so if you are at the shore right the now heavier rain starting to move off shore, last of the lightening strikes hugging coast right now still sussex county delaware under gun for strong are storms over the next half an hour. so a lot of wind damage though really confined into central cape may count which that tornado warning. villas, poles were snapped. whitesboro street fell on the house. tree down at route nine and route 47. that was causing traffic problems. numerous power outages and trees down on homes as well. severe thunderstorm watch continues into all of the delaware and southern half of the new jersey this continues until 9:00 o'clock. chance is much lower now over the next couple of hours but there could be an isolated shower or storm into the evening hours. so still maybe a strong to severe storm south of the city in southern delaware and extreme southern new jersey. still potential for damaging wind up to 60 miles an hour and potential for hail as well. we will track some more storms later this week i'll break it down coming up in the full

forecast in a few minutes. convicted on all charges, a jury find long time pennsylvania congressman chaka fattah guilty of corruption. >> it is a stunning fall from grace for congressman fattah a power player in philadelphia and washington for more than two decades. we have live team three coverage of the guilty verdict and also what is next, we will begin with "eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon who is live at the federal building, rahel. >> reporter: jessica, the trial lasted a month but it took jurors a few days really to deliberate, but when verdict came down it was clear, u.s. congressman chaka fattah guilty on all counts. >> very tough day but we're going to confer with my lawyers, we will pick out what our next steps are. >> reporter: long time philadelphia congressman chaka fattah had nothing more to say leaving federal court on tuesday, after being found guilty of racketeering, bribery and list of other charges. >> chaka fattah, senior and his co-defendants betrayed public trust and under mines our faith in government.

>> reporter: jurors found fattah's co-defendant robert brand, and herbert vedererman guilty of racketeering and other charges. many stemming from the illegal one million-dollar loan for fattah in the final few days of the 2007 primary mayoral race. prosecutors say philadelphia politician routed federal grant money and non-profit fund through his consultant toss pay back the loan. outside court his family defended fattah's friend who defense lawyers claimed was just helping fat take. >> unoughtible. >> fattah's fourth co-defendant, bonnie bowser was acquitted on racketeering charges but convicted of conspiracy for bribery and other related offenses. defense lawyers claimed the prosecution case was a over reach and that the long time congressman was unaware of the illegal schemes. >> we investigate the facts, we followed the facts, we charge as appropriate, jury found in this case that chaka

fattah senior and his co-defendants engaged in a far reaching conn spearscy. >> now representative fattah did release a statement later today, saying in part that this is an extraordinarily difficult day for me and my family. today's decision notwithstanding it has been my privilege to serve constituent of the second congressional district for over 20 years. while today's outcome isn't what we had hoped i respect our nation's judicial system. now fattah and all of his associates who were convicted today are expect to be sentenced in early october, u.s. attorney says today that he fully plans to argue for jail time for congressman fattah. reporting live, rahel solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> rahel, thank you. we are getting an inside look at how prosecutors were able to build the case that led to the guilty verdict against one of the pennsylvania's longest serving congressman. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live at federal building with that part of the coverage, joe. >> reporter: good evening to you. there is no question that chaka fattah with the power

broker in philadelphia politics for decade. he took what he knew of philadelphia and took that to washington. there is no question he brought a lot back to philadelphia and this region but tonight under the microscope it is how he went about it. >> very tough day. >> reporter: from the start chaka fattah's federal racketeering case blew open a sub culture of political pay to play. fbi wheated through years of allegations and the with the support of two coconspirators who already pleaded guilty, prosecutors sketched out the portrait of a thief. >> very important to how insiders see criminal activity going on. they were able to give that inside view and jury believed that inside view given by those individuals and that was key to our success. >> reporter: trial me anderd through thousands of documents and e-mails implicating long time serving democratic congressman in the scheme where grants were discussed for otherwise legitimate purposes. then there was illegal million-dollar loan to his failed 2007 campaign. fattah would use non-profits

