because if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." nbc 10 news starts now. new from overnight, a hotel fire forces guests out into the street. we'll show you how the scene in center city played out. a bill making its way through harrisburg has the catholic church on edge. we'll explain the controversy over a proposed law aimed at helping child abuse victims. plus, this -- >> we can't have that happen. of course i'm concerned for my players' safety. >> this morning, the phillies and the police want to know who threw a beer bottle at ryan howard. we'll hear why the slugger says he doesn't deserve this kind of treatment. it's 4:00 a.m., it's monday, this is nbc 10. let's begin with karen thomas

and the first alert forecast. >> we say good-bye to that line of severe weather that came through the area last evening and as that did sweep through the area, you can see it now well off the coast, leaving clouds out there in the ocean and showers behind it here. we have a few clouds around. we're looking for high pressure moving in today. yes, we are dry, waking up this morning. there's the good news. what we can expect in the future is high pressure. we're looking for sunshine and less humid conditions. we have less humid air moving in. boy, we felt a bit tropical late yesterday as those storms were building and then moving through the area. what we can expect is to move through monday, sunshine and temperatures moving out of the 60s. that's where we are right now up into the mid to upper 80s for our high temperatures. and then, get ready, buzz we've got a midweek cooldown. i'll tell you about that in a little bit. tracy? we are starting with the

vine street expressway around 24th street. no big problems or ongoing construction. all traffic moving along westbound or eastbound on the vine right now. as we typically hold out the door then, no problems getting to the schuylkill or 295. 422, no big problems here either. speeds into the 60s. westbound doing just fine as well. we'll check in with new jersey roads when i come back in the next ten. we're following breaking news from overseas. a school trip ends with 14 dead in turkey. six of theç victims are childr. the school buses returning from a field trip to a national park when it crashed into a car and fell into a canal. 26 others are hurt. count on nbc 10 for updates to this breaking news on air and our nbc 10 app. new from overnight, guests are back in their rooms after a small electrical fire at the embassy swuuites in center city. after about 25 minutes they were

allowed back inside but the elevators were out. some guests tell us they climbed 25 flights to get back to their rooms. this morning, a controversy is building between the catholic church and lawmakers in harrisburg. at issue, a bill designed to help victims of child sex abuse in pennsylvania. nbc 10's matt delucia is live in center city. tell us what the bill is all about, matt. >> reporter: archbishop charles chaput is calling on area catholics to oppose this bill and hopes their voice will help take down this measure. we're talking about the statehouse bill 1947. it passed in the house in harrisburg in april. essentially what this bill does is extend the statute of limitations on claims of sexual abuse. it would allow past victims to file claims up until they're 50 years of age. right now the limit is able 30. it would eliminate the criminal statute of limiting as on future sex abuse claims. >> many don't come forward ever. many don't come forward for decades and decades and decades

and their lives are inalterably changed. they have no statute of limits on the pain that was inflicted on them. i support what was a compromise measure to get some justice for victims of sexual abuse. >> the archdiocese is calling this on attack on the church. archbishop chaput says the church is committed to helping survivors in abuse in healing but calls this destructive legislation in that area, catholics will end up bearing the financial burden. the letter calls on parishioners to con tack their state senator. the bill is expected to be heard in the state senate in the next couple of weeks. live in center city, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. 4:04. 70 degrees outside. today in philadelphia, a federal judge will hear arguments over whether a list of expected

co-conspirators in the bridgegate scandal should be released. a challenge was made claiming his right to due process would be violated. also today, the head of the federal reserve janet yellen will be in philadelphia scheduled to speak at the world affairs council luncheon. yellen's address will likely focus on the government's job report for may which many economic experts found disappointing. economists and investors are looking for any hint from yell than the fed will raise interest rates. the phillies are trying to identify a fan who threw a beer bottle at ryan howard. he just made the final out of the game when he saw the bottle at his feet while walking back to the phils çdugout.

