nbc 10 news starts now. right now, streets are closed in part of philadelphia after this water main break flooded them overnight. we'll tell you when this problem could be fixed. and happening right now in south africa, oscar pistorius back in court after a month-long delay. and a live look this morning at a quiet cape may. it will be warmer today. we had a great weekend but it will be warmer with hotter weather coming midweek. prepare for a heat index that may reach triple digits. good morning, everyone, this is nbc 10 news on this monday, i'm chris cato.

let's get to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast. >> we had some clouds that are moving in right now and temperatures that have cooled down. we're at 67 degrees in philadelphia but it will be a bit warmer this afternoon. it's part of a warming trend that will have serious heat at the midweek time period. right now clear over center city. there are clouds moving into the area. we'll see these clouds to start with. there were a few showers associated with these clouds but they have since fizzled. the temperatures have dropped into the 60s. they'll warm into the 70s. a mild morning and a warm afternoon. 83 degrees at noontime today. we'll talk temperatures, neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back. first, katy zachry has yourç traffic. >> you have a mild temperature to give. i have a mild forecast for the roads. how is everyone doing this morning? this is a live look at 76 at spring garden. if you're headed out the door early for work, you have a smooth drive ahead of you in

both directions. the entire span of 76 are trouble-free right now. i do have a construction issue i'm following. this is in chester, route 13 southbound at route 322. one lane is closed. be aware if you're headed out in that direction. route 13 is in play because that is an alternate route for 495. the closure we've been following for several weeks because of the emergency construction on the christina river bridge. 495 in delaware closed between terminal avenue and 12th street, exits 2 and 3. alternate is 95 or route 13. then taking a live look at new jersey, this is the 42 freeway. things are looking great in both directions if you're headed back from the shore early this morning, the parkway and the ac expressway look clear as well. a story breaking right now. philadelphia's homesburg homehood, police have shot down with a city block as they deal

with a man they believe is armed inside a home there. jesse gary, what can you tell us? >> s.w.a.t. has just arrived, chris. we're at bittman and decatur. s.w.a.t. is moving down the back alley. we're told that a 58-year-old man is inside, barricaded inside a row home on this block with a weapon. early reports at least from police radio are that a woman was trapped, being held at gunpoint inside the home was able to escape. we believe she's with police. she escaped and now the man is inside right now. you can see right here, a philadelphia police van pulling up through the alley. we witnessed two s.w.a.t. officers making their way down the block, moving into position. s.w.a.t. has been notified at police headquarters. we'll stay on the scene and give

you an update in a couple of minutes or so. jesse gary, nbc 10 news. we have this story. jesse gary brought us these details just moments ago as well. a water main break in philadelphia has some streets closed at this hour. .break happened along summerdale avenue between shelmire and glendale. we are told that everyone in that area does have water this morning. right now, the coast guard is still searching for a teenager who was swept away in the waters off ocean city. the 14-year-old whose name has not been released went missing after 7:00 last night near the 9th street jetty. he was swimming with friends when they were all swept out by a rip current. rescuers jumped into the water to pull the group to safety.

>> my daughter heard some people calling, help, help. i ran to the music pier. the lifeguards were all gone. >> we saw two boys walk up inç towels. they went with a paramedic. they were rescued. >> everyone in that group except for the 14-year-old boy made it back to the shore. the coast guard boats continue to search the ocean at this hour. helicopters and beach patrol will be back out at 5:30 this morning. >> investigators are trying to figure out exactly how a security gate at a water ice shop killed a 3-year-old girl in philadelphia's brewerytown neighborhood. winter larkin died saturday after a security gate outside rita's water ice fell on top of her. for several hours on sunday the forensic unit was there looking at ten holes where at one time bolts held that security gate in place to the front of the building at 29th and girard.

