>> that's the sounds of change saws, in cape may county. home own versa lot of cleaning up to do after severe storms rolled through and left behind a wild trail of damage. good afternoon, thank for joining us, i'm brooke thomas. >> i'm jim donovan, the national weather service head today cape may to see if it was a tornado that did the damage, meantime, power remains out for more than a thousand homes and businesses. tornado or not, trees were knocked down and dozen of houses damaged, after storms

rolled through yesterday afternoon, heavy rains, strong winds, combined to make it a storm to remember. and it wasn't just in the neighborhood. chopper three, flew over storm damage cape may county, the strong winds, flipped over small plane, at the cape may airport. the roof is gone at the wildwood public works garage. and the flour end teen family motel, wildwood, also has roof damage. >> take a look at this particular pure from wildwood. strong winds pick up small boat and carried it into the side of the greater wildwood yacht club. fortunately, no one was hurt, and no storms on the horizon for today, but new system will be heading our way. let's get first look at the forecast, with meteorologist, katie fehlinger live on the cbs-3 skydeck, katy? >> afternoon, brooke, actually real nice day that's unfolding now, little breezy granted, absolutely notice, that but the other thing you will notice, it is starting to feel a lot more comfortable outside, as dew points continue to drop off. nice bright sunshine, essentially region wide. started off on the muggy side there is was as the frontal

boundery was pulling away. rain's been out of here but waiting or the air mass to shift gears, go back into more comfort level for the area t has done that. storm scan3, totally empty, even zooming out once, twice, barely even cloud in the sky most locations, we are going to keep the sun around for the rest of the day, but take a look at some of the winds, seeing the winds crank right now, upward of 20 miles per hour at philadelphia international airport. straight up westerly winds flow there. generally speaking, it is west to northwest, depending on location, but again, it is something that you will absolutely notice here today. in the meantime, we switch gears, take a look at the exact same map of observations but now talking temperature, air temperature, hey, pretty seasonable for mid to late june day. mid 80s currently around most of the region, 80 lancaster, 71, the one and only oddball out, here with only high of rather a current temperature anyway of 71, but probably be stuck in the 70s the rest of the day, meanwhile today is a perfect excuse, to hit the pool, with the sunshine, granted little bit of breeze, it is turning more

comfortable. but it will be a nice afternoon, certainly, very summer like, and that uv index certainly a lot hire than it had been yesterday when the storms rolled through. 86 degrees, as we mention, for the expected hi, and coming up we will be discussing some more wet weather issues, in this forecast, but even though there are storms in the forecast for tomorrow, there is a really nice trade-off that comes along with it, and we will have all of the details on that if your full forecast little later in the show, brooke, jim, into you. >> thanks, katie. two men and woman from pennsylvania face charges after they were stopped trying to drive through the holland tunnel with loaded guns. inside their truck, police found two rivals, five handguns, and knives. police say they arrest the 50 year old john cran somebody and dion smith of zionsville, also 29 jerold kimberly of late end. -- lehigh end. kramsey's daughter died of heroin overdose, told police they were going to brooklyn to rescue a teen girl with drugs. >> families forced out of

their home, fortunately everyone able to escape, as justin finch explains could have been much worse. >> up in flames, it was bad, it was bad. >> this image sent to us from "eyewitness news" viewer capturing flames raging from the windows of chester corner apartment building overnight. >> multiple entrapment. >> chester firefighters pulled up to west third and yarnell streets in near minutes, arriving as tenants were scrambling to get each other out from a three-story building, daniel recalls waking to up fire then quickly helping neighbors and their children he escape. >> could have been worse. i was in a deep sleep. like i say, i heard people screaming out front. and i just wasn't paying it no mind until i heard get out, the apartment is on fire. >> most challenging escape those though lived on the second and third floor, forced to come down this fire escape in single file, as building burned beside them. that's how one family was able to make it out.

