nbc 10 news starts now. right now on nbc 10 news today, a drexel grad beaten to death in her west philadelphia apartment. no one forced their way in and police are trying to figure out who her killer may be. this morning, federal government investigators say it was a lone gunman no one else was involved in the deadly shooting of four marines at military sites in tennessee. local bases are reacting to the tragedy. here's a live look outside. we're in for another comfortable day. enjoy the pleasant temperatures while they last because the heat is coming back for the weekend. this is nbc 10 news today. i'm tracy davidson. let's find out about today and the weekend with meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast. bill? >> what a beautiful day

yesterday, gorgeous sunshine temperatures so comfortable in the low 80s. we'll see a really nice day again today. getting a cool start, 50s and 60s, 59 right now in reading. it's 68 degrees in philadelphia. and dover is 64 degrees. your neighborhood-by- neighborhood-by-neighborhood forecast coming up. we'll see sunshine, calm conditions 73 degrees, up to 80 by lunch time. a look at that neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. it's a friday. let's take a look at the traffic that may be accumulating during the morning hours. jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. >> happy friday, everyone. if you're heading out the door in the next couple minutes or so you won't face difficulty in terms of volume. this is route 202. a disabled vehicle on the right-hand shoulder no crew helping that passenger yet. but headed eastbound into the

center city area no real problems. as for the pa turnpike 23 minutes, you can see the cars are green and word of the construction project picking up early this morning, westbound from route 1 up toward valley forge. same thing eastbound. actually this is a mistake. otherwise no problems for mass transit, septa, new jersey transit and patco running on time with no delays. 4:02 and 67 degrees outside. this morning, police are calling the death of a recent death of a drexel grad in west philadelphia suspicious. matt delucia is live on scene. what can you tell us about the investigation? >> reporter: tracy, police right now say they have no official suspects but they are to follow leads. that is the house where recent drexel grad student was found dead. jasmine wright was found beaten and strangled. she was in a third-floor

apartment. no forced entry and the apartment was not ransacked. we have been talking with neighbors. they tell us they're stun by this. wright was well liked and respected. she was professional. this came out of nowhere. they're anxious to find out what the motive was here and so were investigators. back out here live police are still out here holding the scene, no one going in and out of this house except for detectives. i'm gathering interviews with some of the neighbors. i'll be back in 30 minutes. live in west philadelphia, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. new this morning in the terror in tennessee, the fbi says it has no evidence that anyone but a lone gunman was involved in the deadly shooting of four marines at military sites in chattanooga. authorities say mohammod youssuf abdulazeez opened fire from inside his car when he drive by a military recruiting center at a strip mall. he then drove seven miles to a navy marine training center and open fired again.

he was then shot by police. vai, you have more information about the investigation. tell us what we know. >> reporter: authorities have no idea what motivated the shooter but the attack is being investigated as a case of domestic terrorism. here's what we know. abdulazeez graduated from the university of tennessee in 2012 with a degree in electrical engineering. he was born in kuwait but they've not found anything so far to connect him to any terrorist organization. in addition to the four ma rinnesrinne s -- marines killed three were founded. investigators say they'll leave no stone unturned. >> we are checking every possible place where he resided or could have resided visit where he shopped, went to school, who his friends were as he worked out at a gym. every possible lead. >> we'll continue to check for updates and we'll bring you any information that we get as soon as we get them. tracy, i'll come and join now in

the studio at the bottom of the hour. live in the digital operations center vai sikahema nbc 10. the shooting serves up difficult memories for people at adjacent base m mcguire-dix-lakehurst. the ft. dix six were found guilty of trying to kill military at the place. >> the military and the d.o.d. cops do their best to protect us and spot the people. a lot of times you don't know who they are. be aware, be vigilant of what's going on around you. >> and the white house has been in touch with the pentagon to make sure military installations are being vigilant in the wake of the deadly shooting. 4:05. bullets fly through an intersection in north philadelphia sending one woman to the hospital and narrowly missing two others. police are looking for the shooter now. nbc 10's katy zachry is live outside temple university hospital with how the victim is doing. fill us in katy.

