he area. showers are popping up every where. he have year rain off shore but we have showers down the shore, showers in delaware and couple sprinkles starting to pop up to our west over chester, montgomery and lancaster counties. can't rule out a shower here or there pretty much anywhere tonight, in the city and points to the west. they are the scatter. we are not talking about severe weather and we're talking about showers and cloud, and conveyor belt of in moisture across the eastern half of the country right back in portions of the midwest and south, and focus of the storms. area of the low pressure tracking the boundary heading in the holiday weekend. most of this will stay to the south, but low pressure long that boundary could clip us enough tomorrow and again on the fourth of were you saturday to bring threats for a couple of showers or even a thunderstorm. as far as today is concerned you can see cloud east wind have kept us below average average high 86 degrees. right now 75 at the airport. atlantic city, 68 degrees after rain today.

seventy-four wilmington. 77 degrees in allentown. first forecast for tonight mostly cloudy around 7:00 p.m. can't rule out a stray shower around nine or 10:00 o'clock temperatures in the lower 70's. we have clouds and it will be pretty comfortable. and, i want to show you this conveyor belt here with the a series of storms, areas of low pressure along that boundary. and mainly missing us to the south but can't rule out cloud, showers and maybe a then are storm at least until sunday. better news for second half or third, third of the long who will take weekend. i will have more object that when i join you inside. jessica, back to you. thanks very much kate. despite weather lot of people getting an early start to the holiday weekend. and, it sound nice. this is a live look at route 42 just past 295 shore goers hit the road this afternoon. you can see it is getting full on the roads and it will get fuller as the days and hours go by. good luck getting to your

holiday destinations. it has been a wet summer so far in many shore communities and to i day's rain not what business owners like to see for sure. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers is live in ocean city more, matt. >> reporter: jessica, weather today in ocean city has in the been very good. been cloudy, rainy basically what we saw for the entire month of june. you did not have to jump in the ocean to get wet thursday at the shore the skies opened up and the boardwalk was quiet. how often do you see an empty beach on july 2nd. >> we realized whether it is something that we cannot control so we dot best we can. >> reporter: for michelle and businesses that she works with the fight begins mother nature has been an uphill battle in 2015. the month of june saw more rainfall then any june, since 1920. >> it just kind of roll with it and go from there. >> reporter: brent owns the short shack a boardwalk business that lives and dies by amount of foot traffic in the beach.

rainy days means less people and that means this year thinner sales to start the season. >> it is hard to be optimistic but you get five nice days and everybody is happy again. >> reporter: that is what he is hoping for the next few days july 4th is on a saturday and weather might just hold up. the ensuing crowds and business they bring a barometer perhaps on what is to come. >> i think it gives you an idea what the rest of the summer might be, you know, finally everybody is done school everybody is on vacation. >> reporter: here in ocean city officials tell us that, booking data for this weekend and following week is looking very strong. they are expecting a a lot of crowds so hopefully all those people coming down here this weekend can help those businesses forget, what was a pretty lousy june. we are live from ocean city, matt rivers for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> hopefully we can see the sun soon, matt, thanks very much. as rain and cloud clear out we have you covered for fourth of july fun. head over to cbs philly.com, click on top spots and find a

list of activities and events all around the the area. a child is rush to the hospital after falling out of window in philadelphia's kensington neighborhood. authorities say it was around 10:30 when that child fell from the second story window in the home on the 100 block of west huntington street. paramedics rush the young boy to st. christopher's hospital for treatment and non-life threatening injuries. >> he was awake crying, i believe he was crying maybe for his mother, but he was favoring his knees and rubbing the back of his head like he might have head the concrete with his head. >> reporter: the special victims unit is now investigating, it is unclear if any charges will be filed. search is over for a teenage aer who disappeared while swimming in the lake in gloucester county. derrick moyer disappeared in monroe township yesterday. a vigil was hell last night now family and friend will gather again tonight at williamstown high school where boyar was going to be a senior in the fall. and that is where "eyewitness

