violence exposed the deepest faulted lines of our democracy. >> he also tried to send a message of hope as he remembered the five police officers who were ambushed and killed in dallas. here is nbc 10's randy gillenhall. >> holding hands on stage at today's memorial, two u.s. presidents, one republican, one democratic, one white, one black, calling for the country to come together after a week of violence. that theme of unity echoing through the auditorium. >> i'm here to insist we are not as divided as we think. i know that because i know america. i know how far we've come against impossible odds. >> at times, it seems like the force is pulling us apart are stronger than the forces binding us together. argument turns to easily into animosity. >> five empty chairs were reserved for the five fallen

officers. killed by a sniper, during a protest march against police. today, the city's mayor says that kind of violence can happen any where, and police officers are on the frontlines just doing their job. >> they know we have a common disease. this absurd violence on our streets. those that will help us fight it, our men and women in blue. >> like police officers across the country, these men and their families shared a commitment to something larger than themselves. >> randy gillenhall, nbc 10 news. several department also a fend the funerals for the funerals in dallas. upper south hampton police departments will be there. our cameras caught them loading their motorcycles. they expect to get to dallas by

tomorrow. >> it is the horrible tragedy, and we just felt we needed to be there to help in the healing and show solidarity for our brothers. >> the plymouth city is also sending officers to dallas. an update on the breaking news if last night. investigators have determined a threat made against three philadelphia police districts is not credible. recently, someone flagged down an officer in the 39th district and warned him of a threat on facebook. but when investigators looked into it, they found no evidence that the threat was legitimate. building trust and transparen transparency. how they're doing it one foot step at a time. we're going to live to dallas for the fallen officers in that city. now to the first alert weather, nbc 10 checked out the

playground, where these two were in the swing of things. cool enough to play outside this afternoon. pleasant, but not for long. >> that's right. we're in store for yet another heat wave. nbc 10 sheena parveen is here with the details. >> it is not going be to a dry one either. humidity coming back with the next heat wave in the forecast. it will be another week where we end up saying, yes, it will be feeling close to 100 degrees. live look at center city, mostly sunny skies. humidity is at i comfortable level. it doesn't feel too much hotter than it is. 87 degrees in philadelphia, a bit of a breeze, but that's a warm wind direction, a little warmer than we were yesterday. also, don't forget your seven day forecast is always controlling at the bottom of the screen for you. take a look at what will happen the next of the week. tomorrow, close to 90, rain in the forecast, so i'll show you that coming up. thursday, friday, saturday, that's when we expect to be in a

heat wave. tomorrow, we'll watch the number closely if we do hit tomorrow, that could be the start of the heat wave. it is borderline, either way, it will be in the forecast, and with it, the humidity. with all of that combined, an excessive heat watch out to mercer to new castle, areas in between thursday and friday. temperatures like i showed you in the mid 90s, but feeling close to triple digit heat because of the humidity, always makes it feel hotter. aside from that, we're also watching showers down to the south and west, scattered showers and storms, moving in tomorrow and maybe even thursday. also part of your weekend, we have rain chances too. i'll show you the timing of the rain and talk about the heat that's coming up. vigil planned tonight to honor an eighth grader shot and killed. 15-year-old tahir was shot in the face at 61st and baltimore streets. two other teens were also shot they're expected to be okay.

the three teens participate in a community basketball league, and police believe they were targeted over a fight. >> gun violence is crazy. they carry guns like we carry wallets. everybody has a gun. it is mayhem. >> it was the result of a fight that followed a thursday night game last week. nbc 10 monique braxton spoke to the victim's mother. we'll hear from her tonight on nbc 10 news at 6:00. we have more details tonight about a firefighter killed in a training accident yesterday. nbc 10 has learned the victim was tim mcclanahan from lewis. he died after falling from a hooem. bureau reporter tim furlong shows us how he is being remembered today. >> lewis' fire chief can't believe it happened. his long time firefighter, tim mcclanahan killed. >> the lewis fire department

