philadelphia, 54 degrees. we'll talk more about the rest of this week and onsome storms r part of your weekend. let's get a check of your roads with katy zachry. >> a live look outside at the vine street expressway, where things are not moving because it is closed between 95 and 76. i also have a closure on 95 i'll tell you about after the break. >>> plus, this morning we have exclusive video of a hit-and-run driver slamming into a philadelphia police cruiser and then taking off. we'll show you what happened and explain where the search for the driver stands now. over 4 million women have discovered silky smooth feet that they can't help but touch. discover their secret with product of the year winning amopé pedi perfect extra coarse electronic foot file with diamond crystals. it removes even heavy callouses revealing soft, beautiful feet. and now try the new amopé pedi perfect wet & dry rechargeable foot file. it works on both wet or dry skin. feel it yourself! amopé, love every step.

in the low 60s in the philadelphia area. later today we'll get a preview of septa's new way to pay for your ride. the transit agency will show how its new key cards will work at a news conference in center city. the new system will replace paper tickets and tokens. the rollout begins monday to some 10,000 riders. >>> the city of easton is so desperate to collect money for unpaid parking tickets, they ariving good discounts. drivers with unpaid fines can clear their record if they pay half of the fines that are owed within the next two weeks. the city has not been able to collect $767,000 in parking fines. >>> state regulators could be making a "u" turn on the massive fine against ride sharing giant uber. yesterday, state utility regulators voted to reconsider an $11.4 million fine levied against uber for operating in the state without prior appro l approval. governor tom wolf xp asked the e to be reduced. uber and lyft were granted temporary operating licenses everywhere in pennsylvania but in philadelphia. >>> today you can

tell us about west philadelphia a. what is it like to patrol. >> we're looking for great people want to be police officers. call 215-68-2677. we have a new recruitment drive, june 20th and we are looking for the best good what are the requirements if i want to be a police officer. >> right now we're going to be making some changes to the requirement. high school diploma, or 20 years or older of age. >> so you can apply right here in west fill throughout the day. >> yes. >> if you are interested in becoming a police officer. you are looking for any particular skills other than high school diploma, and 20 years of age. >> we want people interested in making a difference in their community, serve and protect. if they never thought about a job in policing before, come talk to us and sign up. >> what is great you are hiring. folks looking for a job, want to make a difference, philadelphia police department. >> yes. >> thank you for your service. >> free doughnuts next to you. >> i didn't mean to say it. >> that is all right

. >> breaking news, one man is dead after a fire rips through a row home in south philadelphia. >>> philadelphia is one step closer to becoming the first major city to tax sodas. this means diet sodas too. >>> and you're waking up to cooler temperatures this morning, but the sunshine is back today. 54 degrees, 6:00 a.m. beautiful picture. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> that's our favorite picture every morning this time. today is a postcard day. snap a picture and send it west to your friends in the 120-degree heat in arizona. let's get to first alert meteorologist sheena parveen. >> rub it in after yesterday's storms. today has shaped up very nicely. already nothing like yesterday. what a difference a day makes. right now we're looking at sunny skies. it is chilly this morning. 5 to 10 degrees cooler than yesterday morning. #might need a light jacket before you head outside. if you're in the pennsylvania suburbs, upper 40s, as well as our new jersey neighborhoods. philadelphia coming in at 53 degrees. it is beautiful outside already. clear skies looking out at center city.

two of them happened in north philadelphia. two others happened in west philadelphia. there were shoot innings cobbs creek and fair hill. one of the west philadelphia shootings involved a 17-year-old boy now in stable condition after getting shot in the arm. the detectives say theç teen w standing near 54th and vine street when someone opened fire from across the street with a semiautomatic weapon then took off running. so far, police have made no arrests in this case. >>> the second shooting in west philadelphia wounded a man just before 11:00 last night. nbc 10 was on creighton street. police say that is where the victim was shot twice. officers took him to the hospital where he is now in critical condition. >>> a 42-year-old woman is killed in her own home and police tell us she was murdered with a crossbow and the suspect is her boyfriend. nbc 10's matt delucia is live in northeast philadelphia. walk us through what happened, matt. >> you heard right. we're talking about a crossbow shooting here. we're on the 3100 block of willits road in northeast philadelphia.

philadelphia, just light rainfall. look at showers coming down in lancaster and in chester county, toward coatesville. the storms are moving, this thunderstorm activity is moving to the southeast at 15 miles an hour. not very fast. but coatesville, you'll see it, just after 7:00 this morning. and heading to the south, another line of showers and thunderstorms will be moving into delaware. you'll see it in middletown by 7:30. you'll hear those rumbles of thunder and have heavy downpours. but, not going to be an all day rainfall. 8:30, light rain in philadelphia. into the lunch time hour, we'll still see some showers in the region. trenton area could see some light rain. in central delaware, south, south jersey, philadelphia will be getting a break at lunch time today. another line of showers is possible to start developing at 4:00 this afternoon. as we go into the evening commute. not an all day rainfall. what will be here all day, the cool temperatures. thanks to the clouds. 64 degrees now. low 70s this afternoon for p

