long beach boulevard. a multi-story structure. a wood-framed structure. it went on fire, apparently nearby businesses said the smoke so one at one point they should down. no reports of injuries, but we are keeping our eyes on this. there is a great response and the fire still burning there and crews working to put it out on ship bottom. and we had great picture came in earlier giving us a idea when it first came out from a twitter follower. >> and we will monitor this breaking story out of southersy. >>> and a man steals your passwords with google glass, not even near you to do it. >>> and a test run on the world's tallest water slide you and get to go along for a ride. >>> a heart-warming moment courtesy of a legend. paul mccartney helps a dream proposal come true. >>> and bet the accuweather app >> a man dead after crashing his car into a building this morning in hunting park. it happened just after 2:00 a.m. in the 4000 block of whitaker avenue. a 31 year old man hit a building used by the philadelphia

. >> this week's or at the shore takes us to beautiful barnegat lighthouse state park, long beach islandthy climbed the 217 septa barney, little bit earlier, and she's made it back down in one piece, hi, kathy. >> oh, what a beautiful day, much more comfortable down here at the base of barnegat lighthouse. earlier, we did take that trek up those 217 stairs, and beyond. here is the view from the grounds. we were way up there. see that white top? it almost looks like a greenhouse, or a carousel up there. that's the very top of the barnegat lighthouse, that's the lantern room. and what an amazing perspective we had. it is a view that anyone who takes that trek will see from the top you can look over island beach state park, you have a gorgeous view of barnegat bay and long beach island. come to lbi, check out the barnegat lighthouse, affectionately known as old barney. look at the forecast, because if you want to come down the shore this weekend, it is going to be a little bitty would say dodging some showers here and there. take a look at storm scan3, right now, we have few spotty showers,

. >>> well, a beat on long beach island is open once again tonight. "eyewitness news" at the 25th street beach on the bay in barn gate light. the department of environmental protection had closed that beach on tuesday after its water tested for high left of of bacteria. told the problem has since been cleaned up. i bet that beach might just be within the eyesight of our kathy orr right now who is at the barnegat lighthouse state park in ocean county, beautiful day down the shore kathy, but tracking some showers in other parts of the area. what's going on? >> yes, few showers out there here and there nothing in the immediate philadelphia area. we're at barn gate light or at the shore takes us here, in the lighthouse better known as old barney, and you can even see we are in the lantern room. now it is a light in the modern day. but we are looking at beautiful day here on long be mostly everywhere, but take a look at storm scan3 as you mentioned we do have few showers scattered through the lehigh valley, one also in berks county, and to the north and th

kristen dahlgren is covering arthur's aftermath from long beach, new york for us tonight, kristen? >> reporter: good evening, lester. you're right, this is not over. almost 30,000 people from new jersey and maine are still without power. beach goers still have to worry about dangerous rip current after a fierce storm that changed holiday weekend plans for americans up and down the coast. in canada today, arthur unleashed torrents of rain, leaving more than 200,000 without power in parts of new brunswick and nova scotia. in new england, the rain has ended but dangerous flooding remains. >> in certain places it's like a foot, foot and a half of water, it's pretty deep. >> reporter: some towns had to cancel fireworks for a second night because of high winds. on north carolina's outer banks where the storm made landfall as a category 2 hurricane, this family is trying to rescue what's left of their holiday weekend. >> we're supposed to be in a beach house, but we can't get there because of the bridge. >> reporter: a portion of the roadway just rebuilt after hurricane irene is washed out

firefighters responded to long beach boulevard and east 21st street in ship bottom on long beach islandchopper three got this aerial view of the fire. flames broke out this afternoon at the law offices of shackleton and hazel teen. the fire appears to have started on the upper floor but nobody was injured. >> new tonight a loaded gun found inside a philadelphia school. a loaded use see turned up today inside a locker at the walter dee palmer leadership partner charter school in frankford. officials changing locker combinations found that gun. no students were at the school at the time. it's unclear how long the gun had been there. >> 13 year old tia hudson is hospitalized tonight after being shot while sleeping in bed. the bullet went right through the wall of her home on hathaway drive early this morning. another bullet went through another house across the street breaking glass and you cut ago woman there. tia's shifter was there when that shooting happened. >> i just heard gunshots. i got down. i didn't pay attention until i heard tia scream. iran to my mom and we turned around she w

