as you all know this is a parks deficient neighborhood and building out these new parks would give them a new opportunity for open space and healthy recreation that we strongly encourage and the second is the developer has made a commitment to finance the construction of these number parks and acquiring the raw land and doing so at a significant discount and finally address all of the priority needs laid out in the acquisition fund including how to find a vehicle to pay for the ongoing maintenance of these new parks again part of the agreement put into place the developer has committed to fund the maintenance of these new parks for at least the next 20 years. addresses a key need in a park deficient neighborhood and leverages private resources for construction and maintenance and addresses all of the criteria in the open space for the priority needs so again the parks alliance strongly endorses this acquisition and it's on to the next two thank you. >> thank you very much. next up marlene tran. >> good morning. i'm a long time resident of visitacion valley and also the spokesperson of t

it's a new pier park. the park will feature panoramic views of the river with places to react. >>> and a bridge is scheduled to be reopened. the greenwood avenue bridge in jenkintown is expected to be ready. penndot demolished the old bridge to put up a new one. it connects jenkintown and cheltenham. >>> speaking of bridges, we have a problem in lindenwold. this is a tweet from patco warning the riders. the white horse bridge road is closed in that area. you're going to have major detours out there this morning. detours will be posted but if you need to get around that problem, you can sa's w saying, thatt wee saying. expect to see additional volume over there. it's unclear what's wrong with the bridge. there's some structural problem. views are monitoring the situation. trying to figure out what's going on. that bridge is closed. we'll keep you updated. let's take a look outside to from the comcast center in philadelphia. it looks steamy out there, it's a bad hair day, bill, of course not for you, you nev

project overview a couple more statistics primarily a grocery store 2 new parks and the rehabilitation of the historic schlage lock office building and i'm going to call up my colleague to take you through just a few more slides on the details of the development agreement one thing i forgot to mention this project is in front of this committee for approval of the development agreement and in front of the planning department on monday. >> before you go i have a quick question and i'm not sure if emily is going to discuss in her remarks but i'm curious to know what portion of the projects does prevailing wage apply to? >> prevailing wage applies in the development agreement to the infrastructure part of the project so all the roads sewers and landscaping those kinds of things the reason that prevailing wage applies to those parts of the project because we're a city subsubsidy helping to make that work. >> could it be applied to the vertical. >> so the answer to that is through a development agreement we can apply a prevailing wage to the vertical. we have the ability in the development a

today you saw the plan for the new parking and the new parking plan which is roughly, close to 200 permit spaces and we believe that this parking plan, will satisfy the day-to-day needs of the facility for open studios and other events, we also have a commitment from ocii that they will help us work out, those issues, for overflow parking and when those events occur. and as we meet today, we believe that no artist will be left behind. >> thank you. i want to give the small enterprise participation numbers, and for this project, they have and we have approximately 35 percent of the sbi participation and although, that is below the 50 percent, goal and we estimate that all good faith efforts in hiring the professional services providers and the reason why, the numbers is below 50 percent, is that ibi group, the architect, is not an sbi, and the ibi group and the architects for the master plan and as such have worked with the artist community really closely in the time leading up to the 2010 entitlement documents and they were known and trusted in the artists and all decided to retain them f

he was a tremendous supporter of a park for new york. he is one of the fathers of central park and, the whole point was, this is what you find. this is the routine in the northwest corner of the park. in the northwest corner of the park. when you go through it, it is like the adirondacks. an englisha from part is a chinese garden. we are used to parks that are french. very formal will stop everything is very formal and very geometric. a new idea century, of park design became popular. it was meant to become rustic. there were several sources. one was the discovery of the chinese garden. this is staten island. toe people feel like going staten island is like going to china. it is not. you can take a ferry and a short bus ride and the where this is located. it was built by chinese craftsmen. it is an extraordinary garden to go through because it really is a miniature version of the rustic world. the natural world. it is not a formal garden. it is a rustic garden. everything is carefully designed and the architectural elements carefully mash

