in atlantic city, carol erickson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> that can ruin a trip. >> true, but weather never takes a vacation, kathy, as you know. >> carol was attending an emergency management preparedness conference in atlantic city that i goes on throughout the end of the week. thunder and lightening, then are storms off shore, we have heard of people being struck on the beach. >> you really have to be careful even if it is a sunny dave he have we are getting into some warm, dry weather, that ising to go last right through the workweek and into the weekend. but is there one thing that we have not had one day this spring, humidity. that is definitely going to becoming in the delaware valley over the next couple of days. lets look outside where we have a pretty afternoon. this looks like a picture. >> doesn't it? >> yes, it is a chamber of commerce day. skies are always sunny in philadelphia. good title. right new in the city temperature is 79 degrees in allentown. seventy-six. millville cool at 72 degrees. as we have a bit of the sea breeze down the shore. atlantic city at th

lets get out to meteorologist carol erickson. good morning carol. >> i've decided to bring a gift to everyone. the weather this weekend will be spectacular. people have plans. the it is first weekend in may. absolutely wonderful weather today. we have got temperatures around 72 degrees and gets warmer throughout the the rest of the weekend. you'll have a seven day you won't believe after what we have been dealing with. forty-four right now. it is a cooler start looking at palmyra cove nature park new jersey and heading out over the delaware river and it is i of philadelphia beyond will. did you notice the moon last night? you probably didn't pull your blind, pull your blind you saw that moon peak nothing. we have storm scan three showing a couple high cloud. we will be looking for a mixture of sun and cloud. temperatures right now all of them in the the 40's every place. forty-eight in philadelphia. forty-three in trenton. forty-five in wilmington. the nice little will warm upcoming today though, by the time we hit 8:00 a a.m. it

carol erickson introduces you to the wife and husband who both battled breast cancer twice. >> you can help me with this. >> and the help goes far beyond a grill cover. chris and franny teammate sharing everything from the mundane, to the medical. >> breast cancer was the last thing in my mind. >> but 64 year old franny got breast cancer twice. she just got over her last bought. and her six a year old husband, chris has also had breast cancer, twice including right now. >> chris and i are both back a positive. >> back a, breast cancer gene back luck draw that plays out over generations their two daughters inherited the gene. >> my two girls decided to go ahead with risk reduction surgery, which i thought was very courageous of them. >> there is no shortage of courage in their household or family photos. chris, the manager and franny the nurse, met by chance as teenagers in a group. >> all coy think of is you have a match. >> boy was there ever a match. marriage, three kids, grandchildren, cancer for them both and a strategy. >> we weren't allowed to have a pitty party on the same day.

meteorologist carol erickson is live at the steps of the art museum this morning.ems like a pretty mild morning, good morning. >> you have have some fog not a problem, it is not raining, the crowds are starting to build up behind me and there are a lot of familiar faces here. everybody wants to come back and celebrate race for the cure and they are telling everybody, you can get through this and smiling back and laughing on the steps too we have got some really nice weather for mothers day as well, our temperatures right now in the 60's, we will not stay in the 60's they, expect to find these temperatures at 83 degrees today after we get rid of the fog we should find some sun later on this afternoon. the isolated chance of the thunderstorm and this evening when temperatures drop to 65 degrees. otherwise, it is mild to say the the least around here, tomorrow steamy 85, another chance of the another shower or thunderstorm same deal on tuesday in the morning look at how warm on tuesday at 88 degrees after that whole other air mass comes in here. we have got temperatur

. >> transmitted to tics and our carol erickson talk to the expert about how to safe guard your yard. >> reporter: what a great secluded plans for a chance hook up tall grass private no one will know. especially you. almost impossible to see tics, these are greatly enlarged ones, are desperate to meet you, again this spring. >> usually it is by brushing against them. tics don't yum seven run or crawl. >> reporter: nothing proud about a deer tics search like the one hank or you provide crawling up stone ledges, crawling through the unmost part of the yard crawling with the potential for lime disease according to exterminate or george softly who kills tics for a living. >> we try to find some tics in this yard, fortunately we could not find any but george do think they are hard to find. they are small. >> they are extremely small. they are as small as the to the on this piece of paper. >> reporter: the dangerous tic starts by with mice. >> baby tics in the next stage will hatch in the mice nest and feed on the mice. >> reporter: the tro january horse to get in the mouse's nest. >> most

