north of the city, in bucks and montgomery county, lehigh valley but bulk of the rain just to the south and west near baltimore washington area we are moving in cecil county maryland and northeast maryland, perryville getting into steady rain. give it until 7:00 we will see heavier showers start to build in. this will impact some fire works festivities across the region later tonight. most of the this weekend staying dry. so, overall not a bad holiday weekend. flash flood watch in effect kicking off at midnight tonight for majority of the region exception with the lehigh valley and poconos. this zone has best shot to see locally heavy showers, maybe a few thunderstorms rolling in mainly after midnight tonight. here's set up, scattered showers maybe a thunderstorm with the heavier rain arriving between 3:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. tuesday morning. the general amounts half inch to over an inch but if you are stuck under a heavier shower you could get a quick inch of rainfall leading to localized flooding. head up slow travel overnight into early tomorrow morning. to temperature wise, much cool

tore day with the cloud around highs of only 80 degrees. sitting in the the 07's right now. humidity starts to rise in the nighttime hearst and that fools heavier rain. seventy's at the shore at this hour. fire works forecast for philadelphia, yes, there will be some showers, around at this time, temperatures hanging out in the lower 70's. muggy. we will time out this entire storm system and talking about big time summertime heat on the way as well. details in a few minutes. >> thanks, justin. keep track the rain on the go tonight. down load cbs-3 weather app to check storm scan three from your smart phone available on itune and google play. there are plenty of celebrations going on today but none as big as right now in center city. our own vittoria woodill joins us from the party on the parkway, happy fourth, torey. >> reporter: happy fourth of july, ukee. right now we are hearing national anthem being sung behind us. look at that stage and look at all of those people. concert begun at 5:00 o'clock,

head lining leon bridges. you will hear o.j.'s and hometown celebrity leslie odom, junior, that is tone a ward winning hamilton star and we will notice everyone right now, just patiently waiting for things to begin and i believe we should have some sort of a few aircraft fly over us but while we wait for that take a look at all of the funny had earlier just before the concert. >> ♪ >> reporter: party on the park way. >> ♪ >> singing, dancing, and thousands, dress todd impress in the stars and stripes parkway was bumping with adults, babies from the birthplace of our nation. >> happy fourth of july. >> reporter: why is parkway the best. >> because you can feel the spirit of philadelphia. >> reporter: families kept strutting down our block, every corner is pack with things to do and see. moms and dad were looking for. >> big fun, different

cultures, different people, just everybody coming together as one and having fun. >> reporter: big brothers were on the look out too. >> just trying to find face paint forgo my brother. >> reporter: we found it, i hate to leave them in the line but, you know you have a snake on your head. >> i do. >> reporter: any summer day calls for a way to cool down. meet new digs to the party on the parkway, ax man 5,000 water fountain. >> party in our back yard. >> that was cool. >> reporter: also as cool as you're watching live, right here on cbs-3 a beautiful symbol of our nation, an american aircraft, flying over, the art museum, ben franklin parkway, that is how we kick off the celebration, that is how philadelphia celebrates, the fourth of july, and we have a bunch of people ready to party on the parkway. happy fourth of july, everybody. look at this. >> hey. >> we all cannot wait, this is how philly does the fourth of july. come on in, come on in, how

pumped are you for fourth of july. >> so pumped. >> he is good. we will send it back over to you, we have a concert about to begin, happy fourth of july. >> happy fourth of july to you. >> do you feel that love. >> bring it in. feel the love. ain't no party like a fourth on the parkway. we will get back to you. parkway is not only place you can go to watch fire works light up night sky head to crock stadium at 9:15 in allentown. there will be fire works at wilmington river front, those starts at dusk. cherry hill has its fire works display at cherry hill high school west, those begin at 9:00. you can watch fire works from any margate beach tonight starting at 9:30. fire works have been postponed in both newark and dover, delaware due to the weather. newark will hold its day place monday night and dover has been rescheduled. what werth place to start july 4th then at independent hall, the philly pops and mayor jim kenney got the day started for the thousands of people on the mall.

