people on the shore have already started taking precautions as both storms move closer. your first alert team coverage at 5:00 starts right now. >> let's face it, a lot could change over the next couple of days, hours. meteorologists are tracking storms closely. >> let's begin with meteorologist brittney shipp who is looking ahead to our next chance for heavy rain. >> that's right. it's not going to be tonight, which is great. gotten rid of the heavy rain, as we go into the evening, by 9:00 p.m., 67 degrees. by midnight, 63 with mostly cloudy skies. even see a little bit more drying heading into rest of tonight. as you start your day tomorrow. as we get into the afternoon and even oog tomorrow, light rain moves in. then it's going to pick up in intensity into overnight hours friday, conditioning all day friday. saturday morning expect rain to continue to fall. we will see anywhere between 2 to 4 inches. wind speeds sustained between 15 and 25 miles per hour, gusting up to 35 miles per hour. we expect street and stream flooding.

if you're closer to the shore. we're going to see higher amounts 3 to 5, wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. next chance of rain is closer to friday, heading into saturday. and that's why we have a first alert weather day issued for both of those days. we are also tracking, as we get into friday, waves between 10 to 15 feet, widespread erosion and high tide, 3-foot storm surge. these are things you need to plan for as we start to wind down the work week. a closer look as 0 to what expect friday and saturday. heavy downpours, strong winds, flooding a possibility and the beach erosion, also storm surge, all concerns. that's associated with the cold front moving through and has nothing to do with hurricane joaquin which is in addition to everything we're talking about. we'll turn it over to first alert meteorology sheena parveen. >> so we're watching the storm after we watch the heavy rain moving through friday into the weekend and then the hurricane. that will be getting closer as we go into the weekend, too.

watching where the storm is heading. we know it's going to take a north turn eventually. here it's sitting around the bahamas, category 1 hurricane, winds sustained, near 85 miles. hour. but it's moving to the southwest at 8 miles an hour. in fact, right now, it's moving a little bit away from the area in a different direction. but it will be picking up that speed and starting to move to the north in the next couple of days. that's when it will be getting closer. we'll be watching impacts from. here's the setup. right now the big area of high pressure up to the north. pretty much blocking the storm and causing it to turn inland as we go into part of the weekend. that would be putting it along the mid-atlantic coast. by friday, storm though around the bahamas, far away, still expected to be a hurricane. and then we have that stationary front that's right offshore at the same time. as we go into the weekend, that's the one giving us all of the rain, that stationary front absorbing this storm as it gets closer and absorbing the

moisture from it. it will grab on to it. then eventually push it back out to sea. but it will be having big impacts on our area. the question's still too far out in time to notice. but where exactly it's going to move inland as it gets absorbed into that front. could be from the north carolina coast up closer to our area and that would be mostly saturday into monday. but take a look at what the computer models are doing. eventually the storm will take a turn to the north and see what it does around the carolinas. looks crazy here. but stationary front i showed you, that's what it's doing. it's getting absorbed into it and getting pushed back up to the north. we'll be dealing with wind and rain possible beach erosion and local flooding that is going to be concerned, all of these things starting friday over the weekend, possibly early next week, too. we'll take a closer look at timing. more details coming up. >> team coverage continues in new jersey and delaware. >> threat of flooding from both of these storms people are not

taking any chances. here's ted greenberg. >> reporter: since my last report at 4:00, we got a statement from atlantic city electric which says, it has crews prepared to restore any potential outages resulting from the severe weather we're expecting in the coming days. but customers should be prepared for the possibility of power outages that could last for a short time, or multiple days depending on damage to the atlantic city electric system. the ocean is very rough. expected to cause even more beach erosion to the jersey coastline in coming days. emergency management officials and concerned about the possibility of moderate coastal flooding tomorrow and then the potential for moderate to major flooding on friday. all ahead of any impacts from hurricane joaquin. they say now is the time to prepare while the weather is still relatively dry. that includes moving any outdoor