news" reporter cleve bryan joins us live with more, cleve. >> reporter: jessica, that is right, they did meet last night to pray for possibly even a safe return for boyar now they have come to say good bye but they take console in the fact that his body was recovered. just after 1:00 this afternoon search boats and other equipment pulled away from the remote monroe township lake known as the blue hole. state police recovered body of the 17 year-old day just boyar who drowned yesterday afternoon. todd springer is a close friend. >> i'm not taking it g last night i was at the football field. i was crying there. when i went home after my brothers went to sleepy just broke down. >> reporter: boyar was a stand out wrestler and member of the williamstown high school football team. >> he was talking about his senior year, how this would be the best year of his life. he had so many friend. you don't meet some lon like that often. >> reporter: boyar and several friend were swimming at the

blue hole a a former sand quarry now part of the wild life reserve and off limit to swimmers. >> we all have children here and we have kept them away for years. >> reporter: correale starks lives and works up the path to the blue hole on jackson road. she said, police are constantly kicking people out but they keep showing up. she saw cars lined up yesterday around the time police say boyar drowned. >> kid, they find places to go they go back there and they party. this is not the first drowning back there. >> reporter: monroe township police did confirm there have been several drownings at the blue hole but they didn't have an exact number this afternoon. there will be an autopsy performed on boyar's body. they have not been able to rule out alcohol as a factor but they do not suspect foul play. the vigil 9:00 o'clock tonight. live from williamstown, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". sad day for that community, cleve thanks very much. philadelphia police make an arrest in the deadly shooting in bridesberg, gunfire erupted on the 2800

block of orthodox street around 1:30 this afternoon. a 21 year-old man was found shot multiple times and he later died at the hospital. police say they caught the shooter three blocks away on edgemont street and recovered a weapon. we're waiting to learn more about an overnight shooting in camden that reportedly injured a woman victim may have been caught in the cross fire while driving. first responders reportedly noticed that she was shot after crashing in the tree on the 200 block of south 27th street. the victim was taken to the hospital in unknown condition. there were no injuries in this balcony collapse in a west philadelphia apartment building the third floor balcony came down hard just before 4:00 a.m. on the 6200 block of chestnut street. the cause of that collapse has yet to be determined. and investigators want to know if alcohol played a role in the deadly crash on route 309 in west rock hill bucks county. a car traveling south on 309 went off the road and slammed into a tree, before

11:00 o'clock last night. we know one person died at that scene, three others were rushed to the hospital. southbound rains of the 309 were closed during that investigation but that highway is all clear now. a false report of an active shooter at a navy facility in washington d.c. triggers a full scale response from law enforcement. cbs news correspondent craig boswell is on the scene with why the authorities are taking any threats seriously. >> reporter: law enforcement swarmed washington d.c.'s navy yard after what turned out to be i false report of the active shooter. >> a person made a call, heard what she thought may have been gunshots and she made a call, which is what employees here are trained to do. we have no concerns that this was a hoax whatsoever. >> reporter: just two years ago a shooter killed 12 people and injured three others in this same location. >> here we go again. >> reporter: mike heyes is a retired navy captain who now works at the navy yard as a civilian. he says basis better prepared now then it was in 2013. >> they have great processes and procedures in place for to us do exactly what we need to

do, when we need to do it, and we immediately yeah, we shelter in place when we did it today. >> reporter: law enforcement officials are already on high alert after the fbi issued a bulletin warning terrorist may be targeting the fourth of july holiday and isis has also called on its followers to carry out attacks during the the holy month of ramadan. >> the difficulty will be that individual who may be drinking all this in over social media over the internet, who may not be communicating with anyone but acting on their own. >> reporter: officials say people should still enjoy the festivities but if you see something suspicious, report it. craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". fbi says it has no knowledge of any active plot at this time but issued the warning out of precaution. you may be able to save money on your commutes soon, a measure that would lower tolls for regular users of the four bridges between new jersey and pennsylvania has been approved. so commuters who use ben franklin, walt whitman betsy

ross and commodore barry bridges a at least 18 times a month would see their toll drop from $5 to $4. that discount would save drivers more than $200 a year. if passed the change would go into effect later this year. if you want to rent out your place for pope francis visit in september it turns out you have to pay. philadelphia has legalized plans to tax air b and b and other short term rentals. air b and b says philadelphia is the largest city to legalize rentals through on line marketplaces. the city also changed zoning rules to allow rentals in residential areas and subjecting them to an eight and a half percent hotel tax. william greenly says air b and b time rentals are short term hotels and should be made to follow the same rules. still to come on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" list is outranking the top beaches down the new jersey shore. if the shore is where you are headed this holiday weekend, watch where you step.