the celebration also included a dramatic reading of the word of our founding fathers, by hamilton actor leslie odom, junior. people said the events moved their spirits. >> better than a barbecue. we have a lot to be thankful for. this is our city. it is beautiful. we love it. we are glad to be here. >> reporter: oh, yeah, philly's own bobby ill from the keystone state boys choir was there and sang national anthem for those in attendance . marching band in colonial garb hit the cobblestone street at fifth and chestnut. independent parade made its way through historic areas of the city between 11:00 and noon today. thousands of people, coming from across the country to take part. young children took part in the symbolic tapping of the

liberty bell this afternoon. and bells also rang simultaneously all across the country. these children are desend events of the signers of the declaration of the independent and pennsylvania society sons of the revolution. it is all part of the let freedom ring ceremony in the shadow of independent mall. i was so, so honored to host this start of the america's birthday celebration. some people celebrated the fourth down the shore, just by taking it easy. beach necessary ocean city were packed with beach chairs and umbrellas, not even cloud could put a damper on the spirits of the some beach goers. >> i think it is absolutely beautiful. they're predicting a so-so day but we were just commenting it turned out perfect. it is a great the day now. >> fire works show is scheduled to take place tonight at ten on the ocean city music pier, if bad weather moves in the show will be postponed until tomorrow night. well, holiday end, reality returns tomorrow and it is not going to be pretty for

commuters. septa is taking more than 100 defective train cars out of service. on your rahel solomon joins us from center city with new information on how septa plans to meet the challenge of working with a reduced fleet, rahel, happy fourth, good evening. >> reporter: ukee, good evening. septa is calling this issue unprecedented a third of the regional rail fleet off the track, making major changes in service until further notice. it may be back to work for many tomorrow but starting tuesday, septa's regional rail line will be operated on a saturday schedule. >> these 120 cars represent one-third of the septa fleet. it accounts for approximately 13,000 seats. these cars also run multiple times during our a.m. and p.m. rush hour, thus, you can imagine the impact to our regular customers. >> reporter: septa employee discovered structural defect friday, it was soon found that the crack in the main

suspension system extended to more than 100 silver liner five railcars, septa says it is working with hyundai the railcar manufacturer to fix the problem. in the meantime passengers should expect slower service and crowded conditions. >> i got to get down there earlier because it is even packed now when we have seven cars going to trenton. so, i have to leave earlier to go to work. >> i'm just glad that they did something, and they are doing something. >> reporter: septa says to lesson the frustration their market frankford line, broad street line, norristown high speed line and route 101, 102 trolleys will be running more frequently and regional rail passengers use other forms of septa transportation. >> reporter: here's something to keep in mind. septa says if the regional rail trains are too crowded they will not stop at certain stations. if you insist on getting on regional rail line drive to a stop a earlier in the line to

get on and they also say as i mention suggest other forms of the transportation and they are also offering free parking, coming up at 6:00 i'll tell you exactly where. reporting live from septa headquarters, rahel solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we will sigh you at 6:00. our coverage continues on line for a complete list of the septa rail services changes head to our web site at cbs philly.com. police identified the 16 year-old shot and killed overnight in grays ferry. she was shot around 12:30 near corner of moore and 31st street. he was with a group of people in the backyard. it is not clear what happened, before the shooting. philadelphia police say that they have a limited information, but they say a dark colored vehicle was seen driving away going northbound. a man is in jail on suspicion of dui after his car hit someone who was walking in ogontz. police say that the driver, six two-year old man hit the person near intersection of the fifth and west rustcomb after 2:00 a.m. the crash left the pedestrian in critical condition.

new jersey state police are investigating how someone was hit and killed walking on i295 in burlington county. tractor trailer hit the person around 3:45 near exit 40 the mount laurel exit, the driver was not hurt. north bound lanes of i295 were closed, for several hours. well, a big boom was heard by philadelphia police this morning and it wasn't the sound of fire works. someone apparently blew up an atm in strawberry mansion but they did not get the any money. officers heard the explosion around 4:00 this morning outside the hair after barber shop on the 2500 block of lehigh avenue. there were no reports of injuries and blow of alcohol tobacco firearms and explosives is investigating. coming up on "eyewitness news" keeping holiday celebrations safe. >> authorities beef up security this fourth of july after a number of terrorist attacks overseas, i'm craig boswell in washington with that coming up. also a smelly disaster in florida, toxic allergy is

