to be there we are live, in margate i'm trang do, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". back to you. >> thank you. >>> water main break in south philadelphia could make for some tricky travel this morning. a break has three outer southbound lanes of south broad street closed between 32 and 3300 blocks. the 1200 main ruptured near broad and geary streets leaving a gain hole in the road. officials are working to restore what the tore three nearby businesses. >>> new this morning philadelphia police are investigating shooting death of the 22-year old man late last night in strawberry mansion. police tell us man was shot three times in the stomach, near york and garnett streets right around 11:30. the victim was driven in the private vehicle to temple university hospital where he underwent surgery, but later died. >> we believe the victim was standing on the curve when the shooter fired three shots, striking the victim all three times, from witnesses, the victim then ran south on garnett street. >> police say they are reviewing surveillance cameras , from the area and lookin

term relief for new jersey cher residents finding to take back their beach so what is next step in margate. >>> good morning to you. it is friday. >> yes. >> august 4th. >> 2017 we have made it to the weekend. >> another week. good morning how are you. >> well, you. >> going through it this morning. my knee is in town made dinner i'm paying for it this morning >> potatoes like acid, i could not sleep last night. it is still right here, sue serio. >> that means it was good, at least going down. we will talk about our number today. we will have a similar day from yesterday. eight out of 10. milder start today. we are expecting sunshine but it is humid, dew points in the 60's and 70's and so are temperatures. buddy get mission place early at the shore, place on the beach. 72 degrees is our current temperature, relative humidity up there at 87 percent. at 6:03o just a couple moments from now as we get short are days. we do have a little bit of action on thunderstorms heading toward new york city, north jersey and pop up so we're not out of the wood with morning showers butotherwiy lunchtime, s

more than 3-inches caused up to 3 feet of ponding on the beach in margate. now, there was intended by the army corps to have some ponding on the beach as a means of draining the streets but they did not intend for it to become so deep and such a severe situation. and because of that situation, with all the deep ponding, that compelled the superior court judge in new jersey to halt the project until the army corps, the new jersey department of environmental protection and the city could come up way plan to address the drainage issues. that is still on-going. now in court today, they're hearing from the project manager with the army corps. we also heard system from a local assemblyman chris brown working with the dep on this project. he says governor christie's bullied this project and he called eight failure. >> thus far the way the army corps of engineers combined with the new jersey department of environmental protection have handled this is the antithesis of good government. instead of protecting the environment and protecting our citizens of this project,

big court case, federal court in new jersey, for some people from margate. the city of margate, the dune project ruining their beach making a huge disgusting pond that is dangerous. legal fight not over but work has already started. steve keeley brought us this breaking news a half an hour ago. they are back at it steve. >> reporter: not only is it friday, me, jared but day at the beach. when it is a day at a beach it is really not a day of work. i guess army core of engineers may see the same thing. you can see working on here right underneath the moon lit sky in the dark with their bright lights as they go back to building up the dunes. despite yesterday's ruling by a federal court judge a lawyer for margate plans to go to state court, later today as soon as building opened to urge the new jersey environmental protection department who is also in on this project to stop the dune work before it gets a chance to get even further but you can tell they are not waiting to see the margate lawyers back in state court. as part of the ruling letting army core of en

. >>> sigh of relief tonight for frustrated residents in margate. they have been dealing with problems from controversial dune project an judge has now ordered to stop construction for at least a week. the city asked for injunction after the weekend's heavy rains left big ponds of standing wat water. our dave kinchen has more. >> reporter: margate residents living along the ocean can at least hear the ocean now that all of the machines related to the sand dune construction has stopped for now, but what they see, well, that's still the problem. >> it's a health issue, also, and it's no good for the whole community. >> reporter: joanne santore welcomes a judge's decision to halt the controversial margate city san dune construction project for a week and packed no a meeting with community leaders to see what happens next. >> it's a real disgrace. absolutely disgrace. >> reporter: the stoppage designed to give officials time to clean up after the project created several bacteria filled lakes and blocked vacationers from their beloved beaches. >> basical

margate dune project. last week a judge temporarily paused the project. our new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live in camden where residents argued that the it is a public safety has air. is what latest. >> reporter: we have been hearing testimony since 10, we heard from an environmental engineer on behalf of the sit hoy says that water in the ponds in the beach in margate is like water in a sewage treatment plant, bacteria levels 37 times the legal limit for swimming. we also saw that there were dozens of people who made the trip from margate to camden to fight for their beaches, this has been a complete disaster. >> reporter: you know what or high water, margate property owners are fighting a flooding mess on their beach that began with the construction of sand dunes they never wanted. >> they don't even know how to fix the problem. >> i paid almost $40,000 a year in property taxes for a house i use three months a year and this is a complete utter disaster for myself, my family, the community and everyb

