new jersey reporter cleve bryan has details at 5:30. >>> if your kid are addicted to texting there is a way to get them to read more, through texts. >>> and is your water bottle full of bacteria? why that might not necessarily be a bad thing. >>> a live look now from our parkway central library camera a hot day in the city that means unsettled weather, lauren has updated forecast when "eyewitness news" returns most teens spend more time reading text messages but popular april are aiming to change. that jim donovan explains why some people are getting hooked on a new approach to reading. >> reporter: nineteen year-old mike shawn mcquick an says first time he heard about the app hooked he was sold. >> the name wraps it up. it hooks you in the story. >> reporter: because app allows users to read fast pac ed short stories right on their smart phones and in the form of text messaging between two people. >> you are going through and almost as if you are texting, like running away from a killer or something. >> reporter: since its release three years ago rise in popularity of chat fiction ap

packing beach in atlantic city >> they got their toes in the sand for much anticipated concerts and cleve bryan ace machining those lucky enough ton there, cleve. >> reporter: nothing but smiles as they come up to the boardwalk as they will go see pink and kick off beach if he here in atlantic city. >> it is pink, of course, we're excited. >> reporter: celebrating shore and one of their favorite singers crowds filled the atlantic city boardwalk getting ready to see pink. >> i'm so excited, i can't wait to get on the beach to see pink. >> reporter: pink's first artist to head line stage for this year atlantic city beach concert series, hot paring of the tunes and dunes, hot as in popular and hot as in hot. >> i love her, i don't care, yes. >> reporter: big crowd, high temperatures are a safety concern but city has been doing this for years and they say they are prepared with extra police and medical staff and cooling tents. >> it is pretty warm today. it will be in the 90's. we are hoping our boats, visitors and gets come prepared with water and sun tan lotion. >> reporter: key is staying hydrat

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan brings you the story. >> this is a shame. >> reporter: friend of the 27 year-old saul and antonio vargas say brothers loved to fish and loved each other, they drowned wednesday, crystal lake in south vineland park, officials believe, one brother may have been trying to save the other. >> it appears that one of the individual went swimming, had a problem of some sort and then it looks like other gentlemen jumped in to help. >> reporter: the dive team recovered bodies around quarter after 9:00 on the southe side of the lake away from the fishing dock and fisherman area another reported seeing bodies body. >> they had a good last seen point report report local say lake used to be a sand quarry, last month we showed you how dangerous it can be to swim in old quarries after a man drowned in mays landing. one of the most severe dangers is you don't necessity how soon it dropped off or how deep it goes. >> you can be walking one minute and in 2-foot and drop off to 30 feet, is there nothing to grab on to. >> reporter: friend say beside fishing vargas b

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan was in ventnor earlier and spoke about what is causing this problem. >> reporter: red flags and beach closed signs on the life guard stand in ventnor as beach goers were told that the ocean is off limits. >> they told to us get out of the water, because it is dirty i am like that is nice. >> reporter: health officials issued high bacteria advisory and ordered closures in several beaches, prompting the city to shut down every beach. bacteria counts are as a result of the recent weather. >> it is thought to be as a result of the heavy rain that was seen on sunday evening. >> reporter: statewide there are more than 30 advisories and three closures on tuesday, new testing on wednesday lowered number of advisory to four but increased closures to 15 beaches including atlantic city, ventnor and somers point >> thinks a filtration technique. >> reporter: the atlantic county utilities authority's val waits water on a daily basis looking for a specific type of bacteria that indicates the presence of more dangerous varieties. >> since they were present in the di

new jersey reporter cleve bryan has more on hilton and our fascination with sharks. >> reporter: eyeside and cameras ready when that people come face to face with sharks at camden's adventure aquarium. do you like sharks. >> yes. >> reporter: what do you like about them. >> i don't really know. i just like them. fascination reaches a fever pitch during shark week at the aquarium. >> i go crazy about them. >> reporter: as exciting as it is to learn about local species like sand tigers another much larger type of shark has people talking this weekend. a great white named hilton which was tagged this year by the research group o search has been swimming 50 to 75 miles off the jersey shore the last few days. >> it's cool that he's off our coast now. it's unfortunate that it wasn't two or three weeks ago. >> reporter: biologist matt feroni and other aquarium staff went out with o search looking for great white in the delaware bay. no luck but he's glad people are following hilton on social media and taking an interest in sharks. >> what we try to do here is teach them that sharks, they're