>> that family of five, two adult, and three young children, were helped down by firefighters, and then taken to crozer-chester for evaluation. but where was the warning? >> did you hear any alarms go off? >> no, no alarms in there. >> they have smoke alarms in here. they were just probably old. >> no major injuries reported and the fire was out by about 2:00 a.m., officials note working smoke alarms would have been a big help. >> if it had smoke alarms, obviously, somebody would have been alerted sooner, and very good possibility that the fire would not have extended as far as it did. >> in chester, justin finch, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". police are investigating an altercation in the city's mayfair section it, ended with a car crash, authorities say, two groups of girls got into a fight last night at lincoln football field. at least one of the groups from saint hubert's high school, they say. now, during the fight, a man

reportedly showed a handgun. investigators say, after the altercation, one of the girls, from saint hubert's, ran home to get her dad. they went looking for the other group. officers say, they then spot add man that looked similar in a pick-up truck, chased him, and shot at him. both cars crashed, and police took two people into custody. former speaker of the house dennis has kerr reports to prison this afternoon to start his sentence in a hush money case. the 74 year old hastier pleaded guilty last year from a wheelchair, prosecutors say he abused four boys when he coached high school wrestling, then tried to pay off one of them. the statute of limitations ran out on abuse charges, nations longest serving speaker faces 15 months at prison in southwestern minnesota. >> day after hillary clinton attacked donald trump's business skills, the presumptive republican nominee is hitting back at his democratic rival in a speech of his own. kenneth craig in new york city outside the trump event. >> reporter: donald trump sounded off on hillary

clinton's record during her term as secretary of state. >> no secretary every state has been more wrong, more often, and in more places than hillary clinton. >> the presumptive republican nominee claimed clinton's foreign policy helped lead to the creation of the islamic state. >> isis threatens us today because of the decisions hillary clinton has made. >> the speech comes a day after clinton challenged the billionaire's business skills. >> he's written a lot of books about business. they all seem to ends at chapter 11. >> the war of words commas trump's campaign tries to raise more money. the candidates sent first e-mail on behalf of his campaign asking for donations, the appeal for donations came after the latest numbers show clinton's campaign has more than $40 million in the bank, compared to trump's just over a million. trump also announced he hired more staff as he expands his campaign to focus on the general election. >> good morning.

>> clinton met with house democrats on capitol hill wednesday morning, for the first time since becoming her party's presumptive nominee. >> this was a tour de force she presented to us there in terms of vision, and values. >> later today, she will outline her economic policies in a speech in raleigh, north carolina. kenneth craig, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> in other news, the philadelphia ad club celebrates philadelphia today, holds ago special discussion about the convention, during the four day event all eyes will be on philadelphia. members of the ad club and the 2016 host committee met at the union league to discuss some of the opportunities and also challenges, that come with hosting it. the 2016 democratic national convention will be held at the wells fargo center, will run from july 25th through july 28th. in the transformation of the center, well underway. wiring being reconfigured for tv news cough frank, seat being ripped out to make room for new seating, stage and podium are being built.

ceo says it will all be ready in time. >> thirty-three days, the eyes of the worlds will turn to philadelphia. and we think this is a perfect place, made great selection, we're delighted to be here, and we're happy to be right on the front stage of history. >> work on the wells fargo center actually started back in may. today marks the official move-in for the dnc. >> well, coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", creepy creatures down the shore, where you'll encounter them when you go in the water. >> and a man checking on his horses wounds up tangling with this, an alligator. we'll show you where it happened when we come

>> jellyfish, don't worry, only shows up in rivers and bay, but the jellyfish carry painful and sometimes dangerous sting. extreme cases it can lead to kidney failure. a marine biologist captured some of the jellyfish hoping to figure out how fast their population is expanding. meanwhile, there is has been another alligator attack. >> this time 58 year old plan was attacked by a gator in ocala florida, man was checking on his horses, because they were acting restless, when he was attacked. emergency crews found him on the grounds, about 5 feet away from the alligator, which measured 8 feet long. the man has injuries to his leg, but, is expected to recover. now there is happened about an hour away from the sad story, where little boy was killed by gator outside of disney

