he fridays millville and new jersey reporter cleve bryan is there with more, on this, and cleve. >> reporter: ukee, deborah wis ler is home away from custody this afternoon. we tried to talk about her son not a topic that she wanted to discuss. can we talk to you about these charge difficulties leave your son in the wood no. >> reporter: thirty-nine year-old deborah wisler showed no interest in explaining herself tuesday afternoon. police say five days ago she abandoned her 10 year-old son with special need leaving him in the wood by joint base maguire dixon lakehurst burling ton county. can you talk with what happened. >> no, bye, bye, bye. >> reporter: will you talk about what happened with your son. >> no. >> reporter: is he with you now. >> no, please leave premises. >> reporter: state police say thursday august 3rd a passing driver spotted her son in the wood near visitors center at the base. military personnel check him over and found minor injuries. he told police his mom walk him in the wood with luggage and then left. he fell asleep and woke up hungry. he provided his mother's name, phone number and placed in

protective custody. police arrested her next day they believe she was trying to take her son to the child program at the base and when she found out he was not eligible she abandoned him. >> it is sick, really. >> is there so much in the community that can be offered to you, i just can't believe it. i can't believe she would do that. >> reporter: barbara todd was boy's teacher aid in kindergarten and first grade and she gave us insight in her and her son's relationship. >> adores him. he was her life. i just, i just can't believe it. >> she got him involved in anything that she could, and also, all services are available to him, and her. >> reporter: does it feel like they were taking advantage of the services. >> yes, and i cannot even talk i'm still so shocked. >> reporter: state police say boy is still in a temporary home. now wisler is charged with child endangerment and has to peer in burlington county court there noise date for that hearing. live from millville, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news"

developing right now a stern warning from president trump after reports of north korea has developed the capability, to build a nuclear war head small enough to fit in a missle. those revelations comes days after u.n. slapped economic sanctions on the country, to curb its nuclear ambitions. this afternoon president trump said if provoked, the u.s. will be ready. >> north korea best not make anymore threats to the united states, they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> we will have more on the president's comments coming up in our next half an hour, meantime cbs news poll out this morning suggested many americans are not confidence in president trump's ability to handle the situation with north korea 61 percent of people polled said they are quote uneasy and that is compared to 35 percent of americans who said they were confident, in the president's ability. the president also, took on the nation's growing opioid up

demotic day we will have more on that coming up at 5:30. several suspects are in custody after an alert neighbor notifies police bay possible crime in a montgomery county neighborhood. it prompted an hours long standoff with police on cambridge road in plymouth township. "eyewitness news" report's leash a nieves joins us with how it all came to an end, alycia? >> reporter: ukee, standoff ended with the best possible outcome, no one was hurt after the burglars caught in the act , finally surrendered. a startling start to the morning for some in this usually quiet neighborhood in plymouth township, people told to shelter in place, as the home was surrounded by swat teams. >> it is very military like. something you see on tv. one of the most safe places to live. >> reporter: just before 9:00 a.m. authorities got tipped off tie broad day lie burglary by a 19 is call from this woman. >> my husband and write watching television. >> i was staring at the window and i look out periodically.

all of a sudden, i saw this black truck coming up. >> reporter: carroll birdman watched these four men get out of the truck, knock on her neighbor's door appearing to check if he was home. when he didn't answer they climbed in his front window. >> very scary because, you know, we have lived here for 50 years, never, ever had a problem. never. >> reporter: at alleged, bold broad daylight burglars didn't planned for her to notice them and didn't expect police to arrive on the scene within three minutes. as first set arrived two of the men ran from the home before quickly apprehending, the other two barricaded inside, but by noon time they have surrendered. ending this barricade situation, and the ordeal for the home owner who was inside. >> the victim stated that the actors couldn't fronted him in the front home of the house, hit him in the head and stuck a gun in his mouth and threatened to kill him. people are being knowy, at this time, this gentlemen can thank his neighbor for calling the police. >> reporter: all four men are being charged with home

invasion, burglary and other weapons charges. authorities actually believe they may be responsible for other burglaries in the area over the pennsylvania couple weeks. reporting live from plymouth township alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". federal officials and philadelphia authorities are investigating an arson fire in kensington. it happened just before 11:00 in the building on the 1800 block of ease clementine street. authorities say that one fire fighter put the flames out they discovered the body of the 28 year-old man on the second floor. his identity has yet to be released. second person to escape the flames went to the area hospital for minor injuries. meanwhile a philadelphia man accused of killing his innocent son was in court today. thirty-one year-old omar cooper had a preliminary hearing more than two months after six week old boy was found unresponsive a the a home on willows avenue in southwest philadelphia investigators say birth had multiple traumatic injuries, and cooper has been charged with murder. his arraignment is scheduled for august 29th.

