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call as to whether we continue the heat wave but big changes, the humidity jumping up there. 93 in philadelphia now. 92 in reading and allentown. only 80 in trenton, where they have had some rain. and in the upper 80s in delaware. where they have not. 94 is the way it feels in dover. that number was up to 99 a couple hours ago. 96 in philadelphia now for the feels like temperature. 95 in reading and in allentown. you see that number has definitely gone up from where we were yesterday. just some isolated showers around as you can see. great majority of the area not getting rained on, but a couple of the populated areas are getting rained on. right around trenton, mercer county, that's going into burlington county now and this shower is right near the pennsylvania turnpike, right along the turnpike and part of that shower actually going into northeast philly, the far northeast near bensalem. that's a pretty heavy shower.
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precipitation rate well over two inches an hour. we hope that continues to move. we will talk more about increased showers along with decreased temperatures with the seven-day. >> thanks, glenn. our first alert team coverage continues with nbc 10's tim furlong live in wilmington. >> local groups are taking precautions to protect children from this heat. >> reporter: absolutely. you have to. we always try to be live in front of something interesting. this is pretty uninteresting, athletic fields with no kids on them. that's because they worked hard early so they could cut out of here before the worst of the heat rolled in. it's too hot to do lots of things today. it is really hot for football. >> you got to work through it. >> reporter: the concord high school players are working hard but only as hard as their trainer lets them. >> i'm here to keep them healthy. >> reporter: the coach played for concord way back when. >> i graduated high school in 1981, when water was a sign of
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weakness. >> reporter: water isn't a sign of weakness on his 2015 squad. his players drink a lot of it. the coach works closely with the team trainer to know how hard they should push the guys. in delaware there's a ratio of heat and humidity teams have to follow. if it gets too brutal practices get lighter. >> if it's excessive, we will only go in helmets. >> reporter: they took off the shoulder pads during the end of practice. jason is feeling it. he's a big dude. he prefers the weather at the end of the season. >> i'm a big boy. i don't get too cold. >> reporter: you do get hot? >> i do get hot very fast. >> reporter: the coaches watch out for players of all sizes. they are interested in keeping their guys safe. >> i'm really looking at humidity and the heat index as we start. normally in the morning it's not bad. this time of day is when it gets, we got to be worried. >> reporter: we did see two women playing tennis out there about an hour ago. they literally played for about 15 minutes before calling it quits. those courts get hot under your feet. the shade feels okay right now
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but even at this hour it is still pretty hot out here. tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >> that hydration so important. thank you. as we deal with the heat, out west, firefighters are battling more than 100 wild fires that are just burning out of control. some crews from new jersey are helping with that fire fight as nbc's leanne gregg reports, one of the worst fires is in washington state. >> reporter: dry conditions fueling fast -moving wild fires across the west. evacuation orders are in place for thousands, where many are heeding the warnings to pack up and leave. >> pillows, clothes, juice. what we could. >> reporter: today the focus is on saving structures. the battle being fought from the ground and the air. one of the worst fires is in and around chaland, washington which has destroyed an estimated 75 homes and businesses. the national guard has been called to help but resources are strained because more than 100
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wild fires burning out of control. >> there was fire everywhere around you could look. >> reporter: firefighters are facing extreme heat and dry conditions. >> because lack of snow pack, drought, those fuels have dried out. >> reporter: the u.s. forest service is spending $100 million a week to fight the wild fires. >> it is a huge cost for personnel, for equipment, for supplies. to battle these fires. >> reporter: a battle that's just getting started as the west enters peak wild fire season. leanne greg, nbc news. just last friday the christie administration announced that it would send a new jersey forest fire service crew to help fight those wild fires out west. in total, 32 firefighters and three trucks were sent to help fight fires in oregon, idaho and montana. social service agencies in pennsylvania are asking governor
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tom wolf and law makers to interrupt the budget stalemate to provide stopgap aid. the president of the united way says a number of agencies that provide food, shelter and other assistance to the navy are already cutting services while many of them expect to scale back services or borrow money this month. take a look at this. pennsylvania has been without a budget since july 1st. it's been more than 47 days. a new report includes 27 recommendations on how to reduce the risk of an oil train derailment in philadelphia. an expert in railroad engineering and safety from the university of delaware issued the report. it identifies areas of high risk and ways to make them safer. the report recommends trains slow down through cities and emergency management officials conduct safety drills. the report was prompted by pennsylvania governor tom wolf after several fiery crashes. in january, 2014 a train derailed over the schuykill river. the derailment left a tanker car, boxcar and five others
