victim in this crash is a 17 year-old and now we're learning new details about what led up to this collision. >> extremely loud, and i was right there. i got debris. >> reporter: surveillance video, shows big chunks of debris flying after fatal two car collision at intersection of the west main, and hamilton street around 5:30 thursday morning. stacy angelo says she was standing outside when it happened? >> i was scared, for like an hour or so, i saw everything. i was very, very scared. >> reporter: chain of events began when norristown police responded to reports of suspicious activity on button wood street but driver of the white honda sonata speed way before officers could ask for the registration source tells "eyewitness news" group of five teens inside sedan had been fleeing from an alleged robbery with a blew through a red light and collided with this black suv driven by an off-duty montgomery county sheriff's deputy. witnesses report seeing both

vehicles spinning several times beforehand the lawn by a real estate office. >> just a loud bang and second smaller bang. >> find out, you know, go all the way through, upsetting. >> reporter: security footage shows one person running from the sonata at the crash but police arrested him. as investigators work to piece together what happened by recreating the accident scene they removed evidence including a safe from inside the small are car. and the montgomery county sheriff's deputy involved in this crash, is expect to be okay, meantime four people inside the sedan were treated at paoli hospital, and at this time d.a.'s office in norristown police are not release ago this victim's name until family is notified. that is very latest from norristown i'm anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". department of human services shut down day care certainty owned by a man charged with seven counts of the child sexual assault. dhs officials say they are working with families of sprouts preschool in south

philadelphia to find new care for their children. this all comes as owner five three-year old duncan rounds posted bail today. philadelphia police arrested the medford lakes man yesterday, charging him with assaulting two, five-year old children at the day care center. coming up at 5:30 we will talk to local experts from inside, on recognizing signs of abuse and how to discuss this issue with your own children. a philadelphia police officer is accused of causing a crash while impaired. police say nicholas harper was off-duty when he hit several parked cars in the 1600 block of north sixth street. this happened around 5:30 a.m. yesterday, responding officers said harper was showing signs of impairment, arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence. chopper three over a hit and run in brookhaven delaware county. a pedestrian was hit at 3:00 this afternoon on the 4900 block of jackson drive. that victim was rush to the hospital, and their condition has not been released.

police say driver who hit the pedestrian did not, stay on the scene. we have good news to share with you tonight couple from trooper, pennsylvania is offering to replace the tools, that thieves stole from a local habitat for humanity building site. not only that memorial hospital of salem county is also making a donation. we first told but this last night tools used by volunteers were stolen from the site in pittsgrove in salem county, new jersey. the theft was discovered monday when volunteers returned to work on two homes, under construction on the road a locked door trailer was broken and every single tool inside was gone. >> even our first aid kit, t-shirts, they took everything >> unbelievable. unbelievable. it is really sad. we know what the habitat is all about. >> couple who did not want to be named reached out to habitat after watching our news story saying they wanted to quote right this wrong. they donated a $5,000 home depot gift card and another

monetary gift. memorial hospital of the salem county donated a check for $4,000, to habitat. well, intermittent thunderstorms are in the forecast, so just like yesterday keep rain gear handy meteorologist lauren casey will join with us how long the chance for storms will last, lauren. >> we have widely scattered storms out there but much less busy then what we were contend ing with this time yesterday, storm scan three showing us sunshine in many places, but do you see this storm activity that has flared up especially across delaware where we have a flash flood warning in effect for kent, sussex counties until 8:15 this evening. heaviest rain has moved out but still flash flood warning remains in effect due to the heavy nature of the rainfall we have seen over last couple hours, includes bauers, milford, slaughter beach, flash flood warning in effect until 8:15. seeing some showers overtake the shore, right now, rainfall light to moderate, seeing rain from wildwood to sea isle city

