moving so they are dumb continuing down inches of rainfall. we have heavy pockets of rain from dover, down into milford, down into georgetown as well, rain continuing to come down, and we also did have this slow moving cell over portions of cumberland county, thankfully that cell has dissipated but did have a lifetime of quite a while. we still have a flash flood warning in effect for cumberland county, new jersey, central parts until 7:15 this evening. check out these rainfall totals in new jersey, likely ongoing right now across parts of the delaware, millville picking up two and a half inches of rain, over two and a half inches on have rain in 45 minutes in parts of the cumberland county and 2 inches and 20 minutes in limings, mill. part on it parkway we will keep a close eye on that radar much of the activity will stay south along a stalled frontal boundary but we have to keep an eye to the sky for next several hours, patchy cloud, temperatures around 82 degrees mostly looking good for the concert tonight, and for fire

works, we will talk more specifically about the storms, and what to expect as we head in the rest of the week coming up in your full forecast in just a few minutes. we will see you then. >> annual fourth of july party on the parkway kicks off at noon and it has been a fun packed afternoon for visitors. "eyewitness news" report's leash a nieves has been on the parkway all day and she's with us now, tell us what comes next, alycia? >> reporter: well, jessica, in just a little while we can look forward to major performances, music legends and then big fire works show at 9:30 but all day long it has been nothing but fun for several who come here every year, and for some like myself hoff been here, come here for the first time. party on the parkway. >> happy fourth of july. >> reporter: for many in the region it is a tradition on the fourth of july. >> always coming out here with family, enjoying music, festivities. >> reporter: for some others like myself, it is a new experience, navigating the

five blocks of fun, so i inn listed some help from others who have been here before who know more about what to do. >> i'm newby to the fourth of july celebration, party on the parkway f is there one thing turf do here what would it be. >> what would it have to be? you have to get some of them free yogurt. >> reporter: food is a big part of the fun, is there so much of it from philadelphia classic toss frequent festivals, snacks, it is all quenton keith did during his first two hours here. >> what have you done so far. >> ate. >> ate? >> frenchfries and chicken fingers. >> reporter: any funnel cake. >> no, not yet. >> reporter: plan to have funnel cake. >> yeah. >> reporter: me too. to burn off calories from the food is there plenty of activities to do here like this, are you ready. >> wow. it is a good view. don't fret if you are afraid of heights back on solid ground there has been a ray of games. >> my turn.

>> reporter: okay, one more try. >> ready to take that extra step. >> ready. >> i will do it this time. >> make it go. i should be better at this. >> reporter: for those who lack skills in games if dancing is your thing, well, there are, and there will be plenty of performances at party on the parkway. >> they will philadelphia legends boys two men here. back in school we used to dream about this every day. i can't sing, sol sorry, i didn't mean to embarras you. >> reporter: i'm hoping boys two men will sound better, mary j. blige is scheduled to perform here, later, and just so you know later on we will talk more at 6:00 about a scam going on with the free tickets that were given out. we will have more at that at 6:00. plus more about festive fun happening out here, reporting live on the ben franklin parkway, alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right, it looks like fun, thanks very much. in olde city you had of american independent day parade marched right past the place where it ale began.

dozens of floats, marching band and military groups participated in the parade down chestnut street past independent hall. 4,000 people took part in that parade. >> that all men, all men are created equal. >> wow. >> and, that is members of the boys two men reading excerpts from the declaration of independent at celebration of freedom ceremony in olde city. philly pops big band perform for patriotic tunes and mayor jim kenney said today is the day for americans to celebrate , their freedom. >> this country belongs to everyone, it belongs to men, women, black, white, brown, immigrants, lbgtq, everyone. >> mayor kenney presented veteran ralph gallot i with the award, he was a pow with senator john mccain a admiral james stocksdale. award is given to those who achieved more than thought possible. montgomery county town is showing off its patriotic

spirit on this fourth of july. >> ♪ >> hundreds lined high street in pottstown this morning, for their fourth of july parade. law enforcement and veterans groups all took part and parade was cancelled last year because of lack of funding, rotary club of pottstown organized and sponsored today 's event. and those kid helped kick off july 4th fun in doyletown bucks county with the decorated bike contest. riders pedaled over bubble wrap on the ground of the castle, today's celebration also included a water melon eating contest, games, food and live music. a lot of people aren't spending the holiday, enjoying sun, sand, surf down the shore , this is a live look at the packed beach necessary ocean city, new jersey. when this picture perfect day turns to tonight, get readied for a spectacle in the sky,

