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>> somebody may have had an assault rifle. they exchanged gunfire. do-er appears to have taken numerous shots to the body. he succombed to his injuries. another man instead, two others also shot, told, they're in the hospital right now in stable condition. also this morning, fourth every july holiday getting off to early start for a lot of people, the shore will be pack this weekend, and right now, the roads are pretty clear if you're getting ready to head out and hit the roads. nothing like missing all of that traffic. >> some people left early like yesterday. >> i was watching last night the news, and here, of course. >> duh? >> i saw a loft folks on the road last night.

>> i think it will be pretty quiet this morning, nice comfy start to our week end. >> not bad outside. feels pretty good outside. we will end up with sunshine, more than we saw yesterday in most locations same frontal boundery the pesky one the same one you yes. still nearby. so, that is going to lead to potential for just spotty shower overall looking at pretty pleasant weather here today. the thing is eventually we ends with new system trying to nudge into in hereby the weekends too will lead to the next shot for showers and it does come unfortunately in time for our holiday weekend here. now, looking at storm scan3 it is quiet as can be at the moment. it is clear. you do have a little hint of moisture popping up here. but more than anything, that's led to some areas of low-lying cloud cover. watch for some patchy fog nothing terribly widespread there. storm scan3, otherwise looking good. high pressure trying to suppress that front. you can see, off to the south, how the clouds are trying to just get nudged away. that's where that is coming from. visibility map isn't horrible either. but again, there are these little pocket where you have

got some indication, of lower lying cloud cover pinelands more row mother suburbs, that kind of thing, so do keep it in mind the further south you are specially where it seems like the fog will be an issue for thus morning. but, patchy, again that's the words every choice, i use. turning out partly sunny for text at the shore pretty pleasant beach day call it partly sun any philadelphia, as well. up in the poconos very pleasant day unfolding for us. and we give you a hint as to what is going to go on here for the fourth every july, yes, shower, thunderstorm around not a wash out of a day, i'm explain as the show goes on, why this is happening, where it is all coming from, but there is your forecast at least 80 degrees getting held back to the lower temperature simply because we have a lot more cloud cover overhead. so vittoria, not the brightest day we've ever seen for the whom day but could be a lot worse. it could be that one saturday, a week or two ago. >> right. let's not bring that up again katie. at least that graphic is gorgeous hey thanks. >> patriotic flare. >> love it. good morning everyone, right

now again as i mentioned there is not many folks on the road. i think a loft folks got early start last night. barely anyone out there going to and from 76, and 95, cutting through center city so really great ride on the vine and the rest of our majors, speed censors high up into the 50's, 55 our average right now. , 42 fantastic, all the way to the abx. garden state parkway god to go. maybe traveling the new jersey turnpike fantastic there, as women. real now problems in new jersey at this point. be minds full in collegeville, park avenue. and westminster avenue and wyolucing, the road closed,

your best alternate is to take haverford road. no delays for mass transit but good identify tee call ahead at the airport, err dismay. >> thank you vet tore y we're waiting for police to identify the victim after deadly crash on the roosevelt boulevard. chopper three, over the scene at about 9:00 last night, at conwell avenue in northeast philadelphia. police say that car was traveling in the northbound lanes, when it left the road, hit a tree, and then burst into flames. >> ukee? >> south jersey community remembers a teenage here drowned in monroe township. family friends of 17 year old darius boyer gathered at williamstown high school where woe have been a senior this fall. boyer was swim withing friends, on wednesday when he went under and never surfaced. he was a stand out wrestler and football player, most importantly, a good friend. >> he always had a smile on his face with everything that he did. he was no matter who you were whether he knew you or he didn't, woe make you you. >> autopsy will be perform. authority say they do not suspect foul play.