even some patchy fog in philadelphia. if you're hitting the highways this morning, you need to be driving, take it easy because you could hit some fog as we see in the live picture here, the city's skyline, the clouds cutting off the tops of the buildings there. 67 degrees. in the burbs, clear but cloud cover, 66. 66 in new jersey. that's inland with plenty of cloud cover. and the jersey shore a little cooler, 61. there is fog there as well along the board walk. we see that at lehigh valley 69. a little warmer up north. then some peeks of sun breaking through along the delaware beaches there. we do have plenty of cloud cover. that will be persistent as we move through our saturday. doppler radar showing us just where the messy stuff is. really, just south of the great lakes pushing into the ohio valley. it's sort of disorganized right now, this system, but it is getting its act together and it will be gaining speed and moving our direction later on today. so north and west of philadelphia later on this afternoon we could

otherwise, the rest of the bridges into philadelphia are just fine for the ben and the walt. >>> philadelphia is gearing up for sunday's philadelphia international cycling classic. plus the city pulls the wraps off a name change for a busy street all to honor a pair of war heroes born and raised in philly. you'll hear the mayor's emotional tribute. >>> most tell their kids look but don't touch. that's a lesson this man did not remember on a recent trip to a museum. see what the museum is saying about that mishap. >>> philadelphia is honoring two of its wartime heroes. this stretch of columbus boulevard is now known as william j.guarnere and edward hefron boulevard. >> this working highway, this working street is a perfect -- a perfect testimony to two working men who game back from a war and went back to work and did what they had to do to raise their family, and make the neighborhood a better place. >> they were graduates of south philadelphia high school. >>> 4:26 now. today at noon, we'll get a preview of sunday's international cycling classic. mayor kenney and officials will hold a news c

at least if you buy it in philadelphia. live report at 5:00, today is the day city council votes on that soda tax. we'll explain how much you could pay and where the money raised would go. >>> let's face it, political season brings out all kinds of characters, next meet an eighth grader who can probably teach a master class in presidential candidate impressions. >>> good morning. we're watching the blue route, around the germantown pike on ramp. no problems or delays in any direction. but i will have updates for you and while on the vine street expressway when i come back. >>> monday, construction will begin along pennsylvania avenue in the fairmount neighborhood. crews will be resurfacing the road to improve the conditions for bikes. the work will happen from spring garden to 22nd street. workers will post no parking signs 24 hours before the work is scheduled to begin to give people enough time to move their cars. >>> well, today, philadelphia won't forget. the historic bombing of a west philadelphia row house and the bur

that's headed towards the philadelphia area. still a 12-minute trip from 38 at this point to the black horse pike. average speeds well into the 60s there. there's malfunctioning set of traffic lights. this time out in trenton over in new jersey 129 both directions around hamilton avenue. watch out for that. those traffic lights that were malfunctioning earlier on the boulevard at large street has since cleared. tracy? >> thanks, jessica. >>> a change in health care leads one local woman to nbc 10 responds. >> i'm stressed constantly and i just don't want them to get away with this. >> harry hairston steps in when a montgomery county can't get the money she's owed from her old health care provider. see how nbc 10 responds helped her get back hundreds of dollars. >>> and standing up for ryan howard. phillie fans stand up for him after an ugly incident at another game. one american park is larger than yellowstone, yosemite, grand canyon and glacier national parks combined. and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york

in west philadelphia minutes ago. new information we just learned. he was taken to penn presbyterian. he was complaining of pain to his head and neck. he's wearing a neck brace. this officer was a passenger in a police cruiser that was hit by a septa bus. the crash pushed the cruiser into a light pole at 63rd and lancaster just before 5:00. police tell us the officers were heading to another call, had their lights and sirens on. the bus hit the rear passenger side of the cruiser. no one was on the bus. the driver of the bus is not hurt. we'll continue to keep you updated on air and on the nbc 10 app. >>> and we're following a developing story happening inside and outside the house of representatives. that's where democratic lawmakers have been staging a sit-in for more than 17 hours now. they demand an immediate vote on gun control measures. nbc 10's matt delucia is live in the digital operations center. you've been keeping an eye on drama that's been unfolding in the house chamber throughout the evening. what are you

which will be made in the end of july here in philadelphia -- not here in philadelphia. there in philadelphia. and we've been doing big vents in philly for some time. the 2000 rnc went very well. we just had the pope. which was a huge, huge unbelievable difficult to manage event. which we did. and we've had made in america for a number of years now in the parkway. our fourth of july ceremonies and concert on the parkway are large events. looking at 50,000 people or so. the pope had much much more than that and we want to make sure that people are safe. that euro delegates are safe. the prez is safe, that everyone who comes and our visitors are safe. we want to make sure people have an opportunity to experience the fun. this as participatory democracy and the key is to participant. so there will be events are at the pennsylvania convention center which are free for focus and events all around the city that are free. we want people to stay in philadelphia, not to leave down. but to stay in philly and enjoy it. and we want to make sure people have an opportunity to express

