and digging in a search that could crack the mysterious disappearance of this woman nearly three years ago. that woman disappeared from her home in lehigh county in november 2013. now the search has led investigators to a house about an hour away in ross township, monroe county. nbc 10's deanna durante has been working the story all day long. she joins us now live from ross township. deanna, what are police telling you? >> reporter: at this point nothing, despite repeated requests for comment. we can tell you we spoke with the mother of holly grim. she's having more of these fliers printed up, holding out hope that her daughter is still alive. state police are keeping watch at this house. they expect to be out here digging again tomorrow. from the air, you can see them. dozens of forensic investigators, state police officers, and medical examiner staff, all digging and sifting through the dirt behind this ross township home. a man who once worked with holly grim owns the house. grim took her son to the bus stop back in 2013.

she drove home, chatted with a neighbor, and never made it to work at allen organ. >> i keep thinking i should have been there earlier for her. >> reporter: jeanette says she knows the man who was the property owner at this home. she says she and her daughter both worked with him. jeanette says she was told by pennsylvania state police they would be searching the area but refuses to believe holly was harmed. >> we need to put up more posters. we have have lots of people working on that. it's so important that if you see someone that looks like her, please call the state police. >> reporter: the owner of allen organ says he can't talk about grim or the former employee. he says he keeps the grim family in his thoughts and hopes they get closure soon. jeanette says she's raising her grandson and wants to make her daughter proud. she's still asking for people to keep looking for her daughter. >> if you see anything really unusual, call the police.

they'll check it out. it never hurts. you would be amazed what a little -- what you think is a little thing that can turn out to be huge. >> reporter: now, jeanette grim says she wasn't surprised to hear news reports of the search going on here at this house. she said state police did contact her ahead of time and told her what would be going on. today she greeted us with these buttons she had printed up with her daughter's picture and her home phone number, she's passing them out, hoping somebody knows something about what happened to her daughter three years ago. deanna did your anurantedurante. a short time ago donald trump told supporters in colorado that he legally used the tax laws to his benefit. trump said in private business, he brilliantly used those laws to pay as little tax as legally possible during turbulent

economic times. over the weekend, "the new york times" reported that trump may have avoided paying taxes for almost 20 years after losing nearly a billion dollars back in 1995. the unfairness of the tax laws is unbelievable. it's something i've been talking about for a long time, despite, frankly, being a big beneficiary of the laws. >> at an earlier rally in virginia, trump told a veterans' group that he would work to end political correctness in the military. >> like the whole concept of profiling. i mentioned the other day profiling, everyone goes, oh, profiling, profiling. well, profiling is, you know, in israel they're doing it and they're doing it well. and we may have to do that. >> in addition, trump repeatedly linked cybersecurity threats to hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server. but trump's rival, hillary clinton, spent the day reminding people about donald trump's

taxes. she said there should be a law requiring candidates to release their tax returns. hillary clinton's campaign brought a little hollywood to our area today. actor ted danson spent the day stumping for clinton. the two vice presidential nominees are prepared to go head to head tomorrow. mike pence and tim kaine debate as longwood university in virginia. lauren mayk is there as the two candidates get set for their one and only showdown. >> reporter: with debate number one in the books, the attention now shifts off the top of the ticket and inside this hall at longwood university. for the vice presidential debate, the stage is set up a little differently. take a look. no podiums, one table, both candidates, and the moderator. >> the format, in terms of the timing and using the table instead of the podium, really is

designed to foster some discussion. >> reporter: with spotlight and scrutiny on the running mates, vice presidential debates have created some memorable moments. >> jack kennedy was a friend of mine. senator, you're no jack kennedy. >> reporter: at longwood university, this professor tells me there's no evidence a vp debate has changed an election. but -- >> with that being said, though, if you look back on vice presidential debates, if a person does a really good job, it helps to energize the party. >> reporter: that's something both candidates need this year with the tops of both tickets so unpopular. >> i don't think any two vp nominees have had this kind of pressure to defend the top of the ticket from so much animosity, in some cases hatred. >> reporter: both vp candidates could spend part of their time at the table defending their running mates. maybe the senator and governor will talk policy too. at longwood university, i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. count on lauren mayk to

bring you in-depth coverage in live reports leading up to tomorrow's debate in virginia at 9:00, that's when it all starts. tim kaine and mike pence face off for the first and only time, tomorrow night, 9:00, right here on nbc 10. switching gears, the new jersey man accused of killing his own 3-year-old son won't be facing a jury until next year. dj creato's trial was delayed today. the trial was scheduled to begin this morning. instead the judge granted creato more time to get his case together. he claimed he needed extra time to get extra reports to prosecutors. creato is accused of killing his son brendan last october. his attorney says that the forensics on how the child died were handled at best poorly by the medical examiner. his father says he still previous his s

believes his son is innocent. >> why? he wouldn't. there's no rhyme or reason. there's no motive. there was no reason why this father would take his son's life. >> brendan's grandparents plan to honor the anniversary of his death, which is in ten days. they'll be holding a mass october 15th at holy savior church in haddon township. happening now, the first evening commute is in full swing under septa's new schedule. this is a live look at 30th street station where septa says the train schedule is back to normal. something commuters have been waiting for for confinemequite . a third of septa's rail cars were sidelined because of a suspension problem. today's scheduled change means 200 more trips across septa's 13 regional rail lines. >> at first it was a little slow. i think everybody adjusted, commuters adjusted. obviously septa was able to adjust a bit. and they made a tough situation not so bad in the end.

