right now at 11:00, taking aim at democrat hillary clinton, the crowd erupted into chants of "lock her up" during governor chris christie's address during night two of the republican national convention in cleveland. good morning, i'm vai sikahema. it's day three of the republican national convention in cleveland and a big night is in store. a live look right now at the quickens loans arena in cleveland or the q. delegates today will hear from donald trump's vp choice, mike pence, but perhaps the biggest draw will be his biggest opponent, ted cruz. nbc's peter alexander has more on what happened last night at

the convention. >> and it's my honor to be able to throw donald trump over the top. >> reporter: after a primary campaign like no other, a moment of triumph for donald trump delivered by his oldest son. congratulations, dad! we love you! >> reporter: the announcement triggering a celebration to the tune of new york's unofficial anthem. ♪ >> we're here in the crush of the new york delegation, and donald trump is the republican party's nominee for president. >> reporter: trump by satellite, acknowledging the historic night. >> i'll never forget it. it's something i will never, ever forget. >> reporter: trump's children, his biggest advocates. daughter tiffany and donald jr. delivering testimonials. >> my father is so friendly, so considerate, so funny, and so real. >> reporter: you want to know what kind of president he'll be? let me tell you how he ran his businesses. and i know, because i was there with him by his side on job

sites, in conference rooms, from the time i could walk. >> reporter: still, the night was heavy on harsh rhetoric, much of it aimed at hillary clinton. prosecuting the case, new jersey governor chris christie. >> the charge of putting herself ahead of america. guilty or not guilty? >> reporter: delegates repeatedly calling for clinton to be thrown in jail. >> lock her up! lock her up! >> reporter: clinton firing back on twitter. if you think chris christie can lecture anyone on ethics, we have a bridge to sell you. but the hits kept coming. >> hillary clinton will say anything, do anything, and be anything to get elected president. >> reporter: dr. ben carson going one step further, calling clinton a disciple of salah linski, linking linski to the devil. >> he wrote a book called "rules for radicals." on the dedication page, it acknowledges lucifer, the original radical, who gained his

own kingdom. so are we willing to elect someone as president who has, as their role model, somebody who acknowledges lucifer? >> reporter: house speaker paul ryan, who many republicans hoped would launch a presidential campaign of his own, emphasizing policy over personal attacks, while barely mentioning trump's name. >> only with donald trump and mike pence, do we have a chance at a better way. >> that was nbc's peter alexander reporting. so, now that trump is officially the nominee, can there be republican party unity? that's the question nbc 10's tracy davidson asked our local delegates. >> it is time to tcome together and make sure donald trump is the next president of the united states. >> reporter: governor christie ended his mock trial speech last night by saying it's time to come together. after the chaos that started the convention with the never-the trump delegates and the rumblings prior to the roll call

yesterday, with donald trump now the official nominee, is unity in sight? new jersey at large delegate ocean county gop chair, george gillmore. >> you have your bumps along the way and the democrats have as well. and i think republicans are uniting coming out of this convention and i think we're going to do well throughout the country. >> how important is unity moving forward? >> unity is always important, in the party. it's always been important. >> reporter: pennsylvania delegate mike papio from delaware county disagrees with the focus on unity. >> the unity situation, as i look at these conventions, you can't win. do you want an infomercial or an honest exchange of ideas, where there's an occasional disagreement? that's what this is. >> there may be more unity coming out of the convention than there's been perceived before the convention. >> reporter: but republican political analyst joe watkins from philadelphia told me, unity isn't the most important thing. >> all that really matters is who wins on election day. and you don't necessarily need to have a unified party to win. especially if you're able to draw from independents and democrats. >> reporter: so now the rnc

