nbc 10 breaking news. here's our breaking news. fire burns through a berks county apartment building overnight. just ahead, nbc 10 is live on the scene where dozens of residents are forced to find somewhere else to stay. missing person mystery. for the first time, an eyewitness describes what he saw decades after mark himebaugh vanished. the extreme heat we've been seeing is out of the picture. this is nbc 10 news today. i'm tracy davidson. it's 4:00 a.m. let's get those details with meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast. morning, bill. >> morning, tracy. we saw the storms overnight push

out of delaware and jersey. the 50s in the mountains, 60s for allentown and pottstown, low 60s at that. low 70s in northeast philadelphia and wilmington at 72 degrees. we will see sunshine, some clouds and a nice breeze that will develop out of the northwest. calm to start with, 57 degrees at 6:00. by 9:00 we'll start to see a little bit of the northwesterly wind. the wind starts to pick up as we head into the noontime hour. drier air will be coming in. 86ç glooez degrees at noontime. it will feel so much more comfortable. we'll go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back in ten minutes. let's see what's in store for people heading out on to the roads. jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >> we're watching rolling work crews around trooper road. you can see some of the them stationed off over to the right-hand side. eastbound we had a vehicle over here in the left lane has moved

out of the way. just, again, it's rolling. it's up and down the roadway right now. you can see an eight-minute drive time headed eastbound from 29 up towards the schuylkill expressway. no real problems there. the pa turnpike, cars are green, cars are moving. westbound, eastbound, at the most a 22-minute trip from route 1 to valley forge. no problems on 95, the schuylkill and the blue route is all clear. we're following breaking news from overnight, an apartment fire in berks county with dozenses of people forced out of their homes. it's happening on community drive in cumru township. no one has been hurt in the fire. the fire is now under control. we're told is started on the second floor and spread. matt delucia is headed to the scene. we'll check with him in just a few minutes. more breaking news now. a live picture from a u.p.s. truck crash and fire in furlong,

bucks county. this is a live picture. the driver slammed into a barrier along york road and the truck cab then caught fire. york road is closed in both directions near sugar bottom road as they clean up and investigate. new from overnight in philadelphia, a man is dead after a brave-by shooting. it happened along 53rd and berks in wynnefield. now to an nbc 10 exclusive. we spoke to a man who helped point police to a person of interest in the disappearance of a cape may county boy more than 20 years ago. 11-year-old mark himebaugh vanished from his middle township neighborhood in 1991. it's also the area where the man in a police sketch was scene

talking with mark shortly before he disappeared. well, daniel cole, a former prosecute who saw a recent report on the himebaugh case told nbc 10's ted greenberg the man is convicted child predator butcavage. >> are you positive this is the boy you saw in the video? >> yes, i am. i said that looks like the boy from south jersey. tommy told me it was him. he confessed to him and said it was him. i said what did you do with him? he said i did what i did with the rest of them, i disposed of him. >> detectives are hoping to talk again with butcavage who remains in prison for unrelated child sex crimes. happening today, supporters of a man shot and killed by philadelphia police will hold a rally for justice. officers shot brandon tate brown in mayfair last december. police said officers opened fire

while tate brown was going for a gun inside a rental car. the d.a.'s office said it would not prosecute the case. supporters are expected to renew their call for a federal investigation at a rally in mayfair later this morning. >> put the guns down! >> put the guns down! >> stop the violence! >> stop the violence! nbc 10 in north philadelphia last night where philadelphia police officers joined a group of neighbors and loved ones at 17th and west lehigh as they made their way to hutchinson street. that's where a man climbed through an alleyway window of a home. they are still looking for surveillance video and witnesses that may lead to her attacker. it's 4:05. in you this morning, philadelphia has some of the most dangerous roads in the country. a new study released at midnight shows philadelphia ranks eighth

among u.s. cities when it comes to red light fatalities. you can go to nbc10.com or the nbc 10 news app for a link to the map. ahead at 4:30, there's a new push to crack down on speeding in construction zones along pennsylvania highways. we'll explain how big brother could hit you with a costly fine. now from our south jersey bureau, authorities say a salem county clinic is negligent for giving children improper medications but did not do anything criminal. that's the word from the prosecutor prosecutor's office. the shots for tots program gave five children wrong on outdated immunizations. the two nurses in charge have resigned from the department of health. the clinic has been shut down.