to attempt to cover up the source of the financing. >> unaudible. >> reporter: then this man herbert seeder man a political mover and shaker and deputy mayor from the rendell administration. prosecutors say he was fattah's human atm, his family appears distracted at suggestions that he could have caught a deal and cooperated. >> he could not help government because he knew nothing. >> reporter: government proved other co-defendants helped conceal the financial scheme, each was convicted in connection to some part of the complex case. courtroom observers like ed, who grabbed a train hoping to make tonight time for swift verdict summed up last month of testimony this way. >> it was a circle of a couple of guys got together and like a fairy tail and they made it up. >> back live we know prosecution's position is jail time and they are pushing for incarceration, but what about the remaining months left in

fattah's term as a congressman? we will explore that on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. live outside the u.s. courthouse i'm joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> joe, thanks very much. hot and steamy weather can be hard on the elderly and very young. officials are offering ways residents can beat the heat this summer. "eyewitness news" in eddystone where 200 fans were loaded up for distribution. county officials say fans are available for vulnerable resident at no charge even if they don't think they need one. >> you can only be cold all the time. they figured use the fan i will not get cold. >> if you are out there you will take a fan. >> oh, yeah they will take a fan for me. >> county also extended hours at air conditioned senior centers and will make home checks for those in need. orlando police removed barriers around the pulse nightclub as city slowly recovers from the worst mass shoot helping in american

history. survivors and families of the victims spent time with the nation's attorney general, cbs news reporter weijia jiang has the latest from orlando. >> reporter: u.s. attorney general loretta lynch visited a memorial in orlando honoring the 49 people who tied in the nightclub massacre. she met privately with people impact by the shooting. >> i'm so inspired by the strength and the resilience of the survivors and their loved ones. >> reporter: lynch also met with investigators who are trying to find out why shooter omar mateen opened fire in a gay nightclub. >> i cannot tell you definitively that we will ever narrow it down to one motivation. people often act out of more than one motivation this was clearly an ago of terror and a act of hate. >> reporter: it took investigators over a week to process the scene and collect evidence here at pulse nightclub. the city reopened the main street in front of the building, on tuesday morning. >> it is very erie, it is very shocking and scary.

>> reporter: that is how nathanal reese described seeing pulse up close for the first time since the shooting. the reese wanted to watch crews remove the barricade around the club, and he hopes this marks a new beginning. >> i just came here to really try to find closure and try to understand the matter but i am still struggling with it right now. >> reporter: many people are stopping by to reflect, consoling each other. >> i looked at it and. >> reporter: gene came to pay respects to the victims. >> probably say a prayer for these people that died. >> reporter: and she says, a prayer for her community. weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". local dogs are providing comfort in orlando, the tri-state k-9 crisis response team based in cherry hill left for orlando this morning. six therapy dogs and handlers are specially trained to help people deal with the stress and shock of the events like that shooting. >> our main goal, it is to

provide service to emergency respond their were down there, hospital staff, city workers, so long as we are's busy and focused on taking care of the victims, sometimes the emergency responders get left out. >> group raised money for their trip through a donation drive. orlando shooting reignited gun control debate in congress, day after four gun control proposals were defeated in the senate, group of lawmakers unveiled a fifth plan this afternoon. maine senator susan collins is lead sponsor on a bill that would apply to a more narrow group. would it lock anyone on the no fly list or tsa selecte list from instantly being able to purchase a firearm. both have a combined 109,000 names, about 2700 are americans. >> there is going to be no meaningful gun safety reforms done in this body fit is no the bipartisan. >> if you are denied the purchase of a weapon you can go through an appeals court, go to an appeals court and ask

the government to show proof. >> right now vote is now scheduled on the bipartisan compromise. a security scare in north jersey today, several people arrested during a routine traffic stop at the holland tunnel. officers discovered several weapons and ammunition inside the car. investigators are looking into whether suspects were on their way to shoot a rival drug dealer. a man wearing a fake explosive belt filled with salt and cookies spark a major security alert in us before tolls day. suspect claim to have been abducted and dropped off at a mall. he said suicide belt would be detonated remote thely. the suspect was arrested and admitted he made the entire story up. belgium has been on high security since the paris attacks back in november. parents of the nebraska toddler killed in an alligator attack have returned home to bury their son. a funeral mass for two-year old lane graves was held today in west omaha, toddler died last week after being dragging into a lagoon by an alligator