we are live, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cleve, thanks very much.n casey joins to us talk more about the forecast and take us to the streets right now. >> taking us to the streets where mobile weather watcher is cruising the streets right now in newark, delaware. windshield wipers are not on full speed but just drizzle until new castle county, delaware. you can see skies looking gray right there and rainfall intensity is only going to pick up for news newark as we head in the next several hours and southern delaware, already picking up inches of rain, in some locations, and we're just at the start of this event. lets get a live look at rehoboth beach right now, what a sad looking beach day, yeah, fog in the scene. rain coming down, light to moderate, in intensity, couple brave people outside on the boards right now but your rainfall will only increase. we have that rain coming down. we will see darker colors of the green indicating that moderate rainfall continuing to impact rehoboth beach over the last two hours. also we will check out that shot fr

in camden cleve bryan cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> all right, well, from sharks to the fire fight thats happening now. working now to fully gain control of a forest fire in burlington county, the fire patel is happening in wharton state forest near batsto village. this forest fire began on thursday. it's grown to 3500 acres at this point. at last check, the flames are 100 percent contained but authorities say only 30 percent of the fire is under control. right now the fire lines are holding and residents and campers are thankful no structures are in danger. >> it was coming up in a very broad span and going straight up into the sky. >> it's always a shame to lose our natural environment that we need so dearly. >> well, the cause of the forest fire is still under investigation. >>> also tonight, president trump is slamming the media over a controversial new report. it says attorney general jeff sessions talked about the presidential election with the russian ambassador to the u.s. during the campaign. cbs news correspondent weijia jiang has details now from the white house. >> reporter:

. >> our cleve bryan is live in ac where thousands turned out to see pink, cleve. >> reporter: people go to the beach to cool off and today if you came to atlantic city you are here to see pink. they are here to see pink. the boardwalk is packed by pink fans that are enjoying the beginning of the beach fest first of the three atlantic city beach concerts. there is a huge line going in the vip check in. those people get to sit in the shade. they will be beating the heat but it is not too bad down here at the moment. there is a light breeze, all of the people will be right against the ocean next to that enormous stage set up on the beach, close to the playground , used to be the pier at caesars. and this is kick off to the beach concert series. we saw lots of people carrying water, seats, chairs to sit in as they try to stay cool for this beach concert with pink. we talked to atlantic city police about how they are getting ready for the heat factor. >> pretty warm out here today. it will be in the 90's. we're hoping our folks, visitors, guests will come prepared with their water and sun

that is where cleve bryan is live tonight. cleve. >> reporter: quite a few homes here on jessica court town homes but we have talk to people, so far just that one person who saw the black bear, he heard a loud sound, in his backyard, and this is what he saw. a big black fury ball, sending thomas sylvester takes backyard. he took video early wednesday evening after hearing a loud ripping sound outside. >> it was loud enough for me to stop, notice. i looked at the tree. there was a big black mound. >> reporter: it appears that the bear was ripping bark off this tree next to the stream behind sylvester's home. >> i can attest this was in the like this yesterday, before. >> reporter: it wasn't 100 percent certain it was a bear since he didn't approach but you can tell animal rolled down embankment it has thick mug air limbs characteristic of a black bear. evesham township police put/a public notice, to residents of the jessica court and barton run boulevard, be careful there is a black bear. >> i would have felt who are finally he

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan has the story from brigantine. >> it wasn't the salty ocean airthe in friday that caught their attention in brigantine. >> ly got up this morning, went out on the deck, i smelled something it, smelled like rubber burning. and i was curious what it was. >> the smokey smell from a wild fire burning about 3,000 acres of the wharton state forest. satellite imagery shows the smoke pattern over new jersey. from chopper three, we could see how the eastward winds and high humidity caused smoke to travel toward the shore, and settle low to the grounds. >> we did smell smoke whether we got up this morning, but didn't know what it was from. >> the smell was very, very bad. it smelled like the fire or the smoke was right here in the neighborhood. >> brigantine councilman michael rear done says the strong smell led enough people to call 911 in town. the police had to put out a notice to tell people to stop calling. >> the chief put out a tweet let people know don't call 911 , that it is the fire causing the smoke, and everything will be okay. >> about 10 miles

live from brigantine, cleve bryan for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> cleve, thank you this hot weather is not helping as crew s work to contained the fire. our stretch of sweltering heat continues and excessive heat warning remains in effect tonight. meteorologist chelsea ingram, tracking it all from ocean city, chelsea. >> reporter: hi there, guess contact one thing to tell you place to get relief from the heat is right here in ocean city, new jersey. beautiful evening. it is hot across the delaware valley. we will look at the numbers across the region. temperatures in the 90's, once again even at this hour. right around 92 degrees in philadelphia little cooler down the shore in atlantic city in the upper 80's. mid 80's for wildwood. we're in the 90's into northern delaware. ninety-one lancaster. ninety in reading. it feels warmer when we factor in both the heat and humidity, combination. feels in the mid 90's in philadelphia, upper 90's in some locationness to delaware and even feels like mid to upper 90's for places down the shore with the combination of heat and humidity. we have a

