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the gunman is dead as well. now, we're expecting the sheriff to hold another news conference to come up in an hour's time and we'll bring you new information as soon as we get it out of michigan. for now live in the breaking news center. jim rosenfield, nbc 10 news back to you. >> today's shooting comes as police officers around the country worry for their safety. >> reporter: in philadelphia protesters have confronted officers in the streets but so far police have been able to keep the peace. nbc 10's monique braxton spoke to commissioner richard ross and we've seen protests over the past five nights. how are police preparing for the next one? >> i pose that had question to the police commissioner, and he will told us just outside police headquarters here that his department clearly has a plan they are comfortable, but he also said there's always the unknown. >> reporter: with this comes a level of anarchy that you have
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to contend with and that's exactly what that is but i do believe 90% of the people that will come here will come here to protest and demonstrate peacefully. >> reporter: though peaceful, weekend protests escalated outside the 24th and 25th district in philadelphia. >> [ bleep ] police. >> reporter: the in-your-face aggression by this group who calls themselves the philly coalition for real justice was unlike anything they experienced in some time. >> there are white pigs. there are latino pigs. >> they were profession a. they were patient, and i admire their resolve. >> reporter: the demeanor and contrast that with former police commissioner tom timoney. during the republican national convention of 2000 he physically clashed with protesters. his bike was called and the so-called timoney three were acquitted. dozens of protesters were locked up at times overnight during the rnc. since that time philadelphia authorities have also dealt with the occupy movement, the
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nonviolent protesters for quick equality. they camped out at what is now dealworth park before being evicted by police. >> we will in answer to your question maintain this posture going into the dnc. obviously there will be people who are not from here. who will choose to take advantage of this as they do with every convention. >> reporter: now we've also learned that mayor kenny has gone over to the 24th 25th district to commend the officers for how they spended to protests on saturday night. i asked the commissioner if he expects to go over his overtime budget during the dnc, and he admitted more than likely. live for now outside police headquarters, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. >> monique, thank you. speaking of the police officers from departments all across our area, they will head to dallas this week for the funerals of some of the officers killed there last week. meantime, we are learning more about the man behind the
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rampage. nbc's chris pollone has the latest from dallas. >> reporter: outside the dallas police department, the cards, flowers and candles people have brought to show support for the five murders police officers now cover two patrol cars parked here. monday recruits training to be dallas cops stood in respect. the chief defended his decision to use a robot-delivered gun to shoot the suspect. >> reporter: the suspect made it clear he wanted to kill more officers and several people were hiding terrified during the standoff and investigators are poring over his writings, phones, computer, going through the home he shared with his mother where they found a stockpile of weapons and bomb-making material. >> we're going to turn over every rock and we're going to follow every lead until it's exhausted until i'm satisfied that this was a lone person. >> reporter: johnson's parents told the website the blaze said
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his demeanor changed after he returned from service in afghanistan. meanwhile chief brown called his police department the best in the country but said people and politicians are giving police too much to handle. >> we're asking cops to do too much in this country. we are. we're just asking us to do much. every societal failure we put it off on the cops to solve. >> reporter: returning early from europe president obama visits dallas tuesday for a prayer service, the first of the five fallen officer's funerals is wednesday. chris pollone, nbc news, dallas. and as chris mentioned brent thompson is one of two officers who will be laid to rest tuesday and today his family is thanking the public for their support and also asking people to keep all police in their prayers. thompson was a 43-year-old officer with the dallas area rapid transit authority who married a fellow officer just weeks ago. his family released a statement saying they feel blessed and sustained by the messages of
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support they have received adding their focus remains on honoring brent in the days ahead, patrick zamarripa and michael krol along with sergeant michael smith and senior corporal lauren ahrens. today doctors at the hospital who treated the victims talked about the experience that rocked them to the core. >> and i think about it every day that i was unable to save those cops when they came here that night t.weighs on my mind constantly. this killing, it has to stop. >> you could just heart raw emotion there. the doctors say they have not had time to decompress since thursday's mass shooting. a jersey shore police officer shares his perspective and why he feels torn over the recent violence and why he wants to share his story. that's coming up on "nbc 10 news at 5:00. "
