flooding across the region. off the job as tourist walk the boards this holiday weekend casino workers will walk the picket line. >> and a piece of history how local man got his hands on one of most important documents in the world. but we begin tonight with a stormy start to the fourth of july holiday. good evening everyone, i'm ukee washington. >> good evening, i'm jessica dean. the storms pack punch bringing heavy rain and strong winds. decent sized hail also fell p parts of the region burlington county getting hit pretty hard. this video from robert, shows hail following in mt. holly. heavy downpours led to flooding in vineland cumberland county roads turned into streams and caused treacherous conditions for drivers. by nightfall the flooding ling linger. chopper three over the sears parking lot at corner of delsea drive and landis avenue. you can see a couple of vehicles there stranded in the water. meteorologist kate bilo was busy tonight tracking these storms and she joins us now with what it looks like right now. kate jessica and ukee, the bad

news we're not completely out of the woods yet. got news we don't have any more watches or warnings in effect. flash flood warning has been loud to expire. the severe thunderstorm has compared as well but the actual cold front associated with this advancing storm has yet to come through. you can see it right here. with storms that have fired up just poised to move through the row john the lee his valley and berks county going to get pretty intense storms here in the next 20 minutes or so and eventually some of these showers and storms may make it into the philadelphia area we're still dealing with wet weather in portions of delaware and more showers and storms could move in as we go through the overnight hours. at least the next couple of hours or so on alert for these showers and thunderstorm. here's the storm that formed earlier today. kept oncoming over portions of cumberland and atlantic counties and take look at some of these rainfall estimates. doppler estimate he had rainfall you see the pink there that's over 5-inches of rain we did have train spotter that measured fief .5-inches of rain near vineland, new jersey, in 90 minutes. that's why you had the definite estating flash flooding throughout the vineland area throughout much of the

cumberland county into lap county. good those flood waters are receding. humidity will drop once we get the storm through overnight and we've got better news for most of the holiday weekend. still the chance for wet weather. i'll tell when you coming up ukee, back over to you. >> kate, see you then, thank you. now tonight at least one person is dead after a crash on the garden state parkway. a van carrying 14 people flipped over around 7:00 p.m. in home many dale township monmouth county. state police confirm one fatality and say other people suffered injuries. a woman who is friends with the people in the van says she thinks a tire popped right before the crash. all northbound lanes of the parkway were closed for awhile but traffic is moving now again. the jersey shore of course is a popular destination for the july 4th holiday week but not everybody is having a good time down there. union workers at the trauma many taj mahal are walking the pick lines over a contract dispute. natasha brown is in atlantic city on what's keeping both sides apart.

>> reporter: hours a after hitting the picket line friday morning positive tal will the workers at the taj mahal casino continue to demand better benefits and wages in the post visible and vo today point way possible. unite here local 54 represents about a thousand cooks, food servers and house keepers at the taj. when the casino will he fused a labor contract similar to other agreements reached with casinos hundreds of workers saw no other option than to strike on one of the busiest holidays of the summer season. >> we working without any benefits. no insurance, no nothing does all the other cassone notice have offered fare cracks and this is the one who refuses to offer that contract. we'll fight until they do. >> workers want health and retirement benefits restored. casino officials say they are negotiating in good faith but say quote the employees of the taj bargaining committee seem hell bent on trying to close the property. they are hurting their own and everybody else during the busiest time of the year ". meantime, beach goers

continue to frolic in the ocean enjoying the start of their fourth of july holiday in the shadows of this on-going labor dispute. >> once in blue moon we just do a girls day and we just come down and we have something to eat and then we play a little and we go home. we love coming down at the beach. you know, and it's our one year anniversary. >> yes. >> reporter: what do you like about the beach? >> the beach has water. atlantic city is certain to be packed with visitors during this holiday weekend. meantime the taj mahal does remain open for business. in atlantic city, natasha brown cbs3 "eyewitness news". a light show in the sky over the delaware river helped kick off the celebration for america's birthday. >> ♪ >> the clouds moved out just in time for spectacular fireworks show at pennsylvania landing to night. the colorful display was just one of several big events scheduled in philadelphia this holiday weekend. another big firework show will take place right there tomorrow. to type firework shows in your neighborhood and other fourth of july fess vives have

head to cbsphilly.com run down is on our home page. fireworks are key part of july 4th celebrations but in pennsylvania residents are prohibited from purchasing consumer firework without a permit. philadelphia fire department says novelty items like sparklers are legal but they can also be dangerous. instead they suggest taking in a show conducted by professionals to get your fireworks fix. >> we want everybody to enjoy a safe and happy fourth of july and to do that again the fireworks to the pros, ensure that you're grilling safely do all the other safe things. wear a bike helmet, be careful around water and everything else that we ask you to 24/7365. >> if you have pets think about them when it comes to firework kearse. loud noises should be frighte frightening to pets. keep them in a quiet place. >> funeral service scheduled tomorrow for sani holmes the four-year-old girl who died last week after accidentally shooting herself in the face.

