everyone enjoying summer. it kicked in on saturday. we have had sunshine and temperatures have been gradual ly warming up each day ever since then. we did break some record today record high temperature, set in allentown at 85 degrees. reading also a record at 85. our high in dover was 82. our high is 81 in philadelphia we did break a record in mount pocono topping off at 80. we're very close to those high temperature, 84 good redding. day number two of 80, 79 degrees in wilmington, storm scan three is showing us quiet conditions just a couple of patchy high level cloud, in the ruling out possibility of pop up stray, very stray, thunder shower, as we head into the next several hours with some of this daytime heating, otherwise, we will see variable cloud cover as we head in the second half of the evening but temperatures incredibly warm 75 degrees for 8:00 p.m. hour. sixty-eight by 10 and still in the middle 60's into midnight. we have a chance of a shower tomorrow we will talk about the best time to have that

umbrella on stand by but dry and mild heading in the second half of the week. we have a big holiday weekend coming up with a preview what to expect on easter in your full forecast, coming up in just a few, lauren, thank you. a sinkhole in the middle of the street lead to frustration in philadelphia's rittenhouse square. repair work is underway but some in the area remain without water and traffic is backing up. that hole is near 17th and walnut and "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live with more on the sinkhole inconveniencing many, greg. >> reporter: jessica, good evening. not often i can stand at 17th street during rush hour but this is culprit behind thus big sinkhole in the middle of 17th street. you can see crews hard at work fixing up busted water pipes but too little, too late for thousands of drivers stuck in a big traffic night mayor. from the honking, the frustration, the noisy conn

trucks comes a bit of relax says. >> ♪ >> reporter: a lone violin player at corner of walnut and 17th street, the intersection and epicenter of many drivers anger. >> what do you think of the traffic. >> i hate it. can't wait to get out of it. >> reporter: 9:30 last night this busy street shut down after water department emergency crew called to the scene of the quote, small depression, which turned out to be a large sinkhole. >> it ended up being a break on the 3-inch service, feeding building behind us. >> reporter: all customers in these apartments without water water department spokesmen john dejulio says service expected to be restored by this evening but 17th street between walnut and locust is expected to remain closed throughout the evening rush. >> we may be able to open up the street overnight. >> reporter: water crews had to wait hours for peco to arrive and make work space safe. all the while traffic moving at a snail's pace.

drivers tempers, high. how are you feeling right now. >> very frustrated. >> reporter: perhaps music a way to remove tension in an already frustrating drive, that again, this is philadelphia. maybe not. >> reporter: back here live good news for folks living in the apartment complex, a spokesperson for water department says that they have just restored water to that apartment complex, and, meanwhile the street we're told will be repaired, hopefully in the next few hours and is expect to reopen later tonight. we are live at rittenhouse square i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> greg, thanks very much. coming up later tonight on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 you know these parking kiosks we see all over philadelphia, we have seen them for years now? well, big changes are coming fast that will affect how you feed the meter. we will tell you why the parking authority is suspending payments through the mobile payment app and when that goes into effect,

that is coming your way at 6:00 o'clock. delaware judge hears closing arguments in the trial of three girls charged in the school bathroom ought case that turned deadly. judge will deciding whether the teens are responsible for the death of amy joyner frances. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves was in the courtroom in wilmington today. >> reporter: three delaware teens charged in the death of their classmate should soon know their fates. >> we're all devastated. it is almost like reliving in it for the first time. >> reporter: father for teen who died last april have this bathroom brawl inside howard high school of technology had to watch his daughter's last moments, captured on student cell phone video at lee four times today, as judge heard four hours of closing arguments from prosecutors, and defense attorneys for each teen charged. >> amy was hit 26 times. she was kick six times. you could see that she was kicked in her head. >> reporter: prosecutors started their argument by showing student's cell phone