, clouding up looking up toward atlantic city and we have another cell that made its way through northeast philadelphia, didn't cause localized flooding and moving in lower bucks and mercer county. head up for that slow moving cell, frequent lightening as well. as we head in the evening hours hit or miss storms with the storms that do form will be on the stronger side producing heavier rainfall and gusty wind. temperatures in the lower 80's what is in store in the upcoming weekend, it is so close i have some great nooses specially for sunday coming up in a few, jessica. >> see you then. leaks continue at white house and this time, someone released classified transcript of the president trump's phone calls. they detail his first conversation was leaders of u.s. allies. the washington post published what it says are exclusive transcript of president trump 's january 27th phone call to mexican president enrique pena, and president trump told his mexican count are part quote i have to have mexico pay for the wall, i have to.

i have been talking bit for a two year period. penanieto refused to flip the bill. president trump told the president whom he simply called enrique that he can no longer say that to the press. quote if you are going to say mexico is not going to pay for the wall then i do not want to meet with you anymore because i cannot live with that. greg miller is a reporter for washington post. >> his overriding concern in these conversations is trump brand how any of these issues reflects on him personally. >> reporter: in that same call president trump blamed mexico for new hampshire's drug problem calling the state quote a drug infested den, new hampshire senator maggie hasan say president trump should apologize. >> the word were disgusting and outrageous and that the president should stop insulting people and actually start focusing on how we can beat this epidemic. the president did not respond to a reporter's request about

it. tonight president trump is holding a campaign style rally in west virginia, and at that event, the state's democratic governor jim justice is expect to announce he is switching to the republican party. trump won west virginia by 42 points over hillary clinton, justice did not endorse the democratic nominee. special counsel robert muhler has i am paneled a grand jury to investigate russian meddling in the u.s. election according to the wall street journal. it comes as lawmakers are blamed for current state of relations between u.s. and russia. the president tweeted our relationship with russia is at an all time and very dangerous low. you can thank congress, yesterday, the president signed a new sanction as begins russia even though he complained that the sanctions limited his ability to negotiate. the white house launches a new program to get medical care to veterans through use of technology. president trump announced t el e health, to how services and appointments through their smart phones.

>> we have dramatically increased the number of approvals, for veterans to see the doctors, so that they are going to have many more doctors of their choice. >> the va is also using diagnostic tools, and video technology, to see patients re metly. a northeast philadelphia landmark is being demolished to make way for a redevelopment project. chopper three over nabisco plant over roosevelt boulevard 27.5-acre property was sold to a villanova based developer last year after closing in 2015. plans for the site include a mix of retail and industrial uses. a superior court judge in new jersey side with the town of margate ordering the immediate halt of a dune building project. the restraining order prevents project frequent moving forward and it comes after the project created pools of standing water outside beach front homes. new jersey reporter cleve bryan is in margate with the very latest chapter in this dune battle, cleve.

>> reporter: city commissioner's meeting town leaders are going over that restraining order and it is so packed, inside, that people are actually outside here listening to the meeting on speaker, some of them so passioned they are ready to get out to those dunes with shovels and buckets and tear them down themselves. in court city attorneys called multiple block pond created during the dune construction as a health and financial crisis for margate. attorneys for the state argued that draining pond and filling in the base thin week should address the problem but superior court judge william menendez ruled in favor of margate and ordered a one week work stoppage. he ordered both side to meet daily on reaching a solution. this is the mayor's reaction. >> it makes me very happy. we just can't allow this to continue, you are doing wrong and continue to do wrong. we have a week, let's sit at a table and see if we can work it out. >> reporter: this meeting is continuing, many people taking stand to encourage city officials to completely fight

this dune project. don't becoming back to the table and continuing it after one week but to actually make it go away. we will talk more about how this works at "eyewitness news" at 6:00 and also talk about the expenses what this work stoppage. live, from margate, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news" philadelphia music walk of fame will have new additions. >> "eyewitness news" at independent visitors center for announcement of the walk of fame 2017 class. here are the new additions. jill scott, sister sledge, labelle, mcfadden and white house, and the soul survivors, chris schwartz from rough house record, and wogl radio personality bob pantano. >> this years inductees represent a mixture of powerhouse vocals, signature anthems, spiritual lyrics and production first with the r and b pop and rock and roll. we are thrilled that these

