worse. lets just start with that. it will not be complete wash out like last saturday. we have showers early in the day for fourth of july, unfortunately could rain on some parade but then we will clear it out for perhaps just in time for fire works displays. lets look at is what happening, i can tell you it feels great, friday evening in problems, nice cool breeze, comfortable, not too hot or cool, see clouds are building in and as we zoom out, look at the showers lurking off to the south and the west. and they are heading our way it looks like we will get some rain early in the day tomorrow. especially. temperature wise, it is comfortable out and about for your friday night plans maybe sitting outside fire works displays this evening. in problems here. eighty-one at the airport. seventy-nine in allentown. seventy-eight in reading. comfortable 74 the atlantic city airport. ocean water temperature is pleasant 73. if you are down the shore not too bad if you take a dip in the ocean. lets bring up your holiday planner for tomorrow depending on what you want to do.

lets look at if the weather will cooperate. parade is where we will watch out for some cloud and showers. 72 degrees around par ride time in the morning. midday planning an afternoon picnic, grilling outside for lunch hour 74 degrees, scattered showers good news is once we get fire works displays underway after dusk which is 9:00 o'clock this time of the year it looks like we will of clearing and we should get through it, dry hopefully for most of the area as these showers push on out. coming up i'll have the rest of the forecast and take you back to work next week as warmer air moves back in the delaware valley. for now jessica back inside to you. america's largest independent day celebration is happening right here in philadelphia. that means is there plenty of entertainment and music food and fun. "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco is live on the parkway where crews get ready for concert and big fire works show diana? >> reporter: something everyone is looking forward to jessica. right new we can hear them

testing audio on that stage which is just on the other side of the parkway by the art museum literally hundreds of thousands of people are expect here tomorrow for the concert and fire works tomorrow night but the welcome america party has already started. celebrating america's birthday where it all began 239 years ago. >> it is wonderful i love philadelphia, it is great. >> reporter: tourist attractions are pack, lots to do on independence mall as liberty block party kick off friday. start to welcome america with food fun for the whole family. >> life is working and kid are bored out of their mind. so they can ex-pull some energy. >> it is great just loving it, it is just such a great feeling of being here with freedom and wonderful. >> reporter: they came all the way from san diego. >> saw a phillies game last night. saw the fire works. just walking around here all day to day. >> reporter: did you do a cheese stake yet. >> no, we haven't done that yet. >> reporter: stage is set for

pops concert at independent mall friday night and then saturday party in moves to the parkway. with food trucks, games and live music. preparations have been underway all week building massive stage on eakins oval. free concert headlines by philadelphia's hometown group the roots starts at 7:30 followed by fire works finally. >> is what your favorite part of the fourth of july. >> well, i like to see the fire works. >> we are looking forward to the fire works yes. >> reporter: who doesn't love the fire works really a great day in the city today. there is lots to sianni do and especially here on the parkway, and festivities start at 11:00 o'clock with the parade at noon, party on the parkway begins and then concert and fire works tomorrow night. septa will be running extra services tomorrow, to tiehl with transit delays so everybody is encouraged to take mass transit. we are live along the parkway tonight i'm diana rocco for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> so much to do, thanks very

much. city is covering up trash cans in the party zone as part of the security plan. we are told this will prevent anyone from putting explosives inside of them. deputy mayor for public safety everette gillis on says there has been talk about potential terror threats around the nation but he is not aware of any specific threats. he says city's security preparations have been extensive. >> there are things you will see much like today. you will see a little bit more of the police presence in uniform but there are things you will not see. because you won't see it, i won't tell what you they are but we are fully prepared. >> reporter: city officials are urging everyone to be vigilant, if you see something, say something. new system is in place to help people on a crowded ben franklin parkway, if you go out out where they are if they need help or get separated from their group. office of emergency management joined with police and fire continue on stall these signs on light poles. you'll see signs have a letter and a number.

