we will talk to folks coming by on the boardwalk. if you are down the shore come by and say hi we will be here until 10:00 o'clock in the morning. >> gorgeous. >> beautiful morning. >> sandy was almost three years ago. my goodness, pier looks good. >>> this is something you never want to hear, did you feel it? >> yeah, this happened just a couple hours ago out of north jersey. small earthquake. >> very small. >> 2.5 magnitude quake. it happened in bernardsville new jersey shortly before 4:00 . 35 miles north east of trenton. resident report hearing some explosions and rumblings, with you we haven't heard about damage. get on twitter, it might be the the easiest way to do it. >>> well,let me try this again. i just lost my tongue and i can't do a thing witt. new details, came out yesterday afternoon about the pope's visit in philadelphia in late september. >> and lets get to is a bean because philadelphia city leaders, they have released more information about security perimeters, sabina. >> reporter: good morning mike and alex. i'm sta

he said get tram cars, they use them on the boardwalk. it is common sense. >> you have that watch the tram car please. >> on the ben franklin bridge. >> that would be epic. >> he would be upset with me. he is already upset with me. >>> police in bristol township, said a homeless man sold two guns to a young boy for a few bucks. >> bristol township police say sale took place across from the 7-eleven on veterans highway. this was wednesday evening. is there the the guy, 59 year-old reginald sysco sold two rifle toss that young man on the stoop there. he is nine years old. he gave him $8 for the rifles. sysco told police he found guns in the wooded area. police say they were stolen a a night before from the ought mommy shop where sysco used to work. boy's family is very upset. >> who sells a nine year-old kid guns. that is crazy. he is a scum bag. you don't go around selling guns to kid. >> in my 30 years of law enforcement, thinks first time i have ever heard of anything like this. >> boy told police he felt sorry for the guy who told him he

police say the jewelry robberies happened during the daylight on the boardwalk and nearby streets between west fifth and west 33rd street. the suspect targets men in their 60s, 70s and 80s, approaching and/or fleeing from his victims on a bike. some locals say more frequent police patrols are needed on the west side of the boardwalk where the robberies are happening. >> you don't see no cops. so i think whoever doing this know what he doing. target people who can't do anything. that's when the police steps in. >> reporter: police say they have extra summer detail in the area. >> there's 50 plus cops assigned just directly right to the boardwalk. and then all our personnel besides that, that we have they all have our wanted flyers. >> reporter: some locals believe there are more victims who haven't come forward. they are hoping police catch the robber before he strikes again. in coney island, hazel sanchez, cbs2 news. >>> new york city wants to find more than 1,000 workers who are owed millions of dollars. controller scott stringer says the city has $3.7 million in unclaimed wage settlemen

. >> live from the ocean city boardwalk here. is what your name. >> chris. >> we have a doughnut we are good to go. >> where are you from. >> pennsylvania pennsylvania. >> you have a front row here on the beach, take a look at the ocean rolling in we are live from the music peer all morning long getting my jog in along the way. we will check jam cams and hopefully dave cap keep the rain in the off position for rest of the day, live from ocean city when we come right back. >>> welcome back. 6:17. i'm dave war men for sue. we are looking at rain out there. it is not all that heavy but still coming down pick up by radar and to the south where it will stay. it will not move north and it will start to break up here throughout the the afternoon but zooming in, we will see breaking up just a bit from atlantic city south through cape may, one or two rain drops around cape may. heavier showers off the coast and a few showers breaking up a bit across delaware. so, it continues, but it will slowly start to clear out. we will deal with the ra

in this area will mean that you'll once again be able to bike or stroll the entire boardwalkrom margate all the way to gardener's basin in atlantic city. >> we have to go, you know, through the the streets and otherwise we would go -- we would use the boardwalk. >> look at it and see how it is and you just say well it's time to turn around so now you'll be able to go all the way to the basin and enjoy the basin. >> reporter: replacing this damaged boardwalk is a big deal. officials say once you can walk continuously to the other end of it in the inlet, it will become a major economic driver for this area. >> it's critical for the inlet, it's critical for moving our town away from a gaming centric city to a place that everyone will come down and play and have a good time. >> reporter: the mayor says it will spur development making now vacant water front properties desirable for building and guardian predicts the new boardwalk will draw more people to inlet attractions like the abseek son lighthouse the aquarium and other businesses is the gardener's basin. >> kind of connects

