t which all of the fourth of july happening down there. our nicole brewer standing by, will join us in a bit. it is friday the third of july. good morning i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehlment expect to see a loft people on the roads, a lot of folks going down the shore for the long weekends, katie and vittoria, keeping an eye on things for us, ladies, good morning. >> yes, no one on the roads just yet. i think a loft folks already down the shore waiting on the sunshine. katy? >> yes, definitely it, a lot brighter for you out there today. at far as the outlook, when it comes to the weather pattern for now things look beautiful. we are going to see what i would call a half and half weekend unfold, however. since we eventually end one some wet weather moving n but no wash outs expected. i think all of us just sort of harken back to the last saturday, where we ends ended up with just soaking rain for hours. not what's going to happen this weekend so rest assured but we are going to see more clouds building in. meantime for now pretty fair, treat i tranquil, couple of clouds here and there storm scan3 nice empty basically what's happening the frontal boundery so close yesterday

helped to brit clouds in, keep us stuck temperature wise, also bring in wet weather. that's now been suppressed offer to the south. you are going to ends one more sunshine than anything, and the uv index goes on a roller coaster ride. indication obviously we lend up with some more cloud cover than anything, nine today eight saturday, nine sunday. holiday itself isn't the brightest day we've ever seen. but the weekend as a whole is also not horrible. 67 degrees, our temperature at the moment right now, at philadelphia international airport. should be pretty nice beach day overall. at the moment, here in philly, where i'm standing, not seeing much in the way of any fog but that's something else i want you to watch out for. it is possible that you see little bit of patchy fog on your travels here this morning. so keep that in mind specially near the river beds, through more remote suburbs. but we eventually end up into the mid 80s later today, just shy of seasonable, quick look at the area headlines call it pleasant day and as we said, half and half holiday weekends, do start to heat things back up to upper 80s

with some sunshine, some steamy necessary returning to the forecast, talk more about that as the show goes on. vittoria? >> first, new this morning, an accident in delaware couldn't has killed at least one person, police say a car crashed into the back after tractor-trailer, in the southbound lanes of route 322 just before midnight. the cause of the crash is still being looked into. let's check the roads right now with torrey. what do people need to know if they are getting ready to head out for a long weekend? >> good morning everyone, i think the best thing that people need to know, make sure to check the flu its making sure that their car is good to go, because right now not dealing with anything traffic wise. i would even say traveling up and down the shore points, today, you won't finds any major delays. a lot of folks got early start yesterday. even when i was watching, the evening neice here at cbs-3 last night, did i in the a loft folks got an early start. see how things develop throughout the day. best thing to do, again make sure your car is all good to go, you have full tank of gas maybe some smacks in the car for the kids in case it may and long ride.

but we're taking you now to 476, if you are traveling to and from the area of the schuylkill. no delays in either direction. to and from the mid-county toll plaza, great. ninety-five, great. if you are traveling out to the poconos also pretty fantastic. taking a look at the boulevard, also no major problems here, very quiet morning this friday. no delays for mass transit. still good idea to call ahead at the airport. i bet a lot of folks are traveling today. erika? >> you can bet on it thanks, vet tore y updating breaking news, deadly shoot-out in a nicetown section of the city. dozens of bullets fly leaving two people dead. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo joins us now from a very active crime scene. jan, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning, you can imagine just how frightening must have been for this neighborhood to awake this morning to all of the gunfire that errupted here, take a look at all of the evidence markers, on scene this morning. just a short time ago we saw an investigator place number 53 there right on the sidewalk. police say what started as attempted robbery quickly

escalated into a shoot-out. four people were shot, two people are confirmed dead this morning. this is what police say happened. the scene is at runner and clarissa street in the nicetown section of philadelphia. just before 2:30 this morning a man police say, a would-be robber approached a group of three people here. police say that man was wearing a ski mask, was armed with a handgun. but, before he could rob anyone police say someone in the group pulled out their own gun, and assault rifle. there was shoot-out all four people here were hit by gunfire. police say the initial robbery suspect was pronounced dead on the scene. another man in that group was taken to the hospital, and later died, a third man and a woman, who were also here, and also injured were taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds, but police say, they are both in stable condition this morning. >> it is just another senseless act of violence. this is why the department works so hard to troy to reduce the level of violence in the city. it appears this is just a robbery gone bad.