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leaning off the side of the bridge for days. pennsylvania sees as many as 70 oil trains each week and each carries up to three million gallons of crude to the area from north dakota. it was a hefty gift for a foundation dedicated to teachers that began right here in philadelphia. the bill and melinda gates foundation is giving a $2 million grant to the foundation run by teachers for teachers. earlier today, philadelphia's school superintendent spoke about how important it is for educators to learn from each other. >> my most significant opportunities is when i have the opportunity to talk to teachers because they are indeed, you are indeed the experts in the educational space and no one, no one should challenge that assertion. >> educators from every level get together at these edcamps to
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talk about what matters to them. they learn from each other and apply it to their work in the classroom. the toll road project from the maryland/delaware state line to route 1 is eligible for federal funding. today state officials said the feds are willing to provide a low interest loan of up to $211 million for the project. the goal is to add a two-lane expressway to the existing four lane toll road. the estimated price tag is about $650 million. hundreds of government leaders from the eastern united states and canada are starting their week in wilmington. the 55th annual council of state governments conference is being held this week on the wilmington riverfront. this year's theme is from recovery to prosperity. the state leaders will focus on economic development, agricultural issues, health and transportation issues. this morning, wilmington's mayor dennis williams and delaware governor jack markell welcomed the group to the first state. the conference runs through wednesday.
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he made children smile by greeting them as their favorite super hero. but tonight, they are mourning the loss of their very own batman. how a crash involving his batmobile led to a death. plus a woman arrested for assaulting a child. what police say she used to attack a 9-year-old.
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skyforce 10 is over a car carrier that overturned on the new jersey turnpike in bordentown on the southbound new jersey turnpike ramp at interchange 7. nobody was injured here but you can see the crews are out there trying to clean it up and traffic may be backed up on that southbound ramp. keep that in mind if you are headed out the door. also, a maryland man known for visiting kids in the hospital dressed as batman was killed in a crash this weekend. lenny robinson became a regional celebrity three years ago when video of police pulling him over while he was in costume went viral. robinson was checking the engine of his batmobile on a western maryland highway when a toyota camry hit his car. >> the sedan struck him, killing hip. nbc's pat collins has a look back at his impact on the community. >> our batman is dead. not the batman in the movies, not the batman on television, but lenny robinson, our batman,
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and he had his own special powers. he spent almost two decades dressing up as batman, driving a specially built batmobile, cheering up hundreds of sick kids in hospitals. lenny robinson, our batman, killed in a bizarre accident as he was run over by the bat car when it was struck on a highway near hagerstown. police say the batmobile broke down and batman went out to check the engine, and the bat car was hit. lenny robinson had a successful cleaning business. he sold it years ago so he he could be batman and visit sick children. not long ago i saw him work his magic at a hospital outside of baltimore. >> do batman a favor, get better. to the media out there and to the world, you must ask
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yourself, self, did i make a difference today? that answer had better be yes. >> reporter: he was on his way to another hospital one time when he was pulled over by the cops, who had trouble running the bat tags. >> he's got no tags. got batman on, he's dressed like batman. >> reporter: it was an odd encounter but in the end it was all good. lenny robinson put thousands and thousands of miles on that special batmobile, going from hospital to hospital to visit sick children. he was batman. he was a superman. he was a good man. in washington, i'm pat collins, nbc 10. >> the number of people killed in traffic accidents is up 14% across the country and it's only august. the stats from the national safety council consider the number of deadly accidents between january and june of this
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year. 19,000 people have died on the roads this year. july and august are historically the highest months for traffic deaths with an improving economy and low gas prices, more americans are on the road. now to some headlines we're following on the pope's visit to philadelphia. today the city opened its new business resource center. a hotline is now set up so business owners can get information about how the pope's visit may impact their operations and their bottom line. one business has already decided to close its doors. the philadelphia zoo tells nbc 10 it will shut down saturday and sunday but will be open on that friday before pope francis comes to town. nbc 10 has been preparing you for the pope's visit which is now just 40 days away. much of the preparation has focused on logistics like parking, traffic and security. but church leaders want to make sure that people are also preparing spiritually. nbc 10 south jersey bureau reporter cydney long has more.