low 70s along the boardwalk. 67 by 6:00 a.m., 69 by 8:00 a.m. a sprinkle or shower down the shore. 80 by noon, 83 by 3:00 p.m. that's the high, we'll sit on that between 3 and 4:00 p.m. 81 by 6:00 with sunshine remerging as the day goes on. the weekend call coming up, karen, pretty good. >> reporter: let's step outside and look at the cameras, construction closing the ramp westbound at spring garden. we have an accident northbound between woodhaven and academy causing issues blocking the right lane. the construction we had on i-95 northbound that closes the cottman avenue ramp that is clear reopened right now. we have an accident in honeybrook, look for that between popular and ash street for an early morning accident here, as you head down you'll head out early for the shore. david gave it two thumbs up weekend, all clear for now, there's plenty of time for that to go downhill. matt and tam. thanks, karen. >>> breakerring right now an argument in north philadelphia sparked a hail of gunfire overnight and left a teenager dead and has police looki

the weather has been iffy so we are having a great time at the bound boardwalk bounce thing. by the way these four kids are the two oldest of the four, one is cuter then the next. go for it. there you go sophia crush it. my producer is having fun too come on down, we are having fun. >> jade in the background there jade jarvis. >> 9:01. let's get into this now. if you can get a mirror in your house, do you got one? all right. >> boom. >> mirror just broke. by looking at your face, wrinkles, the blotches, whatever is on your face, you can tell what is going maybe wrong with inside of your body. lauren johnson has been studying this survey. let's see. >> there are seven warning signs, mike and alex. i will give you a few examples. sometimes you get bags. these are yellow. if they are around your eyes, nose or mouth it could indicate that you have high cholesterol. doctors say have your cholesterol check before you freak out but then try a skin peel and get rid of the patches. speaking of your skin, mike, do you have pale skin. >> what, pale skin. >> you have a iron deficiency so

coming to you live from the music pier right here on the boardwalk in ocean city. igning up to win tickets to see maroon five, as you you get ready to head out the the front door, though, not that bad. traffic has been light all morning long. we will look at the jam cams. we will start off with i9 five northeast philadelphia right here near cottman avenue, no problems, brake tapping through that girard avenue cop trucks zone. lets go to route 309 at easton road, right by the movie theater, and folks maybe hitting movies to day with the sunshine in the like it should be but nice day down here. ben franklin bridge looking good coming into philadelphia. back here live on the boardwalk all you have to do is come by between now and 9:45 and fill out your name, phone number and e-mail, we will put tonight a bin, bam, and at 9:45 i will draw somebody from this bin and they will get a chance to see maroon five on the beach mike anal a ex-here at the the shore in atlantic city come up august 16th. come on by, folks coming by saying hi. we have miss ocean city new jersey in t

"eyewitness news" reporter vittoria woodill is live on the boardwalk, how is the crowd, vittoria. >> crowd, it is huge, jessica, literally, huge, thousands and thousands, mile long down the beach, so big that we're here on the boardwalk getting a little wiggle room outside of brighton park. boardwalk is busy but beach is even busier and i heard from a source, a few sources, out of syracuse, new york you were going to go to the concert but you decided to park it right here on the board. >> it is crazy, out there. >> it is nuts. >> there is a ton of people, thousands of people out there. right here is the best place. >> you are in good company because we have an eagles fan over here. we're talking syracuse, new york, give them a pound, tommy, and eagles fan. you took a trip to the link, tommy, how was it. >> good. >> what was your favorite part? everything. >> basically. >> right. you got backpack, the hat, and basically, the beach is definitely a busy, busy place to be. if you look over my head here, take a look at these speakers. the is there a stage down to the far right, then a set

on the boardwalk and atlantic city 70. nice and comfortable. breeze down the shore.ow it will feel today and tomorrow we've got nice comfortable conditions. look at dew point less than 60. dewpoint currently 59. that means humidity is way down there. you you feel nice out there and that's the way it stays tomorrow with dew point remaining in check. so if you head to the playground, to the shore, to the the poconos. why not. tomorrow at the playground mos mostly sunny skies and comfortable. 11 a.m., 80, by 4 p.m., 85 and high tomorrow 86. but things change for workweek and details in changing forecast in a couple minute. thanks, karen. >> folks enjoy music tonight first ever sole -- soul school festival. >> it took place at the play yound 19 street and washington avenue in south philadelphia. philly's own the viv yap green, music soul child and big daddy kahne head lined the festival. >> and bethlehem has turned into a music city it was another successful day at musikfest with culture club headlining tonight and record 550 musical and artistic performances are schedul

