blue/green color but it is cheaper then flying to the bohamas these days. people say surprisingly, the the water is press i similar. taking a dip in the atlantic can be more often about the experience and then appearance. >> it is normally dirty this year we go in and saw our feet >> reporter: ocean clarity has people at the beach talking. >> we thought we were in the island. >> reporter: it is not an illusion, this photo taken by nasa shows the ocean off of new jersey, does in fact look tiehl, thanks to a phenomenon known as thermal upwelling. >> deep water that is cold and that has return in it coming up from the surface and it is providing lots of good nutrients and food for what we called phytoplankton. >> fido means planning and planning ton means drifter so there are tiny little will drifting plants that have a aqua blue reflection. lack of rain means lower than

usual sediment in the water and more visible. >> it is a completely natural process and we are seeing more of it on the shore. >> reporter: but is it safe. >> it is not any type of bacteria at all. >> reporter: the department of health takes weekly water samples from more than 40 locations and put findings for each beach town right on the web site. >> what we're seeing is very, very clean water off our companies. >> reporter: our experts say only thing you need to worry about is getting the right sunlight to catch the tropical color. >> it is clear, beautiful, and if you missed it, shame on you. >> reporter: one thing that our local experts could not tell us is how long this clear, blue water will last, so, i will have to say good bye because i'm going for a dip. >> i didn't see that coming. but now i understand. >> okay. >> enjoy, enjoy, wish we were there. >> scattered storms in the area today and there are still some around tonight.

lets get ready for meteorologist kate bilo in the weather center with the very latest, kate. >> as you saw down the shore, it is nice enough to take a dip in the ocean but that is not the case for every part of our region. delaware beaches getting hit harder with rain at the moment and portions of southwestern sussex county very heavy rain but heavy downpours from earlier have started to weaken. we have cleared it out down the shore and much of the south jersey. philadelphia we still have scattered showers, heaviest now heading up, to the poconos. a look at what we're seeing outside right now shows lightening at just a bit for north and west. we have a flood advisory for portions of pocono region with this heavy rain moving through right around the turnpike. lot doppler estimated rainfall totals in the 24 hours. as we zoom in the region you can see a few spots with that yellow and green shading, one to 2 inches have rain but in just two hours in southern delaware we had 2.27 inches of rain and over the course of the the day, some spots, checked in with over 5 inches. that is the area that remains

under a flash flood warning this evening. seaford, delaware reported 5.49 inches, a flash flood was reported there. that goes until 7:30 p.m. but everything is lighting up, showers and thunderstorms becoming more scattered through tonight, once they clear out we will have the temperatures going off to the races, with humidity to match. all of the details on the next surge of extreme heat coming up. >> all right, kate. we continue to follow breaking news now of a serious crash on martin luther king drive. three children were injured when two vehicles collided near the falls bridge. chopper three is live over that scene right now. we also know two other people were injured in the crash. the investigators say that the three children were rushed to hahnemann hospital but light now we do not know what their conditions are but we will continue to bring you update at we receive them. funerals begin for five dallas police officers killed in the line of duty. >> local officers are supporting their brothers in blue. new jersey state troopers made the journey to dallas to pay their respects to the fallen

officers. they say no matter the distance the thin blue line is strong. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live in mayfair where many are gathered with the police officers, trang. >> reporter: they started to showing up, to come here, sure they were here, as it had been raining pretty steadily but now that it dries out here people say they are prepared to be out here, they've got their umbrellas and their hats, take a lot the crowd that has gathered here, so far, they do have some signs out, and they say, stop killing our philadelphia cops but many people say that they came out here, in response to the ongoing protests in this city, and nation, why that have an anti police sentiment. one woman tells me she was disheartened by a protest on saturday the 24th and 25th police district where demonstrators yelled obscenities and profanity at