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>> reporter: from the fifth floor of the camden diocese you can see the sun shining on philadelphia, an array of divine intervention announced to eight deserving families awarded tickets to the world meeting of families theological congress. the family from pennsauken earned the honor with an essay about hardship and hope. >> we have the chance to be there so we are proud. we are happy. we are smiling. we are blessed. >> reporter: the holy father's september visit inspired the diocese to launch 40 days of francis, a campaign invite and challenge to recognize poverty and do something about it. >> all around us in the diocese we are faced daily with the situation of people who have to decide are they going to buy food, are they going to pay their rent. >> reporter: they are holding organized open houses, teeshirt sales, a high school student food relay. the focus to fight hunger. homeless veterans and the casino crisis layoffs in atlantic city.
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inspired by one of the the pope's favorite paintings, mary, undoer of the knot, knots like these, each with a different issue of poverty, will be placed in churches across the region for parishioners to take with them and devote of their time or give money to help untie that burden for families hurting the most. catholic charities welfare caseworker sees the desperation every day. >> they are hopeless, broken and extremely vulnerable state. >> we have to take it to our parish, to it to other families. >> reporter: this family plans to pay it forward and hopes you do the same. cydney long, nbc 10 news. a philadelphia woman is charged with aggravated assault after police say she hit a young boy with a pot. police tell us she got into an argument with the child's mother friday in west kensington, then began slapping and punching the woman.
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when the victim's 9-year-old son intervened, police say she hit him in the back of the head with a pot. the boy and his mother were treated for cuts at the hospital. turning to sports, so much excitement inside the linc and all over philly after fans watched the team's first preseason performance on sunday. >> a lot of that excitement was built up by tim tebow but fans have yet to see their starting quarterback in action. john clark joins us now from comcast sports net with more. >> john, fans will finally get the chance to see sam bradford this weekend. i know sam was disappointed that he didn't get to play yesterday. >> reporter: you're right. we cannot wait to see sam bradford playing in the second preseason game on saturday night. chip kelly said on friday that he would play. hopefully that is still the case. sam will practice all week against the ravens in training camp and then face them when it will be sam's first game action in almost two years. as you said, sam was disappointed that he didn't play yesterday. chip really didn't want to risk anything with just two weeks of full participation in camp.
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so mark sanchez started and was really inaccurate. he only completed 2 of 7 passes but that's the rookie receiver nelson agholor with a great adjustment for the touchdown. then matt barkley with that pass there, he looked good, threw for almost 200 yards. tim tebow started off good throwing the ball, then struggled but he ran in the touchdown there that really got the crowd going. the eagles looked good in all phases. eagle fans were cheering and chanting for tebow so loud, he had to quiet them down. >> that's probably the best ovation i have ever seen a third string quarterback get. but tebow's a great guy. i'm really happy for him that he got to go out there and finally play some football again. >> in life sometimes you just, sometimes you just, you forget how much you enjoy it. you're just going through the motion. i think for me, being out for a little while and coming back, it's not about going through the motion. it's about enjoying the moment and having fun.