long beach police say they're investigating and have not said whether greer will face charges. it's unclear if the woman was actually pregnant. >>> happening now, police are searching the south bay and pence loo for an elderly man with dementia who walked away from a hospital yesterday morning. henry scott is in his 70s. he was seen walking away from stanford hospital about 5:00 a.m. again, he does have dementia, also have high blood pressure, he often takes buss in san mateo, they're asking bus riders to keep an eye out. >>> today we could hear from the man who intentionally started 13 fires in san jose. patrick brennan waived his right to enter a plea in april and may. and may actually entered one at a hearing today. he's charged with a ten counts of arson and three counts of attempted arson. after his arrest in january, prosecutors say he admitted he knew there were people in most of the buildings before he set them on fire. because he has a history as an arsonists and sex offender, prosecutors says he faces several life terms in prison if he is convicted. >>> well still ahe

. >>> well, investigators are trying to pinpoint what caused a fire at a law offers on long beach island. the flames broke out at the office cents of shackle ton and hazleton, on long beach avenue and east 21st in ship bottom. fire appears toss have started on the upper near. no one was hurt. >> happening today pennsylvania state senate is said to vote on proposed cigarette tax, which would bring money into the cash strapped philadelphia school district. mayor mike nutter and other lawmakers pushed for its passage. if the senate okayed the bill, and governor tom corbett signs it, philadelphia smokers will pay extra $2 per pack. that would generate some $83 million in revenue each year. >>> mayor nutter is promising full review of friday night's welcome america concert. performances with nicki minaj, ed sheeran and others were peppered with offensive language. the mayor says the concert organizers are contractually obligate today make the concert family safe. he says that the city will try to make next year's concert more g-rated. >> and much more to cover on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", as i

. >>> a long beach man says he does not regret killing a woman who said she was pregnant when she and another man broke into his home. >> she says, don't shoot me, i'm pregnant, i'm having a baby, and i shot her anyway. >> 80-year-old tom grier says he got home tuesday night to find the couple ransacking his home. they tackled him, but he got away, and then he got his gun. the couple ran out the back door, but grier tracked them to the alley behind his house and he shot the woman. as she lay bleeding, grier says she begged for his life, but the man got away. >> grier was treated at the hospital for a severe shoulder injury and a collarbone injury. long beach police say they are still investigating and have not said whether grier will face any charges. it is unclear at this point if the woman was actually pregnant. >>> now, an exclusive investigative unit report. a small town story with big implications for anyone living in a special tax district in california. should taxpayer dollars pay for a private clubhouse? that's the question sparking debate in marin county. tonight, nbc bay are

apple >> catherine: a woman has been attacked outside a long beach trader joe's store -- over what sheas wearing. >> catherine: police are calling it a hate crime. carolyn costello explains. >>"it is a symbol of modesty." >> reporter:marwa abdelghani, a muslim woman living in southern california, explains the spiritual reason, she wears a hijab.a head scarf to cover her hair and neck. >>"it is meant for women to be looked at on the basis of what's inside, their intellect, their personality instead of on their physical attraction." >> reporter:three weeks ago, a woman of the same faith, wearing a hijab was attacked while loading her car with groceries at this trader joe's in the 4000 block of atlantic avenue in long beach. >>"the suspect cursed at the victim while referring to the cover as a hijab indicating he had some knowledge of muslim culture." >> reporter:a man described as white and in his 30s was motivated by hate according to long beach police, when he ripped the scarf off the woman's head, choking, scratching, and cutting her neck. >> >> reporter:the president of the muslim pu

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it is a huge, huge weekend especially there on long beach. considering what the community went through sandy, everybody is like, if this is what we have to go through, we'll deal with it, right? >> exactly. because when sandy hit two years ago or so, this entire area was completely covered with water. and the water raced through and knocked out that boardwalk and ended up in down a good ways into town. the whole area has been fortified. a huge steel barrier under the boardwalk that protects the town. we're not getting knock li inti that this time around. everybody we talked to here, the lifeguards, town officials say they just hope people don't take all this for granted and don't get too complacent about the situation because it's not a huge storm. it's still potentially deadly. it's still potentially serious, particularly if you go into some of these waters. there are a lot of riptides, rip currents along this beach because of the unevenness of the sand bars. lifeguards we were talking to earlier say it comes in clusters but they always have

