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An American Idol audition. Victim is 20 yearold natasha, of bloom field, new jersey. Police say she was riding in the suv going at a high rate of speed at i95 in bucks county. Car flipped over, and went in the shoulder to change lanes. Five others in the car were injured. The investigation is ongoing. Chopper three over a fire in an olde city apartment building, Fire Fighters were called to the unit block of north third street around 1 15 and quickly struck a second alarm. No injuries were reported as crews battled the flames. Causes under investigation. Samantha simon shared this eyewitness picture with us. You can see black smoke from the high rise as crews rush to the scene. Rich, posted this picture of the fire on twitter with the caption, this cant be good. The view from talk radio, 1210 studios. A local offduty Police Officer is being called a hero after he intervened to save a woman being attacked in new york it the i. Eyewitness News Reporter chief brian is live at Police Headquarters in camden with this story, cleve. Reporter jessica, police say the officer showed perfect composure in hand telling dangerous situation on the streets of new york city and they credit his action was recent training. It is called verbal juddo. Relaxed alert. Reporter day off turn off to be like work for officer ryan debeal in manhattan with family and after going to the 9 11 memorial noticed a man acting eradic. Walking up and down the sidewalk drawing attention but he was not endangering anybody. Then he started running in and out of traffic. Reporter suddenly man charged at a woman. He grabbed her with his righthand by back of his hear and brought his other hand and put her in the choking hold. Reporter debeal ran to the aid, even though he was offduty, he was armed but his primary tool to use in situation was his voice. I started shouting and cursing and being aggressive once i gave him the commands, i said, sir, you know, relax, im here to help you, an ambulance is coming. Reporter debeal was displaying the camden dent has been working on called ethical protective training or verbal juddo. I kind of softened my voice when i realized he was complying. I didnt continue to shout at him. He seemed alarmed by his surrounding anyway. Reporter earlier he was name officer of the week in camden. Now the Department Plans to recognize him again. When you can talk to someone in that way and convince them that that is what you are there for and then follow through with it like he did, it makes the job easier for the the rest of us. It is officers like this that make this job easier for everyone around the country. The. Reporter victim in the attack was not seriously injured. We were able to track her down. She declined an interview but did want to thank the officer for all of his help. Reporting live, im cleve bryan, cbs3 Eyewitness News. Nicely done, cleve, thank you. A tractor trailer incident prompts an investigation by hazmat crews when fuel spills on the roadway. Chopper three over richmond and west more land street in the Port Richmond section of the city of philadelphia a truck collided with a vehicle around 10 00 oclock this morning. One person was taken to the hospital and their condition is not yet known at this time. A fire, at an Asphalt Plant in swedesboro, Gloucester County prompts quickie vac ways. Chopper three over the scene at Pierson Construction Company on the 800 block of oak grove road. A fire was placed under control earlier this morning, no one was hurt and officials are still trying to determine a cause. Pennsylvania congressman chaka fattah made his first local appearance following an indictment last week on federal corruption charges. Concerns that the allegations that have been made, i am innocent. I will do my work. I will be working on behalf of the people that elect me. Im going to be a candidate for reelection in my district, next year good fattah was in havertown, Delaware County taking part in the ymca advocacy week kick off event. The democrat, who spent more than two decades in congress, is accused of miss appropriating hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal, charitable and campaign funds. Speaking today, he vowed to clear his name. Now to the visit of pope francis in philadelphia, you have until tonight to get a Regional Rail pass on septa, lottery is currently underway. Were just 54 days away from the history making event. Our Pat Ciarrocchi is in our Satellite Center with more on the septa lottery, pat. Reporter after a very rough first attempt a couple weeks ago septa executives are praying that the the first of this two step process will get Regional Rail tickets for the papal weekend, continues to go so smoothly. Septa has had 17 hours of success and that is good news, for one group of papal pilgrims in radnor. When the papal express pullness to the radnor