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"nbc 10 news" starts now.ok week is off to a wet start. here's a live look at capefá may where rain is falling right now. shot from the marquise de lafayette lafayette. the storm is moving in. still more to come. also, the eagles are adding a big name to the bird's nest. tim tebow is coming to town and ready to sign on the dotted line. good morning.ok this isjf "nbc 10 news today." iom(vai sikahema. let's get to bill henley with the first alert forecast. light rain drizzling. >> yeah, light rain< moving in. steadier heavier rainfall is
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coming this morning during the commute. may get challenging at times. center city and beyond that'se1 the view from the lowe'sq hotel. the light rain h^r indeed moved into the area philadelphiaxdñie1 abington q! cf1 o gloucester, all getting light rainfall. farther to the southwest moving through northeastern maryland and southernçó delaware. that's wheret(ñheok steadier showers.lpe1 potential for heavier çórainfall. grab anok umbrella. winds blowing 57 degrees and by 9:00, heavier rainfall and 63 degrees. we might see breaks of sunshine. warming by noontime. up to 67 degrees. we'll go through the day hour by hour. showing you whatxt. expect. for the morning commute, jessica boyington is keeping an eye on first ale2á( traffic. hey, jessica. >> good morning. good i]morning, everybody. thee1 majoud problem we have with
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it beinge1 early is not volume, it's wet roadways. the travel times are up here 95 at gerrard avenue. 14 minutes from woodhaven to the vine street expressway. you can see slippery roadways southbound 95 to gerrard avenue. 'b jersey everything moving you can see theçó drive times 5 minutes if you're headed northbound orw3 southbound approaching the walt whitman bridge. distance. we know that. transit and patco. it's raining at the airport. bye. >> we are talking today's storms in the first alert weather a! he south street bridge in sqfenter city. you have your hood up there. is it raining? >> reporter: not only is it
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raining, the wind is gusting. you heard bill talk about the wind. you can see that th ] rain is not too badly affecting traffic along the schuylkill expressway there in the distance. the roadway is wet, but it's drivable. but the wind you have to pay attention to as you drive down the road. there could be points where it pushes your vehicle a little bit. gusting really hard right now. we'll stay on these conditions. i'll check it with myi] wind gauge and give youi] an u te in 30 minutes. live in center city jesse gary "nbc 10 news." stay ahead of the weatherñi and anyjf traffic alerts with the are reports that after a two-year absence from the nfl, tim tebow is heading back to the league and will sign with the philadelphia eagles. "nbc 10's" matt delucia is in south philadelphia. matt, you've been talkinglp with eagles fanst( this morning. tell mezvhow they're feeling
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about this reported deal. >> vaii] naturally some are for w3 it, others are against it. one is certain though they arexdçó anticipating an interestingxd ew season. tim tebow. the reports have been coming out since last night saying that he will sign with the eeg ls at theçó nova care conference. tebow arrived in philadelphia yesterday and he will commit to a one year deal with theçó a5w3birds. the ó[27-year-old quarterback practiced with the teamñi last if he does in fact sign he chip kelly's offense.çó tebow lass notçó played much in the last two years. the last time he started a game was in ok2011. the eagles apparently see something specialçó with thel after talkingxúáith some of the fans out here about this reported move we'll be hearing more from them and we'll be back again in 30 minutes. live in south philadelphia, mattxd delush delucia, "nbc 10 news." it's been less than 24 hours
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since this news br everybody is having a firestorm. can tebowing become a thing #tebowtime. one viewer left a comment saying i say it's good cause the eagle needed goodok prayer on their team. interesting. of course don't fv=qqá "nbc 10" is the official station of the philadelphia eagles.i] count on us for complete coverage as we gear up for then d season. we'll take you live to chicago on draft day. our draft day special airs thursday, april 30th from u7:00 to 8:00 p.m. and hear from the coach and some of theçó eagles picks on our post draft special. the eagles blueprint will air sunday, may 3ñrrd at ( ó11:35. and we have breaking news from overseas this morning. in the past hour a bomb went off in a bus: carrying u.n. workers in northern somalia. six people are dead. many others are reported to be injured. there's no word on what country the u.n. workers are from.