nbc 10 learned margate is involved. those school districts received subpoenas asking about employee health insurance coverage. we told you they have been sent to employees. officials are investigating whether the employees may be involved in prescription drug insurance fraud. >>> tonight president trump is monitoring the north korea threat. the nation said it is ready to teach the u.s. a severe lesson if nuclear force if washington takes military action against it. this comment comes two days after united nation approved new sanctions against north korea for escalating its nuclear program. the penalties cost north korea more than $1 billion. >>> u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson offered north korea one way to escape these harsh sanctions. >> the best thing that north korea can give us that they are prepared would be to stop these missile launches. >> president trump is demanding sanctions be implemented quickly. >>> a new federal lawsuit claims it is illegal for the u.s. government to with hold grants from sanctuary

the beach at margate. the view from chopper 6 hd from 10:20 this morning. no evidence of any renewed construction activity at the controversial dune project. heavy equipment remained parked the only significant movement is from a tractor pulled beach rig. the judge lifted a temporary restrainer order issued by a state judge last week. following the unexpected ponding of water in the areas between the newly created dunes and the margate sea wall. those basins today appeared to be just damp but the city maintains when they fill with water the a health hazard and risk of a child drowning and elevated bacteria that could cause illness. and the federal judge mandated they install elevated walkways and pump out accumulated water as soon as possible and fence them off. >> the army corps says they will resume the work next week. the state judge has a hearing and he could have something to say about all of this. and used the word horrendous to describe the uponing he saw in pictures and margate and the state will be here at the hearing. we'll see if it has impact on

. >> calling out governor chris christie, residents in margate are fed up with the controversial dune project, what engineers plan to do today to help with the flooding. >>> oh, listen to this, former philadelphia philly pete rose, hmm, court documents alleged a sex scandal from the 1970's. was she even 16? too mooch, too soon, he is out , shake up on the hill, new chief of staff is in but key player is out, why anthony scaramucci is let get after just 10 days as white house communications director. >>> good day, everybody. it is, tuesday, it is the first of august. >> first of the month. >> and god bless america we are in red, white and blue. >> we're feeling very patriotic. >> i don't know why, i'm not sure why. >> what do you mean. >> but it feels good. >> by the way, if you know anything about animals, what would that be, a animal behavior expert. >> i guess so. >> yes, zooolgist. >> i will show you some video from last night, and five minutes ago outside of our building. >> okay. >> it will freak you out. >> okay. >> how about that, sue. >> well, what a tease i just can't wait to

"eyewitness news", new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live for news margate where residents were waiting pretty much all day in legal limbo, cleve. >> reporter: nicole now with that judge ruling, new construction project can resume right here where it left over. we have no timetable yet but we met some people today that enjoyed the peace while it lasted. sea gulls sun bathing in the manmade drainage pond locals called lake christie was only dune-related activity margate beach goers saw thursday as they ventured over basin and through berms to sit by ocean. >> we sat about eight blocks out over weekend because beach es were closed. >> reporter: andy lieb wits from wayne parks scheduled his week long family vacation months ago, needless to say things got off kilter. >> we thought about canceling the vacation when we heard bit last friday when judge closed the beach but we did come down it is unusual. >> reporter: those engaged in the court bolt over dunes say week long break from construction hasn't given them any sense of clarity or security moving forward. >> what i got out was army core

leaders in margate are irate. they went to state court to temporarily stop the project. and the stoppage is costing the court $120,000 a day and margate wants the project to remain on hold until a fix can be identified and put in place. assemblyman chris brown represents margate and testifies that the controversial dune project was government at its worse. >> instead of protecting the environment and our citizens, this project winds up harming our environment and the very citizens that it is suppose to protect. >> reporter: well, up to now the feds have not said what they think went wrong with the slow drainage in the basins and they are still studying the problem. and they should be able to proceed with the work along the beaches in margate. >> john, thank you. >>> in other news a 64-year-old man was sitting on the front steps of his hope when he was suddenly shot. the shooter remains at large. it happened at 5:00 yesterday evening along the 2500 block of west tioga park, police say they recovered a gun from the scene but so far no motive in the case, and it is believed

a live picture from margate. you see there what looks to be a dune in the background. heavy rains for the next ten days brought construction to a stand still. >> some of the heaviest rain totals have come from down in delaware so far. it is looking pretty dry on the roads there. a live look. you are in the right place for severe weather coverage. cydney long is monitoring flood threat in burlington, city. >> and our team of meteorologists is tracking any risk. let's begin our team coverage with glenn "hurricane" schwartz tracking where the worst of the rain is right now. >> as you saw right at the shore margate a pretty nasty shot here. you can see where the heavy rain is. most of it is moving offshore and is spinning a little bit out there. this area of low pressure and a front that goes back into southern delaware. so this area is kind of stalled. this is just light rain across much of the philadelphia area itself. but at the shore it's a different story. finally getting a little bit better conditions in cape may but in atlantic city and margate and ventnor and long