shot video saying it is an obvious attack, brutal beat down, arguing joyner frances never saw it coming. defense attorney for each teen charged did not dispute that amy joyner frances died in a most tragic way, but video captures a mutual fight where each teen was responsible, and no one could have known that joyner frances had a rare melody sees that would cause her death after the bathroom brawl. >> the three teens charged, including the one facing criminally negligent homicide could potentially face no jail time because of a juvenile system there is no mandate for jail time so charges each teen is facing. >> that is tough, because at the end of the day three young laid hoist caused the life of a beautiful young lady named amy joyner frances they get to go home and the joyner frances family has to go to the cemetery or look at pictures. >> reporter: judge is expected to make a ruling on this case thursday morning deciding the fate of the three teens charged. in wilmington alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

trial for accused killer eric frein continues in pike county today jury watched a three hour video taped confession. video shows two state police interrogators pressing frein on why he targeted two troopers at blooming grove barracks on september 12th, 2014. frein was arrested 48 days later after a manhunt in the pocono mountains. coming up on "eyewitness news" at 5:30 we will have a detailed report on that confession and tape. there are new developments in bill cosby's sexual assault case. seventy-nine year-old entertainer is due in a pittsburgh courtroom for jury selection may between the second. process could take about a week. once jury selection is complete they will be brought to montgomery county. they will remain sequestered for duration of the trial which is set to begin june 5th environmental group is making an appeal into natural gas pipelines set to run through the new jersey pine land. sierra club is appealing new jersey pine land commission approval of that pipeline. the group says that the project is not benefiting

people living in the area. the pipeline is designed to survey cape may power plant, that is switching from coal to gas. secretary of state rex tillerson is in russia to prepare for talks about syria 's use of chemical weapons in that country's civil war. tillerson arrived in moscow this morning. the white house says tillerson is prepared to tell the kremlin it is time to make a choice, join western allies or stick with syrian president bashar al-assad. russia continues to deny syrian government was behind last weeks chemical attack which killed more than 80 people, the u.s. responded to the chemical attack with air strikes on a syrian air base. >> it was very clear that the assad regime planned it, orchestrated and executed it. if they used chemical weapons they are going to pay a very, very stiff price. >> defense secretary james mattis says defeating isis remains number one goal of the united states, north korea's nuclear program will also be

discussed with russia. president trump tweeted saying north korea is looking for trouble if china decide to help, that would be great. if not, we will solve the problem without them. u.s.a. president is also focusing on the economy, today he welcomed ceo's from some of the nation's largest companies to washington. they held a strategic, policy discussion at eisenhower executive office building. the business leaders spoke with five cabinet secretaries about issues ranging from job creation, to infrastructure and tax reform. president trump touted monthly jobs reports released during his presidency. >> we have created over 600,000 jobs already in a very short period of time and it will really start catching on now because some of the things that we have done bigly and they are catching on. >> the 20 business leaders belonged to president trump's strategy and policy forum. a mural to remember those who have passed away was un veiled today at mercy life center in the cities fair hill

section. that mural was created by seniors, during recreational therapy exercises. every day they hang butterflies on the mural to honor people in their lives hoff passed. mural was create todd give participants a space to reflect, pray. and coming up on "eyewitness news", once upon a time people only used credit card for large purchases, but not anymore. we will show you why more shoppers are opting for credit no matter what they are buying the greatest scape, a dog used some crazy skills to escape an animal hospital, where he went and what his owner has to say, next. leslie. >> we're teaching you, how to fly fish. i can do it. >> anyone can do it. >> well, thank you. we will have that story coming up. and you can probably find a few place toss fly fish in the poconos, good day for fishing or anything, you wanted to do outside, we will just summer like weather stick around? lauren has your forecast after a short break, we will be

