quakertown. andrea, you spoke with the shop owner who is devastated. >> reporter: that's right. take a look. it's hard to look at that gaping hole where the car crashed into the building. the owner finds comfort knowing the community came together to keep this from being even worse. little can he salvage from pool pro. employees came by to see the damage in the daylight. the business along route 309 has been there for 20 years without a problem. >> zoeft idevastating. >> reporter: at 2:00 this morning a car crashed into the building and burst into flames. witnesses heard the explosion that ultimately killed the driver. >> i went to everybody's door, knocked and told them to get out.

>> reporter: he saved his neighbors lives. some were fast asleep. more than 100 firefighters many of them volunteers responded. the pool pro owner said strangers woke up in the middle of the night to lend him a hand. >> amazing. this is what we have in our communities. >> reporter: the fire may have taken away so much but didn't cinge his gratitude. something that helped him put this whole ordeal in perspective. >> what your going to do? i grieve for that person. >> reporter: that person at this hour still has not been identified because that car was burned so badly. as you can see there's still a lot to clean up. but pool pro is still open for business thanks to another location up the street. take a live look at radar tonight. rain will move into the philadelphia region bringing

overnight showers with it. here's a live look from our nbc 10 camera at i 76 and spring garden. the commute home looking like it should on a regular friday. >> let's take a drive down to the shore. this is cape may, the beach already packed. all these people got out ahead of them. water looking a little choppy. some change is coming our way. >> overnight rain will bring a cool down. >> a cool down and less muggy conditions but i got a bone to pick with you. choppy waters. we'll take that especially if you're iran hazelton and pottstown. wider perspective notice this is truly a neighborhood forecast because just to the south and east of us, of this area here we're seeing drier conditions, a dry ending in the forecast for most of us in the viewing area. live look outside just a few

fair weather clouds across center city. your outdoor forecast looking really pleasant. we're tracking showers. however at 8:00 p.m. mix of sun and clouds. by points seeing developing clouds. 4:00 a.m. in and around the philly metro area more clouds developing. pa suburbs same deal developing clouds through the overnight hours. lehigh valley here is seeing building clouds and threat of thunderstorms by midnight and into 4:00 a.m. about 5:00 a.m. temperatures will decline because a cold front is sweeping on through. in delaware we're seeing building clouds through the overnight hours. temperatures in the 70s by mients. 71 degrees, 70 at 4:00 a.m. and juniorcy shore we're seeing building clouds through the overnight hours but drier conditions. again a neighborhood forecast. coming up in just a bit i do have your hour-by-hour forecast. we'll talk about why the lehigh valley will be seeing thunderstorms through the overnight hours while the jersey shore is just going to see building clouds.

back to you. seven are a sosons in just month. federal agents are joining the push to find that arsonist. nbc 10 investigative reporter george spencer live in center city. some pretty big reward money on the table for information leading to an arrest. >> reporter: that's right. those federal investigators announcing that significant reward this afternoon and the facts that they do now have significant leads in this case. they are confident that this arsonist is someone with an axe to grind, a resident of that building who has now set seven different fires there. nbc 10's cameras were on the scene just last night outside the sterling apartments on jfk boulevard for the most recent of those fires. that build cigarette a renovated luxury building with 1,000 residents. one bedroom apartments there start at $2,000 a month.

atv investigators say this string of arsons back in mid-july. all fires were set in hallways and other common areas between the 5th and 9th floors. there's a $10,000 reward for information. >> any fire whether it's small, medium, large, it doesn't make a difference, anybody who intentionally tries to set a fire, especially in a large residential building like that, is as far as i'm concerned a very dangerous person. >> reporter: even though number of those fires were large in their own right they did cause significant damage in part because of the automatic sprinklers and the fire department's response. atv investigators say other center city residents do not need to be alarmed. this seems to be an isolated situation at this sterling apartments where security has now been increased. reporting live in center city, i'm george spencer, nbc 10 news.