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storm scan three shows rain moving in and it could impact tonight's july 4th festivity, meteorologist justin drabick tracks the rain's arrival, justin joins news just a few minutes. security is tight at fourth of july festivity and landmarks all across the country. while authorities say there are no specific credible threats law enforcement agencies are out in force amid recent terror linked to violence overseas. correspondent craig boswell looks at heightened security measures. >> in new york city, nypd is showing its strength on the ground, and in the air. the u.s. coastguard is also boosting patrols. >> we just have extra presence out on the water, to prevent any emergency.

>> reporter: in los angeles police made their presence known at lax airport. >> it makes me feel comfortable to know i'm secure. >> reporter: crowd gathering for fire works at chicago's navy pier had to go through an inspection, in the nation's capitol heavily armed police could be seen outside union station and inside k-9's patrols as travel's arrived ahead of the d.c.'s celebrations. the security preparations for today's celebration comes after a series of ice is link attacks overseas. there were bombings in baghdad yesterday. and last week, militants carried out deadly attacks in bangladesh and turkey. >> recent terrorist attacks around the world are carefully followed. >> reporter: david snider coordinates emergency plans for d.c. region and say authorities are prepared. >> it is a target that obviously has monuments, large numbers of people, for things like a july 4th celebration, we're very aware of that. >> reporter: many americans are not letting threat of terrorism stop them from celebrating. >> i'm not the kind to live in

fear, so if that is what they want to us do. >> reporter: craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". four florida counties are asking the fed for help after beachers and rivers were besieged by a smelly disaster. they are coated with toxic allergy thick slime is so bad for tourism and business, state of emergency was declared. allergy is blame on pollutants from a nearby fresh water lake. army core of engineers is slowing down the flow of that lake water, hoping to stop the allergy. we're finally seeing how alaska's glacier bay was reshaped by a landslide last week and this comes from mountain flying service. landslide hit brady ice field tuesday morning, region felt the tremors but dust cloud concealed the aftermath until right now. debris field is at least six and a half miles long. nasa's solar powered spacecraft juneo is expected to start orbiting tonight. during its mission they will circle the planet 37 times and take a close-up picture with

the special camera. it is designed to study jupiter's atmosphere and gather information to help scientists better understand its atmosphere and how it was formed. it ways launched in 20116789 it mission will end february 282,018th when the spacecraft will crash into jupiter. justin drabick joins us now a lot of folks have things planned for tonight. we are watching the skies, my friend. >> we will get some rain. unfortunately just in time for fire works. most of the weekend stayed dry. it wasn't bad overall. we will take it. but finally we will talk about some rain. we did get rain earlier, this morning in, some spots. we started july 4th off this morning with the show in the sky. but not fire works. but this perfect rainbow. check this out, eyewitness photo was sent by pam korman in ventnor atlantic county. so there was light showers, that moved through parts of the delaware south jersey this morning and got a little bit of sunlight and produced that night rainbow. it is possible we will see

rainbow again tomorrow. we will be dealing with morning showers and eventually some sunshine. storm scan three shows a couple areas of steady rain out over the baltimore washington area about to move into northern delaware. so folks out toward cecil county maryland, newark delaware, middletown, glass co you could be seeing light rain right now. nothing too heavy. we will see pockets of heavy rain out to the west. we will zoom in closer here and see a few sprinkles in the lehigh valley, right now but again majority of the steady rain still well to the west. outdoor plans, get them done over the next couple of hours because this rain will pick up in intensity especially if you head toward after midnight tonight. that is when we have that flood watch go in effect. temperature wise, not bad, a little humid, up around 80. sitting with 78 in allentown. lower 70's at the shore due to the cloud cover and similar numbers across the suburbs. breaking out the grill this evening, right now we're still dry for the most part, temperature 77 in willow grove. dew point temperatures starting to get on the rise here, now we're creeping up in