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at one time credit card were something that people only used for large purchases, but not anymore. three on your side's jim donovan, explains how plastic is becoming increasingly popular, even for inexpensive purchases. megan subpoena opted to use credit to pay for your cafe. it turns out more americans are choosing credit over debit over cash for small transactions. new survey from credit card .com found 17 percent of card holders used plastic for purchases under five dollars. that is up from 11 percent last year. >> and that is a significant increase. people tend to use their credit card when they feel a little bit more confident, about their financial

situation. >> reporter: one credit perk. >> it helps me keep track of what i'm buying. >> reporter: others like the travel reward. >> you get points to travel. it add up. it add up. would i rather get a tiny bit then nothing. >> credit card are a safe way to go. >> reporter: bet jeff schultz say some people are motivate by safety since mow credit card co will reimburse credit charges. >> if a bad guy gets a hold of the debit card that is real money coming out of a real account. >> reporter: survey found young people are more likely to choose credit over cash, many of their card, linked to their phones with features like apple pay or google wallet. reporting for three on your side, i'm jim donovan. burglars ram a truck, through the front of the gun shop making off with a large number of firearms and ammunition. this is surveillance video of the sunshine state armory in florida. two suspects ran in after the truck, destroyed display cases and then got away with the stolen firearms.

the blue truck, was later set on fire and found by police a short distance away. police are also searching for those suspects. family vacation getaway turns stressful when their dog made a getaway of their own. >> very family was boarding general at an animal hospital when they got a call that the 10 year-old dog went missing. he used his mouth and a little ingenuity to open doors at facility and then made it outside and it was all caught on camera when it comes to doors he can get a lot of doors opened. >> that is general's owner travis campbell, surveillance camera eventually captured general walking away from the facility, he was found about 15 hours later. the animal hospital shared photos taken when general was found in the neighborhood behind the animal hospital. >> look at general. >> jennies smart. >> yes, indeed. >> for real. >> a surprise in the night sky , a bright, fireball was, spotted over parts of the southwest. >> it was described as green, and very bright, and hundreds of people saw it.

>> it went from did you guys see that? did you guys see that? >> sure did. >> she was live streaming from her san diego home when that blast happened monday night. the american meteor society says it received at lee 260 reports about that fireball. >> wow. >> isn't that something. >> pretty cool, you know definition of the fireball is. >> what is that. >> do you want to know. >> it has brightness of the planet venous or more. >> that makes it technically a fireball. >> you learn something new every day. >> yes, every day. >> yes. >> i know you are amazed. somehow brightness. >> yes. >> i can't believe you came back inside. >> i know, i didn't want to. i was actually forced, pulled by the arm and dragged in. in, i was than the. >> beautiful day. >> beautiful day. nice stretch of weather. it kicked in saturday. we had sunshine. temperatures warming ever since and today our warmest day of the stretch we are at 81 in philadelphia we did top

off at 80 yesterday, first time in the 80's since last fall we have sunshine as we get look at center city philadelphia looking nice and feeling good southeasterly wind up around 7 miles an hour dew points around 50, touch of mugginess in the air but that comes with this warmth. eighty-five is your high today in allentown also 85 in reading setting record high temperatures there. we topped off at 79 in ac. we have a sea breeze. cooling temperatures, also down to 74 in ac. seventy-one wildwood. still in the 80's in philadelphia still in the 80's in berks county and lehigh valley. south wind driving that cooler , atlantic air on shore for beaches but really pleasant conditions. wind speed up to 10 to 15 miles an hour. little breezy at times but we have sea breeze cooling off at the shore but might need a cold refreshing, beverage, perhaps heading out to the phillies game tonight to cool you off. first pitch taking on the mets 78 degrees. sunshine a few cloud heading in the second half of the evening still at 68 degrees by