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>> reporter: koucoming up we wi hear more about bradford's debut on saturday and hear from one young eagle who may be changing fans' minds with his play on the field. see you then. >> you can watch the eagles take on the ravens right here on nbc 10. your official eagles station. saturday's game starts at 7:00. join us for all the pregame coverage at 6:30. the showers we have been showing you on radar, there's one from skyforce 10, live view of that shower that's in northeast philly, lower bucks county. some of that rain coming down pretty hard. behind it, you see the brightness because the sun is back there somewhere behind that shower. get some pretty pictures this time of day when you have showers and sun at the same time. we have 90s once again and we
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are likely to get it once again tomorrow. it will be steamy all week. the humidity is going to be pretty high all week, even when the temperature starts going down. the thunderstorms returning. just a couple showers today but a lot more later in the week. some of the clouds building even around the philadelphia area now. 92 degrees at the airport, the winds southwest at 11. feels like 96 because the humidity is up considerably from what it was late last week. even over the weekend, we got into the 90s but again, the humidity was pretty low for august. 94 today, 94 tomorrow and then it will start going down. it's just a question of wednesday, whether we hit that 90 degree mark or not. but the heat wave is not going to last all week. we have the southerly wind flow and you can see this, a little bit of a southeast wind meeting a west wind right over here. that's right where the showers are developing. that's no coincidence. you can see the southerly winds, the sea breeze keeping it nice
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and comfortable at the beaches. 80 degrees there. feels like it's well into the 90s inland. but with an 80 degree temperature at the beach, it's not going to feel much higher. there's that shower, even some lightning now that he we just showed you on storm force 10 in northeast philly and lower bucks. it's moving very slowly and that is not a good thing because that means that these areas are getting hit with a good bit of rain while five miles away, they're getting nothing. we had the one shower go through trenton. that's all the way down into burlington county so that has moved. this one is moving less but it is drifting southward. there's cheltenham, this is northeast philly. it's coming down northeast philly, not quite to the boulevard yet, but coming down toward north philly right now drifting in that direction. there's a southerly wind as we
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go through the night. things quiet down later tonight, then with the heat of the day tomorrow and the high humidity, we start building up some more isolated afternoon showers. again, the sea breeze helping to create that, create the winds coming together and that forces the air up. wednesday, you can see a lot more activity around and the wind off the ocean, and that means the temperature will go down a bit. you can see on the future temperatures here, instead of the red colors toward the end of the week, we are starting to get yellows. nice and comfortable. at least compared to the deep reds of today. you see what happens when you're deep red on that map. it's hot and humid. warm and humid tonight with isolated showers early. 75 for the low in philadelphia. 68 north and west. tomorrow, hot and humid day, a lot like today. maybe even feeling a little hotter. highs in the low to mid 90s.
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isolated showers late in the day. most of you not seeing it. a few more of you seeing it on wednesday and then a lot of us seeing it thursday and into friday. that moisture, wind off the ocean, the clouds helping to keep the temperature down. so this heat wave doesn't look like it will last all week. by the time the eagles play saturday night it will be a whole lot cooler than yesterday afternoon. check your pockets. someone in south jersey is holding a $1 million winning lottery ticket. fans also wait for every fall, that popular pumpkin spice la latte. what will be different about this year's drink. ♪
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starbucks has big news for fans of its seasonal pumpkin spiced latte. it is ditching the artificial caramel coloring. when the drink hits locations this fall it will include real pumpkin. last year, starbucks came under fire for using artificial ingredients in the drink. the pumpkin spiced latte is a top seller at starbucks. a $1 million winning lottery ticket was sold in new jersey for saturday's power ball drawing. >> wasn't me. here's the deal. the ticket was sold at a luk oil gas station in pennington, mercer county. a $10,000 winning ticket was sold at lucky 7 deli and food store on route 70 in lakehurs,
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ocean county. here's a look at the winning numbers. they are 3, 13, 17, 42, 52 and the power ball was 24. next at 5:00, stevie wonder puts on a show. ♪ >> still sounds so good. hundreds gather in the heat to see a music legend. why stevie wonder paid a visit to philadelphia.
