nbc 10 news starts now. shattering windows to save a little girl trapped inside a burning home in philadelphia. you'll hear the heroic efforts to bring her out. the sentences of hundreds of philadelphia inmates hang in the balance thanks to a supreme court ruling. today, a philadelphia judge will start hearing the resentencing cases of juveniles punished with life in prison without parole. we're tracking showers moving toward our region this friday morning. will that wet weather stretch into the weekend? we'll find out, it's friday, 4:00 a.m. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert neighborhood forecast. a close look at conditions at

communities across pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. bill, you're tracking showers this morning? >> yes, not everybody is seeing them. check out south philadelphia, citizens bank park. the grounded is dry. not raining yet. that will be changing at times this morning. we're not looking at an all-day rainfall. rain is moving into northern new castle county, delaware, in towards the philadelphia area, just a few sprinkles. this is a light rain towards philadelphia. steadier in west chester and southern chester county. into the reading area and berks county, light rainfall for reading right now. it's just starting to move into the lehigh valley for allentown, not yet into northampton county. showers, they'll be around at times during the day. the hour by hour forecast calling for a chance of showers this morning into the late morning hours, then mostly cloudy skies at 3:00 this afternoon. we will get into the upper 70s today but falls short of the 880 degree mark.

suburbs, the lehigh valley, showers starring things off. those showers extend into the late morning hours. at 3:00 this afternoon, mostly cloudy skies and 72. delaware, a chance of scattered showers. we're seeing is right now. during the afternoon hours it's mainly going to be cloudy. same story for new jersey and at the shore, mostly cloudy skies, showers are less likely there. we'll go through the futurecast hour by hour when i'm back in ten minutes, show you when the showers are likely to pop up. let's see how the traffic is moving. jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >> we're watching 422, already a problem on this early friday morning around route 29 headed westbound on 422 right now. we are dealing with an accident scene. the reports are that the left lane is only blocked. traffic still getting by. as you can see here, all traffic is being diverted off the exit at route 29. 422 headed westbound around 29, road flares are blocking off the

roads right now. traffic is moving off on the exit ramp and being diverted around the scene. here's a schuylkill expressway, doing better here. no big problems or delays. an eastbound/westbound drive time of 13 minutes. we'll update you on 422 when i come back. >> 4:03. a philadelphia judge will hear the first of 300 resentencing cases of juveniles that were sentenced to life without parole. january's ruling said the decision must be applied retroactivey)which means those people in prison must be given a chance to be resentenced. the ruling aways to some 1,000 inmates across the country, including about 300 in philadelphia. i sat down yesterday with seth williams, philadelphia district attorney and he told me the resentencing process is not an instant one. >> there are a lot of different

parties, all working very hard together to ensure we get this right. philadelphia has more individuals than need to be resentenced as a result of any other city in america. important for your viewers to know 50% of them were convicted in the '80s and earlier. >> williams told me it could take up to three years to review all the cases and give all 300 prisoners a resentencing hearing. new from overnight, a person police say was shot in a dispute between neighbors is being treated for a graze wound. the gunfire happened just before midnight on thoron avenue in west oak lane. so far there have been no arrests. a 5-year-old girl rescued from a philadelphia house fire is in the hospital along with her mother and a police officer. the fire broke out yesterday afternoon. witnesses watched the first

rescue attempts but the smoke was too heavy. the girl's mortgage and off-duty police officer ended up injured trying to save her from the flames. video shows firefighters breaking windows. they eventually got the girl out. >> her mom ran in there several times to try to save her. she was coming out black from head to toe. >> we're hoping along with this community for a positive outcome for the mother and child. >> the girl and her mother are in critical condition. the officer is in stable condition. now to a story we brought you as breaking news last nature at 11:00. police have recovered the van of an elderly man found murdered in west philadelphia. investigators say his killer drove off in it after strangling the maintenance man in his home on theodore street on tuesday. police are still searching for the killer. now to this story from chester county. this is the face of a young life cut short. ryan benjamin was found dead in