this will make a nice ski mountain in the wintertime for you folks in margate looking at an advantage of this thing but as we look at this sunrise and we have a few more moments to enjoy it, i will put in another request for your vocal harmonyies to morning has broken. >> morning has broken. >> like the first morning, black bird -- i cannot sing but i know the word like the first day. >> that is it, steve, sorry. >> reporter: i have driven ryan nuts and i warn him, sorry, ryan, i used my time bring gets to my story but we can have fun because it is not life or death dilemma is here. for folks who cannot afford a bus trip to atlantic city they are sick of hearing about this but for second half of the summer season may be peak vacancies on here at the shore but it is also hurricane season and that seems to have had big influence on the federal court judge in camden who sided with this sand dune building and against margate homeowners, renters, beach gores. margate may remain unprotect from the ravages of storms during hurricane season if the construction of the dune and berm system is d

margate wants its beaches back. ♪ >> more fallout tonight for phillies legend pete rose. a number of events now called off for the former phillies great in the wake of statutory rape allegations. a big honor that was supposed to happen later this month being inducted into the phillies wall of fame. now, not happening. >> phillies say it was mutual decision with pete rose. our dave kinchen has been following this story and has more tonight live outside citizens bank park. dave? >> reporter: well, iain, one by one by one events have been canceled related to pete rose as the sports world and frankly everyone else tries to still figure out how this all happened. >> but phillies made the right move. >> reporter: chester county radio host bill, welcomes the phillies decision to scrap it's upcoming wall of fame honor for legendary alum pete rose after he admitted to having sex with a teenaged girl in the '70's according to court documents. >> i don't agree with what he did, that is a no-no, no. >> epicenter of the controversy based on bombshell dropped on radio show in 2015. it'

. >>> fixing the mess in margate what the army core of engineers plans to do to solve the flooding problems at the controversial dune project. >>> and night with friends end was viral video of the pet alligator being abused so what would prompt them to post it? we have their reasoning and what they have to say. >>> scaramucci out, man brought into restore order in the white house is ordered out himself so is what being done to restore order in the west wing? we will have those stories in just a moment. great to have you with us. can you believe that is ocean city, barely see it with the haze and wind blowing this tuesday morning. lets check your forecast what we can expect, with sue serio. >> good day to be at the beach , we're going to see plenty of sunshine today, we will give you a nine instead of the 10 because we have slightly warmer temperatures and we have a slight chance of the pop up thunderstorm, bus stop buddy is camping today, it is camp kelly day as well, bob will tell but going to bucks county but we have temperatures in the 60's, a couple of 70's, sun screen ready to go with

ted greenberg is live in margate. a lot of that water now has been pumped toward the ocean. >> reporter: some of those areas look like sandy swamps. with the aim of stopping this project. officials say dead in its tracks. blocks away from the decimation of margate crown jewels, an overflow crowd applauded as margate commissioners voted to seek a court order to halt the half finished beach protection project that local leaders say is killing the resort at the height of the summer. >> that's what needs to get done. the project needs to get stopped. >> margate relaunching its legal fight against the state ordered project. which the city unly tried to block arguing it would bring serious drainage problems. those predictions realized when sandy stretches between ends and newly constructed dunes were turned into ponds of standing water. filled with high levels of bacteria after 5 inches of rain fell over the weekend. >> they have to figure out what went wrong and what was wrong with the engineering. and move on. >> a terrib

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. >>> happening today, the margate dune debacle heads to court. the battle centers on a project that is causing bacteria-filled standing water to build up in the community. >> we're live outside the center city courthouse in camden for what this means for them. matt? >> reporter: the point of today's meeting is to discuss the temporary restraining order. the army corps of engineers wants that order lifted but the city of margate wants it to remain in place. what we're talking about is the dune construction on the beaches over there. it was ordered to be shut down at least temporarily last week. city officials say the state-mandated project has led to drainage issues that created large ponds of bacteria-filled standing water. margate officials say the construction has caused the city irreparable harm. they told the army corps of engineers, the contractor and city officials last week to come up with a meaningful plan to solve the drainage problems. there was an agreement in part to finish the walkways along the major streets, to have the army corps

