. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york city, this is "nightly news with lester holt." >>> as officials and others have feared, homegrown zika has popped up. five new florida zika cases reported include one infected patient in the tampa bay area in the western part of the state. officials are reminding worried residents that zika infections can be prevented. >> reporter: on florida's gulf coast in pinellas county, florida's governor is not declaring a new zika zone just yet. >> just because we have one case here doesn't mean we have active transmission. >> reporter: active transmission occurred in miami. now authorities are trying to figure out how one zika case turned up more than 150 miles away, on florida's west coast. to date, 42 homegrown zika cases in the state. at breath of life here in pinellas county, anxious calls to mid wives from mothers to be. >> it's not a time for panic, it's a time for people to be informed. >> reporter: this woman is due in three weeks, and says labor can't come soon enough. >> i w this new study in radi

center city this morning. we have another hot weekend on tap, but you will notice some less humidity. details ahead in our first alert neighborhood forecast. >>> good morning. welcome to nbc 10 news today, i'm lauren mayk. it's 5:00 on this saturday morning. let's get right to your neighborhood forecast with meteorologist krystal klei with a look at what we can expect on this saturday. >> we're looking today at a forecast that we mentioned hot but not quite as humid as yesterday. i was out and about on friday and it felt sticky in the afternoon. we're looking at today a little better off even though the heat still going to be something we have to deal with. also on your sunday we're going to be staying on the dry side of things but hot as well. close to those 90s tanning through both saturday and sunday. as we move ahead could we be seeing another heat wave? it certainly looks like that's going to be a possibility in our forecast with more 90s as we move into your next workweek as well. looking at radar and satellite now not a lot to track out there. going to be a dry one. don't expe

>>> this morning we are following breaking news in philadelphia's old city neighborhood where a stabbing left a man in critical condition. we are live as police hunt for the attacker. >>> this morning there's an arrest in the murder of a wilmington woman whose body was found stuffed in a trash bin. according to business the suspect is someone very close to her. >>> it will be another hot weekend on tap plus we are tracking some showers. here is a live look over center city. we see that sun start to come up. cooler weather is on the way, it's all ahead in the first alert forecast. >>> good morning. this is nbc 10 news today, i'm rosemary connors, it's 5:30 on this saturday. let's start with our weather because we have had some changes, big changes, over the past week. meteorologist krystal klei has been following all of them for us. krystal. >> so we saw that long stretch of temperatures in the 90s and finally that broke the end of your workweek. today, though, looking like we will be right around it again. yesterday we hit a high of 90, today the forecast high 90 in philadelphia

competition for athletes with disabilities. philadelphia announced the staggered closure of city pools scheduled to begin this weekend. that plan has now been delayed. the department of parks and recreation originally planned to close 21 pools to end the summer season. all of this is because the lifeguards are heading back to college. but for the weekend and heat emergency throughout the duration, all but eight pools are open today from 11:00 to 7:00 and on sunday from 12:00 to 5:00. up in allentown, the mayor, ed pa lou ski is waiving admission fees at all city pools today and tomorrow throughout the duration of the excessive heat watch and warnings. he advises some residents may be directed to use other city pools if their first choice is overcrowded. we should warn you that that often happens also in the city of philadelphia when it's very hot and hundreds of people show up at the city pools. no doubt, when you're packing the sunscreen and the towels, pack your patience. you may have to wait a while to get inside. the regatta kicks off here along kelly drive at 8:00 this morning. li

