now $79.99 a month. go online or call now. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v right now at 6:00, a mess of mangled metal marks the spot where an off duty philadelphia police sergeant lost his life. the officer died after his pick up truck slammed into a tree overnight. we are learning more about the sergeant who was at the wheel. police have identified him as 32-year-old sergeant raphael ali. nbc 10's monique braxton spoke with those who knew sergeant ali.

monique? >> reporter: it's a tough day for not only the officers here but all police officers across the city. we have learned that grief counseling is being offered to the men and women here. police say if you'they are at as to what happened. they don't believe the accident was alcohol related. >> ali, he loved his children. always had them here playing back and forth. very friendly with the neighbors. >> neighbors recall fond memories of sergeant raphael ali. one shares how the 32-year-old ali touched his life. >> i got in an accident on henry avenue. a guy cut me off and my tire blew and he stopped by. he came by and said he saw me. helped me change it. he was just, you know, awesome. >> accident investigators tell us the ten year police veteran lost control here on henry avenue just south of due pont.

>> sad day for police and our family. >> police also say ali was wearing his seat belt but he may have fallen asleep and then unknowingly speeded up in the 35 mile per hour zone. >> there is no skid marks. no stopping. the vehicle did not skid, did not hit the brakes. the operator did not hit the brakes and impacted the tree with such force to do some serious injury. >> a police car from the 39th did is posted outside his home here on 65th avenue. his commander spoke to us exclusively. >> he is a dedicated family person. and he was an example of how we want our police supervisors to be. >> sergeant ali will be dearly missed. he leaves behind two school aged

children. live outside the 39th district, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. two people had to be cut out of this car in philadelphia's oxford neighborhood. police got the call about 9:30 this morning. the car ended up flipped on its side. a lot of people in the neighborhood heard the crash and went outside to see what happened. >> i just heard a big bang and come out and saw this. >> it's crazy. it's early sunday morning and you don't know where everybody fits in and you walked him by and see a car flipped like that it's like you are wondering, you know, is anybody dead? >> neighbors tell us this is a dangerous intersection and you need to be careful walking your dog.

>> ripping off the bumper along the way. one person was take on the the hospital. >> turning to our weather, another great weekend is coming to a close. here is a live look at the beach in cape may where a few people are soaking the last few rays of sunshine. britneyshipp is here with your first look at the forecast. >> it's going to be a beautiful evening ahead if you still have sunday evening plans or temperatures. 80 degrees by 11:00 p.m. temperatures at 74. tomorrow will actually be a little bit warmer than what we saw today. we're saying nice and dry and we will show you that picture one more time where people are soaking up those last minutes of sunshine. it was a really beautiful day. i am tracking changes on the way. we do have an approaching cold front that will help trigger a few showers and storms as we

head into tomorrow evening. a little bit of patchy fog and then i will be tracking a nice stretch of weather. i will go over all the details and what you can expect coming up in about ten minutes. >> thanks. we have new information about a shooting in burlington county last night. friends of a teen aged boy accidentally shot him in the chest. two of the boys' friends had brought over a handgun and the weapon accidentally discharged as they were handling it. his friends are now facing weapons charges. and in north philadelphia, police are investigating a shooting that sent two men to the hospital. both men were shot in the leg this afternoon and taken to temple. we are waiting to hear how the men are doing and what sparked the shooting. >> and the person who took this giant painted mushroom is asked to simply return2,d7< it.

to sz painted concrete t. mushroom was outside of sinclair's sunrise cafe. the sculptture was to be entered into a silent auction to go to local non-profits in the area. the school says it is turning off hot water systems to several buildings. tests showed there is no more bacteria there. the university is warning anyone with pneumonia to be tested with legionnaires disease. it's not something you can catch from another person. a judge will decide tomorrow if pennsylvania attorney general

will go on trial for purgery and abuse of pour. she says this stems from the pornography scandal that her organization uncovered. in preparation for pope francis's visit next month, the city of fill dell foo philadelp with a wide-ranging overview of information relating to the meeting with families including transportation options and pet care options. our app is your go to tool for the papel weekend. we also have a complete guide to transportation, road closures and the places you can go try to see the pope in person.

>> ready to fight until the end. that's how a u.s. airman described a gunman on a high speed train overseas. for the first time we hear him tell the story of how he and his friends took down the attacker. and a pair of baby pandas now just a day old. the technique zoo officials are using to give the cubs the best chance of survival.

>> the three americans who stopped a gunman on a train in france described the ordeal at a news conference today. stone recounted how he and his friends took down the gunman. stone describes the moment they saw the man holding what appeared to be an aka 47.

>> he just hit me on the shoulder and said let's go. >> he is expected to make a full recovery. >> i am tracking a few changes. i will let you know when storms are expected to move in and how hot temperatures will get. that's all coming up in my full forecast.

