the rain around. these are severe thunderstorms across parts of the area right now so the picture we just showed you, that's wilmington. we also have storms moving into wilmington and the line extends farther down to washington. the storms right through philadelphia. ground stop at the airport down to washington. there's a ground stop and up through new york and parts of boston and the ground stop as well. we'll zoom in here. we have a severe thunderstorm warning for philadelphia until 4:30. this is going to move into new jersey as well. it's our new jersey neighborhoods as well that are involved in a severe thunderstorm warning, so very high winds near 60 miles an hour or we could even see some higher wind gusts. very heavy rain, a lot of lightning right through the philadelphia area. the major interstates, 95. this is going to be crossing into new jersey soon, so if you're in cherry hill you can expect this in gloucester 410, washington township 4:32 and berlin about 4:42. the line is again extending down towards wilmington.

a lot of heavy rain and lightning and thunderstorm activity. that continues down towards washington, so if you're in gloucester, again, 4:26 washington and near 430 and williamstown expect it by 4:55 so this line of storms is going to be crossing the major interstates up through philadelphia and even extending through parts of trenton and mercy county. that's going to slide into new jersey and delaware. we'll talk more about this and what you can expect for the rest of the evening coming up. we have our newest meteorologist that we want to welcome to the nbc 10 weather team. she has a closer check on the heat in the area. >> thank you. i'm getting a hot and wet welcome here. you can see the change from where the rain has already moved through. tracking the temperature 74 in allentown and philadelphia and 87 degrees, feels-like temperatures. what it feels like based on the fact that we have the high humidity. check out dover, 107 is what it feels like. while temperatures will dip a tad, we're talking a trend that

brings back the heat so today we've officially hit a high of 95 degrees. that's the fifth day in a row that we've seen temperatures in the 90s. going to have a little break here and drop things down your tuesday and wednesday into the upper 80s and then we bring back the 90s thursday and friday and looks like we could potentially be feeling 100 or near 100 on saturday and sheena will have more on that coming up. >> let's get back to the coverage of our republican national convention in cleveland. this is as you're about to see here a live look where it's day one and donald trump is showing the world what to expect the unexpected. >> musical performances that are continuing throughout the day. jim rosenfield is anchoring the coverage live in cleveland and joins us now with all of today's coverage. >> reporter: right now i want to share with you why i'm talking loudly over music. we're sort inform between the official business of the convention and kind of entertains the delegates as they wait for speaker after speaker. they have been going over some

rules issues and adopting things from commit. a little bit of drama. we'll get into that about the anti-trump effort. meantime, what about the new polls that are out, a new monmouth university poll showing this race is tightening up even further with donald trump closing in on hillary clinton. it finds that clinton now holds just a three-point lead over her republican rival. down from a six-point lead in the same poll last month. now this, convention right here in cleveland, of course, gives donald trump high profile event to try to tighten that lead furthermore. the convention all getting under way officially at 1:00 this afternoon. a few hours ago and everyone is wondering just what's in store here? >> welcome to the 2016 republican national convention. >> reporter: and with that the republican national convention officially kicked off this afternoon. usually a week long celebration of the presumptive nominee. >> whoever receives those 1,237 votes will be our nominee, and

we will be backing that person. >> reporter: but this year there's a divide. outside the quicken loans arena, protesters are already making their voices heard. inside the arena anti-trump delegates are expected to try one last time to get rid of trump by forcing a roll call vote. once that's over, today's theme will be make america safe again. >> very excited. very interested in what everybody has to say, especially what's been going hon in this country alone with all the gun violence. >> reporter: the speakers focusing on terror, immigration and benghazi, and trump himself expectsed to make a cameo sometime today. most nominees aren't seen until thursday. and right now the focus is on perhaps the mundane but really not. it is very important as far as the anti-trump forces are concerned the rules here and what takes place down here on the floor. there's been a lot of action

behind the scenes. will it spill out on to the convention floor? for that i want to bring in our nbc 10 colleague who has been covering the delegates and what's going on behind the scenes with the rules. lauren? >> reporter: yeah, jim. we've been watching the convention floor and the delegates known as unbound today but they were really dealt another blow by the rules committee in this final effort to derail a trump nomination. >> this convention will come to order. >> reporter: while the rnc opened with formality on the convention floor, behind the scenes here a frantic last-minute effort to change the way things work here. >> we're trying to find the convention secretary. i mean, we have the signatures from 11 states to force a roll call vote. she has suddenly disappeared and don't know where she is. >> reporter: the idea, change the rules, let the delegates vote the way they want,

