6:00 reaction rolling in and some minds are not made up as the candidates return to the campaign trail after their first primetime clash. >> i have a feeling by the end of the evening i will be blamed for everything. >> why not? >> as the two candidates prepare for their second showdown trump goes to florida and hillary clinton was on the trail in north carolina. november 8 is the day, the election 42 days away. we have coverage tonight and we begin with you, ted.

>> as stockton university sophomore spent the day registering new voters she remained uncertain after last night's presidential debate. >> i don't know who to trust. >> questions. >> we met brian gonzalez yesterday as his introduction to american politics class was assigned to watch the high stakes showdown. he says the debate reinforced his choice to support clinton. >> he's paid nothing in federal taxes. >> i think that was an insult to all the taxpayers in america

that work hard every day and live paycheck to paycheck. >> his answers didn't really have a general topic. he veered off from the question. and always had to have the last say. >> amy greenberg, no relation to this reporter says the debate swayed her towards the democrat. on a presidential score card given as a class assignment she gave clinton higher marks for expressing her goals and appearing more presidential. both students said trump seemed largely unprepared. their professor says that could make a difference with undecided voters. >> when you put a candidate who's prepared next to one who's not, there is a clear difference that voters are going to notice. and i think that came across pretty clearly at points last night. >> she also noted how the candidates focused more on personal issues which made for entertaining television rather than on policy solutions. after watching the debate, one student told me she felt like she 45d lost a few brain cells.

i've ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >> and donald trump traveled south today to miami. given a warm welcome at a forum with cuban american supporters. he mainly listened as many members of the audience promised to back him. and north carolina, at this rally with supporters a beaming hillary clinton took shots at trump calling him dangerously incoherent, unprepared for last night's debate and unclear. two heavy hitters are campaigning for hillary clinton this weekend. vice president joe biden spoke at drexel university today. michelle obama will appear at la salle university tomorrow. nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal is live tonight. what message did the vp bring today. >> a big sign to both campaigns. the vice president coming here to philly. went on the attack against donald trump and his debate performance last night but he

also pitched and millennial and student voters trying to get them to register to vote for the approaching deadline. vice president joe biden came to philly as an attack dog just hours after the big debate he had a question for donald trump. >> what in the hell is he talking about. >> bind went after trump for his tax returns. at the debate trump said it was smart not to pay federal income tax. a good business stegs. >> he didn't pay any federal income tox. >> because i'm smart. >> he said because he's smart. makes him smart. tell that to the janitor in here who's paying taxes. >> reporter: and questioning trump's repeated phrase of the russian strong man vladimir putin. >> think of the damage he's

already doing to americans standing in the world. i don't know he thinks it is a game the way he talks about putin. >> reporter: though the crowd wasn't you will on board with hillary. many watched last night's debate still undecided with two weeks left to reg zister to vote. and. >> lgbt rights are basic fundamental human rights. donald trump doesn't agree. >> reporter: the pennsylvania gop did release a statement criticizing today's visit from the vice president saying it is more of the same establishment politics in their said donald trump will quote, shatter the stats quo. randy gyllenhaal. nbc 10 news. >> and count on nbc 10 for complete decision 2016 coverage as we count down to the general election for updates from the campaign trail and interviews with the presidential kds just tap the nbc 10 app.

sky force 10 in newark, de. crews on the scene of a serious accident. you see the aftermath. both of those vehicles severely damaged. this is at sunset lake road and reybold road. two people trapped, including a young child. both being flown to a hospital. we'll keep you updated with new information. and is septa's overbrook space station. crews had to evacuate after the engine compartment filled with smoke. service resumed within the past ten minutes but expect delays up to an hour because of the situation there on the tracks. to our weather now. getting ready for the rush of rain. the system you see here will bring the start of what's going to be a soggy stretch. nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glen "hurricane"

