victim, could this have been a, accident, according to family members there is no excuse. >> family who did not want their faces shown, did want their voices her. >> we just want y'all to necessity we love him and that he was a very loving child and that whoever did this, we want justice for him because this should never have happened. >> reporter: just before 2:00 a.m. wilmington police say a ten year-old boy was shot in the head inside a home on the 700 block of towns end place. that boy was then rushed to du pont children's hospital. twelve hours later police return to the scene, to once again block off the streets and collect evidence. >> i don't know very much. other than it the is just a constant, constant, and it is just tears at your heart, you know, you feel home less, helpless. >> reporter: neighbors say rick tim's family had just moved to the block several weeks ago from a few streets away. family members called the boy energetic, loving, and about to enter in the fifth grade. woman who identified herself as the victim's grandmother also did not want to be shown,

she's out for answers, and actions. >> we will lay down in front of the city hall, we're march, we are going to go to the streets. that is where it the is all happening on the. we will take it to the streets. >> reporter: family members identify the victim as the young boy, that is the young boy police have not told is his last name. he was in critical will but stable condition at this hour, and it does appear whatever was go wrong when we first began here moved out back. we will have more on that very soon, jessica. reporting live, alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" good thank you very much. philadelphia police make an arrest in the vicious attack on a five-year old girl. a 15 year-old boy is accused of kidnapping that little girl from her north hutchinson street home last month. then beating and raping her. the child's mother found her daughter bloody and unconscious and in the family's backyard. police have yet to release her attacker's name but say he faces several charges including attempted murder, kidnapping and rape.

another day, of our current heat wave, but the temperatures could come down, if we get some storms. we will check with meteorologist kate bilo live on the cbs-3 sky deck, kate? >> reporter: yes, we are going to trade that heat wave for threat for showers and thunderstorms in the coming dayses specially later thursday and friday when a cold front will slowly, move its way in the heat and humidity still sitting overhead. even though heat drops tomorrow the humidity will stick around through the end of the week. lets go out to storm scan three. i have some good news as far as today is concern. most of the showers and storms are off to the west and with the breeze copping from the south and east, moving across south jersey and into our area those storms are pushed, away from frustrates and it is not feeling all that humid outside right now, at least not as bad as it could feel with temperatures well up toward 90 . you cane showers and storms staying away for now, cannot rule out a stray one overnight but for the most part they will stay off to the west and that will continue overnight and early morning hours, maybe early tomorrow morning we could see a few spotty showers and tomorrow afternoon, storms

will be more numerous, across the region. still the scattered in nature but they will be a little will bit more numerous or prolific than today. temperatures still on the warm side. we hit low 90's but back to 88. not too bad. ninety in allentown. notice how much cooler down the shore with the breeze from the out and east, it is 83 the atlantic city airport. eighty-two wildwood. not feeling as bad as yesterday but coming up we will talk more about that front moving through late thursday into friday, how much rain we can expect and if it clears out by the weekend. i'll have that when i join you inside, jessica. >> thanks very much. congress manning chaka fattah plead not guilty and photographed and fingerprinted. the 11 term demies fighting charge that he is include racketeering, conspiracy, bribery, and mail fraud. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live at the federal courthouse in sent iser sit the which more, steve. fattah a appeared today same way he has for past three weeks since these allegations broke. confident, smiling, joking with reporters, and, at mant

about his innocence and that last point he wanted to emphasize right away in the courtroom. >> the plea, not guilty. >> i'm innocent of each and everyone of these allegations. >> reporter: before he delivered that message, to the the media waiting outside united states representative chaka fattah, blurted to a federal judge overseeing the case, saying almost immediately, quote, i would like to say i'm not guilty. the judge reminding him he would have ample time to enter a plea. the congressman today, eager to deny allegations. >> i fully expect that when we vet these allegations, that we're going to get to a point in which that they will no longer represent any problem on my very good reputation. >> reporter: federal prosecutors disagree in, late july, fattah, indicted on 29 counts of corruption, including racketeering, bribery and bank fraud. those prosecutors weren't commenting today. their case, centered on