accidental alert. members of temple university were sent a text alert by mistake warning them of a bomb threat on campus. temple says the text again was not supposed to go out. it was a mistake and there's no cause for alarm. we're working to learn the identity of a person who died in a motorcycle crash in cherry hill. three motorcycles traveling north on king's highway when one crashed with a lexus killing the rider. the bike then wiped out a second motorcycle, that second rider should be okay. take a look. police tell us this is the car involved in an unsolved hit-and-run. it happened own jackson drive yesterday. when a landscaper jumped on to the car, after allegedly seeing its driver steal his leaf blower. the driver slammed on the brakes sending that landscaper flying. he'll be okay. president donald trump

spending some time in new jersey. right now the first family is heading to trump national golf club in bedminster. they will spend the next two weeks there while the white house undergoes regular summer time repairs. we'll show you the impact the presidential will have on the area. the united states workforce has fully regained jobs that were lost in the recession. more than 200,000 new jobs were created in the move july but plenty of people are still looking for work here in the delaware valley. we caught up with some of those job-seekers who say the numbers don't always tell the whole story. it's one of the largest career fares the city of philadelphia has ever had. hundreds of job-seekers filled the pennsylvania convention center to meets one-on-one with more than 50 potential employers. >> i'm looking for work in the i.t. industry or media. >> i'm looking for a different

year. pennsylvania has the highest unemployment rate in our region above the national average and some admit the search can be daunting. >> quite difficult. a lot of stuff is online and sometimes they don't get back to you. >> competition is very fierce. >> in philadelphia alone the unemployment rate has been cut in half in the last five years but finding any job is not the goal for george. >> a career is difficult to come by as a regular job. >> that's what everyone we talked to said they were after. a career. a chance to move you as the unemployment rate ticks down. >> hopefully. if you're in the market for a new job the gloucester library received a grant.

we have posted a phone number and welcome back site you need to sign up for those classes on our nbc so app and nbc10.com. jeffrey sandusky the son of jerry sandusky is now standing in front of a judge. jeffrey is facing child sex charges after he was arrested back in february. prosecutors say he asked two underage kids to send him nude pictures and to perform a sex act. he's been suspended from his job at a prison in central pennsylvania. his father, jerry serving 60 years in prison after he was convicted on 45 child sex abuse counts. a former bucks county nurse secretly recorded patients is pleading guilty for his crimes. 45-year-old james close was arrested and charged back in february for recording undressed patients at penn medicine dermatology. they found more than a dozen

videos of eight women on his phone including a 17-year-old. he'll be sentenced to three months. he's in custody until then. police in chester are investigating their 21st homicide of the year. put that in perspective. the city had 26 total homicides last year. the latest victim was found shot to death after account last night. investigators said daryl fuller jr. was shot multiple times. police are still searching for his killer. in about an hour local mothers will gather to call for an to end gun violence. the group unity in the communities is hosting a mother's plea rally in south philadelphia. mothers will share their stories of how they lost a child and make a plea to the community to put down the guns. a delaware man sentenced for killing his friend nearly ten years ago. >> he's also linked to a murder in another state. how the insurance policies of both victims played a key role for investigators.

and the countdown is on. how carson wentz is preparing to bring home a win when the eagles take on the packers. >> what is lurking in the lagoons. no fishing. no swimming. tonight if you're heading to part of the jersey shore why you're urged to stay out of the water. bipartisan support next at 5:00. why so many republican senators are on board to protect robert mueller's job.

new jersey senator cory booker talking with nbc 10 about his decision to back a bipartisan bill intended to protect special counsel robert mueller's job. >> new piece of legislation would put rules in place requiring a judicial review of any move to push mueller out of his job. mueller is leading the investigation into possible collusion between his 2016 campaign and russia. booker explains why he believers it's important to back this bipartisan push. >> don't want a president to indiscriminately remove the federal prosecutor. the president has been insulting him. attacking him. undermining his legitimacy. there are signs that the investigation into possible