delegates who come in here bound to support a candidate because of the primary vote. >> do you think there's any way that you can stop donald trump from being nominated? >> there's always a chance, but it's important to know that this isn't all about donald trump. what's happened with the republican party and the draconian attempt to crush the delegates can't stand. >> reporter: middleton's dealt got sat on the rules committee and spoke to them just after they took the vote. >> my view is as a lawyer and sports fans you don't change the rules in the middle of the game and while donald trump wasn't my first pick, not my last choice, but he was the choice of more than anybody else by an overwhelming number. >> reporter: delegates themselves have been getting lobbied to vote down the rules. montgomery county's tom ellis. >> a lot of letters, a lot of phone calls. >> reporter: but he's not convinced. >> originally when i ran i thought it would be fun to have a convention that's brokered, but now we're down to two candidates. we have hillary on the democratic side and we've got donald on the republican side so it's time to move on and have that battle.

>> reporter: and you may remember that pennsylvania has sort of an unusual situation. most of the delegates from pennsylvania actually come in being able to vote for whoever they want but that is not the case in new jersey and delaware, so this really would have affected them. we're going to stay on top of that, and we'll be back at 5:00 with more on the rnc and a look at the security here. for now live in cleveland, lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. jim, back to you. >> reporter: lauren, stay glued to your phone for any updates and then can you text me. we'll stay in touch here as well up here in our suite. you're down here on the floor. really appreciate you staying on top of that effort to see what the anti-trump forces are up to. as you mentioned, security is a big concern here in this week. officials here address the that. cleveland's mayor and police chief spoke and said so far no major issues. no real threats. security planners and the police union here have been trying to

get ohio's open carry gun law suspended for the week outside of the security zone here, but today the police revealed they don't have authority to override that law. just yesterday governor kasich said as much as well. now, nbc 10 has one of the largest teams here in cleveland covering all of the action here all week long, and that means more stories that you won't see anywhere else. we've got lauren mayk. i'm here. traci davidon is here as well. coming up at 430, i'm going to be back with a look at the no shows. you'll see some of the big names in republican party circles who decided to opt out of this convention, and we'll also be talking later on about that security issue going more in depth on that for lauren mayk. for now i'll send is back to you in filly. >> look forward to all that have. thank you. and we'll continue our live coverage from cleveland throughout the rnc on nbc 0 and

on our nbc 10 app. lo now to breaking new details to the police ambush in baton rouge that left three officers dead. in a news conference that wrapped up just a few minutes ago authorities described what happened as an assassination. nbc 10 has this report live from studio. denise, what have you learned? >> reporter: keith, the gunman oyvind as gavin long was looking for locations to specifically target law enforcement. he was armed with two rifles and a handgun. they say the most compelling evidence is a video that shows the former marine calculated in his actions. they say he snuck up behind police officers and shot them at close range. they believe long would have headed to police headquarters not far away to take more lives had a w swath s.w.a.t. officer shot and killed him first. one of the fallen officers was

quoted this afternoon in making a plea for peace. >> please don't let hate affect your heart this. city must and will get better. >> reporter: a senior law enforcement official tells nbc news long's interest in the sovereign citizen movement does not appear have played a significant role in this attack. right now investigators are looking into his online activity to better understand his motive. >> 100% of revolutions, of victims fighting their oppressors, have been successful through fighting back, through bloodshed. >> reporter: the gunman posted this video on youtube back on july 8th, and while he talks about police, it's not clear if the post is related to this weekend's attack. the victims of the attack have been identified as officer matthew gerald who is on the left,er montrell jackson who you see on the right and sheriff's deputy brad galofolla pictured

in the middle. three other members of law enforcement were hurt and the we're told one deputy is still fighting for his life. we will continue to bring you updates as we get them. keith? >> right now, as can you imagine. police officers are out doing their jobs under a whole lot of pressure. >> police chiefs say they have never seen a climate like this before with no margin for error and officers realizing ones that want to talk to them. a look now at what police are going through. >> they got a hard jab. >> reporter: jameel richardson says it's awful what happened in baton rouge and sees tensions reaching a boiling point, even in his own family in philadelphia there are both concerns about unfair policing and fears for a relative who is an officer. >> he tells me every day, it's tough. >> reporter: upper darby superintendent mike chitwood has worked in policing for 52 years, and he says he's never seen assaults on police like this before. they are true terrorists.

