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lead in pennsylvania thanks to independent voters. voters head to the polls in just 22 days. >> no matter who gets your vote, leaders want you to know it is going to be counted. nbc 10's deanna durante shows us how. >> for anyone who thinks there is going to be any kind of shenanigans, that is just not going to happen. to the guy with the funny hat, don't bother come back here. >> reporter: they didn't mention donald trump by name. they are lawyers, politicians, watchdog groups, democrats and republicans, sharing the stage, to encourage all voters to cast a ballot on november 8th. >> voter suppression is nothing new. >> reporter: they say voter fraud is rare. however city commissioner al schmidt says in the last two years there have been nine cases of vote tampering in philly. all have been charged criminally. >> there is no hacking into 4,000 standalone voting machines. >> reporter: who ge got to see
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machines today at a still facility. workers are adding security devices and making sure them all work come election day. >> any time a vote is cast on a voting machine in philadelphia, it can't be taken away. >> reporter: once you select your candidates and then hit the vote button, your vote is protected three ways. it's saved to a cartridge as well as the motherboard of the voting machine, and at the end of the night, poll workers will print out a paper copy of the votes cast in this booth. schmidt says in the cases of post-vote tampering, it's been individuals who play with five or six votes. he says post-election-day audits pick up extra votes cast. in rare cases where it's happened, he says it's not enough to influence the outcome of the election. >> they have prosecuted people and there have been guilty pleas in almost every case. >> reporter: officials urge you to not only show up at the polls but pay attention. if something looks out of the ordinary, don't hesitate to report it.
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deanna durante, nbc 10 views. reporter george spencer spoke with a man who voted illegally in at least four elections. he's not the only one we found. look for george's investigation wednesday night, right after the last presidential debate, only on nbc 10 news at 11:00. before you can cast your vote, you have to be registered. that deadline has already passed in pennsylvania and in delaware. but voters in new jersey have until tomorrow to register. and it's not just the race for president on the ballot. voters will also face questions on casino expansion and the state gas tax. turning to this right now at 5:00, new details about a father who was shot and killed just steps away from his home. the victim was a barber in philadelphia. tonight his killers are still on the loose. >> nbc 10's tim furlong is following the investigation tonight. he joins us live outside the victim's home. >> reporter: hi, erin. police were out here for the better portion of the day. no family members have been home at the victim's house, the
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second from the right. johnny questions johnny quezada was killed and his family and friends want to know why. the guys at the barbershop have no idea why anyone would want to kill their colleague, johnny quezada, killed last night, shot four times at point blank range just a few feet from the backdoor of his lawn crest home. johnny's externsister-in-law do want her face on camera. the family is scared. his wife heard the shots. >> i called him to come home. i heard some shots. he said, it was me, i'm on the ground, i'm thirsty, bring me water. >> reporter: police say he was able to tell them the two men
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who shot him wanted his gun. they say he had a permit for his gun but they didn't know why he ever felt he needed it. they don't believe anyone would have been out to get him. >> maybe they tried to rob him, because he has a nice car and everything. >> reporter: back live, way down the block there's an auto body shop. police took their surveillance video. i went down there and saw that one of their cameras had a real clear shot of anyone leaving the alley on that end. police have interviewed at least one witness in the area last night. i literally checked with the police about three or four minutes to go to see if there's an update. no suspects in custody or under arrest at this time. tim furlong, nbc 10 news. this is the middle of october but feeling much more like summer today. taking a live look at the beach in cape may. not a bad day for a walk in the sand there. >> you know what, i would suspect there would have been may more people on the sand. just another sign of how warm it
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is. erin, take a look at this. this is what you want to be doing out there. skyforce 10 over the delaware river where we spotted this guy here, he's got the right idea, enjoying the sunshine on a waverunner. >> parts of the region got up to 80 degrees today. temperatures are still going up. meteorologist sheena parveen has the details. the. >> we're going to break some records this week, sheena. >> yes, and i'm living vicariously through that guy. we expect to break records tomorrow and wednesday. today, not so much. the record is more in the upper 80s. i think we'll stay around 80 for the remainder of this afternoon and evening. 81 degrees in dover, trenton almost at 80, wilmington as well. it's going to stay warm over the next few days, unseasonably warm. it's all because of this big area of high pressure over the southeast. you see the red, the 80s, even 90s in parts of texas. that's going to continue to move in over the next few days.