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and i'm told, ron, that you are with the long beach supervisor. of course their concern is that safety in the ocean right behind you. >> reporter: exactly. i'm going to let one of the experts answer all your questions about this situation down here. it's john scuden, the boef supervis -- beach supervisor here. he's been here 40 years. you've got surfers out there, is that safe? >> yeah, if you're experienced. when in doubt, don't go out. if it's too big for you, don't go out and wait for another day that's a little smaller. right now it's small, but it's going to fill in. >> reporter: we're getting some rain now for the first time. >> i don't know if it's associated with that or the front. really doesn't make a difference. we'll start getting -- the swell will grow as the day goes along. as the storm pops off the coast and we begin in a cone, the angle of the waves approaches. >> reporter: how unsafe do you think the situation here might become. >> you know, it depends on the person, obviously, but the key is, one, don't get complacent because it

long island. it's an endless beach, from long beach, to montauk, to long island sound.h incredible fishing, teddy roosevelt's home, and the first port in the u.s. come discover your favorite part of new york. ♪ i'm in a new york state of mind ♪ plan your summer vacation at iloveny.com. there's something for everyone. >> new on "action news," someone in tennessee captured the thick smoke shooting into the sky as the fireworks store went up in flames over the weekend. the store is a to that loss. the a portion of the shop's inventory somehow ignited and burst into the air creating the unintended holiday light show. >> time to head over to the matt and david. >> reporter: one way for the 4th of july to go out with a bang. luckily no a lot of banging on it is roads this morning. no accidents on the bridge heading toward i-95 as you head toward philadelphia international airport. let's check the bridges, our good buddy ben, you have westbound lanes coming into center city. the construction continues into the eastbound lanes. triple b. tacony-palmyra, betsy ross bridge burlin

the new radio system is designed to help the staffers on long beach township beach patrol communicater with each other. each beach has its own radio. the transmissions are monitored by police patrol and police department dispatchers. >> we save 20 to 30 seconds, if you're treading water, 30 seconds is a long time. >> the radios are especially crucial with the fourth of july crowds. >>> six young soccer players from our area are leaving on a trip a lifetime. >> they're heading to brazil to take part in a mini world cup. >> nbc 10 was in manayunk yesterday where the teens and chaperones packed for rio. they are going to show case soccer as a tool for social change. to say they're excited, that's an understatement. >> i would never think i would be one of those kids chosen to go to brazil. it always seems like it's fannedcy for everybody but it's actually happening. i didn't even sleep last night because of how excited i was. >> i bet not. the athletes will also get to see a world cup game in person. >> unfortunately it won't be the u.s. but still, the experience will be one of a life ti

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long beach police said a man also lost his thumb when a fire cracker he was holding, exploded in his hands. oop people were inside of that store as the store burned down. >>> and a man drowned -- a life guard drowned while drying to rescue a swimmer. he was trying to save a swimmer caught in 6 to 8-foot surf. they were both hit by a large wave and other lifeguards were able to save the swimmer and could not fine carlson but three hours later were able to find his body. >> he was always a nice guy, he would give his shirt off his back. >> this was the first time in 100 years that newport beach lost a life guard. >>> and it's the first time they are set set to begin obstruction of justice charges. >>> he is accused of removing a backpack several days oneville realized it. >>> and gathering thousands of baby photos and self self fees. they whether used by what they call ordinary americans. it reports they were caught in the net and they were cast for somebody else. >> and the information came from edward snowedden and he started releasing classified information last year, the change wen

nbc's long island is live in long beach, new york. he is on long island's south shore.on, what's the scene like there, sir? >> reporter: in the last hour or so the winds have really picked up a little bit here and the waves seem to have gotten a little bigger too. if you look out there, you can see there are surfers out there. they have been out there since dawn, since the sun came up. in that area of the beach there are also signs that this is closed but this is the way life is here. for the surfers, this is what they live for, bigger waves and a day off to enjoy them. so that's what's happening down there. there are also people out here just trying to get in some morning exercise before the storm hits. rain. as somebody put it, it's the calm before the storm. a line you may have heard before but that's what everybody is saying here, simply that. the forecasts are calling for heavy rain showers around 11:00 or noon or so. and this will be the third day of drenching rains in this part of the region because we had that last night and the night before along with thunderst