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♪ a music legend puts on a free concert for fans in philadelphia. hundreds gathered outside at dilworth park to get a glimpse of stevie wonder. the intense sun in the sky was not going to stop them from hearing "ribbon in the sky." >> we have been in the 90s for a few days and with today's temperature we officially hit another heat wave. it looks stifling out there. so hazy. let's check in with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> the humidity was a much bigger factor today. >> yes. there are a couple of heavy showers around. good thing it's not in center city, raining on the great stevie wonder.
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we may see a couple showers around citizens bank park tomorrow. it will be a hot, humid one as the phillies come back to town. 91 degrees on saturday, 93 sunday but the humidity was down so it didn't feel quite so bad. 94 today with higher humidity and we felt it. 94 tomorrow, too. the humidity will be with us pretty much all week. the temperatures are in the 90s where it's not raining or we're getting a wind off of delaware bay or the ocean. so there are several places getting a little bit of relief from that. but it feels like it's 96 in philadelphia right now, 95 in reading and allentown. that is pretty steamy. that's as high as it's been in this particular heat wave. we see most of the area, not getting any rain but those who are getting rain, they're getting pounded. it's mostly now in northeast philly. you see lightning strikes there. as we go in even farther, you can see the border. there's the border of northeast
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philly so the far northeast getting it. the red of course indicating the heaviest rain just to the west of bensalem. so welsh road near grant avenue, getting close to the boulevard as well, being affected here. that's a tremendous rainfall rate, three to four inches per hour. plus the fact that it's not moving very much. so there have probably been a couple of inches of rain at least in parts of northeast philly, just in the last hour or so. so we have the isolated showers at 6:00 and it stays warm and humid for the rest of the night. we'll see how long this heat wave lasts with the rest of the seven-day. >> the heat could not keep music lovers away. look at the crowd. skyforce 10 over the crowd in dilworth park as stevie wonder put on a free performance. i was walking out of my apartment going to work and was able to snag a quick picture. he was nice enough to grant me
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that. >> check out jacqueline's twitter. the picture looks great. >> he was so nice. >> nbc 10's cydney long joins us live. not a bad assignment to be on. >> reporter: it's awesome. standing room only. what a great surprise, popup performance by the one and only stevie wonder. he's already taking my breath away. you can see the stage out here has been disassembled. he was only supposed to play two to three songs but he did twice that many in just less than an hour. ♪ >> reporter: this is video of stevie arriving to a crowd that assembled almost as quickly as live nation was able to put together the popup stage. he was supposed to be embargoed, this concert. it was a secret that spread quickly on social media.
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stevie did a series of songs, old and new, and shared with the crowd that even though he can't see, he doesn't just listen to tv. he watches it. he is in tune with what's going wrong in america today and says the way to heal it is through love. he picked philadelphia to announce an extended tour. the key of life performance tour. fans say as hot as it was, they had the chills being here. >> it's extremely hot and crowded and the sun is out but it's stevie wonder and it's free. so it wouldn't matter how long i had to wait. i was definitely going to be here. >> reporter: so the crowds are gone but the memories for sure will last. from here, wonder heads to do another popup show in new york city at 6:00 tonight. he has been going all day because he also announced his extended tour dates, 20 dates, by the way, all in america. he did that in washington, d.c. at about 12:00 noon. so a very long day for stevie
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wonder. a very memorable day for fans here in the city of brotherly love. i'm cydney long, nbc 10 news. the numbers are in and this year's musikfest was another huge success. 1,140,000 people attended. the festival wrapped up last night after ten days of music. there were 550 performances on 16 stages with some top names including duran duran, zz top, jerry seinfeld and snoop dogg. new information about the number of people hit by thieves last spring after the website of the internal revenue service was hacked. the irs says the number of victims has doubled to 334,000. the agency first told us about the breach in may. they say the thieves already knew their victims' social security numbers, dates of birth and addresses. they say they used that information to break through the irs website and get even more information about their victims.