heads into its third night. and the theme tonight is make america first again. former presidential candidate ted cruz and marco rubio and scott walker will speak. also taking the podium are trump's son eric, former house speaker, newt gingrich, and vice presidential candidate, mike pence. so it is another busy day here at the rnc, and you can count on nbc 10 for complete coverage. for now, i'm tracy davidson in cleveland. meanwhile, democratic presumptive nominee, hillary clinton, criticized a platform adopted by gop delegates monday night, saying in a tweet, quote, the republican party platform is so hateful, you'd think donald trump wrote it himself, closed quote. and here's the front page of today's "new york daily news". it says, "full steam ahead." it's official, gop is all aboard the trump train. vice presidential pick mike pence is one of the people scheduled to speak tonight. and nbc news survey monkey poll finds trump's running mate is not well known to american voters. under half of the registered

voters ask said they do not know enough about pence to say even whether they have a favorable or unfavorable impression of him. and a little more than half said they couldn't say whether pence is a good choice for vice president. that could, obviously, change after tonight. and we'll continue our live coverage from cleveland all throughout the rnc here on nbc 10 and on the nbc 10 app. and watch for our live shows each night of the convention. that's tonight at 7:00 p.m. right here on nbc 10. and the republican national convention is in full swing, but it will soon be the democrats' turn in philadelphia. the convention starts monday, but there's a lot to be learned from what's happening in cleveland right now. nbc 10's pamela osborne is live for us in center city with what's happening today and over the next few days for the dnc. and pam, it's more than just the politicos who are taking careful notes of what's happening at the rnc, right? >> reporter: that's right. police commissioner richard ross has been paying very close attention to how things are playing out in cleveland. in fact, he tells us he was just

there a couple of weeks ago, getting a closer look at their setup. on friday, dnc leaders will unveil the podium at the wells fargo center, that's happening at 7:00 a.m. now, the events at the wells fargo center are reserved for delegates, as last-minute preps take place inside. the city is preparing for tens of thousands of protesters outside. >> there are groups that have let us know when they're going to be out there. they've gotten permits. where they're going to go, if they're going anywhere at all. what their issue is, and, there's always going to be pop-up protests. and those are the ones that are the wild cards. you don't know exactly how they're going to go, where they're going to traverse the city. and those are the ones that potentially have more implications to traffic and things like that. >> and there's a lighter side to the convention, as well. coming up in the next half hour, we'll tell you another way you can get involved in the fun for this year's dnc. reporting live in center city,

i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >> pam, thank you. stay with nbc 10 as we count down to the start of the start of the democratic national convention. it's july 25th to the 28th in philadelphia. get all the latest information you need, as well as information on road closures and any security alerts, right on the nbc 10 app. meanwhile, philadelphia police are looking for two men in ski masks who gunned down another man in the parkside neighborhood. this happened just before 2:00 this morning on viola street. police tell us the man was going to his car when the two men started chasing him and shooting him. after he collapsed, the men stood over him and kept on firing. the 22-year-old victim died. and in west oak lane, a couple heading out for some the food become victims of a shooting. police tell us the man and woman were walking to a chinese restaurant around 1:00 a.m. when they heard a fight on stanton avenue. the two tried to run away, but the man was shot. he was rushed to the hospital with two bullet wounds, but should be okay. the gunman got away.

and police arrested a driver overnight after finding fireworks, explosives, and children in his car in germantown. when officers checked out a white minivan double parked, they noticed a strong smell of marijuana. they then noticed two 3-year-olds and what looked like fireworks in that van. they called the bomb squad and confiscated the fireworks. the driver now faces charges. and in chester county, this fire at a mushroom fire is now out. a thousand hay bales burned overnight at modern mushroom factors on newark root in tough kenama. it took more than five hours to get the flames out. no one there was hurt. today philadelphia police are looking for a man who may be targeting prostitutes. these are surveillance photos of the man they're looking for. police say he beat and stabbed a 35-year-old woman who escaped from an alley saturday night. she stumbled naked to jasper and

