diplomacy, not destruction. hillary clinton's legacy in iraq, libya, syria, has produced only turmoil and suffering and death. >> reporter: the republican nominee's plan comes with a military buildup, and a call to end the defense sequestration that caused cuts. is it realistic? >> well, we're going to have to take a deeper dive to find out what the cost of all this is. >> reporter: trump is working to convince voters it's him they should trust to keep the country safe. this week his campaign announced the names of dozens of generals now supporting him. including retired brigadier general butler. what was it that made you feel comfortable with him as commander in chief? >> it's his personality, his drive, his determination, and he's sincere. >> reporter: both that general and another one i spoke to bringing up his personality and his temperament as a good thing. while democrats have been using

it as a negative. now, as for how all of this military investment would be paid for, donald trump says the government would cut waste and bureaucracy. but that analyst i spoke with, he said that candidates who have relied on that in the past have been disappointed. live in center city, i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >> trump's second visit to philly in a week shows the importance pennsylvania could play in november. check out how many times the candidates have visited p.a. since the dnc. the republican has been here six times, you can see those dates in red. the blue represents the democrats, four trips here. hillary clinton didn't have any events today but her daughter campaigned in pennsylvania. chelsea clinton is making stops in carlisle and state college. starting today, the secret service is protecting her again. she, of course, had secret service protection when her father was president. chelsea clinton will be in scranton tomorrow. hillary clinton and donald trump square off in less than two hours in new york city. the first-ever commander in

chief forum on nbc 10. nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal is live in new york tonight, where both candidates are at the intrepid sea, air and space museum. randy? >> reporter: yeah, we're live aboard this decommissioned world war ii aircraft carrier, the intrepid is now permanently docked on the hudson river, serves as a museum now. it has military items onboard here, like this attack chopper used in the vietnam war. and retired military jets and other planes. this is all the perfect fitting location for tonight's commander in chief forum. now, let's take a live picture of the stage where we're told final preparations are getting under way. both hillary clinton and donald trump will appear back-to-back, but they will not be debating each other. instead, they'll be taking questions from veterans, active duty military members and the candidates will be pitching their national security platforms. let's take a look at a brand-new nbc news survey monkey poll.

it shows donald trump with a commanding lead. trump has 55% of the vote compared to 36% for hillary clinton among voters currently serving or who previously served in the military. we're told the audience tonight will mostly be veterans, military members, including some gold star families. they're arriving as we speak now. this forum kicks off at 8:00 tonight. live on the intrepid on the hudson river, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. >> watch the commander in chief forum hosted by matt lauer tonight at 8:00 right here on nbc 10. the weather continues to warm up through the week as it is still officially summer for the next couple of weeks. temperatures are a lot cooler at the jersey shore and cape may. a handful of people on the beach. just a couple out there. it was close to 90 degrees in delaware as these kids had soccer practice this afternoon in wilmington. athletes will need extra water

breaks this week. dplc glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here now with a look at the weather this week. >> significantly hotter and significantly more humid. we got to 91 degrees, after 88 yesterday. but 9 a tomorrow. 93 friday. 96 on saturday. and we're going to be pretty close to record levels. these are the records. these are the current forecasts, as you can see within a degree. every one of those days, 89 philadelphia now. 90 in wilmington. 86 in coatesville. 89 in allentown. you still see the swirl from hermine, but at least it's starting to move away. and the showers that were near the jersey shore at this time yesterday are gone. so for the rest of the night, we expect mostly clear skies across the area. it's going to be more humid than it was last night. so temperatures don't even go below 70 in philadelphia. into the mid to upper 60s north

and west of the lehigh valley, for example. only 71 for the low temperature in delaware. but even hotter weather is coming. i'll let you know how long that's going to last in just a few minutes. because of the heat glenn just talked about, changes were made for students in trenton. the hot weather forced trenton schools to shorten its school days from today through the rest of the week. the trenton district has 22 schools, but not all of them have central air conditioning. working parents are balancing this last-minute change the best way they can. >> tomorrow's supposed to be hotter. i can understand that. but i thought they had air conditioning. what's the problem. >> frankly, it interrupts our schedule big-time. i'm a barber. and i do everything by appointments. >> parents also said making things harder is that the district's after-school programs don't kick in until mid-september. philadelphia school leaders don't expect to let kids out

early because of the heat. mayor jim kenney and the superintendent helped ring the bells in mount airy. students went back to school this morning for the start of the school year. new details this evening about the now closed itt technical institute. the community college of philadelphia today reached out to former itt tech students on facebook. cpp said to contact them about enrolling in classes this fall. itt technical institute announced yesterday it's closing all 130 campuses. four of them are in the delaware valley. a septa driver was attacked in upper darby today. septa tweeted out a picture at the woman at the center around 10:30 this morning. police tell us the woman hit the bus driver as she got off the bus. the driver was not hurt. former white house secret service agents arrested in delaware, now faces federal child porn charges in florida. lee moore has a court date

