"eyewitness news" this morning, begins with breaking news crime scene tape and casing at four homicide scenes marking a violent night for the city of philadelphia "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live with the very latest on those investigations justin? >> reporter: nicole, good morning. reports came in last night and went into the offer night. by this morning police are looking into four homicides three shootings and one was a stabbing. lets get you now to video of the fatal stabbing scene. this involves a 17 year-old girl on broad and hunting park avenue. she was found there stabbed near walgreens parking lot there as she passed away from her injuries. now also at that hour about 3:30 a.m. in the olney section there ways a double shooting there on the 5100 block of north front street. a man was found shot and

killed and nearby on front and duncannon, a man found shot in his leg and foot. he was taken to einstein in stable condition. police believe in that case about 30 round or more were fired. now, two and a half hours earlier in kensington a man was found shot six times he wases in his 40's. he also passed away and about a quarter until 9:00 last night in southwest philadelphia a man was found shot and killed. police very busy late last night in the overnight this morning. we are looking into all four cases here. back out live police tell us in weapons have been found so far and also no word of any arrests at this point. of course, if you have any tips police are welcoming them this morning. we are live at police headquarters i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> justin, thank you. a fire in the dunes in atlantic city caught on camera. check this out. this is video from instagram from that brush fire that happened late last night near boardwalk at doctor martin luther king boulevard. there is no word on how much

of this brush burned. the atlantic city is i fire department is investigating and so far the causes unknown. there are in reports of any injuries. that is some good news there. we also have some good news as it relates to weather news, second half of our holiday weekend is turning out better than the first. lets go outside and take you outside for a live look at skies cam three here in philadelphia you cane just a gorgeous shot of the sky line looking pretty nice. a lot of those cloud have burned off at this point. i think that will continue as we move throughout the morning. yesterday's rain, long gone, as you can tell, as we take a look the an hour storm scan three here. we're not tracking any rain today. we're not tracking any storms that we're happy to report just lots of sunshine again making for a nice half of your holiday weekend. lets go ahead and look at your current temperatures, not too bad as well here, it is heating up. 69 degrees in philadelphia, to the south and to our shore points. sixty-six in wildwood. up to the north mount pocono, always chillier at 60 degrees but all and all, happying up to be a very nice day. we will i have complete look

at your forecast, coming up next. also just an incredible close to a celebration honoring our nation's independent. it was a party out there. this is a look at fire works over the art museum last night capping off welcome america concert on the parkway. and overnight crews were working to clean up after the festival as you can imagine, a tough job after thousands hundreds of thousandses, in fact showed up in the city where america's independence was born. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson went down to the parkway to check out the festivities. >> reporter: the closer you get to the stage, the further away you get from the treat truth. it is parkway pandemonium on the fourth of july. so, don't follow, let me explain, near the front of the masses, it is what you expect. >> we have been in the park since 7:30 this morning. >> reporter: a lady vigilantly camping out for four hours. >> so we could get a good spot which was this spot.

>> reporter: look, the couple celebrating their two year anniversary near same place they got engaged. >> it is awesome to be here and to see the art museum where it is close it is just great. >> reporter: deeper new might spot some of the hundreds of brave men and women trying to police hundreds of thousands like this woman who only speaks in concepts. >> fire works and the colors, and the people, and the food, everything. >> reporter: deep, like this guy who knows how to work a crowd. >> why do we come out? we come out to celebrate america? why else come out. >> reporter: when we got so far in that we could barely hear the music we found this guy. >> we're on tv. >> reporter: and why take snakes in the crowd like this. >> they wanted to see beyonce. >> reporter: i didn't tell them beyonce isn't around and judging by the attention, i don't think that was his goal, anyway. >> reporter: pandemonium and oh, yeah the music was good too. steve paterson for cbs-3

