>> announcer: "nbc10 news" starts now. first trains and rush shower, what's next, commuters dealing with day three of the septa slowdown. bill cosby heads back to the courtroom for the next step in the sexual assault case. its attorneys try to get it to shift to cosby's accusers. and the poor air quality creeping across the region. good morning, it's 4:00 a.m., i'm tracy davidson. starting with that "first alert," sheena parveen has the "first alert" forecast.

>> 77 degrees already this morning. that is very warm. we have a "first alert" out. we hit 95 degrees yesterday. we are beginning our heat wave, we have a "first alert" out because of that but also air quality. it's going to be for pennsylvania suburbs. not so much lehigh valley. it includes philadelphia, it includes delaware. we're talking extreme heat through 6:00 p.m. friday through the rest of today. extreme heat plus humidity will make it feel around 100 degrees. it's potentially dangerous to stay hydrated. never leave children or pets in the car. you want to avoid the prolonged periods outside in the middle of the day. those who suffer from respiratory issues like asthma. you want to be cautious of that if you are outside for a long period of time today. temperatures, 77 degrees in philadelphia. look at dover, almost 80 degrees right now. it is warm and very humid, 76

degrees in trenton. now, here is the excessive heat warning up for the same warnings. mercer county up to new castle county. areas in between until friday. temperatures will be in the mid-90s but it will be feeling closer to 100 degrees when you factor in that humidity. potentially dangerous. that's coming up, tracy. >> sheena, average thats for that. new overnight, philadelphia police are searching for a gunman who shot a 16-year-old girl and a 23-year-old man. police think the teen was an innocent bystander. she was shot in the side. the man is in critical condition. officers think he may have been the intended tart. well, the septa slowdown now in its third day in transit authority in dealing with more than just damaged trainings and cranky passengers, investigators are working to find out if a septa or amtrak train is

responsible likely for brush fires in three stations that caused big delays during the afternoon rush. nbc10's matt delucia is live at the wynnewood station. >> reporter: the trains added to the slowdown we've been experiencing. take a look. this is what the fires looked like. this area was hit especially hard. overbrook and bryn mawr station, between those two, it caused big delays. several trains were forced to stop during the delay. this is on top of the delays we've been seeing since tuesday. when 120 regional railcars were pulled from service because of repairs. now, fortunately, there was no added damage as a result of the fire. some people resorted to taking

cabs or driving themselves into the city to avoid delay. and the overcrowding issues. we watched several trains roll through because they were full. the first train of the day here in wynnewood is expected a little after 5:00 this morning so we'll be starting to see some of those passengers arrive a little later on. we're going to hear from the folks caught up in all of that mess yesterday afternoon. for now i'm live in wynnewood, matt delucia, "nbc10 news." septa riders could have another way to get to the city. uber x and the city reached an agreement to allow riders to arrive to philadelphia and the convention. it's 4 minutes past 4:00, 77 degrees outside. happening today, bill cosby is expected back in a montgomery count toy courtroom in a sexual

assault case for a hearing that's expected to focus on his accuser. nbc10's katy zachry is live in north town in what is likely to happen. >> reporter: tracy what we understand, bill cosby will appear here at 1:00. his attorneys will argue that his trial cannot go forward until his accuser andrea constand until they can cross examine her. his attorneys are appealing the late may decision to send his sexual assault case. the victim former temple university employee andrea constand should have been required to testify at the may 24th preliminary hearing and that defense attorneys should have been able to

cross-examinaticross examine her. at that time, a lower court did agree and they upheld the sexual assault charges against bill cosby. coming up in the next hour, we'll look at the different scenarios that could come from today's hearing. and we'll let you know what that would money for bill cosby. new from overnight, we're following developments from minnesota where i man died after his family said he was shot by police. authorities in minneapolis say police were conducting a traffic stop when an officer fired at least one shot at a man driving the vehicle. police say a woman and a child were in the vehicle and witnessed the shooting. they were not hurt. the shooting comes in the wake of a protest over a deadly shooting in la. protesters are outside of the area where alton sterling was killed. that incident was captured in a video that appears to show police shooting sterling as he

was held on the ground by officers. convenience store officers said sterling was outside the store for years. it brought national outrage and protests including here in philadelphia. demonstrators marched and officers took about a dozen people away in handcuffs as dozens of others watched on the on-ramp on 76. >> whether or not you believe it, there's a consistent amount of people saying is this what we feel it's any community's duty to respond. >> the fraternal order of police launched 27 in delaware county said, quote, where was the protest when the folcroft police officer was ambushed and shot seven times last week?

