philadelphia. that's one patch of clouds. those will move through and we're back to sunshine today and it will be bright sunshine through the day. look at that, barely a cloud in this view, looking towards center city here at the nbc 10 studios. you can start to see some of the scattered clouds. mainly sunshine today, 66 degrees at 8:00. by 11:00, 76 degrees and into the low 80s at 2:00 this afternoon. we'll go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood to show you which areas will not reach the 80s later today. that's in ten minutes. right now, jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. jessica? >> we're on the schuylkill expressway right now. right around girard avenue where we're starting to see cars move through the area. nothing really stacking up yet. we have a 12-minute drive time if you are headed westbound from the vine street expressway up towards the blue route, average speed 59 miles an hour. time reflected there. if you head out the door in northeast philadelphia, watch out

zoo, all thanks to the philadelphia eagles. eagles fly for leukemia hosted its annual night at the zoo. about 1,000 kids from local hospitals, hospice programs and families came out for the night. kids got their faces painted, enjoyed free food and listened to live music. >>> driving the political discussion or driving the political party to distraction? donald trump and his exchange with a fox news host continues to make headlines and it cost him a place at one political gathering this weekend. >>> today marks the one-year anniversary of the deadly shooting in ferguson, missouri that sparked weeks of unrest and touched off a national movement. that's michael brown's father marching in remembrance of his son. yesterday about 200 people gathered on the same street in ferguson where the 18-year-old died a year ago. a white police officer shot and killed the african-american teen. michael brown was unarmed at the time. the officer, darren wilson, was later cleared in the shooting. he has since resigned. the deadly shooting led to

right now into the 80s in philadelphia. 83 in philadelphia. 83 in northeast philadelphia. 81 in wilmington. 70s to the north and east. 76 in allentown. walking out your door in lancaster, 76. 82 in millville. 82 in atlantic city. throughout the day, temperatures will be climbing quickly. 86 by lunch time. 3:00, 89. 6:00, 87. hot one today, hotter monday 87. we'll track a couple storms for you during the work week. >>> new this morning, investigating a crash that critically injured a man along busy henry avenue. it was in philadelphia's roxborough neighborhood. it happened around 3:45 this morning when the man was hit by a car. the driver of that car did stop and is now talking to police. >>> we are preparing for the pope. people who take septa are doing the same thing. who use the rails are getting a chance to buy those special passes needed for the pope's upcoming visit. jesse gary is live at 30th street station. this is the second attempt to sell those passes. >> that's right. take two for the authority. septa tried to sell the papal passes a couple weeks ago. demand was so high it swamp

yesterday this time it was in the 60s. 74 in philadelphia. that's off a degree compared to yesterday. but still plenty warm at this hour when temperatures should be in the 60s and it's going to be a quick warmup with sunshine, 9:00, we'll be up from the 6:00 amt number, up to 78 degrees and upper 80s and climbing at lunch time with the southerly wind that will stay below 10 miles an hour. the neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i'm back in ten minutes to show you how warm it will get where you live. right now, time for first alert traffic with katy zachry. >> good morning to everyone at home. as soon as my camera comes back i can show you 95 around woodhaven. here are your drive times from woodhaven and the vine street expressway, both about 12 minutes. can beat that. construction on 76 east and westbound in both directions between belmont avenue and city avenue, taking out at least one lane. it's not causing delays, just causing you to tap the brakes a bit. taking a look at your 76 drive times between the vine and the blue route, abou

pocono. 4 degrees warmer in northeast philadelphia, reading, two degrees warmer in philadelphia. that's putting us in the 60s across the area. we have some 70s, 50s on the map. right now 63 in allenallentown. 64 in lancaster. 72 in philadelphia. 62 now in millville, new jersey. and 55 degrees in mount pocono. today we will end up close to where we did yesterday. yesterday our official high was 87. we'll top out around 86. that's normal for this time of year. by 9:00, 73, mix of sun and clouds. lunch time, 82, 3:00 p.m., 85. pleasant day today. we have some changes not so pleasant coming on monday. we'll track showers and storms for you and tracking 90s back into your forecast. that's coming up next. >> thanks, michelle. >>> this surveillance video shared exclusively with nbc 10 shows the frightening moments when a man armed with a rifle stormed out of a barbershop and opened fire in a philadelphia neighborhood. patrons fled the shop on e street in kensington with kids and took off in cars. barbershop employees tell us the man came into the store yesterday with a box and sat down

nbc 10's jesse gary is live in south philadelphia. jesse, have police found a motive for these crimes? >> reporter: vai, they have been questioning the suspect in the case all morning long but still no word on a motive. meanwhile, the 30-plus vehicle owners affected by the crime will have to deal with the aftermath. in south philadelphia the ride to work stalled even before it got started. upwards of 30 cars and suvs sitting parked with slashed tires. >> i just found that tire right there slashed. you know unfortunately, it's the bad side of living in the city but it does happen occasionally. >> reporter: around 2 time 15 this morning a report of car tires slashed. neighbor nicolaward was lying on the couch first the puncture of the tire and the aires caping. >> i actually saw him do it to my neighbor and her car, and i saw him go down the street and do it to the next car. >> reporter: a second witness says the suspect was carrying a rambo-style hunting knife. about a dozen more vehicles were vandalized starting in the 1100 block of s

