headed toward delco and philadelphia. there you can see it the on ultimate doppler radar there is another line of then are storms moving through baltimore right now heading toward northern part of the delaware and more rain in southern delaware. the what is happening is a warm front is moving, northward, the result of the warm front will be really hot temperatures today but before that happens, we've got a little action. we will zoom in closer and you will see that red and pink underneath lightening, that is where heavy downpours headed toward you in tredyffrin township. we will see if that holds together before it gets to philadelphia and then that other line moving a cross chesapeake bay but we still that have excessive heat warning in effect, for the urban areas that includes philadelphia it could feel as hot as a 106 degrees. we are not kidding with this heat. the it is pretty dangerous. a heat advisory for everybody else. so these could be dangerous, feels like temperatures today. 80 degrees already in philadelphia a

the philadelphia archbishop and the philadelphia mayor are butting heads again. archbishop charles chaput released a new set of rules for local catholics that forbid sexually active gays and unmarried couples to receive communion or hold leadership roles in their parishes if they continue to have sex. now, mayor jim kenney then tweeted this -- "jesus gave us the gift of holy communion because he loved us -- all of us. chaput's actions are not christian." again, the mayor of philadelphia saying about the philadelphia archbishop his actions are not christian. >> well, it doesn't surprise me. this is what jim kenney's about, and a lot of people in philadelphia like this. it's incredibly disrespectful. and i differ with the archbishop. i think he's harsh in these guidelines, and he didn't have to be, particularly, matt, for catholics who remarry, and then they can't have sex because you can't get an annulment and all that stuff. it's amazing to me that he said that, but the response of -- i think kenney's a catholic -- to the archbishop, it's really unparalleled. >>

i will definitely recommend philadelphia on my list. >> reporter: get a good philadelphia umbrella as well and some philadelphia water bottles. the deal with all of this heat , and, and precipitation. >> you look no worse for wear, that is because you are ape, thank you so much. >> reporter: big difference. it is a big, big difference under this over hang. >> thanks, man. >> reporter: umbrella just in case. >> we have take him down. >>> lets bring in lauren johnson. the a list politicians, a listers in town we have big name celebrities here. >> a cording to the philadelphia inquirer here's the run down hopping today alycia keys will be performing at an invite only event at commerce square. janel mo'ne will head line nancy pelosi's opening day party. tomorrow afternoon broadway song birds, indiaman dell and sidney lauper will host a event. fergie will head line an evening gala wednesday night that should be fun. thursday night snoop dog will perform at the electric factory. there is a huge, camden concert at bb and t, that will feature lady gaga, lenny cravats and philly's own dj jazzy

light rain falls in philadelphia. the heavy rainfall has moved on and look at all that lightning, a tremendous amount of lightning in the last 15 minutes we've detected more than 200 lightning strikes and the worst of it is now moving into northern atlantic county, north of fo folsom, between waterford and folsom. these storms are on move. they'll have this storm system offshore by 7:00 this morning. at 6:15, toms river will be see something of the heaviest and galloway township by 6:30 this morning you'll see some of the heaviest rainfall moving through. that's just the start of the day. as the day goes on, the threat of more storms later this afternoon. i've issued a first alert for afternoon storms for the lehigh valley, the suburbs, philadelphia and new jersey, between 2:00 and 8:00. they'll be moving west to east. they'll start in pennsylvania and move towards new jersey and into delaware as well. thunderstorms with strongç damaging winds and some very heavy downpours thanks to the high heat and humidity which

it's a huge week for philadelphia. of course, just now getting underway, we'll be here through it all for you, team coverage continues tomorrow morning at 4:00 a.m., bob kelly has your traffic covered to help you get around town and night we have got extended coverage every night at 11:00 after fox 29 news at 10:00. i'm lucy noland at the wells fargo center back to you guys in old city. >> thanks. a big historic week coming up. for now a big show coming up sports sunday is next. ♪ >>> tonight on sports sunday, a teary nominate for a local guy and his dad at the baseball hall of fame induction ceremony. another way charles barclay will swing a golf club. and with the eagles beginning training camp tomorrow, i talked to one of the newest eagles, and some of the topics, the quarterback, the head coach, that's coming up on sports sunday. your business needs a lot of speed. but getting it doesn't have to break the bank. introducing the comcast business summer savings event. now you can get a lot for a little.

in philadelphia dew point is our measure of moisture. it is already very soupy this dover, delaware. 78 degrees dew point. that is oppressive. we are heading up with 72 degrees our dew point in philadelphia a. to take's high temperature record is 96 degrees setback in 1999. we are forecasting 98 for today and 90's for tomorrow and wednesday and for thursday and friday with pop up thunderstorms. that is with the cold front that will cool us down to the upper 80's. yeah, that is not cool but it is cooler then today's high of 98 degrees. bob kelly, lots of water, stay hydrated. >> 7:19. good morning everybody. remember a couple weeks ago one of my breakfast with bob segments i went up to the bakery in the northeast and they are getting ready to welcome their fifth generation they had a bun in the oven. well, while i was on vacation, look at this little nugget, congratulations to the family there at the bakery. little karena rose join. she's getting ready to make the jelly doughnuts up there fifth generation of the hagely bakery family, cong