. southbound when we pay attention to pretty much in the morning time. anything into center city typically sees morning volume. not now. southbound from woodhaven road to the vine, 13 minutes there. speeds still well into the 60s also. over in camden, if you're actually heading into philadelphia, watch for construction on 676. just approaching the walt whitman bridge. checking in with some of the rest of the bridges, the commodore barry looks okay. >> jessica, thank you. >>> new from overnight, north broad street is now open after a violent crash shut it down for three hours. a car hit several parked cars and then that car went up in flames. >> right place at the right time and based on that dramatic video, quite possibly it saved this driver's life. take a look at that video here. one of the officers described it as a fireball, a car engulfed in flames. police tell us the car was going south on broad street at wyoming. sped over the center median, went out of control, hit a parked car and a van. this happened just after midnight. one of the officers from the 39th district happened to be d

choice bill was put together. it was democrats out of the cities, democrats in the power base of their party that fought school choice across the state of wisconsin. and to me, if you want to look at leadership in the cities, it's education reform, it's freeing up sba loans. these are things our party is champing and he says that and it's frustrating to see that the democrats go into these cities, i think take advantage of the vote and provide very little leadership in return. >> are you happy with the hires? >> look, i go with the flow, based on what the campaign wants to do. i think kelly ann is doing a phenomenal job. i don't know steve bannon. >> we're learning his background and some of it -- is this the proper background that donald trump should be hiring if he's trying to appeal to women for instance? >> i don't know how much of it is true or not, neither do you. i don't speculate based on what other third parties say about people. i tend to judge people on what i see and interact with. >> one final question when it comes to the issue of the clinton foundation and tax returns. i

philadelphia. you can use it in center city. >> scan food, fun, tacky. >> reporter: you get a higher discount on monday than a weekend or a rainy day than a nice one like today. it only works for the day you use it. >> on a tuesday at 2:00 p.m. shouldn't be the same price on friday night at 6:00 or when it's storming. >> reporter: the founder says this app has grown 850% which benefits a lot of these local restaurants. >> i have this hooked up to my cell phone. it probably rings like 20 or 30 times a day telling me there are spotluck customers in the restaurant. >> reporter: nbc 10 news. >>> well, it is comfortably warm outside to be the but this weekend it's still going to feel like summer and thunderstorms in the forecast for your sunday. i'll show you the timing coming up next. >>> also, how much money would it take for you to become a begin knee pig? >>> plus -- >> from singing to takiing taking selfies with the final five. we take a look at some of her favorite rio moments. >>> first a live look at the oh l limpic flame olympic flame burning. if you don't want to see it now is t

baby owl was found injured in center city in march. ahead, hear how humans stepped in to help. and spent eleven months in a pow vcamp.m what donald trump said about our members of the military being captured is a disgrace. he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. when you fly over enemy territory, the odds might be against you being able to come home. donald trump doesn't understand the weight of sending americans into harm's way. he's unfit to be president. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. ...ad, and my sweethearts handsome,gone sayonara.rance... this scarf, all that's left to remember. what! she washed this like a month ago! how's a guy supposed to move on! the long lasting scent of gain flings. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington checking in on the roads this morning and we're watching route 309 right now, right around the p.a. turnpike. you can see it's smooth sailing here. no big problems or delays also watching in new jersey turnpike, there's construction there. exit 5 and mount holly. the

there. still construction through center city right now. we are blocked westbound and eastbound in between broad street and the schuylkill expressway. with those lane closures, no cars moving through the area. about a half hour until that starts to clear up. a delay for septa warminster train 499. checking in with the rest of the drive times, no problems here. of course we have a westbound drive time here that would be a little slow with that closure but the schuylkill expressway into center city, no problems and the blue route southbound from the schuylkill to 95 with no problems there, just a 15-minute trip as well. tracy in. >>> new this morning, four people, including a child are in the hospital with gunshot wounds. police say several gunmen opened fire late night. tell us what you know about the victims, matt. >> police say this was a dangerous and violent shootout, one that spanned an entire block with people outside. and a 6-year-old boy was shot with stray bullets while sitting in a car. this was the scene last night just before 11:30 at clarkson and ashmed e-streets in ger

