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>> wet ends to the weekends down the shore, boardwalk source in ocean city this morning. goods morning, i'm joe holden. >> i'm brooke thomas. see how the rain is impacting the busy tourism season. katie will tell were you you need to cancel your cook out. but first, here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. >> happening today, special tribute to the late beau biden. >> vice president joe by the end, and doctor jill biden, both expected to attend. it will be a very fitting way to mark this memorial day. >> authorities say 19 year old coy lutz was trample, during his drunk riding event in pilesgrove, salem county.
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lutz from howard county near state college. >> all the sinned you heard the flash, older gentleman started yelling there is a child in there, there is a child. everyone started screaming. >> four year old boy who survived a fall at the cincinnati zoo is out of the hospital. >> donald trump reaches out to veterans in 2016. he said people in the country illegally are better cared for than military veterans. bernie sanders is telling farm he is he'll fight for higher wages. >> hillary clinton took the holiday weekend off. >> american sky diver able to check one daring challenge off his bucket list. 40 year old jumped out of helicopter and successfully hit a target suspended over the great wall of china. >> you'll hear from that sky diver about his wild stunt, coming up in just a few minute. >> first, let's get right over to katie. katie things are going so well. and crash. >> yes, i know, talk about crash and burn out there, my
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gosh, it is so, so dreary, and moisture-laden out there. now that the remnants of what had been tropical storm bonnie are moving through our area, it feels like you're in the tropics, when you walk out the door, boy, incredibly high humidity, lot of mice tour to work with, because of all of the rain pushing in right now, it is just pounding down, when it dogs fall from the sky, because it is almost like the clouds almost have to ring themselves out, so moisture laden. so looking at storm scan3 here, tri-state sweep, a sense of where things are located now, the rain is coming through heavily in pockets. not everyone gets hit by this, at any given time. however, that one particular pocket east of trenton, that actually is already been responsible, guys guys, in portions of burlington county for just shy of 3 inches of rain. so there is really is a very heavy rainfall that's coming down, lead to go some pretty significant flashflooding. again, not everyone getting hit over this last hour, but where do you have that rain, it is coming down heff lip, as we look at hour lent of a loop
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there. flood advisories as a result posted. notice there some heaviest, carbon monroe counties in the flood advisory, then northern monmouth counties up to new york sit perhaps where your travels take you, at least initially where you will find the biggest problem. avenue feeling we'll see the flood advisories coming in and out of peak during the course of the day, again, still heavy rain at any time. current temperatures, low 07, a upper 60s, mid 60s, depending where you are, dew points that go along with the values are very close to the thermometer reading. in other words, it is a really moisture rich air mass, and very humid as a result. so looking at the eyewitness weather day planner again expecting periods of heavy rain, really any time today. you will catch some breaks along the way, too, but you will want to be awfully careful about scheduling the barbeque plans, because there could be some rumbles every thunder that come along with this at any time, no one wants to get drenched on memorial day either, right, meisha.
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>> right. katie, we're taking a look at the roadways this morning, and katie . pointed out where you will be hit with the rain, i'm pointing out where you will be hit with the rough roadways, certainly seen a lot of flooding specially around the philly area, then of course we've seen flooding specially early on 295 in jersey. a look at jersey creek road. you can see we do have disable vehicle, bamm, right, there pulled off to the cheryl. won't cause any slow downs. take a look at this, looking very, very light. now normally if it wasn't a holiday this is when we would start to see things amp up. because of the holiday, people will be home today keeping the roadways nice and open. for those every how have to get in your car dealing with very, very wet roadways, seen hydroplaning and accidents because of it. a lock at the boulevard moving in the southbound direction, delaware county, 59 north at 452, looking wet, but looking good. looking very quiet. we do have downed tree here in pottstown, unionville road at evans road, also building collapse in pottstown, charlotte street between king street and chestnut closed,
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hanover street will be your best bet, jim, over to you. >> thank up, meisha. this weekend is the unofficial start of the summer season. >> a loft just waited for months to hit the beach and the boardwalk. pat gallen down the shore enjoying this memorial day, we played it for months. pat's probably therefore his 10 time. >> hi, pat? >> reporter: no, that's not the case. i've been waiting just as long as everyone else, because the weather has been so terrible, as you guys know, for the last couple of of months, and it was beautiful, beautiful, this entire weekend, little bit shaky right now in the ocean city boardwalk, there is a mist, little built of rain, i got a bone to pick with katie fehlinger for this weather. i don't know what she is trying do for the end of this beautiful weekend but at last we have to get through it here on memorial day here in ocean city. had some walkers, some joggers out their are braving the mist and the rain, and this guy right here, michael, the director of community services from ocean sit, michael, good morning. >> thanks for coming to ocean sit. >> i we love it here
