events that led to this devastating crime. police say that family visited hershey park the day before they died. good evening, i'm jessica dean. aim's nicole brewer. ukee washington is off tonight. residents of that quiet berks county community are still trying to come to terms, with that family murder/suicide tonight. we have learn new details about the investigation in sinking spring today but there are many unanswered questions. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live with the very latest, anita? >> reporter: many in the community may remember that the youngest daughter willow who is just two years old and survived a heart transplant as a infant. investigators say marital problems and recent demotion at work may have led mark short to kill his wife, three children and then turned the gun on himself. >> their lives were innocently taken. >> reporter: august 6th was supposed to mark a fresh start in yardley for megan short and her three young children. >> megan short was planning on moving her to a new apartment

that morning. >> reporter: but it would be day all of them lost their lives at the hands of the mark short investigators say. >> megan and mark short were having some domestic marital problems and they were in the process of separation. >> reporter: berks county district attorney john adams says mark shot his family and then left a handwritten note before turning the 38 caliber gun on himself. >> it was an admission that he purchased the gun and committed the homicide. >> reporter: investigators reveal time line of events leading up to the slaying. the on july 18th megan short called 911 after an argument with mark and told police she was frayed of her husband. the following day mark legally bought a gun and round in lancaster county. on august 1st he was reportedly demoted at the his job as a loan officer. on august 5th, a day before the shootings, mark took his three kids to hershey park, following day, tragedy. >> these bodies were located in the living room area.

the residents all with a parent gunshot wound. >> reporter: so as authorities previously been called to the home for domestic dispute, could investigators have done more? >> police department did everything that they are legally able to do in that situation. they did everything correct. >> reporter: back in july officials reportedly gave megan short instructions on how to file a protection from abuse order but she never did. she also declined to press charges. officials are urging anyone in the similar situation, trying to leave an abusive relationship to seek help and develop a safety plan. live from sinking spring anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". delaware's attorney general says he will not appeal a state supreme court decision declaring this state's death penalty law unconstitutional. as for those already ordered to die the attorney general said he believes the ruling cannot be applied retroactively to the 13 men currently on death row.

both sides have wrapped in the case against pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane, she's accused of leaking criminal files to embarras a political rival and lying about her. her defense argued kane did not have knowledge of the leak. prosecution spent its time trying to convince jury kane's action where is malicious and motivated by rage. she spoke to our cameras as she exited court. >> how do you feel? are you confident. >> thank you. >> are you confident. >> yes. >> reporter: jury continues its deliberations. >> reporter: another legal setback for bill cosby, in his criminal case, today a federal appeals court reject the comedian's effort to reseal his deposition testimony, about extra marital affairs and the use of drugs to see dues women. the court ruled the appeal was mute because the deposition has been widely publicized. cosby is facing criminal charges in connection with an alleged assault at his cheltenham mansion. day six of our heat wave and tomorrow could feel even

hotter then today, believe it the or not, meteorologist kate bilo is live on the skies deck where she's tracking this heat that is actually a very dangerous, kate. >> it is. if there is a good thing to day we got a tiny break in the humidity. still feels like a very hot summer day but it does not feel like the triple digits at least right now but as you mentioned tomorrow, we're heading right back down that way, with temperatures in the 90's but our feels like temperatures are heading back to the triple digits. here's a recap of what we have been through. today is day six. worst of it saturday when we hit 98 degrees. that only tells half story, it fell 15 degrees hotter at one point during the day. temperatures right now 93 degrees in philadelphia. eighty-eight in allentown. it is 93 in millville. still well above average still in the mid 80's, it still feels like triple digits mainly millville and dover feeling like 96 in philadelphia right now. we're heading back for a feels like temperatures in the triple digits tomorrow.