. >> ♪ >> we have a jammo on the boardwalk. >> jammo on the boardwalk, mummers parade down on the boardwalkat young fellow, that gave us little traffic report consideration we hear it again? one more time? ready? >> remember where you are. >> ♪ >> lay, are we going to be on the boardwalk this friday? >> gentlemen, we r i'll be in cape may. >> cape may. >> on the way to cape may ♪ >> oh, we'll let you know where specifically. because i've been getting tweets. there are cape may. because i want to come. >> here is little put put place in cape may. hey, i was stunned by this. dave franco, and allison bri are engaged. >> how nice? >> i've never heard of either one of them. >> oh, okay. well franco popped the question after more than three years every dating. he gave allison one of a kind gold, rose gold ring. >> oh,. >> set with a rose cut diamond. >> uh-huh. >> there is a theme there. so, bri, mostly known for her role on madmen of course. >> okay. >> she is currently promoting new film sleeping with other people. franco known for film in 21 jump street -- >> i have no idea who you are talking

somewhere down the shore somewhere in the # 0s for the early morning stroll on the boardwalk. the dewpoints are up over 60. it's humid not oppressive, but stickier. heading out the door this morning, it's dry morning. 70 by 6:00. 73 degrees by 8:00 a.m. as we roll into the afternoon the heat wave goes on. 77 degrees by 9:00. 85 by noon. 91 by 3:00 p.m. high of 92 around 4:00 p.m. slipping back to 90 at 6:00 p.m. the higher heat and humidity don't last forever. we have a change in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. matt i'll run that down not. >> reporter: sounds like a plan, david. we had a fender bender at aramingo and lehigh avenue. one of guys involved in the accident had caution tape he took matters into his own hands and put tape up across the road stay on frankford avenue, i think that will be a better bet this morning. this is the roosevelt boulevard in east falls looking good if you're heading southbound by strahle they are doing construction and closing the outer drive saturday that should wrap up in the next hour. so far so good on i-95 and the schuylkill.

"eyewitness news" on the ocean city boardwalk for the 106th annual baby parade. our nicole brewer was the grand marshal that's baby jack there. the parade features inn taints to 10-year-olds and costumes and the oldest continually running baby parade in the nation. >> i could watch that all day. >> i love the hats. >> that was good. it was a beautiful day. >> what great day. tori was talking about beautiful it was down the shore. every day is great for baby parade. we had beautiful day today. but changes are coming. well, the sun will be shining but through the next several days each day we'll ramp up the heat and ramp up the humidity just a little bit. so let's take a look what's happening right now. take you outside. this is our rooftop camera and i do want to mention we talk about the percy idea meteor shower last night but still going on tonight tonight may actually even be better because it's a little bit darker out there. we're heading closer toward the new moon. not going see much in the city because of all the light pollution but put want to head outside

they are patrolling the boardwalk. now they put out new video of the suspect. the victims in all these cases are elderly. >> if he comes and grabs my neck, we will fight. i'll tell you that my now. >> reporter: you aren't giving that up? >> no. >> reporter: some in the above 60 crowd are fed up with the suspect who seems to be targeting people because of their age and police say he has done it at least six times since july. in fact, check out this video on west 30th street near the boardwalk last thursday. the suspect slowly approaches from behind and snatches the chain off his victim's neck. camille and carmine say their friends in his 80s was mugged last month sitting on this bench then the suspect leaps over the fence and gets away on his bike. >> he turned around this way and the guy had the chain and he had a cross on it. the guy got the chain but not the cross. >> i took off my cross because i heard about it, somebody on a bike. he watches and as soon as he sees you are not paying attention, he grabbed your chain, jumps on the bike and high tails it out o

the atlantic city air show thunder over the boardwalk is back and we've got a sneak peek! the scenes to see how a show of this sizes gets off the ground! plus, the ultimate list of things to do places to eat and if you love beef jerky, penza's pies or macaroon's. this is for you! it's a special fyi philly, air >> hi everybody, and welcome to fyi philly. >> we are on the boardwalk in atlantic city. >> this is the calm before the storm. >> in just a few days, this town will be bustling with a thunderous roar in the skies overhead. >> it is the atlantic city air show, one of the biggest events of the summer down the shore. >> that's because it's a show filled with lots of thrills and chills. >> and it is free!

. 60 in reading. 64 in wilmington, some suburbs kind of cool and we dip into the upper 60s on the boardwalks. heading out we're looking at 68 by 6:00. 71 by 8:00. partly cloudy and comfortable conditioners, as we roll through the day it's going to be a warm one. noon, 81. by 3:00, that's the high of 85 with clouds increasing as the day goes on, perhaps late this afternoon or evening. the poabt -- possibility of rain. the rain that's arriving is because of the area of low pressure west of us. it will track south tonight and into tomorrow. looks like most of the rain we get from that will be south of philadelphia. when i come back i will show you a couple of models there's not total agreement with the placement of this rain. we're looking forward to the weekend whether -- where we bounce back. karen, what do the roads look like? >> reporter: the roads are clear and dry. i-95 at girard southbound traffic heading toward center city moving just fine at this point. we can see the construction off to the side. on the big picture we're seeing speeds overall on schuylkill expressway and i-95 mostly i