furniture inside and of course moving cars to higher ground. ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. i'm tim furlong in central delaware, period of rain. international speedway, i was down rehoboth, sunny and muggy. here in dover they have to prepare for the race weekend, like it's going to happen and the weather's going to be okay. take a look, road show under way. lots of events in delaware. nascar race is probably the biggest. already setting up the ground. hundreds of fans here. hope to see racing this weekend. happened to be jeff gordon's last race, retiring full time from racing. sponsored about i delaware's dupont company for years and years. everybody here hoping the weather cooperates even just a little bit for a few hours sunday to give them a good delaware send-off the right now in dober, it's raining pretty good and not looking like it's going to stop soon. now is the time to download

the nbc 10 news app. once we get information from the forecast, get it right away on your smartphone or tablet. set up customized weather alerts for your neighborhood. right now at 5:00, two alleged drug addicts charged with terrorizing an elderly korean war veteran in a violent home invasion in chester county. the two are facing charges of robbery and terrorist threats for attacking the 81-year-old victim inside of his home back in july. the county district attorney says reeves pretended to be a water worker and forced his way into the home. reeves then allegedly threatened to shoot the victim and punched him in the head and torso before getting away with $400 in cash, plus credit cards and jewelry. investigators say, hale drove the getaway car. philadelphia police are hoping surveillance video will help them catch two armed robbers involved in a home invasion early this morning. this man, who asked that we not reveal his identity, woke up to

guns pointed in his face. after 3:30, two suspects broke into his first floor apartment on cellar street. they tied his wrist with electrical cords, and gagged him with a button-down shirt. his wife and 10-year-old grandson were home but hid in another room. >> we live in a society where things are happening, things like this are happening, every day. it can happen anywhere. >> the suspects made it out with $200, a tv, and play station. shaken up, no one was hurt. opening statements under way right now in the center city building collapse trial. demolition contractor griffin campbell faces third-degree murder charges in the collapse. his defense began this afternoon by citing pope francis talking about forgiveness and justice. campbell is expected to testify at some point in his own defense. it was back in june, 2013, when a four-story brick wall fell into the salvation army thrift store at 22nd and market.

six people killed, more than a dozen were hurt. griffin campbell's construction company was in charge of the demolition. nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal is in court and joins us at 5:30. a demolition team is at a building that partially collapsed in north philly. sky 4 10 over the scene at 11:00 this morning no one was hurt. crews are waiting for some electrical lines to be disconnected before they start tearing the building down. the camden city school district is debuting a new plan to improve education for its students. the superintendent announced the 20-month plan today which focuses on improving instruction and modernizing school facilities. half of the buildings were constructed before 1928. district wants parents to be partners to hole administrators accountable for the plan that deliberately is short term. >> you see other districts they

have plans that last seven, 10, 12 years and end up outdating the actual superintendent and the administrators in charge of the plan. we wanted something the community could touch, feel, hold us accountable to. >> only 14% of students attend a school rated in one of the top two categories. under the new plan, administrators hope to raise that number to at leaf 40% by the next school year. delaware gets some help in the battle against colorectal cancer. the center for disease control announced it's awarding $23 million, 24 states will use the money to increase screening. among the beneficiaries, delaware's department of health and social services. colorectal cancer is the third most diagnosed cancer in men and women in delaware. it accounted for more than 8% of all new cancer cases between 2007 and 2011. some burlington county police officers are going pink in honor of breast cancer awareness month. starting tomorrow, all township

police department patrol cars will display a breast cancer pink ribbon. ribbons will remain there during october. officers will wear specially designed breast cancer awareness hats and vest patches. the outside of the police department will be lit up pink. a wake happening in new jersey for the star high school quarterback who died after he collapsed on the field this past weekend. friends and family have been filing into the service since noon for the 17-year-old evan murray. his funeral is planned for tomorrow at faith discovery church in washington township, the where wake is going on now. we talked to murray's eighth grade teacher about the tragedy. >> they thought it was a concussion and then ends up being his spleen. i guess when the guy upstairs wants you, he's going to take you. >> the medical examiner ruled murray's death as accidental. caused by massive internal

bleeding from a lacerated spleen. murray's teammates at warren hills regional high school will continue the football season tomorrow. turning to this now, last week we saw the pope visit washington, new york, right here in philadelphia as well. but there's one visit we're just learning about now. the secret meeting that has a lot of people talking. plus, don't be surprised if you get a new credit card in the mail. why the government is pressuring companies to switch to a new type of card. how it could protect your money. and a lot of weather to talk about. cooler temperatures tomorrow. more rain and tracking hurricane joaquin how it will be impacting the area coming up.

