resuscitation. >> after three minutes of doing cpr she finally started getting her color back and her airway cleared. she regained consciousness. >> in the right place at the right time. somebody was looking out. >> reporter: ambulance crews arrived and rushed the girl to a local hospital. after reynolds and heffernan revived her. >> it was amazing. i'm just thankful there was somebody here to knew what to do. >> reporter: the pool has no lifeguards. the parents were putting sun screen on their other kids when the 4-year-old ended up in the water. >> thank god that all my experiences have prepared me because just the look on that mother's face when i handed her her baby back sitting up and crying was just -- i got the chills just talking about it. >> reporter: i just talked on the phone with the little girl's grandmother. she, too, is very grateful. she says her granddaughter right now is just fine. she says she was taken initially to shore medical center in somers point but is going to be

transferred to st. christopher's in philadelphia for observation. i'm ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. new information now in the hit and run that killed a 2-year-old boy in april. police say they know who did it. an arrest warrant has been issued for this man, 22-year-old miguel colon. a $20,000 reward is on the table to help find and convict him. on april 13th, 19-year-old josephine rivera and her son were hit in west kensington. when she was well enough, she remained at her son's bedside until he died three days later. a verdict is reached in the case of a former prep school student accused of sexually assaulting a freshman. he was acquitted of felony rape charges but found guilty of several misdemeanors. he sobbed as the verdict was read. he faced nine criminal counts of the alleged rape of a freshman girl last year. prosecutors said he did it as part of a ritual called senior

salute, where seniors try to have sex with younger students. the defense argued the girl made up that she was sexually assaulted to protect her reputation. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with this now. allegations of sexual assault against a south jersey police chief. >> a former haddon township officer says his boss made suggestive remarks and touched him inappropriately. nbc 10 south jersey bureau reporter cydney long is live with the story. >> reporter: he is officer jason demint felt he had nowhere else to turn but to file this suit. he is very slowly losing his eyesight and is being treated for it but says he never imagined that he would lose his job or that he would see or hear what he allegedly did behind closed doors right here at work. at 36, with 14 years on the force, officer jason demint wants to continue upholding the law with haddon township police

to support his wife and daughters. in a statement to nbc 10 he says quote, i recently informed my employer that i have been diagnosed with starguard's disease. sadly i feel this has cost me the job that i love. he alleges in this 30-page lawsuit haddon township discriminated against him, telling him he had nolonger had job june 12th, forcing him to use unpaid time off. he says it unfolded after he refused sexual advances by the chief behind closed doors. the complaint says while touching the officer inappropriately, defendant would state that the officer was quote, cute and handsome. >> it happened repeatedly. it was over a stretch of time. it happened on an almost regular basis as if the chief was his boss and officer demint basically felt helpless. >> reporter: the officer told his attorney that quote, the chief stated to him the two could quote run away together and asked him to quote, talk

dirty to me, baby. unable to reach the chief by phone, we went to the police station. >> i would like to speak with him or his attorney. >> reporter: the township's attorney did tell us quote, mr. demint's allegations are without merit. both haddon township and the chief intend to defend this matter vigorously. >> this case is not about sexual orientation, not about gender. it's about a hostile work environment. >> reporter: demint says i love this job and this township which is why i moved my family here. i truly hope the township considers all the facts of my situation and allows me to resume working immediately. now, i did also reach the chief's personal attorney by phone today. he wasn't willing to speak to us on camera but did say he would e-mail me a statement. i will let you know what it says when we get it. i'm cydney long, nbc 10 news.

tropical storm erika has florida in a state of emergency. the governor wants everyone to prepare for what he calls a possible threat to the entire state. the national guard, the emergency crews, they are on call. tens of thousands of those bottles of water there were sent to west palm beach just in case. governor scott says the residents need to take the weekend to prepare. >> make sure every member of your family is ready. your parents, your children, your grandchildren. do you have a plan, are there a special needs that you have. if you will potentially need shelter, know where the shelters are. get ready and take your time to be prepared. >> erika is dumping rain on the dominican republic as it neears the caribbean island nation. at least four people are dead, 20 are still missing after erika passed over dominica. the storm drenched the island causing rivers to surge. the death toll is expected to rise.