"eyewitness news". always have a good time, steve. july 4th a day full of stars and stripes right here in philadelphia. lets look at a recap of what happened. starting the day off was celebration of freedom ceremony at the birthplace of the declaration of the independent, very a appropriate. crowds gathered at independent hall for patriotic music reading of the declaration. ceremony commemorated other important milestones as well including 50th anniversary of the first major lgbt protest in the u.s. philadelphia mayor michael nutter addressed the crowd. >> this independent day a great, great honor to welcome all of you my fellow philadelphians ape visitors alike to the birthplace of democracy. our nation's first capitol. >> reporter: and independence day parade followed after that ceremony which went all throughout historic philadelphia, and more celebrations at the independence visitors center. we have a lot going on here. visitors got to take part in the special birthday party for america, party goers enjoyed

some delicious patriotic treats including a cake along with hundreds of cup cakes displayed in the shape of the american flag. betsy ross, thrilled the crowd n'synxing happy birthday to america. of course, police remain on high alert across the country as people celebrate our nation's independence. cbs's kenneth craig tells us extra security measures are taken to keep america safe this fourth of july weekend. >> reporter: fire works lit up the night sky over east river in new york city, an estimated 3 million spectators didn't let a terror threat warning rain on their fourth of july celebrations. >> there were a a lot of people here... unaudible. >> reporter: concerned about a potential lone wolf style attack the ny pd deployed an extra 7,000 heavily armed police officers to watch over the crowd. >> it is not so much what we know that concerns us about what we might not know. >> reporter: police hearsay there have in the been any specific threats but they are

ready. >> unaudible. >> reporter: law enforcement also beefed up security at other high value target like the the national mall in washington d.c. 18,000 feet of chain linked fence surrounded the landmark, thousands of people passed through screening checkpoints before they could find a spot to watch the fire works. kenneth craig for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and while there have not been any attacks on u.s. soil a video has been posted on line purporting to show isis members killing 25 syrian government soldiers at an arc logical site. video shows islamic state militant taking soldiers to an theater in the historic town of palmyra. young isis member then shoot and kill them while hundreds are seen watching. video doesn't indicate when shootings took place but british human rights organization said they took place at the end of may. a memorial services will

take place in trevose today for regina brunner holmes, the grandmother found murdered in her east mt. airy home. philadelphia police after rested leroy wilson of norristown in connection with the slaying. holmes was found dead inside her rumfort road home on monday. police say wilson was working as a handy man for holmes as the time of the her murder. >> he came to her door last night. she knew him from previous times that he did work for her. she let him in. we believe he was probably stealing something from her maybe she caught him in the act of doing that, and with that, he was set off beat her, and then stabbed her and ultimately killed her. >> detectives believe that wilson acted alone. they say he has a long criminal history of violent crime. and two camden county police officers are on leave after a deadly officer involved shooting this all happened late friday night in the crammer hill neighborhood of the east camden. officers responded to reports of a man with the gun a at corn are of bergen and harrison avenue. when they arrived officers say the man pointed a loaded

weapon at them so they open fire. an independent investigation will be conducted as part of their standard procedure. camden county police say this is the first officer involved shooting in the department's 26 month history. a man suspect of shooting a camden county police officer is in custody this morning. police arrested victor been net collins wide on friday after a brief foot chase. investigators say bennet shot a police officer in the arm in camden on wednesday night. that officer is expect to recover. this is just scary at least 14 people are injured after a deck collapses at a north carolina beach house. can you imagine? a family was trying to take a group photo last night in emerald aisle, when that deck just gave out. at least two victims are in critical condition, one person had to be air lifted to the hospital and so, the serious injuries here. no word on what caused that collapse. a small plane crashed into a crowded southern california beach, injuring a 12 year-old boy. the single engine piper pa 18

lost engine power and hit karlsbad beach yesterday afternoon. the aircraft had been towing a banner and flipped over after landing. luckily the boy only suffered a gash to the head and is expect to be okay. twenty-three year-old pilot wasn't injured. 7:10. still to come on "eyewitness news", greeks are out at the polls to vote on a referendum on whether to accept a bail out from creditors. how the vote looks like it is going and what could happen if they vote against it. plus a shocking upset at a fourth of july tradition the outcome of the famous nathan's hot dog eating contest. we will bring you results. maybe you don't to have eat that many hot dogs but if you are planning to enjoy a barbecue this have afternoon today is going to be the perfect day to do it, we are going to get a check of the forecast and also a look at how your workweek is shaping up when we return, we will be righ everyone needs a bff. even your smile. new colgate optic white express white toothpaste with hydrogen peroxide for whiter teeth in 3 days. dazzle...

