>> 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 slowly off to thee/

northe at five to 10 miles an hour, so these cells have all been moving slowly so we are racking up in the rainfall department. check this out across cumberland county we have pick up 2 inches of rainfall and some areas in just 22 minutes, others in just 45 minutes, that is why we have a localized flood threat south of the city but i will keep my eye on the radar over next several hours and do have that backup plan and have umbrella just in case scout out where you would head if you do see one of these cells, in a way in center city philadelphia which i don't necessarily think it it is likely but possible as we head in the next couple hours as we head out to the fire works. we will talk more about the storm threat and what is in store as we head in the rest of the week as we head back to work in just a couple minutes. >> lauren, thanks. party on the parkway has been going on all afternoon but one of the highlights of the evening will be performances by mary j. blige and boys two men, still a couple hours away. "eyewitness news" report's leash a nieves is live on the

parkway with a warning for ticket holders, alycia. >> reporter: jessica, for the most part here the concert is free even with the big names coming out but some people were able to claim tickets that were closer to the stage where this performance will be happening, and if those ticket hold their will want to check their tickets before help head here. every year tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people packed ben franklin parkway. >> happy fourth of july. >> reporter: for party on independence day in the certainty of the city where it started. >> we love it up here, food great, everything is great up here. >> best thing in the world. i have been doing this for years. >> reporter: this year a good number of the people are skipping out on the five blocks of fun, the array of diet breaking festival food, all of the activity to park themselves in front of the art museum, and wait. >> i want to do waiting. >> i have been waiting for approximately four or five hours. >> reporter: you have a couple more hours to go was it worth

it. >> most definitely, it is worth anything, i love you mar y. >> reporter: big audience is free performance by mary j. blige and some of the philly's own. >> boys two men will be here, back in school we used to dream about this every day. i can't sing. >> reporter: anyone coming out to the free concert beware, organizers are warning there may be a ticket scam. to sit in the seats closest to the concert you had to claim a ticket on line. valid tickets are only through ticket leap, any other tickets are unauthorized. when are coming to the parkway for the performances or family fun on the fourth of july, remember what independent day celebrates the birth of our country and freedom. >> when you think of fourth of july i think about how people gave their life for the freedoms that we have but it is not actually free. >> reporter: tonight, the celebration of the fourth, there will be traditional fire works, show over the scenic art museum, that is also going

to be something that no one around here wants, to see. reporting live from the ben franklin parkway i'm alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> good crowd, thanks very much. united states of america parade marched through old city to day. dozens of floats, marching bands and military groups participated in the parade down chestnut street. nearly 4,000 people were slated to be part of that. >> that all men, all men are created equal. that was members of the boys two men reading excerpts from the declaration of the independent at celebration of freedom ceremony in olde city. philly pops big band performed patriotic tunes and mayor jim kenney said today is a day for americans to celebrate their freedom. >> this country blocks to everyone, it belongs to men, women, black, white, brown, immigrants, lbgtq, everyone. >> mayor kenney presented

veteran ralph gillot i the award for being a pow with senator john mccain and admiral james stockdale. the award is given to those who achieve more than originally thought possible. it was a star spangled celebration in lower southampton township, kids of all ages lined up on second street to wave their flags, as the parade marched by. there were performances by mummers string bands, a jump roping group and local dance groups. and delaware county this morning people paraded down chester pike in ridley township for their annual fourth of july parade. kids decorated their bikes with balloons while area fire co drove their trucks through parade route. if you are still trying to make last minute plans for tonight go to cbs philly.com from the city to the suburbs to the shore, you will find all of the celebrations, happening in our area right there for you on our web site. new jersey governor chris

christie signs a new state budget ending a three day governmental shut down, well, state owned beaches and parks are reopened, "eyewitness news" reporter henry rossoff found out today that the crowd s are smaller then normal >> reporter: shut down may be done but so many people had to adjust their plans that even though state parks are opened we are still seeing them very, very slow today, this fourth of july. >> didn't get out early get a little exercise in and spend time with the barbecues and family. >> reporter: mark was one of the few people by saw taking advantage of the rancocas state park this fourth of july he suspects many stayed away from the popular walking and hiking spot because until today it was closed thanks to the new jersey government shut down. >> i was appalled, no state parks should be closed down due to impasses in the state legislature, lot of grand stopping, lot of bally whoing, wasn't impressed at all. i will remember at the polls. >> reporter: has with people at par vin state park lake front. >> everybody who has plans to do something and then it just

killed a lot of what they were going to do i can imagine political backlash. >> reporter: visitor christian and his daughter samantha were among few people at par vin. locals say this should be one of the busiest days of the year. >> but because of the change of the plans over weekend as people being turned away because parks were closed i think people made other plans. >> reporter: something else to keep an eye on tomorrow we're expecting long lines at dmv as cross new jersey because with this three day shut down of those offices a lot of people ended up with expired licenses and expired registrations and need to get caught up. at par vin state park penry rossoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". police are investigating after a infant sized casket showed up on the streets of north fail. now they are trying to figure out who it belongs to and how the got there. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos joins us live from police headquarters with more on this disturbing discovery, greg. >> reporter: yes, it is a mystery there, jessica for investigators. police discovering that cost death in north philadelphia