between 1:00 and 3:00, the severe weather moved up from long beach, towards los angeles, hitting the areas of venice beach. we had thunderstorms and rain and also seeing some thunderstorm activity in our area, just off the coast, off monterey. we had numerous thunderstorms during the 1:00 hour, is a show you a loop. and what is happening, as this monsoonal moisture makes its way northword towards the bay area, we're seeing most of it in the form of high clouds. still a chance of precipitation and an isolated shower, and some thunderstorms. i will let you know more about that with the accuweather seven-day forecast. >> it is still a very active scene at venice beach. one victim was 15-year-old. we'll monitor the situation and have updates at 6:00 and on twit ter. >>> turning now to the middle east. israel and hamas launched new attacks in the raging gaza war. the latest defensive comes despite a back and forth over proposals to a temporary halt to three weeks of fighting ahead of a major muslim holiday. israeli guns roared back to life, going on the offensive again after israel announc

ted greenberg has the story from long beach island. >> reporter: in long beach township, the waves are different this summer. the airwaves. >> we needed better communication. >> reporter: a new radio system is designed to help the staffers summon help faster. each of the communities 54 guarded beachers has its own radio. the transmissions are monitored by beach patrol and police department dispatch erd in the communication center. >> we have total integration of all the resources. >> reporter: before now, emergency requests for police or ambulance crews often had to be relayed from lifeguards to the beach patrol's headquarters and then to the dispatch center. >> over the last couple years, we have seen some close calls that needed to be responded to a little bit quicker. >> reporter: this beach patrol covers a big area, 12 myles of beaches. with the previous system, there were times when the radio signal wasn't strong enough for everyone on duty to hear what was going on. >> if we save 20 to 30 seconds in a response, you know, if you are trading water, 30 seconds is a long time. >> rep

in ship bottom a bad fire closing long beach island at 21st street.lose to the toy story where i would buy so many toys there as a wee little tot. >>> and baby pictures, facebook posts and details about the national security administration and what they intercepted during the surveillance program. >>> and the philadelphia zoo with four new furry friends to its family. >>> and a beautiful weekend, 90s back. 93 today. the good news, only one more day of 90s and then tracking another change in the accuweather forecast. >>> and can the phillies stop their slide against milwaukee tonight? ducis rodgers with the details in sports when "action news" comes back. ♪ come have fun at sesame place with everyone's favorite furry friends. enjoy rides where you can splash... and whirl. and, play in the all-new cookie's monster land. with 5 exciting rides, a monster clubhouse and more! get unlimited visits and more with a season pass for six payments of $18. ♪ meet me at sesame place! >> a powerful earthquake hit central mexico and central america killing at least th

area, long beach will be finding 7:41 this morning, the thunderstorm that's in beach haven right now in their direction. that is moving to the east about 30 miles an hour, it can drop some very heavy rain, very, very quickly. but look at all of the lightning strikes. a lot of them in the ocean, but also finding some thunder, and lightning, right along those shore areas. as you move down through cape may county, few breaks in the action, but still, few showers are moving through. also through atlantic city picking up thunderstorm. so active morning, this morning. what we can expected to, some morning showers, and then some storms, as we move also through the afternoon, with the very strongest this evening and tonight, with strong wind gusts and hail possible. sunshine, too, can be not ruled out today. so the more sunshine we see, if you get one of these triggers, as the front comes on through, you can also finds some of the stronger storms, associated with that, temperatures today get to go about 90 degrees. we will maybe just shy of that, though. i'll show you exactly what we are exp

