that felt cuts. >> we had a bad term as far as state employees as far as him taking away our pension and there are several things that we did not approve of. so to be honest, i'm not a fan of his. >> reporter: teresa davis is a new york shore watched new jersey politics from across the hudson. her view of christie's presidential potential is not crystal clear. >> i'm on the fence really, i'd to have see who is lined up and who we have to choose from. >> reporter: chris tit is entering a crowd of republican hopefuls and it is expected that he will not be short any

attention. reporting live alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" glow never is, thanks very much. still to come on "eyewitness news" we will have updates on the 2016 race for president, everything you need to know on tv and on line at cbs philly.com. well, this is it, today is philadelphia delegation's final day in rome as they now laid the ground work for the papal visit in september. part of today's work included updating the international press on the world meeting of families. lets go live to rome with my collogue jessica dean, there with more on what archbishop charles chaput had to say today, jessica? >> reporter: hi chris, good evening to you from rome, once again, archbishop chapu is one of the leaders of the delegation here to rome and today he was one of the key players at this official vatican press conference, about the world meeting of families and during this we have learned a lot about the numbers, they are expecting 15,000 people to come to the

actual meeting part of the world meeting of families. they call it the congress. those are people that will be coming into philadelphia in the days ahead of the visit from pope francis. >> we all have a family and family vice important to each one of us. >> reporter: on thursday philadelphia archbishop charles chaput spoke to the heart of the world meeting of families. chaput gathered with other church officials to layout plans for a meeting aimed at strengthening and enriching families from around the world. philadelphia bishop john macintyre announced many of the speakers who will address the host of issues from finances, to raising children in the internet age. >> we try to draw from people who are from all over the world and can speak to the livi the raising of a family in a variety of cultures and experiences. >> reporter: we know 6100 people have volunteered to help with the meeting and papal visit. more than 1600 people in the philadelphia area have offered their homes to visitors.

the bulk of whom are coming from the u.s., can inadequacies vietnam dominican republic and nigeria. while the catholic church does moth support gay marriage, chaput says he wants the event to be inclusive of all of the event to be here. >> it is welcomed for everything, all the time, without exception, and we have to also be a aware that we want to deal with people with real issues and not just speculative issues and that is very real for many families to take. >> reporter: a lot of the information that came out of that press conference today was finalized right here in rome are. some of this planning and meeting already coming will to fruition for both delegations from the vatican and from philadelphia chris. >> jessica, what are we talking about in terms of the price tag on the world meeting of families, did we get a better idea of that today. >> reporter: that is right, we did get a better idea. we know it will cost 45 million-dollar for the whole thing a bulk on have that going to security, clean up, they will be on the parkway

lot of the time that requires a lot of manpower. but also, they have got about 30 million-dollar, they think money in hand. but that is money in hand. they are going to take some of this money, they have budgeted for scholarships so for people all around the world who would not afford to make this trip to philadelphia, they want everyone represented in terms of all kind of people from all a across the church rich or poor and reach out to those who wouldn't do it themselves. they will use that money to send them to philadelphia chris? >> money well spent for city of philadelphia, yes, sir contact dean wrapping up an extraordinary week in rome. thanks very much. safe travels. we will see you back here next week. you can make your plans for the pope's visit to philadelphia by going to cbs philly.com, just click on papal visit and find all of the information you need. still to come here on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 history is made on the delaware river tall ships festival is underway. we will join matt rivers live

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tall ships festival is underway on the delaware river. chopper three was overhead as those vessels pulled into town. they have lined up on the camden and philadelphia side of the river for some great vantage point and did they have ever have them. nearly a thousand military veterans from south jersey had a great view with their families. they have watched from the deck of the battleship new jersey: lets go to "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers live with more on the festival from aboard the coastguard cutter, eagle matt, we solute you tonight.

>> reporter: good evening to you, chris. you saw veterans. there are active tooth i military members on board the u.s. coastguard cutter eagle. there about several dozen act a i have members. thinks different on this ship as compared to other hipps here at tall ships festival. this ship is still in service. in fact, it has been in service for the you had military since 1946, pretty incredible. we have video to show you. we took a sale up the delaware smaller boat tout meet this ship earlier today and took video as we came off the delaware. pretty remarkable to see all of the 13 ships getting into position here, both on the penns landing side of things and on the camden, new jersey side of things. that is different this year then both waterfronts are now involve with the several day festival that will last through the weekend. beyond just being able to tour ships, meet people who created the ships and who work on the ships. is there plenty of other stuff to do great food, beer if that is what you are looking

for. great stuff to be had. good family fun to put all that on it does take a lot of work behind the scenes. we have talked to a member of the new jersey state police who helped responsible for making sure that all of these events stay safe. >> four safety zones like we did today, and make sure everybody has a good, safe day and safe on the water. so far the public has been very compliant and enjoying themselves, and making sure everybody stays safe. >> reporter: some of the crowd here in penns landing relatively thin. this is first day of the festival. it is a little bit rainy. if you ask coastguard members on board the ship what they think of this rain they think it is nothing to get here they had to go through a storm with squals with wind gusts of 50 to 60 miles an hour, self hundred miles off of the atlantic seaboard. so this little will bit of drizzle to them this is just a break. hopefully you can meet them here at penns landing.