i guess that is okay by their standards. well, good morning, it is a warm start to the day and it's very humid outside already. we do have a "first alert" for the heat today and also the poor air quality. but the heat wave has started. yesterday, we hit 95 degrees. we need three days of this, we'll get three days of this 90s, and that is making it feel hotter than it actually is. it's closer to 90 degrees. we expect temperatures in the 90s and that will be the heat wave into the weekend. aside from the heat, poor air quality, that means high pollution because of the air making it so hot. if you suffer from asthma or weather-related issues be careful outside because that can affect you definitely from the heat and you definitely want to stay hydrated. thunderstorms return for the afternoon. not for everybody, we'll see scattered storms and hopefully,

that will give you relief. 75 in philadelphia, 75 degrees, 75 along the shore. we'll take a look at the new jersey neighborhoods. 76 turnersville. mullica hill. a warm start in robbinsville in mercer county. the humidity is with us and so is the heat again. that's why you 52 the excessive heat warning from new kacastle county, in delaware. and mercer county. this is going to run until 6:00 friday. until then, every afternoon, temperatures will be in the mid-90s. you definitely want to stay hydrated. it's going to be a hot one. for today in philadelphia. we're looking at a five-day in philadelphia. 90 degrees, it's going to be a hot one at the shore today.

scattered afternoon storms there. by tomorrow, another hot one with afternoon storms. the shores not looking too bad tomorrow. and then we go into the weekend. the shores not looking too bad at all. sunday looks dry but we really stay hot even as we go into the start of next week. >> sheena, thank you. 10 after 4:00. pamela osborne is watching the roads for you. pam? >> good morning,qxók÷ tracy, we watching a little construction taking place on route 422, this is route 423. looks like they blocked off the exit to first avenue, something to keep in mind as you're headed out this morning. a look at your drive times, 95, 76, 476, all clear. it's an easy go. if you have some place to be we're also keeping an eye on mass transit this morning. now, so far, we're not seeing any delays on septa, but we do know they're running on that modified saturday schedule. that's something that we'll keep the eye out for the morning.

a grilling on capitol hill, that's what the fbi director after he decided not to let hillary clinton to be charged in the e-mail scandal. >> make sure he never has the chance to bankrupt america the way he bankrupted his businesses. >> meantime, clinton blasted trumps business dealings. and a family makes a plea to get the show of flag back. find out why that flag was more than just a show of patriotism.

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it's 4:13, we have an update on a story we first brought you yesterday morning. we're now hearing from the family of that 13-year-old boy who was shot during a road rage incident in philadelphia's

huntington park section. police say it it started some a woman in a car almost hit a person on darian street. the woman in the car got into a shouting match with people on the street who told her to slow down. police say the car returned and a man fired off eight shots before. >> if i catch her, i will bite her head off like i was a pit bull. >> the boy was hit in the leg and arm. he'll spend the next couple of days in the hospital. he's expected to be okay. >> happening today, fbi director james comey will testify on the agency's decisions not to recommend charges against hillary clinton. meantime, the justice department investigation into eat mail scandal is now officially closed. u.s. attorney general loretta lynch says she accepts the fbi's recommendation not to charge

clinton. she said last week she would accept whatever findings were in the case. the investigation looks into whether clinton mishandled e-mails as secretary of state. clinton and her aides were extremely careless. meantime, clinton will be in philadelphia tomorrow. she'll speak at the general conference and bicentennial. clinton claimed that trump took casinos into bankruptcy and kept missing money. while others did not get the pay they were promised. >> it's shameful. and aevery single voter in america needs to know about it so we don't let him do to our country what he did to his businesses. >> donald trump made a lot of money in atlantic city, but he hurt the little people. she calls it the little people. he made a lot of money and government, what they did, you see that sham.