station on the morning of saturday september 26th, father Karl Janet Ky and his band of cabrini students are ready for tickets in hand. Were already into plan b. Plan a a was trying to get tickets for everybody. Lot theory was plan b for everyone wanting to take a septa Regional Rail to the edge of center city to meet pope francis on the parkway. He is the pastor of the world and he is bringing that spiritual leader ship to philadelphia a. Reporter the father registered for his ten tickets at 6 00 a. M. He made his three station choices, radnor was first. Paoli as number two abe then norristown as number three. Norristown first because it is closer. When we visited his ministry office, a alexis, registered for ten tickets too. The pope, and the u. S. Is luring other College Students here to cabrini and the host dont want to resort to plan c, unless they have to. For septa, it looks like today, there is divine intervention. There is no preference, you know, once your entry, selection whether you ordered one ticket or ten, the other passes, you know, if you are selected as the the winner then you just complete your transaction. Reporter to be in the presence of the pope, alexis expect is it to be life changing. The pope wants us to be the change, to see the world. That is the only way it will happies through the young people of the world. Reporter the father will be joined by 50 faculty, and students, accepted as volunteer hosts on the parkway. The archdiocese needed 10,000 to help visitor navigate the see of the faithful. When can you get septa subway passes. Reporter that was a good question, she said within a week or two. 750,000, three day passes for the subway and buses will be available for 10 at septa stations. You dont have to go on line for that. Septa tells me that riders will be able to use tokens and transpasses as well. But you wont need a pass, to walk, just a good pair of sneakers. Really good pair, pat, thanks very much. Stay with Eyewitness News for continuing coverage of the papal visit. Get latest will developments anytime at cbs philly. Com. Well, eagles are back at Training Camp, thinks a short line up, of their first preseason game is less than two weeks. Leslie van arsdal is here with more on the Training Camp news of the day. So many people counting down the days, leslie. Is there always a few questions when camp opens but at least one answer today day two of the eagles Training Camp. Two main story line remain the same is Demarco Murray healthy and is chip kelly uncomfortable around some of his players. Today defensive coordinator billy davis came to chip kellys defense following Brandon Boykins comments that chip is uncomfortable around grown men of our culture. David sees a very different kind of coach. I can answer from my view with all kind of head coaches, steams, system, and from my mark this is a great place for players. Ask the players about how much we spend time on them, on their mind set, on their moods and how their bodies are feeling, their hydration, all of it. I think it is a couple isolated guys and they have to answer their own questions. Reporter last season eagles secondary gave up 72 plays of 20 yards or more, worst in the league. The bird led go of bradley fletcher, Terry Williams and nate allen. With the addition of Byron Maxwell and walter thurmond, mal conn jenkins says the secondary has improved. If you take the the guys that we have right now, the work that we put in, i think were better then we were the last two games last year, and whether that be, with upgrades or just the understanding that the defense, i understand that we are one step ahead of where we were last year especially even this time last year. Reporter running back Demarco Murray was full participant in practice. Yesterday he took a couple of rre ps. Demarco says he is healthy and feels like an eagle. I have been here a couple of months, and i have become part of the team. Great team, great group of guys and great coach and organization. I feel like a eagle, and working with these guys, has been phenomenal, amazing. Tomorrow the players will be in full pad for the the first, open practice, down the at the link, and, fun thing for all of the fans out there, getting their football fix. Indeed, i cant wait to see demarco run. Me too. Me too. Thanks, leslie. Stay with cbs3 as we bring you the the latest on Training Camp. We have continuing coverage, always for you, at cbs philly. Com and, of course, right here on cbs3. Coming up on Eyewitness News at 5 00 a comedian and law maker take on the the issue of gun control. No one wants to live in the country where a fallen, mentally ill or other dangerously people can get their hand on gun. Reporter amy schumer and Chuck Schumer target to stop Mass Shootings like the the one in lieu san during amys new bill. Their plan when we come back. You think it is just for a second but looking away from the road for that split second can be deadly and now officers are using a unique weapon to crackdown on distract drivers. Google her name or search it on social media and your Search Engine will light up big time, Rhonda Rousey is the biggest name in sports, but what is all of the fuss about when we come back. To breathe with copd . Ow hard it can be it can feel like this. Copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Spiriva is a oncedaily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that helps open my airways for a full 24 hours. Spiriva helps me breathe easier. Spiriva respimat does not replace rescue inhalers for sudden symptoms. 