nbc 10 news starts now. remembering a comedic icon and a pioneer for2women, more reaction on the death of joan rivers. a new school year starts monday in philadelphia but budget cuts mean fewer security guards. we'll look at what's being done to keep your students safe. a live look at center city this morning. steamy and stormy weather set to return for the unofficial final weekend of summer. 73 degrees on this friday morning. good morning, everyone. this is nbc 10 news today. i'm chris cato. let's go now to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast. bill, before we talk about the steamy weather for later today, can we just reflect on how wonderful yesterday was?

>> it was a beautiful day. that was yesterday. today you can feel the difference this morning, the humidity has already moved into the area. it's going to stay steamy during the day. yesterday, we were in the upper 80s, low humidity, so nice at the shore where the temperatures warmed into the low 80s. but it's going to be steamy all around, including cape may. it is dry, no showers, just temperatures that are running 5 to 12 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. 74 currently in philadelphia. 69 in pottstown, millville is 71 degrees. the numbers will be climbing. we'll see sunshine to start with, bright sunshine after these low clouds over the city clear. humid conditions, 72 degrees at 7:00. 76 at 9:00 and then we're into the 80s, a steamier afternoon. 84 will feel like it's 88 degrees at lunch time today. hour by hour forecast with a chance of showers. that's when i come back. first, jillian mele has traffic. >> good morning, following construction we have road work on 95, the northbound side out

near route 420. we're following some road work on 295 northbound near the 42 freeway. the left lane is blocked and is expected to be blocked until about 6:00 this morning. average speeds on the pages across the area, looking pretty good. in the mid-50s, 55 is what we're seeing on 76. right near belmont avenue. as i mention we are following that construction on 95. i'll keep you update on that. we had construction overnight on 6 eastbound near the vine street expressway. that just cleared in the last few minutes. chris? ç this morning, we're remembering a comedy legend. celebrities and fans across the world are mourning loss of joan rivers. nbc 10's christine maddela is live with more. >> joan rivers died yesterday, chris, at the age of 81 years old, one week after she went into the hospital, into a doctor's office for a routine procedure. she went into cardiac arrest. her daughter melissa said she

was surrounded by friends and family and close friends. she entertained us for 5 years as a standup comic, late-night talk show host and hollywood fashion critic. locally she sold a successful line of clothing, jewelry and accessories on the qvc shopping network based on westchester. she always kept a busy schedule. she even worked the day before her surgery. out in hollywood, there are tributes to rivers. on the hollywood walk of fame there's a wreath of flowers placed on rivers' star. the ceo of the hollywood chamber of commerce, who oversees the walk of fame called her an icon. ellen degeneres tweeted, joan rivers will always be an icon. kathy griffin, a ledge en, friend, mentor, an icon, and

wildly funny. funeral services will be held on sunned in new york city. reporting live in the digital operations center, christine madde maddela, nbc 10 news. she went to yorkville e endoscopy for a procedure on her vocal chords. she was scheduled to perform a show in north jersey the next day. for more on that investigation and a look back at joan rivers' life and legacy and a photo gallery of her career, logon to nbc10.com. new from overnight, philadelphia fire crews had to put outç an underground fire i center city. it broke out around midnight. it's not a transformer fire. crews checked lines for possible damage in the area. there were no reported power outages. now to the growing casino crisis

in atlantic city. this morning we're hearing of more possible layoffs and another casino in financial trouble, this time as the trump taj mahal. the taj says notices may be sent out to employees in the near future. the casino says if it doesn't start making more money it could be in trouble. "the new york post" is reporting the taj is head for bankruptcy court unless it can quickly reach a deal with its lenders. trump plaza says it may keep its internet gambling operation up and running. in a petition to casino regulators, officials with trump entertainment said they are weighing options when it comes to seeking permission to keep the internet gambling license. an atlantic city casino that's already closed may be going back to court. revel closed on tuesday morning. we brought you that live. the hq nightclub and the hq beach club which are both inside revel want to stay up. lawyers filed documents with the u.s. bankruptcy court seeking an injunction to keep those clubs

