town comes alive. good evening i'm jessica dean. >> good evening, i'm ukee washington. live in ocean city. it's been a great day. absolutely great day. the surf, the sand, the sun, fun, it is all here and it will get better tomorrow it's the accident occurred annual nights in venice, people will line the bay front and see the decorated homes and a fantastic boat parade. it gets better, better, every day here. and learning today earlier today, rather, some of the younger sailors in ocean city showed off their decorated boats, kids had a great time. and we saw really creative decorations. all leads up to tomorrow's night in venice, boat parade starts at 6:00 p.m. ocean city is the place to be during the hot summer days and hot summer nights. right now, it's rather cool with a nice breeze coming off the atlantic ocean. we have been in an excessive heat warning. chelsea is with us. >> reporter: hello there, ukee, we're talking about warm temperatures we're dealing with tonight. and we're dealing with a number across the region checking in in the 80's. with the weather watcher, we are liv

back with a spec look for an honor for our own ukee washington. ♪ >> the philadelphia city council has come around to something, let's be honest, all of us have known for a long time. >> our ukee washington is a living legend. city council recognized ukee yesterday for his contributions in the media. ukee was one of three local broad cast ers chosen for the honor. ukee remembers where it all began for him. >> it was here, my career choice, where the seed was planted and so shall they grow. i was inspired and motivated by watching television, way back in the day on my family's black and white television, with the advice grips for the knob that fell off. >> sounds like my house. the special event was part of philadelphia's black history month celebration. you can watch ukee's entire speech on our website cbsphilly.com. and congratulations, ukee, an honor well deserved. >> i have to say i remember my first live shotty did here, when i first got to philly. you know, i tossed it back to ukee, i tossed it back tagetes, around ukee said something like welcome rahel solomon, welcome home, so g

summer fest. ♪ >>> good evening i'm jessica dean. >> i'm ukee washington live in wildwood, new jersey. and we're so excited to start our summer fest season here in the wildwoods. every friday all season long, we're going to showcase great people. great towns, all around our region and give you what they have to offer and right now, once again, we're starting here in the wildwoods. quick. let's take you back in time a little bit. this video from earlier today, of wildwood officials shows the unlocking of the ocean for another summer season, nice crowd, everyone so excited about another beach and shore season. now, the businesses shore pumped two, but vittoria woodill joins us and they have some concerns >> the weather played a big factor but that didn't stop business owners or folks on the boardwalk and myself from having a little fun. check it out. memorial day weekend, the official start to summer the fun has begun. >> there's a fishing rod and they have to get it on the rim of a beer bottle >> and the action on boards is just enough for the families who made it out. >> is there anyt

dean. >> good evening, i'm ukee washington. live in ocean city. it's been a great day. absolutely great day. the surf, the sand, the sun, fun, it is all here and it will get better tomorrow it's the accident occurred annual nights in venice, people will line the bay front and see the decorated homes and a fantastic boat parade. it gets better, better, every day here. and learning today earlier today, rather, some of the younger sailors in ocean city showed off their decorated boats, kids had a great time. and we saw really creative decorations. all leads up to tomorrow's night in venice, boat parade starts at 6:00 p.m. ocean city is the place to be during the hot summer days and hot summer nights. right now, it's rather cool with a nice breeze coming off the atlantic ocean. we have been in an excessive heat warning. chelsea is with us. >> reporter: hello there, ukee, we're talking about warm temperatures we're dealing with tonight. and we're dealing with a number across the region checking in in the 80's. with the weather watcher, we are live with the mobile weather watcher right

this wildwood day making for a wildwood night. good evening, everyone i'm jessica dean. >> i'm ukee washington. live in wildwood where we are seeing it happening, cbs-3 summer fest is underway, we hope you are enjoying our coverage because we are certainly enjoying bringing it to you. it is a such a wonderful evening thus far at 6:00 o'clock here on the beach in wildwood, new jersey. vittoria woodill joins me right now lauren casey down here with us as well. we are having a great time and the people are coming out. it was a slow metric eulogies. >> do you like that. >> say that again. >> from all points. >> yeah. >> and now as it starts to get darker, it is just going to be wild. it will be fun. summer season is officially underway. >> you know is what nicer, only natural things happen down the shore. do you see bubbles flying all around us i don't know where they are coming from. >> i love it. >> i think they are coming from lauren. >> yes. >> i guess we will check with her later. >> yes, we are coming from lauren. >> you can see a few right now >> i love them. >> just one of these

in a tree. tonight police want to talk to the >> good evening everyone, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. . this morning's discovery shaken a neighborhood and the city says there have been other cases like this over the past few months greg argos is live outside police headquarters with new details on the investigation. greg? >> reporter: police are actively investigating this case, the noose spotted near 18th and lombard. philadelphia police releasing surveillance of two men they say may be responsible. friday morning, at the corner of 18th and lombard, this disturbing discovery, a hang man's noose dangling from a tree. >> could be someone playing a prank. we're concerned obviously any time you see a noose or that type of artifact it conjures up images of lynching. >> philly pd said they're taking no chances collecting the noose and helping to determine who placed it on the tree. friday police releasing this video showing two males, one white one black walking away from the tree, seconds earlier the white male tossed the rope over the branch >> the shocking and disgusting.