more portuguese manowars are washing up. we will tell you where that happened. thousands evacuated after a freight train derailment and toxic gas is now threatening that area. it is a little laser doing big things in the fight begins lung cancer. health reporter stephanie stahl tells us about a new treatment being used right here in our area and how it works, up next.

cbs-3 healthwatch more americans are dying from cancer but it is because of the aging population. the actual risk is falling and that is according to a new report from federal health officials. health reporter stephanie stahl has more on a new treatment for the leading cancer killer, this is interesting stuff. >> reporter: very interesting. new numbers from the cdc show cancer deaths will increase most among black women. it also says lung cancer continues to be the biggest cancer killer. but there are exciting new treatments for lung cancer in our area. it is a little laser light doing big things in the fight against lung cancer. >> we're able to thread it out into the lung. >> reporter: doctor patrick ross chairman of surgery at main line health is pioneer in pdt where tumors are infused with light sensitive drugs and then exposed to the laser. >> the light activates drug and drug that is now in the cells directly kills the cancer cells. >> reporter: this x-ray shows

a lung on the left before treatment looking white because there is no air flow, with photo dynamic therapy the tumor is killed which then allows air back in the lung. >> we called pdt but my patients call it pretty darn terrific. >> reporter: pdt can be used in conjunction with radiation chemotherapy and therapy doctor ross started a registry with centers around the country to track the long term use. >> so that we will going to be able to target which patients benefit and which patients should have the therapy. >> reporter: lankanol hospital has an updated da vinchi system, surgical robot that allows better surgical precision that is less invasive. >> with the addition of the additional robotic expertise with the addition of things like photo dynamic therapy, we will be able to offer patients a soup to nuts, scenario for how to manage their lung cancer. >> reporter: surviving lung cancer usually depend on early detection like with any cancer. new numbers from the cdc

released today say cancer risk is going down because it is found quicker when most treatable with all of those new interventions. a lot of excitement about this. i will post information on this new technology at cbs philly and i will put it on my twitter and facebook feed. >> that is one of the cancers that is owe hard to treat. >> reporter: you hear lung cancer and it is bad these technology are making a big difference. >> thanks very much. ceo of whole food market air pol guying for over charging customers in new york city. john mackey and walter rob admit customers were overcharged for some items saying employees made mistakes weighing those products. in a video film at whole foods they promised if any customer is overcharged again, they will get their food for free this comes after new york city officials, called what they called systematic over charging for prepackaged food at city whole food stores. well coming up, taking the pop out of bubble wrap, why the new design is going

silent. then could feature of flying, in the cockpit. we will show you new technology automating the way we fly. we will show what you happens when a huge pink pig hot air balloon falls from the sky, and crashes, we will be righ

another portuguese manowar washed up in brigantine. this photo is from the real brigantine facebook page. manowar has long ten-- tentacles that can sting even when they are dead. other man owe wars have been spotted in harvey cedars and ocean city. it looks like a jelly fish, but it is actually a colony of

organisms working together. if you see one stay away. report to it a life guard. ocean city has topped the list of best beaches in the garden state. the public poll was conduct by the new jersey sea grant consortium who conducted that poll. ocean city took top honors in the same poll last year. cape may county beaches dominated the poll, wildwood crest second, wildwood third sea isle coming in fourth, north wildwood fifth asbury park bellmawr, brigantine and long beach township rounding out the top ten. kate bilo with us now, so it would be nice to be down the shore even though it was raining. i was talking to stephanie. it is just nice enough to be there. >> just nice enough to be there you can walk in the street, duck in the shops down there in the rain. it is okay. it will clear out and it will for the weekend. stone harbor did not make the list. that is my favorite spot. >> you gave me excellent ice cream recommendations. >> yes springers. we have nice conditions out of the city but showers may try

