new from overnight police say students in the temple dorm pulled a dangerous stunt involving a police helicopter. what happened hundreds of feet in the air. >> from 44. wide right. no good. >> oh, high hopes for the eagles came crashing down to earth in atlanta. why the birds fell short against the falcons and what they learned from the opening loss. sure feels like football weather again this morning. we are at 60 degrees in philadelphia right now as we take a live look at the comcast center in center city. we'll warm back in the 80s again today, though, with warmer weather still to come.

fall not quite here. welcome to "nbc 10 news today" on tuesday. i'm chris cato. we begin with brittney shipp. it's a morning where they want long sleeves on. >> absolutely. you walk up early to walk the dog you need a jacket. heading into the afternoon you won't because temperatures will be warmer today than what we saw yesterday. it's still a cool start to the morning. we're at 57 degrees, 55 in kenneth square, in shenandoah 53, 54 mount pocono, 51 degrees in allentown, 54 in reading, same thing in millville, take a look at the atlantic city airport at 59. 52 in woodbine, so again it is a chilly start to the morning but your city planner shows by 6:00 a.m., 60 degrees, by 9:00 a.m., 66, with lots of sunshine. once again today and then by noon temperatures at 77. i'll let you know how long temperatures will continue to climb and what's in store for

the rest of the work week. that's coming up in my next forecast. right now we check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> we're on 95 now, that is construction around wood haven road. you can see a 14-minute drive time. southbound at wood haven to the expressway you can see here some lane restrictions, you do have some crew out on the scene. we have the left lane gone and it kind of stretches back and we lose the two left-hand lanes. not a lot of traffic at this time moving by so you can see we're doing fine. something to watch out for in that construction will be there until about the 18th. so only a few more days. the schuylkill expressway heading through the conshohocken curve having no problems. into the center city area now from the blue route to the vine street expressway we have a 12-minute trip. from new jersey no problems, watch out for the one lane lost headed west into the city from the ben franklin bridge. >> breaking news now from

vornight. police in mississippi confirm that the man suspected of murdering a college professor is now dead. nbc 10's tracy davidson is monitoring the developments in our operations center. and tracy, this man was wanted for two killings, right? >> right. the man suspected of shooting his live-in girlfriend and a university professor is dead. police say the suspect, shannon lamb, shot and killed himself after a police chase. this all started with a deadly shooting on the campus of delta state university in cleveland, mississippi. police believe lamb shot and killed a history professor there monday morning. overnight police gave us this update. >> the crisis is over. this campus is safe again and our lockdown has been dismissed. >> we are really saddened by the loss we suffered but delta state's a strong institution and we're going to stand strong. >> now this is the history professor ethan schmidt, the man

police say lamb shot and killed, a relative tells us he had three children. the shooting sent delta state university into a lock down. students told to shelter in place. delta state has canceled classes today but will be open for counseling. police say lamb was a suspect in the shooting death of a woman he lived with, that happened hours earlier about 300 miles away from delta's campus. we'll continue to monitor this and bring you new information. tracy davidson, "nbc 10 news." >> 4 minutes after 4:00. philadelphia police say someone on the top floor of a temple university dorm shined a laser at a police helicopter. the lieutenant of the police department's aviation unit tweeted this photo after 11:30 last night. if you look closely you can see a red light reflecting off the top of the dorm, the top floor

window i should say. the lieutenant said someone inside quote hit us twice tonight, a few seconds apart. police say they will not go after the person responsible this time but they want people to remember that pointing lasers at aircraft is illegal. it can temporarily blind the pilot. >> happening today, the funeral home director the philadelphia director who stored bodies in a garage will go before a state board for a hearing. last month police found three bodies in a garage after neighbors complained of an odor. the garage is owned by that woman there, janice powell, who operates a funeral home closed currently for renovations. she told us the bodies were there a few hours waiting to be picked up. the state board of funeral directors will review her license at a hearing. all right. back to reality here. after a preseason that set expectations soaring the eagle season opener last night brought

fans back to earth. the birds stormed back in the second half but came up short losing to the falcons 26-24, chip kelly's offense was expected to come out flying half. the first half was dreadful. sam bradford was getting knocked all over. after half the offense got going, sam bradford hit demarco murray for a candidate candidate. the eagles took the lead but lost it. and right there they came up short on a 44-yard field goal. cody parker's attempt went awry. and the birds trying to come back, the pass off jordy's hands and the eagles drop the opener 26-24. after coach kelly talked about that missed field goal. >> just a 44-yarder. i don't know if it was rushed. we'll have to talk to the guys on the field goal team and see where we were.

