we have an accident in cheltenham that just cleared. traffic moving better on cheltenham avenue. white marsh township the water main break blocking flourtown road at joshua road. crews are approaching quaker down blocking the right lane. the crews have left the scene so traffic is moving better right there. let's check the temperatures as you head out. it's a gorgeous day, pick of the week. 69 degrees in philadelphia. low humidity it feels cool as you step outside. 60 in allentown. 61 in millville. new jersey. we're heading into the low 80s, low humidity, lots of sunshine, you can't ask for more than that. tam and erin. >> thanks, karen. >>> new this morning, a florida couple accused of holding a teenage sex slave is free on bail. rob and marie johnson of port saints lucy were arrested on tuesday. they held the teen for five years. the victim lived with the couple at age 13 after her mother died. she was 21 and escaped when her grandmother purchased a plane ticket to bring her to ohio. >>> epa is to protect the environment, now the top leaders are dealing with a disaster of the a

that includes parts of the cheltenham township. abington, willow grove. maple glenn, warminster, up to doylesto doylestown. there's been some heavy rain in a few places. this is the radar estimates, where you don't see any green, there's no rain. a lot of places, but within to two to three inches of rain, and a few separate spots, and we're going to see more spots like that tomorrow and tomorrow night. you see the radar is getting more and more clear by the minute. delaware is clearing out. much of jersey, we have one shower coming through the flash flood area, fortunately that has weakened, but we are going to continue to see some showers develop toward morning. and then as we go through the day, we have some of the heating, we're going to see more and more of some of those heavy showers and thunderstorms. look at that, you can see that a lot of the activity is going to be north and west during the daytime hours tomorrow, and then tomorrow night, it comes across everywhere. and then it stalls right along the coast as we head to the weekend. in the meanti

there's cheltenham, this is northeast philly. it's coming down northeast philly, not quite to the boulevard yet, but coming down toward north philly right now drifting in that direction. there's a southerly wind as we go through the night. things quiet down later tonight, then with the heat of the day tomorrow and the high humidity, we start building up some more isolated afternoon showers. again, the sea breeze helping to create that, create the winds coming together and that forces the air up. wednesday, you can see a lot more activity around and the wind off the ocean, and that means the temperature will go down a bit. you can see on the future temperatures here, instead of the red colors toward the end of the week, we are starting to get yellows. nice and comfortable. at least compared to the deep reds of today. you see what happens when you're deep red on that map. it's hot and humid. warm and humid tonight with isolated showers early. 75 for the low in philadelphia. 68 north and west. tomorrow, hot and humid day, a lot like

cheltenham tam heavy and washington line. the water main break from yesterday in white marsh township montgomery county shutting down flower town road, it's closed between joshua and stenton road. we have a fire in bucks county industrial drive near humphreys drive stick to bristol road instead. the right lane of the inner drive is blocked approaching exit 9 it will be blocked until further notice, but you have 6 lanes, it's one lane blocked that should not cause too much of a problem on the new jersey turnpike. >>> it was a lovely night to be out and about in the overbrook park section, shots fired into a water ice stands hit a teenager in place. katherine scott is live at the scene near the 7100 block of woodbine avenue. >> reporter: there were a lot of people out by the water ice stand when the shots rang out. the crowd by the stand scattered by woodbine and haverford and 19-year-old is in critical condition. >> i thought it was fireworks. >> reporter: max was making fried oreos. when two shots rang out. >> i heard the one

east glenside avenue, north avenue in cheltenham, watch out for an accident. mass transit, no problems or delays for patco, new jersey transit and septa. coming up in the next ten minutes i'll do a check in with new jersey for you. >>> 20 minutes before 6:00 right new. today, philadelphia school students can get a free haircut before heading back to school. the fresh new hair-do is courtesy of sassy's beauty bar in frankford. they hosted a back-to-school hair drive yesterday and we'll do it again today. >> we understand some parents are not able to pay for certain things. we want our children to look and feel their best at the beginning of the school year. >> that's terrific. the kids not only get a good look heading back to class, parent can check one more thing off their back-to-school to do list. >>> a scare from the sky stopped a jersey shore football game. we'll tell you about the close call that called for a longer than usual anytitime-out. >>> 5:44. the fate of a new hampshire prep school drought is now in the hands of a jury. closing arguments wrapped