there is no call for that. there's no rhyme or reason. >> reporter: and he's also seeing more support and so are other departments. in camden county, gloucester officer held coffee with the cops and an outreach program. >> we have to build bridges and bonds and take other people's concerns into consideration. >> reporter: attacks on police mean changes in procedures. philadelphia officers again ride two to a car and in upper darby chitwood is asking his team for extra awareness. it's a new norm and the new norm is killing police officers. that's tragic. >> reporter: in upper darby, drew smirkts nbc 10 news. >> new at 4:00, authorities say a love triangle is likely to blame for the execution-style shooting of a man last week. it's the first murder in the jamison section in three decades. police are receiving for 33-year-old jeffrey gould of bensalem. authorities have charged him in

the murder of edward dubinsky who was found shot to death on the front porch of his home thursday morning. police say an investigation into the murder revealed the two men had been involved with the same woman but it's not clear exactly what let to that shooting. >> nothing specific or dramatic that we're aware of. i think there's a certain action of communication and friction back and forth and no explosive event that we're aware of. >> police are also looking for the woman in this love triangle identified as zannatul naim. she has not been charged. police believe gould is now in north carolina. police in delaware county are asking for your help in tracking down the man seen in this surveillance video. he's wanted for firing nearly 30 rounds at a man on kent road in upper derby. the man was hit nine times and is in extremely critical condition. he should be considered arm and

extremely dangerous. if you know who he is, call upper darby police. no charges will be fired against eagles wide receiver nelson aguilar following an assault at a strip class. the district attorney said there were insufficient evidence to warrant such charges. police received he was involved in an assault at the cheerleader's gentleman's club in south philadelphia. time is running out for workers at trump taj mahal to agree to a new contract. the current contract offer needs to be accepted at 5:00 p.m. tonight or it will be withdrawn forever. the offer includes restoration of contribution towards health benefits. it's been more than two weeks since the two sides held a negotiate session. >> the septa slowdown has entered another week. this morning septa added an adigtsal five cars released from the maryland-area regional commuter train service to help

with overcrowding. five more cars will be added later in the week. a newly adjusted regional rail schedule also went into effect today. septa has been dealing with crowding and delays since dozens of trains had to be pulled from service because of defective steel beams. >> a major step forward in a plan to compete community schools in fifrl yafrmt the mayor announced the first nine schools selected to participate. they are in north, northwest, south and southwest philadelphia. each will have a full-time coordinator who will work with parents, students, teachers and neighbors to identify their needs to include job training and expand ed neighborhood centers. >> it's a place where kids go and then they leave, but now it can be so much more. we can have evening programs where parents can come in and do resume wright. we can have maybe family dinners. things like that. >> hover the next five years the

city will invest nearly $40 million to transform 20 public schools into community cools. overseas in the aftermath of a failed military coup in that country that man is blaming the uprising on a pennsylvania cleric living in exile. turkey's president erdogan alleged that cleric fethullah gulen plotted the military coup is demanding the united states extradite him back to turk but he denies any involvement and has been living in monroe county for years sand a longtime critic of the turkish government. the cleric believes these accusations are police kay motivated. >> he's a man of peace and defended peace against terrorist groups like isis and condemned violence of all times throughout his life. for him to be associated with a coup is simply insulting. he said i have nothing to do with this. i categorically deny it.