riders will take to the streets of philadelphia while fans line up to watch the philadelphia cycling classic. >> ali was more than boxing. >> the tributes continue to pour in from around the country. >> there are some severe conditions coming our way. let's get to karen thomas. >> good morning, rosemary. basically we want to let you know there could be rough weather later this afternoon. what we're referring to is the areas affected. basically all in the delaware value. this afternoon and into the evening hours, and talking about the potential for severe thunderstorms. they could contain damaging winds, heavy rainfall and hail. a quick moving storm, we're not looking for widespread flooding out of that system, but as we move through the afternoon there is potential. the lehigh valley saw both of the activity in the afternoon. showers continue there, temperatures mainly in the 30s. warmer in delaware at 370 degrees. this is the leading edge. later on and into the evening hours. we're seeing potty shower activity u outside of the line. so far western pennsylvania. right now just bushin

as well as philadelphia reads. you can vote on the wawa foundation website june 20th. >>> nbc 10 is a proud partner of the wawa welcome america celebration. there will be five hours of family friendly concerts beginning on july 4th and nbc will stream them live from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., so you can watch them from home. >>> now, your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> rain is coming down, the temperatures are in the 60s. a dreary day. the showers will be on and off during the day. the future cast shows that 6:30 this morning, rain moving through the area. and still in the region. 7:30, in new jersey, starting to dry out, temporarily, for the suburbs. look at the showers that redevelop, by 10:00 this morning. go into the afternoon hours, that's noon time today, occasional mainly light rainfall. there is a chance of some thunderstorms. it will all combine to keep temperatures cool. 65 now in philadelphia. 70 degrees at noon time. low 70s this afternoon. for the suburbs, already se

a 9 miles per hour breeze in philadelphia. i would dwids cool drinks if you head out to do something there. 78 in philadelphia, cooler down in washington because you have the thicker clouds in play and showers in that vicinity. 79 in new york city where there is more sun. dew points are not bad locally. philadelphia 52 and sound south it's stickier. center city could hit 83 and a high of 82 in philadelphia. the rest of the afternoon into evening will be pretty warm and we fall off into the 70s tonight and hopefully staying dry we have a phillies game and union contest and stuff going on around the region. we'll talk about the sporting events and another round of rain coming in that could feature rumbles of thunder and then the weekend it's all ahead in the seven-day forecast. >> a lot of things going on. with rain if the forecast get regular updates from our meteorologist, by following them on facebook and twitter and keep 6abc.com/weather handy. including images from double scan live radar. >>> the philadelphia fire departmen

by 9:00 we'll be close to 80 degrees in philadelphia. and the lehigh valley and delaware, you'll see plenty of sunshine, too. 64 degrees in the lehigh valley. a little bitu blowing. much of the area is calm for philadelphia and the suburbs. this afternoon, back ind!3rq 90. low 90s for the lehigh valley. delaware, right up to 90 degrees and 91 degrees in the suburbs. for the jersey coastline, into the 80s, 83xe'v degrees at the shore. 93 degrees in philadelphia this afternoon. p a hot one. don't forget your unglasses. you'll need them today as the oday. there are showers in our future. by hour when i'm back in ten minutes to show you when the showers are likely to move in. jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >> we are watching the city right now for an accident, don'ted pole and power outage because of that in kingsessing on 47th street and woodland avenue. watching the lehigh valley, no problems here, though, ouk delays. this is 78 around lehigh street. all traffic moving along. all directions looking fine. not that much out

this is just north of the walt philadelphia. a witness told nbc 10 she saw the van speeding off oregon avenue, then heard the sound of splashing water. philadelphia police scoured the water looking for a driver but no one was 2u$cfound. >>> ai[')y fire near the statio ardmore yesterday. you can see the heavy flames and smoke. bamboo caught there were minor delays for hours. neighborhood weather with meteorologist bill henley. >>> skies are táb%clear, temperatures are cooling down after a hot day yesterday, we made it up to 91 degrees yesterday afternoon. today might be just a bit hotter. there's the seven day at the bottom of thegí&ñscreen. 64 degrees in the lehigh valley. philadelphia 66 and 60 degrees in south jersey. center city has dropped be-llow0 degrees. now. that's where we're starting. we'llpyaf see a quick warmup an 25 degrees or more during the day. what you won't see are much in the way of clouds or anything on the radar. had is satellite and radar together. we are in the clear pqrtoday. that will change as earl

the concert to end gun violence featured opera philadelphia and the philadelphia orchestra. across the country, tens of thousands came together to remember the lost and injured today. investigators continue their search into the motive behind the attack. nbc's barry aaron has the latest. ♪ >> reporter: an estimated 50,000 joined together in orlando sunday evening at the largest vigil yet. >> this is orlando right here, right now. >> reporter: remembering the lives lost one week ago in america's worst mass shooting. wrapping up a day of memorials. at 2:02 a.m., the bell at st. james cathedral tolled 49 times, one for each person killed. and at churches in orlando -- >> this sunday was especially important just to pray for all the families and for our city. >> reporter: a moment to pause and reflect as the investigation continues. authorities are still trying to uncover the gunman's exact motive. a senior law enforcement official tells nbc news that so far, they found no manifesto or suicide note. >> the fbi is releasing a partial transcript of the killer's calls with law en