three days after pope francis left philadelphia, he's looking back on his six-day journey in the u.s. the pope highlighted his visit with thousands of pilgrims and tourists gathered in st. peters square. hi said the meeting was an opportunity to celebrate beauty of god's plan for the family as quote, fruitful covenant between a man and woman. that statement comes as nbc news confirmed pope francis met with kim davis while in the united states. davis of course is that kentucky clerk who refused to issue licenses to objection to same-sex marriage what happen davis says pope francis told her and how local gay rights groups are responding.

in decision 2016, a new poll shows republicans aren't faring well with american latinos and a trouble spot for front-runner donald trump. according to the latest nbc news/"wall street journal"/telemundo survey, 17% have a negative view of trump. calling for a mass deportation of undocumented workers. more than 4 in 10 latinos have a poor impression of the republican party as a hole. democratic party is viewed positively by 48% of latinos and negatively by 19%. as hillary clinton continues to slide in the polls, the state department is exed to release a new round of e-mails any minute. the release is under court order, and it will contain 6,000 pages of e-mails sent from a private e-mail server when clinton was secretary of state. with today's release, 37% of those e-mails are now public. all of clinton's e-mails will be released by january. as we brace for the

potential 0 more heavy rain, some people spent today cleaning up from what rolled through here overnight. look at this video, weather toppled this tree in norris town. no one hurt here but it left behind quite the mess in that road. tonight it was a tornado that caused this damage to our west. this video's in from lancaster today. the national weather service confirmed an ef-1 tornado ripped apart the warehouse this morning. it can carry wind up to 100 miles per hour. the owner showed up today and wasn't sure what happened. >> looked like a bomb went off. i -- out back it didn't look too bad. in front, stuff's all over the place. >> two people inside that warehouse during the storms at the time, but both are doing okay right now. last night's storms are gone but plenty more on the way. >> sheena's back with a closer look at first alert forecast. >> we have a lot to talk about. first, changing temperatures.

so we're going to watch a cold front move through. it's going to get cooler and brezy as we go through overnight hours. you'll notice that tomorrow. more rain coming, too, friday and into the weekend. and then talking about hurricane joaquin impacting our area. even if it does not hit close, we'll be seeing high winds from it and flooding concerns. right now in philadelphia, cloudy conditions, mid-70s but we will be seeing temperatures dropping off. we have a first alert weather as we go from friday into saturday and this is all ahead of joaquin's impact. this is going to be a separate system. so heavy rain and wind expected, possible flooding especially along the shore. we'll have strong onshore winds. talking about storm surge along the shore and beach erosion and winds gusting close to 50 miles an hour in some areas. so the weather is going to start to deteriorate a lot as we go into the weekend. right now, heavy rain moving off the coast now of sussex county and delaware. most of the air looking cloudy with spotty sprinkles.

but we have more rain off to the south and this will be moving in as we go into the end of the week. big temperature difference. cool air just back off to the west. this is going to be moving in overnight. we're looking at temperatures in the 80s farther to the south. locally, we have a pretty din temperature spread. if you are in millville or atlantic city, temperature in the mid to upper 70s. allen town and redding around 70. we'll watch these numbers drop as we go overnight tonight. more rain on the way. take a look at future weather. tomorrow the best chance of the rain, mostly through new jersey and delaware up through philadelphia area. then for friday, we have more rain starting to move in, some of this could be locally heavy. at the same time, we're going to have a strong onshore wind. so that's what we're watching for, flooding along the shore, areas inland and saturday weather pattern stays rainy and windy. we'll be watching hurricane joaquin which by saturday is still expected top= be around t bahamas. it not going to move up to the