tomorrow in palm beach. they agreed to put his case on hold after a florida grand jury indicted him on more serious federal charges. moore was a uniformed officer at the white house when he was arrested in november. prosecutors say he thought he was talking to a 14-year-old girl online. and trying to meet up for sex when they busted him. agents say moore did have online sex chats with actual young girls. pennsylvania senator bob casey is about to deliver a speech on national security. coming up at 6:30, casey will address the council on foreign relations in washington. his speech is focused on cutting off isis funding. supporters of jamal rallied in center city today. the group says he isn't given proper treatment for hepatitis c and they want him released. he's in prison for killing faulkner back in 1981. a south jersey man is behind bars in connection with a dogfighting ring. the department of justice charged robert elliott sr. today, he's akised of owning pit

bull type dogs for fighting. he lived with another suspect arrested back in june. ed in the same home in millville. during that arrest and search they found 13 dogs. the sixers are set. the team moves into its new facility in camden later this week. on friday the ribbon will cut to open the new practice home. the complex is the largest in the nba. it's been two years in the making. nbc 10 got this tour of the building a few months ago. the first preseason game is less than a month away. next on nbc 10 news at 6:00, the sign says no tiny houses. inside the battle between neighbors of a church. an aircraft makeover. why the tourist attraction is finally getting a new look. get ready for the heat and humidity to return. i'm tracking our next heat wave in your neighborhood.

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a local olympian returns to the place where her playing days began. van sickle a member of the field hockey team spoke at the tower hill school in wilmington today. she's a 2008 grad. she says she's still undecided

if she's going to give it a go for the 2020 games in tokyo. >> she has time to figure that out. >> she does. a massive makeover is happening at the franklin institute. >> an experimental plane is getting a much-needed face lift after more than eight decades on display. the stainless steel amphibious plane has been there since 1945. an aviation enthusiast will help restore the plane at his hangar in bensalem, bucks county. >> fdr was president, my parents were 2 years old. all the chaos and turbulence of world war ii stood ahead. this has been witness throughout the 20th century. >> it will take another two days for crews to completely dismantle the plane. once it's restored, it will be back at the franklin institute by the end of next year. new jersey residents can now text 911 for help. the state's attorney general introduced the new technology today at rutgers university.

the service allows people across the state to reach emergency services by text and phone. the federal communications commission said calling is better than texting when possible. a community battle in delaware between neighbors and the church. the fight centers around more than a dozen proposed tiny homes near dover. >> tim furlong takes us inside. >> we would be seeing 15 houses here in this open field. >> reporter: aaron has big plans for his family's victory church west of dover. a neighborhood of tiny houses. >> this is one of the houses here. >> reporter: the houses would sit in this field the church owns. the church would rent them to homeless people for a couple hundred bucks a month, kind of a step up from a shelter. >> a transition to a place that would be similar to what you would have in regular society. your own place. >> reporter: church leaders tell me people who end up living in the tiny houses will have to maintain them and work to pay the rent money. it would be gated an monitored

24/7. any resident who doesn't follow the rules here, they have to move out. why are maybe neighbors so against this plan? their signs are everywhere. >> it has nothing really to do with us. >> reporter: neighbors tell me the church is simply a bad neighbor. they have homeless people sleeping in the church at night. the pastor admitting they allow it, even though they're not supposed to. >> we feel spiritually obligated to help. >> reporter: they say the music and yelling can get loud. one neighbor tells me he isn't convinced the church would put quality people in the tiny houses. >> we're not talking about a mother and a couple children who lost her job. we're talking about people who are chronically homeless that basically, i mean, they can walk, they can talk, and they can carry a collection plate. but they can't get a job? >> reporter: the church has to go through legal hopes and zoning changes before it can happen. neighbors tell me they're going to try to make sure it doesn't happen. tim furlong, nbc 10 news.

to the weather now. doesn't really feel like back to school, does it. >> they didn't need a jacket or sweater this morning at the bus stop. they have the next six or seven months for that. glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with our warm-up. glenn? >> yeah, for those classes and schools that don't have air conditioning, it's going to be a rough couple of days here. 89 degrees right now in philadelphia. not especially humid. but that's going to change by tomorrow. 89 p.a. suburbs, lehigh valley, near 90 in delaware. lehigh valley, we've had places that have touched the 90-degree mark today. and we're going to be showing you that right now. you can see, merchtown 89 degrees right now. allentown 89. blandon is 89 right now. bethlehem 88 degrees. so it has been pretty warm during the day. still seeing that spin, that

circulation around hermine, still not that far away. but at least this time it's starting to move farther away. and that's why the weather at the jersey shore has really improved from what we saw yesterday. we've got another heat wave on the way. and with the higher humidity, it's going to feel hotter. so today it felt like 92. thursday 95. feeling like 102. temperature and humidity drop a little bit on friday. very weak front goes through. and then it's back up on saturday. 96, feeling like 103. it's a good thing that the eagles are not playing on saturday. now, may and june we had eight days of 90 degrees or above. 16 days in july. that's half the month. august, 17 days. that's more than half of the month. and so we have a total of 41 days of 90-plus. that's already more than last year. the record is 55 days.