cheltenham finally starting to see a break moving from south to north. abington, warminster getting pounded with this particular storm that is two to three inches per hour. we've seen it for an hour or so. the other heavy shower in lower bucks county, through levittown heading up west of trenton at the moment. the wind coming in off the ocean, helping to keep the moisture in, but the showers should be weakening, quite a bit over the next few hours, and then quiets dune a bit overnight. maybe a couple more showers early in the day. a stronger system is coming in from the west, and there are going to be more of us getting rained on late tomorrow and tomorrow night. look at this, some of this is going to be really heavy, there's another threat of flooding here. the dryer air that is very close by, is going to have a hard time coming in through the area. as we go through friday, it's just hanging there, right near the shore. it won't be moving off shore. why is that happening? here is the cold front coming in, it normally will push everything offshore. we go

it's edged into the cheltenham part of montgomery county. this is mostly in northeast philly, i-95 is on the edge of this thing. it's generally from the boulevard westward in the upper portion of the northeast. we saw it at veree and welsh road about an hour ago so it is drifting more to the south, moving very slowly. cheltenham getting hit hard right now. as long as it keeps moving, it's just rain. but if it stays in one spot you got a problem. rainfall rate is about an inch and a half per hour. there is now a flood advisory in effect for look at this tiny, tiny area. but there may have been a couple of inches of rain in a short period of time until 9:15 p.m. again, please do not try to drive through flooded roads. i will be back to talk more about more widespread thunderstorms in the seven-day forecast. >>> tomorrow, congressman chaka fattah heads to court to face his corruption charges. today, the pennsylvania lawmaker asked his fellow lawmakers in d.c. to make sure the department of justice did not do anything wrong in its investigation.

in cheltenham, an accident scene on east glenside avenue and north avenue. >>> a wild story here. breaking news, a man fleeing from police carjacked a driver, taking two unwilling passengers on a ride. those passengers are safe. the man is it still on the run but he left behind an unbelievable clue. nbc 10's katy zachry is live in south philadelphia. all right, katy, lay this out for us. what happened there? >> reporter: chris, a lot happened this morning in south philadelphia in a very short amount of time. fortunately philadelphia police officers saw most of it. and they think they know who they're looking for. here is video of what unfolded this morning. the man behind the carjacking kidnapping and robbery was in this black husband tang, according to police. officers pulled him over initially for driving erratically. when officers walked up to the car, he took off. they followed into their cruiser only to see him crash the mustang several blocks away. officers say their suspect then carjacked another vehicle nearby with people in it. forcing the driver and passenger out of the

he lives in cheltenham. they managed to get his mother to the superdome but then they were separated and she didn't survive. >> i love my mother. i still love my mother like she's alive in my heart right now. what happened, i didn't witness it. that was the stories way told. >> jock says he misses the new orleans clubs where he used to perform but playing music in philadelphia has helped him to heal. >>> the scene of -- fate of a new hampshire prep school graduate is in the hands of a jury. this is a case that's gripped the country. he's accused of raping a 15-year-old freshman two days before he graduated last year. they both testified they agreed to meet for a tradition called the senior salute, which is a sexual conquest. >> this someone saw how vulnerable a 15-year-old freshman was and took advantage of it. this someone was going to get what he wanted. and not take no for an answer. >> labrie pleaded not guilty. we'll await the verdict. >>> someone was shot near the studentç union building at savannah

