by police after he killed a man and opened fire on the same day. >> we believe he's armed, hooe' extremely dangerous. we have seen where he's shot at three separate people. >> police receive d a valuable tip. that neighbor remembered seeing this volvo speeding away. police tracked that car to the 50 so 100 block in philadelphia. mr. rollands was not in that location. he's now a fugitive of justice. >> police know he's unpredi unpredictable and dalks. >> we think he still has the gun and he's shown twice he's willing to use it. >> reporter: police say the gun used all the both scenes is a semiautomatic handgun. some powerful stuff. and they do believe he's hiding

somewhere in the area, but he does have contact out of state. we'll update you both on the air and online. >> we'll continue to follow every development to this major story ob air and ob the nbc 10 app. download it for free to get breaking news alerts. we're following more breaking news right now. this one involving the bill cosby sexual assault case. his attorney filed a petition requesting to withdraw from the case ahead of the retrial. he's still on the case as of now. he would have to hire a new attorney and appear in court before a judge can release him. his sexual assault trial ended in a mistrial in june. his retrial is schedule d for november. the heat is back on for august. first alert weather tracking the chance for another heat wave

this week. taking a live look down the shore from our marquee camera. look at all of those umbrellas. a lot of people enjoying the sand. lots of sun greeted people. a great day to be outside. just when we thought we were getting the break from the hot temperatures, they are back. >> first alert meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tracking the conditions in your most accurate weather forecast. >> the temperature has already hit 90 in philadelphia. one place it hasn't is up in the poconos. this is where there are some showers and thunderstorms in that area. you can even see them in the camera in easton. pa. you'll be able to see that shower. it's 90 degrees in philadelphia now. it's even 89 at the plea na. but look at the ocean temperature. it's back up to 9 degrees, which

is very extremely warm for the atlantic ocean. it's the only to be seeing any showers this afternoon. isolated stuff across west virginia. a a little more concentrated back to the west. so we're not talking about any kind of major relief in the form of thunderstorms. we're just kind of isolated. as we go through the night, the humidity is coming up a little bit. it's going to be a warm night. relatively humid. but still not that bad for this time of the year. we'll see how long this hot weather is going to last and when thunderstorms become most likely, coming up. right now in the white house, a family affair. prank e-mails fooling top

officials and president trump trying to shift the focus to a more positive note. there's a lot going on. >> erin coleman is live in the breaking news center to sort it out for us. >> let's start with the developing story out of the nation's capital. a new report that president trump orchestrated his son's initial response to questions about his 2016 meeting with the russian lawyer. "the washington post" reporting president trump personally dictated his son's statement where he said they mainly talked about a program on the adoption of russian children. days later, trump jr. released e-mails that suggests he really took that meeting because he was promised dirt on hillary clinton. the white house says the story is of no consequence. >> they are doing everything they can to keep this story alive and in the papers every single day. the president, american people, they voted america first, not russia first. that's the focus of our administration. >> meanwhile the republican

senator is blasting the current state of the gop under president trump's leadership. senator jeff flake says the rb the attitude towards those across the aisle is leading the country nowhere. >> you lose the ability to sit down and solve the big issues and actually that conservative policy. >> they are dealing with another casualty in the white house. the communications director was ousted just after john kelly was sworn in as chief of staff. president trump hand picked scaramucci, but his ex-raided tirade about reince priebus to the new yorker magazine was inappropriate. the president is trying to focus on the positive today. shifting things from the white house drama to the economy. the president took to twitter

today to talk about what's happening on wall street saying stock market could hit all-time high again. 22,000 today with 18,000 only six months ago on election day. the president's words may be inspired confidence on wall street. here's a live look from the stock exchange where the moshlgts just closed. minutes ago. the dow edging closer to the 22,000 mark. >> it fell just short. we're live in the breaking news center, erin coleman, nbc 10 news. right now russia is making good on its promise to get rid of hundreds of u.s. diplomats. trucks took away furniture and other belongings from the em baa. si in moscow. two properties were also seized. vladimir putin announced the move over the weekend to cut 755 american diplomats by next month. russian retaliation comes after congress approved a stricter round of sanctions on russia. mike pence promised today that the white house will follow