letterly streets in kensington, where she collapsed and died. police say the killer may have attacked two other women earlier this month in kensington. it is a great day to be down at the shore. take a live look right now at cape may. don't believe me? there's lots of umbrellas there and way more people than umbrellas. but a good day to be at the shore. there's a lot of sunshine. low humidity throughout the area. bill henley is here now with our forecast. hey, bill. >> today makes two in a row. a beautiful day at not just the shore, but look east to the lehigh valley. a few clouds first thing this morning, and they're out of the picture for the rest of the day. in the low 80s for f., south jersey, delaware was in the 60s to start, now 80 degrees. and a nice warm-up for the lehigh valley and the suburbs. at the shore, you're talking about that growing crowd. the temperatures are up to 81 now in upper township, while ocean city and atlantic city are at 77 degrees. sunshine, low humidity, what a beautiful summer day for

philadelphia, for the suburbs, and the lehigh valley. into the 80s this afternoon, no sign of the 90s. delaware saw some storms early this morning, but mainly dry during the day. cooling down this evening with low 70s by 10:00. new jersey and the jersey shore will reach into the lower 80s. a little bit cooler at the shore. they're seeing a bit of a sea breeze today. no heat and humidity today, but that changes over the next few days. you may have noticed it with the seven-day at the bottom of the screen. a look ahead when i come back. vai? >> all right, thank you, bill. jessica boyington just looked over at me and did this. i thought she meant i was number one. in fact, she was telling me, she's looking at route 1, the boulevard. >> well, vai, i killed two birds with one stone with that one. you are number one to me. route 1, the boulevard, right around 17th street is the camera we're looking at right now. that's because there's some ongoing construction here. some rolling work crews, actually. you can see, we've kind of moved out of the left-hand lane. one lane getting by there, and that's headed southbound. heading towards the schuylkill expressway, we see a little bit

of a delay. we're on the way back down to an earlier scheduled opening. that was scheduled for 10:55. expect some small delays there. the ben franklin bridge dealing with some days. same for the walt headed eastbound into new jersey. that will be there until 2:30 this afternoon. also in lower province, there's a accident there. and over in new jersey, the garden state parkway dealing with this accident since really early this morning. still not out of the way yet. garden stake parkway southbound, right around exit 36, which is 322. vai? >> jessica, thank you. he's the man who helped make the fonz a household name. up next, the contributes continue to pour in for legendary tv and film director, garry marshal.

it's 11:15. a police captain in kansas is dead after being shot in the line of duty. authorities say the kansas city police captain responded to a call of shots fired by several people inside a vehicle. as an officer took one suspect into custody, the captain pursued the others. multiple shots were fired and he was hit. officials say he was wearing a bullet-resistant vest. police have two people so far in custody. and a shooting in new york city highlights the tensions police are feeling after recent police murders. dozens of officers descended on an intersection in brooklyn overnight, when police thought they were being shot at. they later confirmed they were not the intended targets. officers are still looking for four gunmen in a car.

hollywood loses another legend. garry marshall is dead at the age of 81. marshall brought us hits like "laverne & shirley," "mork and mindy" and "pretty woman." >> this morning, friends, family, and fans are mourning the loss of a hollywood icon, garry marshall. a beloved figure in showbiz, marshall leaves a legacy of laughter and heartwarming moments on television and in films. born in the bronx in 1934, marshall got his start in the late 1950s, as a joke writer, eventually working on "the tonight show" with jack paar. in 1970, marshall adapted his first tv hit, "the odd couple." he went on to create a string of popular sitcoms, including "happy days," starring henry winkler and ron howard. >> hey, hey, hey! i need some quiet. >> reporter: and its spin-off "laverne & and shirley," which starred his younger sister. he introduced the world to the

comedic brilliance of robin williams. in the 1980s and '90s, marshall began directing movies and found mega success with one of his biggest hits, "pretty woman." the cast reunited on "today" last year, explaining how one of the film's most memorable moments came to be. >> oh! >> opened the box and she goes, oh, wonderful. so we did like three or four takes. oh, it's wonderful. she's so excited. garry says. snap it. as soon as she reaches for it. >> i think, a snap, we'll do! do real stuff. so he snapped it, but she laughed so well, that people said, leave it in the movie! >> one of the charming moments. >> reporter: overnight, richard gere said in a statement that marshall was one of the funniest men who ever lived. he had a heart of the purest gold and a soul full of mischief. harry winkler sent a tweet