. >>> fixing the necessary margate. what the army core of engineers plan to do to solve flooding problem at the controversial dune project. >>> night with friend end with this viral video of the pet alligator being abused, so, what would prompt them to powe it, we have got the reasoning. >>> scaramucci out, man brought into restore order in the white house is ordered out himself, is what being done to restore order, in the west win g, a lot of questions this morning. great to have you with us on this tuesday, it is 4:00 a.m. thomas drayton with bob kill gi morning to you. >> good morning, everybody. >> karen hepp has the morning off. sue serio another beautiful day. >> yesterday was nice, even though it was 89 degrees it wasn't too humid. we could stay in the 80's, 89 degrees, how about today. you know humidity will be eventually coming back but not with a vengeance today. we will go with a nine out of 10 because it probably will make it to 90 at very least, nothing on radar so lets get to that current temperature. it i

. >>> a superior court judge in new jersey side with the town of margate ordering the immediate halt of a dune building project. the restraining order prevents project frequent moving forward and it comes after the project created pools of standing water outside beach front homes. new jersey reporter cleve bryan is in margate with the very latest chapter in this dune battle, cleve. >> reporter: city commissioner's meeting town leaders are going over that restraining order and it is so packed, inside, that people are actually outside here listening to the meeting on speaker, some of them so passioned they are ready to get out to those dunes with shovels and buckets and tear them down themselves. in court city attorneys called multiple block pond created during the dune construction as a health and financial crisis for margate. attorneys for the state argued that draining pond and filling in the base thin week should address the problem but superior court judge william menendez ruled in favor of margate and ordered a one week work stoppage. he ordered both side to meet daily on reachin

in court today bolstering margates argument. unexpected ponds formed but where it had not started no ponding. long time residents are irate. >> in all the years i was in har gait and we had rain and there was water in a day it was gone. now it's three four days and it's disgusting. dozens of margate residents traveled to federal court in camden, their city government trying to stop the feds effort to get a green light to start the dune work asap. >> we are in trouble. i don't know if the beaches will ever be the same. the five blocks of margate beautiful, pristine beaches are now in trouble. >> they suggested the trouble unexpected ponding was an unexpected condition due to millions of gallons of sea water dumped on the beach. if the project was completed the water table would drop with the water draining in 24 to 46 hours. no long-term ponding and large pumps like this could continue to drain the excess water. >> now, the core experts say today that they are studying the data as to what went wrong here. but the emphasis was on

what is next for margate? suspended but for how long, after the break we will break down legal side of the freddie'w s line in cape may, new jersey, good morning, jen this is the tiki bar they are going in the blender, happy friday. come back to cape may. we will show you this cool thing you can do. >>> the latest wedding trendies weed? why more people are legally smoke states they are ditching open bar for weed weddings. >> why are you looking at me? something i would do. i guess weddings are stressful , right, so you smoke a little and you are calm. >> have a little something, something. >> we will break it down. >>> medical break through, researchers have been able to edit genes in the human embryo to repair a disease causing mutation but why the case is coupled with controversy. >> more in a moment. i do, pop, pop. >> laid back. >> got my mind on my money, money on my mind, sue. >> look at you, thomas. >> make sure there is a lot obfuscatering at a wedding like that, if you know what i'm talking about. we

our jenny joyce in margate. it is still dark. does it look any different from several days ago. >> reporter: well, it is just very quiet, right now because as you can see, all of the construction equipment is still here, however, yesterday , this project was stopped, in its track after a judge issued a restraining order, sand dune project was abruptly placed on hold. people hearsay they hope the project is squash for good, at leon hold for next week after judge's ruling. it has been a controversial sand dune construction project , and the movies meant to give officials time to clean up after the project created several bacteria filled lakes when storm water gathered between the dunes. some people reportedly got sick, army core of engineers and state officials came up with the dune project to better protect beaches from bad storms like sandy but people hearsay their beaches were better off before the project. >> i was thrilled obviously. it was a great win for the city of margate and all of the people. >> why did they pick the sum

and margate residents say they plan to be there. it is opened to the public but for now we are live i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" back over to you. >>> we will follow this, thanks, trang do. >>> travel could get tricky this morning for some as crews deal with the water main break in south philadelphia. break has three outer southbound lanes of south broad street closed between 32 , 3300 blocks. 12-inch main ruptured near broad and geary streets leaving a gaping hole in the middle of the road. officials are working to restore what the tore three nearby businesses. >>> philadelphia man accused of sexually assaulting and killing his one year-old stepson is expect to make a preliminary appearance in court today. twenty-five year-old salim salem is facing charges in the death have the baby back in june. police found the child un response with bruces and abrasions in the home in the 1700 block of south conestoga street. baby was later pronounced dead at children's hospital. salem has been held without bail in the philadelphia c