investigators say there were no anchors for the bolts in the wall. their hearts and prayers go out to the larkin family but at this time, they cannot comment on the gate's installation, due to the pending investigation. happening now, the murder trial of oscar pistorius has resumed after a one-month recess the former olympic and paralympic runner arrive back in court in south africa earlier this morning. tracy davidson is live in our digital operations center following the details. tracy, already we have big news that will impact this trial. >> right, chris, this development, a panel of psychiatrists has ruled that pistorius did not suffer from mental illness, disease or defect and that he did know the different between right or wrong the night of the shooting. the judge hasn't had time to review the entire report. that's the headline. for now the trial continues. the jury is hearing testimony from a doctor who amputated pistorius's legs when he was a

baby. the prosecutor in the case portrayed pistorius as a hot head and alleges that he killed girlfriend reeva steenkamp after an argument. pistorius faces 25 years to life in prison if he is found guilty of premeditated murder. he also faces years in prison if he is found guilty of lesser charges, murder without premeditation or negligent killing. we'll bring you the latest as it happens. live in the digital operation center, tracy davidson, nbc 10 news. president barack obama will nominate factor procter & gamble executive bob mcdonald to be the new secretary of veterans affairs. he was the ceo of procter & gamble from 2009 through 2013. his nomination comes days after president obama received an internal review of the v.a. that described a so-called corrosive culture that resulted in delays in health care. mcdonald still needs senate

confirmation. pennsylvania lawmakers are scramble toing get a budget passed today, coming down to the wire. the new fiscal year begins midnight tonight. krogh can seat hours, minutes ticking away on the clock for the budget deadline. lawmakers return to the capital last night for an unusual weekend session. they have to get the $29.1 billion state budget to governor tom corbett's desk by midnight. the governor threatened not to sign a budget until lawmakers pass pension and liquor legislation. >> we are seeing high pension costs killing our school districts across pennsylvania. if you combine that with the pension of the state employees system as you know by 1718, it's a $3.3 billion contribution. it's unsustainable to continue that. >> a preliminary senate committee vote last night set up floor votes on the bijette today. we'll keep you posted on how that goes.

♪ one of 16 churches that officially closes at midnight tonight. the archdiocese of philadelphia is merging those churches with other parishes to save resources and boost sustainability in the church. it is wawa welcome america week, a week-long celebration of the fourth of july holiday. one of the many events kicking off the weekend, philadelphia's mural arts program at east park side took place over the weekend. the neighborhood is one of president obama's newly designated promise zones. the mural here is called the north star, a journey to freedom. the artist behind it says it's based on quilts made by african-americans during the civil war. >> because the people who were enslaved that were not allowed to keep maps or pictures of where they were, people would

put motifs and directions on how to reach the northern states to freedom. >> mural arts day wasn't all about the mural. neighbors also gave the area a patriotic splash of red and blue pain the there. for a complete list of welcome mermark events, go to our website, nbc10.com. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> a few clouds are moving in this morning and temperatures, well, they'll be moving up, a little higher than what we saw yesterday. right now if you're moving out the door, the temperatures have dropped down into the 60s for much of the area. we have clouds moving through, they're moving through dry. what we have brewing this week is a heat wave followed by the potential of an east coast storm. we're watching the tropics, something coming together that may be the first tropical storm of the year. boat house row, quiet, dry, clouds overhead. little wind. we'll see a southerly breeze today. that will help to warm things

up. heating us up for philadelphia. dry right now. a few clouds moving in overhead. those clouds will be here this morning but tapering off this afternoon. no showers in the philadelphia area but we have seen a few scattered light showers in the pocono mountains. future weather shows a quick warmup. clouds will get filtered sunshine at 8:00 this morning, 72 degrees. into the upper 70s by 9:00. the clouds still in place this morning but they should be thinning out right around noontime. you'll see the clouds break for sunshine in philadelphia. the temperatures will warm into the 80s this afternoon. but there's hotter weather ahead. we're talking 90s. it may feel like more than 100. the heat wave that is coming, when i come back. >> sounds sweltering. thank you, bill. there's usually not that much traffic out on the roads at this early hour but occasionally things pop up. katy zachry has a look at the

roads. >> i can't give you in addition sweltery but i can give you good news about the roads. this is a live look at 59 atç girard avenue which is this is the area they're dealing with a lot of long-term construction. you can see there are no issues to report on that stretch right now. speaking of long-term construction, the ben franklin bridge, this is the eastbound lane. you can see the crew right there. they are doing track work on patco. the eastbound lane is reduced by one lane. keep that in mind if you're headed over the ben franklin bridge later this morning. there are no issues on the ben to report or any of the area bridges for that matter. i am watching constructions, this is in darby, main street between route 13 and island avenue alternate. >> online guinea pigs. how facebook may have tried tinkering with your mood without you even realizing it. plussing with all clear now. the scare that shut down a popular theme park. and later, you and your phone.