saying, thank you for my professional life. thank you for your loyalty, friendship, and generosity. >> that was matt lauer reporting. >> announcer: now your nbc 10 first alert weather. looking at sunshine today. look at that great view. frawley stadium in wilmington delaware, there were a few clouds overnight. in fact, parts of delaware saw storms overnight, but they're out of the picture, at least for now. the temperature is up into the low 80s and 70s for trenton, mt. holly, coatesville, actually a little bit cooler than it was yesterday at this time. look at mt. holly and wilmington, down by 4 and the humidity is staying down. a beautiful summer day today. these numbers will climb a bit more before they start cooling down. winds, they're still delivering that dry air. it's a northerly wind in philadelphia. while the wind at the shore has picked up, it's now 14 miles an hour in atlantic city, that sea breeze, something that didn't happen yesterday, is going to

keep things cooler. overnight, big storms in new jersey and delaware. they're now out of the picture. the rest of the day is going to be mainly dry. we could still see some pop-up showers at the shore and inland areas of new jersey and delaware, but that's just a chance. the hour-by-hour weather shows at 1:00 this afternoon, some isolated showers are a possibility. they go into the late afternoon hours, but they don't look all that impressive. so there's just a chance of some of those coming together. so, still lots of sunshine to enjoy. 80s this afternoon for somerton, chestnut hill, 85 in philadelphia and the suburbs, the humidity stays low. a little bit warmer in lansdale, 86, while doilstown is at 85. sunshine in easton, 85 the high temperature this afternoon. and new jersey, we'll be watching for an isolated shower, but most of the day it will be sunshine with temperatures in the 80s. and very low 80s, which is what we're seeing about now with those winds kicking in. it's going to be coming down some during the afternoon hours, the temperature, and right now,

wilmington is looking at sunshine. that will warm up to 86 degrees this afternoon. but the heat will be building over the next several days. and then the humidity will follow. humidity won't be too bad tomorrow morning. we'll cool down into the 60s. another pleasant start tomorrow morning, but look at the temperatures. up 5 degrees tomorrow afternoon. that's for philadelphia and at the shore, a little bit warmer, as well. the heat building there, but not to the level that we'll see in philadelphia. friday afternoon, 96 degrees, the humidity going higher. it will feel like closer to 100 degrees friday afternoon. and even steamier and hotter this weekend, for inland areas. we're looking at upper 90s saturday and sunday. at the shore, 90 degrees for saturday, will be the hot one. the numbers come down just a little bit on sunday. that's the next five days. there's the next seven. i've got the ten-day outlook, vai, coming up in the next half hour. >> all right. we'll see you then, bill. still ahead, this is video you have to see. a group of guys leap into action after they see the driver of this convertible lose control

and flip over. and the way this turns out is nothing short of miraculous.

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isaiah's situation has been so dysfunctional that he only played organized sports for one year. >> you got it! >> but that season playing soccer left him with a love of the sport. so we went to chester to meet philadelphia union head coach jim curtain to hone his skills. >> i haven't played on a team since i was a kid. i like to work out. i like to do everything. i like to keep my body in shape. parents is a good thing for me. >> reporter: this young man is bright and so athletic. he picked up the game like he's played it all his life. isaiah is very thoughtful and sensitive. he would love a home and a forever family with siblings, and would welcome being the oldest child. >> i would like to have a younger brother or a younger sister, just to be a role model to somebody. i think i would be a good older brother. >> reporter: isaiah has a heart of gold. he sees a future working with children like him some day. kids who are displaced or grew up in families in difficult