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the latest from the septa slowdown. riders are seeing more changes on the rails as agency tries to ease congestion this. after taking a third of its cars off the rails because of a structural defect. today septa added leased trains from new jersey transit and the amtrak and put in place a modified schedule but it's still running about 100 fewer trains a day than on a normal weak day. >> we will continue to make adjustments. we'll continue to work on leasing additional equipment. we'll continue to -- to look at even potentially doing some kind of express busing in and that's also being looked at by septa. >> nbc 10 has learned the cars septa is leasing from maryland did not make it on to the tracks to pick up passengers today, but those are expected to be put into use tomorrow. now to your first alert weather, a picture perfect summer day across our area. it made a beautiful backdrop for this drone taking to the sky
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over aikens oval in center city. >> almost looks face. >> stayed out of the 90s, the humidity is down, but the heat will be making a comeback. >> nbc 10's first alert meteorologist sheena par convenient has the detail and your neighborhood forecast. hot out there, sheena. >> not nearly as hot as we saw with the 90s so we are down in the 80s for most the area right now. mid to low 80s, very comfortable, too, when you factor in the lower humidity. we were dealing with triple-digit heat last week, not today though. also don't forget with your neighborhood weather your seven-day forecast is always right the at the bottom of the screen for you so the low humidity, that's going to stick around today, part of tomorrow, but it will start creeping up there for the rest of the week. nice and dry. no immediate rain heading this way and a big area of high pressure to our north. that's going to keep us dry both today and tomorrow, and it's also bringing us the low humidity from that wind direction, so we're going to stay very after theable for your evening. if you want to head out temperatures comfortable, too,
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but 7:00 p.m. tonight and still in the 80s and right around 83 degrees and mostly sunny by 10:00 and temperature right around 76 degrees. so we'll be mild overnight tonight and another warm day tomorrow and warmer than today and i'll show you some rain chances later on this week and possibly for part of your weekend. that with your neighborhood weather forecast coming up in just a bit. >> meantime, listen to this. new details now in the case of a baby boy strapped in his car seat when a man murdered his dad and stole the family car. it happened saturday in front of a cemetery in penn's grove salem county. hakeem williams surrendered to police last night. police say he shot and killed jack yeah ingram and then stole his car with his baby inside. luckily the baby was not hurt. cidney long has more information coming up in a report at 5:30. meantime two people were rushed to the hospital after this accident on i-95 in bucks county. sky norse 10 over the scene just
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south of the woodhaven exit in bensalem this afternoon. police say as many as six cars were involved in the wreck. the northbound lanes were blocked for a while but police cleared the scene in time for rush hour. a former principal of philadelphia's cayuga elementary school will serve probation for her role of promote agriculture of cheat okay state exams. evelyn cortez was sentenced after pleading guilty to change students' answers and even outright giving students the answers to the state assessment test. investigators say she publicly reprimanded teachers who did not want to take part in the cheating. state lawmakers are back in harrisburg with no answers about how to fully pay for a $31 billion spending bill that's about to become law. governor tom wolf says he won't stop bill from becoming law at midnight. senate democratic leader jay costa says the move keeps dollars flowing to schools and other important programs. republican majority leaders have
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pledged to assemble a $1.3 billion revenue package to help shore up the state's finances. good news for a local job seeker. walmart is hiring new associates for its stores in hamilton which is set to open this fall. the store is looking to add about 300 workers. the majority of those associates will begin work this month to prepare for the grand opening. the hiring center is now open on nottingham way for those interested in applying. want you to take a look at this. this is what the new comcast innovation and technology center in philadelphia is going to look like. as you can see, it's going to have a lot of windows. coming up at 5:00, we meet men putting these panes up one at a time. plus, it's taking over america's smartphones but some say this pokémon game is becoming a hazard. we'll show you why. plus, governor chris christie and bernie sanders are back on the campaign trail, but who could give their candidates a bigger boost. our experts weigh in during tonight's political punchout.