north until we go into the later part of the weekend. now we're talking about the shore impacts friday, because of what i showed you. wave heights anywhere 10 to 15 feet with strong onshore winds. we could be looking at widespread beach erosion, high tide, giving us a three-foot storm surge, that's what it looks like so far. there you see storm surge area, atlantic city could be seeing some of the best even south of that or some of the highest with those strong onshore winds. of course we'll be watching that closely, too. now we'll talk about hurricane joaquin. that's still around the bahamas, still category 1 hurricane. max winds 85 miles an hour, moving to the southwest but going to take that turn up to the north. computer model still agreeing on that, that turn up to the north. but you see that left hand turn. that could fall from the carolinas to south of our area, closer to washington. at that time, it could still be a hurricane but you see it starts to do crazy things here. this is because it's going to get absorbed into a stationary front and that's eventually going to push it back away.

but either way, we expect wind and rain as we go through the weekend. big area of high pressure, going to cause the left hand turn. you see the hurricane by friday, around the bahamas. but that front that i talked about, that's going to be giving us rain going into the weekend, that's the same front that's going to be basically absorbing this storm and bringing it somewhere along the mid-atlantic, down to the carolinas,about saturday through monday. we'll be watching at that time. the location of the storm will determine our impacts, either way we expect a strong onshore wind and also heavy rain. and a lot comes along with that, too, like local flooding. for tonight, cloudy, chance of shower, breezy, cooler overnight. 59 for the low in philadelphia. 54 areas north and west. tomorrow, cool somewhere breezy, showers south and east of philadelphia. rain still stays in the forecast. temperatures reaping mid to low 60s for the area. and there you see, friday and saturday, both in red, because we have first alert with high wind, heavy rain, temperatures cool friday and saturday in the

upper 50s or mid-60s and by the end of the weekend, we'll continue to watch those impacts with the rain and wind. that's going to stay in the forecast. >> thank you. >> drastic changes on the way for credit cards but it turns out, few of us are ready for them. >> credit card companies say there's no need to panic. more from chris clackum. >> reporter: as for consumers get clip and pin cards in the mail, the president of mastercard was on cnbc wednesday demonstrating how to use them. >> insert the card into the slot in the bottom. >> reporter: calling for calm, though, in light of a new survey that finds up to 90% of all retailers still don't have a chip card reader and more than half of all consumers still don't have a new card. >> if you haven't received a card from your bank with a chip on it, or you've received it, haven't activated it, nothing will happen to you tomorrow. >> put your card in where the blue light is. >> reporter: the october 1st deadline self-imposed, meant only to pressure retailers to

upgrade to the new readers. the deadline for gutting the new safer cards to consumer is the end of the year. >> we've seen dramatic drops in fraud in other markets, as soon as chip card are distributed bym 70, 80% or more. >> they are not chip and pin. just chip and signature. credit card companies argue it's asking too much to ask consumers to remember another four-digit pin. but critics disagree. >> the reality is, you're not getting the full benefit of these chip cards if there's no pin. >> reporter: some 80 other countries have been using chip and pin cards for a decade which is how much longer it may take the u.s. to catch up. chris clackum, nbc 10 news. >> someone who bought a megamillions ticket in burlington county is in for a big payday. >> wish it was us, right. ticket sold at 7-eleven hit

for $1 million, matched all five white balls but not the megaball. winning numbers, 8, 21, 30, 61, 62, megaball 9. third time in the past two weeks that a megamillions player hit for $1 million. meanwhile, there will be 301 million dollars up for grabs when tonight powerball numbers are drawn. 191 million if you take the cash option. powerball hasn't had a jackpot winner since august 1st. if all of the things someone could steal from your home, this might be the most unusual. >> kitchen item two men caught carting around philadelphia. >> this is nbc 10 news.