lost a friend, a brother and a member, we reach out to the famil famili family who lost a father, son and brother. >> he was the father of two and part of a air rescue team. firefighters up and down the state train regularly with the state police helicopter on remote rescues. >> whether it be over the water, remote locations in the woods, remote locations throughout the state. >> philly police had similar training today, like this officer here, tim mcclanahan was in a mock rescue when he fell out of the helicopter. faa is investigating what led to him falling out of the chopper. this morning, police officers and firefighters escorted his body upstate to the medical examine examiners. back at the fire department, his brothers and sisters, they're struggling right now. >> this is an overwhelming

event. yesterday was a very dark day for the lewis fire department. >> tim furlong, nbc 10 news. we'll have more details on that in just a moment. we have new details on this. just into the newsroom in the past half hour, about that scare at the bellevue in center city last night. we first told you about this last night at 11:00 and more about it at 4:00. police have charged wong with criminal trespassing. the north jersey man was caught with smoke bombs and chemicals that investigators say could have been used to make pipe bombs. police tell us they believe he was a photographer, taking pictures of a model and using the smoke for an effect in the pictures. a delaware man has tested positive for the zika virus. that brings the total number of cases in the state to eight. in pennsylvania, there have been 40 people who have tested positive. and 54 confirmed cases in new jersey. all of the positive zika test results are due to mosquito

bites, while people were traveling abroad. none of them involved pregnancy. south jersey bureau. burgling town car burglaries, 17 since the beginning of the month. two persons of interest in the winter green development on july 1st, police tell us the burglars have targeted unlocked cars. the state of delaware is trying to make sure students have a better chance of getting into and finishing college. today, governor jack markel announced $250,000 grant to help achieve that. the money is from an organization called usa funds, used to increase student success rates in college, improve their channels of getting a degree, and it will help reduce the cost associated with higher education. transformed, take a look for yourself. a live picture, showing a new

mural and landscape. part of the oval beer garden, you can see the grounds have already done that. opening day started a few minutes ago, running until 10:00. you'll remember, this all started last year. that's what you're looking at now. the changes at the oval will stick around for six weeks, most of the sum mer, and will includ food trucks. all that is left of this philadelphia home is a pile of debris. one family says they got out just in time. >> fire department was telling us to move back, move back, debris went all over the cars, the kids, my daughter. >> what the family spotted just moments earlier that warned them something was terribly wrong. that's coming up next. plus, she is is free woman. a gay bashing attack woman is released from prison. campaign enemies to political allies, how bernie sanders is trying to get his

supporters to vote for hillary clinton. that's still ahead, on nbc 10 news at 5:00.

>>announcer: this is nbc 10 news. they got literally just in time. >> yeah, they did. look at this. a fell dphiladelphia family kne something was wrong with their

house. randy ji randy gyllenhaal. >> this three story home into a pile of debris. >> that's my bedroom where the jacket is hanging up with the hanger. >> denise wheeler broke down, watching her belongings get torn apart. she rented here, with her sister and three kids. it is a duplex. the unit next door had long been vacant. they knew something was wrong last night, when large cracks started forming in the walls. >> i heard something falling. i looked at the wall, and the crack in the wall, it was small like it was saturday. it had opened up. i saw the bribincks inside the wall. >> they ran outside. a few hours later, the entire building fell down, the weight of the roof, pancaking the property. >> we were standing there the fire department was telling us to move back and debris went all over the cars, the kids, my

daughter. >> nobody was injured, but the family is now homes, getting help from the red cross. >> the american red cross is going to be shelters a family of five. so we were lucky today, because nobody was hurt. >> city inspectors are now on scene, surveying the damage. they will work to determine what went wrong and the possible cause of the collapse. in germantown, randy jill gylle news. anything you would like to say to the victim? >> kathryn knott stayed quiet as she was released from prison this afternoon. she served the minute five months of her five to ten months sentence. shell ae stay on parole for the remainder of the sentence and begin two years probation. you may remember the 2014 attack left a gay couple with bruises and broken bones. two other defendants in the case took plea deals. philadelphia district attorney