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Jurors in the colorado theater shooting trial declined to rule out Death Penalty as they moved towards sentencing, james holmes. The decision clears the way for one last attempt by prosecutors, and the defense to sway the jury. Holmes was convicted of murdering 12 people and wounding 70 others in the 2012 shootings, jury will return tomorrow, for that final phase. Actress amy schumer teamed up with her cousin new york senator Chuck Schumer, to call for tighter gun control. Were here today to say enough is enough, the mass shoot initial our schools, college campuses, military bases and even in our Movie Theaters. These shootings have got to stop. I dont know how else to say it. Today schumers unveiled a new initiative to focus on background checks and Mental Health funding. Amy schumer says deadly shooting at a louisiana a Movie Theater last month made this issue personal for her. A gunman killed two women and wounded nine others at a showing of the schumers film train wreck. Well, a local neighborhood could be built on contaminated soil. Coming up Investigative Reporter Charlotte Huffman is live with what is being done. Caught on camera a well defined tornado is tearing through one town. It is part of the wild day of storms. More on that and your forecast on the other usic etta james at last plays throughout sometimes, at last doesnt happen at first. Your dad just kissed my mom. Turning two worlds into one takes love. Helping protect that world takes state farm. Oh, wow. Oh, wow is right. Storm chasers captured this incredible video in iowa, a tornado, moved across a field southwest of the des moines, on sunday. You can see a cloud of dust and debris at the base of that twister, and good news no one was hurt. There is a a need there. People living outside chicago are cleaning up from some storms over the weekend, and suspect tornado, rips a roof off of one building, and powerful storms, also cut a path of destruction through the towns of the grays lake where it damaged a local high school. Watching that heat wave back home. Were still inside the the heat wave. You were off last week. You left, came back, heat wave was still going. Wait a minute. It is still in the 90s. Yes. We have one more day of it but you then we will finally get nicer weather. That is good news. We have a couple storms to talk b nothing as strong as what we just told you talking tornadoes or Severe Weather but cant rule out a stray shower here, or there, and that is same story overnight and tomorrow. We will take you down the shore, looking hazy, hazy, hot, humid down the shore, that is Atlantic City today. In problems, blue skies, pretty nice evening, and you know humidity is not all that high for how hot it is today. It could be a whole lot worse. Not too bad, looking live on sky cam three. You can see is what happening as these storms continue to move through new england, showers, thunderstorms, up across vermont, new hampshire, new york state. They are missing us to the north. Zooming in on our region you can see showers started to pop up overly high val friday broad heads villain through allentown, and you are seeing a few scattered showers at the moment. Wn, and you are seeing it is not thunderstorms. Mainly just light showers. The these storms could start to fire up a little bit more. One or two cant rule them out north and west of philadelphia this evening. You can see rain cooled air. You can see green where showers are keeping things cooler where rain is falling, where it is dry, temperatures still in the 90s and philadelphia 86 in allentown. The sitting at 90 in millville and dover. Wilmington at 89. Zooming down the the shore you can see south wind keeping it hot, stone harbor at 88 degrees with the ocean water temperature of 71. Rehoboth beach at 91 with the breeze from the south. So, it is so hot, i didnt have to tell thaw. 92 degrees. That makes it 70th, 90degree day in the road and longest heat wave since july 14th through 201st since 2013. It has been two plus years since we have had a stretch that lasted this long. Couple of showers may rumble through but tomorrow mostly sunny day, could be a stray shower or thunderstorm in the afternoon mainly off to the