with his family. it the is alleged monsignor william lynn buried, complaint after complaint of sexually abusive priests. philadelphia's grand jury investigations unearthed a pattern of cover up at highest reaches of the archdiocese. prosecutors say that monsignor lynn, was at the center, choosing to protect the church over children. lynn and 202 was convicted and has been serving three to six year sentence. that conviction was overturned, on tuesday, his team scored another legal victory adjudge freed him on bail, but lynn will now face retrial, a decision made by district attorney seth williams. >> he knew, and helped create the plan of what to do when someone alleged that a priest had sexually abused children. he was right at the center, he was the quarterback of that play. >> reporter: lynn's attorney thomasbergstorm says if he was convicted again he would only survey couple of months in jail. >> we all than stan that lynn never touched a kid, we all

understand what the superior court did twice. but yet in the face of all that, he wants to retry it. well, we're ready to go. >> reporter: bergstorm argues monsignor lynn carried out order at direction of the late cardinal bevilacqua and other church superior but d.a. cast lynn as a essential character in the long run operation to keep priest sex abuse under the radar. reaction outside the cathedral to lynn getting bail was milk. >> they need to prove it before they can convict anybody. >> reporter: cow think they have done that job. >> i don't know. >> i'll leave him in jail if it was up to me. >> reporter: of course, as you might expect lots of mixed reaction, snap, victim's advocacy organization for those a boosted by priest in, a statement, they blasted those who may be em bold end by a fail decision by philadelphia court of common pleas judge. how archbishop charles chaput figures in this latest development. see new an hour. live outside d.a.'s office in

center city, joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". just decide there is enough evidence to hold a amish couple and their alleged associate for trial in connection with the discovery of two girls in the bucks county home. "eyewitness news" report alexandria hoff has more on today's hearing in feasterville. >> reporter: on the stand, victim described getting to know lee kaplan, and then sexual relationship that began after her parents, quote gave her to him, as part of the business deal. >> she was in the feasterville home she shared with for nine female siblings where she gave birth to kaplan's two children. the defense argues that her parents, daniel and savilla stoltzfus did not know relationship would turn sexual and did not know that their daughter was pregnant until she gave birth to her first child at the age of 15. both parents told police that they did nothing, to end the sexual relationship at that point. lee kaplan will face several sex crime charges, daniel stoltzfus faces conspiracy to

commit statutory sexual assault with child endangerment, victim's mother savilla stoltzfus will face charges of endangering welfare of a child. >> that victim who is now 18, took the stand today and it is a sight i will not soon forget. she was very thin, very frightened, she looked much younger then 18 years old, with hallow eyes and teeth that made it hard for her to talk. now, about two dozen members of the amish community turn up here as well to witness all of this, stoltzfus's left the church, about a decade ago, so those other nine children found in that home are in protective custody. we will have more coming up at 6:00. reporting live from feasterville i'm alexandria hoff now back to you. we have new details on a smash and grab robbery a at a jewelry store in montgomery mall. this is new video just into our news room. you can see group of people smashing jewelry cases at

helsberg diamond store before getting away. no one inside the mall or store were injured and it is unclear exactly what was taken away. search is on for driver wanted for a deadly hit and run crash in galloway township. crash happened late last night, on east white horse pike and sixth avenue. twenty-seven year-old aubrey service was crossing the street in the crosswalk when april suv ran a red light and hit and killed her. police think they are looking for an older model silver suv that might be a a chevy tahoe or suburban, with front end damage. "eyewitness news" has learn that the man killed in the cross fire gun battle in germantown has died. twenty-five year-old, man was hit several times, while stopped in his car at the intersection of germantown and wistart street. his four year-old daughter was also in the car but she's unharm. police are hoping surveillance footage will catch the gun man. hundreds gathered in north fail a to say good bye to a