to creep back in. better weather for the upcoming weekend. we will see what we are looking at down the shore we were just talking about the shore. our best beach, i believe this is ocean city, right now with the waves roling in and as you can see it is not a great beach day. few folks down there in the surf but compared to yesterday with umbrellas still lining the beach as far as eye could see, today definitely not looking as nice as kind of day where we have to throw on the sweat is shirt before you head down to the shore this afternoon. not a bad shot just gray there and as always we want see weather watcher observations at the bottom of the screen. look for your closer weather watcher and see what they have to say as far as their weather observations. lets lot at beach patrol headquarters in margate. one lonely person here on the beach in margate. definitely not a great beach day. we need one not so great beach day down the shore for a week, so much you have to to that doesn't involve the beach. all of the shopping, boardwalk, funnel cakes

casinos in atlantic city if i that is your thing. not a bad daze for that. storm scan three does show showers, back building toward the city. you can see spring unless lancaster and chester county and upper montgomery county as well. don't be shocked if you see clouds and a couple of showers. cloud associated with this coastal system has kept us on the cool side today even as the heavier rain has fallen, down the shore. let's zoom out a bit. it is a corridor of moisture. we have a stationary boundary and waves of low pressure ride ago long that boundary right through the weekend and bringing us the chance for a couple of showers and thunderstorms, especially unfortunately on the fourth of july saturday. right now 75 at the airport. cool 69 in millville. forty-seven wilmington. as we time this out stray shower this evening, we will clear it out overnight. notice tomorrow, cloud start to push south still cannot rule out cloud cover and maybe a shower, should stay south of here but they will get closer to the fourth of july saturday, lot of cloud cover here's 11:00 a.m. not the most sunny day. while showers and storms get

scattered we are not looking at brilliant blue skies unfortunate liz for your fourth of july plans but it is not a wash out. at least we have that going for us. overnight mainly cloudy, it is cecil nal. we're at 64 for overnight low. for your friday, partly sunny just a stray shower, off to the south and 83 will be the day time high. here's your saturday forecast and you will notice i have lowered the numbers a little bit because cloud cover that may try to move in with that system off to the south. i don't think we will get better than 80 in the city. seventy's in the shore and poconos. we could have a a shower or then are storm anytime. they will be scattered, it is not a wash out but it is also not a beautiful sunny warm, fourth of july, what is beautiful, sunny and warm, sunday 86 degrees. we will see some sun. beautiful day three, of the three day weekend. stay there we will be right ba

fourth of july weekend is getting off to a tasty start you can say. "eyewitness news" on independent mall where wawa celebrated its 23rd annual hoagie day. thinks all part of the welcome america festival. that means wawa gave away 5 tons of meaty cheesy goodness to thousands office people. the event honored america's armed forces and philadelphia's police and fire department. mayor michael nutter helped open a new exhibit as part of the welcome america celebration, this photo exhibit called about philadelphia, a sit of first was unveiled in terminal a of philadelphia international airport this morning. these photos celebrate american first is here in the city like the philadelphia zoo and bartram's garden the nation's first botanical garden. as holiday weekend approaches the coast, we are worried about the growing threat of sharks. north carolina alone has seen seven attacks in just three

weeks. we will tell you one of the attacks is puts eling experts. and a high tech computer could soon replace a co pilot in the cockpit? will new technology put pilots out of business? we will show you how it works. and new at 6:00 the sat mishap that is testing the patients of students who took that exam, we will hear from a local student impact by the error.