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obviously, but talk about this weekend and just how awesome because of the wet you guys? >> biggest factor is the weather, the town has been jam packed, friday, saturday, sunday, we had our unlocking on the ocean friday, great event, busy, saturday morning standing up for navy seals race obstacle course, # hundred people participate in the, that the sun came out, made it a great event. today, memorial did i service at 11 so hoping the sun peaks its way out so we can he have great service and another great day in town. >> mike told me there is a little bit of a factor hint here you know it is a crazy weekend when people are trying to buy spots in the parking lots, flight. >> yes. lots have been full. good time when carpool of kids, and a hundred dollars for the lags spot or if you can find them a spot. yes, parking lots jamming all weekend, it has been great. >> the boardwalk has been full, beaches look like great shape, as well. >> yes, couple replentishment project over the last year, beaches nice size, people coming down, utilizing them,
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still little cold is the water but hey people are jumping in still. turned out to be great time. >> that wasn't me. they're crazy. talk about the rest of the summer here in ocean city a lot of big things, pretty big conner? >> coming upstarting in june starting with first boards walk pet parade, it will be a great time, and goes into miss new jersey week, kick off ocean city pops, dean martin's daughter, great time, that takes us into fourth of july, and then in july we have the beach boys coming back for two nights, it will be another great season in ocean sit. >> i pretty cool michael, thanks so much for coming out this morning, have fun this morning, it will be a good one. >> thank you, michael the direct offer every community service cents for ocean city, joe, and brooke, weather not so great right now, but fingers crossed that it does hold off for today. and little bit later on i'll make some donut, drink some coffee, that's what i do, guys. >> he had five times the people in this live shot as opposed to the last one. we're i am proving. >> pat earlier when i said ten
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times, i should have said twice. you've been lucky enough to be loud for work twice now. well, we are in here. >> yes, friday, right, friday i was in wildwood, the weather, nice and toasty, beautiful. this is not a great end to it, but it has been a great weekends no doubt. >> good stuff. >> thanks a lot, pat. >> well, we will know tomorrow what a preliminary investigation sounds about inapropriate e-mail on state servers in pennsylvania. in december, state attorney general kathleen kane ordered a review of material considered offensive, sometimes raunchy, and pornographic. the emails were reportedly shared among judges, prosecutors and other, in the criminal justice system. >> the memorial day weekends in holiday for two of the three presidential candidates. >> so, bernie sanders is courting california voters ahead of next week's primary. while donald trump is giving his attention to america's veterans. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live in the cbs-3 sat center, justin, good morning.
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>> good morning, clinton campaign has cooled off its long weekends, but bernie sanders is heating up making rounds in central california as golden state counts down to it june 7 primary, and with his delegate hunt over, donald trump is taking aim at democrats, and the party's likely nominee, hillary clinton. saunders sunday stop took him to california san joaquin valley he addressed the economic rose in fresno. also spoke to concerns every farm workers and native americans. on the east coast donald trump talked military preparedness and veteran services at the rolling thunder rally in washington dc. the annual event invites motorcycle entheusiasts from across the us for the holiday weekendsment trump still campaigning after securing enough delegates to win his party's nomination, trump and sanders set for charity, but trump canceled, on cbs "face the nation", sanders responded trump spokes juan defends the can lakes. >> and i think the american people should be very
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concerned, about somebody who keeps changing his mind, not only on this debate but on virtually every issue he's been asked about. >> now that he has secured enough delegates to be the republican nominee, just didn't make sense any more. mr. trump should be now debating democratic nominee. >> trump back in new york tomorrow, and as sanders stomps in the fresno area, clinton open to campaign office there, down to the wire campaigning, comes as polls show yet another potential neck and neck race for sanders, and clinton, in california. joe, brooke, back into you. >> thank if you, justin, not the only ones getting soaked on this memorial day. >> people still trying to dry out after record rain fall down self. the devestation left behind, the threat still out there today. >> and talk about thread ago needle why took a daredevil a decade just to plan this amazing stunt. >> first though: here are a few more memorial day parades happening around town today. we'll be right back.