cheltenham avenue. mass transit for you in the clear, currently no problems for new jersey transit, septa or the patco speed line. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 20 minutes after 6:00. the sun is up the skies are starting to break a little bit. we're still tracking showers and thunderstorm activity. sunshine in reading, 68 degrees. 68 in trenton with breaks of sunshine mostly cloudy in philadelphia, 76. a live view from the marquis de lafayette. there's a chance we'll see showers and thunderstorms this afternoon at the shore. moved past us. the threat of severe weather with a storm that's starting to wind down and break apart as it moves into delaware. just to the north of middletown and moving into southwestern new castle county. we'll get breaks of sunshine hot and humid again today. back to the low 90s this afternoon. then late-day storms could turn severe. tomorrow, though the storms are out of the picture and it turns less humid. not as hot either. 88 deg

we have an accident in cheltenham township, cheltenham avenue at washington lane, one lane is blocked, for those in that area but you can still get wye with that within lane, nicole, over to you. >>> ago ton police just send thus picture. they are searching for eight five-year old charles wilson who has gone wilson. wilson suffers from dimension a he as last seen at st. joseph manor on the 1600 block of huntington pike at 7:30. he wases wearing a maroon phillies jacket and hat. he is 6 feet tall and weighs 190-pound. if you see him call 191. >>> crossing the delaware will cost you more on two bridges. >> the burlington county bridge commission has approved raising tolls on the tacony palmyra and burlington bristol bridges. starting september 15th, it will go from two to $3 for e-z pass commuters. and those who pay cash is paying $4 now. the the commission says that it need the money to maintain the bridges. >> i wish i didn't have to do this. but we're compelled in the interests of safety and in the interest of viability and in the interest of maintaining our bridges, i feel to take t

watching a new wreck in cheltenham along cheltenham avenue at chestnut avenue. starting to get word of power outages in bucks county and in warrington the traffic lights are dark along street road at 611 there by the sunoco and the citizens bank. david. >> all right, storm tracker6 live double scan still tracking storms coming into delaware. you can see that it's lighter to moderate rain up through chester county and pushing in towards philadelphia but if you're down here in southern areas and even over in salem and cumberland counties new jersey a couple storms coming your way with lots of lightning. lightning up to the northern tier is diminishing a little bit. i have a concern about this storm down here. there's no warning for it right now but it is fairly heavy storm with some gusty winds. probably going south of middletown delaware and then we'll see if it makes south jersey. again those are the times with the arrival time of the heavier rain and lightning that you see on your blue box there. lightning could even jump out ahead of those times a little bit.

we have word of a downed tree in cheltenham ash born root -- ashbourne road at new second street. construction zone starts today closing glasgow avenue 7:00 a.m. through september 11 which is next friday. two weeks without glasgow avenue stay on 896 to get around the bridge repairs. pleasantville a new zone starts 7 to 5:30 they are closing washington avenue near second street use mlk junior avenue to get around that. on this monday morning one of our friends, karen often mentioners this guys, eagles fans are the best. he has a car stopped on the side southbound near salem county. >>> there's a search for the culprits behind the bombing of a shine in thailand. police are looking for a woman along with a sketch of a foreigner. an unnamed suspect is in custody. officials found debt nature in two -- detonators in two apartments. it's the first break into the deadly blast that happened august 17. >>> a man accused of gunning down a texas sheriff's deputy will be arraigned on capitol murder charges. this is the first appearance of shannon miles. the attack was unprovoked. there's a gro

we have an accident, cheltenham cheltenham avenue at chestnut avenue. one lane is blocked right now but again not causing any slow downs there overall just busy morning give yourself a couple every extra minutes, erika over to you. >> thank you today is the day many diehard eagles fans have been waiting for the team's first open practice of the season. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us now at lincoln financial field where some prominent former eagles players are expected to show up for practice, hoping things dry out for you justin, good morning. >> yes erika good morning hoping this rain goes away by 10:00 a.m., when the stadium opens up. you know, for true sports fans even the casual and curious, off season has been true sports theater. had tough talks roster changes, but all comes down to football. fans will flock here later today, to see how their eagles are flying under head coach chip kelly. >> look out. the linc will be loud. from cheering eagles fans, to coaches calls down on the field. >> going to the superbowl in three years. >>

