about his son. the officer was driving nem. they say david jones riding a dirt bike. they are illegal in the city of philadelphia. >> the officer tried to pat down jones. >> i said the gun right here. >> terrance says the whole ordeal was traumatic. >> did you feel your life was in danger? >> absolutely. no question. >> not only for him, but for his 11-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son who saw the whole thing too. >> community activists say jones should have never been stopped

in the first place. especially with the family in the suv. >> i think the officers in that had bad judgment. >> he says he's speaking out because he wants the whole story out there. hi tried to explain what happened to his. >> he told me the investigation continues and he is taking this matter very seriously. >> to a surprise move for the nation's highest court and will take up the case of proposed sports gambling in new jersey. the justices will decide if gambling should be allowed if racetracks and casinos. nbc 10's cydney long spoke to sports fans who say it's about time. she joins us live. >> reporter: that's right, many who watched and listened to the supreme court's decision here today they did so on the very

same big screens where they normally watch baseball, basketball and hockey. a win on appeal at the supreme court level would not just be fun and lucrative for sports fans, it would fuel new jersey's economy. the rule sag big score tr the fight to legalize sports betting. >> i'm excited a about it. before i was only able to bet sports and go to delaware. >> justices will weigh in ob the appeal on your favorite horse races. it could drive tourism into new jers jersey. >> when i think about the kentucky derby, they were actually driving somewhere to

place their bets. they were hanging out there for the race. >> barb knows frepds who will cash this and drive to do so. >> anything that's good for the local economy, especially tying it to atlantic city and thinking about how they are hurting could only be a good thing. it's the fight to legalize sports bets to that of states that are cashing in on legal marijuana. if it passes, it's a trifecta. good for fans, tax base and good for businesses who want to take those bets. >> just like they do at the track, just like they do in atlantic city. if you went over x amount of hundred, they tax i don't see the problem with it. >> we also spoke to a gaming hospitality and tourism expert.

and is there a downside? you'll hear his answer when we see you at 6:00. i'm cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> the health care bill vote delayed. tonight senate republicans are trying to find more support for the measure. they didn't have enough votes so republican leaders will vote on the bill after july 4th. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell made that announcement this afternoon. >> we think the status quo is unsustainable for the obvious reasons we have discussed over and over again. we are optimistic we're going to get the result that's better than the status quo. >> as of now, a total of nine gop senators oppose the bill. cool and comfortable, we look at a live picture of the ben franklin bridge. showers are moving in. >> you can see we do have a little bit of activity out there. let's get to first alert chief meteorologist tammie souza, who

is tracking the latest conditions. >> i'm doing some great people watching. the on thing missing is i challenged all of you. really a beautiful day at the beaches. look at people enjoying themselves. it's amazing people watching out there. let's take a look at the numbers. 81 in atlantic city with the wind out of the west and southwest at 10 miles per hour. check out will ming to be. 79 at the ballpark. the winds are out of the west at 12. if you live in coatesville, it's 5 degrees. look at this humidity. 41%. 50 is the dew point. it feels like 75. we're not dealing with the heat index. the humidity at 34%. that's pretty low. this is low humidity for us.

west/northwest at 12 miles per hour. here's where woe going the rest of the evening. 74 by 8:00. and then we'll see clear skies a beautiful moon out this. now as far as the little bit of activity that erin mentioned out there, spotty showers. i want you to along the jersey shore. now watch. you see the little green lines. one of them is the outflow boundary from the thunderstorm. it's actually meeting the other one, whichingly enough this long one is the sea breeze coming in. nothing popped up on it. that storm is long gone. a a few spotty showers out here. i will talk about that with your weekend forecast when i come back. >> looking forward to that. >> at 5:00, continuing coverage of the seth williams corruption trial. a main witness took the stand for a second straight day.