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>> millions of americans had to cancel cookouts or move their party inside. in texas, mother nature flooded their holiday plans, as kim hutchinson shows us, some folks tried to make the best of the wet weather. >> just in time for memorial day, bonnie stalled northwest of charleston, the system brought rain and rough seas sees to carolina beaches forcing red flags warnings that kept folks out of the water. >> we planned on being out here. we're here, even though the weather is like it is, it is no too bad, just watch the rain, stay out of it. >> away from the coast bonnie caused flooding, water shutdown parts of interstate 95, creating traffic jams that further snarled holiday plans. >> honestly, the best advice i got for anybody driving around in this right now would be patience is key. >> bonnie is forecast to bring rain to the mid-atlantic and
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northeast coast monday. >> out west, parts of texas coped with flooding caused by days of rain. 6 people have died across the state, and evacuation orders were issued in some areas. the sun came out sunday. but the water is still rising. >> it got real high last night. went down. we thought we dodged a bullet. >> a lot of people probably thought that all of the drainage coming downstream from everywhere else. >> more thunderstorms could erupt in the central west and plane states monday, and could bring more misery to south east texas where local rivers continue to rise. kim hutchinson, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". and now that wet weather is soak us, for memorial day. >> right. katie here with the soggy holiday forecast, on my ride in i could write a novel about having to dodge all every these puddles. >> and it is scary, because sometimes it affect your visibility, someone going too fast beside you, in front of you. >> absolutely. >> on the schuylkill, there was a tractor-trailer coming, the one direction, tan just flew water across the roadway.
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>> like a log flume. >> so hard. >> it is crazy. and we've actually still got very heavy rain out there right now, you can see, it is like a plume of moisture, being drawn in, and we might as well be in the tropics, you know? that's essentially what it feels like right now, on storm scan3, moisture still getting drawn in, so you have these pockets, of heavy rain, around the region, as a whole. and that said, you know, there aren't as many eyewitness weather watchers awake with us on a holiday, i get it, it is a holiday, but did see couple of nice pictures come in here. lynn sent this one in yesterday of the pre storm clouds starting to just push in, and the clouds building up last night from the arrival of the rain. but, remember, the but the full days that we did get to enjoy, this picture with the memorial day flag up here, from ed connor, out at mercy lake over the weekend, another beautiful old glory picture right here, from phil, around philadelphia, and i'm assuming he took this picture, but real pretty shots, i believe one more fireworks love it.
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we had such beautiful weather to enjoy for at least couple of days of holiday weekends, that said, now here we go, with the rain pounding down, even since the rain began, jenny out in cherry hill reported just over 3 inches every rain, another observation from cherry hill, in a different section of the city, lynn springer, who we just showed awe picture from, reported to an almost 2 and a half inches every rain. so again, the rain is obviously out there. and it is pounding down. we go next though to a view here, if we can, there you go, take you through the future rain amount, we jump to early tomorrow morning, more still rain yet to come. will come through in pocket granted but whether it hit us it hit us hard and heavily. soap at least at this . future weather is pinpointing portions every southern new jersey and near the shore towns, to pick up shy of an additional two inches every rain. the beach well we can expect some showers out here today, very likely periods of heavy rain looking forward in the forecast though at least by tomorrow the humidity is lessening, the clouds are thinning, the sun comes back, and we start to warm back up.