>> philadelphia police are tracking down the thieves who stole a papal flag from outside someone's house in schuylkill. it captures one of the suspects getti getting out of the car. the suspect grabs the flag, runs back and gets away. listen to this, also in south philly, police are looking for three refrigerator burglars that's what you're looking at. detectives tell us the suspects in the surveillance video broke into a home along south fourth back on september 12th. once inside, police say they put a fridge in a shopping cart, then got away. call police if you recognize these guys. back to weather now. nbc 10 tracking a double weather threat. >> that includes hurricane

joaquin. sheena, waiting to see which way this will go. >> still waiting to see more updates on it as we go into tonight and tomorrow morning. but we're tracking the storm. we do expect it to have impacts on our area. we'll talk more about that and heavy rain by the end of the week. what can we do better? that is the question local law enforcement is asking in the wake of deadly clashes involving police. ahead at 6:00, what police want to do to build up public confidence. why critics say they have a long way to go.

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this is nbc 10 news. >> nbc 10 tracking big changes in our weather. first, a big cooldown, strong winds and even more rain. then, we could be feeling the impact of this. hurricane joaquin is churning out at sea. but what does that mean for us? >> our team of meteorologists tracking the latest. brittney, tracking our next chance for heavy rain. >> right. the good news, it won't be for tonight or even for the start of tomorrow but as we head into tomorrow night, friday and saturday, that's when we have a first alert weather date issued for both of those days. right as we approach the weekend. the reason why is, as we expect to see heavy downpours we expect to see strong wind speeds as we go into the rest of today. i should say friday and saturday. other thing we're going to continue monitoring is what's

going to happen closer to the shore. beach erosion a possibility and storm surge. so those are the few things that we're going to track as we head into friday and saturday. so that's the breakdown. those are three headlines as we go into those first alert days. good thing is, make it to work easy breezy as we head into friday, into thursday. but it's friday into saturday we're most concerned with. futurecast shows us, through saturday morning, rainfall totals range between 2 to 4 inches, wind speeds sustained, 15 to 25 miles per hour, gusting up to 35 miles per hour we expect to see street flooding as o'a possibility. for the shore, rainfall totals are higher, closer to 3 to 5 inch. wind speed sustained between 25 and 35 miles per hour, gusting up to 50 miles per hour. effect, the bull's-eye with the storm surge at high tide, closer to 3 feet. that's due to the very strong onshore flow. so these are the things that we're monitoring as we go into friday and saturday. but on top of that, a separate

situation is hurricane joaquin. check in with first alert meteorologist sheena parveen for the latest on its track and timing. >> so that's going to be the second thing we're watching. the rain and the wind starting friday, that's going to continue as this hurricane gets closer. you may not notice a difference because we're not going to have too much of a lull period in between the two. you will notice conditions deteriorating through the weekend. a live look at the hurricane. right now around the bahamas, category 1 hurricane, it is still seeing max winds 85 miles an hour but moving to the southwest. moving in an opposite direction, eventually it will be starting to move up to the north, up through the atlantic ocean and that's when it will get closer to us. take a look at updated track now. this is going to change before the week is over. i want to show you the cone here. so this goes from sunday into monday. at this time frame, we have north carolina all the way up into our area included in the cone. we have a large area included,

because everyone in the cone is fair game to see a more direct impact from the storm. either way, we are going to see rain, we're going to see wind. that track will be changing as we get closer. what computer models are showing, take it up to the nor and move inland. but you see they look crazy as we go into the end of the weekend because it will be getting absorbed into a stationary front. it's going to be moving away again. so, here's the setup. i'll show you what i was talking about the front absorbing it. area of high pressure will cause it to turn inland. that's why that cone of uncertainty, what we call it, is wide, including north carolina now. there you see the hurricane by friday, around the bahamas, up to the north, absorbed into the stationary front, and then it will be starting to move inland. that front's going it be pulling up moisture. for us, we'll see wind, rain and watching it closely to see where the hardest impact is going to be. either way, what you need to know, a rainy, windy weekend in store. we'll be looking at localized

flooding, coastal flooding. all of those things nailing down as we get closer. more details coming up. as you can hear, the path hurricane joaquin takes remains to be seen. >> people along the east coast preparing in case. ida sigel has a look at preparations in north jersey. >> reporter: the boardwalk in point pleasant beach is becoming tableless this afternoon as workers clear the way for hurricane joaquin. a few miles north in belmar, storm prep includes six-foot high dunes to keep ocean water in the ocean. >> the higher, the better. >> reporter: dunes give you comfort? >> absolutely. >> reporter: the town is pumping out lake cuomo across the street, drain the entire thing if they can to make sure the folks who live around here don't get flooded. >> it goes out into the atlantic ocean. weave going to continue to pump that today.

