happened to them. now, the new jersey family is putting their $429 million jackpot to good use. never gave up. it was hard. never gave up. >> he never gave up. now his fight for freedom is over. nbc 10 was there as shawn thomas celebrated with his family outside prison. that's where he spent the last 24 years of his life. for a crime he did not commit. now, he's ready to celebrate his new life. good evening. >> thomas was barely 20 years old when he was put behind bars. tonight, we followed his first night of freedom. >> laughter. and a hug from mom. in the open air of freedom. shawn thomas left confinement behind in rural frackville tonight after more than two decades serving time for a crime he insisted from the outset he

did not commit. >> it's been a struggle, hard struggle. just can't give up. >> reporter: a struggle endured from the pennsylvania innocence program convincing a young to vacate the conviction in a 1999 killing in north philly. then a teenaged thomas claimed he was four miles away held at the old youth study site in trouble but only for trying to steal a motorcycle. not a murder. his attorney said that key discrepancy stood out. >> first thing caught my eye is shawn said seemed to be basically true. >> reporter: after years without her son nearby, thomas' mom puts the pain behind her. >> i'm glad to see him walk out the gate. that's all i wanted. >> reporter: with his fiancee by his side, thomas said the future isn't plans for a permanent return to philadelphia. >> philadelphia caused me too many heart aches. >> reporter: heart aches now healing with lessons learned

along the way. >> always remember the truth. can't remember a lie. that's what set me free. >> thomas said he'd like to move down south and maybe put to use the culinary arts degree he got in prison. where did thomas have the first meal out of prison? red lobster on roosevelt boulevard. all right. new at 11:00, a false alarm causes panic in south jersey tonight. officials say a fake emergency message went out about the hope creek nuclear generating station. dispatchers said they received phone calls of the fake alert about two hours ago. officials say the alert was related to a drill and never should have gone out. tonight, we are learning more about the man allegedly behind the deadly bombing at a grande concert in manchester, england. the suspected attacker is salman abedi. he was well-known by authorities. a u.s. intelligence official says abedi received training

abroad by a terrorist group. investigators piece together what happened, young people are trying to come to grips with the tragedy that left 22 people dead and injured 59 others. >> it wasn't the people -- a person that killed little children like me, my age, and younger. >> british prime minister may announced today that the terror threat level has been raised to critical meaning more attacks could be imminent. back here at home tonight, the search is on for the gunman that fired more than 30 shots into a home killing one person and injuring two others. happened just before 6:00 here on high school street in east germantown. investigators say at least two suspects wearing all black jumped into a suv and took off after the shooting. two of the victims are in stable condition at the hospital. new at 11:00, we are getting the first look at a 2-year-old boy who survived being shot four

times. price johnson was zitting on the front porch when shots rang out. now the family says they're too scared to live in their home. >> nbc 10's denise nakano spoke with them. that young boy doing much better? >> reporter: jim and jack line, he is out of the hospital. these fliers went up in the neighborhood here today. the family wants someone with information to come forward. >> he is a fighter thank god. >> reporter: the family of price johnson is shocked the 2-year-old bounced back so quickly from a shooting that sent him and his father to a hospital. >> oh my god, this baby is so tiny. how can he be shot four times and still be okay? >> reporter: police released this video showing the two suspected gunmen on the 3300 block of malta street. police say they shouted this is my block before firing numerous rounds. four bullets in price's arm and

leg and his father struck once in the leg. >> how dare you shoot a 2-year-old child? >> reporter: see evidence of gunshots evidence. police say they knew it would hit a child and shot anyway. the family is not able to return to the home fearing for their lives. >> it's just reality unfortunately. right now, we're just getting everything out because i don't want to be here anymore. >> reporter: relatives helped to clear belongings from the house as a community activist called on anyone with information to come forward. >> people are afraid. they're afraid to speak up. you know? but we're not giving up. we'll be very persistent. >> reporter: price's family tells me he is on the mend and starting to walk again. his father underwent surgery and is now listed in stable condition at the hospital. reporting live outside police headquarters, i'm denise nakano, nbc 10 news. now to developing story out of north jersey, within the last 20 minutes, newark liberty

international airport opened after a plane enjoin caught fire. five people suffered minor injuries and are expected to be okay. the airport says expect delays the rest of the night. now to the first alert weather. the nbc 10 radar showing rain moving in tonight. >> meteorologist tammy is here with a closer look at how long it sticks around in your neighborhood. >> umbrellas up. heaviest of the showers down to the south of us. anywhere from dover down to millford over to cape may in south jersey. darker shades of green is what we are looking at. to the north, we picked up the reports of just light rain in wilmington and maybe sprinkles in philadelphia, trenton. may not be hitting the ground yet and seeing the entire area covered with rain tonight. your lows are going to be generally in the mid and upper 50s. 57 in philadelphia.