>> philadelphia, one of the nation's oldest cities. today is the help of an area serving 4 million people --hub of an area serving 4 million people. many important pages of her history were written. now a new chapter is being written of a revolution in thattecture and planning exert an influence on the future. philadelphiay, suffered the problem of most of our major cities. through the years, rhythmic waves of expansion in activity created areas of blight which nawed deep into the metropolitan civilization. in an unprecedented liaison, architects and planners, business and civic leaders have joined with responsible government officials in a combined effort with a common goal, to present the resolution of total effort is a man that is played a leading role, the executive director of the philadelphia city planning commission and member of the american institute of architects , edmund bacon. mr. bacon: the redevelopment of a specific part of the city represents a different problem from designing a individual building or a group of buildin

this is coming out of philadelphia. lanes right here are headed towards philadelphia. no gaper delay right there. approaching this accident scene with lane restrictions. we're starting to see major slowdowns in these wet conditions. also in pottstown, watch for this accident on wilson street and hill street. >>> a man who owns the right to clinton/kane.com wants big money for that domain name. >> how a lucky hunch landed him this domain and just how much he's asking for it. >>> plus, philadelphia mayor jim kenney gets into character. take a look at this. how he gave a nod to hillary clinton with this picture. >>> welcome back. it's 6:45. the convention may be over but pennsylvania will still see plenty of both candidates between now and election day. >> pennsylvania is expected to be a key swing state. political experts on both sides of the aisle predict a very tight race in pennsylvania. nbc 10's republican analyst says the scranton/wilkes-barre area could be key.ç >> talking about a lot of folks in the energy industry, the coal industry, they're all out of work and

and i think philadelphia is up for the challenge. i love philadelphia. i don't wish the democrats any bad will. i hope they have a great convention. >> cleveland, i've educated every single person on the street and every person on the street is so amicable. philadelphia is the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection and they need to show that. >> reporter: a couple of the local delegates say they hope the city will do well but doubt very much the democrats can have the type of party the republicans had in cleveland. >>> and now we're counting down to the democratic national convention here in philadelphia and the stage is just about set at the wells fargo center. this is a live look right now from outside in south philly. the dnc begins here on monday at the wells fargo center. nbc 10 pamela osborne has a look at the convention set-up inside. it looks like they're putting the finishing touches on it. >> reporter: vai, they are, we're so close to the start. they're gathering the balloons together, in the process of raising them up to the ceiling. th

. >> first of all, philadelphia is nation's first science city , history. >> reporter: philadelphia's kids live in the city rich in science history, teaming with innovation and technology. we here at cbs-3 with our partners at einstein health and franklin institute are thrilled ton part of that so why are stem skills so important for today's kid. >> they are the foundation for just about everything that we do. >> reporter: studies show that one of the best ways to get kids interested in science is to allow them to participate in hand on experience and activities. >> what we're able to does make science come alive. having someone like kate bilo talk about cool things on television. having our science educators here make science accessible and come alive through hand on interactive and working with einstein with incredible amazing health care workers. it shows them the possible careers from health care to basic science research to meteorology, to anything else in between. >> what i tell my sonnies to really work hard and to get a good foundation and that foundation if it is there, can l

dnc in south philadelphia. authorities have closed south broad from packer avenue down to the navy yard yesterday, and the roadways surrounding the wells fargo center and fdr park are closed as well. penndot closed i-95 exit ram tops broad street last night. cherri gregg from kyw news radio is live in south philadelphia where people are dealing with a lot of detours this morning, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, rahel, that is correct, lots of tea tours and lots of confusion. these philadelphia police officers have been extremely busy, here at broad and packer this morning answering questions from confused drivers and others trying to figure out why roads are closed and how to navigate around them. look at this confusion began yesterday afternoon when the roads closures for dnc began going in to effect. the let me break it down for you, both the south and northbound lanes of the broad street from packer to the navy yard are officially shut off to traffic until next friday evening, all sections of paters

it officially starts tomorrow in philadelphia. first thing, clean energy supporters plan to march at noon from city hall to independence mall. and climate change will be the focus of a celebrity filled movie screening in philadelphia tonight. susan sarandon and danny glover will be a few of the famous faces around. a new documentary will be screened at 8:30. that's followed by a concert at 10:30. >>> philadelphia mayor jim kenny will welcome dnc delegates tonight at a party at the kimmel center. the city is expecting 6,000 delegates and alternates to be in philly for the convention. tonight is their official welcome party. >>> count on nbc 10 to keep you up to the minute on all of the events surrounding the democratic national convention. we'll be broadcasting live from the wells fargo center every day of the dnc. we'll be bringing you a nightly one-hour special that starts tomorrow evening at 7:00. >>> all right. let's talk about the powerball. did you get your tickets yesterday? i did. i didn't win. none of us did. it was a $390