prosecutors say a philadelphia bar owner gave the district attorney trips as political favors to help with his liquor license. the defense argued the trips were gifts from a friend. he said he knew it would be money he would never get back, but he liked helping people. prosecutors say williams accepted illegal gifts in exchange for political favors. police need help identifying two men want forward an ashed robbery at a store in frankfurt. look at the surveillance video. one guy pulls out a gun, points it at the man behind the register. . if you have seen them, call police. police also want to find three men who broke into jocelyn's grocery store in north philadelphia. the suspect stole money,s and head phones. it happened last friday morning on north 18th street.

new at 5:00, 50 people face charges in an undercover drug bust. operation wildfire led to 46 arrests over the last two months in chester county. the investigation removed heroin and opioid dealers from the streets. 97 people died from drug doses in chester county last year alone. today pope francis and the vatican appointed a new bishop to oversee the allentown arch doi cease. >> he didn't have to search far to find him. he got a standing ovation today in allentown. he's a familiar face for lehigh valley kcatholics having worked in the area for 30 years. he will take over as the catholic church ask all organized religions grapple with fewer young church goers. the bishop said the church is work connect with young people on their level.

>> the church says pope francis was involved in making this decision. one of delaware's longest standing businesses now has a new home. officials with global marketing unveiled its new facility in wilmington. governor carney was on hand for today's ribbon-cutting ceremony. it comes complete with office spaces, kitchen and a fully equipped workout center. ruchouse on the roads, the community cracking down on dirt bikes putting drivers in danger. and chilling video showing burglars inside a home while the homeowner was still there. how the thieves got in. and serena williams is serving back shade in response to claims she wouldn't cut it with male tennis players. . plus under scrutiny, a new report reveals it's not

protecting the safety and well-being of the young athletes. nbc 10 is getting ready for six days of fun leading up to wawa welcome america. here are some of the e free events to check out. ♪

a push for cultural change in gymnastics. >> jay gray explains, the report shows the organization has done little to protect young athletes. >> in a sport defined by grace and precision, new information that gymnastics fell well e below the bar when it comes to protecting athletes. >> it was surprising to me there was no requirement that members report. >> reporter: an internal investigation calls for a complete cultural change within the organization. it comes as national team's position faces a fire storm of civil lawsuits along with state and federal charges of sexual abuse and possession of child pornography. >> this guy is despicable. he is a monster.

>> reporter: he's been accused of violating more than 80 young girls. >> it's laughable. >> the lawyers have denied the accusations. over the last 20 years, hundreds of gymnasts have reported abuse at the hands of authority figures associated with gymnastics. today's report says the true number of those victimized over that period of time cannot be estimated but is surely far higher. it calls for a complete overhaul within the organization 70 recommended changes covering ten key areas all adopted by the usa gymnastics board of directors. jay gray, nbc 10 news. >> dozens of passengers were hurt after a new york city subway train slid off the tracks this morning. the collision caused a power outage leaving passengers in the dark. they are trying to find their

way out of the tunnel. metro officials say the brakes went into emergency mode causing it to hit a a concrete wall and derail. the husband of a woman killed in the crash at the terminal last fall filed a lawsuit. the 34-year-old woman was at the terminal last september when a transit train traveling at twice the speed limit crashed into the terminal. the family filed a wrongful death lawsuit. that lawsuit claims new jersey transit and the trin's engineer. >> eyewitness video surfaced in it that video the suffers were seen kicking a man who turned out to be an innocent it bystander. the officers are now on modified duty.

check out this replica of the love park sculpture made from sand. there's a masterpiece at liberty place in center city. from inside to outside, partly sunny skies, slightly cooler today. a nice view as you look at the camden skyline. >> you see all the folks ep joying the cooler temperatures. a few pop up showers to contend with. some parts of the area, let's check in with meteorologist tammie souza. she's tracking the most accurate forecast for your neighborhood. you know what a forecast like this one is what neighborhood weather is all about. >> you're nice, you're nice and you have a little shower. a little cooler than normal, but exceptional. 9 in philadelphia.

