how septa's new plan for selling passes will work. >>> the the heat is here and here to stay. that summer sizzle isn't going anywhere anytime soon. >> i could feel it. mugginess. >> it is wednesday july 29th i'm erika von tiehl. >>> i'm nicole brewer. we have excessive heat. we will check weather and traffic. katie, meisha it will be a rough one out there. >> yes, it is hard too because we started off with the rain and now this heat and now roads are dry but katie it sound like another hot one. >> absolutely air conditioning will be cranking looking ahead to the afternoon with the steaminess that is out there and really more than anything it is humidity that will make it oppressive. it will be hot. we will see days lake this every single summer. we have to be smart. it will be fun. we have to get through this. take it easy stay hydrated take brakes and you will be fine. so often we say if you can stay inside with you when you have to work landscaping construction you are outside. storm scan three is quiet. we have high pressure on our side. still, clear skies but because of that th

this noon. septa says that regional rail ticketing for the papal advice sit now suspended for the rest of the day that's after a website issue. "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson is live for us in septa headquarters with details on today's problems, and what a rough day it is for septa. steve? >> reporter: it is a rough day, pat. this is the huge deal. because even if you are coming to see the pope during the world meeting of families, in late september even if you're not coming to see the pope, if you're taking the regional rails, your regional rail customer, this is the only way to get into town. so this is access for hundreds of thousands of people and this morning that access failed. so about an hour ago we went into septa headquarters to ask how in the world could this happen? papal pass problems. >> so what we decided to do is to suspend the site until further notice. >> septa officials now suspending sales for the one-day regional rail passage that would allow commuters to travel into town, during the pope's visit to philadelphia in late september. the problem? septa off

morning news, after failed roll out of it website hands out transportation cents, septa now holding a lottery. much more on that straight ahead. plus, police investigating series of cell phone thefts. hear how local teen became a target. and the appeal decision in for tom brady over deflate gate. why the nfl commissioner ruled in favor of upholding his four game suspension, so take that, tom brady. but you noel whine, complain appeal it, all of that. good day it is july 29th 2015. good morning. guess what, speaking of sports, guess who we got rid of it? >> papelbon. >> good riddance. >> down the road in washington. >> enjoy him the nationals he seems like the quality guy. >> phillies won again. >> yes, they did. in toronto. so we'll talk about that in a little while. this is kind of breaking weather news, just issued by the national weather service excessive heat warning. and it is in effect in all of these areas in blazing red, until 6:00 tonight. this is for the heat index that could be 100 or above meaning, what it feels like outside after we get to the high of 95. we also have for

septa train this afternoon in southwest philadelphia. police say 71-year-old john glassner of clifton heights died after falling onto the tracks. this happened near the angora station near 58th and hoffman streets. >>> dozens of people pro testified outside philadelphia police headquarters today. they want the officers involved in tyree carol's arrest fired. >>> this video surfaced that shows a struggle between carroll an group of police officers. it happened during a drug investigation in germantown in april. police say carroll bit two of the officers but carroll's family said he was not resisting. today his family members and activists gathered to call for his release. an internal affairs investigation is ongoing. >>> school employees from philadelphia spent this day trying to convince lawmakers to pass a budget that includes money for education. they visited the officers of six state legislator around the region. this is video of their stop in doylestown at representative quinn's office. they want a budget passed that opposes a severance tax on natural gas drilling and with there m

septa transit pieces needed for the pope's visit. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones joins us now at septa headquarters where there was silence again today and tonight. todd. >> ukee, we were expecting to learn more today about septa's troubled website but that didn't happen. tens of thousands of people are hoping to use septa to is he pope francis or simply just to get to work the weekend here's here. the problem is, still no one can buy a pass. >> you have faith septa will get the system up and running here soon. >> i'm not sure about that. >> i'm not sure if that's going to happen but i hope so. >> reporter: it's been a week since septa's e commerce site collapsed from a crushing demand septa officials say more than 54,000 users tried to slam the site with purchases in the first moment it lurched. buying those passes is the only way people can ride regional rail the weekend of september 26th. >> i don't want to be overly critical because i think this is a great opportunity for the city and something that's really new for septa. it's not like they have something like this al