tells us the victims have made aware of her parole and did not object to it. meanwhile, she did everything right, but still got ripped off. the man in this video is trying to get into the home of a 96-year-old woman's house in east mount erie, he claimed he worked for philadelphia gas works. she opened her door to get her mail and police say the guy forced his way in, ran into the home, stole jewelry. if you recognize him, call police. back room deal, that's wh they're calling last week's deal between the parking authority and uber. now the group of taxi and limo drivers has filed an injunction to stop it. last week, the ppa announced that uber could temporarily operate legally in philadelphia. they believe uber's ride sharing service will be a draw to frustrated septa riders. there is limited service on the regional rails. today the coalition issued a

statement, saying we are not asking for an end to ride sharing. we are demanding a level playing field. where corporate interests like uber do not take priority over civil rights protected by the americans with disabilities act and the interests of thousands of drivers and small business owne owners. it was a great day for wall street. breaking the record set last year. experts say it is a sign of fears of brexit have gone away. you can see the dow finished up more than 120 points, s&p also closed on a record high. checkout problems, playing amazon during its second annual prime day. just hours into the online retailer sale event, multiple users reported issues while trying to check out. they all received "add to cart fail." #primedayfail is trending now. it is unclear how it may have

affected sales. >>announcer: now your nbc 10 first alert weather. humidity not so bad today again, but it is getting hotter united states si outside. it will feel like triple digit heat again. don't forget the seven day is scrolling at the bottom of the screen for you. this a live look at margate now, nice day at the shore. temperatures will be getting closer to 90 as we go to the end of the week with humidity. temperatures elsewhere, philadelphia, wilmington, 83, lehigh valley, everyone is dry, but that will change as we go into tomorrow. tracking a channels for race fo. new jersey, vorhees, 85. autobahn, close to 90 degrees. quite a bit warmer than yesterday. mount laurel, pemberton, 80

degrees. we have showers in the forecast for tomorrow. right now we're dry. we're going to stay that way through the evening, but all these scattered showers as you see approaching washington, that's going to slowly move in our direction. we could she showers as early as before lunchtime tomorrow. maybe even more as we go through the afternoon. then the heat continues to move in, and the humidity as well. so we have an excessive heat watch for the end of the week, from new castle through philadelphia up to mercer, areas in between. that will be thursday and friday. temperatures will be in the mid 90s. it will feel like any where from 100 to 104 degrees. very similar to what we had at the end of last week. we're going to have that again. today for example, we have lower humidity. the temperature so far in philadelphia has reached 87 degrees. it felt maybe a degree warmer than that. tomorrow, humidity keeps going up, feeling more like the mid to low 90s. then by thursday, 90 for a high temperature, we could be feeling

closer to 101, maybe up to 104 in some spots. then friday, heat and humidity continuing. so that is why thursday and friday we have the excessive heat watch. you want to avoid several hours outside the middle of day with the heat on the way. for tomorrow, neighborhood temperatures will be warmer than today. fairmount, 89 degrees, if you're in redding, 87, and everyone has a fair chance for scattered shower or thunderstorms tomorrow. if you're in new jersey, channels as well, 88 degrees, gallowway, 82 degrees. lower chance at the shore. dover, chance as well, 84 for tomorrow. we'll look at the ten-day forecast, because we have the heat wave in the forecast too. tomorrow, 89, so if we hit 90 tomorrow, we could start the heat wave, we could be close. thursday, chance of thunderstorm, more humid, friday, 94, saturday, 92. that would be an official heat wave, number three.

it starts dry but hot by sunday. next chance for scattered showers and storms, and heat and rain pattern, that continues even into next week. no relief soon. closer look at the forecast coming up. member of the philadelphia eagles will try his luck again on "america's got talent" tonight. not only a pro athlete, but a a magici magician. "america's got talent" ears tonight. at 10:00, it is mia and marty, followed by nbc 10 news at 11:00. here is something to consider. next time you're stuck in traffic, what if it were legal to drive on the shoulder. state leaders are considering just that. but is it a realistic solution to the back-ups on 76.

the investigators take a closer look when we come back. plus, this pup needs your vote. why this police dog from the lehigh valley is up for a national award.