tonight many mourning the child's death and stuffed animals to the memorial outside of her north 20 and street home. this morning students, teachers and parents released balloons in her memory during a graduation ceremony at her daycare. the child's mother and her mother's boyfriend are both facing charges in connection with her death. a popular church carnival stepping up security after several people were stabbed across the street from the rides and games. video shows dozens of people leaving saint michael's of the arc angels carnival in tullytown, bucks county, last night. police shut it down after an argument started then minutes later across street at a wal*mart parking lot a fight broke out and three teenagers were establish. the church's pastor says his thoughts are with those injured. >> the 63 years of the carnival existed this is the first time that we've ever had anything like this. we're going to increase the number of security volunteers which we have on the property as the police are going to introduce other police measure.

>> the carnival runs for two more weeks. tullytown police say they made four arrests and the injuries are not life threatening. police in radnor township arrest a 31-year-old man for allegedly groping a woman as she was getting a manicure. jamie she copy charged with indecent assault. inappropriately touch the woman while giving her back massage at the blooming nail salon on lancaster avenue. he work at that salon. police are acting for any other possible victims to come forwa forward. so many at a releases the out come of an internal investigation involving one of their officers and another man. citizen forwarded this video to officers. the confrontation happened on june 4th at frankford transportation center. septa police chief says the officer was wearing a body camera during that incident but it did not capture what barlow did that initially drew the officer's attention. officer was disciplined for

violating departmental policy. the chief says barlow received a citation. >> there are reports of gunshots and explosions at security forces move to end the more than 11 hour hostage situation in bangladesh. as many as nine gunmen stormed a bakery in the capital taking at least 35 hostages. investigators say the attackers killed two police officers at least 26 others were wounded in a gun battle between the gunman and security forces. this is happening not far from the us embassy. the state department says all americans working for the us mission in the town are safe and counted for -- accounted for. isis has claim responsibility. >> investigators in turkey detained 13 people in connection with tuesday's airport terror tack. three suicide bombers killed 44 people at the main airport in istanbul. u.s. official says an isis commander from chechnya organized the massacre. some are accuse the turkish government of not doing enough to stop foreign fighters from passing through its territory

and then joining isis in syria. bill cosby's attorneys are bringing a new argument into the courtroom and the actors sex assault case they've asked a judge to force andrea constand to give back the money cosby gave her to settle a lawsuit. con stand accused cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her in 2004. now, cosby says she violated their confidential agreement by speaking to police about the case. cosby is due back in a montgomery county courtroom next week to try to get the criminal charges thrown out. governor tom wolf has set a date for special election to fill former congressman chaka fattah's seat that vote will happen on election day notify eighth. the winner holds the position until the start of the new term in january. voters will also select fattah's permanent replacement on that day. the congressman resign last week after his conviction on federal corruption charges. hillary clinton announced tonight she's bringing her campaign to atlantic city next wednesday. the presumptive democratic

nominee says she will make the case against rival donald trump and highlight quote destruction, his business dealings caused in the seaside town. clinton brings her campaign back to pennsylvania next fry. clinton and vice-president biden will rally supporters in his hometown of scranton. >> donald trump delivered a speech in denver this afternoon. three-day conference calls itself the largest gathering of conservatives outside of white house. fighting terrorism was big component of the republican nominee's speech. called clinton weak on national security. the countdown to the democratic national convention continues. we're 24 days away from the start of the convention right here in philadelphia. say tee at the airport is a top concern ahead of dnc. today delaware senator tom carper toured philadelphia international airport to see tsa workers in act. senator carper is the top democrat on the senate committee on homeland security and

governmental affairs. during the news conference he said safety measures will be in place when dnc delegates arrive at the airport. >> we have dogs that are operating here. we need more dogs. one thing we have need more viper teams. we're working on providing more viper teams. we need more tso's and we're working to provide that through the budget process. >> senator carper also praised airport workers. tonight $450 million is up for grabs. >> the mega millions drawing was held just moments ago. we'll have the winning numbers coming up. also, ahead tonight at 11:00 the fourth of july holiday means the celebration of our nation's freedom and one buck county man says he has an original copy of the declaration of independence. where he got it and why he insists it's the real deal. and small but mighty this eight-year-old girl knows a thing or two about bocking. why her instructor says he's never seen a kid this young stand out so much.