they will be used during made in america and pope francis visit in september. a lot of people are already at the shore this afternoon, many others are on their way packing up for ride maybe right now. "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live in atlantic city for with us more cleve. >> reporter: jessica, it has been a incredible day weather-wise. on the atlantic city boardwalk we looked, we see people very relax, some excited waving to us right now everyone that we spoke to said despite traffic it was well worth it coming down the shore. >> reporter: the beach. >> the beach barbecuing. >> reporter: reasons are endless for coming down the shore for fourth of july, for many top priority is family. >> we are all ready for weekend. >> reporter: couple nick and taylor say thinks second beach outing ever for their six year-old nick your. >> just get him out have a good time. we work a lot just trying to enjoy weekend while we can and hopefully he enjoys it for second time hopefully. >> reporter: children, parents, grandparent together in sea isle, accept for jim's

pop, who has 50 grand kids he hopes to see have after work as a beach tagger. >> everybody is having a great time. sunnies out a lot of good people. a lot of fun. >> reporter: sun and fun describes atmosphere in atlantic city where new attractions are on display on the boardwalk tropicana completed a 50 million-dollar face lift for this summer and first phase of the playground is opened at former caesars pier. entertainment alley way called t street is opened each evening with live music from a variety of clubs. >> it is just checking it out ourselves for the first time and it looks cool. really cool. >> reporter: plate ground has indoor and outdoor places thaw can eat. of course, indoor hospitals which could come in handy if by chance we do get a little bit of rain and of course, jessica, we don't want to think about rain right. >> no rain and i love friend behind you. they have got their american flags it looks like, we have quite the crowd there cleve. >> we have got some very excited people.

i have to give a shout out thinks angelina, are you having fun. >> um-hmm. >> reporter: she has been jumping behind me for last ten minutes quite adorable. everybody should have fun at the shore. >> way to go. >> reporter: i'm's cleve bryan, cb. "eyewitness news". >> thank very much. more shore fun "eyewitness news" on the boardwalk in ocean city where we caught up with families with a head start in the holiday weekend. is there plenty going on including fire works, a kite flying competition and two bike parades. special family tradition for some. >> he is 19 now. and kelce is nine, and she's been in the basket behind us, we have had another thing attached to this tandem that is our tradition. i got this at a yard sale for a hundred dollars. >> best part bit. the family, getting to spend time with them. ocean city was recently named new jersey's mess popular beach. and we have got you covered, this holiday weekend. you can head over to cbs philly.com for a list of

activities and events all over the region. when you get there click on top spots and get very latest on that forecast anytime again, it is all at cbs philly.com. philadelphia police say a botched robbery attempt and nicetown overnight sparked a gun battle that left two people dead. gunfire erupted just before 2:30 on the 1900 block of boone are street. investigators say a man wearing a ski mask tried to rob three people, one person in that group was arm police say a shoot-out ensued and all four people were hit. police found the robbery suspect dead a block away, two men and woman were hospitalized, one of the men died. >> it is just another senseless act of violence this is why department works so hard to reduce level of violence in the city. it is just a robbery gone bad. >> police say stray bullets from the shoot-out hit a house and several cars but no one else was injured. a memorial service will take place in trevose this sunday for regina brunner

holmes the grandmother found murdered in her east mt. airy home this week. police are still searching for eight five-year old's killer. she was found dead in her rumfort road home on monday. investigators found her car abandoned in north philadelphia the next day. prosecutors are now charging robert diluzio of murder are in the shooting death thursday afternoon of daniel santiago. police say he shot santiago several times on the 2800 block of orthodox street and later died at the hospital n word on a motive to are that shooting. camden county police are asking for your help to find victor bennet, he is accused of shooting a police officer in the arm in camden wednesday night. that shooting happened at park boulevard at kenwood avenue. police say bennet fired at the officer as he drove by in an unmark vehicle. $5,000 reward is being offered in that case. still to come on "eyewitness news" caught in the crowd see how these

thieves, accidentally see their faces. chris christie's campaign is in full swing see where new jersey's governor was today as he makes his bid for the white house kate? dry for now but we have showers on the way take a a look at all this rain and it is all pushing toward us, as we head toward the fourth of july holiday i'll let you know how much damper this rain could put on your holiday tomorrow leslie. phillies hit road for holiday weekend and flyers putting finishing touches on their new coaching staff plus serena williams survive a scar across the pond we will have more from wimbledon coming up in sports.