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that's next on "nbc 10 news at 5:00."
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a great afternoon today. less humid. this is margate. not one cloud in this picture, but we're going to keep the nice conditions around for tonight and even for part of tomorrow and then as we go into part of your weekend, we do have some rain in your forecast. don't forget your seven-day is always controlling at the bottom of the screen for you so you'll never miss with that our new neighborhood weather. temperatures mostly in the mid-80s. very comfortable and not dealing with the triple-digit heat like last week. that's gone for now. we could get it by the end of this week, but right now temperatures are comfortable in the mid-80s for most of the area. looking at our shore neighborhoods. 81 degrees. that's a warmer spot as well as woodbine. 79 upper township and 78 degrees ocean city right now and atlantic city 75 degrees and colgate coming in at 75 degrees so even very comfortable right along the show and less humidity so this big area of high pressure is positioned just to our north where it is pulling in the drier air so along with the sunshine. today the lower humidity is real
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making it a fantastic day but this will slowly change as we go through the week. tomorrow, this is future weather. we're going to stay mostly dry across the area so we'll still see temperatures in the 80s. a lill bit warmer than today with winds coming out of the south so humidity will start to creep up tomorrow and even as we go into wednesday. wednesday our rain chances will be increasing and not for everybody but for part of the area. in 9:30 most of west philadelphia and through the day and into the afternoon we'll still keep the rain chances around. mostly west of the philadelphia area so here is your forecast as we go through the next three days. tomorrow temperature around 88 degrees and hotter tomorrow than today and humidity a little higher, too. by wednesday in philadelphia and thunderstorms not until the afternoon. near 90 by thursday. we are back and could be the start of a heat wave, too. pennsylvania suburbs dry and tomorrow wednesday, a chance of a thunderstorm and by thursday low 90s and if you're in the lehigh valley dry tomorrow and mid-80s.
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showers and storms wednesday and then by thursday temperatures will be back in the low 90s. now, if you're in new jersey along the shore you don't need to expect the showers on wednesday. again, it looks like it will be west of philadelphia and temperatures back in the low 90s for philadelphia on thursday and same thing as we go into delaware. delaware could see a shower as we go into wednesday. friday looks dry. still in 90s and combined with saturday in the low the 30s. that would be our next heat wave. but sunday we should see some showers and storms moving through. we'll take a closer look at this forecast coming up. >> decision 2016 now and a promise in donald trump in the wake of the horrors in dallas, louisiana and in minnesota. now the presumptive republican nominee says as president he would bring what he called law and order to our nation. >> this as trump gets set to announce his choice for his running mate. nbc 10 national correspondent steve handlesman has the latest. >> i am the law and order
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candidate. ? it sounded hard line but donald trump said louisiana and minnesota, where police killed black men, taught him a lesson. >> the work must be done to ensure, and a lot of work, that americans feel that their safety is protected. >> reporter: but dallas, trump said, was an attack on our nation. >> it's time for our hostility against our police and against all members of law enforcement to end, and end immediately right now. >> reporter: with trump in virginia beach was new jersey governor chris christie, a possible running mate. >> law and order needs to be the first priority once again in our country. >> reporter: trump is also considering retired general michael flynn but flynn flipped from pro-abortion rights to anti that. angers dump donald trump conservatives amongst those already gathering for next week's convention. >> if donald trump doesn't pick a conservative he could actually
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end up fueling that rebellion. >> reporter: top vp candidates include former house speaker newt gingrich and house veteran mike pence. now governor of indiana pence today kicked off a bike ride to support police saying trump is the strong leader america needs. tomorrow hillary clinton finally appears with pernbernie sanders fights trump's charge that she's part of the law-breaking that trump vows to stop. steve handlesman, washington. >> joining us is our political analysts mark alderman and jim schultz. it's our political punchout segment. democratic analyst mark alderman, he's going to join us live in the digital operations center on left side and republican mark schultz right side in cleveland. the party is getting ready there for next week's republican national convention. good evening to you both. >> good evening. >> good evening, thanks for having us on. >> no problem. let's start with the republicans. the rnc starts on monday, and
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donald trump is expected to announce his vice presidential candidate this week. jim, let's start with you. trump has certainly not followed the traditional rules of presidential gains as we know. do you think that trend will continue with his vice presidential pick? >> donald trump's a businessman and he's going make business decisions and decisions that are in the best interest of this country in terms of his selection for a number two. we've seen experienced folks like house speaker -- former house speaker newt gingrich who shook up washington when he was there and seen a lieutenant general in the army and we've also seen governor mike pence who has lowered taxes, created jobs in his home state of indiana and has seen firsthand the policies of the clinton/obama policies that have so terribly affected his citizens. he'll take that experience to washington and shake up washington along with donald trump if he's chosen. >> well, jim, also, governor chris christie's name has been mentioned and thrown in the mix? >> well, he would be a great candidate as well.