>>> right now a new plan to get your hands on septa's papal passes and you'll need some luck on your side. that's because a lottery system is now in place after the website that sold the passes failed last week. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. lot will he for the papal passes that's what we've got going now. good luck to you. fox 29's shawnette wilson at septa headquarters. shawnette here we go again. first time the whole septa thing failed, bombed. now there's a lot will he going. >> reporter: yup. so absolutely this time it is going to be about luck complete completely. septa has announced as you mentioned it is moving to lottery system. so next monday you'll have 24 hours to put in your request. so this new sight and this new system they're trying out will replace the old one. you just heard lucy talking about the one septa lurch add week ago for regional rail passes to get into the stow for the pope's visit 26th and 27th. that site crashed because so many people went on it forcing step to shut it down. septa announced today it will

take septa regional rail to get there. >> last week the demand was so high that septa's website crashed. tonight septa says it has a new solution. an online lottery to distribute the tickets randomly. >> george spencer is live in norristown. people won't have to wait by their computers for a pass? >> september that learned a hard way. a lottery system is the only way to hand out such high demand tickets. if you're planning to use a train station like this during the papal visit, you will have all day monday to submit your request. >> this family is preparing for the pope hoping to host a visiting family. and they're hoping to enter the regional rail ticket lottery, so their guests to get to the parkway. >> there are plenty of people who work, who may not be able to sit by the phone at x time. to me this creates a little more fairness. >> indeed after the first come first serve ticketing meltdown last week with a lottery distribution, everyone's odds of getting a rail pass will be the same. >> no matter what time you enter your lottery submission everyone has the same chance of b

, free and in the clear. currently no problems for new jersey transit, septa or patco. >>> we continue to follow this breaking news out of philadelphia's bustleton section. rescuer have freed a man from under the engine of this csx freight train. that's new information. we just got it into your newsroom. this is at welsh and grant. the victim is being taken to aria torresdale hospital. we don't know how he became trapped under the train. rescuers have been working for an hour to try to get him free. we'll try to get you updated on his condition and find out more about what happened there. >>> jessica referenced this this morning. at least two people injured in a car crash in center city. we have a live picture there. you can see the damage to an acura. a pickup truck and a car were crashed into. two people injured. this is causing some traffic problems, again in the area of callowhill street between 20th and 21st streets in center city. be advised that accident is out there if you take that route to work. >>> and at 5:04 here's a live look at the cathedral basilica of saints peter & pa

>>> a number of people are very anxious about what is going to be happening in the city. septa does not want to be part of that anxiety. >> clearing up confusion. the new plan for septa when it comes to how people will get in and out of the city during the pope's visit. and what you'll have to do to get your hands on one of those special train passes. >>> plus thousands of you watched this wild police chase end in a crash. we talked to the man who gave the call for this maneuver and asked police what went right and what went wrong. good evening. i'm renee chenault-fattah. >> i'm jim rosenfield. we begin with the heat and humidity. it won't stop people from going to the shore. cape may, people are catching late afternoon sun. >> we have team coverage on today's hot weather. tim furlong is going to be joining us in just about 15 minutes from the delaware state fair. >> first, glenn "hurricane" schwartz here with the first alert weather forecast. you say we could be in for the longest heat wave of the year? >> yeah. this will be our third heat wave and the first two were minimal. they

alexandria hofp with that story coming up. >>> 6:00 o'clock straight up and another clay, septa a postpones a planned press conference, to announce the release of rail passes for the papal visit. tonight frustrations are growing work highly anticipated event less than two months away. this all stems from a technical glitch on the web site originally set to launch last week. good evening everyone i'm ukee washington. guess case off tonight. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson joins us from center city and what is the latest on this delay. >> reporter: ukee, this makes tonight makes the third day in eight days that septa is either promised to sell these passes, or promise when they will go on sale and haven't. customers we spoke to say the the delay in the problems aren't the real problem what is, it is that more than a week later septa isn't saying why. septa riders in the dark. >> there has to be transparency for the citizens of philadelphia it is no the fair otherwise. >> reporter: west philadelphia resident alycia coffee say that above all else is the real frustration. >>

septa's trains. and fire location, in kensington this morning, there are some local detours in the area. that's about a block away, from temple university hospital, just to a locator. last night on the way home, west trenton line had some wire problems, septa made the repairs, and we are good to go for the morning rush hour. and there is your three trolley routes still using shuttle buses all due to track work, mike, alex, back to you. >> thank you, 03:00, cars collide in kensington sending three people to the hospital. their conditions are unknown at this hour. take a look at the damage here. it happened near the intersection of east allegheny avenue, and f street. this is just after 1:00 this morning, the cause of the crash is still under investigation. >> well, are you ready to win the lottery? >> i'm red. >> i do you want to win the lottery? >> talking about the pope? >> if you want to see the pope do you have win the lottery looks like, if you want to ride septa. so lottery begins midnight monday august 3rd, mark your calendar. >> officials made it clear those who log in right

