right now at 6:00, nbc 10 first alert radar is tracking thunderstorms. they're bringing cooler temperatures and heavy rain to parts of our area. people had their umbrellas out and ready as that rain began falling along the river this afternoon. some clearing is starting to take place as the sun is just beginning to peek through the clouds. thanks for joining us. philadelphia international airport had a ground stop in effect due to the weather, but that was just lifted minutes ago. there could still be some delays. let's go straight to meteorologist violeta who's

tracking the storm system. >> we've traded the heat for some thunderstorms. the heat wave is over but we've got thunderstorms moving through parts of the area. we have had some sun peek out toward the center city skyline but the main thunderstorm that we're tracking is passing just to the south of the area. you can see we've got some drizzle lingering here toward philadelphia, extending into parts of southern new jersey, but our heavier storm moving out of northern delaware and into salem county. p pennsville seeing some heavy rain right now but we did to watch as this did produce heavy rain. we actually have a flood advisory in effect through 8:15 so you could be running into localized flooding there. we have additional storms off to the north and west that will be tracking eastward the next couple of hours so we'll need to watch for scattered locally strong storms, mainly where we see the yellow shading. coming up we'll take an hour-by-hour look of what we can expect tonight and talk about the more comfortable air mass in

place for. to denise. sending a message. demonstrators are set to take to the streets of philadelphia for the fourth day in a row to protest police brutality. this is a live look now and this comes as president obama calls for calm. >> as painful as this week has been i firmly believe america is not as divided as some have suggested. >> the president is planning to visit dallas early next week after five officers were killed in a sniper attack thursday. seven officers and two civilians were also hurt. tonight we've learned that two of the injured transit officers have been released from the hospital. we'll have more on the situation in dallas still ahead. but first, many are wondering how police and communities heal and regain trust after such a violent week. randy gillenhall is live with that part of the story.

>> denise, both sides hoping to have a dialogue tonight. the protest will begin here in the fair hill section of philadelphia and they tell me it will go all the way up to the 24th and 25th district police headquarters in north filly and the protesters plan to do some sort of disruption there, blocking traffic. i can show you right now a heavy police presence. they're to keep the crowd safe. a lot of bicycle patrol officers. across the street a number of protesters gathering. it's supposed to start in the next few minutes. many of them holding signs as the nation right now deals with a tense relationship between law enforcement and citizens. a weekend of protests continues. activists will march to a north filly police station and disrupt traffic. tensions ratcheting up nationwide after this violent week between citizens and cops. >> if we really just try to calm the situation, calm people down. >> reporter: reverend taylor is a baptist pastor in a city with strained police relations after

a recent officer-involved shooting. >> we want people to come together and unify and talk about what's really going on and come up with solutions instead of violence and anger. >> reporter: philadelphia's police advisory commission says the solution is transparency. >> part of the frustration, i think, is that folks feel they have no voice. >> reporter: rhonda goldstein says departments nationwide must create space for trust to grow with body cameras, civilian oversight and community-based policing. >> getting out into the neighborhoods and people can learn to understand one another and break down some of that fear that drives all of this horrible violence. >> reporter: but fear is now growing on both sides and leaders say it's more important now than ever to bridge the gap and create dialogue. >> it's the fear of anything that's different than you are. in order to break that down, communication must occur. and communication occurs when we walk with each other, when we talk with each other.

>> reporter: let me show you a picture from the 24th and 25th district police headquarters. right here there is a large crowd behind me. they'll get started moving here tonight. we're live on facebook, by the way, if you want to follow along. randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. new information is emerging about the man who shot and killed five police officers in dallas. 25-year-old micah johnson was accused of sexual harassment when he served in the military. nbc news has learned that a female soldier in afghanistan accused johnson of sexual harassment in 2014 and she requested he get mental help. johnson was set to be removed from the army because of that incident but later got an honorable discharge. take a look at this moving scene that happened just moments ago. people standing on an overpass carrying american and texas

