the meeting would focus on getting trump to change his tone and tactics. just a couple of hours ago trump began his latest appearance saying everything is fine. >> the campaign is doing really well. it's never been so well united as we started on june 16th. i would say right now it's the best in terms of being united that it's been since we began. >> nbc 10's denise nakano is joining us with a look at what is happening with the republican party. denise? >> jim, donald trump is known to push the envelope. but top republicans reportedly say he has gone too far. sources telling nbc news his fellow republicans, including rudy giuliani and newt gingrich are hoping to intervene and reset the campaign. a firestorm surrounds donald trump's campaign amid blistering headlines in the past 48 hours. >> i think she believes me i would love having a baby crying

while speaking. >> reporter: his campaign appears to be in a tail spin. according to sources with nbc news, an intervention may not be far off. and that's not a surprise, according to republican strategist, jeff, who specializes in crisis communication and issue management. >> nothing's a surprise with donald trump anymore. the question is, even if his family or his closest advisers were to intervene, would he listen. >> reporter: the latest party controversy. trump's refusal to back house speaker paul ryan or senator john mccain as they face primary challenges. both criticized trump for his comments about the family of slain u.s. soldier captain cahn. other controversies on the campaign trail? asking for a crying baby to be removed from a rally, and accepting a purple heart from a veteran. >> i always wanted to get the purple heart. this was much easier. >> anytime we're spending time talking about why did he say this? how can he get away with it? will there be an intervention? that's time away from his

positive message that he wants to bring across but he's having an awful time doing so. >> reporter: he said trump needs to get back on track with his message. he said an intervention involving his family and key republicans might be a good start. >> make america great again, what are we going to do to make sure we're safe in a way that appeals to a broader swath of the electorate. >> trump's family is considered to have the most influence over the candidate's thinking. and if the trump campaign entertains an intervention, his children will likely play a critical role. denise nakano, nbc 10 news. and donald trump's running mate, mike pence, broke away from trump and endorsed a longtime friend. today pence endorsed house speaker paul ryan in his primary race next tuesday. pence said trump strongly encouraged him to endorse ryan. but yesterday trump said he's not quite there yet when it comes to backing ryan. hillary clinton took aim at the trump campaign on the campaign trail today. not for his latest

controversies, but for making his products abroad instead of here in the u.s. the democratic presidential nominee toured the knotty tie company. many of its employees came to this country as refugees. clinton compared a hillary for america necktie made in the factory with a trump tie made in china. >> he wants to make america great again, he should start by making things in america. and there's a lot he could learn by coming here. >> next, clinton will discuss the economy in nearby commerce city, colorado. now to breaking news on the jersey shore. the trump taj mahal plans to close the casino after labor day, blaming striking workers. tomorrow will mark the longest strike in atlantic city casino history. the jersey shore bureau reporter ted greenberg is joining us live from the taj in atlantic city. the workers obviously not happy with this latest announcement,

ted. >> reporter: they're not, jim. union leaders tell me that a shutdown likely would not happen until october, because those workers legally have to be given a certain amount of notice. and tonight the striking employees here on the boardwalk say the announcement shouldn't come as a surprise, but they're still standing by their decision to walk out. striking trump taj mahal workers say the word from management was not what they expected. that the struggling casino will close after labor day. >> as a family, mortgage, bills, two daughters going to college, it's going to be very tough. >> is the strike worth it then? >> yes, it was. >> reporter: the shutdown will leave more than 2,300 taj mahal employees out of work. about half are members of unite here local 54. who have been on strike since july 1st. they want health and pension benefits restored after a bankruptcy court judge allowed the taj mahal's former owners to

eliminate those benefits nearly two years ago. union president bob mcdevot is lashing out at the current owner carl icahn. >> for him to say he's going to close the property against strikers is absurd. he's closing the property because that's what he wants to do. >> it does take us by surprise. we thought he would actually come to the table and make a decent proposaproposal. >> reporter: currently the taj is losing multimillions a month. with this strike, we see no path to profitability. >> it's a shame. i don't want to see a loss of a job. >> reporter: taj customer mike smith sides with icahn. >> this build iing would have bn closed a long time ago if not for the current owner. >> reporter: i got this statement from atlantic city mayor, it says in part, quoting here, it's unfortunate and disappointing that no resolution was found to keep the taj mahal