fire works show is set for 9:15 and visitors we spoke to in atlantic city said they are having a great time. >> the attractions, the ocean is my favorite part, of course , but the boardwalk, a little bit, all of the walking and spending money but it is fine. >> fire works at tropicana tonight and then after i jump through we will go and chill out for the night. >> if you are still deciding on what you will do tonight go to cws philly.com. from the city to the suburbs to the shore you will find all of the celebrations happening in the area, right there on our web site. new jersey governor chris christie signs a new state budget ending a three day government shut down, while state owned beaches and parks are reopened, "eyewitness news" reporter henry rossoff found out that the crowd today are smaller then normal. >> reporter: few people are here at the state park but by fourth of july standard this is basically empty. even though shut down is over new jersians had to adjust

their plans. kids are in the water, parents are digging in the umbrellas, and life guards are back on duty. >> just a couple days off that we didn't expect to get off. >> reporter: is there something missing at this state park this independents day. >> we came out two weeks ago and it was more packed then it is right now. >> usually crazy busy but it is crazy weekends in the summer and right now it is not that bad. >> usually many more people at this park. >> reporter: jim powell and his families were first ones at beach this morning and hoping things would pick up. >> but because of the change of plans over the weekend people turned away because parks were closed people made other plans. >> basically we were coming out on a saturday but since with all of the state parks being closed. >> reporter: visitor christian and his daughter samantha were among those who rearranged their holiday weekend but they decided last minute to still get in a beach day. >> everybody who has plans to do something just got put on to them and killed a lot of what they will were do, and

political backlash. >> ultimately we are won that suffered from it all, and it was sad that they could not get together beforehand or that they could not close some of the government but leave the parks and recreation and all of the other emergency services opened like they did because what does it take to keep a park opened? >> reporter: this wasn't only state park we visited? coming up at 6:00 we will take you up to rancocas state park, it is also very slow there as well. at par vin state park henry rossoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". if you have a driver's license, registration or inspection stick their expired during the governmental shut down over the last few days you have a little bit more time to renew those. state motor vehicle commission is giving drivers a two day extension and documents will be valid until thursday, and the offices have been closed since saturday. they are scheduled to reopen tomorrow. police continue to investigate discovery of an infant sized casket, on a sidewalk in north philadelphia eyewitness spotted the casket

overnight on the 3,000 block of clear field street across the street from mount vernon cemetery. police say that the casket contained what is believed to be human organs but no body. >> i was pretty shocked, like it looks like something straight out of the thriller or something. we ain't know something pop you the, eat us we didn't know if something was alive in there. it didn't really november smell to it but whatever was found in there was crazy for them to actually use caution tape. >> coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 how police are working to track down where the casket came from, and why it ended up on the streets. north korea claims it has successfully tested its first interest continental ballistics missle capable of hitting the you had, it flew higher and longer then any previous test, cbs news, correspondent moa lenghi is in washington with the u.s. response. >> reporter: all cheers from kim jong un, after his country

's latest missle test this one a potential game changer. state television reported it was a hasan 14 inter continental ballistics missle, u.s. officials now say all indications are that it was a icbm. it flew for 40 minutes reaching altitude of 1500 miles, before splashing into the sea of japan roughly 600 miles from the launch site and with the potential range of 4,000 miles, it is capable of reaching alaska. >> not much further then that for 10,000 miles or so would it need to reach new york or washington d.c. so north cover reace on pace to have a nuclear weapon capable of reaching continental united states. >> president trump warned china that the u.s. will act on its own if beijing does not tighten economic pressure but president's options for going it alone are limited. >> there is very little you can do, except sanction him, every time he does something, and build our missle defenses. >> reporter: even direct talks with the north are unlikely to

result in the nuclear free north cover re. there is no way north korea will abandon nuclear weapons. denuclear says in the near term is impossible. >> reporter: china and russia called for all part toys come to the negotiating table. moa lenghi for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". in the meantime president trump is scheduled to meet with russian president vladamire putin on friday, the two leaders will both be in hamburg germany for g20 summit this will be the first bilateral meeting between u.s. and russian presidents in nearly two years. so far no word what the two leaders will discuss. fight to save young boy's life ignites in an international debate, why doctors say that they cannot save the boy with an extremely rare conditions, and, what happens to him next. plus gas prices plumet just in time for fourth of july but experts say don't get used to that we will tell you when we will see a jump at the pump again. but first tonight a jaw