flags as a hearse carrying one of the fallen police officers passed below. officer brent thompson's body is being taken from dallas to corsicana, texas. this comes as the dallas community honors the lives of those five police officers killed in thursday's ambush. nbc's chris palone continues our team coverage. >> reporter: a memorial to the five murdered police officers is growing outside dallas police headquarters. >> the city can unite and be one again. >> reporter: many feel helpless, knowing there's nothing they can really do except offer sympathy and support. >> i think everybody should come out. if you love the police, if you love dallas. >> police officers always keeps us safe in the community. you know, we just have to give thanks. >> reporter: a few steps from the memorial, former army medic chandler davis held a salute. a friend said he planned to do this for four hours, to show the actions of one military member,

micah johnson, don't represent the entire military. dallas mayor mike rawlings also visited, hoping that something positive to come from one of his city's darkest days. >> you know, we're all human here, and i think that people feel each other's pain. >> reporter: a couple blocks away, police are still processing a huge crime scene, trying to answer key questions about johnson. how long had he planned the attack, where he got his weapons, whether he acted alone. meanwhile, five families are planning funerals. >> my son's a hero. >> reporter: among them the family of patrick zamarippa, who survived three tours in iraq only to be gunned down at home. >> he would help you in any way. he would give you the last dollar in his pocket if you needed it. >> reporter: president obama traveling in poland said americans are not as divided as some believe. >> one of the things that gives me hope this week is seeing how the overwhelming majority of americans have reacted, with empathy and understanding. >> reporter: the president will cut his trip to europe short by

a day to visit dallas early next week. chris palone, nbc news, dallas. >> stay with nbc 10 and the nbc 10 app for your continuing coverage of the tragedy in dallas. as well as the latest information on the other police-involved shootings that have prompted protests around the country. now to a developing story from germantown where a 13-year-old girl was stabbed in the neck. it happened inside a house on the 5200 block of marion street. the girl was taken to the hospital where she's in stable condition. no one has been arrested. the fire marshal believes a fast-moving fire that swept through several rowhomes in cobb's creek overnight is suspicious. investigators are looking into the possibility that the fire at 58th street and largewood avenue is related to two other fires in that same area last night. authorities say it started on the porch and then spread to several neighboring homes. >> i began banging on people's

door. the fire began spreading really fast, so i ran from house to house. the fire just followed me. >> two firefighters suffered from heat exhaustion and two residents were treated for smoke inhalation. still ahead, this may look like your average high-speed police chase but it's who's behind the wheel of the minivan that may surprise you. plus we have a winner. someone won last night's $540 million mega millions jackpot, but even if it wasn't you, there's something to soften the blow. someone from our area is still going to get a big payout. we'll explain, next.

take a look at the high-speed chase. a 12-year-old boy has been charged after leading police on this chase in a minivan. police released this dash cam video showing the chase that

happened late last month in b g bang bangor, maine. police say the van was going 55 miles an hour and ran through red lights and stop signs. they were able to stop the boy about eight minutes later when the officer hit the van. unfortunately, you did not win that giant mega millions jackpot unless for some reason you bought your ticket in indiana. that winning ticket, worth than estimated $540 million, sold at a gas station in cambridge city. that's a small town east of indianapolis. the winner has not come forward just yet. but a ticket sold in new jersey did match the five white balls to win a million bucks. so check your tickets. the winning numbers from last night are 8, 19, 20, 55, 73, and the mega ball is 5. brazen burglaries. the search is on for a group of thieves who hit a neighborhood overnight while people were sleeping inside their homes. what police have uncovered about these crimes so far.

well, we've got some thunderstorms moving through. coming up we'll take a look at what you can expect for the rest of your saturday night in your first alert neighborhood forecast.