sunday in philadelphia's somerset neighborhood. she said she left the girl in the care of another woman while she went to pick up school supplies saturday. when she came back, both were gone. yesterday afternoon, the woman and child were spotted walking down the street. no one could find the child's mother during the entire ordeal. so far, no one has been charged. >>> happening today, the wake for the photographer killed on live tv last week. adam ward's family is encouraging people to wear the colors of his alma maters, salem high school and virginia tech. ♪ >>> on sunday afternoon, family and friends gathered to remember ward and reporter alison parker. the general manager of the tv station where they worked talked about making mental health treatment a priority. >> angry eats at you and the result we saw on wednesday can be catastrophic. goal and a possibility of positive action and that's what i'd like you to think about in memory of alison and adam. >> there are scholarship funds set up in both of their names. >>> a lot of p

back in philadelphia, this is in philadelphia's kensington neighborhood. we're on the scene of a house fire here. this is at a row home on the 3,000 block of arbor street. it looks like fire crews on top of homes working on the roof. you see light smoke coming off the top of the building but nothing really heavy. it looks like they have things under control, checking, perhaps, for hot spots. we don't know if anyone was inside the home when this broke out. there are no reports of injuries. we'll let youç know if anythin changes with this. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> just about 20 minutes after 4:00. it is warm and muggy and cloudy over center city. a live view at center city from the adventure aquarium. 78 degrees. that's 7 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. a southwesterly wind right now at 10 miles an hour. a little stronger than it will be this afternoon. dry at the shore. we are tracking scattered light showers in south jersey and delaware. most of the area is clear of those showers. but nobody i

i bleed philadelphia. i am who i am because of this city which means i will never turn my back on my city. >> hart brought more than 4,000 people for a free 5k run and he teamed up with nike to make his runs a nationwide phenomenon. >>> first alert weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. we are tracking a potential heat wave as we head into today and tomorrow. it will feel muggy out. a lot more humid than what we saw over the weekend. i'll have an update on the tropics and also an early peek at your holiday forecast. a live look outside right now. you can see the philadelphia art museum and temperatures today expected to push back into the low 09s and today we'll do it again and if we do it tomorrow that's officially a heat wave. for philadelphia, 83 degrees and a mix of sun and clouds and humidity at 60% and wind speeds at 10 miles per hour and we will notice the feels like temperature will be higher than the actual temperature throughout today. across the rest of the weejon 81 degrees and cape may, 84

she's live in south philadelphia. walk us through what happened. >> reporter: well, tracy, a lot happened this morning in a short amount of time. fortunately, philadelphia police officers saw most of it and they tell us they know who they're looking for. the man believed to be behind this whole ordeal who was driving this black mustang, they say is a former prison inmate. they know this because they found what's believed to be his prison i.d. at one of the scenes. initially police pulledç over e man for driving erratically in south philadelphia. when officers walked up to the car, he took off. police followed in their cruiser only to see him crash the black mustang several blocks a wa. officers say their suspect carjacked another vehicle which was nearby and had people in it. he forced the driver and the passenger out and he drove off. police say two women were still sitting in the back seat. eventually the suspect pulled the car over, jumped out and ran. the two women did get control of of the car and were able to

especially heavy rainfall clearing south philadelphia moving through northeast philadelphia. look at that heavy rain into burlington county. evesham is about to get heavier rainfall and flashes of lightning as these storms quickly move through. that's the one spot we're watching. the other one is heavy rain and thunderstorm activity moving through the baltimore area. it's also moving at 40 miles an hour which has it in delaware before 7:00 this morning. a stormy start and a potential for damaging winds. the threat will exist this afternoon for philadelphia, delaware and south jersey farther north and west that threat will be diminishing during the day as skies clear out. we'll get sunshine it's not going to be an all-day rainfall. storms to start with and hot, humid conditions into the low 90s this afternoon. most of the day will be quiet then. late this afternoon and into this evening, we'll be watching for more storms developing. 90 tomorrow less humid as we go into thursday. 84 degrees and then heavy rainfall a possibility for friday. that will keep us in the 70s friday af

clearing skies in philadelphia. the clouds over delaware and south jersey filled with light rainfall. but it's starting to taper off. rain in the cape may area that's light. futurecast showing the gust 11:00 this morning, 23 mile-an-hour wind gusts for atlantic city and cape may. as we go into thia of nan, some of the gusts into philadelphia, up to 14 miles an hour. still stronger gusts at the shore at 4:00 today. cape may, winds of 22 miles an hour. during the day today, we will see sunshine. back in the 80s this afternoon. gusty winds at times to 25 miles an hour. but they die down tonight. tomorrow, a cool start. 65 in the morning, 87 in the afternoon. plenty of sunshine for saturday and sunday. 89 degrees on sunday. then a chance we'll see showers later on monday and into tuesday, a possibility of showers and thunderstorms and we're drying out for wednesday and thursday. >>> nice to see those 80s. thanks, bill. >>> businesses are planning for the pope. home owners are planning for the pope. but what about the sc