at disney's grand floridaian resort. in the wake of the tragedy disney has installed temporary fencing and warning signs about dangerous wild life. coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" dangerous heat and fast moving fire, so the double threat out west continues. we will tell you about the fear crews have as they battled more than a dozen blazes. think you are eating right, well, you may be fooling yourself the surprising list of healthy foods that may not be so healthy after all. plus talk about a special delivery, it is having triplets wasn't enough something about these three makes it even more rare, we will have their

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welcome back, serious weather moving go through south jersey right the now, shore points, dealing with some damage. >> joining us now on the phonies, wildwood mayor ernie troiano junior, mayor, thanks for being with us, what can you tell us. >> we got a good blow come through here, we had winds, i don't know much but i have to say some 80, 90 miles an hour wind blowing for a good 20 or 25 minutes. it looked like midnight. we have a lot of trees down, lot of wires down, emergency crews are out trying to assess the damage, public works, one of the public works

facilities, the whole roof, building went off the building. you know, sitting in an empty field. a lot of water in the streets presently. tell everybody if you don't belong out, don't be out. we have no power, most of the island has lost its electric. so, we have haven't had something like this in a long time. >> wow. we're looking at video as you are talking of things blowing across the boardwalk there. did you just see strong wind or did anyone see any rotation? was it hard to tell. >> it was hard to tell, you could see the skies were dark in color and then all have of a sudden this one area came up, it was like black, like midnight and, i didn't even take a look at the clouds, next thing the rain came down, and you could not see in front of you. i was looking at some flagpoles and those flags were

whipping straight out, i haven't seen wind like that in a long time here. >> wow. thank goodness no injuries were reported, mayor, that is best news out of this but it is difficult, in a situation like this, what do you tell people to do? how should they react. >> well, you know what, you know how everybody is interested to see was there any damage to take a look walk around. if there is puddles of water and electrical lines laying in them they could be charged. not all of the power is off but there can be some charged lines and somebody can wind up getting hurt. my suggestion is for everybody to stay inside, let's mergecy crews do what they have to do and when we get power back on and we get, we have public works coming in right now to start going up and down the streets to start getting the trees that have have blown in the trees. we have trees laying on cars. we haven't had anything like this in quite a while. usually we have seen it on tv but we're part of it now. >> well mayor, we're thinking of all of you, best of luck

with the clean up efforts and thanks for calling in. >> thank you very much. i appreciate your concerns. >> talk to you soon. another weather related news parts of the southeastern united states dealing with triple digit temperatures and wild fires growing larger by the day. >> heat is hampering fire fighting efforts just as two new wild fires grow outside los angeles. >> it was a restless night for kevin sexton as flames from a fast moving wild fire, burned dangerously close to his home, again. >> my house burned down in 1980 from other big fire. i look at my hose, it is out. i was hosing my roof when i saw fire start. >> reporter: hundreds of fire fighters have been battling two separate fires, since monday, trying to keep them from merging. the flames have consumed more than 5,000 acres, forcing the evacuation of close to 800 homes, and officials say that more could come. >> if you wait until last minute they take away their escape route because at the last minute we're moving a lot of fire engine, lot of sheriff

deputies and we start coming in. >> reporter: dangerous heat wave with triple digit temperatures and incredibly dry conditions are helping fuel fires here and similar story for more than a dozen others burning across the western u.s. another massive wild fire this one in east central air zone, doubled in size to 42 square miles. those in danger want answers. >> which way wind is blowing, how much danger we are in. >> reporter: in new mexico some residents are allowed back home at a 28 square mile fire shows signs of slowing down. five hikers died in the heat since the weekend, excessive heat warnings continues through wednesday in southern california, nevada, utah and arizona. temperatures are expect to top 120 degrees. >> wow. >> really extreme. >> back here at home dealing with wild weather of our own. >> interesting damage, i have seen damage reports or windows being blown out, trees all over the place f they will set