collusion is intensifying. we learned mull certificate working with a grand jury to look into russian meddling. >> i spoke with chuck todd moderator of "meet the press" about what this grand jury could mean for the trump administration. what is this bipartisan push to protect mueller signal? >> i think it signals that you have the united states senate in particular as an institution where you have more and more particularly on the republican side of the aisle right now concern about the issue of russia. i think if it wasn't -- if the president would put on an air of cooperation on the russian investigation you would not have republican senators joining with democrats to have legislation that would essentially protect the special counsel if he got fired. that would prevents this president from making recess appointments. the fact that this is republicans putting up these guardrails, if you will on the

president it's all because of his actions on one issue. it's on russia. these are republicans that are with the president on many of his other policy areas. but they cannot accept or explain away why the president is so dismissive of these russian allegations. >> does mueller's calling on a grand jury indicate he may have found a smoking gun? >> grand juries are a tool. period. now grand juries can be used to say oops there's enough evidence here they should at least have to stand trial. that's a very low threshold. because you're indicted doesn't mean you're guilty. in this case, look, there's so much information that he still needs to get his hands on that he needs a grand jury simply to compel these folks to give the information. >> to be thorough. chucked to, moderator of "meet the press". thank you for joining us. catch "meet the press" sunday morning at 10:30 right here on nbc 10. pennsylvania state owned university system is getting a

leader. clearing university of pennsylvania president karen whitney will take over as interim chancellor next month. whitney will succeed grow began. he's retiring. he's leaving following a report that was highly critical of the university system leadership and called for major changes. in just a few weeks college students are heading back to their dorms. aaa says before you arrive on campus you need to check your insurance policy. theft is the most common crime on college campuses. aaa says if you live in a dorm some of your possessions may be covered under your parents homeowners or renter's insurance. oh, the weekend is here. looks like the weather is cooperating too. at least for now. taking a live look. center city. 8th and market trying to be optimistic about this. a live picture too.

we'll switch cameras. this is broad, spruce street. people head home tonight in the sunshine. >> in bethlehem, the gates are open at music fest. the music just started a few minutes ago. the popular lehigh valley musical festival will play on for ten days. santana is on tonight. we know you're tracking some rain moving into the area. how is it looking. >> not that bad. here's the deal. most of it is being contained north and west of philadelphia. the philly metro area especially for berks county and lehigh valley. let's focus on the jersey shore. looking good. seeing fair weather clouds. get on out there and enjoy. however we do have a rip current threat and it's moderate for the rest of this evening and tomorrow. so moderate risk means do not swim alone. check with your beach officials. down the free nbc 10 app for

more updates. temperatures along the jersey shore looking pleasant. upper township currently for you 81 degrees. seeing a southeasterly influence. atlantic city 78 degrees. and a neighborhood forecast, very specific. radar and satellite along the jersey shore. not much going on. go a bit wider. some activity to the north and west of philadelphia. a dry evening here. dry neighborhoods. to the north and west as we zoom on closer we're seeing some activity moving through hazelton. parts of berks county. lehigh valley. certainly not very active but just not dry for the most part. now here's our neighborhood forecast for the lehigh valley. temperatures are comfortable but we're seeing those showers and those isolated storms moving through. currents temperature for you 86 degrees. we're seeing whitehall seeing

upper 80s. bethlehem at 89 degrees. easton currents temperature 86. so overall pretty comfortable as far as those temperatures are concerned. let's focus on this hour-by-hour forecast. we'll talk about what to expect for the rest of this evening tonight and of course for your weekend hour-by-hour starts at 5:00 p.m. notice how everything stays north and west. by about 1:00, 2:00 a.m. we start to see a line of storms moving into our viewing area. another pause points, by 5:00 a.m. we see everything clearing pretty quickly. again through the overnight hours, i say right before sunrise because then we'll see much improvement there. definitely more sunshine for your saturday. than we initially anticipated. temperatures for tomorrow is cooler. 84 expected high temperature. lot less muggy. on sunday plenty of sunshine. 82 is the expected high.

