good morning. i'm meteorology crystal klei. we have an update for tracking h h hermine. not saying this is the best case scenario, but it might be a better forecast. this is what we're looking at. we just about a half hour ago got on this update and wanted to bring it to you. wind speed, 70 miles per hour. but this is the good news. we are looking at that movement to the east northeast. it's pushing farther and farther from us. it's also slowing down. ten mile per hour slowdown. we expected the slowdown. almost every model we have been looking at for days had it heading more our direction.

it hasn't made that turn yet. the farther it is from us, the less of a threat we see for the heavy rain and the extreme wind gusts that also as a result slightly downgrade the threat for us to see flooding. this is what we're looking at on the projected path. it's out to sea. as we move along today, the path still projecting it will start to slow and arch by around 8:00 tonight. keeping the 70 mile an hour winds. below hurricane force, but very close. 74 miles per hour and above is when you see the hurricane force speed. the projections still have it creeping towards us. most models are still saying this is going to happen. some are really going for it. but after a weather meeting -- i'm talking our whole first alert weather team discussing this forecast, we had decided to pull back. look how quickly we start to see that arch back away from our coastline. there we are at 8:00 a.m. tuesday. it's slow moving, but as it

moves out to sea, by wednesday, it becomes a lower threat for us as it continues to move away from land. let's talk about the details of what this projected path means for our forecast. first, hour by hour. looking at cloud coverage out there. but farther inland, now we are talking more of a sunny forecast. the last couple of days we have been saying lehigh valley, philly, sun/cloud mix. that's the forecast if you are going to made in america, breezy to windy, but not as rough. we move into the night now and it's keeping rain off of the shore. maybe a sprinkle you see with some of the cloud coverage. but it's not looking as likely. there we go though into your monday. still building in the cloud coverage on your monday as we have been expecting. these are subtle changes to your forecast. but good changes for us. notice where the rain bands are. they are just a bit off the shore as we move along. we put this into motion. you see the showers do move

inland. that's at 2:30 in the afternoon monday. we see showers over jersey, the shore. but we're not seeing the yellows and oranges. that potential will continue just mostly off the shoreline. that will continue into your tuesday as well. with the potential for heavy rain farther away, the potential for higher wind gusts farther off the shore, we are pulling back that threat at high tide for flooding. not as likely in philadelphia. now just a moderate threat for us for moderate flooding, atlantic city, cape may, we not looking at the major threat. if hermine changes track again, we will let you know. just because we are pulling back slightly off the threat for flooding, that does not mean that there will not be still the high risk of rip currents and a very rough surf. still not suggesting that you are out in the water today. we will go back to at issue.

>> start with the democratic side of things. at least up to this point in the campaign in terms of being specific about points of view regarding social security, hillary clinton's website actually has a policy platform around this topic. it sounds mostly like maintain the status quo, oppose any cuts, don't advance the retirement age. is the status quo approach acceptable at this time in our country's history? >> i think we're seeing both candidates kind of carrying the same -- with the same mantra. we want to preserve what we have. donald trump said he is not going to touch entitlements. hillary clinton says in off the cuff she wants to expand it. someone who gets paid to advocate for this will say otherwise. >> on her website it's clear she does support expanding social security. >> she's been explicit about -- >> she says she wants to expand it not for everybody but she wants to focus the expansion on those who need it most. i support expanding social

security for everybody, as does 70% of americans. but the difference between donald trump and hillary clinton is that donald trump is running away from this critical issue. he is bobbing and weaving so he doesn't get pinned down. the policies he does support are the policies, as you noted, that lead directly to politicians losing their jobs. because on social security, it's only the third rail when you are trying to steal people's money by cutting their benefits. we earn our social security through our working lives. if someone in d.c. is going to come in and cut my benefits, they're reaching into my pocket and stealing my money. if on the other hand you are fighting for the american people, if you are fighting with them and what they want, which is to expand social security and pay for it by asking millionaires and billionaires to pay the same rate like the rest of us do, that's something that comes out hugely in a politician's favor. that is what hillary clinton is talking about right now.

>> it's always easy to pick on millionaires and billionaires. the fact of the matter is, it's a broad based tax increase to deal with the issue if we're really going to try to expand social security as hillary clinton is proposed. >> this brings us to the other candidate, donald trump. because, jim, an important part of his policy has involved tax cuts. want to talk to -- he has been specific about that on the campaign trail. where things have been hazier have been the topic of what he would do around the topic of social security. he has said at times when he is campaigning that he wants to avoid social security cuts. at other times it seems some of his surrogates have come out to say it's something he would consider. from your perspective, where does he actually stand on this? >> i think when social security was formed, in 1934, i believe it was, you had 17 workers providing for one beneficiary. in this day and age, it's two