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back object "eyewitness news" now with a live look over center city, people starting their fourth of july weekend but some rain could spoil a part of the holiday meteorologist kate bilo is tracking the rain in our cbs-3 weather center, she will the latest forecast in just a few minutes. police in upper darby say a different type of cloud just might help them catch a pair of thieves. they are accused of taking pictures with a stolen cell phone, and then those images ended up on the victim's digital cloud. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry tells us more. >> the dummies started taking picture of one another.

>> reporter: these two men are not models but instead of posing forehead shots they should get ready to take mug shots. >> there is no doubt in my mind these guys are responsible for theft of the car, theft of the phone and theft of the money. >> reporter: upper darby police superintendent michael chitwood says two men targeted a best quality pizza delivery man at the park lane east apartments early monday morning. >> the importance of getting these guys, is high on the radar screen. >> reporter: victim came to this apartment complex to make a delivery and left his car running, went inside building, came back out and saw his car was missing with $500 and a cell phone. >> he then runs down a couple of three blocks and sees upper darby police officer. >> reporter: they find the car several blocks away with the cash and phone missing. the phone tracking device was turn off. by the next day victim noticed these new photos up loaded to his cloud account. >> the frightening thing about it is the two individual are showing off a sawed off shotgun, which is a nasty

weapon. b, what else have they done? once you see the pictures, the crime is now exacerbated. >> reporter: police want to identify the two as soon as possible to see if they are linked to other crimes. >> we're trying to get these guys identified, get the shotgun off the street and find out what else they have been involved in. >> reporter: if you have any information you're asked to contact police. in upper darby syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". in cons creek search is on for gunman who robbed jim's steaks on the 5600 block of spruce last tuesday night. he demanded money from the six three-year old cashier and grabbed a drink and took off. this could be the same thief who hit jim's on two other occasions, if you see the suspect or necessity him call 911. new jersey governor chris christie is in new hampshire meeting vote's ahead of the very first republican primary in campaign 2016, but that isn't until january. the governor and mrs. christie visited maryann's diner earlier this morning. christie is concentrating on

new hampshire during beginning stages of the campaign. he is among more than a dozen g.o.p. candidates vying for the oval office. philadelphia's national constitution center hosted a special event to mark the 50th anniversary of the first lgbt equality protest. pioneers of that movement were treated to a private tour of the new exhibit called speaking out for equality, that exhibit chronicles the lgbt movement and ongoing debate over what the constitution means for gay rights. >> is there still work to be done and i think that no american group in the last 50 years never made such astonishing progress that we could not even conceive of when i began. >> reporter: national lgbt 50th anniversary celebration continues with events all across philadelphia, through sunday. and banners representing four colors in the rainbow flag were rolled out at the historic christ church in olde city, people stopped by to see the special gesture.

the 20-foot long banners were rolled down south side of the church, that faces park the at second and market. philadelphia pops spent the day rehearsing for tonight's concert in independent mall. >> ♪ >> it will be so good, the pops filledded kimmel center with great sound earlier including all of the patriotic songs we love. the pops performed tonight at 8:00p m outside independent hall, and that concert is free. seating is first come first serve and concert goers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets. we have kate here. if people are getting ready to go they should be good for tonight. >> they should be okay. bring lawn chair blanket or umbrella. so tomorrow for fire works you may want to think ahead, it looks like we may clear out just in time for fire works displays but morning does not look as good. we hoped it would for a holiday. it is fourth of july. pennsylvania lot of parade. people have a afternoon pick

is in plans have family over for fun and games in the backyard while weather may not cooperate with that. it is in the a complete wash out of the weekend. lets look at what is happening. we will take you down the shore and people of course flocking to the shore this weekend. thinks ocean city. it is looking packed right now. we are looking at a lot of people on the beach still even though it is after 6:00. we just want to make that beach day counties specially if you heard forecast and heard tomorrow may in the be a beach day get out on the san but may be later in the a afternoon. enjoy it while we have it. sunday looks great as well. tomorrow unfortunately independent day itself is one day i'm a bit iffy about as far as outdoor plans are concerned. we will track showers pretty much all morning and in the afternoon. let take another look at a live neighborhood network sites, beautiful bucolic scene here in kutztown. 74 degrees. cloud have begun to roll role in. that is case through rest of tonight. clouds are advancing in a head of the storm system,

