breaking right now, not allowed to serve. president trump says transgenter people will not be allowed to serve in any military capacity. this row home collapsed with two people inside. we start with breaking news out of chester county. sky force 10 above the scene as a man leaves the home by

climbing down a ladder. right now we don't know how he is linked to the stand off. we'll continue to monitor this and stay with us for the latest details on this news. military ban. president trump took to twitter a short time ago saying transgender people will not be allowed to serve in any part of the armed services. we have details now. >> this decision comes to after the president says he was briefed by generals and says the ban would be in any capacity. the president said our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory. he did not say what what happen to those already in the

military. more than 250 are already in the military. according to defense officials the pentagon refused to release any data on the number of troops currently serving. as many as 2,500 to 7,000 are active duty military. the pentagon said it will work closely about the new information provided by the commander in chief. two people were inside this home when it suddenly collapsed and they are lucky to be alive thanks to a family pet. tell us how this happened. >> reporter: a couple of things just happened and are happening right now. they were able to locate that family pet.

now they they have you see that thousand being demolished. two people and their cat lived here. this is where they were sleeping. that's the only part that was still sleeping. the cat alerted the owners to a collapse they did not see coming. at around 4:30 a few friends coming home witnessed something and did something incredible. >> as soon as we pulled up to the block we heard crackling. >> it was a big crash. we heard a lady screaming. >> they ran towards the screaming. >> this was a lady dangling. >> the woman had been sleeping and when she left her bedroom to

check it out the floor beneath her gave way. go she was stuck between the banister and the wall. we climbed up the wall and pulled her and i got her boyfriend or husband out. >> the man had also been sleeping on a downstairs cat. >> the cat was acting funny. >> it's strange but true. the couple's cat was acting strange. so strange that when the man that lived here got up to see what was going on moments later is when firefighters say the wall collapsed. a second collapse happened hours after the first. no one including the cat was hurt. they determined the thing had to come down. we know to homeowners did not have insurance but they do have

a place to stay until they get things figured out. i'll tell you more about why fire officials realized homeowners had made it out safe, why they made the decision to turn away additional help that was headed to the area coming up at 11:30. i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. gray is the color of the day. temperatures are above average but i have a feeling the gray clouds may have an ifeeffect on business. >> yeah. as we look across the board you can see it kind of looks like yesterday. a lot of today will look like yesterday. a mostly gray day. spotty showers in the forecast. not a lot of us getting rain

right now. a few areas looking at spotty showers. there was a flood advisory because of the rain continuing to fall. you get hours and hours of it. a lot of us dealing with clouds today. only at 75 degrees in philadelphia. wilmington at 74. 71 degrees right now. allentown 73. a lot of us should see highs around the upper 70s, low 80s but that's it which means below average for this time of year. we keep the clouds and we are talking cool temperatures that last right into the weekend. we'll look at how the

temperatures sit and talk about that more coming up. allentown mayor indicted. the pay to play scandal has been unfolding for the last four years. they called on the feds to finally make a decision on charges one way to the other. he says he will not step down. we'll bring you updates on air and on nbc 10 app. we'll stream updates live on nbc10.com and the nbc 10 app. major parts of obamacare failed by 17 votes. another vote scheduled for

today. they could vote on what lawmakers are calling a skinny appeal. it would eliminate for those who do not buy insurance. it would remove a fax on medical device manufacturers. last night they cancelled a subpoena. his spokesperson says now the committee is working behind the scenes interview manafort and donald trump jr. >> a live look at a hearing in washington. donald trump jr. reportedly took the meeting with the russian lawyer after promising

incriminating information about hillary clinton. cities would lose funding after a crack down on so called sanctuary cities. the department says it will require them to give federal immigration to their jails and notify before releasing an undocumented immigrant. fa they don't comply they could lose money to buy bullet proof vests and other items. it allows to bad guys to stay ton street. happening right now holding a public hearing on a disputed pipeline project. a previous hearing was packed with protesters. a group filed a lawsuit that stopped the gas pipeline.