east coventry township on memorial day. fishermen discovered her body in a pond. the 24-year-old was tied to a cinder block. now police are trying to track down her killer. authorities released pictures of jewelry and a tattoo. she worked as a preschool teacher at the warwick child care center. she lived with a family friend who said benjamin would also spend the night with friends. when she heard reports of a body found she became concerned. >> i tried calling her several times. it went right to voicemail, then i started to worry. >> benjamin's body showed no signs of strangulation, gunshot wound or blunt force trauma. authorities believe someone killed her and dumped her body in the pond. the military is mourning the death of at least six service members who died on u.s. soil yesterday. those deaths came from accidents in two different states with a third accident destroying an air force jet. at least five soldiers died

after an army truck overturned in a creek at ft. hood, texas. three other soldiers were rescued. they're in stable condition. four soldiers are still missing. in nashville, a pilot wasç killed yesterday when his blue angels jet crashed during a practice session. officials say the jet went down after takeoff near an airport where an air show is scheduled for this weekend. authorities don't yet know what caused the crash. and in colorado springs, an f-16 jet crashed at the air force academy commencement sayre money attended by president obama. no one was hurt in this crash, though. the pilot safely ejected. the president after learning about what happened, met with the pilot shortly after the incident to the thank him for his service. the air force said engine failure likely caused that crash. 4:07. a medical examiner's report confirms prince died of a drug overdose. the findings confirm two months of speculation.

the medical examiner in minnesota says the music legend died of an accidental feoverdos. some synthetic forms can be up to 50 times stronger than heroin. the focus of the criminal investigation turns to determining who supplied the drug. here in pennsylvania, governor wolf says he wants the state to take a bigger role in fighting opioid addiction. yesterday he talked about the $34 million he put in his budge tote combat drug abuse. he said that's just to start. the money will help fund 50 outpatient treatment centers across the state. wolf calls the budget request a down yamt toward solving the problem of heroin and other pain killer abuse. >> we're actually going to create an environment where you can get treatment and we can address the issues that affect you on a continuing basis.

>> pennsylvania ranks among the top states in the country for drug overdose deaths. meantime, new numbers from the philadelphia health department show the deadliest sections of the city when it comes to overdoses. more people are dying from opioid and heroin overdoses in port richmond, fishtown, kensington and tacony more than any other parts of the city. the data shows 67 out of every 100 residents in those areas died of an opioid overdeuce in to 16. the nbc 10 team spend months documenting the problem of opioid addiction in our problem. check out "generation addicted" on nbc10.com and the nbc 10 app. now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> clouds are back and this morning we're also tracking some rain, just a few light rain showers moving through philadelphia right now. the temperatures holding in the 60s to start with. we'll be in the upper 60s by 9:00 and still more wet weather

in store for us. rain and 67 in delaware. dry in south jersey, 65 degrees there. and so far, it's dry in the lehigh valley but the first rain drops are already starting to move in to some of the suburbs. the temperatures that are in the middle 60s right now won't get as warm this afternoon as what we saw yesterday. we were in the middle 80s yesterday afternoon. a warmup into the 70s, close to 80 degrees later on. you can see the first of the rain starting to move in to philadelphia. very light rainfall, moving through chester county into montgomery county. this is part of a system that looks more scattered to the west. it's not going to be an all-day rainfall. it's just the chance of showers that will be around through the day. the first batch of rain will move through as the temperatures warm up, we could see heavier downpours. you can see themç farther to t southwest. there's a possibility of thunderstorms in our area for this afternoon. futurecast shows that this is 6:30 this morning. look at the rain moving through. some of the same rain we're

dealing with right now. it extends into delaware as we go through the morning. 10:30 in the morning, a steadier rain through trenton, philadelphia and wilmington. it is mainly light. if we do get a thunderstorm popping up, that's when we'll see heavier downpours. the rain is going to be light. it starts to taper off and become more scattered into the lunch time hour. there's more wet weather to the west as we go into the afternoon and evening hours. don't put your umbrella away, just as things start to dry out this afternoon, that may not be the end of the wet weather. occasional showers, a chance of showers, high temperatures in the upper 70s with mostly cloudy skies with the suburbs and the lehigh valley. 7le degrees in bethlehem this afternoon. the umbra elle will go up at times in new jersey. a scattered shower, thunderstorm is possible for glassboro, 77 degrees today. mainly just cloudy at the shore. most of the activity, the rain will stay inland and wilmington and dover could be in for some showers. stays dry in lewes with cloudy skies and 74.