now on "eyewitness news" strong storms hit the philadelphia area. here's a look at the driving rain in spring garden this evening pooling in the streets and also sending some folks running for cover. thanks for joining us, i'm natasha brown. these storms blew through about 5 o'clock this evening. they'll be in the area for another couple hours or so. meteorologist lauren casey is in the weather center to tell us what we can expect for the rest of the evening. >> thanks natasha. we have a couple of severe thunderstorm warnings in effect right now. not for philadelphia county but this one particular cell that did roll through around the 5 o'clock hour in center city now kind of riding along the a.c. expressway and moving itself down towards the shore so if you do have friends and family members right now out on the beach want to give them a call let them know what is coming their way especially from atlantic city up into the beach haven area. you see the cell approaching moving to the south about 35 miles an hour. frequent to continuous lightning a se

and so she came from a big family, and i have friends from philadelphia, i loved coming to philadelphia over the years, and it was just so wonderful to be here in this beautiful city. it was so gracious, so hospitable, we had a wonderful convention. >> but today it was back to business, telling supporters that in her first 100 days in office, she will make the largest investing in a good paying jobs since world war ii. >> we've got to make this economy work for everyone, not just those at the top. >> over the next three days, clinton and vice presidential nominee, tim kaine, will tour parts of pennsylvanian ohio. kaine said manufacturing is not death. >> and it is often these family businesses just like connect, are keeping it alive. >> after praising the toy company's made in america approach, took end took aim at america, trump and his slogan make america again. >> everything he makes he makes somewhere opens, besides america. the only thing he makes in america are bankrupcies. >> both his own and of the people who do business with him. >> later friday night, the democratic ticket too

getaway day from philadelphia all of you out of towners i know what you are thinking, philadelphia's weather is blazing hot and humid during the day and when i need to go in and out of the wells fargo center, it is pouring rain. it is a bad combination. >> you need to come back because it is not always like this. come back and we will be better. >> do you think they will believe it. >> no, no. >> all right. we have heavy rain. if you can delay your trip, it would be a good idea for multiple reasons even besides weather and bob kelly will get into that in a moment. >> bus stop buddy is pool side in the fog and rain and it is just so heavy with moisture, and through can see the heavy rain moving through new castle county delaware, chester, delaware counties in pennsylvania, and, we are seeing heavy steady rain in philadelphia right now but delaware, that is where it is really raining heavily. 74 degrees, just yucky out there at philly international. 87 percent relative humidity, sunrise time just happened at 5:57. we have a little sun, cloud cover and some more rain throughout the rest

it's heading towards philadelphia. in fact, it's minutes away from philadelphia. it is dropping the temperatures for the suburbs but they will recover and we'll see these numbers warm from the 70s this morning into the 90s this afternoon. and it looks like it's upper 90s today. in fact, today it's goingç to the hottest of our hot weather stretch. look at these temperatures soaring in philadelphia by 1:00 this afternoon. 104 is what it will feel like while the actual temperature is 94 degrees, then up to 96 degrees. maybe even a little bit hotter this afternoon. it will feel like a very steamy day today. it's why we're still under a first alert for dangerous heat for pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware, today and again tomorrow for high heat and high humidity, it will feel like 100 to 105 degrees this afternoon. and then this afternoon, another round of strong showers and thunderstorms for philadelphia, the suburbs and the lehigh valley. and with that can come some damaging winds and localized flooding as well. delaware, 78 degrees at 7:00. 90 degrees by 11:00

a little volume starting to accumulate on the philadelphia freeway, heading into philadelphia northbound. also watching northeast philadelphia for that house fire closing the outer lanes of the boulevard. southbound between whitacre avenue and rising sun avenue. nicetown there was an earlier fatal accident that happened on wissahickon avenue and robert avenue. traffic is moving through. i'll have updates when i come back, vai. >>> a man gets into an accident, runs from police and then jumps into the schuylkill river. >> yeah. we'll have an update on the overnight search evidence that brought out rescue crews to the river. >>> plus, the republican national convention coverage continues from cleveland. donald trump got his first endorsement from the wisconsin governor last night. next, we'll explain why trump made a twitter gaffe in sending his thank you. 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 state. ♪ you can find it all only in new york. new york. it's all here

