a elderly man is injured in a home invasion when attack and robbed inside of his home. good evening, i'm jessica dean. i'm nicole brewer. ukee is off this a happened on the 700 block of her ford road in wilmington. our natasha brownies live in the neighborhood with the very latest, natasha. >> reporter: we are here on the 700 block of hurford road in wilmington quiet secluded street here, this home invasion happened in the middle of the afternoon at 12:30 new castle county police say an 81 year-old man answered the knock. suspect was a black male. victim went back inside the residents to get something. that is when police say suspect forced his way inside. some kind of a physical altercation did take place leading elderly man injured. the suspect did steel items from the home and then fled the scene in the red two door

car. disabled adults son was also inside the home at the time of this home invasion. we understand he was not hurt, and the elderly man 81 year-old victim did receive emergency medical care here at his home, right after the incident happened. of course, this is still a very active ongoing investigation by new castle county police but that is very latest reporting live, natasha brown for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a missing penn state professor has been found dead, and police have arrested a man for his murder. police say professor ronald betting was lured in the quarter any potter township and push off a ledge to his death. the suspect, 39 year-old george ishler junior is behind bars and associate professor, penn state college of communications he was first hired in 1988. a 16 year-old girl charged in connection with the death of amy joyner francis will have her case heard in family court. today a delaware judge denied a request from prosecutors to

have the girl face criminally negligent homicide and conspiracy charges as an adult. joyner francis died in april after an attack in her high school bathroom. two other girls are charged with conspiracy as minors. fight begins zika virus could begin right in your own back yard. officials in camden county just unveiled a new tool residents can use to help track down mosquito breeding sites. "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live in gloucester township with that story, cleve. >> reporter: whether it is a bucket of rainwater or pond anywhere there is stagnant water mosquitoes will breed. to fight off west nile and zika camden county is making it easier for community to get involved in reporting issues. >> none of these are here. >> reporter: identifying and killing mosquitoes are primary defense against spread of the zika virus. there are no confirms cases of people contracting zika from new jersey and camden county

is rolling out a new way to report mosquito problems. >> what we have developed here is a strategy that will help us more intelligencely work through this data, so that we can provide a more targeted, and tailored and specific response for the community. >> reporter: in less time then it takes to calm mosquito control have have someone fill out the a report, you can now do it yourself on line and you'll get updates on how county is addressing the issue. >> it saves time. we now have a report that is very inclusive and it helps us jump on things more quickly. >> reporter: say you report a stagnant pond or pool breeding mosquitoes, message goes right to the inspector to determine ahead of time whether chemicals or mosquito eating fish should be used and county can trap them to test for zika and west nile. >> somebody complains mosquito here we will take a sample and we know what species is in that location where they said they were happening. >> reporter: officials say even with the return of travelers from the rio

olympics risk of getting zika from mosquitoes is extremely low. >> that is what this is all about because we want to keep it that way. >> reporter: new jersey says there are 97 cases of travel related zika but nothing from mosquitoes. however as people come back from rio they are warned to wear bug repellants for at least three weeks so they do not bite them and start spreading the disease and for everyone going out in the evening you should be wearing bug spray. reporting live in gloucester township, cleve bryan for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". woman injured in the crash in clementon new jersey has died from her injuries. she was killed when two vehicles collided at white horse pike and grant avenue. four other people were injured. there is no word on their condition tonight. cause of the crash is under investigation. we have been reminded recently of impact one image can have. one boy his body covered and

dirt has been the face of the conflict in syria. we spoke to the syria native who lives in will allentown about the impact of that image >> amid the screams of war, his silence, was deaf evening. five-year old little boy, dazed and bloody in the back of an ambulance. no tears, no screams, just shock. rescuers pulled him from the ruble of his home after it was hit during an air strike in the a republican owe, cnn reported activist blamed syrian regime and russia for those bombing. they have been at center of the syrian civil war between rebels and syrian government this boy delivered a message to the entire world to stop this ugly war. >> reporter: this is a syrian native who now lives in allentown. he hopes that people will take the emotions stirred by iran and turn them into action, helping to end the now five-year war in syria. >> we need to take a more active role because we are the