that's today. the seven-day at the bottom of the screen. your weekend forecast and the ten-day outlook when i'm back in ten minutes. let's get you to work on this friday morning. one more day until the weekend. jessica boyington is watching the roads, including route 42. >> 422, actually, tracy. around route 29, looks like they are letting cars move through the area. moments ago all cars were being diverted off on this exit ramp. flares still out, restricting some of the lanes as well. we should be good to go shortly. we'll keep you updated there. we're watching the area bridges. no problem on the ben or the walt whitman. we have a scheduled opening for the burlington bristol, scheduled for 4:15. in the next couple of minutes or so we'll desays there. watching the vine street expressway, we typically take

the vine when you wake up in the morning. no construction right now. you're good to go westbound and eastbound between broad street and the schuylkill. tracy in. >> jessica, thanks. next tuesday is primary day in new jersey and california. a new poll shows the california race could be the tightest ever for the democrats. plus, this -- >> donald trump's ideas aren't just different, they are dangerously incoherent. >> democrat hillary clinton takes aim at donald trump when it comes to how he handled foreign policy. and she pulled no punches. and it's order in the court. we'll tell you what led to this chaotic scene.

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four days before the california democratic primary. a new poll shows that hillary clinton and bernie sanders are in a dead heat. the usc/l.a. times poll shows sanders ahead of clinton by one point among registered voters. but clinton has a ten-point lead among likely voters. clinton took aim at the presumptive gop nominee in san diego yesterday. >> this is not someone who should ever have the nuclear code, because it's not hard to imagine donald trump leading us into a war just because somebody got under his very thin skin. >> the democratic front-runner added that electing trump president would be an historic mistake for the country. meantime, last night, donald trump fired back. he told supporters in san jose clinton did not look presidential, called her crooked and mo+e.

>> the fact that they even allow her to participate in this race is a disgrace to the united states. it's a disgrace to our nation. it's a disgrace. >> trump was referring to the scandal surrounding clinton's use of private e-mail while secretary of state. donald trump now has what some are calling the most important endorsement of his campaign. house speaker paul ryan tweeted yesterday he will be voting for trump in november. ryan wrote an editorial for a wisconsin newspaper in which he said he has more common ground with trump than disagreement. just last month, you'll remember, ryan said he wasn't ready to back trump for president. for complete coverage of decision 2016 stories, you can tap the nbc 10 app. 4:18. 66 degrees outside. happening today, a new push to improve gun safety in pennsylvania by making sure weapons are stored safely. democratic state representative leslie acosta is leading the

charge. later this morning she'll unveil a new package of bills at temple university hospital. they include requiring gun owners to have safety devices and store their guns in locked containers. now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather with meteorologist bill henley. temperatures are in the 60s right now, clouds returned. i'm tracking some showers and a chance of some thunderstorms during the day. so far, it is light rain moving into elkton, philadelphia and allentown. this light rain is heavier to the west. but not much. those are moderate showers just clearing harrisburg right now. no sign of lightning or thunder this morning. that is a possibility during the day. the weekend, that's going to be 50/50. a day with a break from the rain and then it returns for sunday. saturday, the temperatures will climb as we get some sunshine, 85 degrees. but here comes more wet weather for sunday, showers and thunderstorms and heavy downpours are likely on sunday. today we'll see scattered

showers. not an all-day rainfall and a chance of some thunderstorms. 76 degrees in bethlehem. easton also in the middle 70s today. a mostly cloudy day for the suburbs, occasional light showers, especially this morning. should be drying out some this afternoon. for philadelphia, we'll see a few scattered shower this morning and into the early afternoon hours and mostly cloudy skies. 78 degrees. in south jersey, scattered showers are possible. trenton 75 degrees this afternoon. at the shore, manly just cloudy. a chance of a thunderstorm. most of the activity will be staying inland. galloway township, 72 degrees. scattered showers for wilmington and dover. you'll most likely need the rain gear this morning, less likely this afternoon. i'd keep it handy during this evening. there goes the shower. this is the first round of showers moving into the area. to the west you can see scattered showers, through west virginia and western pennsylvania. in fact, this is where we're