schwartz. when will we see the first of this rain? >> pretty close to about 24 hours from now. and once the wet weather starts we're going to be keeping it wet until the weekend. not wet now. the showers from this morning are offshore related to a cold front that moved through. that front is going to stall. a lot of tropical moisture to the south of that and that is going to push to the north. and by friday afternoon. here is the amounts of rain. generally the heavier amounts to the west. 3-4 inches in maryland. any plans headed that way youb might want to reconsider. 2-3 in delaware and south jersey. tonight is dry and chilly. 58 by morning in philadelphia. 50 in the pa suburbs. lehigh valley down to 49 degrees. and we'll talk about the timing

and the heaviest rain in a few minutes. >> more details on the two william firefighters killed in the line of duty last week in the public memorial will take place saturday at 1:00 p.m. at the chase center on the river front. the service is open to all firefighters, first responders, friends and the public. lieutenant christopher leech died after a floor collapsed in a canby park row home thursday morning as they were fighting this fire. two others are in crozer's burn unit in philadelphia. investigators still haven't said how the fire started. lieutenant leech's viewing will be friday at 10:00 a.m. in william. and the funeral mass at noon. and a public viewing for fickes on thursday. a second viewing for family, friends and members of the

william fierld takes place friday from 2:00 to 4:00 followed by funeral services. now a shake up at the philadelphia parking authority. its executive has been suspended after sexual harassment play maker claims. the chairman says he will recommend his termination when the board meets later this week. after the ppa learned of a second sexual harassment claim dating back to 2006. new jersey governor chris christie knew about bridge gate and seemed happy about it. that is the claim made in court today. testifying that governor christie learned that the lane closures at the george washington bridge as they were happening back in 2013. two christie aides are on trial. once again the governor denied

any wrong doing. christie learns he did not learn about the lane closures until 2014. he's not been charged with a crime. police accuse of sexting a student. stephanie luckey turned herself in this afternoon. for two months she sent nude pictures of herself to a 17-year-old student on twitter. sky force 10 is over a change that will ease traffic headaches for commuters. reopening of the walnut bridge today at noon. crews closed it in april so they could replace the concrete decks and sidewalks. the closure forced extra cars on the lincoln drive. abington police say red

light cameras are having a big impact on drivers. it's been two years and since then police say the number of people running red lights is down 48% and crashes have dropped 30%. if you played the slots in atlantic city you will soon need more than just a lucky streak. a new york-based company is set to install skill-based slot machines. three casinos owned by caesars as soon as next week. the main determining factor in winning is the based on the players ability to play the game. still must be approved by state gambling regulators. similar machines have been proposed in california and nevada. up next, saving time on the schuylkill. now comes a new plan to doucut n on on your commute. and those changes are coming for drivers who take the road here in montgomery county.

and get ready finish the rain. it's coming back and a long stretch of it. i'll tell you what to expect and when in your neighborhood. next in my exclusive first alert forecast katie mcginty: franny, johnny, mikey, maureen, jimmy, joey, ricky, eileen, me, and colleen... all 10 of us raised on a policeman's salary and a mom working as a restaurant hostess. imagine trying to do that today, with washington looking out for the favored few. i'll bring a different point of view to the u.s. senate - working class roots and the mother of three, i'll put middle class families ahead of wall street. i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message because it's your turn to get ahead.

tonight at 6:00, fixing the schuylkill. a live look at traffic right now along interstate 76. and tonight thousands of drivers doing their best to get what where they need to go. and if you have ever been among them you know it can be a crawl. improved travel today. that plan includes opening the shoulder of 76 during peek times. nbc 10's deanna dur aante, this all comes as welcome news aplan sure. >> reporter: some -- >> delaware county said chester county. so i'm truck africa west chestecheste chester -- trucking from west chester. and then from montgomery to