today's rain has again created a huge mote between beach block and margate. margate residents are fuming about the project by the core of engineers that caused all kinds of problems this summer. if dune project stretches between fredericksburg and annie mccormick has the latest. >> each time it rains, they brace themselves. today margate residents are flooded with anger. >> any water that comes in has nowhere to go. that's what's happening. >> the ponding stretching several beaches has bacteria limiting beach access. there are no swimming signs. it's a beach attraction more so than the rainbow today. >> no one is here to pump them. our kids are coming down this weekend. all families come down the last two weeks of august. what are we to do? >> the controversial project on the dunes is to protect the coastline post sandy. last week citizens voted to sue the state. the judge ordered a halt until the army corp. of engineers can come up with a better plan. >> on friday the corp. of engineers filed to have the case remanded to federal court. we are in limbo right

that's how some lawmakers describe the dune debacle in margate. why the fed's say no construction is actually making more of a mess. >>> and fast food fireworks. the scare on the job for one worker inside this popular chain restaurant. >>> but first here's a look at the closing bell on wall street. >>> take a look at this video. a group of people caught a lit firework inside a restaurant and it just missed an employee. this all happened last month. authorities are now releasing the video. that worker was sitting at the table when it came through the door. the blast created a huge hole in the wall. detectives trying to track down up to ten people. >>> a family is reunited after they were carjacked with their two dids kids in the backseat. watch here as the father cons e consoling his daughter. her mother left the car running with the girl and boy in the car as she went into a store. when she came out, a 14-year-old pushed her to the ground and took her car. he abandoned the car and the kids a a few blocks away. >> i mean, this could have been real

margate is fighting to halt the dune project. "action news" reporter john rawlins was live in atlantic city tonight with more. john. >> reporter: well, margate o for two in the courts this week, this time the hope was to get a judge in atlantic city to compel the state department of environmental protection to delay the fed's resumption of work until at least after labor day. the beach at margate today, heavy machinery used in the dunes project still parked but the corps of engineers say with yesterday's federal court order work is expected to resume early next week. this afternoon margate's mayor and lawyers made a bid to delay the resumption until after labor day. the city is convinced the project is damaging its beach. >> how can you have someone do something, admit that the whole thing is wrong, they have no idea what the solutions are and we're going to let them go down and ruin our town t it just doesn't make sense. >> reporter: the issue, the ponding of polluted storm water that formed earlier this movement while large pum

how you can help this morning. >>> fixing the necessary margate. what the army core of engineers plan to do to solve flooding problem at the controversial dune project. >>> night with friend end with this viral video of the pet alligator being abused, so, what would prompt them to powe it, we have got the reasoning. >>> scaramucci out, man brought into restore order in the white house is ordered out himself, is what being done to restore order, in the west win g, a lot of questions this morning. great to have you with us on this tuesday, it is 4:00 a.m. thomas drayton with bob kill gi morning to

so, margate's lawyers say they are not giving up. they will go back to court today. this time state superior court in mays landing to get the dune work stopped on a different local state court level, karen. soap opera continues both in court and out here by the beach in margate weather is not cooperating either as lou at the local forecast here even thunderstorms as early as this afternoon in the forecast right where we're standing and thunderstorms sometimes leave a lot of water in a little bit of time and friday you could come down here from your long workweek and to have deal with this muck again here and that is what you get for owning such great property here on the new jersey shore these people are saying and they say it is completely unfair courtesy of their governor soon to be leave office but leave memories behind with this dune project. >> we will hear screaming if that is the case up here in philadelphia steve, thank you. >>> keep tonight south jersey, over to woolwich township because they have a bad intersection they have been complaining bit being very

. >> plus, residents rallying in margate. work on the dunes there, set to begin again. we'll tell you how the army corpse every engineers plans to fix the project. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> the ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> it is monday. you agree that means. a lot of people are headed back on the road again. jim is back from his long vacation, but speaking every willie nelson, we'll tell but a health scare for the music legend later. we'll it right back. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> developing story, three people are dead after a shooting at a car racing event in wisconsin. this happened at the great lakes drag way, around 7:00 last night. police say the gunman walk up to the victims and opened fire 5,000 people were reportedly there throughout the day. right now, police are still looking for that shooter. >>> back here at local, in margate, the armoire corpse of engineers has been griffin the green light to resume work on the beaches. this morning, learning more about how the project will move forward. as work continues, the army corps must f

this comes a couple hours after a judge handed margate a victory. hopes today that the work will be halted before it gets there. >> just stop right where they are at. done. fix it. put all the sand back. >> the bottom line is that something went really bad here. >> a court judge siding with margate this afternoon. ordering the project to temporarily. stop for at least the next eight days. city officials insist the project and resulting drainage issues that created large ponds of bacteria can-filled standing water between dunes and street ends is have caused margate irreparable harm. >> it's the right decision, in my opinion. we just can't allow this to continue. >> margate fought to block the project predicting serious drainage problems like this would occur. >> it was close to 100-year rain event. a lawyer argued it was unusually heavy but also said sand basins at the foot of downs were dug too close to the ground. water level. the judge telling the dep u.s. army core of engineers project contractor and city officials tom to come up with a meaningf