, philadelphia the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection is in the political spotlight. hi good afternoon everyone i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. we have had a busy, few hours, already, and things are just getting underway as we are in the infancy of day one of the democratic national convention. it officially began with the banging of the gavel by baltimore mayor stephanie rollins blake replaced outing dnc chair debbie wasserman-schultz, who was booed by her own delegation, members of her own delegation at breakfast this morning. >> bernie sanders also spoke as his supporters made their voices heard booing hillary clinton and marching in philadelphia in the wake of the e-mail scandal showing favoritism for hillary clinton by the dnc. today the dnc responded in a statement saying in part, on behalf of everyone at dnc we want to offer a deep and sincere apology to senator sanders, his supporters and the entire democratic party for the inexcusable remarks made over e-mail. the dnc is taking appropriate action to ensure it never happens again. >> ♪ home of the

the roof year to french philadelphia -- you referred to french philadelphia. was there an established community there? >> this was one of the most extraordinary things, to discover the wealth of community, the diversity of this community. i mentioned there were thousands that had fled haiti and settled in the 1790's. . escape an entirely different aspect -- this gave an entirely different aspect to the city, , butan old quaker city dominated by anglophone german elements. all of a sudden you had this influx of thousands of french olored,-- catholic and c completely different languages, traditions, and food cultures. this represented 10% of the population. philadelphia was about 40,000 people at the time. it is densely compact. you could walk from one side to the other in about 15 minutes. i think of it like a really crowded college campus. you can recognize faces as you walk through the street. all of a sudden, somewhere french people arrived in philadelphia and changed the nature of the city. they opened bakeries, started printing french newspapers. there wer

here's your hour by hour forecast philadelphia, 8:00 this morning, rain. mostly cloudy, at lunch time, late morning breaks of sunshine and scattered clouds at 4:00 this afternoon. rain this morning in the suburbs. it's already falling now. 79 degrees. the temperatures climbing with sunshine at 4:00 this afternoon. lehigh valley, rain showers to start with. we'll get breaks of sunshine and scattered clouds at noontime. 4:00 will allow temperatures to warm into the middle 80s today. showers and heavy downpours to start with in delaware. 74 degrees. mostly cloudy at lunch time and the clouds thin out this afternoon. that's when we'll see the numbers warm into the 80s. new jersey, scattered showers this morning. the threat decreases as the day goes on. same for the jersey shore. could see rain first thing this morning with mostly cloudy skies. by 8:00, lumplg timlunch time, scattered clouds, temperatures into the low 80s this afternoon. got your 10 day on 10 when i'm back in a few minutes. >>> let's get you to work. let's check 76. >> rain last night and overn

i think philadelphia is up for the challenge. i love philadelphia. i don't wish the democrats any bad will. i hope they have a great convention. >> cleveland, i've educated every single person on the street and every person on the street is so amicable. philadelphia is the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection and they need to show that. >> a couple of the local delegates said they hope the city does very well but they doubt very much that the democrats can have the party the republicans had here in cleveland. in cleveland, tracy davidson, nbc 10 news. >>> 6:47. from a mattress mix-up, nbc 10 responds had another successful week of helping you, our viewers. >> harry hairston takes a look at some of the most memorable moments. >> it's completely peeled off. >> reporter: stephen hill was about to pay off this sofa and love seat when he noticed big issues. >> it got worse and worse. it's falling off now. >> reporter: hill says he couldn't get the company to make it right. after we got involved, a brand new furniture set was delivered. >> thank y

they believe philadelphia did great, just great. in fact mayor jim kenney today is saying he believes that the city of philadelphia will get an a plus grade for its handling of the dnc. mayor kenney says he knows his city pulled off the democratic national convention virtually without a hitch. the democratic nominee told him so this morning as she headed into the rally at temple university. >> secretary clinton came through the hallway and she passed by everybody else and she walked over to he me and she gave me this huge bear hug and she whispered in my ear this city is fabulous. (applause). >> reporter: philadelphia police got big grades from all over for their handling of protestors. there were no arrests. roughly 150-dollar citation were handed out instead. the mayor saluted the workforce and salvation army which helped distribute 140,000 bottles of water to police emergency personnel and to the protestors. 11 protestors do face some federal charges but again to arrest for protestors by philadelphia's finest. >> we had zero arre

it is a warm morning in philadelphia. 75 degrees. look at the 60s, farther north and west for allentown, coatesville 73 degrees. cooler than yesterday at this time. down by 6 degrees in philadelphia, vineland and trenton. atlantic city the same, 8 degrees cooler this morning for allentown. a nice start. we will see sunshine today. it's back into the 90s this afternoon. but the winds have shifted. that's drier air coming in to play. you'll notice the temperatures will warm into the middle 90s for philadelphia but the heat index, the feels-like temperature, that way exceeded 100 degrees yesterday. felt like 105 at times yesterday afternoon. will feel 10 degrees cooler today. you'll feel the difference. suburbs, same story, sunshine, no sign of the clouds or the storms that we saw building in the area yesterday. 94 degrees in lansdale, 93 for doylestown and easton, allentown, kutztown will see plenty of sunshine today. hamilton township, 95 degrees this afternoon. while it's the 80s at the shore, it's going to feel warmer with the humid

