chester. closer look at sketch. also on the road 5:30 on wednesday. believe the driver is 20 to 40 years old. blondish hair and light eyes. red pick-up truck. he and bianca roberson both trying to merge from two lanes to one in the spur. about 60 miles, the speed limit, so happened quickly. cat and mouse game, driver ended with a gun shot, striking bianca in the head. just graduated from high school and would have been a freshman in jacksonville university in florida. parents are pleading for justice. >> just catch him please. she didn't deserve to die like this. >> not at all. >> just lost her brother four

years ago. here we go again. >> reporter: that's right. parents, they've lost both of their children. bianca's brother four years ago to heart disease. this evening friends of bianca started a gofundme page to help play for funeral expenses, planning on a vigil. nbc10 news. new information about the breaking news out of new york. gunman walked into a hospital with a rifle, killed one person and injured six more before killing himself. we know the gunman was a doctor who used to work at bronx-lebanon hospital and hid the gun in lab coat. following this breaking news with new information as soon as we get it. holiday weekend is under way right now. fourth of july events happening across the area.

ben franklin bridge, holiday travel in full swing. aaa says record number of people traveling this weekend. be ready for traffic. huge party on the parkway. wawa welcome america events under way. jersey shore, focus on safety as swimmers head into water with dangerous rip currents. start with the forecast. will be severe weather this weekend. live coverage of what you need to know about the holiday weekend. >> tammie souza is tracking the storms and glenn "hurricane" schwartz will have fireworks fraught. and penitentiary look at wawa welcome america. but begin with cydney long. top of mind. lifeguards reminding people to be aware of rip currents. >> reporter: that is correct. lifeguards from here to cape may

reminding holiday visitors, some family maybe brand new to visiting the shore, reminding that rip currents are a real concern. extreme danger yesterday scaled back to moderate risk but lives have been lost this summer. shore-bound for the fourth? keep in mind amid the fun, rip currents are a reality. beach lieutenant says the warning is simple. don't swim when lifeguards are off duty. >> you have all day to swim. when we're done work, stay out of the water. >> reporter: going to dip her toes. >> i don't like not being able to see what is under my feet. >> reporter: beaches are staffed with lifeguards. use atvs to look for problems. >> most people not strong enough

to get out of the rip current grip. stay calm. lifeguard is on the way. >> reporter: two teenagers swept away in mid-june, something family visiting from maryland didn't know. >> we'll stay close to the shore, don't go deep. >> reporter: ocean water temperatures in the 60s, surf is cold. guards say more the merrier but if cold keeps some bathers at bay, might promote swimmer safety. >> rip tides always a concern at jersey shore, ocean that brings us joy can snuff out a life easily. >> reporter: lifeguards up and down the coast go off duty 5 or 6:00 but atlantic city staff through the holiday weekend until about 7:00 or 8:00 at night. will see guards out a little bit later to prevent after hours or

sunset drownings. want everybody to have safe and enjoyable saturday. cydney long, nbc10 news. penn's landing, music will fill the air and fireworks light the sky tonight as part of wawa welcome america's weekend of free family fun. aundrea cline-thomas joining us from the eastern state penitentiary. another free event to soak in philadelphia's rich history. >> reporter: and they are. free museum night started a little bit early. already 400 people have arrived. seeing all across the city. people taking advantage of the special programs. >> here we go. >> suzanne anderson started taking children to welcome america activities four years ago. >> fun way to learn history. >> reporter: now here with

majors children. >> never been to the penn museum so going there for the first time. >> reporter: organizers of wawa welcome america are hoping that families experience a lot of firsts together, like playing the they'reman and renting the world of electronic music. >> make sound and learning from the signals go and where they come from and how you manipulate that can be transferred to a number of things. >> reporter: programs go forth and learn meant to entertain and educate. >> great opportunity to get out and see the city. >> reporter: more than 50 events this year are free. back live. when you come to the penitentiary, get a glimpse of al capone's cell.

weather. tammie, what should we expect? >> possibly severe showers tomorrow. today a few storms but focus on the first alert for severe storms tomorrow. pennsylvania, new jersey, delaware except along the shore, beach areas. don't see biggest severe threat. isolated thunderstorm could roll through but severe threat probably diminished by the time it makes it there. 3:00 to 9:00 in the afternoon/evening. wind producer. tornado threat to the north in parts of new york intense thunderstorms and some lightning. storms to the north of ugs from williamsport to redding. severe warning outside of redding up to hartford. this line goes in our direction.

