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sincerely, elizabeth trackler samantha parke robert kennedy deanna morrison jared duemling alex payne this morning on nbc 10 news day two in the 90s. only today will be worse than it was yesterday as we take a live look at center city. you can feel the mugginess as soon as you step out the door. hotter, more humid and a chance for thunderstorms today. shutting down. schools near the search zone for those two escaped convicts in new york are closing their doors again today as the hunt for the dangerous criminals intensifies. the fight of his young life. a salem county mother talks about her son injured in a hit-and-run crash that put him in a coma and tells us how he's doing now. this is "nbc 10 news today" on
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this friday. i'm chris cato. in the 90s again today. it feels warm. meteorologist bill henley is here with the first alert forecast. the humidity is in place. >> it is a good deal warmer than yesterday morning. much of the area yesterday was in the 60s at this time. 78 degrees right now at 4:01. a bit of a breeze but that's not a cool one. like yesterday that's humidity that's pushing into the area. 77 degrees right now in philadelphia. 79 degrees in northeast philadelphia. and 70s extended this morning. warm start in northeast philadelphia. 79 degrees. feels-like temperatures will take off today. 90 degrees is what it will feel like by 9:00 this morning. as we go into this afternoon, that number could feel like it's closer to 100 degrees. actual temperature, 74 at 6:00. 9:00, low 80s. and near 90 degrees at noontime and climbing. go through the forecast
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neighborhood by neighborhood when i'm back in ten minutes. right now, let's check in with jessica. >> on east and westbound side they are closing off traffic so they have all cars exit at broad street here westbound side. they have signs posted around the area so if you follow those detours, you'll be fine if you have to get to the schuylkill expressway. no problems from blue route to vine street expressway. southbound 95 no problem. currently no problems or delays for mass transit this morning. chris? >> as we heard bill talk about, we're in for extreme heat today. it may feel like a hundred almost outside. you notice that for some it's a taste of summer but for other, it's a challenge to their health and comfort. katy zachry is live for us in center city. what does it feel like out there now? >> reporter: there's a light breeze. that's an added comfort. my nbc 10 weather app is
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registering in the mid 70s. as bill said it will be 74 degrees by 6:00 a.m. i'm registering 77 degrees on this weather app. it's only 4:00 a.m. what's the take away? today you want to get your chores and any of your work that needs to be done outside, get that done early. let's go to our video. these are road crews painting lines outside city hall. that's really the takeaway. if you need to do any yard work if you're working outside, try to do all that stuff early on because as bill said it's going to get so hot it will feel like it's a hundred degrees outside. coming up in the next half hour we'll talk about how you can best help your elderly neighbors and those who may not have air conditioning and how you can keep them safe during this time. tips for that in the next 25 minutes. reporting live in center city
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katy zachry nbc 10 news. >> you can prepare for the potential heat wave if we see 90s tomorrow and a chance for storms over the weekend through our nbc 10 news app. down yoedload it for free. people at a chinese restaurant sprang into action when a gunshot victim stumbled into the store. it happened around 12:30 in north philadelphia. investigators say someone shot a man in the back. he managed to run to the restaurant and collapsed. people inside flagged down a passing ambulance. the victim is in critical condition. this morning in delaware county the red cross is helping dozens of people forced out of their apartments by a fire. look at this photo posted to instagram last night. firefighters put out flames pouring out of windows and balconies at the apartments.
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we're still working out to find the person's condition rushed to the hospital. no reports of any other serious injuries. that apartment building has stood for more than 80 years. it's not clear how the fire started. we talked to the red cross to set up a shelter for those displaced. >> this is a life changing experience for many people. we really want to make sure they know the red cross is there for them. we want to make sure they know they're not in this alone and that we'll help them through this every step of the way. >> also the red paws relief team went in to search for pets. one team member carried an animal in a cage there. they found more than a dozen pets. some were hurt. several others are missing. new from overnight, a second man arrested in an alleged boston terror plot is expected to appear in court later this morning. authorities took that suspect into custody in rhode island last night. they said that this arrest is connected to rahim of boston.