inductees represent eight decade of music history and excellence. >> the class of 2017 will be formally induct on october 4th in a ceremony along the avenue of the arts. congratulations. that is wonderful. coming up on "eyewitness news" a beauty pioneer is charged with murder. story at 5:30. this story captured the attention of the nation, young girl convicted of convincing her boyfriend to commit suicide over text message. well, today she learned her fate. danger in the back seat many rear passengers don't wear seat belts, up next why it puts them and others in big danger. we will be right

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we know seat belts save lives but surprising number of people are putting their safety at risk by not wearing them. three on are side jim donovan has information on a new report about back seat riders. >> reporter: this is what can happen when you don't buckle up in the back seat, this family of three was thrown around when cab they were riding in was hit by another car. in this video woman on the right is wearing a seat belt, woman on the lefties not, and in the accident, she is thrown across the cab. >> people are less likely to buckle up in the rear seat.

>> reporter: jessica co authorized a now report for insurance institute for highway safety and survey found 91 percent of people always use their seat belt in the front, only 72 percent use it in the back seat. that number drops to 57 percent when traveling in cabs, and ride hailing services like uber an lyft. uber driver dustin goodfelt said people don't buckle up on short steps. >> i will usually say something i noticed you are not buckled. it is a good idea to be buckled. >> reporter: traveling without a safety belt puts in the only back seat rider but also in the front n this test video person unbuckled in the back slams in the driver during an accident. >> we know that drivers are twice as likely to be fatally injured when passenger behind them is unrestrained. >> reporter: she wants more auto makers to install the same belt reminders cars have in the front seat for people in the back, as well. she believes it could get more riders to buckle up, and help

prevent injuries. now only 29 states have laws requiring that people in the back seat buckle up, that is compared to 49 states that have laws for the front seat belts. reporting for three on your side, i'm jim donovan. new way to travel may ab lot closer to becoming reality >> hyper loop one a pod designed to transport people to the speed, at the speed of sound has reached another milestone. it is successfully completed another test run in the nevada desert reaching speed of 200 miles an hour. it shattered last years test run of 116 miles an hour and could eventually travel up to 700 miles per hour. >> we're faster and faster, longer and longer and we are closer to deploying it throughout the world. >> it will basically change the way we live, way we work, and make the world a much smaller place in turning cities in to natural stops. >> the company's goal, is to have three systems in service

by 2021. wow, cool. >> meteorologist lauren casey joining us, quieter then it was yesterday. >> little quieter, thankfully, yes. still some sunshine but other areas seeing storms and national weather service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for north and east of the city. we will check in what is going on, on storm scan 36789 we have storms but not as widespread as they were this time 24 hours ago but still storms that form over next several hours do have potential to be strong and potentially severe. we have severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 5:45. trenton is included in this warning that will go until 5:45 for possibility of 60- mile an hour winds and half dozen sized hail that will do damage to vehicles, so portions of bucks county, burlington county, mercer, ocean county within this warning you can see towns trenton, florence, chesterfield, a warning as well as well as bensalem, moving to the northe.

that is 15 miles an hour. heaviest portion of the cell is over florence area, stretching up in to bordentown where you could be potentially seeing that half dollar sized hail. so seek safe shelter and we will continue to move off to the northeast pretty slowly around 15 miles an hour, around 5:28. head up hamilton and moving up toward, manual pan. light rain, severend moving up thunderstorm warning but still chasing off a few beach goers off the shore right now. light rain making its way through cape may county and cloud deck pushing into ac right now taking away your sunshine. as we head into tonight we have a chance of hit or miss thunderstorms that could be on the strong side, low temperature at 71. for our day tomorrow we are seeing a quiet day, mostly sunny, mainly well left of i-95 staying dry east of i-95 and high of 89 degrees. right around average. as we head in the evening we have a chance of a few hit or miss storms as we head in the

