coming hours, kate. >> we are still under a severe thunderstorm watch until about 8:00 o'clock tonight. it looks like worst is over for philadelphia but not so, if you are in portions of south jersey and delaware. that is where stronger storms are right the now. also a few cells over new york city producing strong win gusts. we had a report of the 65 miles an hour win gusts in newark airport in just the past hour or so. strongest storm on our radar is this one moving from new castle county delaware over toward salem county, new jersey and take a look at the lightening. thinks the biggest threat right now damaging wind and frequent cloud to ground lightening and measured out lightening with that storm in a few minutes there is a 500 lightening strikes inn that will run risk for trees down and power outages especially when coupled with the risks. medford lakes, evesham township, heavy rain there and pouring rain across you this castle will county over toward salem county, new jersey. portions of that area, still, severe thunderstorm warning that has expired for new castle county but kent and

sussex counties in delaware cities like owe december a, smyrna, kent and dover, you are still under a severe thunderstorm warning. the entire area under a severe thunderstorm watch, that goes until 8:00 o'clock tonight. the worst is over north and west of the city but shore, portions of southern delaware and beaches likely still to be hit. i will time them out and tell but a little break in the heat and humidity that follows coming up, jessica, back over to you. state police say gunman who shot six police officers in bat only rouge, louisiana yesterday was clearly targeting law enforcement. police described the m of the 29 year-old gavin long as chilling, in in the brutality. >> investigators are working to figure out if anyone else was involved in long's plan to kill police. baton rouge officials released surveillance photos of the gavin long dressed in black armed with an assault rifle as he carried out his deadly ambush. >> there is no doubt whatsoever that these officers were intentionally targeted, and assassinated.

it was a calculated act against those who work to to protect this community every have single day. >> reporter: police say a swat member took out suspect with the 100-yard shot saving other lives. >> it was a hell of a shot, but it had to be made, we had to neutralize the threat right now and could not let it go further. >> reporter: victims a 45 year-old the father of four brad garafola a, and brad jackson and matthew gerald. >> he was a black cop crew member and served three tourness iraq. he spent his whole life serving this country and our city. he is a hero. >> reporter: day after the shooting is there a great sense of disbelief in the community. many are leaving flowers, and small crosses, at this memorial, near the crime scene. she prayed with the police chaplain. >> i, for one, have family members that are in the police department, different locations, and i feel for them. >> reporter: one officer from

sunday's shooting is still in critical condition, police say he is fighting for his life. eight police officers have been killed in baton rouge and dallas in the past few weeks, following police shootings of two black men. ambush in louisiana a is fueling tension nationwide, police here in philadelphia are feeling effects of a special as they prepared to be in the national spotlight with the influx of both summer tourist and also people coming in for the democratic national convention. "eyewitness news" reporter greg a rgos is live at police headquarters with how officers are increasing security measures, greg. >> reporter: well, jessica there are some major changes for police protocol and procedure, this, of course, after shootings of police officers in dallas and baton rouge. the police commissioner here richard ross says officers will patrol in pairs whenever they are on the street. after investigators say a former marine gunned down, three police officers in baton rouge, lou san.

shots fired, officer down. >> reporter: if you run into philly's finest you will likely be seeing double. >> you know, we have double up our patrol cars and, it is a challenge for us because of our manpower so we had to pull some of our staff in and staff those police cars with veterans. >> reporter: philadelphia police commissioner richard ross paring up officers on patrol after shootings in dallas and baton rouge. something fraternal order of police vice-president roosevelt poplar says he is glad it is happening. >> it gives you a sense of security with someone there with you, there are times when officers work streets alone and they have to wait for backup. >> reporter: upper darby police chief michael chitwood weighing in on the two ambushes in as many weeks. >> it is a new thing. >> reporter: anybody is noticed when you are out there. >> reporter: he says his department does not have resources to double up with patrol. >> i cannot do it because if i put two officers in the car instead of having ten cars out

on the street, then we have five cars out on the street. >> reporter: of course, there are still major concerns about officer safety during the dnc. coming up tonight at 6:00 we will hear what those concerns are and exactly what police, are doing about them. we are live at police headquarters i'm's greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> see you at 6:00, thank you. donald trump is a few days away from officially becoming the republican party's nominee for president. lets give you a live look in cleveland ohio as first day of the republican national convention gets underway. correspondent craig boswell is there with more on today's event. >> this convention will come to order. >> the republican national convention is underway, delegates, wearing their g.o.p. prize. >> reporter: first day focused on national security and immigration, vp pick mike pence is in cleveland and donald trump is on his way