>> now the crime scene unit remains here this morning so, are detectives, they're going through this neighborhood, looking for evidence. you can see all of those yellow evidence markers on the grounds this morning again, this is residential neighborhood, homes all around, must have been a frightening morning for these people. we have also spotted investigators looking at a house nearby, just around the corner, that could possibly have been hit by flying bullets. so we will stay on top of this story you. but again four people shot here this morning in nicetown, two of those people two, men dead. we will continue to follow this story. for now we're live in nicetown, jan carabeo cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> jan thank you. 5:05 right now. of course we're all gearing up for the fourth every july holiday. a lot of folks already in holiday mode. >> from the city to the shore we have you covered. lots of festive tis going on, nicole brewer down the shore in ocean city, just voted best beach in new jersey. but first, "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is on independence mall where authorities are stepping up security, for all the big holiday events. justin good morning.

>> reporter: ukee, erika, good morning, you know, you won't find many sit that's do the fourth as big as philly does. that will plan will continue despite chatter of threat against our country and our whom day. coming up this weekend. >> few things are more fun than fireworks on the fourth, unless they comma few days early. on penn's landing thursday night crowds craned their next hi, taking in the show burst by burst. >> it was pretty cool. we come out every year. so it is pretty good. >> despite the rain, the philly pops pulled off a ground show, choosing patriots i can play list. they'll play friday night, too, on independence mall. >> we try to be as accessible, they love the or chest tracks just want to experience it once or twice. >> more than 200 years ago the founding fathers flocked to old city to draft our nation's framework. this weekend as the nation marks that occasion, law enforcement from coast to coast will be on guard making sure celebration also smooth and safe. philadelphia is no exception.

>> there are groups that want to target, you know, our nation's critical infrastructure, symbolic locations and events. >> am i going to go hide in my house and lock my doors and pull down my shades? no, i am not going to do. that will because life is worth living. >> and i opportunity stress at this point there are no credible threats against the country just chatter at this time. but still here in philadelphia, you will see additional officers on patrol, even some in plane clothe, as well. they will be at big event like the fourth of july japan the liberty block party. also some indoor free events, too, free admission the national constitution center, as well as jewish museum. we are live here in old city, justin finch cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> justin, thanks so. so much to do. many will head down the shore for their fun and fireworks. >> "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer, she got jump start on everyone. she got in ocean city which maintains the best beach. nicole, good morning. >> yes, good morning guys. that's for the second year in a row by the way that ocean

sit was a new jersey's most popular beach of course around here, we call it america's greatest family resort. i toned agree with that. but i am a little bit bias, because we have a house here. in any case, it is fourth of july weekend. so lot of folks expected to come down, as you can tell, not many out and about at this hour. well, that guy is giving us a shout out quick there but lot of vacationers still asleep obviously at this hour. that is certainly going to change, as i said, the festivities are about to get underway here for fourth every july. we are talking two parades i hear there is a kite festival involved. that is hoola hoop and yo-yo contest, if that does anything for you and then of course we have the fireworks on the pier, that's pretty exciting. now, a lot of people coming down here for their vacation, enjoying relaxing taking a break, taking vacation. one thing you don't want to take a break from, take vacation from is safety, right? joining us now tom, capping up with him because he is

operations chief for ocean city beach patrol. we have to keep folks safe specially here around the holiday when there are so many more of them. how do you prepare to do that tom? >> forty-two beaches protected, probably 160 people that work on the beach patrol. so we do of this day we try to keep everybody as safe as possible. >> yes, sure. now, for people coming out well, what tips would you give them? what advice would you offer? >> well, obviously, i would like to you swim where there are lifeguards. and also, never really swim alone. finally, if you do get caught like in a rip current don't try to just -- you can ride these rip currents out. they usually just go straight out. some lateral ones, but if you ride the rip current just stay afloat and then ultimately they'll dissipate and then you can swim sideways, and get out of it. >> okay. >> okay? and i mean you stay afloat, you know, people are going to get you we'll get you. just try not to panic is

really what i was trying it say you. >> mention there are protected beaches, guarded beaches hopefully someone spots you and come to your rescue, also jettiness place to protect folks from that? >> well the jetties obviously create this what's called affixed rip current. so along every jet i we try to keep people as far away from them as possible. >> casino of a signal to stay away from that jet i. all right tom thanks for keeping us safe and thanks for waking up at 5:00 in the morning and joining us on cbs. i know it is not easy but we're he can cited fourth of july so much fun in ocean city. we send it back to you in the studio. >> so much fun indeed. if you don't have plans to bright the fourth, just go to our website cbs philly. com. we have list of activities and events throughout the region. just click on top spots. you can also get the very latest on the forecast. as we continue this morning, detectives work new leads in the murder after elderly woman. we'll have the latest developments in that case. >> also, with gas prices going