accusations fattah used charitable donations and federal grants to pay off an legal million-dollar campaign loan after a failed run for mayor in 2007. >> we believe whole a heartly in his innocence. we look forward to mounting a vigorous defense on his behalf when the day for trial comes. >> reporter: yesterday fattah sent is a five page letter to the congressional oversight committee questioning the motivation, at this method of prosecutors on the the case. but when asked to elaborate about being targeted, he changed topic,. >> eagles will have a great season and should not have traded desean jackson. >> chaka fattah senior bail was $100,000. although as part of the bail hearing did he not have have to post that money. he ace loud to travel anywhere in the continental u.s. but if he does go outside u.s., anywhere internationally it has to be in an official congressional business. his personal passport was confiscated. reporting live, steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right steve, thank you

you. new jersey senator bob menendez says that he plans to vote against the iran nuclear deal. >> my over arching concern is that it requires no dismantling of iran's nuclear infrastructure and only moth balls that infrastructure for ten years. >> menendez joins new york democratic senator chuck zoom inner opposition to the deal. republicans in control of the house and senate plan to pass a resolution disapproving the the agreement in order to kill a bill, they will need support of more democrats to override a presidential veto. could the third time be the charm for the the so-called little pink pill. a decision is expect today from the f.d.a. which is considering for the the third time a pill that could help a woman's sex drive. a opponents say the risk out the way way benefits. weijia chen has more. >> have some cheese. >> reporter: sherry mike is happily married with children but 34 year-old says she has no desire to be intimate with

her husband. >> i have nola bead owe, and it has been like that, since is i was 17. >> reporter: sherry is eager to try a drug called flibanserin little pink pill tested asante depressant is meant to tree low low bead owe in women. f.d.a. is, expected to deciding whether to approve the medications. >> unlike viagra this drug cost not treat physical symptoms of sexual dysfunction. instead, it effects the mind, critics say benefits do not out weigh the potential side effects. >> this drug can cause sudden unconsciousness, and, it can cause nausea, and, sedation, and excessive sleepiness. >> reporter: sherry has tried sex counseling, hipnosis, and self romance but says her sex drive remains stagnant. >> it is kind of like eating your favorite food and not having any taste buds you cannot taste it, and you can eat it, but it is not enjoyable.

there is just no satisfaction to it. >> reporter: she said people who think it is all in her head just don't understand. weijia chen for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". a special celebration was held today to ren the life of a philadelphia police officer taken by breast cancer. "eyewitness news" at police headquarters in center city, a lunch was held there in honor of officer karen walker, she created, teen pink cuffs in support of the komen race for the cure, and organizers say officer walker was a champion for the the cause, and she lost her battle with cancer in june. >> our way, susan komen, and dietz and watson, it is our way to give back to the police department and honor them, and honor karen for her commitment to all women in fighting breast cancer. >> team pink cuffs raised over $16,000 in two years, to support the fight against breast cancer. still to come on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", some women making history in the army.

the rigorous testing that they just passed. plus troubling news rosie o'donnell she posted a a plea for help on twitter after her teenage daughter disappeared. we will have have the the latest on the search. flames shoot in the sky after an explosion near the las vegas strip, see what sparked, that big blast. vittoria. >> for two hours now i have been trying to think of the right word to describe the beauty here at linvilla acres in media, delaware county and still i am left speechless. one thing i do know is that my sweetest segment will be coming up but for right now ill a's leave you with the view.

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a sudden call for help from rosie o'donnell. she need help finding her missing 17 year-old daughter. entertainment tonight is following that story and kevin frasier joins us live with the latest. >> reporter: rosie's doubt are chelsea is in need of medical attention, she has been missing for a weekend. rosie believes chelsea could be in new york and that is where we have the latest on the search. >> reporter: rosie's 17 year-old daughter chelsea was last seen august 11th wearing i black hoodie, dark ripped jeans and carrying a backpack.