breaking with tradition trump will briefly take the stage tonight to introduce his wife, a immigrant from slovenia. >> she's a terrific person, terrific woman and i bet she will give a great speech. >> reporter: trump's children will be center stage throughout the week. >> i have they ever been part of the convention where the family will have been used as extensively to show the inner part of the personality of the candidate. >> reporter: advisors say it is way to get to know the man, not just the mobile. party officials are looking for unity but some delegates are determined to back other candidates. d.c. delegate betsy hawkins. >> i'm supporting john kasich because i believe in his candidacy. >> reporter: the ohio governor has not endorsed trump and is skipping the convention. >> look at this. >> reporter: south carolina delegate karen wilds first convention and she's on team trump. >> i want to see unity, i want to see excitement. >> reporter: g.o.p. is hoping that the next few days will

build excitement for trump's acceptance speech thursday night. craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". let's keep tonight buck eye state, there are quite a few prominent republicans hoff decided to skip the convention entirely. former presidents george hw bush and george w. bush will not be in attendance. but also goes for 2012 republican nominee mitt romney and 2008 republican nominee john mccain. ohio governor john kasich also decided not to attend the convention which is being held in his own home state. some local g.o.p. lawmakers are also sitting out the big event. they include pennsylvania senator pat toomey, and pennsylvania congressman pat meehan, ryan costello, mike fitzpatrick, joseph pits, and charlie dent. and i will be traveling to cleveland for the republican national convention, we will look for my live reports starting tomorrow right here on "eyewitness news". we are only a week away from the opening of the democratic national convention, that is back here in philadelphia. the a area around the wells

fargo center is under going quite the transformation in preparation for the big event. this is the view from chopper three, you see giant tents popped up in the parking lot as organizers prior to welcome up to 50,000 visitors. and hillary clinton was also in ohio for a different convention, the presumptive democratic presidential nominee attended the naacp's annual gathering in cincinnati. she condemned the ambush style killings of the police officers in dallas and baton rouge saying it threatens the nation's ability to make progress toward criminal justice reform. she told the crowd quote this madness has to stop. >> we have, difficult, painful essential work ahead of us to repair the bonds between our police and our communities and between and among each other. >> clinton is saying if elect president she will help

ex-offenders fine jobs and national community policing guidelines. a special attraction was rolls into philadelphia a for the dnc. thinks a replica fuselage of air force one, used during the kennedy -- rather the reagan administration that is will go on display at the pennsylvania convention center for political fest. our joe holden will have more on the event coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. very nice. lets go back out to ohio and chris stigall from sister station talk radio 1012 is talking with delegates and discussing issues facing america. >> chris, i want to ask you several things tonight. thanks for being with us. lets talk about last night's 60 minutes interview with donald trump and mike pence, they were asked about negative cam paining. >> he apologized, for being a negative candidate. >> i don't understand it,

hillary clinton is a liar. hillary clinton and it was proven last night. >> that is negative, by the way. >> hillary clinton is a crook. >> that is negativey call her crook hillary. she's crooked hillary. i don't ask him to do it, but i don't think he should do it because it is different for him. he is not that kind of a person. >> i don't think he should use that term. i never said one way or the other but to him it would not sound right but he will say how dishonest she is by going over the facts. >> chris, different styles from the presidential and vice-presidential candidate, is what your take away from that exchange last night. >> well, look, this will be a race to the bottom i think on both side. i don't think there is any love lost, that is pretty clear. it seems to me that pence has been a pick by trump to hopefully make the ticket a

little bit more palatable to people that think trump is too aggressive. i think trump trying to communicate that was the reason for hire with pence but obviously leslie is not buying that. >> it will be an interesting week. >> i was just curious what was security like getting into convention hall was it visible or not. >> you know, four years ago in tampa the rnc had obviously similar security concerns, far greater now but honestly cleveland managed, in my opinion, from what i have seen so far really pull this off more smoothly then the folks in tampa did four years ago. there is security parameters, but this is a downtown that is quite a bit more compact, all of the axis here. once you are through a secure perimeter as long as you are in a secure area don't to have go back through security again which makes it convenient. >> on a lighter night we heard you bumped into, one of our favorite funny men around here, tell us about that.