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that's going to give us that summer-like warmth. we're talking about those records too. for parts of the area, we could be hitting record highs tomorrow. record high for philadelphia is 81 degrees. the forecast is 84. even a couple of degrees warmer than today. reading, forecast high 83. atlantic city could be close also and allentown. unseasonable warmth will change a bit. tonight, temperatures will be cool, not as chilly. by tomorrow morning a milder start, but nice and sunny still. we'll talk more about those record high temperatures and your weekend forecast coming up. >> looking forward to that, sheena. it feels like summer out there. we'll see signs of fall very soon. coming up at 5:15, meteorologist krystal klei looks at the leaves.
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a warning from two local universities, both investigating sexual assaults against a student. a rowan university student says she was sexually assaulted friday morning inside the new holly point dorms after a late night of partying off campus. she says someone she vaguely knew offered to walk her home from that party. she says show blacked out and woke up to being sexually assaulted. rowan students are on alert. >> to have it be someone close to you, it makes it scarier, because you think you can trust that person and maybe you can't. >> so far no one has been charged with a crime. rowan university police want anyone with information to call them. now to another sex assault investigation, this time in newark, newcastle county. a university of delaware student says was she walking alone on corbyn street near wilson road around 10:30 saturday night when a man grabbed her from behind and sexually assaulted her, then he took off. the suspect is described as 6 to 6'3" with a medium build and
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light color hair. ♪ the philadelphia police academy as 53 new graduates. nbc 10 at the graduation ceremony at temple university this morning. 50 grads will work for the philadelphia police department, while three others will serve as septa police officers. and the city of philadelphia wants your feedback on its new initiative to end youth smoking. a public hearing is being held at 5:30 at the municipal services building. the mayor announced tough new penalties for retailers who sell tobacco products to minors from 50 to $300. that money will go toward hiring more inspectors to crack down on youth tobacco sales. a first look at a person police say is responsible for a string of local bank robberies. the fbi released the stretch along with a picture of the truck similar to the one used by
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the suspect. these are surveillance images of the man known as the straw hat bandit. police say he's robbed 11 banks across bucks and montgomery counties in the last four years. he is considered armed and dangerous. anyone with information is asked to contact the local fbi office. a strange sighting in south jersey has led to a new warning from police. now they're taking a very close look at the video on your screen and trying to figure out what kind of animal was prowling around this local neighborhood. and can't leave work to go to the doctor's office? what if the doctor came to you instead? how more and more businesses are offering this service to their workers. plus clearing christie. the new jersey governor has taken a lot of heat over the bridgegate scandal. now a key figure is coming to his defense, under oath, still ahead on nbc 10 news at 5:00.
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>> announcer: this is nbc 10 news. got a question for you at home. is this a mountain lion or just a large cat? that's what authorities in south jersey are trying to figure out. fish and wildlife officials are trying to review this grainy video taken near the winslow township border. authorities say there have been no reports of contact between the animal and people but they're asking anyone who thinks they've seen this animal to report it. new details tonight about a horse lifted to safety after getting stuck in the mud earlier this month in chester county. cyrus the clydesdale has a new home on a virginia farm. the 18-year-old horse got stuck at thornberry farm stables two weeks ago. a horse named ghost was brought in to calm him down. they said it would be traumatic to separate the two now so ghost will be joining cyrus now.