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take look at this scene in south philadelphia today. firefighters opened up some of the hydrants to help cool protesters after a march. >> another live look from here inside the wells fargo center. thousands of democratic delegates in their seats on this very first night listening to first lady michelle obama. >> dawn timmeney is back in our fox 29 studios with storm damage left behind tonight and other headlines. dawn? >> iain and lucy, storms swept through hard and fast tonight. little more than 35,000 people are without power around the region. the water came down so fast and furious flooding streets and cars, even septa buses got stuck. take look at this video from bensalem earlier tonight. we don't know how many people were on the bus but the good news is no injuries were repor reported. it works to shuttle people from the trenton line to their cars. >>> here in old city, it got very nasty very fast. the rain almost seemed to come downside ways. as the system rolled through around 7:30 tonight. in conshohocken streets quickly flood

it is philadelphia dance day across the city. a day long festival of dance workshops and performances at studios all over philadelphia and most of those classes are free. we have the link to reserve a spot right now on our web site. get your dancing shoes ready. >>> and happening through the end of the month shakespeare in clark park. they bring free productions of shakespeare's plays to the park which is in university city. it happens every night at 7:00 and right now parks on tap is there so bring money for food and a brew and get a free show. sounds like a great night. and finally this sunday at 10:00 it's eagles open practice at lincoln financial field. it is free of charge. it doesn't require a ticket for entry but it is first come, first served. have a great and restful well deserved weekend you guys. >> all right. i might sleep the whole thing away. >> i'm right there with you. >> and that will do it for "action news at 4:00 for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff. hope you'll join me along wit

philadelphia there we have sky line. no matter who is on the stage you will think about philadelphia every single day good big people on the stage, michelle obama, bernie sanders , and many, many more, we will delineate speaker schedule in a little bit but we came out the here at 4:30. >> yes. >> immediately there was a monsoon. it is either 105 degrees around here or it is warning heavily, let's call it this good day philippines. it is real steamy and then a monsoon. >> then we are expecting excessive heat warnings later today. let's talk about sue with this >> do i have any make up on my forehead you don't need make up. >> please, powder. >> do you hear my laughing. >> i gotcha. >> this is just a day, welcome to philadelphia a wall of the thunder and lightening. the it is five out of ten because not only thunderstorms and extreme heat but buddy is here and muggy the doggies here with temperatures in the 70's. the it is warm and muggy to start. we still have thunderstorms. hail indicated with some of these storms, thund

you see by monday nearly 100 in philadelphia. allentown near 97 with potential as you see on the boards for thunderstorms. we'll talk more about the thunderstorm chances and this high heat coming up. >>> 11 minutes past 7:00 on this sunday. let's look at philadelphia international airport. more visitors, many more visitors, will be arriving here today for the start of the democratic national convention tomorrow. those visitors are being met by some classic philly icons. ben franklin will be there again today along with flag maker betsy ross and what better way to say hello than with a stack of free soft pretzels and tasty cakes. >>> the democratic national convention is the focus of this morning's live edition of "nbc 10!@issue" as the democrats come to town to nominate a presidential ticket that will make history. we'll have a preview of what delegates can expect to hear inside the convention arena. we'll talk to one of the speakers who will be addressing them and also what you'll be seeing around town during this week of the dn

. >>> tonight, from ph philadelphia. bombshell shake-up, chaos and a cascade of boos as the convention begins. tonight all signs pointing to the russians, is vladimir putin messi with the elections trying to swing it to trump. >>> two dead, dozens more wounded, who pulled the trigger? >>> relentless heat wave, a dangerous stretch turns deadly, a child left in a hot car, and tonight major storms firing up on the radar. >>> and massive inferno, exploding, burning homes to the ground in california, thousands

a big warmup too. 88 for philadelphia. the humidity stays low today for philadelphia. the suburbs and new jersey, up to 87 degrees. while the shore makes it up to 80 degrees this afternoon. mostly bright skies at the shore. plenty of sunshine, lehigh valley and delaware. before we get to tomorrow and the rest of the seven days, i'll go through this day hour by hour when i come back in ten minutes richlt no right now, let's check in with jessica. >>> we are starting at 4:22 around trooper road. no problems or delays. not seeing any construction. eastbound towards the schuylkill expressway from 29 to the schuylkill with the drive time, only about an eight-minute trip. speeds are into the 60s. we're not seeing any big problems for the most part on

but the storms will likely avoid delaware, philadelphia. the suburbs could see some afternoon showers. but temperatures will ramp up, 93 degrees in the southern. 94 degrees in philadelphia. it will feel like 100 degrees for much of the area, including new jersey and delaware. we'll go through the forecast hour by hour. jessica boyington with the "first alert" traffic. >> thanks, bill. we're starting out in winslow township with slowdowns or at least some things to watch out for in atlantic city expressway. right route 536, no big delays by the scene but there are lanes getting by, but definitely something that might cause you some slowdowns. here's the schuylkill expressway. this is right around the vine street expressway on-ramp so they must have -- ooh, looks like we still have that police activity here. we did earlier have some signs in the way because the vine street expressway was just in the process of opening for vehicular traffic. now, earlier, the vine street expressway was closed between the broad street and schuylkill expressway.

