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headed our way and you could see thunderstorms and even some flooding. with this looming threat people are taking advantage of the weather outside today. whether you're in ocean city, folks were out enjoying the sunshine and the heat and here's a live look at our bluecross river rink summerfest camera which you can see summerfest happening at pens landing and there's still some time for you to get out there and enjoy. >> good evening. i'm denise nakano. let's get out to meetorologist erica martin. eric a everyone is wondering whether tomorrow will be a washout. >> youio know, denise, it will be a washout to get this out of the way quickly because we have heavy downpours tonight into tomorrow. so tonight's weather includes rounds of rain showers on the way. heavier and steadier through the overnight hours and already seeing a flash flood warning issue just south of delaware so keep that in mind tonight into tomorrow.

certainly going to be a messy a.m. commute. if you look at the bottom of the screen, you will see your extended forecast for your area. satellite and radar image and you're seeing the pockets make it into the region and you're seeing orange, yellows and reds telling you that they have the isolated thunderstorms on the way and the heavier rain showers tonight into tomorrow. already getting reports of light precip south of delaware and already on its way and those clouds are developing quickly and i also expect isolated areas of patchy fog. coming up in my full forecast, we'll talk about the cooldown for tomorrow. denise, back to you. >> taking a live look in cape may when people are soaking up the sunshine and the clouds are moving in and it's all about the sand for families as people are on the way to the beach. he is live in atlantic county and the threat of wet weather, drew is popping cancellations down the shore? >> that's right, denise, we're hearing about impacts to cape may county right now and middle

township have announced they're canceling their memorial day parades and people can still celebrate. out on the beach, there are still families down here at the ocean and even though the clouds have thickened up in the last 30 minutes and they're enjoying every minute they can down here. it was a hazy start in atlantic city as some clouds clung around the high-rise casino resorts, but out on the beach the yellow umbrellas were up and people were making the most of this second of the three-day holiday weekend. >> we just came out here just to enjoy the scenery, basically. it's nice out here right now. the weather's good. >> at the new jersey korean war memorial families took a moment to appreciate what this weekend is really all about. >> we always celebrate and we always do something nice and we appreciate everything the troops do for us in our world, our country. >> we ran into a local walking back to his house. he said it's been calm so far. >> it wasn't too crowded. everybody had space. beautiful, beautiful day.

>> reporter: and even the ominous forecast for tomorrow isn't sending everyone packing tonight. we spoke with families who will be sticking it out. >> this is a bonus. sometimes it's rainy all weekend and very cold. this is gorgeous. we're very, very luck. >> and a lot of folks considering themselves lucky to be at the beach even at this late hour and they'll be hour as long as the rain holds off. there's also big-name entertainment up the street at the borgata tonight, sincyndi lauper, boy george. i'm drew smith, nbc 10 news. on the eve of memorial day, a salute to the men who fought in world war i and never made it back home. >> the descendants and friends of the 314th infantry regiment's held their 98th memorial service in valley forge park. the group wants to make sure

people continue to remember the sacrifices made in the name of freedom. >> it helps me to remember all those that did participate in the wars and didn't come back. >> the 314th is the only unit that has met continuously since the end of world war i meeting each year to honor the fallen. ♪ ♪ ♪ plenty of patriotism on display in south jersey. people lined the streets to enjoy the town's memorial day parade. the festivities included marching bands, fire trucks and a bike decorating contest for the kids. take the free nbc 10 app with you for the memorial day plan and personalize it for your neighborhood, plus get traffic alerts and push alerts as soon as news breaks. new at 6:00, a young rodeo performer from central pennsylvania died when he was thrown from his horse at a

packed show in south jersey. the horse then trampled 19-year-old coy lutz in front of thousands of spectators. it happened last night at the cow town rodeo in salem county. now this is cell phone video of lutz's ride moments before he was tossed from the horse. we froze the video right before he fell to the ground. the paramedics rushed the teenager to the hospital where he died from his injuries. help from montgomery county high school band whose instruments were severely damaged in an arson last week will still get to play in a local memorial day parade thanks to the help of two other schools. westchester university and springford area high school are lending instruments to north bend. they'll be able to march in lanesdale's memorial day parade tomorrow. it suffered water and storm damage after a student set fire

to it last tuesday. that student was arrested and charged with multiple felonies. well, it will be messy. we go one-on-one with bernie sanders to get his take on the democratic national convention here in philadelphia after his previous comments caused a controversy. plus a show of support. why a group of runners was moved to pound the pavement in honor of a septa police officer hurt in a hit and run.