jersey governor, chris christie is touring the jersey shore with his no pain, no gain talks, in long beach township, he warned that the state's promised pension and benefits for sec toward workers are becoming unattainable. the unions plan to file legal papers in the coming months to force the governor to make a full payment this fiscal year. he cut the payment for 2014 and 2015 when the state's revenue came in lower than expect in april. >>> pitchers of water were used to demonstrate a new paving surface in april. they toured the brand new employee parking lot at the plant, the surface is permable that passes through the soil, it's part of the clean city storm water management plan. >>> wilmington hospital dedicated its brand new ate atrium today. it boasts a fountain and lush garden beds and a park like setting to greet patients and their families. they will have expanded the hospital by 37,000 square feet and from our delaware newsroom, voices for the voiceless is a new mentoring outlet for teens and preteens in the wilmington area. they offer sessions three day a week for ages 12 and u

that long beach township fire that we have been talking about here, it is causing closures in the area and detours. so long beach boulevard is closed at 24th, or 21st, excuse me so do be mindful of local detours in the area. and also traveling on i the five northbound north of girard a disable vehicle is blocking left lane adding to the rush hour delays we already have there. so from penns landing out towards cottman avenue expect high volume and, now volume on the usual spots on the schuylkill and vine street expressway, chris and jessica. >>> thanks very much, still ahead here on "eyewitness news", if you are one of those people that likes to take selfies, because nsa may turn yourselfe in the mug shot. >> then first ever, wearable robot is approved for home use, we will test it right here in philadelphia health reporter stephanie stahl is on your side with how it is helping disabled walk again, leslie. >> how much would you pay for babe ruth's old pants? you would be surprised, that is just one of the rare items up for grabs in the special auction this weekend we will show you some

over the the holiday weekend a 7-foot long great white attacked him next to the manhattan beach pier in southern california. >> shark, get out of the the water. >> reporter: as witnesses screamed one of the life guards first on the scene was philadelphia's own nick manco. >> we rolled him on to the paddle board and saw the amount of blood, and that is when i put it together that okay, we have something real right now. >> reporter: he hails from the northeast where his father eddies a swimming coach at archbishop rice an high school. >> i was very happy that he was safe and proud of him too knowing he was involved in saving someone's life. >> reporter: before moving to california to be a professional life guard year round, he manned the stand in north wildwood. >> i'm sure nick found his way to assist in some matter. >> reporter: captain bill says manco was a stand out swimmer and paddle board shore represented north wildwood in life guard competitions. he work nine seasons before moving to florida, and then california to life guard. >> nicky's out there in california representing us

they'll keep the beach open here as long as possible.are watching this to see if they need to close it. but at this point there's nobody out in the water. so the life guards will stay on duty. they'll be here until about 4:00 or 5:00. we're hoping this weather blows over in the next few hours. just looking at the clouds, i'm no weatherman but seems to have settled in here for a good moment and we're getting socked by pretty steady rain. it's not falling hard but it's steady. at this point, everybody is taking cover inside. >> ron, really quickly here, what's the word on erosion there? any time there's a storm like this, everyone is concerned about beach erosion. is it too early to tell or can you give us some indication already? >> at this point, craig, we're just getting up to high tide at about 1:00 in the afternoon. we're just getting the measure of the waves coming in. at this point, doesn't seem to be anything obvious. but they are concerned about that here because this is where hurricane sandy just wiped out this entire area. so th

long island. it's an endless beach, from long beach, to montauk, to long island sound. with incredible fishing, teddy roosevelt's home, and the first port in the u.s. come discover your favorite part of new york. ♪ i'm in a new york state of mind ♪ plan your summer vacation at iloveny.com. there's something for everyone. >>> it's going to be another busy day weather-wise. a hot and humid day is brewing. humidity after the storms last night. temperatures in the 90s this afternoon which will likely fuel more late storms that will turn strong if not severe in our area. arthur now a hurricane, a category one with 75 mile-per-hour winds will send moisture our way. in fact, we're watching that moisture now spread into the carolinas. got some distance to go before it comes to the jersey shore. this is a live view. plenty of clouds in the surf. strong undertow and rip currents as we head into the holiday weekend. arthur is moving up the coast by early friday morning. right over the outer banks of north carolina. by then it will be heading to the northeast. that will take us off