resort. >> pope francis, invites refuse geez, to join him before general audience during his weekly catechism lesson at the vatican. dozen refugees were with pope francis on the steps of saint peters basilica to aid the pope in sharing his message. the europe should welcome more imigrants. the pope urged all to have greater understanding for the refugees, as they've suffered much, he also told the audience, they're our brother. >> well, if you go to times square, you can now avoid the costume characters who often fill us cash for pictures and perform and cents, spiderman, elmo, others, have been arrested recently for fighting aggressive panhandling. man calling himself the hug guy was arrested for punching a tourist, sometimes square has now designated new zones where pedestrians can relax, but there is also specific areas where the characters compose and perform. oh, my, all right, how about this? big honor for local hospital this noon. the children's hospital of philadelphia, is the second best in the country.

that's according to us news and world reports. some of the areas where it ranked highest, well, diabetes care, cancer care, heart surgery, cardiologist. topping the list is boston's children's hospital. good for the folks at chop. they do amazing job, representing our city. still ahead on "eyewitness news". >> guess who is the next passenger in the car poor karaoke? the answer next from late late show james corden. >> we love james corden, we love him, he's adorable. finally getting a little break here from the stormy weather, the problem is we're not done with the stormy weather just yet, there is more on the way, and then eventually really nice weather trade-off. all of those details for you and more in your full forecast coming up.

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>> this fire has scoured more than 900 acres, the latest from california. >> flames are scorching the foot hills northeast of los angeles this morning. two wild fires, burning less than a mile apart, are threatening to merge into one. the fires began monday, destroying thousands of acres, and forcing hundreds from their homes. liz riley staying at a red cross shelter providing hot meals, and air-conditioned trailer for pets. >> the first time that we really had this high a temperature for this many days, and it is just going to get worse. >> robert ramos is packed and ready to go, if the flames get

too close. >> luggage, pillows, my wife's wedding dress. >> triple digit temperatures have dropped a bit, but it is still very hot here. and, fire crews, remain concerned about the winds direction. burning brush left communities covered in soot. >> aa lot of asphalt over my car, all in the backyard, like volcano had been around here, errupting. >> so far fire fight verse been able to stop the two fires from joining, but the blazes are only about 10% contained. danielle nottingham for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> these fires are unpredictable. you never know, one time go one way, then they change direction. >> hard to watch. so much having to do with just the way the winds is flowing, sometimes it can judge minds of its own, very localized winds certainly something you will notice walking out the door today. tomorrow see fresh rounds of thunderstorms set to push on through here, and yesterday, we had our fair share of

pretty nasty ones, too, in fact, mentioned earlier, national weather service going out to survey the damage left behind from what had been doppler indicated tornado but let's go ahead and take you through statistics here, talk about tornado activity, a loft times it feels like we don't usually see tornados in part of the country, but in fact, it is somewhat typical, the whole state, not just the delaware vale, on average upward 16 tornados per year, in new jersey investigate egg that damage, two tornados are the average at least for the year. so it wouldn't be completely out of the question, if it does turn out that we did have that, however, again, waiting on the national weather service to assess the damage to see what happened, regardless very winds driven system yesterday. cape may ended up with hurricane force wind gusts up to 80 miles per hour, dewey beach up at five; the list goes on, short list obviously, of some of the storm winds gust that is rumbled through here. meanwhile, that front that brought all of the storms now nice distant memory, still

breezy in the wake of that front granted. but nice afternoon. if you have yet to step outside, go ahead, do so, feels great right now, just make sure you hold on to your hates, it is somewhat blustery. tracking new disturbance, the story for tomorrow, so pretty nasty thunderstorms already errupted through illinois, indianna, since this morning, here is your actual center of low pressure, that will be nudging southeast, and headed our way. it will sort of move southeast, make bit of left-hand turn, cross right through the mid-atlantic region once more there is isn't for tomorrow, rather tomorrow, severe weather threat is right back in effect. and we will be sitting in a slight risk as a result for additional strong or severe thunderstorms to rumble through, further north you go, the threat starts to lighten up little bit. everyone fair game this time for not just heavy downpours, but gusty winds, possibility of hail, and we've got to throw in frequent cloud to grounds lightning, keep close watch on the radar, remember, you can always catch in with us on line are the. bs philly.com.