>> chelsea has several learning disabilities. >> reporter: source close to the family tells entertainment tonight that they do in the believe chelsea o'donnell w abducted, nor do they suspect any kind of foul play. they believe that she ran away from home. >> she also with her, her service dog, and it is an 9-pound black and brown, terrier, and it answers to the name, bear. >> reporter: we are told that chelsea stopped taking her medications, and is in need of medical attention. our source was in the clear on what medication the 17 year-old was taking, but that it was a drug intended for treating a mental health issue. rosie posted on her social media accounts and released this statement. chelsea, like millions of people, lives with mental illness. it has been a difficult road for chelsea and her family and they just want her back safe. >> it is the greatest thing as you know that has ever happened in my life. >> reporter: mother of five joke about the challenges of raising teens. >> i actually had to have a baby because i have three teenagers and i needed to

remind myself that i actually love children. >> reporter: on the foster's rosie plays a ocean worker named rita. >> receipt had as a daughter suffering from mental illness and they are both trying to navigate how to have a relationship. >> reporter: if you have any information or lead on the case your ask to call. of course we will have much more on tonight's e2, yes, sir contact, back to you. all right, kevin, thanks very much. you can catch entertainment tonight, tonight, and every night, at 7:00 right here on cbs-3. well, nothing like some fresh fruit on a hot summer day and one orchard in delaware county lets you pick the fruit, veggies you want and take it all home. our vittoria woodill is live where you can also learn to save those items for the winter. vittoria, that sound like a good deal. >> reporter: it is the best deal. linvilla orchard in delaware county in media when you think of something fresh pick, and snapped, right off of the branches and to think you can do it too it just does not get

any better. take a lot at long lines of these peach trees that we have behind us, and you are not only can take peaches, but so many different kind of produce. like apples, berries, and more and more deliciousness and it just does not even. egg plants, so on and so forth. look at this beautiful spread here. but one of the best ways to conserve all this beautiful produce as we move closer in towards those winter months, because we don't want to let them go to waste is to get picking. this is judy novac, she is, one could say, a preserving pro, here at linvilla. >> that is great, yes. >> reporter: so you run jamming and jarring courses. >> i have canning class, we do cooking classes and we will teach you how to take that produce thaw pick all through the the summer so you have that fresh taste all winter long. >> reporter: can you explain the process. >> i can give you a simple bit

of the process. >> reporter: well, let's get started. how do you start. >> you will pick the freshest of produce. if you name jam you can use jams with three ingredient. make jam was fruit, peptin or sugar. make it without sugar but that is a different process. it is just a natural product thaw use that comes from fruit, and that gives you your gel when you make your fruit preserves. and, then you will process it in a water bass counter for ten minutes. cover tops of the lid of the jars by at least an inch by water and boil it for about ten minutes. then once you do that you will have a a good seal on your jar, you will keep those jars all winter long. >> they cannulas beyond winter. >> they cannulas beyond winter. canning companies recommend a year but i have seen them last longer than that. >> i like the way you think. you can find more information at cb is s philly.com. judy, you have a class this saturday. >> saturday from 11 to 2:00 we will do a canning class out front of the market in

linvilla orchards. >> jessica, you and me, linvilla orchard we will get our jam on. >> yes, and all variety, all right, vittoria, thanks very much. it looks delicious. kate and i were just saying, we'd love one of those peaches right about now. >> they are beautiful. they have the best fruit. my goodness. juicy peach on a summer afternoon does not get better than that. >> so perfect. >> it is a hot summer afternoon. it is great to have something else to focus on. >> good news is today is not as hot as yesterday. this have afternoon is a little bit better if you get home and take the dog for a walk or go for a jog, today you won't suffer as much as did you yesterday. humidity high but breeze from the south and east is helping things along just a little bit and temperatures have dropped down to the 80's in many locations now. lets take a quick look outside and see what we are dealing with down the shore. beautiful day. we have a win off the water. it is breezy, ocean water temperature right around 70 degrees right now. when we get breeze off the water toward boardwalk and shore points it does not feel that bad.