he told comcast sportsnet, the incident crossed the line and became personal. howard said he's done too much for philadelphia to have that kind of stuff happen. >> that's dangerous for whoever threw that. we can't have that happen. of course i'm concerned for my players' safety. >> i think it's rude for anybody to throw anything at anybody. especially when they're at work. >> does it make philadelphia fans look bad. >> they look like morons. >> security video did capture the bottle being thrown. people are offering up their opinions on the ryan howard situation on social media. i'd love to know what you think about this. does this paint us in another bad light to fans across the country? tweet us your thoughts on howard's legacy in philadelphia and how the team and fans are reacting to his slumping 2016 season. 4:06. severe storms are gone from our area but they did leave a mark. this is time lapsed video

showing them sweeping through the nbc 10 viewing area yesterday. they brought strong winds and rain and left thousands in the dark at one point. utility crews are working to get the last remaining customers without power back online this morning. the strong storms knocked out power lines and knocked down trees. the thunderstorms didn't last very long but the intense wind is what caused most of the damage. a home in morristown, burlington county caught fire after lightning struck there. >> a big boom and she comes and says, mommy, what was that? i look out the back door. i thought maybe one of the tree branches fell on the house. there were flames roaring out the backside of the house. >> in south philadelphia, the skies cleared just in time for a huge crowd to enjoy an outdoor performance by beyonce at lincoln financial field. some people are still waiting for lights to come back. atlantic city electric has more

than 1600 people without power, delmarva has 800 without power. pocono raceway will take another crack at running the nascar sprint cup race. rain and fog postponed it yesterday, it kept cars off the tricky triangle in long pond. better weather is expected today. gates open at 8:00, the race starts at noon. now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather. and good monday morning. i'm meteorologist karen thomas taking a look at your neighborhood forecast. the severe storms moved through quickly yesterday but did bring damage. the highest wind gusts clocked in williamstown, gloucester county, south jersey at 70 miles per hour. that's pretty strong wind gusts. we say good-bye to severe storms. the lined moved quickly overnight offshore. we can see the residual there. we're keeping an eye on tropical storm colin in the gulf. that's about 355 nautical miles

off the florida coast there, expected to come ashore near tampa between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. watching this storm down there. all is quiet waking up monday morning. 68 degrees in wilmington. 69 in philadelphia. 67 degrees in mt. holly. we are looking for sunshine today. so we paid a little price yesterday with the dicey weather but today it's going to shapeçp to be quite nice for sure. just a few clouds around here in wilmington, delaware. temperatures will be bumping up as we move on through our monday. you'll need the shades today. we have plenty of sunshine in and around. just a few clouds. cloudier this morning. clearing skies later on in the afternoon. temperatures in the upper 80s. philadelphia in the suburbs, we have sunshine, a few clouds around. temperatures in the low to mid-80s, not doing too bad. still feeling like summer up in the lehigh valley. mid-80s here once again and in new jersey, we've got plenty of

sunshine. this is inland down at the jersey shore. little cooler at 83 in wildwood. plenty of sunshine. if you are headed to the beach, you'll want the sun block for sure. tracy? >> will do, karen. thanks. 4:10. let's get you to work on this monday morning. usually roads are nice and quiet about now. let's check with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> everything is quiet right now. we are watching the boulevard around roberts avenue. no big problems so far in either direction, north or southbound, traffic moving along nicely. no big problems or delays. we're also watching the pa turnpike. it looks the same. a westbound drive time of 23 minutes. at the most it will take you if you're heading west or eastbound from route 1 in valley forge. speeds into the mid-60s there as well. moving over to berlin in new jersey, route 73 around jackson road has no problems, not even a car in sight. that's pretty much what most of

our majors look like right now. no problems so far. tracy? >> jessica, thanks. after a lopsided win in the puerto rico primary, hillary clinton is in striking distance of becoming the presumptive presidential nominee for the democrats we'll explain how tomorrow's primaries could seal the deal for clinton and we'll hear why bernie sanders is not going down without a fight. bracing for colin. how people in the south are preparing for the tropical storm barreling toward florida right now.