also have ukee washington and don bell, live inside the stadium, with the story we will start with them, hi there , guys. >> hi jessica, thanks very much. we are ready and we are also looking like we are getting ready to have a little downpour here. >> yes, yes. >> there is a very dark cloud. temperatures have gone down a little bit. >> um-hmm. >> fans who are in the stadium once they are copping in they will have to be prepared. players have been doing this since they were 10 years old. >> it takes a thursday night football match up for me to get ukee out of the studio to come kick it with me at a football game. can this never end? i hope not. we are talking about the four- one philadelphia eagles. >> yes. >> right now carson wentz is on the field right now, and lets show thaw video. they is going through his warm up routine he has headphones on getting arms and shoulders stretched out, and here's the reason why. this guy is amazing this season, all right. he is getting out getting ready to do what he has done so far which is throw 10 touchdown passes, just three interceptions, th

official start of the cbs-3 summer fest. my collogue ukee's down the shore in wildwood new jersey and ukee you are not loan you have lauren casey and vittoria woodill there with you with a few of your closest friend. >> oh, yeah, that is so, and they are waving right now. we are ready to roll. we have got our fans, our friend, our viewers, and adventure pier is right behind me we have ride, we have giant beach, you guys can keep going now, i like that, and of course, everybody is in a holiday vibe. that is what it is all about, this memorial day weekend. and i'll tell what you is there is one sound that everybody hears when they come down here iconic sound. you know what i mean. >> watch the tram car please. watch the tram car please. >> watch the tram car please. watch the tram car please. >> oh, yeah, we know it very well, sight seer tram car made dau by in 1949. by 1971 wildwood log floss single led her voice to the tram car path. watch the tram car please, the yellow and blue tram car, takes passengers along 2-mile long wildwood boardwalk and if you have been to wildwood as many have y

in a tree. tonight police want to talk to the >> good evening everyone, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. . this morning's discovery shaken a neighborhood and the city says there have been other cases like this over the past few months greg argos is live outside police headquarters with new details on the investigation. greg? >> reporter: police are actively investigating this case, the noose spotted near 18th and lombard. philadelphia police releasing surveillance of two men they say may be responsible. friday morning, at the corner of 18th and lombard, this disturbing discovery, a hang man's noose dangling from a tree. >> could be someone playing a prank. we're concerned obviously any time you see a noose or that type of artifact it conjures up images of lynching. >> philly pd said they're taking no chances collecting the noose and helping to determine who placed it on the tree. friday police releasing this video showing two males, one white one black walking away from the tree, seconds earlier the white male tossed the rope over the branch >> the shocking and disgusting.

for guess contact ukee will be along in just a moment. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is tracking latest developments in the deadly shooting in point breeze tonight, anita? >> reporter: good evening, in a cash a neighbors say thinks corner known for violence with several shootings here in recent months, and this morning violent encounter left one man and a dog both dead. >> just like firecrackers. >> reporter: that is what mike young who was working nearby said he heard just before 10:30 on the corner obviate event and dickinson street in point breeze. >> it it was wrapped fire. it sounded like a fire cracker we saw smoke. people screaming, running from the scene. it was pretty scary. >> reporter: philadelphia police say tow truck driver had attempted to repossess a silver toyota minivan by santana mini market without realize would go man was inside. she got out, started arguing with the tow truck driver and called her three two-year old boyfriend to the scene. >> we heard lady screaming, and i guess he came and situation escalated, to the point where someone is dead. >> reporter:

and cbs3 along for the ride. this is summer fest. ♪ >>> good evening i'm jessica dean. >> i'm ukee washington live in wildwood, new jersey. and we're so excited to start our summer fest season here in the wildwoods. every friday all season long, we're going to showcase great people. great towns, all around our region and give you what they have to offer and right now, once again, we're starting here in the wildwoods. quick. let's take you back in time a little bit. this video from earlier today, of wildwood officials shows the unlocking of the ocean for another summer season, nice crowd, everyone so excited about another beach and shore season. now, the businesses shore pumped two, but vittoria woodill joins us and they have some concerns >> the weather played a big factor but that didn't stop business owners or folks on the boardwalk and myself from having a little fun. check it out. memorial day weekend, the official start to summer the fun has begun. >> there's a fishing rod and they have to get it on the rim of a beer bottle >> and the action on boards is just enough for the fa

>>> the shooting was all caught on surveillance video, good afternoon, i'm natasha brown. ukee will be along in just a moment. lets get out to "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves live at the scene of the shooting in feltonville with what we know so far about the case, alycia? >> reporter: well, natasha, that philadelphia police officer has been taken off the streets, put on administrative duty and that is per department policy. authorities say that they do have surveillance video from one angle that does show that the man who was killed being shot running away from police officers. today authorities are searching for more surveillance video to possibly paint a fuller picture of what happened here. a tense scene on whittaker avenue after a philadelphia police officer kills a man who will be officer says was driving a dirt bike erratically. >> i don't know about. >> reporter: man's grandmother and other relatives angered, emotional after shooting after police reviewed surveillance video. commissioner admitting that the video shows a man being shot, as he ran away from police. >>

conditions are clearing out, as ukee was saying, in the poconos, as though strong storms have moved on out. so how is it looking there, kelly? sunshine breaking out. you guys good to go? you lost your umbrella. that's good. >> reporter: i d yes, you can see, that's the big difference from the top of the 5:00 show. no rain gear here in the poconos. things are looking much better in jim thorpe, as we head into the remainder of the evening hours tonight. now, i'm here with the mobile weather watcher, and we're tracking some high humidity, and high dew points. so let's show you a look at the current conditions with the mobile weather watcher. temperatures checking in in the upper 70s, and we have dew points that are in the lower zero seven ace, so of course that's still even though the rain has passed at least up here in the poconos still making it feel very uncomfortable out here. tracking even better weather as we head into the weekends, so prance, you're going to be hitting up the hiking trails, maybe going to play some paint ball, maybe taking the kayak out on the water, weather looking mu