in camden, cleve bryan, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> i will say that shark bridge is really fun. i don't want to see them on the beach though. members of a facebook group are painting rocks and leaving them for people to find all around the state. some of the rocks found so far , posted to delaware rocks facebook page, carman of bear says the purpose is to spread joy, inspired by similar group that left a painted rock at disney worlds, it was discovered by her son, so, if you see a painted rock, around delaware, post a picture to the facebook page. >> bigger and more differs than ever before, saturday marks the 25th annual islamic heritage festival at penn's landing. it features games for children , arts and crafts, and health and wellness fair, and much more. shop remembers able to brouse the open market bizarre featuring err ray of vendors, selling international products , and services, which is actually the largest muslim festival in the entire country >> and a north philadelphia neighborhood served as backdrop for very big community day celebration. the home partnership for e

in ventnor i'm cleve bryan for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> the high wind, strong surf , also ruinedhe day at beach for vacationers all up and down thee coast, red flag warnings for posted to keep people out of the water in monmouth county, waves were between six and 7 feet and the rip current risk was high. flash flooding did some damage near pittsburgh too, fast moving water, knocked down fences and carried away a cow and her two calves there. neighbors used a lasso to catch the animals and pull them to safety. >>> heavy downpours sent water and mud cascade nothing neighborhood in north -- northern west virginia rather. residents say they did not see this one coming. the governor has declared a state of emergency. chelsea, it was just a messy day out there yesterday all along the east coast. >> it was but things are looking so much better for so many of us today as we head into this afternoon, jan. we're talking about sunshine, roar humidity as well, and forecasting this to be a top 10 day with these conditions, as we head in the afternoon. look the a the blue skies, the skies over

we could get more information if there is a bacteria issue by monday n ventnor i'm cleve bryan, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> meantime, the high winds and strong surf also ruined day at beach for vacationers up and down thee coast, red flag warnings were posted to keep people out of the water in mob mouth county, waves are between six and 7 feet and the rip current was high. >>> flash flooding did damage near pittsburgh as well, fast moving water knocked down fences there, and carried away a cow and her two calves. neighbors use a lasso to catch the animals and pull them to safety. >>> and heavy downpours sent water and mud cascade nothing neighborhood in north and west virginia. residents did not see this one coming. the governor haseclared a state of emergency. >>> meantime in washington now president trump has been busy on twitter writing more than a dozen tweet criticizing congress, touting the surging stock market and calling out china brooks silva-braga has more on what thee. >> reporter: president trump took aim at china day after north korea tested a miss that will said could

new jersey reporter cleve bryan has more on hilton, a the fascination with sharks. >> eyes, wide andwhen pe face-to-face with sharks, in camden adventure aquarium. >> do you like sharks? >> yes. >> what do you like about them >> i i just lover them. >> fascination reaches fever pitch at shark week during the aquarium. >> i go crazy about them. >> as exciting as it is to learn about local ones, like sand tigers, another much larger type of shark has people talking this weekend. the great white named hilton tagged this year by the research group osearch swimming 50 to 75 miles off the shore of new jersey this days. >> cool off our coast now. unfortunat ago. >> biologist matt, and other aquarium staff recently went looking for great whites in the delaware bay. no luck, but glad people are following hilton on social media, taking a interest in sharks. >> what we try to do here is teach them that sharks are not out to eat people. we're actually far more dangerous to sharks than they are to us. >> if you would actually like to get close to a shark besides behind glass, your best bet is to

cleve bryan is live on kelly drive in fairmount park with the very latest for us. >> reporter: we haveot received information from philadelphia police on how exactly or why he fell into the river right here by saint joe's boathouse on boathouse row but we know he was in the water more than half an hour. >> devastating. >> reporter: outdoor activities came to a halt. officials say a three-year-old fell off a dock, his father jumped in to rescue him but lost sight of the boy p officials say marine police pulled the three-year-old out 38 minutes after the first 911 call. they rushed him to chop in critical condition. >> for the people who saw it, the parents, it's just devastating. >> reporter: eleanor and bill kelly arrived at the popular area of fairmount park as rescuers were wrapping up. >> the first thing that my husband and i saw were people in a circle very quiet just holding each other's hands. we assumed they were praying. >> my thoughts always turn towards the family of the victim. three years old and he hasn't even lived yet. >> reporter: according to their facebook page blg ro

