end of the week. i'm cleve bryan the atlantic city international boat show. coming up i'll show you interesting, impressive products on display and show you how boating is making a rebound in new jersey. it is 6:00 o'clock. here's is what happening. pepsi cutting jobs and pointing fingers. soft drink giant is blaming cities drink tax, and the marries firing back. the company announce today they will be forced to layoff workers due to the tax. good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live at city hall with the response from both sides, david? >> reporter: hi jessica and ukee. tensions have been rising for months, it seems today they came to a full boil when it was announced people would be losing their jobs but mayor's office and city hall fired back and said people will be actually going back to work.

eighty to 100 jobs gone from the local pepsi payroll, officials insist philadelphia 's sugary drink tax, it is to blame n a statement to "eyewitness news" teamsters local 830, union representing the soda industry workers, wrote quote our worst fears have been realized. pepsi is reporting a 40 percent drop in philadelphia business since january 1st. the day that the tax went into effect. pepsi employers 423 people in philadelphia. and we spoke to soda union treasurer danny grace by phone >> eventually this will catch up with us that the loss in sales, you know, dictates loss in jobs. the company evidently feels that you no longer sustain the losses that they are getting. >> reporter: numbers out just last week show that the tax raised 5.7 million-dollar in jana loan, and that is more than twice the original projection. mayor jim kenney was not available for on camera interview but spokeswoman said

in a statement that the soda industry sunk to a new low, they are literally holding hostage the jobs of hard working people in their battle to overturn the tax. kenney's team points to 250 new jobs, created as a result of the tax, a spokeswoman says that the tax funding prek which in turn opens up new teaching jobs for the program. pepsi is holding firm and said in a statement quote this isn't something we take lightly or want to do and we are committed to working with our employees and union to treat impacted individuals with the care, and dignity that they deserve. tomorrow morning mayor kenney will present his budge tote city council, and i'm told by city hall source he will mention drink tax in that address. it is is 11:00 o'clock tomorrow morning at city hall. reporting live, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". pennsylvania based check late company hershey also announced layoffs. candy maker is expect to layoff 20 percent of the workers but most of the cuts

will impact employees outside of the united states. the company says that the cuts are part of a plan to boost its international business. hershey operates eight factories outside of the u.s., and employs more than 16,000 employees, worldwide. we're hearing tonight from two alleged victims of an accused serial child rapist. two young woman appeared today identifying themselves as jm and js. both say that they were sexual ly abused as children by a bucks county handy man william charles thomas of falls township. he is facing charges. >> this is not my fault, because i was than the even old enough to understand, i was being taken advantage of by a grown adult child molester. no one should be ashamed, embarrassed or difficulties couraged. i have been there. i have for the depression and anxiety, and you can too. >> thomas accused of abusing a

total of six women including his own daughter. police in upper darby arrested two teens for beating , robbing a six three-year old man. we first told you about the crime last week. authorities say that the teens were involved in a week long crime spree, authorities have arrested a 60 year-old from upper darby and 17 year-old from west philadelphia one woman, too scared to show her face, told "eyewitness news" she was hit from behind and her purse was almost $1,100 inside was snatched. >> that was my last money because my husband, he didn't work last four months. >> the teens have been charged as juveniles but upper darby police say they hepp to charge them as adults. they say twoo women along 52nd street in west philadelphia on february the 19th. surveillance video shows a heavy set man grabbing a women 's purse and knocking her down around 8:00 o'clock in the morning. police say four hours earlier this same man pushed his way into an apartment, and attacked a 67 year-old woman.

they say he stole a cell phone and nine dollars. call police if you recognize the suspect. police are investigating another hateful act of vaned list many in a northeast philadelphia community. resident told police she found a swastika spray painted on her front step this morning. this happened on the 10,000 block of park place in the bustleton section. that hateful symbol has been since washed off the property. police continue to search for clues, as to who is responsible. reward has grown to $69,000, for information, leading to the vandals who toppled grave stones at mount carmel jewish cemetery in wissonoming. we told you over the weekend a person visiting the cemetery reported the damage. volunteers returned to the site today for a second day of clean up. they took care of landscaping, and to help restore the grounds. safety first, today the bicycle coalition of the greater philadelphia hosted a daze long conference, it focused on ways to make streets safe for cyclist, pedestrians and motorist. >> when pedestrians are hit by

a car that is speeding, or more likely to die, so traffic , reducing speeding is single most important thing that the city and the state can do, to help save lives. >> today's conference was held at thomas jefferson university it is in response to the creation of mayor kenney's vision zero task force, the goal to eliminate traffic fatalities, and serious injuries by 2030. "eyewitness news" has confirmed reports regarding a relationship within joe biden 's family. widow of vice-president biden 's oldest son beau biden is in a romantic relationship with her former brother-in-law , confirming published reports. we have learned halle biden is dating hunter biden the vice-president's younger son. hunter biden is married and has been separated from his wife, kathleen. walk up tours famous battleship, new jersey on the camden river front resumed today. >> battleship is opened from 9:30 to three, every day

