seen leaving their taxi and made to sit on the ground with their hand in the air but brazilian police official said this is confrontation with the security guard over damaged to a bathroom not an armed robbery. this new information contradicts what ryan lochte claimed earlier this week. >> pulled out his gun, he cocked it, put it to my forehead and said get down. i said whatever. >> reporter: lochte has already left brazil but jimmy feigen and conger and bents were pulled off the plane after a judge ruled she wanted to hear from them again brazilian authorities began doubting the report when their stories didn't match. lock can i first said there was a single gunman. feigen said there were several. on wednesday lochte changed his story to say two gunman. one olympic official is defending the swimmers. >> they had fun, they made a mistake, part of the life. >> reporter: spokesperson for team u.s.a. say american athletes are cooperating with the investigation. now the swimmers did not call

police, after the incident, lochte apparently told his mother he was rob, she then told reporter, and then the story took off. police are investigating a triple shooting in philadelphia's kensington neighborhood that left two teenage boys, injured. this happened just after 2:30, this afternoon on the 2900 block of waterlou street. police say a 36 year-old man a a 17 year-old boy were both rushed to the hospital in critical condition. another 17 year-old is in stable condition. no word on what sparked that shooting. and a huge, child pornography bust in chester county end in two arrests and more than 50,000 images seized. the 57 year-old lawrence jamison and 25 year-old john brown, both face a number of charges, and police say they searched jamison's residents in malvern earlier this month and discovered pair were creating, child pornography as well. they are both behind bars. and today police arrested 40 men in the massive crackdown on the distribution of child pornography, in new jersey. officials say the six month

investigation dubbed operation statewide, tracked child porn images and videos circulating on internet file sharing networks to individual ip addresses and that led police to home addresses in each of the states, 21 counties. >> the people who engage in viewing and sharing images and videos of child rape are at a much greater risk in engaging in direct misconduct. so that makes investigations like these and prosecutions like these even more important. >> former teacher and a school custodian are a monk the suspects now facing charges. there has been a slight improvement in the condition of the last remaining hospitalized survivor of the pulse nightclub shooting. patient has been in critical condition, since the mass shooting in orlando on june 12th. doctors say the patient's condition was upgraded to guarded on tuesday, and no other information was given and we do not know the patient's identity. forty-nine people were killed when the pulse nightclub

attack and more than 50 others were injured. former nfl star darren sharper will spend the next 18 years of his life in federal prison. sharper has pleaded guilty in federal court in new orleans to drugging three women so he could rape them. prosecutors suggested a nine year prison term under a multi jurisdictionallal plea deal but the judge reject it, as too lenient in june. sharper still awaits sentencing for charges he pleaded guilty or no contest to three other cities, stemming from allegations that he drugged, and raped women. chicago a's police superintendent says he will recommend the firing of the seven officers, who filed false report in the deadly police shooting of laquan mcdonald. october 2014 shooting was captured on dash cam video. officer jason van dike shot mcdonald 16 times, he was charged with first degree murder after video was made public the following year. this city's police ward will make the the final decision on whether the others will be facing charges.

some controversy in lehigh county tonight after a religious freedom group and four residents announced they are suing the county. it all has to do with a shooting around the area. anita oh explains. >> reporter: it is emblem have of lehigh county displayed on governmental buildings and official documents. >> i did it with my water bill and garbage bill. >> reporter: look closely and you might see why county flag don't fly for everyone including candace winkler. >> the cross is a symbol of jesus christ crucifiction there is a separation of church and state and very simple to me. >> reporter: earlier this week she and three other lehigh county residents in the freedom from religion foundation filed a federal lawsuit against the county. it as latin cross the center of the seal violate the first and 14th amendments and excludes those who are not religious. >> i do pay taxes and i think that my voice does matter and constitutionality of the issue matters. >> reporter: some resident like john pierson want the