the end of the game. storm scan three showing us quiet conditions up wind. we have a weak frontal boundary generating showers and we could see a passing shower through first half of our day tomorrow. it will be light in intensity. have the umbrella on stand by just in case but in the afternoon increasing sunshine, temperatures well above average. no 80's but climbing in the middle 70's and we will have a bit of a breeze with wind gusts up to 25 miles an hour. looking ahead to our easter weekend, not too far off now and conditions looking pretty good. and, 76 degrees on the holiday itself, it could be a chance of passing thunder shower and late in the day and then, seven day forecast after we get through that chance of the shower for first half of the day tomorrow we will dry things out once again with another round of sunshine into thursday and friday, 68 degrees on thursday, high of 65 on friday, easter weekend, looking good, for all of your outdoor plans, just watch for that chance of the late day thunder shower and then back to sunshine and long

range once again, looking good , in the seven day forecast. >> keep feeding me those temperatures. >> here we go. >> um-hmm. >> thanks, lauren, appreciate it. >> still ahead, the he pope opens a laundromat. >> place for homeless men and women to wash their clothes. why did he do it and what he wants to do for those without a home to go to. >> leslie. >> if you don't fish you might not know but it is trout season one company is offering free fly fishing lesson that anyone can do it, so i decided to give it a

adding fuel to the feud, rival ry between governor christie and sports radio wip and row cataldi takes a new turn. coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 the prank cataldi pulled this time and the response from the governor. do not miss it. that is tonight at 6:00. well, philadelphia eagles hoe their fourth annual eagles care summit at lincoln

financial field today. >> summit brings together representatives from nearly 100 none in profitness our region. for them a day of networking and sharing ideas in order to better serve communities all across the region. >> very nice, very nice. >> leslie joins us now with sports and did i hear you correctly going to the commercial break thaw went fishing. >> i did. >> we're not talking about a river runs through it style, but i have been working on it. >> yes. fly fishing is something that the whole family can enjoy together. if you do not know how to do it, don't worry, the experts at orbits fly fishing school are offering free classes from top notch instructors who say they can teach anyone, enemy. for some fly fishing is an art form, and for others. >> like i showed you, you go back, back, forward, and then stop. >> got it. >> bring it along. >> reporter: i decided to give it a shot who better to go to then experts from orbits and tom. >> wow. >> right there.

>> through go. that is good. that is perfect. >> that is your first one, that was a good one. >> can i enter a competition. >> i don't know about that, but one thing i can tell you, you have a tremendous amount of room for improvement, look at it that way. >> reporter: there are four or bits stores in the philadelphia area offering free fly fishing lessons. yes, free. >> this is a fly rod. >> reporter: fly fishing is a sport gaining in popularity especially with woman but some need more attention, then others. >> straight back, stop. >> watch out, everyone. >> reporter: others just seem to have a factor it. >> now wait a second. that is really good. >> he doesn't have that ninja style, what so ever. >> reporter: that is my trademark. am i being too loud. >> no, a lot of people are afraid thaw will scare fish when you talk but that is a myth. >> reporter: hoist your best pupil so far. >> well, i never play favorites. >> reporter: so no, we didn't catch any fish but we did have

a lot of fun. >> that is why we call it fishing, not catching. that is the way it is some days. some days you get the fish, some days the fish goat you. >> reporter: i like. that we will go with that. >> okay. >> i wanted to go fishing phrase. >> little known fact. >> yes, yes. >> fly fisherman right here. >> but not good but i have done it. you put waiters, go out in the water, it is fantastic. >> i bet you are fantastic. >> do you have sound effects like leslie, like wow, wow. >> very good job, leslie. >> very good job. >> thanks very much. coming up next half an hour, to test or not to test, major change in what doctors are recommend to go men when it comes to the psa test, the blood test for prostate cancer screening, health reporter stephanie stahl has new information when we come back. it is official officially a royal wedding but we are getting royal details about the wedding of pipa middleton ton, and the big day we will have the answer for you after the