erika's projected path continues to shift as the storm travels through the caribbean. >> nbc 10's in-house hurricane expert has been tracking the storm for days. nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here. glenn? >> the track has certainly shifted from what it was doing yesterday or expected to do by many computer models and we were telling you that the key was whether it was going to track south of puerto rico or not and it certainly has. that has continued to the west and now it's tracking a little south of the dominican republic. 50 mile an hour max winds, west at 18. the center of it is still on the left side, it is still unbalanced, it is still disorganized. but there is still plenty of rain with this thing. puerto rico almost getting out of the rain as the dominican republic is getting into the rain. now, what is going on here? well, in order to create a hurricane, you need warm ocean water. that 80 degrees or hotter, that helps provide the energy.

the winds start to come together, the air rises, evaporation from the warm water, that helps the storm strengthen. but once it hits an island, like some of these ones in the caribbean, dominican republic has 10,000 foot peaks, the storm's cut off from that warm water source and the air is forced to rise up through the mountains. that creates even more rain. and the heavy rain then starts to create landslides. then that comes down into the cities and towns and that's how you get such a tremendously large death toll in some of these. it doesn't even have to be a strong hurricane for that to happen. so there's more islands of a lot of mountains, dominican republic, haiti, cuba has high mountains on the southern coast. the closer it comes to those islands, the more the storm weakens but the greater the flood threat. then what's going to happen with

the track after that. well, the storm has moved to the left of every computer model that has occurred in the last three days. there's no reason to believe it will be any different. if anything, it's going to move to the left of this track. so the west coast of florida has more of a threat than the east coast of florida, the way i'm looking at it now. we will talk more about the future path of erika and our potential heat wave with the seven-day in a few minutes. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues now with breaking news. skyforce 10 is live over the scene where an officer shot a suspect in dover, kent county this afternoon near new street and governors avenue. a man is in the hospital after an officer fired shots at him. right now, we can tell you no officers were hurt. stay with nbc 10 as we continue to get updates on this story. now to exclusive surveillance video that shows a suspect on the run right before

philadelphia police say he carjacked a vehicle and took off with two women still inside. investigators say it started at the traffic stop near rittenhouse square this morning but the suspect took off, then crashed at twelfth and camac streets. that's where police say he carjacked a driver and drove off with two passengers in the back seat. several blocks later, he ditched the car at fifth and shunk streets. the surveillance video was taken before the carjacking. it shows one car racing by and what looks like police lights reflecting off an awning. the suspect then crashes into a parked car. we spoke exclusively to the owner of the car that was banged up. >> we heard screeching and a bang and people screaming and people running, and i looked out my top window and i saw the cops running. >> the man who carjacked the car took off with two women inside. he eventually pulled over and ran away. police admit they could not catch up to him. the women are said to be doing fine. we are getting new information about two

journalists murdered on live tv earlier this week. virginia medical officials now say both journalists were shot in the head. the medical examiner didn't specify how many times they were shot. the family of photographer adam ward will receive friends at his high school in salem, virginia this coming monday. a funeral will take place on tuesday. the sole survivor of the on-air shooting is said to be in good position but surgery removed one of her kidneys and part of her colon. vicki gardner's husband says she has a long road to recovery. the virginia governor today said more needs to be done to prevent these types of tragedies. >> we lose on average 89 individuals a day to gun violence. there are too many guns in america. there is clearly too many guns in the wrong hands. >> he spent the earlier part of the day visiting with grieving employees at wdbj in roanoke. a student was shot and killed on a university campus in

georgia late last night at savannah state university in savannah, georgia. students say a fight broke out in the cafeteria. this morning the school released a statement on its website and confirmed a junior student was killed. savannah state says no arrests have been made. the georgia bureau of investigation is looking into the case with the help of campus police. this just in from wall street. u.s. stocks had a mixed closing to end a roller coaster week for the market. take a look right now at the new york stock exchange. the nasdaq ended up about 2.5% for the week, recovering from a nearly 9% plunge. the dow jones industrial average closed down about 13 points -- rather, 11 points, i should correct myself, after briefly falling more than 100 points in afternoon trade. the s&p ended up more than 1%. worries about china's economy have led to a lot of uncertainty. turning to decision 2016, the democratic national