gun. the philadelphia city council wants you to keep it unloaded and stored in a locked container. this is if you have kids under the age of 18 living at the home with you. city council is trying to change the law. it cites an anti-gun violence organization saying about 265 children shot another person or themselves last year. >>> now to the latest on the ongoing septa slowdown today. a new policy could impact your commute if you rely on the regional rail. riders will have to buy tickets before boarding at any of the stations in philadelphia between 3:00 and 6:30 in the afternoon. septa said it made the move because of scheduling issues following the loss of more than 100 structurally deficient rail cars. also today, the naval hospital parking lot on broad street in south philly will re-open for septa customers. it's been closed for more than a week because of the activities surrounding the dnc at the wells fargo center. >>> turning now to decision 2016. today republican donald trump will make his second campaign visit to pennsylvania since accepting his nomination for president.

city, colorado. >>> now to breaking news on the jersey shore. the trump taj mahal plans to close the casino after labor day, blaming striking workers. tomorrow will mark the longest strike in atlantic city casino history. the jersey shore bureau reporter ted greenberg is joining us live from the taj in atlantic city. the workers obviously not happy with this latest announcement, ted. >> reporter: they're not, jim. union leaders tell me that a shutdown likely would not happen until october, because those workers legally have to be given a certain amount of notice. and tonight the striking employees here on the boardwalk say the announcement shouldn't come as a surprise, but they're still standing by their decision to walk out. striking trump taj mahal workers say the word from management was not what they expected. that the struggling casino will close after labor day. >> as a family, mortgage, bills, two daughters going to college, it's going to be very tough. >> is the strike worth it then? >> yes, it was. >> reporter: the shutdown will leave more than 2,300 taj mahal employees out

of trouble, italy shows its true faith. he said, quote, no family, no city, no hamlet will be left alone. from the digital operations center, i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >>> back here at home, a man is dead after he was shot and killed during a break-in overnight in philadelphia. police say an ex-boyfriend tried twice to force his way into a woman's row home on marco street in west philadelphia. the second time, he fought with the couple and the woman's current boyfriend shot the intruder in the chest. he died at the hospital. the ex's children with the woman were in the home when the shooting happened. police interviewed the mom and are now looking for the current boyfriend. >>> a 21-year-old man is in the hospital after being shot outside a philadelphia home. police were called to south 32nd street in gray's ferry just after midnight. the victim was standing outside a friend's house when a bullet struck him. other bullets shattered a glass storm window in a door. the victim is in stable condition, so far, police have not arrested anyone. >>> philadelphia police are looking i

to mexico city at the invitation of that country's president, standing side by side in a photo-op moment his advisors hoped would make trump come across presidential. gone was the confrontational rhetoric, no talk of a bill for the wall. did trump make the most of an opportunity or miss one? we begin with miguel almaguer in mexico city. >> reporter: arriving late this afternoon in mexico city, donald trump's meeting with president nieto was cord dahl. >> -- cordial. >> we had a very constructive substantive exchange of ideas. >> reporter: after extending an invitation to the nominee, mexico's president seemed at times defiant, a point by point rebuttal. he said mexico deser deserved the respect of everyone, a sentiment trump even ec echoed. >> spectacular hard working people. >> reporter: an about face when trump kicked off his campaign 14 month ago by vilifying mexico. >> they are not our friend, believe me, they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime and they're rapisrapists. >> reporter: easing his stance on trade specifically nafta, trump also didn't talk about who pay noer

man running for more than 20 years. he's the longest serving chair in the reading city committee. now he's giving it up because he said he can't support trump. he's hoping a third-party conservative will emerge or the nomination will be rescinded. dent says none of that is likely to happen. isn't it a little late for this? some could argue we saw this coming months ago. >> yes. but we had the convention in late july. some of us were hoping that the delegates would be free to vote their conscience and pick a different nominee. >> reporter: he isn't the only republican committee person to resign his post. another person put on his twitter account that he's endorsing the libertarian candidate. as for the state gop, they tell me that they will work to elect the party nominee to the white house. in exeter township, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> just an hour ago, donald trump wrapped up a rally in maine. trump telling supporters there that house speaker ryan is a good guy. he also said despite what you hear, there is no divide between himself and his running mate, mike pence. >>> tr