fallen fire fighter. >> ♪ >> "eyewitness news" at deliverance evangelist church fortune florida services of gabriel lee. he died while working the night ship at engine station 50 on july 23rd. fire commissioner adam thiel and mayor jim kenney delivered remarks at today's service. >> the best thing that any fire fighter can have said about them is that it was a fire fighter's fire fighter. >> i just want to say to the strong, brave, handsome, gabriel lee, rest in peace my friend, we will see you again soon. >> lee was a 17 year veteran of the philadelphia fire department, and he leaves behind a wife, and three children. developing news, in from delaware state supreme court just ruled that delaware's death penalty law is unconstitutional. questions were raised about the law after the u.s. supreme court struck down a similar

death penalty statute in florida. the delaware department of justice says it is reviewing today's decision. well, tonight is national night out a time when police departments and communities come together to promote awareness, safety and neighborhood unity. city officials handed out free gun locks at the event last night in philadelphia's overbrook park section. dozens of other local communities will hold their national night out festivities tonight. the annual summer gathering is usually held on the first tuesday of august. in campaign 2016, g.o.p. presidential nominee donald trump gets an unexpect gift from a supporter. veteran gave trump his purple heart before a campaign rally in ashburn virginia. trump then showed it off to supporters. purple hearties awarded to troops wounded in combat. >> he says that is my real purple heart. i have such confidence in you. i said, man, that is like, that is big stuff. i always wanted to get the purple heart. this was much easier.

>> trump has been in the middle of a fire storm lately for his criticism of a military family who spoke at democratic national convention. meantime today president obama weighed in on trump. >> i think the republican nominee is unfit, to serve as president, and i said so last week, and he keeps on proving it. >> today democratic nominee hillary clinton focused on raising money. she and former president bill clinton will attend a fund raising dinner at a ranch near aspen, colorado. ticket for that fundraisers will price between ten and $50,000. two other candidates are working to get their names on the ballot. green party candidate jill stein turned in signatures to get on the ballot in pennsylvania and also in new jersey. libertarian party submitted paperwork in pennsylvania for its candidate, gary johnson. well, just last week all eyes were on the wells fargo center as venue played host to the democratic national

convention. >> but what what happens after that convention is over? "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos has a look the at clean up processing on at the site. >> reporter: democratic national convention is wrapped up. that means, so is all of the equipment, the gear, the supplies that made this possible. >> really just diving in and putting it all together. >> reporter: moment that the dnc was over, when gavel went down, the break down began. >> we had teams of people already placed, you know, to start pulling things down inside. >> reporter: travis, the man in charge of the convention complex. >> we have about 750 miles of cable. >> reporter: says retransformation has been going well. >> it is like a dance, one crew comes in, unbolts something and next crew comes in and takes it out. >> reporter: he says the fact that the staff here has had practice in 2,000 definitely

helped. >> a leg ahead if you will. >> reporter: multi million-dollar budget for both set up and take down. >> it is about 13 and 15 million-dollar. >> reporter: and that money comes from the host committee paid for by many different sources including media outlets which rented suite space above the floor. welcome to what was our cbs-3 studios, right here for the dnc. you can see being reconverted back in a an arena suite. >> it is sad to see it all go away but exciting to see different folks working together. >> reporter: when will this reconstruction be complete? drop dead date is saturday august 20th, that is when babs will be here center stage, for a concert. you can reza shourd that this place, will be ready for her. reporting here from the wells fargo center, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> our home, a shell of the former self. more fall out from the e-mail scandal at dnc, ceo and

two other top staffers resign, hacked e-mails released showed party leaders favored hillary clinton over bernie sanders in the democratic primary. scandal forced party chair woman debbie wasserman schultz to resign. well, a shore town plays the name game. why north wildwood wants to change its name and what it want to be called instead. doctors are warning pregnant woman zika is spread nothing florida, through mosquitoes, i'm weijia jiang in miami with the latest coming up. plus poisoned in paradise, the long road to recovery for a delaware family poisoned on vacation and how a pest control company is trying to make up for its mistake, kate. finally getting a break from the heat, humidity and storms but as we head toward weekend the heat will return and bring humidity witt. i will tell you that in our next hint when storms return to the forecast, coming up when we come