it feels the shore or even delaware waterfront a great place to go to beat the heat as temperatures sore in the 90's. the but more comfortable, down the shore and along the water. ocean city looks good. let look the at storm scan three. you can see what is going on out there. that southeasterly wind is pushing everything away. you can see showers, storms lifting from south to north across the region. they have fired autopsy cross central pennsylvania, back to harrisburg and state college lifting toward williamsport. in our neck of the wood we are not seeing anything at all and that is okay by us. we are scanning area, not seeing much of anything except for this one shower forming over eastern maryland but that should lift to the north and east. most of tonight should be dry. good news for anyone heading down to the phillies/blue jays game at 7:05. temperatures have fallen back to the 80's and that is due to the southeasterly wind. eighty-eight at the airport. still hanging on to 90 in allentown. eighty-seven in reading. current wind off the water, gusting to 13, 15 miles an hour here and there, nice breeze. it feels a little bit cooler

then it were if it were out of the south and west and due west for example that will heat things up a bit. not as bad this afternoon, as yesterday was. tomorrow afternoon showers and storms will pop up throughout the day but watch as the arrival of the coal front and how it really slows down, here's friday at 1:00 a.m. watch what happens a at friday at 1:00. it doesn't go very far. showers and just steady rain could linger throughout the day friday especially east of philadelphia, down the shore, it does not look like a great beach day on friday. rain chance 70 percent on thursday. 70 percent friday. can't rule out stray shower saturday but weekend looks okay. want to take you to the tropics. we mentioned this yesterday this turned into tropical depression four. it is now tropical storm danny but days and days away from land. you can see by week end, spaghetti plots take it toward lesser antilles not a threat to land but we will keep an eye on that storm. overnight partly cloudy warm, muggy at 74. tomorrow, warm, humid but not part of the heat wave. back to the 80s showers and

thunderstorms thursday, friday and showers continue through much of the day on friday. coming up i will have your weekend forecast in a few minutes and let you know fit clears out, jessica. >> kate, we will see new a bit. mystery of the grave stone that popped up outside of a new jersey bus terminal has been finally solved. we have showed you this grave stone earlier this month after a maintenance worker spotted it outside the building in nutley essex county. most people, assumed, eight year-old max ferreira was a young boy but it turns out that max was a dog from newark. detectives used records from an animal hospital to crack the case. they still don't necessity where max is buried or how his head stone ended up there. still ahead on "eyewitness news", an epic battle between great white shark and seal and you have to see the incredible video of that seal's escape. plus changing the way you shop, how technology is taking window shopping to the next level, leslie. well, birds back on the practice field, we will tell how joined them for the first time in two weeks.

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still happening today in the sports world, leslie is here with news from both the flyers and the eagles. >> that is right, former flyer coming back one that we all love and eagles back at novacare complex where training camp just, four days left. linebacker kiko a alonzo back on the practice field for the first time in two weeks after suffering a concussion. chip kelly says they will ease him back into full team activities. kelly announced sam bradford anodes marco murray will take part in the three day joint practices with the ravens starting tomorrow. >> in the meantime you get a chance to compete against another team, when you have players like smith, out there, and receive iser, and joe flacco, one of the best in the league that is a great thing when we have a chance to go against patriots because we play against tom brady. we get a chance to play

against flacco. danny briere announced his retirement from hockey. briere was at the skate zone in voorhees this morning. he said 17 seasons in the nhl and scored more than 300 goals. he was money in the playoffs, 116 points and 124 playoff games, led flyers to the 2010 run to the stanley cup finals with 30 points, a team record. the 37 year-old chose why he chose to sign with the orange and black as a free agent. >> they were looking at teams. i remember i was hoping the flyers would be one of the teams. i didn't know if they were interested. i was hoping, that they would come up with an offer. >> after almost a thousand games, in the nhl, briere says he is looking forward to spending more time with his three sons. they all play hockey. >> they look really proud of dad, don't they. >> he is a great dad, great guy. >> leslie, thanks very much. phillies are participating in a second annualize bucket challenge, do you remember this. >> how can we forget it codey

asche and team accepted the challenge that raises money for als research. still, there they were, dumping buckets of cold ice water on their heads at the the stadium this afternoon. that probably felt very good. phillies are now passing the ice bucket challenge on to the oakland a's so good luck to them. coming up, breaking barriers, two women made history, and what has been a all boys club in the army. the extremely difficult test that they just passed. plus more startling video as another blast, rocks bangkok, it is second bombing there in two days, what police know about the attackers. new at 6:00... >> a local man dies in hawaii trying to save his friend life, i'm greg argos in downingtown with details on how this