new at 6:00, bucks county burglaries. thieves broke into home after home in a bucks county neighborhood overnight. it happened in the morrisville section. they stole cash and electronics, all while people were sleeping inside. police are looking for help to fine the people responsible. drew smith is live in the neighborhood to explain how the crooks got in. drew? >> reporter: denise, it all happened around the back of these homes. police believe more than one person went in through the back windows of the homes that were hit and made off with property belonging to the people who were sleeping inside. >> it makes you nervous. >> reporter: john mason and his neighbors woke up to investigators asking if anyone saw burglars going in through

back windows of four homes on this street overnight. >> i think it was professionals, and more than one person, because there's four houses were hit. they'd have to do it pretty quick and go. >> reporter: in one home, the burglars hauled out a 55-inch television mounted to the wall. in others they took cash, phones and laptops. >> it sounds like these people got in quickly while people were sleeping. >> reporter: david bowers think they skipped his home because he was right in their path. >> i was sleeping on the couch right by the back door. >> reporter: police say the thieves also tried to get into homes on another nearby street but weren't able to find any unlocked windows. >> i'm going to be a lot more careful now. >> reporter: and the police chief of this township actually lives on this street. he's now asking people around here to be on the lookout and lock any possible entryway into their homes. i'm drew smith, nbc 10 news. the 35th annual hispanic

fiesta is taking over penns landing this weekend. thousands of people came out for an afternoon of great food and music all celebrating the latino culture. people got to meet and take pictures with personalities from our sister station, telemundo 62. the festival continues tomorrow from 2:00 until 8:00 p.m. i'll actually be back with my telemundo amigos mañana. now, the rain has stayed mostly to the south of philadelphia. you can see most of that sneaking into south jersey. now, some of these showers have ushered in cooler temperatures but north and west we're at 78 in allentown, lower 70s toward bethlehem, so temperatures have been on the cool side for the entire area much of the afternoon. as we head into tonight, we will still need to watch out for heavy thunderstorms.

that's going to be the next couple of hours as we'll still have some of that daytime heating presenting, but things will start to clear out for your sunday and monday. not only are we looking at seasonal temperatures but that humidity will finally come down as well. nonetheless, as we head into the later parts of next week, the heat will start to return so that's something we'll watch over the next couple of days. we have thunderstorms moving through from philadelphia extending southward into parts of south jersey. moving out of newcastle county in delaware and pushing off to the south and east. we're seeing a little more in terms of lightning. that will be approaching commercial at 7:38. so shifting south and eastward but we also have additional storms developing off to our north and west. you can see those approaching perhaps the poconos back down into the lehigh valley over the next couple of hours. but it's the northern edge you can see that's intensifying, so hopefully these don't get too out of hand over the course of the next couple of hours but these can produce some heavy rain and gusty winds so we'll

need to be on the lookout for that again, mostly before midnight. however, we do have high pressure sitting off to our west and that's going to bring us nice weather sunday and monday so we do have something to look forward to as these thunderstorms start to shift out of the area. 10:00, lingering showers mostly toward the shore but we'll be clearing out after midnight. with that, the lower humidity sets us up for a beautiful sunday. it will be mostly sunny and a little on the breezy side as well, but we're talking about a northwest wind so that will make it feel much more comfortable. our heat wave over ended pretty dramatically. 79 for the high today. quite a big difference compared to the last couple of days but temperatures will be on the upswing as we head into your sunday and looking at highs mostly in the mid-80s. a nice seasonable day and it will be less humid. that's something that i think will be noticeable, especially after the last couple of days that we've had with highs in the mid-90s, but the heat index reaching triple digits in spots. high pressure stays in control for your monday and tuesday. we're looking at a nice amount of sunshine all the way out

toward the shore. it looks like the heat starts to build once again the later part of the week when the chance for thunderstorms returns as well. another high-profile golfer says he will not be going to rio for the olympic games. u.s. open champ dustin johnson said he withdrew because of concerns about the zika virus. it can cause severe birth defects, and johnson says he and his fiancee plan to have more children. he is the 13th golfer to pull out of the olympics. we're just 27 days away from the 2016 summer games. the opening ceremony is august 5th and nbc 10 will be in rio covering the olympics. don't miss our nbc 10 special "going for gold." we're profiling local athletes you'll want to look out for in rio. that's tonight at 7:00. and then at 8:00, catch the olympic track and field trials. it's all about the details. we'll bring you the very latest

from the phillies, flyers and sixes as the youth movement for each team continues. plus, it was strawberries and cream for the spectators at wimbledon and gold for this lady, serena williams. we'll head to london, next. okay, ready? whoa! [ explosion ]