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zika virus. the authorities say that particular mosquito appears to be resistant to governmental approved insecticide and as we gentleman jiang explains the news comes after discovery of 15 zika cases in one miami neighborhood. >> jessica ardentist four months pregnant, the 36 year-old is getting tested for zika because she lives in the one square mile of miami where health officials say local mosquitoes are now spreading the virus. >> women are scared to death, right now because we tried to to whatever we can to maintain safety, we take care of our bodies, our diet, exercise activity and now we worry about mosquitoes. >> reporter: zika can cause devastating birth the defects including micro receively which leaves babies with small heads. she's doing the best that she can to prevent mosquito by the. >> i do not have much choice right now. i will just hunker down. >> reporter: nurses are distributing prevention kid to pregnant woman in my am that i

include insect repellant and condoms because the virus can be also sexually transmitted. credit d.c. says any pregnant woman who visited this neighborhood north of downtown miami since mid-june should be tested for zika. university of miami doctor christine perry has treated about a dozen pregnant woman with travel-related zika. >> i'm a mom i'm worried about microcephaly while still pregnant. i need to be worried about the diagnosis and potential it is real. >> reporter: health experts say it is up to everyone to protect themselves from mosquito by the to stop the virus from spreading. weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". five people are dead, after a tour bus crash on the central california highway. the bus was heading from southern california, to washington state, this morning. when it the hit a highway sign. the pole, tore through middle of the bus almost splitting it in half. thirty people were on board, several other people lost limbs, in that crash. the parents of the star

trek actor anton nelson, filed a lawsuit over his death. yeltsin died in june after his jeep rolled down driveway of his l.a. home and crushed him. wrongful death suit contained that the gear select on in yeltsin car was poorly designed and manufactured. it was subject to the recall over gear shift problems. civilians and police in michigan team up to rescue an elderly man, whose car wound up in the lake. man drove his car right into lake saint claire, he was conscious but incoherent. when office's arrived they were already two men in that lake struggling to break the car's windows. police jumped in to help and they were able to free the man with just moments to spare. >> his legs were tangled inside the mechanism of the car, steering wheel. right when we got him out the car went under the good job for those involved and especially those two citizens who stepped by and help. >> reporter: medical condition

caused the man to lose control of his car. >> kate bilo joins us with the forecast and we have what is coming up in weather and she goes. >> nice. >> yes, very if. >> nice. >> good stuff. >> it has been a while since we have talked about a nice, even a nice day, yes, it has been hard to come by but let alone nice sun stretch of weather. today has turnout nice. sun came out this afternoon. now we're entering a december up stretch.t this afternoon. that is good news there we have nice weather on the the way for the next couple of days, and then heat and humidity will ramp up just a bit as we head toward the end of the week and into the weekend as well. the lets take a look outside right now and things are looking beautiful down the shore, we have got blue skies, just a a few patchy clouds outside, lot of people on the beach this afternoon, started off the day down the shore with a few clouds, and took until the afternoon before things shaped up nicely but you know what i'll take half day of sunshine, any day of the week, and we had clouds this morning that kept things, just a little bit cooler, that was outside at soccer camp with the kids and felt good to have the clouds in and not a lot of sunshine. still humid this morning but

humidity is dropping progressively through today. ocean city looking g live look at one of the live neighborhood network sites. whitefield elementary in reading. the one spotty shower drifting through berks county this evening, and that has brought cloud cover, through the reading area. one spot that is still looking gloomy today. here's that shower we are talking about. now south of reading. still has clouds associated with it moving it way in lancaster county. could impact western chester county but as you can see the rest of the area looking fine this evening. and showers and storms are staying away. temperatures, feeling comfortable as well with more cloud then this morning, lower humidity a and breeze from the east this evening and tonight. 80 degrees in philadelphia right now it is 74 in reading. seventy-five atlantic city. seventy-nine in wildwood. that east wind bringing in the cooler air from over the ocean the water and that is making it feel comfortable down the shore. dew points, are better then they have been. this isn't fall-like humidity. air is not extremely try but better then it had has been