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some of the day's top stories, police have arrested 24 year-old jahlil goldboro in connection to the shooting of the ten year-old boy. that child was shot inside a wilmington home in the head earlier this morning. he remains in critical but stable condition tonight. congressman chaka fattah pleads not guilty in federal court to the 11 term demies vowing to fight the charges against him, and they include racketeering, conspiracy, bribery, and mail fraud. and we are waiting to learn if the f.d.a. will approve a drug known as the female viagra designed to boost women's labido. the drug has already been rejected twice before, kate? and jessica, today was day four of the heat wave. we have hit 92 degrees but temperature has dropped down to the 80's and that should be the even of the current heat wave as temperatures stay in the 80's tomorrow. even if the temperatures drop the humidity climbs and we will track increasing risk of thunderstorms each day for the the rest of the workweek. we will take you in the seven day forecast and let you know

how weekend is shaping up, jessica. >> kate, thanks. for the first time in the 60 year history of the army rangers, 21 women will graduate from the elite program this friday. and as hanna daniels reports, this is first time women were admitted to the course after the pentagon decided to make combat rolls available to women. >> reporter: after 62 days of grueling training... two women are on their way to graduating alongside 94 men, from the army's elite rangers school. the pair was among 19 females who took part in the first ever cocoa he had training session in the schools history, training that includes a net tore justly tough course. >> carrying the rock sack which is pretty heavy, running missions, learning how to do patrolling in different types of environments. none of that is aided by the fact that the students average two and four hours of sleep a night. >> reporter: army has not yet released their names in part to protect them from harassment from anyone who

doesn't a agree with females wearing the the coveted ranger tag. they started their grueling journal any april with hundreds of other soldiers, first completing a basic fitness test, and 49 push-ups, 59 sit-ups and 5-mile run in 40 minutes. over the course of a few weeks they have mastered military mountaineering, parachute jumps. >> the root of everything, is still to create combat leaders, and help make the rest of the army better. >> reporter: unlike men though female graduates won't be able to join the seventh fifth ranger regimen, the force remains closed to women. hanna daniels for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". community remembers a philadelphia police officer killed three years ago, today. >> ♪ taps >> bagpipes played as family, friend, fellow officers gathered in memory of officer moses walker. of a prayer the group released

balloons in front of the 22nd police district. >> we wanted to come today on august 18th and do a prayer balloon relief in tribute of moses and tribute to the loved ones lost in the community also. >> one man was sentenced to life in prison for walker's murder, another man pleaded guilty in exchange for a 20 to 40 year prison term. a frightening scene today in las vegas after a series of explosions rocked a hot air balloon company. you can see flames shooting into the sky after one of those blasts. a company spokesmen says that the pilot was refilling propane tanks for the balloons when two of the tanks exploded. the pilot suffered burns on his arms and his legs. and people in bangkok, thailand are on edge after a bomb blows up there for a second time in two days. cbs news correspondent jonathan vigloti has new clues in the search for the attack. >> the bomb was hurled off a

bridge over a busy pier but explosives fell in the water injuring no one. the bomber is not seen in the surveillance footage. surveillance did record the bomb inner monday night's attack. authorities say he is the man in the yellow t-shirt, seen taking off his backpack at an outdoor shrine and then walking away without it. cell phone video shows the explosion, from a police say was a pipe bomb. the blast, tore through crowds of tourists and local people, visiting the popular shrine. twenty-two people were killed and more than 100 were injured. thailand's prime minister called it the worst incident that has ever happened in the country. this time, they aim to take lives of innocent people, he says, to destroy our tourism and our economy. >> our honeymoon and vacation will go on but with a very unsafe feeling. you just don't know where it will come. i think personally it is just being in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: it is still unclear if the two attacks