this what they will look for are trees and poles down in one direction. that would be straight line wind one tornado but if they are scattered all over place that would indicate a tornado. it should be interesting when they assess that damageornado. tomorrow when we get full daylight and get aerial shots there. better news for south jersey and delaware. we will see improving conditions tonight. still under gun for scattered shower or storm from the city northward. i think we will be in good shape. check out shore right now we will go to ocean city live look where earlier they were on the northern edge of that strong thunderstorm, cluster. they did get heavy rain but for the most part, they were okay, interesting strong win gusts looking better now few people outside on the boardwalk rain has ended. we are seeing improving conditions there along coastal new jersey. still we are seeing heavy rain down across extreme southern delaware and sussex county right now but overall storm scan three is looking a whole lot better. you can see that large area of strong thunderstorms moving across southern new jersey, central delaware, wind gusts

reported six on 70, 80 miles an hour, did prompt a tornado warning in parts of the cape may county in new jersey. north of the city we are thinking hey, what storms? you had a nice day. just on the warm and humid side. but changes are on the way as far as humidity goes over the next 12 to 24 hours. it will start to lower. that is good news there still severe threat, slight risk, 15 h of the delaware, south jersey and then enhanced risk for central delaware on southward, so again this area best shot to see another scattered shower or strong to severe thunderstorm coming in the next few hours. temperatures made it to the upper 80's to 90 degrees once again to today. hot and humid. that fools showers and storms. sitting at 80 in philadelphia at the shore. rain cooled air. 68 degrees at this hour in cape may. still that southeasterly wind, cold front had to come through and eventually will later this evening. that helps push out humidity a bit tomorrow it will feel better. we will call it pleasant. don't get used to it. thursday we will crank it

backup to the steamy side, that will bring more showers and storms but friday and saturday is comfortable. through 10:00 o'clock, can't rule out a shower or storm south of the city but better weather overnight. tomorrow looks good, sunny skies, thursday here comes the cloud again more showers potential for severe thunderstorms starting in the morning and afternoon. temperature wise tomorrow morning waking up lower 60's, maybe some 50's in the cooler suburbs north and west. noticeably cooler mid 80's tomorrow more comfortable with less humidity. that is good news there early tonight maybe a shower or storm early and then clearing 68 degrees and then tomorrow less humid sun and clouds 86. shore forecast looks better tomorrow. we're in the sunshine. ocean at 65. air temperature 83. here is that three day forecast more storm chances on thursday and drying out for friday we will let you know what to expect from the friday we will let you know what to expect from the weekend coming up in a

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cannot help when charles barkley was upset he didn't want to play in the olympics. >> exactly. chuck said who don't want to play in the olympics. >> i'm kind of with him. >> terrible, terrible, kenney he is in the building. ben simmons is in the building. sixers welcome him to pcom for a work out, 24 hours ago, the dealer reported sixers told simmons he would be the pick at number one. now lsu forward the at 6-foot ten, 260-pound at 19 years old. he has a nba body. sixers general manager brian colangelo met the press. >> he made that decision. i think, again, it speaks to his desire to want to be selected number one and i'm glad that we were in a a position to put both candidates in front of our ownership, our staff and we have a situation where they could interact with our coaches in a way that is more meaningful then just watching video tape. >> brian talking about ben's

willingness to work out today. they also got better for sixers fans because this guy joel embiid has been cleared for full contact, practice, he hasn't played in a single game since being drafted third overall in 2014. >> the foot problems have wrecked his young career but 22 years old finally appears to be ready to ball. phillies introduced top draft pick mickey moniak today we will introduce him at 6:00 p.m. as for big club they are visiting minnesota tonight. twins are worst team in the american league but no team in baseball has lost nine out of their last ten like phillies. game time at 8:10. how about this we like to go to the ballpark to see what we can see, maybe great plays this was pirates and giants yesterday and ball girl, boom, give me that, one hand snatch. hand todd a young fan right there good reaction. >> did you see that. >> yes. >> boom. >> wow.

