nbc 10 news starts now. partial building collapse. new from overnight, a family is forced out after a ceiling cave-in inside a north philadelphia boarding house. school sex assault. a private school i.t. staffer is charged with having an inappropriate relationship with a teenage student. tracking showers, nbc 10 cameras caught this downpour overnight on broad street. more rain is ahead for tonight and this evening. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. meteorologist bill henley is tracking the showers. he has your first neighborhood

forecast. >> it's not going to be an all-day rain but we're starting off with showers and we have seen thunderstorms, too. look at the heavy rain that's crossing delaware bay and into south jersey. that has produced some lightning this morning. and that heavy rain is making its way to the east into cumberland and cape may counties right now. that won't be the end of it, even though it's dry in philadelphia, we'll see occasional showers an a chance of thunderstorms especially later this afternoon. delaware right now, 72 degrees. a light breeze out of the south at 8 miles an hour. we could see strong, gusty winds with thunderstorms. later this morning and into the afternoon hours, that's when we could be looking at some storms in philadelphia. 71 degrees right now. into the 80s with occasional showers and thunderstorms. i'll go through the forecast with the futurecast hour by hour to show you when those storms are most likely to pop up later today when i'm back in ten minutes. right now, let's check in with jessica boyington to see what's happening on the roads.ç

jessie? >> we're watching the vine street expressway through center city where we're watching 24th street. the roads look damp in either direction. the main thing we're concerned about is that we're closed for construction. you can see flashing lights up ahead. it is closed between broad street and the schuylkill expressway. local vine is your best bet for an alternate. 95 into center city having in problems. the blue route southbound from the schuylkill to 95 is a 15-minute trip. speeds into the 60s. watching the cleanup of this construction on the walt whitman bridge. there are intermittent lane closures as well as construction and lane restrictions as well. watch for construction crews in the area. tracy? >> jessica, thanks. it's 4:02. the red cross is help iing peop that lived in a boarding house

that had a ruehl collapse. no one was hurt. police have arrested a former school employee who they say sexually assaulted a student multiple times at the school and home. futurecast's katy zachry is live in upper gwynedd with a look at who this man is. katy, tell us more. >> these disturbing allegations are not what you would expect coming out of any school, but especially upper gwynedd school, a private school in the area. this took place between -- he's accused of findling, kissing and touching. he worked at the academy elementary schools i.t. department until february of this year.

the alleged relationship began a few months before that and started with inappropriate text messages between the two and continued to physical contact, both at the school, inside forte's i.t. office and once at the victim's home. coming up in the next half hour you'll see some of the text messages that were exchanged between the victim and the suspect, marcus forte. you'll hear how many times police here had to question him before he confessed. that's coming up in the next 25 minutes. katy zachry, nbc 10 news. discrimination by a former philadelphia school superintendent will cost the school more than $2 million. the late arlene ackerman unfairly steered a no-bid contract to a minority owned firm. that firm sued over a contract involving surveillance cameras.

ackerman died in 2013. three years earlier said she was sick of giving the district's work to contractors who did not look like her. atlantic city residents will get a chance to weigh in on the city's financial recovery plan. mayor don guardian and city council members will hold a public meeting tonight at 6:00. they're expecting to have an update on the plan to fix the city's budget before the state gives in. so far the city has said it wilç drum up cash by selling off property and raising fees for permits. casino workers in atlantic city could go on strike this friday. five of the city's eight gaming houses would be affected by the walkout. the workers want compensation for past give-backs. observers say picketing would hurt both union workers and the casinos. consumer advocate erin brockovich is holding a community meeting in horsham to

talk about the next step for neighbors impacted by tainted drunking water. the meeting is at 6:00 at upper moreland high school. brockovich will participate via video conference. council members last night decided to put filtration systems into some of the township's public wells and buy water from north wales. the council wants the navy to pay for it. neighbors at the meeting praised the move but they say they're still not comfortable drinking their own water. >> drinking bottled water out of an abundance of caution. i'd rather be safe than sorry. >> horsham township had to shut down five of its public wells. get ready for more fun today in the wawa welcome america festival. here's what you can do on day two. museum without walls is free to anyone. access it by phone, mobile app