south. Southern delaware, perhaps in cape may county. Then we will clear that out. Behind that things get better this front sweeps through, isolated storm tonight or tomorrow and then wednesday, finally we will break the heat wave, highs back in the 80s and thursday down right cool, comparatively speaking highs in the low 80s by thursday. Humidity drops off as well. It will speak in the day tomorrow and then drop through the end of the week. Overnight tonight we are talking about a stray shower or storm early, and then warm at 73 degrees. Tomorrows high getting up to 90 once again making it day eight but then look at difference here. Eightyeight wednesday. Eightytwo thursday with sun giving way to increasing cloud, ill have your full seven day, coming up, we will be right back. Thats a fact. But this whole blondes have more fun thing. Standing by for fun. Now, the truth, it is for her 342nd knock out over a fight are over weekend. Anyone, really surprised. Well, it seems in one has a fighting chance in that situation not even insiders michael yo, she took him down in a half second. Yes, you ukee and jessica, twitter lit up after rhondas big win. People are asking when will undefeated star of female fighting see double dollar signs. Saturday night in brazil, rally rhonda proved it is time to show her the big money. Rhondas purse with the condition was 65,000 to show, another 65,000 for the win, so that was 130,000. She got a 50,000 bonus given by ufc for performance of the night forgetting income out. That took her up to 180,000. Then she gets a cut of the pay purview. She will make several milliondollar in the range of 5 million, maybe a little bit more than that depending on how well the figures come out. I mean it is not my faulty was ready to go longer. Reporter our fighting insider kevin ioli said while rousey is highest female paid, her earnings come up short in comparison of the male competition. There are fighters that make more than her in base pace. Floyd may weather made 250 milliondollar, that is a record i dont think anybody will touch for a long time. How about Rhonda Rousey. I dont know hoe is. Reporter randy rousey and floyd money may weather have a history. After defeating the bad boy for best fighter at espies she dised his thinks try of domestic violence. I wonder how floyd feels being beat by a woman for once. You can catch the insider weeknights on cbs3. We have more in store for you in our next half an hour. , im Charlotte Huffman coming up hear how one vineland family is coping after the the property they live on could be making them sick. And trying to get your children to eat a variety of foods, your picky either might not just be going through a phase, we will tell you other issues it could signal. New at 6 00 weekend rescue, more than 40 miles off of the coast of cape may, tonight, were hearing from the Coastguard Team that pulled that man to safety. We will be right back. Im Ukee Washington and here are the days top stories, offduty Police Officer intervenes when a woman ace tack in the streets of the new york city. Tonight, a officer in, Camden County is being recognized for keeping his calm and safely diffusing the situation. Pennsylvania congressman chaka fattah vows to fight federal corruption charges outlined in his indictment last week. Today, fattah told reporters outside an event in Delaware County that he is innocent and plans to campaign, for reelection, next year. And, you have until 11 59 tonight to take part in septas on line lottery for Regional Rail passes, good during popes vice tonight september. Septas initial effort in selling the passes failed when their web site collapsed, under the demand, kate. And ukee our heat wave continues to rumble on, temperatures in the 90s again to take, we have one more hot day to tell but and chance for storms, in parts of our area as we get in the daze tomorrow, and then cool down later in the week and that cool down may ab code by wet weather to close out the workweek. I will have your full details of the seven day forecast coming up, jessica. Kate, thanks. New at 5 30, concerns over potentially toxic soil in vineland. Tests have turned up elevated levels of led and arsenic near former site of the pesticides manufacturer. Our Investigative Reporter Charlotte Huffman has been digging in to this and shes live with what she has uncovered, charlotte. Reporter this property, many years and decades ago used to be a pesticide manufacturers called killtone. Now the property may be gone but environmental Officials Say that the harmful effects that the company left behind, they are just beginning to surface. Me and my husband are scared. Reporter because because for two and a half years Teresa Riveria and her family rented a house right across the street from the old killtone plant. Earl her this year the Environmental Protection agency, sampled the soil at riverias and other nearby