we're up by 7 degrees in philadelphia. lots of clouds, too. i'm tracking some very light showers in delaware and south jersey. a few sprimpgs into delaware county and pennsylvania. the steadiest rainfall just light showers in burlington county, nothing heavy there. the showers will end this morning and later today, we'll get that sunshine to warm us back into the 90s this afternoon. 76 degrees at 7:00. by 10:00, 82. we might see thinning of the clouds during the morning and early afternoon hours. look at that, 88 degrees at 1:00. just 2 degrees away from the 90s. we'll likely be back in the 90s later today. some spots that is. we go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood to show you which areas will hit the 90s today. if you're heading out the door, jessica boyington is watching the roads. >> we're watching the schuylkill expressway to be exact right now. right around montgomery drive. starting to seeç a little bit more cars in the area than we have earlier this morning. still nothing really backing up. eastbound right in here if

a shooting in north philadelphia. the man got into an argument she left and came back with a group of friends and someone shot the man at croskey and burke streets around midnight. >>> jurors deliberate in the trial of former eagle irving fryar fryar. >>> a camden county man is recovering after being lost in the woods for days. police have been looking for james wharton since tuesday morning. he called 911 twice to say he was lost in the woods in winslow township. that was the last they heard from him. officers found wharton along train tracks off williamstown road. they took him the hospital to be checked out. >>> the citizens crime commission is hoping a new reward will help solve the case of an elderly korean war veteran attacked inside his chester county home last month. the commission is offering $6,000 for any information leading to an arrest. the 81-year-old victim spoke only to nbc 10 after the crime last month. he told us the man who beat him and tied him up pretended to be a worker with the water company. on

killed a teenager in north philadelphia. we're live with the investigation. >> a delaware county commute came together to mourn an 11-year-old boy found dead in the darby creek. this is the scene outside the church where the family worshiped. dozens held candles and balloons as they shared the memory of the young man. >>> tragic new developments in a traffic crash along the white horse pike. we learned overnight that one person involved has died. it happened after 8:00 near manheim avenue in galloway township. the driver of the car was killed. no word on what may have caused the crash. >>> musikfest unofficially kicked off with a band that used to be showed endlessly on mtv. duran duran brought everybody back to rio again. the ten day festival kicks off tonight with the flaming lips. 6abc is a proud sponsor of musikfest. >> a beloved bakery is closing its doors in philadelphia leaving hundreds out of work, but maybe not for long. introducing dunkin's new fruit smoothies. perfectly blended with real fruit and low-fat yogurt.

new jersey to philadelphia but it's also going to be tough to get from delaware to philadelphia. that will have some challenges as well. the train station in wilmington only has about 600 parking spaces and septa has sold 10,000 passes from that station and amtrak will likely be carrying thousands more people. wilmington hopes to have 4,400 parking spaces available but the city is warning you might have quite a hike to get tour train so, once again, expect to walk. you can download the nbc10 news app to find all of the details on transportation and security changes that you can expect in philadelphia during the papal visit. you can find the pope's itinerary so you can plan your trip. >>> a lot of preparations for the pope have been focused on security and not just in philadelphia. >> we will show you how emergency officials in montgomery county are getting ready and the one thing they say you can do to help everyone stay safe. >>> plus, plans for a new kind of body camera. it's made right here in this area and we will show you what it does that could help police and first respond

, 69 in south philadelphia. roxborough could see 50s this morning. warmup by 10:00 in the morning, 79 degrees and middle 80s by 1:00 and still climbing. it will be climbing into the weekend as well. your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. right now, let's take a look at your first alert traffic with brittney shipp. >> good morning. things are moving along nicely. 95 near caster street. you can see the volume is picking up out there on the roadways and as we head into the rest of today, things look pretty good, especially if you take the pa turnpike eastbound between ft. washington and bensalem. the good news is, the lane restrictions we saw earlier have now been lifted. that should help you get to work faster. some of your drive times for 95 northbound, 476 to 676, the average speed is about 68 miles per hour. that drive will take you 13 minutes. 95 northbound, 676 to aramingo avenue, that will take you five minutes and on 95 northbound, 676, cottman avenue, that's taking you eig

philadelphia right now 93 degrees. allentown 92. trenton a rain cooled 80 and then as you look at the shore people on the beach are so lucky. you've got that sea breeze so sea isle city it's 80 degrees and only 7 miles inland in pomona at the atlantic city airport it's a lot warmer with a current temperature of 87 degrees. heat indices usually about two to 3 degrees above the air temperature right now. philadelphia 96 it feels like, 95 in allentown, feels like 93 in wilmington and it feels like 90 degrees in millville. storm tracker6 live double scan showing that we are seeing some isolated downpours hack could the the region there's one right now montgomery county just to the east of willow grove in jenkintown approaching route one and there's another one just moved across the new jersey turnpike to the east of trenton. no lightning strikes associated with this but with all the moisture in the air they are producing some heavy downpours and there's really no steering flow to push these along so they're just sitting there dropping a

