parkway. they're in the middle of the action for wawa welcome america and nbc 10 sydney long at the jersey shore as thousands celebrate the holiday there. and nbc 10 meteorologist glen "hurricane" schwartz has your fireworks forecast. keith, we start with you. >> reporter: i'm bouncing to the song. i like it. the sound chick is going on behind us. they're not performing full on yet. you can see they opened up the doors. people are starting to filter in. these guys are lucky here. they got front row seats. to boy z ii men and mary j blige. you see a ton of people starting to filter in. there's a second series of chairs there. people are starting to make their way to round two and further to the left you can see the nbc 10 telemundo set.

we're just two hours away. it is all going downright here tonight. a big fireworks show and concert featuri featuri featuring mary j blige and boyz ii men. tonight's preconcert will feature the philly pops and you don't want to miss mandy gonzalez. she's killing it. you can hear her now. there's music for everyone at the concert kicking off at 7:00. and fireworks kick off at 9:30. know who has a better spot than us? tim furlong in about a half hour. we'll check with him. he's got all access pass behind the stage. behind the scenes. so he's there when the artists start to come in. first, back where i showed you those people, that's nbc 10 is

standing by now in the crowd as they line up to enter. what is it like where you are? >> reporter: well, there's a lot of people, for one, and we're getting a the lot of people gathering by us. look, this is my new friend tooerns here. she wants to say happy fourth of july. >> happy fourth of july! >> reporter: one thing people remarked about is how well everyone is dressed. how patriotic the kids are and their parents and how many of them are here along the parkway. where keith and tim are standing by getting ready for the big concert tonight. but some of the little ones, well, they were interested in a concert this afternoon. sure, there are games. >> i want this one. >> reporter: and food. lots of it. >> we're here for the kids bop concert. >> everywhere we turned kids on the parkway were looking for one thing. >> the kids! >> what do they do?

>> sing and dance! ♪ >> while parents and their kids were entertained with the party on the parkway. the beats -- seats were quickly filling up. for the smallest sets to perform. with their faces painted, families of all sizes took advantage of the free celebration. dancing here for playing on the parkway. and this family are typically at their hometown parade. with the daytime headliners. >> we have a couple of kids bop fans. here for the concert. a lot of people waiting for the concert. at 6:00 we'll show you how long people were preparing to wait here at the parkway. you can see our nbc 10 telmundo 61 tend. we have a few giveaways left before the concert tonight. thank you for joining us tonight. have a great fourth of july everyone! we'll to it back to keith jones. for now live on the parkway. back to you.

all right. we'll take it from here. here is a birds eye view over the parkway. and nbc 10 mitch is live as the celebrations are underway now. and if you're headed to the con serlt, there's also a ticket scam we need to know about, mitch? >> yeah, denise and rosemary. you're looking at the line to get in. this is the ticketed area of the concert. right in front of the strange. you can see the line is starting to get a little bit more dense as more and more people are starting to get in there. what i want to show you is what wawa welcome america incorporated is warning people of. this is fraudulent ticket scam is what they're saying. for the concert and the fireworks. i want to you what the tickets look like. on the left is the authorized ticket. that's from a ticket. on the left is unauthorized ticket. ticket leap the authorized retailer. if you want a closer look at the tickets to compare and make sure

you have the right one go to nbc 10.com. you can check out that picture in great detail. it's the latest from sky force 10. to you in the studio. >> thank you. good to know. now to our first alert forecast. two words holiday heat. but we should cool off with scattereds this evening. a dip in the water was your best bet today. they're still doing a live look at camel beach water park. the hot weather didn't stop families from getting out and about on their bikes today. others grabbed the roller blades for a ride along kelley drive in philadelphia. glen "hurricane" schwartz is tracking the most accurate forecast for your neighborhood. and, glen, there's a chance of showers as we mentioned tonight been could the rain move in? where is it going to hit? >> it could get the philadelphia area. take probably at least a couple of hours. the action is creeping north ward through the state of delaware. the south jersey showers have totally disappeared.