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welcome back i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. california school rocked for, will remain closed until monday. >> correspondent danielle nottingham is in san bernardino where authorities are trying to pinpoint what led to the violence. >> reporter: community members are leaving flowers and personal notes outside north park elementary school, the day after a horrifying classroom shooting. >> i'm saddened for the families of the teacher and little boy. >> reporter: san bernardino police say five three-year old cedric anderson walked in his estranged wife's class monday morning with the handgun and opened fire, on her. five three-year old karen smith was killed, and stray bullets also killed eight year-old student jonathan martinez, and injured a nine year-old student. >> he is in stable condition, he is doing better, and last record we had is that he is in all things considered,

relatively good spirits. >> anderson then turned the gun on himself, authorities say anderson was men to school staff, and simply walked in, telling them that he needed to drop something to his wife. >> we had to hide under our desk and when swat came to the classroom they said, put your hand up, and we all had to do it, calmy and we walked out of the classroom. >> reporter: police say anderson had a troubled past including domestic violence and weapons charges. couple had been married for just a few months. >> shy was making it happen. she knows. >> reporter: family members say smith was a special person >> karen was an awesome, awesome lady. she was a beautiful mom, beautiful teacher. >> reporter: counselors are available at any beer school for smith's students and co-workers n san bernardino, danielle nottingham for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". jurors find a philadelphia

police detective of assault not guilty. adam o'donnell was accused of kicking a suspect in the knee escorting him out of the special victims unit in february 2015. last year police commissioner richard ross suspended o'donnell for 30 days with the intent to dismiss. fop tells thaws o'donnell is attempting to get his job back on the healthwatch tonight , influential government advisory panel is dropping its opposition to routine prostate cancer screenings for men. health reporter stephanie stahl has more on the new guidelines for psa testing. >> reporter: larry bloomberg's life changed when his doctor diagnosed prostate cancer last year. >> we're in time. he said i'm not sure we would have been in time if we, had done this a year or two from now. >> reporter: sixty-nine year-old cancer was detected after he opted to have a psa blood test even though he had no symptoms. screening was not recommended by u.s. preventive services task force, and now based on the latest research, the group has reversed its recommendation and now says

that men, 55 to 69 should have a conversation with their doctor and make a decision for themselves. >> men can reduce their chance of dying of prostate cancer, and reduce their chance of having cancer that spread throughout their body. these are really important benefits, but they occur in a small number of men. >> reporter: concern has been psa testing results in over treating cancers which can lead to serious issues like impotence and incontinence. >> it is not test that is the problem, it is what the reaction to the test is both on the part of the patient and the providers. >> reporter: this doctor was with penn medicine and says advanceness detection and closely monitoring low risk cancers are helping men avoid, drastic treatment. >> as a patient you don't want to panic based on a simple screening test. as a provider you don't want to jump to immediate recommendations for treatment. >> reporter: he had his prostate removed and has had side effects but say they are getting better. >> side effects are nothing

compared to the fact that i will live a long life and enjoy my kid and my grandchildren. >> reporter: were you not everyone with prostate cancer benefits from treatment, the task force says many men can live with prostate cancer without it causing serious illness or death. i'm stephanie stahl, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". pope frances has opened up a laundromat in rome where poor can wash their clothes for free, facility not far from the vatican has washer, dryers, and irons all of which have been donated. vatican says laundromat is intended to restore dignity to people, and in 2013 the pope opened up a free barber shop and showers for homeless and plans are now also in the works for medical services. wedding bells are ringing, pipa middleton will be tying the knot and her famous family members will be playing a role >> pipa's royal nephew and niece will be part of the nuptials planned for next movement prince george will be her boy and prince zest

charlotte will be a bride made she played a important role in the her sister's wedding to prince william. they opened up a new center for elephants care today at a zoo in britain. royal couple, unveiled a plaque, for the center while also feeding bananas to donna a seven year-old pachyderm. facility provides care for nine elephants who live at the zoo, in london. very cool. that elephant has no idea that he is like hey, queen, is what going on here. >> well, you have heard of movement, to help small businesses, well, one movement is underway in philadelphia to help support african-american owned businesses. we will tell you how to get the eye buy black card and how it can help you save money. could you swim in this glass bottom pool high above the ground? just how high is that? find out in 10 minutes.