properties, and the results show that the top 2 inches of the soil contain Dangerous Levels of lead and arsenic. I mean that is some serious stuff. I have a 13 yearold son and he has been playing in this dirt. We have a dog, we cannot let her be in the yard so we have to wash her paws and stuff because she can lick her paws and poison her. You know what i mean. Reporter epa says killtone company manufactured arsenic based pesticide to control mosquitoes for two decade, until closing in the 1930s. It is responsible for contamination of at least 18 Residential Properties that surround the site. Environmental Officials Say they have warned riverias to take extra precaution toto a contracting dirt in the house and taking off their shoes, and careening the dues paws. We are mopping our floor every other day. Every other day. So, you know, we dont track that into our home. Reporter nightmare that the riverias hope will soon, be over. Were struggling trying to find a place, to move to, we cannot stay here. We cannot stay here. Reporter we should note, Officials Say is there no risk of drinking water. E pa has, begun second round of samples from Additional Properties in the area. Also, as for the cost of the clean up that will eventually have to come, the epa is looking for responsible party but like we mentioned earlier the company was gone in the 1930s so, it is doubtful they will find a responsible party and if they do not, epa will eat those costs. Im Charlotte Huffman for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Thanks very much. Police now have a suspect in custody after a night of vandalism left a dozen people, with slashed tires. The Authorities Say that the 29 yearold suspect targeted cars on both the 1,000 block of broad street in south philadelphia. Police caught that suspect, with the knife in his hands, no word on motive or what charges the the suspect will be facing. Search for debris from the missing Malaysia Flight 370 is widening now. More crews are heading to the island of reunion to help put the the search for wreckage that could be linked to the flight that disappeared last year. Cbs news correspondent jonathan, reports. Reporter coastguard boats are on the move around the island of reunion, on the look out for wreckage from Malaysia Flight 370. Officials from neighboring, islands have joined the search and malaysia a authorities are calling for back up from other regions. The 6foot piece of wing washed up here last week, 16 months, after the air liner carrying 239 people, disappeared. The plane parties now on mainland france, aviation experts from million lays and france are in paris meeting. They will decide if the piece is from the missing jet liner. It the is, a boeing 777 but whether it is, this part, yet to be verified. Reporter wreckage was found here on the east coast of the islands. Original search cities over 2300 miles in that direction. Ocean graphers say indian ocean strong current could easily bringing debris here. It is such a mystery, this woman says, it has been such a long time since the crash, but maybe they will find more wreckage. Locals have taken to the beach, looking for clues among the the trash, with limited success this family came down to see what they could find. He said we dont know what these things are. The pieces will be handed over to police, who will decide if they fit, into this puzzle. Jonathan vigloti, cbs news, reunion. A young boy hit by a what the during a baseball game has died. Nine yearold kieser carlisle was a bat boy for an amateur Baseball Team in kansas. While running to grab a bat the on deck hitter took a practice swing and accidentally hit the young boy. Kieser was wearing a helmet at the time. The use of bat boys and girls have been suspended during National Baseball Congress World series in kansas in the wake of the incident. President obama unveiled some of the toughest regulations to ever proposed against power plants mission is today. Each state will have until 2022 to create and implement their own plan to hit the the goals announced. Cbs news correspondent we gentleman jiang reports. President is ordering limits on u. S. Power plants. We are the first generation to feel the effect of Climate Change and last generation, to do something bit. Reporter cuts on Greenhouse Gases are even steeper then expect, with a goal to reduce Carbon Emissions by 32 percent by 2030, where it will rise 5 percent of the Nations Energy to 28 percent. Dirty way to say that is we will be keeping 870 million tons have of Carbon Dioxide pollution out of atmosphere or equivalent of taking 166 million cars off the road. Reporter opponents are promising a a tough fight, 20 to 30 states have said they will sue the Obama Administration over the proposal, immediately, and, simply wont comply with the rules. It is not realistic at all. Reporter environmental economist, nick says with the conservative think