open with the hopes of making it profitable again. he also said his thoughts and prayers are with the employees who are now set to lose their jobs. live in atlantic city, ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >> the bigger picture here, the taj mahal closing will be another blow in the economic crisis in atlantic city. this will leave seven casinos. the showboat just reopened as a hotel only. the former revel has not reopened yet. frustrated riders on septa's regional rails should see improvement to service by the end of the month. the transit agency announced today that repairs have begun of the cracked load-bearing beams in a third of its fleet starting august 21st, septa will roll out ten repaired cars a week until all 120 of them are back on track. >> we want to treat our customers well. we want them to come back, the ones that have gone for a while. >> it's a hassle but it's for safety. i'd rather be safe than dead. >> septa says its entire fleet

should be back together and up to speed by mid-november. philadelphia police are looking for four teenagers who attacked and pulled a gun on an 11-year-old near a park in ulney. investigators say this teen is wanted in connection with that attack. the victim was chased from the basketball court behind the ulney rec center to a nearby alley. at least one suspect pulled out a handgun, forced the victim to remove all his clothes and then he's beaten. >> i'm living here, but i -- i don't want to take my kids to play here. >> it's sad, first and foremost, because how do a kid get ahold of a gun. see what i'm saying? especially a teenager. >> the victim says his attackers were between the ages of 14 and 15. they were wearing red and white clothing. if you can help, police would like to hear from you. bill cosby's lawyer doesn't want jurors in his sex assault case to hear a phone call between cosby and the accuser's mother. they filed a motion to get the

call thrown out. constand's mom recorded the conversation in 2005. cosby's attorney argues pennsylvania law requires both parties to give consent. during the call cosby reportedly spoke about the encounter, and allegedly agreed to pay constand's grad school expenses. a trial date has not been set. the opening ceremony of the olympic games begins in 49 hours to be exact. team usa voted for the most decorated olympian of all-time, michael phelps, to carry the u.s. flag into the ceremony. phelps has won 22 medals, 18 of them gold. he missed the last two olympics to rest. my co-anchor jacqueline london visited the athletes village today. we're going to keep a close on it. >> reporter: i'm in rio de janeiro, brazil. this is where you'll see all of

the olympic athletes gathering. why? take a look at why we are. we're in the olympic village where all of the athletes stay. look at all the flags the athletes are displaying from their home countries. there was unbelievable talent here. so much from the philadelphia area, i just interviewed watson, a world champion fencer. we talked to him as he's going for a medal here. london born, calls philly home. and a new life as a model. and from wilmington, considered the best female basketball player on the planet. cunningham only 18, competing in the high jump. a lot of people rooting for hernandez. she's from old bridge, new jersey. many thought he would never run again, the second fastest woman

in the world. finally getting her chance at the olympics. we're giving you a front row seat from the starting line to the behind-the scenes. make sure you watch. reporting in rio de janeiro, from the home of the 2016 summer olympics, jacqueline london, nbc 10 news. >> starting tomorrow, jacqueline will report live from rio every day throughout these olympics. right now u.s. women's soccer is playing the first olympic event. south jersey's own carli lloyd is on that team. watch that game on the nbc 10 app. nbc 10 is your olympic station. this friday night starting at 7:30. 20 years later, an olympic message from a gold medalest. carrie scruggs visits the delaware valley. well, if you haven't found your sunglasses, you may want to keep looking. because we're going to be seeing lots of sunshine. and no rain for a while.

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a gymnast who knows just what it's like to win a gold medal shared her olympic message in delaware county today. carrie scruggs won gold and america's hearts back in 1996. nbc 10's deanna durante sat down

with her as the olympic games are set to begin. >> reporter: carrie scruggs has done a lot since this moment in july 1996. >> everyone identified my entire gymnastics career with a vault where i fell, and then landed on one leg. >> reporter: it was that vault that made her star rise from the '96 games. >> prior to those games, i was known as the gymnast who had a lot of talent but didn't really put it together all the time when she needed to. putting it together when the whole world was watching and clinching the gold medal is rewarding and self-satisfying for me. >> reporter: speaking wednesday, scruggs said she's bringing a message of inspiration to the employees here, and future gymnasts. she's not just a girl who landed on one foot, or the former athlete who got hurt. she's an auditor for the department of justice making sure tax money goes where it should. she's married and has two kids. and her son doesn't understand

why so many want to take their picture with his mommy. >> it was a magical moment. i'm glad that people remember it 20 years later. i'm very proud of it. >> reporter: scruggs said the olympics provide amazing moments that we as viewers want to see over and over again. she reminds you, there is much more to an athlete's career than that one moment. for the first time since she went for gold in '96, she'll be watching the olympics on tv at home with her son who's now 4 years old. in newtown square, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> a few hours ago, the olympic games committee approved several new sports in the 2020 games. skateboarding, surfing, sports climbing, karate and baseball and softball will be back in tokyo. once again, the opening ceremony for the rio games, that's coming up friday night right here on nbc 10. now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> what a change in the weather.