seal to stay the same. >> i have been here 38 years and i think it looks fine. do you want to put two seals on it but don't take what is good, off. the cross is good. >> similar lawsuit have been filed across the country says attorney john dorsey, and power ten legal group not related to the case. >> anytime you raise an issue where the government seems to be imposing or endorsing one religion to the exclusion of others even though who do not have any religion, it can be interpreted as infringing upon their right. >> reporter: in a previous letter responding to the foundation county officials wrote quote it is position of the lehigh county that the cross on the seal among other items of historical significance has the secular purpose of recognizing the history of the county. as a result they said they don't plan to remove the cross from the county seal, i also reached out to county officials for an updated statement, county solicitor says his office does not comment on pending litigation. the reporting from allentown, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness

news". state official who testified begins former pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane has been nominated to finish her term. bruce beemer kane's former top deputy will spill the spot if governor wolf gets approval from 23rd of the senate. another of the kane's top deputy, bruce castor, is currently the acting ag. cast lean kane stepped down this week a day after being convicted of illegally had sharing grand jury information. well, our long heat wave is finally over, and while it is not exactly cool out there, we're finding out that soupy, humid weather. will a return come? meteorologist kate bilo is live on the cbs-3 sky deck with a lot the forecast, kate. >> jessica, bad news is humidity will creep upward as we head toward the weekend. the good news it is not heading toward levels like what we felt this past weekend. it will head up but it is not as bad. hopefully we won't to have dig out those excessive heat warnings graphics once again, this year but we're only halfway through august so you never know.

today feels better, still a hot summer day. doesn't feel cool outside. but certainly feels more manageable. storm scan three is mainly dry. we have had showers around. we have cleared out nicely but notice there are a few scattered showers up toward the poconos, could be a scattered shower up toward lehigh valley as well this evening but most of us are rain free and those are mainly staying right along the pennsylvania, new york state border this afternoon. temperatures right now, seasonably hot at 88 in philadelphia. eighty-nine in wilmington. eighty-six in allentown. eighty-six in atlantic city. best part it is 88, feels like 89. we are not talking about feels like temperatures in the triple digits anymore. we will spoil the seven day, day you want to look forward to next tuesday, i know it sound far away but one worth waiting for. look out for sunday, i'll tell you why coming up when i join you inside. for now, back over to you. well, shoppers are getting their first chance to sianni even bigger king of prussia mall. >> after two years of building, the court and plaza are now one. instead of the traditional ribbon cutting, mall officials and local leaders held a

ribbon joining because the new expansion connects the mall's court and plaza and adds 155,000 square feet. more than 50 new stores and restaurant are going in and new eating area, savior king of prussia has casual dining choices like shake shack. >> we are supremely confident that the success of king of prussia is only going to be a enhanced by this and we have faith in the market, it is growing, we have been able to put together a layout, and selection of stores that literally are all over the world. >> four new stores are opening in early 2017, and the mall now is 2.9 million square feet. >> wow. >> well, aspiring local actor got a chance to be featured on one of two, cbs soap operas. >> young and restless and bold and beautiful. alexandria hoff joins us live from sugar house casino in

fishtown with more on that, hi there, alex. >> reporter: hello, well, this was an open casting call meaning it was first come, first serve, it started at noon but some people arrived as early as 4:00 a.m. to save hear spot in line. the line circled the second floor of the sugar house casino as thousands hoped to earn their place among the young and the restless. are you nerve to us take. >> i am not. this is what i do. >> reporter: with confidence and memorized mono log provided on line, juju bay took his turn in front of the cameras hoping to impress casting officials. how did you do. >> i feel great, i looked great, cameraman was looking too, wink, wink. >> reporter: from stars in their eyes to hearts in their eyes. >> they do what they do. yes. >> reporter: sheron williams and others got the chance to meet young and restless stars steve burton and doug davidson who provided an extra surprise. >> for those audition is it is a chance to be part of the

show that has span generations. >> i took up acting ten years ago and my bucket list, you know. >> are you nervous. >> terrified. >> reporter: carrie even practiced his line on me. >> i love you; victoria. >> there we learned that it all comes down to that oh, so dramatic soap stair. >> yeah, that was g they felt it. >> reporter: so they can be either featured on the young and restless or bold and beautiful in the next couple weeks, they will receive a phone call to see if they have earned a trip to hollywood. reporting live from sugar house casino i'm alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> you can look caught up in the moment as your co-star did. >> maybe you just need time. you just need a little soap opera time. >> thanks, alex. coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" sound like a

