once again, hot and stormy. first alert radar tracking a lot of rain just to our west this morning. you see it there. and the heat today is forcing schools to close. and new from :x+overnight, only nbc 10 was there as one sjoman's alleged crime ledójm police to a secret stash hiding out in the basement of a philadelphia home. and we have new information from this apartment fire from westchester thatg / burned into the night forcing a lot of people out of their homes. this is nbc news 10 today. on tuesday. it will be a short school day in philadelphia because of the heat. public schools will be dismissed

at noon. schools with graduation ceremonies today do have the option of remaining open for theóp ceremonies. parents are encouraged to contact the schools directly to confirm the graduation schedules schedules. let's go to meteorologist bill henley with the forecast. >> in the 70s right now. 74 degrees. some areas are seeing some ó others is morning.7>p that's a live view from the adventure aquarium. a few raindrops moving toward allentown area. that's all we're going to see to start withvçm,h this morning. as we progress into the amp that's when we could see some heavier storms take shape. 75 right now in philadelphia. pottstown is 73 degrees. you will see cloudsree thin out as the morning progresses. 81 degrees at 9 o'clock. by noon, 88. and at that hour+r,t we'll be

jessica pointington is watching for traffic troubles this morning. how is it looking out there? >> it's okay. a typical morning this morning. we're dealing5n w with construction and#xó roadwork out in new jersey. you can see active work zone right here. taking up next to the right-hand lane. but on the southbound side we're having the traffic move through nicely. up through black horse pike. if2]%v you're heading into center city on 95 currently no a)eg iblems through those work zones either and currently no delays for mass transit. we're going to check in on the expressway and theq z.p roadwork there coming up. roads are back open in the low high valley after heavy rain pounded thatjoñ area. look at this video rom bethlehem township. the rain washed out roads there, submerged vehicles and flooded

people's basement. you can see this driver taking a chance there splashing through runoff water. >> it was a river, white water. looks like you can go white white-water rafting on it. it tore up a lot of the road. >> roads are back open in the lehigh valley this morning but watch out for some damages areas. and you can track the storms that are ahead coming today as bill showed us there by using the nbc 10 app our first alert meteorologist will be able to let you know about any problems heading your way instantly through that app. it's 4:03 now. shots fired in the rocks boar ro section of philadelphia last night.l @ one of the would be robbers shot at the suspect. matt da lush ya is live with some exclusive video to show us. >> the suspect and the witnesses have been here being questioned

in northwest texas these past two hours. two men were walking down the street when a 39-year-old man shooting. only nbc 10 was there as the suspect was being led away in handcuffs into a police6:pvan. philadelphia police tell us that the man fired shots at bothés of the witnesses while they were walking near mitchell street just before 11:00. hear's the thing that turn the whole thing around. one of those witnesses happened to have a permit to carry his own weapon. he pulls that out and fires a shot at the suspect. the suspect ran into a house on the nytj400 block of montessoriry. police tell us they found the rifle in that home and there were also three young children inside t house were found hide in the basement. but they the suspecto(w the witnesses, they spent these early morning hours being questioned by detectives.

the big question right now is why were the shots fired in the first place. we're live right now, matt da lush sha nbc 10 news. thiso count investigators are looking at the cause of this three alarm church fire. you see the flames coming from the roof there. flames jumped from unit to unit forcing people to leave their neighbors filled the streets as the building burned. >> you could see smoke on the top of went into the new haven pizza to ask if it was maybe the ovens. and he came out to look at the smoke and we realized it was the fire. >> red cross is helping thev b victims who have no place to live this morning. no reports of injuri%kvno cf1 o in delaware county police are looking for a fourth suspect in a bold home invasion and agdb robbery, a crime that

investigators believe is óe;n veral menav,#orced their way into a home inx they pistol whipped a?d boy and made his mother open up a safe. made off with as much as $30,000 in cash.=f"ñ mom broke free and all 911, officers caught three of the robbers. >> scary to think that, you know young men think this is their only optionq >> the 6 in upper darby. police believe this robbery may be connected to other robberies targeting asian business owners. the three suspects are suspected in court today. a former high raiking state prosecutor in delaware will in prison after building guilty towx raping a 16-year-old boy. he faces up to 16 years in prison for rape. police say he a college student and the teen had sex last year

after meeting through a social media app. today in burkes county a jury will resume deliberations in the trial of one of two brothers charged &bwith murdering three people. michael wilkins could receive the death penalty. wilkins and his brother killed two deal fell5$ through. they also kidnapped, ,/&ñu)ed and killed a woman who witnessed the murders. waterlogged texas dug in for more heavy wind and rain last night as tropical storm bill barrelled throqr80 the gulf of mexico. in galveston, people are bracing for the tropical storm. a tropical storm warning is in effect there for galveston. the storm is only expected to strengthen slightly before making landfall. around 50-mile-per-hour winds. people living about 45 miles south of houston were under a voluntary evacuation order. this storm comes as texas is