mexico city. he's not sure what the election will bring, or building a wall, and what he calls trump's belligerent comments over many months. >> it's like a comedy. i never thought he would get this far. >> it's hard to say. >> reporter: claudio is trying to think positive. >> it's a good start. because he would know what's going on. he maybe thinks that mexico is very bad, but it's not bad. >> reporter: he wants to believe trump might ultimately help immigrants in the u.s. gain u.s. citizenship. >> all the mexicans and races and all that, you know, i don't think so. >> reporter: so far, he's undecided. >> it's hard to choose. >> reporter: on who will earn his vote in november. you're going to give this visit a chance? >> yes. i'm with him when he say he want to make america great again. >> reporter: the sentiment here today was one that hoped trump might listen a little more instead of talk with his visit with mexican president today. many wishing that this meeting was not closed doors. instead open to the public so that they could see and hear what developed. cydney long, nbc

apparent turn got. >>> and a cold-blooded sniper sending a new city deep into fear. tonight a dramatic plea for help. >>> and here in rio, a big mystery, who will light the cauldron. live from copacabana beach, "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news with lester holt" reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. >>> good evening, from copacabana beach, the picturesque ocean front skyline ablaze in lights as this city, this country this, continent lighting the olympic torch began. a lot has happened from this country, in a zika pandemic. it starts just a few miles in from us, at the maracana stadium where the olympic opening ceremonies are taking place. stephanie gosk, good evening. >> reporter: i'm standing in front of the russian teammates, they are among the more than 11,000 athletes from 207 countries that are getting ready to march into maracana stadium. tonight it will be on display like never before. for rio, it all comes down to this. nearly seven years after winning the bid -- tonight their olympics kick off. >> welcome to ri

and medics in the city. he said it has been rough. more on that at the top of the hour, 5:00. one quick note here, this area of south broad street, it is shut down around wharton for a couple blocks. you're not going to get your car through here. if you need to get around this area, you'll have to take a detour. we'll keep you posted on the traffic situation. >> we'll check back with matt at 5:00 a.m. check the free nbc 10 app for details on this and other breaking stories. >>> more breaking news, this is decision 2016. republican donald trump is shaking up his campaign again. he's bringing in steven banon, his campaign ceo. he's promoting pollster kelli ann to manager. trump continues to trail hillary clinton in the polls. ahead in just a few minutes, find out about trump's first classified intelligence briefing which is coming up today. >>> well, this is pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane's final day on the job. she's resigning today, following her perjury conviction in a grand jury leak case. her deputy, bruce castor, will take over as acting attorney general. he's the

the moment. we'll continue to follow this breaking story out of new york city, and bring you new information just as soon as we get it on this man climbing the trump tower. >>> we have more breaking news right here at home. live over the schuylkill river, near chestnut street in philly. three people were in the water right here, two of them have been rescued. but one is still missing, we're told. divers are in the water looking at this point. we don't know how these people managed to get in the water. but we'll continue to follow this breaking news and bring you more information on this story as we get it as well. >>> to this now. he flat-out lied. that's what a former aide to new jersey governor chris christie had to say about christie's involvement in the george washington bridge gate scandal. it's part of an e-mail sent by a christie aide that will be used in baronee trial next month. they're charged with helping to arrange lane closures on the bridge allegedly to punish the mayor for not endorsing christie. today christie called the e-mail ridiculous and denied he lied. >>> a