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well, happening today team u.s.a. takes on japan in the women's world cup final. it is a rematch from the 2011 world cup. japan won in dramatic fashion too but this year could be revenge for u.s. women. they beat germany two to nothing in the semi finals with delran native carli lloyd scoring that game winning goal from the penalty spot. pretty cool there. the team says they are ready for this years rematch.

>> we have prepared our whole life to play in the world cup final. so we're extremely excited and i think what is so special about this team is we have trusted each other trusted our coaching staff the whole time. >> for me personally it is an amazing opportunity for two great teams. again, i don't look back. it is an opportunity for these players to have their legacy and write history are. i think for both teams they want that. yeah, i cannot reflect too much on 2011. i have tremendous respect for japan and what they are today in the just what they have accomplish in the past. >> all right. there you go, tonight's game in vancouver starts at 7:00 o'clock our time. and new to an upset at a favorite fourth of july competition, nathan's hot dog eating contest on new york's coney island. this is a big deal. mens champion, the title holder for eight years fell short this year. the christine sloan from our sister station cbs two in new york introduced us to a new winner.

>> this man represents all that is eternal. >> reporter: joe he chestnut, eight time champion, walking out to the cheering crowd at nathan's famous hot dog eating contest. where the hoopla and the drama... >> for this is a battle of the titans. >> reporter: are all part of the competition but no one expected this. >> this man is watching his legacy crumble. >> reporter: chestnut, nicknamed john, una able to gulp down enough hot dogs in ten minutes. >> there goes chestnut. >> reporter: losing to 23 year-old matthew stoney by just two hot dogs. >> ladies and gentlemen the champion of the world. >> it was a bad day. hot dogs were not going down as smoothly as usual. >> it is iconic to win this contest is surreal. >> reporter: the score 62 to 60 with chestnut still holding the record. >> i have been competing

against him. he has always stepped it up, and he is a legend. >> reporter: nail biting women's competition too with nicki suto victorious. how do you prepare. >> i practice with a friend. >> reporter: how do you still look so fabulous and stay in shape after eating so many hot dogs. >> i have been in the gym twice a day every day for last ten days. >> reporter: beefed up security in the fourth of july events where animal rights activist blending in the crowd held up signs at the end but none of this, phasing the the competitors. >> will you be back next year. >> yes, i will be back. >> reporter: anticipation for another breathtaking, stomach churning contest. in brooklyn, christine sloan for cbs two news. all right. but, it is now time to check on the forecast for the rest of our holiday weekend. some good news for you. right now we are looking at 68 degrees here in the city of philadelphia we're taking a live look at ben franklin bridge from our campbell's field camera.

it looks nice. day is shaping up pretty well. here's meteorologist justin drabick with eyewitness weather. >> good morning, everyone. hopefully you are having a great sunday enjoying your holiday weekend. we are finally bringing back that sunshine. we have a lot of sunshine for your sunday. we will heat temperatures backup as it feels like summer once again. later coming up we will see more chances for some more storms arriving to our forecast. but we have rainfall over the delaware valley, that is great news check out the drought and machine for. no signs of any ab normally dry conditions or maryland rate drought situation. weeing lear bet's cross the delaware valley. the exception is in southern new england where we will fine dry conditions. but, all is good here for philadelphia lets talk about what is happening over the next several days. high pressure build back in control for today. it will bring back mostly sunny skies high temperatures surge in the upper 80's, a couple degrees above average for this time of the year. monies the same deal. we will keep it nice and dry.

high pressure area right over new england. temperatures once again right here near average mid to upper 80's but humidity increases each day. a as we head toward tuesday that is when we will feel the difference. it will be hot temperatures close to 90 degrees. we will see a chance for late day shower or storm as this next cold front moves through. it looks like a better chance to see those showers or storms on wednesday. first let's time things out. we will look at our future weather model again this have afternoon. it looks great under mostly sunny conditions. get outside if you can. great pool and beach weather as we head into tonight. still really no problems. maybe a few fair weather cloud moving on through. now, it is back to reality on monday heading back to work, and, conditions, they are still dry though. 7:00 o'clock monday morning. main some cloud build on in but still keeping things dry abe as we head into monday afternoon, or maybe you are just extend ago this holiday weekend. it still looks okay. a as long as conditions stay dry throughout your afternoon monday. let's talk about some wind, currently, we're dealing with wind generally out of the south, to southwest on the