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authorities are still trying to determine why this small plan crashed near the delaware river on saturday. skyforce 10 was over the scene in pennsville township.ç this plane ended up in a marshy area near fortmont state park. both men aboard walked away from the crash. family and friends gathered to remember a woman and her 5-year-old grandson who were killed over the weekend. they died saturday when fire

broke out at a home on north 6th street. loved ones gathered outside last night with candles on sunday. the causes that fire is still under investigation. the fire commissioner tells nbc 10 both victims could have bought themselves more time if they had closed the bedroom door as the flames were approaching. firefighters in arizona are burning about 700 acres to try to stop a wildfire from spreading there. the fire has already scorched 8 square miles since last week. no injuries have been reported and no homes lost at this point. bush garden theme park in virginia will re-open today after a bomb threat yesterday. the park was shut down yesterday after an employee found a threatening note. that part of the park was evacuated and no one was allowed to enter or leave. fire crews searched the area but did not find anything suspicious so the park is cleared to re-open. in georgia, prosecutors say a woman searched for information online about kids dying in hot cars before it happened to her 22-month-old son. police say the woman's husband,

justin harris conducted similar internet searches before his son's death. he told police that he feared it could happen and then it did. the boy's funeral was held over the weekend. harris actually called the funeral home from jail to thank those who attended. he says he was supposed to drop off his soon, cooper, at day care but he forgot and left him strapped in his car seat in the back the car for hours. the boy died from heat stroke. police say a weekend shooting on bourbon street in new orleans left nine people injured and was the result of two men who got angry at each other and shot each other. it happened early yesterday in the french quarter. this morning, one of those victims is in critical condition. still no word on any arrests. thousands of people packed 5th avenue in new york and other cities across the country for gay pride parades and festivals over the weekend. before walking in new york's parade, governor andrew cuomo

announced his goal to end the city's aids epidemic. >> new york state paid a terrible, terrible price for this disease. and we've done a lot of work. we've made a lot of progress but we're not going to be happy until we end the epidemic and we believe we can and that should be the goal. >> about 3,000 new york state residents are expected to be diagnosed with hiv this year. nasa is studying the rules of a test flight after launching what it calls a flying saucer. the weekend experiment off the coast of the hawaiian islands is being used to one dayen lad on mars. the parachute did not fully open before splashing down in the open. nass is is still calling it a success. so far, nasa has spent $150 million on the project. if you're one of the many

millions use facebook, you may have beenç part of an experime. when users were exposed to fewer negative posts, their posts were more positive. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> it is going to be a warm one. we're starting off with a few clouds overhead but it is dry. and temperatures have fall noon the 60s this morning. they will be warming up into the 80s this afternoon. moving in from the west, some clouds. these clouds produced a few showers but right now, no rain falling from those clouds. they'll be moving through this morning and breaking up for this afternoon, we'll see more and more sunshine this afternoon. the temperatures will be climbing considerably. in fact, the next few days are going to be much warmer than what we've seen lately. clouds this morning, sunshine this afternoon. we talked about 86 degrees yesterday. it will likely be warmer today. then the heat is on for tomorrow. likely the first day of a

three-day heat wave. steamy conditions and storms for wednesday and especially thursday. we're likely to see some storms. then a few showers to start with on friday. possibility of clearing out late in the day with sunshine around for the weekend. saturday and sunday, high temperatures in the 80s. 20 minutes after 4:00 now. it's time for another check of of the roads. nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter katy zachry has that. >> i want to start out with this graphic. no issues to report on the majors. this is great when we can show you all green lights. 95 southbound, between wood haf enand the vine, that is looking good. eastbound 476 to the vine, that is looking good. 476, this is a live look at the blue route where it hits 76. look at that. you are going smooth in both directions. route 202 southbound, there is construction on the off ramp, for route 29, that is closed