the search has begun for nearly 100 security guards needed for crowd control. the job fair runs from 9:00 until 10:00 this morning. we now know septa riders requested more than 328,000 regional rail passes in the up pale lottery held on monday. the special passes are required to ride the rails the weekend that the pope is in town in september. septa will notify you with an e-mail tomorrow if you're one of the lottery winners. meantime, meet ac is trying to get the word out that hotel rooms are still available for the last week in september. gets can use express train service from atlantic city to 30th street station on new jersey transit. those train tickets have to be prepurchased. they go on sale august 15th. be sure to have our free nbc 10

app on your smartphone or tablet to get up to date news. aldi is hosting several hiring events across our region today. you'll remember aldi but out bottom dollar and closed more than 06 stores. they're now re-opening about half of them under the aldi name. here's what you need to know. the event runs from 9:00 to 6:00 at four aldi locations, trenton, belmar, bordentown and franklin mills. you have to be at least 18 years old to apply. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> eight minutes after 4:00. you'll feel a pleasant change in the air for most of the area this morning. the humidity is dropping and the rest of the area will see lower humidity as the day goes on. a breezy day ahead. that's good news. these are northwesterly winds. that will bring the humidity down and also set the stage for a cooling trend.

it's not going to be as hot today. it will be much cooler by the end of the week. dry conditions for doylestown. 61 degrees with clear skies. still a few clouds over philadelphia. it's warmer at 76 and 71 in millville with temperatures dropping there. look at that, the showers have moved out from the shore. that's cape may which is looking dry this morning. showers and thunderstorms are now well offshore and out of the picture for today. the storms are moving off to the east after heavy rainfall in parts of delaware and into south jersey last night. during the day today, neighborhood by neighborhood forecast looking good and cooler, too. 73 this afternoon for mt. pocono, middle 80s for allentown, quakertown and reading. you'll see sunshine, clouds and you'll feel the lower humidity in doylestown, trenton and mt. holly. this morning, the humidity still elevated in parts of delaware and south jersey. with sunshine, the temperatures climbing and that northwesterly wind developing you'll see and feel the humidity dropping in cape may, vineland and dover.

the numbers will be coming down during the day humiditywise for wilmington, drexel hill and philadelphia. swedesboro could hit 09 degre90. philadelphia, 89. the weekend fraxt when i co-- fe when i come back. >> you had we at weekend. let's go to jessica boyington. >> we have land restrictions on the eastbound side. taking out that left-hand lane, the next lane over. everything still moving along just because there's not a lot of traffic heading through the area right now. eastbound drive time, a 13-minute trip from the blue route to the vine street expressway. if you're heading out the door on to 202, everything moving along. 11 minutes north or southbound. if you're headed out the door and taking any form of mass transit, currently no problems

or delays. we'll check in with jersey roads coming up. now to decision 2016. one big predebate question has finally been answered. next we take a look at the ten republican candidates picked for tomorrow night's debate. those left on the sidelines are not happy. and we're learning more about the pennsylvania doctor at the center of a lion hunt investigation. hear what he's now saying about allegations that he killed the animal illegally.