light side, but then they will switch out of the south east on monday afternoon. that brings back high humidity levels. we will really feel that humidity increase as we head into tuesday and wednesday. so let's talk about temperatures. for today, you can see our afternoon highs inland spots approaching the upper 80's. cool spots at the shore. enjoy a nice refreshing breeze there. temperatures in the upper 70's into monday. kind of the same deal. inland locations. philadelphia north and west well in the mid 80's, again south jersey, near the shore and delaware beaches should be hovering around the upper 70's to near 80 degrees. we are looking at long term range that cool pocket of air over us saturday is long gone. now that jet stream is back to the north. this brings back humidity. that is the trend all through the upcoming week, into next week even. so typical summer-like conditions hiding in the delaware valley. forecast for today lots of sunshine. it is warm. high of 87. tonight mostly clear mild, we will get to 7o shore forecast for today looks great.

lots of sunshine. 78 degrees for the area ocean water in the low 70's. here's the extended forecast. best chance of showers and storms coming in tuesday and wednesday, and then temperatures reach the low 90's by middle will of the week. justin thank you. it is 7:20. lets see how traffic is moving. here's ann evans from the cbs-3 traffic center, ann. >> hi, nicole. we do have some good news on the boulevard to report. we have an accident that is cleared southbound, between broad street and fox street and we're good to go here. we have no delays or problems. and we'll going to move the traffic cam to i-95 at the vine street expressway. i-95 and vine both look okay through philadelphia and suburbs. no delays on i-95. and since we're in the general area, i will tell thaw martin luther king drive shut down between ben franklin parkway and falls bridge and kelly drive strawberry mansion to fountain green drive for independence day regatta. on to the ben franklin bridge mid span we have that construction westbound it is heading into philadelphia. the entire length of the bridge. right lane is closed. so far no delays, volume ties

late. and as you are traveling on route 38 further up in mount laurel township we have an subsequent there left lane is block at hartford road and is there a down traffic signal as well. and, note from patco a new schedule and in reported delays here, and if you are taking patco keep in mind a schedule is in effect. septa, mass transit honor close to schedule. that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm ann evans now nicole, back to you. well, some new jersey resident have an extra reason to celebrate, on this independence day approximately 50 foreign citizens took the oath of allegiance to the america on the deck of the battleship new jersey yesterday. these new americans come from 28 different countries. now many say they are excited to be a new citizen of the united states, especially, on this day. it is an honor to be on the ship of the battleship new jersey with all of the fellow applicant is today and i'm just happy to be here. >> yesterday's naturalization ceremony, on the battleship new jersey was just one of

more than 50 across the country over the last four days. nationwide more than 4,000 new u.s. citizens have taken the oath since wednesday. all right. 7:22. still a head on "eyewitness news", millions of americans don't have bank accounts and rely on prepaid debit card to pay their bills but crooks have figured out how to steel from anybody using these cards. how they are doing it and how you can protect yourself, we

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what to look out for. >> typically these certificates have a lock. >> reporter: schwartz says look for https it indicates it is a secure site and never enter sensitive information without it. for its part, reload it says it had has been aware of the criminals posing as its reload it brand, and taking a number of steps to protect consumers. the bogus site that karen logged on to has been since suspended, and reloaded did refund her money but that is rare, so that is why it is important to be sure you are dealing with a legitimate site especially when it comes to your money. reporting for three on your side i'm jim donovan. all right, good heads up. and still to come this morning on "eyewitness news" unfortunately a violent end to the fourth of july, in philadelphia, we will have a live report, on some of the incidents, overnight. and also, a ahead it may have been a holiday but for 2016 presidential contenders were not taking a day off from the campaign trail. we will show what you they were up to as well. if you had are planning on

heading out for the rest of the holiday weekend well, you are in luck, your outdoor plans are safe, we will have a look at the forecast coming up next.