dropping and stomach churning performance by joey chestnut, the record breaking number of hot dogs he has eat tone

it is super bowl of eating , people from all over the country gather in new york for the annual nathan's famous fourth of july hot dog eating contest and cbs news correspondent nicki batiste is in coney island with the winners. >> champion of the world. >> reporter: joey chestnut won a tenth title at nathan's famous july 4th hot dog eating contest in coney island. >> yes. >> joey chestnut, he is like tiger wood into hot dogs, baby >> reporter: chestnut consumed 72 franks and buns in 10 minutes, a record for this competition. >> i make my money performing, i have been really lucky with how i have performed. >> reporter: new jersey's carmen sincoti took second place with 62 hot dogs. in the women's competition mic i soto of lah las vegas ate 41 hot dogs and buns. >> once i got my rhythm going, it was fun. >> this lively crowd came from all over the country and here not just for hot dog battles

but for wild atmosphere. >> definitely the scene. we are enjoying it. it is rowdy, fun. >> it is probably most american thing anyone can ever think of just hot dogs in excess and everyone is really into it and patriotic and excited. >> reporter: carter brown and his family came from florida for the event. >> i have been watching this for a while and always wanted to see it. >> reporter: carter hopes to compete when he gets older but he has his work cut out for him, right now he says most hot dogs he can eat in one sitting is four. in coney island, new york, nicki batiste for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". in case you are wondering, because i'm sure you are. >> i am. >> joey chestnut gobbled down more than 20,000 calories and almost 1300 grams of fat. >> wow, he will have to go for a brisk jog i think afterward. >> dawn even move after that happens. >> much better to talk about being outside, and maybe eating hot dogs in moderation

in moderation. >> nice sunshine across the area, through much of the day but we are starting to cloud up in center city philadelphia due to storms off to our south , mainly concentrate add cross parts of the delaware and those storms just are not budging. but temperatures right now we are hot, 88 degrees right now in philadelphia, wind out of the southe at 5 miles an hour so not too much of a breeze to help cool us off but rain did cool a lot of beach goers off check out this image rehoboth beach, where is everybody? just an hour ago this was packed but rain is coming down , you can see umbrellas out, people fleeing the board, fleeing the beach because of that shower and storm activity that has developed over last couple of hours, flood advisory in effect for much of the delaware, dover, milford, georgetown, millsboro that runs until this evening we could see localized flooding because of the heavy nature of the rainfall and prolonged nature of the rainfall as these storms just are not budging. searing wind with driving storm surround are very light

and they are staying stationary. we are moving down toward south of the city, that will prolong, heavy rainfall two to 3 inches of rain possible. we have seen that in parts of the south jersey, cumberland count which this cell that has dissipated we are starting to see dissipation in this cluster of cells, even down in sussex county seeing that long lived cell west of long neck. we have scattered thunderstorm activity northward of the delaware border as we look toward lancaster county. keep a close eye on this next couple of hours, these storms could sneak into center city philadelphia but at this point we will stay mainly dry but here are cells across portions of delaware, embedded thunder and gusty wind, light green, out flow, that is rain cold air disseminated out from those cells and generating some light rainfall, we are picking that up on our radar imagery but for fire works tonight do have that place you could seek shelter. we have one of these storms develop overhead, chance is minimal but not, non-existent

otherwise partly cloudy conditions and temperatures not feeling too bad in the 70 's. future weather showing thus particular model bringing in those cells up toward center city philadelphia, other models are not but as we head into midnight a lot of activity, will kind of wayne as we lose the heating of the day so we will be quiet overnight tonight and then for our wednesday, cloud, to increasing sunshine, not quite as hot, east wind developing and high temperature of 84 degrees and temperature while they are toasty we are at 87 in wilmington. eighty-six in allentown. but very apparent where we're seeing rain, 77 in millville and 73 in dover right now. down the shore temperatures still warm 82 in cape may but sea breeze is cooling things off in ocean city as we are's down to 74 degrees. dew points not too intense in the 50's and lower 60's. not too humid. that will change as we head into thursday and friday and dealing with steamy to oppressive conditions, and we will up the rain chances as well but as far as tomorrow is concern, not too bad, and