but a couple of hours ago we didn't have anything north of -- well, not even up to dover. now we have some action getting up toward new castle county. now it's building toward middletown. we have heavy showers and storm near georgetown. it hasn't moved much. it's building to the north. so there isn't any one single movement out of this. if anything, the one in georgetown looks like it's building southward. there's what we found in south jersey, but some of the moisture from the delaware storm is coming over toward cape may. and so it's not a pretty evening there. there could be rain. there are more showers to the west that we're going to have to be tracking, too. and we also are concerned about the amount of rain we have

estimates of one to duoinches of rain that have already fallen in parts of delaware here. and more developing over the next couple of hours. our future weather computer showing that. so we're going to have to be tracking these storms hour-by-hour as we go through the evening. >> all right. good to know. thank you, glenn. we cannot say it enough. wawa welcome america july 4th concert and fireworks show is tonight from 7:00 to 10:00. boyz ii men and mary j blij. and fire works at 9:30. come down to the parkway for free family fun! we have a big summer fun giveaway going on. you can win big. these are the prizes. a three-night all inclusive get away from apple vacations in cancun. wawa coffee for a year. a trip to watch a taping of "america's got talent" live in los angeles. and a pair of two-day passes to budweiser made in america.

there are several ways to enter to win a prize. head to nbc 10.com or download our free nbc 10 app. we'll announce the winners during the concert tonight. remember, stay with nbc 10 on-air and online for complete coverage of wawa welcome america. check out the effect details plus the holiday weather forecast on the nbc 10 app. right now thousands of people are spending the holiday at the jersey shore they are soaking up the sun before the fireworks tonight. >> nbc 10 sydney is live in ocean city. the beach, of course, jam packed. we can see it from the pier there in ocean city. i got to imagine, you know, a little toughy not many places to put your towels or umbrellas but families are not complaining. >> reporter: they're not can you blame them? across the way on the bode walk. they are handing out the fudge for free and so is the arcade. i'm about to ask these guys if i

can have a bite of their ice cream. the traffic going home is well worth all of this. the sunshine, the salty air, and sticking around for the fireworks at 9:00. good luck fining a spot in the seasoned. it's packed and packed. >> we're going to hang out and relax for the day. there there are a ton of ways to relax and cool off. hannah has the day offwork. still her hands full. be when you come to the beach with a family of 15. how do you keep track of everybody? [ laughter ] >> you got a central meeting point? >> in the midst of star spangled umbrellas, beach toys, towels, ands soaking up the sand, sports, and surf. >> there's a game plan. >> you have a home base. >> if anybody gets lost you come

here. >> they will celebrate america's birthday just for the day as well as her son's 14. >> we're going to spend the day with a couple of family and he's going to surf and enjoy the beach. >> all, of course, leading up to the fourth grand finale. fireworks at 9:00. >> and the fireworks tonight. so you can't beat that. >> reporter: even if they have fight fan-filled traffic on the way home. >> it's worth it. >> it's worth it. yes. >> reporter: and it's pretty much been wall to wall here on the board walk and beach as well. with it being a holiday weekend, terrific weather and the state park closed during the three-day government shut down over the weekend. we asked businesses on the board walk did it send more people to the beaches? you'll hear their answers coming up when we see at 6:00. for now live in ocean city. sydney long. nbc 10 news. >> thank you. crowds there three times bigger than the tiny bureau

population turning out for independence day celebrations. this was the scene for the early celebration in the montgomery county community. the town leader said the celebration is legendary. the celebration kicks up later this evening lasts until 10:00 p.m. in south jersey, belmar celebrated the future. they started with a baby parade and followed by a bike parade and the independence parade later in the day. a major milestone for america's newest citizens. 47 people took the oath of allegiance today aboard the battle ship new jersey. together they represented 33 countries including bulgaria, costa rica, germany, and south africa. today nearly 15,000 people became u.s. citizens at fourth of july events across the country. still ahead pressure on the president as he plans a meeting

with vladimir putin. the cyber subject people are pushing president trump to bring up. new jersey is back in business and coming up the back up that still kept people from hitting their favorite spots. holiday fun on the fourth. wawa welcome america is a big production to pull off. the work that went into making it happen this year.