you can see some of those fair weather clouds and drops a few showers. we even had our hail alga rhythm pop up this afternoon. so maybe some pea-sized hail was trying to fall. beautiful sky out there. we should be in the 80s this time of year. nowhere near that. heading to the holiday weekend, what can we expect out there? it's going to be splendid for tomorrow. it will be picture perfect. sunny, low humidity, mild, almost like today. perhaps a degree or two warmer. so right around 80ish is where woer going to be. just another fabulous day. then the humidity returns. if it you like it steamy, you're going to love the start of thursday. we'll see the humidity in here by friday ask saturday.

so it is going to be quite oppressive and stormy. you know there would be a few storms. saturday night into sunday looks like the best chance. i'm not saying something isolated couldn't pop up on friday. making their way across the hour. we're still look at showers oxford. easton, clinton, you're just going to see a sprinkle or brief shower as these move off to the north and east. also moving into parts of delaware. we're starting to see a little activity. our next player is well off to the west coming out of the northern rockies. in between that, we have some very nice weather for tomorrow and thursday. then we start to get busy with that next storm system headed

our way. let's break it down hour by hour. spotty shower through the evening hours. otherwise by 11:30, all clear out there. very comfortable. we're looking at winds out of the northwest tomorrow. 9 in philadelphia with no sunshine. and thursday isn't until the evening when we pick up a few showers in the southern poconos near the lehigh valley. the rest of the area should be pretty quiet. on friday, they want to paint in a brief shower here across philadelphia. we're going to make it into the upper 80s and perhaps low 90s across the area. your 4th of july is going to look like this. 88 in philadelphia. 86 in the suburbs. 84 in lehigh valley. south jersey will be 86. 85 in delaware. the only thing they all have in common is a chance of a shower or thunderstorm out there. so we're hoping that the forecast will speed up or slow down.

a juicy day where we could see an isolated shower. dry on monday. it will be hot but dry. he's your 4th of july. we could see 88 with showers and storms. back to you. loud booming, brilliant displays of fireworks. yet every single year, thousands of people are injured using them. in washington the consumer product safety commission used manikins to demonstrate the danger. the group reports there are more than 11,000 fireworks related injuries last year. most people get burned lighting sparklers. >> it's the 30 days around theth of july where we see the highest rate of incidents and injuries. the cpsc says never let kids use

sparklers or any fire crackers. don't try to relay the firework if it doesn't spark right away. less pain at the pump, but more headaches on the road. what you need to know ahead of holiday weekend travel. four deserving nonprafts, two days to vote and one cash prize. meet the charities up tr wawa's hero award. and a rare find at the airport. a lobster in luggage.

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agents found a lot of unusual items in bags all the airports, but what about a 20-pound lobster. check him out. it was alive. it happened at boston's logan international airport last weekend. tsa says the lobster was this a cooler and passengers can travel with lobsters. they just have to be a clear plastic spill proof container. a woman gave birth to a baby weighing double the size of an average newborn. the baby tipped the scales at 14 pounds, 4 ounces. that's in the weight rage of an average 4 to 5-month-old baby. his parents are happy, but they are still in shock.

>> the o.r. said we have to weigh him right now. so they pulled a scale out and put him on there. and as soon as they saw 14 pounds, it was like this an amazing reaction. >> my vote was 12 pounds. i wasn't thinking 14. >> mom and baby doing just fine. but 14 pounds. >> he's so adorable. >> i cannot imagine. >> moving to this now, a global cyber attack striking a new jersey company. >> the drug maker dealing with a data scrambling bug. one police department says it plans on fighting back. the new helmet that experts think will keep kids concussion free on the field. saving your money, the push to bring more affordable housing

to our area. that's tonight at 6:00. but first a live picture at boat house row. a picture perfect day, but changes are coming. tammie souza breaking down your holiday weekend forecast. that's next.