title of the science fiction on movie but fire natos are a real thing. they look cool but they can be extremely dangerous. find out why one scientists compared them to figure skaters. it can ab anything habit but mom may not have been right, cracking your knuckles might be good for you, torey? >> reporter: i'm curious about that because i used to crack my knuckles all time. anyhow, torey is down the shore and that means these folks are cracking their knuckles around a paint brush. that is right we are painting right besides the ocean. we will tell you where you can paint right on the peer in atlantic city. i just gave ate

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[bill o'reilly sighs] so, lot of us have looked up in the sky and had to guess what may a crowd look like, a stuffed animal or something. >> we have all done that as kid but check out this chilling video posted on facebook by national park service. it shows a lightening strike anotherly resembling not a zoo

animal or clown of some kind but a trex. this was captured in arizona's forest national park. kind of crazy. >> yes. all right. it is thursday, that means torey is down the shore. >> yes. >> today she's in atlantic city and she's painting, tori. >> that is right, we are painting, with a perfect view. does it get any better than this? take a look at all these men and women having such a great time, breaking out the artistic skill? some i would say would even surprise themselves, after they get a turn of the paint brush, as you can see they are painting a beautiful ocean scape and we have to bring in betina the co-owner of painting on the pier. tell me how people can get involved in ain'ting here in atlantic city. >> okay what they can do is register on painting on the pier.com and once they

register they come in the class, we have a lovely art instructor that teaches them step by step on how to paint a painting, a lovely painting like this. >> it is a hot new phase that has caught on. you have a beautiful art studio you do your painting in but also you will bring the paint supplies to anywhere just like how we are on the pier. >> that is correct, we are mobile, so we will go where ever you would like us to go whether it is a classroom setting, senior citizen place and we to it here on the deck. >> reporter: that is so fabulous. one of the great things that really gets paint brushes moving it is a bring your own wine. >> yes, yes. that really inspires people, and motivates them to paint, while they are drinking, and having a good time. >> reporter: that does always kind of get that brush moving a little bit. >> yes. >> reporter: let's see, are you surprised by the painting you are doing right now. >> my god, absolutely. >> really. >> reporter: did you know you had it in you.

>> not at all. >> reporter: you from atlantic city. is there any better way. >> most beautiful view to paint by, absolutely. >> reporter: well, kate, nicole, jessica, you will see my painting skills come to life in the 6:00 o'clock so stay tune. >> i'm thinking girl trip, us, ac, do ac. >> i'm liking that. >> we were just planning it. >> thanks very much. >> that woman's painting was really good. >> they seem to be enjoying the weather down there. >> yes, weather is getting better. >> a lot more enjoyable then it was a few days ago. i could bring my ease ill outside on the sky deck. >> yes good having a little paint event here. >> yes, exactly. sky line have the beautiful evening for it. it is hot. it is steamy. it is a summer afternoon but not ridiculous like what we have been dealing with the past week or two with temperatures feeling like triple digits. no more of that and hopefully we won't to have suffer through anymore heat waves like that but still, sometime to go in summer, but for this

evening, not too bad whether you are down the shore in the city, anywhere, margate, looking at folks outside on the sand there enjoying a nice evening at the shore a at whitefeel elementary school in reading we have puffy clouds in place at 87 degrees there right now. we are close to 90. but we are not anywhere near the heat we whether feeling especially over this past weekend. showers and storms that impact area this morning have moved out to sea. you can see that cluster of showers and storms, cloud, light drizzle will, and stronger storms late last night. we have a couple of showers, thunderstorms just scattered ones heading down towards poconos, a pop up shower or storm in the lehigh valley this evening. mostly staying rain free this evening. we have got sunshine right now. we are at 88 degrees in philadelphia. eighty-nine in wilmington. eighty-seven in millville. eighty-six atlantic city. ocean water temperature 7o mount pocono at cool, comfortable 75. let's recap summer. it has been above average all three months, june,