the mid 60's, near 70 in dover delaware indicating more tropical air mass and that is what will produce heavier rain through the overnight hours. lets talk about this humidity, how will it feel. pretty nice, over weekend, saturday and sunday, today, humid and tomorrow steamy same deal on wednesday, they will feel oppressive as we head into thursday and friday as peak of the humidity returns. we are seeing a classic midsummer weather pattern. we have not gotten that this season. now it looks like it is on our way through next several days. good beach days ahead though once we get past tomorrow morning. at the shore some morning showers and then some sun for the afternoon. 84 degrees. full sunshine on wednesday. hot, more humid, mid 80's, good day to cool off. then thursday just watch for scattered showers and thunderstorms, don't cancel beach plans just typical afternoon summertime stuff. we have a warm front approaching us right now. once the front passes, we're going to be sitting in that warm, humid air mass feeling those showers overnight. tomorrow afternoon the storm

system starts to move off shore so we will clear out, should see some sunshine, and then wednesday sets up to see a dry day before we see next system bringing that shower or storm chance on thursday. lets zoom in closer. 10:00 o'clock getting close to the fire works festivities in philadelphia. there will be showers around. hopefully scattered enough where it doesn't impact us too much but then overnight we will see pockets of heavier rain moving in two or 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning's commute not if with the septa issue. now we have to throw in heavy rain. that will slow things down. by the afternoon it looks better with sunshine. by the even of the week, jet stream moves to the north, this is classic, summertime set up, high pressure just off shore. this allows a lot of heat and humidity to develop. for tonight the showers will arrive, maybe thunderstorm low of 70 degrees. heavier showers early tomorrow morning and then clearing, warm high of 88 degrees. here we go with the three day forecast. we are close to 90 tomorrow and then mid 90's on wednesday when we factor in the humidity

it will feel hotter than. that lower 90's thursday with the scattered showers or storm and coming up we will have that seven day and let you know how long 90's last and it will be a while. it thinks time of the year. >> we're ready for tonight. >> heads up have umbrella, may have to cancel your plans. >> thanks, buddy. gas station motel, roadside restaurant and rv park and it can be all yours, yes, you can buy the entire town, is there only one hitch and we will explain a little later in the broadcast, leslie. >> we know joey jaws chestnut can throw down hot dogs but did he upset the reigning champion of the nathan's hot dog eating contest. the winner i'll tell you set a record next up in

why i like my hot dogs with relish, mustard, chips on the side. >> soggy bun or anything like

that. >> tradition that kind of makes sense, this is fourth of july and many of us do enjoy hot dogs off the grill but i bet you cannot eat more than this guy. meet joey jaws chestnut, today he ate 70 hot dogs in ten minutes, at nathan's famous hot talk eating contest on coney island. chestnut ate three time wing bowl champion, you may recall set a record for most hot dogs ever eat men competition, regaining that mustard yellow, international belt. the men, not only ones, eating these hot dogs. the four time defending champ mickey soto ate 38 in ten minutes. she and chestnut will win $10,000 each. this is her third straight title and 100 anniversary of famous hot dog eating event. 3/2 pitch, swing and well hit ball to deep center field, it is back, it is out of here, home run, lenny dykstra.

>> yes, he was a philly favorite and still making headlines, former center fielder lenny dykstra has a new book ruffling feathers. he will be here in our studios tomorrow morning at 6:45 to talk about his tell all, you definitely don't want to miss it. i have heard what is in this book. dude does in the hold back. >> nails is coming in. >> the dude. >> the dude. >> okay i'm getting up then, thanks. appreciate it. coming up, celebrating independence down the shore with a show, cleve? it is fourth of july and what could be better than spending the day on the beach then at the jersey shore. how about a country music concert. i'm cleve bryan we will take you in the excitement leading up to the tim mcgraw show. >> little boy is buried in a huge pile of sand, we will be right