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now to your first alert weather. we hope you had a chance to go outside and enjoy these warm temperatures. if not, you're in luck, 80-degree weather will stick around for a few more days. 80 degrees, i can't believe it. it does not feel like october. some want summer to stick around as long as possible, like myself. but we can't forget about fall. >> we'll see that change happen very soon. nbc 10's first alert meteorologist krystal klei is here to explain. >> we've got a wide range of temperatures in the forecast, from 80s to 60s. we need that change for those itching for the fall colors. let's look at videos from earlier today, leaves are already changing color. this video was i believe shot from sky forerskyforce earlier . we spoke with the service forestry about those fall colors. in philadelphia, if you're wishing the colors were a little better, this is your fall
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foliage report. the reds, they're already seeing the peak colors. oranges are getting high to close peak level. moderate level, where we are, through parts of new jersey. look in delaware, low change. if we zoom in, this is the expectation for southeast pennsylvania as well as stretching to parts of new jersey. the best color expected the 21st through the 31st, which means we're coming upon that best color forecast as we move about this weekend through halloween. that's when we're expecting the change to be best. we're looking at 20% of trees in full color, not every tree will change, but some will be looking more colorful by the end of the weekend, as the temperatures drop down. the service forestry said those overnight lows need to drop cooler so the trees can go dod dormant. >> sheena parveen, feels great
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out there. >> it might be confusing when you see the leaves changing. we're looking at record highs over the next couple of days. today so far we've gone to 80 degrees. here say live look outside. we're looking at the art museum right now. it is a nice day. temperatures have been around 80 degrees most of this afternoon. and we have the record warmth in the forecast as well. a live look at rehoboth beach, sunny skies. your comfortable temperatures, cooler at rehoboth beach. we've really managed to warm up. we're going to cool down as we go into the weekend. you can see that with the seven-day at the bottom of the screen. meantime we're still around the 80s for most of the area, 80 for philadelphia, coming in at 81. pennsylvania suburbs still around 80, south jersey neighborhoods more like the 70s. our delaware neighborhoods, wilmington is at 82 right now. and odessa is warm at 83 degrees. much of kent county in the low
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80s. allendale, 79. lincoln, 82. rehoboth beach, the wind is coming more off the water, 71 degrees in row hehoboth beach. cooler tonight and for the next few days because of that big area of high pressure. it will keep us dry but it is also what is responsible for keeping us so warm. it's pulling in that warm air from the south and it will keep us in the 80s tomorrow and wednesday. so take a look at the record highs we could be setting across the area. this is for the philadelphia area. tomorrow the forecast is 84 degrees. record high is 81. wednesday, the record high is 80. thursday, we'll cool down a little bit. we'll have more clouds moving in, rain chance going up. we could hit another record high on thursday. the normal high this time of the year actually is 66 degrees. take a look at your neighborhood temperatures as we go into
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tomorrow. everyone will be in the 80s for the most part. 84 fairmount, 83 degrees schwenksville. reading coming in at 83 tomorrow, nice and sunny. voorhees township, 83 degrees. newark coming in at 83 degrees. a fantastic day tomorrow. and of course we are very excited also about this ray of sunshine here. >> i wore the right color today. >> you wore the right color. we're so excited to have you, i'm sure your parents who are from around here are really excited. >> i'm sure they're watching. >> they're watching. i'm from voorhees, went to school in morristown. this is home for me. >> no question, mom of two right here, brown university, columbia masters, coming up from atlanta. we're so happy to have you here in the nbc 10 family. >> i'm so happy to be here. kind of weird to have everyone you grew up with watching. >> i can relate. >> it's great. >> it's a blessing. >> we're so happy to have you. it will be fantastic working now with erin on the 5:00 show, very
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excited about that. >> thank you, guys, such a warm welcome. you could call it the jurassic park of south jersey. this piece of land has millions of ancient fossils from the time of the dinosaurs, and you're invited to come dig them up. that story next at 5:00. tomorrow on nbc 10 news today, raising funds to keep a fall tradition alive. a mt. holly couple needs help to carry on that tradition. for the past 12 years, the family sponsored a free pumpkin festival for kids in the community. this year they ran into money problems and the event was in jeopardy. we'll show you how neighbors are rallying around the couple and how you can help the cause. that plus your first alert weather and traffic, on nbc 10 news today starting at 4:30.