up, weaver some good news for drivers. where you can soon save some money on tolls. also: >> holy mackerel, that was like 5 million. you know my mind went blank. i was in shock. >> that new multi-millionaire is still waiting for his big win to sing in. we'll tell you why especially deserving of the jackpot. >> and the holiday weekend getting off to a comfortable start. katie has a look at the fireworks forecast, that's coming up after the break. good morning.

judge approved by the delaware river port authority finance committee those who drive the walt ben commodore barry betsy ross, would drop from five to four collars it goes before the board of commissioners on the 15th of july. we'll take any break we can get right? >> i'm telling you. a loft people driving over bridges to get to the shore this holiday week end. >> katie, how are we looking? >> one of those forecasts where some days are awesome and there is one that not so much. today is kind of splitting the difference here. we still watching for some sunshine to break through definitely, much nicer day by comparison to yesterday for most every you. but there may still be shower around. that will comes courtesy of the fact that we still have nearby frontal boundary. that's what that will be coming from, but meantime, as we start things off here in our live neighborhood network

we have clouds lying low to the ground, we have clear sky overhead. so eventually, any of these low clouds, patchy fog that you might find out there, that is going to have chance to thin out get out of here. so 57 degrees to start it off. virtually no wind out of kutztown area middle school. that's part of the reason we see this fog developing in the first place. you need, a moisture content in the atmosphere, that we have. but b the winds got to be light enough. if that wind is picking up, you are not going see fog form because it can't settle anywhere. that's the reasoning there. meantime though, here is your front, the one that continues to signing off to the south. meantime we will see new system develop off to the west, tan does look like it will have a shot to mess with us tomorrow. which we'll talk b but for now, we were talking just before the break here with nicole, down the shore here, the rip countries being issues here today. delaware beaches are fine. do still sit in moderate risk for rip current up and down the jersey shore specifically. so even more important on day like today since it is going to be nice beach day that you swim near the lifeguards and be smart about that.

watch for little bit of fog to develop at the shore point. really anywhere today. but then eventually the sun will break through uv index climbs to eight. and we will see some pretty light winds coming in off the open ocean water. moving forwards in the forecast, tomorrow looking for a shower, perhaps thunderstorm. it may also produce a brief but heavy downpour for some of you. not a wash out. but, because we see more ties seeping into the delaware vale, that's where that will come from, then we brighten up for plenty every sunday shine sunday, beautiful day monday not bad either. by tuesday we may see our next shot for a shower or thunderstorm as steamy 88 degrees high is in the forecaster. >> i start headed down the shore, i would say you are good to go. and you probably could get that too because it is 5:16 in this morning. but, going outside, if you are traveling on the schuylkill expressway, right around the roosevelt boulevard, you can take a look here, that it is beautiful out there. there are no delays in either direction. there is only a sprinkle of vehicles on the roadway. if you are traveling in either

direction, whether you are headed toward your western suburbs, or making your way eastbound on 76, headed toward center city around this point here, it is fantasticment maybe headed to the walt whitman bridge to head up and over in new jersey, look great there. maybe taking the ben franklin bridge. you look great here as well. there are no delays on any of our bridges, it is a beautiful ride, no matter where you are goings pa, new jersey, speed censors high up in the 50's, no delays headed down the shore however in collegeville, dough have this incident here, park avenue, west third. there is some activity, try to avoid the stretch if you can. in delays for mass transit. good identify tee call ahead at the airport because it will probably be packed. erika? >> no kidding thanks, torrey. pennsylvania governor tom wolf will sit down with republican leaders monday to talk about the state budget stalemate. meanwhile, the governor has vetoed two more republican backed bills. governor wolf rejected bills that would have eliminated state liquor stores, and change the way schools are funded. earlier this week the governor vetoed the entire state budget which has not happened in pennsylvania in more than 40 years. not one democrat voted for any