around 9:00 last night, police say inside there wasn't a young body but there were human organs. philadelphia police worked many different scenes, but call they received monday night in north philadelphia. >> i was pretty shocked like it looked like something straight out of the movie. >> reporter: seems like a scene from the horror movie. >> just after 9:00 p.m. 39th district police responded to a report of the child's coffin on the sidewalk along the 3,000 block of west clearfield >> reporter: this surveillance video obtained by cbs-3 from a nearby gas station shows police arriving shortly after 9:00 p.m. monday. inside that tiny casket. >> they found a plastic bag. >> inside that bag appeared to be organs, human other agains. >> reporter: investigators say there were no other remains inside the casket. >> what is unusual is inside the coffin other than the bag of organs there was no body there, was no head, arms, legs , torso no skeleton, skin

just organs. >> reporter: remains transported to the medical examiner's office as police searched the cemetery across the street for any freshly doug graves, tuesday, police expected to use cadaver dogs to canvas the area trying to search for the person and the reason behind this gruesome discovery. >> we will look into that. there have been cases where people take remains of human bodies for whatever for unusual reasons. >> reporter: police say there are reaching out to funeral homes in the area trying to find out exactly where this casket came from, of course, if you happen to know anything about this gruesome discovery call philadelphia police. we are live at philadelphia police headquarters i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". north korea claims it has successfully test fired its first interest continental ballistics missle capable of hitting the united states. u.s. military is assessing the launched. if confirmed that would be a

big step forked for north korea's nuclear weapons program. missle reached an altitude of 1500 miles before splashing in the sea of japan about 600 miles from the launch site with the projected range of 4,000 miles, it would be capable of hitting all of alaska, but not the continental united states or hawaii. >> not much further then that for 10,000 miles or so would it need to reach new york or washington d.c. so north korea is on pace to have a nuclear weapon capable of reaching the continental united states. >> president trump respond by warning chine at u.s. will act on its own if beijing does not tighten economic pressure on north korea. stay with cbs news for more on the north korean missle test and look at what the launch claims means coming up at 6:30 on the "cbs evening news". still to come on "eyewitness news" a vice-presidential vice it this fourth of july, where mike pence turned up on independent s day to take part in the parade. celebrating down the shore where people were getting

their beach and boardwalk time in, on this holiday. leslie. jessica, record setting day for roger fedderrer and process continues for sixers as another draft pick signs. fanatic given pirates the business, but who got last laugh phillies and pirates later in sports. independent.

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look live at ocean city on the a busy day on the the board as people decided to head to the shore to celebrate independence day. plenty of fun for all ages and another popular new jersey shore town visitors pick out their perfect spot for loung ing on the beaches of atlantic city. boardwalk had plenty of people there as well some people we talk to earlier said they cannot wait for tonight's grand finally.

>> i want to be in the all day and they want the rides. billion tourist attacks. we will go every where. we will end it on the beach watching fire works. >> that sounds great. two fire works show will light up the sky tonight, and the first, will happen at 9:00 p.m. at borgata and second at 10:00 p.m. at tropicana. from the beach, to the place call the plateau where, everybody goes if you have ask philadelphia native will smith american flags lined autopsy cross the walkways and grills sizzled, everything from burgers, chicken wings, on menu for that fourth of july cook out. it is a place they come back to year after year. >> just celebrate the fourth of july, we come out here with our family, we come out here, we usually celebrate a family reunion. we have people coming across country here. >> family folks, friends, we have been coming here for over 40 years, every year, same spot, we all come out, and a lot of us out here and we come out and have fun and relax.

>> the good news was a beautiful day to care out those family traditions. vice-president mike pence made a surprise appearance in grandville, michigan this morning. vice-president and his wife gave a boost to the cities celebrations. people who lined the parade route had their phones ready to capture that moment. in the meantime former vice-president joe biden took to twit tore day to wish americans a happy fourth of july. he said america continues to march toward tolerance, diversity and equality of opportunities that began in 1776. that is patriotism. lauren casey joins us now live as everybody does turn their eye to the sky, lauren as things start to get dark, we are looking at cloud coming in and storms. >> cloud coming in getting dark in center city philadelphia don't have any rain yet but we have cells off to the south and west in chester county and new castle county, delaware. these cells are slow moving in nature as they have been throughout the late afternoon and early evening hours.