it's 78 degrees right now in philadelphia. today not quite as hot but still continuing that heat wave with 91 degrees for your high temperature. matt. >> thank you, karen. >>> back at the wells fargo center where things are in tiptop shape for another day's worth of events. a group a of african-american mothers who lost their children to violence issued a plea for change at the dnc last night. "action news" reporter can ring scott is lie on the floor with more on that. katherine. >> reporter: matt, it wasn't an emotional evening here last night. those mothers stood on the stage speaking about the anguish of losing their children. they believe hillary clinton is the best candidate to promote change. united in their grief, the mothers of the movement took the stage at the democratic national convention last night. these women say their children among them sandra bland, trayvon martin and michael brown, died as a result of gun violence or the use of excessive force. they are casting their votes for hillary clinton in november say

philadelphia at 74. this wouldn't be too bad, warm, but the possible humidity issue is what's going to make it feel uncomfortable out there. because when we have that moist, sticky air that's when you deal with the fact that it feels hotter than it truly is. 74 we're at in wilmington. dover as well. then a little lower at 69 degrees, atlantic city. here's a look at your planner for today in philadelphia, we start in the upper 70s. moving along here, not a ton of warming. low and then mid 80s as we move along to the lunch hour, into 2:00 p.m., 83 degrees. a possibility of thunderstorms

you cannot have a convention in philadelphia without motown in philadelphia they were fantastic. >> what was fantastic too they gave alex and i a private performance yesterday afternoon, three on two. i was going to say one on one but three on two. >> we will play that clip but first you know what we have to do now. >> we have to get to sue for this weather, it is so hot. >> were you walking around in olde city, ways too. my daughter was here. it was oppressive with the humidity. we had a five out of ten yesterday. today we have a seven, why, lower dew points, they will be slightly dryer air moving in, so bus stop buddy does not have muggy the dog but it is still mild out there with temperatures in the 60's and 07's, nothing on radar storms are gone. we have 77 degrees, it is still on the muggy side. we have not removed that moisture from the air. 82 percent relative humidity. high temperature today of 96. still way above average but feel difference it makes if you were out yesterday and out today just as warm, not as humid, how long will this last? we will let you know, bob kelly in the

come sunday hotels in philadelphia expect to be at 95 percent capacity. those with bookings have paid a pretty penny but those still looking can expect to pay an even heavier pike. jeanette reyes live outside the logan hotel in center city that's one of the places lang ago no vacancy sign this weekend. >> reporter: the logan will be all booked up next week. it's good news for them. the dnc coming to town means big profit for local businesses hotels will be a hot commodity which is a win-win for mostly everyone. tourists however are finding themselves priced out. >> it was supposed to be two days long here. we wanted to visit the area. but it was too much. >> reporter: it's not often you hear that a trip to the birthplace of america is simply too expensive. >> who came up with the idea. >> i think it's her. >> it was a bad idea. >> reporter: unfortunately for miriam and her boyfriend, they chose one of the pricest weeks for a last minute visit from montreal canada. >> we're not staying because of the price. >> reporter: thousands of delegates alternates an

this is a live view from center city, looking at philadelphia. the rain moving back into the area, just light rain now in philadelphia. but there's a line of moderate showers moving through the suburbs, follow that to the south. that's heavy rain, moving through eastern maryland. it's on the move, moving to the east at 20 miles an hour. that's going to put it in middletown at just after 6:00 this morning. it's that line that could produce more flash flooding this morning. it moves through quickly. we'll see improving conditions throughout the day. 75 with rain in philadelphia. scattered clouds and we're in the 80s today. no sign of the 90s. clouds to start with, rain still in the suburbs. by 10:00 this morning, breaks in the clouds. 79 degrees at lunch time. the lehigh valley, light rain right now but it won't last all day. still a chance of scattered showers this afternoon but they will be light with some scattered clouds. new jersey will see more rain this morning. scattered and light right now. showers at 8:00, 72 degrees, near 80 degrees at l

right now it's 77 degrees in philadelphia. check out mount pocono just at 69. 80's down in millville, they're at 81. 78 in wildwood atlantic city coming in at about 76 degrees. but this is the bigger picture. the bigger picture showing the stormy weather ahead of a front that is tracking across and it doesn't take much to zoom in on philadelphia here and see that that is where some of the trouble is just to our south. so you can see heavier storms with that lightning associated with it? just roared through wilmington now headed to those of in you vineland and these have the heavy downpours, the gusty winds they're nasty but once they're out of here they're out of here and then we start to get much nicer as we head into our sunday. yes, she has some good news, too. dewpoints right now by the way this is why you're feeling so sticky, temperatures in the 70's and dewpoints in the 70's. those two are very close together. that means very saturated very moist off and it means you walk outside and you feel like you need a shower agai