coming back and talking about your weekend forecast and which day is best in your neighborhood for barbecuing. guys? >> see you soon. new at 11:00, president trump is expected to retain a private attorney on matters related to the russia investigation, that's what sources telling nbc news tonight and represents mr. trump in the past and denied any collusion with russia in the alleged interference with the election. last week the president said he was the target of a, quote, witch hunt. the fate of a south jersey man accused of murdering his toddler son is in the hands of a jury. jurors in the trial will decide if he's guilty of murdering his 3-year-old son brendan. there was a ten-day trial and hours of closing arguments. the defense took aim at the prosecution for a lack of physical evidence. while the prosecutor called the man pathetic. bill cosby's lawyers recusing prosecutors of trying

to keep blacks off the jury for the sex assault trial after prosecutors used the strikes to keep two black women off the panel. the defense team and prosecutors have chosen 11 jurors so far. seven men and four women. only one of the juries is black. a new jury pool will be summoned tomorrow for the final juror and six alternates. crosby is charged with drugging and raping a former employee. he said the encounter was consensual. new at 11:00, van initialled without a trace. a community is working together to find a missing mother. nbc 10 with neighbors as they passed out fliers and looked for clues. and as nbc 10's brandon hudson reports, that search stretches from here to poland. >> reporter: state police say this is where they found the missing mom's car. people in the community, some of them who didn't know this woman, are passing around fliers to

keep the search fresh. >> we're out here, you know, trying to get the word out orp until she is found, this is how a group of homeowners spend the free time. canvassing the neighborhood. >> we told everything. >> you did? >> i did. >> reporter: talking to neighbors and passing out flyerses. >> we have made it our mission to find her. >> reporter: nbc 10 joined the group tuesday night. some of them strangers who now feel a connection with the missing mother. >> i mean, this is a woman, 43 years old, wasn't like she's a long running track record of running off and disappearing. >> reporter: pennsylvania state police say she was last seen april 10th. her husband said she left in a panic and late for work. co-workers say she never showed up. weeks later, investigators found her audi, the one shown in the photo, but no sign of her. >> we live in an area where people care, they're concerned. >> reporter: she is from to listened and where her

80-year-old parents still live. her mother biological relatives don't live around here either. she lived with her husband and son and members in the group say just turned 4 in past weekend. >> i don't know what the outcome is going to be but i hope the outcome is positive. >> reporter: the group made an e-mail account to send tips to. you can find the link on our website nbc 10.com. nbc 10 news. tonight, we're hearing from a philadelphia police officer for the first time since she was shot in the line of duty. nbc 10 at the 36th annual law enforcement awards luncheon today, officer sylvia young cheated death last year when a gunman rattled off 18 shots in her patrol car. coming to her aid, ed miller who chased the suspect and shot twice. young says the connection to miller is very strong and special. >> we have a bond that won't ever be broken. it is like we're connected now.

i never met him before that night and i'll never forget him. >> also honored philadelphia officer hartnet and atlantic city police officer josh vadel. a robbery suspect shot him in the head at point-blank range last year. hundreds of people in delaware could be losing their jobs. hsbc is moving 450 jobs out of state and also shuting down the center in new castle county. people who work there will be offered jobs in chicago or buffalo. members of a fraternity putting up a reward to help solve an arson. members of the fraternity offering $2,000 for information that leads to an arrest. last week's fire damaged a house rented by the fraternity. tonight, hollywood is mourning the death of british actor and james bond star sir roger moore. >> my name's bond, james bond.