man. the manhunt under way right now. >>> a papal mass warning. what septa says you need to know to avoid becoming a victim. >>> we begin tonight with a grave disgrace. the search is on for the vandal who toppled more than 100 tombstones as a jewish cemetery in philadelphia. george spencer reports some of the graves date back more than a century. >> reporter: the groundskeeper knows this cemetery like the back of his hand. for 44 years now the scottish native has taken an early morning stroll here. today, he noticed this. headstones mysteriously toppled. >> the thought went through my mind, this is a disgrace for somebody to do shgomething like this. >> reporter: they are scattered across the 12 acres. as he walked, he saw more and more. >> along the back up through the middle here. on the left-hand side of the graveyard. >> reporter: he counted 124 grave sites disrupted. no graffiti. no other markings just headstones pushed off their base. >> i don't know who would do it. people on drugs? were they drunk? i don't know. you wouldn't have been in your right mind i don't think to do s

see pope francis. and now we know that if you want to ride septa in from the burbs, you're going to have to win the lottery. tuesday night, and the big story on "action news" tonight is septa's mass transit plan to take transit to the mass. live at the station septa finally disclosed how the new system is going to work. >> that's right, jim. after the first plan proved to be a disaster septa thinks it has found a solution. it has a plan b a lottery system that will be open for a 24-hour period for anyone wishing to buy the regional $10 passes. last week septa placed 350,000 regional rail passes up for grabs on the website, but the agency did not anticipate the stampede it would create. a rush ever -- of people trying to get their hands on tickets, crashing after selling only 201. >> an e commerce site is not a viable solution. >> and causing the stampede rush was key in creating plan b. when sunday turns into monday you have 24 hours to submit a submission for a regional rail pass. customers with winning entries receive an email with information on how to complete the transaction. >

passes hits a technical snag. good morning. i'm vai sikahema. in just the past 20 minutes septa suspended sales of special regional rail tickets for pope francis' visit to philadelphia because the website had more traffic than they expect. take a look at this. this is what the website looked like if you tried to buy the passes at 9:00 a.m. and the tickets are only available online and customers who tried to purchase the passes could not. septa released a statement minutes ago who said it was prepared for a high volume but the response was still greater than it expected. >> most passes are the only way you can use regional rail that weekend. 175,000 passes would be sold for each day of the pope's visit. riders will need a separate pass for travel on saturday and sunday. the passes are $10 a piece and you get the actual pass in the mail once you make the purchase. >> a spokesperson for septa says you should plan early and be prepared to wait in long lines that weekend. >> when you get to your train station, try to get there as early as you can, try to get people to drop you off, a

conshohocken to downtown. septa, three trolley routes are using shuttle buses as mike mentioned, the the papal passes go on sale not just for septa but for patco but they go on sale later on today, mike and alex. >>> a man is shot in the face in front of his own dad. >> his father tried to catch the gun man and nearly becomes a victim himself. this happened just after 11:00 b block of lawrence street. the victim's father reportedly saw it happened and tried to run to catch the suspect. the suspect fired the shots but he was not hit, the father was not hit. gunman fled the scene in a black toyota. the 21 year-old victim died at the hospital a couple hours later. >> my gosh. >>> police in kensington are reviewing street cameras they say may have captured an overnight shooting. around 12:30 in the 1800 block of east cornwall witnesses told investigators that two men were shot multiple times. detectives say 19 shell casing where is found in the area along with the semiautomatic gun. both victims were taken to the hospital and one man is in critical condition this morning. >>> coming up on 7:

will have to rely on luck. septa just announced it's selling special rail passes for a weekend expected to draw millions to philadelphia through an online lottery. lottery is the key word. good evening i'm lucy noland. >> i'm iain page. this new nouns many comes after that false start to ticket sails and a lot of speculation. fox 29's shawnette wilson is fender city tonight with septa's surprise. shawnette. >> reporter: well this new sight will open at 12:01 on monday morning. and close at 11:59 monday night. so you have 24 hours to request regional rail passes for the papal visit for that week mend september. so just little background here this lottery comes a week after you'll remember septa e commerce site for regional rail tickets for the pope's visit crashed because of high demand. so many people went on trying to request passes. septa had to shut down that site saying it wasn't vile vie ya'll now today septa announce it will use ticket leave a firm in philadelphia to help with the lottery this site is designed for high demand and that the site is being hosted by amazon. s

septa while the pope is in town. it's 5:30. good morning, welcome back to nbc 10 news today. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. it's a first alert weather day because we're looking at triple digit feels-like temperatures again today. meteorologist brittney shipp is here with her first alert forecast. >> good morning. that's the deal we're dealing with is the fact that we're going to see high humidityç and temperatures. it's that combination that leads to the dangerous heat. be careful throughout the day. don't leave the house without a few bottles of water. make sure you plan on drinking plenty of fluids. we're seeing warm temperatures right now at 82 for philadelphia, 80 degrees in wilmington. temperatures at 83 in northeast philly but the feels like temperature is still even close to 90 degrees in some locations like northeast philly stretching down into philadelphia and this is at 5:30 in the morning. you can only imagine as we go into the afternoon, the sunrises, we start to see the temperatures rising. we should push into the mid-90s, feels-like temperature in the triple digi