plaza shot here in row row beth beach a if you folks out on the boardwalk looking sparse out there thisvening. right now 77 degrees. you can just tell the days are getting shorter. looked out the went dough tonight i wonder if a storm is coming it look dark outside it's just getting dark a lot earlier because we're heading toward the end of august. but let's not rush fall. we still have got nice summer weather this week. on storm scan3 a couple of spotty showers here and there. now the storms we were watching down across maryland have really fizzled. as we thought they were going to do. as they move into portions of delaware just light showers now into portions of cumberland county and salem county new jersey. kent county, delaware, a to you more firing up one here just north of harrisburg. that could eventually impact the lehigh valley we're not out of the woods through tonight. these showers and storms will move east nothing severe at this hour and it doesn't look like anything severe to worry about over overnight. a few rain showers. 79 at the airport. seventy six reading 78 in wilmi

as we jump the river in south jersey. 68 on the boardwalk in ac. 65 in heavy -- hockessin. lots of sunshine, no precipitation, comfortable temperatures low humidity. 72 by 9:00. noon, 80. this afternoon, 83 is the high, low humidity and just a light breeze blowing a delightful day on tap, tam and erin. >> thanks, david. >>> new this morning, crews battling a wildfire in california are getting help from prison inmates. four thousand lower level felons are working together as a team. they not only add significant manpower, but save the state money. they earn the chance to shorten their sentences. >>> a toddler in texas died after his mother left him alone in a hot car during triple digit temperatures. the mother said she forget about the 17-month-old in the car on tuesday. the high that day was 101. the interior of the car registered to 200 degrees, the boy was in there for an hour. when the mother realize -8d her mistake she rushed the baby to the hospital. no charges have been filed. >>> controversy is brewing in los angeles over tiny homes built for the homeless. a city cou

low 70s along the boardwalks. as we roll through the day noon 80 degrees, 3:00 p.m., 83 that's the high. by 6:00 p.m. holding on to the low 80s. boy, the weekend is looking salute gorgeous, we'll have details from accuweather. carnal, what about roads early on? >> reporter: you mentioned sprinkles to the south. the roads are dry on the schuylkill expressway. northwesterlyless we -- never theless we have an accident here. police blocked all lanes they pushed the accident off to the side. we have police penndot on the scene look for that on the schuylkill expressway westbound. otherwise you're moving in the 50s. even i-95 the first signs of slowing 39 miles per hour southbound near girard. no big problems there. the one big accident we have is in honeybrook, police have shut down twin county road between popular and ash street. if you're in that area stick to route 23 to avoid that problem. in new jersey, northbound traffic 42 from creek road no problems, a little bit of building volume that's about it. southbound we

started off cloudy at the boardwalk plaza. set this into motion. h the clouds move out by afternoon lots of sunshine the beach empties a bit, shadows lengthen then the boardwalk picks up the pace and it was a busy night. temperatures are in the mid 70s. all that cool dry air coming in thanks to this system which is moving away and bringing a lot of cool air to the great lakes. for us we're not seeing the clouds or the showers. they are getting with that large upper level low pressure system overhead we're getting the sweep of nice dry comfortable weather that will be around for at least the next three days and then into the weekend at least dry weather remains. 75 degrees still at the airport but it's cool and comfy in he had reading at 63. 58 in mount pocono. you can see where that cool air down to 60 in cleveland already. 55 in alpina and 40s in extreme minnesota. dew points since this time yesterday have dropped more than 15 degrees that means we've gone from some oppressive feeling humidity to very comfortable conditions and that will be around

as you can imagine, they were thrilled to get off the boardwalk and hit the beach an hour earlier. >>best part of the day right now. it will be awesome. it's really hot sitting up here. it's nice to get settled and get in the ocean. >> my son and i got down here about 6:30 this morning. >> why so early? >> he's a big rascal flatts fan. i said, whatever you want. he wanted to pick his spot. he loves the water. >> i'm trying to get a perfect spot near the water to see and hear everything that's going to happen today. >> reporter: unlike sunday's maroon 5 concert here, this show will have two additional entrances for those with preferred general admission tickets. they are the michigan and ohio avenues. the opening act, ashley monroe, is set to hit the stage at 4:00. that stage several blocks down that way. rascal flatts set to perform at 5:30. we'll be here for all of it. live in atlantic city, ted greenberg, "nbc10 news." >> thank you very much. >>> in slovakia seven people are dead after two planes collided in midair. there were 40 people on board the two planes. one was carrying seve