>> reporter: i'm keith jones live at wawa welcome america. thousands of people are trickling in to fill the white seats behind me. we have boyz ii men and mary j blige. a lot of work goes into putting something like this together. for eight years there's one organization chipping in and helping out in bringing this community together. that is wawa. it's my pleasure to bring in kathy pelosi. executive vice president of wawa. how exciting? >> why this is our eighth year. every year gets bigger and better. this year we started last thursday which was an amazing event at the national constitution center. over the weekend we have free admission for the residents of the city to come in and enjoy the best museums. we had an su awesome event. we're able to recognize our

everyday heros. app great event today with the parade and getting grants for the wawa foundation to four worthy charitable endeavors. it's going to be amazing. >> the guy from south jersey. i hung up there on the hoeg day park. you showed me a battle scar you have from putting together how many? >> we had 23,000 this year. i have a few paper cuts on my arm. >> reporter: 15,000 volunteers. >> yes. 15,000 hoegy eaters. and the first 1,000 hoagies is were distributed. -- feed for people in need and the rest were distributed to the residents in the city. was a giant picnic and a lot of fun. >> executive vice president of wawa. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> i appreciate it. >> back inside to you guys.

a little bit of a sound check goes on behind me. sorry, hard to hear. back to you. >> all right, keith, thank you so much. we'll check in a bit. now to the weather. it is a hot one. but there's a chance of a stray shower this evening looking live at the blue cross landing where families out having fun. plenty of action in center city, as well. this is a live picture from the campus camera. so many free events in philly during a wawa welcome america festivity. of course, mary j blige are set to take the stage tonight for wawa welcome america. crowds starting to gather along the parkway nbc 10 meteorologist glen-"hurricane" schwartz is joining us. >> it may be a close call for the fireworks. the best chance for any showers moving into the area are probably between 7:00 and 9:00. and a chance goes down as we head toward fireworks time. one of the reasons here

everything is kind of building up to the northeast. that's where it was like around 1:00. the general area of showers and now it's up here. so it's making some kind of progress toward wilmington and philadelphia. meanwhile it's still storming in delaware around milford and also down by georgetown. getting pretty heavy rain. it's 2 to 3 inches per hour. and with the cells not moving much we're getting some floating in parts of delaware now. the storm started to move toward the northeast. we have some of these coming up toward the pennsylvania border. maryland. that's moving up to the northeast, too. so we're going watch these because the computer models are showing a general trend of development toward the philadelphia area as we go toward the 7:00 to 8:00 hour. fortunately we're not seeing much lightning with these

things. at least not so far. 88 degrees now but it's only in the 70s in central delaware and south jersey. the marina 74. the ocean temperature is 63 degrees. so it's pretty cool there. so at 6:00 it's at least partly sunny at 86 degrees. by the concert time 7:00 to 9:00 we have a chance of some showers and by 9:30 things should be quieting down. like i said, it's going to be a fairly close call here. the temperatures are fairly high. the humidity is fairly high. but then it's the fourth of july. lehigh valley looks the safest for any kind of showers. there could be some showers at part of the jersey shore down toward cape may as we head into the evening hours. then as we go into wednesday, it's cooler. we got wind coming in the ocean. the temperatures barely getting into the 80s and on thursday we're barely getting into the 80

degrees, too. because there's rain coming in here. some heavy rain at times. so over the next three days, we have 85 degrees wednesday. so we're not in for the 90s here. thursday looks like a wet day. friday looks wet, as well. and as you can see, the same story in lehigh valley. a high of only 75 degrees on thursday. the jersey shore staying in the 70s for a few days. because we're seeing that easterly wind. so it's going to be fairly cloudy at the shore the rest of the week and on the cooler side. >> keeping your kids safe on snap chat. the new warning for parents as a live location feature launches on the popular app. on this fourth of july, a reminder to leave the fireworks to the professionals. the warning from this teen who had his celebrations cut short with a trip to the emergency room.

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it's been almost three weeks since a man opened fire at this baseball field in northern virginia. several republican congressmen were there to practice for an upcoming baseball game. five people were injured including house majority whip steve scalise. he remains in the hospital tonight after undergoing several

surgeries. today two capitals received top honors in washington, d.c. officer david bailey received the accommodation medal from the sons of lugs. the supervisor accepted the same award on behalf of officer crystal greener. she was unable to attend the ceremony. >> i'm honored to be here. thank you for the award. and thank you. i appreciate it. >> congressman ska let's is still in fair condition at med star washington hospital. tonight fireworks will lite the sky. but be careful. thousands of people are hurt in fireworks accidents every year. children are most common victims. look what happened to a teen in washington state. the 17-year-old has been in the hospital for ten days. he admits he was careless with some fireworks and right now he only has a pinky on his left-hand. his right hand is fractured. his chest and face are covered in shrapnel wounds.