transportation. you have a better communication network. you have renovated city center which created thousands of jobs. and so on. and there i think we have to appreciate what the brazilians managed under these very difficult circumstances. >> my conversation with thomas bach continued from there with more on rio as a host city as well as the future of the olympic games overall, the russian doping scandal and other topics. you can watch the interview in it entirety at nbcolympics.com. and you can also find more of my interview with michael phelps there as well. time now for a look at the medal count, brought to you by mcdonald's, supporting athletes on their journeys toward olympic gold. the americans continue to lead in both overall and gold medals. meanwhile, jamaica won its first two rio golds last night and tonight with elaine thompson and usain bolt claiming the titles of world's fastest woman and man. and south africa won its first gold tonight with wayde van niekerk's world record performance in the 400 meters. it was also a tremendous sunday for great britain today. f

gets through. this is 95 southbound no center city, no problem from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway. still a 13-minute trip. >>> new from overnight, a violent car crash and fire along broad street and this is video you will only see on nbc 10. police say a driver hit several parked cars before his own car burst into flames. matt delucia is live in nicetown. police officers are being credited with saving that driver's life. walk us throe you what happened. >> that's right. philadelphia police say that car was going south here on broad street, was speeding, lost control after hitting the center median, hit two parked cars just on the other side of the road from where i am. the vehicle ended up in the middle of brad street and then burst into flames. take a look at that video once again. that was right after that car crash. you can see one officer on scene described it as a fireball. this happened just after midnight. one of the officers from the 39th district happened to be driving down broad at the same time. he saw the crash right after it happened. at that point h

we're going to increase restrictions. >> reporter: we watched atlantic city lifeguards pack up for the night, but still people headed into the water. a man on an atv tried to warn them of the danger with the high rip current risk this weekend. visitors and vendors are thankful for the start of another sunny weekend. >> it's a great sphere,atmosphe people, kids. rides. >> reporter: a big music stage has big acts coming in next week, and people we talked to said they'll be coming back for that. nbc 10 news. >>> now to a developing story out of philadelphia. the fbi has requested documents from jim kenny's mayoral campaign. they can't tell us what type of documents they're providing or what prompted this. he was elected mayor in 2015 after several decades on city council. >>> now decision 2016. in an exclusive interview, donald trump's personal physician tells nbc news he wrote a letter saying trump would be the healthiest president in history in just five minutes. >> at the end, i get rushed and i get anxious when i get rushed. so i try to get four or five lines done as best as i can. >>

limit your time outside and take precautions. matt delucia is live in center city to explain. matt? >> this is really the only bearable part of the day when the sun is gone. you still have a little bit of that humidity remaining. i just took a look over at the peco build and the temperature that was on that read out there on the display, 72 degrees. it really does feel a little bit cooler, certainly a lot cooler than it does during the heat of the day. we saw a lot of people this weekend really trying to cool off any way possible, taking water with them everywhere they went. folks who did have to be outside, we saw they did not stay out for very long before taking that break indoors. three heat-related deaths in philadelphia over the weekend and over the next couple of days, still it's a very good idea and good reminder to check on the seniors, your neighbors. also keep the kids and pets outside for as little time as possible. even firefighters, we noticed wereç taking frequent breaks wh all of their gear. this heat is dangerous. can't be stated enough. take a look at the bottom

ranked as the 16th deadliest city for air pollution. the worst is los angeles with more than 1300 air pollution-related deaths. pennsylvania ranked the second deadliest states. >>> you can get your first look at the new elick bugses in dover today. the delaware transit foundation used a $2 million grant from the fta to buy six buses like these. the buses run on batteries you can check them out in rehoboth beach tomorrow. >>> donald trump takes aim at isis and beyond. ahead, what he accused hillary clinton and president obama of doing. plus this -- >>> the sound of success. tonight, the u.s. gymnastics team goes for gold and they're doing it with the help of a berks county company. >> announcer: nbc10's competition to watch is locally sponsored by the all new 2017 chrysler pacificica. >> announcer: this portion of "nbc10 news" sponsored by morgan & morgan for the people. today, guns can be bought over the internet, or at a weekend gun show. and if the wrong people get a gun... we know what can happen. pat toomey put our safety ahead of partisan politics. toomey crossed party lines twic