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>> do you think it will be a peaceful convention? >> of course, i will. i think some of the media and some of my opponents are trying to suggest otherwise, but the american people have a right to stand up and fight for what they believe in. that's what the constitution is about, and of course, our campaign rejects all forms of violence. >> the comments come a week after sanders warned of a potentially messy convention as he pushes the party toward a more progressive ideology. he also says he's confident he'll win the june 7th new jersey primary and may return to the garden state before then to hold a rally. meantime, democratic front-runner hillary clinton plans to hold at least two campaign events this week in new jersey. wednesday morning she'll rally voters in newark and wednesday she'll campaign at mercer county community college. donald trump says illegal immigrants are treated better than military veterans in the united states. trump made those remarks while

at a motorcycle rally honoring veterans and prisoners of war in washington d.c. trump told the crowd the veterans affairs secretary doesn't care about long wait lines and criticized hillary clinton for not being tough enough on the va. former new mexico governor gary johnson will be the libertarian party's nominee in the race for the white house. the party picked johnson today at its convention in florida. johnson also ran for president back in 2012. he received about 1% of the popular vote back then? >> erica? >> dover air force base reporting a quarter of an inch and yoer night rain showers will be steady coming up in my full forecast. i'll see you then.

in northeast philadelphia, runners hit the streets in a

show of support for a police officer. officer gary miller was severely hurt in a hit and run last week and he was running in an intersection where a get well relay took place today and the runners ran toward torsdale hospital where he is being treated. andrea, any update on his condition? >> yesterday, denise, we are told he was taken to icu, but we are told by his wife today that he is doing better. both of them are avid runners and the community got together and they hit the pavement to show their support. >> most in this group have never met septa officer gary miller and his love is all of the connection they need. >> we're all runners and we're all together and so we're all, you know, we're a strong community. >> nearly two dozen runners gathered at chippendale street at 3:00, the same time and same intersection that officer miller was hit by a car during his jog just last week.

the driver kept going. he was doing one more lap as usual and the car hit him and left him lying on the ground. >> the group made the nearly four-mile run in the sweltering heat near area torso hospital and they were met by officer miller's wife who received cards signed by the group and sneakers for when he starts running again. >> thank you, guys. >> a moment of solidarity in her time of need. >> he's still in a lot of pain but thank god i still have him. >> they have recovered the car used in the hit and run, but no arrests have been made. i'm andrea thomas, nbc 10 news. your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather. good afternoon, i'm meteorologist erica martin.

live camera over philadelphia and we are seeing the clouds getting thick and soony. expect heavy showers tonight into tomorrow and already getting reports of light precip south of delaware into dover air force base reporting light rain showers and satellite and radar image picking up those showers and we is see lighter to moderate greens here and pockets of oranges and reds headed our way. again, i don't expect anything wild, not for at least another hour or so, but light rain on the way and it's not until tomorrow night through the overnight hours that we have the steadier rain and the wind direction has a southerly component and it's going just a little bit and a sign that tropical depression bonnie is moving in up the eastern seaboard. they range between 10 to 15 miles per hour. they'll pick up just a little bit. i don't expect this to be a win story at all through the overnight hours and i do expect

it to be a localized flooding issue and perhaps the flash flood watch and flash flood warning. >> otherwise, futurecast will get this into motion and seeing a couple of pockets there of heavier downpour, but mainly we're see something clouds and i do also expect areas of fog. so keep that in mind tonight into tomorrow and do not turn on your high beams. notice we're seeing those pockets through 1:00 a.m. and keep in mind tomorrow, give yourself extra time because i am telling you, it will be messy between 5:00 and 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. so future temperatures we're seeing a couple of 80s out there and the story for tomorrow mainly topping out mainly in the 70s all due to a cold front sliding down and an associated low which is why we'll get the isolated thunderstorms. so your ten-day outlook and then thursday getting warmer and

going right back down to the 70s to end this workweek. you can also follow us on social media. i'm ron burke trying to salvage the final game at wrigley this afternoon. chase utley team owner? we'll explain what that means next.