live from evesham township, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> investigators in ohio are trying to figure out how the ride at the center of a deadly state fair accident passed multiple safety inspections. officials say an 18 year-old man died and at least seven others were hurt last night on a thrill ride at a appears to have broken free, from its housing. ohio governor kasich toured fair ground in the area today. >> ohio will move on. that doesn't mean we won't remember yesterday. it doesn't mean we were not going to keep those families in our prayers. >> reporter: fairies opened but all of the ride are closed for now. >>> there is no question this late's muse. ride accident has put a spotlight on safety at state fares and other attractions. we have learned one local amusement park has shut down two similar ride out of a precaution. our natasha brown joins us from our satellite center with more on the ride regulations, natasha. >> reporter: is there lots of concern, right now december smith most recent tragedy in ohio based on a three-year average the chance of getting seriousl

live from ventnor cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cleve, thanks very much. >>> beautiful down there at the shore. >> press toy look at. >> yes. >> and, yeah, yeah, nice day out there. >> not too bad, quiet day, after active weather we have had out there, over and over have we had enough storms just yet. >> i know, right. >> storms, all around the forecast but fortunately looking ahead toward friday but we have great news in store for upcoming weekend. taking a live look from center city philadelphia, the cloud look ominous, but we are not going to say anything in the way of precipitation, storm activity in the evening hours, breaks of sunshine, temperatures running below average, 81 degrees, night break, little bit of the feels like temperature at 82 degrees right now but it has been a wet july, rainfall in philadelphia, and closing in on 5 inches, that is nearly an inch and a half of rain, above average for the month. think we could use a break and we are getting that right now, storm scan three, we have passing cloud across the delaware valley but they are not producing prec

burlington county, but the effects are stretching all the way to the shore, high witness news reporter cleve bryan is live in brigantine tonight with more, cleve. >> reporter: well this afternoon breeze is coming off the ocean so it is become a lot more pleasant. people here this morning, it is very powerful, that so much so, there were several beach towns. >> going out on the decks. >> something felt like rubber though burning. i was, curious what it was. >> reporter: smokey smells from the wild fire burning 3,000 acres on have the wharton state forest, satellite imagery shows smoke pattern over new jersey, from chopper three we can see how east wind, high humidity caused smoke to travel toward the shore and settle down to the ground. >> we did smell smoke this morning but didn't know what it was from. >> the smell was very, very bad. it smelled like the fire or smoke was rate here in the neighborhood. >> reporter: brigantine councilman michael reardon said strong smell led people to call 911. police had to tell people to stop calling. >> the chief put out a tweet, letting people know don't call

live from camden, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you for that. >>> now an update on the story we have been following judge granted an injunction to stop all construction on sunoco logistics mariner east two pipeline in west goshen township. 350-mile pipeline will carry liquid natural gas from ohio and across pennsylvania to a processing facility in marcus hook, delaware county. issue now goes before the pennsylvania public utilities commission. west goshen township filed for the injunction after a complaint, over water service interruptions and other issues we're working on than this story and have a live report on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >>> breaking news right now "eyewitness news" has learned that allentown married he had pawlowski is expect to be indicted tomorrow, mayor pawlowski's attorney jack mcmahon says he will not know details of the indictment until it is unsealed tomorrow, but we do know the indictment is as a result of the lengthy grand jury investigation, you may remember fbi rated mayor pawlowski's office in 2015, we will continue to follow this still

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan went to vent are in to check it out for himself >> reporter: windy but dry evening in ventnor just pleasant enough for people to venture outside after what felt like a monsoon passed through the shore. >> we were, stuck inside most of the day, honestly. this is our first time getting out. >> reporter: while many people checked out the big surf the storm left behind, ventnor commissioner lance lanegraft who oversees the public works department is checking out how beaches faired. >> minimal erosion on the beach, our dune system works here this storm wasn't long enough to harm the beach. if it stayed here two or three days we would have more erosion on our beaches. >> reporter: at the beginning of the week, heavy rainfall caused another beach problem, too much bacteria high bacteria counts forced atlantic city and ventnor beach toes close wednesday, too much animal way and other pollutants washed in the shore ways because of the rain. could this storm cause the same bacteria problem. several local officials i spoke with don't believe it will be an issue

. >>> we will check with cleve bryan in a moment for more on how people are dealing with the excessive heat but first we will go to meteorologist lauren casey who is keeping an eye on the temperatures and severe thunderstorm watch, lauren. >> we are dealing with the dual threat of the extreme heat and we have severe thunderstorm watch in effect for large portion of the delaware val that i includes center city philadelphia it runs until 9:00 o'clock tonight. see area in yellow. a million people under this watch right now. we have been watching an additional now, severe thunderstorm warnings in effect when we see warnings issued that is time to take action, most activity north of the city at present where we do have severe thunderstorm warning for parts of the philadelphia county, sliver in montgomery county, bucks county and burlington county, cell movinge at 30 miles an hour so impacting abington, bensalem, moving off to the east and impact florence. we have a severe thunderstorm warning and now tornado warning for parts of the berks county, it looks like reading is included in that to