septa's now holding a lottery. >> police investigating a series of cell phone thefts, hear how local teen became a target. police row least new video connected to the arrest every san did a blands. why investigators say it is important that the public see these particular images. all right, good day, it is hump day, a wednesday, it is july 29th, to be exact at 5:00 in the morning, sue serio, good morning to you on a very, very hot day ahead. >> yes, and it will be so hot that the national weather service at about 3:45 this morning decided we were under an excessive heat warning and this is until thursday, at 6:00 p.m. so it includes the rest of today, and most of tomorrow until we get some thunderstorms late in the day on thursday, we will talk about that a little later. your air quality warning that encompasses the entire area today, stagnant air really tough for those with breathing difficulties. so, spends time, as much as you can in air-conditioning. there is your satellite radar picture, few pop ups yesterday because of the heat, no showers or thunderstorms right now. look at th

>>> tonight at 11:00, stumbling on septa. watch the man on your left fall onto the tracks. what you should do to potentially save a life. >> but first, a survival story. twice, the philadelphia police officer who lived through being shot for the second time in less than five years. >> all day long, we've been following the story, a murder suspect dies during a shootout with police. that suspect also shot one of their own. a veteran who previously escaped gunfire. >> this is the bullet proof vest who saved the officer's life in 2010. he was also wearing a bullet proof vest today. we're live with more tonight. >> reporter: jacqueline and jim, that swat officer received an award after he was shot five years ago. again this morning he was shot in the line of duty. a swat officer defied the odds in the line of duty in five years. >> that's what those guys do. they risk their lives. it's just absolutely amazing. >> reporter: the officer took a bullet to the abdomen this morning while trying to arrest murder suspect devon guisherd in northeast philadelphia. police say guisherd grabbed a gu

♪ >> right now at 11:00, all you need is a little luck. septa reveals its new plan for selling rail passes for the upcoming papal visit, and it's all about entering a lottery. >>> good evening i'm ukee washington. jessica has the night off. >>> septa announced this new way of purchasing passes after its first attempt last week crashed the authorities website. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinn nope joins us outside septa headquarters with more how this lottery will work. todd. >> reporter: ukee, after somewhat embarrassing and also dramatic reboot septa has decided to go with a lottery. not everyone will be a board with demand out weighing supply getting papal passes for septa regional rail was never a sure bet. now, septa has set one day game of chance. instead of it being first come first serve. it's a lottery that people who are just looking to get to work when pope francis is here will have to play. >> i don't know. i just think it will be kind of a mess. >> if you don't within the lottery what's plan b for you. >> i think my work will have to figure out something out for. >>

iain page. there are only enough septa passes for a tenth of that so today septa announced a lottery. fox 29's shawnette wilson is live in norristown tonight at one of the few septa stations that be running that weekend. shawnette. >> reporter: okay. iain and lucy here's the deal. 350 thus san tickets available for that entire weekend. the tickets are mandatory for travel into the city the weekend the pope will be here whether you plan to come to see him or you need to be here on other business. >> i think you may have a better chance of actually winning the lottery. >> reporter: step regional rail riders we spoke to aren't happy about the lottery that will determine who gets passes into the city the weekend of the papal visit. >> just arbitrarily what you can or you can't based upon random number. >> septa officials said during a news conference today that monday august 3rd they will launch a sight built by philadelphia firm ticket leap that will be hosted by amazon. at 12:0 1:00 a.m. people have until 11:59 that night 24 hours to go online and request up to 10 passes at tepp dollar

will have to wait little bit longer. the hold-up comes after high demand crashed septa he retail site last week as "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch tells us plan to relaunch sales remains up in the air. >> in two month, the busy septa regional rails of 30th street station are bound to be busier, a buzz with crowds, arriving to see the pope. >> had time to prepare so i'm assuming they know what they're doing. >> perhaps thousands were hoping monday would be the day to find out when and where to buy those septa passes for the pope's september 26 weekend visit. didn't happen, though. septa's press conference was abruptly called off. >> make it difficult for people to use public transit there is a big problem. >> the papal pass process has not been a smooth one. >> what we decided to do is to suspend the site until further notice. >> last monday, in just minutes, the agency says, its on line purchase portal was overwelmed hundreds of thousands of transactions swamped the site. some are not at all surprised. >> when you look at the amount of traffic coming onto site, just to pu