however, tracking the following work week, 79 on monday with the threat of some thunderstorms. 82 on tuesday with a mix of sun and clouds. mix of sun and clouds on wednesday. notice we're seeing lots of low to mid-80s. definitely a lot less muggy. much more comfortable on thursday we start to see developing clouds here. low 80s. we could see thunderstorms late thursday into friday keeping those thunderstorms here for the following friday and then we dip into the 70s and low 80s for the following weekend but let's not look at this. let's look over here. we like the sunshine, low 80s and very comfortable conditions. follow us on social media, folks at nbc philadelphia. back to you. digging deep near to new jersey's medical marijuana program. there's a new push to get coverage for a dozen health conditions. seemingly contaminated water in parts of the jersey shore.

including wildlife. the warning you need know about. cracking down on distracted walking. the unconvention aal streetligh meant to pull your eyes away from your cell phone.

own monday construction will begin in center city, installing one way parking protected bicycle lanes. removing one lane for motor vehicles and shortening the crossing detains for pedestrians in crosswalks. construction should last about three weeks. many of us have been, there you're so engrowsed in whatever is on your screen on your phone that you forget and you become a distractsed walker or distracted anchor. one city in china installed warning lights to prevents people from being hit at intersections. the lights are meant to grab your attention. that way you look up from your phone. the lights popped up in germany and france. >> not a bad idea. a sinkhole on the move. >> major sets back we're talking about here. this after a sinkhole swallowed two homes. it swallowed you a boat. tonight the nieuwenhuis assistance for neighbors. stay out of the water a warning that thousands of

homeowners at the jersey shore because of animals turning up dead or dying. it's scary. >> i'm ted greenberg with worries about a mystery killer that couldn't come at a worse time. coming up at 6:00 consignment conundrum. clothes and shoes people thought they would get big money for are now gone without a trace.

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are visiting one part of the jersey shore. no swimming. no fishing. contamination is popping up in that area. it's so toxic seems to be killing ducks and other wildlife. >> the animals were found in three lagoons. there's about 4,000 homes around 90 lagoons. nbc 10 jersey shore bureau reporter ted greenberg talked to neighbors. >> there were a few floating on the opposite side. >> reporter: he lives along one of three adjacent lagoons where a dozen dead or dying ducks have been found in stafford township. dead fish and crabs also discovered. >> to see everything dead and dying was concerning. >> reporter: the township issuing a warning what appears to be some form of unknown contamination in the lagoons saying there's clear evidence it's highly toxic to wild hive.

a non-oily sheen also noticed. >> it is very disconcerting from our standpoint not knowing how to warn the people. so what we've done is in abundance ever caution. >> reporter: a spokesman tells me county health department staffers took water quality samples. but they didn't find chemicals or anything acidic. >> don't want to see anything happen to way of the waterways down here. i hope they find the source. >> reporter: investigators investigating if botulism or another infectious disease linked to water quality is to blame for the ailing ducks. they are also checking to make sure there's notoxic algae in the water. >> i have my whole family coming down this weekend and little kids and children are in the lagoon. this weekend no one is going in the water. new information on a

developing story in margate. today officials met with the department of environmental protection about the do you know project. one day after a judge to temporarily stop work. heavy rain led to that flooding and left behind a soggy mess. construction of the project is on hold until august 11th. turning now to the weather. a very hot weekend. taking a live look at the shore. many families will head down to cape may for this weekend. look at those waves. wow. crashing on to the beach. we saw crews guesting the job done there in camden. >> we hit 90 degrees today but you may not be able to tell from this view. sunny skies over the philadelphia museum of art. great time of day to go run up those steps. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist erica martinez is here.

the heat is on. some would like to run the steps. some not. we will have a cool down tonight. >> cool down. we definitely have a very nice evening in the forecast. a great weekend ahead. we have to deal with some showers. let's look at the currents temperatures. 87 degrees now. the winds are 13 miles per hour. we do have a southerly influence. muggier now. by this weekend it will be a lot less muggy. won't temperatures will definitely be very comfortable. that's the good news there. we're definitely expectsing a pretty nice night all around. philadelphia, we're seeing a few clouds, but for the most part all the rain we've been seeing is contained to the norts and west of our viewing area. look at the bottom of your screen for your local neighborhood forecast. temperatures right now seeing lots of i'lls. mounts holly 85 degrees. atlantic city 82. dover at 84. wilmington currents temperature 85 degrees. your forecast planner for the