Tank Heritage Foundation that produced average home energy bill will spike by 12 to 17 percent. Because energy is such a stapel, for everything that we produce and consume, those costs will ripple through the economy. It the is not just when your energy bill comes but through all goods and services you pay for. Reporter states have until 2022 to comply with the new rules. We a jiang. A driver behind the real distract by a cell phone or other electronic device. One California City is taking a new somewhat unusual approach to track down on a deadly aftermath of distraction driving. Ben tracie, reports. Cell phone. Reporter this is not your average police sting operation. These officers are in plainclothes, but they are also, hiding in plane site. Hey, dont get to the phone. Reporter these drivers and soon ton officers were panhandlers but had they read their sign, they would have realized that they were about to get busted. I got to read the sign. Reporter the drivers were more than just distracted. We had a woman coming down with no seat belt on. She was talking on her phone and putting on mascara a all at the same time. Reporter cell phones are now involved in 1. 6 million auto crashes each year, that kills 6,000 people. Just two hours, they snapped 54 people and issued 39 tickets for distract driving. I think sometimes, and i know i shouldnt be, i think it is good. It teaches me a lesson. Reporter San Bernardino is cracking down on distracted driving because lieutenant Travis Walker says the city a has more fatalities than homicide every year. Why do you think people every just not getting this message. It is almost like rules dont apply to me and that is what is unfortunate. Accidents are preventable. Reporter only if all eyes stay on the road, and off of the phone. Ben tracie, cbs news, San Bernardino. Whenever im tempt todd do it, i remember those three word, it can wait. It is hard but you have to put it down. You do, you really do. As you hit the road for your Summer Vacation will you to have pay more to fill her up . We are on the pump patrol when Eyewitness News comes right back. Plus, running from the flames, and, residents are in the path of a huge wild fire, that is exploding, and, intensity, kate. Heat wave continues today, day seven, one more day tomorrow but then we will get relief, but relief could come with some rain to finish up the week. Ill have your full seven day forecast coming up when we come right back. Looking for one of these . Yoplait. Smooth, creamy, and craved by the whole family. I ride the highway. Son begins to play im going my way. I leave a story untold. He just keeps sending more pictures. If youre a freerange chicken, you roam free. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Two wheels a turnin. We have some breaking news coming in to us, chopper three live over philadelphias kensington neighborhood where a brush fire has just been put out. As you can see charred earth is right there in front of you. This is near lehigh and richmond, that is exactly how this fire started is unclear but Fire Fighters there are once again, choking out the scene right now. Well, it has been a good summer a at the gas pump. Triple a says prices are dropping for the 18th straight day and many say they are here for vacation. And it is some think that it is, triple cost and prices are falling at fastest rate since january. Right now the national average, is twopoint 65. Well, drivers are paying 32nd. 37 dollars a gallon in pennsylvania. In new jersey it is 2. 47 a gallon, and in delaware, drivers are paying, 2. 53, and on barely two dozen wild fires are burning in california and forcing thousands of people from their homes. As cbs reporter Chris Martinez tells you, the largest fire, rocky fire north of San Francisco is is just 12. Reporter massive rocky wild fire, tripled in size, over the weekend, devouring more than 93 square miles, and area larger than the city of baltimore. Fire behavior that were seeing because of the dry vegetation is historic. Reporter flames destroyed at least 50 houses and other buildings, more than 12,000 residents were forced to leave. I could not get back if i wanted to and with the fire danger im not sure i want to. Reporter cooler temperatures and higher humidity helped fire crews contain more of the blaze this weekend but fire is still burning out of control, six days, after it began. Thick brush, dry, is fueling flames through rug he had terrain across three counties and Fire Fighters say shifting wind are making conditions unpredictable. The California National guard has also joined the fight, dousing flames from its helicopter and other aircraft. There is a lot of fear this fire season just continues until we get significant rainfall. Reporter more than 9,000 Fire Fighters are scrambling to contain this fire, and at least 20 others, across california. Chris martinez for cbs news, lower