or on the web. also, take advantage of the screening of the ledge end of tarzan. you can see a screening of the good dinosaur at xfinity live at 5:00. last night, the franklin institute gave us a look at the science behind those popular pixar characters. nbc 10 was in franklin square where interactive exhibits showed how the characters are molded and prepared for filming. part of the festival go forth and learn activities. afterwards it was a screening of pixar's "finding nemo." even the rain didn't spoil the fun. for a complete calendar, including monday's concert at 5:00, tap the nbc 10 app. nbc 10 is the official media sponsor of the festival. now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 4:07. tracking showers and heavy

downpours in the area. for now, it's dry in wilmington. we're not looking at an all-day rainfall. that is a heavy rain moving across delaware bay and south jersey. lightning strikes, expect a few more of those as it moves across south jersey. showers in the lehigh valley. this is the area we'll be watching for later today for the potential for strong storms. not an all-day rainfall, just a chance of showers and thunderstorms through most of the day. 71 degrees at 7:00. by 11:00, 79 degrees and we'll be hovering close to the 80 grow mark for much of the afternoon. mostly cloudy skies, occasional showers, thunderstorms in the suburbs and the lehigh valley. clouds and 69 degrees to start with at 7:00. the showers and thunderstorms are taking shape later in the morning and in the afternoon. delaware seeing showers to the south. a chance of more of those storms as we go through the day, 81 degrees at 3:00 this afternoon.

new jersey will be mostly cloudy, 70 degrees, might see a hint of sunshine first thing this morning and the chance of showers and thunderstorms and a showery start to the day at the shore. we're seeing that right now. chance of storms later this morning and early this afternoon. the futurecast shows the line of showers that's moving through the area will keep on going and will get some breaks in the heavy weather as that pushes offshore. 4:30 this afternoon, look at the line of showers that's taking shape in the lehigh valley. that line will be on the move, a chance of heavy downpours moving through philadelphia into the south, south jersey and delaware by late this evening. a look at the ten-day outlook with your fourth of july weekend when i'm back in ten minutes. >> see you then. that's a very important forecast. 4:0. let's look at your forecast to get to work, including the schuylkill expressway. first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington has that. jessica? >> if you're approaching the schuylkill expressway, if you need access to get to the schuylkill headed westbound, heads up.

there's an accident scene on the 26th street ramp to the schuylkill westbound. lane restrictions. the ramp isn't closed. nothing too major right now. we're seeing slippery spots from the rain that occurred yesterday. coming on the on and off ramp will be a slippery spot. lane restrictions, left lane is blocked. traffic can still move by the area right now. it's something that could slow you down. the opposite direction not having problems or delays. that was 26th street approaching the schuylkill expressway westbound. and the pa turnpike's northeast extension, there's construction there, the left lane is closed. the pa turnpike, westbound or eastbound, looks great. a summer to remember 100 years later. learn about the 12 days of terror that followed a deadly shark attack at the jersey shore and why the impact is still felt today. community garden. neighbors in several philadelphia communities are reaping mother nature's

benefits. next, find out why they owe it all to an app.

it's 4:13. good morning, cape may. here's a live look along beach avenue where you can see wet roads. rain showers are passing through delaware and jersey right now. we could see more rain later today. a community garden is bringing residents of several philadelphia neighborhoods closer together. they grow and share produce and it's all thanks to an app. nbc 10's matt delucia is live in brewerytown to explain what this is all about. >> this is the brewerytown garden at 27th and masters streets. you can see behind this fence here. it's been here for a couple of years in its current form due in part to neighbors finding out through word of mouth or word of

app. they've been using the next door app to spread the word. [ no audio ] >> we were able to round up the neighborhood by using the app, knocking on doors, going and speaking to other members, by word of mouth, talking to our own neighbors. going to the civic association meetings and starting to build a following of folks that were just as interested in preserving this jewel of our garden as we were. >> reporter: the membership here also runs a farm stand every saturday morning. they say it's something every neighborhood should be doing. we'll have much more about what this group is doing here at this community garden coming up at 5:00. for now i'm live in brewerytown, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. we have new information on a north jersey child that police