and just for your information, the latest 90 in philadelphia's history is in early october. so there's plenty of time for some more 90s, even though in the ten-day forecast we don't have them for next week. but here we are for tomorrow. chestnut hill, 93, feeling like 100. upper makefield, feeling like 101. easton 94, feeling like 100. not quite as hot at the jersey shore tomorrow. but that's pretty warm. 88 in longport, feeling like 94. not exactly tremendous relief. but a lot better than harrington, and southern delaware, 94, feeling like 105. of course, you can get your own seven-day forecast right at the bottom of your screen at any time during any weather cast. it's not just for philadelphia anymore. and this is a philadelphia forecast, saturday to sunday. that's a big drop in

temperatures. but the humidity is going to be much lower on sunday, too. so it's going to be a lot more comfortable sunday. lehigh valley drops ten degrees. much of new jersey, south jersey drops ten. but the jersey shore only drops three degrees there, because the wind direction is more critical there. now, for the eagles, good thing the game is sunday. this is still warm for football. but tailgating at 75, low humidity, that's not bad for those in the stands. it's going to be pretty comfortable game. especially compared to what we're seeing here, thursday, friday and saturday. the temperature goes down sunday as you see. and monday goes down even more. comes back up a bit. by wednesday, maybe 90 degrees. but then later next week we're back down into the 70s. >> carson wentz needs to stay hydrated come sunday. labor day brought in big bucks, more than 888,000

vehicles passed through the state's toll plazas. that generated more than $2.4 million in toll toll revenue. >> delaware -- >> making a difference for some kids in some tough spots. the annual two-day radio-thon under way at the dupont hospital for children in wilmington. our delaware partners sister stations are raising money for research to give children a happier hospital stay. i'm amy from csn. coming up, carson wentz gets set for his nfl debut. the sixers bring back a familiar face. details next in sports.

i'm amy from csn. the future arrives sunday for the eagles. carson wentz will make his debut against the browns. john clark has more from the nova care complex. >> reporter: carson wentz will become the first eagles rookie quarterback to start a season opener in 77 years. he's been waiting all his life for this moment. and the kid from fargo, north dakota, says this stage will not be too big for him. this is just his second practice with the first team offense. but he says he is comfortable and confident with the playbook. they don't have to scale anything back. >> interacting with coach pederson has been awesome from day one. he's been nothing but very helpful. he really instills confidence in me. just knowing that, you know, you

just have so much experience. >> utilizing carson's strengths, his ability to run, we have to be smart with that. and just protect him early. >> reporter: carson has been cramming this week. he was in on his off day yesterday. and he was here at the nova care complex at 5:15 this morning. with the birds, i'm john clark, csn. >> the good news is, eagles healthy heading into the opening sunday. patriots, becoming official today, a fourth round pick in 2018. doug pedersen was asked why they made the deal. >> he did put himself in a position to compete. and be a part of the eagles. it was just -- we just felt at this time, not only a great opportunity for him, but for some of our young players that were playing well during camp to make this roster as well. >> the sixers have re-signed

elton brand to a one-year deal. he played in 17 games with the sixers last year. he will continue to serve as a mentor to the sixers young players. on the mound tonight, the phillies going for a sweep of the marlins in miami. coverage begins at 6:30. here are this week's choices for the high"high school blitz"e of the week. we'll have the winner for you tomorrow night at 11:00. jim and jacqueline, back to you. >> amy, thanks. for a look at what's coming up tonight at 11:00, a man said he turned on the television only to find his face at the center of a campaign ad for a presidential candidate he doesn't support. >> who's now stepping in. our full story tonight on nbc 10 news at 11:00.

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the stage soon. his second performance coming up on friday. will he have another marathon concert. his last one was four hours and one minute long. that was a new record for the boss. he does play a long, long time. >> right. >> four hours. >> as years go by, he doesn't scale that back at all. >> how does he feel about the heat. >> i'm sure he doesn't love that. >> kind of warm this evening. but friday night is going to be even hotter. and more humid. here's the way it looks tonight. by 8:00, philadelphia's 83. allentown down to 75. the humidity is up. by 11:00, we're still 78 in philadelphia. by morning, 72 degrees. while it's in the 60s elsewhere. by noon, already close to 90. and in the afternoon, ooh, here we are, into the mid-90s with the humidity building up as well. and with the ten-day, next week was not going to be anywhere near as hot as this week. >> okay. >> that's our news at 6:00.

thanks so much for watching. i'm jim rosenfield. >> good weather for the born in the usa t-shirts tonight. see you back here at 11:00. tonight, from the aircraft carrier, intrepid, military showdown, clinton and trump from the same ship taking questions from our nbc commander in chief forum for the candidates. 10,000 times more powerful than heroin, hundreds of overdoses in just two weeks. a big american city taking drastic measures. horror in the sky, a deadly mid-air disaster, two planes collide, the latest in frightening aviation incidents. cutting the cor cord,thy new chancord, t the new change of apple's iphone and what's about to go missing. a long lost flag found, a symbol of