. >> today our carol erickson traveled to dresher where veterans were recognized for their service in world war two. >> reporter: passing years and the cain will get you pretty far down memory lane. >> i guess you recognize all of this. >> yeah, that is my old stuff. >> reporter: that stuff belong to go 90 year-old caesar fussco is treasure trove of world war two navy history and his personal war history. >> i was a gunner mate, above the the tower see if there was enemy ships around. >> reporter: his many decade let him see perspective just as clearly as he saw the ships. >> you look at this youe where i am, and where is that guy here too. >> reporter: his memory long ago but still vivid. he a had four medals and uniforms he can still wear and striking resemblance to the 19 year-old caesar fussco who served two years. now at the retirement home where he lives, he has a few new world war two memories and buddies in the chairs near him like 89 year-old private robert mccann. through the whole world you never meet one another. >> it might have been better when we raised hell in earlier

carol erickson has their story. >> here, help me with this. >> reporter: help goes far beyond a grill connor. chris and franny conners are teammates sharing everything from the mundane to the medical. >> breast cancer was the last thing in my mind. >> reporter: six year-old franny got breast cancer twice she just got over her last bought and six five-year old husband christmas also had breast cancer, twice including right now. >> chris and i are both brca positive. >> reporter: the bad luck draw that plays out over generations. their two daughters inherited the genes. >> my two girls decided to go with risk reduction surgery which i felt was very courageous of them. >> reporter: there is no shortage of courage in the conners household or family photos. chris a manager and franny the nurse met by chance as teens in the group. >> all i could think of do you have a match. >> reporter: was there ever a match, marriage, three kids, grandchildren, cancer for them both and a strategy. >> we weren't allowed to have a pity party on the same >> reporter: they pick up on each other mood, grand k

i'm nicole brewer, 7:30 right now we will send it out to meteorologist carol erickson live at the stepsthe art museum exciting day on cbs-3 happy mothers day to you. >> happy mothers day to you nicole your very first mothers day with your little boy jack. >> yes. >> we are out here, there are lots of women out here, there are lots of women who are mothers out here who have had breast cancer. we're trying to make it so nobody has to tiehl with breast cancer anymore. and these steps of the art museum, right the now they are exercising, soon filled with survivors, because that is the goal, get survivors out of this. this is just before the the walk down, you cane pink balloons, people with their race numbers. we have got speakers on the stage, people on phones. it is a amazing crowd scene out right here, the skies are starting to brighten as well. our temperature this have afternoon getting to 83 degrees. it is starting to look beautiful. kate bilo, you know the weather as well as anybody what do you think. >> i was supposed to be up in the chopper but the fog didn't cooperate but now as y

hospital no word on their condition. >>> now the eyewitness weather forecast with meteorologist carol erickson a sea breeze is coming in keeping temperatures in the lower 60's. the right now we are coming upright through 50's, 55 degrees at the airport in philadelphia. doesn't stop there though. how about a high temperature today right around 70 degrees. if we're lucky we can squeeze out an extra 2 degrees, we will get sunshine cloud and beautiful daze with light wind and if that is not good enough or warm enough how about tomorrow 80 degrees and 83 by machine with sun todd. >> have love it, thank you. that is it for "eyewitness news" this morning but follow us on our web site at cbs philly.com. i'm todd there's over two hundred thousand students in philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll wo