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let's face it. we've had to do this. sit on the expressway behind rows and rows of cars.

when you hear this, adding another row for lanes, probably a good idea, right. >> but nbc 10 investigative reporter found out this idea, adding a lane, doesn't come out without controversy and challenges. >> people drive like maniacs. >> reporter: pen dot is considering a change to i-76, possibly using the shoulder as another lane. >> i'm a little skeptic. >> reporter: safety can be an issue. >> tonight at 11:00 clock, the investigators look at where else, the practice is in place and how feasible the changes here. >> that throws up red flags. you'll see george's full report tonight at 11:00 clock, but joins us with a preview. george, like many of the viewers, all of us take 76 to get to and from work. >> it could be a big change for a lot of people. as you're saying, a daily

change. for anybody who drives it, somebody has to give. pen dot acknowledges to us, 140,000 people. that's basically the average number of drivers on i-76 everyday, and it has nearly doubled the volume it was intended to carry. so the use of breakdown lanes and the shoulder space, really could add capacity, add to the number of cars that could be carried on i-76 there. >> you see, that sounds great. i hear that and go, that's perfect. but then again, the highway is so cramped and backed up. >> stuck between the river and pretty steep cliffs in areas on one side. a big part of the story tonight is looking at how other places have done this. because they already have. the safety impacts that those other areas encounter. the impacts you might not expect. tonight, we are taking those questions that we uncovered right to pen dot, as they consider this big change definitely guys, a lot to think about, a lot to weigh for anybody who uses i-76 on a

regular basis, which as you were saying, all three of us do. it is a lot of people in the delaware valley. >> no question. you know what, if they can do it, fantastic. >> right. that's what they're thinking about. >> very good, george. thank you so much. as he just mentioned, it bears repeating, changing i-76, is what it is called. you'll see it tonight, 11:00. important news for drivers, a headlight test by the insurance institution for highway safety left a lot to be desired when it comes to small suvs. researchers tested 21, and none received the highest rating. in fact, more than half received the lowest rating. the test measure the amount of usable lights from low and high beams on roads an curves. switching gears, hillary clinton received a lot of presidential endorsements so far. but today, she got the one that she has been waiting for. >> yeah, but bernie sanders supporters ready to jump on the hillary bandwagon? we'll hear from voters, next at

5:00. plus new revelations in the jersey sandusky sexual gation, what one victim says how the coach responded.

secretary clinton has won the democratic nominating

process. >> you heard it. bernie sanders, endorsed hillary clinton today at a joint rally in new hampshire. today's announcement comes more than a month after sanders lost to clinton for the party's presumptive presidential nomination. >> his endorsement means a lot to her, it gives her that boost, when she badly needed one. steve handlesman has the latest. >> reporter: it looked a bit awkward, but he stood with hillary clinton and used the e word. >> i'm endorsing hillary clinton. >> he said she can address our crises. >> she will make an outstanding president, and i am proud to stand with her today. thank you all very much. >> to get today's embrace, clinton agreed to push sanders proposals, like free college and public option for health care, and she used sanders sound bites. >> we need an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top.

not just the millionaires and billionaires, but everybody. >> democrats are more unified a clinton candidacy is in mo more trouble. the latest poll it has dropped to 3%. 66% believe clinton's carelessness with e-mails was criminals. attorney general loretta lynch who decided on no charges got slammed by republicans. >> i don't think hillary clinton has been treated like any other american. >> soldiering on, clinton is vetting possible running mates, add m elizabeth warren of massachusetts, to stand with her like this, at the convention. i'm steve handlesman, nbc news, washington. we watched the clinton/sanders events. former staffers and volunteers in south philly today. they were not all convinced by what they heard.