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they shot and killed him last week. they tried to question him about a plot to kill police officers and fbi document shows rahim, his nephew and suspect arrested last night met in rhode island to discuss plans. that nephew was arrested last week. in new york the search for those two escaped prison inmates is forcing a school district to shutdown for a second straight day. the school is in an area where dogs may have picked up the inmates' scent yesterday. they believe a prison employee was in on the plot according to sources close to the case. they say joyce mitchell agreed to be the getaway driver but got cold feet and backed out. new information now, seven months after a burlington county woman's death her son is charged with killing her. authorities indicted gacutan on
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charges of aggravated manslaughter saying he threw his mother to the ground. she died in november. happening today, a judge will arraign a teacher in bucks county accused of kissing a student with the intention of doing more. the teacher is now on leave. authorities say he and a 17-year-old girl kissed and talked about sex. there's his photo. they say he booked a hotel but detectives stepped in before anything happened. a camden county fire chief is suspended indefinitely accused of using fire department computers to share more than 1,000 files of child porn. authorities arrested the chief wednesday night. investigators say he stored and distributed child porn from
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inside the firestation. a homeland security agent broke this case. officials seized five computers, two hard drives a tablet thumb drives and cell phones. >> none of us knew. we were all blind sided by this. >> now he's being held on $150,000 bail. he's not commented on the allegation. only on 10 this morning, the parents of a high school student athlete badly injured by a hit-and-run driver are talking about their son now and the man charged with hurting him. kyle plays football in salem county. a car ran over him early sunday while he was skateboarding and the car fled the scene. the accused driver of that car turned himself in on monday charged with assault by auto and other offenses. kyle's parents spoke exclusively to nbc 10 updating us on kyle's condition. >> he's critical.
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he hasn't woken up yet. >> kyle is in a medically induced coma. we asked his parents for their thoughts on the man that ran over him and fled the scene. >> i don't have a comment on that one. >> there's an open investigation and the police department is doing a fine job. >> this t-shirt with the hashtag kyle strong is being worn by a lot of people in support of kyle. 4:09. 78 degrees in philadelphia. hotter than yesterday. and we are in for the hottest day of the year so far. lots of sunshine and the temperatures will take off this morning. feels like 100 degrees at some point this afternoon. that will be the hottest with higher humidity and temperatures are going warmer than yesterday's high of 92. could see pop-up showers and
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thunderstorms like yesterday that is most likely in the pennsylvania suburbs. most of the rest of the area will be shower free. 70 degrees right now in doylestown. philadelphia international now at 72 degrees. the flag is at rest. every so often a bit of a breeze but it will be a steamy one and not a cooling breeze this afternoon. the opposite in fact. southwesterly winds pumping humidity into the area. clouds with storms are way off to the north and west. most will wait for tomorrow. we do have some clouds moving through. they will thin out and then sunshine takes over and then here comes the heat. this afternoon, 84 degrees in the pocono mountains. more likely to see showers and thunderstorms pop up in pocono mountains and allentown and reading and areas farther to the south. mostly hazy sunshine for trenton, doylestown running hotter than yesterday and temperatures at the shore into the 80s but just inland it's 90s
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for dover and 90s middle 90s possibly for drexel hill. 94 degrees for philadelphia. and wilmington 93 degrees. over the weekend, there's still potential for a heat wave. tomorrow we could hit 90 degrees. it won't happen on sunday. in fact the humidity comes way down on sunday after storms roll through on saturday. we'll start to feel that more pleasant air on sunday. i'll show you how long that will stick around with the seven-day forecast in the next half hour. >> you know it will be hot when bill takes off the jacket for his mondayrning forecast. jessica is checking out traffic. any slowdowns at 4:11 a.m.? >> we're doing okay so far. that's typical. out on mcdade boulevard, everything is doing just fine. pa turnpike ongoing construction limiting lanes throughout the area but everything is still
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doing okay. 23 minutes if you're headed westbound up toward valley forge and eastbound still a 23-minute trip. as for area bridges, everything is doing just fine heading in or out of the city. 800 jobs. they're up for grabs today. we're live in camden county with all you need to know about how, when and where to apply. ready to launch. we're learning more about the campaign plan hillary clinton will unveil tomorrow and the next gop hopeful prepares to officially join the presidential race.