police. >> reporter: and, they are not sure just how many people will show up but one man tells us that all of the rage in atlantic city just to be here. for now we're live from mayfair i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news"? trang thank you. scott pelley will have more on how dallas is dealing with the ambush on police officers, that is tonight on the the "cbs evening news" at 6:30. last minute preparations are underway as we are just 12 days away from the start of the democratic national convention, in philadelphia. young people, will be a big part of the dnc, and today the philadelphia 2016 host commit thee had a youth engagement programs that will take place during the democratic national convention. among the activities the host committee is partnering with our sister station kyw news

radio to create a youth news team. the dnc's goal, it is to have a positive impact on the community. and as we get ready for the dnc, stay with "eyewitness news" for complete coverage, we will resource guide for you on cbs philly.com/dnc. the republican national convention, starts this monday, july 18th, i will be heading to cleveland to cover it. you can look for my reports next week here on cbs-3. right now though on the cbs-3 healthwatch the world's smallest heart pump is saving lives in bucks county. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here with more on this break through new technology. >> it is very cool. you have heard saying big things come in small packages? well this device is being used for different kind of cardiac issues. people using it are getting updated training at a giant mobile lab that was park today in langhorne. it might not look like much, but this little device is loaded with power. >> it is going to save lives. >> reporter: it is world's smallest heart pump, designed

to temporarily do the heart's job of pumping blood through the body. >> there are many people who we cannot get to recover from the heart attack but if we can keep them alive long enough while hearties recovering and that is that transition phase. this keeps the heart going while recovering. >> reporter: giant mobile lap was at st. mary's medical center for continuing staff training with life sized models and simulators. they got to practice with see through cardiovascular systems inserting the device through the groin and then threading tonight to the heart. >> it is a major opportunity. >> reporter: doctors, nurses, technicians are getting more advanced training with the what the f.d.a. expanding uses for the impala. >> it is hard work keeping blood circulating through the body this demonstrates just how powerful the little pump is, churning water inside beaker. up side the heart it keeps blood flowing for patients in critical condition. >> when they come in and they are blue and they do not have a whole lot of time here, and

you put in the impala and in three or four heart beats their color changes, their blood pressure goes up, heart changes and in about 15 minutes they are all set. >> reporter: now that pump is usually only left inside the heart for three days giving it time to recover and heel and begin working on its own. great new technology. >> it is so small. >> thanks, stephanie. well, malvern school will in glen mills will be selling lemonade today at their annual lemonade stand tonight. similar fund raises were held in the each of the 24 locations. students decorated and ran the fundraiser. now in the ninth year malvern school is a top fundraiser for alex scott foundation and they hope to raise a hundred thousand dollars during this years event. >> best of luck. still to come on "eyewitness news", the nfl decides what is different for lesean mccoy over a violent incident inside a philadelphia nightclub that injured two off-duty police officers. plus guns and roses rocks

lincoln financial field tomorrow, we have your behind the scenes preview of that, concert and show, kate. after the storms today, the heat returns, your seven day forecast, looking forward to saturday, look out for tomorrow, i'll tell you why, when it will feel as hot as 105 degrees, in philadelphia, coming up, that is coming up with the seven day when we come back, don. tom brady and supreme court are being mentioned in the same sentence, find out y brian colangelo says he is not comfortable with what we will hear from the sixers gm next in sports.

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week long search for an escaped new jersey inmate back in may cost taxpayers more than $180,000 in police overtime. >> also, he disappeared from the ancora unit a bay side state prison on may third. he was found may ninth off of the garden state parkway in ocean county. the state department of corrections, led the search for buckle and officials say they have accrued the majority of the overtime costs. lesean mccoy is in the clear, the nfl said it will not the discipline former philadelphia eagle for his role or alleged role in the nightclub brawl. these decisions come three months after district attorney seth williams said wow not charge the 28 year-old, running back, due to insufficient evidence. mccoy and three others were reportedly involved in a brawl against off-duty police officers inside recess nightclub in philadelphia, back in february. all right. well, switching gears to sports. >> yes, yes we're talking hoops now. you have to mold the roster when we talk about the sixers. >> you do. >> you have to mold the