4:13. we're following breaking news from overnight. an apartment fire in berks county with dozens of people forced out of their homes on community in cumru township. nbc 10's matt delucia is live on

scene. i know you just got there. what can you tell us? >> tracy, right here you can see behind me the fire is out -- let me step out of the way. this is the schillington commons apartment complex in cumru township. there are apartment buildings throughout the complex. this appears to be the only one affected right now. a lot of damage to the backside of the building here, windows blown out, of course a lot of damage to the roof. we're told 32 people have been displaced. there are 12 units inside this building. all h all are a total loss. the fire started on the second floor landing. you see most of the damage there. it spread to the roof and the rest of the building. just over on the other side, the front of the building where the fire trucks are, just over to the right here, there are red cross workers help something of these displaced residents, 32 of

them at this point. at this hour, there are still a lot of work beginning on here at the scene. again, just this building appears to be affected right now. we have audio that we're working to get for you when we see you again at 4:30. live in cumru township, berks county, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >> thanks for the update, matt. now to decision 2016. the first republican presidential debate is now set. ten candidates made the cut, including new jersey governor chris christie. vai sikahema is live in our digital operations center and vai, the way in which the kae s candidates were selected is still a controversy. tell us more. >> these are former governors, senators, ceos. the gop has the podium set tomorrow night for -- and ready to go for prime time. here's a look at the ten who qualify based on national polling numbers, donald trump scored the top spot followed by jeb bush and scott walker. as we said, new governor -- new

jersey governor chris christie also made the stage but he just barely made it. rick santorum and carly fiorina did not make the cut. the former pennsylvania senator was second to mitt romney for the gop nomination in 2012. he called onç fox to apologize for the way they pick the field. meanwhile, republican white house hopeful jeb bush is backtracking after making comments about funding for women's health programs. here's what he said at the southern baptist convention in nashville yesterday. >> you could take dollar for dollar although i'm not sure we need $500 million for women's health issues, in that budget i can promise you there will not be $500 million going to planned parenthood. >> democrats immediately pounced

on the comments. that included presidential front-runner hillary clinton who tweeted, jeb bush, you are absolutely, unequivocally wrong. jeb bush said he misspoke and was referring to planned parenthood specifically. i'll come join you in the studio at the bottom of the hour. live in the digital operations center, i'm vai sikahema, nbc 10 news. 4:17. this morning, these wildfires continue to rage across northern california. the flames are spreading at what officials call an explosive rate. more than 13,000 people are under evacuation orders in the state. >> i'm pretty scared. i definitely want to have a home to go to after this. >> about 3,000 firefighters on the front luns trying to contain those fires. meantime, the rocky fire in california has consumed more than 06,000 acres since it first began last week. many people here are also forced from their homes. officials say the fire is only

about 12% contained. in washington, d.c., police have two men in custody and are looking for a third person. after reports of gunfire near the world war ii memorial. it happened yesterday afternoon. investigators say shots may have come from a parked car near the memorial where witnesses saw two men fighting in the back seat. no one reported any injuries. police are looking for the third person in the case for questioning. a western pennsylvania doctor is defending himself after being accused of illegally killing a lion in zimbabwe. dr. seski said he followed the rules and got proper permits. authorities say he shot the animal with a bow and arrow on land that was not approved. meantime, a professional hunter from zimbabwe will stand trial in connection with cecil the lion that hunter is accused of

helping palmer hunt down the popular lion. >> i think a man with that level of education and that level of means, you get on to the internet, you can do a search. you know where you are. you have a handheld gps that tells you where you are. if you've done your home work, you know what you're doing. >> zimbabwe is demanding that palmer be extradited to stand trial for cecil's death. first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> we are tracking more comfortable air that is going to be gushing into the area as the winds pick up this afternoon. nice, clear view, clear of any rainfall over center city. this is the view from the comcast center. 76 degrees in philadelphia. look at the humidity. that is coming down. the temperatures are lower as well. just one degree cooler this

morning in philadelphia, south philadelphia in the middle 70s but parts of the area running 12 degrees cooler this morning. there'sç a cooling trend that will continue into later this week and make for a really nice night at the ballpark. last night fill lids win, noted about at all. 86 degrees at 7:05 tonight. the take on the dodgers once again by 10:00. clear skies, comfortable, too. thanks to the northwesterly winds bringing the humidity down. during the day we're starting off with clouds moving and no showers with these clouds. and the clouds will be pushing to the south as the day goes on. that's as drier, less humid air pushes into the area. improving conditions during the day. a nice breeze developing. it will be out of the northwest 8 to 18 miles an hour. that breeze will bring the humidity down, much less humid. still quite warm, upper 80s to near 90 degrees. by the weekend, got that fix. saturday and sun, middle 80s, partly sunny sky. the humidity will stay low