they say the project was not properly and they say it will address energy needs and create jobs. time for a check on the roads with jessica boyington. >> yes. we are live over the scene. a tractor trailer overturned pilling out its entire load of scrap metal. we have 322 completely closed down. there's a lot of clean-up underway. it may take a while considering the scrap metal right now. a lot of crews on the scene. we have to get you around it. we are heading in that direction. there is a little closure in here. it is pretty much closed many this general area. pretty big delays on 322 getting

in that direction. you can take 282. it turns into wallis avenue before it heads down. that is why i put it on there. back to you. >> thank you. the building boom is underway. up next, why more than a name change is coming to businesses along the center city corridor. technology smoking gun, why it could tell police during a crash. did you know when you buy

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a makeover unlike anything we have seen. >> what used to be called market east will soon be known as east market. what's happening here is bigger than just a name change. >> we are seeing growth like we have not seen before. >> john is the president of philadelphia industrial development corporations. there are projects going up all over. these neighborhoods are seeing the most growth. >> it is a very exciting dynamic

place, it's where young people want to be. >> to that end they will sit on this stretch of market street. new retail space and apartments will be above the transit hub. >> having people across the street from jefferson's hospital complex and their major expansion, it's adding to the vitality. >> signs of activity seems to be everywhere. >> businesses are coming here really because the talented work force they need to be successful is already here. >> it opened its innovation studio. it doesn't want to travel to work. it is a collaboration site and universities across the river. >> every day i walk into the city i notice more and more buildings being built. i'm excited to see what new

business is being built. >> nbc 10 news. >> nbc 10 is asking for your help to make an impact in classrooms and our area. it is called supporting our schools. a teacher wants to pave the way for the next generation of doctors. joanna hopes to take her students to the national civil war museum. >> hopefully it is expose students to real life medical history as it was 150 years ago. >> you can log onto their web site to help make it a reality and you can support our schools from around the region. go to nbc 10 to find out how you

can help. i love the live cameras. gray skies overhead. i know we are itching for a sunny day. there is one in the near forecast but we have to get there. today it will be great through much of the day. here is a live camera view. it doesn't matter if it's gray outside. we are looking at peeks of sunshine throughout the day. most of us icons will look like this. 75 degrees right now. 70 in south jersey. temperatures are cooler than average. yes, it feels nice outside. it really makes it a pretty comfortable day if it wasn't for cloud coverage. we are at 75 right now.

these will only peak near 80 degrees. that's about it for today. we should be at 87 in philadelphia this time of year. radar and satellite, looking at pretty much the lehigh valley. the unfortunate thing is off to the west they have more sunshine than us. we are looking at a few showers that are starting to build near kent county. let's take it a real wide view. these are nothing compared to what we see way to our west. this is chugging along our way. we are going to see heavier storms return to the forecast. here is hour by hour. we continue into the afternoon hours. we are seeing thins out of the clouds but cloudy through 5:00

p.m. you can see the spots of green. sprinkles in the afternoon but nothing to write home about. we don't have any thunderstorms or severe weather. none of that for today. into the evening clouds may thin a little bit more. let's talk high temperatures. as we go through today average about 79 for high. 83 on thursday, 79 on friday, 77 on saturday. even sunday the sun does finally return. it is 84 degrees. if you did not like the 90s of last week what a difference a week makes now in the 70s and 80s. let's talk about the storms. by 5:00 showers and spotty showers. it continues through the nighttime hours. here is 2:00 a.m. it is a little more widespread. by friday afternoon more of a steady to heavy rain spreading across much of the board. it will linger into saturday. we'll talk about the weekend forecast coming up in the next

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♪ >> that is the sound of fresh young musical talent. they are part of an after school program. comcast technology in north philadelphia. joining me now the paul and

nick. thanks for being here. explain why it is so unique. >> it is a great place to be. i think the reason why is because we have kids that have various talents. it's a really good energy. >> tell me what you learned from the program. >> i think that i have learned how to navigate the newsmusic business and at levels in the future. >> you're upset it will help you down the road when you're selling out arenas and stadiums? >> i do lord willing. >> and you had involvement with wawa welcome america this year? >> yes.