>> reporter: police tell us that she is improving since arriving here to the hospital. they also say two other people in the car with her came this close to being shot as well. but it was where they were sitting in the car that protected them. now here's some scene video of 17th street and diamond and susquehanna. it was blocked off around 11:00 as police investigated the shooting. they say a 32-year-old woman was driving herself and a couple friends when they heard gunfire as they rode along. it turns out a stray bullet went through the car's trunk, then the back seat missing two passengers and only stopping when it hit the driver. >> she realized that she felt pain in her back and realized she had been shot. police took her from the vehicle, transported her to temple where she's presently in stable condition. initially she was in critical condition. >> reporter: amazing. it sounded like she had a low-key reaction off the bat. coming up at 5:00, we're working

to bring you a story and show you a key piece of evidence police say they found at the scene that may shed light on this shooting and may lead them to a motive. reporting live katy zachry nbc 10 news. police in new castle are searching for a hit and run driver who hit people on christiana road around 10:30 last night. one of the victims was seriously hurt. in west oak lane police are looking for the person who pulled the triller in a deadly shooting. skyforce 10 was on the scene along north 17th street early last night. officers have not said what led to the violence. a robbery suspect is in critical condition after police shot him during a confrontation in millbourne last night. investigators say the suspect held up a grocery store and when police approached the man, he pulled a gun on them. the officers opened fire. no officers were hurt. happening today in delaware county, we're expecting to learn more about a suspect in a child

abuse case that the district attorney has called outrageous. darryl carter is one of five adults charged with physically and sexually abusing five children last year. investigators say the suspects punched, slapped and repeatedly shot the kids with bb guns inside a darby home. three men and two women are facing charges. an attorney tells us a plea deal cowling on the table on some of the charges today. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> eight minutes after 4:00. 67 degrees, the humidity was so low yesterday and it's another nice start this morning with clear skies. we'll be in for lots of sunshine on a beautiful summer day with big changes ahead for the weekend. it's going to be a hot one. moving into the 90s. the humidity comes back and there's a chance we'll see scattered storms over the weekend. and a heat wave in the makings into next week. the temperatures will soar the hottest of the year so far. 59 degrees right now in reading.

certainly not hot in philadelphia at 68 degrees, cape may 63 with clear skies. no clouds overhead no showers in the immediate area. but we'll be watching the skies for showers tomorrow. look how nice and clear it is at cape may atlantic city no sidelinesign of the clouds we started with yesterday. high clouds for allentown. you'll need your sunglasses today as the temperatures climb. 84 for allentown. quakertown, high of 82 degrees. in the upper 70s for mt. pocono. sunshine doylestown trenton, mt. holly all into the 80s. it will be in the upper 70s for cape may and atlantic city. warmer in dover at 81 degrees. up to 82 for wilmington. 84 in swedesboro and sunshine right in the middle 80s for philadelphia. the weekend, though different story. here come the 90s. 90 saturday afternoon with a chance of some showers and thunderstorms. those could come through saturday morning. most of the rest of the day will be dry and a slight chance of

showers but look at the heat and humidity for sunday. up to 96 degrees. take a look at the future weather with more on the potential for storms when i come back in ten. tracy? >> we'll see you then bill. let's get you updated on your ride to work as you get ready to head out. jessica boyington is watching the roads. >> on the vine street expressway all week we've had a good run with the ongoing construction that's been closing it down on the eastbound and westbound side for the past few weeks of the summer, it's cleared today. around 24th street all cars moving along nicely if there is one that goes through the area, headed westbound towards the schuylkill expressway or 30th street station, currently no problems. the total drive time headed westbound from 95. the schuylkill is only about a three-minute trip. if you're headed towards the philadelphia area, from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway, 13 minutes, currently no problems. the blue route is doing just fine headed southbound as well. no problems there.

mass transit currently no problems or delays for new jersey transit, septa or patco. he replaced real diamonds with phonies. now the hunt is on for the window washer who swiped jewelry from from two burlington county homes. we'll tell you what this big name preacher has to say about the most famous transgender celebrity in the country.