>> welshing it was fun, kick off to the convention, with the post delegation at the rock and roll hall of fame sunday night right there on the harbor if you are familiar with cleveland. stephen colbert is in town. they are right next to me doing late show taping this week. steven was physically here, and taping a game called trump or false which had a lot of the crowd having fun with that. he was giving away prizes and couple of lievations but all in fun. >> call them over, call them over, get that exclusive, i know you will. >> look, they are having a a fun time. they have a lot to work with here. >> a lot of activity. i will try to catch up with you tomorrow, chris. thanks for being on with us. >> thank you. coming up on "eyewitness news" this evening the wake of the police shootings around the country a local union has

unique advice for members on what they shouldn't do in order to protect themselves and their families. and some new recommendations about your children and sex education, who should be giving them the talk, that is coming up, plus this. a man walking his dog says he was marred and then punched more than 20 times i'm anita oh with the prospective robbers got the away with

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sex education for teenagers, a new report said more pediatricians should be having the talk with patients. >> health reporter stephanie stahl has more on the study released to day. >> reporter: just out today report says 30 percent of teens do not get any information about sex from their pediatrician, and they should. the american academy of pediatrics says doctors can help ensure teens are getting the information that they need about issues of sexuality. >> have you used it recently. >> reporter: fourteen year-old ryan herrera's update, includes a conversation about sex. >> do you have feel comfortable you have a place to go if you have questions about things like that. >> reporter: new report from american academy of pediatrics say pediatricians should play

a role this educating young patients about sex. aap says sex education is effective in preventing and reducing the risk of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. >> we want to make sure that whatever issue they are dealing with, or they are having an open for town talk about those issues. >> reporter: they say support from pediatricians and school programs can help parents and teens communicate better. ryan's mom acknowledges she doesn't know if he's getting the information that he should. >> i'm sure he does but not as much that needs to be known. >> reporter: ryan is convertible asking his parent for guidance and so are his friend. >> because they have been through it and they can tell them what they really need to do. >> aap says while teen births have been decreasing since 1991, they continue to lead industrialized countries with the highest rate of adolescent pregnancy. they say it is for for parents to have the talk in addition to doctors. >> right, you have to just cut through the uncomfortable

level and just get it done. >> all right. >> stephanie, thank you. kate bilo joins with us our first look. i was walking down the hall an hour ago, looked out the window, wow. unbelievable. >> it just exploded. >> yes, we miss add lot of the storms here in philadelphia, this summer. it seems like they have been splitting off. we have not gotten too much. today we got it. we got it big time, very strong storm moved through. we still have a pretty active radar right now. worst of it moving through delaware in, to south jersey, worst is over for city and points north and west. still can pick up a stray shower or then are storm but nothing like what we saw earlier today. the lets take you first and foremost to the shore back here, the beach is not as pack as it was a half an hour or so ago because there are storms heading that way. people are starting to see the clouds increase, from the west and start to pack up their stuff and move off the beach, probably a good idea. take a look at northampton area middle schooltime lapse from today, start of the day with sunshine, hot, humid, and

watch the dark cloud begin to roll role through, here they come, very ominous very quickly and then take a look at these downpours coming through in northampton very heavy rain, strong gusty wind, clears out quickly but now we have another round of showers moving through that area 72 degrees. here's a live look at storm scan three, we can see this line of storms, and right through northern delaware, that area, right now getting slammed with lightening, across northern delaware, southern new castle county, namely south of i-95, down toward kent county, middled town, smyrna, and lets take a closer look at this, again look at these lightening strikes. this could bring down tree branches, cause power outages and just in the past ten or 15 minutes, 659 lightening strikes measured in this particular area so this is not the kind of rain you can say i will try to run to the car and put the coat on my head. wait this one out. do not want to be out in that

if at all possible. we have showers and storms heading toward the shore, absecon right now in atlantic city, margate, ocean city, expect these showers and storms to get here soon. this severe thunderstorm watch, will go until 8:00. they may erode this as threat diminishes for our north and western suburbs. we had 62 miles an hour wind gust. the trees down in white hall township, haverford township as well near the high school and power outage reported in the broomall area. this evening the area still on the dock it for heavy thunderstorms, win and lightening are biggest threats for you tonight, temperatures have drop in the wake of those storms, and pulled in briefly to 95 degrees, today, as we clear it out, we have more comfort an that should come after 8:00 tonight as storms moves out. humidity will drop for next couple of days and everything looking much better especially tuesday and wednesday. tonight's low we are down to 74 degrees, strong thunderstorm giving way to gradual clearing and beautiful stretch back to the 80's with sunshine and lower humidity,