lauren. your weekend just around corner and conditions looking great for all those easter egg hunts, mild conditions high above averages specially on sunday. we are warming from middle 60 's on saturday up into the middle 60's for easter sunday. dry conditions for sunday. try through the day on easter but can't rule out possibility of the late day thunder shower , we

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united airlines stocks fell in the aftermath of the video showing a passenger being dragged off a united plane. social media users threatened to boycott, some signed a petition calling for the united's ceo to resign. but the ceo apologized in a new statement describing the removal as quote truly horrific. united did bounce back a bit but market value still ended

down by about $250 million. well, man charged in the fatal shooting of the pennsylvania state trooper told authorities on the night of his capture quote i did this? no one else did. end quote. according to a videotaped interview played today for jurors in his trial. >> they listened to that three hour confession today and in week two of the eric frein trial and reporter eric sable has the latest from pike county. >> good evening, videotaped interrogation eric frein told state police that he planned the state police shootings by using maps on google earth. he told investigators that he owned finalized the ambush, a weekend before it took place. while investigators used a hand cart to truck exhibits into court on tuesday, their best evidence may have comer from i can frein, himself. a three hour video interrogation from the night of frein's capture was played for jurors. on the video, trina period defeated after a 48 day manhunt. but he was also, regret full.

he said he was alone at the time that the blooming grove state police barracks was ambushed in 2014 and had no help while living in the wood. frein said, all i can say is that i'm sorry. frein, said he was going out to watch the sunset, near an abandoned airplane hanger in monroe county at the time he was caught. he also confirmed that he had been staying at that hanger for a while, and sometimes, saw people go in there to take pictures, but he never talk to them. several and was pressed about why the attack took place. state police corporal benjamin clark asked frein if mrs. dixon and boys were here, what would you tell them. frein replied, i don't know why. i don't know. later in the video, frein told investigators that he was 31 year-old, and still living with his parents. he said, he had no prospects for the future. in their opening statements defense attorneys say that

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you you are looking live from the parkway central library a beautiful shot of the fountain s at logan circle, it looks and feels like summer. stay on this for a little while. lauren has your full forecast in three minutes. well, many turned out for big announcement at philadelphia city hall. officials revealed details of the new community effort to drive customers to african-american owned businesses throughout the city reporter cherri gregg from our sister station kyw news radio explains how the new i buy black discount card is supposed to work. >> reporter: philadelphia's most prominent leaders like music mogul kenney gamble, reverend al lawlor and others joined forces to keep african-american dollars in the black community. >> we can agree to buy black. >> reporter: the solution. the eye buy black card,

ten-dollar discount card, sold at i buy black.org and in stores that links customers to philadelphia black owned businesses, while providing a 15 percent discount. the goal? grow the businesses. >> ninety to 95 percent of everything that we get done, we get done, here. >> reporter: this is the owner of the mini men press at broad and more more, one of the two locations where they provide large scale printing for businesses. >> this is annie buy black card participant. even a small boost can have a rippling effect. >> if i have an additional of $500 every day, over a period, i can hire two more people to come in here. >> african-american possess and spend 9 percent of our money, where other african americans, unemployment would be wiped out. >> reporter: more jobs, would meaningless poverty, with a waving of the ten-dollar card.

ten-dollar proceed from each of the i buy black card will get to a collaborative used to create art and culture programs, for the community. >> ♪ >> reporter: organizers say they sold a thousand card, and hope to sell 10,000 this year to build economic prosperity in the black community. >> impossible if we stay together. >> reporter: in city hall, cherri gregg for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a rooftop pull at a texas apartment complex has a glass bottom, and it is an optical illusion not fit for those afraid of heights. this video of the swimmer stepping over edge of the building. look at that. wow. >> the pool is 40 store ace above the ground, on the roof of the luxury apartment building in houston's market square tower. >> wow. >> isn't that wild. >> yes. >> if i hear a little, what was that.