cheltenham, we do have reports of a road obstruction on ashborn road. mass transit, patco and new jersey transit is just fine. septa, thorndale 1502 train running ten minutes late. area bridges clear as well. no problems on the walt, the tac pal, the ben or the betsy. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 18 minutes after 5:00. it was a hot one yesterday, 91. we'll shall back in the same territory this afternoon. this morning, clouds overhead. 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 th

as we head out in cheltenham, we have reports of a road obstruction on ashborn road and new second street. watch out for that. warminster train 6400, ten minutes late, airport 499, 11 minutes late. as for 202, 11 minutes at the most if you're headed northbound or southbound from 30 up towards the schuylkill expressway. we'll check in with new jersey when i come back in ten minutes. >>> for the second time in less than two weeks, a philadelphia police officer has died in a crash. >> and this time investigators say the other driver kept going and they suspect he was drunk. nbc 10's katy zachry joins us live outside the 12th district where that officer works. tell us about the witness that was really key in helping police catch the suspected driver. >> he was definitely key. we'll get to him in just a minute. in the last few minutes i was inside the 12th district talking to fellow officers. officer lamar poole had a reputation for taking rookie cops under his wing. 42-year-old officer lamar poole had nearly 20 years of experience on the force. he was off duty when his motorcycle crashed with

and, it happened in the h mart plaza a, in the 7300 block of old york road in cheltenham township. the man was on his way to make a deposit at a bank. the victim was not injured. >>> the popular main line restaurant that has been shut down by a roach infestation is now trying to make amend with the customers. yeng meng posted what it is called a sincere apology on facebook. bryn mawr restaurant says quote there are no excuses, we owe you better. we will ren mate, refurbish, renew, refresh our establishment. gladwynn township officials forced the chinese restaurant to close its doors after the discovery of roaches. further inspections last week uncovered numerous other food safetyviolation. >>> word has come from a tragic death the of bacterial meningitis. the victim was five-year old lily fernandes. she developed an ear infection and five days later she was dead. she was flown to children's hospital in philadelphia for surgery to relieve pressure on her brain, but she died last friday. >>> well, stock market, attempt of the stock market to rally fizzled on wall street. major indexe

the two men held him up at the h mark plaza on the 7300 block of old york road in cheltenham township. investigators believe the robbers were captured on surveillance video that you saw there earlier. the victim, that they are, the victim was not injured. >>> a search is on to find people who vandalized a park in atlantic county, new jersey. the egg harbo egg harbor two hoy street association says the hockey court at veterans memorial park was vandalized sometime between sunday night and monday evening. the plastic flooring was damaged and it could cost $35,000 to repair it. officials also think someone tried to break into the concession stand last week. an event to repair the hockey court is scheduled for august 30th. >> we are less than six weeks away from the pope's arrival. you might be guessing by now there's no room at the inn. turns out their plenty of center city hotels with vacancies. managers had expected to be sold out and now they're questioning whether demands for this historic event is as high as first thought. >> i think people thought it's going to be a nightmare the w

his way to make a large cash deposit when the men held him up at the h mart plaza on old york road in cheltenham yesterday. investigator its think two people who who were spot on surveillance may be involved. the robbers were able to get away with washington, d.c. of cash in a duffl -- waters of ca. the victim was not hurt. >> a cooler morning after the power was turned back on in a senior center. the action cam was at the robert stinson towers in chester. it's an affordable housing complex for senior citizens. >>> the building lost power around 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the height of the heat. that meant hours without air conditioning on a very hot day. >> it's a heat wave going on so it makes people like us suffer a little bit more. >> peco finally restored electricity to all of the residents by midnight. >> the heat wave ends. does not equal relief. >> it really doesn't matt. that's porn to remember. still very humid out there. storm tracker6 live double scan shows that you we are dry at least this morning and as we take a look outside we do have some clouds mixing with some clear skie