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4:13. rain is gone. expected to start the week on a dry note. meteorologist karen thomas is back in a few minutes with the neighborhood forecast. take a look at this flood

video near houston. the landscape is swamped as far as the eye can see. storms dumped more than a foot of rain in parts of texas over the past two weeks. authorities are blaming the resulting floods for more than a dozen deaths. now yb the latest on 16 deaths at ft. hood, texas, including nine soldiers who were lost in floodwaters during a training exercise. we've learn one of those soldiers is from north jersey and now we're hearing from her mother. army private james was some jersey city, hudson county. private james and eight other soldiers died friday when their vehicle overturned and washed away. her mother said she loved her military brothers and sisters. >> she loved the army. she loved it. she thought of this in high school, she decided this is what

she wanted to do. >> three other soldiers who were hurt in the accident survived. the family of a victim of the market street collapse says they will continue to fight for construction safety reforms. it was three years ago yesterday that this building collapsed in center city killing six people, including ann bryan. her family is urging the public to support sound construction and demolition safety reforms before another tragedy happens. the city has made some changes to the law, including better training for city inspectors because of the collapse. a convicted contractor and subcontractor who took a plea deal are both serving time in prison for their roles in that collapse. the city meantime is building a memorial at the site. the bryan family is one of those who fought it make it happen. her parents say they know their daughter will be looking down on memorial with an approving smile. 4 a 15. now to decision 2016. democrat hillary clinton is on the door step of her party's

presidential nomination. she won the puerto rico primary yesterday. nbc news projects clinton is just 22 delegates shy of clinching the nod. the former secretary of state breezed to victory over senator bernie sanders in puerto rico with two-thirds of the vote count, clinton has 61%, sanders has 39%p (t&háhp &hc% bernie sanders is showing no signs of surrender. over the weekend, he said the democratic national convention in philadelphia next month will be a contested convention. his campaign chief said sanders is confident about winning tomorrow's california primary and of swaying superdelegates to support his nomination bid. new jersey and california are the big prizes tomorrow as six states hold primaries. polls show hillary clinton ahead in new jersey and it's a dead heat between clinton and sanders in california. on the republican side of the presidential race, donald trump is coming under more fire for new comments that some are calling bigoted. on friday, trump referred to a judge's mexican heritage as a

conflict of interest in a lawsuit involving the now defunct trump university. then yesterday, the gop candidate said it's possible a muslim judge would also be biased toward him. former house speaker newt gingrich called trump's comments not presidential. florida is preparing for tropical storm colin's arrival later today. up to 8 inches of rain is possible. residents of south -- residents south of orlando are getting sandbags to put around nearby lakes or ponds. heavy rain and high surf are the main threats. now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather. >> good monday morning. i'm meteorologist karen thomas. our weather story is a nice one today. we're looking for tranquil weather especially after that strong line of thunderstorms came through the area last evening. we're looking for a cold front tomorrow. bringing showers or the possibility of showers late tuesday afternoon. we want to get outside if we can

today and enjoy the dry weather. our winds right now mainly out of the west/southwest. 11 miles per hour in wilmington. 10 miles per hour in philadelphia. but boy we had very strong wind gusts last evening when that line of thunderstorms came through the area. the highest wind speed clocked so far, 70 miles per hour for a wind gust. that was in south jersey, as that line of storms moved through. all is calm it morning. just breezy conditions today. 69 degrees right now in philadelphia. we do have clouds around, left from the storm. but the clouds will be clearing out as we move on through our monday morning. temperatures will be on the rise. but for now, we're closing in on 70 degrees in fox chase. 69 degrees in winchester park. you see there, west mount airy, 66, 68 degrees in society hill. as i said, waking up when the sun officially comes up at 5:35. we will be seeing some sunshine, just a few clouds around. we are mostly dry.

