remain on the scene. police are asking for public's help to identify a suspect caught burglarizing a store. take a look, early sunday morning outside heritage dairy store on south lincoln avenue, see suspect throws a rock and then enters the business and then steals several cartons of the cigarettes, anyone who recognizes the suspect should contact the vineland police. an agreement has been reached tonight to allow construction of the mariner east two pipeline to continue. sunoco has agreed to re evaluate high risk locations and drilling plans for those sites, and will be submitted to the pennsylvania department of environmental protection for review. that agreement follows the overflow of groundwater into the drilling process, that contamination of some wells, and the spilling of drilling lubricant. sunoco released a statement reading in part we are pleased to have reached an agreement that will allow to us proceed

with horizontal directional drilling, this will put hundreds of workers back on the job as what he complete this transformational infrastructure project. margate residents and property owner passed a federal courtroom to hear testimony about the controversial margate dune project. last week a judge temporarily paused the project. our new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live in camden where residents argued that the it is a public safety has air. is what latest. >> reporter: we have been hearing testimony since 10, we heard from an environmental engineer on behalf of the sit hoy says that water in the ponds in the beach in margate is like water in a sewage treatment plant, bacteria levels 37 times the legal limit for swimming. we also saw that there were dozens of people who made the trip from margate to camden to fight for their beaches, this has been a complete disaster. >> reporter: you know what or high water, margate property owners are fighting a flooding mess on their beach that began with the construction of sand dunes they never wanted.

>> they don't even know how to fix the problem. >> i paid almost $40,000 a year in property taxes for a house i use three months a year and this is a complete utter disaster for myself, my family, the community and everybody in margate. >> reporter: federal judge list toned arguments from the u.s. armored core of engineers who want to resume work on dunes after a state judge issued a temporary restraining order last week. this position is severe pond ing occurring on the beach with a heavy rain is a manageable issue. they can address with pumps and sand walkways for beach go ers. margate doesn't want any more construction until is there a solution that eliminate pond ing among those testifying several life guard who became sick because of bacteria in the stagnant water. >> it is their problem let them fix it. >> reporter: michael becker was annoyed during court proceedings that margate should to have contribute money toward fixing the problem. >> we have been meeting with army core for probably 10 years, unproductive meetings, it has been forced down our

throats and i don't know how they can sit there and now say we are uncooperative. >> reporter: army core of engineer wants judge to say that the project cannery start , it is costing $120,000 a day every day that this is stalled. now we have not heard, her verdict yet but regardless on friday is there another state hearing where things could jump start again depending on what solutions they come up with. live from camden, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". officialness bellmawr, new jersey are considering banning tents at the beach to alleviate crowding. council members introduced a resolution to prohibit large tents and canopies from memorial day until labor day. mayor matt doherty says he has received complaints about tents that make crowding worse and pose threat to publish safety. as we first told you monday number of mosquitoes that tested positive from west nile virus has more than doubled this year in pennsylvania.

state officials say they have reported first human case. affect person is a montgomery county resident and officials say, people can protect themselves from contracting the illness by using insect repellant and getting rid of the standing water. sugar house could soon get local competition, philadelphia's second casino license has been awarded to developers, of the live hotel and casino. backers plan to build a casino near stadium complex at packer and darren. holiday inn that sits on the property will be refurbished, and expanded. the developers and many residents are thrilled, others say the project will hurt neighboring economies. new museum of the american revolution took years, to build, but now you can watch the entire construction in less than a minute. this earth cam time lapse showed project frequent june of 2014 to april of this year. museum is located at one of the most patriotic sites in historic philadelphia right across from the alexander hamilton first bank of the united states. it features thousands of

unique artifacts including one of the george washington's original, tents. tensions continue to rise as president trump takes to twit tore tout america's nuclear power after north korea threatens it may attack guam. small pacific island is home to two u.s. military bases and more than 6,000 american troops. experts say north korea has developed a nuclear war head small enough to fit on the missle that could be capable of reaching american soil. during a refueling stop in guam today secretary of state rex tillerson says americans should not lose any sleep over north korea's threat. with the talk of the possible nuclear warfare now front and center, did you know that part of our area once played a role in the defend ago begins a nuclear strike? "eyewitness news" reporter henry rossoff takes us on a rare tour of south jersey's now shuttered missle defense sites. >> reporter: lumberton new jersey municipal work lot looks like any other.