overnight period, could see isolated storm otherwise, dry conditions, and as we check out friday morning, no problems for your commute, last day of the workweek and we do see these cells firing up, mainly business of i-95 heading in the evening hours, beautiful day down the shore. we will see cloud deck increasing tomorrow night with the cold front that is going to move through and bring us showers and thunder showers heading in to early saturday morning but saturday afternoon gradual clearing, decreasing humidity, 84 degrees, sunday still on track to be gorgeous, sunshine, 28 with that low humidity. comfort index tomorrow it will be a humid one but humidity levels will drop off on the back side of the frontal boundary especially by late day on saturday and then by sunday it will be feeling so pleasant, certainly by august standard. down the shore tomorrow mostly sunny but we have a chance of thunderstorm at night. on the sand temperatures in the upper 70's to lower 80's with south wind at 10 miles an hour: uv index will be high.

good news rip current risk is going to be low. not a bad pattern in the next several days, chance of a few morning thunder showers on saturday. it will be pretty nice as we head into sunday but rain chances return as we head into monday but then we will clear things out as we head into tuesday. >> got it. looks good. all right, thanks, appreciate it. still ahead count down on to a rare solar event. >> total eclipse will take place in less than three weeks and experience tonight style. air b and b contest and how you can enter it at 5:00. one guy from delaware and another one from new jersey, two local guys are trying to make a run from the eagles. a report from training cam

a delaware county teacher with a new lease on life. coming up at 6:00 stephanie stahl introduces you to a man who can see for the first time in decade, as device is making

it all possible. >> well, yeah, pretty cool. >> from all that, don joins us now and you are really local today. >> we're going local and talking about opportunities. >> all right. >> when that door opened, you have to step in there. >> yes. >> in this case you better run >> yes. >> last season lagarrette blount led nfl in rushing touchdowns. he is big, strong, right now he is unavailable. free agent from new england missed his third straight practice for personal reasons. that has allowed two local guys to flourish in the eagles backfield. two local products are getting their shot for first time at running back this week, and they are trying to make the most of it. >> it is when your number up you have to be ready for it. to be honest i'm taking everything by storm, getting ready for when my number is ready to be called. when i go second time just waiting for my opportunity to go with the first line and she them what i can do. >> it feels good for me, to

show what i can do. i kept my condition up and get me better. more plays i get the better i will be. it is unfortunate with them out but with them not here someone has to take advantage. >> reporter: smallwood who was a fifth round draft pick of the bird last year had an up and down rookie season finishing with just over 300- yard. he is much more prepared this time around. >> i'm definitely, ahead of the curve this year. i know what is going on and being able to know what is expect of me and being able to get it done. >> reporter: corry clement grew up in glassboro, new jersey but was undrafted free agent signing after playing his college ball at wisconsin. he knows he has a uphill battle making his favorite team growing up. >> just living out a childhood dream, i still wake up, still thankful for it but when i come out here undrafted and that is a big chip on my shoulders. as i run through every, one i can that is reason behind it. you have to come out here with a purpose and my x factor and

i hold that. >> as for smallwood he is focusing on being the best he can be, regardless of the added pressures have playing for your hometown team. >> that pressure is there but i know thousand getaway from that. i dent get to talk to my hometown people. i know they are here. i have their support, good or bad. i will stay there and be with the eagles and that is my job bie just can't imagine two guys who grew up watching eagles, and here they are, at training camp. >> dream come true. >> compete nearing spot. >> yes, very special. very special. >> very cool. coming up next half an hour why some parents are concerned about a new pair of sneakers for kid. and she was convicted of a involuntary manslaughter because she encouraged her boyfriend to commit suicide, via text message. today, she learns her fate. it is something many of us did as children on a hot summer day we draining from the garden hose? is that really safe? one thing doctors say you should do to make it safe.