through. >> president trump will sign legislation to strengthen and codify the united states sanctions against russia. the united states prefers a constructive relationship with russia based on mutual cooperation and common interests. but the president and our congress are unified in our message to russia. >> congress passed the sanctions as a way to punish russia for their meddling in the 2016 election. >> strong words from republican senator lindsey graham on how to handle the escalating tension with north korea. he warns that the president told him there will be war if they continue with their missile program. >> they say there is no good mi military option. >> he's not going to allow this to have a missile to hit america. if there's going to be a war to. stop and it will be over there,

if thousands die, they are going to die over there, they are not going to die here. he's told me this to to my tas. >> china needs to understand 9 war will be fight in asia, not america. >> police forces in montgomery county now need your help after they say a woman was sexually assaulted at gunpoint while jogging in a park. sky force 10 above the scene before 11:00 this morning. the woman says she was jogging when she was attacked by the gunman. she called 911 and that's where several police departments responded. investigators are asking you to call them if you saw anything suspicious at the park today. >> 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with a national emergency. >> that's how president trump's drug commission is describing the opioid epidemic across our country in the a a new report. a report recommended forcing requirements that health plans provide the same level of services tr those with physical health issues as those with mental health and substance abuse issues and equipping all

law enforcement officers with narcan and providing federal funds to develop sensors that can detect fentanyl, which has led to an increase in deaths. lauren mayk is breaking down the remss of the report and what they mean and she joins us live from center city. >> reporter: the reviews of this so far are mixed and untinnished. mandating special training for doctors prescribing opioids, but also it is encouraging a declaration that would get attention. the commission in washington, d.c. was created by executive order to address the opioid epidemic across the country. in philadelphia dr. thomas farley wasn't sure what's the effect. >> i'm fleez pleased that they

have strong recommendations. >> reporter: he's the health commissioner in philadelphia where drug overdoses are the number one killer for people 15 to 44. the commission's new report relds the president declare a national emergency. >> why do we need a national emergency? >> a lot of people don't recognize how big a a problem this is. >> reporter: declaring an emergency could draw attention, set priorities within federal agencies. >> we're going to need a federal change on so many issues. >> delaware van hopes it would spur funding. >> it's going to release special funds. >> substance abuse disorder treatment prime minister and knows personally how difficult recovery can be. >> supporting housing, outpatient therapy and be able to get back ato develop a life wort staying in recovery for.

>> the commission is an interim report. there's more work to be done and recovery should be a big part of it. >> the entire report recovery was only mentioned once. we need to talk about long-term support services, housing and all these things that help people stay in recovery. >> reporter: this commission report is written as a letter directly to the president. it appeals to him personally saying that the kocountry needs him. but the house commissioner here in philadelphia also pointed out to me that although work at the federal level and recommendations there do help. there's also things that need to be done at the state and local level. for example, how to get that itten antidote. and also into the right hands. i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. the nbc 10 digital team has been committed to covering the impact on poem across pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. our reporting has helped city leaders and lawmakers take action. tap the nbc 10 app to see our

series on the opioid crisis and its effect on families. today the former mayor of reading had his first court appearance on corruption char charges. von spencer is charged in a wpa to play bribery scheme. he pleaded not guilty today in court. allentown mayor ed pawlowski pled not guilty for similar charges. officials have been under fbi scrutiny for the past four years. a new development in the dune crisis. >> getting to the beaches is now even tougher. the city closed off more than a half dozen beach entrances where there are ponds of standing water between where the street ends and newly constructed dunes. that water ended up there after five inches of rain on saturday and has been extremely slow to drain. city officials shut down the entrances today after they say preliminary test results revealed elevated levels of

bacteria in the water. >> as a precaution, we shut access to people are not walking through those areas. >> ted greenberg has learned the drainage problem can soon bring changes to the overall project, which many opposed in the first place. his live report ahead at 5:00. right now neighbors are coming back to damaged homes and flooded streets after a tropical storm dumped heavy rain across florida. check this out. you can see people had to wade through knee deep water to get back to their homes. this is the aftermath of tropical storm emily, which dumped the rain and caused flooding in parts of the state. rods had to be shut down buzz of the rising water. >> route 42 is is back open after a pair of early morning accidents jammed the morning commute. both crashes happening the first around 1:30 this morning. two people were taken to the hospital.