through labor day. to celebrate the opening battleship is offering a deal today through friday, if you buy a ticket for the new jersey fire power tour, featuring the gunners and 53- foot helicopter you will get a tour of the entire battleship for free. the big j. >> um-hmm. another great thing to check out. >> the atlantic city boat show is underway down the shore. >> "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is live the atlantic city convention center to show us how boating industry is rebounding and new models on display, cleve. >> reporter: well, hello guys, i'm here on the 23-foot sea pro, this will be ukee's birthday present to me this year if i'm a good boy, i understand, this is one of the biggest, shows that they have, in atlantic city and i mean that, size wise, attendance wise, and it will feature how the boating industry in the u.s., specifically in new jersey, it is bouncing back. from wave runners to cruisers,

sport fishing boats to luxury yachts, the atlantic city boat show has more to see then ever and reason is simple, people are willing to spend. >> boating tracks closely with consumer confidence. as we see that rise boating sales go up. >> reporter: size of the boat show fluctuated closely with the economy n2010 there were 150 boats here at leisure industry plumeted. this year there are more than 500 boats on display. >> that is just more product flooding the marketplace. is there more demand. >> reporter: experts say boat manufacturers have adjusted their products to attract people looking for value. center console boats deemed for hard core fisherman are outfitted with extensive cushioning for cruising. pontoon boats have become bread and butter for wildwood which has seen better sales. >> it least bounded, it started last year. we have seen a huge up tic in the past two months, and not only with boat sales but with the marina in general. >> reporter: example people

more confident to spend, the family from barnegat, new jersey. >> we originally bought a 19- foot center console, last year we upgraded to a 24-foot walk around, more cover for kids. >> reporter: now they are out for accessories. with more than 440 vendors at the show what better place to dream and have a little fun like i did with this pedal board. >> unaudible. >> i did not fall in, by the way, look at this, this is a water slide on a boat that you can purchase on these pontoon boats, great for the family, atlantic city boat show runs today through sunday, $16 for adults, free for kids, and tomorrow, thursday they have a five dollars off special. reporting live, from atlantic city cleve bryan for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> clear that up. >> am i getting you the boat or you getting me. >> you are getting it for me, you know, that is how it works >> you are dude walking on

water man. all right, buddy, thanks. >> i'll take you out. >> it is on now. it is on tape. bolt of the brains, in delaware county when "eyewitness news" returns, be sure not to take off, stick around, and see these impressive inventions, and even more impressive people behind them, kate. definitely felt like spring today not only were temperatures in the 60's and 70's but we had strong thunderstorms. those have moved out. still pick up another one tonight buzz behind this front winter will return, i'll tell you how much colder it will get and which areas could see snow by the end of the week. plus history at city hall, don't miss the trick shot pulled off by philly born globetrotter and mayor, don. speaking of shot, joel embiid has no shot of returning this season. the news about joe joe's bad news, gets worse. that is late inner

the mayor went upstairs with harlem globetrotters swish who grew up here, and her teammates, and mayor kenney ditched the ball to swish who lived up to her name , and, draining the shot. >> wow. >> four stories up. >> fans watched from the courtyard. >> swish got some rim there but it still went in. >> it is first time, it was pulled off at city hall and here's the replay. >> yes. >> the globetrotters by the way will be at wells fargo sent they are weekend, nicely done, nicely done. >> and students are getting able to test their inventions in aston, delaware county. >> and, south earn, pennsylvania, science olympics , one of the biggest science competitions in the nation. check it out in today's

einstein health care science report. it is a gymnasium full of brain power. pint sized vehicles taking off , powered by electricity. and not so fast vehicles propelled by a falling wait. the trick to design each one to just go a certain distance, and then stop. hundreds of inventors were intent on their badges, a big think tank of young scientist from his more than 50 middle schools and high schools in bucks, chester, delaware, montgomery and philadelphia counties. the students have been preparing for this challenge, all school year, putting their stem knowledge, science, technology, engineering, and math, into practice. one of the coolest competition s, bottle rockets. they were temporarily grounded >> my heart breaks for them because weather is cooling them off right now.

>> reporter: inside other inventions not only going the way the students were hoping, but simply falling down, and some of them going up as planned, powered by rubber bands. making for some anxious moments. >> the rubber band helicopter challenge was fun for amy page and grace o'malley, juniors from beared rushton high school in west chester. >> the goal, to have it go. you are allowed to have two official flights. my first one was a minute. it counted. my second one didn't count but i had a good time so it was fine. >> you have to come with your a game every time and you never know what to expect. >> reporter: just what students didn't expect to get their bottle rockets off the ground because of the weather, they got a break from the rain , lift off. >> gone. >> good work there students are competing in the regional medals and chance to enter science olympics state competition. that happens the end of april. >> very nice. >> now that rocket went off in dark clouds. >> it sure did. you could not see, it