without much training. over a five-year period over 300,000 people were stopped. the city has agreed to make reforms to stop civil rights violation. and the death of freddie gray sparked the investigation. last year, the charges were dropped against the police officers who handled the 23-year-old. >>> defense attorneys in bridgegate are trying to subpoena cell phone records of chris christie and some of his aides. jury selection starts next month for a christie aide and appointee. a judge rejected an earlier request to subpoena phone records during the pretrial process. >>> now, to decision 2016. did donald trump make a veiled threat against hillary clinton? or were his comments misinterpreted? >> if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. although, the second amendment people, maybe there is. i don't know. >> ahead, we have exclusive reaction from trump's running mate. and hear what the clinton camp is saying. >>> also, eagle in trouble. why layne johnson is facing a ten-game suspension. today, guns can be bought over the internet, or at a weekend gun show. and if th

was in center city last night to accept an award from the world affairs counsel. biden said his moonshot task force wants hospitals and scientists to share information he said the clock is ticking. >> for everyone you lost every hour, every day, every month matters to someone diagnosed with cancer. >> biden said the moonshot task force is also creating more user friendly websites to get everyone on the same page. >>> today is the last day that investors can put bids on two properties. bader field being sold and bids were originally due on july 14th but that deadline was extended because the auction wasn't advertised according to state law. it will bring much needed cash to atlantic city as it tries to get its finances in order to avoid a state takeover. last month, dozens of properties raised $1.7 million. >>> philadelphia police are looking for four teenagers who attacked an 11-year-old. the victim was chased from the basketball court behind the omni rec center to a nearby al alley they removed a handgun and forced the victim to remove his clothes and then punched him in the st

of raids that took agents to both city hall and the home of the city's biggest union boss. three of the locations the fbi raided today have connections to union leader john dockerty, including his home and pub in south philadelphia. his union's headquarters in spring garden also. they raided the office of bobby heenan. mitch blocker live at city hall right now. we start with rosemary connors in south philly. rosemary? >> reporter: jim, john dockerty seemed calm and collected as he waited outside on the sidewalk, this as investigators were inside his home for hours today. this is not john dockerty's first encounter with the feds on his property. they were here a decade ago on another investigation. the union calls it a bad rerun. >> nothing in my house has changed in ten years. i'm the most vetted guy in philadelphia. >> reporter: with boxes of bagged evidence and a computer in hand, federal investigators emerge from john dockerty's south philadelphia row home after spending most of the day inside. the fbi will not reveal any details of the investigation. and local 98 representatives

it's worth it in the fight for justice for the victims in this case. reporting live in center city, i'm rosemary connors, nbc 10 news. >> rosemary, thank you. nbc 10 was the only local station there when lynn walked out of prison late this afternoon. lynn was being held about two and a half hours north of philadelphia in wayne county. even if prosecutors get his conviction reinstated, he may not spend much more time in prison. deanna durante explains. >> reporter: this is the prison where monsignor william lynn has been housed. his ride showed up here just after 2:30 this afternoon. a white suv pulled up to building number 14. the person that was driving that car brought him a change of clothes and less than 20 minutes later, lynn left the prison here heading back to the philadelphia area. this is not the first time william lynn has been released from prison. his case has gone to the higher court, his original conviction in 2012. it's been historic for the church. lynn was not accused of himself harming a child, but was accused of moving a priest around and not protecting the children i

involving a top union boss and a member of philadelphia's city council. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >>> good morning, this is nbc 10 news today, i'm rosemary connors, thanks for being with us, it's 5:00 on this saturday. let's get right to meteorologist crystal klei. happy saturday. we're looking at your temperatures. 76 in philadelphia, allentown at 73, coastal 73 as well and right around those mid 70s, dover, atlantic city it's 75 degrees. at the bottom to have your screen seven day for cast for you. this is what we're looking at on our radar and satellite map. showers well to the west of us, that will be coming in later this afternoon. right now some isolated showers popping up here, even a few pockets of heavier activityj