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meisha back over you. >> it will be nice to have it back, thanks, yes, because right now, still looking dreary out there, and very wet on the roadways. joe was talking little bit about the schuylkill on his way in. how you can just get slammed with the water coming up on the windshield, exactly what we are seeing here on the schuylkill eastbound at the vine. come under the bridges and bridge deck, side streets, side roads, i tell you what, vukovich a loft watt their that you can't see, which is causing some hydroplaning, seen it this morning, so, good morning, everyone, i don't like say there is but it is looking wet and you have to be careful out there. so again, schuylkill eastbound at the vine, where we are seeing some problem areas this morning, right here we have had reports of flooding 95 headlights, around the airport, we can't see it in this camera. just know there are report of flooding in and around this area, 422, taillights moving in the westbound direction, this is around the oaks area. looking good. just looking very damp out there. we do have accident here, 42 freeway southbound approaching route 534, also flooding in mt. laurel, new jersey, so, union mill road between heart
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forwards and briggs road, and also, walton avenue between hillside line and windsor lane, again, where you are seeing some flooding, seeing different areas all morning long it, switches, sometimes it gets cleared out of the way right away, sometimes the flooding lingers, so depending where you are it will be slow commute this morning. not because of volume levels but because of the rainy roadways, brooke, over to you. >> ♪ >> this morning, oscar nominated actress being slammed for her acting skills. director john, kira nightly did not have the skills to play singer in his 2014 romantic comedy. remember that movie? also claimed she had a big entourage and saidel never make a film with super models again. nightly of course is also a two time oscar nominee. >> never felt like this before. >> the xmen fight off the competition at the box office, this memorial day weekends,
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did they ever. xmen debuted in the top spot raking in about 65 million dollars since friday. alex through the looking glass disappointing 28 million dollars to open in 2 place. the angry birds movie dropped to third with close to 19 million dollars. captain america civil war and neighbors 2 sorority rising rounded out the top five. >> i got to tell you, this american sky dive serra lot more daring than anyone i know. specially me. he is checking another item off his bucket list, i know, i am scared of everything. >> this human arrow jumped out after helicopter, flew with a wing suit, and successfully hit a target, suspended over the great wall of china. he reached speeds of one hundred 20 miles an hour in mid-air. said the ten years it took to plan this restaurant were worth it. >> we all do something that involves so much precision, you know, to strike apple seize tarring wet something
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the size after go pro really challenging specially from jumping over a mile away. and with the winds conditions that we had, it was super hard. >> human arrow said he does stunts like this to entertain and inspire people. he says his next stunt will be just as difficult, but he's getting out of the deaf defying stuff. good idea. that's always my advice. >> i mean, i turned on a grill this weekend. >> i didn't even do that. >> so we're right there, of two us. >> i turned over a burger after someone else turned on a grill. i like to stay safe. >> very good. coming up next, the sickening case of vandals and just before memorial day. plus: >> these veterans have a unique way of coping with stress. i'm weijia jiang, in blue month, virginia with the healing power of horses.
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>> ken tub i town, for memorial day ceremony, police say driver plowed through dozen every military memorial crosses in henderson saturday, display started when 34 crosses in 1946 no includes more than five thousand police charge amy bird with criminal mischief and leaving the scene of the accident, he denials the charges. >> department of veteran
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affairs, suffering from post-traumatic stress disorders, patients say it can be difficult to seek help. >> weijia jiang, how they find comfort inn unique therapy. >> reporter: keratin not expect to find healing on this rural virginia farm. >> retired marine suffers from ptsd and this retired race horse is helping him cope. he was diagnosed after serving tours in iraq and afghanistan. >> doing well on the edge little bit. problem was caring that home. >> we came over to him. >> susie, leads this equine assisted therapy program, she says veterans learn how to handle stress and begin to feel at peace through walking and grooming the animals. >> gone through tram as, do you have put up fences a way to deal, not always helpful to yourself, you think it is but it is not.
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but the horse offer an opportunity to let down all of your defense. >> one thing the veterans don't do with the horses is ride them, we're about relationship companion chip, partnership and connection. not about control. >> when army reservist mike king returned from iraq, he struggled with alcohol abuse and anxiety. he says, spending time with horses, is calming. >> you guys, start to feed off each other, and the energy intertwined, and then that's when the work starts. >> after spending a week tehran. , some with their families, many vets say they're moving in the right direction. >> weijia jiang, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". and coming up in the next half hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news", see how eagles are being trained to take down drones that pose threat in the sky. >> plus, news for breast cancer patients, why some don't require as many painkillers after surgery. that's ahead in the health watch when we come right back.
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memorial day. today is monday, may the 30, thank you for being with us, on this memorial day. i'm joe hole never for jim donovan. >> i'm brooke thomas. katie and meisha are here keeping an eye on things as usual. >> good morning, you guys, very wet roadways, good news no one is out there right now, seems like we had like a mini rush in the 4 hour, now, ghosttown. >> all cleared? >> rain is definately out there, but hey, if you have lighter traffic, then at least that's helpful. we'll take what we can get. a lot of people, meisha, a you said it, trying to get out the door and hope for really awesome, easy drive. can't necessarily say that, because we had some flooding issues here, in the last couple of hours, and doppler estimation cents of the kind of rainfall we've seen, i mean, look at this, basically, a train after kim every inches of rain that's fallen in a last 24 hours, up the i95 corridor, also, include in the this, is the poconos. up near northampton, carbon county, pick up shy of 3 inches in some of the

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