tuesday, wednesday, thursday, if only it could stay that way. >> tell me about it. >> we have more heat to talk about in our next half an hour. >> we will see you then. >> thanks very much. >> still ahead tonight, t swift and kanye 2.0. >> you thought first feud was bad, now secret recordings a possible sees and decyst order and anger. wow. >> aaron nola returns to the mound after a 16 take break, will that time off help him and how many playing time will carson wentz get in the regular season? sports is

the four game series with the marlins down at the bank. aaron nola will star for the first time in 16 days. he struggled in his last five starts. he was held out in his last turn of the rotation and working on mechanical issues and clear his head. pete mackanin says the time off he feels help. >> won't admit it. he is a true competitor and he wants to be out on that field

competing, but i think anytime you can getaway from the fray and just kind of think about what you need to do and recall your mistakes and what you did right, i think it is important and i think he is raring to go. >> next week training camp open up down at the novacare complex. year one of the doug peterson era. you think of carson wentz, the number two overall pick in the draft, but do not expect to see him on the field when season starts. he will be third string quarterback behind sam bradford, so he will be deactivated unless someone is hurt. today on the wip morning show jason kelce says it is best for carson to just watch from the sidelines. >> let's put sam bradford out there. he is ready to play. carson wentz will be eventually to get out there and win us game but why throw him early, get him off to a bad start. why not let him, i understand the whole offense, speed of the game, nfl and put him in the situation where he is

ready to win right now. so, it is, confidence in everything. it is a lot better. >> how about that take your time. >> yes good we will see what happens. >> thanks, appreciate it. coming up next half an hour prime time speaker at tonight's republican national convention, why the presumptive nominee is making sure he is there, plus this. the community respond after yet another wave of violence, against police and i'm's cleve bryan, coming up how one police union is telling its members to protect their families. is what next for new jersey governor chris christie? he answer that is question speaking to delegates at rnc today. show us your delegate or a member of the media. you are not getting in the convention. so what can you do. i'm joe holden we have put that question to the of

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police in louisiana says the gunman who shot six police officers yesterday was clearly targeting law enforcement. eight police officers have been killed in both baton rouge and dallas in the past two weeks, following the police shootings of two black men. news continues at 5:30. good evening i'm jessica dean. aim ukee washington. the as police work to keep us safe one jurisdiction is issuing a warning to its officers nerd to protect them following recent shootings of police officers. "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan joins us live from cherry hill to tell us more about it, cleve. >> well, statue behind me is dedicated to all officers killed or disable in the line of tooth i and speaking with the heads of the several new jersey police union the fear is that officers are endangered more new then they can ever remember. >> first dallas and now baton

rouge, officers killed amid a new round of race tensions nationwide. fear in the law enforcement community is where will the next attack happen. >> it can happen in baton rouge, it can happen in dallas, camden or happen in the small town like merchantville. >> reporter: robert fox, president of the new jersey fraternal order of police has told his members to treat every situation as a potential threat. >> you have a barking dog complaint, it could be a set up from somebody sitting across the street with a rifle to shoot you. >> reporter: state's other main police union policeman's benevolent association has taken personal protection warnings a step officers to watch your back even when you are off-duty. their vice-president sent out a message when off-duty we are recommending you limit wearing police or pda apparel that would make you a target for those looking to harm police officers. we encourage taking police shield and other police identifying articles off your cars. >> we took a look at several police stations and found those sorts of emblems every

where. >> it is tough time to be a cop in this country. >> reporter: just a few blocks, insurance agent tom quigley displays a sidewalk sign saying thank a police office tore day. he feels sad that officers need to watch out for their safety and family safety off the clock. >> there is obviously bad apples but generally speaking they are wonderful individuals and to have to be on defensive about that, it is awful. >> reporter: robert fox from the fop went on to tell me he doesn't actual i agree with the pda on not wearing insignia on the clothes and taking stickers off your cars. he said you should not give into those who have have intention toss intimidate police, however, speaking with one officer today he told me in his department they have already started, not wearing those things and taking it off their cars. in cherry hill, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> a judge acquitted a fourth baltimore police officer in the death of freddie gray. prosecutors had filed charges against six officers after gray was fatally injured from the back of the police van