we'll look at our philadelphia neighborhoods right now. a close-up view. airport, philly international, is at 54 degrees. chestnut hills coming in at 52. society hill, 54. fox chase, temperature of 55 degrees. it is a chilly one to start the day all because of this big area of high pressure. this is bringing in that slightly cooler air mass after that cold front moved through the other day. we're going to stay nice and dry because of this. so expect plenty of sunshine this afternoon. it's just going to be a little breezy. either way, i think it's going to be a pretty perfect day. sunny skies for your neighborhood forecast for today. summerton, 76 degrees for our high. if you're in bethlehem, 75 degrees and sunny. winds could be gusting near 25 miles an hour. don't be surprised with that breeze around the area. in south jersey, wildwood, 76. here's future weather. today we stay dry. this is 3:00 p.m. the breeze will be with us. tomorrow we don't see much in the way of clouds. nothing in the way of rain. friday will be a dry day to end the week. a little war

if you recognize this man, you are asked to call philadelphia police. >>> a philadelphia lawyer is being charged for allegedly a attacking a woman the star burst. yvonne montgomery turned herself in. she's accused of throwing coffee on another woman then punching pushing and pulling her hair. a witness who saw all of this unfold ended up intervening. >> a driver was hurt this morning after losing control and flipping their car. this was the scene along northbound lincoln drive near gypsy lane around 6:00 a.m. officials say the suv went through a guardrail and landed in a wooded area. the driver's injuries were minor. no word yet on exactly what caused this crash. >> maybe it's because it's friday but it's one of those days that you are just so tired because of the weather. >> right. it's kind of dreary. this morning it was really rainy and we had a half inch to three-quarters of an inch especially west of philadelphia this morning but a lot of clouds this afternoon as we take a live look right now, sky6 over philadelphia international airport looks threatening out there but at the presen

you can see the rain has started in philadelphia and we do have a severe thunderstorm warning that in effect for philadelphia and the surrounding counties that run through 6:15 and that's that initial box that you see here and we have the second one that popped up while denise was speaking to you and that includes parts of burlington county and down into gloucester county, as well and we'll be taking a closer look at that, of course, in our next segment. here is a look at the heavy rain and rainfall rates at over two inches per hour and enough to cause ponding and you want to be very careful and this is moving out of northern delaware and into part of southern new jersey and up to parts of 295 and the i-95, as well and further north toward chester and seeing heavy rain and that includes media. 476 being impacted by that, as well and that shifted eastward toward philadelphia. the heaviest rain is still just west of the city. so of course, that's something that you'll need to watch out for over the course of the next hour or so. heavy rain extending northward toward warrenton and those

west philadelphia. >> yes. >> that was perfect. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ don't you just love it ♪ ♪ >>> people are showing their pride all over their face, and shirts. i want to apologize because inappropriate word was said earlier, but thinks a live show but we will keep it clean and keeping it all positive. we want to she good of west philadelphia we are sorry about that. i asked people to show up, their best fresh prince. look at me here. >> i love this. >> he is showing up. let's show this little had and little juddas. >> how old are you. >> four. >> he looks happy to be here. >> thank you. >> we appreciate it. >> love this. >> quincy, this is great. >> we are in west philadelphia. i know one of the spots i visited a couple weeks ago was cedar park cafe. that is where quincy is right now, cedar park. >> yes. >> listen, this place, people love this place, my goodness we have nina the owner here, how are you doing. how long have have you been here. >> we have been here a year. >> yeah. >> bob kelly was her

some light showers in philadelphia. 75 degrees at philadelphia international. 74 in parkside. pretty uniform temperatures through the area, thanks to the clod cover, but the temperatures are slowly climbing, ever so slowly. chance of storms will be increasing in philadelphia, as we go into the evening hours. cloudy skies, 81 degrees at 2:00. near 80 at 6:00, and then we'll be watching for those storms later this afternoon. the suburbs could see them fire up during the early evening hours. 79 degrees at 6:00, in the suburbs by 10:00, the temperatures come down and the threat of storms will still be with us. and the lehigh valley, a similar situation. cloudy skies at 2:00, dry, and 80 degrees, but look at the storms taking shape for 6:00 this evening and 10:00 tonight. for delaware, chance of some late-evening showers and thunderstorms. mostly cloudy skies through the day, however. new jersey could see a shower or thunderstorm pop up during the afternoon. then, again, a chance of storms later this evening. and at the shore, mostly cloudy skies, the first round of wet weather is

you can come to philadelphia and have a great time. >> i think this is part of what makes philadelphia unique. it's a city of neighborhoods. neighborhoods will block off streets and have a block party for specific neighborhoods. that's part of the fun. tell us the highlights. some of the must-see events that you have. >> philadelphia first three big fireworks shows, on friday july 1st, july 2nd, and july 4th. everyone loves fireworks whether they're young or old. we have more celebrities and entertainers that we had in years past. and it's all a big salute to philadelphia. >> i love it. count on nbc10 of course for everything you want to know about the wawa welcome america festival. look for stories and events schedules on the nbc10 app and nbc10.com. jeff, thanks so much for being here. i can't believe you come in. this thing is getting started. >> we're kicking off monday. we have great partners like nbc10. >> we love it. thank you. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> now we're starting to see a little sunshine in parts of the area. lehigh valley, p.a. suburbs, delaware. still fairly cl