up and running. the owners say they are the right to continue operating the businesses. today the aunt and boyfriend of the philadelphia woman accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl are expected to take the stand to testify. prosecutors claim christina regusters boyfriend lived in the house where that young girl was held captive. in court yesterday, forensic experts say christina regusters' dna was found on the t-shirt she was wearing when she was found. regusters worked at the child care center where the girl attended. the judge warned regusters if she had another outburst in court like she did two days ago, she'll have to watch the proceedings from a video feed. more budget cut means fewer security guards for philadelphia katy zachry is with us. >> reporter: chief inspector

carl holmes has a long history with the philadelphia police department. yesterday he was not shy about admitting that this year their resources are less than last year but he says he's confident he and his police officers can keep things just as safe. now when the school year starts on monday, they will be down 40 officers from this time last year. the district is operating with an $80 million budget deficit. there's no extra money to fill those positions. he says that schools will be sharing officers and at the city's high schools, they've had to take away some officers to put them in other buildings. do parents have reason to worry about their kid's safety. >> parents always have reason to wo worry. >> is it different this year? >> our resources are less, however, we're just as vigilant about protecting those children as we were in previous years. >> chief holmes talks about a

new kid this year that will keep kids who get in trouble from getting a criminal record. that story coming up at 5:15. reporting live, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. count on nbc 10 to help you get ready for back to school. students in the philadelphia school district head to class for their first day of school. we'll be looking at what could be in store this school year. remember you can always get more information on nbc10.com. check out our special section for tips, trends and news about the new school year. no need to pack lunches for students in camden. all students in camden schools will get free breakfast and lunch all year. the superintendent announced that decision that the district is participating in the federal healthy hunger-free kids act program. all the schools with free meals are listed on our website, nbc10.com. also starting this school year, philadelphia public and charter schools are giving students free break fat and

lunch.ç they are now offering free lunch as well as breakfast, that's been offered for the last years. now your first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> clouds obscuring the tops of the buildings in center city. this is a view across the delaware. no fog but we'll be on the lookout for that this morning. headlines, a muggy morning, the steamyness will stay with us through the day as the temperatures reach into the 90s. could lead to showers today. that threat grows for tomorrow. right now, dry at cape may. but the flags are blowing. but that is a warm, muggy breeze to start with this morning. we're 4 degrees warmer in philadelphia compared to yesterday morning. look at the poconos, up by 12 and 11 degrees warmer in millville. low 70s right now for wilmington and philadelphia. 60s north and.u; west. horsham at 69 degrees, 66 now in allentown.

quakertown down to 64 degrees currently. 72 in middletown, delaware, vineland is 70 degrees. mount holly, clayton, swedesboro in the upper 60s right now. we'll be watching the satellite imagery. you can see the low clouds in the area to start with. we'll see sunshine to warm us up quickly. we may also see, thanks to the high humidity, a chance of showers and thunderstorms. the humidity will keep pumping into ñ area today and again tomorrow. could lead to some storms during the afternoon hours. this morning, though, we'll watch the clouds thin out and the temperatures take off. by 11:00 this morning, low 80s for northeast philadelphia. philadelphia international and wilmington and then as we go into the afternoon hours, you can see the threat of showers at 1:00 this afternoon, scattered light showers for doylestown and into pottstown. during the later afternoon hours, showers and possibly thunderstorms with heavy downpours at 5:00. that drops the temperatures north and west and will drop the

temperatures as we head into the evening hours in philadelphia, too. so stand by for a steamy one. you'll need your sunglasses, hot and humid. air conditioning at some point. showers popping up, won't be widespread rainfall, not as much as what we're expecting as we head into the weekend. >> thanks, bill. a quadruple murder suspect from florida has authorities in this area on high alert. the main suspect may be in the philadelphia region. we'll tell you why police are more worried about how -- who may be traveling with him. and another american with ebola is coming back to the u.s. and center city, it's steamy looking out there. it will be a humid one later today. bill was telling us about that. a chance of storms this afternoon. 73 degrees now. we'll take a look at your morning commute moments ahead. stay with us on nbc 10 news today.