until later this month, mid-july. keep that in mind if you're headed out there this morning. taking a live look at 295, mt. laurel at route 70. you are good to go. no issues to report on the majors in delaware. when i next see you, we'll go up to the hee lie valley. >> we want to remind you about something especially if you're involved in a local nonprofit organization. it's called 21st century solutions. it's a grant challenge. we have a $50,000 grant available and also two $25,000 grants. we want to help good ideas turn into great ones. applications are accepted until august 8th. go to nbc10.com for more information and ato ply. an international event made its debut in atlantic city over the weekend. 1,100 people representing 22 countries took part in the inaugural challenge of atlantic city triathlon. these people swam 2.4 miles, biked 112 miles and topped all of that off by running a marathon. meanwhile, i struggle to get out

of bed. we're experiencing something at the gas pumps that hasn't been seen in six years. that story straight ahead. plus, an incident in the air. all new video we received from a passenger on board a philadelphia-bound flight that had an abrupt ending here. those stories and more ahead on nbc 10 news today.

it's 4:24, from the jersey shore bureau now, this important, five people are safe after a coast guard rescue. video of that here. the fishing boat started taking on water yesterday about 35 miles east of cape may. crews say there was about 3 feet the water in the boat when they got to the scene. they rescued everyone on board.

as we head into the all-important fourth of july holiday weekend, gas prices are hitting a six-year high for the weekend of the fourth. according to aaa, the national average for a gallon of regular is $3.68. in the five-county philadelphia region you're paying 3.7. delaware, $3.66. in south jersey, $3.55. experts say political unrest in iraq is at least partly to blame. >> unexpected, iraq is the second largest oil producer in opec. that fear in the marketplace that the rebels can take over is what's driving up the cost of oil and gasoline prices here at home. >> and gas of course isn't the only travel expense that will be higher this year. airfare and hotels are up 5% over last year's holiday weekend. now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> 67 degrees here at nbc 10. a few clouds that are moving into the area. we'll see temperatures with some sunshine this afternoon as those clouds move çout, head into th

upper 80s. and then the heat is on for tomorrow. katy zachry is in the first alert traffic center this morning. morning, katy. >> this is a live look at route 20 and route 29 in chester county. you see a few headlights on the roads but things are looking great in chester county. no issues to report on your majors. coming up, i'll have a live look in lehigh valley. >> i'm jesse gary live in homesburg where police are and detectives are interviewing a woman who was held at gunpoint inside a home here. she was able to escape. now police have the area surround. the latest on this standoff, coming up in just a minute. high drama in the air. all new video taken on board a flight that landed in philadelphia overnight. we'll tell you what prompted this.

also right now, streets are closed in parts of philadelphia after a water main break flooded them overnight. we'll tell you when that problem can be fixed. a man was escorted off a flight by police after it landed in philadelphia, passengers say they were forced to take action when the man got out of control. we'll tell you what that was all about. >> a live look out at boat house row. it will be warmer with hotter weather coming midweek. 67 degrees. good morning. this is nbc 10 news today. i'm tracy davidson. this is nbc 10 news today. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. so far we're off to a great start this morning. meteorologist bill henley is in

with his first alert forecast. >> a few clouds enter the picture this morning. those will be around this morning and then out of here for this afternoon. that will allow things to warm up. right now, center city is cooling down. 67 at nbc 10. the satellite imagery showed them. that line of clouds is starting to thin out. there were a few showers to the north but they have since ended. now we're looking at scattered clouds in the area and temperatures that are mainly in the 60s, the i-95 corridor. with cloud cover it's warmer for reading and allentown both at 71 degrees right now. 68 in philadelphia. millville with clear skies, 62 degrees. forecast for today is calling for a warmer day today. we'll see the temperatures start to climb first thing, 70 degrees, 75 at 9:00. then it's into the 80s and climbing at lunch time today. neighborhood by neighborhood forecasts when i come back. first, katy zachry has your traffic. >> good morning, bill.