workers providing for one. that's going to get worse and worse over time. i think by the -- some the statistics, by 2034, it will only -- people will receive 79% of their benefits. so it's dwindling and something needs to be done about that. one of the things that can be done is increasing the job rolls, increasing employment, tax cuts are part of a cornerstone of donald trump's plan to create employment opportunities. so that's what he is getting at when he is talking about tax cuts. it's increasing the employment rolls which in turn will assist with more folks being able to support the beneficiaries. >> on the topic of donald trump, i want to speak to you specifically about your organization's perspective on what he would do with social security. you guys have said he would, quote, dismantle it. why do you say that? given his history on the record of saying he really is opposed to taking away what he says has

been promised to people. >> the thing is, what we look at is the totality of evidence. we look to when he wrote a book about the issue and called social security a ponzi scheme. we look at the last few times he has run for president, his failed runs where he said he would actually raise the retirement age, which is just an across the board benefit cut, and things like that are why we are very, very clear that what donald trump would do is dismantle social security and sell it off brick by brick. >> it sounds like you are specifically talking about his inconsistency on the topic of social security. that is what raises your concern. >> it's not just the inconsistency. he has been open that he doesn't like to talk about it because he knows he will be punished politically for doing so. but at the same time, he knows the greedy liars on wall street are who need to fund his campaign. he sends his advisors out to speak in different venues and promise to cut and dismantle

social security as soon as he gets into the presidency. and that is what concerns us, that he is not telling the truth to the american people and his advisers are going around saying he would cut social security. >> i want to bring you in on this specifically, allow you to respond to what alex has said and at the same time, have you speak to this issue of what outsiders may perceive as trump's inconsistency around the topic. >> one, alex is relying upon the statements of people who are not donald trump and attributing them to donald trump. that happens all the time in politics. i understand the political -- he is trying to make his point from a political perspective. but if we're going to go down that road and talk about hillary clinton, she's waffled on the topic as well. it wasn't until bernie sanders came into the mix that she had an epiphany and wanted to expand social security. >> why do you think trump hasn't been clearer about putting a line in the sand one way or other? >> he says he wants to protect social security. chris christie said in his

platform, we need to raise the retirement age because people are working longer. some folks are going to think that's reasonable. congress has worked around the edged in the last budget. paul ryan's budget act that the last budget that worked around the edges in terms of waste, fraud and abuse. that's not really going to solve the problem. there needs to be a real look at social security in terms of how we fund it through 2034 so we don't have those problems. i agree with you that something needs to be done. i don't agree a broad tax increase is the way to do it. >> the thing is, like the name of our organization, social security works, i love that name because it says everything that's true and that we stand for. there is no problem with social security. social security works. social security can pay every penny of promised benefits until 2034. after which it can pay 80% of benefits forever. that is the opposite of a crisis.

you tell me one other thing in government that functions that well that is so efficient it has less than 1% administrative costs. you can't find it. that's what social security does. what i say is that gives us from now until 2034 to figure out how we can build the political will to ask millionaires and billionaires to pay the same rate as the rest of us. and then we cannot only extend the trust fund forever, we can expand benefits. the only problem with social security is that benefits are far too low for millions of americans. >> gentlemen, a discussion we have to wrap that will be continuing certainly into weeks ahead as we lead up to election day. alex, jim, we thank you both very much for your type and fim being with us. next on nbc 10, a video exclusive. the first juvenile lifer in philadelphia released from prison after spending 43 years behind bars. his reaction to freedom may surprise you.

katie: on crime, pat toomey's attacks on me are shameful. he's making it up. of course, anyone who commits a violent crime needs to be prosecuted -- and put behind bars. narrator: katie mcginty will keep us safe -- more police on the streets, better training and equipment, and take on the gun lobby for gun safety laws. katie: i'm the daughter of a police officer, and the mother of three. i'll stand with law enforcement to fight crime, and protect our families. i'm katie mcginty, and i approve this message.

tyroane jones was jailed for more than four decades. but recently, he became a free man. sent to jail as a teen for a gang related killing, jones is now 59 years old. he has long claimed his innocence and now he is out because of a supreme court ruling that bans automatic life without patrol sentences for juveniles. tracy davidson was at the prison when jones walked out and has the exscclusive video interview. >> all right. >> reporter: just outside the prison gates, three sisters showered tyroane jones with affection. >> he is a free man now. yes, he is. >> reporter: having choices is something we take for granted. for decades, that's not

something he had. until this morning. his first choice, breakfast. >> let's go eat. >> reporter: they want to eat up their brother. >> yes, it's real. >> reporter: he was convicted of a 1973 gang-related murder in philadelphia when he was 16. next month, he turns 60. >> in many ways, he was a forgotten soul. a forgotten soul. >> best feeling anybody can have. coming out of prison all these years and have my family. have my family around, you know. >> reporter: though jones has maintained his innocence from the beginning, it was a supreme court ruling in january that unlocked his freedom. that ruling banned mandatory life sentences for juvenile s retroacti retroactively. . >> before, you know, my life was controlled. if i had to use the bathroom, if you have to use the bathroom, you have to get permission.