last year. his death led todays of riots and violence in the largest city. the judge acquitted lieutenant brian wright, highest ranking of the officers charged. three earlier trials, ended with two acquittals and a mistrial. today a small group of demonstrators protested the lack of any convictions in the gray case. >> they had a case, and in laymen's terms they blew it. >> reporter: sit irv baltimore last year agreed to pay 6.4 million to the family of freddie gray in the wrongful death settlement. tense moments in turkey today as people accused of staging a failed coup were arrived in court. twenty-seven alleged coconspirators were due in court today. close to 300 people were killed friday during clash necessary turkey when parts of the turkish military attempted to seized power. but 6,000 people have been arrested. president erdogan blames turkish cleric, fethullah gulen, for that coup.

he stepped out the in an interview translated from turkish to evening establish. >> unaudible. >> reporter: gulen was in the poconos and "eyewitness news" reporter trang do was only local report tore interview him in the wake of the failed coup. leaders from around the world honors innocent people killed during a bastille day attack in france. u.n. held a moment of silence today for 84 people who died, in the 29 others people in nice last thursday. this is france imperial minister says there is no evidence that the suspect, drove a 19-ton truck in the crowd has any links to terrorist networks police say drivers surveyed the area twice in the days before the attack. day one of the republican national convention is underway in cleveland, ohio. >> as no shortage of action, inside and outside, the convention hall, there. this is a live look outside quicken loans a reen, you see security there, people out and

about and anti trump delegates pressed by a state by state roll call on the rules of the convention. they want to be able to vote for someone other than trump but that ultimate ultimately failed. presumptive nominee donald trump is breaking with tradition and taking stage a little will earlier then usual. he will there been to introduce his wife melania when she addresses the crowd tonight and trump family will play a starring role at that convention, his children are expected to deliver speeches throughout the week. even though he didn't get pick to be trump's number to, chris christie is glad that a fellow governor was chosen. now that he is out of the running christie has this to say about his own political future. >> we will see what life brings, you know, life for me has been pretty big roller coaster for the last 15 years. i will strap in, hang on and see where it takes me next. >> christie still has a less than year and a half left as governor of the garden state. cbs-3 is covering all ankles of the republican national convention, and the

upcoming dnc. tonight at 11:00 we will have two political analyst here to navigate our coverage. democratic analyst and former pennsylvania governor ed rendell and republican analyst former aid to president george w. bush allison young. two will face off live on "eyewitness news" at 11:00. as soon as the republican national convention wraps up, all eyes will shift on cleveland, to philadelphia. we are now just seven days away, from the start of the democratic national convention. as the city gets ready to welcome the national democratic convention, preparations continue, as we traveled throughout the city you can expect to see more signs like this one, that penndot installed today on i-95, it warns that certain vehicles will be prohibited from traveling, in restrict area. stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the campaign 2016 and radio kyw news radio and 1210w ph.d. t, on line with cbs philly.com and on television, cbs news and, of course, you're witness

news team right here on cbs-3. still to come tonight on "eyewitness news", he was just walking his, dog and now, he is in an up rage. how one man describes a brutal attack in his own neighborhood and why you may have seen this man before here on cbs-3. the president awards a medal of honor today, what did this man do that president obama comparing to a movie, kate. some storm this evening, will finally put an end to the stretch of 90-degree days, we have got comfort in our future, and it doesn't last very long before we are back in the 90's. i'll tell you how long we will expect this weather to last and when we can see hottest day of the year so far coming up when we come right back.

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a levittown man is robbed and beaten while taking a walk, and he says, if it weren't for his dog, that situation could have been much worse. "eyewitness news" reporter a neat a oh is live in bristol township with more, neat a. >> reporter: jessica, that neighbor is now in a neck brace and the suspect stole cash, they got away with a lot more, peace of mind. >> for that six hours. >> reporter: that is how much cash he says thieves got away with, after allegedly assaulting him while he walked his dog sunday night in levittown. >> i mean they had me by the neck, down on the ground, they were pounding away. they went through pockets. >> reporter: he believes his pit bull princess may have saved his life by biting the suspects after the two men hit him from behind but proceeded to pummel him repeatedly. >> twenty or 30 times at the minimum. >> reporter: at alleged assault, his long time neighbors on high alert.