committee held its summer meeting today in minneapolis. the candidates were set to speak to hundreds of delegates today. you can see a big response here when hillary clinton took the stage. the presidential hopeful spoke about gun violence in the wake of the tv news crew that was killed earlier this week. she also said she would look forward to a debate with donald trump on women's issues. out of the five democratic presidential candidates, only four spoke today. jim webb did not attend the meeting. he told party officials he would spend the day moving his daughter into college. with indications that vice president biden could be gearing up to join the race, it appears hillary clinton is quietly trying to discourage him. she has rolled out a string of high profile endorsements in the key states of iowa and south carolina. a u.s. senator from our area announced that he will support the nuclear deal with iran. senator tom carper announced his decision in an op-ed published by the delaware news journal last night. the senator writes quote, this is a good deal for america.

our negotiating partners in the world. that's not just my view, it's also the view of scores of american national security leaders and former senior officials as well as many of their israeli counterparts, end quote. if it is passed, the deal would lift billions of dollars in economic sanctions. in return, iran would have to limit its nuclear program for at least a decade. momentum for the white house-backed agreement is growing. >> i met a couple weeks ago with representatives from those five countries, the french, brits, germans, russians, the chinese. i said to them do you think we can get a better deal. their response was are you kidding? this is a great deal. are you kidding yourself? >> new jersey governor chris christie has been an outspoken critic of the deal, saying it threatens national security. republican majority unanimously opposes that agreement. the obama administration is focusing on making sure enough democrats support the deal for

presidential veto. lawmakers will vote for the deal by september 17th. new information today about the hack of ashley madison website. the company's ceo will step down after millions of members were outed earlier this month. the parent company avid life media says his departure is a mutual decision and in the best interest of the company. ashley madison will be led by the existing senior management team until they appoint a new ceo. hackers breached the ashley m madison site last month and posted account information of users after the company failed to meet the hackers' demands. whole foods and wegman's are praising a judge's decision to throw out lawsuits aimed at their advertising for bread. nbc 10 has confirmed a u.s. district judge dismissed lawsuits filed by new jersey consumers last december. they claim the supermarkets like wegman's, whole foods and acme fooled them into paying more for bread by advertising it was made

fresh in their stores when they say it was made somewhere else and reheated in store. the judge questioned how bread buyers could be identified and dismissed the motion to declare the suits class action. two games down, two wins in the books this preseason for your philadelphia eagles. >> tomorrow, the birds take their show on the road to the mecca of football. lambeau field in green bay, wisconsin. right here on nbc 10 is where you can see it. john clark joins us live from the eagles team hotel. what's the latest on sam bradford? >> reporter: well, sam bradford and the eagles will be arriving here in a few minutes. this is usually the most important preseason game, the third one, where the starters usually play for the entire first half. chip kelly won't officially say that sam bradford is going to play, but sam is planning on playing tomorrow night. let's take a look at sam

bradford. he had that big hit early on from terrell suggs, caused a lot of controversy. bradford shook it off, completed 3 of 5 passes and led the eagles on a touchdown drive in his only series. sam bradford, do you need a specific amount of plays tomorrow night to be ready for the regular season? >> i think just getting out there and getting a feel for kind of game speed. i think i felt last week after the game it was good to get out there and kind of feel the speed of the game. i think it ramps up when you're out there. the preseason is one speed but even when you get to the regular season, it ramps up another level. but i think just getting back out there, getting used to bodies around me in the pocket, being able to move away from those in the pocket, you know, just getting a feel for everything. >> reporter: yeah. this would be the last preseason action for sam bradford because the starters normally don't play in the fourth and final preseason game. on the other side of the ball, aaron rodgers, one of the great quarterbacks of the nfl, it's