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it's 4:14. if you're looking for a job, today is your day to polish up that resume and have plenty of
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copies to handout. a big job fair. hundreds of positions need to be filled. monique braxton joins us more with details. >> reporter: good morning to you. this is where the job fair will be held here at the connector building in just a couple buildings. there are 800 positions in management sales and customer service. recruiters here for the day-long job fair will fill part time and full-time positions for the gloucester premium outlet stores. the center opens in a couple months on a 65-acre site between route 42 and the pike. this is where you need to come if you're looking for a job. hours are 10:00 to 7:00. it's between civic hall and the atrium on college drive. now, the next half hour we're going to tell job applicants what they need to bring with them when they come come here to apply for jobs today. live from blackwood, monique
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braxton, nbc 10 news. legislation that would crackdown on swatting heads to the new jersey state senate after the bill was passed last night. it's when someone makes a 911 call saying there is an emergency and person with a gun inside a home when in fact the person who lives at the home has no emergency whatsoever and s.w.a.t. teams show up at their door. lawmakers say that swatting is done for revenge or as a prank. the bill calls for fines up to $150,000 and a ten-year prison term or both. new jersey lawmakers approved a bill to help atlantic city's finances schools and casinos. five bills approved last night, the most important letting the eight casinos make payments on taxes for the next 15 years. other legislation includes creating new state education aid just for atlantic city.
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the bills will head to the senate later this month. time to talk decision 2016. hillary clinton will relaunch her presidential run with what's being billed as a major speech in new york tomorrow. the former secretary of state is the front runner for the democratic nomination. her campaign aides say that clinton plans to lay out her vision for the country and call for those to be rewarded for their sacrifice. clinton is running up against three other democratic presidential contenders for that nomination and on the republican side of the race jeb bush is gearing up for a formal announcement monday. the former governor of florida is expected to enter the race officially for the white house. he's wrapping up a trip to europe. he was in poland yesterday. so far he's got a lot of competition. ten republicans have declared that they are seeking the gop nomination. the university of virginia student whose bloody arrest gained national attention will
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appear in a charlottesville court this morning after charges against him were dropped. johnson was arrested outside a bar in march charged with public intoxication swearing and obstruction of justice without force. pictures and videos posted on social media showed johnson pinned to the ground his face covered in blood. independent investigation was launched after it was alleged that johnson was beaten by police. in cleveland, a judge says there is probable cause to charge two police officers in the death of 12-year-old rice. it's up to the city's prosecutor whether or not to charge those officers. he was shot to death by police outside a recreation center last november. the officers told investigators they thought he was reaching for a weapon but turned out the boy had a toy pellet gun. an update on that german pilot who deliberately crashed that passenger jet into the alps. doctors who treated the man say he was unfit to fly, but they didn't tell his employer that because of patient privacy laws.
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a french prosecutor says that he saw seven doctors just one month before the crash. prosecutor said lubitz doubled his dose of anti-depressant and claimed he lost two-thirds of his eyesight. some doctors thought he was too unstable to fly but in germany doctors can be sent to prison if they disclose information about a patient. authorities say in march lubitz locked the cockpit door and intentionally crashed that jet. all 150 people onboard died. and those include people with connections to this area. mother and daughter both went to school in pennsylvania. from our jersey shore bureau here two suspected serial pickpocketers were caught on surveillance video. this video shows a woman striking up a conversation with another shopper. all the while a man is sneaking up there looking for a way to swipe her wallet and purse.