excessive heat warning remains in effect through 8:00 tomorrow evening. and now a heat advisory will be once again in effect for our surrounding suburbs tomorrow and you can see now we have some storms to watch out for, storms heading our way from the west, we will track those storms and tell you when they could get here tonight. we have more chances of storms in the the forecast but i also have good news when we can expect temperatures to go back to normal coming up as well. now back inside to you. the death toll from this extended heat wave, increased today, the number now stand at four. philadelphia health department says that a seven two-year old man from west philadelphia is most recent victim. tonight health reporter stephanie stahl has more on the dangerous heat and just how much water can keep you safe. >> reporter: science of heat is the longer a heat wave lasts the more dangerous it becomes, and that is what we are seeing around the philadelphia region. those who died from the heat so far were all elderly with

preexisting medical conditions. >> we're seeing a lot of patient was heat-related illness. >> reporter: doctor jack kelly, chief of the emergency department at einstein hospital says while we feel heat that has taken hold of the philadelphia region the elderly often don't react the same way. >> the first thing that goes is our mental status so our nervous system once temperature begins to rise all of your body regulation goes hey wire. >> bottom line is you need some help now. >> reporter: heat help line has been activated by philadelphia corporation for the aging. >> do you want to stay on the first floor. >> we're getting anything from people wanting to learn how to stay cool to people experiencing a medical condition and that is a problem. every year in this country more people die from heat then any other natural disaster. >> you really need to force fluids in. >> reporter: dehydration causes most heat related illnesses but how much water will keep you safe in the heat. >> we should be drinking a 20-ounce bottle of water every hour during these really hot

summer days. >> reporter: doctors say that many of the people who get sick or die from the heat, live alone, which is why it is so important now to check on them, with this extended heat wave, that is become dangerous. in the einstein health care science center i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and if you or someone you know needs help dealing with the heat, you can call the philadelphia corporation for aging's heat line and that number is (215)765-9040. it will be opened until midnight tonight, and opened again at 8:30 tomorrow morning. in other news police say a vehicle struck and killed a 78 year-old woman in center city this afternoon. that accident happened at crosswalk at 15th and locust around 2:30. paramedics rush the victim to jefferson university hospital where she was pronounced dead. striking vehicle remained on the scene, so far authorities have not filed any charges in this case. a 35-acre section of land in camden is being cleaned up to become a nature preserve.

the land shown on this map used to house a sewage treatment plant, that was torn down in 1991. now camden county has secured funding to clean up the land removing trash illegally dumped over the years as well as cleaning up the contaminated soil. they plan to call it crammer hill nature preserve making it a place for residents to enjoy. >> i grew up in this area. i can tell thaw most people in this area don't even realize that they have a beautiful waterfront, just feet away from where they live. >> trails will also be constructed to help people, access the river from crammer hill, and the county will tie the site into petty's island which will be a 300-acre site after citgo oil leaves by 2020. the presidential campaign trail is winding its way through parts of the pennsylvania today. >> we will have that story straight ahead. plus members of the military are walking proudly down atlantic city's boardwalk tonight, our vittoria woodill

is live from the armed forces parade where she talk to some very special veterans. he is considered one of the hose meanes fighters in the ufc, coming up pat gallen gets some tips from alvarez. >> puzzling twist in the lane johnson situation, eagles front office know that he could be punish by the league and did they tell doug pederson, we will talk bit next in sports.

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the stifling heat, is stirring up some storms, storm scan three is tracking thunderstorms that could reach parts of our area, later tonight, as we will check with meteorologist kate bilo in a few minutes. democratic presidential nominee millionry clinton was campaigning in scranton today with vice-president joe biden. >> vice-president attacked republican nominee donald trump saying he has no clue about foreign policy or the lives of working class americans. biden also said that trump is unqualified to be president, arguing he lacks any kind of foreign policy experience or interest to learn about international challenges. meanwhile, trump was in youngstown, ohio where he laid out his vision for american foreign policy. the center piece of his foreign policy he said would be destroying isis and teaming with other countries that share that goal. he also called for extreme vetting of immigrant, seeking admission to the united states, vowing to block those who don't embrace american will values. stay with "eyewitness news" for all of the days developments from the campaign