the mayor unveiled designs for a new park. the announcement came in frankfurt this afternoon. e park will be a dynamic outdoor community space coming next spring. the project is paid for by a grant from art place america. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with brittney shipp. >> we will see an instant replay with the weather. the temperatures in the high 80s and this is a warming trend that puts us in the 90s next week. we are tracking the return of storms and i'll have a preview of the fourth of july holiday. the city skyline. just a few clouds. we will see mostly clear skies tonight. that is going to give way to a sunny sunday for us. for philadelphia right now we are at 73 degrees. the humidity is at 57%. the light winds out it have south southeast at 3 miles an hour. and the temperatures 67 in allentown. temperatures at the atlantic airport at 67 degrees. 71 in stone harbor and 68 in dover. the temperatures in wilmington in the 70s. tomorrow will be a few degrees above our average of 86. our satellite radar shows a few clouds moving in from the north. as we head into

new jersey is closer to snuffing out smoking in parks and beaches. w jersey lawmakers passed a bill to limit smoking at most public beaches. they can set aside a small area for smokers, it outlaws smoking at state county and municipal parks. governor christie has not said when will sign that bill. >>> a new attraction is drawing a large crowd on penns landing, the spruce street harbor park opened to the public today at 401, south boulevard. matt river is there live tonight and matt if you want to see this park you better move fast >>> crowds are any indication organizers of this pop up park are going to be very happy. >>> and gardens, got it. boardwalk, botchi ball and 15 multi colors hammocks a sure thing. all came out of no where. that is the idea. >> we're real exited to open spruce street harbor park. >> jody works for delaware river park corporation or drwc, semi private agency that created the pop up park. it is temporary built over the last few months, designed to last through the the summer. officials say it is a river a destination. >> we hav

. >>> veterans and volunteers came together today to built new park trails. they worked at five different locations in marin, san mateo, san francisco counties. it's a unique way to give back to the community, while supporting the golden gate national park. >> it's so rewarding for me to get out help, meet other veterans, community members, and do some good. >> trails are such a connecting force to our communities, our park lands and it's wonderful that everyone is here today. >> the new trail will connect the medical center to the legion of honor. >>> we have no capacity to fend it off. >> as if drought and fire danger weren't enough, tonight a new threat to california's cash crop. sky-high fire danger. now.. there's a new threat to the state's forests.. and farmsd danielle nottingham shows u no one >>> california's already facing a crippling drought and sky high fire danger and now there's a new threat to the states e forests and farms. nobody knows how to stop it. >> california is a state known for its wood lands and whil majestic redwoods along the northe

x from england who decides to stay and who carries on his idea of a park for new york city. eople know downing. they don't know vaux that well. need ae was screaming we park. the problem was where. there were two choices. one was a sector in the middle of the island between fifth and 8th avenue. --the ninth-100 six st was a 6th street was swampy, pestilential, full of mosquitoes, but there was 66th-70area between fifth street called the joneses woods. the name ofmay know the jones family. this was her family's estate on the edge of the east river. gradually, industrialization was creeping towards it, but in the 1850's, most of the building was south of 50th and to the left. the city could've bought john's wood and central park and the green belts nesting them. can you imagine if we had done that? you could walk from a green way to a gorgeous woods overlooking the east river. wouldn't that be wonderful? but it is not wonderful. they never did it. when the city decided to buy central land in the middle of the island, the real estate people said how much parkland do you want for

revenue generating parts we have a picnic deck and this custom play space off to the right is the new parks practicing verify it negotiates a 12 space had allows for us to have activation optional retail for fulsome street we see this to provide not only cafes and maybe wine bars some kind of active that has park services with the park maintenance facility will be there's a place you might be able to get activities equipment so the kids can come here and doing messy projects i can come and finger-paint there's a amenity space that allows that kind of equipment and assessors this is the view towards the play structure. and a view from first street to the left this has kids scale basketball courts and a garden in the sunny spot if you move back. this is a view of the beer garden and under the turning around we're going to have the porch swings this is for a privately owned plaza space that will augment the parks. and then is a verify from fulsome street from the 12 foot grade happens from this space you see the provingville off to the left and you see the particularly bicycle and promenade on