iran keeps their nuclear facilities. military sites can go uninspected. restrictions end after 10 years. then iran could build a nuclear weapon in two months. iran has violated 20 international agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. 13 minutes past 4:00. the search is on in burlington county for a man suspected of swiping jewels from homes that he was entrusted to clean and then replacing them with fakes. police say brandon sanabria

stole $28,000 worth of jewelry from two homes in evesham township. one woman found her engagement ring laying in her driveway. when she put it on she felt it seemed light. he's a registered sex offender in philadelphia convicted of rape. thieves are targeting a bucks county kpun as police try to figure out who's behind dozens of recent home break-ins and vehicle thefts. burglars have hit 60 homes in the falls township section of levittown. officers made arrests in a couple of the cases but they think several groups of criminals are behind the burglaries. >> we don't have big homes here. you know a lock is only going to stop an honest person. >> investigators say the crimes are happening at night and during the day. in delaware county, police

arrested a man after they say they found 584 bundled bags of heroin inside his edgemoor home. hillary clinton's presidential cam pane has returned a contribution from allentown's mayor. it has to do with the fbi raid at city hall and mayor ed pawlowski pawlowski's home several weeks ago. friends of ed pawlowski made the $1,000 contribution to the clinton campaign in may. we just learned that last week the clinton campaign refunded that money. tonight, the pastor of america's largest congregation will speak in philadelphia. joel and victoria osteen will hold a night of hope that's what it's called at the wells fargo center in south philadelphia. you're looking at it live there. last night we asked osteen about several subjects, including caitlyn jenner. she accepted the arthur ashe

courage award. osteen said understanding and acceptance are two different things. >> i've read some about caitlyn. we knew bruce growing up as a sports figure. you know when i read sometimes about the struggles he's been through and some of the confusion $ talks about, my heart goes out to people like that. don't say that i understand it all but, again, my attitude is let's love people let's pray for them. we haven't walked in their shoes. >> "the new york times" listed reverend osteen as one of the most influential people on twitter. he's held 140 nights of hope events over the past decade. union members organized a bus tour for school employees today so they will travel to the offices of six state legislators in philadelphia and the surrounding counties to ask them to end the budget stalemate with the governor and avoid massive education cuts.

now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 16 minutes after 4:00. we're holding at 67 degrees. temperatures are falling not quite as quickly as yesterday morning. we do have scattered clouds moving through. no showers with these clouds. you can see them clearly. the city looks illuminated. also notice the flag is at rest. the wind has died down. it is calm through the entire area. temperatures will be climbing from the 50s and 60s this morning, right now 68 degrees at philadelphia international. we'll be in the 80s this afternoon. we saw low 80s yesterday. a little bit warmer this afternoon. in fact we're already 2 degrees warmer this morning. look at the humidity at 81%. that number will be coming down. 2 will be another beautiful day at the shore. the clouds cleared out. we'll see plenty of sunshine. it will be a nice sunny day at the shore. the temperatures back into the upper 70s.

inland they'll be going warmer. right now, even with clouds the temperatures areal coming down. 61 in washington township, horsham 61. 59 in allentown, doylestown is 58 degrees. it is in the 60s for delaware newark is 64 degrees. 50s now for millville, 58 degrees there and 59 in woodbine. 71 at cape may harbor. a pleasant start this morning. we'll be watching for clouds nothing more than a few scattered clouds this morning and most of the thicker clouds will stay clear of our area today. you can see the showers and thunderstorms moving into the midwest, into michigan they're getting heavy rainfall now. in central michigan this is part of the system that is going to give us a possibility of showers and thunderstorms offer the weekend. we won't see it today but these storms willing on the move and late tonight, they'll be arriving in western pennsylvania. you can see a few scattered showers in central pennsylvania as well. which means we're on track for

some wet weather, possibly early tomorrow morning. that's tomorrow morning at 4:00 in the morning some scattered showers and a thunderstorm is possible. those will be moving fairly quickly by 7:00 they'll be heading towards the shore. then most of the rest of the day saturday will be dry but can't rule out a pop-up shower later in the day. over the weekend, it's going to be a lot hotter than what we'll see today. today, 66 degrees at 6:00. by 9:00 73 and up to 80 just a few scattered clouds at noontime with more of a southerly breeze. that will bring the humidity back into the area. you'll feel it this weekend. seven-day forecast coming up in the next half hour. 4:19 right now. happening today, septa will begin a renovation project at the city hall station on the broad street line that will affect how passengers get into and out of the station. platforms will be closed on weekends through august 17th.