for the update, we appreciate it. >>> septa will hold a regional lottery for the pope's visit to philadelphia the new on line lottery is scheduled for heavy demand after the first try crash the web site. registration begins monday august 3rd at 12:01 a.m. and end at 11:59 p.m. septa says in matter what time you enter your submission, everyone has the the same chance for being selected. >> if the papal pass pennsylvaniaes into peoples hand so at least they can make some serious concrete decision about their transportation plans. >> once again, on line registration for that lottery will begin at 12:01 a.m. on monday august 3rd. lottery registration will end at 11:59 p.m. >>> many visitors will spend thousands of dollars staying in philadelphia hotels during the papal visit but one group has found a place for under a hundred bucks a night. catch though, you have to sleep on the ground and among wild life. church group from north jersey decided to stay but where else but the the philadelphia zoo. >> nice. >> group of parishioners from a church in ridge wood bergen county will sleep i

just hours ago. >> septa announced a lottery for its regional rail passes for the pope's visit to our area in september. >> good morning everyone, it is 4:30 on this wednesday. let's turn to dave murphy and matt pelman filling in for karen with weather and traffic. >> and we do have several issues to talk about today. the first is the heat. it's going to be building along with the humidity. a little worse than yesterday. and the national weather service has put up a heat warning that kicks in at noon and goes until 6 o'clock this afternoon in all of the central counties, urban centers in particular are of big concern. heat index will make it feel like 100 degrees and this will be a day when you want to keep all those heat tips in mind. there's also a code orange ozone action day declared. this actually should say today and this is for sensitive groups across most of the region. same thing as yesterday in new jersey it's seniors young kids and people who suffer from heart or respiratory ailments. limit your outdoor exposure again especially between those hours of noon and 6:00 when the

passes, septa still is not selling them. we'll tell when you you will be able to purchase those passes. >>> also, a wild police chase across two states last night. >> this one lasted for hours. we have the details of that chase and how the suspect finally ended up in custody. >>> and, get ready for the return of the hot and humid weather, we're expecting to see heatwave this week. katie has more on just how long the high temperatures will last. good morning, it is tuesday july 28th, i'm erika von tiehl. we get things started when traffic and weather. the heat is coming back, ladies, not you what want to hear. >> we are not complaining about the heat, no way. >> doesn't complain, that's terrific. >> hey, if it is dry roadway i am all smiles. speaking of katie how is it going to look? >> i feel part of it, for you mere, a you can put your feet up when you have this time of morning for one thing and also the temperatures aren't that hot yet. definitely mild outside. walking out the door, you certainly do not need a jacket at all. that said, we will start heating up in a significant

lottery system. "eyewitness news" reporter steve path are son joins us from septa headquarters with details, steve. >> reporter: ukee, a after a week of frustration septa a officials hope that this new lottery system, hosted by external high capacity ticket hub cities the solution solution. we were there for the announcement a and we want to break down how it works. new mission statement from septa. >> is there a number of people who are very anxious about what is going to be happening in the city. septa does in the want to be a part of that anxiety. >> reporter: more than a week after web site failure that prevented thousands of regional will rail customers from purchasing special passes for pope's vice tonight late september, tuesday officials hope that this is the solution. >> i'm here to announce that starting on monday, august the the third septa will sell the the regional will rail passes, through an on line lottery. >> reporter: instead of the first come, first curve e commerce site, septa officials will now hold an on line lottery. hosted by the specialist company, ticket le

for the pope's visit in september, septa stopped selling the tickets online. john rawlins has more. >> reporter: in the world of ecommerce this was not a glorious launch. there's no way to sugar coat it. trouble showed up within the ecommerce website for septa and things didn't get better. >> sunny we had planned for the ecommerce site selling the regional rail papal visit passes to be activated at 9:00 a.m. and it was. we were overwhelmed by the number of people who tried to access the site, the site failed. >> reporter: the first sign of trouble showed up via tweets. septa tested the website to handle 1700 requests per second and demand was triple that. reportedly there were other bugs, as well. after an hour of troubleshooting the decision was made to pull the plug for now. >> what we decided to do is spend the site until further notice and we will make sure we give all the people interested in purchasing a pass an opportunity to do so. we'll make an announcement when the site is reactivated. sometime tomorrow we'll let you know when the site is reactivated. >> septa said it doe

ukee washington. jets contact is off tonight. septa revealed new system in the press conference late this afternoon. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson reports. >> reporter: it is announcement that septa hopes will set things right. starting on monday, august the third, septa will sell regional rail passes, through an on line, lottery. >> reporter: last week, failure. septa officials say that the e commerce site designed to sell 350,000 regional rail passes, for the pope's vice tonight late september was slammed by over overwhelming demand this week relaunch plan. instead of first come, first serve, spokesperson jerry williams says a lottery system means a equal playing field. >> everyone has the same chance have being selected. >> reporter: all hosted by external ticket hub made for high volume this site has been designed for high demand. >> reporter: so here's how it works. starting at 12:01 a.m. for one day customers get one shot to enter the on line lottery through septa's web site n that time customers can order ten passes for each of the two available days and set prefer