when you build one of these parks to see the joy in the kids faces after they come and see their new park. >> pennsylvania municipal league has helped revitalize parks and playgrounds in four other cities including pittsburgh and state college. >>> and turning back to your fox 29 weather authority. it's a hot one now and it's going to get even hotter out there. >> it really is. something happened today that hasn't happened all year. 90 degrees or better. the high temperature made it up to 93 degrees. that's 10 degrees above where we should be for this time of year. but the record high for today's date, back in 1957, it was even hotter. 98 degrees. sun will set this evening a little after 8:30. 92 degrees right now. hazy, hot and humid. the actual heat index the exact same as the air temperature so not that oppressive but the same time tomorrow we'll have a heat advisory in effect for parts of the are a. so stepping outdoors by 7:00 o'clock, we're looking attain degrees. mid 80s by 9:00 so those temperatures will stay pretty warm. by 11:00 o'clock, 80 degrees it will be muggy for the overn

news, los angeles. >> thanks for joining us for abc7 news at 4:00. >> abc7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> looks like he's parkingthe street. >> abc7 news is right there when police raid a hotel room and arrest a man accused of sex trafficking. >> plus, water users learn whether they'll face a long, hot summer of mandatory water rationing. >> and a man auctions off parking spots in san francisco. there is a fine for that. >> we have a cool down coming. i'll have details straight ahead. >> they're people who by their actions are snuffing the light out of the most vulnerable and promising of our people. >> 150 kids are now safe nationwide and some of the men accuse of forcing them into prostitution are under arrest a big crack down and abc news embedded in one of the raids. hi, everyone. >> fbi calls it modern day slavery saying these are america's children who go missing. police from every county took part in the sting. six children have been saved from being forced to sell themselves. >> we were embedded with the fbi and police. you hear a lot about prostitution rarery do you hear about it in marin county but it'

the new park will be a dynamic outdoor community space coming next spring. project is being paid for by a grant for art place america. that pop-up park on pence landing, it's right around the corner from my house and i was debating on going friday night, the opening night. i thought it's going to be packed. let's wait. >> we've been having some great weekends. let's hope it keeps going. today's the day to visit the beachers. head down to the beachers where it will definitely be cooler. boathouse row, a nice day for a drive and a walk at kelly drive and we're looking at light winds for today. light winds. take a look. currently temperatures that hour not too bad. no jacket needed at all this morning. e're currently in the 70s. 71 for philadelphia, 69 for lancaster, 60s for atlantic city and about 71 for the lehigh valley right now. your forecast for the day today, here's hour it looks hour by hour. by noon we'll already be in the 80s for philadelphia. our high today like we said, about 86, 87 degrees. notice how sunny it's going to be down the shore. 73. that

for our customers and great news for our parking control officer. it's a very difficult job and there is plenty of work for them to do in the important role of making the transportation system better. that means more time available for enforcing double park, sidewalk parking or directing traffic for special events. and by making it easier to find a parking space, we expected to reduce circling and that is also what we saw. this is self-reported people that the amount of time it took them to find a parks space, asking 1500 people before and then again, during and after, how long did it track a you to find a space today in the pilot areas? going from 11.5 minutes to before sfpark to 6.5 minutes after. so saving people on average 5 minutes, which is a dramatic improvement in quality of life. while about 1-minute decrease in control areas. and that is great news, because that means less traffic and congestion from people circling around looking for parking in our neighborhoods. that is estimated and expressed here in terms of vehicle miles trav

a beautiful new park but there's a catch. you better go soon. >> and right in front of the phillies fans the flyers make their pick for the newest memb member. the nhl draft is coming up in >> a plain makes scary landing in texas. the plan was together a banner when something went wrong. the pilot had to set that plane down. it did collide with at least one vehicle but the pilot was not injured. pun person was taken to the hospital. no word on their condition. >> united states is now flying armed drones over iraq to protect the us embassy in dag bad and keep an eye on islamic militants trying to seize more cities. prominent shiite leaders in baghdad want iraqi's prime minister out of power as the sunny insurgency threatens to tear that country apart. u.s. leaders are pressing the government to give more power to shiny opponent. >> health care system is plagued by a corrosive culture of mismanagement and distrust that's according to a scathing new white house report. president obama ordered an investigation after report that i