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it would a great number two as well. certainly chris christie's the kind of guy who would go to washington and shake things up and i think that's something that we can look for as well. >> mark, what are your thoughts on that? >> i think the question is whether this is going to be a palin pick or a ryan pick. ryan was competent and credible. he enhanced the ryan ticket. palin proved to be a fool and a fraud and she hurt senator mccain's candidacy. this year the twist, of course, is the republicans have already picked a pail non-choosing trump as their nominee so we'll see if he can improve his chances. hard to imagine, but he's surprised us all year so never say never with donald trump. >> very direct opinion there. let's talk about the democrats and move forward here. bernie sanders expected to endorse hillary clinton tomorrow. mark, we'll start with you. will this help her bounce back from let's say the recent backlash from her e-mail
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scandal? >> keith, this is the 2008 playbook all over again with bernie playing hillary and hillary playing barack obama. she campaigned hard for obama in the summer of 2008 and we went into the convention very strong and we came into november. i think you'll see that with the dream team of democrats on the field, the president and vice president and senator sanders. >> we lost jim's signal from cleveland and mark and jim, we want to thank you both for joining us. see you both again next week live from the republican national convention in cleveland. well, a local tech company is partnering with the democratic national convention saying what applies to objects
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applies to politics. they will allow users to create content and user generated information. >> we'll have complete coverage of the rnc in cleveland. look for live reports starting sunday night on "nbc 10 news at 1 17sz." >> next why the united states is sending hundreds more troops to iraq and vandals target a cemetery in the lehigh valley. those stories are next on nbc 10 news at 5:00.
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e there's a big cleanup ahead after vandals hit a cemetery in bethlehem. not the first time something like that happened here. take a look at the pictures. graffiti was found over the weekend on some of the walls and grass at st. michael's cemetery which dates back to the 1860s. police are searching for the people responsible. >> a labor of love for hundreds of volunteers at arlington national cemetery today. more than 400 volunteers got their hands dirt at the 20-9-annual renewal and remembrance service project. some of the landscapers are veterans including roger phelps who has been participating for the past 12 years. >> there's a peacefulness. there's just a certain feeling that when you're sitting in
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front of that grave and you're letting that individual know that they are not forgotten, that those of us who survived and lived on are still there and still thinking of them. >> the national association of landscape professionals honor the fallen heros every year. they me the lawns and cable trees. >> the u.s. did deploy 560 more troops to iraq to help recapture the city of mosul from isis. the defense secretary ash carter made the surprise announcement. most of the new troops including engineers and logistics personnel will be devoted to building up an air base south of mosul. the troop increase brings the number of troops still in iraq to about 4,600. >> america, please stop this madness. >> and online plea from a jersey shore cop following the police killings in dallas and other
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recent shootings. >> i'm ted green pittsburgh. how his message was prompted by feeling pulled in different directions.