the severe thunderstorm warning for philadelphia has since expired. and now we have the thunderstorm warning pressing eastward into portions of new jersey, we'll go on tighter at street level with stormtracker 6 live double scan the heavy rain is pushing north and east of philadelphia and in willow grove at this hour. if you travel along the new jersey turnpike just to the east of trenton, we have the heavy rain 29 lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes, and showers and the cluster of activity we are tracking in this region. and areas of east new jersey, pockets rain in medford and medford lakes extending to berlin and hammonton and malaga at this hour. the showers continue to roll on through our region and spread to the east as we go through the rest of early afternoon hours. sky 6 hd at philadelphia international airport, we are getting a lot of reports of delays because of the weather. some storm reports to share with you. philadelphia international airport had gusts of 59 miles per hour when the heavy cell moved on through. buck county pea size

by saturday in philadelphia, expect thunderstorms. temperatures back in the mid-80s along the shore. we could see showers around 70 degrees and sunday we are staying in the 80s. a warmer weekend. closer look at your neighborhood weather and the storms for today coming up. >>> 6:41 right now on wednesday. time to get a look at the traffic on 76. >> the schuylkill expressway, yes, jessica boyington has you covered. >> of course we see big delays on the schuylkill expressway right now. this is right around city avenue. so headed westbound towards the king of prussia area, we are seeing those delays. you can see traffic at a crawl as they merge together right here. an 18-minute trip from center city to the blue route. average speeds down to the mid-30s. there's an accident that just popped up out in hatfield township. watching 95, big increase in this drive time here. we had an earlier accident around allegheny, headed southbound and then we had a disabled vehicle headed southbound around cottman avenue. both of those have since cleared.

for philadelphia, 66 degrees. we're seeing sprinkles in northeast philadelphia. a good chance we'll see showers this morning. that's going to hold temperatures back, compared to where we've been the last few days. we're in the 60s right now, warming into the upper 70s this afternoon. showers on and off, not an all-day rainfall. also the possibility of this thunderstorms. 77 interior new jersey. at the shore, a chance of a shower or thunderstorm, manly cloudy skies, 8 degrees this afternoon in philadelphia. the first of the rain moving in from the west. it's just starting to move into allentown, steadier, light rain for berks county and into chester county this morning. west chester has some of that light rain. wilmington getting some of the rain as well. we'll go through the forecast hour by hour with a futurecast. i'm back in ten minutes to show you when you're most likely to see umbrellas go up in our area today. let's check the roads. jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >> we're starting with area bridges. we're in the process of a scheduled openin

and in fact, new numbers from the philadelphia health department show the deadliest sections of philadelphia when it comes to overdoses. more people are dieing from opioid and heroin overdoses in port richmond, fishtown, kensington, tacony and wissinoming than any other parts of the city. the data shows 67 out of every 100,000 resident in those areas died aof an opioid dover dose i 2015. be sure to check out "generation addicted" on the nbc 10 app and nbc10.com. >>> philadelphia is honoring two wartime heroes. this stretch of columbus boulevard is known as edward j.guanere and edward "babe" heffron boulevard. they were portrayed in the book "band of brothers" andç the hb mini series is inspired. >>> this working highway, working street is a perfect testimony to two working men who became back from a war and went back to work and did what they had to do to raise their families and make the commune a better place. >> they were graduates of south philadelphia high school. >>> it was a wild scene in a cleveland courtroom yesterday. the father of a murder victim went airborne to get at the man

a nice warmup for philadelphia. 76 degrees at lurch time today. sunshine for the suburbs and lehigh valley into the 80s this afternoon. at the shore is where you'll find the cooler temperatures. by 4:00 this afternoon, low 70s. the clouds will start increasing late in the day. there are some changes on the way for tomorrow. the futurecast showing during the day today, watch those clouds recede right back to the coast at 10:00 this morning. still clouds in central and southern delaware. we'll be seeing sunshine for philadelphia, the suburbs, and the lehigh valley. into the afternoon hours, 3:00 nice and sunny for most of the area. some clouds building to the west. it's those clouds that will give us a chance of some showers late this evening. that system that will be moving through the harrisburg area at 11:00 tonight is destined for our area during the day tomorrow. that's when we'll likely see showers and thunderstorms. that's going to keep us cooler tomorrow afternoon. 78 degrees. saturday and sunday, a big difference here. we'll see sunshine on

philadelphia is dry at this time. look at the lehigh valley into berks county where we see steady rain. it extend naz bus into bucks co. philadelphia, westchester just about to get some rainfall. and at the shore, we're seeing showers there too, atlantic city getting rain along with chip bottom. carry the umbrella. showers this morning. we will see more during the day today and even a chance of thunderstorms later on tonight. right now, this is what is going on. crowded skies over philadelphia, the suburbs into new jersey and look at the rain coming down in the lehigh valley. the temperatures today will be much lower than yesterday, when we reached into the 80s. 69 degrees with showers, that's at 10:00. there will be some breaks in the rainfall. this afternoon, high temperatures won't get close to 80. low 70s. a chance of some thunderstorms later this afternoon and into this evening in delaware. can't really completely rule out a thunderstorm this morning. low 70s for new jersey. and 73 degrees this afternoon for phil