temperature department or humidity department, more cloud around but as we head into thursday, round of showers, steamy conditions, and more showers and thunderstorm activity as we head into friday before we will clear things out just in time for upcoming weekend, check that out, could be one of our nicest of the summer. it looks like, at this point. >> okay, we will look to that. >> when you come back to work tomorrow a short week. >> yes. >> which is is nice. >> thanks very much. still ahead on "eyewitness news" let freedom ring we will give you rare look behind the scenes of a philadelphia independent day tradition. >> plus blown to pieces, simple problem that start that had big blast and lesson we can all learn from it, leslie. well, sixers have the day off but one nba superstar was impress by markelle fultz debut. and baseball at the bank this afternoon we will show you patriotic solute, before today's phillies/pirates game. sports is next. but first here are some of

the fire works shows around town tonight, we will have more throughout the show and you can see the full schedule, on cbs philly.com

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leslie, lot of people do fire works, food, shore but baseball really feels appropriate for the fourth of july as well. >> cook outs, yeah. >> and baseball. they go hand and hand. phillies playing pirates at the bank, mark leiter, junior on the mound going for his second big league win. before the game phillies had a veteran celebration honoring our nation's hero from every conflict since world war two. to the game, bases loaded jam in the third, john gaso hits a fly ball to shallow center field. odubel herrera makes the catch , adam frazier tags up from third, herrera started the play cut off short, there and they get josh harrison at third but run counts. phillies down one to nothing in the fourth. well, sixers with the day

off, game two of the summer league tomorrow begins utah last night number one overall pick markelle fultz played in his first game since february. got high praise from kevin durant who likes his hesitant jump shot. we knew he could score, markelle came first 13 and scored 17 points for six of 16 shooting. he performed well on the defensive side of the ball with three blocks and that 89- 88 loss. markelle says he loves playing defense. >> that is one thing, i love taking down blocks and one thing i'm always going to give it effort. i think that is one thing that goes unnoticed how hardy play on both end. i don't mind where i play he looked good. >> um-hmm, indeed. leslie, thanks very much. coming up next half an hour we will take you to more independent across the nation. desperate parents of the baby boy are seeking treatment

in the you had but now they are being blocked now pope francis and president trump are showing their support. i'm charlie dagada in london with the story coming up. don't get used to these historically low gas prices, when prices are expect to start climbing again and is what driving them up this time but first a few more fire works displays set for tonight , again, see the full list at cbs philly.com.

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own parks, beaches over the weekend. those beaches at parks are now opened but we have found fewer people using them and more specifically a very busy day. and north korea has test fired what it claims is a inter continental ballistics miss with the a capability of reaching a last contact it flew for nearly 40 minutes reaching an altitude of 1500 miles before splashing in the sea of japan. president trump has warned china that the u.s. will act on its own if beijing douse not tighten economic pressure on north korea. good evening, happy fourth of july, aim jessica dean. also a tweet from president trump intensified a global debate about the fate of british baby on life support. the family of the 11 month-old is fight to go bring him to the u.s. for treatment. as cbs news correspondent charlie dagada supports the doctors and courts are stopping that from happening. >> ♪ you are my sunshine report ♪ >> reporter: charlie guard was a happy healthy baby boy when

he was born 11 months ago today before it was known he was suffering from a rare terminal disease, before he found himself in the center of an ethical, legal battle that now involves pope frances and president trum hospital yesterday tweeted if we can help little charlie guard as per hour friends in the uk and pope, we would be delighted to do so. but british doctors insist and british court as gree there is no help, and no hope, for charlie. he is blind, deaf. he cannot move his limbs, or breathe on his own. a condition so rare, that he is thought to be only, one of 16 children in the world to suffer from it. but his parents, chris guard and connie eighths have refused to give up raising $1.7 million to pay for experimental medical treatment in the u.s. >> we don't get this opportunity, he is going to die. >> is what alternative. >> he hasn't got anything to lose. we know that we have done, even if it doesn't work, which

i think it will, we will know we have done everything that we can for him. >> reporter: as it stands europe's highest court has decided charlie's life support will be switched off. if president trump holds any sway in this case at all, ultimately the decision still rests with the hospital staff here, whether they have had a change of heart and charlie's allowed to travel to the united states or whether they will switch off life support system as planned. charlie dagada for cbs news, london. police are investigating what caused this fire that destroyed a 100 year-old home in delaware county. it happened overnight on bone sal avenue in olden. neighbors say the home has been vacant for some time and work on the property stopped recently. the flames forced neighbors to evacuate their home but no one was hurt. our own "eyewitness news" anchor jim donovan was part of the very special philadelphia tradition, this july 4th who