disappeared in the abyss. we have dark clouds in place still tonight. still chance for stray shower or storm but severe threatened ded for vast majority of the region which is good news. we got off ease which this round of severe weather. this system has been moving through, producing threat for severe thunderstorm as it has progressed east but for us, we just didn't have enough instability for these storms to do much today which is great news, as it looked as though it would be disruptive, disruptive kind of the day. now that system is off the coast. lets look at right now on storm scan three. we have a few scattered showers back around pittsburgh that is actual cold front pushing through, severe storms were a prefrontal boundary but there still could abe stay shower or storm through remainder of tonight but worst is off to the south where we do still have severe thunderstorm watches, warnings , tornado watch for portions of the deep south. lots of severe thunderstorm warnings where we see yellow boxes here across portions of the carolinas and down into

georgia, this evening. we're missing out on the worst of it and it is still warm. not a lot of sun today. we are at 66 degrees here in philadelphia dew .51. dew points are dropping as dryer air works n down the shore 64 degrees. in the poconos 55, winds west south west picking up, right now at 15 miles an hour and those winds will continue to pick up. yesterday marked end of the meteorological winter, december, january, february. it is technically meteorological spring. we have to wait for 20th for spring to begin but meteorological winter very warm. sixth warmest on record in philadelphia, 5.9 degrees above average. 10.3 inches below average on the snowfall totals. only six days that really qualified as full sunshine. we have had a lot of cloud issues but a lot of warmth this past winter. future weather shows colder air moving in, and we could possibly, have another taste of winter even to start meet logical spring. split is scattered showers and storms around 10, they will move on out, tomorrow we will

feel wind pick up, and much colder, blustery daze but quiet. is there noon. what i want to notice on friday is not position of the snow but just fact that is snow in the forecast, aren't noon, this particular model keeps it well to the south, not a lot of consensus here that batch of snow could be further to the north. likely to be mainly snow showers and not accumulate much buzz we may see a little birth that as we head into your friday and winds picking up overnight and tomorrow. >> winds could gust 40 miles an hour north and west where our wind advisory has been issued. tonight it will be blustery and chilly. stay shower early. 44 degrees is your low. tomorrow much colder at 51. feeling like the 30's with the wind. friday watch for chance for snow showers, mainly in the morning, saturday blustery and cold at 40. then we will rebound again with temperatures heading back to the 60's by tuesday. will our march be marked by these massive temperature swings? could we see more snow in make sure you tune in tonight at

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receipt at costco, a lot of things going on here pay attention. flyers, have signed a pair of players, to two year contracts extensions, goalie michael neuvirth and peace air edward bellmawr. and secondary the nhl trade led line at 3:00. they sent mark streit to tampa bay for a for and fourth and seventh round draft picks. lightening didn't traded street to pittsburgh. this season he has, just seven goals, in 59 games. >> it is a deal that we felt made our team better, also, fit moving forward. i think we all know what we got coming, but we want to be better now, we want to be better next year. >> eagles brain trust spoke at nfl combine today and they sound like they want to keep center jason kelce and they are not ready to give up on nelson ago who will air. here's what gm howie roseman. >> nelson has physical skill set. he has quickness, speed.

you know, you just hope that it is just one of those years where it is just snowballs and he comes back in and there is a lot of examples of guys who played two years and then that receiver position, ended up becoming a real good players. >> we will sees. last nightes from necessity state and boise state, ball gets stuck above backboard. they tried everything to get it done. throwing other balls, poking a stick at it, broom stick. check out the solution. this kiddies in the stands. just fan boy, get up there, go get the ball for us, will you. that is great. he comes up. >> there we go. >> like climbing a metal tree. >> i got this. >> thanks, sir. >> a lot more to come. >> a iconic philadelphia marketplace and a new business >> reason grand opening is something you have never seen be

philly original that fans have been unwrapping since 1914. >> a lot of science and precision that initial to making tastykake a tastykake. tonight at 11:00 i will suit up inside a south philadelphia bakery where candy cakes are made, and see the process and learn what it takes to make your favorite treat taste the same every time. >> the whole process was set up, to simulate the way you make it at home.

little bigger, faster, and maybe a little different recipe. we have our secret recipe but same way you think bit. >> similar, definitely bigger. how about this tastykake uses enough peanut butter every year to make 8 million peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. join me for more fin facts into one of the philadelphia's best men treats tonight at 11:00. >> get my butter scotch krimpets. reading terminal has new tasty touch to the same philadelphia market. >> one, two, three... >> yeah. >> a frankford cutting marks grand opening of the fox and son fancy corn dogs a new dining option offers freshly made corn dogs and other comfort foods found at carnivals and state fares. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at 10 on our sister station cw philly. back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. up next "cbs evening news" from new york here now is scott pelley take care family we will see you tonight.

>> pelley: deadly tornadoes in the heart of america. >> it looks like a bomb went off. >> pelley: hundreds of homes are hit. >> all the windows are busted out. there's debris everywhere. >> pelley: also tonight... >> i can be more presidential if i want to be. >> pelley: and most viewers of his speech told us he was. >> i think he was much more professional and grounded. >> pelley: the trump rally sends the dow above 21,000. and road rage, the c.e.o. of uber gets into it with one of his drivers. >> good luck. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: march roared in li