looking at gusty storm. scranton in the clear. chestnut hill with showers and storms. mt. olive, showers and storms. watching this as the evening progresses. this line from the midwest we're watching. back in a few minutes to time it all out for you. worker critically injured when fireworks blew up inside a plant in the lehigh valley. witnesses say they heard multiple explosions. owner of celebration fireworks said it happened when electronic match ignited. part-time employee's condition is potentially life-threatening. today in allentown urged residents to be careful and obey the law. don't want to be a party -- >> worst thing to be.

bottle rockets are illegal. if caught, cost you about $100. man shooting gun from his car and then speeding off. happened in south philadelphia last tuesday evening. police say that gunman targeted a 23-year-old walking. got away in a white cadillac. no registration sticker, damaged on the front driver side. man in this video robbed a woman while sorting out details of a car accident. june 9th on belmont avenue. talking to the woman before the crash. print shorts with emojis and red, white and blue backpack. pair of msnbc anchors weighing in the president's

tweets. called brzezinski crazy and referred to joe scarborough as a psycho. said concerns about the behavior go far beyond personal. >> it's unbelievably alarming that this president is so easily played. he's so easily played. by a cable news host. >> unfortunately learned what we've always learned, he for some reason takes things so much more personally with women. >> scarborough and brzezinski postponed a scheduled vacation in order to appear on that show this morning and respond to president trump's tweets. meanwhile president trump wants action on the health care bill. if republican senators unable to pass what they're working on now, they should immediately repeal and replace at later date. spokesman for mitch mcconnell declined to comment on the

suggestion. down to the wire today for pennsylvania, new jersey, and delaware. all three states trying to reach budget agreements today hours before the midnight deadline. in new jersey lawmakers still fighting over the budget. governor chris christie said lawmakers aren't even close to a solution. he says he's offered two different budgets but so far neither accepted. pennsylvania bunt made it through the senate this morning, now with the house. governor wolf says it protects seniors and creates jobs. could make it to his desk tonight. delaware, insiders tell us lawmakers likely break to caucus before the vote because so much infighting. failing brakes. cars being pulled off the road. and university's warnings. new video sending to students to prepare for active shooter

situation. keeping city officials honest. new bill in the works after fall from grace for philadelphia's former district attorney. don't have to wait until the fourth to enjoy fireworks. wawa welcome america, tonight at penn's landing, performance from the philadelphia orchestra followed by fireworks show over the river.

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right now philadelphia's former top prosecutor is sitting in a jail cell after pleading guilty to bribery. abrupt plea claimed during seth williams' trial yesterday. >> then resigned from post. >> are you worried about criminal charges for your conduct? >> nbc10 investigators tracked and questioned williams about his spending and ethics. now this case may change how pennsylvania handles corrupt politicians. >> there's a new bill in the works. >> state senator leach wants any politician convicted of corruption to immediately be removed from office. right now law allows a corrupt convicted politician to stay in office until sentencing. seth williams resigned from office as part of plea deal but

legally could have stayed in office and continued to collect public salary and perks until october sentencing. between now and october could have collected more than $33,000 in salary. bill says if you're convicted, shouldn't stay in office. >> convicted a crime that would force to leave office, still have to leave office. nothing relevant in sentencing, waiting for that. >> seth williams' indictment puts spotlight on the lag time between conviction and -- but also questions how dedicated seth williams was to his job. we've been running surveillance on his office showing how much he was showing up to work while

taxpayers were paying salary. >> you were chasing him down, asking questions. you said to us, this is three years in the making. >> questions been coming for months and months. tonight at 11:00, we're going to show you what we found when we were watching his office to see how the taxpayers' money, salary, perks of security protection, what we were paying for while he was defending himself in court. >> it all adds up. >> thanks mitch. taking a live look at betsy ross bridge as people start to hit the road for the holiday weekend. some on the road. others already having fun. hot and humid day. temperatures into the 90s and could see severe storms tomorrow. >> big thing on everyone's minds right now.

team of nbc10 meteorologists has issued a first alert for tomorrow. glenn "hurricane" schwartz has the holiday forecast but begin with tammie souza tracking the rain. >> gusty and severe storms north of the area. north of poconos and off to the west, you can see the beam sweeping the sky. zoom in. severe thunderstorm warning here near lebanon. and winds and quarter size hail. that's the warning on this storm. moving north and east and may clip parts of berks county and lehigh county. watching for some to make it into our area. allentown, you have light showers. will be intense lightning with these, again gusty winds and hail. whole line coming at us, huge

severe thunderstorm watch to the north across much of new york. line from indiana most concerned with. chance of severe weather tomorrow in lehigh valley and berks county. rest of us marginal risk way down on the threat bar. gusty winds and perhaps some small hail and intense lightning. 92 degrees right now. across the philadelphia area. watch the showers and storms drift through tonight and meander out. tomorrow start with spotty showers in the 70s, steamy. in the afternoon. looking for 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. time slot. starts in lehigh valley. makes its way to philadelphia and out towards south jersey by about 9:00. stay with us to stay up to day. glenn you have great news about everything after tomorrow. >> almost everything.