are connected, but police continue to collect evidence, tuesday morning, but the the prime minister promises to find those responsible. jonathan vigloti for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". convicted boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev are asking that their client get a new trial. the attorneys filed this request in court yesterday and argued social media made it impossible for jurors to avoid outside information on the bombing and that made it impossible for tsarnaev to get a fair trial. attorneys are also questioning the legality of the death penalty in federal cases. officials in indonesia recovered black boxes from a passenger plane that went down over the weekend. authorities say devices were discovered in good condition, a plane with 54 people on board crashed in the heavily forested region on sunday. there were no survivors. recovery crews are working to send remains to the capitol for identification. the the fbi just announced a $20,000 reward to find two

stolen paintings by chad forward native mc wyatt. these are paintings stolen from the home in portland, maine, called encounter on fresh water cliff, and a total of six paintings were stole men 2013. four were found at a pawn shop, in beverly hills, california. >> they could be hanging in somebody's house, in someone's basement, they could be in the trunk of a car, longer they are out there under very difficult conditions, they could deteriorate. >> those paintings are worth tens of millions of dollars. wyeth is father of famous artist, andrew wyeth. >> we are sweating it out in this heat wave. kate will let you know when we might get relief from the heat, plus, who thought this was a good idea. the big problems caused when a tiger, broke free, during a photo shoot. now you cannon line shop in the store, i'm jill wagner in new york, coming up, i'll tell you how technology is

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japan's largest airline ising all out to generate buzz for the new star wars film the the force awakens. the airways plans to decorate jets with star wars characters this fall. will feature r2d2 and b beight a droid from the new film, a jets will offer all six star wars films on its in flight entertainment menu. but force awakens is set to fly into theaters, in december. it is time now to check your philadelphia job market report, cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger explains why it may pay to go back to school. >> reporter: more education typically leads to better job prospects and bigger

paychecks. a georgetown university report found that a bachelor's degree holder can expect to earn 84 percent more over a lifetime then someone with a high school diploma. as the education level grows, so does the salary. a worker with a bachelor's degree will earn 2.3 million-dollar over a lifetime, master's degree holder earns 2.7 million, doctoral degree holder, 3.3 million. of course, higher income may not pay off if your extra money goes into servicing student loans. kiplinger's found economist with advanced degrees pay greatest dividend overtime. average economist here in the philadelphia area earns over $94,000. those with the master's degree can earn an additional nine and a half percent. those with ph.d.'s can earn 23 . the majority of the economist work in federal, state and local government offices. but there is a growing demand for economist in private

companies as well. i'm jill schlesinger for cbs-3

narrvoted to defund planned parenthood - risking health care for millions of women. now republicans want to shut down the government - to block funding for planned parenthood. what would a shutdown mean for pennsylvania? veteran: will anyone be there to process my veterans benefits? senior: what will that do to social security and medicare? mom: will i be able to get my daughter into head start? small business woman: what about small business loans? narrator: tell senator toomey - stand up for planned parenthood health care - not a government shutdown. right now military is

sending 200 active duty sold tours help fire crews battling at least 95 wild fires in seven western states. the troops currently are training after being mobilized for the first time in nearly a decade for fire fighting efforts. cbs news correspondent chris martinez has are latest from southern california. >> reporter: the devastation is clear, in central washington, at least six wild fires surrounds the town, and blackened more than 111,000 acres. >> they have secured area, reduced the threat to structures, and we have people, out there 24 hours a day now. >> reporter: nearly 3,000 were forced to leave their neighborhoods but many are able to return home. john parker escaped with only his dog and possessions in his truck. >> i can actually say i'm actually homeless. >> reporter: wild fires destroyed parker's home and three dozen others. the fires air monk nearly 100 western wild fires, in california, crews are mopping up a 300-acre fire in the

angeles national forest. cooler temperatures are helping fire fighters get an upper hand on the fire burning here in the area but they are worried wind could cause flare-ups. with so many fires burning, 200 active duty soldiers are expected to join fire fighters on the front lines in several states, this sunday. >> the entire country's fire program, and organization, has been taxed heavily for about the last three and a half to four weeks. >> reporter: fast moving wild fire north of san lewis, has devoured 2,000 acres and threatens more than 300 homes. but crews are hoping extra resources and milder weather will help contain fires here and across the west. chris martinez for cbs news, in california. well, it was a little bit warm out there, no doubt, sun was certainly shining down, a lot of people took umbrellas out for protection from the sun. and a lot of people just trying to make it, through as quickly as they can, kate to