and dew points will drop in the overnight hours and tomorrow. dew points in the mid 60's, still in the humid range, still in the steamy range but certainly comparatively speaking it the feels so much better outside this afternoon. quiet stretch ahead, we have got sunny, comfortable conditions for your wednesday with highs in the low to mid 80's. thursday, mostly sunny, quiet, and friday, more humid, can't rule out a isolated thunderstorm friday but better chance comes on friday with this next front that works its way through saturday afternoon. looking at how it will feel? right now it feels on the humid side this afternoon and evening. tomorrow and thursday more pleasant and then friday the humidity ramps up again. we will show you tropical storm earl now, developing just south of cuba and jamaica heading toward yucatan peninsula, belize, portions of central america and heading toward the weekend. could develop in the hurricane but staying a tropical storm but not a threat to the united states. overnight a few clouds, comfortable. 68 degrees. your low tomorrow mostly sunny, great day, 84 with

lower humidity, and. and we have mid to upper 80's, some sunshine, increasing humidity each day and with that said, sunny, and no 90's, so we will take it. >> sound great. >> fantastic. >> thanks, kate, appreciate it. good news for drivers, gas prices are plunging. >> what is driving prices down and how low it can go. you have heard the advice from your dentist for years, floss your teeth but how wasting your time and money. >> new advice to keep those cavities away, don. temple owls may pack their bags and move to a new home, we will explain. every now and then, you will see something you have never seen before. find out how this play end, never seen before. find out how this play end, next in at longhorn, steak is all you need. its not all you get. longhorn's great american steak dinner for $12.99. perfectly seasoned sirloin with your choice of side.

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baseball at bank tonight, phillies hosting san francisco just, and and some people are shot jeremy hellickson is

still on the team. phillies right-hander was on the trading block but team could not find the right deal so hellickson remains on the roster. he has had a very good year so far and within the last hour he talked about a staying in philadelphia. >> this is where i want to be, you know, i have a lot of relationships here and, you know, didn't want to to end. >> glad to have jeremy back here. i think he likes it here. i like having him. he provides a lot of consistency for us in the bull pen and it is important for our young pitchers to see that. >> factoring in the value that he brings in this club over next couple months verse what we could get in the trade we place a premium on what he does for this club and that is why he is still here. >> on to football take that nap, ice those knees, get that massage. if you are a philadelphia eagle you better rest up. today team had day off from training camp but when they go back tomorrow they will be full pads for five of the next six days and that means more tackling, blocking and overall physical play. now speaking of smash mouth

football temple is openly discussing the possibility of joining the big 12 conference, and big 12 is part of the power five, and a move would mean big time cash for owls, right now, temple is in the american athletic conference. guys, check this out khl hockey, one team holding an event to entertain fans. we are calling that a javlin goal. somehow the puck sticks to the stick and then he tosses the stick, into the net. >> he scores. >> can you even do that. >> i don't even know if you can to that or not, but. >> how did the puck stick to the net good how did that happen. >> you have to give him credit for like, you know what, go for it. >> level of the creativity. >> that is incredible. >> the goalie is like what, what is happening. >> okay. well, you golf to improvise. >> yes, i love it. >> thanks, buddy. coming up next half an

hour a shore town plays the name game. >> is what in the name shakespeare once asked? people in north wildwood may find out coming up what would happen if some get their way and change the name from north wildwood back to the original anglesea. a delaware family nearly killed on vacation, the huge pay out that they will receive, after getting poisoned in paradise. then new at 6:00 a shock in the surf down the shore quite a scene a at one south jersey beach, the way big fish ended up on the sand and why

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washington. i'm jessica dean. eighty-seven million-dollar is how much terminex will pay family as they continue to deal with serious health problems. steven edmond his wife teresa tea vine and their two teenage sons became seriously ill after staying at this luxury villa in the u.s. virgin island in march 2015. in the settlement announced in an earnings report terminex agrees to pay 87 million-dollar to the family after the toxic chemical methylbromide was used to spray for pests in a condo dangerously close to where the family was staying. >> terminex is on the hook for almost 90 million-dollar because they knew they shouldn't have been using this chemical and they used it anyway. >> reporter: divine is in good condition butes edmond became paralyzed soon after the incident and their two sons former athletes can barely move according to a family attorney. >> this is a highly toxic gas, that really should not be used in residential area. it is really hard for anybody to predict right now what kind