not the best beach day but it is a great day to be on the boardwalk with some shopping. y down the shore you have to put on the sweat shirt and head to the boardwalk, down to the washington street mall there in cape may. or just walking around the local, side streets, and stone harbor is a good one to do some shopping. stock up on maybe a few sweat shirts later on in the week. by end of the week things look great. if this is your week down the shore today an anomaly. but wednesday, thursday, friday you will be loving the weather at the shore. lets look the a the few live neighborhood network cameras as well. we will have a flat gray cloudy sky as we look from the palmyra cove nature park, delaware river, matching the the sky here, glummy this afternoon. little break have blue sky here and there. kutztown area middle school. gray skies moving through. middletown ship high school in cape may courthouse cloud, a few breaks of blue but glummy just about every where today. for the most part it is dry. heavier rain back to the west, we will see heavier showers and storms. ohio,

same at the boardwalk there in atlantic city. temperatures in upper 70s. you look at the dew point it's level of moisture in the atmosphere and any time dewpoint numbers are 60 or higher it's an indication that humidity will be on the rise and that will be the case as we go throughout the rest of tonight during overnight hours and for the day sunday especially with southwesterly wind that will be on the move. in fact you look at dew point scale and it looks like it will stay high on sunday nothing unbearable late august standards especially as we head into the month of september. looks to be high as well as monday and tuesday with hot air on the way. so we'll talk about what is ahead. hey, look up in the sky. we have a full super moon up tonight underneath partly cloudy sky and getting ready for september sizzle and update on the tropics. we'll have details, rick, coming up in the full and exclusive accuweather for cost. >> it's a bird, mraep, super moon. >> super moon. >> all right. all right. thanks. >> and in other news friend and family gathered to dema

they are doing a huge weekend friday, saturday, sunday, beach races, off the boardwalk, on the sand. it will be huge, i actually, a little bit earlier on, got to ride one of those big rides myself. interesting thing was first thing looking at it i said how do you even get into that thing. then you have to jump through the under belly and then climb in there, underneath, and once you are positioned in there the belt bucket goes on, you press ignition, start button and get that thing in gear and baby, you are cruising. i was trying to do figure eight's. that wasn't the best, but difficult make it up and over the hills. it is such an adrenaline rush, you have no idea. talk about the most memorable day, ever. then they also do monster truck ride on the beach. right here at young and the boardwalk. it is 12 doll a ars for these monster truck ride this weekend only they are doing 10-dollar ride. if you can i would suggest that you do it, because it is worth every single cent something i will never forget the the rest of my life. this weekend, remember it is monster truck beach races, frida

shot of steel pier on this saturday night an you can see some folks enjoying a nice stroll on the boardwalk and you may need a light sweater or jacket as you look at the numbers cool for august standards and along the coast at this hour, 7 surf city and 72 margate and same in avalon lower 70s cape may in at 69 as you press inland however along the i-95 corridor philadelphia 7 after high temperature today of 86 degrees. up in the poconos 56. 64 out west there in reading and here's satellite 6 and action radar. couple changes on the way as we get to second half of the weekend. we're tracking frontsal boundary that is isn'tly stalled out off the coast of new england and atlantic region as well. further east, we're tracking disturbance at along the atlantic preventing this frontal boundary from working its way east ward. tomorrow this front will move west ward across the mid-atlantic region with that and threat of popup shower or thunderstorm mainly east of philadelphia. here's sets of tomorrow, clouds and pockets of sunshine. high temperature coming in at 86 and shower likely mainly east of ci

all these cases are similar and all but one happened on the boardwalk in coney island. we want you to take a look at the picture that police are putting out of the suspect which we have for you. they have some clear shots of him. basically cops say he approaches his victims on a bicycle, then relationships jewelry -- rips jewelry right off. the fix are in their 60s, 70s and 80s and the incidents happened on the boardwalk where you are not even supposed to be riding a bicycle after 10:00 a.m. beachgoers today vigilant to say the least. >> if he grabs my necklace, we are going to fight. if he grabs my bag, we are going to fight. i am not giving that up either. >> i have been approached by people begging for money. they see you sitting down, changing your shoes or something. you just have to watch yourself. i am always watching my back. these incidents, six in total began in july. the most recent one was last thursday. one of the incidents actually happened on neptune avenue and west 5th street but the other five happened between west 29th and west 32nd right here on the bo

the atlantic city air show thunder over the boardwalk is back and we've got a sneak peek! show of this sizes gets off the ground! plus, the ultimate list of things to do places to eat and if you love beef jerky, penza's pies or macaroon's. this is for you! it's a special fyi philly, air >> hi everybody, and welcome to fyi philly. >> we are on the boardwalk in atlantic city. >> this is the calm before the storm. >> in just a few days, this town will be bustling with a thunderous roar in the skies overhead. >> it is the atlantic city air show, one of the biggest events of the summer down the shore. >> that's because it's a show filled with lots of thrills and chills. >> and it is free! >> it's the enrt