>> a philadelphia police officer on the other side of the law. officer michael alice faces assault charges after argument with his girlfriend turned physical. officer alice surrendered himself to internal affairs thursday. alice is 41 years old and 12-year veteran of the department assigned to highway patrol. commissioner ramsey suspended alice for 30 days with the intent to dismiss. >> philadelphia police tell us that detectives are questioning people in connection with the murder of an elderly woman in east mt. airy. eighty-five year old regina bruner was found dead inside of her rum ford road home monday. police have recovered her stolen 2007 silver toyota corolla. it was found in the 3100 block of north stillman street in north philadelphia. so far no arrests have been made. >> well, officials are on high alert this holiday weekends taking no chances as they beef up security, if educational agencies warn, terrorists could attack holiday celebrations. law enforcement sin creasing its manpower for this weekend.

the heightened security comes after increase the chatter by isis supporters on line and calls by the terror group to strike in the west. >> you know, our nation's critical infrastructure, symbolic locations and events. >> law enforcement officials say have fun out there but just be aware of your surroundings. fourth of july festivities got off to early start last night at penn's landing, crowd gathered watch the fireworks the bombs bursting in air, earlier, the philadelphia orchestra performed patriots i can favorites despite some rain pretty good crowd. >> the people who live close by, sometimes come from further away. we try to be as accessible to as many people as possible, those who love the orchestra want to experience it once or twice. >> crews getting the stage ready for tomorrow night's big show thousands will head for the ben franklin parkway to see the roots many more, followed by the grand finale, the major fireworks going to be very nice. >> place to be on the fourth.

>> oh, yes. >> well, business owners at the jersey shore are hoping the wet letter cooperate this weekend. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us now in ocean sit where the crowds will gather, rain or shine and i'm sure you'll track down all of the smacks gown there too, nicole. i know you. good morning. >> reporter: oh, oh, my gosh i have so many of pie favorites, just feet behind me. >> businesses rely on foot traffic, particularly here on the boardwalk, more rain, obviously, means less people, and sales that sort of thing. now, not r cast for this weekend, not perfect. i think katie would agree with

that, but not too bad either. we talked about the fact that it is a holiday weekends. people come rain or shine and there is so much to do but a lot of it outdoors. two parades are happening tomorrow on the fourth of july. we have kite festival. i mentioned the hoola hoop, and yo-yo contest that just sounds like fun. and i have no idea what too kind of bike s it is like a step err. rupp getting a shot that far scott? sorry, i got distracted. that will caught my attention. it is like an e lip call but on wheels. kind of crazy. anyways, they are also going to have fireworks there, at the music peer at about 10:00 in the evening and we did speak to some folks from the chamber of commerce who say that at this point, you know rain, shine, they are hoping for the best. >> we're hoping for great weather in july. and this weekend looks so good for us, the bookings look good. the ren as look good. we're all set. you know, we continue to ask people to shop local come to our attractions we want to

keep shore communities like this thriving. >> reporter: yes, so you heard there from michelle jillian talking about keeping the city driving. she married to the mayor of the city. so she's quite vest in the that also a member of the chamber of commerce. she mentioned those locally owned shops. and i have to say, it is so easy to shop locally here in ocean city, new jersey, i'm standing here in front of a few of my favorites, curly fries anybody? i mean, they are amazing. but then you have got johnson's popcorn, very iconic , primo pizza mack and mango, you know, a lot of people come down to the shore and they expect to get those types of smacks and they are local businesses, kind of nice. anyway, i send it back to you in the studio. and i have to keep up with this lady on a bike that looks like a ' lick cap machine. am i crazy? that was kind of cool, right? >> we couldn't tell. >> the fudge looked delicious! >> oh,. >> sorry we missed. >> hunter down and hunt down that fudge too.

>> oh, sore zero -- it was like e lip call machine but on wheels. >> i'm sure you'll find it. >> i know you're on the case. we'll get back to you thanks, nicole. still trying to make plans for of the fourth, they had cbsphilly.com. we put lit of local fireworks and fun activities, hey never know what you are going to see down there. you got that right. >> call it bad rap for sean ditty combs hip hop mogel gets good news after a confrontation with his son's football coach. >> a wild fire, hundreds every miles from philadelphia, still feeling the effect here, the impact it is having on our area. >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> oh, a lot of party going on here this weekend. here are some fireworks shows happening around town. we'll be right back. >> ♪ ♪ party in the u.s.a. ♪ ♪