i lived here in margate in 1985. i lived at jefferson right around corner from jerry blav at's bar and here in margate flooding problem has come from the bay side because that area always gets water, and bay is right almost even with the street level down there. so that was the argument here. we get more from the back side rather than front so don't ruin our beach view. but you can see construction project out here right now. that is a look. it will be the looks until they win this court. this may change if it rains, this could be water again. is there life guard stand. you saw that in the area views we were showing when we were covering this story. that island was completely surrounded by water. they built it up with sand but there is no way to get through it without walking through this muck. like i started the vacation already, but mike, you know, everybody loves you, when you go away. they are like where's mike. viewer had a good line. he is allen iverson of good day. you never know if he will show up for the sho

. >> battle over the margate dunes project. moving from the shore to the courthouse this morning. >> yes, this is unusual for us to cover, a lawsuit over a beach. resident and town officials are trying to put an end to the construction, the do you know project, that they say is ruining their summer. lauren johnson, in camden, at the federal courthouse, hey, lauren? >> people arguing, trying to get this temporary suspension on this beach project. this morning in camden, at the federal courthouse, hearing is happening later. let's give you visuals of the theme, what it looks like over in margate. remember monday's rain maker? it dumped more rain behind those sand dunes that created big ponds of water. those ponds had been pumped out last week after july 30th rainstorm. people protested. they were mad. last wednesday, a state court issued a temporary restraining order to halt the project. all of the parties scheduled to meet every day except for the weekends to sort of work toward solution and meet back on friday, two days from no

new jersey court ruled today on a construction project that many say is ruining beaches in margate. >> sky force 10 over margate where large ponds of standing water resulting from the construction are mostly swamps of soggy sand. ted greenberg is live in margate where a city commission's meeting is especially crowded. >> reporter: it really is. the meeting is going on now. there's so many people here there's not enough rom for everyone inside. some folks are out here listening on speakers in the parking lot. a lot of people here are upset about what's already happened to large sections of the beach, but also e elated about this temporary victory for the city. >> dune construction ordered to shut down. >> i think everything about this project is wrong. >> reporter: city officials insist the state-mandated project ask. resulting drainage issues that created large ponds of bacteria-filled standing water has caused margate irreparable harm. >> quite alarming what has taken place. >> reporter: a judge siding with margate this afternoon ordering the project to be halt ed for a least the nex

last time margate went to court begins state of the new jersey about dunes they who costing more than $300,000 in legal fees. but mayor tells me that the plan right now toys cap the spend continuing lightening this effort at $25,000. in margate, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> still to come on "eyewitness news", still on edge, and patrols and precautionness montgomery county, following a sexual assault in the popular park how walkers and runners are reacting a day after this shocking moment. >>> long loss ring found in the unlikely place where it was dug out days after being made and local high school official it is trying to get it right back in the right-hand. >>> a reward is offered for information leading to an arrest in the sexual assault of the woman in montgomery county. it happened yesterday, at norristown farm park, the 19 year-old victim was running when she was attacked. we spoke today with the leader of the norristown running club , and he is encouraging run tours use groups like his as a resource to find friend toss run with. >> everyone is welcomed. that is wha

jenny joyce in margate this morning, good to see you, jenny? >> reporter: good morning, thomas. one thing i wanted to say is margate is not alone in any of this, this is a statewide shoreline defense project bic in other towns work may have already been completed this work completely not done taking a live look at construction materials on the beach here in this summertime, and many people may not have, many other beaches may not have required such drastic work. here's inactive construction zone. right now bulldozers are off, their crews walk off the beach yesterday after a judge approved a restraining order on this controversial project. it is on hold for at lee next week after judge's ruling that people here in margate say they hope it is squash for good, the court order is meant to give officils time to clean up after the project created several bacteria filled lakes and storm water, gathered at base of the dunes. some people reportedly got sick. army core of engineers and state officials came up with the project to bet procedure tech beaches from bad storms like sandy. so pe

the poor people of margate, new jersey. they're building these dunes, told this is what we need to do in order to deal with any other sort of superstorm. big rain -- they call it a 100-year rain -- came last week. they, all of a sudden, had a massive -- you see it there -- pool of water. they'd have to swim it to get over to their beach, and it became fetid and backed up with bacteria. >> right. >> and so they went to the judge and said, "you got to stop this," and he said, "yes, i'm stopping this, and we're bringing everybody into federal court. you need to come up with a remedy." what do they do? they're halfway through this project. what do they do for the residents of margate? >> well, i'll tell you one thing. i live in avalon, so we agree to these dunes, which are horrendous because they block the view, et cetera, and friends of mine in margate were like, "you guys should fight it. you should fight it." they fought it, and you have to feel like this is a bit of a payback by the state and the feds saying, "we're gonna d