trail, and you can join scott pulle at six credit 30 for more right after "eyewitness news" at 6:00. path the path gallon got in the ring to get pointers from one of the meanes guys in the ufc. eddie alvarez. he taught pat three essential moves in mm thea that includes kick, punch and take down. well, path the path, did he pretty well. alvarez born in kensington and now lives in the northeast became ufc light weight wait champion after defeating rafael, in july. >> it is a promise fulfilled to all of the philly fans, my friend, my family, that i told that this moment would happen. >> reporter: after teaching pat a few essential moves alvarez has sound advice for our pat gallen, stick to tv. >> good advice. >> yes. >> don't want to hurt that face. >> you have been through, ufc. >> i have been through ufc training, you have to watch out for burn, getting on your knees, and stuff, it is

intense. >> how do you think pat did. >> stick to tv. >> yes, clearly. >> we will stay out of the ring with those guys. we are talking about some football guys, and controversial situation, and with the birds. um-hmm. indeed. loose lips, sink ships that phrase was popular during world war two, it means unguarded talk could allow critical fur to be used by your enemies. right now, they are very loose, at the novacare complex. tackle lane johnson will be likely suspended for ten days for failing a ped test. today he told reporters that he found out about it, about two weeks ago, talking about the ban, and immediately, however, head coach doug pederson said he himself didn't know about it until last week. why would the front office not tell the head coach? very odd. what is the deal. looking forward to catching up with these guys tomorrow, to ask some more questions. meanwhile the bird were back at practice, during this

heat wave, before this story really came out, safety malcolm jenkins is one of the several key guys who didn't play against cleveland last week. pro bowler is very much, looking forward to thursday preseason game at pittsburgh. >> i'm a guy where i feel like i need to find tune some things before i play. a couple of guys, don't necessarily need it. me personally i'm one of the guys that likes to get preseason reps. i don't want to play a whole half but i want to get the a good feel for the game. >> by the way i misspoke they played tampa last week. chip kellee honeymoon in san francisco is cruz ago long. 49ers ran all over houston in the preseason game last night, lot like 2013 in philadelphia a. kelly's new offense embarrassed texans. they ran for 1,611th half, and they ran 50 plays. we have seen that before. all right. if you still have that chase

utley, jersey now is good time to wear it. phillies open up a three game series with the chicago tomorrow. chase utley's first game back since he was traded back to l.a. nearly a year ago. usain bolt is talk of the world. he is still undisputed champ. the jamaican track star won gold yesterday. he is first athlete to win it in three separate games, american justin gateling, came in, second. that is a bad man. >> incredible. >> he is ridiculous. >> and his career has been amazing. >> let's talk weather, kate. >> yeah, talk about crazy, this weather has been crazy. >> yes. >> it has been so hot for so long and that is the problem, even though we got a break today by break 93 instead of 98. you know, a break, it is still six days straight of the heat and humidity and still in the over yet. earlier in her piece it is duration of these heat waves

that really exacerbate any sort of health problems for people who cannot get cool, or have respiratory issues, humidity does peak again tomorrow and we will feel like the triple digits once again. we have got this threat for thunderstorms just about every day in the forecast. lets look at is what happening right now. we have a few clouds starting to filter in. still a nice evening over center city philadelphia. blue skies. the nice looking sunset if we can keep skies clear until then. why would we not be able to keep skies clear? look at storm scan three which is showing storms moving in from the west. now this is slow moving cell, still hanging out west of baltimore but it is moving and heading our way, but we will get clipped by the northern part of this cell. you can see lots of lightening, down around baltimore area we have got rain to the north as well, this is all pushing in from west to east and lightening and heavy rain will be biggest threat, for this particular cluster of storms, that is what is happening right now and they are heading our way by eight or 9:00 we will start to see showers and storms here