south philadelphia getting hammered right now. it's all moving towards the east along the track of that red line that you see and if you're in south philadelphia, you're getting hit by this one right now but there's another one coming at about 11 minutes past the hour and only a couple more minutes. center city getting another blast at 5:12. camden at 5:14. olney, frankford merchantville cherry hill after that but if i go ahead and move the track up to this guy here, that one is also pushing toward the east and you're actually going to get that in gloucester city and camden a lot sooner, about nine after the hour. merchantville 5:13, haddonfield, cherry hill maple shade, cinnaminson and moorestown pretty much in the barrel of that one. >>> there's not that much lightning left over with this, only a couple of strikes in the last 10 minutes but it is producing heavy downpours and maybe a little blustery wind ahead of these heavier cells. i want you to think about maybe allowing 15 minutes or so for it to get past you and then things

for philadelphia, northeast philadelphia, doylestown, trenton, mt. holly, çbright, sunny skies and sunshine at the shore as well. vineland and dover into the low 90s. plenty of sunshine for philadelphia, 94 degrees this afternoon. westchester and wilmington in the lower 90s. take a look at that shower threat. the possibility of thunderstorms, too, when i'm back in ten minutes. >> bill, sounds good. nine minutes after 4:00 now. nbc 10's first alert traffic reporter katy zachry telling us earlier about an accident in montgomery county. >> it's in upper montgomery county, lower frederick township. let's take a look at i-95 as you're headed southbound toward girard avenue. things are looking really clear. this is around indiana street. really no accidents on any of our majors in pennsylvania, new jersey or delaware, just overnight construction for you to be aware of on the turnpikes you in the last ten minutes. i'm missing a traffic icon but there is an accident into our system, lower frederick right at gerloff road. moving into new jersey, drive times

pope in philadelphia. in between he'll see a lot of what this region has to offer. vai will have that part of the story for us tomorrow morning. but in the next half hour we have this. >> 40 days until the pope arrives in the region. one local bishop is asking catholics and noncatholics to join forces and fight the ills facing camden and five other south jersey counties. we'll have that story and a special announcement, live at 6:30. >>> read more about the pope's visit and how it will impact your life by tapping on the nbc 10 news app. visit our special section, preparing for the pope. it has everything you need to know about the papal visit including the pope's itinerary. >>> from pope to pets. how about this, more than 17,000 animals across the country have new homes thanks to nbc's clear the shelters çcampaign. we can give you updated numbers from saturday's adoption event. this area, 560 cats and dogs, new jersey, 411 and delaware, 43 adoptions. >> one, two, three. whoo! >> and maybe you can take yo

still hanging on to 90 degrees in philadelphia. although with the humidity not that bad it feels okay to be around 90. maybe we're just getting used to it after seven days in the 90's but dew points right now right around 60 degrees in philadelphia that is not bad dew points in the 50's in trenton right now. 70-degree dew point down through the shore points so that is where things are a bit more team i this evening. your first forecast information was staying in the 80's. warm but generally dry. stray shower, we cannot rule out. tomorrow we have a better chance of a shower mainly south and east. if you are down the shore tomorrow take a look at this in the afternoon any storm could produce downpours gusty wind and small hail but that will provide the beginning of the end so to speak, to this heat wave. big changes. maybe some much needed rain in our future by the end of the week. we will have your seven day when i join you inside. back inside to you. >> thanks, kate. >>> new at 6:00 a show of support for a teacher. she was fired fr

now, that man is accused of hitting philadelphia police car -- rather philadelphia police officer lamar poole who was off duty yesterday afternoon when he was riding his motorcycle. the crash happened at devereaux street and roosevelt boulevard. investigators say the suspect's silver toyota turned in front of officer poole's motorcycle. the 19-year police veteran was thrown from the vehicle and died from head injuries a short time later. now, according to witnesses, the driver got out of the car for a minute right after the crash, looked at what happened and then drove away. >> we had a couple witnesses, one being a tow truck driver who followed the vehicle helped out big time and followed the car, turned the car in, called the police. >> reporter: an update from accident investigators this morning is the suspect has not been charged yet but if he is charged, he's likely facing dui charges as well as leaving the scene of an accident among other charges. coming up at 5:00, i'll tell you why the community here in southwest philadelphia is taking this loss so personally. reporting live in

, 69 in south philadelphia. roxborough could see 50s this morning. warmup by 10:00 in the morning, 79 degrees and middle 80s by 1:00 and still climbing. it will be climbing into the weekend as well. your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. right now, let's take a look at your first alert traffic with brittney shipp. >> good morning. things are moving along nicely. 95 near caster street. you can see the volume is picking up out there on the

down to 66 in roxborough and 71 in south philadelphia. a few thin clouds right now but these will clear out and brilliant sunshine for the balance of the day. 68 degrees at 6:00 and 72 at 9:00. nice breeze blowing out of the west/northwest at noon time. 79 degrees. the humidity, very low today. this is going to be one of the nicest days of the entire summer. neighborhood-by-neighborhood forecast to show you how warm it's going to get where you live when i come back in ten minuteso right now, let's check in with brittney shipp with the traffic. >> platt bridge, we have reports of construction that could possibly close the bridge as we head to the rest of the this morning. 95 northbound ramp to platt bridge is closed due to construction so i'll continue to update you on that. as we take a look at the rest of the bridges here, we are seeing clear conditions so that is always great as you're getting up and trying to head to work. i'll continue monitoring the situation and bring you an update in another ten minutes. >>> we have new information