meanwhile, talk dew points, lower the dew point gets, the dryer the air mass, more comfortable it will be. and you've got dew point currently in allentown, the poconos, where you are in the 40's, so very, very dry air settling in. but it is still up at 70 in wildwood. so, we're still watching that transition take place, definitely feels heck of a lot better here in philadelphia than it did this morning, dew point well into the six 60s, now you're in the low 50's, so the transition is taking place here. even right before your very eyes, though, see how the clouds are moving through, outside beach patrol headquarters, cation g some shadows on the beach-goers here, but regardless, that sun is shining, basically, everywhere, so do you want to latter up on the sun block if you plan to go outside maybe take a dip in the pool. meanwhile, the union have a home match here tonight taking on chicago, we see the sun continue to shine for kick-off. 81 degrees, nice and warm, and seasonable for that matter noun chester just down i-95. meanwhile here in philadelphia, we expect to top off around 86 degrees or so, so very typical, late june day for us, looking ahead to tomorrow, though, that's when the next round of the rain and

thunderstorms will move on through, thankfully at least a quick hitter, just tomorrow, it is all long gone, high pressure settles in, and that's going to actually pay us nice long visit so friday, saturday, sunday, all mostly sunny, and we will start warming things up here, mid upper 80s for the weekends, looks awesome. >> i don't minds the rain. because yesterday, my allergies, i mean, they weren't -- she kept on thinking i had a coached no, the allergies. the next morning i felt better. >> not having this argument. >> those pollen levels are very low tomorrow. >> thank you. >> courtesy of the rain. >> thank you, my friend. >> uh-huh, uh-huh. >> all right, if i of -- first of philadelphia outdoor swimming pools open today with a big splash. >> mayor kenney will be the first to take a dip into the playgrounds pool at northeast philadelphia, if you want to join the mayor for a swim, the pool opens at 4:00 p.m. city officials plan to have all 70 pools open by the end of the week. >> good stuff. >> mayor kenney cannon ball?

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coming up, tori down the shore. late late show host james corned end just scored what his prestigious carpool karaoke yet. >> for the first time it won't be a singer in the passenger

seat. >> hi, i'm going to take a spin in a car, and sing some songs with me. >> yep, it is carpool karaoke with first lady michelle obama, had big day yesterday. she shared the collaboration right after she joined snap chat. >> oh, boy. >> cbs has not revealed when the carpool cashing oke will air. >> see the late late show with james cords end every week neat here cbs-3 at 12:37 a.m. i'm not signing up for snap chat. she will want me to do snap chat. >> that's "eyewitness news" at noon. >> i'm not! >> meantime, i'll sneak him up on there. >> for katie all every us here, thanks for watching. >> "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00 we're always on line cbsphilly.com. the young and the restless is next. have a great day.

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>> chelsea: where's connor? [ gasps ] peek-a-boo! >> adam: there he is! all right! >> chelsea: where did he go? oh, there he is! >> adam: look at that! up and ready to face the day. world's most successful camp-out ever. >> chelsea: yes. yes, it was. who ate more s'mores? you or daddy, connor? you tell me. >> adam: sweetheart, i'm -- i'm 10 times his size. >> chelsea: so you ate 10 times as many? >> adam: well, it's simple math. >> chelsea: [ laughs ] i think i'm ready for my close-up. >> adam: oh. >> chelsea: mm. >> adam: [ sighs ] you'll be happy to know that i'm one heck of a camper. so is your son. >> chelsea: yeah. i know. i saw. you're quite the outdoorsman. >> adam: yeah. >> chelsea: you limited yourself to electricity and running water and wi-fi and some tv. >> adam: well, i wanted to keep it real. >> chelsea: [ laughing ] yeah. well, as long as connor had fun... >> adam: [ laughing ] he did. >> chelsea: ..that's all that matters. >> adam: he had a great time. we both did. how could we not? we had, uh -- we had each other.