haddon township police are searching for a man who reportedly tried to lure a young girl into his car. investigators released this sketch of the suspect. victim told officers she was riding her bike on sunday on the 200 block of addison avenue, she says that is when the man pulled up saying her parents asked him to pick her up and take him home. girl rode away. based on surveillance video police think suspect was driving a 2003, four die un day's land that gls gold or tan in color. car stolen from a airport, car rental company last week has been recover. police confirmed that the four cars that were taken from avis early friday morning were found late their day, however, no one in custody. during robbery police say that the guard at the front gate was punched in the face by one of four male suspects. they said that the suspect displayed a handgun and also took the guard's cell phone. police in south philadelphia need public's help tracking down a pair of vandals. this surveillance comes from

the seven hub block of mifflin street in the 14th of july. police say it was around 1:30 when a man was caught on camera spray painting a truck, while a female suspect stood guard. if you recognize either of these suspects, please cat police. the sun has return that means we will get to enjoy a dry stretch, for a while, margate can certainly use a break from the rain. yesterday's storms caused more flooding there, chopper three showing the pools of the standing water right outside the beach front homes. some margate residents complained that the dune construction project was to blame for the so-called lake margate. how long will we stay dry? meteorologist lauren casey's live on the sky deck with the answer to that, lauren? >> reporter: thanks, guess contact beautiful out here, even over the last 30 minutes, more and more sunshine, break ing out, a gorgeous evening is on tap, after that super soggy start to the workweek yesterday. temperatures right now also feeling great. we're generally in the 70's. 78 degrees in philadelphia.

northwesterly wind ushering in dryer air, dew points dropping off. seventy-eight down the shore. we're at 72 feeling good in the poconos. comfort index definitely feeling good, we have that damp, balmy day, yesterday, and dew points continue to drop and now we are falling back in the middle 50's as most of the reporting sites, feeling pleasant and will feel almost fall-like as we head in the overnight period, and through date tomorrow. storm scan three showing thaws cloud deck continuing to decrease with full sunshine breaking out in the lehigh valley and poconos. as we head in the next couple of hours those cloud will continue to clear on out, so for this evening, a beautiful one, continued clearing, comfortable, temperatures in the middle 70's and we have an absolutely gorgeous, wednesday in store, a pretty nice thursday, and then picture of the upcoming weekend. we will talk about that in your full forecast, coming up. >> lauren, thanks. national weather service has confirmed a tornado touched down on maryland's eastern shore yesterday. the upper right-hand corner of the surveillance video shows

strong winds lifting cars off of the ground in salisbury. national weather service said today it was an ef1 tornado that caused the damage and as storm passed through winds reached speed of 105 miles an hour. >> looking up, it is almost touching the ground, the wind is so strong and then all of a sudden i was like run to the back,. >> i heard a freight train, and and, you know, the roof. >> despite extensive damage to cars, homes, businesses, no injuries were reported, ef1 tornadoes are capable of producing winds of up to 110 miles an hour. local politicians and community activist are calling on the pennsylvania house to pass a tax on natural gas, extracted from the formation. they gather outside richard ross elementary school in the strawberry mansion section. they want money from the shale tax to help fund public education. >> it is time to tax the shale