.9 degrees. five days above 90 july was 3.1 degrees above average. sixteen, 90-degree days and three heat waves. august so far warmest most above average this summer with nine, 90 plus degree days. warm for now back to 90 degrees tomorrow. then we will await arrival of the cold front this weekend, stray shower or storm saturday, mostly to the west, sunday that front gets closer, and storms will be more numerous. this will come behind this front and i think you'll love it. watch as the humidity creeps up and see if you cane when cold front comes through right about here. we will go from oppressive humidity on sunday to awesome by monday and next week looks like a great stretch ovulate summer weather. overnight partly cloudy just an isolated shower or thunder shower off to the north and west. tomorrow mostly sunny, hot and dry, 90 degrees, pretty typical hot august day. you're witness weather three day forecast keeps it near 90. humidity ramps up but we are talking dew points in the

upper 60's and not 70's. it is steamy but not like last week even. you will get time to get outside, heavier storms late sunday but seven day with next week that i want you to see in the next half an hour, it is beautiful and we will look at tropics as well. >> excited for that. >> thanks, kate. still ahead on "eyewitness news" mcdonald's is changing course. >> yesterday we told you new happy meals would include fitness trackers for kid. find out why they are now pulling those trackers and replacing them with toys. >> eagles and steelers in pittsburgh, why every play is important for sam bradford and this was the scene at citizens bank park today, why these women were swinging for the fences, sports coming up

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wentz waiting on the runway he knows his days in philadelphia are number. so every play means more, every game serves asiana dogs, bradford lead eagles against steelers in pittsburgh. it is preseason game number two after tossing one pass last week for 3 yards he will play entire first quarter with the rest of the starters. bradford says he hopes offense will finally find a rhythm. >> you always like to see us get into a flow, get into a nice wrist many, get in and out of the huddle, breaking the huddle efficiently, getting up there with plenty of time the play clock, really just communication, you know, efficiency of the whole operation, i think that is what i'm's looking for. >> sam bradford is so chill, isn't he? relaxed. series finally between dodgers and phillies get underway in two hours. chase utley hysteria has died down after zero for five performance with two punch outs. phillies baseball 101 clinic today at the ballpark month. man from across the delaware valley got a chance to hang

out inside clubhouse and get an exclusive behind the scenes look at what it is like to work for and play for the phillies. >> i love the phillies. it is so much fun. this is a dream to be out here with the coaches, and players and the atmosphere is wonderful. >> looking like a ball player. way to go. tonight 7:05 phillies/dodgers game can be heard on our sister station talk radio 1210 wpht. eagles game on sports radio 94 wip. >> we have it covered. >> that is right. >> all ready. >> i'm going retro. >> yes, kelly green. >> digging it. >> coming up in the next hour, it sound like a science fiction on movie but fire natos are real. we will tell you all about them, coming up. fire fighters struggled to contain a massive wild fire burning east of los angeles that is already consumed, tens of thousands of acres, i'm chris mar teen necessary wrightwood california, with

the latest on the blue cut fire coming up. are you waiting for the next iphone? there are reports it is coming out soon? we will tell you more about the suspect release date. south jersey man shot through his back door by state police is now home recovering i'm cleve bryan coming up in an "eyewitness news" exclusive how he says he battled back from the brink o 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. plus an appetizer or a dessert. all with fresh salad and unlimited bread. the great american steak dinner, for $12.99. tonight, only at longhorn steakhouse. you can't fake steak.

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new at 5:30, fire and fear in will california. fire officials say this wild fire in san bernardino county is one of the worst they have ever seen. one fire chief put it bluntly. there will be a lot of families that come home to nothing. "eyewitness news" continues at 5:30 good evening aim nicole brewer in for ukee washington. i'm jessica dean.

more than 80,000 people are told on get out. chris martinez reports from the ground from wrightwood california. >> massive blue cut fire creeps ever closer to wrightwood a community east of los angeles, the wild fire has forced evacuation of thousands, since it flared up tuesday morning but some, like john, and reagan irwin have for now stayed behind. >> we're pack up, ready to go. >> our whole life is here. everything we own is in this place. >> reporter: fire crews are attacking the fire from the ground and heavily from the air but have struggled to keep it from growing. on tuesday, flames ripped through neighborhood in the town of ph elan destroying homes, strong wind have helped spread flames making it tough for fire crew toss keep up this fire ran the opposite direction and up canyon established itself in all these canyons which car think fire in the bunch of different directions. >> reporter: more than 1500 fire fighters are now bat telling fire that is burning in an area larger then the city of san francisco. >> i don't want to have to start over again with nothing.