if i want to go to school, you gotta get permission. i was in a controlled environment. being out here -- >> reporter: he learned quickly it involved many choices. >> eggs and bacon. >> reporter: he missed his sisters. he missed a lifetime. >> came to prison when i was 16 years old. i missed growing up. the average 16-year-old, he will go to school or get an education, go to college, meet a nice girl, get married, settle down, go to work. that's what i missed. >> it's like he moved through time 40 years later. he has lived on an island in an institutional setting. when you ask him to make choices, i don't think he fully understands what all those choices he has. >> want to go to the zoo, go to the park, go to museums. all the things that i missed. >> reporter: while this has been a monumental day, his lawyers say they are still working toward exoneration with new witnesses coming forward.

he says rye night now he wants thank god and try his sisters' barbecue chicken. about 500 inmates in pennsylvania were given automatic life without parole sentences as juveniles. resentencing will be based on a state law that sets first degree murder at 25 to life for juveniles. next on nbc 10@issue, it could happen to any of us at any time. an illness that requires treatment far from home. that's where the angels come in. we will explain in just a few minutes.

in our area, we have access to some of the top medical specialists in the entire world. we are certainly lucky in that way. but sometimes the right care, the care that you need, is in another city, putting patients

in a difficult position. that's where angel flight east comes in. that organization provides free air transportation to far away doctors and hospitals. with me right now is angle flight east pilot josh fisher and 19-year-old arlenis diaz. you live in philadelphia. you have been flying with this group to get to treatments in pittsburgh at the children's hospital for three years. tell us about your medical condition and the treatment you get over in pittsburgh. >> i was born with a syndrome. i have a leg swollen and they have leaking fluid. >> we saw you when you were walking up to the set. you use crutches. is that how you typically get around? >> every day. >> is this -- how long will this last? is this what you will live with your entire life? >> yes. >> this is a long-term thing. how hard would it be for you to

drive to pittsburgh every time you needed this treatment? >> very difficult. it's five hours to get there. usually, it was just be -- to have the right person to actually drive me over there and drive me back. it would be really difficult. >> tell me about it. several times a year then angel flight, one of the volunteer pilots actually flies you to pittsburgh and then back to get your treatment. is that right? >> yes. >> how many times have you gone? >> it's been three years, 40 times. >> 40 typeimes? >> yes. >> this has been a big impact on how you have been able to stay healthy and move towards recovery? >> yes. >> josh is one of the pilots. josh, amazingly enough, i understand that you have actually flown arlenis to pittsburgh once time? >> that's correct, this year. >> josh, big picture. how many people have you -- how long have you been working with

angel flight? how many people have you flown during your time with the group? >> i've been an active pilot with angel flight since 2013. i've been flying about ten years. it took a number of years to built up the qualifications in order to qualify as an active pilot. i've flown around two dozen angel flights in those three years. there were a couple individuals i flew multiple times. probably eight to ten people that i have had the pleasure of flying with. >> you were telling me, you are sort of an aviation guide. this is a hobby for you. but for you working with this organization has been a way to put your passion to purpose and to make a difference. >> exactly. >> with your plane and with your aviation hobby. >> yes. it gave purpose to my flying. that was the initial motivation to get into it. but honestly, the connection with the individuals that we meet and flying is really what keeps me coming back. >> i have to imagine, it's very

moving to use your hobby in this way. it must be a powerful experience to connect people with their treatment. >> it is. i'm always amazed by the people like arlenis or the people that fly to the treatment and the struggle they have to get the treatment that's necessary for their condition. it's a privilege to be able to take that worry off their hands and the caretaker's hands to help them get where they need to go and shave time off the process. >> i know you donate your time to this organization and to the patients. what about the cost? aviation fuel, the costs that are involved with this. >> the cost involve d are the fuel. we fly with gas. that's donated at our own expen expense. >> i'm happy that i found angel flight. it's a way for me to get the

treatments for my leg. i basically say they are a hero. a hero to us. that's what i consider. >> your hero. we certainly thank you both for being here. we wish you our best as you continue your medical battle. thanks to both of you. saturday september 10, angel flight east holds its annual wings n wheels event. you can take a plane ride over the area. tickets are $8 in advance, $5 for kids. it runs from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and all of the proceeds support angel flight east. coming up, a new street sign has people taking a second look. we will tell you why this typo has a purpose.

a new street sign has caught the attention of some residents there. it appears that sign is misspelled. turns out, that is exactly what a township official was aiming for. the sign says dear crossing, as in d-e-a-r. it's meant as a play on words. dear as a term of affection for children. the township official who had sign made tells us he combined his love of puns with his mission to keep the streets safe for kids. he wants the sign to be a reminder to drivers of everything we hold dear to us. there are two in the township now but more of them are planned. that's all for this edition of nbc 10@issue. look for my investigator reports weeknights on nbc 10 news. thank you so much for joining us today. we hope you have a fantastic labor day holiday.

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