>> reporter: frank murphy proposing his brand-new house across the beach, built it storm ready from scratch after sandy destroyed his old home. >> six feet off the ground, it's about 17 feet above medium high tide. last surge for sandy was around 13, 14 feet. so we're high enough we hope that the water will go underneath the house. >> reporter: 1300 homes flooded in belmar during sandy when the ocean met the lake. folks have only just finished rebuilding. this morning, tom rogers decided to close up shop for the day at tr's food court. >> i've got make a decision in another 72 hours, board up or don't board up. >> reporter: people are preparing as though the big one's coming again. they're ready. >> underground pipes we didn't have before. we have pumps on standby we didn't have before. we have military equipment we didn't have before. >> ida sigel reporting. nbc 10 news app great resource

for first alert weather updates. interactive radar, set up customized alerts for your neighborhood. also tonight, man charged with murder in the deadly market street collapse goes on trial. opening statements began in a philadelphia courtroom. griffin campbell's construction company was in charge of demolishing that building that collapsed, killing six people. randy gyllenhaal has more from inside the courtroom. >> reporter: this was day one of the trial against a contractor hired to safety demolish that market street building. court, prosecutors say griffin campbell, knowingly decided to put money over lives. his defense team, how far, fought back saying he's just a pawn. the collapse killed six people, injured 13, now jurors must answer this question -- did griffin campbell know that the demolition was dangerous? did he knowingly tear that wall down anyway? in opening arguments today, prosecutors say they cut corns and ignored warnings all to save

money. >> they need to prove that the contractor, first, it was foreseeable and he was aware of the fact this could happen. >> reporter: legal experts say the case hinges on who was making calls, who was the quarterback during the demolition. campbell's defense team argues he was following orders from his bosses, powerful architects and developers and that he's been thrown under the bus. i did speak with an attorney for some of the families who lost loved ones in the tragic accident. they will be near court every day until the trial wraps up. randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10. >> shawn benschop a heavy machine operator working on the demolition pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter this year. he faces up to 20 years in prison, when he's sentenced next month. a tribute at u.s. capitol for 87 firefighters who died in the line of duty. >> the fallen include four local firefighters, including the first woman to die while on duty in philadelphia.

lieutenant joyce craig died back in december, while trying to make a rescue in a burning basement. honed along with fire marshall samir ashmar, arthur treon and christopher hunter also recognized for their sacrifice. today the congressional fire services caucus presented 87 american flags flown over the capitol to their surviving family members. firefighters from around the country came to assure families be forgotten. >> we don't know each other but moment, so to speak. from congress to the national fallen firefighters memorial in maryland. name of the firefighters will be added to the memorial on sunday. pope francis has left the united states but today he is

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calling it a double threat here at nbc 10. take a look at first alert radar. expect possible flooding, wind, dropping temperatures for sure. that wasn't enough, tracking hurricane joaquin just offscreen here. how it could impact our area. first alert meteorologists continue to track its path. tonight, update to an nbc news investigation. are the most commonly installed turf fields safe to play on? the question was raised bay concerned college soccer coach last year who worried that the ground-up car and truck tires used to make the fields were making players sick. a year later, stephanie gosk follows up on the report and learn learned opponents to the crumb river fields and industry that manufactures they'll are in agreement on one thing, the federal government has failed

them both. the first part of a two-part follow-up investigation on nbc "nightly news" ahead at 6:30. but first, all new at 6:00, five burglaries in five different philadelphia neighborhoods. crimes that spanned six months but they're all connected. what the thieves are suspected of stealing.