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vice presidential nominee mike pence takes center stage tonight at the republican national convention. he'll speak along with former trump rivals ted cruz and marco rubio. nbc 10 national reporter tracie potts is live for us in cleveland. tracie, trump's children had a hand and played a role in delivering their father the nomination last night. >> reporter: and we're going to hear another one tonight. eric trump, the third of trump's children, planning to speak, in fact, in a fund-raising e-mail this morning, he said that he's going to explain why his father is not going to essentially let america go down the drain.

so listen for eric trump tonight. you're also going to hear mike pence, the new nominee, vice presidential nominee, really the big story here, but he's going to have to introduce himself. our polling just out this morning shows nearly half of voters don't know enough about him to decide if they like him or not. so it's going to be a big challenge for him. just to really introduce who he is and what he's all about. and finally, those rivals that you mentioned, prior rivals for donald trump, ted cruz, marco rubio, and also scott walker. all of them are speaking tonight. interestingly, at least for two of them, people that trump had highly criticized, name calling, are now going to be on that stage, supporting him and urging other people to do the same, so we'll be watching all of that as it gets underway in just a few hours. back to you. >> tracie potts reporting from cleveland. thank you, tracie. cleveland police and city leaders say they're learning more each day of the convention when it comes to dealing with troublemakers. there were no arrests yesterday. they say it was a quiet night, but they had a few problems

during the day. >> we chased a little group around that were running through the streets, like hooligans, from public square all the way to east 12th street, running on private property, through parking garages, trying to get into businesses, things like that. >> those people were caught and told to leave, which they did. so far, police say the protests have been relatively small and mostly peaceful. and caitlyn jenner is in cleveland to show her support for the republican party at the national convention. the big event, the big tent brunch show cases conservative support for the lbgt community. jenner, a devout republican, will be alongside other famous faces, like montel williams. tonight's theme is make america first again. former presidential candidates ted cruz, marco rubio, and scott walker will speak, as tracie was just telling us. many wonder whether this will be the night cruz, who has been a bitter rival, will endorse trump.

also taking the podium is trump's son, eric, former house speaker, newt gingrich, and trump's running mate, indiana governor, mike pence. we'll continue our live coverage from cleveland all throughout the rnc here on nbc 10 and on the nbc 10 app. and watch for our live shows, each night of the convention. it's tonight at 7:00, right here on nbc 10. meanwhile, the city of philadelphia is getting a bit more colorful ahead of the democratic national convention. nbc 10 was there as the city's mural arts program began installing a mile-long mural last night. it's called 14 movements, a symphony in color and words. it stretches over the median of south broad street for 14 blocks, from city hall, all the way south to washington avenue. and the city's restaurant community is looking for ways to attract many of the 50,000 convention delegates, media, and guests. many are planning meal and drink specials, as well as special hours. visitors and locals will be able to check out special offers with the hashtag, dnc deals.

and stay with nbc 10 as we count down to the start of the democratic national convention. it is july 25th to the 28th in philadelphia. get all the latest information you need, as well as information on road closures and any security alerts right on the nbc 10 app. boy, what a beautiful morning to get out with the dogs and play today. this pup in university city got plenty of energy to burn off. and this is the perfect day to be outside. sunny, warm, but not too muggy. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist bill henley is here with that perfect forecast. bill? >> write this down. oh, what a beautiful morning, oh, what a beautiful day. i think that's catchy. just thought of that. and through today, lots of sunshine, humidity is low. it started off cooler this morning. we saw some 60s to start with. we're in the upper 70s in new jersey, in the lehigh valley, already 80 in delaware, and 82 in philadelphia. mostly sunny skies today. humidity stays low through the day, for the city and the

suburbs. new jersey did start with some showers this morning. that's a possibility this afternoon. isolated showers at worst-case scenario. delaware, also a possibility, in central and southern delaware, less likely in newcastle and should stay dry. nice and sunny like it is right now in lehigh. up to 86 degrees this afternoon. but there's some serious heat on the way. the ten-day outlook to show you how high the temperatures will go and how long it will last. that's when we come back. vai? >> thank you, bill. and new this morning, a former philadelphia top cop is in the hospital with cancer. john timmeney led the philadelphia force from 1998 through 2001. he's in a miami hospital with stage iv lung cancer. the 68-year-old was one of the most prominent and also controversial police chiefs of his generation. timmeney faced criticism for working with p.a. state police and spying on demonstrators. he led police through the 2000 rnc commissioner here in