>> i'm ron burke from comcast sportsnet. the phillies were at wrigley field in chicago for the first time since 1995. vince velasquez who would dig a hole for themselves early yet again in the series and it's been a recurring thing for them. anthony rizzo with an rbi single

with the deck to fowler and coming home. it's 1-0 in the first and in the second miguel montero sends one deep to right and that one goes off the scoreboard with the 2-0 cubs lead. and deep to right. that's gone and things not going well at all for the phillies and they played this way out and this one safe, and still driving to make it 6-0 cubs and the phillies have a long bright spot and tommy joseph and joseph goes deep in the night, but it is not close to being enough. the phillies lose this one 7-2 and they get swept in fig fig. >> last night chase utley provided it for the mets and he was tossed for throwing at utley and utley hits a solo home run and a grand slam. utley has a long history of success dating back to his storied career with the phillies. we all know wikipedia can be edited by anybody so someone

went in and put chase utley as the owner of the met. it's since been changed. the jersey he's wearing cannot go unnoticed. >> moving to the eagles now, they will continue organized activities this week before mandatory training camp comes up and the new coaching staff, and the eagles are going back to the 4-3 scheme under jim schwartz and brandon graham has played the 4-3 and a 3-4 as an eagle and what he liked about the birds and the defense. >> i like that we attacked first, and i think he really trusts the d-line to have a four-man pressure and i'm just excited because you really believe in the d line especially the one that we got here especially with what they did in the draft and i can't wait to prove them right. >> the indian an loys motor speedway for the running of the indy 500, start your engine and

pablo montoya crashes and his day is done and he's out of the race. the winner is america's rookie, alexander rossy. his car ran out of gas after he crossed the finish line. with the traditional milk in his tank, he does hissed abouty good. i'm ron burke, comcast sportsnet, back to you, denise. >> time to check in with thomas roberts for a look at nbc "nightly news." good evening, thomas. >> denise, good evening to you. coming up, we'll have new details about the harrowing moments in the cincinnati zoo after a 3-year-old boy gets trapped in a gorilla exhibit and over this memorial day weekend, eight people shot including two officers. i know as you were talking about lots of severe weather over this holiday weekend from texas all of the way around the eastern coastline. we got it covered for you and the man known as the human arrow flying over china's great wall today and we'll have that when

we see you for nbc nightly news. >> i can't wit to see you. thank you so much. we'll be right back. >> thank you.

final check of the forecast and eric a most of the memorial day weekend is good. >> but that's not the case right now. we have showers being reported and heavier downpours overnight. >> okay. that will be tonight and tomorrow. >> all day tomorrow. pretty much for the entire day and look at this. by 11:30 p.m. it will be a washout with thunderstorms. >> all right, erica. thank you. for eric a ron and all of us here. i'm denise nakano. we'll see you back here at 11:00. nbc "nightly news" is next. connections.

you're not just in the classroom; you're part of the community. you meet these tiny kids every year, and you help them learn and grow. but you also get to know their families, and over the years they become a part of your life, and you become a part of theirs. when you build those connections, you can accomplish some pretty amazing things. i'm jackie kruzik and i'm proud to be a new jersey educator.

shooting rampage. violence at a houston neighborhood during this memorial day weekend. eight people shot including two officers. deadly storms sweeping up the east coast tonight, bringing drenching rain, high winds and flooding. in texas, the search for the missing continues. a bridge too far. major questions about judgment and wasteful spending to replace part of a california bridge. how a seemingly simple infrastructure project costs billions and american jobs along the way. and the human arrow, a daredevil in a wind suit has a clos