in east sarajevo, they are building a new park to celebrate him.ldstill feel the blames them for starting the first world war. here, he is no assassin, but a liberation champion. nation seeour serb him as a hero, a fighter for liberation of our nation. 1914,t on june 20 8, started the process of liberation. we say no to occupation and aggression. bosnia, memories of a more recent war are too raw. serb forces the seized this area. they carry the scars still. acm differently here. the shrine where his remains are buried tell its own story. we history shifts and warp's overtime. after the first world war, the kingdom turned the atheist revolutionary into the christian martyr. after the second world war, communist yugoslavia turned him into a yugoslav patriot. >> each generation projects what it wants to see. the earlywar of 1990's, sarajevo saw him as the forerunner of the serb forces that shelled their city. >> there was a kind of medal given to serb army members named after him in the 1990's. citizens of sarajevo would have a different opinion on hi

construction underway for a new park called spruce street harbor park with a beach theme with it. check out this crane which is beginning stages of building this park. they will help anchor down three floating barges in the river with a restaurant, bar real cool place to hang out and back where i'm standing there is a boardwalk built as well that will have arcade and things like. that just like at the shore. like i said not feeling like summer now but it will. check out our current conditions. this tells us how much moisture humidity in the atmosphere. to point of 60 degrees. tomorrow, different story, we will crank up dew points backup to 68. so what does that mean. it will feel very humid. it will have that oppressive feel. we will get back in that summer-like weather which is actually probably some good news for folks planning to come down here as this park does open up on june 27th here on penns landing. it is cool. check it out in a few weeks. live with the mobile weather lab, it is a cool 68 degrees with the easterly wind but that will shift, bring in the heat and more showe

the a's have been trying to build a new park in san jose. their lease in oakland expires in 2015.e said we want to stay in the bay area. we are a bay area team. we are not moving to timbuktu. >> who wants to go to timbuktu. more on colin kaepernick and the a's and giants are playing right now. >> a lot of good staff going on. -- stuff going on right now. 49ers have their quarterback, colin kaepernick. the largest sum of money guaranteed to any player in nfl history. colin kaepernick six year deal, 120 million. definitely 61 million guaranteed. 49ers feeling very comfortable with colin kaepernick's potential. great work ethic, recent problems in miami had no bearing on things. obviously. he has this reaction to today's signing. >> i guess only thing i could say is i am going to work to make sure i am worth every penny of this. win as many games as possible and help the team win as many games as possible and i think that is something i feel like i can do. >> meanwhile a's and giants both in progress. how about the oakland a's down 4-0 and yoenis cespedes getting one. dead center fie

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the deal will limit the size and height of new parking structures and otter facilities.rexel is expected to close the $25 million sale on monday. >> a lottery game, that's the idea of a philadelphia city council member for raising money for the struggling school district. the district extended the sales tax to raise $125 million. the board says it needs even more to raise the level of learning. james kenney said a local lottery would raise about $15 million, short of the 96 million needed for next year's school budget. >> today former first lady and secretary of state hillary clinton will sign her new book at the free library of philadelphia. nbc 10's mo next to braxton is live at the library in center city with the details of clinton's appearance. >> reporter: rosemary, mrs. clinton is due here in about six hours and unlike the situation in new york, you don't see thousands of people lining up at sunrise. but there is one person here, he just arrived about five minutes ago. he told us he is a grad student at u of pen from new york and standing on line ready to get in wh

. >>> benjamin rush state park has new signs, parking spaces and a comfort station. $2 million in state grants paid for the improvements. >>> tonight in new york city, philadelphia's own kenny gamble and leon huff are adding to the long list of musical honors. they will receive the johnny mercer award. they are credited with producing top artists with the philadelphia seoul sound of the 1960s and '70s. president george h.w. bush is celebrating his 90th birthday. the former president is known for his love of colorful socks. >>> clouds are in place. we have fog, too. temperatures, they are running five to ten degrees cooler this morning, 63 degrees in philadelphia. the fog is getting thicker at the jersey coastline. in south philadelphia, you can see the low clouds over citizens bank park. we have seen showers this morning. it's damp and misty, too. most of the showers at this hour are light. the threat of heavier showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon and tonight and tomorrow and the possibility of flooding in the area. not much moisture is going to move in. right now, it's thinn

. >>> finally tonight there will be a new park along philadelphia's waterfront. we received a first look at the first street harbor park opening up to the public this weekend. park transforms a portion of the penns landing marina into an urban oasis that features a pop up bar and restaurant and fountains, mist stations, and floating gardens. >>> jimmy kimmel live next on channel six followed by night line. jimmy's guest gary oldman, and musical guests bleacher. "action news" continues at 4:30 with tamala edward, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. for cecily tynan, adam joseph, ducis rodgers, the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, good night. male announcer: hit the road with our new maryland scenic byways guide and map to explore all the beauty, history and culture along our 18 byways and other driving tours. order yours today at visitmaryland.org. land of wonder.