world leading nation, the united states of america. >> reporter: 400,000 people have been kill in the syrian civil war, 41,000 of them children. he hopes that this image will deliver this message. >> just the look at that boy will tell you that please, please stop this war. that is a clear view of the speechless picture and stop using us as a human shield. >> reporter: amran is five years old, that is the same age as the conflict in his country. that means he is never known peace, only war. he has since been released and reunited with his parents. in campaign 2016 supporters of the hillary clinton bring some star power to kick off a voter registration drive. "eyewitness news" caught up with anchor sean patrick thomas as philly cuts a unisex salon in center city. he says it is important for black communities to get out the vote.

>> whoever wins pennsylvania will win this election. i will get as many people registered as i can and get huge massive turnout because we have to win this election. >> reporter: organizers plan to launch grass routes voter registration efforts that is a cross business as cross pennsylvania. republican presidential nominee donald trump spent time in louisiana today. hes was touring community testify stated by recent flooding. historic flood have killed 13 people and damage more than 40,000 homes. turning now to weather, we are looking at a hot, possibly stormy start to the weekend. meteorologist kate bilo is on the cbs-3 sky deck with a first look at your weekend forecast, kate. >> i can tell you it is pretty hot this evening. certainly better than heat we were feeling last weekend and earlier this week but still 90 . humidity still high. definitely still summer outside but next week that may change. we will get some cool comfortable weather that some of us have been longing for. fan of the heat you are loving this friday night. we are sitting at 90 degrees

in philadelphia 89 in wilmington. eighty-seven in millville. eighty-seven in trenton. eighty-nine in allentown. so it is not all that bad tonight but still a little bit on the hot side at least to sit outside and enjoy a nice dinner. that is my bench mark. we will get there. lets look at dew points right now in the mid 60's, lower 60's to the north where it is more comfortable. dew points in the lower 07's in dover and wildwood indicating higher humidity and feels more uncomfortable that way. looking at is what happening on storm scan three we have had a couple showers popping up, those have fistled and now we are looking at showers and storms back through great lakes and these will approach this weekend. your weather headlines that we will tackle with the full forecast, weekend storm threat, when is best chance for storms so you can plan your outdoor activity and then perfect summer stretch ahead. we will tell you when that starts and how long it last and we will have a close eye on the tropics. things are getting interesting. late lease what is brewing in the open atlantic coming up when i join you inside, now back over to you. students from central high school and girls high graduated from the first ever

medical career preparation program at einstein medical center. it allows students to shadow professionals in several departments and it gets them hand on experience. ceremony included remarks from students and also a presentation of the certificates. still to come on "eyewitness news" a local keg maker says that business is booming. why his kegs are so sought have after and what makes them different from all of the rest in the u.s. tori. >> i'm with the best fair in bucks county. right now i can't decide do i hit rides or pig out. i will pig out. good choice. ryan howard using ped's in the so much. how phillies first base man is ready to strike back. eagles defense getting picky and that is a good thing. bird have swag and mal conn jenkins tells us why in sports up next.

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the brewery business continues to to well in our area and around the world. >> a local keg maker is cashing in. "eyewitness news" report's neat a oh tells us why his kegs are so popular. >> reporter: making of an american keg. >> so we will cut this piece and we will cut these pieces and then cut the bottom. >> reporter: it happens in pottstown. >> everybody is very proud to be able to make kegs here in the u.s. >> reporter: ceo paul sapper says this 30,000 square foot factory is only one in the entire country to manufacture steel kegs. >> mess of the stainless steel kegs coming in why were coming from europe, germany or asia. >> reporter: demand for craft beer and kegs soared, a few years ago this plant almost