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now to our decision 2016 coverage and the republican race for the white house. some candidates were in iowa today but the one they are all chasing in the polls went to court in manhattan. >> believe it or not, donald trump was summoned for jury duty. he showed up. nbc's steve handelsman has the story from washington. >> reporter: donald trump reported for jury duty in new york because everyone has to, even billionaires leading in every republican poll. >> he's going all the way! >> looking very presidential, waving to the crowd. >> reporter: big crowds apparently because of trump's radical stand on key issues. >> it seems as if the people who would otherwise be sort of recoil at some of these positions see it as refreshing. >> reporter: take immigration. trump told chuck todd on nbc's "meet the press" he would end automatic citizenship for every child born in the u.s. and reverse the obama order allowing students brought here illegally as kids to stay. the whole family gets deported. >> we will keep the families
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together. we have to keep the families together. >> but you will keep them together out. >> they have to go. >> reporter: too strict, and bad for the party, says mercedes. >> it sounds very mitt romney like which did not work in 2012. it would not work in 2016 with the latino community. >> reporter: in iowa, trump's rivals have to play off his energy. >> donald trump has part of it right. there is no question we should be defunding sanctuary cities if they won't enforce the laws. >> reporter: wisconsin governor scott walker is running on his record. >> i said what i was going to do and then i went out and did it. >> reporter: but the nonhe-politician has gone out and taken the lead. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >> donald trump has to step off the campaign trail and into the courtroom. how the presidential candidate was greeted as he showed up for jury duty.
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philadelphia is remembering one of the most tragic fires in the city's history. eight firefighters died battling flames at the gulf oil refinery in south philadelphia 40 years ago. there were tears this morning as the group that included family members of the victims came together. they marked the anniversary at the firemans hall museum in old city. august 17th, 1975 signaled the start of the fire at the gulf oil refinery. it took six days to bring it under control. when it was over, eight firefighters were dead, 14 others were injured. mayor nutter was among those who spoke today. >> we of course acknowledge not just how they died and whether they became heroes at that moment but quite frankly, their heroic performance of service and duty in their chosen profession as public servants. >> investigators determined the fire was caused by the overfilling of a tank at the
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refinery. the fate of an historic south jersey bridge is still undecided but residents say they need it. the centerton road bridge connects mt. laurel to willingboro. it's been closed since april when inspectors uncovered possible safety risks and structural issues. in may an engineer recommended permanently closing the bridge, fixing it would cost between $10 million and $15 million. before it was closed, about 14,000 drivers used the bridge every day. one nfl player says no more. why he doesn't want his kids to receive participation trophies. coming up, we will also take a look at some of your comments on this debate. i'm tracking showers on the nbc 10 radar. some of them pretty heavy. even more heat ahead. the first alert seven day forecast is next.
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nbc 10 has been helping you prepare for the pope's visit to philadelphia and today, we learned that the city opened its new business resource center. a hotline is now set up so that business owners can get information about how the pope's visit may impact their operations and their bottom line. one business has already decided to close its doors, the philadelphia zoo. they tell us that they will shut down saturday and sunday of that weekend of the pope's visit but will be open on that friday. then we met in the pope's homeland. >> nbc 10 was the first local news operation to put reporters on the ground in argentina. a seminaryian we met there took jim rosenfield into one of the poorest neighbors where he he works. it's a lot like the barrios pope
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francis spent time in when he was archbishop. the man will travel to philadelphia for the pope's visit with a group of orphans from honduras. he is hoping they can somehow meet pope francis in person. even if that does not happen, he said he can't wait to hear the pope's message during his first visit to the u.s. >> this humble guy, this poor guy, to speak about simplicity, to speak about love. in the middle of the country which is so powerful. >> reporter: and prosperous. >> you can see more from our visit to the pope's homeland tomorrow night. nbc 10 got a look at pope francis' life in argentina and how it shaped his papacy. join us tomorrow at 7:00 only on nbc 10.
