nbc 10 news starts now. >> new at 11:00, firing back. police say a with ould be robbe dead after someone pulled a gun of their own. and a local church posts a sign saying black lives matter and steps into controversy. and gone in 30 seconds. good evening, everyone. >> we'll get to those stories in a moment but we begin with the weather. right now, it's dry enough to

play ball. >> let's take a look at nbc 10 first alert radar. see all that green there? rain is moving in. lot of it in fact. let's go to first alert meteorologist. is this going to cause problems for the morning commute? >> in the morning, we could see showers but right now, we're mostry dry unless you're up near the polke anoes. and more rain is going to move through overnight tonight. and there you see the rain back off to our south and west. we expect heavy rain. some could cause localized thunder and overnight, we expect showers but now we're looking at 8:00 in the morning. we could have a bit of a break but we're still at a fair chance for scattered showers in the morning commute.

temperatures will be in about 24 m -- mid-70s. we had a heat wave and even cooler temperatures ahead going into your weekend. now, thousands of tickets to see the pope in philadelphia, all gone in seconds. >> the final free tickets were given out in just 30 seconds. the tickets for the papal mass went up for grabs at 8:00 tonight. and another tickets will reserve in two minutes. you can still attend both events without tickets but you'll see much farther away from the stage and you can see the pope francis parade down the parkway. he'll go down the parkway, round city hall and back to the festival grounds. a shorter parade will take place on monday.

>> and with just over two weeks until the papal visit, people all over the area trying to figure out how it's going to impact them. >> and local leaders spent the day answering a lot of questions. >> reporter: yes. some people found out just how close they're going to get to the pope on the benenson franklin parkway and others learned how to stay far away. it's a scenic boulevard through the city's cultural heart but change is coming. >> parking, access zones r there going to be fences? >> reporter: he admits he even has questions. >> peafor about a week, people going to have to reschedule their lives. >> reporter: and that's why they came to one of the open regional spots. >> it's potentially 15,000

people walking in front of the restaurant. and we're hoping that will give us the opportunity to pick up some business. >> reporter: owner of 333 bell rose is getting creative whipping up train side service. >> we're going to omen up at 5:00 a.m. and do a survey satellite kitchen and offer coffee, potentially bloody maries, holy water, whatever that might be. >> they're calling for an emergency operation center. >> we want everybody to be safe and comfortable. to enjoy this, not to fear it. >> reporter: and the best advice we heard today, it's going to cause traffic trouble. it helps to stock for this thing and venchally, life will return back to normal. reporting live at the benenson franklin parkway.

>> and a look now at other headlines. beginning with new details about a rare personal welcome by the president. president obama and the first lady will greet the pope when he base. announcement today. presidents almost never welcome visiting foreign leaders at the airport but he will make an exception. you will be able to bring your bike to philly if you walk over the benenson franklin bridge. and if you ride the train, you must collapse strollers because all the trains expected to be packed with people. go to the nbc 10 app to see what you can and can't bring to the papal visit and a list of road closures and mass transit

changes. now at 11:00, the victim strike back. >> the thieves didn't expect the victim to pull a gun of his own as nbc 10 reports, police call it self defense. >> reporter: the sound of gun fire jolted neighbors from their sleep. >> it was loud and sounded like it was real close. >> reporter: parents too afraid to show their faces hunkered down with their children. they say one of their long-time neighbors came under fire early this morning by two would-be robbers. >> once he came home and realized somebody was trying to rob him, wherever he had his gun out, he pulled it out. >> reporter: they say he barely had time to get out of his car. they say the victim always carries his licensed gun.

well, he shot one of the gunman where he ran across the street and collapsed and the other one got away. >> this time they ran upon the right one. >> reporter: police questioned the man and no charges have been filed. neighbors say the victim did what he had to, to protect himself. >> it's a shame you have to carry a gun in this neighborhood but that's the way it is. man accused of kidnapping a woman off a philadelphia street corner expected to change his plea tomorrow. he pleaded not guilty last november and a hearing scheduled tomorrow to change that plea. they say he kidnapped his victim off the street in germantown. and held her in his car trunk for some of the time before she was rescued three days later in maryland. and prison officers facing federal charges tonight. the guards are accused of

smuggling in contraband guns and sometimes cell phones, in exchange for cash. and they're being suspended as of today. new at 11:00, the delaware spca is trying to save a puppy who was in a duffle bag. she's being treated for heat stroke and parvo virus. they're asking for donations to pay for her emergency care. engineers spent the night inspecting a hanger. four employees were injured. two of the workers seriously hurt and two others suffered minor injuries. and federal investigators blame the pilots including billionaire fulanth rupist philip katz.

they say they failed to do a preflight safety checklist and didn't notice that the elevators were locked. it crashd and caught fire. they believe the flight crew routinely ignored pre-flight checklists. >> this accident was preventible and it just shows us the importance of following procedures each and every time a plane takes off. >> the national transportation safety board says the veteran crew failed in 98% of their previous 175 take offs to follow safety protocols. lawyers for kathleen kane say information is being leaked to possibly suspend kane's law license as she faces charges. the fact that the documents are

private is -- she says she is innocent. a new visitor center will be dedicated tomorrow. take a look at this time lapse of the construction. the $26 million complex opened one day before the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. it used interactive displays to tell the story of flight 93. the crew fought with four hijackers before the plane crashed in a field. heavy rain possible, flooding, tomorrow, a soaker. and cooler temperatures ahead. >> it hurt us and made us sad. >> and it's what the congregation did next. and taking off with personal identities info. and how soon you'll be able