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the bomb was placed under a seat and detonated with a rem!l" control. we'll continue to follow this breaking story. new from overnight, police are looking for the driver who slammed into several parked cars in tg5ca!%11a!% adelphia. t(lg appened after 1:00 in the morning. the driver swiped about four vehicles before thet( car's axle broke and then the driver ran from the scene. no onew3 there was hurt. ?árrñ and this morning there is heightened security at delaware state universitya5 after three people were shot on campus over the weekend. there were two shootings at the school in dover on saturdayfá night. each other. violence first broke out at a cook"iu)u$ hundreds of students. this started with fist fights and led@um gunfire. someone shot three people in the crowd. none of those victims are students. five hours later a seconde1
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shooting happened at an apartment complex. no one was hurt in that one. >> what's going on? we had the shootinge1 and somebody just fired three shots. this is tough. looking for suspects in that case.ot/ and we have new information about two teenage girls who were hit by a car alongt( roosevelt boulevard last night. investigators sayehwhey'rejf expected to be okay. last night at 11:00 we found out the driver did not initially stop after the accident. the driver did later return to the scene. and funeral services are being held today for the 2-year-olde1 philadelphia boy killed in the hit-and-run crash last week. family members held a viewing for david alacea yesterday. this morning police believe they have the car that was involved in the deadly crash. the toddler's mother is still recovering. police say the owners of the car live ine1 central pennsylvania but[ t-and-run case in philadelphia remains e1unsolved.
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the woman police say who was behind a wheel of an t(suv that k4i8d-year-old latif wilson hasr not turned herself in. the suspect's lawyer says his client will e1surrender. some lanes on route 23 infáfá chester county will close today for a bridge restoration e1 project. valley forge road in schuylkill township will be closed. there will bee1 detours for r drivers. penndot says the bridge isn't structurally efficient enough for the nearly 20,000 drivers who use it daily. over the next eight months contractors will remove deteriorated steale1e1e1q beams andu?h @&háhp &hc% replace themxd with concrete beams. >> he told me a little while ago. the truth of the matter is here if you live in the ñiarea you just a dantd if it needs to be done, it needs to be done. >> this is the third of three bridges in chester county to be done under a $3.4 million statec transportationt( project.
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e1 now your "nbc 10" first "tp&ert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 9 minutes after 4:00. it is a rainylp start to the day. as expected. rain is moving in right on schedule. it's going to bee1 a rainy morning. still a chance of a shower this afternoon, but this morning we could see some heavyñi ñidownpours. it could lead to somet( localized flooding in thoseq areas that normally have poor drainage.fá then this evening, strong thunderstorms. a slight risk of severe weather as we headi] into the evening hours. we'll watch the first aleré3 weather to see if those come together. it is rain and 40 degrees m mount pocono. 48 in trenton with steady rain. light rain but steady rain in dover at 55 degrees. you can see the streets of cape may are damp this morning. rain for most of the area is going to continue through the morning. there's the wind jesse gary was mentioning. live viewt( here from the "nbc 10"ñi studios. first thing thisñi morning. here come the more steady w3 showers, moderate showers moving
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through northeasterne1 maryland and central delaware. light rain in philadelphia and for allentown into the trenton ok area, there's more wet weather to come. thunderstorms for tç south. first round of thunderstorms i think are going to miss us and then look at the back edge of this. there's a sharp end to thise1 first line ofi] showers so it's going to be a rainy morning. this line of shorms could move through the evening hours. right now it's affecting centralfá 7 átááqq nd into kentucky. severe thunderstorm warning in central tennessee. v; l be watching that one closely for later today. this morning this is why you're umbrellañ1"q$eh brella. it will come in handy. heavy downpours through south xm tart to see a break by late morning and in the afternoon as we get readyxúqju sunshine, this computer model is