there was a great time. it was great. >> when this happens do you get so closely connected that -- are you picking up things that you're watching? are you making predictions on what you'll do on that stage some day? >> yeah. the more and more i do music the more i watch knew answers of the artist that i like and i watch how they do what they do so i can do what i do better. >> do you also watch how they treat people, people that are around them. i want it to be how i treat my fans and how i treat each others. >> and i think it's great to see how others are doing it. let me ask you, you guys are still looking for young talent

for the fall, right? >> yes. we are doing a lot of recruiting now. it's for the team program which is a larger part of inner power records. folks with call 215-235-2900. it's a free program and we are looking forward to serving the community. >> do you think you'll have big artists come out of your program? >> yeah. i feel it. a lot of artists have gone onto do larger things. you know, just mind blowing artists that come across what we do here. >> that's remarkable. we appreciate you coming by here. we appreciate that. learn more and check out the nbc 10 app or go to nbc10.com.

thank you, guys. >> thank you. west philadelphia, how the people living here escaped and why they were concerned they could make the saechb more dangerous. ♪

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you couldn't be happier about it. aetna. you don't join us, we join you. pamela osborne was on the scene as the house continued to fall apart. >> when firefighters got the call they were told people were trapped inside of the home. a couple of good samaritans. when firefighters realized when they saw the condition they called off additional units fearing the extra weight could

cause the house to collapse even more. the mural on the side of the home once read i want to call you names. it is remarkable. the first crack and crumble hit dark and early about 4:30 this morning. >> as soon as we pulled up to the block we heard crackling. >> the next we heard was like a big crash. we heard a lady screaming. >> these friends coming home after a jumped in to help. >> there was a lady on the second floor. we brought up the second wall and pulled her out. >> there was still debris sliding out of the house. >> a man sleeping on a couch was woken up by his cat. the cat was scratching and acting strange.

it was enough to get the man up. moments later he heard a creeking. that same creeking that woke up the woman from her sleep. she was walking towards the steps when the floor beneath her gave way. >> in west philadelphia pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. checking out our nbc headlines. we are following breaking news this morning in a series of tweets president trump anouned transgender americans will not be allowed to serve in the american military. it could effect thousands of transgender troops. and today the senate is expected street in a straight repeal giving them two years to come up with a replacement. they could vote on what's called a skinny repeal. it would eliminate penalties and companies that don't offer it. >> right now possible russian

interference. president trump's former campaign chairman will not testify. lawmakers cancelled a subpoena that would have forced manafort to give testimony today. he did hand over notes with a russian lawyer. it just doesn't feel like late july today. temperatures are below normal today. krystal klei is here with our most accurate forecast, krystal. >> yeah. a light jacket. it is not fall yet. we are still in july. temperatures are lower than average though. they will be again today. it actually will be like this the next several days. it feels nice though. we are at 74 in new jersey.

you can see things are spinning out. a few sprinkles trying to make it down to atlantic city as well. i don't think much of this is making it to the ground. it is turning such a light green color but we are looking at spotty showers. we'll talk more about the timing and how it effects your weekend coming up. >> they will begin filling seats toen a special committee aimed at committing gun violence.

they will work with public health officials and leaders to develop a strategy to reduce shootings. a series of stories you'll see today on nbc 10. >> in 2017 philadelphia averaging more than three shootings a day. >> you ain't from philly if you ain't almost died. it's kra crazy because it's the truth. >> statistics show who the most likely to be shot or killed.

>> mitch joining me here at the the desk now. what's compelling about this story is the impact the crime has had in the lives of people. >> so often we hear from police officers. we cover these stories as individual events. what we wanted to do is we wanted to get into these communities and talk about the families. who is raising these kids in these communities? we went to north philly where kids told us they hear gunshots as they are going to bet add night. what is it like and how do you stop it? that's today at 4:00. >> the most surprising thing by far is the murder rate.

the other surprising thing is how much trouble the philadelphia police department is having in solving these crimes. poem don't want to be a snitch. we found that when we were out. they didn't want to talk that us on camera. how do you get to the bottom of why this kind of systematic crime is happening in these specific communities? people don't want to talk to journalists and certainly don't want to talk to the police. we'll see you tonight beginning at 4:00 or 567b8g9. >> thank you. philadelphia police say jeep wra wrang lers are. this is video which happened in center city.

police say the jeep wrangler is an easy target because the hood can be opened from the outside. there are hood looks to protect your vehicle. and police in montgomery county look for the man who stole money from a donation box. they removed the donation box and took the money out of it. if you can identify this man you're asked to call police. a father and son are in the hospital after both were hurt during an argument that involved a gun and sword in montgomery county. the father shot his son multiple times. these photos show officers taking away guns from the house. the son was taken to the hospital in critical condition. the dad is expected to be okay. investigators are trying to figure out how this fight started.