>> i'm ukee washington. willie nelson said it best we are on the road again and loving every sickle minute of this. i have i've got the shore behind me, shots in front of me, people every where and it is just love all the way around. wonderful place to be. i met people all over the tri-state area and beyond and everybody is having a great time. we will share it throughout our entire broadcast. speaking of sharing, kelly, could i have that please, thank you so much this carmel corn, yes, it is outrageous. we have got it from james. they have carmel corn, fudge, taffy, and, and, right now, as we see it, i'm going to toss to it lauren casey and let her , excuse me for talking with food in in my mouth but it is still g the wind is pretty good too. >> it is, don't worry, i will take over for you to enjoy. that the weather is looking great right now down the shore , sunshine, few mid level cloud, but, in other areas across the delaware valley we are dealing with strong, thunderstorm activity, building in to berks county, lehigh valley and thunderstorm watch in effect west of the delaware

final tour. good evening i'm jessica dean. >> i'm ukee washington. >> david spunt is outside the wells fargo center where the circus is drawing mixed review reviews, david. >> reporter: ukee, good evening a lot of hits this company has taken for their treatment of animals especially elephant and that program ended last may 2 2016 combine that with slumping sales that caused managers to make a decision to turn out the lights at the circus. >> behind the walls of the wells fargo center the cast of the greatest show on weather prepared for their nineal philly weekend. but outside, protesters stood in the cold holding seen on and voicing opposition to the show. >> any animal should never be used for entertainment. it's not necessary. not in today's world. >> joan kon lives in philadelphia and says the circus should not even be here this weekend and she want it to close immediately. >> people think when the animals are done performing they run free in a field somewhere. they don't. they're locked in box cars, trains, they're abused to do those tricks. >> reporter: circus officials den

philadelphia for the final tour. good evening i'm jessica dean. >> i'm ukee washington. >> david spunt is outside the wells fargo center where the circus is drawing mixed review reviews, david. >> reporter: ukee, good evening a lot of hits this company has taken for their treatment of animals especially elephant and that program ended last may 2 2016 combine that with slumping sales that caused managers to make a decision to turn out the lights at the circus. >> behind the walls of the wells fargo center the cast of the greatest show on weather prepared for their nineal philly weekend. but outside, protesters stood in the cold holding seen on and voicing opposition to the show. >> any animal should never be used for entertainment. it's not necessary. not in today's world. >> joan kon lives in philadelphia and says the circus should not even be here this weekend and she want it to close immediately. >> people think when the animals are done performing they run free in a field somewhere. they don't. they're locked in box cars, trains, they're abused to do those tricks. >> reporter:

investigation, greg good afternoon. >>> and ukee good afternoon most of the, fortunately have been removed but you can still see behind me on this one wall , what remains here neighbors in this neighborhood say, they are concerned about what happened, all the while philadelphia police, combing over, hours of surveillance video, hoping to catch a suspect. concern in south philadelphia. >> it is, >>> rich's house which he has called home for zero seven years spared, his neighbors though, not as lucky. >> that is my mother in law's house that was tagged, right there. and then, a neighbor, and then , next neighbor. >> reporter: those that lived on this closely knit block said they noticed vandalism 5:30 wednesday morning. most of the damage done in the form of this, area right to re bell adorned with the molotov cocktail which charlie inverseo considered a threat. >> it is a simple for firebombing which has got me concern. what are they doing is that a warning. >> reporter: this wall tagged with this anti police message. >> kill a cop, save a life. like, what are you thinking? >> reporter: cit

, i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm natasha brown in for guess contact weekend warning we are keeping one eye on the surf and other on the fun down the shore. >> "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is at a beach in north wildwood where a big festival is bringing a lot of people to town, cleve? >> reporter: ukee, it is a great weekend to be at the beach and you have to wear your green, of course because thinks you're establish weekend in north wildwood. is there so many people coming to town, weather is so nice, town officials had to take extra steps to make sure that they are safe, as they go to the beach. with the thunder us crash and beach waves ocean reminds how far off storms are still sending dangerous swimming conditions to the new jersey shore. >> it is very, very rough. >> reporter: tracie ellison says she got caught in the rip current like the shore is experiencing right now and now she knows her limits. >> i went up to my thighs and it was pulling, really hard, yes. >> reporter: while dozens of families enjoyed the beach friday afternoon in north wildwood it business to get m