, and time to stop letting big corporations without investing in our community. it is time on say you can no longer take from our natural resources without supporting infrastructures there to protect our community from the environmental hazard that are there. >> pennsylvania is the second largest natural gas producing state in the entire country right behind texas. according to representative bullock 35 states that have natural gas production have a shale tax, but not pennsylvania. governor wolf has long promised to use the tax on drill tours fund public education. coming up on "eyewitness news", another home condemned, sinkhole is widening after swallowing houses and leaving families homeless. what experts are doing to stop the disaster from expanding. afternoon tea with a switch, i'm chare greg in roxborough and i'll tell you three ways these are injecting life into this senior community. all of these dishes have something in common, cheat owe

s, cheetos restaurant will be popping up, details in the next hour. live look from our parkway central library camera, some cars in the city but no rain. we will take it. lauren says we're in for a dry stretch. when the rain returns in the seven day forecast, on

we have some sad news just in the news room. >> singer glenn campbell has passed away, according to his publicist campbell died earlier today after a long, courageous battle with alzheimer's disease. campbell was known as the rine stone cowboy, a singer from arkansas. his smooth vocals and down home manner made him a main stay in music and television for decade, glenn campbell was 81 years old, he is survived by his wife, kim and eight children. >> so many of our sound tracks , no doubt bit. local wendy's charged extra for soda today apparently because of the new philadelphia beverage tax. >> fast food restaurant in question is in delaware county , not the city. cbs-3's, henry rossoff is live at wendy he is in a ridley park. henry, what have you found out >> reporter: if you walked in the wendy's behind me yesterday, and bought a big soda there was an extra line

on your receipt, that line read a surcharge for philadelphia beverage tax, and there was an extra 45 cents added to that receipt. word of the this happening spread all over social media, all over facebook people wondering what was going on. we checked. the philadelphia beverage tax, works with distributors paying the tax, if they sell to stores, or fast food joints in the city of philadelphia, presumably those costs get baked in and passed on to consumers. but with this wendy's being in delaware county people who paid extra price yesterday felt it was unfair. >> it is not about the 45 cents, it is about the principal of the fact that they implement aid new charge and didn't let customers know and i felt everyone had the right to know. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00 e from this franchise, and why a spokesmen says that this all comes down to a big mistake, biggies understanding and we will tell you what the wendy's is doing to make things right. live from ridley park, henry

rossoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a home near a massive sing home in land lakes florida has been condemned. >> officials say it could take months to make area around sinkhole safe, they say at its widest the sinkhole measures 260 feet, larger than wing span of the boeing 747. it swallowed two homes in the tampa suburbs. it appeared suddenly july 14th , and then after it widened again over the weekend more houses were condemned and even more families were displaced. >> we built this house, 40 years ago and now we don't have anything. >> it is sad, but it offers closure, not safe to live in. >> crews have filled the sinkhole with limestone and dirt over pennsylvania few weeks at a cost of about a million-dollar. officials may eventually decide it is best not to fill it anymore and just leave it, as is. heavy rain today brought widespread flood to go parts of the houston, texas.

high water swallowed roadways and came up to the windows of stranded vehicles. authorities say that emergency crew where is dispatched to about two dones what the other rescues. no one was seriously injured but many residents are still on high alert and more rain is on the way. and in utah, flood waters packed with debris raced down the side of the mountain. a family wrapping up their vacation at a nearby lake captured this incredible video you are watching. drenching downpours are being blamed for washing out part of the highway. some cars continued to drive, through it, while trying not to get swept away. wow. >> we always say. >> bad, bad, bad idea. >> very bad idea. >> don't do it. meteorologist lauren casey's back inside and things are drying out significantly for us here it is beautiful, when you step outside that sunshine , cloud continue to decrease, feels so much more comfortable and really nice stretch, mini stretch of weather we have in store but i think we're sold at this point after all of the rain we had.i >> yes.

>> beautiful conditions. check out that view looking live at center city philadelphia, blue skies, just a nice, friendly looking cumulus cloud, temperatures in the 70's. we're at 78 degrees right now. northwesterly wind at 10 miles an hour, we have a nice breeze and northerly component to the wind flow is driving in this dryer air and we will continue to see that throughout overnight period with nice low humidity values in store for tomorrow. storm scan three showing thaws trend for clearing from the northwest to the southe, so still patchy low cloud around, i-95, south jersey and shore but those are trend to go move on out, increasing sunshine, up toward berks county, lehigh veil and poconos. high pressure settling in clearing skies all the way from the upper midwest to the lower midwest, mid-atlantic and northeast and high pressure will hang on as we head into the next couple days , moving in overhead as we head into thursday. tonight, tomorrow, thursday, sunshine, a low humidity day and overnight lows dropping back down in the 60's.