>> a giant panda gave birth to twin cubs last night. . panda keepers will perform the delicate task of watching the

cubs so each gets a chance to nurse and bond with its mother. two state colleges will find lots more to do this fall. a town at tc & j will have a new student's residents hall. and rowan boulevard has a newly opened building including apartments for students, medical offices and businesses. dozens who recently lost a loved one spent the summer at a summer camp. they did traditional camp activities like playing instruments mixed with grief counseling sessions. the camp was free for the children and supported by the morris town visiting nurses and hospice.

storms, dry and warm conditions for us. a look at the conditions, cape may looking beautiful. that was a great day to be at the shore. really a great weekend. 84 degrees right now in philadelphia. humidity is at 29%. it feels really comfortable out. wind speeds at about 6 miles an hour. 80 degrees currently in west chester. temperatures at 84 and low 80s currently in dover. so so it's still a nice and comfortable evening out. we will take a closer looks, you are noticing a few more clouds

moving in. we are tracking where the next changes are going to come from. that's going to slowly make its way eastward as we head into the rest of tonight and into tomorrow. we will start off dry but you will notice closer to 1:00, 2:00, a few stray showers starting to organize themselves closer to 7:00 p.m., that's where we're going see a better chance of storms. you should be fine if you leave to head home from work right around 5:00, but if you head home later you might run into showers. closer to 10:00, 11:00, we will see all of the thunderstorms transition a bit closer to philadelphia and pushing into south jersey before starting to clear up into the morning hours. if you leave early for work on tuesday, we will also see a few stray showers so you could see wet roads out there and things will clear up as we head into the rest of tuesday. tropical storm danny, it was a

hurricane earlier and now it has been drown graded. moving right around 40 miles per hour and then we will see the movement to the west at 16 miles per hour. it's actually continuing to weaken earlier today the wind speeds were sustained closer to 50 miles per hour. and this is still 165 miles east southeast and as it continues to progress to the west, we will see this weakening so it's actually going to be beneficial and bring a lot of rain to some of the islands that really need the rainfall. that's going to happen overnight. closer look at the highs around the region tomorrow we will get close to 90. a closer look at our tonight forecast will drop down to ab t about, down to 56. be careful driving. same thing tomorrow tracking the evening storms and then 86 to

89. temperatures stay mild into next week. >> coming up, there were positive signs today that the phillies rebuild is headed in the right direction. there's plenty of controversy on this. we will hear from both sides when we return.

danny with you once again. sam bradforder to his acl for a second time. made his return to game action last night. bradford's outing came with some controversy. suggs went low on bradford and

got snagged with a personal foul penalty. suggs made interesting comments about the hit saying, quote, i could have hit him harder but i eased up. when you know the read option you know the rules. if you want to run that with your starting quarterback who had a knee surgery, that' on you. >> i was a little upset. not sure i could repeat what i said to him. but like i said it's part of the game. i'm sure that's not the last time that something like that is going to happen this year. >> i didn't like it at all. and being a veteran player, you would think he would have better sense than that to take a shot at a quarterback like that in the pre-season. just taking a shot at bradford like that as a starting quarterback. you figured he would have better sense than that.

>> i don't think it was anything malicious. he is just playing the game. he's been doing this for a long time and he has been very good at the game of football. but it's over. it happens. whatever. >> bradford was the only new eagle making his debut. after the game, derrick caught up with the former cowboy. >> how did it feel to finally get some reps? >> i think we all played well together. we had two good drives together and i think we are able to finish some drives. >> this has got to be an offense that you're just drooling over. the running backs touched the ball. >> it's awesome. you have got be a physical team. great job blocking today and runners did a great job finishing runs. we will continue to watch them

and learn from these, from these players. >> your thoughts on how bradford performed. >> he played well. he's comfortable back there. time to throw and receivers fell back. >> demarco, thank you. >> thank you. all right, thanks. we will see if the eagles can stay undefeated. our coverage starts at 7:30, the packers will be a little short-handed or could be. today in pittsburgh, jordy nelsoner to his acl. he had 13 tds last season tying him for second. to baseball the phillies were looking to win three of foush. looking to improve the 4-1 and seven start.

bottom second. get marsel. looking. check out the movement on this pitch. a little bugs bunny action. over the right side of the dish, smacks one to the left side out of the park. solo shot. phillies lead 2-0. bottom eight. look at this movement. two outs in the ninth. hits one to shallow left. phillies win 2-0. that's your look at sports. back to you.

in southwest philadelphia, 100 volunteers helped build this community oasis. the fruits and vegetables will be used for the charter school's healthy eating initiative and next summer the school will launch a farmer's market. a great day to do something outdoors. >> it will be beautiful the whole weekend and now we will warm things up as we head into tomorrow. then we see a nice and dry stretch for the rest of the week. >> all right. thanks. that's nbc 10 news for now. from al of us here, we will see you back here tonight at 11:00. nbc nightly news is next.

on this sunday night, warning signs? new details about the gunman's past and alleged ties to extremists as all three americans speak out for the first time today about how they took the suspect down. hot zone. more than a million acres now scorched in the pacific northwest as fire fighters continue their battle against those raging ldfires. we're on the front line. disaster in the sky. the death toll rises in that uk air show disaster on the heels of another deadly accident in the sky today. wild ride. overseas markets opening for the first time since the dow plunged more than 1,000 points last week. are we in for another freefall on wall street? and show of faith. president jimmy carter's sunday