you can almost feel that humidity get out of the sky. and lots of blue in there. 82 degrees down in philadelphia. our high was 85. upper 70s in the suburbs. new jersey 82 degrees in the lehigh valley right now. and a lot of places barely made it to 80. some places at the jersey shore didn't because of the onshore breeze. atlantic city right now, 76. holgate, 76. the ocean temperature pretty warm, 77 degrees. 76 degrees at cape may point. and here's what to expect for tomorrow. a lot of sunshine. fairmont 86 degrees. berwin 81. lehigh valley 83. we're expecting low humidity, so the feels-like temperature, if anything, is going to be a little lower than these numbers. easton township 84. at the jersey shore, we're going to be seeing upper 70s. avalon at 78 with a sea breeze once again. rehoboth beach 78 with an

onshore wind as well. now, everything's going to be beautiful as we go through tomorrow. and into friday, it's still looking dry. but it's saturday when we've got a front coming down, and some showers. general area of showers and a thunderstorm, especially in the afternoon, and into the evening, and then it moves out in time for sunday. so even if we do get a thunderstorm saturday, it's not going to be a washout. it will be hot. it will be humid. as you can see, 92 in philadelphia. even the jersey shore is going to be fairly hot. because of the land breeze later in the day. and a land breeze on sunday, too. but that's drier air moving in. lower humidity. beautiful day on sunday. so if you definitely want dry weather, shoot for sunday. friday's definitely dry at 88 degrees. 92 with thunderstorms on

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storm hits. getting closer means more protection. storm ranger 10, only on nbc 10. >> the counties farthest away from any of those stationary radars are in berks county and chester county. for more details on this gap and how we fill it in with this, it's on nbc10.com. i've got a blog explaining it all. >> storm ranger 10 will be logging a lot of miles. >> yes, winter, too. rain versus snow. >> right now it is baseball season, right, john clark? >> unfortunately a philly placed on the disabled list. who is missing at eagles practice today. how do the birds love all the hitting, all next.

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i'm john clark from csn. the phillies placed one of their young pitchers on the disabled list. aaron has a strained elbow. he was supposed to start tonight, so they've called up phil cline to take his place. jake thompson could come up for nola's next start. nola has really struggled the last two months. but he just started to feel the pain after his last outing here. they could shut him down for the rest of the season. but he hopes to pitch again. >> i definitely want to. i'm definitely going to do everything that i need to do to get recovered with this. and really hope i can be back at the end of the year. >> end of the year, could be a while. gomez has been placed on the paternity list. someone else is going to close out the game tonight and maybe a

few more. umpires have been seen ejecting managers. but bob davidson tossed a fan who kept yelling at him. catcher cameron rough said he had never seen that before. the eagles, they are at running back right now, small would miss today's practice with a quad strain. could miss a few more days. ryan matthews still hasn't practiced yet. we weren't allowed to shoot video during the hitting session, but doug peterson brought back the pads and hitting and tackling that andy reed used to do. chip kelly didn't really believe in it. it is a big hit with the players. >> when the coach says live, everybody knows, you bring your "a" game or you're going to get ran over. they are bringing their "a" game. we compete and have fun doing it. >> that was probably the most fun periods we've had in a long time. whenever we get to tackle, it adds a level of intensity that you usually don't get. it's always fun going up against the guys on the team and trying to see who can win the day. >> win the day.

chip coaly used to say that. another tweet of the workout, and he looks real good. take a look at this. he says he will be ready for the start of the season. and del rand new jersey's carli lloyd, she scores the first goal of the olympics for the u.s. women's soccer team. they lead new zealand 1-0. we'll show you at 11:00. i'm john clark. we're right back.

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feels so great out there without the humidity. >> yeah. we've got another day with very low humidity tomorrow. the chances of rain are extremely low, like close to zero over the next three days. saturday, the chances go up. but it's still not even close to 100% chance on saturday. it wouldn't last all that long. and that's the really only rain chance for the next week, as you see in the ten-day. it's comfortable once we get past saturday. and then it heats up late next week. >> all right. thanks for watching. i'm jim rosenfield.

"nbc nightly news" is next. we'll see you good entonight at 11:00. developing news tonight. "dateline" intervention? after a disastrous 48 hours, high level gop sources telling nbc news "dateline" allies may come together to confront the candidate himself. hoping for a dramatic turnabout as republican anxiety soars. crash landing disaster. tonight the panic inside a massive passenger plane sliding on the runway and bursting into flames. the desperate rush to get out alive. ransom paid? a midnight flight loaded with $400 million sent to iran at the same time americans were finally free. did the white house make a secret deal? terror bust shocker. a d.c. transit cop accused of trying to help isis.