you can give that air conditioning a big break over the next couple of days, overnight tonight, great sleeping weather, mostly clear , cool running about 5 degrees below average tonight down to 63 degrees. then for our day tomorrow, perfection. sunshine, low humidity. 84 degrees. light wind out of the north transitioning to the southwest for second half of the day. temperatures right now generally in the 70's but we have popped up to 80 in allentown with that sunshine breaking out. seventy-six in reading. seventy-seven in trenton. 78 degrees in ac. dew point, tell us about that sticky factor but they have been dropping off with that dryer air settling in across the delaware valley. we will continue to see that dry air in place over next couple days and that is good news for viewing conditions of the persaid meteor shower, it runs through august 24th, 1 of the years best because it can produce up to 60 meteors per hour and it will peak this thursday night and it is also known for numerous bright meteors. at this point we might dodge a couple cloud but viewing conditions looking pretty good

for that. down the shore tomorrow, really nice conditions, sunshine, on the sand, in the middle 70's to near 80 degrees sea breeze will kick in the afternoon hours. watch out for moderate risk of rip currents as we head throughout the day tomorrow. check out this stretch of weather in to thursday, still dry, comfortable before we bring back moisture as we head into friday more humid with the chance of the afternoon thunder shower, models are in disagreement as to what will happen this weekend but overall we will be warmer, steamy with better chance of showers and storms on both saturday and sunday, but who cares about that, tomorrow will be so nice. >> so nice. >> so nice. >> thanks, lauren. two word cheetos restaurant we will tell but tonight our next half an hour. >> and legendary late night hoe david letterman is making a return to tv. when and where, coming up. eagles making a return to tackle football, who is in and who is on the bubble for thursday's preseason game in

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a tic bike with a bizzarre side effect. they are men for spreading lyme disease but coming up at 6:00 our stephanie stahl explains rare reaction that some people are now experiencing. don't miss it coming your way at 6:00. >> that is just creepy. >> i don't want anything that close can we not run that video again. >> you know what i meade to see? some football. i know practice, starters won't see much time. >> good segway though. >> yes. >> i know it. >> all right. let's talk football. finally eagles will tackle a different shade of green. bird had their last full practice before thursday's pre season opener at green bay. fellas went through a light session today. as of right now carson wentz will start against packers but we are not sure how long he or first team will play. here's what they hope to accomplish. >> now evaluation picks up in these games, and i just want

to see execution. obviously we go in, you want to win the game but obviously that is something that everybody, everybody strives to do but overall execution and watch our players develop. >> i'm excited for it. i love, you know, we're out here wearing red jerseys, can't get hit but to get that live action, get used to it again before week one comes around it would be good for me and for everybody. >> wide out alshon jeffery did individual drills at practice. he has spent a ton of time with the shoulder injury. his status for thursday's game is unclear although he is unlikely to play given his lack of reps in training camp. you have to practice first. >> we know what he can do though. >> hello. >> it is preseason. don't get get hurt over something silly not yet. >> coming up next half an hour we first told you yesterday about a young man in need of the kidney and in true brotherly love fashion he reached out wanting to help. >> his family's reaction and just how you can help coming

up. plus. >> u.s. intelligence reports indicate north korea has further developed its nuclear capabilities, i'm greg argos here in north jersey where the president is vacationing strongly worded message he has for north korea's leader. emotional moments for singer taylor swift what lawyers claimed in opening arguments her case against a former radio host

your news continues at 5:30. here's is what happening. cumberland county woman is facing charges tonight. police say deborah wisler of millville abandoned her 10 year-old son in the wood near joint base maguire dixon lakehurst. i boy is in a temporary home. suspect is facing charges for home invasion in plymouth township montgomery county and

one resident notified police of suspicious activity next door, that start aid standoff that lasted about three hours but no one was hurt. national weather service has confirmed a tornado touched down yesterday, on maryland's eastern shore, this scene in salisbury was caused by an ef1 tornado that reached , wind speed, up to 105 miles a. damage was extensive but no injuries were reported. also tonight, president trump delivers his strongest warning, yet, to north korea over country's, threat against the united states. good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live near the president's golf club in bedminster, new jersey where the president spoke this afternoon, greg. >> reporter: ukee and jessica, the president on this working vacation here in north jersey, topic of discussion this afternoon was supposed to be all about ongoing opioid crisis but then a new intelligence report came out showing north korea's nuclear capabilities, so the president