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to take a live look where human remains were found. they are on the pavement. you assume the back of the vehicle it appears. the construction company was doing demolition. found the remains while digging at the. the medical examiner is also on its way. we'll make sure we make some calls. we'll find out more of what's going on and can get you that information as soon as possible. to this now. ruckus on the road. dirt bikes are shredding the community can making driving dangerous. take a look at this new video. >> it shows a dirt biker taunting a police officer then taking off. the bikers are taking over. >> they have more than 100 calls since january about reckless bikers and police are planning to be more aggressive.

ted greenberg tells us how. >> julio says he's fed up with wrekless dirt bike riders tearing through pleasantville putting others at risk. >> what's it going to take? somebody getting hurt until something is done. >> this one caught on dash cam video on monday doing a wheelie and taunting the officer by turning around right in front of his car. >> they weave in and out of traffic. >> mike price who have seen more of the off road bikes since the weather has warmed up. they are illegal to ride on streets. police tell he so far this year they have already gotten 120 complaint calls about the biker. but they believe there have been many more incidents that have gone unreported. >> it's been an ongoing problem tr the past few years, but if they are able to stop the

riders, officers won't be giving anymore warning. >> we're going to take the bike. >> according to protocol, they won't chase the bikers for what amounts to a traffic offense. authorities are urging the community to help identify them. >> they need to give us the information so that we can come address this individually with riders or the parents need to deal with it. e we never need to become involved. >> i can't keep my windows open because of the noise factor being is loud. ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >> elsewhere, a warning for syria. the united states says that it spotted potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack in the country. the announcement came as a surprise for u.s. officials. it's similar to what it did in

april that killed at least 100 people including 25 kids. >> new right now, a widespread cyber attack has hit companies in pennsylvania and new jersey. merck confirms their computer network was compromised. the hospital and health care system is based in western pennsylvania. the attack is postponing surgeries for patients. >> take a look at this. it captured four men breaking into a house. >> he heard them on the first floor. >> the suspect took off when they heard the man coming down

the steps. >> taking a live look at philadelphia's skyline. humidity has been low. it wasn't quite dry everywhere. take a look at the time lapse of rainfall. just a few hours ago. isolated showers move through pennsylvania. tammie souza is tracking a few more isolated storms right now. >>. >> it's all the same. out of wildwood, beautiful day to be out on the beach. people enjoying this. this is just a live picture of what's going on out there. 78 degrees. and the winds are calm.

look at the dew point. 55. that's very comfortable air. let's go to pocono. a fur showers have passed through the area. >> how about winds are out of the west. you see it motion not heavy rain. these are isolated. you can see the sea breeze right here kind of combining against some outflow boundary from the one storm system. and lock at this. there's a little more coming in toward us. but it's going to fizzle out. there's a look at some of the stories making headlines county by county across the region today. atlantic care regional medical

center is reminding everyone how important it is to get tested for hiv. the hospital held information sessions today as part of national hiv testing day. in camden county, there's a new urgent care center. members board certified emergency positions and will be open seven days a week. 1600 seniors received vouchers today to buy fresh fruits, veggies and her bs. >> in chester county, an annual celebration brought 3,000 years of wisdom under one roof.

30 men and women were celebrate ing their 100th birthday. >> she turns 105 years old in august. she looks fantastic. >> she looks great. that whole room does. >> clearing out hurtful comments. then from gas prices to rude drivers on the road, what you need to know before you're starting your holiday weekend travel. and no love off the court.

serena williams firing back claims that she can't cut it with men in the world of ten thinks.

serena williams is serving back. she's responding to a statement by a former player john mcenroy. if she played on the men's circuit, williams would be th 700th in the world. she responded saying i adore you

and respect you, but please, please keep me out your statements that are not factually based. i have never played anyone ranked there nor do i have time. respect me and my prooif ri zi as i'm trying to have a baby. good day, sir. williams is on the cover of "van if i fair." it's the first child for williams and her fiance, the co-founder of redd dit. mcenroy was asked this morning if he would like to apologize. he said no and didn't know his comments would e create controversy. facebook says it is nowing about 66,000 posts a week as part of its new crackdown on hate speech. the company defined hate speech as attacks on people based on racial, sexual orientation and other characteristics. it now has 2 billion users. we are just a a few days away from one of busiest holiday