breaking news overnight four homicides, four crime scenes, in philadelphia, police are trying to solve the cases, and "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live at police headquarters with an update. just a violent night justin,

good morning. >> reporter: violent indeed, nicole, good morning yes. four whom side victims at this time police counted three men and one teenage girl. let's get to the video of the most recent case off broad street and hunting park avenue. a 17 year-old girl was found severely stabbed overnight near walgreens parking lot. that was 3:30 this morning. she did later pass away of her injuries. now about that time there were reports of two men shot, in olney, one man was found shot and killed, on 59100 block of north front street, nearby a second man was found shot on front street and duncannon and he was taken from masher to einstein medical center in stable condition. we are told police believe in that case there may have been more than 30 rounds shot. now in kensington about 1:00 o'clock this morning a man in his 40's was found shot six times he also, died of his injuries. and about a quarter until 9:00 last night on july 4th,

in southwest philadelphia, a man was found shot and killed, so far this morning, four are dead, three men and one teenage girl, back out live police say the at this point they have not made any arrest or uncovered or rather recovered any weapons used in those homicides so far. of course, if you have any tips police want to hear from you this morning. we are live at police headquarters i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> justin, thank you. appreciate it. meantime a brush fire on the dunes in atlantic city is under investigation this morning. it happened late last night at the boardwalk and martin luther king boulevard. there is no word on the extent of the damage and reports of the injuries. fire works could be seen on the camden waterfront. third annual camden waterfront freedom festival took place yesterday. you can see a great display along the delaware river. just beautiful. we have another view of last night's fire works courtesy of the philadelphia police department. the department's tack air unit supplied this video showing

the skies all lit up from the art museum. police video also caught fire works, from other parts of the city. the hash tag leave it to the professionals. if you have outdoors plans like maybe a backyard barbecue or something you are in luck, lets take you outside for a live look at skies cam three in atlantic city. you can see it is shaping up to be a pretty nice day. we are looking at a lot of sunshine in store. so some good news this morning for you. yesterday's rain long gone, happy to hear that and you could see on storm scan three we are in the tracking any rain, no storms in sight but just lots of sunshine and finally feel like summer. i think a lot of people will be a happen bye. that lets also take a look at current temperatures, out there right now, as we speak 69 degrees in philadelphia, and shore points, atlantic city and wildwood. sixty-seven and 68. to our north mount pocono at 60 degrees. little chillier up north. we're also talking about some 90-degree temperatures in our seven day forecast, so we will have that coming up for you in

a little bit. right now though, it was a big celebration, in the nation's capitol president obama, showing us from the national mall, to honor the new service members fighting for our freedom. command inner chief says freedom is not free but paid for by all of the men and women of the military. >> we are grateful to our armed services, we are grateful to our military families, and we are grateful to our vet rance. without you we could not enjoy the incredible blessings that we do in this greatest country on earth. >> many of those men and women in uniform sat on the white house south lawn to enjoy a concert in their honor by bruno mars. u.s. o military service organization sponsored that event. nice to see. well political candidates didn't take the fourth of july

off, presidential seekers from new jersey governor chris christie to, hillary clinton tried to sell their brand to independent day crowds. cnn's jeremy rot has more on that. >> reporter: yes, elect me that is the right answer. >> all right everybody here we go. >> no rest for weary a as presidential candidates work fourth of july celebrations. >> this style of campaigning for me is perfect. >> reporter: jeb bush, rick perry, lindsey graham, marco rubio and chris christie pressed the flesh in new hampshire. jeb bush seemed to enjoy working on a holiday. >> new hampshire voters are discerning, they are educated, and it gives me a chance to tell the jeb story and talk about ideas that i think are important. >> reporter: even a former presidential candidate got in on a act. >> hi there. >> reporter: mitt romney greeted crowds at a new hampshire parade and some moments to address donald trump's comments on undocumented immigrants.

>> i think he made a severe error in saying what he did about mexican americans and i feel it is unfortunate. >> reporter: campaigning in new hampshire democratic front runner hillary clinton got specific on issues. she told the crowd she want to be the small business president. >> i want to take a bright light and shine it on every regulation, every licensing requirements, every tax requirement, and take a hard look at the difficulties of getting credit. >> reporter: senator bernie sanders in iowa says his campaign is about working people. >> we have got the right issues. we will be out in a very small campaign. >> reporter: i'm jeremy rot reporting. well, a new cnn orc poll shows clinton's commanding lead in the democratic primary is a had ringing. clinton's lead has gone from 30 points to just eight points. despite calls from his fellow candidates there will be no apology from donald trump. the republican presidential candidate is standing by his