>> reporter: blue cut fire is one of the nine major fires burning in california, and the governor has declared a state of emergency. in wright wood, california, chris martinez for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". days of catastrophic flooding could plunge parts of the southern louisiana in the worst housing crisis since hurricane katrina. this most recent disaster is blamed for at least three deaths and has damaged more than 40,000 homes. authorities say that clean up could be costly because only about 21 percent of the louisiana homeowners have flood insurance. >> we actually lost everything in katrina, came here, and we lost everything again. >> i know it is material things and you can always get them back but it just crushes you you feel violated. >> reporter: louisiana national guard has been activate todd help with continued search and rescue missions. dozens of dogs from louisiana, animal shelters have a new home in texas. spca in dallas took them in so

animal shelters in louisiana can house dogs found roaming after devastating flooding. the dogs brought to texas will be check out by veterinarians and put up for adoption. state department now says 400 million-dollar cash payment to iran back in january was contingent on the release of four american prisoners. spokesmen john dish i says negotiations over united states return iranian money from a decade's old account was conduct separate liz but says u.s. withheld delivery of that cash as leverage, until the u.s. citizens had left iran. in the race for president a new poll from the pew research center shows hillary clinton leading donald trump by four points, both candidates spoke to members of the the law even are to. community during campaign stops today. hillary clinton held a round table discussion with law enforcement leaders from around the country to address discord between police and the communities that they serve. >> everyone is safer when there is respect for the law and when every one is

respected wye the law. >> reporter: donald trump also met with officers, thursday when he visited a fraternal order of police lodge in north carolina. >> just went down and we had this done here. >> reporter: trump advocated a tougher approach for people who protest a begins police by rioting. >> there is no compassion in tolerating lawless conduct for anyone. >> reporter: trump rallied supporters in charlotte thursday evening, his first event since shuffling his campaign staff. steven bannon and kelly ann conway join paul mana thefort as leaders of the trump can pain. conway she is's steering the trump from the ax own the issues. >> content free campaign and on the substance and talking to people struggling even talking to people doing well, how do they protect them? how do they feel secure moving forward. >> reporter: trump will go on air with the first ads in four battle ground states on friday. >> he pay is very, very low

taxes and pretty much nothing. >> reporter: clinton has a new ad out focused on trump's refusal to release his tax returns. >> trump's ads will air in florida, yes, north carolina and pennsylvania. meanwhile ukraine continues to investigate trump campaign chairman paul manafort. ledgers show he received 12 million-dollar in undisclosed cash hand outs when he was a political consultant to russian backed strong man victor yan cove i can. >> we are investigating all of this black ledger including the name paul manafort in this case. we have a lot of question what was this money paid for and taxes and so on. >> reporter: he has denied any receiving cash payments and says it is not his signature on the ledger. investigators say they are tracking those who did sign for the cash. mayor jim kenney and other advocates say they are working hard to make it easier for people with criminal record, to find work.