let's start off down the charlotte of possible out on the boardwalk right now. ey may have heard the forecast and they know it's not going to be the best weather for the next couple of days certainly friday does not look like a good beach day. tomorrow will be okay for part of the day as most of the showers and storms stay off to the west. so enjoy as many hours as you can out on the beach out on the boardwalk it's beautiful night in ocean city. storm scan3 is pretty clear for the moment we're sweeping the area not finding really much of anything a few scattered showers here and there. most of them are off to the west at the moment as we zoom out, though, you can see showers and storms firing up here over portions of virginia into central pennsylvania and you can see this larger system the front is stay way back here, a lot of moisture being pumped in out ahead of it and that's going to cause showers and storms to pop up at any time tomorrow but especially tomorrow night into friday morning. that's when the front will cross the area. temperatures across our live

morning to meet up with bob kelly, who is there and we will hear from him in just a few minutes, on the boardwalkseaside heights, new jersey. it the is in ocean county. it will be sunny, breezy. temperatures while you are there 66 to 70. don't forget the sun screen and have a good time. say hi to us. pollen forecast, today i wish that was as good. we have medium to high levels all the way through the weekend, one down side of having nice dry weather and in rain to wash away pollen. you have to take care of yourself with that. temperatures this morning are in the 50's to the north of us, allentown, pottstown, reading, mount pocono with 55. lancaster 57. we have 67 degrees at philly international. sixty in wilmington. sixty-one in wildwood. 59 degrees in atlantic city airport this morning. so checking those dew point is it is another gloriously comfortable morning which is not usual for mid-august in philadelphia. so we will treasure these taste while they are here. dew points in the 50's, of course, means that we're in the pleasant and refreshing range in our measure of moisture. checking temperat

pretty decent sunset here and now there's folks out on the boardwalk tonight. not too bad after all now shot showers and storms have moved on out. kind of a shore spoiler today clouds and showers early now those clouds have moved away and you can see even in southern delaware even in south jersey the clouds are really starting to thin out you'll have lot of sunshine to look forward to this weekend. it's cool and comfortable otherwise 74 at the airport. 67 in millville. and in lancaster right now. 71 if you're in reading and the dew points are in the 50s. that's very comfortable. not a lot of humidity out there tonight. and humidity really won't be an issue this weekend either. temperatures topping out right about where they should for early to mid august right in the mid 80s. so mostly sunny with high pressure overhead tomorrow really nice saturday. maybe a few clouds in the morning down the shore but all in all great day. sunday a few clouds filtering in the afternoon another great one and then monday bring us ain't increased chance for a thunderstorm. during

and then in the fall of 2012, the wenzels prepare to celebrate salty's five decades on the boardwalk. on october 22, a tropical storm becomes hurricane sandy and the jersey shore is in its crosshairs. >> we have seen what happens when a storm hits the jersey shore but it was the first time that we ever saw a storm of this magnitude. >> that is coming up next. >> first, here is our quiz question, which jersey artist has the most number one hit single. bruce springsteen, frank sonata, or whitney ♪ ♪ >> which jersey artist has the most number one hit singles? it's whitney houston, who hit the billboard number one singles spot 11 times. >> october of 2012 herriot brick and britta are planning a celebration for salty's, the jersey shore ice cream parlor that has been in the family for half a century. >> this morning i formally declare it a state of emergency in anticipation of hurricane sandy. >> they get off the island. this is a jersey shore are perfect storm that amplifies by a full moon. >> rushing down washington avenue, you really can't thrive on these things right now. >> two weeks

in addition to fixing the damaged boardwalk, the city also plans to build a new seawall for the inletyor don guardian says they will act as an economic driver for the area making now vacant waterfront property more desirable for development and shifting the city away from a focus on gambling to an outdoor shore town. the project is expected to take two years. ly. >> i think it's a great idea because atlantic city is beautiful in the summer. why sit in a casino all day long? >> right. >> indoors. >> and they already had the hugely popular outdoor beach events. i know people were coming to them in droves. a lot going on down there. and today is kind of a iffy day this morning for atlantic city at least. things will get better later this afternoon. let's go right to storm tracker6 live double scan and you can see what i'm talking about. we've got some scattered showers or thunderstorms. i want to go in a little closer. we're in the seeing lightning with any of these clusters. we have a little cell dying in out in elmer along 322 if you're driving near mays landing you see a bubble shower

when you get there you can meet up with him on the boardwalk. the it will be between 66 and 70 degrees. that is a look at your weather. high temperature in the upper 80's today. we will start off traffic because we will handle it until bob gets to seaside heights. on the schuylkill expressway, so westbound on the schuylkill at belmont the right lane is block but they are in the process of picking up cones. it looks like smooth sailing right now. lets go to i-95 southbound at cottman avenue, wide open there but there are a few cars to count even this early in the morning. we've got a look at all of our major roadways this morning. it looks like where ever you are headed you you are okay. we will look at the schuylkill, i-95, 676, everybody is, moving along at regular speeds, so, at least we are off to a good start, karen we can only hope everybody behaves themselves for the the rest of the day. >>> it is exactly 4:03. new this morning a young woman injured after a car jumps a curve. police say the 28 year-old woman was waiting for a bus over on br

