Their toes in icy waters. Its cold but its nice. But its cold. The water is really cold right now. Its a slow start. We close the water parks for the day. Tomorrow its opened as scheduled. At moreys pier there is not a lot of damage. Its on its way out. A couple of hours from now things should be back to normal. That is Wendy Saltzman reporting at shore. In North Carolina it was dangerous. Arthur passed the out shal oute. After all was said and down they were feelin feeling relieved. Here is marci gonzalez. Reporter winds ripping across the shoreline almost as high as the sighs of relief. It didnt look bad. Reporter arthur coming ashore as a category 2 hurricane. It flooded roads, caused Power Outages and set off reported tornadoes. The feeling was just collapsing behind us. Reporter not as severe as a number of people including the governor of the North Carolina feared. This is a dayr good day. Day good day. No casualties we. Reporter the vacationers on the rest of the out, banks that rode out the storm the aftermath of arthur is just a day at the beach. It was supposed to be beautiful this weekend. They were not mandatory evacuations so we thought we would stick it out. Its not a bad plan the sun is peeking through. The weather is supposed to be nice. Some towns are planning to hold the fourth of july festivities tonight. Marci gonzalez nags head. And 90 minutes and counting at the parkway. The preparty is underway. The weather is cooperating on the ben franklin. Its not too hot or cool. Ate perfect night for the celebration. If you are not there, we hope you are here at 7 00. And Rick Williams and karen rogers andcecily tynan will brig you th bringyou the festiviti. And we get more from john rawlins. The landmark event that we celebrity today make it clear that the narrowminded and reactionary forces of the past and present will never prevail in america. Because in the end there is no way to overcome the basic core decency and honor of the american people. And the ceremonies began from the music from the old guard fife drum corp. It was found in 1776 the place for many to be on this fourth of july. Among those are a recently returned air pilot. What better place to be than right here . The organizers of todays event focused on how in 200 plus years from blacks to gays had to battle the system to gain the rights of the founding fathers. Mayor spoke of the board of education decision of 60 years ago. Chief Justice Warren wrote in these days its doubtful that any child would reasonably be expected to succeed in life if tees denied an opportunity of an education, where the state is undertaken to provide it, it is a right that must be available on equal terms. The mayor led the fourth of july parade for a few blocks President Biden joined in. Philadelphia celebrated its roots a group of americans were building new one s. Ones. You are now the citizens of the United States. 31 people took the oath of allegiance at the betsy rosshouse this afternoon. They come from 12 Different Countries. 9,000 across the country have become american citizens. [ ] onto the the celebrations and what would a parade be without a string band. The mummers provided the soundtrack as groups march from marple onto the battl baltimore. There was a guest appearance by uncle sam on a john deere. And the umbrellas and spectaculars on high street. It stepped off with a tribute to the military might. It followed by the hamilton pipes and drums. Over to evesham township. The kids and their bikes were decked out in red, white and blue. They were on maple avenue led by uncle sam. Many are traveling on the road this holiday weekend. That is right. Matt is telling us how it is going for them right now. Hi, matt. You are not supposed to drive your car down the parkway. 21 and 22 are also blocked in the vicinity of the parkway. What is not blocked whatsoever is the vine street expressway and the schuylkill expressway. The major highways this afternoon look good. Because of the closures the septa buses are running for detours. And if you get to the welcome america and late night trains on the rails helping you to get along. We are on a sunday schedule with 10 minute delays on the lands dale, doylestown drive. A crash off in the gore point and blocking the left lane u. Ing get by with no problem. One in harleysville pike. 113 at godshaw road. We have a water maybe break southbound near airport road. A shoulder is squeezing by that break. You can get by. On the major roads i95 are delayed at 12 minutes on nay naymons road. Its all good. Okay. Coming up the parade of parades continues. Well take a look at the Community Celebrations in other areas. A reminder of the president saying that the birth of america should mold our future. Its the special day for the first daughter. Its a milestone frightening for huforher daughter and what malis to say about sweet 16. We have the exclusive accuweather forecast. More coming your way. Stick around and well be back. We are from clifton heights. It was a sea of green in new jersey on this day. Mostly Everything Else is red, white and blue. Did the kids sound great. The audubon marching band brighted a day on kings highway. The fleet was on duty. The littlest firefighters were showing their colors. It didnt dampen the spirits. They showed off their patriotism at the firehouse. The kid has a great time. Everyone had a fourth of july to remember. President obama celebrated at the white house. 