russia carrying out air strikes in syria, as you can see in this video. the russian defense ministry says fighter jets started bombing isis targets. u.s. officials say they're not against isis targets and civilians are being killed. u.s. secretary of state john kerry thinks russia is trying to protect president assad, who is struggling for power with isis and rebel factions. russia cautioned the u.s. to declare syrian airspace before the strikes but the u.s. led coalition continues to fly missions in syria. an oklahoma man convicted of murdering his boss in 1997 is being granted a stay of execution, thanks to an order from the government. richard glossip scheduled to be put to death this afternoon but being put off for 37 day. the decision comes hours after the u.s. supreme court refused to stop the execution despite a

call from pope francis to show mercy. he was one of six people scheduled to be executed across the country over a nine-day period. the only woman on georgia's death row was executed early this morning, despite a plea for mercy from pope francis. kelly renee gissendaner sang amazing grace as given the lethal injection. she is the first woman executed in georgia in 70 years. want to take a right turn now. take a look at this video. james madison university drying out after the flooding you see here. water swamped the campus tuesday. and this wasn't even the worst of it. flooding in surrounding areas was even more severe. you know back here at home, flooding's a concern here as more storms head our way.

>> meteorology sheena parveen tracking the latest. >> we have flooding concerns inland along the shore, also beach erosions and storm surge, we'll get into that in a minute. but before all that, we are talking about a big drop in temperatures. you will notice this later tonight and tomorrow, cooler temperatures and the winds picking up, too. then we have the rain coming by. mostly friday and into the weekend and hurricane joaquin that will be causing impacts across the area. right now, on radar, mostest heavy rain in sussex county is offshore and we're left with cloud cover and sprinkles. it's the moisture to the south coming in as we go towards the end of the week so we do have more rain coming, that leads us to our first alert out for friday and saturday. both days, heavy rain, high wind, possible flooding inland and along the shore. with that being said, with the strong onshore winds storm surge and beach erosion in the forecast, too. if you are along the shore,

you'll have strong winds as we go into the weekend. even inland. take a look at temperature drop. this will be noticed as we go through the day tomorrow, waking up tomorrow morning, temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. by the middle of the day, only in the mid-60s. looking at a cooler pattern setting up for us. here's a look at future weather, rain for tomorrow, too. mostly south and east of philadelphia. so for new jersey, delaware, best chance of rain tomorrow. for friday, rain chances keep imcrea imcreasing, locally heavy rain. talking about those rain totals starting to rack up, anywhere 2 to 4 inches through saturday morning. winds could be gusting as high as 35 miles per hour some spots inland. street and creek flooding possible. now the shore, rain totals 3 to 5 inches, winds gusting closer to 50 miles per hour. some of that higher win can make its way inland. storm surge with heights about 3 feet possible with high tide going into friday.

also a high tide early thursday, too. take a look at rainfall totals on the forecast model here. this is showing the heaviest to be in parts of south jersey along the shore, delaware with the heaviest staying farther south around washington. inland through the philadelphia area we could see 1 to 2 inches possibly. now talking about hurricane joaquin. what i just showed you is ahead of what the hurricane impact would be. hurricane joaquin still around the bahamas. max winds around 85 miles an hour, category 1. this storm will eventually move up to the north, making landfall somewhere possibly from about the carolinas up towards our area but either way at this point, it would get absorbed into the stationary front that we're watching and moving back away from the area. so that's why the model starts to look crazy after they move inland. here's the setup. big area of high pressure to the north over canada that would cause the left hand turn by friday into saturday. hurricane joaquin should still be around the bahamas. then you see all of the rain

ahead of. not related to it but some of the moisture would get absorbed into the stationary front by saturday and across the weekend, we'll be watching for the storm moving inland. the question would be where saturday through monday the best timing for this. either way for us, we're looking at locally heavy rain and high wind. for tonight, cloudy, a chance of showers around. but most of the area should be staying mostly dry. breezy and cooler, 59 for the low in philadelphia. tomorrow, cooler, breezy day, showers south and east. temperatures though only around mid-60s. much cooler air moving in for friday. upper 50s. saturday, mid-60s. you see the day's red because of the first alert out for friday and saturday we go to the rest of the weekend. rain and wind and we'll be watching hurricane joaquin. >> thanks. after a rough start to the season, eagles fans are hungry for another win. >> but there are questions to answer here about the offense. danny pommels joins us live.