one wrinkle here added since yesterday. we'll get into in just a minute. first hour by hour. starting tomorrow night, once that line of storms has moved past, still warm and steamy. sunday morning, still pretty warm and hot day on sunday but not quite as humid as saturday. looking dry. but monday is a different story. so now we're seeing weak system coming in from the north. again it's going to be warm, relatively humid. but now it has some showers coming through during the evening hours. that would be not great news for the philly pops. by 11:00 it's moving out. that sets us up for a nice day on tuesday for the main wawa welcome america activities. so it's not perfect but it's not bad at all. thunderstorms on saturday coming through. that tammie just showed you.

sunday talking dry weather and relatively hot because expecting more sunshine with that. at beaches it's going to be warm in delaware but thunderstorms late saturday, not as warm at jersey shore with more sunshine on sunday. philly pops could be seeing some showers right now just going for mostly cloudy skies. and wawa welcome america, that is looking dry, warm, but not too humid. sometimes blue isn't enough for a crayola crayon, the lehigh valley company asked customers to name new creation. dreams come blue and blue moon bliss are among names. you can vote for your favorite on their website. bitten by shark not once but

twice. >> teen shares her survival story. failing fireworks, recall your family needs to know before july fourth celebrations. elephant on the run, how this guy ended up roaming unsuspect neighborhood. live coverage from wawa welcome america, join erin and me monday july 3rd for a front row seat to the philly pops and glenn "hurricane" schwartz will be with us too. see it at 7:00 only on nbc10. making it a fun summer for viewers. nbc10 summer of fun giveaway. look at screen right now. our way of saying thank you. chance for one of these prizes. three night getaway from vacations and cancun. year of coffee, trip to watch

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all right. not once but twice. happened to ohio teenager vacationing in south carolina. 14-year-old is already back swimming in the pool 11 days after attack. in the ocean 30 minutes or so when four to five foot bull shark bit her. team says she never even saw it. >> started screaming at something bit me. turns leg over. cousin saw the blood. i balled up. burned and sharp pain. felt like someone took a knife and stabbed you a bunch. >> what are the chances? twice? doctors say the flesh wounds

could take up to five months but wounds in nerve damage could take longer. she's okay though. elephant on the move. pachyderm escaped from circus and trainers led the big guy back. experience that neighbors likely never forget. hanging out, look out back door. yeah that's an elephant. travel trouble keeps team from traveling over seas. tracking severe weekend storms. rainy mess coming for saturday. >> and holiday weather. brandywine river for holiday celebrations. gas station becomes a crime

scene. what happened to man trying to pump gas?

holiday weekend is under way with events happening across our area. it's going to be a record-breaking weekend on the roads. looking at ben franklin bridge. more people traveling for fourth of july weekend than ever. doesn't look too bad now on the bridge. live look at ocean city. beach-goers hitting the water

this hot and humid day. having a blast. but weather is threatening the weekend. team of meteorologists issued a first alert for tomorrow. >> that's why team coverage live all night tonight. tamm tammie souza and -- and tart with tim furlong live in wilmington. he owes me a milkshake after 4:00 i haven't forgotten. >> another conundrum, i have a real predicament. but whatever you're doing, great time in delaware. so many folks want to do this this weekend, it means guys inside this harley-davidson shop working hard to get the hogs road ready.

selling lots of new bikes. >> best promotion or advertisement in the industry is seeing other people doing it and wanting to experience the same thing. >> reporter: my go pro had a tough day on and off this dude's harley. >> yee-haw. >> reporter: hopefully you're weekend better than camera. >> wood sd creamery for fresh ice cream or hang out in personal paradise. >> built-in pool. >> reporter: or go up the brandywine. >> we do all the parking and schlepping. >> reporter: here to buy a new kayak. wants dogs on the water with him. pretty hot so folks making inside plans. >> stay in air conditioning.