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. special honors tonight for two military heroes in bucks county. the business association wanted to thank nicole roadside and sage rot feller for their service. a permanent american flag with her name was put on the wall of honor. and his mother put his military unit flag on the wall of honor until he comes home. in a matter of seconds, a moment of quiet prayer became a massacre. tonight, in an nbc exclusive, we hear from a survivor of the attack inside emmanuel ame church in charleston, south carolina. >> we were just about to say the prayer to be released and he caught us with our eyes closed. >> that's felicia sanders.

she says dylan roth is accused of killing nine black peritioners back in june. and she talks about her son's final moments with nbc's lester holt. >> i remember my son saying, mama, he shot me in the head. >> your grand daughter was with you? >> yes. i said, just lay here, just lay here. but he was still talking to me and i said just lay here. and my grand daughter was hollering, saying she was so afraid. >> instead of harboring resentment, she says she has forgiveness in her heart for the

accused shooter. >> they posted a sign that said black lives matter and that lead to a national controversy and here with how the church is trying to bridge the divide. >> reporter: as the sun sets, a sign out front invited people in. it says we heard you, can you talk? pastor paul luts says three words, black lives matter, posted on the sign earlier started an uproar. people were calling and emailing saying that in their view, the moment had grown to promote hate. >> because of facebook and politics, people shoot things at us back and forth and we don't do a good job of listening. >> reporter: he says the sign was meant to promote inclusion

but after decided to open the doors to all sides. >> i'm very disappointed in 2015 that that type of hatred and bigotry exists, especially targeting to a place of worship. >> reporter: part of the exercise meant coming up with solutions. >> understanding the different cultures that makeup our community. >> reporter: people came up to inmic to defend the church to people who complained about the sign. and this woman said she would have liked to hear from the the people who made the angry phone calls and messages. >> they're hypocrites and bullies. >> reporter: church members called this an emotional and tough week but they're happy they're having a conversation sparked by a few words on a sign. and police say there could be more arrested and victims in

an identity theft scheme. a ups driver realized he was delivering too many cred lt cards in one neighborhood and felt he was being followed. and they pulled over the white land rover the delivery driver had described. >> it's scary when someone can pull your credit and get a credit card. >> he had the tracking numbers. >> they arrested this man, of patterson, new jersey. they say they've intercepted $80,000 in fraudulently approved credit and gift cards. apple unveiled its latest invasions today, they include the new iphone 6 s and 6 s plus. reorders start saturday and they introduced the ipad pro and a new version of apple tv with a

glass touch surface remote. now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> we have big changes moving in just in time for your thursday. very different from the heat we saw today. some of you might hear overnight showers and tomorrow, we have heavy rain in the forecast, mostly in the afternoon. heavy rain is also going to be cooling our temperatures down and behind the rain, we're going to cool down even more going into your weekend. and at 7:00 tomorrow morning, there's still a chance for a shower. this may be the quietest time for the rain. and mid-70s in philadelphia and new jersey and delaware right around the mid to low 70s. and the chance for showers is going to increase through the afternoon. and we do have some rain around currently. mostly up into parts of lehigh valley. one valley, you're move nothing

to burks county and up easten, and bethlehem area seeing heavy rain as well. more of these scattered showers move through tonight and around west virginia, that's going to get closer. and you see more moisture down around atlanta and that also will be moving through tomorrow. for the morning commute, puts us in a lull and dries us out a little bit. and humid. and then we go into the earl eafternoon, 4:00 p.m., expect scattered showers, maybe thunderstorms and temperatures by this time could only be around 80 degrees and once that rain really starts to move in and locally heavy rain, it could drop some areas into the 60s. we could see localized flooding and by 10:00, finally, we start to see most of this clear out

and then we really clear out going into friday. the highs on friday only about the mid to low 80s. as far as the rainfall, totals range anywhere from maybe about an inch 1/2 to almost three inches. some areas could see more with the heavy rain and that's why we're calling for localized flooding possible. tomorrow, warm and humid showers increasing overnight. and temperatures ranging from about the mid-70s to mid-80s. but once that rain moves over your area, it's going to cool things ing into the weekend, another round of rain but low 80s, upper 70s and we're talking about really nice dry cool weather next week. several homes all veterans in camden received meals today. the cooks at merino's beast row

to go held the meals. and oakland police officer brett mueller won the gift cert certificate, he's a vet and he decided to donate to people who needed meals. the donated money was able to feed about 100 vets tonight. i'm from comcast sports net. and sam bradford can barely contain his excitement for the opener. p and zach back on the field but will he be monday night? that's next. and zach back on th field but will he be monday night? that's next. and zach back on th will he be monday night? that's next. ♪

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dec desk. and with you once again, the eagles and falcons locking up monday night in hot-lanta. and here is a prediction. it all starts with one guy, number 7, sam bradford. you will see his first regular season action sometime in monday's opener. and as for bradford, he is ready to go. >> who wouldn't be excited? especially because i don't know, a year 1/2, year and seven months -- year and nine months -- i don't even know how long it's been but opening day is always excited and when you haven't played in a while, i'm that much more excited to play. >> zach says he felt india his

practice. he says he could be a game-time decision monday night and says he actually had this problem in his rookie year. so, it's been bothering him for two seasons, he had to get the surgery done but, boy, does he want to start the season monday night. >> i don't want to miss any games. i worked hard all off season be ready. so, if i have an opportunity to play, i'm going to play. we need to be smart of it, because it is the first game of a long season and hopefully of a playoff run as well. it was a 4 to 6 week injury. we're at the tail end of three weeks, going into the fourth, so, we're right on schedule. >> well, the prep scene, you can vote for your high school football game of the week on nbc

10.com. and friday night at 11:00, be sure to catch it. and this was a rough one for the phillies. fourth inning, christian bethen core going off of, solo shot. later in the inning, freddy freeman, flashes one to right and that scores two more runs. braves all over the phillies, winning 8-1. that's sports. we'll be right back.

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