>> i'm ukee washington here in sea isle city for summer fess. we got here around 1:00 this afternoon very warm but i think temperatures have dropped at least 10 or 15 degrees as those line of thunderstorms are on the horizon. lets check this severe weather information from our lauren casey here in sea isle city with me, lauren. >> thanks, ukee. we have dry conditions right now but we have a severe thunderstorm watch for every area west of i-95 that runs until 10:00 o'clock this evening. we have some warnings in effect right now as well. we will get over to storm scan three and show you what is going on as we look toward berks county, lehigh county and northwestern suburbs as well where we have severe thunderstorm warnings until 6:30 for possibility of 60- mile an hour wind, we will give thaw warning information. these cells are moving off east at 45 miles an hour, right now, under this warning, parts of the berks county, montgomery county, west central bucks county and northeastern chester county for about the next half an hour, cells moving east at 40 miles an hour with th

good evening everyone i'm ukee washington. >>> and good evening everyone i'm jessica dean. coming to you live from washington d.c., you can see capitol right behind me, that is where the big moment will happen, tomorrow, the oath of office when donald trump will be the forty-fifth president of the united states. trump and his family arrived here in the nation's capitol around noon time today and there has been a lot going on here. we want to fill you in on that and also too some of the people from our area we talk to who made the trip to watch history in person. a somber moment to mark beginning of the trump presidency, president-elect donald trump laid a wreath at tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery, on the eve of his inauguration earl willer he spoke at congressional leadership lunch attended by many administration picks. >> we have by far the highest iq of any cabinet ever assembled. >> reporter: mr. trump is still working on his inaugural address but it will focus on the rolls have of government and every day americans. >> it will be a very personal, sincere st

poconos right here on cbs3 and summerfest. good evening i'm ukee washington. live in jim thorpe pennsylvania, gateway to the poconos. now, the shore is great summer destination, of course, it is. but the mountains are magnificent. there's no doubt about that. tonight we explore the charm of this town and so much more, each friday we like to give you a history lesson, let's continue our summerfest tradition and do it now. through the years, this area has been called the switzerland of america as the slopes of poconos mountains lead down to the hifb town of jim thorpe. the town was once moan as maunch chunk, but in 1953, the name changed to jim thorpe. thorpe was a native american olympian and athlete who won in the 1912 stockholm olympic games. he also played major league baseball and was an accomplished ball room dancer. after his death, thorpe's third wife moved his body to maunch chunk because his home state of oklahoma wouldn't give a monument. in turn, the town changed its name to jim thorpe. and here in jim thorpe today, as in many locations around the region, all around th

berks county. ukee washington is in kutztown for 68th annual folks festival there and you guys are having a ton of fun, ukee. >> reporter: way too much fun, way too much fun but it is a great time for everybody who is here, no doubt about that and it continues, up until 8:00 o'clock tonight as a matter of fact. fun will continue. kutztown folk festival has been going on for decade. nine day celebration of dutch culture. it is also giving visitors a hands on way, a hands on way to learn everything about it, check it out. goats. horses. chickens. shoe fly pie. burch beer. of course, hand made ice cream all part of the kutztown folk festival a celebration of the dutch ingenuity and history in rural pennsylvania. >> the festival started in 1950 by three professors from franklin and marshall college in lancaster, pennsylvania. they chose kutztown because they felt it was most ideal town that signified or represented the pennsylvania dutch culture. >> reporter: now in the 68th year festival features 200 traditional craftsman working on live demonstrations and six stages of entertainment,

. >>> i am ukee washington. natasha it has been a long but a very exciting day. here at summerfest in sea aisle city. we thought a storm might roll through but it did not. with that being said, let's check in with lauren casey. i understand that you're watching a system that could make for a wet saturday? >> yeah, wet first half of saturday. thank you for paying attention, ukee. the forecast. but yes, i kept the storms away. everyone enjoy a lovely evening. not as much as what we saw, another round working through berks stretching down to lancaster moving off to east. chester county. if it can hold together. lit move towards the i95 corridor. and bring heavy downpour, we do have a flood advisory. berks county into the lehigh valley. mercer county. much of bucks. we do have the surge of moisture due to tropical storm. the downpour we see and on the first half of the day will be quite heavy. we'll talk more about the threat and improving conditions. and some great grilling weather in store. coming up in a few. >> thanks, lauren. the weather did hold off in sea aisle city, that was a great t

carolina panthers. good evening everyone, i'm jessica dean. ukee washington and our sports director don bell are live in charlotte with complete coverage of this win. you guys, this is exciting. [laughter] >> i'm telling you. isn't it, though. >> no doubt about it. we can hear from the tri-state area all the way down here. this is unbelievable. >> this is a statement game and i'm not into making statements in week six of the nfl season because obviously there's a long way to go. but when you play on a short week and you come down to carolina, a team that's also four and one. >> and it's hostile territory. >> hostile territory. you take an early lead and you hold onto it late the way they did and also take on an m.v.p. candidate and force three turnovers from cam newton, are you legit. >> no question about it. look at the disparity when it comes to the calls that were made. >> in terms of penalties. >> did not get frustrated and did what they had to do. >> at last check it was double digits to one. we were watching it and it was like 10 penalties for the eagles and just one for the panth

jeffrey sandusky is behind bars charged with child sexual abuse. >>> good evening i'm ukee washington >> i'm jessica dean. sandusky's son solicited naked photos and sex from under aged girl. >> natasha brown is in our satellite center with the disturbing details that had the sandusky family making headlines again. natasha? >> good evening to you both. in 2012, jerry sandusky. case actually made national headlines as he was convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse with boys his adopted son has his own legal battles and similar charges he's now facing more than five years after his father's arrest. >>> jerry sandusky's 41-year-old son stood by his father throughout the sexual abuse trial in 2012. on that monday, jeffrey faced his own charges arrest and accused of attempting to entice two teenager sisters into sexual acts. prosecutors say jerry sandusky solicited naked photos from a 16-year-old girl last year and asked the girl's oldest sister for oral sex back in 2013 when she was just 15 years old. the teenager victims are the daughters of his then girlfriend who h

