newly named white house official. he's taken to twitter within the last hour to respond to the report saying, leave civilians out of this. i can take the hits, but i would ask that you put my family in your thoughts and prayers and nothing more. back to the new white house chief of staff. president trump went on ter con john kelly and thanked priebus for his service. erin coleman, nbc 10 news. heavy rain kbeting ready to slam parts of the deval lee. this is a look at the radar. you see the system on the move. there are concerns tonight this could cause some flooding later this evening. let's take a live look at delaware. parts of the state already seeing some of the rain moving in there. and take a lock at cape may. the jersey shore, another area expected to get. hit the hardest with the wet weather. you see the g drops of rain on the lens there.

and now to philadelphia and the ben franklin. we're not going to leave philadelphia out we'll see some rain as well. you see the cloud cover out ere now. it's dry, but noths going to stay that way for long. it's going to hammer some places and others won't see much at all. that's why we're going to look at this neighborhood by neighborhood with team coverage. drew smith is in long port, new jersey, which could catch the brunt of this. let's go to glenn "hurricane" schwartz with the latest on the rain already hitting the area. >> you saw that on the camera at cahe area so that we don't have to alert everyone for a generalized storm. so our first alert does not include lehigh valley. the area. this is until 3:00 saturday. heavy rain and flooding is

main threat. you can see over the last hour it's getting more and more grgr. the yellows and reds is the the heavier stuff so you can see it's starting to increase across central delaware and also near cape getting into a little bit heavier rain. you can also see delaware bay and out toward the southern of new jersey it's spreading up the coast. it's going to be a nasty friday night at the shore. some of the the heavier rain come into parts of chester county. even some of the area in the first alert will get periods of heavy rain. it's going to pile up the most in delaware and south jersey.

we're talking about multiple inches of rain. so we can't handle this. from philadelphia southward, look at that. a solid area of heavy rain early in the morning andn't cos hour after hour. we'll have moren on the amounts of rain to be expected coming up. more on the impact now the engineer shore may be one of the hardest hit areas. >> we know it's coming so we're just enjoying every last minute of dry weather that we have. i want to show you the ocean. thes have been churning up over the last hour as winds have been picking up. down in the end of here, we see some people hanging out on the beach. mostly heading inside after the dark clouds started to move in

tonight. you're not looking at flooding overnight. but it is all that heavy rain they are worried about. we caught a wedding party out here. they were trying to get the pictures in despite the storm forecast. everything worked out. >> luckily the weather held off. it turned out beautiful. everything turned out amazing. >> so that crew has headed off toen an indoor reception. and ib door particullans for a people. there's a charity run happening here tomorrow. kefor ep an ose events and see y are going to be on dependingen opthnbc 10 news. >> you can download the nbc 10 app to get the latest weather

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they are trying to put pressure on the district attorney's office to bring charges. new developments in two carjackings to tell you about. in one of them, a man ended up pointing a gun at the a police officer police arrested robinson. they are acued of pointing a gun at a driver and taking his car early yesterday morning. police say the two also carjackeard. when police tried to pull them over, one man got out and pointed a gun at police. an officere once but missed. two suspects were arrested. philly free streets, it was so nice they are going. to do it twice. find out when you'll be able to stroll the streets of philadelphia without the hassle of af first alert for heavy rain and potential flooding. i'll go neighborhood by neighborhood to show you which areas could be the hardest h

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we have breaking news from sky force 10. it's over where a child has been hit by a train. this happened within the past 20 medicines. this is behind hotel. you see some of the emergency crews on the scene and that freight train al tracks. check the nbc 10. app for any breaking updates on this child hit by a train. we're tracking heavy rain and flooding. rain drops on the camera lens. it's one of the areas expected to be hit hard by this weather system passing through. remember when the pope came to philadelphia complained a about that. but others kind of enjoyed the of walking and biking through philadelphia without worryingt . rosemary connors explains how that all spur red a brand new

experience in town. days fifty seem as busy as broad street. this wayvers >> everybody is in a hurry and going fast. come on. just take it easy. >> taking it easy is part of the message behind a 2-year-old ph street. his team will close a seven-mile stretch of road on october 28 ths keeping it open only to rid bikes. >> all the people who live and work and play in these neighborhoods. >> the streets will be closed a chestnut in the old city neighborhood. the route will end here at fifth street and indiana avenue. >> by connecting philadelphia as a start district, to the golden

and highlight wub of the most diverse neighborhoods. >> it's such a good idea. i think it will be a day. >> reporter: reporting from north philadelphia, rosemary connors nbc 10 news. nbc 10 and telemundo are supporting our school s s to ge students and teachers the supply thas need to succeed. through tomorrow you can make an impact in local classrooms by donating money or supplies to support projects that teachers want to bring to kids. donate today on nbc10.com or the nbc 10 app. if you'll be at the jersey shore, you can drop off supplies in atlantic city. we'll be collecting donations inside boardwalk hall tomorrow from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. if the bad weather keeps you from driving tomorrow morning, you can contribute through our websi website. or you can bring donations to