>> yes. >> what was that. >> no one wants to see a leak. >> oh, my goodness. >> that is something. >> wow. >> okay, lauren joins with us more on this wonderful forecast, i'm driving into work and ferrell's happy came on. >> yes. >> i put that up, i was old school, i had to roll role down the windows, yes, and just play the music. >> kicking up sunshine, everybody happy. pool weather. >> gorgeous. >> taste of summer. we have sunshine around, people enjoying conditions, and lets check in on people at the beach. we were going, we well check out center city philadelphia. that was just as nice as well, clear sky conditions, and we have that sunshine in place in a few high level cloud and a lot of warmth hanging around in the eyewitness weather watchers are calling with their current conditions, temperatures, right now in the 80's across the area. all of our weather watchers commenting on this taste of summer that we do have in store. we will get to their current conditions right now heading northwest of the city,

norristown 81 degrees. my man david mitchell, giving his report, with style, in norristown. sunshine 81 degrees. he says, clear, but what a beautiful day in my sinatra voice, i like that have a good one. thanks, david we appreciate. that we always appreciate a little blue eyes, of course. 83 degrees. we will head down to wilmington. 85 degrees in newark, delaware close to wilmington. eighty-five as reported by walter, mostly sunny conditions, just an excellent day, temperatures a little bit cooler down the shore, we did top in the upper 70's but with that sea breeze temperatures cooled off. james has foggy conditions in ocean city, new jersey. 61 degrees. he also say 16 degrees warmer 5 miles inland this afternoon. so sea breeze definitely in fully affect. beach might be warm but that water is still very chilly but that is not stopping people from getting out there. rehoboth beach, delaware checking in on our live

neighborhood network a couple people out there enjoying sand , blue skies, over the ocean, looks nice, calm, quiet , gorgeous conditions and we did top out at 83 degrees today in philadelphia. so close to the record of 84 setback in the 1800's. we will start off the day at 60. storm scan three showing us, sunshine in fully affect, patchy high level cloud. we have a weak frontal boundary up wind generating showers across portions of far western, pennsylvania. that front will drop in tomorrow but for this evening maybe a stray thunderstorm shower. as we get close to sunset that chance minimizing. seventy-eight with a few passing cloud. heading overnight tonight and variable cloud cover. increasing cloud. mild, touch warmer falling back to 60 degrees. for our wednesday, you might, might need to break umbrella out. best chance to see a shower, in association with that weak boundary will be mid-morning to midday, some cloud around, breezy conditions picking up in to lunchtime but temperatures very mild. as we head in the second half

improving conditions with high temperatures, no 80's but well above average climbing in the 70's. bit cooler north and west on the back side of the frontal boundary but still nice high temperatures near 70. in the lehigh valley. same case in berks county g looking extended forecast, 68 degrees on thursday under a lot of sunshine, closing out workweek nice on friday, 65. upcoming easter weekend not too shabby looking dry for easter egg hunts, a passing thunder shower late in the day on the easter holiday itself otherwise 76 degrees. as we head in the long range we will keep around sunshine. pretty good looking seven day forecast there. retirement has come early for hurricanes matthew and otto, two of the most destructive systems in the 2016 atlantic hurricane season in the einstein health care network science center report i talk to a research scientist and hurricane expert at colorado state, university, and, talking hurricane and

take it off the list. tracking matthew still a category four a monster hurricane wind at 145 miles per hour. >> reporter: last september hurricane matthew became deadliest atlantic hurricane since 2005. monster category five storm brought devastation in haiti killing american 500 people. last week names matthew and otto which caused, make or damage in nicaragua and costa rica were stricken from the list of the names used to identify and track tropical systems. >> when a storm does an incredible amount of damage and devastation such as hurricane matthew last year, the world meteorological organization which is the weather organization of the u.n., will decide to retire the name. >> reporter: these names are eighty-first and second to be retired since practice began in 1953. prior to that system was a bit lessee physician. >> a storm did a lot of damage it would say a great hurricane