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top this madness, a message from an atlantic city police officer following the shootings in dallas, minnesota and louisiana. >> the black officer talks about being pulled in different directions and how people with opposing views actually have
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more in common than they might realize. nbc 10 jersey shore bureau reporter ted greenburg has the story. >> if a crime happens -- >> it was a feeling of being overwhelmed that prompted tlanchtic city police officer mike braxton to issue an online plea. >> america, please, stop this madness. >> that's what's going on. complete chaos and madness. >> reporter: nearly nine-year veteran of the force says his message upon facebook was driven by last week's dallas police killings and recent police-involved shootings of african-american men around the country. as an officer and member of the black community he's heard a range of opinions and has been asked to express his own. >> both sides were trying to pull me to choose sides but that's not what i'm doing here today. >> our voices sound the same. >> reporter: both african-americans and members of law enforcement are actually feeling similar emotions. >> sad, hurt, scared,
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frustrated, defeated. >> we're feeling the same exact way and we're yelling so loud you're not hearing each other. have you to listen and sit down to talk to come up with an agreement. >> reporter: braxton tells me he initially thought about posting his message at written words in text but his girlfriend urged him to record the video instead. >> my position is to pull everyone together because if we stay quiet, we let the evil talk, you know. let evil speak for everything we're not thinking. >> i first started now the patrol. >> reporter: braxton works in the police department's office of community relations and spoke today at sovereign avenue school with kids enrolled in the city's junior police academy. he believes his message does not discriminate. >> hopefully this reaches someone that needs it. that person's name is america. >> ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. now to more details about the shootings that have sparked protests across the country.
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the dallas police chief says authorities are treating all threats as credible in the wake of the shooting that killed five officers last week. the chief also says that authorities are downloading more than 170 hours of officers' body camera footage and collecting thousands of hours of dashcam video. micah johnson shot and killed five officers and wounded nine others and two civilians during a protest thursday. he was later killed during a standoff with police. now to minnesota. a lawyer for suburban minneapolis police officer who killed a black driver says his client pulled the man over in part because he believed he resembled a suspect in a robbery. the girlfriend of the man said he was reaching for his wallet when he was shot after telling the officer he had a gun and a permit to carry it. >> in louisiana, baton rouge's top prosecutor says his office hasn't decided whether to charge protesters arrested over the weekend. they were demonstrating against killings by police. the d.a. also said that he's
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recusing himself from any state criminal investigation into the shoot i shooting of alton sterling, a black man shot by two white police officers. he cited his professional relationship with the parents of one of the officers. nbc's lester holt sat down with vice president joe biden today before biden heads to dallas with the president tomorrow. and the two discussed criminal justice reforms needed in the aftermath of the dallas shooting, and you can see that interview with the vice president ahead on "nbc nightly news" coming up at 6:30 right here on nbc 10. now to your first alert weather. getting closer to today's sunshine is all in a day's work in center city. take a look at the views, the heights that they conquer. we saw them working way up on the scaffolding of 11th street near market. not a bad day to be out on the job though. >> pretty nicely and the summer heat is going to come back quickly and nbc 10 meteorologist sheena par convenient has the
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details in your neighborhood forecast. >> it was comfortable today. temperatures in the low to mid-80s and the heat and humidity will be coming back. we could be looking at another heat wave going into the weekend. also don't forget the seven-day is at the bottom of the screen with the new neighborhood weather n.philadelphia right now mostly sunny. just some fair weather cloud, low humidity, very comfortable and 85 degrees is the temperature now and a little bit of a breeze in from mostly the northwest at the moment and that's been giving us the drier air, too, and all because of the wind direction. we'll have more of a south wind and we'll bring up a little humidity. you'll notice. it not really bad and pennsylvania suburbs right now coming up in the mid-80s as well as south jersey. we'll take a look at the delaware neighborhood. 85 wilmington and 58 degrees, odessa, harmony hills and 85 degrees. if you're in kent county in dover 83 degrees is your temperature and harrington 82. closer to the beaches in sussex county, though we have some 70s here because of an onshore wind
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and rehoboth beach is 76 degrees and dewy beach 75 degrees and a bit closer to the delaware beaches. nice and dry locally. high pressure is going to keep us that way tonight and even tomorrow but like i mentioned humidity goes up and then our rain chances come back. i'll show you that forecast coming all the way up. >> we have more details tonight on a murder, carjacking and kidnapping that spanned two different states. tonight police have made an arrest and neighbors are still anxious for answers. nbc 10 south jersey bureau reporter cidney long is live in penn's brook tonight where it all began. >> reporter: it has been 48 hours and investigators don't know what inspired this suspect that killed a 24-year-old right over here across the street from the church. fell to the ground beside the cemetery fence and his girlfriend watched in horror as several shots were fired and the suspect took off in the couple's car and the baby boy inside.