philadelph philadelphia. and he and richard ross wrote today the entire philadelphia police department are keeping timmeney in our thoughts and prayers. meanwhile, a georgia man is in jail after allegedly trying to run down a scranton police officer. watch the top of your screen here. you can see the car hitting the officer in a parking lot. investigators say the patrolman was checking out a possible drug deal monday between people in two cars. when the officer identified himself, one car sped off with the officer clinging to the door. both suspects were arrested. and another clue to the mystery of the malaysian airlines flight 370 is now in the hands of investigators. a piece of plane debris found in late june in tanzania is being examined by australian officials. they're trying to verify it came from the missing plane. flight mh-370 disappeared in march of 2014, with 239 people onboard. investigators believe someone may have deliberately switched off the plane's transponder before diverting it thousands of

miles off-course. and take a look at this video. this is out of south carolina. a cloud of real-life superman helped a crash victim. a group of good samaritans sprang into action after the convertible flipped two or three times landing upside down. there was no time to waste. gas was leaking from the mangled mess. look at this, the driver appeared to be okay, telling his newfound friends, he was distracted when a library book flew buy. well, new details this morning about the space-x mission to the international space station. the space-x dragon capsule delivered more than two tons of supplies today. one important item here, a docking ring needed for future rocket ships. those capsules being developed now could start flying next year. space-x blasted off two days ago from cape canaveral. and get ready for a price hike, if you drive on the pennsylvania turnpike. the turnpike commission approved a 6% toll increase for next

year. the commission chairman says the price hike is due to the cost of rebuilding and also widening roads. it's part of a newly approved ten-year, $5.7 billion spending plan. that means the average toll will go up from $1.16 to $1.23 for ez-pass users. cash customers will pay a little bit more. the increase begins after midnight, january 7th. and today, some local residents worried about contaminated water will have a chance to talk about their league options. a montgomery county law firm is hosting a town meeting tonight in horsham. chemicals were found in drinking water on and around willow grove's naval air station and also war minister's naval air warfare center. nbc 10 needs your help recognizing the people who are making a difference in your community. we're giving away grants to local nonprofits and we call it 21st century solutions. here's our goal. it's to support organizations

that are implementing new and innovative programs. there's an application that's on our website at nbc10.com. there's also a deadline to apply, which is august 26th. and we're getting closer to football season. how do we know that? well, next week, the eagles start training camp and pre-season games are just around the corner. now, here's the schedule. the first pre-season game is august 11th against tampa bay. you'll get our first look at quarterback carson wentz in that game. you'll see that game and august 18th game on comcast sports net. and the cozi network, that's because the olympics will be on at that time. a third preseason game will be on august 27th when the olympics are over. that airs on nbc 10. and the preseason family airs on september 1st against the jets. that's also on nbc 10. all games at 7:00. well, the phillie phanatic is getting in on the pokemongo craze. last night at citizens bank

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macy's is testing a new tool that will help you shop without having to ask for help. macy calls it a mobile companion. you can access it through your browser and get answers customized to the store that you're this. and it will tell you where a particular brand is located and what's in stock. it will also help macy's learn more about its customers. right now it's being tested in five stores, but none in our area so far. and if you're an empty nester, you may be missing a chance to save money for retirement. researchers at boston college found that empty nesters do increase their savings, but only in a very small way. you would expect that once kids are out of the house, families who would have more money to save, but many are still helping their children pay for things like college loans and phone bills. and others are putting their