of recovery either father or sons will have have. >> reporter: in march the company admitted to using the banned pesticide at 14 locations, including the resort where the edmond's got sick. methylbromide is odorless gas used in farming and insect control in the u.s. but environmental protection agency banned indoor use in 1984. according to the epa high exposure can cause central nervous system and respiratory failure this family will be dealing with the medical repercussions of this potentially for their lifetimes. >> reporter: the company that owns the resort already ended its contract with terminex. a delaware county police office shore survived being shot seven times in june meets with the ought motive team that customized his jeep. folcroft officer chris dorman pick up his newly improved vehicle over the weekend but today he got a chance to meet the team who made it possible. "eyewitness news" at turn five in malvern.

retailer wanted to say thank to you officer dorman for his services to the community. >> such a surprise. i didn't expect them to do any of this. i thought they were checking my check engine light on and i got it and they did all this and made it as awesome as it is. >> reporter: turn five say modifications to of his other dorman's 2012 jeep are valued at 25 you this dollars in parts and labor. playing the name game, in the wildwoods, residents in one of the sister towns are looking to forge a new identity. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is live in north wildwood with the steps being taken to change the name, cleve. >> reporter: jessica, whether it is pub behind me or firehouse across the street parts of the north wildwood have been synonymous which name anglesea, now thanks to action taken this morning by city council, voters get to see whether or they want to rename the whole town anglesea. more than a century ago edward

wheaton's great grandfather was part of the anglesea. in 1906 the name changed to north wildwood. he wants to change it back. >> anybody who lives in this end when is where the original village was they consider them self anglesea. >> to weeks ago he handed city council a petition with more than 100 signatures asking for a ballot referendum so voters could decide if they want to change the name. >> i asked that they not do that that they allow to us base a non-binding referendum so we can get a sense of the residents of north wildwood. >> reporter: compromise complete tuesday city council passed a a resolution for non-binding name change referendum on the november ballot. this could be the fifth new jersey town in the the last 13 years to change names. washington township in mercer county became robbinsville, dover township changed to toms river. south bellmawr became lake cuomo and west paterson became wood land park. is what the big deal. >> i will not use the word detrimental. >> reporter: greater wildwood improvement authorities

collected taxes from wildwood, wildwood crest and north wildwood to advertised the collective wildwoods, anglesea would complicate matters. >> is it cleaner to say wildwoods and simpler to say wildwoods? it is. but, if we have to deal with that when it comes, we will i'm sure sit with our sister communities and make it work. >> reporter: so what do people think. >> i don't like the idea. we have come down and headed to wildwoods. >> i think they should change it. give it its own identity. >> reporter: it is a non-binding referendum passes then city will decide on whether they want to put a binding referendum on the future ballot. live, i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". campaign 2016 g.o.p. presidential nominee donald trump takes his campaign to the battle ground states of virginia. cbs reporter craig boswell reports trump is hoping a strong showing with veterans will help him win virginia in november. >> reporter: donald trump kick off a rally in virginia

showing off a special gift from a veteran. >> something very nice just happened to me, a man came up to me and he handed me his purple heart. >> reporter: purple hearties given to soldiers who are wounded in combat. >> i always wanted to get the purple heart. this was, much easier. but i will tell you it was such an honor. >> reporter: trump a voided any mention of the lingering controversy friday his a tack on the family of the muslim american solder killed in combat. his supporters didn't want to hear about that anyway. >> media has an agenda. >> reporter: democrats are not letting the issue go. >> i mean is there no limit to which this guy will defend, and he wants to be commander in chief? >> reporter: president obama said trump's attack on the kahn family and recent comments he made about russia make trum unfit to be president. obama says republicans need to do more than denounce their nominee. >> there has to be a point in which you say, this is not somebody i can support for

president of the united states. >> reporter: republican congressman richard hanna announced he will vote for hillary clinton. wrote for me it is not enough to simply denounce his comments, he is unfit to serve our party and cannot lead this country. new national the survey shows clinton with a eight-point lead, that same poll had her up by one point last week. craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". after 33 years on the job new york's top cop, calls it a career. earlier today during a news conference police commissioner bill braton told reporters he is retiring in september. >> i will be leaving and i would be retiring in mid-september to pursue other opportunities. >> thank you, mayor deblasio. >> reporter: james o'neill will replace bratton as commissioner. he denied timing of his stepping down has anything to to with an ongoing corruption scandal being investigated by new york state attorney's office. as we continue tonight a new warning about bounce houses and this one doesn't have anything to to with them flying away.