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and your news continues at 5:30 here's is what happening, deadly crash in norristown is under investigation. officers broke off a pursuit with the white sedan that later ran a red light, and collided with an off-duty montgomery county deputy sheriff suv. gone person is inside, and five others, including the deputy sheriff were treated for injuries at area hospitals wall street journal reports special counsel robert muhler has launched a grand jury in the investigation of russian influence in the 2016 election. it is a sign that inquiry is growing in intensity. new jersey superior court

just issued an injunction to stop construction of a dune building project, in margate. it comes after the project created pools of standing water outside beach front homes. good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm guess can dean. earlier we told you disturbing story about a preschool own's accused of alleged sexual assault on two children, at his south philadelphia day care certainty. >> philadelphia police say behavioral changes in the children led their parents to seek help and alert authorities. natasha brown spoke with local experts today to gain insight on recognizing signs of abuse in children. >> reporter: it is not easy as you can imagine, it is often very difficult to approach this subject and signs may not always be glaringly obvious but the number of child sex abuse allegations just in the city alone are staggering. statistics are startling there are an average of 250 reports of child sexual abuse of philadelphia each month, philadelphia children's alliance sees as many as 10 kid a day.

child advocacy group is nest led between police special victims unit and department of human services in hunting park and their role is crucial in helping those entities deal with sex abuse cases. >> once we get report from the dhs or police we coordinate that investigation. we will contact families to have them come in, to be interviewed, have the child be interviewed about the allegations. >> reporter: cases are hand with the mental and medical experts on staff to deal with every child. some say that they have dealt with children as young as one years old. often a very difficult conversation to have but most kid not wanting to reveal the alleged assault. >> kid are embarrassed, threatened to keep secrets, there is definitely a lot of shame, children don't know how to tell their caregivers and they think they might be in trouble. >> reporter: most recently philadelphia police department said group helped talking to the two, five years old children at center of the sexual abuse case involving a day care center owner in south philadelphia. parents were urged to talk to their children but officials

say there are certain ways you should approach this very delicate conversation. >> when parents talk to the kid all they have to do is make sure their conversation is developmentally appropriate and teaching children we have no secrets in our home. so we talk about whatever is going on. we tell parents to teach kid the proper names for body parts. also teaching children that in one should touch your private parts they are yours. >> reporter: experts say ab wear of the behavioral change that is could signal a problem >> we really do talk to children about understanding that we're here to help them and keep them safe. they really need an environment where people are supportive. >> reporter: despite hundreds of cases pca deals where month there are as many as 60 percent of child sexual abuse victims who never, ever tell anyone about their abuse. there are several child advocacy groups all through the region. if you would like more fur, we have put together a list at cbs philly.com.

>> startling indeed. massachusetts woman who encourage her boyfriend to commit suicide via text message learned her fate today michelle carter was sentenced to time behind bars but walked away a free woman. correspondent kennett craig reports. >> reporter: twenty year-old michelle carter stood stone faced at juvenile court judge sentenced her to two and a half years in prison. >> fifteen months of said sentence shall be deemed a committed sentence and balance thereof should be suspended. >> reporter: carter was convicted of inn involuntary manslaughter foreign couraging her boyfriend to commit suicide. carter texted 18 year-old conrad roy in 2014 to get back in his vehicle after it filled about carbon monoxide. his family spoke before thursday's sentencing. >> how could michelle carter behave so viciously and encourage my son to end his life. >> not a day goes by without thinking and my first and last

thought. >> reporter: in the last week, carter made dozens of calls and sent texts to roy urging him to kill herself. >> her actions killed conrad roy. >> reporter: carter's defense attorney pushed for leniency arguing his client was struggling with depression and anorexia. >> she was going through significant mental health issues herself. >> reporter: judge ruled carter can remain free, at her home, pend ago peels. kennett craig for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". dash cam video from texas shows a small plane crash landing on the side of the highway, take a closer look here this happened in tyler, texas. two people were aboard, one suffered serious injuries, the other was treated and released it is unclear what cause that had plane to come down. still to come tonight see total solar eclipse in style, how you can take a chance to win a special trip. sneaker controversy that has nothing to do with the cost of the shoe why some parents are up in arms about the latest sketchers for kid.