>> cheers erupt as hillary clinton makes history in philadelphia. patriotic party, a sea of red, white and blue balloons rained down on the wells fargo center signaling an end to the week-long democratic national convention. after the party comes the cleanup,ç crews are working rit now to transform the wells fargo center into a sports arena. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >>> good morning, 4:00 a.m. this is nbc 10. i'm tracy davidson. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley with the first alert neighborhood forecast, a close look at conditions at communities across pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. good morning, bill. >> good morning, tracy. we're tracking showers and thunderstorm activity. the thunderstorms just offshore of atlantic city. they move through the cape may area, heavy downpours there. the threat this morning, the concern for more flooding rain is this line of showers that's to the west. we have some mainly light rain in the area right now but these heavier showers will swing through, already starting to come down in parts of t

security is already tightening around philadelphia. thousands are expected to protest next week but city officials believe problems will be minimal. >> first amendment is the first amendment 'cause it was the most important amendment for them because it came first and this is the city that celebrates that and we're going to keep everybody safe, everybody happy and we're going to have a good time. >> reporter: behind the scenes preparations have been under way for months. the dnc has received more than $40 million in federal funds for security. jack dui marcio is the security expert and former under secretary for homeland security. >> biggest thing i worry about in any of these types of events is the lone wolf, the individual that wants to make a statement who completely goes below the radar screen. >> reporter: there are no known threats to the convention. he says upwards of 100 law enforcement agencies have been planning for the event. they plan for the worst even creating teams to think like an attacker or disrupter. he calls the nat

temperatures warm this morning in philadelphia 79 degrees. your dewpoint at 66 which is moderately humid but not as oppressive as it was the last couple of mornings and the winds east-northeast not all that strong at just 5 miles per hour. future tracker6 showing that you any precipitation we do get this morning does appear to be off the map by about eight or 9 o'clock so during that morning rush hour period perhaps a little wet and most of the rain probably south of philadelphia although i can't rule out something popping up closer to home. then we get into the afternoon and the model right now anyway wants to put some additional shower or thunderstorm activity fairly close to philadelphia. now previous runs have suppressed this farther south into places like cape may county and dover delaware and i'll be anxious to see the next model run which comes out a little later this morning. but we have to at least allow for the chance of some of this popping up this afternoon. then by early this evening it looks like it's pretty much gone. again, th

in philadelphia, 97 degrees. tomorrow, 97. 95 on saturday. scattered thunderstorms through today and tomorrow in the pennsylvania suburbs. lehigh valley we'll be staying in the 90s over the next couple of days. new jersey along the shore and delaware, staying hot to end out the week. then saturday, showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. >>> 21 minutes past 6:00. the mother of a young shooting victim says he's angry after a road rage incident led to gunfire. >> i will bite her head off like i'm a pit bull. >> we'll have an update on the shooting that started on a philadelphia street. >>> plus, living in sin. we'll explain why mayor jim kenney is calling the archbishop's new guidelines not christian. ♪ i had an injury to my neck. it wasn't as serious injury it was a herniated disc. anything that could go wrong went wrong. i've been in the hospital twenty three times since. the bills started to pile up. i had nothing to give. we had nothing in the refrigerator. i would be dead and not sitting here right now if it wasn't for pond lehocky. >

five miles at philadelphia international. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing us we have showers moving through, you're seeing it move through doylestown, north philadelphia at this point. and it's near glassboro and medford. the showersre moving through west to east, there a little wet, tam. >> thank you, karen. >>> a frightening situation played out at a walmart in upstate new york. >> what are you doing, dude? >> reporter: i feel like killing people. >> the 13-year-old boy stole a pellet gun from the store and pointing it at customers, he was suffering from a mental health crisis at the time. he is faces petty larceny, with additional charges expected. >>> a 12-year-old nebraska girl is speaking out after a carnival ride. she was critically injured in play while riding the ride in omaha. her hair was caught and doctors saved 25% of her scalp. >> my mom gets mad when i keep myself in my room. cause i don't like being scene. the family filed a lawsuit against the company that operated the ride and working to making the