septa patco, selling special passes, but you don't want to wait to the last minute. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo joins us now at 30th street station to tell us ball it, good morning jan. >> good morning, that's right, both septa patco selling special passes for when the pope is in town. happening this morning those passes officially go on sale, but you have to purchase them ahead of time. officials warn that the supply is limited. >> starting at 9:00 a.m. today, on septa.org septa one day regional rail passes for the pope's advice knit september go on sale. if you plan on getting into center city on either saturday or sunday, the 26th or 27th, you'll need one normal regional rail passes won't work those days. and septa is limiting the number of passes that will be sold to 175,000 a day. >> if we tell that you you need to be at a particular place at a particular time, then we can almost to a certain degree tell you that you will be able to make it in. >> here is how it works. regional rail passes for september 26th and 27th must be purchased in advance. the cost is $10 each

septa police averts tragedy on the tracks next on "action news". >>> tonight, philadelphia police, continue to investigate the barbaric killing of the eight five-year old woman who killed regina brunner who will unless her east mt. airy home and why. >>> it is wednesday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is the new window in the life of this much admired woman, admired by her neighbors and by those involved in her numerous civic causes. "action news" reporter annie mccormack is live at police headquarters and you had a chance to talk to regina brunner will holmes two sons tonight, what have you learned. >> reporter: jim they shared fond memories and they shared several messages they have, and one of those messages is to the public. they are hoping anybody who sees this story thinks about their mother and if they have any information they will reach out to police. eight five-year old regina brunner holmes death was a 180 from the type of life she led. police discovered her monday with her throat slit, and she was badly beaten inside of her east mt. airy home. her car

unknown at this time. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >>> well septa has some new plans for selling regional rail passes for the papal cyst it to philadelphia pass it will go on passes through an on line lottery. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live at septa headquarters with the details justin, good morning. >> reporter: nicole and erika good morning. septa says lottery system at least seems fair and of course won't guarantee everyone a pass but they are hoping that they will distribute those tickets at least fairly. lets go to video in response to last week, failed on line initial failed a attempt that site was shut down within minutes of an opening last monday. only 201 tickets sold out of thousands available. now on monday, august the third, the lottery goes live at 12:01 in the morning and goes until midnight. it will then close. e-mails will go out thursday august 6th to the winners and they will deciding whether or not the they want to go and buy up to ten of these passes which are $10 each. there are only 350,000 passes, to go around, and they are for

new jersey transit station. everything on or close to school. septa and patco looking good. area bridges clear. >> thank you. >>> breaking news. an amber alert for a 16-year-old girl has been issued. pennsylvania state police say a man abducted jenna patterson from her home on east view drive in wilkes-barre, lewis earn county around 11:00 last night. she was wearing gray yoga pants and a multicolored shirt. the abductor is 21-year-old water lewis. walter lewis. he has a handgun and may be dangerous. he's driving a red car. we're trying to work to get more information and bring it to you. as soon as we find out, we'll bring it to you. >>> 5:33. breaking news from overnight in philadelphia. a woman is dead after police say someone murdered the mother in a city neighborhood. nbc10's monique braxton live on scene in port richmond. what do you know about what happened? >> reporter: hi. investigators tell us she was found by her fiance inside the house with the white door shot execution style. relatives and friends paint the picture of the young working mother. they say 22-year-old st

and failed to buy septa passes today for papal visit you are not alone. septa was force to suspend sales after higher then anticipated traffic overwhelmed the site. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is a at septa headquarters right new to tell you all bit steve. >> reporter: ukee this week, more than 900,000 simulated concurrent users were used this stress test that web site but this morning when the web site launched at 9:00 a.m. more than three times that absolute number of actual real life people tried to log in all at ones. we wanted to necessity why they so grossly under estimated. >> a contrast of expectations. >> we tell you you need to be at a particular place at a particular time, then we can almost to a certain degree, tell you that you'll be able to make it in. >> reporter: that is what was said last week a far cry from the tone this week. >> we were overwhelmed by the number of people who tried to access the site, and the site has failed. >> reporter: septa officials admitting failure after the web site designed to host sales of one day regional rails passes, st

pushes septa papal passes. but septa warning people to beware. >>> humidity this friday. 73 at nbc10. a live drive view of cape may. >>> a pleasant starts this morning with a nice breeze blowing. that's the dry air that's rushing into the area. you'll feel the difference all day long. 73 in northeast philadelphia. six degrees cooler than yesterday at this time. winds at eight miles per hour. coolest numbers are north and west. allentown, 65, 63. 63. while it's in the 70s in philadelphia, wilmington and newark are cooling off this hour. newark is 68. low 70s for millville. 72 while cape may harbor is 73. we will see bright sunshine today. a quick warmup, but the humidity stays low. the pocono mountains, 83. 90 for reading, allentown and quakertown topping out in the upper 80s. the northwesterly winds bringing in dry air. we'll continue this afternoon for doylestown, 88. the low 90s and much more comfortable for norristown, trenton and mt. holly. with northwesterly and westerly winds, it will be warm at the shore. 88 for atlantic city. upper 80s in cape may. rohoboth into the upper 80s. t