if you see a cell that develops overhead it is going to dump on you. we have low cloud dark claude in place. after sunshine. temperature 86 degrees. feeling like 88 with a little bit of the steam factor. our image rehoboth beach looking sad, and empty just a couple people outside on the boards. this was packed a few hours ago but then we had rain, chased everyone inside and what to expect this evening slow moving downpours mainly south of the city that will pre dues prolong, heavy rainfall. we could see rainfall on the order of two to three plus inches which we have in portions of delaware, cumberland county new jersey with the cell there earlier in the afternoon. right now we are starting to see things letting up in delaware but getting closer to the city, as they are moving slowly northe and they are moving slowly on the order of the 10 to 20 miles an hour, of forward progression. southwestern chester county right now getting dumped on frome nottingham, gusty wind,

lightening embedded and possibility of some small hail as it moves off to thee northeast, had this cell popped up in the last 30 minutes over red lion and christiana, so you need to keep yourself aware of the changing situation over next couple of hours, especially south of the city in these areas we are seeing these cells, firing off improving conditions across portions of the central, southern delaware after picking up quite a bit over last several hours and seeing light rain, traversing still just southern tip there of cape may county but still people indoors bound in cape may with that light rain that continues to move through. for tonight slow moving shower or thunderstorm south of the city 71 degrees overnight tonight. heading in to our wednesday quiet day more cloud around increasing sunshinee wind takes over, and a high of 84 degrees, temperatures being cooled off by rain, cloud cover at 86 in philadelphia, down in the zero seven's in

millville. humidity levels are not too bad. we had east wind that will drive-in a little bit of dryer eras we head in the day tomorrow. seventy-two in ocean city. 75 degrees in stone harbor. dew points they are not too bad, steamy in spots but all together not too brutal. that will not be the case as we head into thursday and friday as dew points will be climbing in the 07-degree range. we will be dealing with oppressive humidity levels especially on thursday. down the shore tomorrow, more cloud around, cooler temperatures with that easterly wind on the sand looking at mid 70's, rip current risk is low tomorrow, water temperatures in the middle 60's and as we head in the next several days we will ramp up that humidity levels. thursday round of showers and thunderstorms. friday afternoon thunderstorms likely but we will clear out just in time for upcoming weekend. we have a short workweek and then to follow that with a saturday, sunday with low humidity value sunshine and low to mid 80's, not looking

too bad but in these areas in the city and points south over next several hours people have outdoor plans, please keep yourself aware if you see dark skies head indoors. >> be careful. >> thanks very much. >> leslie is up next with sports. >> phillies playing as we speak, guys going for their third straight win another record in the great career of roger federer and after night to think bit what does markelle fultz think he need to improve on after his debut, markelle fultz think he need to improve on after his debut, he ♪ markelle fultz think he need to improve on after his debut, he it's not carbonation. those bubbles are celebrating. ♪ right now, get $1 any size soft drink. only at mcdonald's. ♪

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his ninth punch out. phillies down one to nothing, when, lighter is taken deep. right now phillies trailing pittsburgh two to nothing in the seventh. mets and nationals big day for daniel murphy. he went four for five and drove in five runs. bryce harper drove in two. washington beat mets 11-four. sixers have signed guard forward, the 6-foot eight shooter was 26th pick in the first round. he may be the line up tomorrow when sixers take on the jazz. markelle fultz played in the first game since february and he has played well, 17 points, three blocks but had four turnovers. sixers lost 89-88. today he was asked what he thinks he need to improve on. >> i think, my pace, coming up , knowing to go fast, slow, everything like that it is just, you got to keep work on my lead the are leadership more and improving on the defensive and offensive end. wimbledon record setting day for roger tenderer, he

advanced to the second round after his opponent retired because of a foot injury. his eighty-fifth win and, he tied jimmy conners for most victories. roger has seven titles at all english, tennis club. history, djokovic also injured so he won that one in 40 minutes. >> well, there you go. >> yes. >> easy to advance. >> "cbs evening news" is just minutes away, elaine quijano has a look at that, elaine. >> hi there, guess contact coming up missle that he is could hit u.s. as major change in the standoff with north korea. plus tempting grizzly bears can a product stand up to these testers. and signers of the declaration of independence, meet their descendent, story just ahead on the "cbs evening news". but first, a sticky situation down the shore when we come right back where a truck got stuck in the surf.

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down the shore is going viral this video posted on to facebook yesterday shows the scene on the north end of brigantine. people on the beach tell us that the driver was launching a wave runner when he got in a little bit too far. eventually a tow truck came along and saved the truck from being swallowed up by the sea. not something you see every day. >> no, not at all. >> add bonus. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00. we are back at 10 on the

sister station cw philly and back here on cbs-3 at is 11:00 up next tonight bs evening news and google cars that go around neighborhoods to snap those street view shots, well, they are now outfit todd monitor air pollution, and that is technology that could reveal dangerous levels, and john blackstone explains, from oakland. now from new york here's elaine quijano. as we go another look at some of the fire works display in the area. happy independence day.

captioning sponsored by cbs >> quijano: a bombshell on the fourth. in a game changer, north korea launches a missile that could hit the u.s. >> he's being provocative. he's trying to put president trump in a box with these provocative acts. >> quijano: also tonight, protecting the children when their parents face deportation. she became their legal guardian. >> each of these files represents one child? >> one child. >> reporter: and how much do you have here? >> 579. >> quijano: product testing grizzly style. >> reporter: now you know which cooler you might bring with you. >> yeah, the white one. >> quijano: and meet the descenders of the signing of the declaration of independence. >>oo