. >> machines, ordered to shut down, down the shore, a judge halts work in margate as residents fight the dune building, project there crowds showed up in droves to voice their concern at a public meeting. good evening i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. it is a heated debate we have been tracking all week. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan joins us live with the latest on the dune battle, cleve. >> reporter: things winding down with the margate commissioner's meet ago this has been going on for two hours, people voicing their concerns about the dune project but some at least happy for now but there is a temporary stoppage. day after telling an angry crowd they would fight to halt dune project that created a bacteria infested swamp on their beaches margate commissioners and their attorneys took matter to court >> it is now a crisis. it is a disaster. one-third of our beach is now unusable because of this colossal screw up. >> reporter: project run by new jersey department of environmental protects and army core of engineers failed to meet drainage need after annex stream r

engineers taking some actions today, to address the beach swamp here in margate. this morning were a packed house, margate city commissioners passed a resolution, seeming an injunction to halt dune construction project. basis between bulkhead and new dune meant to percolate storm water didn't work as planned, several inches of rain last weekend made a multi block pool that people here like to call lake christie. now today pumps had almost all of that water drained and those who started filling in the basins with at lee a foot of sand so they won't collect so much water in the future as the intention. the dunes though have to stop until there is a better plan. >> they have got to stop, figure out what went wrong, what is wrong with the engineering, when they correct it, move on. >> coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 o'clock we will tell you how soon they plan to file that lawsuit and just how much money they are willing to spend in court. live from margate, cleve bryan , cbs-3 "eyewitness news" >> cleve, we will see you at 6:00, thank you. >>> search continues

fox 29 works to get results. >>> and the battle over margat margate's dunes heads to federal court. engineers say they want to get back to work but residents want a judge to stop it down because it's behind their headaches and a big mess. ♪ >>> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. ♪ >>> breaking news. topping the 6:00 from chester county. dozen firefighters are hurt in west chester. medics rushed four to the hospital. thank you much for joining us i'm lucy noland. >> i'm thomas drayton. great to have you with us. iain page off this week. we've been following this one over the past hour. let's go right to the scene. our shawnette wilson in west chester. shawnette. >> reporter: thomas and lucy, 200 block of gay street still blocked off right now. a very active seen after the initial call came in around 3:30 this afternoon. i'll step out of the way. you can take a look behind me. just a few ago some of the secondary crews the ambulances have pulled out but just i don't know this immediate scene right here is the heart of the scene in the middle of the

100 margate residents united at this sunday afternoon rally first singing. then chanting. the rally comes after a federal judge decided to once again allow the u.s. army corp of engineers to continue with a 127 mile long dune project on beaches across the state's coast line. the project was proposed by chris christie after a super storm sandy as an effort to better protect the shore. but residents feel >> basically the government come in and tried to fix a problem that doesn't exist and caused a problem >> in recent weeks the dunes have caused issues in the coastal city after storms large pools of water that used to drain into the ocean collected and settled now between the dune area and the bulk heads. this potentially creating a public health hazard. >> if we did it as private citizens, what the army corp did, we'd be in jail >> the judge's ruling is firm and likely final. >> what we want to accomplish is anyone who backed this project know that we are not happy with them come november in election time, we're going to make sure that they get voter out of o

. >>> and locals are calling it lake christie and now battle over margate's controversial dunes project returns to court big question a federal judge will consider later today. >>> and today is wednesday august 9th, good morning i'm rahel solomon. >>> aim jan carabao. jim donovan has the morning off. lets check traffic with meisha and weather with katie. >> good morning, great to see you again. we're looking outside and, of course we're talking about overnight construction project that are going to trip you up, one being the vine. >> yes. >> i know, katie. >> at lee catch lights from the ben franklin parkway. >> any excuse. >> no congestion in the early morning hours. >> exactly, very true. i get why they do it in the middle of the night because there are not that many cars but all and all weather is looking cooperative for us. talk about a nice looking day. crisp outside, little taste of fall not everyone is excited about that idea but it will be a nice warm afternoon and comfortable. more so. this is a little taste of september, more than anything, but we are still looking a head to a