i'm jessica dean with some of the day's top stories a young boy is recovering after falling out of a second story window at a home in kensington this morning. police say that boy's possibly fractured his arm and hip in the fall, and in word on if any charges will be filed. search is over for a teenager who disappeared swimming in the lake in gloucester county, body of dari us boyar was recovered this afternoon. live look at chopper three over route 42, lot of drivers hitting the road, look at that traffic, they are getting a early start to the holiday weekend and the cars are backing up quickly kate. not a bad idea to get stuck in traffic today because we are not missing out on much as far as a beach day is concern. why not sit in traffic when it is glummy, in order to get down the shore for some sunny days. you can see heavier rain impacting shore points earlier has moved out to sea. behind it scattered showers that developed west of the city and a few more down

through cape may county. it is cloudy, drizzly but we have got better weather on the waste for much of the holiday weekend. i will have that full forecast in just a few minutes. >> looking forward to that, kate thanks. young boy is recovering tonight after being bitten by a shark in shallow waters off the south carolina coast. kyson weekly is getting better. he got multiple stitches on his inner left thigh after being bitten by a shark in knee deep water near the palms. >> it is not like a ping in my leg. i saw the shark's fin swimming away. >> reporter: his mom decided to stay an extra 15 minutes with the kids at the beach that is a decision she says she now regrets. a 68 year-old man has become a third victim of the shark bite on the north carolina coast in less than a week. he was swimming in waist deep water along the beach when he was bitten. and cbs news correspondent dawn dollar has more. >> reporter: a man in his late 60's was air lifted to an area

hospital after being attack swimming 30 feet off the coast in north carolina andrew costello, a former editor and chief of the boston hurled was bit men his torso, hip, lower leg and both hand by what officials say is a six to 7-foot gray shark. it is seventh shark attack along north carolina coast in the last three weeks. on saturday, in rodan an 18 year-old was air lifted after being bit men his calf, torso and hand n avon, north carolina on friday a 47 year-old man was hospitalized after he was attacked by a shark while swimming with his two children. >> it is a little scary, i don't remember seeing so many shark attacks. >> reporter: shark attacks are rare, they typically see fewer then one incident per year. so the seven over the last few weeks has experts worried. sam gruber is founder and director of the biological field station in the bohamas. >> when i first heard of several shark attacks i was fairly surprised because i know that the carolinas are

not a particularly hot spot for shark attacks. something strange is going on because the trendies normally zero or one attack in that area in anyone year. >> some are calling for the beaches to close down for the fourth of july weekend but as of this afternoon they're still opened. a train is still burning in tennessee after a tanker carrying chemicals jumped the tracks and burst into flames. csx train was in route to georgia from ohio when it derailed late last night in the the county. officials say engulfed tanker contained a flammable substance used in making plastics. at least 5,000 rust dents were forced to evacuate because of the toxic fumes. >> we were asleep and police just came, knocked on the door and said they would like us to evacuate as quickly as possible because there was a fire, and we need to get a mile away. from what i hear our home was only four blocks away.

>> reporter: officials say the evacuation order could last for the next two days, federal railroad administration is now investigating that derailment. at least 35 people are dead and 20 are unaccounted for after a boat capsizes in the central philippines. that boat was carrying 189 people including 16 crew members, and it capsized just minutes after leaving port. three americans are among the survivors, and many of been rescued but philippines coastguard continues to search for others. and a new fleet of wheelchair accessible taxi cabs is heading to philadelphia. parking authority put first of the new cabs in services today and they also showed us how they will work. the small minivans have a fold out rear ramp for wheelchair users and officials expect to put 61 of those cabs into service by the fall, all 150 will be on the road by 2021. >> change things, and you cannot get a ride, you cannot change anything at all. so it is huge.

you know, this is a 25th anniversary of the ada and we started the year with seven wheelchair accessible taxis. >> ada is the americans with disabilities act. veteran philadelphia taxi driver, shown here will be driving the new cab fleet into service. philadelphia is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the nation's first gay rights demonstrations. lgbt activist post a wreath at gay pioneers historical marker on independence mall. "eyewitness news" at sixth and market where three of the original protesters that took part in the july 41,965th demonstration in philadelphia were part of the ceremony this he were also joined by james the lead plaintiff in the case that legalized same sex marriage nationwide. there are tractors that drive themselves, cars that can travel hands free and now a helicopter maker is developing an aircraft that can fly on its own. cbs news correspondent chris