i left seven years ago. >> that was trump in cincinnati last night, as he responds to clinton's allegations. clinton also took a shot at new jersey governor chris christie possible running mate. >> if your governor would start doing his job instead of -- instead of following donald trump around holding his coat. maybe we could really get new jersey's economy moving again. >> now, after going head to head for months during primary season clinton and bernie sanders may finally be joining forces. nbc news reports that sanders could be endorsing clinton as early as next tuesday. it was said he will likely vote for clinton or backer had for

president. >> trump's campaign announced $55 million in fund-raising totals for june. that is a welcome sight after beginning the month with just $1.3 million. but he's still well behind clinton who brought in $68.5 million last month to add to the $40 million her campaign has already raised. >> it's 4:17. happening today -- a new art exhibit will go on display at philadelphia city hall. here's a live look at the campus camera. it's called philly vote. it coincides with the month's democratic national convention. it will feature works from small art organizations and tools. a local family is pleading for the return of their american flag which they say was stolen over the july 4th weekend. the corcoran family says the flag like the one you see here is irreplaceable. the family received it after

their loved one was killed in the vietnam war. it flies outside of their next door neighbor's house. but it disappeared of the weekend of the fourth. >> it's the last item that we really have of patrick's memory. we don't have a body. we don't have a tombstone. we don't have anything. that's it. >> the corcoran family tells nbc10 they just want whoever took the flag to return it. no questions asked. >> announcer: now your nbc10 "first alert" neighborhood weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. well, good morning. we have a "first alert" out because of all of the heat you saw yesterday and that's going to continue as we go through the rest of the week. the "first alert" is for pennsylvania suburbs, except for lehigh valley, new jersey and delaware, from friday through

the rest of your week into saturday. we also have the humidity. that's not going anywhere. so with those two together it's going to feel close to 100 degrees. and because of this whole weather pattern that's making it hot and humid, it's affecting our air quality. we have a poor air quality advisory for much of the area. that means high pollution levels if you suffer from asthma or respiratory issues you could have issues outside. you want to avoid prolonged period s outside today. and drink plenty of water. it is going to be a hot one. we're warm this morning, 77, philadelphia, 75, wilmington right now. mostly low to mid-70s for the new jersey neighborhoods. here's the excessive heat warning, eventually this afternoon, we will be back into the 90s like we were yesterday. the excessive heat warnings still runs for mercer county into the wilmington area in between, until 6:00 p.m. friday

feeling like 100 degrees with humidity. take a look at the neighborhood temperatures for today. this shows you which neighborhood is in that fgs f"f alert." the philadelphia neighborhoods, temperatures mid-90s. now 93 degrees. if you're in lehigh valley, afternoon thunderstorms but you're not in that "first alert." still a hot one, around 90 degrees. the chances are lower in delaware, if you're along the jersey shore, wildwood coming in at 90 degrees. south jersey neighborhoods, 95 degrees in harvinfield. we're going to see afternoon thunderstorms spark up across the area. this is 4:30 this morning. we'll see showers around this will be lowering temperatures but only in the areas. mostly north of philadelphia today. then we go through tomorrow. lunchtime for your friday looks

dry. hot and humid but dry. then we go through the afternoon and evening tomorrow. we could see more widespread thunderstorm activity. some of this could be on the heavier side too. again it is going to help to lower the temperatures a bit. for today, 97 degrees. and we go into the weekend. look at the heat that sticks around. yes, we are in a heat wave. we'll take a closer look at the forecast coming up. pamela osborne has a look at the roads, pam. >> good morning, tracy, so far everything is looking good. route 42 at route 41. drive time to the bridge, seven or six minutes if you're taking 95 to get there this morning. and also, we're keeping an eye on route 422. this is at 23.

you can see there's some construction vehicles over here that were doing some road work. it looks like there's cones in the area. as well as traffic is still getting by, though. that's watts going on there. we'll join you for another update. we'll update you on that, tracy. less than a month away from the start of the summer games in rio. a group of u.s. olympians on the road to rio agree to have olympians monitor the zika virus. we'll tell you through monitoring will work. and ahead at 4:30, we'll learn how the road projects could put the brakes on funding that could impact your road trips.

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brush fires added to frustrations yesterday afternoon. and we've issued a "first alert." you'll experience more heat and humidity as the mercury climbs into uncomfortable territory again today. it's 4:30. sfeer 77 degrees outside. good morning, this is "nbc10 news." i'm tracy davidson. let's get to sheena parveen, she has the "first alert" forecast for conditions where you live because they can be different. >> oh, definitely, air quality in parts of the area with the exception of the lehigh valley which makes the neighborhood weather important you can see across your vehicweek and how h it's going to stay. this is the pennsylvania suburbs, philadelphia, new jersey and delaware, but not the lehigh valley. is this going to runnt