charges for stealing the car belong to go one of those missing men. hello, i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. we have team three coverage. we will start with "eyewitness news" reporter henry rossoff live in doyletown where an arraignment was held just a couple hours ago, henry. >> reporter: ukee and jessica judge set bail at five million-dollar, cash, that means cosmo dinardo's family has to come up with every penny of that money, not just 10 percent normal standard in court cases. we have obtained this court document from prosecutors that details how dinardo got his hands on the vehicle of one of the four missing men. cosmo dinardo sat back in his chair wearing a gray tank top as prosecutors brought more charge as begins him. he now stand accused of taking nissan maxima of 21 year-old tom meo, last seen july 7th and reported missing july 8th, july 9th according to court documents dinardo went to the friend and quote offered to sell him an older model nissan maxima for $500. when police found the car belong to go dinardo's family a subsequent search of the revealed thom

. the reaction crash involved ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. . the fiery crash happened on eastbound i 78 near berks county. the police say a tractor-trailer did not stop in time for traffic that had slowed down. four trucks and one car were all involved in the wreckage. at least three of the vehicle went up in flames. one person taken to the hospital to be treated for burns. the eastbound side of i 78 remains closed between routes 143 and 737. >>> as early as next summer, visitors to wildwood could be band from smoking on the boardwalk. >> smoking is prohibited on some parts of the boardwalk but the proposed band would stretch across 38 blocks. as "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos finds, there is one place where the restriction will not be enforced. >> reporter: the city is looking to band smoking, people who want to light up on the boardwalk >> not only onlily boardwalk but the rams. >> reporter: mayor said the bill is headed for a full city council vote. if passed, smoking would be out allowed starting in summer of 2018 >> seems to be the time to do it. smoke has bec

bars charged with child sexual abuse. >>> good evening i'm ukee washington >> i'm jessica dean. sandusky's son solicited naked photos and sex from under aged girl. >> natasha brown is in our satellite center with the disturbing details that had the sandusky family making headlines again. natasha? >> good evening to you both. in 2012, jerry sandusky. case actually made national headlines as he was convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse with boys his adopted son has his own legal battles and similar charges he's now facing more than five years after his father's arrest. >>> jerry sandusky's 41-year-old son stood by his father throughout the sexual abuse trial in 2012. on that monday, jeffrey faced his own charges arrest and accused of attempting to entice two teenager sisters into sexual acts. prosecutors say jerry sandusky solicited naked photos from a 16-year-old girl last year and asked the girl's oldest sister for oral sex back in 2013 when she was just 15 years old. the teenager victims are the daughters of his then girlfriend who he lived with at the time. court

evening, everyone aim ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden broke these developments a short time ago and joins us live from city hall to explain, joe? >> reporter: jessica and ukee this development came late this afternoon when the spokesmen for pennsylvania attorney general josh shapiro confirmed to us that the philadelphia mayor's fund, a non-profit agency, is now under investigation for as the controller has been saying for nearly two years, questionable spending. late this afternoon, a spokesperson for the fund told us that they are not only cooperating with the attorney general but also, still cooperating with the controller. remember the $75,000 tab city officials under the nutter administration's supposedly ran up, during the papal visit for hotel rooms, meals, bar bills and other accommodations the city controller's office on tuesday said that figure, soared to $311,000. >> basically quadrupled, quadrupled what they stated was the cost. >> reporter: is what your reaction to that. >> it is outrage. >> reporter: that new number leaked o

our future. summer fest in full swing, hi, good evening everyone i'm ukee washington. >>> and i'm jessica dean, coming to you atop of the national constitution center as we look out over independent mall cradle of liberty on this fourth of july weekend 2017. it is a wonderful day to be outside. we are learning all about the history here in philadelphia, some of it we all know by heart, some of it may surprise you. i think we will be able to give you something, new, to know about our city of philadelphia, but there are lots of people out here walk around enjoying this friday evening, and they are all excited to kick off this holiday weekend. we will go to lauren casey at belmont plateau, and she's got a look at our holiday weekend forecast, lauren? >> thanks, guess contact i'm out here on the plateau beautiful view of the city behind me our fair city. little hot out here but we have moved to the shade. it doesn't feel is he bad in the shade with that breeze but heat is on after a nice break earlier in the week. humidity has ramped up and temperatures cruised back in the 90's after

. the reaction crash involved ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. . the fiery crash happened on eastbound i 78 near berks county. the police say a tractor-trailer did not stop in time for traffic that had slowed down. four trucks and one car were all involved in the wreckage. at least three of the vehicle went up in flames. one person taken to the hospital to be treated for burns. the eastbound side of i 78 remains closed between routes 143 and 737. >>> as early as next summer, visitors to wildwood could be band from smoking on the boardwalk. >> smoking is prohibited on some parts of the boardwalk but the proposed band would stretch across 38 blocks. as "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos finds, there is one place where the restriction will not be enforced. >> reporter: the city is looking to band smoking, people who want to light up on the boardwalk >> not only onlily boardwalk but the rams. >> reporter: mayor said the bill is headed for a full city council vote. if passed, smoking would be out allowed starting in summer of 2018 >> seems to be the time to do it. smoke has bec