to the city, it's at the top of the hill, there's a [inaudible] academy behind it and there's a new park that's directly adjacent to where we're proposing the child care center which is at the end of ironwood which is one of the new streets. this is a rendering of what the completed building is going to look like, it's a rendering of what it would look like if it were made out of wood as a model but we did it as a computer rendering, i think there's a couple of things important to note here is that the central part adds the street curves, we sort of faceted the building so that the units which are facing there have views out in both directions so they have these corners that allow view ins both directions and that central piece is the most prominent part of the building and then the two ends, we wanted to have recede a little bit to place importance on the central part and we did that by making them simple and just having them either be horizontal as is on the case of the portion of the building on the sxleft the portion of the building on the right would have vertical elements. this is

he argues that the park was the first great civic work of art in the united states. the new york historical society hosted this hour-long event. she is the official historian and photographer for the central park observance he and she gave us a new

sites and the improvements and funds for workforce development and the housing assistance and the new parks, will be provided without any further delays, and we propose adjusting the order of approvals and proving ahead with the design, and in advance of a major phase approval, this is a lot by the dda and consistent with the approach that was presented for the replacement kitchen in april. and the replacement studios design has undergone the usual design review process by oci with the input from the planning department and the technical staff has determined that the design is conist ent with the design for the development guidelines, including the parking and requirements, and also, that it complies with the redevelopment plan and with the phase two, dda and i want to ask them to come up and walk you through the building designs and related infrastructure work. >> so, i would like to thank both the staff and commission for having us here again today. i am not sure, there we go. and today, marks the exciting culmination of a long process, in which both lanar and star and the artist communit

then -- san francisco gives a new parking app *the boot.* the reason why. >> pam: cal - fire has alreadyresponded to more than 2000 fires this year that is a 70- percent more than most years. and fire officials are worried, because it is still early in 2014. kron four's jeff bush is live in lafayette tonight. he talked to fire officials in contra costa county jeff what are they saying? >> reporter: (male announcer): now, here's stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> there are trying to intimidate me the south asian business. did not do any thing someone came up to me and started saying things to me that was threatening. >> reporter: as i run across a person that no one wants to run across his name is adam sandler also known as then bestseller but most people know him as evoke elmo. they >> do not one of the people doing this and that compete with the people in india of. >> reporter: complaints from parents that he has been meandering on around this children's day care at making the parents very nervous as some of them to specifically state away. stay away >> reporter: w

it bill buy 425 new parking meters that accept debit and credit cards. the first new meters could be up and running by september. eventually, they plan to add a smart phone payment option. >>> now to the crisis in iraq. 13 people died today when a suicide bomber blew himself up south of baghdad. no one claimed responsibility here. this is tack was similar to those from sunni militants. us appeals are not swaying malali. in an address today, he said those changes would amount to a coup against the constitution. this was his first public statement since obama challenged him to open his government to other factions or risk a sectarian civil war. if there is a war, these men say they're ready to fight. hundreds of volunteers gathered in baghdad today. they are being vetted and under going medical tests. members of isis are already in control of the border crossings with syria and jordan. they vow to march toward baghdad and two holy shiite cities. >>> john boehner is threatening to sue president obama. boehner claims the president is exceeding his authority

it is the start of new music season and new look and new life for the dell music center in fairmont park. "action news" reporter sharee williams has has that story. >> a big kickoff tonight at the dell music center as it celebrates the return of summer concert series and a new look was also unveiled for gateway entrances painted with murals for dedicated music. >> it's not just concerts people are having graduations here's and takes beautiful place in our community. >> outdoor venue has been around 40 years but lack of upkeep and maintenance began to take its toll. mean while the mann philadelphia's other outdoor center made renovations attracting foam its location. >> we're a big story we can handle two outdoor venues we've had two outdoor venues for a long, long period of time it gives us twice the capacity. >> five years ago got city added new seat to seating, reconstructed parking lot and renovated stage and now it has upgraded look spending nearly 7 million dollars. >>> money that's absolutely well spent. one of the main features of our city is tourism. this wail tract that. >> we'v