>> if i had been in a coma for the last year, i would be going go hillary, but it is really hard. there is a big disconnect what she is saying now and what she has been saying for the last year. >> the clinton campaign launched new pennsylvania together events for sanders an clinton supporters throughout the keystone state. >> republican nominee, donald trump took to twitter today, slamming the new alliance. trump tweeted out, bernie sanders has lost most of his leverage has totally sold out to crooked hillary clinton. ell he will endorse her today. it prompted a response from the sanders campaign. big talk from the same guy too afraid to debate bernie in california. trump is said to hit the campaign trail with another possible vice-presidential pick tonight. he'll be joined by mike pence outside of indianapolis. trump's third vp tryout, after

appearing at events with newt gingrich and governor chris christie. trump is expected to reveal his vp pick before the republican national convention begins on monday. nbc 10 has learned hillary clinton will stay in philadelphia, following the democratic national convention. the presumptive democratic nominee is planning an event on independence mall the day after the convention ends. her campaign has been issued a permit for a public assembly at the site on july 29th, but no other details have been released. our team of reporters will covering both conventions, you can look for live reports starting sunday night on nbc 10 news at 11:00. new revelations in the jerry sandusky at penn state. new court documents, former football coach, joe paterno may have learned about the abuse as early as 1976, and did nothing. the man called john doe in the

documents testified back in 2014 that jerry sandusky sexually abused him back in 1976 when he was 14 years old. john doe claims he told paterno about the incident the very next day. the paternos response he didn't want to hear about it. p paterno previously claimed he didn't they deny the claims. now to the first alert weather, perfect beach day down the shore. quite a few people out there at this hour. you know, this is the best time of the day to be on the beach. everybody getting off, you can kind of just sit back, relax. you better enjoy this pleasant weather while you can, because the heat and humidity around the corner. >> sheena fparveen is here with the details. >> it will be like the ends of last week, in the 90s, it felt

like triple digits. today is really comfortable still. humidity still low, so that 85 in lehigh valley feels pretty nice compared to what we will be seeing later on this week. delaware coming in at 83 degrees. sunny skies and still in the 80s for pennsylvania suburbs. 83 in philadelphia. we're dry across the area too, so we can expect to stay that way as we go through tonight, most of the morning tomorrow, but if you're in the pennsylvania suburbs, right around 10:00 p.m., around 73 degrees, so warm evening. then by 8:00 in the morning, 71 degrees, which a chance of showers, shortly after. here a live look at the radar. locally we're dry, but we have showers and storms just down to the south and west. this will slowly move in tomorrow so we do have rain chances in the forecast. i'll show you that coming up. later on this week, an excessive heat watch from new castle to mercer county for temperatures in the 90s, feeling around 100 degrees. we'll talk about that and the

timing of the rain, coming up. >> thanks for that sheena. a vigil is set to get underway for a teenager who was shot and killed while walking home from a basketball game last night. 15-year-old tahir barns was shot in the face about a block away from the playground at 61st and baltimore. monique braxton just spoke to his mother. we'll hear from her later on at nbc 10 news at 6:00. a michigan sheriff has pledged to review the guidelines for people charged with violent crimes. this after he killed two bail lives. the inmates hands were cuffed in front when he took hold of the gun. initially he said the inmate identified as larry dorn nel gordon was not handcuffed. he got into a fight with the deputy yesterday, and according to the sheriff, gordon tried to take hostages, but officers shot and killed him before he could. in the wake of the violence

involving police across the country, some delaware officers are working to build stronger relationships with folks in their community. new castle county police officers dished out water i used to, chilling with the cops events was at the community plaza on chrkri christieana roa. police serve coffee at pike creek brouhaha in wilmington. responding to the new effort to build trust in their community, plus live to dallas, how president obama honored the five police officers killed in the line of duty.

in washington today, republican lawmakers grilled the

u.s. attorney general, loretta lynch, over the investigation into hillary clinton's private e-mail server. lynch appeared before the house judiciary committee today. she was asked repeatedly about the justice department's decision to not pursue charges in the case. lynch repeatedly declined to explain the legal basis for the decision. she told committee members it was her intention all along to accept the recommendation of the fbi. >> the matter was handled like any other matter. it was reviewed the clahain andn considering the matter, there was no connection. there was no need for recusal or independent prosecutor. >> yesterday, republicans asked the department of justice to investigate whether clinton perjured herself in earlier tomorrow to a congressional committee. two possible data breaches in pennsylvania to tell you about. the personal information of 13,000 patients at st. mary's

ambulatory center may be at risk after a malware attack. four laptop computers were stolen from an auditor in san francisco. one contained personal information, which wasn't properly secured. the department of revenue is sending letters to those affected. as the fight against the heroin epidemic intensifies, a new report shows cocaine and fentanyl are also claiming more lives. last year, more than 3,000 people died from drug overdoses across pennsylvania, a 23% jump from 2014. heroin was used in more than half of the overdayses. fentanyl increased by 93%. cocaine, by 41%. local students started five-week program today that may encourage them to become doctors. turns out, latinos and hispanics make up about 4% of practicing health professionals in the u.s.