we need more points. >> it won't help on sunday. eagles/redskins a dress rehearsal for noah's ark. could make it a mud bath sunday and should not do offenses any favors. murray limited. status for sunday unknown. running backs to get plenty of work if it's raining. offense struggled mightily in the first three so far. chip kelly only concerned about one thing. >> i'm concerned with washington. i don i don't care if we score 2 points or 52 points, we're concerned with beating washington. we don't look at it we need to do this or that. what do we need to do in the football game on sunday to win the football game? >> chip kelly trying to preach the lazer-tight focus. plus, the phillies changing plans due to the weather. details at 6:00. danny pommells.

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from five days behind bars to 15 minutes with the pope, the kentucky clerk jail for refusing to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. tone it's come to light kim davis secretly with pope francis during his trip to the united states. that meeting took place this past week in washington before francis arrived in philadelphia. >> the defiant clerk says the encounter validates her crusade against gay marriage. >> god bless america. >> reporter: the headline, people's pope and the kentucky woman jail for denying people seeking same-sex marriage license. the secret meeting happened at vatican embassy in d.c. thursday. the pontiff spoke to her in english for 15 minutes. a statement released, davis said, quote, i was humbled to

meet pope francis, of all people, why me? i never thought i would meet the pope who am i to have this rare opportunity? i'm just a county clerk who loves jesus and desires to serve him. the pope held out his hands and asked davis to pray for him, thanking her for her courage and telling her to, quote, stay strong. news of the meeting surprised the philadelphia lgbt community but don't believe it gives davis any more credibility or bolsters her stance. >> there is a distinct difference between conscientious objection and the oath one takes to defend the constitution. >> if you recall, the pope didn't make gay marriage a central topic duringing world meeting of families this past week. coming up next, first, heavy rain and winds, then a hur karen. first alert team tracking a double dose of stormy weather.

>> a rainy end to the week and cooldown tomorrow. then tracking hurricane joaquin. i'll show you impacts that we could be expecting coming up. >> just tied me up and i cooperated with them. >> held at gun point, tied up and gagged, this happened to a philadelphia grandfather this morning. coming up, evidence police hope will track down the men responsible for a violent home invasion. also, building trust between communities and those who police them. it's a tough task. new tonight, what police and prosecutors in one part of the region plan to do to regain trust next. all new on "nbc 10 news at 6:00."

nbc 10 news starts now. >> a double dose of stormy weather on the way. and the threat has crews along the coast preparing for possible flooding. it's dry and muggy outside right now, but this live look over cape may i believe that must be, shows dark clouds moving in. a sign of changes on the way. could be center city. hard to tell. first alert radar tracking what's to come. first up storms, then the threat of hurricane joaquin this weekend. good evening, i'm jim rosenfield. along with the storms a dramatic drop in temperatures. a lot will change between now and end of the weekend. count on nbc 10 to help you prepare and stay informed. we have nbc 10 live team coverage of the storms.

first alert weather team monitoring the latest changes. watching hurricane joaquin. we have a team of reports along the coast where preparations are already under way. let's begin with meteorologist brittney shipp. brittney's tracking first round of changes. >> things will be quiet as we head into tonight and to work tomorrow. but once we get into tomorrow afternoon, this whinz thiis whe change. 1:00 p.m., light rainfall into south jersey and philadelphia. won't be until overnight hours tomorrow night heading into most of friday that we start to see the rainfall picking up and intensity and once this rain starts it's going to continue through saturday early morning hours. and so our rain totals at that time will be between 2 to 4 inches, our wind speeds sustained between 15 to 25 miles per hour. gusting up to 35 miles per hour, street and stream flooding is also a possibility but even towards the shore, it's going to be a different story. we are