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>> last month combs this a had an issue with the coach the rapper charged with three count of assault with deadly weapon after swing ago kettle bell during the disagreement. university representative asked that combs not be charged in the incident. >> ♪ ♪ all about that base ♪ ♪ >> singer megan train is her feeling the blues this morning. the 21 year old all about that base singer will not be performing tonight in atlantic city. she has canceled the first two concert on her tour because she has a hemorrhage on her vocal cords. no details yet won that concert will be rescheduled. >> all right we will check in with katie and it is friday which means weather trivia time. >> now, i am sure you guys can guess where we are headed with the theme of this trivia question. >> independence -- >> exactly, yes. soap, this is an interesting one, more history, than it is weather meteorological related, which maybe gives you an edge, we'll see.

who was it, my friends that record, in other words, wrote down the philadelphia weather on july 4th, in 1776? was it ben franklin? robert penn pennsylvania, robert morris, israel pemberton? >> i don't recognize israel pemberton at all robert more cyst pit burying related because there is a school up there, billy penn, ben franklin? i go with ben franklin. >> i'm all about ben franklin, too. >> william penn was busy that day, a lot. but, you all are thinking a? >> yes. >> all right. what do we have? and i forgot not to un mute this here. but you're all wrong. >> oh? >> the answer is actually this gentleman, israel ember ton, known as the king of the quakers, has some history involved with haverford college. and yes he was oh, looks like septa bus just rolled through

our independence hall shot. that's the magic of live tv, right? as we are looking ahead to the celebration here of course, on fourth of july, starting thing offer little on the cloudy side. we should break for some sunshine as the day goes on. that through me off when the live shot came, what is that thing rolling through? moving on here, i want to walk you through what is happening through the upcoming holiday weekend, as we have our digital weather observation stations taking grip here. we can expect to see today yes, certainly partly sunny skies perhaps shower along the way, that's definitely being represented here in future weather, but overall pretty decent day for us notice the moisture starting to bubble up here for the most part, looks like it will remain outside of the greater vicinity of the delaware valley. but dow want to allow for shower thunderstorm, you can see right here, this is noon tomorrow. some of the shore points could not only be dealing with a shower, but perhaps even heavier downpour. it won't be an entire day's worth of that. but, it is something that i want you to be ready for out there. we call it half and half

weekends not the most ideal forecast for the fourth itself. sunday looks beautiful. eighty-six and sunny. vittoria? >> we will take it, thank you so much, katie. good morning everyone, right now you will definitely take the commute this morning because there is no real reason to not jump on the roadway. there is no sign of rush hour just yet. still, waiting on it, as we take a look at 476 mid-county toll plaza you're fantastic going to and from the mid-county area hitting the pa turnpike northeast extension maybe headed toward the poconos, to celebrate the fourth this weekend up the mountains. it is great. even as you make your way down toward 95, maybe usually used to traveling down into delaware celebrating the fourth at those beaches. great there, as well. jersey, no problems. ninety-five, usually at this time, we start to feel the rumbling of a rush around cottman avenue. but, not today. a lot of folks i believe have taken the day off. all of the majors are fantastic. unfortunately works dough have water main break in west philly, 52nd street between westminster avenue and wyolucing, the road close in the this area, so haverford is

your best alternate. traveling throughout that area. but look at all of the green out there. isn't it just nice? fifty-five being your average everywhere, as i mention before, there are no problems, no delays, it is, you know, great outside? ukee? >> we will take it. thanks torrey. >> we continue to follow our breaking news, police call it a robbery gone bad. in the city's nicetown neighborhood. dozen of bullets fly in a shoot-out when a would-be robber approaches three people near bruner street, one was armed. the robber is dead, we're told, so another man. two others are in the hospital in stable condition. also, step up security in philadelphia, and around the country, for fourth of july celebrations. this comes after increased chatter by isis supporters on line and called by the terror group to strike in the west. >> and one person is dead after a car crashes into the back after tractor-trailer on route 322 in delaware county. it happened just before midnight, and the crash is still under investigation. federal investigators suspect that lightning caused a fire at predominantly black