plus have you flossed lately? surprising new information that shows you might be wasting your time. and a model fires back at her critics, a powerful message after getting caught up in another body shaping scandal, kate? some sunshine finally returned this afternoon and humidity levels dropping but how long can we enjoy a nice summer comfortable stretch? we have return of heat and humidity to talk about and return of thunderstorms, i i've got a nice long life ahead.

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well, apple is taking a stan on the gun violence debate, using emojis, the company is getting rid of the revolver emoji and replacing it with a green water gun. this is one of the more than 100 new and redesigned emojis. look for updatede maine gis when new software update comes out next month. mcdonald's makes a menu change but you won't notice the difference next time you eat there fast food chain

changed some recipes to get rid of the artificial preservativeness mcnuggets and eggs and buns will no longer include high fructose corn syrup. mcdonald's upgraded it menu to keep up with competition from rivals. will you get fries with that. >> i always love fries. up next, you may be wasting your time floss is it keeps the food out. for me before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. just a few dabs is clinically proven to seal out more food particles. super poligrip is part of my life now.

there is a new safety issue with bounce houses, but this one doesn't to have to with them flying, a way, it turns out they can raise your risk on have heat illness like heat stroke. researchers found on a hot summer day it can get up 7 degrees hotter inside inflatables then action you'll temperature outside. parent, caregivers should look for heat related hazards such as fatigue, nausea and dizziness. >> we're getting inn sign and it was the hot. >> yes. >> on the cbs-3 healthwatch daily ritual for millions, flossing your teeth does in the prevent gum disease or cavities, according to some ground breaking new research. >> health reporter stephanie stahl joins us to explain this big reversal. >> hello.

>> what? >> reporter: after all these years? we have been hearing about the importance of flossing for decade, from the federal government and many dental organizations but now this new research says that there was never really any sold proof that it works. for decade flossing has been considered critical in preventing gum disease and cavities but new research from the associated press find little proof that flossing works. >> we came to the conclusion that if you use your tooth brush with floss, it is not more effective then brushing alone. >> reporter: ap review of 25 studies over past decade shows evidence for flossing is weak, unreliable. >> we have found, very little, support for the removal of dental plaque. >> reporter: american dental association has been promoting using floss for more than a hundred years and still maintains using floss, once a day is an essential part of taking part of your teeth and gums. doctor wayneal dridge is president of the leading dental group and urges his

patient toss floss to help a void gum disease. >> amazing sometimes when we clean your teeth and you pull it back out and you pull it and see is what on there. >> reporter: he remind his patients not to floss in the sawing motion to move up and down on the side of the teeth instead. >> governmental diet guidelines have recommended flossing for 36 years, this year without any note that is recommendtation was removed, in a letter to the ap the government acknowledge the effectiveness of flossing had never been researched as required. >> how about that. >> lots of dentists are saying, cancel doing it. >> i cannot give up that habity do it. >> i brush a lot too. >> it will not hurt you. >> that is right. >> stephanie. >> amazing when you see what is on there. >> yes. >> and imagine if you didn't do it and that stuff stays there. >> thank you, thank you very much. >> that is right. >> kate joins us with your other fos cast, a comfortable summer stretch is on the way.