side in south philadelphia. delaware river trails 75 degrees at this hour. we will see lots of sunshine to start with but changes as the day goes on. start off with the cool numbers. 69 degrees. a few scattered high clouds at 9:00 and mainly sunny skies at lunch time and 74 at noon. later today, 80. we will see more clouds and likely lead to showers. right on now let's check in with jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. >> watching the vine street expressway right now. all lanes open and moving along nicely and some ongoing construction and signs throughout the area over in the shoulder. three minute drive time westbound from 95 toward the schuylkill expressway. 95 is okay. no problems on the schuylkill. blue route doing great and southbound from the schuylkill expressway to the 95 only 15-minute trip. heading out the door on the p.a. turnpike cars are green and moving around. eastbound/eastbound 22 minute trip max. no problems with the mass transit. update for new jersey roads in ten minutes. >>> sou

philadelphia at 64 degrees. at the airport in south philadelphia, 67. roxborough at 62. skies are clear so minutes away from sunrise. we will see brilliant sunshine during the day and like yesterday, the humidity stays low as the temperatures climb into the lower 80s. a look at the weekend forecast and there are changes ahead and i'll take you through that day-by-day when i'm back in ten minutes. jessica boyington has a look at your first alert traffic. >> schuylkill expressway around spring garden street total drive times here 13 minutes. eastbound from the blue route up toward vine street expressway and as you can see, heading eastbound right in here we are doing og akay. bridges are doing okay there. >>> we are still on the scene of breaking news in francisville neighborhood. a man's body, an empty shell casing but no gun, the mystery police are trying to solve now after friends found a man dead inside his home. katy zachry is live on the scene. what is happening with this investigation now? >> reporter: in the last half hour, crime scene detectives have wrapped up th

the british army had taken the rebel capital of philadelphia and was hoping to split off philadelphia and the northern colonies from the southern colonies and end the rebellion. washington's army marches into valley forge about 20 miles west and this is actually a painting. it will be very recognizable to people. it's probably one of the most iconic images of the american revolution. it was painted after the civil war, so it's about a century later as a commemorative work but very evocative of the date, december 19, 1777, as washington's army marches along the gulf road into its winter quarters at valley forge. and a couple of the objects i have here would have been witnesses to that winter encampment. the first is a pair of silver camp cups here. if you can see them. and these pass down through the washington -- through relatives of general washington who had this "w" engreyed on them later and the camp cup owned and used by general washington during the war. these two are part of a set 1206 camp cups. what's remarkable is the original receipt has survived. so we know these were made

police are looking for a burglar who busted into larry's steaks in north philadelphia last thursday, this is the surveillance video from the break-in, the suspect broke the glass front door and took a large bag and threw two cash registers into it. if you recognize the man detectives would like to hear from you. >>> the fbi is teaming up with philadelphia police to catch a bank robber that struck yesterday afternoon, this shows the suspect at the counter of the citizens bank branch at north 21st street, he gave the teller a note demanding cash and then got it and took off. he is considered armed and dangerous and anybody that recognizes him should call 911. >>> drexel university students are on alert, they targeted two residences on sunday morning and then on monday burglars forced their way into two apartments on north 33rd street and nearby residents are heading the warning. >> there is a sign not to prop the door open, i make sure it's not propped whenever i go inside. >> it's scary and students start to feel it, you wake up in the middle of the night, and see an alert that there

it's ended in philadelphia. it's ocean county seeing it. central and northern new jersey still seeing thunderstorm activity. cape may it's come to an end. the storms are offshore. you'll still see strikes of lightning. when we went on the air, flood warnings were in effect. they have been dropped for pennsylvania and south jersey. flooding not an issue with the storms out of the pit. you'll need your sunglasses. ditch the umbrella today. 75 degrees at 7:00, by 10:00, a quick warmup, 79 degrees. the southerly winds brought in the humidity, northerly winds does the opposite, brings the humidity down. by 1:00, 84 degrees but we'll feel more comfortable than we have in a long time. neighborhood by

rafael and patricia and their children are coming to philadelphia for the world meeting of families. the martinos are devout catholics and that falls on spring break, this is the southern hemisphere and the chandler is the opposite of ours. >> i think it will be mass every day in the congress. >> our meal of beef, grilled vegetables and empanadas was a blessing and our new friendships were even better after lunch we talked about the big event in philadelphia. >> for us it's exciting to go to the congress, to the family congress even more that our pope, our pope francisco will be there, so it's going to be a good chance to meet with other families from different cultures right, and to explore the critical role of the family in our society. >> patricia knew about the initial transportation problems. >> we bought the package with septa included, but i lettered through my house and on the internet that septa, the first minutes they sold the tickets it collapsed. >> in this soccer crazed country it's no surprise that he is a fan, but does not get american football. >> they start and five

new this morning philadelphia police are investigating a fatal shooting in south philadelphia. police found a 30 year-old man shot four times. it happen just before 11:30 last night in the 1900 block of mountain street, victim pronounced dead at the hospital. this morning police are hoping surveillance video will help them find a person who shot and killed a 22-year old mother. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry is live at port richmond where a vigil for the victim was held last night, syma, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, todd, vigil was held last night but memorial still stands here. folks have been stopping by and saying a prayer to the victim. if you look at candles and flowers and balloons left at this house it is clear that many people cared about stephanie dzikowski, so who would shoot her execution style in front of her child? family and friend are hoping police will soon catch the killer. >> she was no trouble at all. she was everything. she just graduated from school. she was everything. she was a good person. >> reporter: family members of the 22-year