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when i was one year old, i was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on my spinal chord. but i spent my whole life fighting back. so you can imagine what i thought when i saw donald trump say... "i don't know what i said, ah, i don't remember!" "that reporter he is talking about suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arms." i don't want a president who makes fun of me. i want a president who inspires me, and that's not donald trump. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. a south jersey university
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celebrating one largest gifts it's received. >> a husband and wife, rowan university alums, have donated $25 million to expand and preserve the school's fossil park, the second largest in rowan's history and the most ever given by alumni of the school. rowan bought the 65-acre quarry for nearly $2 million last year. the site has been converted into a search and education lab that contains thousands of 65-million-year-old fossils. >> here we are, in 2016, with a great opportunity to provide a huge impact for the future. >> future plans for the jean and rick edelman park include a museum and visitor center, fossil preparation lab, and a pail paleontology-themed
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playground. the yeager university of the arts inaugurated a new president, the fourth person to hold the job since 1987. a new type of health care could be coming to a workplace near you. it allows patients to be seen by a medical professional virtually, meaning without having to take the time to go to the doctor's office. last year about 20 million people received some kind of remote health care and now they are a growing number of health care kiosks in the workplace. >> the kiosks with a great benefit for the worker. it gives them a private place where they can discuss their medical problem. >> it's an expected that by next year, 75% of large companies will offer some kind of telemedicine. much more on telemedicine in the
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workplace coming up tonight on "nbc nightly news," which airs directly following nbc 10 funew at 6:00. macy's is staying committed to thanksgiving day shopping. the department store chain will open an hour earlier this year. the company plans to open at 5:00 thanksgiving night, then close briefly at 2:00 a.m. before reopening at 5:00 black friday morning. the department store has been open on thanksgiving evening since 2013 but remained open through the night. as donald trump raising questions about voting fraud, hillary clinton is raising questions about her e-mails. >> how the candidates are fighting for votes, days before their last debate. katie: i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message.
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vo: donald trump and pat toomey have plenty in common -- they're both putting pennsylvania women at risk. even after trump bragged about sexually assaulting women, toomey stood by him. on women's health - both trump and toomey would defund planned parenthood. on abortion: trump: "there has to be some form of punishment" toomey: "i would suggest that we have penalties for doctors who perform them." pat toomey and donald trump: too dangerous for pennsylvania women.
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supporters that the system is rigged and now he's upping the ante. >> he's claiming widespread cheating at the polls but providing no evidence to back up that accusation. nbc national correspondent brian mooar that is the latest. >> reporter: donald trump supporters are concerned about the kind of large scale voter fraud he's alleging in his latest tweet storm. >> it's very possible. it's been going on for years and years. >> reporter: but extensive polls of real live voters show trump has been hurt by his taped comments about women and accusations of bad behavior. hillary clinton isn't being helped by a steady flow of leaked e-mails. the state department and the fbi discussed a quid pro quo which ultimately didn't happen. >> no quid pro quo, no exchange here. >> reporter: the presidential tickets are fighting over the
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fairness of the election. >> i have no doubt the national media is trying to rig the election with biased coverage. >> the criticism is unjustified. it's a guy who is whining because he's a big bully who is getting beaten so he's starting to whine. >> reporter: clinton takes her fight to more reliably red states like arizona and georgia, hoping to prove at the polls that this is a fair fight. clinton is dispatching her most popular surrogate, first lady michelle obama, to get out the vote on thursday. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. former president bill clinton says once the election is over, his wife's supporters should reach out to donald trump's supporters. clinton spoke at dartmouth college in new hampshire today. the former president says many trump supporters have reason to feel alienated but their anger will not take them where they want to go. tomorrow, clinton will hit the campaign trail for his wife in bluebell, montgomery county. to a different race now. senator pat toomey squared off