or great florida hurricane or something along those lines but in 1950 just to help clear up confusion, to the general public the air force started using a alphabet and then 1963 , we got into use names. >> reporter: use of mens name was introduced in 1979. modern day list of hurricane names is recycled every six years except when a storm is so deadly or destructive that future use of the name would be insensitive. >> for exam familiar there were another hurricane katrina people would freak out giving fact last hurricane cat trina did a huge amount of damage. next storm can be innocuous but the name and devastation already associated with it. the names matthew and otto will be replaced with martin and owen when 2016 list is used again in 2022. our upcoming hurricane season 2016 begins on june 1. >> lauren, good stuff. speaking of weather not a bad night to have dinner outside.

>> justin udo is in rittenhouse square, justin, still nice out there? >> reporter: beautiful out here, warm weather is bringing all sorts of folks to rittenhouse square what they are doing and how they are enjoying the day coming up.

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department. it is beautiful outside. >> it is, justin udo from our sister station wyw news radio joins us live from rittenhouse square where people are out, enjoying these summer-like temperatures, justin. >> reporter: that is right, ukee and jessica, many of us know over last few months weather and warm sun have been flooding here in philadelphia, but since sunday we have seen a break in that weather with temperatures becoming un seasonably warm and today they reach near record highs. for many of the people trapped beneath home, work barely getting a chance to take in the sun they are hoping this week is start of warmer things to come. >> it puts new a great mood just to be out, you know, people watching, last few months have been crap i. >> it is so refreshing. really refreshing. i had to leave my jacket at work because this morning was chilly and then now we have 81 . it is nice. really nice to have this weather. >> reporter: for center city dwellers and workers

rittenhouse square offered perfect setting for what some are calling the perfect day. >> i like that there is people around, it is nice little reprieve from the city, but still is in the city so you are not isolate add way. >> this is something i love about rittenhouse square, always interesting people, you know, every time i'm here but once weather is nice. >> reporter: today rittenhouse square has been a hub of activity with people using to it walk around, lounge, play, and do an array of other act it. as we all know and as we have seen many people, that i talked to today said they did not think this weather was a bad winter but they are hoping this spring warm up is here to stay. live from rittenhouse square, justin u dahoons for kyw news raid faux for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". for the weather the bull tolls. >> i love it. love it. thanks, buddy. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00, parking in philadelphia, is there an app for that but not for long. >> reason drivers will to have pay the old fashion way, after

they pull in a spot in the city. also former attorney, now in the wrong side of the law, victims allegedly targeted to pocket more than $100,000. mother nature serving up summer-like wet they are spring, coming up, why families say this is perfect week for spring break at new jersey shore. we have record high temperatures today in mount pocono, allentown, reading, 1 degree shy off the record high temperature in philadelphia, i'm meteorologist lauren casey and i'll let you know how long this stretch will last? cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. meter's up, time has expired, philadelphia's mobile parking app is shutting down, leaving drivers to pay the old fashion way. in just a matter of hours drivers will be notified that the application will no loaning work. good evening, i'm ukee

washington. aim jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live in rittenhouse square. you caught up with drivers who use the app what did they have to say. >> reporter: i did, jessica. p pa say 20,000 people down loaded and used this app and basically here it is, the meeter up app, use it to pay for parking from a distance. it is shutting down at 12:01 and many people say they are simply frustrated. meter up, mobile parking lot is shutting down. >> i will move my car more often, and then in the middle of the meeting you cannot extend it, move your car or you will get a ticket. >> reporter: app allowed drivers to pay for parking from their phones, convenient way that kept many from running back and forth to their cars or looking for quarters. >> i use the all the time because i'm always in the city people don't have change all the time or sometimes don't work and use credit card. >> reporter: in a statement the executive director of the p pa says company which operated the app tango has had financial problems, which is why the app is being