and, round table jobs discussion at federal reserve bank. it was hosted by philadelphia works, the city work force development agency. mayor says he himself puts resumes on his december from being ex-conns looking for work. he says he gets on the phone to encourage employers to give them a chance and that others should as well. >> at least interview them. you can turn them down but i think that is what is important. that is what is important about this particular event today is to break the stigma. >> reporter: kenney praised philadelphia's ban the box ordinance which limits use of criminal records in job hiring. still to come on "eyewitness news" it has tiny wings but the longest body of any aircraft, what experts hope it can be used for coming up. mom might have told you it makes your knuckles big or hurt your hand but doctors say cracking your knuckles could be good for you, we will tell you why, kate. after a glummy start to the day it turned out beautiful and we have more sunshine on the way to finish out the week but tracking storms for weekend and then

great news about a stretch of beautiful summer weather, i'll tell you when it

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well, just yesterday we told but new fitness gadget that kids could find in their happy meals but today mcdonald's says it will no longer give them out. fast food giant says it received, reports that the wrist worn fitness band including in those happy meals were irritating some kid skin. mcdonald's says it is investigating and will give out another happy meal toy in the meantime. well, if you like iphones and looking for a new one mark your calendars, the web site nine to 5:00 reports apple's new iphone seven and seven plus may go on sale september 23rd. earlier reports said that the smart phone would be unveiled sooner, and apple has not commented on a potential release date. everyone longs for that traditional weekend wedding

but would you consider tying the knot say on a thursday? well, knot.com things you should. according to the popular wedding planning web site a small but growing number of couples are saying i do on a thursday. they say that by simply changing the date from that traditional weekend date couples can see considerable savings. >> i believe that. >> yes. >> makes total sense. >> you may get talk from your guests. >> i have been to a monday wedding but it was a holiday weekend. >> that is better. >> little different. >> interesting trend. >> coming up next what is a firenato. meteorologist

it has taken its maiden flight in england 300-foot helium air lander 50 is 50 feet longer than biggest passenger planes and described as length and w id th of a foot wall field. jonathan vigliotti is in london with that story. >> reporter: on an airfield north of london the world's longest aircraft, spreads its type i wings. and takes, to the sky. measuring in around the length of a football field, the air lander ten is not what you

would call conventional. up close, it looks even more strange. >> this is a flight deck, we will bring you up here. >> reporter: but the chief david burns at controls for air lander's maiden flight said you need to look beyond the shape of the hull which has within, you could say, the butt of some jokes, to appreciate this modern flying machine. >> a bubble flight deck any pilot would feel at home coming in here. >> reporter: helium filled air lander is a franken stein of technologies taking the shape and lift benefit of the blimp and combining them with the maneuverability of the helicopter and load capacity of a small cargo plane. its creators hybrid air vehicles claim aircraft is super efficient. >> essentially, the engine of four suv, propel this thing. >> that is right. >> yes. >> reporter: spokesmen chris daniels claims it could be used to drop humanitarian aid in disaster areas. >> and it can come from anywhere, it can run, and run

the lake, desert, you name it. >> reporter: but air lander can't compete with planes when it comes to speed, it tops off at 70 miles an hour, jonathan vigliotti for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". fast. >> on the healthwatch tonight researchers now say that cracking your knuckles is actually good for you, recent study presented at meeting of the radiological society of north america, researchers looked at the ultrasounds of 400 knuckles to determine exactly what is going on inside. they say those who cracked their knuckles showed increased flexibility. scientists think when you crack a knuckle it releases gas in the fluid leading to greater flexibility. we do have some breaking news to share with you, chopper three is live over a serious crash that has northbound route 55 in vineland, shut down. this all happened about a half an hour ago north of the garden road exit. police tell us that three vehicles are involved in this including an overturned dump

truck. there is several injuries reported, some of those injuries are critical, and as you can see traffic is backup for miles as a result of this crash, again, this is breaking news just into our news room. we will stay on top of this and bring you latest as we learn the developments. in the meantime kate bilo joins us now. kate, earlier you said it is seven day you wanted to show off. >> yes. >> now is your chance. >> it looks, next week will be beautiful. it will be kind of weather we have been waiting for, for weeks. we may struggle to hit 801 day next week that is how much cooler it will get. it will be fantastic. i for one am very much looking forward to it. we have had stretch of rough weather past couple of months, really an eight day heat wave in august. we have had three in july. temperatures above average. we can use some crisp but still comfortable summer weather. that is what we have outside this evening it is not too bad. still hot summer day. temperatures in the upper 80's, still on the humid side