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time to check in with kristen welker for a look at what's coming up on "nbc nightly news." hi, kristen. >> reporter: hi there, denise. coming up tonight, the latest on the tragedy in dallas as new details emerge on the background of the shooter. plus another strong statement from president obama on this week's shootings as he calls for national unity. also a state of emergency in tennessee where severe storms have killed three people and acts of kindness in dallas after this week's attack on the police when we see you in just a few minutes for "nbc nightly news." denise, i'll acceptsend it back you.

the phillies and rockies continue their series tonight in colorado. herrera not playing after fouling a ball off his foot last night. ikoff became just the second phillies starter to pitch into his eighth inning. he's 4-2 with a 2.25 e.r.a. phillies going for a second straight win after beating the rockies last night 5-3, compliments of this guy. tommy joseph's first career pinch-hit home run was a bomb. here's joseph after the game with greg murphy. >> yeah, it was fun, to do something like that and get the team back in the game, it felt good. >> you know, pinch hitting is probably not something you've done a whole lot in your career. as you sit there in a game like this and know you may get that opportunity, are you doing anything special to prepare? >> i've got to give some of the credit to chooch.

we went down in the tunnel and he threw me some batting practice. >> there you go. >> so we'll just give all the credit to chooch. it was neat to do that and to see his smile afterwards was fun. let's go to the hardwood and all the rumors can be put to rest. after being name mvp at the olympic qualifying tournament, dariel starrage was quoted as saying i'm going back home and then to the usa for the 76ers. ben simmons will play tonight in the summer league game against the lakers. them simmons to be more aggressive. this game features a matchup of the top two picks in the draft, simmons and brandon ingram. the flyers development camp continues in vorhees. sam marin practiced for the first time since having surgery ten weeks ago. he is coming off his first season with the phantoms. he talked about his first day on

the ice in a while and his development overall. >> i was feeling a little bit tired at the beginning but i'm pretty happy. i just need to finish practice. >> do you feel closer to being nhl ready now than you were, say at this time last year? >> yeah. i think i've got a pretty good season last year. i played all the games. i was playing my kind of role, nothing flashy but like i was playing -- i was pretty happy with my season. for sure i'm a closer, yeah. >> to the all england club now where wimbledon picks up and serena williams had her fourth chance to match steffi graf's open-air record of 22 grand slam titles. featuring angelique kerber. the first time in a decade two women met to decide multiple major titles in a single season.

serena gets her re very long in a special way. this is her seventh wimbledon singles title and 22nd grand slam crown. the all-time record belongs to margaret court. serena also won the doubles title with her sister, venus, today. it's the first time serena has won both titles in the same year. back to you. >> all right, danny, thank you. pirates invade the battleship new jersey today, but only in good fun. ♪ pie pratt reenactors greeted guests. tonight there's a pirates ball onboard with pirate music and concessions starting in about an hour. we'll get a final check of the forecast. >> we have one particular area of concern that's pushing just to the south of philadelphia. that's going to be moving through parts of south jersey, so mainly let's say salem county and cumberland county over the next couple of hours. you can see quite a bit of

lightning with that. we'll need to watch that for heavy rain as well. so again, the next couple of hours is when we'll be on the lookout for the potential of some locally strong storms. locally heavy rain, maybe strong wind gusts. you can see to the north and west we actually have additional storms developing there and those could be pushing into maybe the poconos and the lehigh valley the next couple of hours as well. the good news is by right around midnight, everybody clears out and conditions are looking much more comfortable as we head into sunday and monday as well. much lower humidity, something i am for one very thankful for. >> all right, thank you. that's nbc 10 news for now. for all of us here, i'm denise nakano. we'll see you back here tonight at 11:00.

. on this saturday night, tragedy in dallas. as a city and nation honor and mourn those killed in the line of duty, new insights about the shooter and his background. including his military service and what may have led him to target the police. call for unity, president obama says the dallas shooter was a demented individual not representative of americans. and says the country is not as divided as some have suggested, despite continuing protests, and vigils after the police shootings of two black men. and the kindness of strangers, in a community shattered by violence, coming together to aid and comfort each other and those who serve now dealing with unimaginable loss. nightly news begins now.