saturday and sunday. before we get to the weekend, there is some heavy rainfall we're tracking. we'll take a look at where that's likely to hit. coming up with the seven-day forecast in the next half hour. 4:21 right now. let's check the roads. if you head out early in the morning to get to work or wherever you need to be. let's check the roads with jessica boyington. jessica? >> we're still watching that accident scene out in bucks county, york road and sugar bottom road. take almhouse road or route 611. you can see some in the center median right there on 295, all lanes are still moving. we are losing the typical left-hand shoulder. still a 13-minute trip from 38 up towards this point at the black horse pike. a five-minute trip headed up toward the walt whitman bridge into philadelphia. your commute could get

smoother because the state is spending more than $3 billion on transportation projects. most of the money will go to road repairs. also on the board, improvements to the ramps at i-95 and route 141 in new castle. the expansion of the rail station in newark. how's this for a wawa shopping list, a shorty, a coffee and an ice cold beer. it's about to become a reality. this morning we have great news to share about this face. ever wonders what happens behind the scenes here at nbc 10 news today during the commercials? see for yourself and interact with us and ask questions about the stories, about what we're doing, how we put this all together. follow us on periscope. our address is nbc philadelphia.

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25 minutes past 4:00. a dog in delaware county that was the victim of animal cruelty gets a new leash on life. this is trooper. with his owner, dr. david byrd. he looks so good there. this next picture you might find disturbing. this is what he did look like back in june. he was emaciated, had a shackle embedded in his neck. police are still looking for the person who did this. speaking of animal adoption, don't forget, nbc 10 and tele n mclear the shelters. participating shelters will be offering reduced adoption fees.

here's how you can help. first join a conversation and help raise awareness by sharing the event on social media. use the hash tag clear the shelters. also, send us the pictures of your pets. you with your pets and come out on saturday, august 15th to welcome a new friend into your family. for shelter locations and fee, just tap on the nbc 10 news app. a delaware county wawa is closer to getting in the beer business. last night, the cocker township board of supervisors became the first in pennsylvania to approve wawa's plan to sell beer. it won't be in every store. customers will only be allowed to buy two six packs at a time. even with the limits, local beer distributors are worried. >> there's only so much beer that can be sold in a geographical area. the more people that will be selling, the less that will be bought from us.

the liquor control board still has to approve the plan. now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> a dry start this mortgage and more comfortable, too. not much wind right now but a breeze will be developing out of the northwest. that's drier, less humid air that's coming in to play during the day. 4:27 the time. it's 74 degrees in philadelphia. right now, jessica boyington is in the first alert traffic center. jessica? >> and good morning, bill. we're looking live at route 309 around the pa turnpike. everything is smooth sailing there. we'll checkç in with more driv times around the philadelphia area and 95 when i come back at 4:30. >> attention drivers, if you hit the gas along pennsylvania highways, it could soon cost you. there's a new plan for construction zone speed cameras.

nbc 10 breaking news. right now, dozens of people are forced out of their homes in berks county. an overnight fire burned through an apartment building. we'll take you live to the scene. slow down or it's beginning to cost you. there's a new plan in the works to cut down on speeding through work zones along pennsylvania highways. and big brother will be watching. and changes in the air. wednesday is off to a relatively cool start. we may be getting an extended break from the dangerous heat. it is 4:30. good morning. welcome back to nbc 10 news today. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. let's bring in meteorologist bill henley with the first alert forecast. when are we going to get a break from this heat wave we're in? >> you can feel it this morning. the humidity has already come down. we're running cooler and we'll see bright sunshine for south delaware and jersey and