decided to talk directly to that nation. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. he has been very threatening beyond a normal statement and as i said they will be met with fire and fury and franklin power the likes of which this world has never seen before. >> reporter: very strong word from the president this afternoon from his country club in bedminster, new jersey statements coming after u.s. intelligence reports show north korea has refined its nuclear capabilities and they are able to manufacturer a nuclear war head small enough to fit on a intercontinental missle. sources say north koreans have not been able to successfully test a war head. president trump's advisor

kelly ann conway would not specifically comment what the president meant when he said north korea will be met with fire and fury. >> i think the president's comments were very strong and obvious. i know you all covered them live. i would defer to other members of doctor price's cabinet to comment further. now, of course, this new development makes it already tense relationship with north korea all the more, tense here in new jersey, coming up tonight at 6:00 we will tell you exactly how the u.s. plans to curb north korea's nuclear ambitions. we are live here in newark, new jersey i'm, greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you. president is also taking a stand to combat the nation's opioid epidemic. he focusing on prevention at a briefing this afternoon with health and human services secretary tom price. the. >> the best way to prevent drug addiction and overdose toys prevent people from abusing drugs, in the first

place. if they don't start, they won't have a problem, if they do start, it is awfully tough to get off. the president said that he believes, strong law enforcement is key having to a drug free society. democrats on the house oversight committee want to know how much money federal government is spending at businesses owned by president trump, the democrats are asking federal department toss hand over that information by august 25th, the request comes as the president is expected to spend much of this month at his new jersey golf club as renovations are completed at the white house. jury selection is underway in the taylor swift groping trial fans lined up outside a denver courthouse tuesday morning hoping to get one of the 32 seats designated for the public. swift is expected to testify that a former dj david mueller groped her backstage at one of her concerts in 2013. mummer who his job after a member of the swift team complained to his boss. mueller is suing swift, singer 's mother and others for

three million-dollar. he says that they falsely accused him of sexual assault. swift has, counter sued mueller claiming that she was sexually assaulted. sinead o'connor is pleading for help in a rambling facebook video she asked her family for assistance, as she also opened up also about her mental illness. o'connor, hoist now 50, said she has been living in a north jersey motel. o'connor topped charts in 1990 with her conn of prince ballot nothing compares to you. well, google has dismissed employee who wrote a memo saying women do not work well in high stress jobs. software engineer james dan- more wrote a memory that criticized initiative and bee litled women skills. it said woman are in other neurotic. he said google has created a shaping culture, which he says has led to a quote, psychologically unsafe environment. the salvation army's roxborough core community

center, start aid new tradition today. it is designed to inject life in the segment of the population, many forget. >> as chare greg from our sister station kyw news radio tells us that what may look like tea and scones on the surface has a much deep purpose. >> reporter: tea, scones, finger sandwiches and a bit of dessert all on fancy china, dozens of seniors in the salvation armored roxborough core first annual afternoon tea party. what they got once they sat down was so much more. >> i it is tea that is like a little bit of a medicine. >> reporter: marci cooper came wipe deto roll roll out teapots and other items continue on joke a bit of life , and love. >> to many it is family. >> we share our joy, we share our tears with each other. >> reporter: they also share memories and new adventures. >> i was the first one here. >> reporter: eighty-eight year-old amelia connection letter who her husband michael

, and this this place has become her place. >> we have a great, great, you know, community, here together >> life can be lonely it is fun to be with other people, and it is, experience different event. >> reporter: frita got all dolled up. >> it is the thing to do to wear a hat when you go to the tea. >> reporter: later this week she will travel with the group forever young club. >> they are always involved, they always have high spirits. >> reporter: pastor luke tenant, jessica kelly say ever young provides programming during the week to slow the hands of time. >> they go to the theater. they go all different kinds of places. >> reporter: they do things like have tea and eat scone toss open up a door to so much more. >> we are family. >> reporter: in roxborough, cherri gregg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we are family. we love it. still to come on "eyewitness news" startling

information about a certain type of cancer. more and more young people are getting it and dying from it even before the age doctors say you should get tested for it. health reporter stephanie stahl has what you need to know in less than 10 minutes. it is advertised as gluten free pizza so why is a pizza restaurant chain telling some gluten sensitive customers to avoid it, we will explain, lauren? well, we're one day closer to up that coming weekend but unfortunately after a dry stretch over next couple of days, an unsettled pattern will return for saturday and sunday with chances of showers and storms on both days, and temperatures will be running generally in the middle 80's. so right around average. but we will have steamy conditions return with dew points closing in on the 70- degree