next couple of hours, we are seeing the threat of some showers and thunderstorms through the overnight hours. for the most part everything clears very early on saturday. i'm going with mostly sunny skies. after about 7:00 a.m. so i say keep the umbrellas handy if you're leaving early in the morning and different them and get the sun glasses. coming up in just a bit i have your most accurate ten day forecast. back to you. a woman waiting for a bus gets kaugts in the crossfire. two people started shooting at each other. the woman runs to nearby einstein hospital after getting shot in the wrist at 3:00 a.m. police are checking videos for clues. the suspect hasn't been found. >> here's a look at some stories that's making news. a delaware man sentenced to 30 years in prison for murdering his friend in new cartel county. prosecutors say jason slaughter shot and killed christopher masters in 2007.

slaughter was the beneficiary of masters live insurance policy. in 2010 slaughter was arrested for killing another man in georgia. he was also the beneficiary of that victim's insurance policy. today in new castle county fire damaged more than four dozen units at apartments in wilmington. smoke was coming from the entrance when they arrived on the scene. everyone made it out safely. people living in the damaged apartments need to find another place to live. in atlantic county we learned the identity of a swimmer who went missing in atlantic city. witnesses called police when they saw the body of jeff affirmative wilkins floating in the ocean. he was last seen tuesday near steel pier. the 31-year-old was from illinois. new video out much camden county of a theft in action. it happened on north 27th street

back on july 6th. the man is later seen walking away. if you recognize him call camden police. there is a push in new jersey to offer medical marijuana for more than 40 conditions not initially covered by the law including autism, chronic pain, anxiety and migraines. a states panel made the recommendation in a letter to the health inspector. a chance to break down barriers in camden county. >> a summer program hopes to smooth the tension between police and the communities. the blue knight explorers program is designed to show kids firsthand what emergency responders do like working in the k-9 unit. >> we show them how we investigate a crime from beginning to end. we actually created mock crimes. >> other officers tell us the program helps kids build their confidence and leadership

skills. tomorrow shuttle buses will replace septa trains every weekend this month. they will go from 30th street to philadelphia international airport. crews are working on improving the tracks on the airport line so they need to use shuttle buses on the weekends. philadelphia students head back to school in just a few weeks. now the districts is helping those who don't speak english get a jump start. ahead at 5:00 new concerns over smart toys and why you should think twice using them. the privacy and security risks that are more than just child's play. the waiting game isn't over just yet. the new sinkhole saga for a communities to get their lives back to normal.

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tonight philadelphia will continues to shine a spotlight on the global african-american experience. the 6th annual black star film festival will run through the entire weekend. this year's theme is resistance and feature dozens of new and independent films that's will be screened in theaters all over the city. the philadelphia school district is working to bridge the language gap. >> today the districts announced the opening of a registration and assessments period throughout august for new immigrant students. staff will walk families through the registration process.

greeft students and provide support to help students prepare for the upcoming school year. we want to have this extra period of time for staff that are multi-lingual. kids who get a good start at school will have a successful school year. >> the district serves more than 14,000 students who represents more than 130 countries and speak more than 100 languages. lots of smiles, now that a new play ground has re-opened. community leaders celebrated with a ribbon cutting in chesterer. the playground has new equipment, better landscaping. a councilwoman said it's a gift to the communities to help keep kids safe. something not so safe. check this out. the clean up at this massive sinkhole in florida now postponed because it is growing again. here's a closer look at it. the sinkhole opened up a few weeks ago, swallowed up two

homes. clean up was supposed to start today. that's not going to happen. crews say an area ten feet wide by i'll feet long collapsed overnight. when the sing hole stabilizes clean up could take up to a month. who needs a dog when you got this little guy right here. he used a dog door. >> the deer is now like family and the dog doesn't seem to mine either. >> he comes through the dog door. she comes through when she wants to. >> they nicknamed the deer strawberry since the deer loves the fruit. >> clever. very cute. we all know about these smart toys, right? there's dangers with them. they are popular and could be

risk. i'm tracking a pretty nice weekend. a couple of showers clearing very early on saturday giving way to lots of sunshine for the rest of the weekend. details coming up in your most accurate forecast. a serial groper attacking women in local parts. the clothing style he always wears that police think should make you easy to spot.