>> plus a stormy start to the holiday weekend. meteorologist kate bilo is busy tracking changes on the

get your mega millions lottery tickets out. 415 million jackpot sun for grabs. here's the winning numbers drawn moments ago. 20, 41, 42, 45, 49 and the mega ball is 14. you can see all those numbers again at cbsphilly.com. you won't be seeing much construction work being done on new jersey roads this weekend. governor christie ordere orderet road work in the state to stop by tomorrow night because the state transportation trust fund is nearly out of money. the governor reached a deal with the state assembly to race the gas tax by 23 cents in exchange for cutting the sales tack. without extra money for the transportation fund all road projects will stop august 1st. today funeral services were held for former philadelphia eagles head coach buddy ryan. ryan's sons rex and rob led the procession of mourners in kentucky. former eagle linebacker joyner and mike ditka were among the

many who paid their respects. ryan was a defensive mastermind whose credit width making football fun again in philadelphia. he passed tuesday after a long illness at the age of 85. they were celebrating buddy's live with great stories no doubt about it. >> yeah. a young boxer isn't pulling any punches. >> she's standing out from a group of boys eight-year-old briere rah mathis of camden new jersey the youngest at the ridiculously fit boxing camp in east falls. trainers say she was the only girl and the very best. she told us her strategy was easier said than done. quick on her feet and strong. >> they say i'm the fastest. >> i don't run across a girl with that much passion, that much athletecism and that drive to work hard. >> little older maybe. not at eight years odd, no. she's definitely one of a kind. >> very special there. that boxing camp ended but she's now set up for private boxing lessons. odds are you'll hear a lot about the declaration of

independence through july 4th bucks county man insists he has rare copy of the famed document. he gave our david spunt an exclusive look. >> reporter: overlooking the same waters george washington crossed op christmas 1776 bucks county collector tom lick ken feathery next on 240 years of america. he isn't like any tourist just checking out history. he has with him a piece of history his baby. he is certain it's a rare original copy of the declaration of independence. >> i think next to the bible it's probably considered the most sacred document in the world. >> he says he first found the copy at a ninety three mark more than 20 years ago he spent $100 on the interesting looking piece then stored it away for more than decade. not realizing exactly what he had. >> one day i finally found some information about an static print. >> you can probably find a copy of the declaration of independence at any historical

souvenir around the world. >> take app acid based solution put it on anything ink on paper and slightly you put it and use a sink plate press down on it. >> it creates a copy. but ruins the original. this is what we think of when we see the declaration of independence but the rich original in washington, d.c. looks like this. it's hard to believe you can barely read the print from years of sun exposure and mishandling. >> we're all standing here because of this much the whole country exists because of this much the whole world for all we know exists because of this. >> he says some believe his might be a copy of another copy known as the stone copy but after years of research he's confident his is a direct copy of the original. he's getting ready for a jul july 4th exhibit at washington's crossing in pennsylvania and will proudly show what he believes is his national treasure. in bucks county, david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news".

>> wow. happy birthday america. >> that will get you in the mood for the fourth of july. >> indeed. >> the weekend is looking good any way, right. >> the week send looking beautiful. saturday, sunday and i'm hopeful about fourth of july monday. showers will try to creep in and spoil firework displace i'm hopeful they stay to the south and west for the most part. >> good. >> we're star to go clear thing out after very busy storm day today. still have a few storms on the radar right now. through the early part of tonight, through the overnight hours the next couple of hours or so can't rule out still a shower or thunderstorm and then well clear thing out, temperatures drop, humidity drops it is going to be beautiful saturday kind of a reward forgetting through today. here's a look outside right now. storm scan3 shows storms rumbling through this is the actual cold front passage coming through tonight so it's kind of a secondary round of storms. everything we saw today was out ahead of the actual front now we've got the cold front moving through and it is starting to fire up some thunderstorm especially areas that didn't see much earlier today where it's stelle warm and very humid

outside. berks county we're seeing storms begin to form. so again we're not out of the woods just yet. skies are clear in philadelphia. we cleared it out for the most part down the shore. seeing rain in the delaware beaches and these storms could move over 92 delaware as well tonight but notice two storms one over portions of lehigh county. one moving into berks county at the moment. and we do have a few more hiring up towards harrisburg. we have the risk for steady downpours as the showers and storms come through through the next hour or two and they'll start to fizzle out then we can start the good stuff. live neighbor network locations are reporting temperatures near 70 degrees. take look at vineland, vineland high school north our location there, they're rain gauge picked up over 4-inches of rain today that was the hardest hit area. flash flooding over cumberland and atlantic counties, cape may courthouse .7. pomona got about half an inch and at the cape may county airport we got .29-inches today. dew points still in the 70s right now. it's still very steamy at least