not looking like he's going to play for green bay. the packers lost their star receiver, jordy nelson, to a torn acl in their last preseason game so they don't want to chance it. john clark, live at the eagles team hotel in appleton, wisconsin. the birds will be arriving coming up at 5:00. >> thank you very much. >> hoping for 3 for 3. another win tomorrow. you can watch the eagles take on the packers here on nbc 10. game time, 8:00 p.m. our pregame coverage starts at 7:30. nbc 10 is the official television station of the eagles. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> i just happen to have a forecast for that game coming up in just a minute or so. first of all, of course, the biggest weather story is erika. it has shifted in track again. another nice weekend. this is like the eighth in a row. maybe the ninth. heat wave number five is on the

way. we keep counting higher and higher with the heat waves and the nice weekends. more good weather for the phillies. they just need to play better. 82 degrees, wind north at seven miles an hour, humidity is very low, 37%. temperatures near 80 degrees across most of the area. 72 degrees in mt. pocono. it continues to be a little bit cooler, atlantic city international right now. and the wind is going to be starting to come in more off the ocean. starting to get just a little bit more of that northeast wind that's going to turn into a southeast wind and then a south wind. we'll have that nice sea breeze at the shore this weekend to keep things comfortable. we are staying dry here, at least in our part of the country. but there is rain on the way to green bay. green bay is right up there. and chip kelly apparently was concerned about the rain. it's going to rain there tonight a little bit. tonight and into tomorrow

morning. but by the time they play the game, it is dry, it is actually clearing for the game. so i am not predicting any rain during the game. dry and cool, temperatures in the 60s. actually pretty good football weather. now things in the caribbean, not so great. this is not a well organized storm but there is plenty of rain with it. it has moved to the west and as we were telling you yesterday, it was not going to move north of puerto rico as the computer models were saying. and it's not. it's down to the south. it's weak. the weak ones tend to move more straight west. 50 mile an hour max winds, winds west at 18 miles an hour. now, it can still be a weak storm and produce tremendous amounts of rain. look at all this on the radar coming, starting to come into the dominican republic. they are really going to get nailed with this. the possible track, well, the

ones that are going north of haiti, it's already wrong so you have to start concentrating on the ones down here. what happens to the ones down here? a lot of those go into the gulf of mexico. so that would be the most likely target eventually. so this forecast, official forecast from the hurricane center again, if anything, would be more to the left and they're not predicting it to get to a hurricane strength because it is so weak and going over the mountainous terrain now. 64 degrees in philadelphia, 52 north and west. 52. it was 51 in allentown this morning. that's cool. for this time of the year. sunny and warmer, high temperatures in the mid to upper 80s tomorrow. another beautiful day. and relatively low humidity again. humidity's up a little bit on sunday but it's still not that bad. monday gets a little hotter and more humid. chance of a thunderstorm. but look what happens next week.

we can get another heat wave where every day next week's in the 90s. the stress surrounding the pope's visit has prompted a response from the city of philadelphia. what they're doing to make that weekend a lot smoother for residents. plus, the latest drug just approved by the fda that fights high cholesterol. and teachers in our area working for free. the cash-strapped school district that can't afford payroll coming right up.

in northeast philadelphia a crash this morning left many pass passerby shaking their heads. the suv there lost control, flew into the air and landed on this parked car. the impact turned the other car upside down. the driver appeared to have a medical problem behind the wheel, according to police. no one else was hurt. a house fire in camden caused a plume of smoke that could be seen for miles. you can see the smoke right here. the video is from the top of the

comcast tower. firefighters say it startd in a vacant house this morning. this is what the house looked like after the fire was out. investigators say it started in a home on mechanic street. they aren't sure why it started. no one was hurt. a makeover for philadelphia's love park. >> today we are learning about what changes to expect at that site. the fairmount park conservancy begins that renovation of the park beginning next spring. among the changes, the welcome center at the corner of 16th and jfk will become a restaurant. these are renderings of what the park will look like. you see the love statue, the fountain, they aren't going anywhere. you can expect more green space and a renovated underground garage. here's a look at the restaurant the city is hiring a team of artists to create this chromoscope. a light-based art installation will be on its ceilings. they will be made up of patterns inspired by the love sculpture

during the day. you will also be able to see a mix of colors, too. at night it will light up in red, blue or green. very cool. some pennsylvania child care providers are raising a red flag to lawmakers in harrisburg. >> they are worried they won't be able to open when school starts if the state doesn't pass a new budget. next, nbc 10's deanna durante has new information about the consequences for kids and families if the impasse is not resolved. plus a weekend that's off to beautiful start. will it last? i'll have the forecast straight ahead.