the eagles first pre-season game is less than a week away. quarterback carson wentz is looking to score big time. we got you covered for all the action when the birds take on the packers. >> we discuss a very eager carson wentz. >> over seven months since carson wentz has thrown a pass

against a real opponents but that will come to a close in six days from now. they open their season against the packers. a game you can see right here on nbc 10. rememberers behind the eight ball so to speak last season as the sam bradford situation worked itself out. he's worked on his mechanics during the offseason and we'll get a true assessments of the progress he's made. >> it's training camp. nature of pre-season. we have our sights sets on washington in week one. at the same time not get ahead of ourselves. we're still in training camp mode. so you got to fight that battle every day. >> i will rejoin you with more training camp fodder as the birds get wentz's weapons back

in the fold. i so badly want to give it away with that last drill. did you see it? oh, my goodness. stick around. 6:20. great tease right there. remember we are your official station of the philadelphia eagles. pre-season action kicks off thursday. birds head to green bay to take on the packers. we're headed to lambeau field. watch the game and all the pre-season games right here on nbc 10. coverage beginning wednesday night. game, though, 7:00 p.m. on thursday. now to the weather. as we look at city hall from our camera. take a look at the scene in south philadelphia. nice conditions there as well. this is the navy yard. >> nbc 10 first alert meteorologist joins us now. spotty showers could pop up. >> we're tracking the potential for some showers overnight at

least through early tomorrow morning but overall a nice weekend and overall really nice evening. we're seeing a gorgeous shot outside. winds out of the south ranging anywhere from 10 to 15 miles per hour. conditions right now are pretty nice and pretty calm. philadelphia neighborhoods look at these temperatures. little cooler in chestnut hill. and mounts airy 86 degrees. go ahead and head to jersey seeing lots of 80s. mid-to-upper 80s. we're seeing southerly influence until tomorrow we see a little bit of shift in the winds. a little muggy but certainly lot more comfortable. princeton currently at 85 degrees. as far as delaware is concerned

harmony hills currents temperature 84 degrees. newark 84 degrees. southeasterly, claymont 85 degrees. i'm liking these neighborhood temperatures, folks. long neck 81. dewey beach 87. radar and satellite, two hour loop. notice for the most part we're mainly clear. we like that around here. a few clouds. a few showers. everybody else is dry right now. however the hour-by-hour forecast tells us another story. starting at 5:30 p.m. we get this into motion and see what we got going. moving from west to east at 10:00 p.m. line of showers and storms moving in again from west to east. really making it here after midnight. here at 2:00 a.m. notice how the line becomes more pronounced and

seeing thunderstorms embedded there moving through arlington. tomorrow morning at handicap a.m. i'll pause it we're seeing the threat of some stronger storms here but then everything starts to push on out of our area right around 7:00 a.m. so overall it's going to be a really nice saturday. conditions will start to clear very early and in fact look at the clouds too. they are clearing from west to east, everything offshore. so i say that for the most part unless you're waking up really early on saturday you'll have a very nice saturday on tap. the ten day on 10 expect high temperature tomorrow ranging from low to mid-80s. 82 on sunday. i'm keeping this sunshine for the second half of saturday although i think a lot will clear very early on saturday. lots of sunshine on sunday. a nice day. keep those umbrellas handy. give yourself extra time for that commute on moan. we're seeing threat of some thunderstorms. upper 70s. low 80s on tuesday.