but public works general foreman tommy shellber. >> i started here in 90. >> reporter: took us into one of the bunk beers low to show us how this place is far from ordinary. >> this may look like a storage shed for old school supplies but this missle silo was actually one of the last lines of defense for the united states during the cold war. >> safely defend against fleets of high flying bombers carrying atomic weapons. >> reporter: military put 15 nike defense sites in new jersey there, were 12 in greater philadelphia, most have been abandoned. we hike about half mile in the wood to see one site in evesham, new jersey beyond badly rusted remnant of the bashed wire there was a football field of concrete slaps and over grown brush, along with hatchways sealed shut. >> they operated doors would open and then elevator would come up and this is where the missle sat. >> reporter: when technology and military need changed some of the sites like lumberton location were repurposessed

even redeveloped, but the lights went out on most nike missle silos by 1970's. >> in lumberton, henry rossoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> wow. >> stay with cbs news for continuing coverage of the tension was north korea, you can get latest tonight on the "cbs evening news" with anthony mason at 6:30 right here after our broadcast. well, still to come tonight on "eyewitness news". >> all of the pieces are in place for an up inning match. international opponent some young philadelphians, was facing off against in chest

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back on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 and we continue to monitor breaking news in west chester, 12 fire fighters injured battling an underground fire there. >> this happened in the 200 block of gay street near old

courthouse. twelve fire fighters were overcome by carbon monoxide. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden's on the scene with more. joe, what is going on there. >> reporter: one of the first questions we had for anybody we could talk to is law enforcement or emergency forces are how are those 12 fire fighters doing? i have been told by numerous people, that things are looking okay, for those 12 fire fighters, five transported to the hospital, paoli hospital in chester county hospital. the seven remain on the scene and were evaluated. we will take you out to chopper three and give you the scene from above ground, this all went out, as a reported electrical fire. now way down the block from where i'm standing and where you will see chopper three giving you view there were ladders propped against this building. no visible signs of any smoke or fire damage. we really didn't see any hose strung out but we are understanding that peco got involved, for the reports of

an electrical fire and somehow as a result of that carbon monoxide came into play and that is when the 12 fire fighters from chester county were overcome, by carbon monoxide exposure. so within the last hour that we have been here this block of gay street, 100 block, this has been completely cleared out, spoke to a couple sheriff deputies and they just told thaws if we were in this block it was a good idea to get out of the block, no indication exactly as to what developed or what they were dealing with but there were close to two dozen people eating out having dinner on this block and then police, deputies swept through and told people to leave. so right now all of the businesses, all of the residents are evacuated as the investigation into all of this does continue. i asked if they would label this incident under control and fire marshall here in the boro west chester said

absolutely not because peco is still on the scene here investigating. it is just about 6:14 right now and we know that first responders and west chester fire company, fire department has called for a news conference, they are expect ago this to start within about 15 minutes from the other side of this emergency scene. so we are here right now, again late word from some folks we have been able to talk to that the 12 fire fighters overcome it sounds like most of those injuries are not severe in nature. that is silver lining to all of this. that is very latest from this break news reporting live from west chester joe holden. >> okay joe out in west chester. we will stay on top of this story on air and on line at cbs philly.com. office of adult education is planning technology help residents better their reading skills. >> kyw news radio reporter justin udo shows us how. >> reporter: according to the office of adult education in philadelphia, more than 500,000 people throughout the city need to approve their literacy skills to be ready