say was accidentally shot to death by his older brother. a single bullet killed this 4-year-old boy in east orange on saturday. police say his 6-year-old brother found a gun in their mother's purse and he pulled the trigger. a nearby baptist church will pay for the child's funeral. >> we're not members of the church but they are members of our commune. we always said we're a community church. we're there to help them in any way we can. >> we've also learned from officials the gun belonged to the mother but she did not have a permit. a child was shot to death inside a home on 20th street last thursday. police say she found a gun in a closet and shot herself in the face. the girl's mother is charged with third degree murder. police issued an arrest warn the for her boyfriend who faces involuntary manslaughter and other charges. a folcroft police officer shot seven times is recovering at home this morning. squad cars from across delaware

county followed officer christopher dorman from the hospital to folcroft fire company yesterday. the 25-year-old has volunteered there since he was a teenager. he's not talking specifically about the shooting but he says he's grateful for all the support he'sç received. >> i'd like to say thank you to everybody for being there for me and my family and my boths who have gone through this. it it means a lot. i appreciate it. >> he says he can't wait to get back to work. he was shut during a drug investigation on friday. d do dante island remains in prison. this summer marks 100 years since the first deadly shark attack along the jersey shore. a shark attack a swim emer backn july 1st, 1916.

there's a collection of artifacts about that time. the attacks helped spark a century's worth of awareness and appreciation for sharks. >> it caused a panic along the whole jersey shore to the point governor, they considered fencing in all the swimming areas. >> it's long been rumored the attack inspired the movie "jaws." although the author has repeatedly denied that. now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> tracking showers and thunderstorms with start with and there will be more later today. this is a live view from the marquis de lafayette hotel in cape may. the heaviest rain is just to the north of this camera, moving through cape may county and into atlantic county. north wildwood, new jersey, a rainy start there this morning. showers and some thunderstorm activity so far this morning with temperatures in the low 70s

from the shore to south jersey and philadelphia. a little bit cooler north and west where there are fewer showers. 71 degrees for ocean city and cape may courthouse. atlantic city also at 71 degrees. we'll see a warmup today in spite of these showers. this is just starting things off. look at the heavy downpours. there's cape may. they're just moving through central cape may county right now. slowly moving through with heavy rain. scattered light showers in the lehigh valley into the suburbs, upper chester and upper montgomery county seeing a few rain drops this morning. the potential is for some heavy rain at times, not an all-day rainfall. futurecast and the storm totals that go through the day. much of the day we won't be getting rain. 2:30 this afternoon, pretty quiet. an inch is on the ground in some areas. by this evening, we'll be tracking more showers and potential thunderstorms with heavy rainfall that will be adding up quickly.

we could see some areas wind up with more than two inches of rain during the day today. that's today. for tomorrow, though, we'll be drying out. occasional showers and thunderstorms today and into this evening and this evening is when we may see some of the strongest storms in our area. 83 this afternoon. warmer tomorrow. the sunshine is back. 86 with partly sunny skies and even warmer, the trend tens for thursday. and close to 90 degrees friday. friday partly sunny, a chance of a late-day shower this weekend, 90 on saturday but occasional showers will keep things a bit cooler on sunday, right back into the upper 80s for the fourth of july monday. tuesday, wednesday and thursday, we warm into the low 90s. tracy? >> all right, bill, thanks. almost 20 past 4:00 right now. let's check the roads. first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington has found aç problem on a ramp to the schuylkill expressway. where is that and what is it? >> we're watching the 26th street on ramp to the schuylkill expressway headed westbound right now. just a few moments ago we had

lanes moving through. we have an ambulance on the scene and emergency personnel there. this vehicle looks like it's actually facing sideways. all lanes are blocked on the ramp because of this accident scene. watch for on and off ramps as they're still a little bit wet or damp from yesterday's rain. now as you can see, we do have this problem here, all lanes are blocked off. the 26th street ramp to the schuylkill expressway headed westbound. all lanes closed there. we're watching that construction on the vine street expressway. westbound and eastbound closed between broad street and the schuylkill right now with that ongoing construction work. typically clears around 5:00 in the morning. for right now, no access to 95 or the schuylkixuschuylkill frot of the vine. take local vine as your alternate to get through. tracy? making a difference. if you know an organization in our area that's doing that, we need your help rewarding them with free money. we're giving away grants to local nonprofits. it's called 21st century solutions and the goal is to support organizations that are

implementing new and innovative programs. the application is on nbc10.com. the deadline to apply is august 26th. a great honor for a former flyers great. hear from eric lindros about becoming part of hockey immortality and why his past also included a family feud. ahead in our next half hour, see how tim tebow came to the aid of a family in need during an in-flight emergency.