van cleve has more. >> reporter: up in the air pilot mike ward is used to being in the control. but today an experimental technology dubbed alias is doing the flying in terms of the actual operation of the craft it is a completely different world. >> and alias is an advanced form of auto pilot that can adapt and respond to changing situations essentially a digital co pilot. >> will it put pilots out of work? >> no, transfer miles. >> reporter: thinks the chief autonomy engineer at the helicopter maker the company that build the black hawk helicopter. >> so, these pilots spend their time making sure aircraft is stable, it is going in the right direction going the right speed it is being one of the air, if you will, alias and co pilot can take care of all that and free human being to supervise. >> reporter: during this

demonstration, we were able to fly the chopper from this tablet on the ground, controlling the altitude and flight plan. >> you're flying the machine 12,000-pound, with just my finger. >> yes. >> reporter: technology is promising enough that the defense advanced research project agency is investing 57.5 million-dollar into making this digital co pilot a reality for military and commercial aircraft within the next decade. chris van cleve cbs-3 "eyewitness news". still to come on "eyewitness news" when pigs fly and then crash watch as a giant pink pig hot air balloon catches fire and falls from the sky. and, or toy burst your bubble but there is a new type of bubble wrap and you cannot pop it, we will tell you why it is going silent, kate. >> and jessica a few showers are brewing off to our west, they could make it through the city later this evening and we will try to clear it out some for the upcoming holiday weekend. i will have your full fourth of july forecast coming up in

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and costs less to ship. companies add air to the bubbles themselves and event result looks like regular bubble wrap but sorry it does in the pop. the miss u.s.a. pageant has a new tv home, cable's real channel says it will air pageant on july 12th. this move comes days after both nbc and uni vision dropped the miss u.s.a. tell cast. they wanted to separate themselves from donald trump's controversial comments on mexican immigrants. trump is a republican presidential candidate and part owner of the miss u.s.a. organization. it is now time to check your philadelphia jobs market report and cbs business analyst jill schlesinger has more. >> reporter: do you plan to skip the philly fourth of july jam to do some work? if so you may want to celebrate national work a holik day on july 5th. career cast.com draws a distinction between work a who will innings who value work over any other activity and hard work hours put in long

hours but enjoy outside activities during their free time. to determine whether or not you are a work a holik ask yourself the following three questions: first, is work a way to distance yourself from unwanted feelings and relationships? second, is work more important then anything else in your life, including family and friend? and finally, do you feel like you cannot take a break from work? if you answered yes to any of these it may be time to take action. start by setting healthy boundaries by creating a detailed work schedule. take breaks during the workday, even ten minutes away can make a world of difference. every day try to consciously slow down, breathe relax and rest your mine. as we entered the independence day weekend small changes in your daily routine will make you more effective not to mention happier. i'm jill schlesinger for cbs-3

take a look at this video of a volcanic eruption send an avalanche of ash racing down a side of indonesia's mountain. villages as far as 15 miles were blanketed by heavy ash. volcano has been very busy over the past few weeks activity first resurfaced in 2010 after it was dormant for

400 years. and a big hot air balloon went down hard this afternoon during american freedom festival in utah. another blimp clipped the pink pig and ripped a hole in the fabric. and, the pilot was only one on board, he suffered minor injuries when melted plastic dripped on his face as he glided the balloon down to safety. ouch. it will be united states verse japan in the finals of the women's world cup on sunday and of course, we will root for u.s. women. last night's game has us feeling bad for english. it was a heart breaking end for england. laura bass set tries to clear the ball but kicks it in her own goal. that meant japan got two-one win. bass set just devastated, you can see her teammates and coach trying to console her after that mistake. that is a a hard one. i mean, so very close. >> yes. >> it just happens sometime.