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football players at northwestern university will not be allowed to form the nation's first college athletes union. that's the ruling from the national labor relations board. this overturns last year's decision that said the football players are effectively school employees and entitled to organize. today, the board said the prospect of union and non-union teams could throw off the competitive balance in college football. a pittsburgh steeler is teaching his children a lesson that has a lot of people talking. linebacker james harrison is making them return their participation trophies because he says they did not earn them. >> it is a hot topic that has many people chiming in. we found one local psychologist who calls harrison her hero. it was an instagram post from harrison that stirred the conversation about how and when we reward our children. harrison's sons received trophies simply for participating in a sport. in the post, harrison vowed to return the trophies and said
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quote, i'm not sorry for believing that everything in life should be earned, end quote. one psychologist we spoke to says he rewarding children for expected behavior can have life-long detrimental effects. >> what we're doing is taking away these lessons that they can learn during difficult times like for example, not getting reward when they've tried their best. >> james harrison also wrote on instagram that sometimes your best is not enough and that should drive you to want to do better. >> we have been asking parents to chime in on our nbc 10 philadelphia facebook page. the question is do you agree with james harrison that participation trophies should not be given out for youth sports? marie writes totally agree. participation should not warrant a trophy. trophies need to be earned. participation trophies diminish the reward. >> jenae disagrees, saying encouragement is good for children. let them wait a little longer for the disappointments. you can join the conversation
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and share your opinion on the nbc 10 facebook page. the heat is continuing for the third day in a row making it an official heat wave. now the humidity is being added in. so we've got some more 90s in the forecast but the steamy week is going to be steamy even after the heat wave is broken. thunderstorms returning. we've had one pretty big one in northeast philly right now as much of the rest of the area is just dry. it's 93 at philadelphia international. southwest 11. feels like 96 degrees. in northeast philly, bensalem, down to 80. trenton is 80. they had a heavy shower as well in the past hour. you can see what a difference it makes. as soon as you get some rain and other areas of new jersey and delaware, as soon as you get a wind coming in off the cooler ocean or delaware bay, temperatures start to go down.
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we can show you some of the big differences here. look at this. 78 degrees in cape may harbor while it's mid 80s farther inland. 81 at sea isle city, 86 in woodbine. in atlantic county, 80 at the marina, close to 90 farther inland. in the same county, just a few miles away. the feels like temperature in the mid 90s in some parts of the area. now, the extra humidity has helped to fuel a couple of showers and even thunderstorms and now there's a flood advisory in effect until 9:15 tonight for northeast philly and just a small portion of montgomery county. just east of abington and cheltenham, just a small portion bordering northeast philly. you can see there's very little on the radar but a couple of these showers are pretty heavy. the one that went through trenton really weakened dramatically. this one, we wish weakened because it's not moving very much. as we have been telling you in
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the last hour or so, if they're not moving much, you got some problems. there's another one that has developed northwest of warminster. this is the cell of course causing the problems. this is a border of northeast philly on this side and of course, cheltenham township now getting into some of the heavier rain. this is a radar estimate and in this area, just east of parts of huntington valley, that's two to three inches of rain, radar estimated. that's fallen just in the last couple hours. so there may be some localized flooding in there. you don't want to drive into flooded roads. you can see the southerly flow that keeps the humidity going up. and we will continue to see that tomorrow as well. we could see some more showers developing but it's going to become a little more widespread on wednesday with yet another day of moist winds coming in off of that ocean. we will see more showers around
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during wednesday and then even more on thursday as some of this activity from the west comes straight in to the area. that will certainly help keep the temperatures down. we've just got the isolated showers and storms and northeast philly getting hit the hardest now. warm and humid, 75 for the low in philadelphia, 68 north and west. tomorrow, hot and humid, feels like up to 98, and just isolated afternoon showers again. seven-day forecast, the chance, better chance of any showers on wednesday and then very likely on thursday and friday, helping to keep the temperature down. a little less humid and more comfortable over the weekend. we have an update on nbc's clear the shelters campaign. more than 18,000 animals across the country have new homes thanks to saturday's event and thanks to you. we have some new adoption numbers from our area we would like to share. folks adopted nearly 1100 pets
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in the philadelphia region, 587 dogs and cats in pennsylvania. in new jersey, it was 456. in delaware, there were 51 adoptions. we want to thank everybody who brought home a new pet. what it's like to be a cop in america. that is the new cover of "time" magazine. coming up, neighbors where they patrol are telling us their concerns when it comes to crime.