church in rural south carolina. they found no evidence of criminal intent, at mount zion ame church in greenly ville. many suspected foul play because that church was targeted by the kkk20 years ago, and this is the sixth to go up in flames since the racially motivated shooting inside a charleston church last month. >> new this morning after a failed launch last sunday, more than 3 tons of supplies are on the way to the international space station. a russian rocket launched an unmanned cargo ship from cost i can stand this morning. successful launch follows the space x rocket explosion the supply should reach the iss by sunday morning. you may have noticed overnight little bit after haze is giving the moon a slightly orange tint. that haze is caused by smoke from wild fires up in canada. officials with the national ocean graphic atmospheric administration, sends out smoke forecast, as part of their air quality forecast, they say that most we should

see at times will be continued haziness, but in case you were up why does the moon look orange? there is your answer. still ahead young boy quickly learns he's not santa claus. >> sure d he got stuck headed down the chimney. hear why he was going down there in the first place and the trouble he's in now.

>> ten year old boy from irving, texas, out of the hospital and he's explaining his story how he got stuck. >> so i got stuck upright in the place -- >> jaden is lucky to be alive. >> we were chillaxing on the roof. we got on the chim nip just chillax cents and my phone fell into the chimney. >> that's when the ten year old irving resident thought it would be a good identify tee slide down like santa claus to grab his phone. >> if i went in, climb back out, and then everybody would be normal. but i just got stuck at the bottom. >> there he remained in a soot smothered chim nip for nearly three hours. he and friend kevin broke the door to try to rescue him. >> i was worried he couldn't get out. >> then he rand to his grandma's who called 911. >> there is a ten year old boy

stuck in the chimney. >> ma'am, did you say a little boy? >> irving firefighters managed to scale the roof pulling jaden out without knocking down the chimney. jaden walked away with only a few scratches. >> for the time being i'm thankful that my son is alive. >> but jaden's father, james says his son is grounded. specially, from the roof. jaden says he's learned his lesson and says he won't be chillaxing on any chimney's any time soon. >> never do that again. i was worried. and i'm thinking right now i shouldn't do that again. >> how about that? jeff hall reporting. >> i'm thinking i shouldn't do that. >> jaden learned his lesson, you can tell. >> three hours stuck in a chimney? that will do it. >> good stuff. we have the latest on breaking news, the death toll is rising from a deadly shoot-out in the city's nicetown section. our jan carabeo will join us with the latest developments overnight. >> also, ahead a judge recognizes the suspect in her courtroom. but, it is not because he's a repeat offender.

we'll tell you how the pair knows each other when we continue, and we start again at the top of the hour. you're watching "eyewitness news" this morning. good morning, family see you in a bit.

>> a washing this holiday weekends, officials stepping up security for the fourth of july. >> speaking of the fourth, lots of folks waking up down the shore right now. we'll be in ocean city for you. showing you some of the festivities. that's beautiful shot right there. >> love a pink sky. >> gorgeous it is friday, the thirds every july, hi, good morning, everyone, i'm erika von tiehl. >> i'm ukee washington. >> pleasant on both front ladies? >> sure is. yep, no one on the roads. katie? >> that's it? good night. >> i have a little more activity. barely cloud in the sky right november the cbs-3 skydeck what you will find however potential for some maybe patchy fog couple of spots since very calm start to the

morning. virtually no wind out here at all. and that combined with the fact that we still have a front, suppressed off to the south, and, in other words little moisture to work with in the atmosphere. you may find some of the fog developing, key ingredient, light winds, moisture content. there it is. on storm scan, things pretty much just quieting down. we showed you beautiful view of the sun now popping over the horizon, certainly up here in philadelphia, as well. it will bring couple of clouds along the way. sixty-two current temperature at atlantic city, flirting already in fact with 70 degrees, with calm winds at philadelphia international airport. all looking quiet. actually, more like sweatshirt weather really than anything up in the poconos this morning as you are starting in the lower 50's with clearing sky. as the day progresses expect low, mid 80s generally around the board still have couple of clouds along the way, i don't want to totally rule out shower either. most of you ends one pretty pleasant werth. we check in on the beach forecast, i mention there may be areas of fog in some spots