>> it does. the it just makes your hard go out to her hard thing to watch. anyway, moving on, to weather. >> hopefully sunny skies. >> little more sunny skies. today was glummy, tomorrow looks better. as we head in the holiday weekend, overall not bad. not the best holiday weekend but we will take in the bad. no severe weather to talk b lets talk about what is happening right now. we will go outside to the go pro cam here skies cam three looking live over center city. it doesn't look awful. sky has been gradually brightening up, western suburbs seeing more sunshine today in the city, we have had filtered sun that is bright but dry. that is good news for now. we have had couple sprinkles this morning and all pushed down the shore. another round is trying to build off to the west and may end up with a few more showers before the day is through. lets peak on our eyewitness weather watch tours see what they have to say on a thursday evening as we head quickly towards holiday weekend. we are looking at temperatures

in the 70's which is seasonal, for this time of the year. phil chapline is at 77. cloud and more sunshine there at phil's house. just across the river lynn springer is in cherry hill she's at 74. cool but steamy outside i'll stay in the air conditioning. sound like a plan, lynn. she sent us a photo of the sun just trying to peak out in cherry hill. it tried a few times. we saw that filtered sunshine but not most sunny day we ever had. down in delaware we have temperatures in the 70's checking in with walter at 72 degrees. he sent us a photo showing rain that came down earlier today. couple showers. you can see i thought it was a good representation of the weather. this puddle in newark, delaware. thank to you walter for. that thanks always to our weather watchers for send ising us fantastic observations. lets see what is going on outside. few more puddles may show up at newark, delaware or you could see a puddle anywhere, few scattered showers popping

up on storm scan three. it has been an unstable pattern this week. we have had pop up showers and thunderstorm activity, severe weather tuesday but yesterday and today we cannot break out of this pattern. we can see few showers in bucks, montgomery counties and a few down the shore. heavier rain moved out of the shore points but showers and a few then are storms will impact area tonight. it is mainly light showers but wouldn't be shocked to hear rumble of thunder here or there 75 at the airport. seventy-one in millville. sixty-eight in atlantic city. cape may stone harbor both around 70. what to expect for next few days? we have quarter of moisture to the south. one area of low pressure head our way tomorrow. mostly staying to the south. watch the fourth of july saturday. this system gets close enough we will see good deal of cloud cover. while most have the rain should miss us you can see a circle keeping us quiet and stray sure or storm getting in by evening and especially further south of philadelphia.

if you are in delaware, conditions may in the be ideal, as these showers pop up. offer night tonight mainly cloudy seasonal at 64 degrees. for your friday partly sunny stray shower at 83. down the shore for your holiday weekend turning partly sunny tomorrow but watch for that thunderstorm saturday. sunday looks better, mostly sunny, 80 degrees. here's you're witness weather shore cast and forecast. watch for beautiful sunday, machine and mess of tuesday before showers return by wednesday. jessica, back to you. kate thanks. baseballs on a week even, many americans plan to spend more green to celebrate the red, white and blue. from barbecue to travel, three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan takes a look at fourth of july by the numbers. >> reporter: july 4th doesn't require too much spend go to celebrate. >> it will be around the same, as this past year but we don't intend to spend much money over the holiday. >> we will buy food and beer

and maybe fire works. >> pretty much, food, and fire works. >> survey by national retail federation find average american will spend $71.23 sent on items from barbecue, cook out or picnic. three collars more than last year. how much a tally by american farm bureau federation found average cost of a cook out for ten people with burgers, hot dogs ribs, baked beans and more is actually down 3 percent to $5.58 per person. beef prices are higher, pork prices are lower. john ander on say lower energy prices help overall decrease. >> it is in the just transportation. that is a big component but the processing and packaging that are energy intensive activities. higher energy prices raise those prices. >> reporter: lower fuel prices lower them. that is a big reason 42 million american will spend the holiday away from home according to triple a most

since 2007. gas prices are at their lowest for holiday inn five years that is good news for 85 percent who plan a road trip but flyers will find airfares higher this july 4th then last. >> that seems to be the trend even if the airfares. >> get the grill ready. >> i will be here with you tomorrow but i'm grilling. >> you are telling me your menu. >> salmon, and grilled asparagus. >> yikes, jim, we will see you tomorrow. two people, hopped for a record to raise money for alzheimer's research. it is bolt of the bounce. united kingdom and jack sexy is a break go to world record for most consecutive bounces on a pogo stick. compete ago begins current world record holder casey of florida. that contest still going on, it benefit alzheimer's research on both side of the

atlantic. still ahead a possible face on sesame street is saying good bye. and pope francis bobble head t-shirt, we will tell you where you can get one ahead of the pontiff's big visit to philadelphia, up next.