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and, as we continue to celebrate, america's would it day, excitement is building for a big show, down the shore, one of the biggest act in country music is set to take the stage, in wildwood. "eyewitness news" continues at 5:30. hi everyone i'm ukee washington. jessica is off tonight. tim mcgraw is head lining a beach concert later tonight. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is there right now to tell us more about it. cleve. >> reporter: hi there they are just wrapping up one of the opening acts, music has been playing, crowd is here, they are walking with the sand between their toes, and you cannot beat that on the fourth of july. so far, just a few little drizzles, in real rain and people are hoping it holds off as tim mcgraw takes the stage and they are ready to rock right here.

wildwood beach concert the goers are looking patriotic and feeling pumped up. >> when he was coming i got all excited. we were kind of, making sure that we were all ready, we're excited to be together, excited to be here in wildwood and enjoying the show. >> reporter: wildwood officials say tim mcgraw is the largest beach concert of the summer drawing as crowd as many as 40,000 people. >> it is great. it is just an entertainment value that we need to compete with everybody else that is out there. this is, i think the beginning of a long relationship with this type of events coming here. >> reporter: for wildwood beach concerts helped fill hotel, restaurants and sell souvenirs. fourth of july weekend kicks off busiest two month stretch of the year at the jersey shore. >> watch the tram car police report report many visitors say going to a country concert on the actual fourth was a perfect way to cap off the holiday weekend. >> it is awesome. it is amount of people here. it is awesome.

people want to have something else to do beside boardwalk. country music and celebrate america's birthday. >> we're celebrating america here in wildwood and having a blast. we're watching the tram car. >> looking forward to fire works. >> yes. >> watch the tram car on the way home. >> that is its. >> cleve bryan with his toes in the sand down the shore. thirteen citizens today. children came from all over the world, and citizenship oath. afterwards, bells were rung13 times to celebrate the 13 original columnist. the ceremony has become a popular independent day tradition. well, community across our area held parades today, including east lansdowne delaware county. >> ♪ >> oh, yeah, the dancing got started around lunchtime there, were traditional floats, high school marching band and a string band, as well. afterwards, the boro hosted hot dogs and plenty of treats, at their town hall.

mother bethel african methodiste pistol church continued its 200 birthday celebration today, members unveiled a mural of church found are richard allen. "eyewitness news" at ame church first district headquarters on the 38th and market. church collaborated with willis humphrey the lead mural list for the arts program. three weeks ago, we are now, three weeks to go rather, we are now just 21 days away from the beginning of the democratic national convention here in philadelphia. and, delegates will formally nominate hillary clinton at the dnc they launched a contest where supporters can nominate her at the convention. president obama will campaign with clinton in charlotte tomorrow. meanwhile donald trump's team promises a display of political entertainment at the republican national convention in cleveland. former reality tv star plans to feature his children and celebrities and supporters. suicide bomber struck u.s. consul in saudi arabia this

morning, no one at the consul was killed. the attack comes a day after ices killed more than 160 people in baghdad. cbs news correspondent charlie dagada has more on the growing number of ice is attacks. >> reporter: iraqis lit candles at site of the sunday's devastating isis truck bombing that turned a busy shopping district in an up market neighborhood into a inferno. >> this man says that most of the people in the building were in their 20's, the government says nothing when it does to security. holy month of ramadan end and children looking forward to the celebration, never lives to see them. major general shabazz says isis or dash targeted innocent people here after suffering heavy losses on the battle field. the bombing came barely a week after iraqi military finally cleared nearby fallujah of remaining isis fighters. we joined, iraqi special

forces during part of that fight, they faced heavy resistance from militants as they inched closer to the city, backed up by u.s. air strikes. isis network has unleashed its brutal brand of terror around the globe. police in bangladesh said they made formal arrests over friday's isis siege in the cafe which left 20 hostages dead including a abita caber from miami and turkey is still reeling from the gun and bomb attack in the main airport that claimed the lives of more than 40 people. charlie dagada for cbs news. >> wisconsin college student who went missing while studding a broad in italy has been found dead. body of 19 year-old beau solomon was pull from the tiger river in rome this morning. he had just arrived in the country for stud a brawl program on thursday. solomon's roommate reported him missing the next day. when he failed to show up for orientation. authorities say it is unclear how the student died but that someone used his credit cards, many times after he