>> it is not safe. streets are getting crazy. >> reporter: neighbors say they have seen more crime in their area in recent years. >> it makes me want to move. i mean really it is getting worse. it is getting worse by the week. >> there is a lot of jobs. get a job. >> reporter: a few weeks ago we spoke to john, after what he believes was an attempted luring of his four year-old son. yes says this attack seems completely unrelated he is still on edge. >> that is what they are after, money. for the $6 i had they wanted it that bad that they took it. >> reporter: bristol township police say they are increasing patrols in the golden ridge neighborhood. they described suspect as a tall black male and shorter hispanic male in their early to mid 30's. live from bristol, anita oh for cbs-3 eyewitness nice. no charges will be filed begins eagles wide receiver nelson agholor following an investigation into allegations

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provided at no cost, to local first responders. they have worked with that foundation since 2008. kate bilo joins us with the forecast. before the storms rolled n i was driving in. my car said 99. >> wow. >> it didn't get that high. >> no, not officially. you cannot trust a car thermometer to give you a little bit of a guideline even though it says 99, it will feel pretty hot outside. we are officially up to 95. temperatures dropped off in the wake of the rain. it feels better out there. >> i bet it does good we have a nice stretch of weather on the way. we had five days straight in the 90's to day is one of the worst yet,/thursday. but we may have the hottest day of summer still to come and it is on the seven day forecast. i will tell but that one coming up. the lets talk about what is happening outside right now. it is looking ominous once again over center city philadelphia but showers and storms heading our way don't look to be of the severe variety but we could pick up

another showered or thunderstorm before everything clears out later this evening, dark cloud, overhead, in center city and worst is off to the south and to our east, at this point but again, it will look pretty rough afternoon in the city of philadelphia heavy downpours, frequent lightening. that has now moved to the south and east. lets look at storm scan three. you can see this line of storms extending from coastal new england down through del marva region and heaviest is over northern and central delaware right now. it is this particular storm. take a look at all of the lightening strikes with this storm. it is very, very electrified. now crossing over into portions of south jersey, southern cumberland county and kent county in delaware. dover getting hit especially hard at the moment. we are seeing the heavy rain and heavy downpours with this particular cell as well as we sweep the area we will actually have a severe thunderstorm warning for that region just to the extreme southern part of the new castle county, it does include smyrna, dover and much of the central kent county in delaware. now we are seeing these storms

firing up toward the shore. you can see extending from ocean county, right through lbi and new back into cape may county another line on leading edge of storms has developed. anyone down the shore, right about here right now, you will want to get off the beach. if you know someone that may not know they are coming, send them a text, give them a heads up that these storms will be here shortly and they will produce nasty downpours and strong gusty wind. our eyewitness weather watchers as always have been tracking these storms for us, we are looking at temperatures back to the 70's right now. feeling good news in the wake of the storms, everything has started to cool down at least a little bit. you can see great shots of the sky, opening up here, this fridays phil in chestnut hill. we didn't get a lot of rain here but dark cloud. lynn sent thus one from cherry hill, rolling in on her way home from work at 4:00 p.m. i want to show you this from ed connor, the rain came in, running halfway through mowing his lawn, one side is mode, other side will to have wait until the rain moves out. lets take a peak at what we can expect the rest of this

evening, and tonight in the wake have of these storms we have got wind gusts to report, allentown 62 miles an hour at the airport. new castle delaware win gusts of 54 miles an hour. mount pocono at the airport 46 , over an inch in some spots west chester, 1.1 inches, allen town .9, at philadelphia international airport, half inch of rain and it is needed rainfall. we do need rain. it is dry in parts of the area at least so far this july. severe thunderstorm watch until 8:00 i would not be surprised to see if that is trimmed back heading towards eight. worst of it from now on will be across central delaware and down the shore. temperatures in the wake of the storm much cooler. fifty-seven here in philadelphia that is 20 degrees cooler then what should be our high today of 95. but already jumped back up to 90 degrees in reading. what to expect after today though? heat wave end. today is day five in the 90's. tomorrow should stay in the 80's. we have lots of sunshine. lower humidity and dry conditions. really nice stretch ahead as we head through the middle of