of those bills. right now 5:17. time for check on your philadelphia job market report. cbs news business analyst jill schlessinger has some advice for all of you workaholics out there. >> do you plan on skipping the philly fourth of july jam to do some work? if so, you may want to celebrate national workaholic day on july 5th. career cast. com draws ding stunning seaning between work a hole ex who value work over any other activity and hard workers who put in long hours but enjoy outside activities during their fro time. to determine whether or not you're work a whom you can ask yourself the following three questions. first, is work a way to distance yourself from un want unwanted feelings and relationships? second, is work more important than anything else in your life? including family and friends? and finally, do you feel like you can't take a break from work? if you answered yes to any of these, it may be time to takings. start by setting healthy

boundaries by creating a detailed work schedule. take breaks during the work day, even ten minutes a way can make a world of difference. and every day try to can bely slow down, breathe relax and rest your mind. as we answer the the independence day weekends, small changes in your daily routine will make you more effective, not to mention happier. i'm jill schlessinger, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". slow down. breathe. >> or as you like to say? slow your -- >> roll, oh, okay. >> slow your roll, slow your roll. new record was set at last night's phillies game. but didn't happen on the field. >> we'll tell you about the stomach churning feat. >> also: >> get out of line and i'm thinking now i shouldn't do that again. >> yes, that young fellow has certainly learned his lesson after trying to go down the chimney like santa. katie is like oh no. what he was looking in there and how he was finally rescued

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>> katie says it is shaping up to be a nice day. katie will let you know if your holiday plans including any fireworks will be washed out. she has your forecast coming up. in sports, the phillies play the braves, in atlanta later tonight. hitting the road for the fourth every july weaken. late inning fireworks in south philly last night when the phils scored three in the seventh inning, to tie the brewers at seven runs apiece. safe at the plate. but the game stayed tide until the 11th inning. when the brewers break through, with a go ahead run. milwaukee hangs onto win for the sweet eight-seven miami walky the final. not only did the brewers sweep the phillies, they also managed to set an infamous record at the ball yard, brewers bullpen brought his happen ties and his a game this week, he set the record for the most cheese steaks eaten in the visitors clubhouse. down 23 sandwiches during the four dame series, 23, that's five more than the old record. they keep these records. i didn't know they existed but

keep it there on the wall for all of the visiting teams. after all of that, still manage today have appetite before leaving the stadium. he tweeted: so long, philly. time to start a new record. ice cream bars. oh, has he gone to see his doctor recenty? better check himself. >> no, 23 cheese steaks? >> wow! with or without? i have to ask him about that. but 23? >> does it come with defibrillator? really? >> go see his doc for sure, maybe he should sign up for tomorrow's hotdog eating contest? >> bamm, drop it in. >> make me feel better about my second hotdog? >> not 23. >> hey, the most famous horse in america this time it will be in our area, american pharaoh will race negligence month, in the invitational monmouth park, ocean port monmouth county. race already sold out. his trainer says american pharaoh is ready to race again, even, after his great run in the triple crown races.

the philadelphia union won't be playing at ppl park for much longer, the team isn't leaving chester but the stadium's name is changing after ppl runoff its energy generating business into talent energy. at this point we don't know the stadium's new name, but it won't change until the end of the union season. one of new york's bravest hit the jackpot winning millions. one of those scratch off lottery games. >> jacky gleason, that's a lot of money. >> retired new york city firefighter won the top prize scratching his ticket to see cash prize times 100. that's $5 million. the 63 year old grandfather was just in disbelief. >> holy mackerel, that looks like 5 million? you know, my mind went blank. i was in shock. >> were you in shock. what were you thinking inside your heart? >> freedom. financial freedom. >> so true. now, he spent 27 years as a fire fight nerve queens. he was also a first responder on september 11.

he had to retire three years later after he suffered a breathing issue. now, after taxes he'll take home a little more than $3 million. to share with his three grown children and ten year old granddaughter. >> that's a beautiful story. that's great. >> it is wonderful. >> congratulations. >> you always love when you see these kind of folks win that big prize. >> i love the jacky gleason -- that's great fantastic. coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news" this morning, we are continuing to follow breaking news. >> four people are shot and two of them are dead after an overnight shoot-out during a robbery. dozens of shell casings littering the streets right now. we'll have the latest on the search for the shooter. nicole? >> and erika here in ocean city, new jersey, everyone hopes for good weather for fourth every july weekend. specially shore businesses. coming up the impact of all of the rain from last month. katie? >> yes nicole, absolutely right. we've had rain, so many weekends recently. and it does look like some wet weather is going to make a return appearance for our upcoming holiday weekend too.

but i don't think it will be a wash out of any kind. we'll have the full details for you coming up.

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