i know he snapped it with 7 seconds. >> sam bradford had an x-ray after the game, the eagles told us it was precautionary that he is okay. the same cannot be said for some bird fan who is took the loss pretty hard. >> the first half is a big hole. it's hard to get out of it. >> they were showing a lot of positive things in preseason. i don't know what happened. >> well, the birds and their fans have a short week at least leading up to a visit from the dallas cowboys hopefully the birds get their first win of the season at home against the cowboys, the eagles' home opener sunday, 4:25. nbc 10 is your official eagles station. we'll have complete pregame and post-game coverage. 4:07 now. transforming the city of brotherly love into the place that welcomes the popy amid a bright international spotlight. work is under way along the parkway, it's pretty obvious now, matt delucia is live to

show us what's happening. matt, we see the signs of transformation in center city. >> reporter: that's right. the parkway is starting to look a little different here behind me. you can see the fences are going up and also right over there you see some of the tents are set up. the transformation encompasses the streets, the sidewalks and everything in between. you can also see designated parkway location signs turning the area into a giant security grid. no stopping signs have gone up in the aerks and the protection comes all the way down to the mail boxes which have been tag forward removal ahead of the visit. >> i think they should do that. to be safe for the pope. >> i think it's a great idea. >> other items we saw did not have tags for removal. >> i mentioned this to friends, they thought there are hundreds of places that bombs could be hidden. >> reporter: over the weekend word of a thwarted security threat. a lawmaker talks about

protecting the pope. meantime though, not everything is about security here. live on the ben franklin parkway another addition, banners welcoming pope francis to philadelphia, the banners hanging on street lights, reminder to all of us that we are getting closer to the big event. live on the ben franklin parkway in center city, matt delucia, "nbc 10 news." >> 11 days until the historic visit. hard to believe. check out the "nbc 10 news" app, all the information you need to get ready for the visit. there's a ton of valuable info about road closures, a lot of stuff for you. download the app for free to your smart phone or tablet. good morning. take a look at the satellite/radar shot. nothing going on. so we'll continue to see lots of sunshine, comfortable

conditions. our humidity stays down and we'll see temperatures warming back above average. our fall-like temperatures are pretty much done for the next week or so. currently we're at 54 in the poconos, 51 allentown, 56 in wilmington, 64 in wildwood and 54 right now in mount holly. a closer look at the atlantic city airport, temperatures at 59 degrees as well. highs around the region will be warmer than what we saw yesterday. 84 in philadelphia, 80 degrees in pottstown, 81 allentown, 75 in the poconos and we'll continue to warm things up not just for today but even as we head into wednesday we are heading toward the high 80s, today 84, tomorrow 87. these temperatures are here to stick around. i'll let you know how long in my full forecast in about 10 minutes. back to you, chris. >> thank you, brittney. 10 minutes after 4. time to get a check of the

roads. looking at the blue route. hopefully no problems this early. jessica boyington is here with all of that info. >> such a long introfor me. thank you, chris. we're starting off on the blue route. no current problems now. it's doing okay. this is around germantown pike southbound in here, we're having no problems, you can see not even a car in sight. so good news there. i checked with the pennsylvania turnpike. we're smooth sailing, westbound. eastbound no problems, 23 minutes headed east from valley forge up to route 1. and coming up i'm going to do a check with mass transit. >> we're following a developing weather story out west. look at this flash flooding here. right now at least six people are dead and the death toll may rise. we'll look at how rescuers are searching for more victims. >> reporter: deadly violence in one west philadelphia neighborhood where it had not been before. coming up find out how people on

that street are taking it upon themselves to keep things safe.