for the first time, it will be outside to protect the boardwalk. phase two starts in the fall. it is expected to be done at the end of 2017. the project costs $50 million. >>> i'm looking forward to that one. well, got a shower up near the poconos but not much in the rest of the area. we are tracking those showers and seeing if they are going to amount to anything tonight. we have days of comfort starting tomorrow once these showers move by. there's a possibility of the next tropical storm developing in the atlantic pretty close to where danny developed. this is citizens bank park. phillies are back home this week and pretty decent weather tonight. great weather for the rest of the week. that is for sure. great baseball weather. 87 degrees, winds out of the south. feels like 89. the high today was 89 degrees. 87 now, we are in the 80s across most the rest of the area. lancaster is down to 79 because the showers are in the area. it's cooled off at the shore as well, with a sea breeze that has come in during the afternoon. there it is, 80 degrees in sea isle city. 79, atlantic ci

the 7 had -- 74 along the boardwalk in avalon. dewpoints in the 60s so we're feeling the humidity creep back in. the 8:00 a.m. 73. noon, 85. if you want to get stuff done outside, morning is better than the afternoon. most of the afternoon will be in the 90s. 91 by 3:00. 92 around 3:30 or 4:00 before sliding back to 89 by 6:00. matt pellman when i step inside i'll track the spotty thunderstorm activity an future tracker 6 and let you know when the humidity drops again. >> reporter: you need your sun glationz out there. that -- sunglasses out there this morning. that brightness will give us a delay. we had an overturned jeep where 322 joins us with i-95. the crash is gone, that's the good news, but the bad noose we have traffic crawling along from the blue route to i-95 northbound. delaware state line, heading into the sunshine, slowly improving on northbound i-95. chester county, eastbound side 322 into 113, on a bright morning like this things jam you mean on 30. in plymouth meeting a fire at the friends school. stay on joshua roa

low 70s on the boardwalks this morning. sun early will give way to increasing clouds by the time we get into the afternoon and evening, we'll be under mostly cloudy skies and there's a slight chance we see a sprinkle fire up or perhaps a shower in south jersey and southern delaware. this run of this model doesn't show that, but i can't rule it out. later tonight we'll see more rain. the steadier will be down toward the shore in south jersey and delaware. light stuff could pop up to philadelphia, and it could be here during the later evening hours and up to midnight and beyond. 81 degrees in the lehigh valley. sun and clouds. pleasant. that rain staying to the south you don't have to worry about any rain in the lehigh valley. at the shore increasing clouds, as i mentioned late-day rain is possible. if you're lucky it will hold off until later in the evening. the better chance of that the farther south you go along the coast. 85 is the high in philadelphia. clouds on the march as we go through the day light rain south of the c

. >> reporter: if are you shopping for a one of a kind treasure head to the boardwalk art show, the 53rdnt in ocean city that features fine artwork at affordable prices, leading artists will have their art on display, the boardwalk art show starts on friday and continues through saturday. >> it's the competition for the fittest in the water, the memorial lifeguard races are taking place in friday as lifeguards compete against some of the best guards at the jersey shore, cheer for your favor thes and watch it in person. make it a big splash this weekend down at the shore. >> reporter: you ready? >> born ready. >> wait that is embarrassing, one more time. >> a little that is okay. you got it next time. >> all right that was a good one! >> that is better. brian, monica, we are having a blast here in sea isle city. look at all the tickets this guy won? >> i won them. >> here you go. he has a lot of tickets here. >> she did great play-by-play and he can get the marbles and candy and beach ball, he can get it all. >>> now a check of the roads and the thursday evening commute. now karen rogers

leaders tell me if the devices keep working as well as they have been, they hope to get many more on the boardwalk for next summer. >> we have to kind of protect our -- the tourists. >> reporter: and prevent chaos, prompted by birds that seem to have become more brazen to feed their appetites. ted greenberg, news 4 new york. >> alfred hitchcock had it right. >> he was ahead of his time. >> john chandler -- >> i've been lured by the crab fries from time to time. >> snatch them? >> preseason football tonight. what to expect from the jets. that is the question. well, a touchdown might be nice. of course, all eyes on quarterback ryan fitzpatrick. and, plus, tiger woods tempting all of us again with a flash back to his old form. it's coming up in sports. here on news 4. comfort keepers can provide a variety of custom in-home services for your aging loved ones, including medication reminders and transportation to the doctor. my name is amanda and i smoked while i was pregnant. my baby was born two months early and weighed only three pounds. this is the view i had of her in the nicu. my tip to you is spe