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there is our carol erickson. good morning. >> tracking spotty thunderstorm, what's left of tropical storm ana down to depression status, essentially will bypass us, skirt out to cbsphilly.com later tonight off the new jersey and coastline watch it does, is funnel in more moisture, and that means humidity, as well as another warm day for you. so spotty shower along with that mainly later today into tonight, that's what future weather is showing. many of are you not going to see one drop of rain. but, if anything does perhaps roll over your neighborhood it, to come with a heavy thunderstorm embedded there in so just be ready for. that will meantime, our eyewitness weather three day forecast, one day certainly not like the other that's wednesday, finally track the passage of cold front or getteality, mid 70s, sunshine, and much more comfort which is a lot more normal for the standards justin? >> little something for everybody in that forecast, if you like summer you will love today. wait few days if you like no humi

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lets get out to meteorologist carol erickson with eyewitness weather. carol, as we said before we have earned this. >> we have earned every degree of it. >> yes. painfully so. >> yes january february, march, but now we're into may. this weather is feeling like may. it looks beautiful out there. do you see more cloud then would you like at this point but i think starting from the the north especially we're starting to see those cloud thin out. it looks nice in redding this morning. we do find a few clouds heading further south but still, it is not bad out there. storm scan three is showing those clouds. they are hard to spot right there. so lets push on. we will find temperatures in the 40's every single place in the viewing area. it is a chillier start then you might like but i think finish of the the day is exactly wharf been hoping for for months. we have temperatures in the the lower 70's today. we will get a mixture of sun and clouds. but by noon time we are in the middle 60's. so this is a daze that warms up nicely and it will be getting warmer over

. >> our carol erickson has a closer look, she's live with the mobile weather lab carol. >> well, christophers saw a lot of world she never saw this spot on long beach island but if he had he would have sailed here on the ship exactly like the one behind me he also never rode in the mobil weather lab but if he had he would have founded temperature in the rain. 50 degrees, we are dock side outside, a unique floating museum. there in the distance giving clearer now two ships there is the nina and pinta columbus ship docked in barnegat light inlet but where are these big sales we learn about as second graders. >> we could sail in barnegat here. >> reporter: ship's captain modern day christopher columbus had some planing to do to a few waiting tourist also disappoint by ship's quick arrival. >> wouldn't you know old anxious ships come in early. >> wouldn't you know. >> reporter: also know ships are exactly like columbus early vessels, every inch hand made like it was still 1492. >> construct by eighth generation shipwright and techniques were passed down through generations. >> reporter: it was a

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it has been 70 years since the hard fought victory and earlier this week, our carol erickson had the spend some time with local veterans, who were recognized for their service to the greatest generation. >> the passing years and the cane, will get you pretty far down memory lane. >> i guess you recognize all of this? >> yes, that's my old stuff. >> that stuff belonging to 90 year old ceasar fuss co-is treasure drove of world war ii navy history and his personal war history. >> i was a gunner's mate. see if there were any ships around. >> many decades now let him see perspective just as clearly as he saw the ships you. >> look at this and you say look, here i am, and where is that guy that was here, too? >> his memories but still vivid. came with war metals, uniforms co-still wear, and striking resemblance to the handsome 19 year old ceasar fusco who served two years now at the retirement home where he lives, he has few new world war ii memories, and buddies in the chairs near him. like 89 year old private robert mccann. >> you never met one another you come here and you meet. >> migh

let's get right to carol erickson in the weather center, good morning carol. >> we do have a lot of fog over the area. finally, cameras in various locations, let's look at them, you can see the fog center city philadelphia. there are some tall buildings down there but you can see that they're obscured by the fog. it actually looks better in ocean city than it did half hour ago. you can at least see the boardwalk now, but there is a loft fog out there. and then we move over to rehoboth beach and you have got a loft fog there too at 57 degrees. and these winds, that come in, at least partially out of the east, one of the reasons that we're finding all of this fog out here this morning also, few spots picking up a fine mist, you can see, a little of that on storm scan3 this morning, just a humid moisture-laden air mass over us right now with the dense fog advisory until 11:00 this morning for the shore areas and also, through delaware. we have temperatures right now, 64 degrees, through philadelphia, everybody in the 60s, and we're on our way to 80 degrees today. with partly sunny skies la