pennsylvania's budget negotiations are on hold as governor tom wolf considers a

new offer from state republicans. >> the proposal gives more money for schools but less for pension benefits. pennsylvania has been without a budget since july 1st. nbc 10's deanna durante has been covering the impacts of the stalemate throughout the summer. >> she is live in wayne with more. >> reporter: the focus of an event held today to highlight day care centers in delaware county as well as in chester and bucks and montgomery counties is the lack of funding they say they are getting for pre-k programs. we learned some centers have closed their doors all together to those children while some are taking out loans. some of them with high interest rates, in order to cover the cost. >> financially we could not survive. we barely survived in the 2009 budget impasse when i had -- it gets me emotional. had to empty my kids' college

funds. >> reporter: she didn't mean to break down in tears but she did. >> now you have finance charges, late charges. sorry. very tough. >> reporter: she says she almost lost her entire business during the pennsylvania government shutdown of 2009. with 100 days without state funding she was paying for children whose parents rely on state funding and teachers' salaries out of her own pocket. >> i had to borrow money from family members. >> reporter: this year because of the shutdown she says she has no choice but to turn away children who need her day care the most. >> i am very worried how it will impact me down the road. >> reporter: this woman feels her day care will do the same thing. that center, like this one, rely on state funding to pay for pre-k programs on behalf of school districts whose parents work eight to 11 hours a day. she is at an event designed to get the attention of the law makers and governor hoping to get a budget passed before the

school starts. >> this affects people. this affects families. this affects my life. >> reporter: the governor's office when we reached them for comment sent us a statement saying that they do approve for a budget that would call for reimbursement for some of the small businesses and day care providers to receive not just the money they have been missing but money to cover their interest payments. however, pre-k for p.a. says nothing really has been put into writing for them so the amount of the losses here so far can't be calculated. deanna durante, nbc 10 news. the sun is shining at the jersey shore for everyone out there on the sand in cape may. just a beautiful picture. people are in the water here at the water park at camel beach. what can you expect if you are heading to the mountains or the shore this weekend? >> nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here now with the forecast. looks nice out there. >> there has been really good timing this summer. june was not so hot.

but since june, practically every weekend hae nice. this is another one. we have dry air across the area now, more dry air back to the west and southwest where air is coming from. so we are pretty much assured of another nice weekend. at the shore, temperatures into the low 80s saturday and sunday at the jersey shore, closer to 90, especially by sunday, at the delaware beaches with a south to southwest wind. the water temperature, a warm 76. in the pocono mountains, near 80 degrees during the day tomorrow, sunny and nice and a little bit warmer on sunday. can't ask for much more than that. we will see how long that nice weather stretch lasts. it is going to get hotter. i will have the latest on erika in a few minutes. ten years ago today, hurricane katrina was poised to slam into new orleans.

former president george w. bush is on the gulf coast today to mark the event. nbc 10 national correspondent jay gray is live in new orleans with more on how the city is doing a decade later. jay? >> reporter: you know, the recovery here has really been amazing, especially when you consider the overwhelming devastation that really littered the area. while things are on the way up ten years later, it is clear new orleans hasn't made it all the way home yet. there has always been a certain style, an undeniable rhythm to this city. but ten years ago, the music stopped. as hurricane katrina ravaged the gulf coast. >> one of the levees has broken. >> reporter: and ripped apart the levees surrounding new orleans. at the time, many blamed then president george w. bush for

what they perceived as a lackluster response to the tragedy that included an initial flyover in air force one without touching down to show support for the city. today, the former president was on the ground for a first-hand look at the ongoing recovery. >> the darkness from a decade ago is lifted. the crescent city has risen again and its best days lie ahead. >> reporter: business is strong. the french quarter has been revitalized. several neighborhoods are flourishing again. in fact, new orleans is the fastest growing city in america right now. still, in some areas, things aren't moving as quickly. >> there's a lot of places in new orleans that's been forgotten. >> reporter: like the lower ninth ward, a community for the most part still in ruins. but if you stop and listen closely, you can hear that rhythm again. >> i really miss the old new orleans, man be, the way it used to be. i'm just trying to save what we do have. trying to continue the tradition.