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philadelphia, allentown, wilmington tying the record high 96 in philadelphia, reding a new record high of 97. the old record 96 set back in 1999 but we have dewpoints in the 70's so the current heat index makes it feel like 106 in philadelphia, feels like 111 in dover and unfortunately these storms are not going to put much of a dent in the heat and humidity. satellite6 along with action radar showing that main band working through central pennsylvania right now. that's with a cold front. but it's more of a dewpoint front. it's just going to be as hot tomorrow but the humidity levels little bit lighter. by 8 o'clock, a lot of the storms pushing along the coast and by midnight could have a few lingering storms but the main line will be out of here and then behind this system it's hot again tomorrow. 95 in philadelphia. allentown 94. millville 94. cape may not as intense, 88. the heat index instead of above 100, 95 to 100 so feels dangerously hot but not quite as oppressive as today. so, the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, tomorrow will be day five of our heat wave. still humid but

highs today, 94 here in philadelphia, 96 was the high in reading. here still the core of the heat. 105, high in witchita and little rock, 100 in dallas and oklahoma city. tomorrow high pressure to the north, we get a west wind don't sloping wind temperatures in the 90's feel like 100 to 105, hot, sunny, hazy, hot and humid, not as human as saturday then ramps up again and monday looks like the record breaker. here's the worst. it will feel up to 105 tomorrow, feeling closer to the thermometer temperatures sunday but monday feeling like up to 104. heat safety precautions head for the shaded areas, try to stay out of full sunshine, keep chugging the water. light colorado clothes. seek out places with air conditioning especially with the kids, indoor activities take them to museum, a matinee or go to one of those indoor place spaces in the malls. some place to get out of the heat. especially in the hottest part of the day late afternoon. shore forecast hot and steamy at the shore. wear that foot protection, don't try to step on that sand tomorrow. it i

and so she came from a big family, and i have friends from philadelphia, i loved coming to philadelphia over the years, and it was just so wonderful to be here in this beautiful city. it was so gracious, so hospitable, we had a wonderful convention. >> but today it was back to business, telling supporters that in her first 100 days in office, she will make the largest investing in a good paying jobs since world war ii. >> we've got to make this economy work for everyone, not just those at the top. >> over the next three days, clinton and vice presidential nominee, tim kaine, will tour parts of pennsylvanian ohio. kaine said manufacturing is not death. >> and it is often these family businesses just like connect, are keeping it alive. >> after praising the toy company's made in america approach, took end took aim at america, trump and his slogan make america again. >> everything he makes he makes somewhere opens, besides america. the only thing he makes in america are bankrupcies. >> both his own and of the people who do business with him. >> later friday night, the democratic ticket too

meanwhile bus stop buddy floating above philadelphia. we have temperatures in the 60's and 70's with fog around and for buddy, we did not, include today, muggy the dog, even though it is hot, probably won't be as humid. we have a few areas of fog, in lancaster county. we have had visibility issues in the city this morning, very random and patchy but there is moisture still left in the air for that rain that fell twice yesterday. 65 degrees in mount pocono. seventy-five in philadelphia. seventy-three atlantic city. seventy-six in dover, delaware. heading up to 96 degrees, still hot and bit less humid and today, in thunderstorms in the forecast. so, that is your weather for today, we will tell you how long we have left of the current heat wave, coming up in the rest of the convention forecast as well, hey there bob kelly. >> good morning, 5:32 on this tuesday morning. here's an example of the police checkpoint on i-95 approaching philly international. northbound lanes of i-95 there is a great example of police the on the shoulder instead o

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seventy-eight in philadelphia a for the overnight low. here's future tracker six you can see 5:69 in the morning the cluster of activity out to the west that rolls eastward. it will affect areas north of trenton, into philadelphia and also to the south and east. as we go throughout the afternoon hours still so much heat and building humidity adding to the instability in the air. 5:30 in the evening we will see a couple of showers and storms, and they will be isolated but where they hit, because we do have have a bit of the tropical air mass, overhead, by tomorrow afternoon, brief, but heavy rain is likely, the other part of the story tomorrow is that we've got some records to watch out for. philadelphia the record is 96 setback in 1999. allentown are record is 95. upper 90 as for reading and trenton. ninety-six in wilmington. we will more than likely tie or break record across the region tomorrow. the here's the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast. records possible on monday. thunderstorm around. high of 99, if we hit that, it could

we hope to learn more about the death of a philadelphia firefighter. the department says gabriel lee died while on the job last night. he was not killed while battling a blaze. sources tell nbc 10 lee was found unresponsive at ladder company 12 in philadelphia. he was working the night shift. he was pronounced dead just before 8:00 in the evening. the department says his death is currently under investigation. >> we're going to make history in philadelphia by nominating and electing the first woman president of the united states. >> mayor jim kenny says philadelphia is ready to shine in the global spotlight. the democratic national convention is one day away but before the convention even begins, there are protests planned and this all comes amid a new e-mail scandal that's sending shock waves through the party. nbc 10's drew smith is live in south philadelphia where security is very tight. drew? >> reporter: we are seeing a group carrying a bunch of stuff into the park. they have bernie written on their t-shirts carrying a lot of water into fdr park.