Take look at the right your screen. Down the shore kids and parents getting in miniature golf much thats always fun. I love that. Little windmills. On your radar great start to the Holiday Weekend on the way. Thats what were helping. Scott, what you have. The rain and clouds we saw for much of the day its moving out across the open waters of the Atlantic Basin so as we take tour across the area you can see were drying out around philadelphia. Some leftover showers right now in monmouth county, and also down the shore, you can see some of thicker clouds as well as some of those showers we saw during the day ending across the area. So your get away fox cast a lot of you already hitting the roadways and by ways as we take a look at the forecast for your friday were looking at partly cloudy skies in the city. 84 for the High Temperature tomorrow. Down the shore well call it partly sunny looks pretty good, 75. The pocono mountains partly cloudy a high tomorrow of 74 degrees. So tomorrow if youre traveling to the south, thats the best chance for some rainfall. You can see across the carolinas, the ohio river valley as well. By 5 00 oclock were still looking pretty good across the philadelphia area and then as we move toward the fourth of july itself clouds increase. Were looking at another little disturbance moving through and that will set the stage for a few showers likely on the fourth of july. But will it ab washout and what about the five works forecast . Your complete holiday fourth of july forecast coming up. Dawn lucy and iain, back to you. Scott, thank. A little rain tonight didnt bother the people celebrateing on Independence Day earl tonight in medford. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is there. Shawnette not that many fireworks options this year. Reporter yeah, lucy, quite a few towns like cherry hill and berlin have had to cancel their celebration because the crowd out grew the venue so it became too costly for more security making the event a security risk. Take look behind meme you can see the crowds are still out here in medford is still hanging on. Spectacular end to a soggy day. Familyies got an early Independence Day celebration with the Fireworks Show that lit up the sky over freedom park in medford tonight. Joan and her family brought umbrellas prepared to wait out the rain. Im a dedicateed fan myself because i dont usually like sit around in the rain i dont care either. We wont go any elsewhere. We jent to new egypt last year when this was postponed. New egypt is a small town so it was okay. My husband said this is nothing like medford. The National Anthem kicked off the festivities. Reporter and there was plenty of fun and food for the kids. I just like enjoying the fireworks and i like standing and singing the National Anthem. And friend french fries. Yeah. My favorite fast food. Funnel cake and cotton candy. Its delicious. Edwards family came from lumberton their town doesnt have fireworks. We always enjoy coming here for the fireworks and celebration and fun. This group of girls is having fun volunteering for the celebration. Were going at ritas over there and were serving water ice to people and for our Church Fellowship alliance chapel. I enjoy the sound of everybody having fun. Reporter okay. Back here live. We had a little bit left of the event to show you but apparently uhaul truck is trying to back in the wave our shot. Any way the fireworks display just wrapped up about 20 minutes or so ago. Concession stands are still going strong and much of the crowd still hanging on for some extra activities that remain for probably maybe the next half hour or so. Back to you. Life news thats what happens, thanks, shawnette. Preparations continue for this weekends big celebration. Workers are putting the finishing touches on what will be two enormous sound stages for Saturdays Party on the park wage all day event near eakins oval will feature music and food and games and a whole lot more. Weekend of course just packed with events and we have them all listed on our website myfoxphilly. Com. Smoke scene for miles after a Delaware County building catches fire. This was the view from the Philadelphia Airport tonight. From skyfox you can see the flames just pouring out of the windows from the fulcroft Industrial Complex around 8 30. At last check the fire is still not under control but there has been no word of any injuries. Another entry for the dumb criminal file developing right now. To Delaware County we go a couple of thieves stole a pizza Delivery Drivers car and phone in upper dash beach its what they did next that is helping police track them down. Theyve been taking sell fees and apparently havent heard of that little thing called the cloud which is where their picks are going. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell is following the investigation in upper darby. Chris, police know exactly what these guys look like. Reporter police do now. Upper darby police admit they were pretty lucky when they found out that suspects in a stolen car case actually sent selfies to the victim victims whos car was just stolen. Yeah, i know what youre saying. They may not be the smart test criminals in the book, but police still say they could very dangerous. Theyre not stupid. They know youre walking atm machine. Reporter for his safety were not showing you his face but this 19yearold Delivery Driver from lansdownes best quality pizza says he was a target sunday around midnight he had been making his last delivery of the night. Walked up to make the delivery and when i walked back, my car wasnt there. Reporter he says he wasnt gone 90 seconds before his black honda that he admits he left running was stolen. Inside the car 500 cash from the nights receipts and his motorola smart phone. Police located the stolen car a short time later but what happens