closed its doors until scott stepped with a two million-dollar investment. >> when i found out that we can make a keg in america that is competitive, and keep jobs here in pottstown i had to do something. >> reporter: now plant turns out about 200 kegs a day and they hope to double that in the near future and it turns out creating a keg is quite the process. it starts in a large role of steel. and craft, cut and crafted in to the carving of a keg. all of the pieces are then welded together. and then goes through sterilization. and make them food great. >> 304 stainless style that will in the rust. >> reporter: kegs can be embossed and engraved with the logo and here it is. the american keg, and american dream. >> it is only a few dollars a keg more to buy a american keg so it is not hard. >> reporter: in pottstown, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness

news". >> all right. >> well, from one american dream, to an american obsession. >> that is right. >> that is football. >> american obsession is the great way to put it. we're talking about our obsession here with the philadelphia eagles. curb your enthusiasm, great series on hbo if you haven't seen it, should be the theme when watching preseason football. enjoy it. embrace it. don't overreact to it. having said that, play of the eagles defense was good last night with the steelers. they swarm the two ball and made four interceptions. defensive coordinator jim schwartz dialed up blitzes which does in the happen this time of the year. safety malcolm jenkins likes the way the defense is forcing turnovers. >> take aways, obviously, it is one of those point of emphasis that really can impact the game and seasons. so, to be getting those right now it is a good start defensively. >> guys are making great plays. legitimate catchable balls and

our guys are in position to make plays and they are doing it. i have been real excited to watch our guys, these last couple weeks. nine turnovers in two games is pretty good. >> good start. on to baseball, both memorial day and independent day of come and gone since adam morgan last won a game. we are two weeks shy of labor day and phillies lefty has one and seven record with era over six. morgan will try to get it against adam waynewright and cardinals at 7:05. mlb has cleared ryan howard with link him to ped use. howard released a statement saying he is glad the investigation is over and now he is looking forward to holding the organization and its reporters responsible for the false report. >> i'm just glad it is behind me, that is just about it. the process is the process. you know, for me i'm glad it is behind me. i can move forward and just focus on playing baseball. >> ryan is talking about legal action. right now on the court or

should i say field he is hot. five home runs in his last nine games, batting over 400 during that span. makes a big difference in that line up. >> he looks like he did, you know, four or five years ago and it is good to see. i'm putting him in the middle of the line up and if you want to play more you have to hit bitter abe he has been hitting better and he is playing more. >> interesting, i feel like spring training, remember with all these new faces, and he says, here's the thing about ryan howard, if he can do it, he can play. >> if you play you will get the shot and he is doing it very well. >> all work out. lets talk about this weather, kate. >> let's talk about it. >> it is still hot. >> but it is still august it is august. it is supposed to be hot. i went out there saying it is feeling not too bad. it is hot out there hot night to be dining outdoors. it is not quite at least for my purposes, nice enough to go outside for a 3-mile run on a night like tonight. in the as bad as it was. we're not talking dangerous

heat. if you you are a go get it go get a 3-mile run. i will wait until next week when temperatures drop and we have got some cooler nights to look forward to maybe finally switch that air conditioning off for a couple nights here. lets look outside. not much going on. we have a couple cloud moving over the delaware river. you can see sky line of the city in the background. beautiful evening here in philadelphia. as long as you are looking outside window. still warm. temperatures near 90. here's good news. we don't have much if anything in the way of shower activity, looking like a few will develop off to the east, they did just briefly and now everything has pretty much fizzled out and we will in the see much of anything in the way of showers here this evening and tonight. let's plan your weekend. this is most important, everyone has lots of plans this time of the year now that summer weekend in short supply. tomorrow is a great day to get outside, do we have a chance for stray storm? we do. few and far between. most of the day sunny, warm, humid highs in the upper 80's, great pool day and beach day as well.