not just be sweating all the time. >> yes, everyone kind of suffering in a little bit of heat today but it wasn't -- worth it. >> it is august. >> we are used to it in philadelphia. yesterday was worse than today. today we did briefly hit 90's but now back to the 80's. we've got showers and storms to talk about this week. lets take a look outside right now and not bad at all, out there. we have good news, coming off the atlantic ocean keeping it comfortable down the shore. it is helping drop temperatures back in the 80's in fail as well and keeping showers and thunderstorms away from frustrates in central pennsylvania for us looking live at spring garden street toward the delaware river in, problems out there just a few patchy cloud. otherwise blue skies and not that bad of an evening to be outdoors. lets check with our eyewitness weather watchers and see what they have out there for us. temperatures for most of us back in the 80's but we are still seeing 90's here and there as you head north and

west of the city away from the ocean. chestnut hill, bill is at 93 degrees, bill is. he sent thus beautiful photo. sunrise on the beach at brigantine, new jersey. what a great the shot that is, phil is always providing with us lovely photos. we love when our eyewitness weather watchers chime in with that. eighty-four for margot in buena vista township. we are 10 degrees from where phil is and margot is. she says beautiful day. wind kicked up with 18-mile an hour gust, nice light breeze, and right along the coast we will check in ocean city, with james. he is at 84. reporting just a few cloud. glad sun was filtered by the cloud or it would have been hot, definitely more comfortable down the shore today. taking a look at is what happening along our live neighborhood network, a few temperatures back in the 80's here, new castle county airport, 86 degrees, millville 83, time lapse video of how a day turns out down the shore, in rehoboth beach, how quickly that beach fills up. what a great beach day that is

is. nothing but sun and hugh clouds. beach is starting to fizzle out a little bit as everybody goes back, showers up and heads to the boardwalk for a nice comfortable evening stroll. it will be a nice night down the shore. showers and thunderstorms missing us to the west, southeasterly flow, pushes that, we will see storms tracking to the north. really from south to north across our neck of the woods. this is next system to watch. area of low pressure, you can see that cold front right about here, slowly over the next couple of days it will march east, and that front will cross our region on friday and it will be a slow push, through the area, showers and storms, pretty much all day on friday. 88 degrees right now. eighty-three atlantic city. eighty-three millville. hotter to the north as we getaway from the marine influence. we got to 92. normal high is 85. that makes it the 26th day of the year, 26th days above 90. beat last year and 2013 but it looks like we will not really beat that bench mark set in

2012 of 39 days. eighty's for tomorrow with a stray thunderstorm. here comes that front i just showed you very slowly pushing towards the area thursday with showers and storms. worse of it should cross early friday and lingering showers, through the day, especially down the the shore in the afternoon, it will not clear out for most of the day friday. humidity will drop. thursday is most humid day and then humidity falls off, towards friday and start of the weekend. as far as tonight is concerned, warm, muggy, generally dry. seventy-four. tomorrow, warm, humid stray shower and thunderstorm. if you are down the shore tomorrow cannot rule out pop up thunderstorm. shore points are rain free for tomorrow generally. can't make that promise thursday into friday. thunderstorms are more numerous thursday. showers and storms at anytime friday. then we will clear it out for the weekend and into the start of next week, jessica. >> kate, thank you. we are all used to shopping on line or a store, but what if you could do both at the same time. cbs news correspondent jill wagner shows us new technology turning shopping into an

interactive experience. >> reporter: window shopping is about to get more interesting. now you can buy this nicole miller dress, without stepping foot inside the store. >> scan the code. >> reporter: steven savage is with palotech the company that lets customers buy products they see on display directly from their smart phone. >> reporter: if a customer walk up after hours they could still buy this dress. >> absolutely. >> reporter: when you scan the code, colors, sizes and price pop up. >> we make it a as simple as see it, like it, buy it. >> reporter: inside the store app recognizes sound coming from the speakers and can pull up special deals. and, it isn't the only company using technology to revolutionize the the shopping experience. >> if i pick up this right here, i get the price. >> reporter: gary founded perch which makes product displays interactive. >> they pick up a product. when they do so they get information about that