this is the opening week for the new spruce street pop-up park. yesterday we found families checking out balloon artists and origami making. the park which features concessions and even a beach will be here through august. >>> plans are already in the works for another pop-up mark. mayor michael nutter announced the design of the frankford paws park. the new park will be a dynamic outdoor community space coming next spring. the project is being paid for by a grant from art place america. >>> the pain at the pump is getting worse. prices are now reaching heights we have not seen in years. >>> how much do you have saved for a rainy day? do you save at all? according to a new study, a surprising amount of americans have no emergency fund. learn how much you should have socked away just in case. ♪this is home box!!! come to hhgregg's 4th of july sale and save up to 30% storewide plus, up to an extra $500 more when you buy multiple major appliances. get this samsung french door refrigerator for only $999. or a samsung 51" hdtv for just $398. get saving

distribute this includes a couple of things i want to highlight a few with schlage lock a grocery new public parks and open space and affordable housing, specifically addressing the restoration of the historic office building and payment of the payment impact fees and the infrastructure fees and most important a significant environmentalist in the community that historically has lacked little attention deserved from city hall. the residents have spent hundreds of hours working on every component of the project the solution of the redevelopment agency has resulted in changes and compromises the community has been there so colleagues i'm asking and hopeful that you will support this incredible investment mr. chair thank you >> thank you for your comments. if no other comments we'll open up to. please come forward anyone from the public >> my name is fran i'm affiliated with the visitation planning alliance and a former member for the prop k expenditure plan for the transportation planning and implementation presently i'm on the giving me geneva r.c. the alliance challenged the proposal to build a st

. >>> another opening, this one a new park in chester county. the 32 space lot at the route 30, route 3227 interchange is for car and van pool users. drivers can enter the lot from lloyd avenue. >>> we are counting down to the budget deadline in pennsylvania. with eight hours, lawmakers are confident they will reach a deal before the deadline. the sticking point so far, funding for employee pensions, healthcare and public schools. >> the philadelphia mayor says it's money the city needs. >> the issue here in philadelphia is about educating children and the quality of their education. i've been very clear with folks that i cannot recommend to the src that without the $80 million plus that would come from the cigarette tax, we cannot open schools in september on time and safely. >> they headed to harrisburg to push that point with lawmakers. >> that's where we find matt. what's the latest from the capital? >> reporter: the mayor could be seen walking around the capital building earlier. both sides are disagreeing on a couple of sticking points, es

we'll be back. >>> new attraction drawing crowd on penn's landing, the spruce street harbor park opened to the public yesterday. it is at 401 south columbus boulevard. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers, shows us what it is all about, and why you better act fast if you want to see it. >> life size chess, check. floating gardens, goss it. boardwalk, bouchee ball, 15 multi color hammocks, sure thing, all of it sort of came out of no where. that's the idea. >> we're real excited to open spruce street harbor park today. >> joel i works for the delaware river waterfront corporation or drwc, semi private agency that created the pop up parks. it is temporary, built over the last few months, designed to last only through the summer, officials say, that is low cost way to make the river a destination. >> we've had these great festivals, events, on the weekends, nights, but this park is seven days a week. >> the park features are certainly unique, not the least of which are these nets that you can hang out on while looking down at the river below you. it is my personal favorite. but more than

parking. the first new meter will be up and running by september. eventually, the city will add a smartphone payment option as well. >> announcer: now, your nbc10 "first alert" weather. >>> showers have ended but clouds are overhead once again. looks very much like yesterday with low clouds over center city. 71 degrees at 4:25. jillian mele isch whatting traffic, what's going on, jillian? >> the majors are looking pretty good but we are hearing about a downed pole blocking the route 1 media bypass, you can take the bypass if you need to get around it. >> and a local woman beaten in this video as her toddler tries to intervene. we'll tell you why police are putting this video throughout and what they're saying about this case next on "nbc 10 news today." >> announcer: "nbc10 news" starts now. >>> new from overnight, a standoff in hammonton ends. there are reports of shots being fired at officers. we're live on the scene with new details. >>> disturbing, that's how some are describing this video of a woman beating another woman in front of the woman's