and many, did it as children, and, drinking from the garden helps safe, health reporter stephanie stahl has answer in 10 minutes, lauren. it is thursday so close to the upcoming weekend, we will have a cold front dropping in on saturday, bring us some showers and few rumbles of thunder saturday morning but slow clearing as we head in the afternoon, becoming less humid as well, that will set us up for a beautiful sunday, sunshine low humidity and high temperatures in the lower 80's we will be running cooler then average and what we have seen over last several days. we will be right

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new report find americans collectively owe more than $1.3 trillion in student debt, up $34 billion since end of last year. ohio tops the list of states with the most higher education debt followed by mississippi and pennsylvania. delaware ranked 17th, new jersey came in at 32nd. states that are among most debt free, hawaii, utah, and california. national geographic is teaming up with air b and b for contest to launch total solar eclipse in style august 21st. >> you get a night of star gazing from a dome in it or gone wilderness and then from a private jet over pacific ocean as day turns tonight, for around two minutes and 40 seconds. air b and b is taking entries on line. >> a lot of people talking about this total solar eclipse , cbs-3 is your station for this spectacular event. we will have special coverage starting now and then right through that eclipse on the 21st. i think that is one of those things too that once people

figure out this is going on we will all want to see it. >> sure, as we get closer to it. i'm looking forward to it. >> back in the day they used to put a pin hole in the paper to watch it. >> maybe. >> back in the day. >> we should investigate that. >> we will. >> still ahead at rest of the music pioneer and pop culture icon. also lauren's weekend forecast w

founding member of one of the most influential hip-hop groups of all time is charged with murder. fifty-seven year-old nathanal glover junior, known as kid k real from grandmas ter five and furious five ace accused of stabbing a man to death in new york. he and a five five-year old victim had an argument and then glover pulled out a weapon and stabbed the man multiple times. it is in the clear what spark the stabbing. actor who played luke duke on the dukes of hazard is facing charges, six five-year old tom wopat was arraigned on indecent assault, battery and drug charges. police have not released details of what happened. wopat was scheduled to appear in the production of

forty-second street in massachusetts. princess diana's former body guard is defending a broadcaster decision to air her private recordings. she said diana would love that the tapes made it into a documentary being broadcast in britain on sunday. in the recordings the late princess speaks about her unhappy marriage, and her love for another man. some people are angry that the private recordings are being made public. sneaker design is kicking up some controversy, some parents say shoes could turn their children into victims without them even knowing. here are sketchers, sketch ray s they don't just light up they have reflective side and mirrors on the toes. some say round design on the tip of the shoe could be used to look up little girls dress es. >> super cool just a design. >> at first glance that will reflect, all of that but when you pay attention to it you cannot make anything out. >> it looks like a mirror like in a fun house. you cannot tell, everything

looks warped. i don't think boys are thinking about things like that at that age. >> some say maybe a design flaw calling new sneakers an innocent mistake, so far in comment from sketchers. a question on the healthwatch tonight would you drink water, out of the garden hose? something many people say they did as a child but experts now say hose water probably contains potentially dangerous chemicals. come on now. >> always something. >> come on, man. >> i'm sorry, just here with the facts. >> health reporter stephanie stahl here. >> in the backyard with the hose. >> come on. >> all right, well, let me tell you this news, so this is one study that says a third of the hoses tested contained high levels of chemicals that can be toxic for some people and those chemicals get more intense and concentrated when the hose is left outside in the sun. whether it is washing car or watering plants in the yard, hoses get plenty of use in the summer. while it might be tempt to go take a drink from the hose experts say it could be