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against democratic challenger katy mcginty for their hotly contested senate race which could decide whether the gop holds on to its senate majority. toomey accused mcginty of having an ethics problem because of grants years ago when she led the state's environmental department. toomey won't say whether he plans to vote for donald trump. the debate happened this afternoon in pittsburgh. we'll have highlights at 11:00. don't miss the final debate between the presidential candidates on wednesday night in las vegas. you can see it right here on nbc 10. our very own lauren mayk will also take you behind the scenes. look for her awesome reporting, live reporting at that starting tomorrow. now to your first alert weather. if you already put away your summer clothes, you might want
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to get them back out again, at least for the next few days or so. we found people dressed for summer. look at that, shorts and t-shirt. in center city today, it certainly felt that way. >> that guy got the memo right there. erin, we're both from south jersey. this does not feel like an october i can remember, at least. >> me neither. >> let's get more now from first alert meteorologist sheena parveen. >> hey, guys. the more you complain about the warmth, the more 60s we'll throw back into the forecast. into the weekend we'll see temperatures dropping by time. we have record highs over the next couple of days. then we'll see a big drop coming. but for now, we're going to stay around 80 degrees, 81 philadelphia, 81 degrees right now in dover. the warm air just sits right to our south. and we're still going to be getting that tomorrow and wednesday. so lots of 80s, some 90s here. that's all going to hang around. but through the middle of the week. the cool air to our north and west, that will start to move in, really cool us down for the
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weekend. mi meantime for tomorrow, record high temperatures. in philadelphia, the record is 8 8. we'll go with 84 for the forecast high. allentown, atlantic city, just some spots that could get close to a record or break a record. with the normal high being 66 degrees this time of the year, it's obviously unseasonably warm. that will stay in the forecast even we go into wednesday. for tonight, 81 in philadelphia. we'll be dropping to 75 by 7:00 p.m. by 10:00, 69 degrees. not as chilly as it has been for the past several nights. it will be milder when you wake up in the morning. still a nice dry day and a warm afternoon. we'll talk more about how long that heat will last. also how cool the weekend will start to get, that's coming up. service now fully restored at hoboken terminal less than three weeks after a train crashed into the station, killing a woman on the platform and injuring more than a hundred people. six more tracks opened early this morning. but two will remain closed as
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nudge transit continues repairs. trains entering the station will now reduce their approach speed from ten miles per hour to five miles per hour for added safety. in last month's crash, the train's data recorder showed it going twice the ten miles per hour speed limit. tom wolf announced there are now 17 counties that have full participation of police departments carrying the lock zone. locally they include chester, delaware, lehigh and north hampton. wolf credited those officers with saving more than 1500 lives. he also encouraged other municipal police departments to carry the drug which can reverse a heroin overdose. >> the folks who have been nail
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na nalaxone are doing their best to get these folks into treatment. >> ten people die from overdoses every day. more students are graduating from high school than ever before. today the white house announced the u.s. graduation rate has reached a new high of 83.2%. that was for the 2014-2015 school year. president obama spoke about the achievement at a high school in washington, dc today. but it's not all good news. there were significant differences between ethnic groups, asian-americans and whites had the highest graduation rights while hispanic, african-american, and native american students had lower rates. >> for too many students in america, zip code still determines how far they'll go. and that's not acceptable. >> the school were the president spoke today, benjamin banneker academic high school, has a 100%
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the offensive to reclaim iraq's second largest city from isis began today. iraqi forces, backed by american air power and artillery, slowly advanced on mosul. the city has been under isis rule for more than two years now. the operation is expected to take weeks, possibly even months. the united nations has expressed concern that up to a million civilians could be forced out of their homes or used as human shields. federal and state investigators are in north carolina today. they're trying to figure out who firebombed a republican party campaign office there over the weekend. burned furniture and campaign signs are all that's left of the republican volunteer office in
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orange county. no one was there when the firebomb crashed through the window. investigators found swastikas and other offensive graffiti nearby. the state chairman says they won't be intimidated. >> we are going to continue to fight for republicans and fight for the candidates and people we believe in. >> meanwhile a group of democrats quickly raised more than $10,000 online to help reopen that office. i'm john clark. coming up, eagles quarterback carson wentz was under pressure all day today. we'll tell you what doug pederson says he has to work on, coming up. we have record warmth this week. i'll show you who can expect that. plus if it will cool down for the weekend, that's next. katie: i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message.