>> reporter: don't need it right now. beautiful here. nice breeze going through and people eating outside. good thing, my go pro is still working. i'll be at wawa welcome america all weekend through tuesday, not in delaware entire time but those of you in delaware, enjoy it. if you would like to visit, love to have you. nbc10 news. >> i'd like a milkshake too. big question. holiday weather. >> erika martin is live. can we watch the fireworks tonight? >> going to echo tim's sentiments. really excited. especially for go pro. conditions are perfect. temperatures warm right now. look at current temperatures across the delaware valley. 90s. 92 in philadelphia. upper 80s for allentown and

mount holly. 86 degrees, little bit cooler. and southwesterly breeze. 10 to 15 miles an hour. take it right now. take the cooler temperatures tonight. 72 for atlantic city. philadelphia. couple degrees cooler. lancaster also low 70s for tonight. conditions are perfect. i love being on the patio, you know that but get back to the studio. tammie souza. >> i'm a little bit jealous you're on the patio but join you soon. beautiful day. up to 92 degrees but first alert for severe storms tomorrow for pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware, all areas but the

beaches. i think the storms will have diminished by the time they reach it. 3:00 to 9:00. starting in poconos and ending up in philadelphia and south jersey. gusty damaging winds. small hail and intense lightning. if you have plans tomorrow afternoon, be aware of that. right now a line of strong storms moving along the berks county and lehigh valley line. some severe earlier. calmed down now. huge watch box with warnings up into new york. off to the west this line of storms is what is approach are fog tomorrow. that's the line of storms we're going to be concerned with and will regenerate as it approaches. 88 in philadelphia, 84 in lehigh valley. 79 along the shore.

everybody gets thunderstorm, some of us get severe thunderstorms. back tt fourth of july forecast in a little bit. breaking news. chester police chief tells us two people shot and killed inside apartment there. short street a short time ago. man and woman but not yet identified, no arrests have been made. stories making headlines, county by county across the region. berks county, police officer that fired tazer at man killing him will not be charged. district attorney said acted in self-defense. tased when resisted being handcuffed after asaulgt a woman. die kd of cardiac arrest. first is survive. run, get out. university of of delaware students get tips for surviving

active shooter on campus. run, hide, if nothing else is possible, fight. university police say preparing is crucial since active shooter is real possibility. in atlanta county could be longest ribbon cutting ever. albany to pennsylvania avenues on the boardwalk. mayor cut the ribbon to kick off tara miller melanoma -- >> sports cards, toys and comic book collectible show is free. everything from beanie babies to old posters. atlantic county concert goers singing the blues. jill west. saturday the 25th anverniversar with a beatles tribute band.

pricey paper clip. how much a designer office tool will run you. >> possible save for phillies. new player that plans to come out swinging. from bad breaks to faulty fireworks, recalls that could be putting your family in danger.

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fireworks, there's a recall you need to know about here. tnt voluntarily recalled never 37,000 packages. ammo smoke fireworks can explode immediately when lit. so far three people suffered minor burns. if you bought them, company says full refund. >> mazda says the parking brake could fail on some of its cars. water gets into the line and causes corrosion. 2014 to 2015 models. notify the affected owners in august. if you love high-end clothes and products from prada but can't afford the labels, now maybe you can if you're in the market for paper clip. $185, it's actually a money clip. one person joked after buying it wouldn't have any money to hold.

can get a whole box of silver paper clips for $1. >> and little bit cheaper. >> that's prada though. trip is tabled after vacation package falls through. >> travel tips from nbc 10 responds as summer gets into swing. phillies hope new player will revive the season. tracking severe storms for tomorrow. mother nature is going to provide her own fireworks. come back to time it out. fate of police force in new jersey is finally resolved. why it dissolved its department and who is protecting the community now.

new life for a dying season. phillies hope addition to the team will be a home run. >> phillies taking another step in rebuilding process. >> yes they are erin. i sense desperation in your voice. phillies fans waiting for prospects to make it to the majors. reason to rejoice. calling up outfielder nick williams for tonight's game against the mets. comes after hitting .280 with the lions. said earlier williams wasn't far away, just needs finishing touches on his game. here's williams on how he found out. >> just like, joking with me about stuff last year. you know, tide for first.