until that cold front comes through. showed where you that front was with the showers and storms. watch what happens tomorrow after that front sweeps through. watch the dew points. dew points in the 70's which puts us in oppressive range to do you points in the 40s and low 50s. that puts us in the awesome range. tomorrow we've got a breeze from the north and west. it is going to feel so nice outside tomorrow. breezy, comfortable, not too hot, into the too and once these storms come through tonight you can see tomorrow we've got clear skies all across the board from start to finish tomorrow for my money is a perfect summer day. if you like eight few degrees warmer you'll love sunday as well the front stalls to the south but clouds should stay off to our south through the day sunday. here's monday this is what wove got to watch. notice the clouds try to creep in. this is pretty optimistic this actual model run here 2:00 p.m. still seeing sun from the city on north. showers are still off to the west and they may stay off to the west through the rest of the day monday. that would be the best case scenario can't rule out shower but i think most of the day is okay. overnight thunderstorms early

still through the next hour or two. tomorrow is beautiful sunny and breezy with low humidity. here's your fourth of july forecast down the shore 79. can't rule out that afternoon shower but i think it's mainly south and west. we'll see sun for most the day same story in philadelphia and the poconos probably the big winner showers definitely stay away and sun all day long on monday. we're looking at mid 80s through the weekend. 83 degrees monday. better chance for showers and storms tuesday and then we heat up late next week. >> heat it on up, thanks kate. >> lesley is hour now what's coming up next in sports. >> free agency is heating up. we have free agency with hockey and basketball. the phillies return home after successful road trip. did they finally head that seven-game hope losing

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lesley phillies getting a little steam. >> that's right. >> i think that's fun. >> great road trip. finally back at home starting three game series tonight at the bank again the royals. the fightings have struggle at home they did lose seven in row the phillies wasted no time getting on the scoreboard tonight. heher hoorahher hoorah getting s pitch. franco gets a hit. herrera rash schools and the phillies regain the lead. hell licks san pitching well. in the tim cody asche check him out. hits a double dot wall in right field. bourjos will score to put them up three-one. they snap that seven game home losing streak four-three the

final. >> free agency started in the nba. over a billion dollars so far in guaranteed money on the first day. how much did the zig sers add to that total. >> they need guards. that's what they signed. jar rid bail list was given de deal. he also ranked nipping in the nba in three-point shooting. sixers will be his eighth inform ba start after the 11th overall pick in the draft. he signed a three year $18 million deal with the pistons. he did want to resign witness sixers they wanted him to come back as a reserve. he knew this wasn't guarantee. he did take that deal from the pistons. sixers reportedly hiring former head coach jim o'brien as an assistant coach on brett brown's staff. o'brien coached the sixers in 2004 leading them 43-39 record

and were eliminated from the playoffs by the pistons. jim philly native graduating from roman catholic and also played college ball at st. joe's. free agency started in the nhl up like the sixers the flyers do not have a lot of money to spend on the free agent market. gm signed two players gordon who played last season with arizona and winger dale who played with montro al and chicago. four year deal worth 9.4 million. he had 14 goals all with montreal. >> very nice. good to see jim o'brien coming back. >> you know him pretty well. >> he was at pembrook state university at the time. welcome back, jim if come on back. >> can i get a 10 day crack. i'm available. >> lesley, thanks. >> up next police rule out the -- roll out t

♪ tonight some local children got a taste of hollywood all thanks to the philadelphia police department. >> "eyewitness news" at the 12 police district on woodland avenue. officers there transformed the roll call room in a full fledge movie theater with popcorn and other snacks. kind of like hollywood premier. kids and their families took a free screening of zootopia part of the cops and kid program that seeks to foster positive relationships between local kids

and police officers. ♪

(vo) you can check on them. you can worry about them. you can even choose a car for them. (mom) honey, are you ok? (child) i'm ok. (announcer vo) love. (mom) we're ok.

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don't miss out coming next it's late show with stephen colbert followed by the late late show with james corden many our morning team is back from 5:00 to 7:00 tomorrow. for kate, lesley and everyone here i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. we're always on for you at cbsly.com. >> we leave you now with more of the firework over penn's landi landing. good note night, family and slep well. ♪

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