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vo: donald trump and pat toomey have plenty in common -- they're both putting pennsylvania women at risk. even after trump bragged about sexually assaulting women, toomey stood by him. on women's health - both trump and toomey would defund planned parenthood. on abortion: trump: "there has to be some form of punishment" toomey: "i would suggest that we have penalties for doctors who perform them." pat toomey and donald trump: too dangerous for pennsylvania women.
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>> announcer: this is nbc 10 news. we have a warning for parents of young athletes. they're being urged not to specialize in basketball until at least 14 years old. why? the nba announced the guidelines and said players should take at least one day off from organized basketball each week and extended time off at least once a year for proper physical and
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mental recovery. researchers found athletes with the most success played multiple sports at a young age and didn't focus on a specific one until late adolescence. could be another tough few weeks for the eagles, they lost twice in a row, i'm heart broken. now, they have to face the undefeated vikings. and this is adding insult to injury, the vikings are led by tom bradford. >> john clark joins us now from csn. >> erin, hopefully you brought some good luck, welcome. hopefully it turns and after these two losses. the birds i'm sure will be happy to be back home. they're 2-0. the eagles will have to protect carson wentz a lot better. the vikings have the most sacs in the nfl. yesterday, the rookie filling in
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for johnson didn't go well. eagles gave up five sacs. doug pederson says he will be better in his second game. carson may have held on to the ball too long on a sac or two and that has to improve as well. >> that's part of carson's makeup, his eyes are always down the field. that's the great thing about him, the aggressiveness that he has down the field. you know, listen, last week, this week, these are going to be great learning lessons for carson. >> i have to get the ball out. i can't take those sacs. that's definitely on me. those are things i've just got to learn. >> he is learning. coming up at 6:00, we'll hear about just how tough the birds' you've coming schedule is. they could be without another key player. we'll have that for you in a half hour. >> nbc 10 is your official eagles station. we have exclusive coverage before every single game. see it all starting monday
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morning at 9:30, only on nbc 10. >> announcer: now your nbc 10 first alert weather. a beautiful day today, especially if you wanted that taste of summer to come back. it will stick around the next few days too. 79 degrees through many of our neighborhoods. delaware, pennsylvania suburbs, around 80. south jersey neighborhoods, mid-70s. it is a little bit cooler at the shore with that i don't knonsho. cape may county, 71. if you are at cape may point, you're in the upper 60s. water temperature in the mid-60s. tomorrow we'll be a little bit warmer than today. we have some record highs that we could set over the next few days. now, today mostly around 80 degrees for the area. take a look as we go into tomorrow. forecast high for philadelphia, 84 degrees. the record is 81. i think many areas tomorrow will be close to a record or even hit
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that record high. wednesday, 84 for the forecast record high of 80. by thursday, it's going to be a day where we see a little bit of a transition before we really cool down for the weekend. we could still hit a record high. we might be close to that. we do have rain coming by the end of the week, next chance of showers thursday and friday. until then we'll stay nice and dry with the warm weather, so hopefully you can enjoy it. by the weekend, we have a big temperature drop coming. it's going to go from the 80s to just around 60 degrees. so wednesday, even tomorrow, but tomorrow through wednesday, the warm air is going to stick around. then we start to see that cool air moving in friday, saturday, and sunday going to be even cooler. if you look at the seven-day at the bottom of your screen, some neighborhoods may not get out of the upper 50s for high temperatures this week, very different from where we'll be at the next couple of days. the average high is the blue dotted line, 66 degrees, we'll be well above that over the next
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couple of days. thursday, still above that, 78 degrees. by friday we're dropping into the upper 60s. look at the big drop coming as we go into the we could. saturday's high, only around 60 degrees. it might be quite the shocker after this warm week. locally, satellite and radar were nice and dry. no rain heading our way anytime soon. again, not until thursday and friday when we get our rain chances coming back. big area of high pressure will keep us dry. and it's responsible for pulling up all that warm air. it's going to sit in place over the next few days too. tomorrow, high temperatures. if you're in bethlehem, 82 degrees, sun see skiny skies. philadelphia area, mostly mid-80s. fairmount, 84 degrees tomorrow. new jersey, glassboro, 81 for the high temperature there. trenton, 82. closer to the shore, avalon 86. galloway township 81 degrees. dover, 82 for your high temperature. tomorrow, well above normal for this time of the year. the unseasonable warmth tomorrow
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afternoon comes with clear skies. these future weather. a few more clouds moving in for part of wednesday, still dry. then we can into thursday. that is going to be our next chance of rain before temperatures drop into the weekend. a closer look at your neighborhood forecast coming up at 6:00. lester holt joins us. >> he has a look as what's coming up on "nbc nightly news." hi, lester. >> hi, keith and erin. key republicans are pouring water on donald trump's prediction of widespread election fraud while leaked e-mails are affecting hillary clinton. and medical exams by computer, it may be coming to your workplace soon. more when you join us on "nbc nightly news." >> see you at 6:30, lester. next at 5:00, who is telling the truth? >> a good question. opponents say governor chris christie knew about the bridgegate scandal. but now someone is coming to his
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defense under oath. we'll have the latest from the bridgegate trial, next at 5:00. and coming together to save a life. dash camera video shows a group helping to save a woman trapped under a car. we talk to one of those rescuers, coming up at 6:00. ♪ i had an injury to my neck. it wasn't as serious injury it was a herniated disc.