in the budget yet. >>> septa has released its plans for the pope's visit on the 26th and 27th of september. if you're thinking of using mass transit to see pope francis it's time to pay attention. >> reporter: septa has a message. if you're ink -- thinking of taking one of its trains to see the pope, the time for action is near. monday morning at 9:00 a.m. monday, special one day rail passes go on sale at the septa website. septa moves people. normally the rails provide five hundred thousand rides a day. when the pope is here, that number could soar to 1.4 million. to safely carrying the numbers will require radical but temporary surgery. this is the 274 station network. when the pope is here, only 35 stations will be open. septa learned the hard game in 2008 moving crowds to the world series parade. fans flooded stations and unable to get on overcrowded trains, it was an embarrassment using express trains now only the crowds will be moved faster. lansdale is expecting ten thousand passengers a day. the borough manager wants would be travelers to know there will be no walk-ups th

with this morning. >>> back here at home do you want to see the the pope? you do. i do too. septa's regional rail passes go on sale at 9:00 this morning. call it a pope pass. what you need to know before you buy one. leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. on us. get your first month's payment plus five years wear and tear coverage. make the most of summer... with volvo. new customers can save an average of $500 just by switching to progressive. so you'll be bringing home the bacon in no time. sorry. get a free quote at progressive.com. >>> bob looks young inner his beard, keep it. >> okay, okay. >> my nine year-old son says, it should go it makes him look old. >> wow. >> young people say you look old, older people say you look young. >> yeah. >> it is freaky. >> okay. we have no definitive answer then. >> we need more people to weigh in. >> we're on the fence, about this. >> exactly. >> 6:10. well septa's one day passes for regional rail during pope's visit coming up, the pope will be here in eight weeks.

philadelphia for the world meeting of families for people relying on septa to see the pope, they want to know when they can buy the special transit passes. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us now, live at 30th street station that's one of few spots that septa will be running during the papal visit. justin, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning, yes frustration on both sides here. customers eager to buy the tickets, and septa still smarting from the failed roll-out last week, and of course, not wanting a repeat. that was thought to be the topic of monday did i's press conference, before it was quickly scrapped without short notice. it was postponed for later this week, so, also, still in the air is when and how these passes will be sold. these are one day 10-dollar regional rail passes, for september 26th and 27th. high demand locally and septa admitted they learned it the hard way. hundreds every thousands swamped their site, high volume later crashed it, some feel septa failed setback does not help the agency image or the city, take a listen. >> to me it, doesn'

anywhere that's cool. they can even ride septa's air conditioned buses all day for free even those who do have ac find this weather a challenge. >> i try to stay cool under the air. >> reporter: you've been successful staying cool? >> kind of. >> reporter: not entirely,. >> no, not entirely. >> reporter: it's important to keep an eye on your elderly relatives and neighbors in this kind of heat even if they do have air conditioning. the number for the heat hotline (215)765-9040. you can find a link to that and other tips for beating the heat on 6abc.com. live at logan square, david henry, channel6 "action news"." >> david thank you. good tips there and of course as the heat warnings and advisories continue check in at 6abc.com/weather. our storm tracker6 live radar imagery matches will let you know before any storms hit. you can also follow the "action news" weather team on twitter and facebook for updates. >>> septa and patco started selling passes today for the week of the pope's visit and the world meeting of families and if you got your hands on one, consider yourself lucky. joh

. >>> maybe you saw this on the nbc 10 app today. overwhelming demand for septa to stop the sale of special rail passes for the pope's visit. septa telling us too many people went online at the very same time to buy the tickets. the system just couldn't handle it. nbc 10's doug shimell is in norristown where people tried and failed to get a ticket. >> reporter: for septa, there are a lot of unknowns for the transit authority and its system with the upcoming pope's visit. they found out what the first one was this morning. >> i wasn't expecting to go on at 9:00 and have it be a done deal. >> reporter: it was easier buying rolling stones and jimmy buffett tickets but kathleen says buying a septa pope pass didn't happen. >> i couldn't find anyplace where you could actually make a purchase. there was nothing on my screen that you could click on. >> we were overwhelmed. >> reporter: septa had just put its $10 regional rail passes on sale at 9:00 a.m. for the pope's visit. >> in less than 15 minutes of the site being activated we started getting calls from customer service and social medi