>> sources close to gulen say at this point no formal extradition request has been made but they will fully cooperate with the u.s. government if that happens. >> well, there you see it, new video we're getting in now. thunderstorms moving across the area, and you can see the high winds here. this is in upper darby, the rain coming down in sheets and we do have a couple of severe thunderstorm warnings across the area right now. one through the philadelphia area and one in newcastle county so the line of storm that extends down into washington. we have a ground stop still at philly international. now, these storms are not moving too fast so i would not be surprise federal we had some localized brief street flooding, even creek flooding. we can't rule that out. severe thunderstorm warning through the philadelphia area that extends into some of our new jersey area. some parts of camden and gloucester county. heavy rain over 959 in south fill and that's going to

continue to move into south philly. waterford at 4:55. because this storm is so severe. heavy rain and a lot of lightning near 60 miles per hour and damaging wind and potentially hail across the area. the other severe thunderstorm warning that just got issued is through parts of newcastle and salem county in south jersey where a thunderstorm warning will go until 5:00 p.m. and look at all the lightning right around newcastle county near newark and wilmington. this one is moving mostly to the southeast. again, not a fast mover, right around 20 to 30 mean, i so we could be talking about some localized flooding in parts of newcastle county. glassboro 4:43 and williamstown 4:57 and deerfield 5:14 and pitsgrove right around 5:17. i mentioned that lightning. take a look at the number of strikes. okay 300 lightning strikes in this small area of newcastle

county alone in the past 15 minutes. this is one strong thunderstorm so, again, if you're in the path of any of these storms you want to get indoors and stay indoors until these storms pass but they are fairly slow movers and some localized flooding. so we'll go up the i-95 corridor and chester seeing the very heavy rain as well as west deptford and cherry hill and pal my raft. getting out of the heavy rain and it will continue to move into new jersey. floren seeing some heavy rain also and that extends into new jersey into parts of trenton. next tends up into new york. this is a long line of severe storms and with any severe storms like i mentioned, those are damaging winds and lightning, heavy rain and the potential for hail. we have the severe thunderstorm watch until 8:00 tonight so, again, we're going to keep our eye out until 8:00 with the potential for any strong to severe storms, so, again, if neuronew jersey and delaware, you're not seeing much but that

line is heading your way and as we go through tonight keep an eye out and here's future weather. as we go through the next few hours that line moves into delaware and new jersey and we'll still have storms around but it will be just be south and east of philadelphia. at that point we could have more pop up north and west and by 8:30 a lot will move out and the severe threat will be over and drying up as we go overnight tonight. take a look at temperatures of rain-cooled air in philadelphia. 77 degrees and allentown 75 and south jersey and delaware though still dealing with temperatures in the 90s. atlantic city 90 degrees and dover coming in at 94. we'll keep track the storms and take a look at more heat in the forecast coming up. >> take a look at that. don't like hearing about that. a newly confirmed caves zika in the u.s. has doctors completely mystified. >> next, the new twist in how the virus is transmitted and this. a rescue that took some serious

firepower. next, how this couple got stuck in a storm drain in the first place. >> a live picture right now at the republican national convention. it is under way right now in cleveland. we'll have much more hon who is not in this crowd that you see here coming up at 4:30. but first here's a look at the closing bell on wall street where stocks closed at record highs to start the week. if you like hearing that, we'll be right back.

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take a look at this. sparks flying as firefighters work to free two people stuck in a storm drain in phoenix overnight, and just as a man and woman were trying to save a dog when they went in and got stuck. they crawled for several miles before someone heard them screaming for help. no one was injured luckily, but they never found that dog. switching gears now. utah health officials say a man who died after being infected with the zika virus passed it to a care giver. >> and that's created a medical mystery about how it spread between them. the salt lake county health department says the two people did not have sexual contact and the type of mosquitos that spread the requires is not found in the high altitude area where they live. the man who died caught the virus while traveling abroad. >> hand now a look at the thunderstorms popping up. sheena? >> a line of very strong

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nbc 10 first alert radar is tracking a double weather threat. not only is it hot outside,

we're also seeing severe thunderstorms move into the area. let's get a check of our neighborhood forecast with meteorologist sheena par convenient. >> sheena, where are the storms right now? >> severe storms moved through philadelphia and now they are making their way into new jersey. they are not fast movers so we have flood advisories up from northern delaware and through philadelphia and parts of new jersey counties. this has moved through south phillie and now it's mostly in new jersey, right across the river from philadelphia. severe thunderstorm warning until 4:30, so really just the next couple of minutes. either way it's still strong, still going to be providing 60-mile-an-hour winds. heavy wind, lightning and the potential for small hail. medford, for example, expect it by 4:39 and williamstown 4:54-2-and winslow 5:10 and hamilton by 5:19 and now we go had a little further south into