>> septa tells us it hopes to return 14 of the repaired cars to the rails every week through november until all of them are back online. now to the latest on the deadly new jersey transit crash. in a report that says officials were aware of violations on new jersey's transit's safety record, according to an associated press report, a u.s. official says dozens of violations were found during an audit. meanwhile, the ntsb says the engineer who was at the controls at the time of the crash told them, quote, he has no memory of the accident. one person was killed, 114 others injured during last thursday's crash. investigators say they recovered one of the event recorders but it wasn't operational. the black box remains in the control car which is not yet accessible because of dangerous debris. tonight there are questions and concerns about kanye west's upcoming concert in philadelphia, following an attack on his reality star wife. kim kardashian west is back in

new york one day after she was tied up and robbed of $10 million in jewelry at gunpoint. we've got a live look, we want to show you the wells fargo center where her husband is set to perform tomorrow night. kanye west, as you might recall, walked off a new york stage sunday after learning his wife had been robbed. nbc 10's cydney long is outside the center in south philadelphia. cydney, what are you hearing about tomorrow's show? >> reporter: keith, i can tell you kanye's concert set for tomorrow night is a go. we got a thumbs up from the venue a couple of hours ago. they're working closely with his promoter. the concert is set or 8:00 tomorrow night. in fact there are still limited seats up for grabs. >> i was concerned because of how he walked off the show yesterday. >> reporter: philly fans admire and respect kanye west being there for his wife kim kardashian west. >> i'm sorry, there's a family emergency, i have to stop the show. >> reporter: but they don't want

a repeat performance after he walked off the stage after he learned his wife had been tied up, placed in a bathtub, and robbed at gunpoint in a paris hotel. the rapper is set to take the stage here in philly tomorrow night. >> if it were me, i would expect my husband to stop everything he's doing. >> would it be the right thing for him to cancel the show for his wife, yes. ford for the fans, no. >> reporter: several kanye fans trickled in to purchase tickets, including this long time kanye fan. >> we'll see. i've got my ticket. hopefully he'll do the whole show. >> reporter: catherine isn't buying it, the concert ticket, that is. >> it's a waste of money now. i don't want to chance it. >> reporter: she fears she'll be out if he changes his mind. >> he should tell people. people are still out here buying tickets. >> we're praying for you, i hope the family is okay, but we need you here to do this show for us,

man. >> reporter: and the liaison between the wells fargo center and kanye's promoter says if anything changes, then she will let us know right away. livenation, we've reached out to them but have not yet heard back. so right now the concert is set for 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night. cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> cydney, thank you. today marks the beginning of the jewish new year. people across the world, including in philadelphia, marked rosh hashanah. services were packed at this congregation on north broad street today. it's one of the holiest days of the year in the jewish religion. the holiday is meant to be a time of personal reflection and prayer. rosh hashanah ends tomorrow night. all eyes are on matthew, the monster hurricane is moving through the caribbean tomorrow night. it has some people here at home watching with concern. delaware has a pretty sizable haitian population.

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bracing for hurricane matthew. it is a monster hurricane, moving over the caribbean. and it could impact the east coast later this week. for now, the concerns are for jamaica, cuba, and haiti. haiti could see the worst of it. people are bracing for matthew as the extremely dangerous hurricane continues to churn. winds are kicking up. thousands of people are being evacuated to shelters and churches. haiti still struggling to rebuild from a massive earthquake six years ago. delaware has a significant haitian community. new at 6:00 tonight, nbc 10's tim furlong spoke to some of its members who are watching with concern. >> reporter: fritz is safe and dry and wilmington. but his friend is in his home country of haiti. hurricane matthew is bad and it's getting worse tonight, 45 inches of rain expected and winds up to 130 miles per hour.

>> very heavy. some people closed their window, like the glass window, they put up board outside, you know, because they're in so high. >> reporter: fritz will go down to haiti in a few weeks. ever since the earthquake, he makes regular trips to bring supplies. he says in this very poor country, most people are very vulnerable during storms as strong as this one. >> there's people that i know are going to be in trouble. >> reporter: the pastor of the haitian church behind me here is checking his phone a lot tonight. most of his relatives in haiti live in the countryside, in old, poorly-made buildings. >> they're not built according to code like we have here in the united states. >> reporter: aside from prayers, he's sending last-minute texts to his relatives. his message to everyone is a simple one. >> good luck. basically do the best you can. >> reporter: tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >> announcer: now your nbc 10 first alert weather. and we will be watching

