Center in philadelphia, this is cbs3 Eyewitness News. The ocean city boardwalk is bustling tonight as memorial day weekend kicks off with a beautiful evening after what was a very hot day but a change is coming. Tropical storm bonnie is churning toward the east coast as we speak and she is already bringing heavy rain to parts of the carolinas. Good evening, im rahel solomon. Natasha brown has the night off. Lets get right to meteorologist lauren casey in our Weather Center to help us time out the rain that is heading our way. Lauren. Thanks so much. Yeah, today was certainly a scorching day. 90degree heat in may and not just today. This is three consecutive days in a row and that defines a heat wave. So, its officially, yeah, heat wave in philadelphia. Our average High Temperature 77 degrees. Remember most of the month of may . Dreary, wet, cool conditions. Wow, what a transition over the last several days and it is extremely mild at this late our getting a live look at Center City Phi
We found people paddle boating. Before too long were looking at a big change. Todays heat and humidity made for an uncomfortable combination. These people had the right idea, finding a shady spot watching a baseball game in the park this afternoon. The Holiday Weekend is not complete for many without a trip down the shore. Here say live look at cape may where people soaked up plenty of sunshine today. But changes are coming. Rain is headed our way again. We have you covered with the timing for the memorial day weekend. And meteorologist karen thomas is here with more on the heat and the changes with the first alert neighborhood forecast. How are we looking, karen . Pretty good for now, denise. A lot of folks flocking to a pool or beach. Its beautiful down there right now, but crowded. The air is heavy and the ozone is high. We have to really take notice there. Radar shows some showers extreme north and west. We have High Pressure in place. Well be dry through overnight hours into tomor
All of a sudden, it hit the water and within seconds it went down. The pilot killed. Just what went wrong . And johnny depps drama. His wife saying she is a victim of abuse. Leaving court seen with bruises and asking for a restraining order. Depp is asked to stay away from her. Today, saturday, may 28th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im Sheinelle Jones alongside craig melvin and dylan dreyer and our new anger Stephanie Ruhle. How is that . The music comes up. This is the today show. Amazing to be here on memorial day. I cant think of a better day. Were excited to have you here. Lets get to the top story. The weather hitting millions of americans. From flooding in texas to the storms in kansas and now the east coast is dealing with a tropical depression. We have Janet Shamlian with the round up in texas. Good morning. Sheinelle, good morning. A collapsed road here washed awa
His estranged wife amber heard saying these pictures prove hes got to stay away. What she told the court and what depps attorney is saying this morning. Ready to race. The indy 500, the 100th sold out. Drivers gearing up for racings greatest show. Are the dance moves the secret to success . Who will it be to take the checkered flag this year . Hi. Hey good morning. Im pleased to be celebrating the unofficial start of summer alongside cecelia vega who is in for paul pa faris. Great to be here. Almost summer. Also National Hamburger day im told. Something important. Which we will be celebrating coming up. Yes, we will. Theres hamburgers. I wont leave the set. A live look at new jersey, millions of americans heading to the beach this weekend. Not us of course but on the east coast real concerns this morning about a potential prTropical Storm. Rob has the forecast. Violence at a trump rally. Dozens, dozens of arrests. Those protests not going away any time soon. California has become the c
And the 4yearold with the big voice. Im going to let it shine now a big internet hit. He had the whole church on its feet. Hey, everybody. Im on abc news. Good evening and thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. On this unofficial first weekend of summer, we begin with dangerous weather wreaking havoc in so much of the country. Torrential rain in parts of texas. This pickup truck there, no match for the saturated road in magnolia, texas, historic rain triggering damaging floods. This suv washed away. This is how it came to a standstill. Now a Tropical Storm warning in the atlantic as millions are at the beach this holiday, rip current dangerous from florida to North Carolina. Your holiday forecast in a moment. And we have Team Coverage on it all, but first, abcs phillip mena with those flood rescuers in woodlands, texas. Reporter tonight outside houston, neighborhoods under water, residents scrambling to get out any way they can. Were just watching the water. We hav