lake, california. Just incredible. Yes,. Heart breaking really. Scary stuff, the drought they have been in and how dry everything is in. You cannot get relief. Fire fighters not getting help from Mother Nature at all. At all. Very serious situation southern california. The heat continues in our area we are on day seven. We were close. It was 90 each day. We have had worst heat waves, upper 90s near hundred degrees but seven days in the 90s is nothing to sneeze at. No. We will have day nine tomorrow and then some changes. Lets see how evening is shaping up here, in the bad, most of us, have seen the the high today, couple showers popping off to the north, up across new england, where is there a severe thunderstorm watch in portions of our area. But for us, things looking good over ben franklin bridge on sky cam three. The just a few clouds here and there most of the evening should be dry at least for the majority of our area lets check with our eyewitness weather watchers and see what they are seeing on this monday, evening. We will start off in new jersey, where we have got temperatures still in the 90s, at ed in chesterfield at 90. Strong sun but low humidity. Humidity in the too bad today. It feels cooler then when we were in the lower 90s last week, tuesday and wednesday, because humidity levels are not quite as bad. Phil is in philadelphia, Chestnut Hill and phil, what do you have to say . Another dry hot day, humidity low. Grass is getting brown. We need rain. Luckily we may have some on the way by the even of the week or weekend. Do i have anyone in the lehigh val i not today. Eileen in gilbertsville. She has some clouds and some sun. She said waiting for relief, doing a rain dance. Well that may just work, eileen. The lets look at our live Neighborhood Network cameras, we will start off with the beach patrol headquarters in margate, where it is looking like a pretty nice beach day, no problems, autopsy the the the Junior Senior School in bernville, to the north, just a few clouds up that way as well. No problems, at the moment. Storm scan three is pretty quiet for our area, a few showers and storms that started to pop up, just off to the north and west, cant rule out a few moving through but the heavier storms missing us to the north this evening. We will see a couple of spotty showers, through Lehigh Valley and 22, around bethlehem area we are seeing a shower at the moment. You can see green shading showing cooler air in the wake of these showers. Rest of the region is quiet, very hot. Ninetyone right now at the the airport. Eightyeight in wilmington. Eightyfive the Atlantic City airport. Front moves through in the day tomorrow. Could produce a strong thunderstorm well off to the south, tomorrow and then we will get High Pressure to build in through wednesday and then into thursday. We will talk about your eagles forecast for Training Camp. I cannot believe were already talking about this. It is a nice day. 10 00 a a. M. 81 degrees at noon. By 2 00 p. M. 90 degrees with clouds and sun. Overnight tonight in the city, partly cloudy with a isolated shower. Seven three is our low. For your tuesday, hot and humid, 90 degrees. Most of the area is dry. Best chance for showers and storms is to the south and east of philadelphia, cannot rule it out though, especially Late Afternoon and evening. Certainly down the shore watch for our thunderstorm in the afternoon. Eightyseven is the high. Down the shore for your tuesday. Wednesday looks great, sunny warm, less humid. Thursday, sunshine early. Clouds roll n thursday night into friday, were looking at a chance for some rain, that will certainly keep us cooler, saturday, a shower in the morning and then we will career it out the rest of the weekend looks okay. Ukee and jessica, back over to you. On the healthwatch tonight, millions of children are picky eaters for the the vast majority it is harmless but new research out today says that for some. It could be ab indication of emotional trouble. Health reporter Stephanie Stahl is here with something, that a lot of the parents are paying attention to. A lot of parents, exactly. You know kids who say they only eat white foods, frenchfries being on the top of the list for many . Most of the time doctors say it is not a serious concern but if food issues become severe, the new study says Mental Health issues can follow. Leo is a happy health three i yearold but his mom says essy ace picky either and likes only a few things. Pasta, bread, and anything that has carbs in it. Reporter new study in the journal pediatrics says preschool aged children who are extremely selective about food and even dislike being near certain foods are more likely to suffer from anxiety or depression. Only 3 percent of children studied were that pick i. Normal picky either is a kid who doesnt want his carrots to touch his fish sticks. Or mashed potato and broccoli when they see green of