disappeared. a three-year old boy is okay after a scare on the california beach as he was buried under 3 feet of sand this happened in new port beach saturday afternoon. boy went digging tunnels when he disappeared. his parents started to frantically asking other people for help at the beach just before he dove in. >> started digging, pretty fast and dug two big handfull and that is when i felt him under the sand. >> it was a scary thing to see a little boy that wasn't breathing and blue and pretty much dead. it was pretty frightening i'm sure it was. someone on the beach performed cpr and boy was taken to the hospital and he is okay, he says that the family texted him a picture of boy, smiling in his hospital bed. one very cool k-9 is on a mission, still to come on "eyewitness news" the goggles and ear guard he is wearing is not for fun photo op, this doggies on the job to keep travel are safe.

also sun safety is important for everyone to wear sun screen but picking the right ones can be will challenging because different sun screens protect your skin this different ways. how to find best one for you and your family, justin. a flash flood watch goes into effect tonight coming up we will time out heaviest rain when we check eyewitness weather.

striking workers the atlantic city's trump taj mahal are spending their fourth of july holiday on the picket line. thinks day four of the strike. 1,000 members of the main casino walk off the job on friday. workers want a contract that restores its members health insurance and pension plans. former owners got a bankruptcy judge to cancel the benefits in 204.

it is unclear when both sides will return to the bargaining table again. well, region is overcome with lottery fever, tomorrow mega millions jackpot is 449, and, marked the 33rd consecutive drawing to fail to produce a win are. it has been more than two years mega millions jackpot, grew this large. if you play, good luck. do you want to get away, from it all how about buying a ghost town, cabin creek colorado was 45 minutes from denver, years ago, man bought 5-acre property and now he is selling it, asking price $350,000. the buyer will need to have imagination, the property has an abandon eight room motel and old gas station, and a run down restaurant. i can see a film studio stepping in right now to pick that up. it now houses tallest lego model in the united states this video was provided by lego land showing their model of the one world trade center. real tower is more than 1700 feet tall, lego version

is 26 feet. it has a quarter million lego pieces, eight master builders spent more than 1200 hours, put ago this thing together. nicely done. if you are heading out to see fire works, take your umbrella, meteorologist justin drabick times out the arrival of the rain and j.d. says there could be a few bolts of lightening as well, is that right, j.d., lightening. thumbs up, my man, we will be right

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the peach tree road race took place in atlanta, first wave, the wheelchair division, began the race at 6:30 this morning. and women's and mens group began after 7:00. this race is considered to be the largest 10k in the world. move over snug i and make room for snacky. tortilla towel is perfect beach a accessory, if you want to look like, rolled up mexican food. and apparently aloft people do. it has already sold out, on line. tortilla towel can make you look like a taco, quesadilla or burrito, if you dare, be

careful, someone put some hot sauce on you, and, sting the. >> roll it up with this forecast, it will get hot. >> yes. >> pool or ocean. >> you are talking about lightening. >> possibly later on. we have got fire works all over the place. you will get wet heading out most likely. we will get showers in here. they will be scattered but at some point you will get rainfall. heaviest rain will start to move in overnight hours. we have a flood flood watch in effect. outside still dry here in philadelphia. in the meantime, you can see cloud are rolling in, they are continuing to lower, and thicken but we have some rain, that is already approaching delaware right now. so, that is going to be a trend as we head over the next couple of hours. increasing chances for rainfall in the evening. so lets check with the weather watch's the this hour and see what is happening for the most part, we're dealing with temperatures, and, temperatures up around, lower 80's degrees, that is bit.