tonight we're following a developing story involving pete rose. >> a woman says she had a sexual relationship with rose back in the '70s when she was 14 or 15 years old. that accusation came out publicly today. she met rose before her 16th birthday and that the relationship lasted several years. but reports say rose filed a written response that says he had sex with a girl but she was at least 16 at the time. this is part. of a federal lawsuit that rose filed here in philadelphia against the lawyer who led the investigation that led to his ban from baseball. a former philadelphia pub owner says he's guilty of using stolen credit card numbers to rack up thousands of dollars in extra charges. michael hofer in owns the pub here in fair mount. he admitted to defrauding customers 40 times. prosecutors say he stole about $8 7,000.

he could spend the rest of his life in prison. a bucks county small business owner is in washington today to take part in a roundtable discussion with president trump. the president was joined by his daughter ivanka for today's discussion. it's part of the trump administration's commitment to help small businesses grow and create jobs. a small business owner says government regular ligss are holding small businesses back. >> so every time you take that money from someone who is successful, it's either not going to his employees or it's not going to make the community better. >> the government needs to repeal and replace obamacare. it's cost his business $25,000 last year. it you're looking for work, you may want to consider check canning out tomorrow's amazon job fair in new jersey. the internet shopping giant will hold one of ten job fairs at its facility in new jersey. it runs from 8:00 a.m. until

noon. amazon say it is it will make thousands of job offers on the spot for candidates who apply in person. the eagles are back at practice today as they get ready for the first preseason game. can't bloef it, next week already. it's right here on nbc 10. >> where does the time go? >> the big talk today was one player's stylish green hair. john clark showed us the new style yesterday. he's back to blond already. >> i want to see the green, john. >> thank goodness for shampoo. i really can't remember a philly pro athlete dying his hair the color of the team he plays for. jalen mills dyed his hair green, a way to connect with the eagles and fans. we went to see his barber and he got some more groan in his hair. and they even convinced me to go green temporarily. jalen has tried to recute

teammates to gro green with him. no one has joined him. jalen tries to recruit one of his leaders malcolm jenkins. >> the beard. maybe like the tip right here. >>. >> it sounds like you're getting closer. >> not even close. >> malcolm has a wife he has to answer to. jalen has said the one guy he would like to see with green hair is carson wentz, but he has to keep the beard red. i don't think that's happening either. no luck yet. >> we had a little fun yesterday. what do you think glenn "hurricane" schwartz would lock like with green hair? >> like the joker. >> whoa. >> i love it. >> he's got to have a green bow

tie though. >> that's true. >> especially heading into the packers game. what do you think? >> we both. bleed green. >> out of our hair. >> eagles fans, don't even want to say. 1950s. it's kelly green. that's the right color. >> that's the way to go. >> i'll do it. >> if they win the super bowl, we'll go green. >> did i agree to this? >> we're all going groan. >> as long as the hair gets to stay.