>> the hollywood star best known for playing the iconic british secret agent died in switzerland today. the account said it was a short but brave battle with cancer. he played bond in seven movies including "the spy who loved me." sir roger moore was 89 years old. now, to a nbc 10 exclusive. the smith family from trenton had that moment we have all dreamed about. they won the powerball jackpot, $429 million to be exact. >> tonight they're talking for the first time about how they plan to spend the money. as nbc 10 shows us, probably not what you expect. >> to me, it was divine because whoever dreamed the numbers in the same sequence that they came out? >> reporter: whoever but pearly smith, the winning number last year's third largest powerball jackpot came to her in a dream. that single winning ticket

catapulted the family into the spotlight. $429 million split equally between pearly and her adult children. >> people show up at your house. asking for money. >> we were under a lot of pressure for six, seven months and we are still -- it is still a lot of pressure. >> but the entire family was committed to working in the community. >> reporter: a community that's been in their blood. pearly still visits the trenton row home where she raised eight kids. >> it was hard. but thanks be to god he brought us through it. >> reporter: so they can now give back. they started forming a smith family foundation an given away $16 million since last year in different ways, 100 book bags filled with supplies to school students, helping to bridge a church in new jersey and in haiti building a three-room school, something these students have never had. >> the whole idea of the foundation is to transform lives. >> when you know that someone has the ability to do anything

that they want, but the one thing they want to do is help somebody else, that's amazing. >> we didn't go out and buy mansions and fancy cars, lamborghinis? no. >> reporter: in fact, they had to think hard about anything they splurged on. >> i took a cruise. >> i upgraded the man cave. >> i wanted a bag. >> a new subaru. >> reporter: because for this family when's important isn't getting something. it's doing something. >> god has blessed and i am rejoicing in what he has done. >> reporter: erin coleman, nbc 10 newses. >> such good people. i'm sure they'll continue to be blessed even more now. >> and give back. amazing. i like he updated the man cave. >> he did. looking good. the family is now taking grant applications for nonprofits. we have put a link to the foundation on our website, nbc

10.com. also tonight, comedian jim brewer hosted a comedy show for a police officer in gloucester county. it was held at punch line comedy club. the officer's wife danielle was six months pregnant when she was diagnosed with cancer in february. she delivered their baby boy jake before losing her battle with cancer three days later. the gofundme page raised nearly $93,000 for max and his family and all the money from tonight will be donated to them. more honors tonight for a comedian and philly native kevin hart. the award recognizes individuals for impact on the region. hart accepted the award at the philadelphia museum of art and got a tour. we sat down with hart tonight to talk about what the award means to him. >> i'm a philadelphia boy. at heart. and, you know, when you can do anything to bring attention to your city, of course, i do. but when your city shows that

they appreciate you and just hard working effort, it's just an amazing place in my heart. >> we also talked to kevin tonight about music and tv and he told us if he were a contestant on "the voice" he'd sing "push it." >> all right. you just watched chris win season 12 of "the voice." he wins $100,000 and that recording contract. >> nice. >> the next season will be here before you know it with a couple of big changes in the judge's chairs. ♪ >> miley cyrus comes back to make dreams come true and returning for a second go around. >> i'm not worried about -- >> do you breathe? do you have gills? >> she knows how to handle the twang lashing. >> come on. >> my ear is falling off of my head. >> and for the first time a defect. jennifer hudson showed up last season for a tour of the hair

spray set. >> that's why i like shows like "the voice" because of the experiences prepares you for the industry. >> her preration is judging the uk "voice" and "american idol." >> always represent yourself well because whatever you create right now is going to stick. >> i'm excited to watch jennifer. jennifer hudson makes the debut on "the voice" in september and then kelly clarkson in season 14 next spring. singing the blues about the weather? let's turn now to the meteorologist tammie souza. >> thank you so much, jim. outside right now we have cloud cover. it is mainly cloudy all day long and reached a high of only 68 today. that is about ten degrees where we should be. 62 in philadelphia with east winds to 7 miles per hour. keeping us a wee bit coolerment doppler radar sweeping the sky, see the system from the south. we talked about it last night.