seeing thunderstorm activity right now. nowhere near us. those thunderstorms are moving to the northeast. we have a possibility of thunderstorms for us, especially later this morning and this afternoon. then we get a break for tomorrow. 78 degrees today. sunshine is back tomorrow. partly sunny sky, 85 the high temperature. here comes another round of wet weather. this time it will be more widespread and there's a greater potential for heavier rainfall and better chance of strong thunderstorms on sunday. we could see damaging wind, possibly even hail on sunday. then it's clearing out on monday, 82 degrees. chance ofç some showers on tuesday. and then wednesday and thursday, we're drying out, cooling down a bit on wednesday. back into the low 80s for thursday, friday and into the 80s on the weekend. starting on friday, a chance of showers will continue through the area over the next weekend. so stand by for some wet weather today and it looks like a 50/50 weekend. tracy? >> we'll take that, though. tomorrow looks great. thanks, bill.

4:21. let's look at 422. jessica boyington continues to focus on that road for your morning commute. >> good news. we had all lanes blocked headed westbound around route 29. now everything is back open. we had an earlier accident on the westbound side. now, no problems westbound or eastbound on 422. we are watching where an earlier water main break was out in king of prussia on mall boulevard between dekalb pike and goddard boulevard. we are checking out the burlington bristol, scheduled for an opening around 4:15. we're in the process of that right now. we'll see delays there. otherwise, the rest of the bridges into philadelphia are just fine for the ben and the walt. philadelphia is gearing up for sunday's philadelphia international cycling classic. plus the city pulls the wraps off a name change for a busy street all to honor a pair of war heroes born and raised in philly. you'll hear the mayor's

emotional tribute. most tell their kids look but don't touch. that's a lesson this man did not remember on a recent trip to a museum. see what the museum is saying about that mishap.

philadelphia is honoring two of its wartime heroes. this stretch of columbus boulevard is now known as william j.guarnere and edward hefron boulevard. >> this working highway, this working street is a perfect -- a

perfect testimony to two working men who game back from a war and went back to work and did what they had to do to raise their family, and make the neighborhood a better place. >> they were graduates of south philadelphia high school. 4:26 now. today at noon, we'll get a preview of sunday's international cycling classic. mayor kenney and officials will hold a news conference at city hall. the men's race is sunday morning at 8:00, the women's race at 12:30. look but don't touch, it's the first rule when you visit a museum, right? it seems like one man just couldn't resist. on the left-hand side of your screen you see the guy touching a sculpted wooden clock before it falls to the floor and breaks. when they can't piece it back together they walk away. the museum director is not pressing charges but wants to reminded people, look with your eyes, not with your hands.

now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather. >> maybe they need stronger developio or whatever they use for putting that on the wall. you need a strong umbrella "today." not all day, we have some showers but there's a chance of downpours with thunderstorms during the day. right now 66 degrees and a little bit of a breeze blowing. jessica boyington is in your first alert traffic center, watching the roads this morning on a friday morning. >> we're watching 76. this is over in gloucester in new jersey around market street. lanes moving away from you are heading to philadelphia. no big problems are there. updates on route 202 when i come back. stay right there. we'll be right back.

nbc 10 news starts now. >> he told me, don't go win love you. >> those were the last words of an 18-year-old hit and run victim to the father of his girlfriend. this morning, the victim's own father is also sharing his son's final moments. following the money trail. the federal corruption trail of congressman chaka fattah continues after prosecutors focused on his finances yesterday. and grab an umbrella, we're tracking showers today in the first alert forecast. it's 4:30. 66 degrees outside. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. and when we say we are tracking showers, i mean meteorologist bill henley is tracking showers for your first alert neighborhood forecast. bill? >> you can follow along. look at these live views from around our area. and the latest observation, the suburbs see something rain as well as parts of delaware. not everybody is going to get the rain during the day today.