dangerous. >> probably the biggest risk is chemicals from the water itself, many of the garden hoses are not made for drink water so they will release lead. >> reporter: lead is found at brass fixtures at mouth of the gardening hoses, one test shows levels of lead in water coming from hoses exceeded safe levels and is there more. >> they will release different chemicals from the plastics much like plastics banned in kid products. >> reporter: hoses can contain bpa or pvv, ingesting them can increase cancer, harmone issues or neurological problems and it can affect development in a child. >> so you have to let it run for a couple of minutes and make sure you are safe. >> reporter: if you really want to drink from the hose letting water run will get rid of the most of the contaminated water. it is also important to check the hose fitting. >> fit is brass that will release lead and you run water , for enough time it will flush the hose that first bit of water by brass fitting will

be loaded with lead. >> reporter: so experts say an occasional drink from the hose after the water has run probably will not cause any problems, for people who are healthy but if you don't want to take chances there are hose that is don't release any chemicals they are made from rubber materials and polyurethane. so, the other thing they are saying is not to fill up your dog's water bowl outside with the hose, because, you know what is good for us, good for the dogs too. so tap water,. >> yes. >> oh, man. >> well, summer fest returns tomorrow it is friday this week it is tail of 2-ounce as we head to stone harbor, avalon and cape may county. we will she case their beautiful beaches and sweet shops there and learn about the history of 7-mile island. tune in tomorrow for double summer fest fun that begins on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 and stick with us throughout the day and into the evening. you never know what might

happen, or who might be on boats. >> so what are you trying to say. >> just throwing it out there. >> i'm in avalon. >> i'm in stone harbor. >> yep. >> ukee will be here. >> i'll be watching. >> yes. >> all right. >> drinking out of the hose while you guys are doing your thing. what will light like? that video will look great it will look great. we have good amount of sunshine not war big storms rolling through but that was not the case yesterday. we still have storm activity right now but other otherwise we are looking all right in center city philadelphia we have some cloud right now in place, moving through center city philadelphia. we have a couple cells off to our south and west right now but lets check with our eyewitness weather watchers reporting current conditions and they are, many of them are commenting on the humidity that will stick around as we head in the day tomorrow and then drop off as we head in the upcoming weekend.

we will see what is going on in the 80's but we have rain cooled air being reported by our weather watchers. temperatures in the zero seven 's where we saw rain moving through but dry all day eighty-five at wayne's house, landingberg, pennsylvania. he has partly cloudy conditions. dew point is 74. oppressive humidity. heat index at 92. the grilled pork chops were great. little hot by grill this evening. we will watch out for a couple of storms but otherwise a much more quieter evening in, progress then what we saw 24 hours ago. things are busy right now. heading out to trenton where it is 73 with rain cooled air at william's house. he has a thunderstorm in levittown and he says, oops, heavy thunderstorms in the area that is current. we have severe thunderstorm warning in effect and flash flood warning in effect that runs until 9:15 for this portion of the area, north and e of the city. flash flood warning in effect

until 9:15. new severe thunderstorm warning reissued one extended until 6:30 but still in the same locations, box changing where that warned area you can see this cell nearly continuous lightening torrential rainfall, potential for 60-mile an hour wind and half dollar sized hail. we have only verified penny size hail but if we do see half dollar sized hail that can do damage to vehicles. severe thunderstorm warning for lower bucks county, northern burlington and portions of mercer county until 6:30. florence, levittown, mount holly, robbinsville all included in the severe warning then similar area flash flood warning in effect until 9:15 this evening, for bensalem, bristol, hamilton, trenton, bordentown, willingboro all included in the flash flood warning. we have been dealing with the heavier rainfall coming down in the same area in and around bordentown area on thee side of the burlington and just south of the trenton this cell