newcastle county and salem county. a lot of lightning here through newcastle county. this one is traveling cfl still not very fast around 20 miles an hour and expect some flooding. clayton expects it by 5:00 and pitsgrove by 520 and the lightning in this, seen an increase in lightning now. about 360 lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes and that's in newcastle county alone. newark up to wilmington you're about to see the heaviest of this in a minute right across 95 and the major interstates here so this severe thunderstorm warning will continue into parts of newcastle county and also salem county and this storm is also moving southeast and there you see the heavy rain and it will continue to move into new jersey across the expressway and eventually to the shore later on this evening. coming up a look at the timing of that and more heat in the forecast. that's straight ahead. >> thank. the nation focuses on the rnc and today is a big day for

the dnc that kicks off one day from today. a look now at how the city is getting ready for that. monique? >> hi. i'm here inside political fest where the finishing touches are being put on the fuselage of air force one or a replica of air force one which spent the day at both the wells fargo center and here in the convention center talking to a politician and the secret service. a replica of the oval office is taking shape inside the pennsylvania convention center. while contractors bring this exhibit to life security experts are fine-tuning their plan to keep the thousands who attend the city for the dnc safe. >> seven police officers have been gunned down across the country. how has that changed your plan for security at the dnc? >> well, what tragic incidents like that do is they reinforce

why we go through this very extensive planning process. we started planning for the dnc back in october. >> reporter: jim hen rift secretary of state adds they have closely monitored terrorist attacks in france like the driver of this truck swarming to hit people in the streets of nice. >> with regards to the truck, that's why you'll see the barricades and sand trucks. that's why we do what we do. >> reporter: henry also tells us security fencing will be in place by week's end outside the wells fargo center. next week air restrictions begin. while the democrats are in town, governor rendell estimates more than 100,000 people will tour political fest. here you'll see a replica of air force one, interactive trivia games and recordings of historic speeches. when asked about security measures the host committee chair admits nothing is 100% foolproof. >> someone willing to trade their life for someone else's, you can almost never prevent that in a free society, but do i

think that will happen? no. >> reporter: it will cost adults $15 and children $5 for admission to political fest. go to our website and we'll let you know how you can obtain a discount and also get in free to six museums in the city next week. live inside the convention center, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. >> monique, thank you, and that model plane there in the background brings us right to this, a new compromise between the faa and congress could mean perks for air travelers at least. still ahead, is benefits can you get the next time that you go to the airport. >> take a live look outside. before we go, this is the ben franklin brirnlgs just got drenched with a lot of rain here in philadelphia. the severe thunderstorm watch though is in effect for the entire area until 8:00. first alert meteorologist sheena par convenient will join us in just a bit to describe where the storm is right now and who might be affected next.

the republican national convention is under way in cleveland as the world watches to see what donald trump will do and what, if any, fireworks we can see. we could just be seeing some right about now >> nbc 10's jim rosenfield is in cleveland. what just happened? >> reporter: a vivid display of the disunity in factions of this republican party. i'm going to step out of this shot as you look down on the delegate floor. unbound delegate wanted a roll call vote here on the floor and at the moment of that decision the leadership revealed that three states that had been on board to hold that roll call vote had backed out suddenly and so there would be no roll call vote. this would be an attempt to allow delegates under the rules to not be bound to support the presumptive nominee. when that happened there were cheers and chants on both sides,

and now lauren mayk is telling me from down on the floor that she is seeing texts from delegates unbound, that movement to perhaps stage a walkout in protest. we haven't seen that happen yet. we'll keep an eye on it. now, there are many high-profile republicans who are not here to see this all unfolding and perhaps this is part of the reason why. i want to take a look at a graphic that's going to show you some of the big names that are not here at the rnc. ohio's own governor john kasich, the governor of the state hosting this convention. he is not setting foot here inside the q. also jeb bush who is also an opponent of donald trump. bush held a lot of personal feelings about the personal attacks he took from trump during the primary season and jeb's bother george w. bush is also not at this convention and let's take a look at some of pennsylvania's republicans who are not here as well. senator pat toomey, congressman ryan kastella and patrick me man and ryan fitzpatrick.