following this developing story out of utah. rescue crews are looking for six people swept away by flood waters. it's happening near the utah/arizona state line. heavy rain caused this flash flooding and a wall of water swept away two vehicles. seven people are confirmed dead, six missing. we'll continue to monitor the search and rescue out of utah. back here in philadelphia, someone shot a 21-year-old man to death overnight in south philadelphia. police say the gunman fired at least ten shots at the man.

investigators say someone saw the suspect riding a bicycle before and after the shooting. at this point no arrests. violent crimes like that can tear a community apart. we've seen it in this area for a while. one man decided to do everything he can to keep that from happening. katy zachry met with this crime fighter. katy? >> reporter: chris, this is a man who mentored youth for years but when young men started carrying out violence in his own neighborhood he took a different approach. this is joseph douglas, he says a series of violent events in his west philadelphia neighborhood really shook it earlier this year. a young man was shot at the corner of his street and died and before that one of his neighbors, an off-duty philadelphia police officer was walking his dog and attacked by an armed robber. douglas decided to try to stop the violence happening on his door step by mentoring kids on his block and encouraging his neighbors to be more visible and

active in the community. >> i think the violence taking place is really a sign of desperation. it's people who are hurting, don't know how to say i'm hurting, don't know how to ask for help. >> reporter: coming up in the next hour i'm working on a story how joseph douglas is mentoring made it on to the big screen, well, in philadelphia. stay tuned. reporting live in university city, katy zachry, "nbc 10 news." out to california now. that state is in a state of emergency because of this, dozens of fires. they continue to burn out of control this morning even with crews battling the flames around the clock this fire in northern california is only 5% contained. the valley fire as it's called surged to 62,000 acres. that's 95 square miles. it's swallowing everything in its path. more than 400 homes burned, at least one person is dead, more than 13,000 people have evacuated. and this new video gives you a

better idea of the challenge firefighters face. a reporter at our nbc station in los angeles captured this cell phone video. it shows what appears to be an apartment building just burning there. completely engulfed in flames. officials say the fight is far from over. >> we don't see an end in fire season for the months to come. >> fire crews from around the country continue to arrive to help those on the front line. the biggest hope is a shift in the weather pattern that may bring rain. 4:17. new information now on that environmental settlement between the state of new jersey and exxon-mobil. four groups want to appeal governor christie's settlement offer. a state superior court judge ok'd the offer. the state originally sued exxon-mobil for $9 billion for contaminating sites across new jersey.

good morning. it's going to be a cool start as we head into your tuesday. expect temperatures similar to yesterday in the 50s and 60s. so pretty cold as you head out for a jog or walk the dog before work. dry start on tap, we do not have a chance of showers in our seven-day forecast. plus, the 80s are back, temperatures today expected to warm back above average. so we had a nice break in the 70s, but now above average temperatures are here to stay for most of this week. for philadelphia right now, 62 degrees, our wind speeds out of the west-southwest at 5 miles per hour, humidity at 62%. in allentown, 51. a bit warmer in cape may at 69. philadelphia in the 60s. a bit of a temperature spread this morning. we're warmer in wildwood at 64, about 10 degrees cooler in mount holly at 54. and 57 degrees in trenton. at the atlantic city airport we're at 59 degrees.

so another round of staying dry. it's not just for us in the northeast. this goes all the way back across the nation so it is a very quiet weather pattern for us. plus we will see temperatures staying above average. high pressure still builds in. tomorrow, same thursday, even into friday we stay dry. and our humidity is the only change we'll start to see toward the end of the work week. so by friday yowl notice that coming up from the south, give us that humidity back again. that's going to stick around into next weekend. but warmer today, sun and clouds, 84 degrees. will be the high in philadelphia. 80 in pottstown, 81 in allentown. mid 70s in the poconos. highs around the area tomorrow, you'll notice about 87 for philadelphia. mid 80s for several locations and the seven-day forecast shows we stay in mid-80s all through the rest of the week. it's about 20 minutes after