well, poppa johns has added gluten free pizza to the menu. >> but it comes with the warning, pizza chain is cautioning people with serious gluten intolerances not to eat it company says crust could be exposed to gluten during pizza making process. cheetos fans are going to love a cheesy new restaurant in new york. yeah, i went there. the cheese as serves up nothing but cheetos infused treats like cheetos crusted fried pickles, cheetos meat balls and spicy cheetos nachos they will have deserts including cheetos sweetos, i can't do this. >> yes, you know it is all cheetos. >> but cheetos indulgences will be only around for so long, spotted cheetos will be only opened from august 15th through the 17th and you cannot lick your fingers and all that. >> only two days. >> only two days. >> get there when you can.

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updating a story we brought you yesterday, northeast fail family looking for a kidney donor for their 19 year-old son. >> after we told but kevin brighter's story yesterday his family tells us they have received an outpouring of support and offers for help. the lasalle student need a new kidney after receiving his first transplant from his dad in 2,000, at the age of two. >> the family issued a statement reading in part we bone courage anyone who feels compelled to help kevin and so many others who are waiting on the list for life saving organ to fill out an application, for thomas jefferson university hospital. we are encouraged with the help of our community that we may find a match for kevin. well, alarming new research on the healthwatch tonight. it says more americans are dying from colon cancer at younger ages and researchers don't know why. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here with details on this new study tout day. >> reporter: it is tout day and lead researcher on thinks calling it scary.

not only are colon rectal cancer rates going up, this study shows in spite of the advances, deaths among people under the age of 55 are also, increasing. colonoscopies that find pre cancerous lesions save lives but new research for american cancer society say colon rectal cases and deaths are up among younger people and it is not because of increased screenings. reason for rise in both incidents and death rates remains unclear. >> these are findings. >> reporter: doctor john marks chief of colon rectal surgery at main health say there are important advances in screenings, treatments and prevention is all about early detection. >> i think that with better attention to sensitive screening at ages younger then 50 we are catching things earlier and seeing them in different age demographic. >> reporter: new research say increase in death rates from colon cancer among younger people applied to just white patients, blacks and other races did not see the up tic.

>> having a series of events, that changes your whole concept of life. >> reporter: after being diagnosed with advanced colon cancer michael rosengarden decided to fight back with exercise, diet, previous research shows lifestyle changes can improve survival rates and another study found patient that is ate two serving of tree nuts a week had a 46 percent lower chance of relapse, tree nuts like almonds, walnut and cashew control insulin levels and believed insulin can fuel growth of colon cancer cells. >> just because you have a malignant disease does in the mean you should give up. >> reporter: main risk for developing colon cancer include age and family history doctors say that there are usually no symptoms until it is advanced which is why colon oscopies are so important a lot of confusion with this study. people have questions about this, of course, always best to reach out tour doctor. >> yes, that is right. >> thanks, stephanie. mother nature eventually, cranks heat backup, 500 of the cities most vulnerable

citizens will be ready thanks to a fan distribution today, at five locations around the city. this is the 12th year in a row wal-mart has partnered with the martin luther king older adults center to give seniors the gift of cool air. although they probably need to turn those fans on today but they have them, it is a wonderful program, gone on a long time. >> meteorologist lauren casey 's joining us now. pretty wonderful day to be outside. >> we have started off with the cloud this morning and cloud clearing on out and setting us up for a beautiful evening, open up windows, feel that nice refreshing air, and rare for august. >> yes, tell me bit. >> yes, take it all in especially after that soggy day, yesterday, the beach was baron yesterday with the rain coming down but now people out and about in ocean city, enjoying that increasing sunshine, right now and decreasing humidity, and our cbs-3 eyewitness weather watchers reporting with their current conditions and they are pretty pleasant all across the area we will check in with