for work force. >> about 40 million people across the country really struggle to read well and in a way that opens doors for them for 21st century economy. >> reporter: now office of adult education is teaming with the foundation to decrease those numbers by giving eight different literacy apps in a beta trial competition taking place in cities with philadelphia being a major focus. wednesday afternoon the organization held a training so that people from all over the sit could learn about the app and give out information to those in their community to down load it and get the help that they need. >> they will prophet feedback to the prize judges about which acts are working best which won are more effective and they will receive a $25 gift card for participating in the campaign. >> reporter: rose cart well said she cannot wait to share witt her friends and family to better their lives. >> it is a good program and want more people to help me learn how to read and get jobs >> reporter: too often people are embarrassed to say they cannot read so it this is a

nice discrete way to learn a necessary skill. >> you can stay home, you don't to have go at, where ever you are at, punch it in, and then begin to learn how to read. >> reporter: officials say app benefited users lifestyles and not the other way around. >> since we are on the phone they can patch the digital divide. >> they may not have desk top at home so mobile app is important in that sense because our research tells us almost everybody has a phone and 75 percent of low, income citizens across the country have a smart phone too. >> reporter: app competition and beta testers scheduled to run for 12 to 15 weeks with the winning app developers receiving i grant to further develop their product. justin udo for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a match that trans sends international borders, and, international competition -- constitution certainty. >> youth chess team stopped by in massachusetts. students from philadelphia's after school activities

partnership were given the chance to learn from some of the world's best young chess players. >> i never like under estimate little kid because they are secretly really evil and smart oh, my gosh they have some tricks up their sleeve. >> that 17 year-old amy who told thaws she did win her match but her eight year-old, put up a fight. and, very best of luck at their competition would start tomorrow. fantastic. meteorologist lauren casey joining us now and a wonderful day to day. >> yes, check mate by mother nature, yes. >> yes. >> i d. >> sunshine low humidity, gorgeous conditions, beautiful summer day and checking in live on our neighborhood network pleasant valley broad headsville, monroe county looking pleasant. sunshine in the scene. comfortable temperatures in the zero seven's. nice breeze out of the west southwest. checking on our live look at

center city philadelphia looking just as nice, blue skies, couple of white puffy cloud, 84 degrees. feeling g wind south at 7 miles an hour but because of that lower humidity and it feels 1 degree cooler then that air temperature would reflect, certainly a rarity for august. storm scan three showing us quiet conditions also a rarity over the last month when we have been sock in with the rainfall but now just sunshine up and down i-95 corridor with high pressure in control, much busier as we look down toward southern edge of the gulf of mexico. we have our first hurricane of 2017 season right now this is mexican coastline and thinks now hurricane, franklin, category one hurricane with wind at 75 miles an hour, and it will continue west ward progression at around, 12 miles an hour making land fall along mexican coastline heading in the overnight per. we could see 15 inches of rainfall in central mexico, as we head in the next 24 hours and that could create life

risking flash floods and mud slide as well. back home, we are quieter. comfortable. 84 degrees in philadelphia 83 allentown. lower 70's in the poconos. feeling great down the shore. what a beautiful day. sea breeze kicked in at 79 in stone harbor. seventy-nine in ocean city. eighty-one in cape may. we have a comfortable temperatures and then comfortable humidity levels as well on our comfort index. we're in this pleasant category but unfortunately as we head in the next several days we will be righting up category by category as we head toward upcoming weekend but overnight tonight still some great sleeping weather. clear skies, calm conditions. comfortable. back to 65 degrees. for our day tomorrow another nice one mostly sunny still comfortable a high temperature of 85 degrees. down the shore tomorrow perfection once again a high of 80 degrees with sunshine. things get dicey toward upcoming weekend, spotty thunder shower possible as we head into friday with a high of 78.