4:23. from our south jersey bureau, a camden county high school is celebrating success for the 12th year in a row. leap academy charter school held

its commencement ceremony last night. it's the 12th year in a row the leap academy has had a 100% graduation rain. eric lindros is headed to the hockey hall of fame. he was on the nhl's most dominating players in the '90s. he was the allegheny's mvp in '95. he led the flyers with stanley cup final in '97. had a bitter feud with fellow flyers ledge end bobby clark but his career ended because of concussions. john clark asked lindros what it meant to him. >> i think when it's all said and done, everyone wanted to win. that was the main focus on it. certainly there were times of friction, but to have bob's voice and support. >> he was clearly one of the most dominant players in the league at the time and probably one of the most dominant ever for that period of time. he was a terrific player. >> lindros will be inducted into

the hockey hall of fame in toronto in november. we're only 38 days away from the 2016 summer olympic games in rio. this summer, a south jersey swimmer will be competing for gold. >> they are going to go one, two. lane four, she'll punch her ticket and worrell is a first-time olympian. >> as he just said, 21-year-old kelsi worrell punched her ticket to rio with that win. worrell is from west hampton township, burlington county. she clock eed second fastest ti in the world. >> i am in shock. i don't even know what to say. >> you can watch worrell and all the olympic athletes right here on nbc 10. we are your official station for the summer olympics this august. opening ceremonies are friday, august 5th. catch the action on the nbc 10 app plus keep track of the medal

count. now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather. >> tracking some showers and thunderstorms and low clouds. not raining in the city but you can see the clouds are overhead. that's a live view from the comcast center in center city. 72 degrees at 4:26. time for a check of traffic. jessica boyington is watching some flashing lights on the roadways this morning, this early morning. what's going on, jessie? >> flashing lights here. that's never a good sign at the 4:00 hour. we're watching the 26th street on ramp to the schuylkill expressway headed westbound. it looks like all lanes are still blocked because of this accident scene. more details on this plus more construction when i'm back at 4:30. ever feel like you're going nowhere. find out why plans are in the works to redesign vine street expressway and not just to speed up traffic. ans age 50 to 85:

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nbc 10 news starts now. >> police in montgomery county arrest this man after a school sex assault investigation. he is linked to a teenage student via text messages. and get ready to pay more at the pump in new jersey. a proposed gas tax increase is a step closer to becoming a reality. and nbc 10 first alert radar tracking showers. we have several chances of seeing rain today and later tonight. we'll get you the timing of that. just about 4:30 this tuesday morning. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. so let's get right to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert neighborhood forecast, a look at conditions right where you live. they're different depending on where you live. >> not everybody is seeing is the shower and thunderstorm activity right now. life showers off to the north and west in the lehigh valley.

heavy rain crossing delaware bay and into south jersey. this is rain coming down at a rate of more than an inch an a third an hour. moving to the east, this will move offshore and we'll get a break. won't be an all-day rainfall but grab the umbrella. you'll need it at times. 72 degrees right now, the showers have moved through delaware, lehigh valley has seen a few sprinkles in the area. right now it's quiet, the chance of storms re-appears later this morning. a few scattered showers at 7:00. in the suburbs. 68 degrees to start çwith, int the 80s this afternoon. and later this afternoon, that's when we could see strong storms develop in the suburbs and the lehigh valley. 84 in new jersey, at the shore we're already seeing showers. a chance of more showers and thunderstorms during the day. 79 degrees this afternoon. we'll go through it hour by hour with the latest neighborhood forecast when i come back in ten minutes. right now, jessica boyington is following some traffic this morning. some bumps i