>> no regrets. >> reporter: we contacted long beach police and did not hear back.under investigation. >>> the question is, in a world of morris danders and trayvon martin has stand your ground and castle indoctrine laws embolden gun owners? a criminal defense attorney in san francisco, i want to go to you first, john, on this question of california law and california's castling doctrine, homicide is justifiable when committed in defense of habitation, property or person against one who manifestly intends by violence or surprise to commit a felony. based on what you heard about the case, does this fit into the california castle doctrine? >> it only fits to the extent that he shot them when they were in the apartment or in the house, but it doesn't apply once they have left, and they seem to have tried to escape and he is no longer in the unsafe -- he's in a safe position. to me, he is not in a position where he can claim any kind of defense that would justify having used deadly force. seems he can be prosecuted for voluntary manslaughter. and given that he shot her

this time of take on a friday, this is when the area is packed, people head to long beach island and other shore points and up to 206. 206 now moving and 38 reopened. and giving you an idea of the amount of injuries, one infant flown to the hospital and another person taken by ground, and eight people taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. annie mccormick for channel 6 "action news." >>> and the police investigating a mysterious death in a philadelphia hotel room and the boyfriend of a hollywood actress. and we are live in old city with the details. >> his name is matt bendik the boyfriend of "glee" actress it becca tobin. and the police are investigating but at this point do not suspect foul play. >> he was unresponsive. at that point the medics were called to the location around 1:17 p.m. yet. >> a hotel monaco housekeeper kept him in his bed in a t-shirt and shorts, no evidence of fall play or drugs or drug pair - -- -- and the actress has no comment at this time. and bendik arrived here for business and set to fly home today, reportedly own nightclubs across th

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gathered thousands of fans, like this crowd in long beach on a street that was closed for the occasion. >> we are seeing a huge increase in excitement around the world cup this year. that's why we decided to throw this event. >> here, the atmosphere is full of joy despite the defeat. gave him010, the u.s. in the round of 16. still, soccer fever continues to grow -- gave in in the round of 16. still, soccer fever continues to grow. >> france will play germany and brazil will go up against colombia on friday. now for something completely different. monty python is officially back in action. the british comedy group has just given the first performance of its new, live show. monty python is the 1960's and 1970's tv sketch show that was revived by its five remaining members for these shows in london. cleese ande john terry gilliam. >> whether to kill a rabbit, a dead parrot, or the spanish inquisition, everyone has their favorite monty python skit. tickets for their final performances sold out in just 44 seconds. >> it is a ridiculous sense of humor. how could you not laugh at it? it is so

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long island. it's an endless beach, from long beach, to montauk, to long island sound.dible fishing, teddy roosevelt's home, and the first port in the u.s. come discover your favorite part of new york. ♪ i'm in a new york state of mind ♪ plan your summer vacation at iloveny.com. there's something for everyone. >> new on "action news," the septa rider who appeared ready for battle. hear what police say the man was doing with this arsenal on board a busy subway line. >> crews head to new jersey today to determine whether a tornado touched down during that severe weather to slam the region. >> storm tracker 6 will be ready for more thunderstorms today and accuweather will be tracking them closely. >> good morning, it's 5:30 on tuesday, july 15. david murphy is off. karen rogers has kept her eyes trained on storm tracker 6. she's the go late of the for accuweather and matt pelman is taking a look at your traffic. >> good morning. we'll be watching storm tracker 6 live double scan so closely today. right now we're just looking at a couple of showers. we can see them right no

actions including a resignation and a call to the chancellor's office in long beach by san jose state's president. >> correia that was inappropriate, whether it was intentional or it was inadvertent, what he did undermined the trust that public students and -- >> reporter: following our original investigation san jose state's president sat down to answer our questions and address the conflict and controversy inside the justice studies department. >> help our viewers understand why you did nothing until this issue showed up on tv. >> i was concerned about that, the narrow report that we did on campus. i was not -- i was concerned and that's why i asked our chancellor's office to look at that issue closely and base their findings we will take appropriate actions. >> reporter: that does not explain why san jose state's president and university took no apparent action in the weeks and months that followed the university's own internal investigation. >> this report was completed in may of 2013. can you help us understand why it took a year to ask for a deeper investigation? >> well a review