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>> announcer: this is nbc 10 news. a defendant in the so-called bridgegate trial contradicted the government's star witness on the stand today. >> he testified governor chris christie wasn't told about the alleged political motivate behind the scheme to use traffic jams to punish a local mayor. nbc's brian thompson has the latest. >> reporter: defendant and former port authority number two bill baroni defiantly pushing back against government star witness david wildstein. over and over again baroni said
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angrily, i believe david wildstein. wildstein masterminded the bridge closure to punish a mayor for refusing to endorse chris christie. >> mayor sokolich had your direct phone number and suddenly david wouldn't let you call him back? there was not a logical or rational reason for that. >> reporter: wildstein claims these 9/11 photos with baroni and the governor were when christie found out. the governor says he doesn't remember. today baroni said it was a study to give the governor credit for speeding out route 95 traffic through the tolls. >> i think both david wildstein and bill baroni agree, and maybe the truth is someplace in between. >> reporter: then there was this
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legislative hearing two months later. baroni the point man to claim it was a legitimate traffic study. but the decision to testify, baroni says, awaited, quote, on direction, being decided upon by the governor of new jersey. christie has said he was still in the dark at that point. there was no comment from the governor's office to all of this today. but baroni will continue facing cross-examination by the government on tuesday morning. in newark, brian thompson, nbc 10 news. we're working on more big stories for you on nbc 10 news at 6:00. >> here are jim rosenfield and jacqueline london. >> some believe this might be a mountain lion. we talk to people concerned about this discovery. plus new video of the large cat spotted roaming their neighborhood. then protecting your vote. we track a ballot to see exactly how the process works as some raise concerns over voter fraud. and record high temperatures in the forecast over the next
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following your vote. we get an inside look at what happens after you cast your ballot, as donald trump continues to raise concerns about voter fraud. mysterious sighting. new at 6:00, the video that has some wondering if a mountain lion is on the loose. rushing to help. dash cam video captures a group of people coming to it to rescue a woman pinned under her car. >> announcer: nbc 10 news starts now. it's getting close. we're 22 days from the presidential election. >> and donald trump continues to raise questions about voter fraud, specifically here in philadelphia. >> there only way we can lose pennsylvania is if cheating goes
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on. >> trump made that comment recently and today took to twitter says, quote, of course there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day. why do republican leaders deny what is going on? so naive. today philadelphia city leaders came together to address the issue and assure people that their votes are protected. we sent nbc 10's deanna durante to find out what happens from the time you vote until the time your vote is counted. >> reporter: there are more than 3700 voting machines in the city of philadelphia. they're all the same. so people at the polls should have the same experience no matter where you vote. and workers here have been making sure all of the voting machines are working, the ballots that you'll see are appropriate to the election, and that this card that holds your vote is secure. >> there's a great big green button on the machine that you hit when you've completed voting. >> reporter: all machines in philadelphia are the same. you touch the box next to the candidate you want to vote for. while the machines
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