we are below average. we should be in the upper 80's, we will break it down, we will do delores lee where she's reporting light drizzle, at her hours, 75 in birdboro, 76 at lynn's house in cherry hill, new jersey. all these temperatures, uniform due to the cloud cover. cherry hill, jenny janssen at 76. ed, warmer at 82 in chesterfield. walt inner newark, reporting light rain as well, and eventually margot simonness buena vista township you'll get in that rain as well. current temperature at 73 degrees. we have had fire works show, couple shots, this one from phil chapline from yesterday, nice shot there, good fire works display there going on and this is from chesterfield, ed connor he saw fire works last night, and, good night there. and, we will take you to the shore right now where we will see some rain, just cloudy, in margate, really everybody is moving off the beach, getting

led i for a nice evening here, july 4th evening, but we are tracking those showers, just to the south and west. still bulk of the rain is coming across cecil county maryland, new castle county delaware, moves into south jersey, couple sprinkles in the lehigh valley right the now, and heaviest rain still well to the west. that should get in here after midnight. a.m. and 8:00 a.m. is worst of the rain. we could deal with localized flooding. low to mid 70's, 80 in allentown at this hour. is there heat building off to the south and west and temperatures upper 90's around 100 degrees. that hot air head east over next several days. highs will be running, well above average this time of the year. may be also on the rise. you can feel difference. the current dew point temperature at 61 degrees, that is somewhat on the humid side but numbers will keep on increasing, as we head into tonight and next few days, it will start to feel i am oppress any of to thursday and weekend. so we go through 11:00 o'clock tonight.

we will approach 07-degree mark. that is a marker for tropical air mass. these numbers are are well in the 07's tomorrow. that will fuel heavier showers tuesday morning and then wednesday, still humid, maybe not quite as bad but it is going to feel nasty as we are outside with full sunshine. shore forecast for morning part tomorrow, not that great. it has showers around jersey shore, delaware beaches and sunshine in the afternoon. eighty-four for the high. ocean water up to 67 degrees. we are timing out these showers through ten or 11:00 they will pick up in coverage. most likely you will get rain on heading outside tonight for fire works show. overnight pockets of heavy rain develops, and thunderstorms possible early tomorrow morning. thinks 7:00 a.m. back to work and reality, we will dodge heavier rain, that will slow things down, localized flooding and then we will break cloud up, we will start to see some sunshine, and warm and humid day. we will talk about the temperatures, tomorrow morning waking up low 70's, warm,

humid, tomorrow afternoon, upper 80's close to 90 degrees. depending on sunshine we will see. look at this, wednesday highs reaching mid 90's for warm spot best place to be will be the coastline, mid 80's a there. and then again, ocean water even though it is 67, it will feel good with temperatures in the 90's. the showers and potential thunderstorm develops, overnight tonight and then we will see showers continuing tomorrow morning and then afternoon clearing high up around 88 degrees. if you don't like heat and humidity enjoy tomorrow at 88. it gets hot. ninety-four wednesday. mostly sunny skies. we will keep it in the lower 90's on thursday. afternoon shower or thunderstorm, scattered, friday stays dry though 90's and then start of the weekend kind of the split weekend. hot and humid on saturday, shower or storm. we will fall back in the mid to upper 80's by the start of the next week with lower humidity. is there something for everyone in that forecast, ukee, if you like heat and humidity you will he love that end of the week. and then it breaks by next

week. we know it is important to use sun screen to protect begins skin cancer but might not be picking the right one. molly hall talks to the dermatologist who answers a common question about sun screen safety. >> reporter: taylor marsh using sun protection daily, when choosing sun screen she looks at spf level first. >> discovered something really high, clean, hypo allergic and fragrance free. >> reporter: from cremes, lotions and spray finding the right one, can be a challenge. darrah regal says best kind is one that you you are actually going to use. >> sprays are most commonly used type of sun screen, issue with the spray is it is hard, so we recommend you put two coats of the spray on. >> reporter: american academy of dermatology says look for broad spectrum water resistant sun screen with the spf of 30 or higher. it is okay if the product does not have a expiration date. most will last three years. >> sun screen does not require to have an expiration date. one thing that breaks sun

screen down is extreme heat. if you leave it in your car, that will break the sun screen down. >> reporter: most people don't use enough sun screen and don't reapply as often as they should. experts say a shot glass full will cover a whole body, and reapply every two hours. even if you have darker skin you are still at risk for skin cancer and it is never too late to protect yourself even if you got too much sun as a kid. >> damage you get from the sunnies cumulative, there is a meter running on your skin. memory goes backwards. if you can slow that down. >> reporter: you can improve your risk later on, molly hall for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". eight year-old border collie is new social media sensation, still ahead tonight see how piper protects air travelers, far beyond any security checkpoint up next mission that has made him famous, we will be right