next even surprised upper darbys top cop. The pictures are great. They really took nice pictures of themselves. Reporter not just pictures pictures. Pictures of two men holding a sawed off shotgun. What they didnt know, the photos had been automatically up loaded to the victims google photo account. Evidence delivered right to his new smart phone. Im going through my Google Photos to show my grandmom a picture of something and i saw these pictures on there. I was shocked at the pictures. To be completely honest with you. Reporter police want to you see these pictures to help identify the suspects they say could be dangerous. If you notice the poses, one guy has got his middle finger sticking up. Kind of like screw you and the other guy is holding it like hes ready for you know, a war. Reporter now instead of a theft case, police wonder if the two guys could be connected to other crimes. They want to get them and the gun theyre holding off the street. Police say if it wasnt for their love of the camera, 93 may not have a case. Chances of catching before the pictures probably zero to 5 5 . After the pictures, 100 . Reporter just a master time. Just a matter of time. Reporter now the victim tells us hes not giving up his delivery job. As a matter of fact, he was back on the streets tonight. If you know either of those young men in those pictures, Upper Darby Police want to you give them casm lucy. Thank you very much, chris. And police are getting closer to finding the men who killed an 85yearold woman inside her home this weekend. Only fox 29 was there as investigators removed evidence from this home in west oak lane. Among those items the victims laptop computer, credit cards and a personal safe. Police also brought in two persons of interest questioning today. Homicide detectives are now talking to three people about the murder of regina holmes. Police have not charged anyone yet but say they are confident arrests are right around the corner. A candlelight vigil tonight at wills Town High School in honor of a star athlete who drowned in a new jersey quarry. Search and rescue crews found the body of Darius Bowyer this after 19 went missing yesterday on the property, popular place for teens to hang out and while he was swimming there with friends swimming isnt allowed. Officials say the shallow waters turn deep and dangerous. Those who knew the star athlete say he was filled with life. Philadelphia police are upgrading the van they use to drive suspects to and from police districts. As fox 29s Dave Schratwieser reports, changes come in the aftermath of baltimores freddie gray incident. And years of controversy over those socalled nickel rides. Reporter this is latest addition to the Philadelphia Police departments prisoner transport fleet. Brand new ford 250 transit vans. Fox 29 got the first look at the new vans that come complete with padded interiors and individual seat belts for prisoners all designed to protect them. Obviously since baltimore thats been a concern for the departments around the country. Reporter the vans are about to hit the street this fourth of july weekend. Theyre being added to the departments fleet just months after the death of 25yearold freddie gray in baltimore. He was allegedly injured in a socalled rough ride by Baltimore Police in a prisoner transport van. Several officers are now chargeed charged. Obviously you learn as you go along and when baltimore had the issue that i dont know whether or not that was the cause of injuries or not but certainly something that would make you think whether or not this an additional step we need to take to ensure the safety of those people were transporting. Reporter the commissioner says the departments older transport vans are also in the process of being upgraded as well with more padding and seat belts. Not only will the new ones have that but werely looking at the older ones that we have that will be in service for a period of time and have them treat tow fitted. I felt an arm going around my neck. James mckeon nan knows what its like to right in police van in philadelphia. He suffered a broken neck when he was being transported by Philadelphia Police after ace arrest on assault charges. He was later found not guilty. Must have been going like 40, 50 miles an hour and the brakes were slammed on and i went sliding up the vehicle and my head hit the partition. Mckenna was allegedly placed in the police van without a seat bell. The city paid him 490,000 in damages to settle a lawsuit against the city and three officers. The Police Department is already purchased five of the new vans with five more on order for the coming months. The retrofitting of the rest of the complete fleet could take several more months. At police headquarters, Dave Schratwieser fox 29 news. A carolling away with no driver. A a toddler asleep in the back seat. This trooper jumps into action. What the dad was doing just before that landed him in handcuffs. A warning before you hit the beach down the shore this weekend. Whats washing up on the sand do you not want to touch. Plus, one they have hits a new low. A 97yearold woman carjacked while she waits for her son. I was praying in my heart that i would be all right. The one clue inside the car that helped cops track the thief down. Unwanted guests could be ready to crash your barbecue. Kit ruin your plans and your health. How a new bug can change the way skyfox on route 13. Multiple cars were involved in an accident in that area. Several people were taken to nearby hospitals right now police are still sorting through all the details and have not said exactly how that accident happened. We of course will stay on top of this and bring you updates as soon as they become available. Seashells and seaweed not the only things watch ugh and on our beaches. Theres Something Else and you dont want to