remarks about mexicans and immigrants. yesterday morning trump expect to "fox news" about the killing wednesday of the three two-year old woman at a popular san franciscopy er. the suspect is a man that has been deported from the u.s. five times. >> there are many cases like this be in wants to talk about it. i'm sort of the whipping post because i bring it up. >> now the comments have cost trump companies from nbc to macy's have dumped him. apparently, so did nascar which pulled its annual award ceremony from a trump resort in miami. there may be a major break through in the iran nuclear deal. six world powers and iran have drawn up a draft document on the pace of timing for sanctions relief, and in exchange for curbs on the nuclear program. it must still be approved of the senior officials including secretary of stayed john jerry a and the iranian foreign minister. now, the leaders have until july 7th deadline to reach an

agreement. the largest ferris wheel on the east coast reopened after riders got a pretty big scare on friday. sixty-six people were stranded on the orlando eye when it suddenly stopped. they all had to be evacuated a process that took more than three hours that just sound horrifying. in one was injured in, that malfunction, the wheel towers 400 feet in the sky yikes. this is a fun night fire works, turned terrifying, when several, shells from this fire, and in the crowd. can you imagine. the malfunction was caught on cell phone video. nine people suffered minor injuries and this happened friday night in the town of avon colorado, in front of about 20,000 people, but the crowd was pretty huge. the accident is under investigation. it is 7:38 right now. still to come on "eyewitness news", many people are enjoying holiday weekend down the shore but for travelers to the carolina beaches is there extra concern after a recent string of shark attacks. plus we all know being out in the sunnies all about

protection, and being with no protection causes skin cancer but you might be more vulnerable when consuming certain types of citrus. interesting connection there. get ready for a beautiful day but can we expect this weather to hold out all week? that is the question. we are greedy here. we will enjoy this day and get a check of the forecast coming

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correspondent jennifer gray reports a series of attacks is making some lear bye swimming in the ocean. >> reporter: new video out of florida shows a kyacker fishing for grouper and getting a bigger bite then he bargained for, a bull shark. then frantically swimming for safety as he says others circles nearby. chosen counter has holiday beach goers on alert this weekend especially on the east coast. >> about a 5-foot, sand shark and it was within 8 feet of me. >> they are around us more, closer, moving around. >> reporter: at least ten attacks in the carolinas since june, seven in north carolina alone. that is one more than a yearly average for both states, in just the past month. >> a lot of people utilizing the beach and this time of the year we have migration of the coastal species. >> reporter: experts say along with shark migration a buffet of nesting sea turtles with warm salty water could attract

more sharks to the beach. in south carolina fisherman are reeling in sharks from the pier in myrtle beach babies yes, but the moms not far off. >> we have seen big era sharks here and it is scary. >> reporter: victims of the ten recent by the range from eight to 68, with two teenagers losing limbs after their encounters. >> any shark bite is a rare occurrence, to have all these by the occurring recently is very unusual. >> reporter: unusual, and unintentional. experts say humans are not target for sharks and these attacks are unfortunate accidents. >> hand, feet flashing this looks like fish bell toys them. they realize they made a mistake and spit us back out again. >> reporter: those looking to soak up the sun have mixed feeling about sharing the water. >> i am just trying to put the hashing thing out of my mind. i just try to enjoy it. i am also very careful. >> reporter: beaches will remain opened, life guard saying sharks are not the

biggest danger this weekend. >> i would be more concerned about driving down to the beach and getting in the car wreck on the way down here then i would be with having an incident with the shark. >> 7:44. that was jennifer gray reporting by the way. this is not the kind of off shore fish are map in the out are banks are used to though. some or partially eaten by sharks. fisherman say part of the problem is strict shark fishing laws that went in effect years ago and now sharks are now over populated meaning sharks are now just competition for fisherman. kind of interesting there. delaware environmental officials are preparing for a spike in the mosquito population. just what you want to hear, right. recent heavy rains are beneficial to egg breeding. higher than normal mosquito counts are reported in milford, laurel and dover, delaware. the mosquito population is closely tracked because mosquitoes can transmit west nile virus. in the healthwatch this morning, there has been a new link between between citrus

fruit and skin cancer. health reporter stephanie stahl has more on that new research. >> reporter: loaded with vitamin c and other nutrient citrus fruit is popular and healthy but new study that followed 25,000 people found a link between consuming citrus and medical nome at deadliest form of skin cancer. people that drank orange juice once a day were 25 percent more likely to develop melanoma then those with less than weekly. those ate whole grapefruit three times a week had a 41 percent higher risk verse those who never ate it. citrus fruits contain certain chemicals men to make skin, more sensitive to the sun. they also add that this doesn't mean that citrus causes cancer. it is when combined with excessive sun exposure without protection. and, the risk was only found with orange juice and whole grapefruit not whole citrus. scientists say they could contain compounds that increase cancer risk.