all no shows so we want to know how big of a deal for so many lawmakers to sit this out. >> a lot of the folks who aren't going, listen, we'll criticize for being with trump one way or another, whether we go or not. we might as well be back home with our constituents. >> reporter: so several high-ranking republicans in new jersey same story. they chose to sit this out. nbc 10's ted greenberg will take a look at that issue coming up at 5:30. for now the latest live here from the republican national convention in cleveland. i'm jim rosenfield. nbc 10. back to you. >> all right, jim. thank you so much. already, a big shake-up and big news coming out of rnc in cleveland. check back with you soon. >> and check on nbc 10 for round-the-clock coverage as jim, traci davidson bring us live coverage from cleveland. a look at even more stories as the rnc gets started. >> this weekend we're helping

local shelters match families up with a new four-legged friend. >> called clear the shelters and all this week we're bring you store toys help you decide if adopting a new pat is good for helping your family. a cat or dog,ing would it be a good addition. >> these storms are moving into delaware and parts of south jersey. coming up, where they are heading and when they are going to move through your area and also some more heat in the forecast. that's next.

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after months of debate over the faa reauthorization bill congress has settled on a compromise and it appears there's a real benefit for travelers. the bill requires airlines to seat families are children under 13 together without charging any more. it would also right tsa to

accelerate security screening and also requires airlines to issue a baggage fee refund for luggage lost more than 12 hours. now it's up to president obama to sign. >> nbc 10 continues our commitment to clear the shelters and find homes for adoptive pets. >> we are just five days away from this year's nationwide events. pets, they are a huge responsibility and adopting an animal isn't for everyone, of course, but if you would like to add one to your home, how do you know what pet is a good fit for you? important to consider whether you choose the breed that's right, that requires a lot of exercise or a breed that requires a lot of space or gets along with kids and other pets you might have in the home. experts say when you come to the shelter it's important to have that plan and then stick to it. >> the biggest mistake people can cake is coming in and say i lost look of this dog at not figuring out is the dog real the right match for the family. >> got to be a bond. some more advice here. if you live in an apartment know

the rules about pet size. if you already have a dog or cat bring it along with you to make sure that the animal will get along. clear the shelters event this saturday. dozens of local shelters are participating and most will wave or discount adoption fees as well. for a look at all the shelters participating go to nbc 10.go or tap the nbc 10 app. >> that was great advice not just falling for a dog or cat because of how they look because the cats and dogs are so adorable and you look at their faces and say i have to have that one. more to it than that. >> sheena knows. knows all too well with her rescue, right, sheena? >> exactly. do your research. what we want is as many people to come as possible. that's this saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and go to nbc10.com to see all the participating shelters. there's a lot of overcrowded so we're trying to make room for more animals to come in. a couple of severe thunderstorm warnings across the area and while we're tracking the storm

don't forget your seven-day forecast slight at the bottom of screen so you can see even more heat heading your way. severe thunderstorm warning for newcastle county and a lot of heavy rain right across i-95 just south of wilmington, than will be moving in. actually moving into delaware city at the mom and moving into salem by 4:55, upper pitsgrove by 5:19 and deerfield by 5:27. this storm has the potential to provide damaging winds, heavy rain and lightning and potentially hail. seeing flood advisories out for it because of the heavy rain and vote moving speed of it. so lightning strikes. 360 in the past 15 minutes. the worst part of the storm is right over delaware and newcastle county where the heaviest rain is right now and also newcastle county and kent county and marts of sussex county, we're looking at another line of thunderstorms moving in here and this one is coming in

from maryland. this line of storms will be moving into these areas. would i say within about 30 minutes we'll see the strong storms moving in so that severe thunderstorm warning for the rest of delaware goes until 5:15. middletown, expect it at 4:53 and smyrna by 5:05 and dover 5:22. so that's another round of strong storms with potentially damaging winds, heavy rain, localrized rain and creek flooding and that even extends up to the philadelphia area and mostly now into our new jersey neighborhoods. waterford is about to see heavy rain, tabernacle moving across the ac expressway. this is some heavy rain that has been leading to the potential for localized flooding, again, flooded roadways and also some flooded creeks, so, again, this is heavy rain across the area. it already moved through south philly but now we're seeing some of the heaviest in parts of new jersey so that's one area that we're watching right now and a lot of this heavy rain is going