>> i didn't know it was going to go off that fast. i knew i was doing something dangerous but didn't know it was going to go off that fast. i thought i would have two or three seconds to throw it. last week a police chief lost part of his arm in a fireworks accident. it's often called the world's largest running party. take a look. today thousands of people laced up their sneakers for the peach tree road race in atlanta. the runners braved hot and humid conditions for the race. really the only way to cool off just drench yourself in water. pour it on. the peach tree road race, by the way, is a july 4th tradition since 1970. forget the forks. these kids went face-first during a cherry pie eating contest. the rules are simple. no hands. napkins are optional and probably totally impractical. the contest is part of the national cherry festival that runs through the weekend. from the suburbs to the

shore to the city. nbc 10 has you covered. taking live look at the parkway where a party is about to get underway. we have your all access pass backstage ahead of a wawa welcome america concert. holiday weekend headaches. we're following the backlash new jersey's budget battle forced families to change their plans.

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the fourth of july is here and there is no shortage of celebrations honoring our country's independence. let's start with the party on the parkway. this is a live look from over the ben franklin parkway. for the wawa welcome america concert just wrapped up. the orchestra will do their sound check next and the fourth of july concert featuring mary j blige kicks off at 7:00. nbc 10 is taking you across the area for the festivities from center city to the suburbs to shorter. there are parades, fireworks, and of course, plenty of food. we have you covered tonight. >> yeah. we're bringing you live team coverage. nbc 10 meteorologist glen "hurricane" schwartz has your fireworks forecast for tonight. ted greenberg is in ocean county where the state is open for business. and randy takes us to the festivities in upper marion. we start with tim furlong on the ben franklin parkway.

he has the vip pass to the wawa welcome america. things are ramping up there. yeah. there's a couple of clouds coming through that i'm not thrilled about. here is the deal. when it the concert kicks off we had mandy gonzalez from "hamilton" performing out here. warming up awhile ago. this is the view you'll see. can you see some of of the view there? our cable is a little jammed up over there. there is the view. can you imagine. you live in your rock star dream. when you come out here this is the view you'll see locking down the parkway toward city hall and the comcast towers. this is about as good as it gets. the stage will be rocking. this is all set for the philly pops. they're getting ready for sound checks and getting their instruments ready. it you've been here all day and many people have, they've been treated to good music before the concert. they've been pregaming the concert. mandy gonzalez sang five or six

songs. she was unbelievable. make sure you're watching nbc 10 if you can't be down here tonight. it's going to be a great night of music, patriotism, and fun! i mean, look i'm standing on stage with the philly pops. it doesn't fete any cooler. i goat watch from the side of the stage as they warm up perform tonight. make sure you stay with us. it's going to be an awesome night. we're live on the stage for fourth of july. growing up in this area, it couldn't be more of a dream than this. tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >> and now taking you to the sky for a birds eye view of the parkway. nbc 10 mitch blocker is live. what are you seeing from up there? >> reporter: denise, with all the behind the scenes looks we've ben getting there may be no better view than up here. we take you to benjamin franklin parkway. folks are celebrating the end of six days of festivities.

celebrating america's birthday in america's birthplace. the 241st year of signing of the declaration of independence. the parkway closed until 5:00 a.m. on wednesday. but for the moths part traffic is pretty light. if you're planning on coming down here, best to stay pretty clear of benjamin franklin parkway but the surrounding areas you should be able to get to the parking garages and septa stations and walk to the convert venue whiches at 7:00 and ends about 9:30 and you'll see the fireworks from 9:30 to 10:00. nbc 10 news. thank you. are you ready for the celebration? wawa welcome america july 4th concert and fireworks show is tonight from 7:00 to 10:00. the fireworks begin at 9:30 come to the parkway for the prefun. you can win prizes during wawa welcome america festivities. and here they are!