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>> a scary feeling, tear firing. >> reporter:tasia johnson said she will never forget what she saw and heard unfolding outside her bedroom window. >> i heard gun shows the and i thought it was my house. it was just crazy. >> reporter: she could heart terror. >> i heard screaming, deathly scare, screaming bad and i ran outside and oh, my gosh, you just see a body laying on ground. it's traumatizing to see. >> reporter: witnesses posted this photo of police checking ingram for vital signs to facebook. he fell face down. this as investigators say hakeem williams, now inside the victim's stolen car with ingram's baby boy in the car seat, drove towards philadelphia. the car was recovered hours later on fifth and wood near vine street in center city. police say the mother was in shock remarkably helpful providing a description of williams. >> can't imagine how she was feeling taking the baby.
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>> the guy harmed someone else and went berserk and said what do i have to lose now and do something to the baby but he did. >> it's a small town and everybody knows everybody. >> reporter: investigators tell us the victim did not know williams but so far nobody knows why this happened. we do know that williams turned himself into philadelphia police late on sunday. he won't fight extradition and he does face kidnapping and murder charges. i'm cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> how do you get an 1,800-pound piece of glass 16 stories high? very carefully. workers at the new comcost towers show what it takes to put up all the windows and getting charged for how much you drive. the new idea that leaders in two of our states are now proposing.
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pennsylvania and delaware are considering to tax drivers travel not their gas, basically having them pay for mile. the departments of transportation from several east coast states are tossing around that idea of charging drivers a fee based on how far they drive. they have to figure out how to track mileage. it replace the gas tax and offset the projected revenue loss as cars become more fuel efficient. farley dickin zorn university public mind poll found 51% of voters surveyed support the gas tax amendment while 34% are opposed. that's virtually unchanged from a poll taken in january, but that same poll shows support lessening for plans to expand casinos beyond atlantic city.
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57% of voters oppose casino expansion, 35% support it. both proposals will become a part of that november ballot. a solar-powered plane that's circling the globe is on the next to last leg of its journey. the solar impulse two took off from seville, spain and the next stop cairo, egypt. the around-the-world voyage gan in 2015 in be a deybi and is expected to end there as well. you may remember the plane touched down at lehigh valley international airport in may on the 13th leg of its flight. the solar impulse runs on energy stored in its 17,000 solar cells. next at 5:00, why a popular game involving pokémon is prompting a new warning from police. plus, how this 100-year-old mural brought an entire
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in case you haven't heard the new pokémon go app is all the rage, and since its release last week the game has been the top app of the itunes store. it seems everywhere you go someone has their face buried in a phone playing this virtual scavenger hunt, and while it may be a blast, nbc news says police have a warning for its players. >> 4:00 a.m., got up out of bed and said i'm going to go catch some pokémon today. >> reporter: credit the game with early alarms and more exercise. >> getting 20,000 steps on my fitbit, that's good and double
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my normal. >> reporter: >> when you hit certain levels you get different items. >> reporter: what players are really excited about. >> pokémon just popped up. >> reporter: is the prospect of catching them all. >> but now we get to go out and do it for real and this is what every pokémon master has warranted since they were a little boy and girl. >> reporter: keith and nicholas traveled from long island to mid-town following the app's virtual mapping with their eyes on a big catch. >> it's magical the fact that you're now able to use your phone and actually walk down the block niece there's a pikachu. >> reporter: not all fun and games and while players have their nose in phone they may not notice the dangers. >> like check in and get free stuff. >> reporter: players in the app can launch lures to attract more pokémon hand more players. >> there were four kids inside the -- the kid in the back passenger seat had a silver pistol and he got out of the car and put it in my face.