to continue moving through new jersey and then heading to the shore. so once the shore sees it, that would be i would say in the next couple of hours, then will move away and we'll start to clear out and dry out and temperatures start to heat back up again as we go into the rest of this week. until that though we'll have a period where the humidity drops, but in the meantime we're watching all this heavy rain move phyllis theroux tabernacle and, again this, rain not moving quickly. it does have the potential to dump quite a bit in a short amount of time so we could be seeing localized street and creek flooding. take a look, more on what the storm is expecting and more what to expect as we go through the next two weeks. >> thousand of dollars spent on furniture that paid off. this all happened when a man paid off the new couch and love seat and see how harry hairston helped next. okay, ready?

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feeling, flaking, crack, not words you want to hear when describing a lot of things, in this case your furniture. >> but a longtime customer from a popular chain says the store was no help when his sofa and love seat started to fall apart and he called nbc 10 responds and harry hairston has his story. >> reporter: a collingswood man sent us these photos of his peeling furniture and we took a look at the problem for ourselves. >> it was beautiful and looked good and i was impressed by it. >> reporter: steven hill bought this sofa and love seat from aaron's furniture. >> the shop let's customers pay

off little by little month. >> kept payments up and one of the prefers customers. >> reporter: and just as hill was about to make an issue and when i leaned on it more it started to peeling. his bonded leather love seat and soa peeling and cracking. >> and it just got worse and worse and it's falling off now. >> reporter: hill says the problem is so bad he has to vacuum up the pieces that fall off the couch every day. >> embarrassing to have people come and it feels and almost looks like bugs on the floor. >> reporter: he called aaron's to try to get the store to make it right. >> they told me they would send a factory representative to look tat. >> reporter: hill says that was back in november and no one ever showed. so he kept calling. >> it's completely peeled off. >> reporter: he tells us an aaron's rep did finally call saying only that she would call him back again with an update. she never did, so he called nbc 10 responds. >> make them keep their word.

>> reporter: days after we reached out to aaron eats store's regional manager went to hill's house in person to check out the problem and a few days after that this brand new furniture set was delivered to his home free of charge. >> thanks, harry. >> thanks, harry. appreciate, it harry and tv 10. >> reporter: aaron's tells me when a concern is raised, it fully reviews the matter and works diligently with its customers in an attempt to keep them fully satisfied. >> that is harry hairston reporting. by the way, hill paid $1,865 for the original sofa and love seat and that puts our total nbc responds recovered fund counter at $54,610. thaebs nbc 10 news at 4:00 and

nbc 10 news at 5:00 is next. the rent john under way tonight and nbc 10's jim rosenfield is heading up the live coverage. his reports coming up. >> a lot of storms still moving through the-year in new jersey and delaware. some are severe and i'll show you the timing of when they will move through your neighborhood and more heat in the forecast straight ahead and not an everyday pooch. her face may persuade to you open your home and your heart to a new family member. that story is ahead next on nbc 10 news at 5:00.

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you. right now at 5:00, we are coming to you live from cleveland. the republican national convention sunday way tonight. donald trump prepares for his moment in the spotlight as opponents make a last-ditch swipe at the billionaire businessman. nbc 10's jim rosenfield is live there joined by lauren mayk and traci davidson. full complete coverage coming up. meantime, we're tracking storms as we dealing with scorching heat. storms moving through the area on first alert radar. >> rain falling fast and hard in upper darby county delaware. let's begin with meteorologist sheena par convenient and the track. storms. >> severe storms on the radar. already moved through fill or at least the heaviest moved through philadelphia and now we're

watching in new jersey and delaware, newcastle county already moved through most of wilmington, still a severe thunderstorm warning out for part of the area. set to expire at 5:00, but we're still tracking this thing. it's still very intense heavy rain. we have floodrizeries out from newcastle county up through parts of new jersey. if you're in upper pitsgrove, 5:17 and vineland by about 5:28. that's going to be moving into salem county. there's a lot of lightning here still right around the i-95 corridor and newcastle county. 234 strikes in the past 15 minutes. very heavy rain. it's not really moving too fast, and also another area of severe storms moving into parts of newcastle and kent county and middle down and right across 13 and echos until 5:15 so that severe thunderstorm warning will continue for these areas in delaware and if you're in smirnia, upper deere fie