the broccoli they pick it out. Reporter doctors say most children on it grow being picky about food and parents usually advised not to give alternatives. Leos mom has another solution, that is also, recommended, mixing fruits and vegetables in the meals. How is it . It is good. Yes. Reporter he is adorable. Well, study says about 20 percent of children were considered moderately selective eaters. They were also, likely to develop some anxiety. The more severe the food issues the the more severe emotional problems as doctors say. It is something that could need treatment, maybe even medications, of course, out of concern with your children it is something you need to talk tour pediatrician about. Sure, no question about that. As a parent you know when it is serious, and when it is not. Exactly. Thanks, stephanie. A appreciate it. Break go through the barriers, still to come on Eyewitness News, misty cope land makes history. Shes become first africanamerican dancer in the ballet theater. Her inspirational story when we come right back. Every month, mr. Johnson goes to the drugstore and connects with a pharmacist to renew his arthritis medication. Which means he can keep up with his granddaughter at her wedding. When older pennsylvanians make the most of programs supported by the Pennsylvania Lottery, like Prescription Drug programs, we all benefit. Learn more at palottery. Com. The Pennsylvania Lottery benefits older pennsylvanians every day. 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Misty cope land continues to inspire people, all over the world, today it was a historic day in her career. As she became the principal dancer of the american ballet theater. Shes first africanamerican woman to achieve this position at the company, and in front of the audience full of fans, in maryland today, she spoke about her Ground Breaking journey. I speak so openly, about a ballet, and it has probably been one of the biggest obstacles for me, we create our own, future. And, it is about who you surround yourself with. She is, so cool. Yes. So talented. World class ballerina was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by none other than time magazine. Yes. Summer music season around city is well underway. Last night wdas radio held their annual party in the park. Philadelphias own Frankie Beverly and mays highlighted wonderful night at dell music center, just a great venue for outdoor music. Whispers were also on the bill. I had a chance to say hello to the crowd with miss Patty Jackson by my side. Shes very instrumental in making it all happen. I see between seven and 10,000 people jammed venue and everyone, once again, had a great time, last night. How could you not, great music, great night. Community showed up. Beautiful night. That is Eyewitness News at 5 00. Now at 6 00. Reporter dramatic rescue out of the ocean about 50 miles off the coast of cape may, im matt rivers outside air station to the coastguard here in Atlantic City and coming up see video of that rescue and also hear from the pilot and rescue swimmer that pulled it off. It is another hot day on the sky deck, breeze is picking up and humidity, not all that bad, but for now, we have another hot day on the the way tomorrow, humidity ramps up again, and then big changes and much needed rain by the end of the week. Ill have your full forecast at 6 00. Also always on the job, Camden County Police Officer being hailed a hero after being forced to act during a day off in new york city. How he came to the aid of a woman in the big apple. Plus hope for the local pet group that is offering their house after hitchhiking robot met its demise here in philadelphia. Coastguard team that pulled a man to safety is speaking about that rescue. That man had gone over board and treading water for four hours. Good evening, everyone im Ukee Washington. Im jessica dean. It is not just coastguard that deserves credit tonight as eyewitness News Reporter matt rivers shows us another, person helpedded in rescue. Reporter hovering over a pitch black ocean rescue line is lowered to the boat below. One of the men had just gotten pulled back on board, from the ocean. And he had been treading water for more than four hours after falling off the fishing vessel searching for his, to say difficult. Needle in the hey stack. Reporter lieutenant tammy whalen was piloting the helicopter looking for the man. After looking she got a call that another ship had found him, thrown a life preserver and somehow he made it back on board his boat both. So they send Christopher Lynch a rescue swimmer down to go see him. I started shivering more, and in the fetal position. I knew we needed to get him out of there. Reporter that was a tricky part. There had been a thunderstorm going through the area seas were kick up. Reporter typically rescues are made using this basket lowering first for victim and thin backup and down a second