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>> reporter: nypd has concerns, too. they tweeted a photo warning players not to drive while playing and they want users to be careful walking. >> you'll see other people playing it with their heads down and not seeing where they are going and you're like pokémon, go. though the concerns are out there players are shrugging it off. >> try to avoid areas you're not too familiar with. >> it's not worth your life for a smokeman. >> reporter: their bigger concern, battery life. >> so it helps to have like a portable battery pack like this one. >> reporter: and even the nypd couldn't resist the fun. another tweet. this one showing pikachu as the newest member of the force. reporting in midtown, nbc 10 news. philadelphia's department of licenses and inspections has shut down construction at curtis center to protect a historic mural inside. the 100-year-old glass mosaic dream garden is featured in the lobby of the building in society hill. officials say work will remain suspended unless stronger and more effective protections for
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that mural are arranged. ben franklin parkway will once again be transformed into a public park. workers are getting the oval ready, transforming the space across from the museum of art into a space for family fun. the space will feature an outdoor beer garden, lawn games and movie nights. you can check out the finished product when it opens on friday. well, a very comfortable day. temperatures not in the 90s and not feeling like triple digits which makes it a lot more comfortable. humidity is lower. we're mostly in the mid to low 80s right now. taking a look at our pennsylvania suburbs, temperatures here in some spots are in the upper 70s. 78 degrees ukeland township and low 80s for the most part in chester county. aside from that, eccleston 80
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degrees and malvern 86 and st. david's 821 and montgomery county mostly in the mid-80. warrington 83 and closer bensal bensalem, low 80s with low humidity which makes it very comfortable. we'll stay in a dry stretch for the next couple of days. hotter and more humid though as we go through the week and the rain chances will be increasing, too, with the humidity. for tomorrow though the rain chances not in the forecast but the humidity is going up slightly. temperatures also going up tomorrow. 88 degrees if your in fairmount and sauderton 87 degrees and reading 87 degrees and mostly sunny. eastham township 87 degrees and humidity keeps on going up with rain chances returning mostly wednesday but not everybody, only a part of the area will see the rain on wednesday. this is future weather. tomorrow we're mostly dry and sunny and then we go into
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wednesday and more clouds move in and the best chance of rain west of philadelphia. not everyone through the afternoon and i think they will continue to see most of the rain staying just west philadelphia so mostly our pennsylvania suburbs and parts of delaware can expect the rain on wednesday. not along the shore though. heat wave returning on thursday and the 90s return before the week is over so what you can expect if you're in philadelphia and when you compare it to the shore. quite a bit of a difference. tomorrow in philadelphia 88 degrees and wednesday 89 so close to 90. we could hit 90 on wednesday. we have to watch the rain chances and chance of a cheer or thunderstorm on thursday. friday mid-90s and saturday 92. that would be our next heat wave so we'll be watching that very closely with more humidity so that tries to come back. are along the shore, that's where you'll find the most heat relief and temperatures in the 80s and creeping near 90 friday and saturday and staying dry from the rain as we go through this week and sunday could be a different story.
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a look at that coming up. >> looking forward to that. meantime, lester holt joins us from the nbc studios in new york. >> here's a look at what's coming up on "nbc nightly news." hey there, lester. >> officials release new details about the dallas police ambush and following that shooting at a courthouse in michigan. my interview with vice president biden. would he accept another run as vp with hillary clinton? we'll hear his answer and mrs. prime minister, we'll introduce to you britain's next leader when we see you back here for "nightly news." keith and denise, back to you. >> thank you. we'll see you at 6:30. all right. how about this. gymnastics, of course, some of the highlights of the summer olympic games. today though we know the five laid white house will represent team usa. >> they cemented their spots during the olympics trials last night in san jose. one of the shining stars is a newcomer from new jersey. laurie hernandez trains in monmouth gymnastics in morgue abeville. she was born in new brunswick and is the first u.s.-born latina to make the women's
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olympic team in more than three decades. lawyery will fly home tonight where her biggest fans will throw her a party at her gym. and there are just 25 days until the summer olympic games get under way in rio, and nbc 10 is your home to watch all the action. >> cheer on laurie, too. let's go, jersey. >> right. >> listen to this. hundreds of feet in the air. they work that high. it's challenging enough being that high up but imagine holding on to a giant piece of glass at the same time. crews at the new comcast innovation technology and inso vags center are doing it every single day. next they will give us a window into their work.