better storm chance as we head into friday night and day on saturday as well. high temperature at 80 degrees , we have scatter storms in the forecast in the city and suburbs as well as we head into saturday in the looking like wetest day of the weekend, still a descrepancy in the models but on a steamy weekend with high temperatures in the middle 80's and, it appears that sunday is dryer day, and now it looks like we have enhanced rain chances for monday. >> models still going at it. >> still fighting, they can't get it together. >> thanks, lauren. >> don's up next with sports. >> what the eagles are saying about their preseason match up in green bay. and odubel's visit to the chop house, sports coming up

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here's name, trumain brook a free agent cornerback months ago he was arrested for domestic abuse. today, charges were dropped due to a lack of evidence. the eagles now reportedly have been interested in signing him stay tuned. the bird went through their final walk through before leaving for green bay for tomorrow's preseason opener, legendary melrose with this tweet, on the plane for green bay, even after 102 season, really, 102 this job is as much fun as ever. broadcasting for the nfl best fancies truly an honor. that would be fun, as for the players, they will be happy to tackle on someone other than teammates. >> we have been doing this for a while in camp. we get a chance to go up against our first opponent in green bay and i speak for everybody where we're looking forward to hit somebody else. >> the last couple days, dog days of summer, we aring ago begins each other and defense knows what we're doing, owe even if know what the defense

is doing. we're all extremely exited to get to our first preseason game. the phillies visited atlanta tonight they are looking for their 11th win in 13 games, against the braves. new last night, they walk away with a five-2w, massive night for odubel herrera, crushes a home run, in the chop house restaurant in right. life's g he was three for four with two stolen bases. he has a 11 game hitting streak. couple plays worthy of another look, down on the farm, jp crawford playing tenacious defense. what? deep in the hole and how about the throw, beats runner at first you are ridiculous. >> all in one motion. >> that is great. >> lehigh valley iron pigs lose seven-six. back to the bigs, padres and red, cincinnati, center fielder, billy ham ill fun,

going back, giving chase, track, wall, into the wall he goes. that is pretty good. >> under hand to the left. >> yes. >> boom. >> like spider man. >> yes. >> little dude he is okay. >> now mlb is introducing players weekend at even of the month. guys will have nicknames on the back offer their jersey. this is a look at phillies roster. freddie galvis will go by taco aaronal tear is going by aron. classic reference. herrera doretto. >> yes. >> did you have a nickname growing up. >> i have to think of something. >> trying to think of any nicknames i can say right now. >> that is the key. >> thanks, sir. >> "cbs evening news", just a few mains way. >> anthony mason joins with us a look ahead. >> hi ukee and guess contact tonight, global reaction after president trump threatens

north korea with fire and fury plus the russia investigation intensifies new details about the fbi predawn raid on paul manafort's home. why are strokes down in men but not women? man responsible for making pass word so complicated says he was simply wrong. just ahead on the "cbs evening

that would be one nicole brewer. >> that is right our nicole brewer has return from maternity leave and she's already hard at work. it is something all new parents understand, everybody has the opinion on what you should do, with your new little won. >> so, how do you respond, to that advice overload? nicole went looking for some answers. and you can welcome nicole back be sure to tune in tonight to find out what advice to listen to and what to ignore, right here on cbs-3 tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00. dozens of volunteers gathered to spruce up a community garden in west philadelphia employees from ss investments and neighbors spent the afternoon weeding, mulching and cleaning the ground, we had were covered fruits and vegetables large community gardens at 55th and vine and provides healthy options. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at 10 on the cw philly and back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. up next "cbs evening news" from new york is anthony mason take care we will see you

tonight. captioning sponsored by cbs >> mason: turning up the heat. defense secretary mattis warns north korea against any action that could lead to the destruction of its people. north koreans take to the streets with anti-american protests, but calming words from secretary of state tillerson. >> the american people should sleep well at night. >> mason: also tonight, the f.b.i. raids the home of former stump campaign chairman paul manafort. >> it suggests that they are concerned about possible evidence destruction. >> mason: dr. jon lapook on why stroke rates are falling for men but not women. >> never thought it would be something that would happen to me. >> mason: and the know what who said, "make your