philadelphia is heading to 88 degrees this afternoon. i'll go through the forecast hour by hour when i'm back in ten minutes. jessica boyington has anç upda from the first alert traffic center. >> still watching construction, bill. this is in mt. laurel on route 73 and the 295 interchange. you can see the active work zone causing some delays now. it's a slow go because we're starting to see more cars, of course, head out the door. if you're headed towards berlin or voorhees, one lane right now, because of that construction. no problems headed northbound by the scene or construction to worry about. we'll keep it in new jersey, a few things going on there. this is in hopewell township, downed wires and poles from yesterday's storms at route 29 at washington crossing road. it's closed and they're detouring traffic around the scene. be on standby over the tacony palmyra. that's scheduled for 5:35 this morning. in the next couple of minutes you'll see delays. take the betsy ross as your alternate. it will be just fine there. >>> we're follo

philadelphia, 84 this afternoon. we'll go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when i'm back in ten minutes. you can check out the seven day any time you like at the bottom of the screen. tracy? oh, jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >> we could skip over me, but you need to know these things. the vine street expressway right around 24th street. actually, these are our cameras around broad street. it's closed between broad and the schuylkill expressway. this is headed westbound. all traffic being diverted off. so in between this point and the schuylkill, we are still closed until about 5:00 this morning for that ongoing construction. more construction, this one on the burlington-bristol. closed until 5:00 this morning due to construction. no problems on the ben or the walt. tracy? >> jessica, thanks. >>> new from overnight, a driver flipped over this car. a witness posted this video on instagram. that witness wrote that the car flipped upside down, but the cab drivers pushed the car on to it

>>> we have breaking traffic news in philadelphia's fishtown section. as you can see from sky force 10, interstate 95 northbound is closed at the gerard avenue exit. here's a live look at the backup going for miles. this has been out there for several hours now. that's because of this tractor trailer accident. it happened around 7:30 this morning. it appears the truck hit a construction sign and then the cab caught fire. crews have spent the last few hours cleaning up fuel that spilled onto the roadway. we're also following breaking news on the new jersey turnpike. a truck fire is blocking the inner northbound lanes there. this happened south of interchange 7-a in hamilton township. first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington has details on both of these issues. sticky backup this morning. >> we have seen these backups on 95 all morning long. now, this is because of, of course, like you saw from 95 northbound around gerard avenue, that tractor trailer accident has caused a big mess. now, we're at a 72-minute drive time headed northbound from the blue

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and in the bicentennial in 1976, philadelphia was sports city, usa. we were on the cover of "sports illustrated" three times that year, we hosted the able all-star game, the basketball all-star game. the ncaa final four, the hockey all-star game. we hosted the world ping-pong championship, the darts championship. the karate championship. >> a lot of growth. >> 12 heads of state. and in that year we founded the mann music center, the african-american museum of philadelphia, the national museum of american jewish history, the mummers museum. all of those things, the legacy of the bisentencentenniabicente. now in 10 short years what's amazing is we're coming up on the first round number anniversary since 1876. 25-year anniversary which, if you're keeping notes is referred to as the semiquinn centennial. the cool kids call it the semiquinn. we call it usa 250. >> i like that better. >> and the vision here is that it's not just a party in philadelphia. this is an opportunity for our entire nation to celebrate our success and come together in a project of n

in the philadelphia region, right around our philadelphia neighborhood, 85 degrees at philly international. 83 westmount aire. winchester park 86. here's future weather. what we have coming is actually a round of thunderstorms. you're going to want to keep that in mind before you make your plans for tomorrow. so, by the early morning hours, we're talking 7:00 a.m., we could already see some showers moving into the philadelphia area, new jersey, and delaware. can't rule out an early morning thunderstorm either. we go through midday tomorrow. scattered showers around. best chance of thunderstorms will be after about noon tomorrow. so 2:00 p.m., thunderstorms starting to flare up around the philadelphia area, south jersey and delaware. now look at 7:00 p.m. we could have an organized line of thunderstorms stretching from delaware across philadelphia, up to trenton, and then moving through new jersey, heading to the shore by about 9:00, 10:00. we could even have some leftover showers by about 11:00 p.m. tomorrow is one of those days you want the umbrella. keep your eye to the sky. temperatures

mayor jim kenney of philadelphia put ink to paper. supporters of the tax, filled city hall for the big moment yesterday. by a wide array of drinks in philadelphia and you have to hand over 1.5 cents per ounce on top of the retail price. mayor says most of that money will go toward funding expanded prek programs and community schools and parks and recollect centers. >> i believe a couple things, believe that the initiatives we have identified resonated with folks, prek commission made it clear that prek was a huge issue for every community. obviously we need to help our children have a better learning environment which community schools will help while our legislative delegation is fighting with the governor for more money for public schools. >> they called the tax unconstitutional vowing to take legal action. small businesses, fear it will hurt their bottom line. >>> with the school year over, hundreds of thousands of kids in our area will no longer receive free meals, through school. that means many of them will go hungry this summer