the sound of steam drums signals the opening of a brand new park.d to the public. the pop-up park has hammocks to relax and floating gardens and mist stations to cool down on hot days like this. it has a bar and restaurant. the park is open through the end of august. >>> according to the cbc, youth drown something two to three times higher in ethnic communities. they are offering free beginner swim lessons. over the course of two weeks they learn how to float and climb out of the water. they didn't want income to stop a life-saving skill. >>> indoor or outdoor is good to be in the water. it's hot out there. >>> going outside to adam joseph. >>reporter:we are starting to lower the humidity that we had mid-week. it's a perfect way to start your weekend. as we look at number on city avenue in philadelphia. 83. the dewpoint at 61. a couple of days ago that was in the 70s when it was oppressive out. the dewpoints are so low there is no heat index. it's the same as the air temperature. 82 in fleetwood. near tannersville 75. new holland 81. and levittown,

a grant from wal*mart is helping to make the new park possible. >> it's also an opportunity to take downore no trespassing sign and provide the public with access and green space that we've talked about for the last few years. >>> pier 68 will offer areas for recreation with hammock style seating as well as fishing and it's expected to open sometime in mid 2015. >> all right. a man with a $40 million fortune passes away with no family and no will. >> well the ghost from his past that could and inherit all that money,. >>> and a woman on vacation in florida with her family loses her life after being hit by a car on a beach. what police say the driver did just seconds before he slammed into the woman. howard? >> i'm here at the sixers draft headquarters and still remaining incognito to try to sort out all the information because they are not permitting media here. i'll let you know w >> there's a lady trapped under a vehicle on the beach! somebody just ran over her. stop? do not move the vehicle. >> 911 call from a witness of a horrific scene on florida beach tuesday night much police say

alexis christoforous, cbs news, belmont park. >> axelrod: there is a surge that's been developing in the number of unaccompanied children crossing the border from mexico into the u.s., and it is creating dire conditions at a makeshift holding center in southern arizona where food, water, and medical supplies are now running low. as jonathan lowe of our phoenix station kpho reports california's governor is putting the blame squarely on the white house. >> reporter: behind this gate of the u.s. border patrol is a converted warehouse where the children are staying. today there are at least 750 of them living here, ranging in age from three to 18, all of them alone. these are the photos taken of the kids last night, wrapped in marathon runner-type blankets, sleeping in tubs and being monitored by d.h.s. border patrol agents. they shouldn't be here. this facility only houses adulted who cross the border illegally, but in the last 11 days, the department of homeland security says it's been overwhelmed with the flood of children crossing into the rio grande valley in texas. 48,000 just last

next year 15 blighted unused acres will be transferred into a new pier park, one of many parks the city is creating with funding and contributions every half mile along the river. >> it will be a magnificent park when it opens, this is the third park we have built in the last five yours, this is one of parks already open for business and other opens next month at pier 33 and washington avenue. it has fishing points. >> many areas like parks and trails improves the area and has economic benefits for the entire city. >> this area heading southbound will be known as delaware waterfront trail, a six mile long biking and walking trail that extends to fishtown. south philly neighborhoods on the other side, that battled from seeing a casino being built are hailing the park being built. >> thank god it's not a casino, and this is a piece of a puzzle of a push to reclaim the water front for public access. >> fences like this, with these locks and gate will be gone by this time next year, there will bow a burltful park here at pier 68, live in south jersey, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >

karen travers, abc news, belmont park. >>> and more disappointment in california chrome's co-owner's hometown. hundreds turned out in downtown yuba city to watch the race but they had to leave disappointed when their hometown horse did not win. chrome's hometown track is los alamedas. abc news reporter nick smith has more. >> reporter: the faces tell the story. >> disappointed. but it was a good race. >> reporter: there is a reason only 11 horses have won the kentucky derby, preakness and belmont stakes all in the same year. it is not easy to do. >> he has the preakness and the kentucky derby under his belt so had to root for him. >> we have a definite connection to this horse. >> reporter: undefeated since last december, and first in six consecutive races all eyes were on number two, california chrome to repeat that again today. >> the two owners, this was their first venture into horse racing. they were the talk of the country, they call this horse the people's horse. >> reporter: the people's horse was written by the man who may know him best, victor espinosa, california chrome's