trying to get to 69th street terminal and septa has three bus routes in a detour. southbound on the new jersey turnpike an accident between exit number three and two otherwise, pop up showers not causing any delays at the a airport, so that is good news, mike and alex, back to you. >>> 6:03. >> police say a man is dead after a septa bus hit him. this happened early this morning in center city. a route 23 bus hit a man at 11th and walnut but just kept going. a taxi driver who saw what happened alerted police. police say the septa driver did not even realize what had happened. no word on the identity of the victim. >> he didn't know he hit him um. >>> police confirmed the shooting that left one person dead and another injured it is being investigated as a homicide. detectives say that right around, 12:30 this morning bullets started to fly on the 12 hundred block of south 28th street, and that of course is in south philadelphia. two men were wounded. one victim was shot three times in his leg and the other died from a bullet to the chest. >>> police are looking for answers after a child i

were plenty destructive. >>> this is video just into "action news" tonight, from septa. a man stumbled across an el platform in kensington this afternoon, tumbling on to the tracks. you're about to see a good samaritan and transit officers come to the man's rescue. "acon news" reporter sharrie williams is live from septa ahead quarters with the tail of the tape sharrie. >> reporterand jim, the tape show that this man was not alert when he put himself into harms way falling down on to those active train tracks. it set off a chain reactions of strangers jumping in and also two septa police officers. stumbling down the stairs thiman is walking toward danger. wat as he enters the train's platform at somerset el station and then walks over the edge. septa cashier juan ramos saw it all. >> i immediately hit the dead man switch for a man who falls or person who falls in the track. >> reporter: he sounded the bell. it is a warning to police that somhing is wrong. sep transit police sergeant richard cavalier o and brandon maxwell from district four woed the somerset el station and came running.

krewstown, main drag through the northeast. use red lion and septa route 19 bus on detour. the west trenton line, they have fewer carson some of the trains this morning. so, get ready for some extra crowding. however, they at least are running, and they had no overhead lines last night for the way home. the three septa trolley routes, using shuttle buses there, all due to track work. mike, alex, back over to you. >> hey, firefighters still on the scene, bob, in trenton, new jersey, this thing got to four alarms, started just before 5:00 this morning. this is on the 300 block of south old end avenue. we don't have any reports of injuries, but it was really raging about even half hour ago. the hedge path williams elementary school, if there is anybody going to summer school, probably not develop kids go, in trenton high school, for goodness sake, two blocks away from the scene. beautiful townhomes. more on that in just a second. >> we now know how you can get your hands on the septa papal passes. so, there is going to be a lottery up from get midnight monday august 3rd, that means, li

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coming up. >>> breaking news septa will now offer a lottery for papal passes. just within the last hour the transit agency announced its solution on how to sell special train passes to see the pope. commuters crashed septa's computer system last week when the passes initially went on sale. nbc 10's jacqueline london live in the digital operations center with the breaking developments. when is this lottery? >> reporter: the answer is next monday. septa made that announcement a short time ago. next monday august 3rd it will hold a one day lottery for passes for the pope's visit to philadelphia. the passes are the only way you can travel on regional rail when pope francis is here in september. the first attempt to sell the passes last monday resulted in the crash of septa's website. online registration for the lottery will begin at 12:01 a.m. next monday. that lottery will run for 24 hours ending at 11:59 p.m. that night. septa will notify winners thursday with an e-mail allowing them to purchase the passes. the agency will then mail those passes to customers allowing them to buy up t

plan on taking the septa regional rail and the philadelphia during the pope's visit this september. this morning those special one day train passes go on sale on line. now, normal regional rail passes will not work on september 26th and 27th. only 175,000 of those special rail passes will be available for each day so septa says hey buy them early. for more information go to the website cbsphilly.com/papal visit. >> happening today, montgomery county commissioners launch it new text to 911 service. this new texting service allows russ dents with hearing or speaking dis tonight communicate with authority in the case after emergency. text to go 911 gives people a silent alert to police, helping those trapped in a dangerous situation such as a break-in. >> fire officials will officially determine whether a fire that broke out early sunday morning in south philly was arson. right now the fire marshall is calling that fire suspicious, and the search is out for two suspect. the fire started in a home, under construction, south juniper street. the flames damaged four other homes, and force

special pope transit passes will become available. septa's e commerce side has been down since it crashed last week due to crushing demand. that transit agency was supposed to give us update yesterday about the troubled website, but did not. >>> i don't want to be overly critical. i think this is a great opportunity for the city, and something that's really new for septa. it is not like they have something like this already in their policy handbook. so they are kind of constructing the plane while flying it. >> finding the passes is the only way people can ride septa regional rail the weekend of september 26th. mayor nutter also talking about secure i at this parameters during the papal vets. hear him dispel rumors coming up in the next half hour. >> right now the manna cured of stabbing mother and her young daughter over the weekend, he is scheduled for extradition hearing today in maryland. in that hearing, 41 year old steven burton will decide if he'll wave his right to extradition to be brought back to philadelphia to face charges. police say a domestic dispute sunday ended wh