travel weekends. there's good news for your wallet, but not so good news for safety on the road. a new survey shows pennsylvania draifrs are among the rudest in the nation. according to the study by cars for kids, pennsylvania came in 42nd in the country for most courteous drivers. people were asked questions like how often do you signal and would you steal someone's parking spot. apparently we didn't perform very well. if you're curious, the most courteous are women out west from 51 to 60 years old. the good news, less pain at the. prices are projected to be at their lowest levels in 12 years this 4th of july weekend. the pennsylvania average is $2.44. it is $2.29 in new jersey. the philadelphia zoo is going half way across the globe to find its name for its neest edition. they partnered with the gorilla

conservation education center to find a name for the baby. the healthy boy was born earlier this month. students narrowed the choices down to three names. the zoo plans to come up with a final name some time soon. wish i knew the three name its. >> very adorable. >> they are making a difference in your community. >> meet the four local nonprofits in the running for the hero award and learn how you can help choose the winner. and all new. the helmet being tested on young athletes in our community. the experts say will curb cob cushions in it kids. and we have weekend changes ahead including heat, humidity and some thunderstorms. we'll talk about your holiday weekend when i come become. equal pay for equal work, the steps meant to gloez the gap when nbc 10 news at 6:00.

new at 5:00, recognizing a job well done. you can decide which local nonprofit to receive $50,000 on july 4th. the wawa foundation narrow ed i down to four finalists for its hero award. >> each organization does fantastic work for the community. let's take a look. >> it's from that place of desperation and hope that it performs. >> it exists to essentially cure cystic fie bro sis. we're raising awareness and

tunds. she's one of those people that is heroic. $50,000 would be amazing. we need the funding that will make a difference. the alliance for children filled in a gap in what's happened to the philadelphia school system. they have actually cut out all library services to the public schools. this organization has come in ask taken a classroom, rebuilt it, restocked it with books. the best thing is the volunteers. the amount of money you're talking about to us is really valuable. >> the community knows that you can eat something when you gom to the light house. we're the oldest community center. we serve one of the most difficult in the nation. the poorest neighborhood in it philadelphia, the needs are significant. the challenges are many. the resources are few.

$50,000 is a whirlwind. >> welcome home greetings never get old. >> thank you for your service. welcome home. >> they are the most powerful things to be able to look a hero in the eye. they got escorted by these motorcycles to say this is all for you. thank you and welcome home. thank you wawa. thank you for everything. it's been an amazing ride and we're just going to enjoy every moment of it and the sky is the limit. we're so grateful for everything. >> great people and great nonprofits right there. and you can vote on which one should win the grand prize. voting ends on thursday. just go to nbc10.com or the nbc 10 app. now to your first alert forecast. looking a life look at the ben franklin bridge. low humidity, comfortable day. it's nice out there.

a busy day at the beach as well. a a live look at ocean city. it's set to only get busier as the holiday weekend gets closer. showers moving through the area. >> chief meteorologist tammie souza is tracking the showers. a little bit dotted in delaware. >> they are just diagnose oying. if you have plans tonight, you go ahead and enjoy your beautiful evening. you can see some of the couple louse clouds o ut there. many of them fair weather. not dropping any rain. we have blue skyings, but just a few this afternoon produced a a brief shower. it was such a comfortable day. 61 is the low that we saw this morning. we get a quarter inch of rainfall early this morning. if you were awake to hear that, the highest wind gust 27 miles an hour and your sunset is going

to be at 8:34 this evening it you want to get out and enjoy that. this is where we're going tomorrow. look at philadelphia up to 80. another day where we're going to be just below where we should be. if you head out to reading, you'll top out at 78. and stone harbor around 76 degrees. tomorrow is going to be a spectacular day with a lot of sunshine out there as well. then the humidity comes back. we start getting sticky again. let's take a look at the doppler radar. you can see some of the spotty showers. . this was what keith was alluding to. there's a light shower moving through. allentown, you just saw some brief showers. that's all headed off to the north and the east. so a lot of this activity is thot going to bother any of your plans tonight. this is going to move off to the north and the east. a wider picture show what is we have is this area of low pressure. we talked about it for a few days. it's swirling by to the north and we're getting these stands