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showing, we will see temperatures pop upñr into the uppeiá 70s. plus a look at@uéte1 wet weather for tonight. the chance of thunderstorms when i come back in ten minutes. thank you bill. 4:11. time to get a check on the roads and jessicae1 boyington is in the first alert traffic center. good morning. >> good morning, vai.t( if youe1ñr goe1 outside and you'll see rain çóengulfing the ñrarea. as we take a closer look at the schuylkill expressway, you can see the roadways are qwet. not a whole lot in terms of ñi volume volume. if you're headed westbound, eastbound, no problem with the drive t(tim=.b take a few extra minutes.ñi additionallyfá we're dealing with extra problems if you're headed in and out of thei]ñiycitylp on the area bridges. as we takeñi a look at the p.a. turnpike, drive times no problem as okwell. you can seee1 heavy rains in the distance but 23 minutes if you're headed westbound from route 1 into valley forge.q
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just about 4:15 and you are lookinge1 live at lincoln f le rain there. bill will be along?;in a second to tell us more about it the rain not tim tebow. meanwhile,xd the storms that are moving into ourxd area hit the south yesterday. heavy rain and strong winds slammed into georgia. look at thisok uprooting trees,
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causing a lot of damage there. no one was hurt after this treeçó toppled on to a home. others did have to deal with power outages, however. well thousands of athletes competing in today's boston marathon could be running in the raináa$"át rain moves in. another factor at the race security. there will be aok heavy police presence. officers will be patrolling the course. there are more miles of fencing between the runners and the fans and security crewsñi willfá screen spectators before entering the finish line bleachers. >> i think in light of all the security provisions that we've put in place, the veryxd best partner that we have in thisxd is the public. >> three people died and 260 were hurt when bombs went off at the 2013 bostonzv qmarathon. juryxd onvicted dzhokhar
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tsarnaev. tomorrow. he could get the death penalty. people paid tribute to the oklahoma city bombing 20 years later. yesterday marked the!utragic anniversary of the attack on%./ the federal building that left 168 dead and millions injured. family members read the names of those killed and observed a moment ofok silence for each life that was lost. ç > had to chooserfar sighted plove over blind hatred you had to choose to redeem your terrible lossesq by beginning again. >> the bombing was an act of domestic xdterrorism. timothy mcveigh was convicted and his accomplice terry nichols was sentenced to multiple lifeq
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sentences. q terror arrests. the u.s. attorney's office says the arrests were made ine1 minneapolis saying there is no threat to public safety. the florida man who landed his gyrocopter last week. after he landed it on the white house lawnt( iljparkednb debate over security. >> we need to worry about the 4cm raise awareness about the influence of big money in politics by deliveringxd letterse1 to each member of congress. he'll now be under arrest until a may 8th hearing in e (árr'gton. and new information this morning, members of the glost 7 jer county church are showinge1 support foyer their pastor accused offá sexually assaulting a
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woman. they came to the defense of bishop james sim mobs jr.mons jr. after a sermon in whici arrested him and said he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old thatlb four years. police are trying to figure out the relationship between three people found dead. the bodies were found yesterday morning in springet>s township. a worker at thee1 quality inn said a customer reported hearing a series of five gunshots and a short break followed by three more rounds. although they don't know a motive yet, police believey1 that the shooter was one of the men. montgomery county the red cross is helping five families after fire ripped through a neighborhood in norris town.
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a viewer sent upfáxd this video as it burned along row homes. officials have not ruled on an official fire.d¥ z unintendede1 grill could be to blame. >> you always have to appreciate every single day you wake up. in the blink of an eye you could lose everything, you know? i feel reallyñjñ(e1 really bad for them. >> no one was hurt during the fire. and this morning, dozens of illegal e1qatvs and dirt bikes are off the street after philadelphia police made a city wide sweep over the okweekend. all part of the department's jf crackdown on those vehicles. this isjf video from a sweep last month. police confiscated at least 38 atved and dirt bikes during the most recentsn logist bille1 jfhenley. grab the umbrella.çó it's a rainy start this morning. the rain is light right now in philadelphia but ai] steadierñi heavier rainfall is really not that far away.