money toward home improvement or travel instead of investments. a toddler who's undergoing treatment at children's hospital of philadelphia had her day made by several police officers. this is little arianna lewis of marlton, who's been battling a rare form of leukemia since last year. she's now cancer-free, but still getting her treatment. she relies on her ipad for movies and face time with family, but this weekend, the ipad disappeared from her hospital room. when police couldn't find it, they gave ariana one of their personal ipads. coming up on nbc 10 news at 4:00, you'll hear from ariana's parents and how the simple act of kindness has helped the entire family. well, this saturday, animal shelters across the country will come together to clear the shelters, and if you ever entertain the idea of opening your home and your heart to an animal in need, you'll definitely want to see this next story. this is rocco. he's a terrier mix that was up

for adoption last year at the first clear the shelters event at philadelphia's animal care and control team shelter in huntington park. and at the end of the day, rocco remained at the shelter. until one of my nbc 10 colleagues decided to take a chance on rocco. melissa signs is here with rocco along with lynn anderson, who is rocco's pen pal. melissa, thank you for being here. thank you for walking over the hundred feet from your desk to spend a little time with us. we've got to point out, this is the second year of the clear the shelters and we couldn't do it without you. a lot of people don't know, melissa's also the one who sets up our kids with our shoots for wednesday's child. you're really great at setting up things for adoption, whether it's dogs or children. >> anybody who needs a home. >> tell us, take us back to last year, you're volunteering for clear the shelters. you're looking for a dog at the time? >> i just told myself that any dog that was left at the end of the day, kind of like a sorry

case, yeah, who was good with kids and good with cats. so my sister actually saw him first. i hadn't seen him, but i said, if no one else took him, i would take him. so at that moment, i didn't even realize his skin issues. i just wanted to take someone who had kind of gotten walked past all day. and he was left. >> what were rocco's skin -- >> up here, all of this was missing and all of his chest and under his stomach was red, just red and crusty and not cute. >> it's been a year, you can't tell that now. he's -- he looks fully recovered. he's doing well? >> yeah, he's very well. it didn't take much. just on regular dog food. >> that's him last year. >> yeah, the other, you can tell, down here where the skin was off, where it's red and kind of missing. people at the shelter thought he was, when he first came, 8 or 10, but he's -- receivhe was 18s

at the time. he just looked like an old dog. but he just needed some good food and a home. >> and some tlc, which he's gotten from you. and that's amazing how that goes so far. melissa, what's your message to people who are afraid to give someone like rocco, who may not be cute and fluffy and so small as some people are out looking, you know, for a dog. what would your message be for a dog like rocco? >> i would just say, just don't walk past them. he had been there for over a month. he was there all day, literally, thousands of people saw him. but just because of the way he looked, despite what said on his tag, about being good with kids, good with cats, good with anybody, they just walked past him. it didn't take long for him to go from those pictures to this. on saturday, you'll probably see a lot of roccos, but to give them a chance. >> give them a shot. lynn, you were rocco's pen pal. tell us about that program and how that works. >> the pen pal program is volunteer-based.

volunteers pick pen pals that the shelter staff has decided are pen pal quality. so pen pals generally need something. they need additional promotion, they need additional enrichment. more time out. maybe additional baths if there are skin issues. so kind of the dogs that have been there for a while, need something more. it's not just their looks in a cage that are getting them adopted. >> so you step in and help out and provide -- >> that's right. there's a large volunteer base that does pen palling. you commit to the dog and you commit to getting them out multiple times a week to do training enrichment, that type of thing, and get them whatever they need to make them more adoptable. they're generally really adoptable dogs, they just need something. so that's what we do. so i was assigned to rocco, and got to spend a little bit of time with him. melissa got him really quite quickly. >> it seems to me like the foster care system, which melissa and i are just as

familiar with. there's -- there are -- there's a process. and sometimes before they get adopted to a home, kids will go through the foster care system. often they do that, or sometimes they're in shelters. but it sounds like the pen pal program is sort of like that, where, just, you know, somebody who may not be ready to adopt right now, but in the in the meantime, they can help out, in the process, until somebody like rocco gets adopted. is that how it works? >> it is. and it really gives you a chance to really get to know the animal. my suggestion for this weekend, for anyone who's going to adopt, find out who's on the pen pal list and talk to that dog's pen pal. they'll tell you more about their behavior, because they've spent a lot of time with that animal. so we knew rocco was house trained. we knew that. we knew that he had a -- quite a solid disposition and he wasn't really high energy and he passed his cat test and the kids test. so, that would be my suggestion. find out who's on the pen pal list and ask to speak to their pen pal and they'll give you all the information. >> he looks really good now.