just in time for papal vice tonight september you can get your world meeting of family t-shirts, pope fran cyst doll and even bobble head. world meeting of families launched its official retail web site with more than 200 items. pope francis is scheduled to arrive in philadelphia on the morning of saturday september 26th, we have got all of the information you need on our web site at cbs philly.com. well maria necessary how to get to sesame street but she will not be hanging out there anymore. the actress sonya mansano is retiring from the beloved children's program. she played maria for almost 45 years, the five five-year old also helped write some of the shows that earned her 15 emmys. she became a series regular on sesame street in 1974, she did

hint that she might be back for show's 50th anniversary in 2019. he who will be the first guest to get the boot from the big brothers house? tonight is first live eviction show right here on cbs-3. our ukee washington talked with host julie chen about what twists and surprises we can expect this season. >> i'm loving the twin twistes specially talk to me about that. >> twin twist we revealed when we premiered last week that one of the 16 how guests would be playing the game with their identical twin and we asked viewers at home to guess who it is. tonight's live eviction episode we will reveal to you at home which house guest has swapped out five times with their at california twins. >> how about that. don't forget, two night season premiere, continues tonight at 8:00 o'clock, it is all happening right here on cbs-3. that will do it for "eyewitness news" at 5:00, coming your way at 6:00 a soggy shore very wet scene in

wildwood today but will this nasty weather linger into the holiday weekend kate. we have a few showers popping up on storm scan three, at the moment, they could impact the city before the night is over but what does that mean for your fourth of july barbecue plans? i will have the full forecast coming up at 6:00. and it is all this rain causing problems for beach business owners? how the story starts the summer is affecting sales. plus a local student shares her frustration after an sat mishap causes problems for test takers, nationwide. "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. tracking storms on this thursday night wet weather created this soggy scene in wildwood today. a lot of water filled roadways and it is not fun for anyone starting their holiday weekend early. will this ugly weather ruin the holiday? good evening i'm jessica

dean. we will want to start with meteorologist kate bilo on the cbs-3 sky deck with some answers for us, kate. >> jessica, it is not that bad right now. good night to maybe go for a jog, take the kids or dog for a walk. not too hot. not too steamy. cloud and east wind keeping things comfortable on this thursday evening but watch out for a couple of showers not talking about severe thunderstorms but looking at storm scan three you can see what we have outside right now. note that is big mass of rain, green, orange, yellows passed off shore. that impacted shore points earlier today street flooding first reported around wildwood. and now that has push out and in its way lingering scattered showers a few up near city, few more down near shore points but we have a lot of moisture lurk ago cross portions of the midwest and mid south and these disturbances will drift by to our south over the next few days. how close they will get to us really will determine, how much more rain we will see over the holiday weekend. it looks like it will miss us

to the south but cannot rule out a shower or thunderstorm on the fourth of july saturday. temperatures right now are pretty comfortable again with the cloud cover, we have in the been able to make it past the in mid 07's this afternoon. seventy-five the the airport. seventy-five trenton. sixty-eight the atlantic city airport. cool evening for us as we progress through your first forecast. we can see mostly cloudy conditions continue at 7:00 p.m. still in the mid 07's. a at 9:00 we are down to 72. seventy-one by 11:00 p.m. just a stray shower. we will clear things out. 2:00 a a.m. we will see some sun. watch tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. north of the city we have full sunshine. south of the city the clouds try to hang on. we will pick up a stray shower to the south most of the day should be dry and we will see occasional clouds and sunshine. it is on the fourth of july saturday that more clouds roll in, is there noon, more cloud then sunshine with a few scattered showers and storms, they're not every where but they will be around, and we will keep you posted on that and if it will impact your fire works viewing festivities on saturday night i will have your full seven day forecast