has been hanging out over the same area for an hour and a half. heavy intensity rainfall and then sitting there with the rainfall accumulating. ab wear of the potential for flash flooding in these area. couple of cells firing up, over wilmington, slowly working its way through chester and delaware county and this cell just south of philadelphia right now over portions of gloucester county, it is not very intense right now but if it can hold together it will move into center city philadelphia we have a flash flood warning for central delaware that does include milford, heaviest rain exiting but now seeing heavier rain coming down around dover area we're talking about the grill, this evening watch out for a few scattered thunderstorms otherwise dry conditions, temperatures right around 80 degrees. good looking bbq forecast as we head in the evening hours. future weather showing us potential for few hit or miss storms, could be on the stronger side, things quieting down as we head into tomorrow morning, nice and dry for your friday morning commute.

really looking dry across the area even into tomorrow afternoon, we could see isolated cells, west of i-95 tomorrow afternoon but then we will wait until tomorrow night to see that enhanced rain chance that will be overnight where we are sleeping. but for tonight could see a few hit or miss storms, low of 71 degrees, partly cloudy and for our friday mostly sun witt chance of the thunder shower off to the west, high temperature around 89. for summer fest we are looking okay, in avalon, stone harbor. 82 degrees. sunshine tomorrow with the chance of the thunderstorm. forecast highs tomorrow in the 80's, beautiful day down the shore with the highs at 82 degrees in wildwood. watching out for morning thunder showers saturday morning otherwise a beautiful, conferreddable weekend. why singer justin beiber is breathing a sigh of relief today. how rihanna is spinning her wheels to help her young girls get the education that

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pop singer justin beiber finds out he will not face charges after a recent car accident. another pop star rehand ace showing her humanitarian side with the new donation. >> director of the new star wars film ron howard is showing his own brotherly love , bex from our sister station 96.5 has all of those stories in her hot minute. >> thanks, justin beiber can breathe a sigh of relief, singer will not face criminal charges after accidentally running over a photographer, with his pickup truck. the incident occurred last weekend and according to police reports they don't believe justin's intent was to

strike the man, although it is still unconfirmed that the photographer will face any civil suit. rihanna's earning her keep as harvard university 2017 humanitarian of the year recipient, singer announced a five-year partnership with her foundation and a bike sharing company, to donate bikes to scholarship recipient is a cross malaw to you. alleviate the challenges of getting to school providing young girls a consistent means of transportation combating the extremely high drop out rate. ron howard has a 10enscy of popping up in his brother's film, so we expect nothing and upcoming, hans solo blockbuster. he it continues as ron confirmed the news on twitter. one user saying quote please tell me you have a role for clint with ron responding you won't be disappointed. that is good old brotherly love. that is your hot minute i'm be

x from today's 96.5. >> i remember clint as a child sky. that was back in the day. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00. >> dredging pumps are shut down as atlantic county judge ordered stoppage to the margate dune project, i'm cleve bryan, coming up, how long will this last and how much money will it cost. a philadelphia day care shut down, day after sexual assault allegations against the owner were revealed, the reason for closure and what families are doing right now, lauren? >> reporter: fewer storms but just as strong we have severe thunderstorm warning in effect for parts of the area we will have the latest look, coming up in our forecast. i just looked at those guys and started to tear up. i said what did you guys do. >> new lease on life for a delaware county man, gift of the sight given through generosity of friends and strangers. our stephanie stahl explains how after decade in the dark he is seeing things in a whole

new light. it makes me very happy, we just can't allow this to continue. >> machines, ordered to shut down, down the shore, a judge halts work in margate as residents fight the dune building, project there crowds showed up in droves to voice their concern at a public meeting. good evening i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. it is a heated debate we have been tracking all week. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan joins us live with the latest on the dune battle, cleve. >> reporter: things winding down with the margate commissioner's meet ago this has been going on for two hours, people voicing their concerns about the dune project but some at least happy for now but there is a temporary stoppage. day after telling an angry crowd they would fight to halt dune project that created a bacteria infested swamp on their beaches