new jersey and delaware along all of the beaches and anywhere from delaware to shore points and long beach island and 2:00 this afternoon clouds lag behind that. at the shore electric starts wet. clouds will exit by 7:00 along the entire delaware valley as well as lehigh valley. so, big improvement from morning to evening tomorrow. jim, when meteorologist cecily tynan comes back she'll talk about that fourth of july forecast and also give you you a better report for upcoming weekend. >> thank you, adam. >> let's switch live to "action news" reporter annie mccormick in accuweather. annie the huge crowds arrived. what's the attitude you about the potential buzz kill tomorrow morning because of arthur? >> reporter: well, jim, right now we can feel the winds picking up a little bit and that cold front cecily was talking about is definitely coming in here and not dampening anybody's spirit. take a look at lights and boardwalk behind me aunt fog that's beginning to settle. even though arthur may not become unwelcomed guest at holiday festivities he's still affecting their plans. >> crowds to the

this past march, another baby, born in long beach, california, also seemed to be virus free after undergoing a similar treatment. so far no changes in that case. while this seems like a devastating development, doctors say that it's not dashing hopes for a cure, though that's likely years away. >> i wouldn't say that we have come close it a cure, but the optimistic thing, we have to learn what doesn't work before we know what does. >> the mississippi child is gack on the the therapy and is doing brel. >> crews in florida cleaning up 1 million gallons of saltwater. the brian is coming from a pipeline last week. it came apart and the path of the saltwater destroyed more than 200 yards of vegetation. the epa making sure that the spill hasn't affected the drinking water of a nearby indian reservation. cleanup could take weeks. >>> tropical storm nagory, now as it brushes past fukushima, there are concerns about cleaning up the nuclear disaster. >> typhoon noguri made landfall in japan on thursday, bringing flooding and a series of landslides, as the slow moving storm turns north, there are fears

. >> so many families have tradition where they go, if you go to long beach island or cape may, could you do something to reroute something to atlantic city. le. >> i think nelson is spot on, if you make it more than a gambling destination, restaurant and food and other activities as vegas has done, 30 to 35% of vegas' revenues come from gambling. in atlantic city, it used to be 71 now it's 71% coming from gambling. you have injection additional diversity of reasons why you want to go to atlantic city, it doesn't have to be a family destination, but it can be a live entertainment destination, fantastic place for food and retail. if you took the vegas model you wouldn't have to worry about competing with other states that have gambling. >> what would the percentage have to be coming out of the meadowlands, what percent of the money would make this viable. >> tam you put your firng on something that is -- finger that's very important and it almost gets lost in the discussion. there are considerable moral hazard arrested problems that rest in building your company based on gambling. firs

the long beach island health department says water samples taken yesterday along barnegat light bay beachh street failed to meet water quality standards. so it's closed for swimming right now. the health department took some new samples today and the results aren't back yet so tomorrow's day is the beach is still up in the air. >> pennsylvania rack up 34 cases of the west nile virus. hot spots right now east goshen, ridley, upper merion and upper makefield and the vast majority of cases west nile is not deadly. however the virus usually takes greatest toll on the very young and the very old and those with compromised immune systems. >> all right. back to your fox 29 weather authority now. another pretty good day. too early to star thinking about the weekend. >>> it was beautiful and never too early i start monday usual usually. (laughter). >> scott williams. >> iain and lucy, remember that string of beautiful weekends with low humidity. >> yes. >> dry conditions. >> it lock like it's go going to come to an end this weekend we're talking about humidity as well as rainfall chances. not so m

deal would cover 20,000 dock workers from california to washington state including los angeles, long beach and seattle tacoma. >>> the threat of west coast ports shutting down isn't the nation's only transportation crisis. the white house is warning gridlock in congress will lead too gridlock on the roadways if auto makers can't agree to pay on highway and transit repair program. president obama warned unless money is found, hundreds of thousands of jobs could be lost. >> if this congress does not act by the end of the summer, the highway trust fund will run out. won't be any money there. all told, nearly 700,000 jobs could be at risk next year. that would be like congress threatening to lay off the entire population of denver or seattle or boston. >> u.s. transportation secretary anthony fox says states will begin feeling the pain of cut backs in the highway programs as early as the first week in august. >>> still ahead, google's latest expert the how it's trying to take on twitter with the world cup and the war room. we'll explain. >>> southwest airlines is cleared for international take