near cheltenham avenue. a man in his 20s was shot in the head. >>> camden police were called out to another shooting after midnight on the 300 block of division street. one person was shot and taken to the hospital. there's no word on the victim's condition and no arrests have been made. >> two of philadelphia's finest are on this week's cover of time magazine. that's 19 district sean devlin in the passenger seat and his partner, michelle matos, the story is called what it is like to be a cop in america one year after ferguson. it refers to the deadly shooting of a black man by a white officer. they say they face more scrutiny than ever before but enjoy their work. >>> generations ask can you tell me how to get to sesame street and now there's a new answer of a sort. maribel aber is live in song square good morning. >> reporter: the long running beloved show sesame street is moving to hbo. episodes will air on hbo and 9 months later on pbs. it secures funding for the financially unstable show. the dow manage

we had an accident cheltenham but that has cleared. we have all the latest traffic on twitter with the #6abc traffic. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we're basically dry through the region. david has been talking about the sprinkles south of the city. they are very light temperature-wise, 57 in quakertown, 71 in center city. in the suburbs in new jersey, upper 60s riebt -- right now matt. >>> this is surveillance video from 1990 released now of a half billion art heist at a boston museum. a security guard seems to be improbably letting someone in through a cracked door. crook used the same door to steal masterpieces. nobody was ever charged the paintings have never been found. >>> this is new video of a father appearing to leave his infant daughter inside a hot car in a central iowa parking lot. a passer by spotted the baby sweating and crying inside the car. officers used the special tool to unlock the car door and rescue the baby. she is expected to make full recovery. >>> a woman said she and her daughters were refused a ca

some of the neighborhoods, including cheltenham and abington, wynnemore, maple

the health department will spray areas of cheltenham township between 9:00 and 11:00. health officials and the state department of environmental protection are targeting areas where mosquitos tested positive for west nile virus. >>> the heat wave continues and these people have the right idea. actually, we are just taking a live look at camel beach mountain water park. we know the park is down there and the people are at that water park enjoying a break. >> there are people down there. >> way, way down there in the distance. >> tiny people. >> let's talk to nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> hot one for them glenn. >> yes. another one into the 90s across a good bit of the area. not quite as hot in the poconos due to the elevation. but the biggest relief is at the shore. lot of sunshine out there, blue sky across a good bit of the area an indication the atmosphere is still pretty clean. we are not seeing a lot of pollution. 79 in mt. pocono now. there's a shower in the area. 92 in philadelphia and close to that in some surrounding subu

against cosby in recent months including andrea constand who claims cosby drugged and raped her at his cheltenham home in 2004. her lawsuit led to the deposition where cosby admitting to obtaining drugs for women he wanted to have sex with. cosby has denied the allegations and has never been charged with a crime. >>> the top ten republican contenders are set to do battle on national tv in less than four hours. >> there will be 17 debaters in all but the focus on the front-runners such as donald trump and jeb bush and scott walker will be at the forefront here. nbc 10 national correspondent steve handelsman is live outside the quicken loans arena in cleveland with a preview. good afternoon, steve. >> reporter: good afternoon to you from cleveland, where no surprise, you ask around and people say, at least most people they most want to see and hear donald trump. this is his first real debate, he says, and he will be up against some seasoned veterans. into cleveland have come the gop candidates. the top polling ten debate tonight. >> we got to look and see how it works. >> reporter: fox is running t