and philadelphia college of osteopathic medicine hopes to change that. they partnered with latino groups to help raise interest and stem careers. >> we went to a low income neighborhood and said these are the students that we believe should come to a program that would normally cost them a lot of money. they may not be able to afford. we wanted to afford them an opportunity. >> the summer program hopes to motivate these students to consider a career in medicine. we have more heat and tum humidity. i'll show you the timing and how hot it will get later this week. that's coming up next.

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thousands gathered to honor the five police officers gunned

down in dallas last week. president obama and president george w. bush spoke at an interfaith conference. vice-president biden was also there, inside the packed hall fromfy vacant seats with folded american flags in memory of the slain officers. it was the 11th time president obama tried to comfort a community. >> dallas, i'm here to say we must reject such despair. i'm here to insist we are not as divided as we think. i know that, because i know america. i know how far we've come against impossible odds. >> following the ceremony, president obama and the first lady met with families of the slain officers and those who were wounded. nbc 10's jason rascon joins

us. >> jacob, set the scene on the day the mayor said he hoped would go a long way to help the city heal. >> reporter: all week we've been talking to law enforcement as you might imagine, including those who supervised those of the injured and fallen. what they say, it really wouldn't all set in and become a reality for them until we started having these memorials and funerals. the officers really tried to put on a tough face, and they have. they've received the support with open hearts and they've been thankful for all of it. but you get the sense that not until today were a lot of them, that it really hit. you could see the pain on their faces. you've been able to see it all week. it is starting to set in as some of the media cameras leave and there aren't as many cameras out here where we are, they're getting time now to really think about it. you can tell that it really

hurts. it is going to take sometime. but that at the same time, and this is what some of the speakers talked about, the support has been overwhelming. you can't even tell where i am, these patrol cars any more because of the hundreds of notes and balloons and flowers and such. the acts of kindness is enumerable. >> dallas chief received a standing ovation before he spoke today. i'm curious, what has been the reaction to brown's plea for the protesters to join his force? >> reporter: right, it has been really incredible that in the middle of two clear sides of an argument about police and officer involved shootings, this chief it seems has been able to cut through all of it we don't usually see. he has been so well received by

every side, and everybody, and when he said yesterday, i have some advice for those protesting, we're hiring, they received a big response, in fact. they've said now on their facebook page and twitter, that they're trying to respond to the e-mails and calls that they've received about this. because they're getting a lot of people, they haven't put a number on it, but overwhelmed with the number they've gotten with that. a lot of people interested in that. keith, rosemary. >> nbc's jacob rascon live in dallas. thank you, jacob. nightly news will also have more on tonight's moving memorial in dallas. let's check in with alsoer holt. he joins us with a preview. good evening, lester. >> good evening, we're going to hear more from the president as he walked the careful line between praising police officers, at the same time, acknowledging the black lives matter movement. safety experts take a dim view on the headlights on popular

vehicles, and tell you why cops are baling on the most elusive hijacker. we'll see you back here for ""nbc nightly news."" thanks, lester. >>announcer: your first alert weather. well, still a comfortable day. humidity still fairly low, it doesn't feel too much hotter than they actually are. 87 in philadelphia, delaware, coming in to low to mid 80s, new jersey, low 80s, even along the shore. the seven day is scrolling at the bottom of the screen with the new neighborhood weather. philadelphia area, philly international, 86. look at penn, 90, fox choice, 95, it is a warmer day today. humidity up just a little bit, but that will increase as we go through the rest of the week. what you can expect this week, getting hotter, getting more