25 from Different Countries during the naturalization ceremony. Its a reminder that america has been a nation of immigrants. Despite the deep divide the president took the opportunity to renew his plea for reform. President barack obama we should not make it harder for the best and brighter to come here and growing our economy. We should make it easier. And michelle bomb wil michele a barbecue on the white house lawn. The phillies are not off today . No they are not. They play well on july 4th. And Johnathan Papelbon has something to celebrate. Its a week that they follow a win. Hopefully they can steal more in pittsburgh. They are underway with the pirates tonight. Its off of cody. Here is sterling marte. His throw gets him. Roberto hernandez is not out of trouble. Russell martin brings in a run. Fernandez gives up three runs in the fourth inning. The phillies down 40 a0. Moving onto the sixer. Talking about the sixers as they get ready for the Summer League action. He missed last year with a torn a. C. L. They were at the center of attention. Its all on noel. And the round pick Ronald Roberts out of st. Joes are hoping to show something. So far they have raised some eyebrows in practice. I want to be as energetic as possible on and off the court. I came out here and showed a little bit of what i could do. I have shown them my energy and rebound get ongoing the offensive glass. Hustle plays, stuff lic, just m. They have a march to play in dallas. The soccer teams flight was cancelled due to weather last night. They had to jump online a flight at 8 00 a. M. To play at 9 00. That is full day. World cup action in brazil. Hummels off of his head and in. Germany wins 10. France is not impressed tonight. They are upset. The germans play the match currently in progress. And the wimbledon dont seem upset about it. Djokovic beats dmitryov. The last two titles the last coupling two years ago at wimbledon. If you like soccer but you like golf but dont have enough time to play both. Combine the sports. Its foot golf. You kick a ball on the golf course. The pins are much, much bigger. This may look a little strange. Its a fastgrowing sport. There is 160foot golf courses in the country. What do you guys think . I like that. Okay. It doesnt seem too hard right . Kicking the ball. 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Muddle no more™. Now in a tablet that starts dissolving instantly. Well the day started off dreary. Things are changing in time. We have good conditions on the way for those heading down to the parkway to watch the fireworks display later on. We have you covered as well. Its dry after the soaking we had today especially for the shore communities the frontal boundary from the west and hurricane arthur to the atlantic that pulls from our shoreline. The conditions are improving this afternoon into the evening hours. The heigh high in philadelphia,3 the record. And wildwood 78. Up in the Lehigh Valley 73. And same thing at the coast and Atlantic City at the boardwalk. You look off to the west we have High Pressure over western michigan that continues to work eastward for the rest of our weekend. Bringing down drier air and low humidity for the holiday. The holiday we have you covered with the fireworks forecast this evening. Its clear. You have a northwesterly wind sustaining from 12 to 20 milesanhour. Its cooler than normal for this time of year. 76 at 7 00~p. M. And 11 00. 69 degrees. Perhaps an extra layer is needed as you watch the fireworks display. High pressure is back in control. Upper 60s south and east. As we get into the early evening hours at 5 00. The temperatures at the i95 corridor and upper 80s. The ocean temperature only 59. A lot of upwelling taking place and churning in the atmosphere. The colder air in the ocean and colder water temperatures coming up to the surface. Down at the shore sunny and breezy. 79. 81 on sunday. High pressure in control. Up to the poconos this holiday weekend. No complaints. Its gorgeous. Call from accuweather for the rest of the night. Its breezy. A chill in the air. 62 in the city. 53 in the suburbs north and west of town. The sevenday forecast gets better. High temperature up to 82. Warmer on sunday. A high of 86. The heat is back as we get into monday. Hot and turning more humid. A high of 92. It looks like we stay in the 90s with an afternoon thunderstorm. And 90 on wednesday. The heat is on next weekend. Enjoy the holiday weekend. You too. Beyonce is shooting down rumors of marital discord with sweet family photos. She appeared to be singing about personal experiences involving infidelity. It appears to be fine in the land of instagram when she posted the picture of the two of them on vacation. And happy sweet 16 birthday for malia obama. Its cool. She is eligible of her learners permit to learn how to drive. Its frightening. Dont you take it personal. And Chelsea Clinton the first daughter to turn 16 at the white house. She was offered three cars from dealers. We dont know if chelsea took one. You never know. Finally they are celebrating the red, white and blue. They showed up on two wheels and three. Four legs of course were there. No matter how they celebrated this day. The message was the same let freedom reign. Happy birthday, everyone. We celebrate the birth of our nation at the place with it all began. We mash this fourth of july. Thousands of people are flocking to the parkway. And for Jeff Skversky and jamie apody and i the ceremonies the parades and the family gatherings a sea of red, white and blue coasttocoast in the delaware valley. We celebrate the birthday of the United States of america. I am monica malpass. The big story tonight is the fourth of july. What better place to celebrate the birthplace of our nation than here where it all began. Dreary weather did not sway those that attended the freedom ceremonies. It was at this spot in 1776 when the funding fathers declared their independence from great britain. The visitors grabbed umbrellas an walkeweanand walked the boar. They celebrated the fourth. No shortage of american flags and smiles on this independence day. We have live coverage for you tonight. All the shore is happening. Juan rawlins is on the parkway for the wawa welcome america. And first we have Melissa Magee. Its a soggy start. In time for the fireworks right . The moisture that we had earlier today is starting to move onto our north and east. We are showing you part of the reason we had moisture over head because of hurricane arthur. Winds at 80 milesanhour