>> yeah. >> you're proud of him? >> he's a good dog. i'm shocked he's sitting here like this. >> melissa was sure something was going to happen while rocco was on the set here, but he's just fine. i'm glad i had a chance to meet rocco before we were out in the hallway top. thank you very much. dozens of shelters are participating in clear the shelters this saturday, july 23rd, for more information, go to nbc10.com or check out the nbc 10 app. melissa and jen, thank you so much for coming in. you too, rocco. >> nice job, pall. we're enjoying a beautiful start to the day. lots of sunshine, nice and warm, too. a gentle breeze is blowing here at the nbc 10 studios. you can see the flag. that's still a northerly wind. that's bringing in the dry air that will make it comfortable through the day. 70s in the lehigh valley, through the suburbs. this is where it dropped down into the 60s first thing this morning. low 80s in philadelphia and a nice day at the shore, too. right now, the suburbs, there

are still some cooler spots. 60s have disappeared now, it's in the 70s and 80 degrees in west callen township. phoenixville is 80, while it's 78 in warrington and bedminister, also up to 78 and climbing. but we started off with some showers and thunderstorms. first thing this morning, we saw some distant lightning. this was the view from the marquis de lafayette hotel. cape may saw some of those showers, but most of the rain is out of the picture for us, for today. but there are some chances, even though the humidity is nice and low, the humidity will be climbing over the next several da days, so the rain chances will be going up in our area, and we'll see those chances increase as the heat and humidity return. showers move through atlantic city, it's dry right now. and dry for the rest of the area. but there's still a possibility of some isolated showers in south jersey and delaware during the day today. but mainly dry. and warm. a typical summer day. if not a little better than the typical summer day this time of

year, 85 in summerton this afternoon. doylestown, westchester, and lansdale, will enjoy sunshine. if we get a shower, the shore and parts of delaware we might see them, an isolated shower in hamilton is possible. but most of these areas will stay dry today. but the heat is on at the end of the week. this is the heat index projection. the feels-like temperature when you take the humidity and combine it with the temperature, this is friday morning. this is when it will start to feel the humidity back in the area. and one of the signs, it won't be as cool-feeling. 72 to start with. that's warmer-feeling than what we had this morning. and friday afternoon, it will feel like it's in the upper 90s. and the temperatures will be close, into the middle 90s. that's friday. on saturday morning, a warmer start, 77 degrees, the feels-like temperature in philadelphia. doylestown and trenton, 76 and 79 in burlington, and watch those afternoon temperatures. high heat and humidity. it will feel like more than 100

degrees for westchester, wilmington, dover, swedesboro, philadelphia, vorhees, and even egg harbor township at 106 degrees saturday afternoon. there's some serious heat on the way. ten-day forecast, the ten-day on ten shows upper 80s for today, same tonight into tomorrow morning, 68 degrees. and the temperature starts to climb tomorrow. the humidity will still stay low for most of the day tomorrow, but it will be climbing on friday. 96, the high temperature on friday. and then that steam heat that we saw for saturday afternoon and again on sunday, and again on monday. though monday, there is a chance we'll see some showers and thunderstorms. 96, the forecast high for monday afternoon. the numbers start to come down a little bit, just a bit, for tuesday and wednesday. still hot and humid, with some isolated showers possible for those days. and again on thursday, by friday afternoon, storms are likely, but we'll still up to 90 degrees. we'll be right back.

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