4:00. we want to tell you about an accident we're getting word of on route 100. nbc 10's traffic reporter jessica boyington has that. >> chris, it has both directions closed north and southbound on route 100 around route 113. you can see we have a fire engine on the scene. police activity as well with all lanes blocked out. the best bet to get around that p.a. turnpike parallel to that scene is the closest major. for 95 through delaware you can see cars are moving, no problems, 10 minutes north or southbound from 295 to 495. so we have no problems there. our check on mass transit, good news for new jersey transit, patco and septa. more in the next 10 minutes on the route 100 accident. to south jersey, the mercer county sheriff's office doing its part for child safety week to make sure that kids are properly restrained in vehicles. we know studies come out saying most parents don't properly

install car seats. deputies will be at the shop starting at 11:00 this morning to make sure parents have properly put in those seats. as you get the kids ready for school you want to listen to this. the nbc 10 investigators discovered that the state of pennsylvania does not know how many kids have been vaccinated. mitch blacher has a preview. >> the latest numbers show more than 1 million school kids may not have had shots. >> i'm not sure why the discrepancy, there is that discrepancy but what i can tell you is we've been looking very closely at this data. >> what we have is too many kids who aren't vaccinated. >> the investigators crunched the numbers and find pennsylvania's system for tracking vaccinations seems to be falling short. >> it creates problems and it's done the wrong way it can put people's lives at risk. >> today at 4:00 only on nbc 10 we take the question straight to

harrisburg for the investigators i'm mitch blacher, "nbc 10 news." >> human rights violations in the lehigh valley, that's the accusation by some immigrant families. we look at why some say the department of human services is taking advantage of newborn babies and others at the detention center. more than coffee is brewing at this center city starbucks. also controversy on tap. why people are weighing in on allegations that the store denied a police sergeant use of the restroom. pretty big talker there in fact. if you wonder what happens behind the scenes here maybe you want to see me drink water which i need to do, because i'm having a coughing fit right now. you can do that through the eyes of perry scope, it's a handy -- thank you. look at this. tracy davidson to the rescue. that is strong. follow us, nbc philadelphia.

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happening today eagles players will join some inner city kids for fishing. the young adults are part of an english group that teaches leadership skills through outdoor activities. the eagles and the kids cast their lines at the park late this afternoon. well, there seems to be no shortage of opinions over a cop controversy at a coffee shop in center city philadelphia. here's what happened. a barista allegedly denied a philadelphia sergeant in full uniform access to the restroom because he was not a paying customer. a fellow officer posted on facebook about the sergeant's experience and that went viral.

in it the sergeant writes as i walked out with my hand up and while she continued loudly to tell me about the bathroom down the street, i was even more astonished that the many customers and other employees said nothing and seemed indifferent. we got mixed reaction from people in philadelphia. >> so what. he is a public servant. >> just like anybody he should be a paying customer. >> starbucks responded to the incident by insisting that it takes steps to ensure that this doesn't happen again. starbucks has expressed a desire to talk to the sergeant about his experience. i'm tracking warmer weather. the 70s are gone, the 80s are here. i'll let you know for how long coming up in my full forecast. >> we are looking at route 100 around 113 in lionville where we

have an accident. >> it has been an eye sore but this week begins the first step to rehabbing the devine low rain. what'sing planned for the property.

right now the eagles are licking wounds after a disappointing season opening loss. we'll look at what went wrong. >> change is all around us in center city philadelphia. you don't have to look far to see it. we are less than two weeks from the papal visit and work is well under way. what's happening to transform the city. >> you are waking up to cool,

dry conditions. we're warming in the low 80s. ahead hear when it will again feel like summer. it's about 4:30. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. i wonder what lights they will make during the visit. a random thought that occurred to me. let's talk about how cool it is out there this morning. it feel likes fall again. if you go out for a morning walk you'll want a jacket. >> right. but it will feel like summer in the afternoon so warmer weather is on its way. we did see cooler temperatures in the 70s over the past few days and now we're back to the 80s. 54 in the poconos, 51 in allentown, we're in the low 60s in philadelphia, still chilly in wilmington at 56. 59 in atlantic city and 64 in wildwood. look at the satellite/radar shot. had to make sure it was working. we don't have clouds, we don't have rainfall on the satellite/radar. plenty of sunshine for us today. and our temperatures are going to start to re