they will be here all weekend. we will be here covering it throughout. we are live at penns landing matt rivers, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> big crowds out there matt, thanks very much. world's largest rubber duck, is also in town for the tall ship festival. this is momma duck. she weighs 11 tons and stand 61 feet tall. impressive sight where ever she go, we know the ducks create quite a stir and now it is here in person. from the banks of the delaware lets go all the way to the jersey shore. it is thursday, that means orr at the shore. kathy is in sea isle tonight and kathy usually orr at the shore is about the beach mini golf, but it is all about food it seems like today. >> we had align on food. we have had food truck festival this weekend. very exciting. we will talk more about that later in the weather cast but i have to tell you chris i have sand in my shoes. it feels good. it has been a really -- welshing between my toes. it has been a long winter in spring. behind me, the ocean looks

inviting. it is warming up. temperatures will be cooling down this weekend. we will talk to all of these people, coming up, they are down here for a vacation but first we will do a little weather. yeah, we have rowdy kids as well that finished up the school year. look at the storm scan three. we have a few sprinkles but we have not felt anything down the shore yet. we have a wall of showers moving into our suburbs soon they will be in philadelphia a little bit later on tonight. right now in the city it is 79. our average high is 85. you can see in allentown 74. millville 75. temperatures a little bit cooler down the shore. right now we're looking at an area of low pressure approaching from the west and by tomorrow you'll see it off shore, some morning rain, afternoon breaks, temperatures will be in the 70's but it gets even cooler, by saturday. we will see a easterly flow with high pressure off the coast. another low moving our way. we will talk about rain, wind. those winds out of the north/northeast at 15 to 25 miles an hour. that will be windy.

sunday some morning showers but we will salvage the afternoon. that is the good news. that is better half of the weekend. here are your rain amount through late sunday, two to two and a half inches according to our computer models. overnight showers will a arrive heavy at times low of 68. high temperature tomorrow going for 79 degrees with morning rain and we will clear it out in the afternoon. on the exclusive eyewitness weather seven day forecast and shore as saturday looks wet. but afternoon berth. you can see monday, tuesday wednesday, thursday temperatures will be warming up. if you have picked next week for a vacation week you will do okay once we get through the weekend. now back here live, why don't you say hi to these kid. say hi to everyone at home. >> hi. >> now i have to talk to the twins. i saw them earlier. can you tell me your names. >> ana. >> and haley. >> did you go to kindergarten. >> um-hmm. >> you will go in first grade. >> yes. >> now who is going in to

fifth grade ways your hand? no you are not going in fifth grade. how about the sixth grade. who is making tonight to seventh. who is making it into eighth. who thinks they are going to high school. >> well, congratulations you guys, we know you will have a great summer. give me some. all right. if you are down the shore this weekend here are fun things you can do. take a look, right here in sea isle it is sea isle food truck rally with that i starts tomorrow through sunday. >> yeah. >> yes. >> and soccer fans, catch ocean city premiere ocean soccer team taking on the baltimore, team, tomorrow night in ocean city. >> wow. >> and, flea market lovers beach haven visit community arts annual flea market on saturday details on these events at cbs philly.com, who wants to send to it break saying we will take a break and we will be right back. go ahead say it. >> we're going to break and we will be right back.

big night for the sixers, a team will be prepared to pick third in the nba draft big building block tonight "eyewitness sports" director beasley reese live in dilworth park where a huge draft party is taking shape beasley. >> chris, this is the biggest one i have seen, i have been here a long time. look over my shoulder, you can see they have opened up the doors, they aring into see doctor j moses man malone, bobby jones, darryl dawkins. a lot of stuff to give away. a a lot of these people are telling me who they want and they want deangelo russell out of ohio state. point guard good shooter good passer. he is considered a top five pick. maybe as high as second overall to the lakers. he says tonight is all about

sharing the experience. >> man emotions will be high but, you know, my family is here and my best friend, and they get to share it with me will make it all worth it. >> and the other man project to be favorite of the sixers is christus, the 6-foot 911 power forward said to be a great shooter. he said he is not worried about where he is pick near the draft. >> i don't try to think about that. it is not in my hands right now. i'm preparing myself, either way i'm hoping for the best and expecting the worst. >> all right. big question is who do you think sixers should take with the third overall pick? connect with us on facebook, twitter, cbs philly.com.

let us know who should be a sixer by the end of this night. that is it for me, from the plaza but i will go inside and get some free stuff. see you next time. >> all right beasley. >> have a good night. >> we will see you back here

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>> pelley: millions of americans will keep their health insurance as the supreme court today saves the president's signature law. >> the affordable care act is here to stay. >> pelley: also tonight a second prison worker is arrested in the jail break that has two murderers on the loose. a massive wildfire galloped out of control when a private drone blocked firefighters. and home on the range. can the american bison make a comeback? >> this is pretty close, isn't it? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: the affordable care act was saved from a devastating blow today when the conservative