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in wildwood crest. and today's delaware governor is expected to sign a bill that would allow fantasy sports to legally operate in the state. fantasy sports sites like fanduel would be considered games of skill and not a form of illegal gambling. they face a 15% tax and $15,000 annual fee. happening this weekend free health screenings for the whole family. as you'll hear next there's also a musical fwtwist. >> these are supposed to transform your midsection. do they really work?

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getting the primary care they need, getting their screenings done, which is all of these things taking place at this event. we did put together this wonderful concert. so it engages people and makes it a little more fun. so we do have drew hill that will be out there and ciscoe will also do a solo as well. we have something for the teenagers. and we even had contests. it is kind of like yoga with a

twist. it will be an sbregs and festive day. >> you're unveiling a new care mobile. >> yes. our care mobile is a mobile medical screening unit where people will get primary health counseling, high blood pressure screenings. they will also get checked for diabetes. we'll also have quite a bit going on. we will be traveling around the city of philadelphia and it also includes southeastern pennsylvania as wl. >> what a great thing you have going on. it happens this saturday july 29th from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at 5,100 pine street in west philadelphia. all of this on nbc 10 app and on nbc10.com. >> thank you very much. >> appreciate you. >> thank you.

and a new study shows noise pollution tends to be highest and noise was largely due to industrial activity. previous studies shows it can raise the risk of a heart attack. >> now you're nbc 10 first alert weather. >> we'll start with a live view outside. a gray picture. what a surprise. we see cloudy conditions. yesterday we had clouds throughout and spotty showers. today the forecast a near repeat. we are looking at spotty showers possible and gray picture across the region. mount laurel at 73. princeton a tad cooler at 71 outside. we are not going to see temperatures bump up much, only to about the upper 70s near 80

possible. here is our radar and satellite view. this is part of the reason the temperatures are down. winds are pulling in a cooler air. it feels pretty nice outside. no a lot of us dealing with showers. those are thinned out already. don't be surprised if you run into a brief moment where you have to run into windshield wipers across the area. look at that. that is heavier rain, thunderstorms, action. it is all heading our way. unfortunately we are not going to be out of the woods just yet. go from gray days to stormy days and finally we'll get more sunshine. we'll get to that in a minute though. 78 degrees is the forecast high. allentown, you're at 79 degrees as well. upper 70s through delaware. you'll be flirting with 80 degrees by later this afternoon.

it will be cloudy, peeks of sun it is thursday it turns to spotty showers around the late day. it is 5:00 p.m. overnight spotty storms and into friday you can see we still have rain around the area. it is 12:30. look at that. this continues and look at that heaviest rain starting to head our way. a lot of it we'll start your weekend forecast. we'll stay in the 70s on saturday.

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at the beach. new jersey closed three of the beaches because of water quality. what they say is causing this pollution. plus a push to preserve a piece of history, the deal action to save the school known as the castle on the hill. those stories and more when we see you on nbc 10 news at 4:00. >> thank you. an update on breaking news. president trump announced a ban on transgender people. the president sited medical costs and disruption. the decision was made after consulting with experts. one greep threatened legal action if the decision isn't reversed. we'll continue to follow breaking fluz and have updates on nbc 10 later this afternoon. krystal klei is here with a final look at the weather for this afternoon. >> yeah.

we are looking at a forecast that has been kind of drab the last few days. they are sticking around through the next several days. people are saying when does the rain stop? it does end. today we are at 79. more likely is that thursday late day overnight through your friday into at least the first half of your saturday that's when we'll have the rainy period return. we may see thunderstorms pop up as well. temperatures stay below average. we are in the 70s on saturday. last saturday we were in the 90s. whether a difference a week makes, right? >> i think you can make up by this. >> yeah. sunday, monday and tuesday doesn't look bad. i'm not sick right now. >> hello. >> exactly. >> thanks for watching. i'm vai sikahema, from krystal klei and all of us here at nbc 10 have a great day.

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