our dave kinchen is live in margate tonight. dave, kind of kind of a sigh of relief down short tonight. >> reporter: it really is for now at least residents can hear the ocean. now that all the equipment has stopped but it's what they see that's still a problem. tonight crews have stopped the sand pumping thanks to an order from a judge. and margate city residents could not be happier. >> it should have been done earlier. let's put that it way. >> reporter: joanne santore was among many packed into standing room only meeting with margate city officials looking for answers hours after a state judge approved a restraining order stopping the controversial sand dune construction project for seven days. >> it's a real disgrace. absolutely a disgrace. >> stoppage designed to give officials time to clean up after the project created several bacteria filled lakes and blocked vacationers from their beloved beaches. >> basically, we want everything the army corp. has done to date to be undone. we want all the sand to be put back. >> it wa

there's been problems with that dune construction on margate beaches. it was ordered to be shut down at least temporarily last week. city officials say the state-mandated project has led to drainage issues that created large ponds of bacteria-filled standing water. margate officials say the construction has caused the city irreparable harm. a judge last week told the army corps of engineers, the project contractor and city officials to come up with an immediate plan to resolve the drainage problem. there was an agreement in part to have the army corps pump water from the retention base quickly after a heavy rainfall, also have the army corps secure the work area. take a look at some of the residents talking about the issues they've experienced. >> it's basically ruined our summer in terms of being able to come down here and relax and enjoy the beach. >> it's going to give us issues until they take the dune and cut it back, take the sand that they took for the dune and put it back to where it was. >> reporter: now, this morning the question over what is

. >>> meanwhile, a state level hearing is scheduled for this afternoon in the on going fight over margate's dune project. yesterday a federal judge allowed the beach replenishment to proceed with health and safety americas in place for concerns. there were concerns for standing water that was contaminated that was in the dunes nearby. all areas 2 inches deep must be fenced off and all areas 4 inches deep must be pumped out. >>> on the sports front the score may not be the score the fans were hoping for but it shows the team has promise. >> carson wentz sent a pass to matt hollins and he ran it in for a touch down. and next up is lesean mccoy and the buffalo bills here at the linc. >>> and emergency landing after crew members on both flights got sick. and why consumer reports is pulling their recommendation for microsoft laptops. and melissa magee is back with a closer look at the seven-day forecast. when "action news" at noon continues. >>> there is dramatic new video of a car slamming into the ground there as it plunged seven stories off the side of a parking garage. police say that the dr

. >> several beach front blocks in margate are turn nood a stagnant lake following heavy rain over the weekend and a dune project is blamed. it has gotten so bad access areas to the beach that had water are now closed and that the standing water could be a health hazard. john rawlins is live with the latest on this ongoing problem. >> reporter: good evening. the health issue is the mayor here in margate says there is contamination in that water, presumably bacterial contamination, he is waiting for final results on that. and now the core of engineers is pumping this out directly into the ocean, and then they will study and look for any possible contamination once it's in the ocean. >> the water is really dirty, i don't like going in. >> it's a tough summer at margate beach and numbers are down as they -- this view from drone 6 after the weekend's storm the water in the basins did not drain away instead stagnant ponds resist and residents think that the basins were poorly designed. >> any elementary school kid knew it was saturated sand, it could not absorb more and the feds are talking

mayor of margate calling for emergency meeting tomorrow. he says the aftermath of the weekend rain and flooding is now creating a dangerous situation on the beach. the wet weather along with the construction created ponds of flood water now sitting in the middle of the sand: the mayor saying no one knows what's in the water and it's a drowning risk. >> bacteria, mosquitos, i don't want little children in there. there's certainly enough water in there that could be fatal to somebody. this has to be dealt with. >> margate is now testing the ponds for bacteria. plans to fill in some space with expand and create walk ways to restore beach access. >>> 4:06. new overnight. police in delaware county investigating shots fired inside this bar during a fight. nbc 10 on the scene at atlantic lounge. gunfire range out last night. no one was hurt. >>> former montgomery teechler has been sentenced for having sex with two ninth grade girls. sentenced between 6-12 years in prison. middle schoolteacher. apologized to victims and family. once a starting foot

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. >>> a temporary win for margate. a judge ordered a government sand dune construction project shut down for at least a week. many say the project is rounding beaches in the town that's caused margate harm. today the judge ordered all sides to work out a remedial plan after the project created huge ponds of bacteria-failled water and blocked off access to the beach. >> it's the right decision, in my opinion. we just can't allow this to continue. >> even before the start of the project, margate fought to block it, but lost. officials worried serious drainage problems would happen. another hearing on what's next is set for next week. >>> thousands of fans of hip hop and rap are filling the beach in atlantic city. you're looking live at the final beach concert of the summer. this is the sound everyone is waiting for. ♪ y'all going to make me lose my mind ♪ >> let's go live to drew smith. how are the crowds out there? >> pretty good crowds and the music is now playing. we have been watching the clouds to see if the rai