still trying to from the record rainfall that they received in may which caused floodinggo?ñ+hat killed people. heavy rain should reach houston midday today into the evening. nbc 10 meteorologist bill[z>5 henley has the latest on bill's path. bill is making some moving at 13 miles an hour toward the texas coastline. the heaviestcw offshore at this time. bill will make landfall later this morning with 50-mile-per-hour winds and lots of rain. they're looking at 4 to 8 inches of wide spread rainfall and some isolated amounts up to a foot of rain. now we could see some showers in our area. we certainly had them last night knot of philadelphia. cloudy and-)hj muggy start this morning. that's a live view from here at the nbc 10 studios. the clouds over mount poke know. fog in trenton, 66 degrees

and dover is getting a warm steamy start at 75. like yesterday you can see the fog. this is÷ã sky top live. you?7ights illuminating the fog sites. in the wake of the showers from yesterday, down to half a mile visibility in allentown.:ssñ quaker town zero visibility right nowqéoi÷ andxanw a mile and a quarter in doylestown in the poke know mountains, light fog, not a problem in mount poke know and south jersey is seeing a bit of't fog í+? too. atlantic city7r5l is seeing some fog right now. big problem during the day though, the chance of showers and thunderstorms. i'm back in ten minutes with a look at the future weather. we'll take you through it hour by hour. let's get back to the flooding we were showing you video of earlier in u$bethlehem. this morning the flood waters have subsided and roads are reopened. but there is some damage left

behind.edk÷ katy zachary is live for us in bethlehems3gn where a sinkhole has opened up. >> reporter: it has just behind me. you can see thatb' r(q have closed off the road part of the 2,000 block of claremont street. you can see this power line tower which sits on someone's property. and at the base of it engulfing one of the legs?2v you can see a giant sinkhole. i'm told it's about 7 feet deep just as wide if not wider. we're getting some of our first shots of it as we rolled up a short time ago. one of the legs of the power line tower is in the sinkhole. the crews who monitor this tower and in charge of the electricity in this7zím area they are here to mange sure that it is not compromised, the stability of it is not compromised. but i'm told by a ppl spokesperson who i talked with just over the phone a few

minutes ago that=o8f this tower is stable. it is not in jeopardyzy;f ofmveh collapsing because of the sinkhole. power is still on to all of the people in this area. last night after the rains came through and caused the ground to cave in like this in producing the sinkhole firefighters came through and talked to a dozen or so homeowners advising them to leave the concern that the stability of the tower was compromised. however, we're told that only two people have decided to leave their homes. everyone else is staying in place. and ppl crews will be out here to make repairs in just a few hours. that's the latest in bethlehem. time to get a check of the roads there. the flooding in the lehigh valley valley, the roads that were flooded last night are opened now. here's jessica boyington. >> we're looking at the construction

in the morning. lanes are open here even through the work zone. just a little earlier in the morning we had the westbound side closed off and all traffic being diverted off towards reet. this isir5r at 18th street. drive times are okay. two7ó?v minutes if you're heading eastbound or westbound. just some cones to watch09 out for. out to new jersey, everything is moving along fine. northbound is where we see the volume in the morning hours, still a five minute trip in. speaking of the area bridges, no problems on the ben, the betsy going in or out ofp$?h the city. a realityfxza star and a billionaire developer could finally be making his way into presidential politics.áu[c the wealthy businessman set to make a announcement today. plus controversy on the naacp president will tell her

story today after allegations of a new lie from her past came to pass. we're hearing the +)÷911 tapes from witnesses at the north carolina beach where two teens wrp attacked by sharks.

it's 4:15. new the morning, al qaeda confirmed that the u.s. air strike killed the terror organization's number two in charges. the leader of its affiliate in yemen. they have;?jñ confirmed the death of al what shee hey. and the air strike that killed him was one on two on sunday aimed at al qaeda leaders. the only targeted a leader in 7gwz

libya. initial analysis showed that they hit their target but that has not been confirmed. the former naacp leader in washington state who fueled national debate over racial identity will speak for the first time today since stepping down. rachel dolezal will sit down for a live[hdm interview with matt lauer on the "today" show the morning. court reports show that dolezal actually sued howard university for discrimination in 2002. she claimed that the historically black#awp college blocked her opportunities because she was white. that case was dismissed. she ended up graduating from howard. >> we hope that rachel will land on her feet after this settles and these issues are resolved and that at some point in time there can be some reconciliation within the family. >> her father speaking there.

yesterday zoel zal announced she's stepping down as president of the s[tnaacp's president in spokane, washington. you can watch morning on the "today" show. 4:17. also later this morning, decision 2016 donald trump q%n for president. you'll remember he briefly considered doing he's travelled to the early voting states this year. well trump's announcement would come one day after jeb bush officially joined the race. he kicked off his bid at the miami dade college yesterday. bush's campaign shows he's committed to voters who are note e usually courted by gopgç?á candidates. while he didn't mention his father or his brother, georgia w. burke, jeb says hisizpi family history will not have an impact