mid-i'lls on wednesday. then tracking some more thunderstorms that could get here late thursday into friday. notice we're seeing low 80s here and for the following weekend we're seeing up openers to low 80s with some more showers likely in the forecast. you be sure you follow us on social media at nbc for more updates because we also have more updates and glen will have more updates on a tropical system that's developing. back to you. >> more problems for the outer bank in north carolina. crews are trying to restore power. last week a construction company accidentally severed a cable knocking out electricity and causing mandatory evacuations. now the power company is calling in additional resources. listen up. if you have a smart toy in your house or in your child's play room pay attention to this next story. >> play time should be fun but

some smart toys could make it serious. the dangers that could be lurking inside the hi-tech devices. >> all new at 6:00 chaos breaks out during an arrest. this video goes viral. the trouble one officer is in now.

welcome back. lester holt joins us from the nbc studios in new york.

ahead for us on friday embarrassed and angered bay flood of leaks. how the trump administration plans to fight back. the verdict is in for the ex-pharmaceutical ceo made infamous for a price gouging scandal and how those living in the path of the american eclipse are cashing in. we'll tell you more when we see you tonight on "nightly news". for now back to you. nbc 10 responds. tonight we take a close look at smart toys that could be fun, they could be educational and they can hold your child's attention. >> but harry hairston shows the fbi warns parents who own smart toys be careful when letting children play with one. >> reporter: you might say she has her hands full. this stay-at-home mom is the mother of three the oldest about to turn 8. this matter toy gives her a what

happened the kids. >> it will say time for a story or something like that. >> reporter: it sounds like fun and games but the fbi said you shouldn't play around when it comes to smart toys. >> the notice that came out is focused on alerting parents to younger children who are now playing with toys that have the ability to dmoerkt the near net. >> open up the back and underneath is the usb port you can dmoekt your computer. >> reporter: some toys encourage children to use it. the evidences say some smart toys record your child's voice. >> there's potential not only for privacy issue, but even safety concerns if that data can be misused. >> reporter: her toy isn't singled out by the fbi. the warning is a broad one. we contacted the manufacturer multiple times. the manufacturer has not responded to multiple requests for a comment about the fbi's warning.

>> will you give me a hug. >> reporter: in the meantime she will now be more careful about how her kids use their smart toys. >> a toy like this is still fun along to sing to but doesn't have to have its personal information. >> reporter: first research how the toy is used and what data it contains. understand the policies and procedures of the manufacturer and the company that stores the data. and monitor your child's usage. >> not just for the toys but tablets too. if you have a consumer complaint head to nbc 10 and fill out the form. nbc 10 news at 6:00 is next. first at 6:00 president trump is in new jersey and he'll be here for a while. >> we're live at his golf course with the impact his working vacation will have on one small garden state town. and breaking news at 6:00 an officer in trouble. tonight after this video of an

arrest in philadelphia goes viral. plus feeling ripped off. customers say a consignment closed leaving them out thousands of dollars. shower chances for some areas overnight but then the weekend, hey it's going to turn out pretty nice. how far temperatures will fall in my first alert neighborhood forecast.

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chaotic arrest goes viral. how a philadelphia officer is dealing with the consequences. pool store fire. witnesses hear an explosion. how this gaping hole is all that's left behind. consignments conundrum. customers feel ripped off when their stuff was suddenly gone. right now at 6:00. good-bye white house hello new jersey. president trump arrived in the garden state for a working vacation. the president touched down in new jersey twin last 45 minutes. >> he's staying for the next 17 days. it's the annual vacation all u.s. presidents take as the white house undergoes repairs. so that means the president is moving headquarters to his luxury golf resort in bedminster. >> that's where nbc 10 cydney long is joining us tonight. locals bracing for the impacts of the president's stay.

>> reporter: that's right. many of them didn't realize that president trump would be staying here in bedminster for as long as 17 days. they know it will come with some traffic hiccups. it's not all traffic jams. the influx of secret service, reporters and possibility of protests. today marks day one of the president's first extended vacation since taking office. trump will enjoy nearly three weeks on his private luxury golf course. locals like this mom knows the drill where security is concerned. >> a little frustrating on traffic when he's here if you're coming from the beach like the last time we got stuck like for two or three hours because i think he was like going. >> reporter: at bedminster pizza, he welcomes what will bring extra traffic this summer and crowds. >> it means a lot for business because his secret service guys come here every day for lunch and dinner. that helps us out.