>> finally we can say that. it has been a long time since we had a nice, sunny, comfortable sunny day. we have a few of those to look forward to this week in fact. tomorrow looks like one and thursday as well and then humidity ramps up a bit but then eventually we will cut it down once and for all. maybe in the for all but for a little while. lets look outside, out to the roof cam which shows a beautiful evening, in and out of the clouds, started out glummy, mostly cloudy through midday and then around 1:00 o'clock we will see sun break through and sun has actually won battle this evening, blue skies, just a few puffy clouds, mostly the area is quiet right now. that is great news if you have plans to get outside this evening, we are looking at sunshine across the entire region and it is comfortable temperatures only in the 70's and lower 80's. we will check with our weather watchers keeping tabs on the temperatures and conditions outside, you can see many spots in the 70's. seventy-eight as we check in bensalem with steve schwartz, he has sun peeking through

clouds. he says comfortable day, sunshine, getting air conditioning a break. that is important. we have this is been able to give that poor guy a break in quite sometime but you can turn off ac tonight as i will show you overnight lows will be pretty cool and comfortable. david michigan until norristown at 80. eighty and partly cloudy. terrific day weather-wise for august. the it certainly has been. boy do we deserve it. heading in south jersey we have 80 with margot simon in buena vista township. sunshine at her house. we have sunshine around 1:30 p.m., beautiful afternoon, dew .68, just a few bits from our weather watchers showing us blue skies, green grass and bird just enjoying a nice day, to snack on the bird feeder at phil's house in chestnut hill. lets look at outside and a few other spots. we will start in margate where we have a clear beach. nice toning head down there. we have sand all to yourself. sun shining, temperatures in the 70's. certainly a shore nights where if you head to the ocean

city boardwalk or wildwood boardwalk you have to bundle up. light sweat shirt with the wind coming off the water. that will be the case tomorrow. cape may courthouse looking good 73 with blue skies and storm scan three shows mostly we're exempt from any shower or thunderstorm activity tonight. we talk about that yesterday. chance for stray one. one stray one over portions of northeastern lancaster county, clipping chester county as well, honey brook and turnpike as well could slow things down briefly heading out that way. good news for phillies looking good. 78 degrees. few clouds. nice and warm. when you wake up tomorrow morning take a look at these temperatures. finally overnight give air conditioning a break in the north and western suburbs. morning temperatures around 60 in allentown. sixty-two in trenton. philadelphia will wake up to comfortable 68 degrees. wildwood at 70. what is ahead for next self days, tomorrow mostly sunny, comfortable. humidity not that bad dew points in the low to mid 60's.

the mostly sunny day. great day for thursday but friday and saturday when humidity increases and that will bring back chance for thunderstorms. heading back down to the tropics we will look at current stats on tropical storm earl, wind at 50 with gusts to 65 moving west at 16 miles an hour. that will take it to central america. could make land fall along belize by mid week around 1:00 d to a tropical low strengthening in hurricane too soon to tell but does not look like a threat for us. overnight a few cloud, comfortable. sixty-eight. tomorrow great day. forty-eight. sunshine, low humidity. perfect day we have been waiting for weeks now. eye witt the necessary weather seven day forecast look at the sunshine and only 190-degree day. that day is saturday this brings us next threat for afternoon thunderstorm but then cut humidity back down and sunday, monday, tuesday of next week looking fantastic as well. ukee and jessica back to you.

plus size model ashley graham is embroiled in the another body image scandal. >> she has a mess a age for people making comments about her a experience. kelce knight joins us from los angeles with more on this, kelce. it all started after she posted a photo of herself on instagram looking just a little bit slimmer. now ashley is fighting back and hitting haters where it hurts. >> this is my body, i own it. >> reporter: besides, the size 14 mod hell hit the pages of sports illustrated swimsuit addition, telling ladies of the talk that she has add enough of people dictating how she should look. >> apparently i lost 50-pound in one day. >> that is great. >> so i know as a curvey woman in the public eye, i'm too skinny. i have been too you go i, too pretty, all these things people want me to be and i can never fit into the the perfect category. >> when you know your angles, right. >> this is the photo in question, image causing the

internet troll toss sound off calling ashley a fake fat person some feeling betrayed writing i'm so disappointed in you and don't you dare get skinny on us. just this morning ashley posted an essay to lenham dunnham blog telling haters that the cycle of body shaping needs to end. i'm over it. reality is ashley hasn't lost a pound. she says she weighs more today then three years ago. she works out and focused on health and not weight. >> we're talking about health at every single size. i know i'm healthy and i know i'm beautiful. i don't need anybody tell me any different. >> reporter: much more tonight. ukee and jessica back to you in the studio. >> get your hollywood news from the insider tonight and every week night at 7:30 here on cbs-3. still a head, great news for drivers. >> gas prices are falling and expected to go even lower, i'm chris mar teen necessary los angeles and i'll tell you