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talk about a media circus. as we told you earlier, donald trump reported for jury duty at manhattan supreme court today surrounded by reporters, photographers and onlookers. >> and selfie seekers, i'm sure. by afternoon the republican presidential candidate was released without getting selected for trial. not surprisingly. his civic duty fulfilled. >> reporter: as donald trump made his way out of the limousine, hundreds of cameras clicked, reporters shouted questions. i asked him -- mr. trump, what will happen if you get picked for jury duty? >> it will be very interesting to see. >> reporter: the front-runner the republican race for president could barely move as he tried to take the stairs into the court building. trump signed autographs. he let tourists take his picture. >> how do you feel? >> i feel good.
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>> i worked here over 30 years. i don't think i have seen as many press people. >> reporter: trump spent the weekend in iowa, where he gave specifics on his policy regarding mexico. in an interview on "meet the press" he talked about increasing visa fees for mexican ceos and diplomats so mexico can pay for a border wall. he would increase deportation and end birthright citizenship. swreenchlg >> they have to go. >> what if they have no place to go? >> we will work with them. they have to go. >> reporter: while the comments may be creating more controversy, his long time chauffeur supports him. >> he's a great guy. he will make a great president. i'll tell you right now. >> reporter: fellow potential jurors thought the timing of the campaign and jury duty -- >> while it's pretty funny that it coincides with the campaigns and all the debates, i would be very surprised if he actually ended up on that jury. >> it's actually not that
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unusual for celebrities to get called for jury duty in manhattan. madonna, spike lee and the mayors have all been notified to report. coming up next on "nbc 10 news at 6:00" addressing the concerns for local businesses for the pope's visit. we have learned new details about the city's message as center city becomes closed to traffic. i'm tracking some storms on the radar. some in very populated areas. how long will this heat wave last? plus, a sleepover leads to an arrest. tonight, what police say this man did to get locked up. that's next on "nbc 10 news at 6:00." patients recently rated their care experience at
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right now at 6:00, hot and sweaty. it didn't matter to this huge crowd. they got to see a free popup concert and listen to stevie wonder. we did hit another heat wave this afternoon as girls in delaware hit the field. this field hockey team took plenty of breaks with temperatures above 90. down the shore, a little cooler for people on the beach. this is a live look at cape may. check out the storm clouds skyforce 10 captured about 45 minutes ago. this was the scene looking towards the burlington bristol bridge.
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nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tracking storms now. glenn? >> yeah, that particular shower that skyforce 10 showed you, that's the one over northeast philly. philadelphia is a pretty big city. look at this part of the city, center city, beautiful shot, no rain. but other parts of the city getting rained on pretty hard. there are very few showers around. you can see 95% plus of the area is dry but right there in northeast philly, you got the showers and you also have the fact that it's not moving very much. there's another one up by warrington, by the way. this is the one of concern because it hasn't been moving much. it's edged into the cheltenham part of montgomery county. this is mostly in northeast philly, i-95 is on the edge of this thing. it's generally from the boulevard westward in the upper portion of the northeast. we saw it at

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