on cb is. three ukee washington and jessica dean will look back at wonderful people we have met this year. >> these are ordinary people doing inspirational things and a lot of them are inspiring others to pitch in as well tomorrow night for best of brotherly love right here on cbs 36789 can catch encore broadcast at 10:3 on our sister station cw philly. we will be right >>> pat's here. >> hi. >> hi there, pat. >> yes, pat's here with sports >> we have got the flyers and really bad in november, and then it was really good in december and here we are toward christmas, still good, flyers center sean couturier has scratched surface of becoming a great two-way player but never been known as a goal scorer posting career high of just 15 in the season but in 34 games this year, he set a new mark, and did so in a big way. red wings were in south philadelphia last night, flyers down two-is on the power play wayne simmonds find s back door opened tying it at two. later, hey, first, flyers robert, his fair goal would tie the game at three. and then here we go, to the third couturier has his

tonight after some rowers rescued her. good evening, i'm jessica dean >> i'm ukee washington. moments after pulled to safety by the rower, the woman was rushed to the hospital >> this happened near martin luther king drive in the strawberry bridge and alexandria hoff is live in fairmount park with more oath frightening incident. alex? >> reporter: jessica and ukee, the odds of surviving a car plunging into this water with a person inside during this time of year and under these conditions would be extremely grim. and it would have been tonight without the help of three strangers. drenching rain act stopping car is pulled from the schuylkill river. >> approximately 20 yards into the river, and about maybe a foot sticking out of the roof of the vehicle. >> reporter: the driver of the car was no longer inside of it. thanks to a group of well timed heros >> they observed what they saw as lights in the water. as they were on the water. they immediately came over to the bank area, realized it was a car >> two rowers and a coach from the penn ac rowing association housed on about the house r

takes shape. hello everyone i'm ukee washington. >>> good evening everyone i'm jessica dean. coming to you live from washington d.c. where all of the pomp and circumstance happened today, and now the inaugural parade has wrapped up, so now focus is on all of the celebrations and galas, the president and first lady are expect to attend three galas tonight, two of those are at the convention center, a third to solute the troops will be held at the national building museum. now, all of this happening on a day that is history in the making, a lot of people here to witness this and earlier today a nation came together for that peaceful transfer of power. >> i don't old john trump do solemnly swear. >> reporter: at noon surrounded by his family, donald trump put his hand on abraham lincoln's bible and took the presidential oath of office administered by chief justice john roberts. after a 21 gun solute the new president delivered his that you go rally with address. >> from this day forward a new vision will governor land, from this day forward, it is going to be only america first >> reporte

evening, i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm nicole brewer. jessica dean is off. kate bilo has more on the quake that has shaken people up this evening, kate. >> that is right, nicole and ukee this quake was felt to the north east of dover, delaware but even though that is where epicenter was impact were felt in a very wide ranging area latest i saw on the united states geological survey websites had reports as far north east as connecticut southern new england people were feeling earthquake and much of maryland as well. it was located just north east of dover, in the shallow low lying areas along the delaware bay, and some folks on line, very rare location for epi sent their low lying area northeast of dover. 4.1 quake. that has been fluid. it has been changing. started out as magnitude 5.1. 4.4. they have settled on 4.1. if that stand it could still change but if it stand it would tie record for strongest earthquake ever felt in the state of delaware back in 1871 necessity had 4.1 quake there as well. this was a depth of 5 miles. it is generally considered a shallow quake and shallow ear

, ukee your eyes are okay. we had flurries across the area but as we head in the evening hours, those flurries are going to start to wayne, but as we head into next month the good news/bad news month. good news temperatures start to rebound, prespring average temperatures, moving on up, we will start off with a average high temperature of philadelphia at 41 degrees. end of the the month with average highs in the upper 40 's. the that is nice. but, it is also our most snowy month on average, in philadelphia, with nearly 9 inches of snow, again, that is on average and climate wise the groundhog could bring good news or bad news. if he sees his shadow on the second it means six more weeks of winter, no shadow, early spring. that is what we're hoping forehead nothing to february 2nd but yes, ukee, you did see flurries to day. storm scan three confirming. that seeing flurries moving across the area but over last 30 minutes as we are losing the sunshine and heating of the day those flurries coming to an end as part of the lake effect snow machine bringing snow showers off to our west and a

bryan is in salem tonight with more on this growing problem, cleve. >> reporter: ukee, reason you see two different ambulance trucks behind me is because many towns like salem here of had to turn to their neighbors for help to overcome this shortage of volunteer emts. if you want to know what a volunteer ambulance squad wants for christmas these days , just ask captain cameron kegel of the fenwick squad in salem, new jersey. >> i would love to have my staff be 20 people. >> reporter: right now they have only 10 and half of them are emt certified. the training requirements to become certified in new jersey have more than doubled this decade and people willing to put in the hours as volunteers have fallen by the wayside. >> when we do recruit somebody they are all gungho and then they find out i cannot make that because i cannot get a sitter. i can't make that because i have my second job to do. >> reporter: volunteer shortage is being felt throughout the garden state as e ms council of new jersey lost a quarter of their volunteer squad. many like fenwick are merging with nearby tow

tonight after some rowers rescued her. good evening, i'm jessica dean >> i'm ukee washington. moments after pulled to safety by the rower, the woman was rushed to the hospital >> this happened near martin luther king drive in the strawberry bridge and alexandria hoff is live in fairmount park with more oath frightening incident. alex? >> reporter: jessica and ukee, the odds of surviving a car plunging into this water with a person inside during this time of year and under these conditions would be extremely grim. and it would have been tonight without the help of three strangers. drenching rain act stopping car is pulled from the schuylkill river. >> approximately 20 yards into the river, and about maybe a foot sticking out of the roof of the vehicle. >> reporter: the driver of the car was no longer inside of it. thanks to a group of well timed heros >> they observed what they saw as lights in the water. as they were on the water. they immediately came over to the bank area, realized it was a car >> two rowers and a coach from the penn ac rowing association housed on about the house r

ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. >> "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live spring garden with the story. >> reporter: i'm at the local 98 headquarters. members of this union and friends of john dougherty the union boss are standing by him. we found out besides mayor kenney other people received these letters. this document proves the fbi wire tapped local 98 union boss john dougherty. agents took boxes out of his south philadelphia home last august. he stood with neighbors and friends relaxed, yet curious. >> you know i've been on the scrutiny my whole life. i don't understand why. maybe it's because i win too much. >> reporter: they raided the local headquarters, dougherty has not been charged with a crime but speculation continues. >> after jim kenney and other dougherty associates say they were notified by uncle sam their calls with the union boss were indeed recorded >> i don't know how you could not talk to john dougherty or the majority leader council over almost two-year period and not be recordeded >> the feds are rider to send what's known as an intercept letter

christmas ever for my kid. >> ukee, from london. >> cafe made a selfie cappuchino featuring ukee washington. >> i may just want to preserve ukee's face. >>> wait a minute we love ukee but how does that happen. we were talking about selfie chinos. >> it is ukeechino. >> can we get one. >> he looks good on top of the mug like that. >> yes. >> seven dollars yesterday. >> seven dollars for the thing and the coffee or is that an extra fee. >> there may be an up charge. >> you never know. >> we have to get one of those >> agreed, he looks good but where is love for the morning we drink more coffee then they do at night. >> amen. >> speaking of needing a warm drink right now, it is, very, very cool outside, right now our temperatures are generally in the 20's or 30's at best and that is quite the change from yesterday at this same time, it is totally clear so storm scan as we get there first is very quiet but we have got a few high cloud trying to work their way through and it is just clear sky and that has allowed temperature to drop off, readily 20's and 30's at best and this goes in the just ou

ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. >> "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live spring garden with the story. >> reporter: i'm at the local 98 headquarters. members of this union and friends of john dougherty the union boss are standing by him. we found out besides mayor kenney other people received these letters. this document proves the fbi wire tapped local 98 union boss john dougherty. agents took boxes out of his south philadelphia home last august. he stood with neighbors and friends relaxed, yet curious. >> you know i've been on the scrutiny my whole life. i don't understand why. maybe it's because i win too much. >> reporter: they raided the local headquarters, dougherty has not been charged with a crime but speculation continues. >> after jim kenney and other dougherty associates say they were notified by uncle sam their calls with the union boss were indeed recorded >> i don't know how you could not talk to john dougherty or the majority leader council over almost two-year period and not be recordeded >> the feds are rider to send what's known as an intercept letter

broke out in the streets of washington d.c. >>> good afternoon everyone i'm ukee washington. >>> and i'm guess can dean. coming to you live from washington d.c., you see this capitol right behind me where the big moment happened today at noon time, the owes of office taken by the forty-fifth president of the united states. donald j trump. there has been so many activities the throughout the day, it has been a very busy day for the president and his family. they have been traveling all across the city, the parade is still going on as we seek. the it is running a little bit behind but they work toward the balls this evening. but again a full day here and so many people here, to watch history unfold, first hand, including many from the delaware valley. >> i don't old john trump do solemnly swear. >> chief justice john roberts swore in donald trump as forty-fifth president of the united states at noon. >> so help me god. >> reporter: trump delivered a defiant inaugural message reminiscent at times of his campaign speeches. >> we assembled here to take are issuing a new decree to be heard thi

ukee washington and peco don bell is thanking supporters on this eave of inauguration. incoming first family was joined by vice-president elect mike pence and his wife karen. there were celebrities in the crowd as well including caityln jenner and south jersey native kelly anne con way received a shout out from the president-elect. >> and tonight, police use pepper spray on protesters outside another event in washington. some through bottles at people as they left it deplorable. my coanchor jessica dean is in the nation's cop toll tonight with more on the event. >> good evening to you from washington d.c.. we're hours away from swearing in of the 45th president of donald j. trump. they arrived around noon and took part in a host of festivities throughout the day. there were also a lot of people from our area from the delaware valley who came here. they told me to witness history firsthand♪ i'm proud to be an american♪ >> thursday night concert and fireworks led to celebration for president-elect donald trump and his supporters. >> i promise you ill will work so hard we'll get it t