roster. >> that is right. >> they have until october. >> that is right. >> all right. nba teams can't find quality big men. sixers seem to have three. brian colangelo went on sirius xm nba radio and said he is uncomfortable with the log jam but that doesn't mean he will pack. >> i will in the make a bad deal just to make a deal. when i say in a playful way no, i'm not comfortable i think we can be a better basketball team if we can distribute that will talent and take one of those assets and address the needs on the roster but i think, right now, again, it is safe to say we like all of them. we want to see if we cap make the most out of each of them in terms of the contributions to this team but at the end of the day reality says probably one had to go at some point but only when the deal is right. >> all right. move on to baseball, that feeling you get when time is running down on summer vacation, phillies of today

and tomorrow, off before they get back to work on friday when they host the mets. they start the second half of the season 12 games out of first place. now lets talk about the all-star game last night in san diego, odubel herrera the only representative for fightin phillies, and popped out to center. after the game, chris bryant, for the cubs, and for the national league, off of chris, it is gone. american league, it was their night once again eric whose more going opposite field. he went one for three, he had one rbi's, was mvp of the game, american league, taking away with the w, four-two your final score. how about this story, tom brady suspended again. second u.s. circuit court of appeals denied, stopping his four game suspension. this is the story. patriots quarterback only has one more left. >> yes. >> take his fight to the supreme court. no word on whether he plans to do so.

>> what? >> that is truly not going away. >> supreme court going to be talking about deflated footballs. >> and then there is that. >> yes. >> don, thanks. let's toss it to kate now. any better news on the weather side. >> better news by the weekend but heading in to tomorrow, six and half dozen, it is a glummy, rainy day, it will be justin sanely hot. hot, humid, dangerously so really heading into tomorrow. kind of heat you don't want to miss around with. we have talked about this late last week. tomorrow will be hottest day we have felt so far this summer. now temperatures, are at the same level that tomorrow will be but we have not seen dew points like this in connection with the hot temperatures. that will make it feel like triple digits throughout the course of the afternoon, very stifling heat and again dangerous especially for anyone with respiratory issues, young children, and carroll erickson urged me to say do not leave the pets out in the heat like this either. lets see, things have start

todd clear out just a little bit, this evening, live look at our spring garden street camera looking toward broad street. it looks good right now. we have brightness in the skies. the not a fully sunny evening outside but better then it was a few hours ago. but as we go up to the poconos where heaviest rain is falling at the moment. this is broadheadsville looking very ominous, wind is blowing the trees there 74 degrees. humidity making it feel like 78. here's a snapshot of storm scan three we are seeing showers fizzle. we have light showers around the city but heaviest north of allentown right around the turnpike there up toward mount pocono where we have a few rumbles of thunder. biggest threat with these storms as it has been all take heavy rainfall leading to blinding conditions on the road and that is what we are seeing around the pocono region. we will clear it out tonight, you can see through this evening still a stray sure or storm but by 9:00 o'clock not much is out there. overnight maybe a stray spring will and that is it. tomorrow we will have cloud and sunshine, more sun through the afternoon and any

thunderstorm activity tomorrow afternoon will be widely scattered, isolated, don't expect to see much and same story on friday. big story for next few days will be the heat, lets talk about dew points. dew points in the 70's and that is where they will stay as we head in the day tomorrow we will see dew points in the low to mid 70's, that puts us in the oppressive range and worst of the heat will be mid afternoon tomorrow. take a look at this snapshot, 103 to 104 around 2:00 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. that is how it will feel, entire region, poconos, little break there but inland communities down the shore will be feeling like triple digits, sweltering heat tomorrow afternoon and excessive heat warning in effect at noon. heat index values 100 plus. the thursday will feel hot, temperatures will be about the same on friday, friday dew points in the mid 50's. hot but not as oppressive as tomorrow will be feeling. overnight we will drop to a low of seven 46789 warm, steamy, feels like outside right now what it will feel like tonight. extreme heat tomorrow with