the sunday morning looks okay. cloud, breaks of sunshine, but one or 2:00 o'clock on sunday a few showers could start to increase, and cloud will increase, and, sunday and dinner hour sunday we have heavy and, planning an outdoor barbecue, saturday is your day, sunday evening not quite as nice for that. here's what it looks like. not a whole lot happening tonight. tomorrow a few and far between 3:00 p.m. just a couple spots pick up a stray thunderstorm. they will come through briefly fizzle out quickly and they can have heavy rain but one or two spots and then those storms move out. sunday morning we will have sunshine, breaks in the included cover here at 9:00 a.m. but showers and storms lurking just to the west sunday morning. cloud increase, possibly a few showers around as early as midday but it is this line of storms coming through that will pack biggest punch with heavy rains and strong wind possible. with the heat lets jump to fall. three days until eagles home opener or eagles opener, 60

days until average high is just 70 degrees. seventy-nine days until today light savings end and only 97 days now until thanksgiving. pretty crazy stuff. we have tropical storm fee own a, models taking it toward east coast of the united states but recurve it upward. does in the look like a threat to us but tropics are heating up and we will have to watch this especially in the first week of september there could be a few different threats out there. we are monitoring and keep you posted. nothing to panic about just yet. heading down the shore tomorrow a stray thunderstorm 85 degrees. here's that cooler dryer weather it start monday, overnight the lows in the 50's. that means you will wake up and feel crisp and cool out here for a few days, neck week. machine through friday look fantastic. >> that is spring weather there. >> cannot wait. >> thanks, kate. still to come on "eyewitness news", fair fun to start your weekend. tori. >> that is rate we are at 16th annual middletown grange fair

and funnies all behind me but it is chicken dinner time have you heard about the chicken dinner. >> i heard it was really good. >> have you heard of them. >> in. >> well, elainea you and everyone else at home will see how good they are and how it all got started. gwyneth, and myself, we say it ace macing, that is

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for more than six decades a bucks county community has celebrated, farm life. >> vittoria woodill joins us now from the middletown grange fair with more, vittoria. >> it is the best place where friend and family collide, can i give a shout out to susan who used to be my baby-sitter. she was best ever.

look at this gorgeous family. all these families are coming out for great night of fun but at dinner time, it is winner winner chicken dinner time they have been doing it for years and here's how it is done. >> welcome to the middletown g range fair. the place that welcomed you to family fun, farm raised friend and fair that is heaven on earth. >> tickets hitting the ride but why not buy a ticket for win are winner chicken dinner grilled by family doing it for year, the white brothers today we got here around 8:00 to clean out all of the charcoal from the day before and then we set up charcoal around the pit and get it ready and then chick ebb comes in around ten. then around quarter after 12:00 we light the first fires and then we start putting chicken on every half an hour. just one of the things you don't miss. even my brother moved down to florida two years ago and he flew up just to make this. >> reporter: don't miss your seat, and jimmy to welcome you

through the mess hall. you are a waitress and waiter tonight. >> yep. >> yep. >> chicken dinner tonight. >> yes. >> fantastic. they are here all night with your drink, side and, of course, chicken. >> you have a long shift. >> yes. >> oh, man. >> we will take a break until tonight. >> make sure you ask for tips. >> okay. >> tell them tori told you to tip. >> okay. >> okay. >> so, they are with us now because they are working, but the chicken dinner is a nation. you get fries, drink, grange fair through sunday. i will meet up with my baby-sitter and their family. i'm going to go. you guys have a great weekend. >> you have a great weekend too, tori. >> have a great time. >> only tori runs into her baby-sitter. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 being we're back at ten on the cw philly and back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. up next, "cbs evening news", scott pelley reports from new york. have a great night. we will see you tonight.

>> pelley: zika breaks out of the containment zone. a new cluster turns up, this time in a major tourist destination. >> from the sun and fun capital of the world, miami beach! >> pelley: also tonight, trump dumps his campaign chairman. and tries something new-- humility. >> i regret it. and i do regret it. particularly, where it may have caused personal pain. >> pelley: regrets, too, from ryan lochte. he apologizes for the behavior that got him branded "the ugly american." and steve hartman-- when marge harlan recreated history, she reopened old wounds. >> no, i don't like it. >> just brings back thou