will day. the bell rang out in the town of historic independent hall where jim was master of ceremonies in the led freedom ring ceremony at the square. sons of the revolution organized that event every year. it is actually required by federal law that the bell ring on interest's day at exactly 2:00 p.m. and with the jim at the helm today they were right on time. thirteen children became u.s. citizens at betsy ross house this afternoon. the children ranged in age from nine to 17, and they come from 10 different countries including algeria, chine, egypt, ivory coast and syria. across the nation u.s. is welcoming nearly 15,000 new citizens in more than 65 independent theme naturalization ceremonies. president trump is celebrating his first independent day with a picnic for military families at the

white house. first lady melania trump is hosting the vent event with her husband but they do not end there. military families and white house staff will be treated to a fire works show later on tonight. and drivers out there getting a nice gift for independence day as gas prices continue to fall. prices haven't been this low on july 4th since 2005. national average for a gallon of regular, stands at $2.23, and experts say enjoy that while it lasts, crude oil prices are creeping backup and analyst say that means prices at the pump will jump soon as well. as for our area delaware has the cheapest gas locally, averaging about 2.16 for a gallon of regular, and in new jersey, it is $2.18 and drivers in pennsylvania are paying the highest prices around here at $245 a gallon. many people will raise a glass to celebrate the fourth of july, more americans are drinking spirits like whiskey and that is leading to a nationwide boom in the number

of small distilleries. cbs news correspondent chris martinez visited one of those distilleries right in the middle of the wine country. >> reporter: just beyond the vine covered hills of the california wine country, something else is brewing. >> this is our distillery. >> reporter: adam spiegel opened up distilling company in 2010 with one simple mission. >> we make two types of rye and three types of bourbon. >> reporter: he has since watched his industry surge both in california and across the country. >> when we first started we were within first 200 of the united states and now is there 1600. >> reporter: industry experts do see that trend slowing down , every state until the u.s. is home to one craft distillery with new permits issued daily. >> people are enjoying spirits much more then they once did. >> reporter: david ozgo with the distilled spirits council say smaller distilleries are responding to the demand of consumers and while most have focused on making vodka and gi

n. >> we are calling this malt. >> reporter: whiskey is fast becoming drink of choice. >> using aging techniques they are aging them in different kind of barrels. it has led to variety in the spirits marketplace. >> super salty, super different. >> reporter: spiegel says his product's popularity has him expanding his distillery. >> this business how much? >> this is about somewhere close to 80,000 gallons worth of product. >> reporter: allowing him to make more of his traditional whiskey. >> we don't have to go to kentucky or scotland. >> reporter: in this un traditional place. chris martinez for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". still to come on "eyewitness news" tonight christie teigen does in the want to see from fans on twit ter anymore. and let freedom ring, meet the man who is continuing a fourth of july tradition in philadelphia and why this means so much. this is craziest thing that has ever happened to me. first the family under

attack see their frightening even counter with monkeys, at a park, lauren. of course we are just closing out our fourth of july weekend, short workweek and then we have another weekend upcoming and it could be one of summer's best, high pressure building in, it looks like we will have sunny skies for both saturday and sunday as humidity levels will be dropping off throughout the day on sunday so feeling nice, comfortable especially by sunday and high temperatures running below average in the low to mid 80's. and here are a few more fire works displays scheduled for tonight. you can see the full list on cbs philly to the come.

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it is a beautiful day for fourth of july they are ready for fire works there at 9:30 tonight, lauren has updated fire works forecast in just a few minutes but first, parts of the central and southern china are dealing with dangerous flooding, heavy rain there wiped out roadways, and residents used sandbags to

keep the flood waters from affecting more populated areas forecasters there say relief is on the way, but rain is expected to let up in the coming days. meteorologist lauren casey 's joining us now and we have not seen heavy rain in the last what, couple of days. >> no. >> but here in center city philadelphia it has been quiet but south of the city we have had heavy rainfall, but north of the city as we saw in the shot from bethlehem we have no problems right now. sunny skies, enjoying this holiday with beautiful conditions getting a live look at sky scan three jack frost big bold inner carbon county beautiful blue skies, water looking so lovely, boats out there and you are enjoying conditions in the poconos and we have another nice day in store for tomorrow, as well, if you do have an extended fourth of july holiday but problem has been across parts of the south jersey and delaware where we have seen some very slow moving downpours that continue to impact the area. we will check with our cbs-3 weather watchers and show you current conditions.