doctors say that the best way to prevent melanoma and other skin cancer is to avoid sun exposure and use sun screen every day. i'm stephanie stahl for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". all right. 7:46 right now and it is about, 70 degrees out there this morning so this is a live look at atlantic city. here's meteorologist justin drabick with more on the forecast. >> good morning, i hope you are having a great start to the day. temperatures on the warming trend finally feeling like summer once again. average high temperature for today is 87 degrees. that is where we will be for sunday afternoon and for monday right where we should this be time of the year. if you like the heat and humidity, just wait until tuesday and wednesday, we will feel difference. that is where we have peaked with our high temperatures this week. lower 90's return for wednesday afternoon. by the end of the week slight cool down but where we should be for this time of the year. how it will feel, this week, again, today really not too bad. still on the humid side. could be worse. we will notice difference each

day, monday starts to feel steamy and then tuesday and wednesday we're close to the oppressive feel as far as the air mass goes. a lot of humidity around which will fuel showers and storms but it looks dry get outside if you can and enjoy it as we finish off the holiday weekend. great beach and pool weather. up in the mountains poconos looks great. temperatures in the up are will on's. and we're extend ago this holiday weekend in to monday. still no problems. high pressure over new england, mid to upper 80's once again and humidity levels start to increase, here we go, we will watch this cold front slowly track eastward and bringing a chance for late day shower or storm and scattered not everybody sees it. mess of the day stay dry but it will be hot and humid as we are well in the upper 80's and close to 90 degrees. this afternoon looks great lots of sunshine just main a few fair weather cloud around, outside, wear sun block into tonight, still nice dry conditions. we will be on the muggy side. and then into monday as we

head into that back to reality, heading back to work we will see cloud streaming in here early monday morning. by the afternoon. maybe mostly cloudy skies return but overall we will still keep our conditions dry on monday. wind speed for today is pretty much out of the west, that is not too humid as far as the wind direction goes but then they will start to switch out of the south and east on monday, that brings back the hugh you midty you'll start to feel difference on that monday into tuesday certainly. temperatures wise inland spots this afternoon, well in the upper 80's. we will get relief down toward the shore points upper 70's, maybe 80 degrees along coastal sections of new jersey and delaware. same deal on monday afternoon we will getaway from the water north and west of the city, well in the mid to upper 80's. the exception south jersey and delaware beach. forecast for today warm one mostly sunny, 87 for the high. light wind out of the northwest becoming more westerly at around 10 miles an hour. tonight, mild, muggy mostly clear with a low near

70 degrees. great day to be at the shore. seventy-eight for air temperature. ocean water in the lower 70es a uv inn connection very high. wear sun block ocean conditions pretty calm. it looks like a low threat for rip currents. here's the extended forecast, each day gets warmer, more humid, tuesday wednesday best shot to see scattered showers and thunderstorms. wednesday is hottest day in the low 90's and then we will drop down to the mid 80's in the middle of the week. we have a reminder to join meteorologist kate bilo this wednesday july 8th at the crayola experience in easton. she will host kid caster audition from his noon to 2:00. always such a fun experience. kid love it. you can find more details on cbs philly.com/kid caster. right now 7:49. time to check on the roads and highways with ann evans good morning, ann. >> good morning nicole. we have another accident on the boulevard nicole, first in the southbound lanes now it is in the northbound lanes right at broad street and right lane is block, as you can sianni traffic is squeezing by, right now volume isn't so heavy as to make