product. >> reporter: then there is high tech mirror at neiman marcus. you can see 360. it is a giant video screen and camera that lets shoppers compare different outfits and different colors. in store technology is only expect to increase. >> it is we coming more i am pulse i have, shopping is. >> yes, exactly. >> reporter: retailers hope that will increase sales. jill wagner for cbs news, new york. now that technology is only available, in a handful of stores right new but company officials say that it will expand to more stores, later this year. the buzz is building for steven colbert as he gets ready to make his debut the late show next month. colbert is on the cover of the current issue of gq magazine and he talks about preparing to take over for david letterman. he insists he has retired the conservative character who made him a household name, you will want to find out, just tune in, you can see him right here on cbs-3, the day buy of the late show with steven

colbert happens three weeks from tonight right here on cbs-3. a seven year-old boy, may be the world's most adorable, tv correspondent. >> we love it. fabulous. having a great time. >> unbelievable, a sheep, yes. >> animals can be tricky on tv. matt was featured as a guest reporter for australia's channel seven. he reported on the annual agricultural show in queensland. the as you can see he was very poised, professional, and he talk to attendees, workers and farm animals. maybe you will see him here sometime. talk about a greatest scape, you have to see the seal avoided a shark not once but twice. it is a traffic surprise as police pulled over a speeding driver who is delivering tickets and ended up delivering something far more important.

a tiger is taking social media by storm after it got loose inside an old plant in detroit. take a look here, police say it was there for a photo shoot with a british photographer and at some point the tiger got away from his handlers and refused to move from a stairwell. eventually, they got him out. that photographer also got a bobcat and a wolf to the shoot, police, shut the photo shoot down. score one for seal in this amazing video seal just narrowly escaped getting eaten by a great white shark off the coast of cape cod yesterday. marine official caught the the

shark jumping out of the water twice but you can see the seal, just out of his grasp, both times. a car in seattle was weaving in and out of traffic and speeding through red lights. when officers pulled that car over they got more than they bargained for, they found a woman, about to deliver. you can hear police officers delivered a healthy baby girl, right there on the side of the road. an ambulance came, officers got a big hug from dad, and mom and baby went to the hospital to get checked out. family wrote a letter to the officers saying they helped deliver a precious gift and said how grateful they were for all of their help. that will do it for "eyewitness news" at 5:00. developing now at 6:00 an arrest is made in the overnight shooting that left a child fighting for his life. we are live, in wilmington. a local man dies in hawaii trying to save his friend life, i'm greg argos in downingtown with details on

how this bizarre death happened. huge crowds packed the the atlantic city beach on sunday to watch maroon five and another big concert hits the beach thursday. it appears some changes are in store for this show. we will tell you, kate. it is day four of our heat wave but this evening a nice breeze, making it feel not so bad out here on the skies deck. coming up the heat wave and showers and thunderstorms invade. we will tell what you to expect. "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. developing now at 6:00 police make an arrest in the shooting of a ten year-old boy. i'm jessica dean. ukee washington is off tonight. that child who was shot in the head is now, in critical condition. and it happened early this morning on the 700 block of townsend place, in wilmington. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is live at the scene for us right now, alex.

>> reporter: good evening. this past hour has been an active one, as you can see police are on the scene doing investigative work on the block but the thing is, they are doing that three doors down from where this early morning shooting took place. so any relation between that incident and what is going on right now, we're not sure if that is the case. we will stay on that. as for the victim police say that ten year-old is in critical but now stable condition. just before 2:00 a.m. a young boy identified by family as ten year-old nikkei was rushed to dew point children's hospital after police say he was shot in the head. twelve hours later an arrest was made in relation to the crime, relationship between 24 year-old jahlil goldsboro and boy has not been confirmed by police. also the nature of this crime, aside from the illegal use of the firearms is still unclear. cousin of the victim spoke out earlier but did not want her face shown. >> it has a lot of people that care about him and that is why we wanted to get to the bottom of