this morning, police are looking for this man. they say he could be in this area with his son after a quadruple murder in florida. he's a person of interest in the killing of two women and two men in the tampa area. police found their bodies yesterday. that's when they discovered the 4-year-old boy missing. investigators say this mercer county woman tried to get away after crashing into two vehicles and assaulting an officer in bucks county. police took 19-year-old sara culhane into custody yesterday. she refused to stop after hitting a vehicle in bensalem. according to officers, she then

hit another car. she jumped out of the car and ran away. they eventually caught her. gloucester township police say two kids were playing outside on monroe drive yesterday when the vehicle stopped, the driver motioned for the kids to come over. the kids did the right thing and ran into a house to tell a parent. the vehicle isç described as a white suv with gray trim an a den the in the door. caln township officers were responding to a burglary at the sneaker den in thorndale wednesday. they found their suspect behind the store, chased him on to nearby tracks. one of the officers and the suspect got into a fight as a train was coming.

they were pulled off the tracks just before the train sped by. healthcare.gov website was hacked. the official says the server did not contain any personal information and no data was transmitted outside the agency. this morning, the third american infected with the ebola virus in africa is expected to arrive at a facility in nebraska for treatment. 51-year-old dr. rick sacra has been in isolation. he's heading to the nebraska medical center in omaha where he'll receive treatment in a specialized isolation unit. >> i just had a call from the doctor who put rick on a plane to come to the united states. and he said that rick is clearly sick but that he was in very good spirits. >> more than 3600 people have been infected with ebola in west

africa during this outbreak. more than 1,500 have died. in delaware, health officials confirmed a second case of chicken gunnia virus. the cdc says a woman from new castle county contracted that virus last month. she was treated at a hospital an real estate leased. officials say that woman and a man who got sick in july both caught the virus while traveling to the caribbean. a new report shows pennsylvania and delaware have some of the worst obesity rates in america. delaware has the 13th highest rate, pennsylvania comes in at 19. on the other hand, new jersey rates in the country at 39. the rates have gone up in all three states over the past few years. in case you're wondering, mississippi and west virginia tied for the highest rates. colorado has the lowest. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> bright sunshine, yesterday in the 80s and the humidity was so low through the day. but this morning, the humidity

is back. no wind right now. we are seeing a few clouds overhead but we'll see the clouds thin out. a little bit of a breeze will develop out of the south. that's going to bring the temperatures up. it's already started at philadelphia international, southeasterly wind at 6 miles an hour, humidity at 93%. that's a lot higher than it was yesterday. temperatures are going to stay warmer during the day. we got 60s for pottstown and doylestown, trenton is 71 right now. while it's 73 at philadelphia international. gloucester county, we reach into the low 70s for swedesboro along raccoon creek. 68 degrees and 69 in washington township. while clayton is also 69 degrees. the clouds will thin out. you can see, if you look close, you can see some of the thin cloudiness. sunshine will warm us up. we'll be watching for showers as we go into the afternoon. storms erupting over northern michigan. that's a possibility late this afternoon, even more likely as

we go into tomorrow. by this evening, the shower threat will be out of here. this is 7:00 this evening. settles down. won't get all that cool overnight tonight. it will stay steamy for your saturday. saturday afternoon, look at the line of showers, starting to develop. it could be some thunderstorms as well. that's saturday evening right along the i-95 corridor. nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jillian mele has a look at what's happening on the highways out there. good morning, jillian. >> good morning, chris. let's start off on area bridges. the ben franklin çbridge, we he construction once again set up on the westbound side. three laps of traffic getting by into philadelphia. all of the area bridges are clear of delays. it's quiet out there as far as traffic goes. construction out here right new on 95, the northbound side near

route 420. the left lane is blocked but no delays to report associated with that construction zone. keep in mind if you travel 4 2, eastbound, the on and off ramps remain closed. that went into effect earlier this week. it will be out there until the enof november because of construction. is the jersey you purchased for your favorite philadelphia sports team the real deal? this morning, a father and son are accused of selling fakes.