in philadelphia, too. numerous locations saw more than 2 inches of rain as this line of storms moved through. they're offshore, cape may. they're still going with showers in barnegat bay, ship bottom and others. the rainfall estimates, the totals in maurice river, 2 1/2 inches there. closing in on 3 inches of rain in cape may county. that has led to the minor flooding there. lots of rainfall in the philadelphia suburbs, in montgomery county and bucks county. more than 2 urchls in the king of prussia area. that rain is now hitting the streams and rivers. pennypack creek is seeing minor flooding. it's above flood stage this morning. that won't last all that long. the clouds won't last either. clearing skies, middle 80s for allentown and quakertown. 87 in trenton. less humid conditions later today for doylestown and mt. holly. mostly cloudy morning. you'll see breaks of sunshine for atlantic city and rehoboth and cape may this afternoon. more sunshine for the weekend. 88 in philadelphia today. while westchest

mostly cloudy in philadelphia. that's bringing the temperatures up a bit compared to 24 hours ago. 8 degrees warmer in allentown. 4 degrease warmer in philadelphia. that's putting us in the 60s across the area, the 50s and 60s. as we wake up this morning, some 70s. 73 in philadelphia. 66 in allentown. 55 in mt. pocono. 55 in lancaster. 60 in millville. 61 in atlantic city. we have a couple 70s and one 55 in mt. pocono. as we go throughout the afternoon, we'll have a day similar to yesterday. sun and clouds, warm but not hot. low humidity once again. by 9:00 a.m., 73 degrees, lunch time, 82. at 3:00, 85 degrees. yesterday we topped out at 87. today closer to 86. that's right at normal for this time of year. we'll be on the money in terms of where we're supposed to be. it could be worse in august. we are tracking the chance of showers and heavy rains on tuesday and then the chance of 90s back into your forecast. that's as early as next week. we'll talk those number, we'll track the rain for you, we'll talk about the

nbc 10 is the official station of the philadelphia eagles. we'll be following the team at training camp and have preand postgame coverage of the season opener august 16th against the colts. >>> now your first alert weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. >> as you're heading out the door, 67 degrees in the poconos, 63 in allentown. temperatures in pottstown, 64. 9 in reading. it's a mild start to the morning in wilmington, 70 degrees. 69 currently in dover and we're at 71 in atlantic city at the airport there. close to 70 degrees in wildwood and 64 in millville. we're going to see another above average day. our heat wave will continue. this will be day seven. our highest expected to push into pottstown. we are going to factor in our increase in humidity. we are going it see the wind direction shifting. we'll see warmer, more moist air coming up from the south. we're also watching a line of storms that it's moving through toronto, parts of buffalo and cleveland. we'll see energy head our way. close to 5:00 p.m. the storms may move in.ç as

there's the number for philadelphia, wilmington and northeast philadelphia. but it's not just philadelphia that's steamy. camden is at 74 degrees. 75 in voorhees and glendora is 74 degrees. that steamy start. we're watching the radar screen. shouldn't be a lot of activity this morning. late this morning, this afternoon, that's when we'll start to see showers fire up in the heat of the day. but then tomorrow night and friday, that's going to be coming in to play. that gives us the potential of heavy rainfall as we head toward the weekend. that system will be building over the next 24 hours. today it's the temperatures that will be building into the 80s. we' won't see the 90s but the steamiest we feel will stay with us. 80 degrees at 9:00, 86 at lunch time today. your seven-day forecast coming up in the next half hour. chris? >> sounds like a plan. >>> 4:20 now. it's time to check the highways. nbc 10's first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington gives us a look at 59. . >> everything smooth so far on 95. we're not dealing with a lot of traffic. all the on r

we've made it to 70ç in philadelphia. 65 in northeast philadelphia, 61 in kennett square. cooler to the north and west, 50 degrees in mt. pocono, 55 this morning in quakertown. 61 in reading, 59 in blue bell. you need light long sleeves this morning. 61 at mt. holly, 65 in millville and 70 in philadelphia. today lots of sunshine. that's going to give us a uv index around 8. same story on sunday. you can see a sunburn in 15 to 20 minutes. you want to wear the sunscreen as you head out today. warm, 83 to 86. we'll end up around 85. 87 is normal for this time of year. pretty close to normal. another beautiful one on sunday. we look at that forecast coming up. >>> today in new york city, teams will begin testing all the cooling towers in the bronx in an attempt to cut off a deadly outbreak of legionnaires disease. mist have been linked to the outbreak. all of them will be tested within the next two weeks and decontaminated if necessary. the centers for disease control and state officials have sent staff to help with the massive task. >> this is an all hands on deck situation.