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there he comes in for the pick. authorities believe the duo is responsible for at least three similar thefts over the past couple weeks. police say it appears they are targeting elderly women. >> when they walk in the store you can tell they're searching and trying to prey upon someone. >> investigators tell us credit cards belonging to victims were used to ring up thousands of dollars in purchases at other stores. 4:20. in the 70s right now. it's the 90s we're heading for this afternoon. we made it into the 90s yesterday. philadelphia saw a high of 92 degrees this afternoon. for today it's already warmer. 77 degrees. seven degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. and skies are mostly clear. a few scattered clouds. no sign of showers this morning. thunderstorms avoided most areas yesterday. heat did not. it's warmer this morning. look at this. 75 right now in wilmington.
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all in the 70s to start with. camden is 75. we should be in the 60s this time of year at this hour. we're much warmer than that this morning. it will stay warmer all day long. like yesterday, we'll be watching mainly areas north and west for a chance of showers and thunderstorms. that's where some of them popped up yesterday. the hour by hour forecast likely early this afternoon that we'll start to see activity. this is noontime. you can see portions of northern new jersey seeing a few scattered light showers and there's a line of showers that develops northern chester county could see a heavy downpour at 2:00. these are going to be isolated. most of the area is not going to see the showers and not going to get relief that might come with some cooling rain during the day today. now, it's just the opposite. heat index could reach into the upper 90s to near 100 degrees this afternoon. so a steamy one all around. hazy hot and humid. lots of sunshine. like yesterday filtered sunshine at times into the 90s this
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afternoon. 90s inland. at the shore things tend to be cooler. today it will be in the 80s with just a chance of a late-day shower. partly sunny skies on saturday and much more comfortable come sunday. full seven-day forecast coming up in the next half hour. >> all right, bill. get ready for even more traffic detours in montgomery county. beginning monday, penndot crews will shut down church road to install a gas main. that road will be closed weekdays between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and work will run through august. this is in addition to construction project already happening on route 611. for many more traffic updates, here's jessica boyington. what's happening this morning? >> we see a lot of construction and road work at these times. we're on 295 around the black horse pike. you can see the work zone under
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this overpass on the southbound side so they are losing right-hand shoulder and part of the right-hand lane and two lanes getting by opposed to normal three. not affecting drive times and no backup behind that scene. about a 13-minute trip. elsewhere in new jersey on 42 freeway you can see cars and lanes moving just fine. a four-minute trip headed up toward walt whitman bridge and speaking of bridges, this is happening sunday. don't worry about it now. ben franklin bridge closed at 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m. after months of protests some local workers are getting what they asked for. a big raise coming to some airport employees. we'll tell you about it. plus, eyes on the sky. one local town's push to make streets safer and businesses chose to pay for it.
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if you pay full cost in pennsylvania for c.h.i.p. families will not face tax penalties it year. changes to benefits now meet federal coverage rules. also the thousands of families with c.h.i.p. coverage will see no increase in premiums this year. a new lease between philadelphia international airport and nearly two dozen airlines. this council vote included raises to $12 an hour for baggage handlers and other workers. union workers went on strike twice recently fighting for wage increases. the raise goes into effect july 1st. more surveillance cameras on the streets of allentown. businesses are donating money
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for cameras. >> the cameras have been fantastic and have been an addition to our resources to identify and arrest individuals when crimes have occurred. >> allentown has more than 140 cameras in its surveillance network. 76 degrees. it's 4:27 in the morning. we should be in the 60s. we're headed into the 90s. hotter than yesterday. we're looking at the hottest day of the year so far. philadelphia's self-appointed black madame learned how long she'll spend in prison for killing a woman with an illegal silicone injection.
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get ready for extreme heat. hotter more humid weather than yesterday ahead and storms could impact your friday night. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm rosemary connors. >> i'm chris cato. muggy already out there. as soon as you step outside, it hits you. weather you can wear. meteorologist bill henley standing by with his first alert forecast. warmer than yesterday already. >> seven degrees warmer in philadelphia. similar conditions around the rest of the area. in the 70s right now. we should be in the low 60s this time of year. it will get more comfortable over the weekend. we have to get through today. potentially the hottest day of the year. dry over boathouse row. a chance of a shower later in the day that may cool things down.

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