three night all inclusive vacations from apple vacations to cancun. a patio set. and a pair of two-day passes from live nation to budweiser "made in america." there are several ways to enter to win. you still have some time. head to nbc 10.com to download our free nbc 10 app. we'll announce the winners during tonight's concert. now to our first alert forecast. taking live look toward 8th and market street in philadelphia. plenty of people strolling through the city enjoying the effects and the warm weather today. let's head down the shore for a live look in cape may. color relief umbrellas and towels lined the beach as families soaked up the sun. i think they're heading home for dinner now. as we wait for the fireworks. all of our eyes are on the sky. we're taking look at showers that may be moving through as you can see here.

nbc 10 first alert meteorologist glen "hurricane" schwartz joins us now. you're tracking the chance of scattered thunderstorms tonight. >> kbre. for the philadelphia area and in delaware they've been getting it for several hours now. and not a whole lot of movement. and so there's some localized flooding there. this is the area that would be the potential threat to philadelphia area. it's gradually making its way in our direction. a lot of stuff in delaware is just not moving much at all. and as you can see, between dover and down to georgetown we had one go through. that move moving toward the east. and one in georgetown just south of georgetown not moving at all over the last couple of hours. and the reason you saw the darkness in cape may, yeah, the rain is on its way in there. not necessarily heavy rain but this is the area, again, we'll be watching over the next couple of hours.

>> all right. you can track the rain with our nbc 10 app. it's a free download. be sure to sign up for the alert so you'll know when the storm may be approaching your neighborhood. again, search the nbc 10 app in the app store. to be the the white house is confirming president trump will meet with russian president vladimir putin on friday. the two will meet at the g 20 summit in germany. there will be pressure for president trump to confront putin about alleged russian interference in the presidential election. the white house said there's no set agenda. before his meeting with president putin, president trump will stop in poland. leaders there want assurances that u.s. and nato troops will stay in the country as long as the region's security is threatened by russia. in return president trump will be expecting a warm reception as he gets his first major outdoor address in a foreign country. ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound

that saved a wrench like me ♪ >> the tiller sisters singing "amazing grace" in honor of their cousin who was killed in a road rage murder in chester county. the cousins of 18-year-old bian bianca roberson performed today at the parade. we spoke to them before the parade. >> you know we're here to support our family and we're trying not to think about that side of it. but it is a really bad situation. >> bittersweet. >> yeah. >> we learned that a life tribute service will be held for bianca this friday at saint paul's. a baptist church in westchester. she died after she was hot in the head last week. according to police, she and another driver were both trying

to merge from two lanes into one on route 100 in west ocean township. the suspected shooter turned himself into police on sunday. wilmington police are trying to find out who shot a 15-year-old boy several times early this morning. the teenager said he was shot while he was on east ninth street around 1:30 this morning. he was shot in his legs. right now he's in stable condition. new at 5:30 one man is dead in bucks county after drowning washington crossing state park. police pulled the man's body out of the water today after he went under while he was swimming. officers rushed to the scene around 1:15 this afternoon. they found the body about 90 minutes later. the man has not been identified yet. police tell us he lives in philadelphia. your kids could be sharing their location in real time. what you need to know about a new feature on a popular app. the budget sbattle over in new jersey. things aren't running smoothly

yet. the holiday hick up at one busy state park. nbc 10 is in your community for the fourth of july celebrations. we have a look at the best parades.

the countdown continues. let's take a live look over the beng franklin parkway in philadelphia. the wawa welcome america concert kicks off in less than two hours. you can watch it here nbc 10 at 7:00. and live look at the blue

cross river along pen landing. plenty of people skating. it's been busy all day long. many families enjoying the warm weather on this holiday. what better way to cool off than this. a live look at camel beach mountain water park. very busy on the slides here today. we have your complete first alert forecast coming up in about five minutes. a new warning about a recently launched feature on a social media staple. snap chat introduced the snap map. it allows you to pinpoint the exact location of their friends in real time. the feature is raising questions and concerns about privacy and security. experts say many snap chat users are children and they could use or be making themselves a target. they say you need to talk about your kids about this new site. >> the stranger danger we used to teach our kids about. be on the look out for a creepy van. they don't need the van. they can go on the application