>> it could be the first day of the littest heat wave. we're close to 90. a a lot of sunshine except for parts of the lehigh valley sleeing clouds and some showers in the distns. lock at that ocean temperature of 79 degrees. the wind is coming in off the ocean, but it doesn't matter if the ocean is that warm, so it's 86 in venter in and ocean city. if we can keep the ocean that warm, it's going to be a warm weekend. we hit 90 degrees again today. but let's compare it to last year. last year through july, we had 24 days of 90 degrees or higher. that's close to the average for the whole year. for this year, 20. but last year we had 17 days in august that were 90 or above.

we're not going to get 17 day this is august. beautiful low humidity yesterday. it's coming up a little bit today. it's coming up a little bit more on wednesday and thursday. but we're still just barely steamy. we're not in the oppressive or dangerous area. and it's the middle of summer. we have very few showers around. you can see some thunderstorms up by chestnut hill. and pretty close to easton. locks like it's just missioning to the north and east. and just isolated showers elsewhere. we don't have any real organized weather systems that are going to be approaching. as we go through the day tomorrow, we start off with the dry weather. then with the heat and humidity, we should see some more activity around tomorrow than what we saw today. not everybody is getting it. it's not likely at the shore. but there will be some showers

around. similar story on thursday too. so as we go through the day tomorrow, temperatures in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. we're not talking about extreme heat. lehigh valley, one of them most likely places to see thunderstorms. northern delaware also and over the rest of the week a similar story. close to 90 degrees. scattered afternoon thunderstorms. we'll talk about the weekend later. age is nothing but a number for a a new high school graduate. >> still ahead, how she's achieving her dream nearly eight decades later. double check what's behind your desk. the uninvited coworker that would make anyone's skin crawl. and hands in the air like they just don't care. . the wild police chase that brought traffic to a stand still. here's a look at the closing bell on wall street. you see the dow,nasdaq and s&p all closing higher.

a high speed chase ends with sparks flying. this was the scene after a suspected stolen car tore through traffic. >> at one point someone in the car leaned out the window and waved their arms at police. it ended when the the driver lost control and hit a pole. e three people were arrested. minnesota and u.s. flags will fly at half staff to mark the anniversary of the bridge collapse. it collapsed on august 1st, 2007, during rush hour. 13 people were killed, 145 injured. faulty support plates were the likely cause. a shoplifting case that led to a generous purchase from the police officer who responded. >> still ahead, how the officer

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a new jersey senator is making a push to legalize marijuana across the country. >> erin coleman is joining us now with the senator's appropriate and potential impact. >> booker discussed his plan for the marijuana justice act on facebook live today. the bill would remove marijuana from the list of controlled substances making it legal at the federal level. the new legislation for individual states to liberalize marijuana laws. >> you do restorative justice. finding ways to take communities that have been impacted and helping them to heal and to recover from what has been the unjust application of the law. >> the bill would also be retroactive and expunge previous marijuana convictions from

nonviolent offenders' records. the bill comes as a study shows a e growing number of moms are putting down their wine glasses and lighting up. according to the cdc, more and more parents in cities and suburbs are use iing the drug. a california woman is part of a group of moms that smoke every day. they say it helps them cope with stress and deal with physical ailments. they are trying to change the stigma associated with pot smoking, but not everybody is on board. >> smoking is unhealthy and by sending a message that we're smoking something to cope, it sends the wrong message. >> it doesn't make you lazy. i'm not out playing with my kids. we're just that normal family. >> health experts say 1 in 10 people who use marijuana regularly become addicted. eight states currently have laws in place that legalize marijuana for recreational use.

but that could soon change. lawmakers propose legalizing pot to use to close pennsylvania's budget gap. it wasn't a bad idea to move into the shade to play frizz bee. they fwot out of the bright sun. taking a live look down broad street. we hit 90 this afternoon. so could today be the start of another heat wave? >> remember a couple days ago on sunday the temperature was low. the humidity was really low. and that's kind of gone. we're not into the dangerous territory, but it's getting more uncomfortable. we have a few clouds building up as the heat and humidity increase. this is a shot of easton.

we showed this a half hour ago. the dark cloud was over this way. now it's moved a little over. it's not dry in the poconos. 90 in mount holly. 86 degrees in coatesville. and remember the ocean temperature up to 79 degrees. we do have some showers and thunderstorms that have built up near the pocono mountains. also get. ing a little closer to easton and now we have some in berks county. and that's not move iing very m. any one of those showers gets stuck in one spot can cause a problem with localized flooding. as we go through the night tonight, most of the area is dry. that's not necessarily going to stay that way for the rest of the week.