the one moving along the gulf coast and got here quickly. heaviest rain right now from dover off toward lewis, cape may picking up heavier showers. morris river, the same there. but for the rest of the area, we are just looking at either drizzle or light sprinkles. all of this to work way through the philadelphia area tonight and then gone for tomorrow morning's commute unless you're a very early morning commuter and then focusing on the huge area of low pressure in the plains and will be the weather maker by the time of thursday. although the models tamed it down a bit. hour by hour, this is what happens. we watch the showers northward. a lot of activity's going to stay across south jersey and delaware and all going to have wet windchills waking up in the morning. early morning commute for a sprinkle and then dry for tomorrow afternoon and then 3:00 on thursday morning and tomorrow night into thursday morning, heavy rain in philadelphia. this will be during the early morning commute. should start to taper off as we

head into the afternoon. and then another batch for the second half of the evening commute. temperatures on thursday only in the 60s once again. we get into friday, we see the 70s. we start to dry out. we'll have two very nice days. for tomorrow, looking at 73 in fairmont. allentown, 75. 73 in redding. we'll see clouds with a few peeks of sunshine. newark, you'll see 71. so, your ten-day on 10, 73 for tomorrow. we could see a brief shower early in the morning and then clouds and sunshine peeks in the afternoon. 74 on friday. 80 on saturday. this is your barbecue day in your neighborhood because we'll see some rain showers on sunday and perhaps a scattered shower as we head into the holiday itself. otherwise, we move right back into the rain for next tuesday. guys, over to you. >> all right. look who's joining us now?

glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> we know last summer's heat was intense. can we expect more of that next summer? >> some people like it hot and dry. others like it cool and damp. but you want to save on electricity and the lawn stay greener? the weather this summer just might help. not many of these last summer. it was very dry overall. a drought in the spring and then it was drier than normal here every month from june to september. that's often the case in dry summers, also hot. real hot. in july and august, more than half of the days at least 90 degrees. and we had unusually long heat waves in both july and august. hot, dry summers often lead to the best weather at the shore and we had a lot of great weather weekends last summer. great for business, too. and not this time. instead of 46 days of 90 degrees or higher last summer, 30 to 40

of them this summer. that's still above normal, though. the hottest month compared to normal? august. same as last year. rainfall more than four inches below normal last summer. this summer, two inches above normal. the wettest month last year? july. this year, june. also, severe storms most likely in june. rain from the remnants of a tropical storm or hurricane? and more days with high humidity. so overall, a hot summer but not as hot as last and a much wetter summer, too. also means fewer perfect weekends at the shore. sorry about that. while the hotter than normal summers, part of a long-term trend of 30, 40 years here and across the country. wait 20, 30, 40 years from now. this summer will seem like a picnic. >> really? enjoy it now? >> that's right. we know what's coming in the

future in general and it's going to be hotter than this. >> hotter. all right. we'll appreciate this. >> thank you. this next story will have you green with envy. can you guess what this big rock is made of? it's actually worth millions. we'll explain next.

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any idea what this is right here? the words tell you. a giant emerald discovered in brazil, measures four feet high, weighs nearly 800 pounds. >> might not be clean and shiny and still worth hundreds of millions of dollars and found hundreds of feet below the surface in a mine and sold to a man whose identity is kept a secret along with how much he paid. oh. so many little jewels to come from that big one, john. >> well, no good news with the phillies.

benched the hitters tonight. did not work. how wbad it's gotten for them ad the eagles squad on the field together and who didn't show? hear from the birds on the biggest thing of carson wentz. that's next. ♪

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i'm john clark. philly's manager is trying everything he can. he benched franco, saunders, rupp and the phillies rocked by the rockies. zach gave up eight runs. seven the last start. blackman off the at&t sign. two-run shot. back to back innings for him. blackman again, two-run shot. almost the same spot. philly lose, 8-2. rockies all over them again and the kids, they just can't bear

to watch. get her home. all right. we got to see the eagles on the field together for the first time on the field and four birds did not show. including pederson and cox. we got to see carson wentz. blount looks big. carson with the new starting receivers. jeffrey and carson is taking over as a leader. >> well, the biggest thing i have seen is, number one, leadership. coming here, coming here ready to go, eager. >> it's come very kind of naturally, organically as a quarterback here. i mean, being a leader kind of goes hand in hand so i've been looking forward to that. >> eagles say their offense could be explosive. i'm john clark. we're right back. ♪ (stranger) good mornin'!

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final look at weather for tomorrow. >> oh, well, you know what? we could have a sprinkle or shower early in the morning and then clear out to clouds and some sun. 73 tomorrow and then look at this. we skip ahead, thunderstorms on thursday. saturday is your barbecue day, that's it, over the weekend. >> all right. >> for all of us, thank you for watching. "the tonight show" is next. e ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- gal gadot. barry manilow. and featur