during that time signs will tell riders where they need to go. let's talk about riders on mass transit or on the roads, see what they need to know before they head out. jessica boyington has that. jessica? >> currently no problems for delays for mass transit. 309, right around susquehanna road, all traffic moving along nicely. if you're headed northbound or southbound currently no problems there. heading out the door on 202, the drive times, we'll check those out as well. .cars are green. 11 minutes or 10 minutes headed northbound or southbound from route 30 up towards the schuylkill expressway. no real problems there. we'll have a nice day so far for this morning and currently no delays or weather-related delays at the philadelphia international airport. coming up in the next ten minutes we'll check in with new jersey roads. tracy? big news for teachers and parents in delaware. the decision the governor made about standardized tests and what it means for your children. plus treatment over punishment new jersey's governor calls for the justice system to change its ways when

it comes to handling drug addicts. and cover-up that's what police had to do when they found a woman trying to strip off her clothes along a busy philadelphia highway. ever wonder what happens behind the scenes here at nbc 10 news today? you can see for yourself and interact with us right here on the news set. i wish we had a picture of this a shot of this it's periscope. we are on periscope live right now, continually talking to our viewers. our address is nbc philadelphia.

4:23. new jersey governor and presidential hopeful chris christie took his criminal justice reform message to camden. yesterday christie met

one-on-one with ex-convicts at hope house. the governor says we have to change the way we treat drug addicts. >> it could have been my son or daughter. it could have been your son or daughter. it could have been any of us. that's why we need to stop treating addiction as some moral failing. if we choose to give people the tools an support to help save their lives we can beat addiction with them. >> this was christie's first policy speech in new jersey since announcing his candidacy. meantime new jersey's unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level since 2008. now at 6.1%. the report by the bureau of labor statistics also shows private sector employers have added more than 23,000 jobs during the first half of the year. from our delaware bureau it appears public school students in delaware will not have the choice to opt out of standardized tests unless lawmakers take action because governor jack markell has vetoed

a bill that allowed them to skip common core exams. 4:25. a family is scheduled to raise money this weekend in honor of their son who is deaf and virtually blind. little henry norton suffers from usher syndrome, a condition that affects his hearing and his vision. his family is having their third annual fund-raiser this sunday from 11:00 to 5:00 at the flying w airport in medford county. it's not only the event that the family has planned this year. there are more as well. >> we have a christmas party coming up for kids because assigning santa is not always at the mall. santa can sign with these children. henry can be able to tell santa exactly what he wants.

>> henry is the son of our skyforce 10 pilot phil norton. investigators are trying to figure out what made a woman take off her clothes along a busy highway in northeast philadelphia. this was the second incident of a woman disrobing in public on the same day. skyforce 10 was over 95 at aramingo avenue at the ramp yesterday. state police tell us they found a woman in an abandoned car trying to take her clothes off. she's undergoing evaluation. investigators tell us they're looking into a similar incident that happened in the same area just hours earlier. now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> a dry start this morning and sunshine is on the way. that's a live view the beach avenue. the view from the marquis de lafayette hotel. the temperature is 70 degrees at cape may, 67 here at nbc 10. coming up on 4:27 jessica boyington is in the first alert p lue route right around reed road. you can see northbound,

southbound, currently no volume or problems. we are going to check in with work zones out in new jersey coming up at 4:30. i'm matt delucia live in west philadelphia. a recent drexel graduate is found dead in her apartment. police are investigating. we're talking with neighbors. that's coming up on nbc 10 news.

nbc 10 news starts now. this morning, police are calling the death of a recent drexel university grad suspicious. we're live at the scene. this morning, we're learning more about the gunman who shot and killed four marines in

tennessee, plus we'll hear what some local marines have to say about the tragedy. a live look outside. we're expecting sunshine and comfortable temperatures today. 67 degrees. of course things are going to change for the weekend. it's 4:30. good morning, this is nbc 10 news today. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. i was out walking my dog about 2:30 in a shirt. it was kind of cool out there. let's get to meteorologist @i i. the humidity is still nice and low. that's why we're getting cooler starts. it's calm for most of the area. we saw that nice breeze yesterday. the temperatures are still falling with calm conditions. you can get even cooler temperatures. we're seeing that right now at wrightstown, toms river. 58 for doylestown, 65 degrees in northeast philadelphia. south philadelphia is 67 and 64 in roxborough. we're in for lots of sunshine and another really comfortable day. the humidity stays