>> reporter: with a song of survival. that still echoes ten years after the storm. you know, recovery teams say they are still at least at 60,000 homes that need to be rebuilt or repaired. many of those are in the lower ninth ward. that's the latest live here in new orleans. jay gray. now back to you. >> thank you very much. new video today from above a volcanic eruption in hawaii. take a look at that. lava is flowing from the rumbling dome. the flow which began tuesday night has moved more than one half mile in less than 24 hours. now it's threatening a subdivision of homes three miles away. there are no reports of injuries yet. there are new recommendations for breast cancer survivors suffering through hot flashes. >> next, the treatment doctors say can ease the feverish heat. changes at checkouts.

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it's not cheap. it costs $14,000 a year. a similar drug was approved two weeks ago. acupuncture works to relieve hot flashes in breast cancer survivors according to new research. 120 patients received acupuncture, a place abobo or d used to treat nerve pain. the acupuncture group received the greatest relief followed by placebo. acupuncture provided the greatest relief from hot flashes. they are working for free. >> that's what teachers in chester county are doing to make sure kids can go back to school on schedule. next, the temporary resolution that will allow chester upland's doors to open next week. plus, tropical storm erika is hitting the dominican republic now. it could cause catastrophic flooding. next, the storm's latest track and where it could make land fall in the united states. ♪ i am never getting married.

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an overturned vehicle on the walt whitman bridge eastbound is causing this huge backup and delays, possibly with many drivers heading to the shore. it is much better than it was earlier from here. two lanes eastbound we are told are now open but still a backup because of an overturned vehicle that has yet to leave that scene. while many people are heading to the shore, a lot of people are going back to school. it's this time again. nbc 10 in glenside, montgomery county for arcadia's class of 2019 moving in. we are told about 600 new students moved in today. another school's working for no pay. a local school district is searching for ways to pay its staff. >> that's according the a spokesperson for the chester upland school district. this comes one day after teachers and staff members agreed to work without pay. the strict is operating under a

$20 million deficit and does not have the money to meet payroll on september 9th. the staff says it doesn't want to prevent students from attending school so classes will begin as scheduled. we spoke to a teacher's wife about the issue. >> you have your family to take care of so i'm hoping and praying this situation will be resolved. >> chester upland which is under state oversight serves about 3800 students. hundreds of chester upland teachers and staff members rallied outside the delaware county courthouse earlier this week. the district was battling the pennsylvania department of education inside. the district lost its case. it wanted to shave payments to charter schools by nearly $25 million. you know the bar codes on things we buy? they could be soon a thing of the past. consumers demand more information about the items they buy. there's a call now to improve item codes. developers are looking at a new system that could tell shoppers where and even when an item was

made. they can even tell you where the salmon you bought was caught. it could be several years before a new system rolls out. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> our great weather rolls on while in the caribbean sea, we have tropical storm erika. it has shifted in track from where it was yesterday, that's for sure. another nice weekend, in many cases a beautiful weekend. heat wave number five is in the seven-day forecast. another beautiful day out there with low humidity. 37% humidity. 82 degrees, feels like 82. sometimes this time of year, it's 92, feels like 100. but not lately. today, 83, tomorrow 87 and then it keeps going up. gradually, it gets more humid. right now, we're not expecting

any super humidity but we may get many days of 90 plus coming up. 82 in philadelphia, 83 in millville, it's the warm spot. 80 in trenton and allentown. beautiful across the entire area. we don't even have fair weather clouds in many parts of the area. got a lot of dry air across the east. we have showers headed to green bay but they will be gone by the time the eagles play tomorrow night. out in the tropics, we have the one storm we are watching. it's erika. it is not strengthening, it is not well organized. the center of it is way on the left side of where the thunderstorms are but now you see we are starting to get this over the dominican republic and you get storms like that over those high mountains and that dz up to trouble. we have multiple inches of rain and some of that starting to come will in with the tropical