>> that is like the guy the other day in the stands, holding a baby. >> that was even more impressive. >> did he not even drop his cheese steaks, that guy. >> child, cheese steaks, ball. >> thanks, don. coming up, war of word continues in campaign 2016, presumptive nominee trade jabs we are live with how hillary clinton and donald trump taking shots at each other today. major auto maker hopes to help parents, the way gm is

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jessica dean. i'm nicole brewer. clinton called on trump on his record as a businessman and trump quick to respond. correspondent brian web is live in new york with more on the political slug fest, brian. >> reporter: hi jessica and nicole. donald trump turning to while hillary clinton is attacking trump on his turf. hillary clinton hit her opponent donald trump hard on what many consider his biggest strength his business skills. >> trump would throw us back into recession. >> reporter: speaking to voters in the swing state of of ohio the democrat said that trump's record proves, putting him in charge of the economy would be bad news for small business and working families. >> he has written a lot of books about business, they all seem to end at chapter 11. >> reporter: trump quickly responded on instagram. >> hillary clinton's only right about one thing i understand debt and how to handle it. i made a fortune with debt. but debt for this country is a

disaster and obama piled it on and she has been there watching. >> reporter: large group of christian leaders met with trum in new york's times square as candidate tried to gain their support. >> he answered all of the questions and i just believe that we're just going to see unity. >> reporter: group of religious leaders opposed to donald trump held a protest outside the meeting. >> he consistently is scapegoating the religious minorities of this country and blaming them for all of our problems. >> reporter: meeting comes as trump's poll numbers slide in swing states, latest quinnipiac poll shows clinton with a eight-point lead in florida. trump's small lead in ohio has disappeared and pennsylvania is too close to call. so trump says he will give a speech tomorrow going over hillary clinton's economic failures while clinton has a speech in north carolina where she will outline her economic proposals. jessica and nicole. >> brian, thanks very much. we are now just 34 days

from the start of the democratic national convention, right here in philadelphia. for more on the preparation leading up to the convention go to our web site at cbs philly.com. our area is dealing with severe wet they are have afternoon. >> we will check with meteorologist justin drabick, justin. >> it looks like widespread threat is now over but still we will be under the gun here in south jersey, parts of the delaware still maybe get another scattered shower or strong to severe thunderstorm over the next couple hours but we are looking from from the city north and west. nice and sunny. nice pleasant air mass building in but very humid across parts of the new jersey and delaware. you can see cluster of those strong to severe storms that rolled through prompted tornado warning in cape may county and a lot of wind damage down there, snapped poles, and broken windows on homes but notice some more storms south of the maryland. you can track to that. comes across chesapeake bay. maybe that indicates or includes southern kent county, delaware later on this evening for another round of the shower and storm. we will wait and see if they hold. because of that we are under a

severe thunderstorm watch for delaware and southern half of the new jersey. that goes until 9:00 o'clock. this will be more scattered type deal and we should in the see that widespread line develop like we had earlier this afternoon. this evening maybe a scattered shower or storm or two in south jersey and delaware. still potential for damaging wind gusting over 60 miles an hour and these storms have produced large hail, even to a quarter sized. look at temperatures rain cool air south jersey 60's right now. we are at 80 in philadelphia nice refreshing air mass starts to build in tonight. so we will get a brief break from humidity. more severe storm threats coming the at us later this week. we will break it down in a few minutes. jessica back to you. atlantic city has been dealing with many financial issues as lawmakers figure out how to keep the city financially afloat. as cleve bryan reports, one law maker thinks he has the answer: recreational marijuana. >> reporter: atlantic city's reputation as east coast entertainment capitol could add a new draw: recreational

marijuana. a new jersey lawmakers is hoping to add a ballot referendum that would legalize the drug in the cash strapped resort town and one councilman in support. >> i think it would be a tremendous opportunity for atlantic city toy gain revenue in that we're in need of as well as challenging the social aspect of it. >> reporter: councilman frank gilliam says it could raise millions in sales taxes and help people hoff blemishes on their criminal records for marijuana possession. he believes there should be a we friendly zone in the city and guidelines should where other american sit instant will legalize marijuana no need to reinvent the wheel just go to places where it has been successful and have more history, and we should be fine after that. >> reporter: new jersey lawmakers backing proposals says that legalizing marijuana here in atlantic city could be accomplished much like gambling was done decades ago. gilliam is optimistic that the measure could pass but realizes governor christie strong opposition to legalizing marijuana is a huge