hurling the arrival of the moisture which is lifting to the north ape east. we have talk yesterday we were hoping that these showers would stay further suppressed to the south but they are lift nothing and these showers will make their way in to our north and western suburbs tomorrow and then entire region will be impacted at some point during the course of the day. so what it feels like outside. eighty-one airport. seventy-nine in trenton. seventy-four at the airport. on the beach it is a sea breeze. we have cool air off ocean water at 74. on the beach in stone harbor. seventy-five in cape may. seventy-six in rehoboth beach. cloud, couple showers through the first part of the day on our fourth of july tomorrow. good news it is half and half weekend, sunshine builds back in with high pressure overhead on sunday. sunday to get out go to the pool, head to the beach stay as long as you you can should be a busy sunday night traffic wise as everyone tries to squeeze out every last second of the holiday weekend down the shore. here's 9:00 a.m. steady showers west of the city. still a few sprinkles down the

shore as we zoom in, 2:00 p.m., showers down the shore but it does start to try and clear out. here's 9:00 o'clock, many fire works displays wait until it is dark out. it is almost nine or even after 9:00 before it gets completely dark and mess of us are looking okay as of right now. if the rain lingers it is something to watch. stray shower is possible but then sunday we will clear it out, mess of the day looking great. can't rule out pop up shower or thunderstorm but sunday all together looking like best day of the three day weekend which says a lot because today has been beautiful. sunday looks like a great pool day. mainly cloudy stray shower late 67. here is your saturday forecast, for entire region. down the shore watch for shower or thunderstorm at 76. in the city cloud showers early, clearing possible by late afternoon or evening. poconos cloud, showers but poconos may even clear out earlier. i can see showers until noon time and then gradual clearing through late afternoon hours. you're witness weather seven

day forecast and shore cast a bit unsettled for your saturday at 79. sunday we are at 86. beautiful day. monday looks good as well. then steams up tuesday through friday of next week upper 80's warm and humid with a chance for few thunderstorms. typical july weather. >> hopefully everybody has great weekend and rain doesn't ruin it. >> i think it will be a blip on the radar. >> thanks very much. >> we will be right

phillies, trying to turn things around or at least win a game. >> yes. >> phillies go south to start a ten game road trip, three games at the break, we have adam morgan on the mound. here's line up, herrera leading off hernandez franco, howard and dom brown. codey asche bats sixth followed by freddie galvis and cameron ruf. first pip 7:35. flyers coaching staff is complete, kim dillbaugh has signed on an goal tending coach. he worked with the ron hextall with the los angeles kings.

he coached jonathan quick and bernier and won a pair of stanley cups. good resume. serena williams survived in wimbledon. heather watts pushed her to three sits in, front of the hometown crowd. williams won final set to win six-two, four-six, seven-five, next up she will play her sister venous. last time that happened was six years ago. and french open champion stan wall ren contact advanced djokovic and maria char provide also won. roger fedderrer did this, between the legs, and get the point and he would go on to win. he is looking for his eighth wimbledon title. tiger woods wrapping up round to of the green prior classic. he is four under par, five shots back of the leader. he shot even par today but he will make the cut, there have lowest score in 16 months. so tiger looking a little will more like tiger. >> yes, old tyinger we need to talk about fedderrer shot between the legs.

>> that is yes is number one player. >> yes. >> good point. >> we will be right back.

thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at ten on the sister station wpsg the cw philly. we're back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. up next, "cbs evening news". tonight tracking terror this holiday weekend america is on high alert how cities across the country are stepping up security. jim axle rod is in for scott pelfrey new york.

>> axelrod: a celebration bringing out the fireworks and the heavy armor. also tonight the most dangers day on the road. >> this is our fourth of july, is a visit to a cemetery. >> axelrod: a rebel with a cause. >> you do the right thing. >> axelrod: and steve hartman searches for america's birth place in an unlikely location. >> reporter: could it be in the photoshop? >> yeah. >> reporter: could bit down here at pharmacy? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> reporter: good evening, scott's off tonight i'm jim axelrod. as we head into the holiday weekend, america is putting on a display of patriotism and vigilance. today as pyrotechnicians were getting the fireworks ready to celebrate