hurricane matthew very closely as we end out the week. it should be get closer to the united states by the end of the week as well. we do have cooler temperatures ahead. beautiful look out at rehoboth beach right now. the fog from this morning has cleared. a lot of the cloud cover has  even cleared out too, skies mostly clear at rehoboth beach. over the next couple of days we'll be cooling down too, feeling like fall. many of our pennsylvania suburbs as well as the lehigh valley, south jersey neighborhoods, around 70 degrees. we'll take a close-up look at newcastle county in delaware. harmony hills, 72. odessa coming in at 73. if you're in harrington, you're in the upper 60s now with a little more of a north wind. lewis, 70. rehoboth beach, right around 69 degrees. can we weather outside. we do have a few light showers that tried to move into parts of

the lehigh valley. we're moving through berks county. now they're trying to move into upper montgomery county, weakening as they do so. this is really the last of what we'll see for this evening. can't rule out a stray shower even tomorrow, but for the most part, we'll be mostly dry. also mostly cloudy. i think we'll have a lot of areas that will only get to the upper 60s, so cooler than today. langhorne, 69 degrees. allentown coming in only in the mid-60s tomorrow. mostly cloudy, newark at 67 tomorrow afternoon. so feeling a lot more like fall. so here's future weather. the clouds will stay around tomorrow, a mostly cloudy day. can't rule out an isolated shower. if you see one, it will be a pretty quick mover. by wednesday, still looking at the clouds around, but we're fairly dry. into thursday, fairly dry. for friday, expected to be dry. we'll stay mostly dry ending out the week, you don't need to

worry about carrying that umbrella around with you. by thursday, farther to the south, around the bahamas, around the coast of iffflorida, that would be hurricane matthew. here it is south of hispaniola and jamaica, max winds 140 miles per hour. these areas are all under hurricane warning, this is a category 4 warning, very well-organized. it will continue moving to the north and take a turn closer to florida over the next couple of days, that will put it over the bahamas as possibly a category 3 hurricane. the most recent track update does put more of florida in the track. north and south carolina seeing more of that in the track as well. that goes into saturday afternoon. so of course we're getting farther out in time. the cone gets wired because of uncertainty. so this is something we have to watch very closely for, and impact to the united states. now we look at all the computer models. we have a pretty big spread here across the weekend. we'll be watching to see maybe

how far offshore this storm might become. this will also depending on the speed of it and other things interacting with the storm at the time that it gets closer to us. for now, as we go through the rest of this week, we'll stay dry. the weedikend is what we're watching for impact from hurricane matthew. for now, i've put in a chance for rain saturday and sunday. we'll be tweaking this as we get closer. more updates coming up tonight, john. i'm john boruk at csn. an eagles player was arrested during the bye-week but already back at the facility today, when nbc 10 runs. when pat toomey went to washington, he didn't stop...

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desk, brought to you by xfinity. eagles linebacker nigel bradham was arrested on a concealed weapons charge, taken into custody after a loaded gun was found in his backpack at a security checkpoint. he was charged with a misdemeanor and released on bond. the team says they're aware of bradham's arrest and have no comment. bradham was with the team today. carson wentz and crew are also back at work after getting some rest this past weekend. i'm get one of his main targets back as well, cleared by doctors and raring to go after watching tray burton play pretty well in his place. >> i've been out there at practice, not being in the game is killing me, not even being able to travel to chicago, killing me. it's a really tough. it's very eye-opening.

everyone knows the story of wally pip. i didn't think that was going to happen. >> wouldn't look good, though. >> everybody understands the possibility in this league. >> and qb leotis mckelvin returned after he missed the last two weeks with a hamstring injury. he's expected to play in detroit if all goes well this week. the flyers preseason debut after hosting the new york rangers. the team won on thursday night. he feels ready to go. >> i still have games, just being able to skate every day, obviously you want to be with the flyers and being able to play with your teammates. at the same time, we have three more games preseason and we have a lot of practices. i'm excited to get this thing

go. >> giroux will play with a 19-year-old winger. catch the game on csn at 7:00. that does it for sports, i'm john boruk. keith? >> john, thank you so. . now a look at what's coming up on nbc 10 news at 10:00. a dangerous stunt that happened in the middle of traffic, details tonight.

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families need it; you've earned it. katie v/o: i'm katie mcginty, and i approve this message because it's your turn to get ahead. sheena, that thing called the sun, we saw it today. >> we'll see more of it this week. tomorrow, mostly cloudy. it's going to be cooler, so 68 for the high. 69 on wednesday. so the cooldown for tomorrow and wednesday, we'll have it feeling more like fall. back in the mid-70s back in the week. we'll stay dry the rest of the week. more sun in the forecast. there will be rain chances dependent on what hurricane

matthew decides to do. more updates tonight at 11:00. >> thank you so much for watching. coming up next, "nbc nightly news" with lester hold. see you at 11:00. tonight, monster hurricane. matthew blasts the caribbean. the deadly category 4 storm bringing historical rain, flash floods, and potentially krat strofic wind. tonight, the growing threat it will strike the u.s. earthquake fear, a swarm of 200 small quakes triggering an unprecedented warning. new worries that the big one may be coming. trump's taxes. trump boasts he's used taxes to his benefit, after a bombshell report alleges he may not have paid anything for two decades. mystery illness. growing concerns that a virus which may cause paralysis in children is making a comeback. and $10 million heist. a celebrity robbed of jewels