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you may have noticed big savings and experts are predicting prices could dip lower. cbs news reporter chris martinez has more on why. uber driver jeffery lee says he monitors gas prices before he hits the road. >> it determines whether or not sometimes it is worth to it drive, if the prices start getting too far up there. >> reporter: drivers likely are seeing cheapest summertime prices for gas in more than a decade. gas has dropped 25 cents since june and national average is now $2.13 a gallon, 52 cents less then this time last year and $1.38 cheaper than 2014. >> in large part because we have seen crude prices drop dramatically, u.s. production for gasoline at very robust rates and that means is there plenty of gasoline supplies on hand. >> reporter: prices have fallen 51 out of the past 52 taste and triple a expects them to keep falling. >> our expectation is that prices are likely to continue to decline through the end of

the summer, through labor day holiday and in the fall. >> reporter: if the trend continues, analyst predict the national average for gas could get close to two dollars a gallon. for lee it means more time picking up passengers. >> maximizing more of your dollar your earning potential is higher when you find good gas prices. >> reporter: so he can pocket more than of his earnings. the chris martinez for cbs news, los angeles. here's what gas prices looked like in our area new jersey has cheapest price, averaging $1.85 for gallon of regular, price necessary delaware zero cents more per gallon and drivers in pennsylvania pay highest prices a at $2.21. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> now at 6:00 a bucks county sexual assault suspect in court, the story his tina cuesers is telling how she was given to him and held in a feasterville home with several other girls. he is accused of covering up child sex abuse in the church to damon senior william

lynn is out of prison, the reason for his release and why his legal troubles may not be over just yet, and then this. >> bring younger people in the church again, i think they need it a head. >> reporter: possible step forward for catholic church the way the pope is starting the process to a more inclusive roll for women and what local catholics are saying bit, kate? after dealing with the heat wave and lots of drenching storms through the weekend we are entering a sunny stretch of seasonal weather, question is how long will it last before humidity and storms return, i'll tell you, all right now at 6:00. here's is what happening bucks county sexual assault suspect in court at the same time as his victim's parent. victim tells her story of how her mother and father gave her to him. good evening i'm ukee

washington. aim jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is live in feasterville where teen was discovered when concerned neighbors called police, alex. >> reporter: good evening, all sides here agree that the 14 year-old victim was given to lee kaplan as a gesture of gratitude for helping her parents, out of financial ruins. new that girl, now 18 years old, had to take the stand today in front of her parents and in front of the man who was father of her two children, she was wearing a long floral dress, very thin, very scared, period to be much younger then 18 years old and it was very hard to watch. appearing just as grizzly as the day he was arrested and crimes that he has been charged with 51 year-old lee kaplan entered the courtroom ahead of daniel and savilla stoltzfus, parents of the woman whom police say couple admits to quote giving to kaplan when she was just 14 years old. victim now 18, took the stand

today, for calling her relationship with kaplan. the defense for her parents argues they did not know relationship would turn sexual, and they did not the know her daughter was pregnant until they gave birth to the first of two daughters inside kaplan's feasterville home. did you know he wanted to have sex with your daughter. >> reporter: after her mother arrived to help with the home birth victim says she began living with kaplan as well, her police say savilla did nothing to stop sexual relationship. june 17th the victim, two daughters and nine female siblings were found inside of the feasterville home. >> only little girls. they would be outside, very sporadic but rarely you see one or two. >> reporter: they remain in protective custody. two dozen members of the amish community arrived by van and stoltzfus left church more than a decade ago after refusing to cut ties with lee