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a new skyscraper is staking its claim in the sky as philadelphia's next tall f-building. >> before we know it the building right here will be covered in dallas. how much? 9,000 panes. that's a lot of glass. i took a trip up the new comcast innovation and technology center to see how piece is installed, each and every gigantic piece. out here on the ledge. >> bring it straight down. >> it's open air, hundreds of dizzying feet down. >> let's show them how we do it.
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>> reporter: northeast philly native mike goldhawk isn't scared. he's been a glass worker for 14 years. >> just got to walk yourself and pay attention to what you're doing. >> that's, right, wrong? >> reporter: it's a huge guy. 50 guys are responsible for 9,500 panels. take a look at the sheer sides of this thing. about 14 1/2 feet wide this way and 14 feet wide and they weigh between 1,500 and 1,800 pounds, not to mention the glass is about an inch thick. want to go a step further? if you line each panel up end to end starting here at the comcast innovation and technology center they stretch all the way to wilmington, that's about 26 miles of glass. >> hold that. >> reporter: so how do they do it? >> rich allen dorff says one pane at a time. >> reporter: there's a monorail system up here and what's attached to the sis steam chain hoimpt the windows get hooked up, slide them down and get them
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up top and get them down close and they interlock together. >> okay. >> reporter: and one they are finally in place an iron worker who grew up in west philly gets to work right on the edge. >> i'm kittyhawking the panels so the water doesn't leak in. >> reporter: are you trying not to look down. >> i'm used to looking down. i'm an iron worker, doing this for 14 years. >> reporter: and that kind of fulfillment is contagious here on philly's next tallest building. >> guys with high rise construction, they like doing this. >> about 500 guys are work up there right now. most are local. those guys work year round so imagine doing that today in the heat and, of course, months from now in the cold and the snow. doesn't stop them. >> sometimes you take for grant all the work that's being done and it's pretty incredible "nbc 10 news at 6:00" is next. >> next at 6:00, an olympic gold medalist will headline a popular event at the jersey shore, and
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also the floods were devastating. homes destroyed. tonight how animals rescued in west virginia can be yours here in philadelphia. >> and new developments in the criminal case against a popular south jersey chef. >> and a beautiful day today. the lower humidity makes such a big difference but later on this week it's going to creep back up along with the temperatures and the rain chances. i'll show you what you can expect for your weekend next on "nbc 10 news at 6:00.
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and we begin with more violence against law enforcement officers today. two court bailiffs were shot and killed and a deputy injured during a courthouse shooting in michigan. officers fired back and killed the suspect, and in the last few minutes we've learned a criminal defendant wrestled the gun from a deputy, and that's how he managed to begin shooting. right now there's no information about the shooter or a motive, but we will continue to follow any breaking development out of michigan. good evening, everyone. i'm jim rosenfield. protesters continue to make their voices an actions heard across philadelphia and the delaware valley. >> hey, hey, these cops have got to go! >> reporter: today activist marched through the street of center city and caused trouble. the group says white americans
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are concerned about the killing of black men by police. protests have continued for six days now in philadelphia. tim furlong is joining us from wilmington where another group is protesting right now, tim. >> reporter: yeah, you know, we're in the middle of king street which should be really busy with cars. a couple hundred people getting ready to march down king street for a real and a protest. after the police shootings in minnesota and louisiana, there have been marches around the country in cities big and small and wilmington having one today. there was a police-involved shooting last october where police shot a man in the wheelchair and officers are not going to face charges but the attorney general basically said the officers shouldn't be allowed to carry a gun anymore and the wilmington police department has policy issues. the line between good cops and bad cops has to be more clearly defined and bad cops need to be held more accountable especially when it involves deadly force and we hear now from one of the organizers of this march. >> unless we change the structure, the

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