humid. temperatures will be feeling close to 100 degrees. we have rain chances for this week and part of the weekend. tomorrow morning, clouds will be increasing, you'll wake up to cloudy skies tomorrow as opposed to all the sunshine today. we could have early showers around for the early commute. i don't think it will be a lot or widespread. we could have some around for the morning. by the middle of the day, more widespread. 1:30 in the afternoon tomorrow, chance of thunderstorms, maybe even in the evening. so the models are updating and trying to show possibly some thunderstorms around by the evening commute. and then clearing later on tomorrow night. we're not going to be out of the wet pattern just yet. by thursday afternoon, we're still going to have at least a chance for some scattered showers or thunderstorm, and the humidity is going to go up even higher. we have a heat wave in the forecast, heat wave number three. along with the heat, the humidity, it will make it feel around 100 degrees. today so far, 87 in

philadelphia, that's the average high where we should be. tomorrow, close to 90. thursday, friday, saturday, expect temperatures in the 90s. and that would be our heat wave. feeling like triple digits. because of that the feeling like triple digits, we have an excessive heat watch. mercer county, areas in between, pennsylvania, new jersey neighborhoods, both thursday and friday, temperatures in the mid 90s, and the extra humidity, it will be potentially dangerous. you want to avoid staying outside for several hours during the day. make sure you stay hydrated. over the next three days, we have a chance of showers or storms tomorrow even thursday, friday, dry, temperatures mid 90s in philadelphia. pennsylvania suburbs, rain chances over the next couple of days, but drying out by friday, temperatures in the 90s. same thing for lehigh valley, 91 friday, even more heat for the wee weekend. thursday and friday, don't look too bad. t temperatures will get hotter.

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south jersey police are busy tackling crime and also community concerns, one foot step at a time. >> we mean foot step. officers in burlington city tell us, bureau reporter shows us how. >> how is everybody doing today? >> inside the wayside ministry summer day camp, kids greet the officer, same children as young as four, who tell counselors, they're scared of police, due to what they see on tv or hear their parents say. >> they say what they hear, oh, they're shooting black people. i say no, they're not honey. let's talk about this.

because in one sense, it is true, but in another, they need to know the truth. >> truth, transparency and open lines of community is officer pero's goal. >> this neighborhood seems to be where we have a lot of issues. >> he considers canvassing neighborhoods on foot, preventing crime. >> they're seeing that on tv, and they are thinking every protest will be that way and it is not. >> you never know what is in people's minds. >> virginia is grateful. >> the burlington city police have increased walking patrols at a delicate time of national violence. >> part of the foot patrols, five people shot during three crimes over the past month, and two remain unsolved. >> i got my wallet back. >> to foster new leads, they're shaking hands. >> it has made a big difference.

they want to see us to be more social and hear their problems. >> they're passing out pint-size footballs, and treating them to free ice cream for good behavior. >> you were in my grade class. >> if we can't trust them, we are really in a sorry place right now. >> piro believes community trust is becoming stronger, one foot step at a time. >> you have to treat everybody with respect and dignity. >> from burlington city, sydney long, nbc 10 news. coming up next at 6:00, making the ultimate sacrifice to try to protect others. nbc 10 is giving you an exclusive look at the dangerous training for first responders, after the death of a local firefighter. and i'm tracking showers, even storms for tomorrow. then we have a lot of heat and humidity in the forecast this week. i'll show you the numbers, coming up. plus a 15-year-old boy shot and killed, after walking a

basketball game with friends. the message the victim's mother has for her son's killers, next, and all new on nbc 10 news at 6:00.

shooting, a group of guys, like 15 of them. still dressed in his hospital gown, a teenager tells nbc 10 about the terrifying

moments he and two other boys were shot after a basketball game last night. good evening, i'm jim rosenfield. a 15-year-old was killed, and his mother has a message for the people who murdered her son. all new at 6:00, monique braxton just spoke with the mother and she is is joining us where family and friends are gathering for a vigil. monique. >> reporter: hi, jim. more than 100 people, including tahir's mother, this is where tahir barns was watching a basketball game and when he left with his teammates, he was gunned down. >> outgoing, funny. loved the game of basketball. he was trying to pursue his rapping career. >> reporter: steven and tanisha thomas. >> my heart is in so much pain. i want those people or whoever did this to my son, you will be