, is on. eagles are ready, prime time for second straight game good evening, i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm nicole brewer in for jessica dean. they are excited. >> little bit. >> we have team three coverage vittoria woodill firing up the fans and lets start on the field with don bell and leslie van arsdal. how many times do we have to say a huge nfc east game tonight. >> huge, huge, huge game. we have been talking bit all week. they beat carolina two thursdays ago. >> here's the thing about this match up. you know, it is a nation how much media is here for this monday night showdown. philadelphia is two and a half hour drive if you are luck if i there is no traffic but you have media members from both cities here, there is a dozen cameras here. normally it business six or so >> definitely got more. >> a lot of ninth this game tonight. >> rightly so. eagles have the best record in football right now with a win tonight, they would have a three-zero lead in the division. they already won two division game all last season. again, huge game. >> huge game. >> complete 180 for the bird, l

suspect, but not the motive, hello everyone aim ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. fbi says that suspect is a 64 year-old retiree with no connection to international terror groups. police say he carried out his attack from a room inside the mandalay bay hotel, that is across the street from where the route 91 harvest music festival was wrapping up. performing lease say stephen paddock act add loan when he opened fire on the crowd of more than 20,000 people below, 58 deaths have been reported so far, and at lee another 500 people were injured. the swat teams, stormed the gun man's hotel room, they found he had killed himself. officers also found as many as 10 firearms in the room. now the question is, why did he do it? law enforcement officers cord ond off the crime scene as they investigate deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history. country music star jason aldean was performing at the route 91 harvest festival sunday night when gunshots ran g out. >> people were just laying every where people were bleeding. >> we have an active shooter, we have an active shooter. >> reporte

poconos right here on cbs3 and summerfest. good evening i'm ukee washington. live in jim thorpe pennsylvania, gateway to the poconos. now, the shore is great summer destination, of course, it is. but the mountains are magnificent. there's no doubt about that. tonight we explore the charm of this town and so much more, each friday we like to give you a history lesson, let's continue our summerfest tradition and do it now. through the years, this area has been called the switzerland of america as the slopes of poconos mountains lead down to the hifb town of jim thorpe. the town was once moan as maunch chunk, but in 1953, the name changed to jim thorpe. thorpe was a native american olympian and athlete who won in the 1912 stockholm olympic games. he also played major league baseball and was an accomplished ball room dancer. after his death, thorpe's third wife moved his body to maunch chunk because his home state of oklahoma wouldn't give a monument. in turn, the town changed its name to jim thorpe. and here in jim thorpe today, as in many locations around the region, all around th

break. >> proud day for all of us, our ukee wash has been designated as living legend by the city of philadelphia. ukee is one of three local broadcasters, chosen for this honor this year. sit council recognized him this morning for his contributions in the media. today's special ceremony part of black history month celebration. congratulations, ukee. >> well done. >> we've known he's been living legend for years. >> listen, anyone who has ever been out to lunch or coffee with ukee knows he is a living legend. >> like pandemonium. >> like the mayor, baby shaking hands left and right. >> indeed. >> congratulations. >> genuine as a man as he appears on camera, certainly is in person. well done, well deserved. >> welshing i brought some nice weather for our friends ukee and everybody else, too, yes, little present for the upcoming holiday weekend. how about it? looks great though. if you have any outdoor plans scheduled you're looking good. we have high pressure on our side in the days ahead here, no major storm systems in site any time soon. again the nice warming trends that's going t

-called porch pirate, who plucked a package from in front of their home. >>> good evening, i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. as we have been telling i thieves have been targeting these holiday packageness local communities, snatching them right off peoples doorsteps. >> "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh joins us from manayunk where that local couple came up with the creative plan to catch a thief , anita? >> reporter: that is right, guys, it is a big problem especially during the holiday season when hundreds of millions of packages are on the move. philadelphia police released more surveillance video of package is here in manayunk but as you mentioned one couple took it upon themselves to turn the table on a would be thief. >> and it is really a shame thaw cannot trust what you put on your porch. >> after getting something stolen after their steps in manayunk jen and her boyfriend hatch a plan. >> the package has a fishing line attached to a beer can on the other side of the door, so , if someone were to pull it , hear the beer can rattle. >> reporter: that deterred a thi

he is back and this week we are taking you north to berks county. ukee washington is live in kutztown for the kutztown folk festival, ukee. >> reporter: once again, a beautiful day driving up from the philadelphia area earlier we had rain this morning but right now skies are clear, some cloudy but something could becoming in but lauren casey will get into that in a little bit. this is a beautiful area kutztown has gently grown, gently grown over the years. i was here 20 years ago. it was just as beautiful then. it has gone from a plowing town to a college town, and, paint quite the picture for all who come up here to visit. the bells toll in the clock tower at kutztown university, an institution almost as old as the community itself. grown by german settlers and farmers since the mid 1720's. >> kutztown itself was a little ham let on the creek along easton road which main road that went from easton to lancaster in the main inland city in pennsylvania. >> reporter: some who came to kutztown were indentured servants working off their debts before becoming rural farmers. others were weal

way down here, ukee washington. >> where did you get this thing. >> many thanks to 13th street bike rentals, for letting me use this. it has been a while to get used to it. but i stopped. >> you did it. >> i have my ride, mobile weather watcher is this your right back to philadelphia later. >> you have a beautiful piece of machinery. >> this is great too. >> i've got, this is just as fun. many thanks to 13th street bike rental. i heard jessica talking about it. >> i didn't come down in this but when i did come down you could smell it, you could smell it, and i stop at toll booth, toll takers had mask on be very careful with their health. very important. a lot of people were behind me aloft people coming down to the shore. all of the shore points especially ocean city, people have been coming here for over a hundred years, the history is magnificent and here's a little bit more on that. >> since 1920 it has been america's greatest family resort fred miller knows a thing or two about ocean city new jersey. he has written nine books about his community, and the evolution of resort life