we'll get into that coming up. the numbers say it all when it comes to the danger of leaving children in cars during the summer. >> new statistics find last month was the worst july in decades for hot car deaths. just last week, two children died within a a day of each other in phoenix after being left in hot cars. in many cases, parents say they forgot their children were in the car. the senate may be stepping in with a safety requirement for car makers. it's a a proposal that could alert driver when is a child is left behind in a backseat. "nbc nightly news" with lester holt will have much more in the story at 6:30 right after nbc 10 news at 6:00. here's a lock at some of the other stories we're following county by county at 4:00. one man is dead and a gunman is on the loose in mercer county. police rushed to the scene at east state street where they found a 37-year-old shot several times. e he later died at the hospital.

no one has been arrested. in burlington county our first look at the men police tell us installed a skimmer on ab a trtm. that skimmer was discovered on route 70. s police tell us two men were involved. one attached that small electronic device over the card slot to record customer's account information. is lafayette college officials were working with local leaders in a project to build new dorms for the psychological. the project is approved by city council, but they need to review parts of the plan like traffic parking and the environmental impact. the new castle county helping millennials gear up for the future. it helped them learn how to get involved in the community in ways beyond the workforce. the philly fanatic is making sure all the fans get to experience the greatest mascot in sports.

it's part of philly fun week at the school. soft pretzels and tasty cakes were on the menu to make sure the experience is truly philly. but what's better there? >> i love him. >> it's an accomplishment more than 80 years in the making. >> a south jersey woman is proving you're never too old to learn. why the 96-year-old high school grad says receiving her diploma was so important and the message she has for young people. from kissing to sharing your utensils, what doctors are saying about the transmission of the zika virus between people. and chris christie stepping into the ring. who is challenging the governor to a marshal arts fight after he got caught arguing with a baseball fan.

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daycare providers and school nurses. from snakes on a plane to snakes in the office. >> one woman's discovery had her co-worker's skin crawling. how they teamed up to take on this python. we have already hit 90 today. the humidity starting to come back up too. . we're also tracking the threat for thunderstorms in the most k accurate weather forecast. and coming up at 5:00, can smelling cheese steaks make you money. how being close to where they are made can mean great news for your bank account.

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a young single mom didn't have money r for the diapers for her infant son. the officer was raised by a s g single mom and so he says he can relate. so he bought two packages of diapers. it was cited for shoplifting. you can now use a mini van as in the mouse to get around. it's a six passenger car that comes with up to two car seats. it's only available at disney's boardwalk resort. '70s music fans rejoice. >> they are hitting the stage tonight at the wells fargo center. >> that song can only belong to earth, wind and fire.

how about a movie with a view of the casino development authority and live nation are host iing free movies on the atlantic city beach. they will be shown on saturday. both shows run from 8:30 to 10:30 on the beach. and they are free. >> a slithering surprise made its way into a newsroom and employees there recorded the whole thing. >> avert your eyes. the photographer at the tv station found a snake curled up on a desk. one of the employees there has experienced handling snakes. that's pretty random. she got creative and used a coat outs. the snake was released into the bushes outside of the newsroom. jackie would have went running straight into the break room and

we'd never find her until that thing was gone. >> my sister and i boeft share a huge fear of snakes. she happens to be in the newsroom. i don't like that. not a fan. >> i'm a fan of good weather. it's changing. more heat and humidity. >> you can't complain about hot weather. >> i like it hot. >> it's not going to get into the dangerous category or anything. so we don't have to warn people about staying outside. but you do need to use the sun block. it doesn't even matter what the temperature is. the sun is too powerful. this is a live picture at the blue cross river rink summerfest at pensacola landing. it's a good day for that. you have to take a break every once in awhile. it is getting a little hotter and humid. 90 degrees in philadelphia right now. and close to 90 in much of the rest of the area. we have been showing you the clouds around easton.