the week. strong thunderstorms around, then clearing overnight. tomorrow mostly sunny, less humid at 88 degrees. you're witness weather seven day forecast beautiful three take stretch and right back to the heat and take a look at the weekend, so far, our hottest day this year is 96. we may break that 98 saturday and possibly gannon sunday, feeling like the triple digits so enjoy these 80's while we have them they will start tomorrow. back over to you. slow your roll, yes, no doubt about it. do you remember the classic name whack a mold. >> yes good better be quick. >> now pea or ohio fire department in arizona has a new spin and they are helping to train new recruits with it. fire fighters pop out from behind a window and goal is to spray the fire fighters with a high pressure hose before they have a chance to retreat. >> very good. >> i like that. >> you do, do. >> those flames come out you have to be right there. >> still ahead, kanye west and taylor swift feud escalated.

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well, well, well war between taylor swift and kanye west went nuclear. >> michelle turn are joins us from los angeles with what a secret recordings and legal maneuvers. >> ukee and jessica it is kanye's wife kim kardashian who sparked it. she leak part of the taped conversation in which taylor tells kanye that she's okay with the song famous, the one where he takes credit for her fame but has this tarnished taylor swift's perfect image. >> let's talk about the hottest feud going. >> now tonight taylor swift and kim kardashian, went into it on social media and i was riveted. >> taylor is defending herself after being branded a liar by

kim. >> reporter: kim kardashian launched a surprise attack last night releasing video of this phone call between kanye and taylor. >> i'm really glad that you have the respect to call me and tell me that. >> relationships are more important then punch lines, you know. >> reporter: source close to kim that it was a last second decision. more on kim's motivation in the moment. the here's how it started with taylor and kanye's fight back in february over this lyric. >> i feel like taylor swift might owe me for success. >> reporter: in reference to the now infamous moment for 2009vma's which kanye's song came out taylor's spokesperson, took issue reportedly calling it inappropriate and saying kanye did not call for approval. so why would kim release the phone call? well, a source close to the reality star tells thaws kim is fed up with taylor bashing and doesn't regret it, adding

she's so upset she was willing to risk a lawsuit over a matter. >> i will do whatever to protect my husband. >> reporter: of course, we will have much more on tonight's et, ukee and jessica back to you. just shaking our heads. >> that is "eyewitness news" at the 5:00. now at 6:00 powerful summer storms pound part of the area in delaware county is hit especially hard. we will take through live. >> reporter: seven days until thousands gather in philly for dnc, i'm greg argos with the changes being made, to security, after two police shootings. a woman sexually assaulted and murdered, tonight philadelphia a police link the suspect to the at least two other attacks on women who survived. and they call it a camp foreign chanted, these children have all had organ transplants and this is where they are just like other kid. "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now.

thunderstorms, strike, leaving damage behind, this video is just in, to "eyewitness news" from havertown, delaware county. we will take you their life in just a moment. the storms, also dumped torrential rain, this time lapse video was taken from south philadelphia, you can see that wall of rain just moving through the city. lehigh valley was in spirit, here's another time lapse showing the storm moving through bethlehem, the threat is now the not over just yet, storm scan three has been very busy today, and it is still tracking storms, a severe thunderstorm watch is in effect. good evening i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. we will go right over to meteorologist kate bilo monitoring severe weather and taking a look what is ahead for the rest of the evening. kate. jessica and ukee these storms have been nasty since they started out in the lehigh valley and berks county a and now heading for the shore. lets take a look at our triple

sweep here and you can see storms, right now over portions of the ocean county extend nothing a line right through south jersey and down into central delaware, kent county getting hit hard with frequent lightening, although it has weakened a writ will bit, this one particular storm, producing lots of lightening, dangerous cloud to ground lightening and strong wind over salem and cumberland county and kent county right over dover, delaware where we have a severe thunderstorm warning including smyrna, dover, right across kent county. we had a new warning popping up, for this area, you can see this storm in ocean county. line extend right back down in atlantic county over atlantic city express bay and into cape may county just starting to move in. southern shore points you have to get off those beaches those storms are heading your way. portions of ocean county now also under a severe then are storm warning until 6:15 and you can see a lot of lightening with this storm as well. this will continue, the threat at least until around 8:00 o'clock this evening. there are a few