in philadelphia they may weaken by the time they get here thanks to the fact that the sun will be going down. or it will have by the time it get here. showers, thunderstorms expected this evening. another round overnight. you can see, around the clock that is around 9:00 o'clock when showers and storms this cluster of storms to move through and moving through shore points around ten or 11. another threat for severe weather tomorrow. best threat this time is to the north where there is a slight risk for severe thunderstorms. we are in the marginal risk in the late afternoon or evening. we are at 67 for dew point. that puts us between steamy and oppressive. it is better but tomorrow we will feel it peak again, in the oppressive to insufferable range, finally starting to see reductions in the humidity as we head through end of the week but tomorrow at least briefly it will feel once again like triple digits. overnight we are looking at a low of 76. thunderstorms within the next several hours. scattered downpours again tomorrow afternoon and evening. we could see one down the shore and poconos as well. anyone of those could produce

locally heavy downpours. you're witness weather seven day forecast does show an end to the heat wave but gradual, cool down, and we are back to 88 on wednesday, partly sunny, could be a storm wednesday night another chance thursday, days to look forward to look like friday and saturday, still warm but both days could see sun and not as humid, and generally dry, and so keep that and hang on to that. well, it is very patriotic down the shore today. >> atlantic city, soluting special veterans. torey? that is right, celebration has begun for the sixth annual armed forces parade and we have, representatives of each of the military's greatest and courageous, details on this event coming

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this is crazy nearly 50 percent of first year college students, discovered they're not ready for post secondary studies. >> that is why, over 200 educational advocates and school professionals hosted a college prep round table conference today at arcadia university. the goal to increase collegiate readiness of inner city youth. some things discussed include challenges in college applications, sat process and financial aid. well, "cbs evening news" is just minutes away. >> scott pelley joins with us a look ahead, scott. >> hi nicole and jessica great to be with you here in philadelphia. here's the "cbs evening news" tonight. flooding in the south, wild fires in the west, we will tell you where the weather is heading, up next. plus inside two battle ground states, that could decide the 2016 presidential election, and, why parents may still be putting their babies at risk, when they put them down to sleep, we will have

those stories just ahead on the "cbs evening

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torey. >> that is right, it is a great day, to be celebrating our amazing veterans. look at these guys. so courageous, and brave we are honored to be here. that is right, we are in atlantic city and veterans are taking over the boardwalk. look at behind me. it is an amazing day of celebration of our freedom and men and women that fight so hard for news this country. parade's grand marshall is atlantic city's own john palmerterry hoist world war two veteran and purple heart recipient. he is more toward front but he survived a german snipper and we are honored to have him leading the way. members are being represented in every sector of the military, but, how did this parade start? >> the parade was started, six years ago by pinky cravats who is one of our radio talk show guys here for years and he passed away last year and i have been working with him for the last couple of years. i could not let this thing fall through. >> i'm probably last leaf on

the vine, probably there are eight or nine other guys but there is only like 6,000 world war two veterans left in the world and in the united states. it is honorable, you know. i didn't to have serve. i passed that time period in my life. but i totally get it. it takes a brave person and to be able to do that. >> ♪ >> reporter: that is right. if you think about it, only 6,000 world war two veterans still around it is absolutely incredible. we have a few of our veterans, aging all the way up into their 90's. what a way to be celebrating. they are celebrating this on the perfect day that is using weighing in the air force show which starts on wednesday but an amazing patriotic day that we are proud to be part of. back to you. >> vittoria, we solute them all. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at cw philly at ten and cbs-3 at 11:00. up next "cbs evening news". every day heroes come to the rescue as raging flood waters trap people in louisiana.

here now is scott captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: nature at its worst. thousands are forced from their homes by floods from the deep south. and fire in the far west. >> all our nation, this is what we came home to. >> pelley: also tonight, trump does an about-face. >> we will also work very closely with nato on this new mission. >> pelley: a mission to defeat isis. a new study finds many parents are risking their infants' lives by putting them to sleep the wrong way. dr. jon lapook will show us the right way. and the fastest man on earth sends fellow jamaicans into space. >> i'm ecstatic. i'm on top of the moon!