are exclusively white male and even though they go through whatever process the city of la does, long beach is pretty much the same thing. i mean, there's just not -- the pool of candidates is -- we actually reflect better than that pool of candidates so it's -- i don't want to say -- it has been an issue that goes back a long time, but it's still -- there has not been a lot of change in the maritime business. >> so as far as your bar pilots you don't have any african americans or asians, they're predominantly white male. >> and two latino pilots and one female. >> no more commissioner comment? on resolution 1441, all those in favor of resolution 1441 say i. >> i. >> opposed? resolution 1441 passed. next item, amy. >> item 12a, request approval of the fiscal year 2014, 15 monthly [inaudible] and special events and filming rate. >> hi commissioners, nate cruise, i'm a financial analyst. we were here before you two weeks ago to present the parameter rent schedule. during the course of the presentation a couple of questions came up so we're back here today to respond directly to those question

want to remind that you or at the shore will be live from barnegat light on the northern tip of long beach island tomorrow. "eyewitness news" at 5:00 and 6:00. we'll be right people are so impatient, right? you know what it is, it's waiting. 10 minutes or 10 hours people don't like waiting. (sheep sounds) you know at comcast, we don't want you to wait at all. with our new xfinity my account app, you can troubleshoot technical issues, request a call back or chat with an expert via twitter. can you wait just a second? hey, can you move please? i hate sheep. introducing the xfinity my account app. ♪ >> day ball for the phillies, chance to win back-to-back series for the first time since april. fifth inning where we pick it up. game tide. kendrick on the mound, went yard. three run shot to left. mets took the lead. now in the seventh, jimmy rollins. he hit his second homerun of the series, 15th of the year, and the fighting's trail four to two. the mets half of the inning, theater of the the phillies bullpen. single, score curtis. the mets scored five times in the seventh. beat the phillies 11

the fire on the 2100 block of long beach boulevard in ship bottom. skyfox flew over the scene just a short time ago. you can see firefighters dousing that commercial building there you go with water and we are told it's a law office that was on fire. the smoke and the flames are dying down and at this point we still don't know how the fire started. >> develop to go night another building collapse in philadelphia as roofs of two row homes come crashing down. no one hurt but plenty of drama in the cobbs creek neighborhood where tonight we have a happy ending, happy as one you can expect to have with what could have been really a tragedy. fox 29's bruce gordon joins us live from cobbs creek to explain the all much bruce? >> reporter: lucy, you're right. no one was injured when these two row homes collapsed here on the 6,000 block of spruce street around midday today. but two champion show dogs were inside 6717 spruce when the buildings came tumbling down. their story provided plenty of drama. the collapse was quick and it was surprising. investigators t

. >>> are you tired of going to overcrowded beaches or waiting in long lines in amusement parks? y something different like a volunteer vacation. >> a reason to trade in beach towels and a rewarding experience helping others. hello. >> hi. >> this is one of the things we make great memories at the beach with families. this is a way to make indelible memories. >> it is great for kids to see how the communities need people to give back to them. it is not just about visiting but about giving back while you are there. >> you have a couple about building character for your children. >> a couple of great locations. one helps obviously the children there but also helps the volunteers. >> this is in orlando which is the number one booked family destination on orbitz this summer. you can pay it forward through this organization called give kids the world. it is a nonprofit family resort where kids with life threatening illness and families come. they have a stress free vacation. the resort fills 1,200 volunteer positions per week to keep it running. they need all of the visitors and locals

if you are watching us down near long beach island, garden state parkway, accident near the wear town interchange. a crash out here, in coatesville, this morning, route ten at chapel avenue. with all of the rain we had last night, roads are damp and wet. be aware of that, puddle or two. and new project, another one, on i-95 begins today. penndot will start the resurface the stretch of 95 between the girard point double decker, through the airport area, down to route 420. that project begins tonight, and will last for the next couple of months or so, ukee, back to you. >>> thank you, jersey city preparing to burr a police officer killed in the line of cute how is just on the force for six months. officer melvin santiago responded to armed robbery at walgreens. officials say the alleged gunman laurence campbell wasn't thereto rob the drug store, but to ambush police. santiago was shot in the head before he could get out of his cruiser. prior to the shooting, campbell allegedly told an eyewitness to watch the news because he was going to be famous. >> took a piece of my heart. he was ful