>> osgood: people looking for summer fun have found it on the boardwalk, chip reid certainly has. ♪ > to funland on the boardwalk in rehoboth beach, delaware. it's been that way since sarah now 66 was a little girl. your parents brought you, you brought your children. >> yes. >> and now they're bringing their children. wow. why do you keep coming here? >> it's a wonderful place to bring kids. it's just so family oriented. >> great. >> a summer evening here they say is like taking a step back in time. >> it's neat to see my kids riding the rides that i rode when i was a kid coming here. >> some of the rides have been at funlapped since it opened 54 summers ago. there's something else that makes this place feel old fashioned. >> what can i get for you? >> thank you, have a good one. >> where else can you get this much fun for 35 cents. >> i'm ready to go on the frogs. >> they call it today's fun at yesterday's prices. >> out this way. >> working the rides most nights is al fasnacht, no, he's not an employee. >> here we go. >> his family owns funland. this summer 2 family members are wor

woodbine 81 and 77 at the boardwalk and 80 in cinnaminson and 78 in ewing. we have a mostly clear sky from new england to the mid-atlantic region thanks to the tomnating ridge of high pressure and the winds are clockwise and you clock into the refreshing northwesterly wind that stays put into tomorrow as well. here is the setup for hour friday, wall-to-wall sunshine today and it's a warm day and still comfortable, in at 85 degrees, as we get into saturday, high pressure is overhead and as we get into sunday the ridge of high pressure moves offshore and the return flow returns as well. >> returning to the tropics, tropical storm erika winds sustained at 50 miles per hour, moving west northwest at 18 miles per hour and the storm is somewhat lopsided, all the activity to the east of the center of the storm system so this is traveling over the dominican republic later on tonight and moving over the turks and caicos into tonight and tomorrow. that is 3 to 6 inches of rainfall as this moves over friction you can upwards of 10 inches. again, always important when tr

during the summer months the coney island boardwalk is a popular destination. for one man it's a target for a robbery spree, one that specifically is targeting elderly residents. take a look at these pictures. this is the man police are looking for. they say he is responsible for six robberies dating back to july 23rd. he rides up on a bike and snatches jewelry from unsuspecting residents, gold chains and bracelets and seems to be targeting older residents. the victims in these cases range from 63 up to 81. the most recent incident took place a few days ago on august 13th when the suspect snatched a gold chain from a 63-year-old victim. most of these incidents that happen in broad daylight in the middle of the afternoon mainly in the west 30s. anyone with information, of course, is asked to call crimestoppers, 1-800-577-tips. the calls are confidential. if you recognize the man in the pictures we showed you, please give authorities a call. rob nelson, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. >>> police are trying to figure out what lead up to a horrible seen in

in reading, nice and comfortable. 60 degrees in millville. 65 in dover. 70 in cape may. 72 on the boardwalk in ac. looking at the dewpoints, the measure how sticky it feels, comfortable in the city, how about in the suburbs, dipping in the 50s, millville, 58. 56 in allentown. 57 in reading. comfortable to start you off. by the afternoon it will change it will feel humid and warmer, high today 89. 9:00 a.m., 74 with bright sunshine. noon, 83. 3:00 p.m., 88 mostly sunny skies, 6:00 p.m. tracking a shower or thunderstorm. i've got an image of future tracker 6 i'll show you areas that is likely to get the shower. >> reporter: this area is not where you want to be karen rogers, check out this sea of headlights on the blue route, there's an overturned vehicle crash by route 3 taking out the right side of the road, traffic barely squeezing by in the left lane. it is not squeezing by quickly. this morning you might be better on 320, 202, 352, is one of the alternates to the blue route. we watched this delay grow over the course of the last half-hour. starting the morning with a crash on the ramp 42

so tune in to check out and see what the gang will be doing along the boardwalk. a, it's dry, quiet and once again it is comfortable. pretty quiet conditions across much of the nation right now. you have to head into nebraska to find some thunderstorms as well as parts of south florida. but our weather looking pretty nice as we continue hour by hour overnight quite tomorrow morning it's going to be comfortably cool in some spots. a lot of sunshine will be out there. so have the shades, have the sunscreen for your friday if you're stepping outdoors as we go toward lunch looking good. your friday evening plans maybe a backyard barbecue, concerts, festivals looking pretty good. down the shore for your friday, 80 for the high temperature, dry, sunny on saturday, low 80s. big maroon five concert on sunday looking good for that. 84 degrees for the high. refreshing friday. in the pocono mountains 78 degrees. partly cloudy on saturday. maybe an isolated pop-up low 80s mid 80s by sunday. low 60s right now in the pocono mountains. 79 warm spot in philadelphia. we have 64 in