man to, we have a new weather watcher, welcome, noel as she's reporting her current conditions, awesome. 78 degrees. sunshine. she says that cool, comfortable with barely a cloud in the sky. enjoy the evening, outside. yes, it will be a pleasant one get to go outside, sit on the patio, enjoy a nice cold beverage, a glass of water, whatever you want, we will check with our other weather watchers. 79 degrees right now as we head north and west of the city at eileen's house. she has full sunshine in gilbertsville pennsylvania and her humidity levels right now about 55 percent. overnight tonight we will feel nice, dry. we will check in with one more seventy-eight at ed's house in chesterfield, new jersey. he has full sunshine in effect maybe check on one more condition we will head down the shore 78 degrees at james house. he has partly sunny conditions but that sunshine will continue to increase in ocean city, and james says that the cloud ruled most of the day in

ocean city but you will have a nice mostly clear, pleasant, second half of the evening, and in store and really nice afternoon and evening shaping up in broad headville up in the poconos that nice dry breeze, in the trees there, winds out of the northwest driving in this dryer air. 77 degrees is your current temperature right now in pleasant valley. storm scan three showing thaws trend for decreasing, cloud cover north and west of the i-95 corridor but you see that trend over last couple of hours, feeling like they will move off shore and that cloud deck has cleared out completely. look at this, no weather systems up wind, check in on the lower midwest, upper midwest this moisture to the south will continue to move east as high pressure settles in across the area but certainly has been a wet go, for july we had over 10 inches of rainfall in atlantic city, with the fourth wetest july on record in ac with record dating back to the late 1800 and soggy start, first week of

august closing in on 2 inches have rainfall. philadelphia had over 5 inches last month, not quite as soggy , 31st most wet july on record but pushing close to 2 inches as well in philadelphia we will take this nice dry weather overnight tonight, mostly clear, cool, open up windows, 63 degrees our overnight low. more than 5 degrees below our average and for our wednesday high temperatures bit below average, sunshine, low humidity, light wind, just a gorgeous august day in store and we will keep these humidity levels on the low side as we head through the day tomorrow feeling awesome and into thursday, still feeling very pleasant but then , of course, on friday as we head toward upcoming weekend we will increase that humidity factor once again. checking out the tropics we have tropical storm franklin that has traversed yucatan peninsula over gulf of mexico and continuing to move westbound and make second land fall on mexico, wind speed at 40 miles an hour, system will not threaten the u.s. coastline and will dissolve over mountainous region of mexico as we head in the next

several days. storm names we have checked so far all the way down through franklin next name would be gert and we are moving into that more active period of the hurricane season for late august and september, september 10th is when season peaks. next couple days will be gorgeous before we bring back humidity factor into friday and chance of the afternoon thunderstorm. weekend at this point looking warmer, steamy and stormier, guys. >> lauren, thank you. while most sky gazers will look the solar eclipse from dry land a hundred divers will watch it from under water. >> from springs, 8.5-acre quarter any southern illinois is offering eclipse diving. their package includes training, specialized glasses, and lunch. participants will be able to be certified as official solar eclipse divers. >> if you can just imagine floating like you would, in outer space and experiencing that solar eclipse at the same time. it is magical.

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again. that is "eyewitness news" at 5 c. same restaurant, same order two different totals. not so sweet surprise for delaware county customers and the owner's response. south jersey woman facing shocking charges what police say she did to her young son with special need and what she had to say to "eyewitness news" today. hours long standoff in montgomery county end were four men behind bars, hear how a quick thinking neighbor helped officers in plymouth township, lauren. after a cloudy start, sunshine has over taken our skies, i'm meteorologist lauren casey with the details on a cool, comfortable night, a gorgeous wednesday, and how long this dry stretch will last, cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. one of these things is not like the other, same order, same restaurant but this is a tail of two receipts.

>> i get same thing every time i come, number four medium with the diet coke. >> this time not so sweet surprise and an extra charge for the philadelphia beverage tax. but is there one problem the restaurant is not in the city. tonight frustrated customers are sounding off and we are getting a response from the owner. good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter henry rossoff is live, where he has been tracking this tax mix up all day, henry. >> reporter: ukee and jessica everyone who walks in the went ace behind me bought a soda yesterday paid an extra 45 cents, and, they started to push back almost immediately, because the wendy's cited a philadelphia beverage tax. one problem: we're not standing in philadelphia. >> i get same thing every time i come number four medium with the diet coke. >> reporter: when robin went through ridley park wendy's drive through he knew price was higher then normal. when he checked his receipt his eyes focused on one line. >> they charged me 45 c