. >> west philadelphia. you got it, sue. busy weekend but joint's jumping. look who is with me. who is with me. >> what did you do to make that shirt. >> no, i didn't. >> where are you from. >> from north philadelphia, born and raised. >> and you self. >> i live right around the corner, 50th and cedar. >> she doesn't even know where she lives. >> yes, i do. >> so excited. >> after party at her house. we have some cake all right. >> we have some pound cake from pound cake heaven and we will have fun all morning long. lets get out the front door. we have an overturn vehicle on the blue route, 476 on the ramp to the westbound schuylkill expressway. again, roosevelt boulevard, we had an earlier accident but traffic is picking up as we get ready for the morning rush hour. well get to the maps, schuylkill expressway, little slow as you work your way through bala cynwyd and gentlemen, start your engines it is nascar weekend, coming to pocono speed way, up there we will see extra volume up and down 476, as i mention

for now, i'm live in south philadelphia, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >> matt, thanks. >>> philadelphia's full city council will now consider the so-called soda tax after the bill passed its first hurdle last night. a council committee approved a consensus measure to put a 1.5 cent per ounce tax on sweetened drinks. mayor kenny had been pushing for a 3 cent per ounce tax to pay for universal pre-k and to reinvest in parks and recreation centers. passage of the lesser tax passed after it was found out the money would be used to go to the city's general fund. >> retailers will be forced to pass this tax on to consumers. >> traditionally, if the bills come out of committee with a significant vote, more often than not, it will pass on a final passage. >> council is scheduled to cast a final vote next thursday. nbc 10's pamela osborne will break down what the new plan means in the next half hour. >>> meantime, you'll soon have more places to buy wine in pennsylvania. yesterday governor tom wolf signed a bill allowing wine sales in licensed grocery stores, restaurants, hotels, and delis. the bi

just a few scattered clouds in philadelphia. the temperatures are cooled down into the 60s at the shore and rehoboth beach is also in the 60s. look at that nice view. clouds offshore, you'll see sunshine for rehoboth and warming into the 70s this afternoon. philadelphia, 64 degrees. 50s for the lehigh valley, south jersey and the jersey shore. interior new jersey will warm into the 80s this afternoon. but at this hour, the temperatures are still following. piney hollow, 53 degrees, lumberton 56 and princeton down to 52 degrees with start with. clouds not going to happen for most of the day. but late this afternoon, we'll see clouds increasing, especially in the lehigh valley, in the suburbs. those clouds will be coming in in advance of showers and thunderstorms. a chance of a late-day shower today. more likely to come in overnight tonight and tomorrow. doesn't look very impressive right now. we'll see that line of showers take shape as we go through the day today. the chance of showers will be in the area during the evening hour

raised to fund, the huge event, right here in philadelphia. good evening i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean with the money convention organizers are working on a security plan that won't shut the city down like pope's visit back in september. dnc organizers discussed their efforts anal sandra hoff was there and joins us live from the steps of the art museum with more on what they had to say today, alex? >> reporter: well, good evening, former governor ed rendell, did confirm that the dnc is behind about ten million-dollar right now but he says he is confident that their goals will be met, but before the dnc rolls rolls around there is plenty more securing that needs to be done. as of this noon we were told that the wells fargo center is a secure zone, as physical preparations for democratic national convention begins. in cleveland for the republican national convention, will be held just one week prior to the july dnc, police were hit with pepper sprayed, a training exercise in proper use and how to shield in the case of protesters usin

eighty-two in philadelphia. eighty-two in wilmington. not only that look at the this dew point right now at 71, so plenty of moisture in the air for these storms to work with moving in. good news storms will die down later this evening and tonight. tomorrow, humidity drops in the wake of the system. nicer day with some sunni merging and high of 84. thursday looking beautiful and then dew points creep up on friday, 86 again with the chance for shower or thunderstorm and of course my three day cuts off right before the holiday weekend so you have to stay tuned next half an hour. >> you know we will, all right, thanks kate. >>> still ahead tonight to you want to know a secret. >> is there a new secret drink at star bucks. what is it? we will tell you coming up. >>> we are celebrating the life of buddy ryan up next one of the most icon is games in the eagles/cowboys rivalry we of the most icon is games in the eagles/cowboys rivalry we are talking bounty bowl fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100

ç >> welcome to philadelphia, ben simmons. the newest sixer is talking about joining the sixers and his connection to a former sixers legend. >>> and learning now to save lives later. a unique montgomery county camp offers kids the chance to train as emts. it's 4:30. we made it to friday. 72 degrees outside. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. let's focus on the weather for starters with meteorologist bill henley with his first alert neighborhood forecast. a look at conditions right where you live. bill? >> you mentioned that 72 degrees, that's in the city. not all the neighborhoods are seeing those warm conditions. it's in the 60s right now, middle 60s for the suburbs which are clearing out nicely. a few lingering showers and 68 degrees in new jersey. the lehigh valley is dry and cooling down. and a few lingering showers in central and southern delaware while new cassle is dry right now. and wilmington, that's a view from frawley stadium. 71 degrees. there's a chance we'll see pop-up showers, isolat