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this is how we're startinge1 the day. rainfall. there will be breaks of sunshine. right now clouds 52 degrees. look at the winds. picked up to 21-mile-an-hour, gusting to 26 miles an hour. we're seeingñi winds to the south.-xnr(t&háhp &hc is is han an inch wind making it feel like it's coming down heavier. a steady 21-mile-an-hour wind right now in philadelphia wilmington. dover is seeing sustained winds at 24 miles an hour. this is where the gusts are highere1 this l rning. 35-mile-an-hour wind gusts this morning. the wind will die down after the first batch of rain passes through. see it'sfá moving into the area right now. there's a steadier rain more moderate showers into the wilmington area, new castle county and heading for cape may, too. washington, d.c. is on the back side of this first round of
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rainfall. we will get some breaks in sunshine as we go into the afternoon. you can see the clearing takingok place after the first batch of rain, but that clearing willxde1qok allow temperatures to heat up and couldlp fuel storms. that next batch of clouds producinglt2me strong thunderstorms that could be here this evening. hour-by-hour forecast showing e1 6:00 this morning, wilmington dover. we should sdt cloudy skies at 10:00 in the morning, rain in trenton. we will see a break for theçó wilmington area.w3 out. temperatures in the 70s today. that's 3:00 this afternoon. then we'll bei] watching this line of storms take shape to the west and that's a possibility for usq during the evening. 7:00 in the evening, look at those temperatures. upper 70s for philadelphia and then here come the storms coming through during the evening hours.
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by laterlp in the evening the storms will be done but as they go through, weipát see some heavy rainfall gusty winds and possibly some hail with those ñi storms. there is a slight risk of severe weatherok as we head into this evening.fá seven day forecast vai, to show you what happens after the storms leave coming up in the next half hour. thank you, bill. 4:22.ñi usually it's clear this timeorjt morning. let's get a check on traffic with jessica boyington.fá good mornging, jessica. >> good morning. we'll start things off on the vine street expressway around 8th street. you can see under 3:00 if you're going westbound, eastbound, no problems there. as we head out the door and go into abington we're dealing with an accident on old york road.e1 95 noq problems
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utes. 12 minutes on the schuylkill expressway. on the blue çóroute,okxpty much the same story if you're headed northbound. vai, back over to you. investigators want to know what started añi forest fire onçó blue hounmountain. a credit card making a big change to keep you connected. plus@;%9 for parents with sick kids. a new program saving families time and money.
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balance transfers can be madmm+ until the card is found. once the card is found you can q unfreeze the account. you can usuçó thexd mobile app or website. search engine google is website when searching on smart phones.e1 starting next week these sites that google d( friendly will show up first. the changes won't affect searches on desktop and laptop computers. a new program is e1dehelping parents decide when to take your child to the emergency room. it's called at the west philadelphia ymca. >> in the class we give a flow chart of when to call the doctor whenrto go to the emergency room or when to call the 24-hour hotline. >> pediatric er visits dropped e1 25% during the first year.
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that means member insurance costs also went down. now your "nbc 10" first alert weather. >> what a turn around of thefá weather. beautiful sunshine over the weekend, dry. it's windy and wet this morning. a steady rain in cape may. 51 degrees at fá4:27 on a monday morning. jessica boyington in theçó first alert traffic center. how's it looking out there? >> looking okay. it's a little bit wet on the schuylkille1 expressway aroundjf monubáá rive. take it easy. drive times are up and i'll tell you exactly what thexd drive times are lw far when we come back. plus a new place to walk t(e1 run, hike, or bike through chester county. the much anticipated trail that
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"nbc 10 news" starts now. a rainy commute is ahead for our monday. live look outside.xd a soggy scene down in capew3 may this morning. and thexd firstralert radar showing a lot more is ahead. the storm could turn severe. plusçó rumor no more. tim tebowi@cs coming to we're live with the new details on the eagles' newest quarterback. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm rosemary connor. >> i'm vai sikahema as touchdown a -- tim tebow arrives. >> it's light but it doesn'ñt feel e1gusty. the wind is now gusting to more than 30 miles an hour in parts of delaware. it's a rainy scenexd in south philadelphia. the rain is moving into thet( area and becoming a bite1 heavier now
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