the location. right now, crews are on the scene after a truck hit this bridge. sky force 10 was over head just after 4:00. this was on river road. no one was hurt. we know trains. stopped in the area while officials inspected that bridge to make sure it was still okay. >> back now to your first alert weather. a live look at avalon on the jersey shore. just as we have seen through the rest of south jersey and the the shore, center city, philadelphia, is looking gray as well. a live look from camera. roads are dry. the city doesn't seem to be in the direct path of the worst from the wet weather. here's a look at the radar. you see that rain system inching toward us. it's looking pretty we might say glenn "hurricane" schwartz in the first alert weather center. e we said the worst is going to strike neighborhood by neighborhood depending on where you are. >> it's going to be worse in

delaware and south jersey. we haven. saying for days. it's going to get worse as we go later ob during the night tonight. you can see there's p it on the radar. with the radar being so close, we can get right into that neighborhood and see just where that heifer rain is going. . when you're close to the storm, you're not shooting up into the cloud. you're shooting into the rain that's coming down. so it's right near lynn boulevard and there's a lot of you that will be familiar with these city and names and street south. that's just the beginning. there's going to be a a lot more

of that to come. here we are in cape may. you can see some heavier rain moving in there. you didn't see the rain yet farther up to the coast. but that's just the beginning. we're seeing some of that heavier rain now in central delaware where the rainfall r rates have been a half inch to an inch per hour. there's that little pocket of heavier rain that we showed you from storm ranger 10. here's some lighter rain in chester county. that will be moving in later j started. look how heavy that rain is out in western pennsylvania. and expand the radar. to see where some of the heaviest rain is. so we have a front setting up in sosh parts of the area. that's going to focus the heaviest rain and the stormself virginia. so we have to wait for this low to get over here before we see the worst of the rain.'s dpoigo

that to happen. watch through the night. more and more of this red showing up as the low pressure center moves in, pulls in the moisture from the ocean and a l rain right in the middle of the night the early morning hours . heavy rain that doesn't ovee h saturated from the wet july, you ed up to a flood threat here. here's 9:00 a.m. we still have rain around. so ite awhile before delaware and south jersey clears out. it will be over with in nn sooner than it will be in delaware and south jersey. the amounts of rain we're still talking about multiple inches.2

corridor. the track is farther to the north. this it area expands north and could expand to the south. but the general trend, again, is for more rain to the south and less to the north. there's still a lot of rain for philly. and that's a day and night in allentown. not nearly as much rain as what we're talking about for the southern area. so saturday is a nasty day, but lehigh valley is nothing but sunshine. the jersey shore is in the worst shape. not only with the rain saturday they have wind. new r ck in 2014 a nurse returned to new jersey after caring for ebola patients. she was forced into quarantine the minute she arrived back. she tested negative and was allowed to head on to maine.

but she later sued the state. these newly adopted rules will ensure a person is kwarn e teened only when medically necessary. lane johnson, a new cut, training camp, carr sob wentz ta athose things are mostly true. that's next in sports.

live in your living room, full squad workouts went off without a hitch. there was some interesting news. michael kendricks revealed he

asked to trade or release him back in january. he saw a reduced role in charge. star for second round pi pick. here he is on the trade away from the birds is still possible. >> we have to have one of them yet. so it's never close. >> meanwhile make a note of this. was supposed to be the first of two scheduled open practices for the eagles a the lincoln financial field, but due to the weather, that practice has been postponed to this sunday. the practice is free t free to park. scheduled to get underway at 10:00 a.m. more fun things, here's lan practice today.

usually people with less hair benefit in the summer heat, but trying to keep things loose on a friday in july. >> he's the shot of the day. more more reasons than one. playing with burton's son jackson just levels carson. he takes him out. aring the red jersey, no contact, jackson. got to lay off. wentz tweeted saying we have to teach little han some better form. the aggression is there. here's burr to be on the encounter. >> i wouldn't say natural. carson does a great job. it's cool to see a guy how much fame he has and how big of a name he is a normal dood around my kid. >> that's your look at sports. nbc 10 news is coming right back.

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that cluster of storms is inching close to our area. this is in avalon.

cloudy skies over that area right now. we have this first alert in effect. >> it does include the jersey. and our latest radar does show the rain over cape may itself and up toward wildwoodthat it's moving northward pretty slowly. you can see it as part of a large area of rain back across washington, d.c. and western pennsylvania and look how heavy that is. if any of that comes this way shs we're going to be seeing some flooding in parts of our area. it's mainly delaware and south jersey. so saturday is the worst day of the weekend. sunday we have improving conditions everywhere. and still not a great start to the day at the shore. but sunday afternoon should be better. and then. so we had extreme heat.

you wanted that out of the way and now we have the rain. >> you'll be updating everything for 11:00. thank you for watching. "nbc nightly news" is next. we'll see you at 11:00. breaking news tonight. another major white house shake-up. reince priebus is out and homeland security is in as president trump's new chief of staff. a stunning announcement made via twitter. thumbs down. a dramatic late-night move by the maverick, john mccain, bucking the president and siding wh the democrats to keep obamacare alive. what happens next? a new miss ool launch by north korea and experts fear this one had the range to hit major u.s. cities including l.a., denver kick. new moves by the feds, how they're trying to make everything from cigarettes to vaping less addictive. se>> and clo encounters. the new warnings that some of the busiest beaches in america. "nightly news"