on the outcome. >> not one of us deserves the seniority, orezúx family. it's nobody's turn. it's everybody's test and it's wide open. exactly as the÷e contest for president should be. >> and bush will spend the rest of the week campaigning in ewódaiowa new hampshire, is south carolina and nevada.no here's the look at the ten candidates bush face for the republican nomination. we'll leave those up for just axum moment because there arebs a lot of them. hillary clinton hit the campaign trail yesterday. she told democrats that america has been working for the wealthiest and now it's time for those living paycheck to paycheck to share in the xrq prosperity. hillary clinton is one of four candidates vying for the democrat.jtuáájá )jz for president. this morning we're hearing the 911 calls from a north carolina beach where two teenagers were attacked by 2

ear-old girl lost part of her arm and injured her leg. a 16-year-old boy lost his entire left arm. here's one of the 911 calls fro %wñ a beach goer. >> there's a girl whose hand has been bitten off by a shark. >> it was a scene ]0r of "jaws." people are yelling get out of the water. call 911. shark shark. >> we don't know if the swimmers were attacked by the same shark or different sharks. ?5v marine biologists are beach goers over sharks saying it's been nearl~ vel north to jersey when the water temperatures warm up in august. however they stay miles off the coast. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill

henley. >> coming up on 20+m(ss minutes after 4 o'clock. it is fog that's descend on the city. it is a bit muggy outside. just about%'0y as steamy as it was yesterday morning. 87% humidity. we're headed for the 90s this afternoon. and middle 80s for the shore today. this is beach avenue which right now is rain free but there's a chance of a shower or a thunderstorm later today. 75 in wilmington. 66 in trenton, look at the 7es knot and west. redding is 74 70s in delaware. the cool spot is allenton 69 degrees. radar we're watching for some showers just a fewl, raindrops this morning. the big threat comes with this line of showers.

that's a cold front coming our way. behind it is comfortable dry air. that will be here for tomorrow. as it moves into the area, we're likely to see more showers and thunderstorms. look at the heavy storm that's moving through pennsylvania just clearing the bull skin area. already moved through pittsburgh and caused some flash floodinçófs0 a warning is in effect until 8:00 this morning if you're traveling to western pennsylvania. that will be a problem. b+krjj)uáu a few light raindrops, a few scattered showers at 9:00. the heavier storms are possible as the atmosphere heats up this afternoon. you'll see them develop around the noon air in bucks county in the poke know mountain area. and that threat will be out this morning. heavydown pours, scattered ñ jjju area. the main threat from&o?jñ those storms stays off to the northeast. but there still could beñu1y some today especially in the

afternoon commute nap's 6 clock this eveningçifspotty storms with heavydown pours, not unlike what he saw in parts of the area yesterday. there's a marginal risk of severe weather with the isolated storms. most areas won't see the storms. everyone will feel the hoet humid conditions. upper 80s to low 90s this afternoon. degrees, showers end on sunday morning and then we'll heat up sunday afternoon well ilqh the 90s. full seven-day forecast coming up in the next fr%9hour. >> we appreciate that. 4:22 now. never too early to check the ja roads. a lot of people hit the roads in the early morning to miss the rush. jessica boyington will let us know if there's anything to slow people down. >> we're dealing with reduced visibiol ou'red8xoed southbound or northbound'h this is something to

watch for. on the p.a. turnpike cars are moving along. a 20-minute drive time. now out in philadelphia we are dealing with the water main break on 52nd street on north and southbound side is closed. you can take market street to get through the area. we're going to check in with more drive times coming up in ten. camden county is about to get brighter. the county is installing 8900 l.e.d. bulbs. theio first round to bñ3bi installed today. the lights are also saving money. camden county says it's going to say a total of $100,000 a year. smokers may now have one less ke in your car. and while we're in commercial break here we want to

let you know you can watch everything that happens behind the scenes herehhkño during the course of our three-hour morning show. we're showing you everything that goes into that show by the periscope. we have-÷(l periscope, turn that thing around and wave to those people. we have periscope viewers watching from all over the world and a salute to you. you can watch too at home using the app periscope through twitter. we're become right after this.g÷

listen up another air bag recall to tell you about in a popular make of car. if you drive a honda civic or accord honda is óc adding another 1 million cars to the air bag recall. their 2001 to 2005 civics and

accords it's tree"n5o to 2007. it's especially important to note this know because humidity can cause the air bag to inflate too rapidly, sending shards of metal flying at passengers. the air bags have been blamed for seven deaths. it may soon be against the law to smoke inside your car depending on who's inside your car in new jersey. somem-6 lawmakers there trying to make it illegal to light up if you have someone 16 yearss youngeqo 00. but they would not get points on their license. it would also have a secondary offense meaning you would have to be pulled over for something else like.=xñ speeding before they could issue you a smoking with someone 16 and younger in the car. 74 degrees. we're watching the radar screen. what you see to the west, western pennsylvania the ohio valley that's coming our way.v

a chance of more strong storms. but beforec they get here, a big warmup today. even hotter than yesterday. your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast is just minutes away. right now let's check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. seeing some fog out there. >> we're watching the fog out in the lehigh valley at morgan hill road. you can see not much in the way of volume. but just some reduced visibility in the area. wj÷ drive times in the philadelphia area coming up.

more heat and more storms. the first alert radar tells part of t2?y story. you can