philadelphia. >> pretty con nest jested most of the time. >> avoiding traffic is unavoidable. penndot says that is not going to happen to completely widen. so instead new technology will alert drivers. and speed limits will be changed when needed to speed up or slow down drivers and warning signs will alert you to traffic accidents. secondary street translates will now fall under penndot control so it can time the lights to help drivers avoid delays and from valley forge to 476 drivers can use the shoulder as a third lane in and outbreak. >> sounds like legitimate plan. >> except five years before you see it. >> five years? oh my goodness. please get that reaction. five years? >> reporter: it will have to reconstruct the shoulder lanes to make them uniform. and construction begin s s in -

county first. you should see starting that signage and meters on the ramps. and also when i asked about the fact that drivers may be skeptical of the plan she said you could do nothing. and we're seeing how that works. or you could do something. is they are going to try this oust out and see how it works. now your first alert weather. >> deei yadee we've got some be weather this afternoon and the temperatures into the 70 in most of the area. 76 in odessa in delaware. newark is only 70. 72 in wilmington. four

fourth. -- once the east winds come in really hard. at 6:00 a.m. the rinain was already ended in philadelphia. continuing in south de and jersey. and it took a while to clear out but it finally has. and that front producing those show ers is stalling to our south. some of theers is stalling to o south. some of the trom moisture farther to the south is going to be coming up and rain is going to be return. by tomorrow after this time we're getting moist which touur

southwest and. by thursday morning. the heaviest rain is to the west. central pennsylvania and washington d.c. five, six, seven inches of rain there. friday morning more showers around. it is not a steady rain the whole time. it is cloudy the whole time. east wind the whole time. cool weather the whole time. how much rain? by wednesday afternoon, not much. by thursday afternoon, over an inch in places like dover, wilmington, west chester, pottstown, allenton. by friday afternoon chester county is the most vulnerable to

this. but tomorrow during the day we have temperatures in the mid 70s, dry weather most of the day. then tomorrow tight. then the chill and the rain thursday and friday and then we start to dry out only starting on sunday. -- training camp today. we're going hear from coach brett brown saying it is silly to have three centers. doug peterson is going to tell one thing he did that's paying off next

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infinite. >> -- owning training camp. and have three centers on the roster. coach brown responds today. >> i don't begrudge hymn at all for what he said. i don't have any problems with it. and i've said to him and i've said to you and the public if day one i will coach him until he is not here. i will coach him until maybe he's here for a long time. and none of us can really know what's going happen down the road. >> now the real center of attention. the number one overall pick ben simmonds at stockton college today. he says he's gained 33 pounds since leaving lsu and he's ready to be a leader. >> my first season. i'm ready to get out there and play against the best in the

world and keep working. the competition is lot higher. oi have to pick up my game and get in the gym a lot more. so i'm looking forward to that. >> he's all swolled up. the eagles have 3-0 and catching everyone's attention. vegas had them 100-to 1 to make the super bowl. now they are 20/1. they have outscored their opponents in the second half of games 67-10. doug peterson says it goes back to outra training camp p. >> make camp as hard as i can. you know, being hard on on them and backing down. letting, you know, taking the pads off and then going hard again. i think it builds a mind set that once you get into the regular season and deeper you go they can lean on those experiences as players. >> it is working. phillies open a series in atlanta tonight. last night in miami, the marlins

played their first game without jose hernandez. and the marlins all wore jose fernandez jersey. and the a local company stayed up all night to make these and ship them by plane to pay tribute to jose. >> i told them if y'all don't believe in god you better start. i ain't never hit a ball even in b.p. and for that to happen. we had some help. >> that was something special. i'm john clark. we're right back.

i think my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament. i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell you. i would bomb the [bleep] out of 'em. i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go [bleep] themselves. get him out of here! get him out of here! get the hell out of here! priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. priorities usa action is responsible when pat toomey went to wasworking for wall street... toomey's plan would risk social security on the stock market, lining bankers' pockets with fees from our benefits that... could total billions, even if the market crashes, and seniors lose everything. katie mcginty is working for us. a mother of three, and ninth of ten kids,

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