quite a big delay but that will change if this isn't cleared out shortly. so this is the boulevard northbound at broad street where there is an accident and right lane is block. we will move the traffic cam here to the ben franklin parkway. ben franklin parkway is finally opened. inner drive just opened up a couple hours ago from last night's welcome america festivities. they are done with that clean up and good to go on the ben franklin parkway. since we're in the general area, to the lefties martin luther king drive still shut down between ben franklin parkway and falls bridge for recreational activities. to the right is kelly drive shut down between strawberry manning drive and fountain green drive for independent day regatta that is happening. we will move the traffic cam one more time to the mid county tolls heading to the poconos today, no delays on the northeast extension, or the pennsylvania turnpike. and, one note from patco this morning a new schedule is in effect today. no reported delays though with patco or mass transit. that is very latest from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm ann evans now nicole, back to you. >> thanks for the update, we

appreciate it. musician billy joel made a big commitment this independence day, joel married alexisrick in the surprise ceremony in the fourth of july party. new york governor andrew cuomo presided over nuptials at joel's long island estate. friend family at that party had no idea, apparently that the couple planned to exchange vows so again surprise, it is a wedding. joel and rodrick have been dating since 2009 and they are expecting their first child. all right. 7:51 right now. still to come on "eyewitness news" woman's world cup final takes place today and this time they are looking to settle a score. but first here's a look what is coming up tonight on cbs-3.

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in sports phillies wrap up their three game series with the braves this afternoon. first pitch scheduled for 1:35 at turn are field and not a good start for kevin carera, first inning kelly johnson singles to the right field. that scores two run and gives braves an early lead. second inning now cameron mavin at the plate with a solo home run. carera left the game after a allowing nine runs in three innings. lone bright spot was a three run home run from darren ruf but unfortunately was not enough. atlanta wins nine-five. sixth straight looks for our

philadelphia phillies. some good news for flyers though, we can tell thaw much, first round pick eye von proprov signed a three-year entry level contract. it is in the books. the 18 year-old defenseman will have a chance to make the team in training camp we're told. discussions are ongoing with michael dellzotto. team u.s.a., everybody talking about team u.s.a., they are in the finals of the world cup. this is pretty exciting. they are facing japan in the rematch of the 2011 final. japan won in pretty dramatic fashion if you well rail, so this could be sweet revenges for u.s. women. they beat german which delran native carli lloyd scoring game winning goal from the penalty spot. pretty impressive there. game time in vancouver is set for 7:00 o'clock our time. lloyd isn't only local connection, believe it or not to this team, zach ertz is in canada supporting his girlfriend julie johnson. before the last match he tweeted this, quote almost game time, tough to watch this

one and see julie johnson do her thing. let's go u.s.a. johnston has been one of the best defenders in that tournament. i'm sure zach is proud. earlier it was the third place game germany verse england and this was only goal here. england converting a penalty kick late into extra time and they would go on to win one to nothing and finish on a high note after a tough loss in the semi finals. roger fedderrer is through to the next round at wimbledon. he won in four sets yesterday afternoon. he is looking for his eighth title there he is tied with pete sampras with seven wimbledon titles. watch out for low flying objects, folks, a pigeon spooks this tampa bay player after he got a base hit. look at that guy. little bird decided to wander around the field for a bit there the pink on intervened. yankees went on to win. go figure. maybe he was their good luck charm. that is "eyewitness news"

at 7:00, here's what we have coming up at 8:00. we are following the latest on the deadly night in the city, four people killed in four separate incident. we will have a live report coming up for you. also ahead they are not your typical dog treats, could a compound found in marijuana help fix headaches. health reporter stephanie stahl takes a closer look for you. sunnies out this sunday morning, we are happy to tell you but we will have the forecast for the rest of your holiday weekend when we come right back.

the fourth of july

holiday, turned deadly in the city overnight, four people are killed and four separate incidents. we're live with the details coming up next. also this morning fire on the atlantic city boardwalk flames captured on camera as people gathered to watch the fire works. and the clean up is underway, on the morning after the independent day party on the parkway, we will have more on last night's concert and fire works coming up next. today is sunday july 5th, good morning thanks so much for joining us, i'm nicole brewer and i'm happy to report second half is turning out better than the first. we are looking live at skies cam three in philadelphia. it is still cloudy at this hour so we will be had happy to see that this morning. of course, yesterday's rain is long gone as you can see from storm scan three here, we're not tracking any rain or storms.