stray thunderstorm, feeling like again 100 plus, down the shore, on the beach at least a break at 58 degrees. watch for that stray thunderstorm, friday and saturday more sunshine and it does start to cool down this weekend. weekend is still a warm, steamy summer weekend but not dangerous heat like what we're feeling thursday and friday. we have temperatures in the upper 80's and it looks like it is dry this weekend with sun both saturday and sunday, maybe a shower saturday night but all together a good weekend for outdoor plans. >> good timing on that. >> thank you. >> kate, thank you. much more ahead on "eyewitness news". >> still to come tonight vittoria woodill shows us a new twist on a old favorite. >> you might remember this from back in the day, to see how two girls are bringing it back in the big way, coming up we will show you how philly girls jump. >> wow.

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welcome back. preparations are underway for one of the most anticipated music events of the summer. >> popular rock band guns and roses will bring its out of the lifetime tour to philadelphia on thursday. this is the band's first tour in 20 years. we were invited inside lincoln financial field for a firsthand look at the construction of that massive stage. good show there. >> i'll say. >> we told you that ukee washington is on assignment tonight. >> guest hose on the talk this friday. while hosting the show, it is even more exciting, because they will be joined by philadelphia area contest winner danielle simmet. they won a trip to l.a. that includes tickets to the show. you can watch ukee on the talk here on cbs-3 friday right here on cbs. >> three look at him. >> have fun, ukee.

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a pair of girls from philadelphia are bringing back a favorite. >> they entered a jump rope group that attracted thousands oz have people and our vittoria woodill got on the fun and she joins us live with their story, torey. >> that is right, i got in on the fun but i cannot hang with chicks like this, that is for sure. philly girls can do anything but i'll tell you you one thing, philly girls can definitely jump. that is right. two philly girls got this all started and let's just say the community is going crazy, let's check it out. >> the philly girls show you how it is all done. philly girls jump is the

double dutch group for all age whose gets together every wednesday, allbury park to take their turn on the rope. >> you can turn you can jump. >> reporter: it was started from these two friend since their days at girls high. they wanted to bring back school yard classic in a small group but it has turned into a community have of thousands. >> since we began, it is a conversation with one of my good friend and we were just talking about how we wanted to keep it and bring it back again. so we put up the facebook event. we were only five to ten people. our first event, attract over 2,000 people. >> our purpose is not only to empower a fun and also to build community. that is what we are doing. >> reporter: they are doing good, helped others feeling good. >> i have been teaching my daughter for last few months. she's been doing phenomenal. she's so excited.

it is just a positive, positive outlook. >> teaching my skills, she has been teaching me, everything. >> reporter: will you teach me something too. >> yes. >> let's do this. >> now this philly girl is jumping. >> yeah. >> okay. >> jessica, nicole, are you taking note, one leg, that is what i get for showing off. these girls, let me tell you they are empowering, doing amazing things to the and girls, can we all come in. they have got a big event on sunday, this is their facebook page for more details and by the way, it is free. say good bye, girls. >> amazing work. >> all right. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at ten on cw philly and back at cbs-3 at 11:00. up next "cbs evening news". scott pelley reports from new

york. >> pelley: trump gets pensive. governor mike pence of indiana makes it to the final round in the g.o.p. "veepstakes." >> i don't know whether he's going to be your governor or your vice president. who the hell knows? >> pelley: also tonight, a final salute to a police officer and a father. >> this is the final good-bye, daddy. we love you. be safe. >> pelley: nightmare in brooklyn. >> everybody was laid out on the floor, and everybody is just stumbling all over the place. it looked like a scene out of the zombie movie. >> pelley: and the poem that went viral. >> dear everyone who isn't a middle or upper-class white boy. i'm sorry. i have started life at the top of the ladder while you were