and find out where you are at any given time. >> if you want to hide your location from the snap map, select ghost mode in the snap chat settings. it's important to know that the snap map feature is on by default and has to be turned on. tiger woods said he's completed an intensive treatment program following his dui arrest. tiger made the announcement on his twitter account saying he'll continue to, quote, tackle this going forward with doctors, family, and friends." woods was arrested last month near house in south florida. police found him asleep in his car. prescription medications are to blame, he said. not alcohol. the 14-time major champion is back in court next month. nbc 10 is taking you connecticut -- county by county to cover the fourth of july celebrations. >> happy fourth of july! in month i are county this morning. the neighborhood club held eld the independence day

celebration. neighborhood children got to ride their bicycle in the parade. bucks county, star spangled celebration in lower southhampton township. it included performs by the philadelphia eagles pet band. local fire departments and a colorful array of floats were part of the pageantry. we head to delaware county. residents enjoyed live music and water slides and pony rides. that part of the celebration ran until 12:00 this afternoon. after wards there was a carnival. fireworks are planned at dusk. down the shore in cape may county plenty of fireworks showing happening tonight. what better way to celebrate the fourth than watching fireworks on the beach. 9:15 negs 05 and and 10:00 in wildwood. the holiday weekend isn't completely over in new jersey. >> yeah. the slow down state parks even after a state budget agreement was finally reached.

the rides, the parades, and the food. we'll take you to the best community celebrations this fourth of july. well, after a string of hot days a cool down is on the horizon. i'll tell you when it starts and the next fireworks forecast with lots of new storms coming up. zbloovrjts ready of celebrations. thousands of people are packed on the ben franklin park gearing up for the wawa welcome america concert at 7:00. live coverage continues on nbc 10 news at 6:00.

new jersey is open for business after a government shut down kept state parks and state-run beaches closed for several days. now this as one of the busiest

weekends of the year was in full swing. sparking controversy new jersey governor chris christie manage soak up the state park that was closed during the budget battle. he isn't apologizing for the beach trip. now that the shut down is over. some say the damage from a stalemate is already done. >> nbc 10 jersey shore bureau reporter ted greenberg spoke with folks about the budget battle and how it impacted their holiday plans. >> reporter: bass river state forest back in business. >> exciting. dieing to get here. >> reporter: cars lined up to get in this morning. its attraction and others open again after visitors were kept away for the first three days of the holiday weekend because of new jersey's government shut down. the impasse ending overnight when governor christie signed off on a budget deal with lawmakers. >> i think it's amazing. there's a lot of kids they're looking forward to this.

>> reporter: some hot under the collar about the stalemate and resulting closures that forced folks to change their plans. >> what a rotten thing for the hard working people that want good family fun. >> the area closed before noon. filled to capacity. some folks not finding out until this morning that the shut down was over. there's not enough room for grills. it's too crowded there. >> reporter: eddy lopez and his family didn't get the word early enough. they made the hour plus drive from camden but quickly returned to their car. >> now i have to spend another hour looking for somewhere else to go. a fourth of july weekend that includes lingering disappointment. nbc 10 news. now to our first alert forecast. man, it's been a hot fourth of july weekend. you know, we'll take it. it looks picture perfect down here and a live look at ocean city. still at this hour plenty of people on the sand. in the city, plenty of people out on the streets. here is a live look at eighth

and market street. rather, this is on broad street. a lot of folks out and about shopping, and strolling enjoying the free events. good thing. we may have a scattered shower rolling through. this is a live look at first alert radar. you can see a little bit of activity out there. and glen, "hurricane" schwartz here. >> what can we expect for tonight? >> as much as any other night depends on where you are. because if you're north of philadelphia area, no real threat of rain. in parts of delaware you already had so much rain and gotten some flooding. some parts of the jersey shore like cape may get rain while other parts of the jersey shore perfectly clear. let's see what we've got. the trouble has been in delaware. and fortunately this cluster of showers and storms in the middl of the state -- the one down by georgetown is weakening.

but it still not quite there. this is the area we were talking about earlier. and especially this little storm. that's the most intense one on the radar now. it's finally starting to move. but it's moving right in the direction of philadelphia. if continues the track it will be 7:35 in chester. a little after 8:00 in philadelphia. 8:30 in cherry hill. this is a small cell. we'll see if it develops into anything else or helps create others. it's notally a loaded radar map. there's not a lot of lightning on it. but the future weather models continue to show the development and movement in the general direction of philadelphia and wilmington. from redding north ward still no indication of anything. but there we are at 9:00 and this is the latest model. it updates every single hour.