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talk about a very cool k-9, check out piper, he is on a mission to keep air travelers, safe. cbs correspondent chris van cleve takes you to the runway where piper takes airport security to a whole new level. >> well, i don't think is there any denying it. he has cool factor down to a t. >> reporter: easy to spot in these pictures moments of social media gold, earning piper, the airport k-9 a global following. eight year-old border collie, sits tight with the coastguard hovering, only feet away, or as the blue angels taxi by. but those goggles and ear guard he is wearing aren't just a photo op, he is on the job. piper protects aircraft as traverse city michigan airport from bird and other wild life. >> go get him. >> reporter: here he hopes in

on geese near the main runway and they, take off. it was a flock of geese that took out engine on the u.s. airways plane men for miracle landing on the hudson river. in 2014 alone there were more than 13,000 birds strikes reported nationwide, 581 wild life strikes resulted in damage which can lead to cosby repairs and force emergency landings. coastguard pilot lieutenant commander charlie wilson is one of piper's biggest fans. >> piper has been on the job for two years have you noticed a difference. >> there is a decreased number of bird, on the taxiway. >> quite honestly i have been in a number of airports, you know, shotgun, blank. >> birds get used to that. they now know it is a sound. you deploy a dog that chases after them and fight or flight instinct they go run and they remember it. >> reporter: brian edward is piper's partner. >> is what the best part of having piper here with you every day. >> work with your best friend. >> reporter: brian has had

piper for three years. despite not being previously train it only took this old doing about a year to get comfortable on the tarmac. >> the airport is home, i have to drag him out of here whenever we leave. >> reporter: it was edward idea to post pictures on instagram. now piper has over 20,000 more followers then traverse city has residents. airport director kevin kline. >> he is the mascot for the airport. >> absolutely he has and he has become the mascot for the whole town. >> reporter: that is nothing to shake a stick at. honestly piper would rather have no other way. >> chris van cleve for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". high five for piper. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. at 6:00 a red, white and blue celebration from the city to the shore, best ways to celebration, independent day, tonight, justin. we have dry conditions right new but there is rain on the way, some could be heavy, talking about a flash flood watch for parts of the your use and fire works forecast

coming up. >> get ready for a rough ride to work, major schedule changes septa is making after finding potentially dangerous tracks on the cars and warning for women, terrifying attacks ton women just around the corner from each other, what police know about the man they are looking for. "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. it is a party on the parkway, you are looking live at ben franklin parkway where tens of thousands of people are celebrating the fourth of july, in style. but before rain, will it ruin the big fire works show tonight? we are tracking showers to see if you will need an umbrella for the celebration. but first. >> unprecedented. we want to get our hand around it. >> many commuters could be in for a rude, awakening when they helped back to work thomas septa pulls more than 100 train cars off the track. the dangerous defects that

needs to be fixed, and what you need to know to survive, the rough commute. good evening, i'm ukee washington. jessica has the day off. it is travel emergency, septa says they have never faced anything like this before. our rahel sol machine joins us live from center city with more on how septa plans to get passengers through this commuter crisis, rahel. >> septa says they were not expecting this at all friday morning, a septa employee, realize there had was a problem with one regional rail line, and soon septa realize that had problem actually affected the entire fleet. >> this is unprecedented. >> reporter: for 135,000 daily regional rail septa customers, tuesday could likely be the start of a new morning routine. >> saturday schedule normally requires 92 cars, to provide services on a hourly schedule for most of our lines except for the airport and paoli line with 30 minute service. >> reporter: due to structural defects found or cracking in the main