touch it. Not at all. It could sting you or worse than that. Dave kinchen is live in ocean county. All right. Whats going on here dave . Reporter lucy, were talking about portuguese man of wars they look like jelly fish but the sting is much, much more powerful and in recent weeks as many as two dozen have been cited around lbi. Atlantic waters rush up on lbi greeting vacationers getting an early start to their Independence Day weekend but they do so guarded with local officials warning beach goers of the dangerous portuguese man a war the first reported siting being this one found on Harvey Cedars beach on june 21st. Its pretty intimidating you hear about Something Like that and i mean theyre pretty big much its not lying like a little stink. Its pretty nasty. Authorities say more of the water surfaceed floating creatures have been shot spot up and down beaches in recent weeks weeks. Bunch of portuguese man of war washed up on the beach last saturday due to a storm and they just collected them and the lifeguards took them away. Man of wars look like jelly fish experts say they have extremely long tentacles and can wrap around a person and sting them several times causing itching, swelling nausea in rare cases death. It was a beautiful red purple blues and obviously twoyearold would have been attracted to it. How old her son was when he got stung a few years ago. She cant forget the fear. He picked something up. We were not we were probably 10 feet from him and he got very very upset crying, and his hand started to, um, get very red. It was very frightening not knowing what was going on why he was, you know, behaving that way and so upset. Experts say you should avoid contact if you see one and forget about handling them whether dead or alive. Crash todd says her family learned that the hard way. My boys surf and theyre pretty smart out there i like to think weve taught them to be aware of what is around them. Reporter local officials tell us the man a wars come in whenever the wind belows from the northeast and in the meantime the new jersey poison control office says you should give them a call if you have questions about how to treat the man a war stinks. Back to you guys. Iain. Dave, thank you. Its a four day party and the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the lgbt Civil Rights Movement has started. A launch kicked off by this wreath gig in front of the gay pioneer in independence mall. Jim, was the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that last week granted Marriage Equality for all. Also there three of the original gay pioneers whose bravery 50 years ago ignited the lgbt Civil Rights Movement here in philadelphia. Fox 29 weekends karen hepp with the story of those men and women who helped change the course of this nation. Reporter it all started right here in philadelphia 50 years ago. Well dressed men in suits and women in dresses carrying polite signs started a revolution. They chose july 4th for the first picket just 40 of them gathering in front of Independence Hall but it was the largest demonstration for gay equality in the world. It cost them everything. Those people were incredible. Back then, you could be arrested for being gay. You could lose your job. You could be alienateed from your family for them to be out there in public saying they were gay fighting for gay rights was incredibly courageous thing to do. If you dont have your familiar and you dont have your job and you dont have your apartment, you could be homeless by the time you got home from the picket. Thats essentially what was at stake. Reporter frank had lost his job. The shy scientist was fired for being gay and sued. He lost his case all the way up to the Supreme Court but gained a movement. Instead of backing down he gallon van knifed people and sparked gay civil rights. They brought us out closet of a place where everyone had to always hide. Frank was the faster the lgbt movement and philadelphia barbara gidding the mother she founded the new york chapter of the First Lesbian Organization and edited the magazine the ladder. Together they brought activists from all over to philadelphia each fourth of july for what became known as annual reminders reminders. They were heroes to so many like marsh mccann and carol smith growing up in difficult times. How do they have the nerve how are they able to get up the bravery to do that . Are they nuts . It didnt appear to be a happy way of life. People were bullied. They were picked upon, they were shunned. They were thrown out of the house by their parents. So i worked very hard to be a straight girl. I dated. We were considered to be mentally ill. Reporter they had friends who were institutionalized and given treatments like low bottom mes or electric shock therapy. We all believed we were going to either be clicks or be suicides or both. Reporter thanks to giddings and cam mon knee in 1973 homosexuality was declassified as a mental disorder. Paving the way for everything else. Now marsh and carol are happily married with a quiet suburban retired live complete with grandchildren, living a dream they never imagined could happen in their lifetime. Unbelievable. Never thought it would happen. Never even dreamed it would happen. Thanks to those early gay pioneers. Karen hepp fox 29 news. Its four Day Celebration packed full of events. We listed them for you on our website. Just head to myfoxphilly. Com. Terrifying 911 call from pair of teenage sisters home alone as two burglars break in. Were in the very back bedroom. Please hurry. Police say it was these two men inside. What happened when they say one burst into the teens hiding place. And we showed you this plane tumbling to the ground earlier this year. Tonight what the pilot called an accident that caused this plane to cartwheel into a river. A house in horrible condition much the