in cheltenham elkins park watch out for a crash this afternoon along mountain avenue at sharpless road. on the big picture normal slow stuff on the schuylkill, the vine and 95. still have that emergency construction on the sinkhole right by city hall blocking 15th street. that's a southbound street between city hall and chestnut there by dell frisco's. seventeenth will get you around that. expect congestion and plenty of congestion on the ben franklin bridge this afternoon westbound from the upside and eighth and vine through the ongoing work zone. we'll check it again rick and monica in the next half hour. >> thank you sir. >> nor to come, another school year is coming fast. it's time to get your child ready to go back. we have some tips on how to make the start of a new school year a healthy one. that's coming up in health check. >> it's their mission to serve up delicious food to those who serve both our communities and our nation. details on a new restaurant that pays tribute to our heroes with every meal. those stories and more, cecily's back with the latest on some rain heading o

fox 29's dave schratwieser is live in cheltenham township tonight. he spoke with an expert about the shooter today. dave report roar this double murder and shooting took place on life tv the gunman video taped it himself then posted that on social media. he then went on twitter and explained his reasons why. the this afternoon we spoke with temple university professor and psychologist dr. frank farley and he says it's very clear this act of revenge was well planned out. >> lamb have confirmed -- >> reporter: gunman identified as former tv reporter bryce williams aka vester lee flanagan had been a reporter at the very sim station as parker and ward. he recorded himself as he gunned down the reporter and cameraman. they posted the video on social media after fleeing the scene. >> it was all planned. it was planned in the light of social media because after the perpetrator did it, he then went on social media to talk about it. report how 21st century is that? >> reporter: williams also posted several comments on twitter. saying, i filmed the shooting, s

his way to make a large cash deposit when the men held him up at the h mart plaza on old york road in cheltenham yesterday. investigators believe two people who were spotted here on surveillance may be involved. the robbers were able to get away with the wads of cash in a duffle bag. the victim was not physically hurt. >> it was a hot start to the night and it has thankfully given way to a cooler morning after the power was turned back on in a senior center. the action cam was at the robert stinson towers in chester. it's an affordable housing complex for senior citizens. the building lost power around 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon and that meant hours without air conditioning on a very hot day. >> it's a heat wave going on so it makes people like us suffer a little bit more. >> peco finally restored electricity to all of the residents by midnight. >> david's predicting the end of the heat wave but is it going to really feel any better than yesterday? >> not a whole lot. the humidity is actually a little bit worse today than yesterday. storm tracker6 live double scan shows you we're dry. taking

couple other new montgomery county accidents in the cheltenham area. this one along township line road another along penrose avenue. in lower providence a crash along egypt road at mill grove drive with normal slowing on eastbound 422 coming away from oaks headed in toward the pennsylvania turnpike which by the way is open this morning unlike most of the day yesterday. but in furlong bucks county, 263 remains closed because of an early morning crash and truck fire. state on 611 or 232 as some alternates. matt. >> live look at the ben franklin bridge and the delaware river. let's turn to. did testimony for the forecast. >> few clouds overhead. feels much more comfortable with humidity lowering. we're at if you can degrees but with the cloud cover blocking out a lot of the sun it feels fairly comfortable. still humid in parts of south jersey and delaware but things feeling better in the city. 89 degrees is your high today if we can stay below 90 we'll break the heat wave. sunny and less humid either way and then sun and clouds tomorrow. another nice day,

we have a crash westbound toward fort washington it's slow approaching that earlier scene in cheltenham watch out for an broken down vehicle at ogontz avenue. and ben franklin bridge slowing upside from 8th and vine. >> a look at center city. it's been a benign heat wave, but it continues today. >> reporter: you're right, matt, going back to last friday, the humidity was not that bad. but it's warming up nonetheless. 72 degrees in philadelphia. the heat wave goes on, not oppressive, but humid, high of 92. tomorrow, sticky, 90. there could strong thunderstorms around and and i could see more of those tomorrow afternoon. wednesday, the cold front that produces all that issue with thunderstorm activity is off the coast and we see humidity and temperatures dropping a bit. again, that's starting wednesday. >> find out how to get regional rail passes for the papal visit next month by visiting 6abc.com. >>> good morning, america. right now, they are cleaning up in the midwest after those deadly storms tore through the area. one person killed when a large tent collapsed. the severe weather is m