southeast flow. the track has gone south of puerto rico as we were suggesting yesterday. because of the fact that it was a weak storm. it's still moving to the straight west but a lot of the forecast has been going up to the bahamas. remember that, up the east coast? now most of the computer models are going in the general direction of cuba and many of them then start to curve it up in the general direction of florida or the eastegulf of mex. this is still a significant threat to the u.s. if it survives its trip across the mountains. now it looks like it probably will, because it's not directly crossing the dominican republic and the high mountains. so the latest forecast from the national hurricane center may have to be shifted a little bit more to the west. sheena will show you at 5:00 and see if that happens. for the rest of the night tonight we will have clear

skies, comfortable, 64 in philadelphia, 52 north and west. during the day tomorrow, sunshine, it will be warmer, highs in the mid to upper 80s. low humidity again. on sunday, near 90 degrees, humidity up a little bit. no rain anywhere over the weekend. a slight chance of a thunderstorm on monday afternoon and then, well, more heat. could be just about all of next week of 90 degrees plus. the city of philadelphia has changed its tune on pope francis' visit. >> that's right. organizers are putting out the message the city is open. next, we find out about the change and business' attitude and the changing plan for the papal weekend.

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we are now less than one month away from pope francis' arrival in philadelphia. the pontiff will land in our area 29 days from now. city leaders are working with center city business owners to make sure they can stay open during the papal weekend. >> many owners were worried they wouldn't be able to get the supplies in with so many roads closed. nbc 10's drew smith is live on the ben franklin parkway with more on the man that's helping keep businesses such as reading terminal market open to serve the hungry crowds. drew? >> reporter: business owners told me today they were a little intimidated by all the traffic maps and security perimeters. those were all coming out over the past couple months. now they are working with the city, they have a plan and are ready for the big weekend. the iovine brothers take pride in selling good produce and working in one of philadelphia's most iconic buildings. >> it's the world meeting of families and there's no bigger family than the reading terminal market.

>> reporter: both of them have been active in discussions with the city on how to keep the market open while pope francis and the security perimeters are here. >> we are excited. everyone is excited to be open to serve the public. >> reporter: now they have a plan. >> go down the basement, travel to the other side of the market underground. >> reporter: it includes special early deliveries. plus refrigerated trailers and extra trash storage. >> i' going to disrupt people's lives in the city. >> reporter: not everyone is sold on the city's effort to lure people in but they are open to being convinced over the next four weeks. >> i think they will make it an easy transition for people the best way they can. i don't think it's too late. >> reporter: the reading terminal merchants will be at close to 100% participation. their advice to other businesses? make a plan and ask the city for help if needed. >> i think they did realize they

needed to take care of merchants. they want to feed these people, they really need to help us out, give us a supply line. >> reporter: the next step in the city's brand new promotional campaign for this weekend is to go out to the businesses themselves. that will start on monday. they will try to help them out. also, letting people know that there are plenty of hotel rooms actually still left here in center city. there are also several train passes. i'm drew smith, nbc 10 news. >> thank you very much. next on "nbc 10 news at 5:00" we are talking justice for a 2-year-old boy. >> it's been four months since the hit and run driver killed this young boy in philadelphia. tonight, police have new information on their suspect. and we have the latest updates on tropical storm erika. the newest one's just coming in. we will show you that next on "nbc 10 news at 5:00."

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flooding and mudslides killed at least four others. >> let's go to first alert meteorologist sheena parveen. >> we just got the official update from the national hurricane center, the 5:00 p.m. update. still a tropical storm, winds of 50 miles an hour, and still moving straight to the west at 21 miles an hour. so could be picking up a little bit of speed but either way, it is starting to approach land. the center of it. with that being said, hispaniola is pretty rugged as far as the terrain goes. it will be helping to at least weaken the storm a bit. here you see a lot of the rain moving in. it is approaching that area right now. here's the updated forecast. by saturday, 2:00 p.m., this storm could very well weaken to a tropical depression. cuba is also very well known for killing a lot of these tropical systems as it moves over that terrain as well. it could become a depression by tomorrow afternoon. now, if it holds together it cod