certainly a bittersweet day in philadelphia. you can't go on twitter and not see fans kind of bemoaning his loss, certainly reflecting on the career of the second baseman. utley traded to the dodgers last night, ending the run of one of the most beloved players in phillies history. chase utley is generally a man of few words. always let his play do the talking, dating back to the first game he started. >> long drive, could it be? it is! outta here! chase is going to keep going. he's safe at home plate. chase utley, you are the man! >> a centerpiece of the 2008 world series championship team, utley showcased a side seldom seen at the parade. >> world [ bleep ] champions! >> always beloved by the fans, utley's departure certainly stings for some. >> really miserable. favorite player. favorite player since i've been born, you know? >> something bigger for him. maybe he'll do better there. you never know. >> reporter: while others realize it's all part of rebuilding. >> definitely part of the future. it will be neat to see these guy

philadelphia low 60s, northeast philadelphia at 63 degrees. look at roxborough at 61. a pleasant start, a bit cool this morning but we'll see the temperatures climb 67. by 9:00, 74 and into the 80s at noontime today. it will be a warmer day than it was yesterday. we'll go through it hour by hour with the future weather when i come back in ten minutes. right now let's see how the traffic is looking on a friday morning. brittney shipp has your first alert traffic. >> i-95 atten in, things are moving along nicely. take 95 to work southbound, woodhaven road to 676, that will take you about 12 minutes. in the a whole lot of traffic out. 76 eastbound, pa turnpike to 676 will take you longer, 33 minutes with the average speed around 41 miles per hour. then 476 northbound to 95, and 76, the average speed, 61 miles per hour. that drive will take you closer to 15 minutes. coming up, i'll go over all the cleared construction projects. chris? >>> as philadelphia prepares for pope francis's visit, we have a much clearer picture of how the tight security will transform the city. fen

not seeing rainfall in philadelphia. there are showers in south jersey. 67 degrees in0tçhe pocono mountains. that's a cool spot this morning. look at philadelphia, 77 and 75 degrees in atlantic city. it's dry at the shore but in between the city and the shore, that's where we're getting scattered clouds and showers. and everybody is going to see the clouds through the morning hours. the showers won't last and then this afternoon, we'll start to see sunshine as the clouds will take a break. that's going to really heat things up later today. a cloudy start, breaks of sunshine this afternoon an a hot one today into the low 90s later on. but the weather gets hotter over the next few days, up to 94 tomorrow after a morning low of 71 degrees. bright, sunny skies tuesday and wednesday, that means a hotter day. that goes for thursday, too. both up to 95 after morning lows in the low 70s, hot, humid conditions. and that humidity sticks around into friday. but showers later in the day may limit us to 89 degrees and upper 80s for

service will run between new york, philadelphia and washington. pope francis is visiting all three cities at the end of september. an important note, reservations are required in order to ride amtrak that weekend. septa is now selling special commuter train passes at select stations in philly. the one-day regional rail passes are for the weekend of the papal visit, on sale now. about 20,000 tickets were left over from the online lottery. they cost $10 each and you can buy up to ten tickets per day. they're on sale through september 24th or until the tickets run out. find them at the city's jefferson or suburban stations. >>> this morning, police in new york are searching for answers after yesterday's deadly shooting inside a federal building. what we know about the man at the center of the violence. >>> plus, disaster zone. wildfires have taken over out west and now crews from our area are joining the battle. >>> and the donald packs a rally down south. we'll tell you about his latest jab at the immigration debate. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert

right now philadelphia 75 degrees, down from the high of 85 degrees, it was oppressive. millville 70 rain cooled and wilmington currently 76 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing this line of storms all associated with the cold front, we had the warm front move through and that brought us the drenching and this cold front continues to sweep off the coast and behind it we get the winds from the northwest and that is the dry flow of air, tonight the storms move off the coast in the next 15 minces or so and the humidity is dropping in the overnight hours, 70 in philadelphia, and millville 56 and allentown 62 and the atlantic city airport down to 69 degrees, wednesday is looking pretty nice, a mixture of clouds and sunshine and much lower humidity and there is cold air in the upper atmosphere and that could trigger a spotty shower and instability shower and north of philadelphia, not widespread and i think thursday will be the pick of the week this week, gorgeous and mostly sunny and low humidity, temperatures just below the average high of 86 and 83 degrees a

the philadelphia police department. an off duty officer killed after his truck left the road and smashed into a tree. police say speed was a factor in this crash but the investigation is ongoing at this hour. good evening everyone, i'm natasha brown. "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson has been tracking the very latest from the 39th district where the 10 year veteran officer was stationed. steve. >> reporter: and, natasha, philadelphia police say we may never get a complete picture of what happened saturday night to cause that accident. there were no witnesses so far, no surveillance video and police have yet to track a time line of where the sergeant was coming from or headed to, what is known is that by all accounts he was a considerate father of two and a respected philadelphia police officer. it remains largely a mystery. >> speculate why. we just don't know. but we know it's a sad event. >> reporter: so far just speculation thoughts and theories from accident investigators. the question what caused 32-year-o