with dew points in the mid 60's but compared to what we are coming off of, tonight feels amazing outside if you are used to feels like temperatures in the triple digits as we have been seeing since late last week. our eyewitness weather watchers loving this daze even though we started off with a little will bit of doom, gloom, cloud, showers, little drizzle this will morning it cleared out very nicely from west to east and now steve schwartz in bensalem is reporting full sunshine at his house. 87 degrees. he said basically after an iffy start this morning a glorious summer afternoon. lets take a peak in delaware where we are at 86 degrees. press i comfortable at sandor's house in newark. he said early showers, followed by nice, sunny day, bearable but still hot. don't make too much out of it so you think you can go outside and take a 10-mile run and not be sweating. hot, humid. but after a few days in the the 90's, 85 with sunshine sound fantastic. looking at photos from the weather watchers. they are showing off the bird feeder here at phil's house.

you can see cloud around this morning, jenny says after a rough start the sun came out, and turned into a blue sky afternoon. lets look at live neighborhood network sites. we will show you off west of the city here in reading at whitefeel elementary school. berks county has gotten brunt of the nasty wet they are week. tonight no such thing. we are dry for now but you can see we do have a few showers starting to drift toward the poconos, toward lehigh valley as well. most of those fizzled before they make it here but there could be a pop up sprinkle north and west tonight and then looks like tomorrow will be a dry day. we will time it out here, a couple of sprinkles here and there in the poconos mostly rain free, but tomorrow looks like a generally dry day. i'm concerned of a cell popping up down the shore late tomorrow afternoon. that is best chance to pick up anything tomorrow, otherwise we will keep it quiet. saturday same story, more humid day, few pop up showers and storms in the afternoon but nothing major at least until we get into sunday when

our next cold front comes through and precipitation chances ramp up to 60 percent. monday would be early, early morning if it happens and then we will clear it out and we will get to tap into this nice cool canadian air. jet stream plunges southward and we have a notable cool down on the way early next week. overnight we are looking at a temperature of 72 degrees, isolated thunderstorm to the north and west. tomorrow mostly sunny hot and dry maybe that one little pop up storm heading toward shore points. here's latest on fiona, we are monitoring this cell, another tropical wave that came off the coast of africa and looks likely to eventually develop into tropical storm or hurricane gaston we will keep you posted on. that right now fiona has gusts of 60 miles an hour. it keeps this storm as we head into next week by tuesday approaching bermuda but that front i just mentioned coming through our area sunday night into monday should help keep that system out to sea and away from the east coast. we are steamy through weekend.

beach temperatures in the upper 80's both sat kay and sunday. best threat for thunderstorm comes sunday afternoon sunday night. monday start with cloud and then humidity plummets. we're talking about dew points near 50 degrees, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, beautiful weather, low 80's, low humidity, full sunshine, next week is the week to plan outdoor activities, if you haven't done so just yet, it will be, stunning. we will deserve it. as i told you at 5:30 blue cut wild fire in california has been producing amazing images as it burns dangerously out of control, whipping wind, hot air and try conditions. the perfect mix for a phenomenon known as a fire for nate the owe, or a fire nato. here's lauren case which more. >> reporter: you may have caught mess more icing video of mother nature's hottest phenomenon last week in oregon and just yesterday east of lor

angeles fire natos have been spinning up. i headed up to franklin institute where we got a real life demonstration on how they storm. fire devils, dragon twists or fire natos, terms with the apocalyptic air for scientific phenomenon. the fire for nato is tornado like in appearance but their formation location is opposite, to that of a traditional tornado. >> unlike tornado that will start from the top and work its way down, the fire tornado starts at bottom and moves its way up. it is an upside down, funnel that is happening. >> reporter: also unlike atmosphere tornado which requires moist air the fire nato feeds off of hot dry air which is why they form in conjunction with wild fires. as hot air rises from the ground it forms in the vertical column. a vortex is then formed by is what called angular momentum, a principal also demonstrated, by figure skating. >> this is just like a figure

skater if you were to spin how they start off spinning, if they bring out their arms they start off small but when they get closer, and to themselves, closer to the body they start to spin faster. so, those fire tornado dot same thing. the slow line move, the figure it will be. but the faster i move, it is going to be thinner. >> reporter: fire natos only last a few minutes. it is so rare to catch them on camera. nevertheless they can be extremely dangerous. >> fire and tornadoes can get to be about 2,000 degrees fahrenheit at the core. >> reporter: worst areas of fire nato on record occur among wild fires that swept through wisconsin in 1871, moving as fast as 100 miles per hour, the fire was so intense it traversed water of green bay. ultimately score muching 1.5 million acres and killed 15 unhundred people. if you have a cool science story let us know on instagram, facebook, twitter just use the #cbs-3 stem.