we are in the 80's across much of the area but we have much nicer conditions as we move north and west of the city. we will check where it is 86 degrees right now at eileen 's house in gilbertsville, pennsylvania and she has mostly sunny skies and month problem, happy birthday, america. we appreciate that. all celebrating america to despite whatever the weather she has. in new jersey heading down toward cumberland county south of millville, also 86 degrees at jamie's house and mostry cloudy conditions in dividing creek and says thunderstorms in the area hopefully we will get that barbecue in i hope so too, jamie because certainly everyone wants to break out grill on the fourth of july, we do have a nice picture as well from phil, in the last 12 hours he caused some fire works, check out that image, lovely. we have one more to show you. wand ferry can move it. look at that one look at those colors we appreciate those fire works photos a lot of us will be taking those as we head in the evening hours but we do have that threat of some

slow moving downpours mainly concentrated south of the city , prolonged heavy rainfall and we could see them in the order of two to 3 inches and we have across parts of the south jersey and delaware as well. so keeping an eye on that radar for the party on the parkway tonight, 7:00 o'clock we do have that chance of the isolated thunder shower, maybe moving its way north of philadelphia, but otherwise dealing with patchy cloud and temperatures in the lower 80's storm scan three is showing us our activity starting to de minute ash cross parts of the delaware but still watch out for some localized flooding, as these cells have been long lived on the order of the few hours. you can see barely moving in their forward momentum, and we are starting to see dissipation, though and lighter intensity as far as rainfall is concern, also a lot of the lightening has been since december pated but these cells are moving their way northward and developing along a stationary boundary that is slowly moving its way north. we are seeing a cell just south of the chester county right now. this could have small hail

embedded and 40 miles an hour wind just outsidee nottingham at hockessin you could be in line for this and also new castle county delaware. that cell is moving a little bite at 15 miles an hour. doppler radar over last hour showing us where we have not had storms we have had anything but significant accumulation was those downpours and need advisory in effect for parts of the delaware as we head throughout the evening hours and it does include sussex and kent county delaware over next several hours due to that threat of the localized flooding. as we head in the overnight period slow moving thunder shower, south 71 degrees, still warm tonight but not as hot tomorrow east wind develops cloud continue on creasing sunshine quiet day 84 y in the poconos, pleasant 75 and sunshine more cloud down the shore and that east wind will hold temperatures to the mid to upper 70's along the coast tomorrow. thursday and friday get ready for some oppressive humidity

and rounds of rain and thunderstorms for both thursday and friday before we clear things out, just on coup , like mother nature i don't have holiday off can i have a nice weekend? sure, lauren. >> sure. >> you can have that. >> thanks, mother nature. >> that is looking good thanks very much. celebrities show off their patriotic spirit for fourth of july and christie teigen has a message for her fans after getting bombarded with pictures on line. here's bex from today's 96.5 with your hot minute. >> thanks, jessica, happy fourth of july and all of our favorite celebrities are getting in on the festivities. christian bell and hubby dax shepherd showing off their patriotic spirit with matching wony and christie brinkly soaking up up the sun on the yacht with the caption, hope today has you smiling so big your cheeks pop your sunglasses off your face too. quenton tartino has been

engage. they met back in 2009 while quenton was promoting his gym inn glorious bastard. danielle confirmed the engagement saying it is true. we are very happy and very excited. christie teigen and john legend say no more baby pictures of mini john louisiana a likes. model said john looks like a baby so in light of the babies look like him, stop sending me john babies. the tweet didn't seem to phase the internet, soon after photos flooded the webb, i mean cute babies pictures that look like john you cannot beat that. that is your hot minute i'm be x from today's 96.5. still ahead on "eyewitness news" we are taking you behind the scenes of the local fourth of july tradition. >> freedom has been ringing in the same place since the birth of our nation. coming up we will show i bells that birthed america and has been ringing them for 30 years but first here are a few more fire works displays set