and over the last couple of hours it's had more and more of a suggestion of at least some rain by fireworks time. and 88 degrees right now. philadelphia a fair amount of sunshine. look at the sunshine in the lehigh valley. it's upper 80s across the region and philadelphia itself, well, frankly, we're having the big parties tonight. we have temperatures 87 in society hill. it's hot. 92 in richmond. of course. it's fourth of july. the record high for today, by the way, 103. can you imagine how hot that would be? here is the party. okay at 6:00. but 7:00 to 8:00 and even to 9:00 we could see a shower or maybe even a thunderstorms and we're sticking with the lack of

showers for fireworks time. and that would be true across much of the rest of the area all though we'ring to see some indication, especially in chester and delaware county of some showers. >> all right, thank you. you saw the celebrations in the city and down the shore. next up nbc 10 takes you to the suburbs for an all american festival in montgomery county. a live look high above the parkway where the wawa welcome america fourth of july concert kicks off in just over an hour. live exclusive coverage of the headlining event at 6:00. >> emily: i want to live on my own

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nbc 10 continues to bring you the best fourth of july celebrations from communities across our area. in montgomery county one township went all out with parades, races, carnival. nbc 10 randy takes up to upper marion. he's tracking the fun in philadelphia suburbs. >> reporter: blue skies and plenty of sunshine in upper marion township. a perfect day for the fourth of july carnival. >> we're cooking cheeseburgers. >> reporter: the grill fired up hot, the dogs ready to go. don't forget the all-american apple pie. >> there's going to be food all around. rides for the kids. something for everybody. >> reporter: today we caught up with the family riding the crazy

swing visiting here from charlotte, north carolina. >> was it fun? >> yeah! you were high up there. >> reporter: they say on this day it's about spending precious time with your families. >> we're happy to be able to be outside and be together and enjoy the beautiful day. >> and shooting some hoops said it's a good moment to reflect on what you've got. >> i think it's a good opportunity to, like, hang out with your friends and have fun. and just enjoy what so you have. >> reporter: across the philly bushes parades and march brands like this one. and soap box derbies racing down this hill. communities coming together and tonight the fireworks light up the sky as the country celebrates its 241st birthday. than fireworks show begins here at dusk. capping off indpents day here in the philly suburbs.

nbc 10 news. while folks celebrate the fourth of july in the suburbs, as randy mentioned. wawa welcome america is about to kick into high gear. >> yeah. keith jones is live along ben franklin parkway in philadelphia. the crowds are growing. keith? >> reporter: well, my goodness. take a look at the crowds, actually. look at this. this is the place to be. they're sound checking and look at everybody waves and saying hello. when we come back at 6:00 i've got a behind the scenes look at what it is to be here for wawa welcome america before the concert. we'll be right back. it looks like a close call. i'm keeping an eye on some of the showers and the impact in this case could have on the wawa welcome america concert and your fourth of july fireworks.

♪ fourth of july celebrations are well underway across our area and the best is yet to come. only nbc 10 is giving you a behind the scenes all access pass to the wawa welcome america concert and fireworks show. good evening. i'm denise. >> i'm rosemary conners. we're one hour away from the start of the wawa welcome america july fourth concert starring mary j blige and boyz ii men. you can see the excitement is youing. as we get closer, you can see

the crowd is growing. we have exclusive team coverage on nbc 10 for the pulse of the crowd to behind the scenes access to wawa welcome america july fourth concert. we have you covered down the shore. we have your all access pass starting with nbc 10 keith jones live along the ben franklin parkway. keith? >> reporter: happy fourth of july. happy fourth of july to you at home. i want to though you something. look at these crowds! this is to the side here looking at the interlace of the ben franklin parkway. you push in you can see all the people still waiting to get in. all right, if we zoom out. you can see everyone in their chairs and parked there waiting for boyz ii men and mary j blige. that's the nbc set. we'll quarterback our coverage and give you the all access pass to everything going on here. i want to show you this crowd now. think about it. store it in your memory.