kind of surrounded with showers and in delaware, we're continuing to see temperatures warm up. we have 92 in greenville. it tends sob the highest reading in northern delaware. and farther to the south, it's 90 in lewis. but only 9 at duey beach. again it's pretty high for had this time of the year. the feels like is on the nice level compared to normal. and it's going up. over the next couple days. nothing too extreme, but it will be feeling more uncomfortable. as we look at the radar, we're not seeing much activity here. but it's a little bit of an increase. especially many if the poconos. you also see it's not moving. that's near chestnut hill.

one shower here you're getting close to allentown. but it's not really moving much. it's more developing towards the city itself. just near north white hall just south of there. it may creep into the allentown area in the next 15 minutes to half hour as it builds eastward. it's not really moving. and these showers and storms are not really moving either in the middle of the country. but we're seeing a gradual increase in the humidity. so tomorrow as we get the heat and humidity build up, we'll see more showers and thunderstorms. even around the philadelphia area and parts of delaware, parts of south jersey, seeing some of those storms. at the jersey shore, it looks generally like it's going to be on the dry side. the next few days there's a chance at least each afternoon. we could see a third day of 90 plus. could get a heat wave. even is going to be close to

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you are never too old to learn. you might call her a souper senior or graduate granny.

>> cydney long introduces us to salem county's newest scholar. >> reporter: at 96 she never imagined she'd wait 84 years to graduate high school. >> i love school. and i. went to a little school in the country with two rooms. >> reporter: but today it's official. her son came from tennessee to surprise her and to witness it all. a cap and gown, graduation card a walk to the stage to receive her diploma. >> she was a great inspiration for me to go to school. i was the first male in our family to graduate. >> reporter: she was forced to quit school at 13 right after grade. she remembers feeding chickens on the farm and hiding tears as she watched the school bus go y by. . >> i didn't want to tell her i was out there cry iing because wanted to go on that bus so bad. >> reporter: she later married

and raised two children, but with the regret of never going to promreewon, she accepted an inspite vooit by. the education center to earn her degree. she didn't take it the ged exam online. instead she took it the old fashioned way. using a pencil and paper and not only did she achieve top scores on five tests, she aced them on the first try. >> they had given me a couple books. i studied that one book real good. i answered it all. >> reporter: now her message to students who might consider dropping out. >> i would say please stay and do it. at least get all the education you can. that's what you need. >> she says an inspiration to everyone young and old saying if you have a dream and you believe, you will succeed. >> i asked her when are are you going to apply for college? >> no college debt. she's afforded the opportunity to learn nursing for a day. >> i'm so happy to think that i

can help children. that's what i'm so happy about. >> these memories part of the yearbook 2017. cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> what a life story right there. >> sending a great message. and acing her tests too. >> we're working on several new stories from nbc 10 news at 5:00. first at 5:00, dangerouses at the jersey shore. brand new tests show bacteria in the water. where crews might start doing to fix the problem that's infuriate homeowners tonight. also new at 5:00, a a man climbs 500 feet up philadelphia city hall and films himself in this video. will he get in trouble? the brand new update from police. plus want to fight chris christie r? who is challenging after he confronted a fan at a baseball game. and we're watching some scattered storms on the radar. more to come for your wednesday. we're tracking that hour by hour, coming up.

city hall climb, a video has police fearhouse tonight. whoty dunes, beach goers forced to wade through bacteria-filled water to get to the waves. tonight outrage is growing. many people are furious in march

gait.margate. beach goers have been trudging through stand iing water. i'm keith jones. >> and i'm erin coleman. high levels of bacteria has been found in that water. you're looking at ted greenberg live for us in margate. some are calling this a health hazard. >> reporter: and this is what people are finding at several beach entrances. tonight they are closed off with yellow caution tape in sections where that water is still ponding on the beach. and even more beaches will soon be off limits. on this first day of august, entrances to more than a half dozen margate beaches shut down. >> it's pretty bad. >> including the one they are renting for the month starting