a three square mile traffic zone in center city and west philadelphia will ban cars, 27 miles of highway will be shut down and the ben franklin bridge will be shut down. >> i understand the reading terminal market is making provision for us to have extra store able so we can get all of our product in. >> but smaller entities the challenges are too big to overcome, street vendor melvin on 18th and vine will shut down despite and because of the crowds of people in that area. >> my garage is on south street even if i have a lot of stuff you'll run out of product. there is no way you can do it. >> trash disposal is another area that the market made provisions for this could be a profitable weekend for some businesses but there is a lot to keep in mind. >> that is for sure thank you. as katherine mentioned the ben franklin bridge will be shut down to traffic during the papal visit. it shuts down 6 p.m. friday, stays close until monday. can you take another closer look at the road closures by heading to 6abc.com there we have listed all the specifics, and we have the full public itinerary for

station of the philadelphia eagles. we'll be following the team at training camp all the controversies, quarterback battles, all of that. we'll have pre and postgame coverage as well as every snap of the preseason opener against the indianapolis colts. >> 64:34 and 74 degrees outsite. >>> a vietnam veteran who was robbed and beaten is telling her story to nbc 10. a man forced his way into the home in late june. he never knowed a gun but did tie up the victim. here's a sketch. >> he grabbed my arms from behind and hustled me in there. and kept saying he was going to shoot me. he must have said that 15 times. i said if i had my pen i would have stabbed him in the eye. >> the robber got away with cash, a laptop and prescription drugs. police are looking for a white subaru the neighbors saw in the area around the time of the robbery. >>> a preliminary hearing is scheduled for vashti williams damon cornish and francis ferguson. they allegedly snatched a retired couple off the streets in south philadelphia. police say the vic

we love the philadelphia zoo. always something to see there. >>> instead of a coffee break, workers used a puppy play date as a pick me up yesterday. >> uber partnered with the spca to offer employees an adorable distraction during the workday. interested businesses were able to order 15 minutes of play time with adoptable puppies delivered by uber. the cost was $20. 100% of the proceeds goes towards the spca. what a fun where had. >> here at nbc 10 we get ice cream fridays which we look very much forward to. today is -- >> friday. >> what do you çknow. >> you're watching nbc 10 news. nbc 10 news today at 6:00 a.m. starts right now. >>> nbc 10 breaking news. >> the search continues right now for a carjacking and kidnapping suspect. we're live in south philadelphia where that man left behind an unbelievable clue for police. >> if you haven't gotten your papal rail passes there still time and there are plenty left. septa's new effort to get people excited about the pope's visit to philadelphia. >>> and look at thi

philadelphia police are investigating a crash that killed one of their own. an off-duty sergeant died after his pickup slammed into a tree. we have new information in a live report. >>> today these men and women in red will be making a stop in wilmington. the guardian angels will hit the streets amidding concerns about crime. >>> another winner today as we n beautiful sunshine as we wrap up the weekend, but we are watching for showers as we wrap up the seven-day forecast. i'm rosemary connors. let's get to meteorologist brittney shipp. feeling good out there. >> humidity is down. we will see temperatures staying in the mid 80s. it will be a beautiful day at the shore. live look at cape may. everybody setting up shop. that's where i would be. temperatures throughout the region anywhere between the 60s to the 70s. 74 in philadelphia. 70 in wilmington. 72 in millville. mid 60s in allentown and pottstown. your city planner for the next eight hours shows temperatures at 2:00 p.m., 84. same thing at 5:00 p.m. we will stay slightly below average, ranging between 83

and still cooling down, northeast philadelphia is at 65, 68 at philadelphia international. nice and comfortable in the 50s. this afternoon we could see scattered clouds and the possibility of late-day showers and thunderstorms. before those storms pop up, temperatures climb to near 90 degrees this afternoon. neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i'm back in ten

philadelphia and northeast philadelphia 75 degrees, 68 in pottstown and chester county, it's down to 65 for fair meadow farm but 70 right now at the brandy wine airport and 69 degrees in phoenixville. a warmer morning and a hot afternoon. no sign of any wet weather. we could use some. it doesn't look like rainfall until we get towards the end of the week come thursday and friday. today you'll need your sunglasses. sunny skies, find a shady spot if you can. it will be a hot afternoon with temperatures in the low to mid-90s today. a steamier day tomorrow. 92 after a morning low of 71 degrees. there's a chance of isolated showers on wednesday but more widespread wet weather, heavy rain potential for thursday and friday, that's going to keep temperatures lower. 80s for thursday and friday. then we'll be drying out just in time for the weekend. partly sunny and 80s for saturday and sunday. >>> an aggressive driving crackdown is happening right now on county route 539. officials say staggering numbers led to their multiagency effort to make this highway safer from january 13 to may 2015, n

philadelphia is not the only stop. next, you'll hear from the special group who says building the altar for pope francis' visit to washington has been a true labor of love. >>> and the eagles knock the ravens out of the sky. that's just ahead in sports. >>> as we talk about the pope and preparations for the pope coming up, we'll have details in just a moment. first what's happening out in colorado. tomorrow begins the formal sentencing of the person who killed 12 people in a movie theater. james holmes faces life in prison without the possibility of parole. 70 people were hurt in the theater shooting, each of them will have the chance to speak in court. >>> the same-sex couple who won their case for marriage equality before the u.s. supreme court are now legally wed. april deboer and jane rowse exchanged vows last in michigan. the couple sued the state for the right to marry and to jointly adopt their children. the u.s. district judge who struck down michigan's ban on same-sex marriage before the case went to the supre