in einstein health care science center i'm meteorologist, lauren casey. >> sharknado, terrifying stuff. >> yes. still ahead on "eyewitness news" it was like a fairy tail, right. a movie couple date nothing real life. >> a new interview speeds new light on the relationship between twilight stars kristin stewart and robert pattinson and get inside scoop up next.

nine years after original harry potter series ended jk rawlins said she's not finished with the world of wizardry. she will release three short e books on her digital platform costing three dollars each, books are available for preorder now and will be public september 6th.

kristin stewart is opening up about her high profile relationship with twilight co-star robert pattinson. >> louie agear joins us from los angeles with more, louie. >> reporter: jessica and nicole twihard fans will not be happy as kristin explains why her relationship with robert never stood a chance. >> i opened up as i have gotten older and being super famous, but, you know, i kind of sort of breaking down these walls that i built. >> reporter: she's opening up to new york times style magazine calling her four year relationship with pattinson a product. >> as people were like no, no. >> reporter: in the article the 26 year-old says quote people wanted me and robert to be together so badly that our relationship was made into a product, it wasn't real life anymore and that was gross to me. it has been eight years since stewart hit the main stream asbella swann in the twilight

saga where the 21st met. >> i will never talk bit. >> reporter: notoriously tight-lipped about their relationship it was only after she was caught kissing her married director rupert sanders in 2012 that she confessed her love for rob. the pair broke up shortly thereafter. >> i don't feel so guarded. >> reporter: now in love with her girl friend for three years alycia, cargill, she says she will never talk about any of her relationships before but once i started dating girls it seemed like there was an opportunity to represent something really positive. we will have more on this story tonight on the insider, jessica and nicole, back to you in the studio. >> we will see you you then. get all have of your news tonight and every week night at 7:30 on the insider right here on cbs-3. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 we are hearing from the man wounded in the shooting involving new jersey state troopers after they responded to his house, by mistake. plus recently disclosed gifts to philadelphia advertise trick attorney seth williams are raising questions

about possible conflicts of interest. what he was given and how much it was all worth, kate? and it was another hot day, but not too hot, as our heat wave officially ended, and does humidity creep back in? i will tell you about your weekend forecast and when thunderstorms could disrupt outdoor plans. plus get a look inside a new philadelphia business where you can learn how to throw axes and bring your own alcohol, news at 6:00 starts right now. had that bullet been a half inch i wouldn't here. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00 d in the shooting involving new jersey state troopers, speaks exclusively to "eyewitness news". good evening, everyone i'm jessica dean. i'm nicole brewer. ukee washington is off today. that shooting happened late last month in upper deerfield after troopers responded to the wrong house by mistake. "eyewitness news" reporter

cleve bryan spoke with the home owner today and joins us live with more on that, cleve. >> shooting involved troopers from the bridgeton station here and it is an active investigation with the new jersey state attorney general's office. so, when we spoke to the survivor of gerald sykes at advice of his attorney he could not talk about details about the case but he does tell us it was his mind that kept him going as his body was failing. >> had that been another half inch i wouldn't be here. >> reporter: gerald sykes has battled back from the brink of death just before midnight july 29th upper deerfield resident was shot in his home by state police who were at his house by mistake investigating a 911 hang up call. >> i'm doing pretty good. i'm alive. beginning to feel better. a lot of the pain subsiding now. >> reporter: authorities said that the night of the incident two troopers knocked on sykes front door and didn't get a response so they check around back. as they shined their flashlights in the glass doors there was an