saturday, best chance of storms, philadelphia. north and west there is a chance some of these could be strong to severe. we'll be watching that very closely. if you at the shore this weekend, saturday it should be mostly dry. 75 degrees in brigantane. wildwood, saturday, 79 degrees. sunday, 85. slight chance of a late-day shower saturday. cape may, 81 degrees saturday. 81 and sunny as we go into sunday. your shore forecast actually looking really good. also don't forget your seven day is always scrolling at the bottom of the screen. we'll talk more about your neighborhood weather going into the weekend coming up. >> all right, sheena. thanks so much. >>> 4:43 right now. we need your help. help us help people who are making a difference in the community. here's how. spread this information to everyone you know. nbc 10 and nbc universal are giving away grants, meaning free money, to local nonprofits. we call it 21st century solutions. the goal is to support organizations that are implementing new and innovative programs. the applica

philadelphia police say a woman was shot and killed with the weapon inside her northeast philadelphia home. >>> and looking for answers. today residents in boston, montgomery county will meet with officials about contaminated drinking water and what can be done to fix it. >>> nbc 10 first alert radar is tracking showers for parts of our area. we'll tell you when the wet weather will love in to yourç neighborhood. >>> good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm lauren mayk. 4:29 this morning and let's get right to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert neighborhood forecast. it's a look at conditions right where you live. when we're talking about rain, we need that, bill. >> yes. we're not talking about rain for today. it's going to be nice and sunny to start with. skies are clear and the temperatures have been coming down. 64 now in philadelphia. the suburbs 61 degrees. and new jersey has dropped into the 50s at 57. a little bit cool to start with for the lehigh valley. you'll see bright sunshine there before any clouds start moving in today. 62 degrees at 7:00. at 10:00,

this is out of north philadelphia where philadelphia police are investigating a triple shooting. it happened on the 1500 block of westerly high avenue just before 9:00 last night. all three victims are men between age of 17 and 21. police say they were all shot in the legs, multiple times, right now they are all at temple hospital, no arrests have been made. >>> furniture giant ikea recalling millions of the dressers blamed for deaths of the three children. ikea says dressers can fall over if not fastened to the the wall. philadelphia inquirer reports ikea will provide full refund under the terms of the recall. ikea launched a repair program last year for the dressers after two children died but company says it opted to issue a full recall after the deaths of that third child, details about the third child's death were not released. >>> 4:37. after a long debate but no vote lawmakers in new jersey pass aid bill that could cut cost to customers but will unfortunately raise price of the state's gas. we will talk about that coming up next. on this cushion for generations. alright ki

in philadelphia it is official, philadelphia mayor jim kenny signed into law the historic beverage tax. distributors will have to pay the 1.5 cent per ounce tax beginning next year involvement of the cost is expected to be passed on to customers. opponents say they're not giving up the fight against the tax. >>> officials in ft. dix investigating this truck flipping on its side today. officials say twro people inside the truck were taken to the hospital. no word on their conditions this morning. no other vehicles were involved. >>> jurors are still working to reach a verdict in the construction trial of congressman chaka fattah. nbc's deanna durante has the latest. >> reporter: about a half hour ago the judge told the jurors not to watch media reports or check social media and they'll be back tomorrow to deliberate. the congressman has been sitting in the courtroom, occasionally checking his phone and chatting with others. aside from a casual greeting, the congressman is not saying much. it appears the jury has not had many questions leading some to wonder how long it will take before

temperatures 70 in philadelphia. about 69 for those of you toward wilmington. 70 in dover. 64 in coatesville. 64 toward allentown. monday, high pressure builds in. we are looking at a beautiful start to the workweek. temperatures around the 70 degree mark with plenty sunshine through the afternoon. it looks like we will reach lower 80s with lower humidity. we will look at when our next rain chance is going to be. it looks like it will head our way as we head into tuesday. >>> rain causing problems for transportation. new jersey transit river line service was shut down briefly. you can see the flooded streets along the camden waterfront. officials say service between the transportation center and the waterfront entertainment complex had to be put on hold for about an hour until the water levels went back down. everything is now back to normal. while we dry out here, florida is on a collision course with tropical storm collin. people along the state's gulf coast spent the day filling up sandbags and preparing for the s

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>>> philadelphia district attorney seth williams says his office is working to process 300 cases in philadelphia of juvenile lifers who will be resentenced and could be immediately paroled. but he also acknowledges his responsibility to the families of the victims. nbc10's tracy davidson recently sat down with williams to sat down how his office plans to move forward now that the supreme court has stopped mandatory life terms for juveniles. >> it was just published january 25th of 2016 in a case of montgomery versus louisiana the supreme court ended the confusion and ended the discussion or the debate and said that it was unconstitutional. it violated the 8th amendment of the united states constitution to incarcerate juveniles without the possibility of parole. so as a result of that, my office met that afternoon to discuss what we were going to do to handle these 300 cases. philadelphia has more m"á$át$*q resentenced as a result of this than any other city in america. important for your viewers to know that 50% of them were convicted in the '80's and earlier. there are families on both sides