of instability shower. that's evaporating and drying out because such a dry atmosphere. we go further to the west, look at this, this is a a lot of nothing out here. high pressure is quiet. and then we hit the rockies. we're going to be watching a storm system that's going to take shape. it's going to be headed our way just in time for the holiday weekend. at least pieces of it. so hour by hour, we're going to be delightful tonight. by midnight, we're going to have clear skies. we'll drop into the 50s and 60s overnight. tomorrow we'll be between 7981 degrees. winds out of the west and northwest. we get into thursday. we'll being out in the 80s. maybe a shower up in the southern poconos or perhaps lehigh valley. on friday isolated showers. there's a possibility with the humidity with all the moisture out there. we get into the 90s and there's lot o moisture being pumped into

the area. otherwise it's going to be pretty quiet. on the 4th of july, 81 at 11:00 in the morning with humidity. 88 at 4:00 with a chance of a thunderstorm. 7:00 chance of a thunderstorm and 82. chance of thunderstorms and 80 degrees by the time that we get into the fireworks hour of 9:00. philadelphia tonight, you'll see 58. 52 the suburbs. 53 in the lehigh valley. jersey at 57. 58 for the jersey shore. 57 for all of you in delaware under skies. tomorrow we're looking at 81 in philadelphia. jersey shore at 74. and 80 in delaware with sunny skies. it's going to be delightful. your ten-day, 89 on thursday. 94 on friday. could see ab isolated shower. it's going to be warm. 94 with storms at night on saturday and into sunday morning. very humid and oppressive on saturday. look at your monday. dry and warm. the 4th of july we could see showers and storms. softening the blow for a

danger for young athletes. >> the new equipment getting tested that experts say could curb the risk of concussions. overcoming the epidemic. tonight how both sides of the aisle are uniting to get opioids off our streets. but first nbc 10 is ep helping you get ready for the wawa welcome america. here's some of the free events to check out.

welcome back. >> ahead for us tonight, high drama in washington today. republican leaders retreat. we're going to look at what's next. another signer subtle is underway. >> now back to you in philly. >> we'll see you at 6:30. > it's a new way to protect young athletes. practice is underway for the high school all star football

classic. it features some of best talent. >> now in a changing culture coaches are concentrating on keep iing kids safe. players will be wearing guardian prikted equipment it can lessen the hit by 3%. >> this game has so many positive benefits. >> e we better do something to make the game safer. >> the game is thursday night at 7:00 p.m. nbc 10 news at 6:00 is next. >> here's jim rosenfield. >> coming up new at 6:00,

limiting the release of police body camera video. why more of the recordings could be off limits to the public. also game changer. a a ruling from america's highest court could clear the way for legal sports betting in our area. setting the stage, a slew of free events for the celebration will soon begin. the highlights that you won't want to miss. really comfortable evening, but temperatures in are going to be creeping back into the forecast. the impact on your holiday weekend ahead at 6:00.

changing the game, a ruling from america's highest court could make way for legal sports betting in new jersey. staying under wraps. why some police departments could limit the amount of body camera video that goes public. setting the record straight. the first time about reports of a possible tour with a controversial message. we begin with a big victory for the casino industry in atlantic city and sports fans across our area. the supreme court says it will consider the case to possibly make sports betting legal in new jersey. that means then state could get a piece of the business that brings in $150 billion a year. good evening, i'm jim rosenfield. the depending on the supreme

court's ruling, sports gambling could be legalized in places like casinos and racetracks. cydney long is live in cherry hill for us. some lawmakers are applauding this possibility. >> reporter: as you might imagine, we saw a pretty unanimous social immediate cheer, if you will, by state and federal lawmakers with tweets today. as you might imagine, sports fans are also weighing in. they are betting that a win at the supreme court level will be a game chinger and other states will follow suit. new jersey's secure battle to legalize could line their own pockets and new jersey at the same time. >> i would say that anything we could do to bring revenue to the state of new jersey would be a good thing. >> a