there is the line right here, this skirted right off the coast very quickly last night by about midnight. it was off of the jersey shoreline in southern delaware. just a few residual showers. for the most part, that system is gone. we'll take it out further and show you how far reaching that front really is. all the way down here. here's tropical storm colin churning about in the gulf. you can see the cloud line there. thankfully, that system is off of the coast and will remain there. high pressure moving in today. all in all, not a bad monday. as i said, you'll need the sunglasses, especially if you're able to eat your lunch outside today, maybe what we're looking for, 66 degrees right nowç in e pennsylvania burbs. nothing but sun, a few clouds around later on in the day. we are looking for a high temperature in the pennsylvania suburbs today, the 84 degrees. high temperature in philadelphia, close to 87. tracy? >> looks great.

thanks. 20 minutes past 4:00. let's get you to work on this monday. first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington has you covered with everything you need to know before you head out. >> we're watching 4 2 right now. no big delays or problems. these cameras are around trooper road. you can see some cones in the area. no active work projects right now. headed eastbound towards the schuylkill expressway, still an eigh eight-minute trip. route 202 looks great also. we're quiet so far. northbound or southbound, from 30 to the schuylkill, 11-minute trip there. average speeds into the 50s. the high 50s at that. if you take any of the area bridges, no scheduled openings on the burlington bristol or the tacony palmyra. that can always change. no problems getting over the ben or the walt whitman bridge into philly. if you're getting ready for that summer vacation, there's one thing you may want to take

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4:23. good morning, cape may. today we're expecting temperatures to hit the mid-80s in most spots with less humid air hanging around. we'll tell you what to expect in your neighborhood in just a few minutes. you could hear some loud sirens around the limerick nuclear power plan the today. a siren test will last three minutes at 2:00 this afternoon. this is one of two full volume tests done every year. there are 165 sirens in

montgomery, chester and berks county within a ten-mile radius of the plant. this year's philadelphia international cycling classic is in the record books. here's the scene in manayunk yesterday, where hundreds of riders started and ended their trek around the 12.3 mile loop. >> great thing in philadelphia with all the people, the clouds coming out and cheering for us. just makes it official racing in this area of town with the river, it's really nice. >> edward predaise of spain won the men's race, megan debornea took the woman's title. before the main cycling event yesterday, some neighborhood kids had a race of their own. the cell phone race sent to nbc 10 shows the youngsters taking off at the starting line at the top of the wall in manl junk.

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nbc10.com. the deadline to apply is august 26th. now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather. >> all right. waking up this monday morning, we are looking for a few clouds around this morning. the sun officially rising at 5:33 a.m. this morning. those strong storms are out of here and we are looking for more tranquil weather to start our workweek. so we're just waiting on the sunrise. it's going to be a nice one. i think you're going to enjoy this, especially compared to the rocky weather yesterday. jess? we are watching lehigh valley right now. that's on route çi-78 around lehigh street. we'll have updates for you in the morning as soon as things start to become backed up. we'll have the next update at 4:30. flex at 4:30, a teenager is in the hospital after surviving a botched robbery attempt. we'll explain how three young men managed to escape with their belongings and their lives.

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nbc 10 news starts now. new from overnight, a teenager is recovering after surviving a gunshot wound during an attempted robbery. how the victim and his friends escaped the situation. the catholic church is pushing back against a proposed law in pennsylvania. we'll explain how the bill aimed at protecting young sex abuse victims is causing controversy. a cold case, a decade later. how police are trying to drum up clues in a death that happened ten years ago today. just about 4:30. good morning. welcome to monday. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. 70 degrees outside. let's get right to meteorologist

karen thomas and the first alert neighborhood forecast. good morning, karen. >> i like how you sayç welcomeo monday. welcome to sunshine later on today. there's the good news. boy, we had interesting weather last evening for sure as that strong line of thunderstorms came through the area, damaging winds for some parts of the region as that system moved through. the latest satellite radar picture showing us that the line of storms well off the coast, now out to the ocean. we don't even have residual left behind. just a few clouds around early this morning. we're looking for high pressure to be moving in. it's a far reaching system taking us down the carolina coast and into the gulf of mexico. we're watching tropical storm colin churning about, right now about 355 nautical miles from the area of tampa. expected to come close if not onshore later on this evening. tropical storm warning for counties along the gulf coast there of florida. temperatures back here at