i don't like them. slow. are you even running? i was like, looking at my times. i think faster than ever been. all right. i hope you feel that way because i don't want pete to call me and tell me times aren't the best. i was like no way. >> big moment from the young outfielders. danny pommells from csn. back to keith and erin. first alert forecast. i-95, set to see a record-breaking weekend for travel. lot of folks hitting the road. hitting the beach too. hot and humid, perfect time for a dip in the water. not a ton of people. >> that's the part of the beach to go in in cape may. it's the one swath of beach with

nobody there. >> going to fill it up now. but severe storms on the way. >> tammie souza issued a first alert for tomorrow. tracking the rain for tomorrow. >> storms already. lehigh valley, berks county, poconos, storms are congealing, coming together, making their way through the area. going to start to sag southward. i don't know if make it to philadelphia tonight but i do think easton, looking at camera there a while ago, big clouds, can just see rain in the distance. we'll be watching all of this plainfield you had a downpour. chestnut getting it right now. watch across much of new york and new england, warnings there. what we're watching is off to the west. this line of storms triggered by a cold front out of the midwest. tomorrow will regenerate and

that's what we're watching for here. possibility of severe weather. 93 high today. dropping to 92. west winds. showers and storms into bucks county and not quite into philadelphia. dieback off. start tomorrow, maybe a little bit of fog here and there. in the 70s and here come spotty showers at noon, first of the possibly strong and severe storms by about 5:00. making way through philadelphia at 7:00 and into south jersey shortly after. tonight be fine. penn's landing, why not. 92, 90 and 88 up to 9:30. tomorrow neighborhoods. 80s. potential for severe weather around in the afternoon. everybody but the beach expected

to see strong storms. now let's move ahead to sunday. looks better doesn't it glenn? >> absolutely. we'd like to see that continue into monday and tuesday too but got a wrinkle in part of that forecast. as with he go through sunday, yeah, starts off warm, dry, gets hot but it's still dry. not quite as humid as today and tomorrow though. as we go into monday, may be a system coming down from the north. most of the computer models do not show any rain for monday. this particular one does. so we have to say that there's at least a chance of some showers. can't say it's zero but not very high, maybe 20% we do get showers coming through during the day on monday. tuesday the drier air comes back in, pretty well set for july

weather even though clouds by tuesday night. over the weekend, saturday is day for storms but not all day. very humid. sunday, dry, sunny, hot. and then monday, that's the day we're watching. possible shower, could have temperatures into the low 80s. we'll check that as we go into the next 24 hours to see how the latest computer models are doing. as we watch for the wawa welcome america, the parade looks good. concert weather looks good. the fireworks weather looks good as well. how about that? that's triple play there. here's the parade itself. 80 degrees at 10:00 a.m., up to 85 degrees at noon. pretty good forecast for most of the holiday. >> i agree glenn. a disappointing bahamas

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turning to nbc 10 responds, a group of philadelphia students booked a senior getaway to ba hams. >> they contacted nbc 10 responds to warn others. >> says couldn't be more proud of daughter who graduated from high school. >> she did wonderful. >> south philadelphia family wanted to do something special for her. >> do you want a party or trip to bahamas? of course picked the trip. >> booked the trip last november through the website senior grad trips. calls itself a travel agency. paid about $1,800. >> all inclusive. >> but trip drew near, no one had heard from the travel agency. >> no information that close to

the trip. >> tried to contact. no luck. called hotel in the bahamas where the group was staying. got bad news. trip canceled in may because of nonpayment by senior grad trips. >> how much she's looking forward to it, a lot of money. >> group reached out to nbc 10 responds. >>house harry harrison. >> called and e-mailed senior grad trips but group never responded to repeated requests. >> who does this to kids? why go out of your way because they want to have a trip. >> not only group to have a problem with the company. sister station in arizona found students also stranded by company. if you're thinking of booking a trip online, vet the website carefully, do research before handing over your money. >> important insights.

if you have a consumer complaint, fill out our form or give us a call. we'll respond to you. tonight at 6:00, the search for a killer. continue to follow breaking news. this is the man police want to find in connection to a deadly road rage case. tonight we talk to the victim's mother as manhunt intensifies. time to reserve your spot in the sand. beaches and boardwalk getting busier by the moment. rundown on all the fun and tips to keep you safe for the fourth. next. we've got potential for severe weather in some areas tonight and again tomorrow. i'll have the complete holiday first alert forecast.

breaking news right now this is the man police want to find. late this afternoon investigators released this sketch of the suspect they say they shot a teenager in the head killing her in a violent road rage case. bianca roberson's life was cut short in instant. just graduated high school and soon headed to college. i'm jacqueline london. investigators calling this senseless act of violence. driving in west goshen, she and

another driver tried to merge into the same lane. investigators believe that's when she was shot. search for the teenager's killer stretches across three states. >> who shoots somebody in her head, just a baby. just pulled up to the side of her and shot her. >> reporter: while the parents are grieving, police are working overtime to catch the driver depicted in the sketch. 20 to 40 years old with blond hair and light-colored eyes. shot and killed bianca roberson of west chester, ready to start college in the fall at jacksonville university. >> criminal justice and -- no regards to her life at all. just destroyed this family. destroyed us. >> reporter: 5:30