73 degrees on this friday morning. a live look at a very beautiful

image there. lincoln financial field, south philadelphia where just over 4 hours from now the eagles kick off their 2014 season against jacksonville. last night if you were up late watching, you saw the seahawks open the season pretty much they ended the last one, pounding the packers, 36-16 on nbc. happening today, veterans can get help finding work at the welcome home veterans job fair at the coatesville v.a. medical center. this is a chance for vets to connect with dozens of area employers. the job fair runs from 10:00 to 2:00 today at the coatesville medical center in building 5. organizers for next year world meeting of families in philadelphia will unveil the official prayer and iconic image of the event. this is the vatican earlier this year when they were hoping to convince the pope to come to the gathering.ç

the ceremony will take place during evening mass at the basilica of st. peter and paul. a father and son are charged with selling fake sports jerseys out of bucks county. detectives say neil robinson and his son shawn operated that counterfeit ring from bensalem. they're accused of importing thousands of phony jerseys from china and selling those online. investigators say this started in 2007 and they got a break in the case when neil robinson sold three corporate fit jerseys to an undercover officer. the ncaa slapped the university of connecticut with a secondary violation of recruiting rules.

davis said on camera she wanted to play basketball for uconn someday. the coach called her up to congratulate here during a two-minute phone call. a secondary violation usually doesn't include any official penalties but the ncaa will make a decision on that later. jackie robinson, little league in chicago getting big bucks now. dick's sporting goods will donate more than $164,000 to the league. that money is profit from jackie robinson west t-shirt sales. jackie robinson beat the philadelphia team during the little league world series in williamsport. the governor's office in delaware is apologizing for accidentally tweeting a racy photo to their followers. the picture shows a woman in a suggestive pose wearing what appears to be bondage gear. it was attached to a tweet from governor markell from one of his staffers as the governor announced a new $5 million plan

for low-performing schools. the woman, the staffer who tweeted it says she accidentally deleted part of a photo link and it autoç finished, resulting i the wrong picture. i db know that could happen. now i know. governor markell's office released a statement saying, the lessons here are not to compose tweets too quick ly. we just wish the accidental link would have been a cat video. pretty good. dillworth park is opening today outside city hall. we brute you live the opening of that park that held its ribbon cutting yesterday. the residences at the ritz-carlton are holding a picnic in the park from noon to 7:00. later at 5:00 p.m., happy hour. now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> feel the steamyness in the air. low clouds have descended on

center city. that's a live view from the loews hotel. the flags are blowing with a southerly humid wind this morning. right now 73 degrees at 4:27. jillian mele is watching traffic. good accidents to report so far. highways are looking pretty good. this is the vine street expressway out near 76. the vine is clear the entire length of the way. coming up in a few minutes, i'll tell you where we're seeing construction on the pennsylvania turnpike. we continue to remember joan rivers. in our next half hour we'll hear from people in this area who worked with the comedy legend.

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flowers laid on the walk of fame as fans continue to mourn comedian joan rivers. this morning we're hearing from people in our area who worked with her. another atlantic city casino is facing financial trouble and potential layoffs. we'll have the latest developments in the casino crisis. taking a live look outside, it is getting foggier by the minute. hot and humid weather is returning just in time for our weekend. back. get ready for some more storms. good morning, you're watching nbc 10 news today. happy friday, i'm christine madella. >> it is friday, isn't it. >> it is. >> we made it. let's get your first alert forecast with meteorologist bill henley. it's friday, bill. >> thank goodness it is friday, absolutely. it is going to be hotter and it's already a more humid day today. we're watching for areas of fog, really not much yet. lots of low cloudiness.