hurdle. public opinion is split. >> the health and safety for kids. >> i don't see a problem with it. i think they should legalize it, it benefits all neighborhoods, the profits. >> reporter: assemblyman reid introduced marijuana bill last week and not gone through any committees. in atlantic city, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". pennsylvania governor tom wolf is back off proposal for increase on sales or income taxes, saying his budget priorities can be met without a major tax increase. the governor says budget negotiations are going well even though negotiators are report nothing agreement with nine days now until fiscal year deadline. wolf says his priorities are a balanced budget with a 250 million-dollar increase for public schools and 34 million-dollar more for heroin addiction programs. general motors is putting new technology in cars to remind drivers to check the back seat.

summer just started and 15 children have already died this year after being found in hot vehicles, triple number from this time last year. >> eight month-old brady mercer died this month after being left in the hot car for two hours. her father told police he forgot to drop baby at day care and went straight to work. now, these five small devices could help prevent that from happening in the future. this gmc is first to become equipped with the rear seat reminder. trish maris team came up with the system. >> it will catch your attention and say rear seat reminder. >> reporter: activate feature by simply opening up the back door, and then they believe there is something in the back seat. there are account app is available to remind babies are in the back and this car seat send out an alert, when the cara lives at december tip nation. >> we're really pleased. >> reporter: but sue from kids in cars is glad to see an auto company integrate this company

into the vehicle. she says an average of 37 children died each year from heat stroke inside of a car. >> we have always been pushing for technology fix so that every car has this feature. >> reporter: gm plans i don't dues this technology in more models next year and eventually in all of it cars. >> experts say an easy way to prevent a tragedy toys put your purse or wallet the or cell phone in the back seat next to the child, so you don't forget them. very tragic. >> right now on the cbs-3 healthwatch from heart healthy to low fat labels, many foods appear to be healthy options but nutritionist warn that is not always the case. >> very tricky, health reporter stephanie stahl is here with more on what to watch out for and it seems like this is the target place. >> what is good, what is not. you see it every where all these labels, low fat, low sugar, heart healthy, sound good. there are even some kind of foods that are supposed to good for us. well, closer look reveals

things are in the always what they seem. flavored coffee creamers that is fat free might sound like a good diet choice but ingredients are mostly sugar and oil. diet soda is another popular item for people watching their weight. >> i just like it because i don't want sugar and the taste of the so the a. >> reporter: lindsey malone say diet drinks are loaded with sweeteners sweeter than sugar. >> so when you have let's say something that is a lit built sweet, like a browny, for instance, it will not do it for you because you are use to this ultra sweet sensation. >> reporter: other foods that seem healthy but really aren't, many low fat yogurts. >> compared it with something like vanilla ice cream you will find sugar content is the same. >> reporter: if you think muffin with fruit or fiber is a better choice. >> it is a cup cake without frosting. often times more oil, more sugar, more calories then a doughnut. >> reporter: experts say healthiest food choices come without labels, best to cut

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kind of a tough afternoon weather-wise. >> yes, rough. >> it sound getting better. >> yes, slowly but surely still under a threat for shower or storm across delaware and southern new jersey but that brunt of it, that moved off shore where we

had wyndam age. >> furious. >> we will in the see that anymore. wind gusting to 60, 70, 80 miles an hour in southern new jersey and a lot of damage in cape may county where that tornado warning was issued earlier. things looking better right now. we will go outside to the city and probably thinking what thunderstorms? it has been nice for the most part today. little will bit on the humid side but philly north and west a lot of sunshine today. temperatures did get hot well above average, 80's to 90 degrees. we will check with the weather watchers at this hour and depend where you live. north and west of the city, been a nice day no storms. it is warm. temperatures well in the 80's but south jersey, delaware where we are seeing that rain cooled heiress specially in parts of the cape may county, new jersey. james in ocean city has temperature of 69. he missed worst of the storm but did get that thunderstorm in ocean city. in middle will town strong storms, jason, he is at 74. more comfortable right now. newark, delaware also at 79. walter's house. then you go further are north