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when you think of benjamin franklin of course, philadelphia comes to mind but some americans are celebrating independent day visiting home of the founding fat inner london. franklin lived there for 16 years before returning to america, in 1775. and of course, the next year he signed of declaration of independence from that home in the heart of the london he lobby the british government to give more rights to americans who were paying taxes. >> this is really the eve of the american revolution. thinks where he, fighting for the taxation with representation, very politically important years. >> officials say that it took decade being of painstaking work to restore franklin's home. it is opened year round for tours and today appropriately tours sold out. a special tradition, dating back to the founding

fathers, can be seen right here in philadelphia as we celebrate our nation's birthday. vittoria woodill is live at the historic christ church in olde city where freedom rings, once again, tori. >> reporter: that is right, thanks very much, guess contact it has been such a hum blink experience today, as, cbs-3 photographer adam fox and i ascended many flights of stairs to get all the way to the top of the bell tower at christ church, and to not only return about the bell but the music man that has been making them ring for 30 years a the 2:00 p.m. july 4th in 1776 the bells of christ church were rung for the first time. they rang for freedom, they rang for america, from what was the tallest to you inner all of the colony. >> they were all cast with the white chapel foundry same as liberty bell but difference between this bell and the lint bell thinks one still works. >> reporter: 241 years to the

daytime has been standing still in the bell tower. >> hear bells every year at same time, how does that make you feel. >> first thing i think about american history especially living here in philadelphia, it is hard to really think to make it real, and it really something to be in the place that is just the same in making the same sounds. >> reporter: while sound of these bells to all of us as americans, speak a universal language meaning the home of the brave. to gene, the music maker the bells simply sound like home. he has been playing them for more than 30 years. >> it is like my sanctuary up here, my parents were married in this church in 1938, and my grandmother started in 1908. i got married and my children were coming down and my grandchildren were coming down , so that is five generations. it is only church that i know. it is only one that i belong

to. >> you're doing good. >> i will not pass the baton just yet, or the torch, but one day i will. >> reporter: with his book of hymns, freedom will forever ring. >> reporter: i will never, ever look at that bell tower the same way, that is for sure and i should mention that gene 's parents, are buried at christ church. so not only does he play, an incredibly tribute or pay a incredible tribute to america by playing those bells every single year at 2:00 p.m. on the fourth of july but incredible tribute to his parents that were bringing him to this church ever since he was a baby. what an incredible fourth of july, i just feel so honored to have been here and to be able to play those bells, jessica, this has been the best fourth of july ever and i wish you, everyone out there,

the happiest, most safe fourth of july. i'm just kind of overwhelmed, i have been crying overwhelmed , i have been crying all day, jessica. >> it is incredibly special and surrounded by so much history, we are very lucky to live where we live, thanks so much for sharing that with us. that will do it for "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00. one of the biggest fourth of july celebrations in the country is happening right here in the center of philadelphia, i'm alycia nieves i will tell but all that there is to do and i will show you. sunshine for many but slow moving showers and storms spoiling holiday plans across parts of the area i'm meteorologist lauren casey with the latest look on storm scan three and let you know what to expect this evening. with the state shut down, over new jersey, parks were back opened for business today , but we will show you how the lingering effects of that budget impasse took their toll on this fourth of july. plus gruesome discovery on the philadelphia street where

a casket was found, and what was inside ♪ from the city, that started it all to the small towns that surround fourth of july festivities are now in full swing, for the mall to the ben franklin parkway to the suburban parade, red, white and blue is on display all across our region. the philadelphia area is certainly one of the most fitting places to be as we all celebrate our independent day. good evening i'm jessica dean. ukee washington is off tonight we have team three coverage for you alycia nieves is on the parkway where party is in full swing but we will start with meteorologist lauren casey hoist keeping an eye on the weather as we head into tonight and many fire works

displays, lauren. >> we had sunshine through much of the holiday inn center city philadelphia, skies have clouded over but it is helping us out in the temperature department feeling a bit cooler but these cloud are a product of showers and thunderstorms off to our south that have chased many indoors on this fourth of july holiday checking in on storm scan three you can see concentration of the shower and thunderstorm activity all south of philadelphia at this point this activity is forming along the stalled frontal boundary that is trying to slowly move its way northward and we want to get it off to the south and maintain fire works weather for most of as you cross the area but certainly watching shower activity moving through parts of the delaware. we did have a formal flood advisory that has been since cancelled as our activity is starting to diminish across the parts of the delaware. watch out for localized flooding and ponding this is sneaking its way in chester county. head up in extreme southwest chester county and gaining some strength we could see gusty wind, lightening with that cell and even small hail moving