and west, richboro, megan at 82 degrees. robsonia in the mid 80's. berks county 85 degrees. it will stay warm and muggy tonight but things do get better tomorrow. lets check out storm scan 36789 looking better in south jersey and delaware as bulk of the steady heavier rain has moved off shore but one little shower, even thunderstorm trying to develop over central chester county right now, zooming in closer right here. this is moving east at 45 miles an hour. pretty brief downpours possible and will intensify a bit. this will put in west goshen at 6:03. 6:25 in upper darby. philadelphia at 6:30. cherry hill coming in at 6:42. mainly well north and west we are looking better, and starting to feel difference in the humidity especially in the lehigh valley. looking at dew point temperatures, it is in the 50's. the pretty news is this time of the year. still muggy from the city southward. that is what is still going to fuel a shower or thunderstorm. we will get cold front through here later on this evening. tomorrow, humidity drops,

little cooler but still warm. mid 80's. overall nice day in the sunshine. here's our next storm coming in thursday that could bring in another round of strong to severe thunderstorms possibly especially later thursday morning in the afternoon. the highs in the 80's. that storm is out of here for friday. nice finish to the workweek and really nice for upcoming weekend. maybe hitting the shore tomorrow is a great beach day. breezy, but off shore west wind will heat things up 83 degrees along the coast in new jersey and delaware. thursday watch out for showers and storms. not a good beach day holding off until friday do it because it will be pleasant. high temperature drops below average at 75. showers, storms, still possible, delaware, south jersey, looks dry north and west of the city. tomorrow no problems. morning commute will be good, afternoon, sunshine, here's thursday, more clouds, showers start to move in the morning and off and on showers and thunderstorms thursday afternoon. nice cool pocket of air moving in from canada not too far south but you does cool us down. we will know it is a nice day friday, temperatures below

average don't get used to it. another ridge moves northward. hot air returns for second half of the weekend in to next week. thunderstorm chance early tonight and then clearing at 68. tomorrow, less humid, sun and cloud 86 degrees, overall pleasant day. here's that extended forecast bringing back rain and storm chance on thursday, friday, nice 82 degrees, nice stretch continues throughout the entire weekend, mid 80's. little will bit more humid on the hot sued, highs in the 80's, jessica and nicole. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news" james corden is at it again. >> got the to love that. >> selena gomez joins late, late show host for car pool karaoke, we will have a preview of tonight's show, coming

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thunderstorm watch. we will break it down in weather. the case of 12 girls rescued from a bucks county home has captivated the nation, two parents a accused of gifting their daughter to a 51 year-old man. our will alexandria hoff travels to their family's property in lancaster county in search of answers. guilty on all charges. chaka fattah is convicted in the racketeering case, what the reporters outside the courtroom were told. "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. we will begin at 6:00 o'clock with wild weather, down the shore, fast moving storms, take off, knocking over trees and leave thousands in the dark. this is brand new video of damage to the public works building in wildwood. and take a look at this picture from wildwood strong wind picked up a strong boat there and carried it in the side of the greater wildwood yacht club.

thankfully no one was hurt. cape may county the hardest hit area by these late afternoon storms. hi everyone i'm jessica dean. i'm nicole brewer. ukee is off tonight. "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live at wildwood with a a look at the damage. it looks pretty bad, cleve. >> reporter: nicole and jessica wind is finally stopping. people say it was extremely intense as that thunderstorm rolled through southern parts of the cape may county. what you are looking at behind me is roof, ripped off, from the top of the public works building, at garfield avenue and the bay. this is a big opened area where the bay has room for the wind to pick up, and it lifted up the top of the area here and threw it on the lawn here. at least 50 feet long with the heavy wood framework that is still attached to it. the nails sticking out. i'm joined by the nair of wildwood, ernie. president mayor tell me about the conditions of the storm as it came through wildwood. >> i have been