it is football night in philadelphia. nbc 10 your officials eagles tv station has you covered from start to finish. >> showing your love and support. it means a lot to us. >> right now at 11:00 a life taken too soon by a driver who fired a gun in a bit of road rage. a case accused of shooting and

killing will move forward. good morning. i'm rosemary conners. today the suspect appeared in court. it was the first opportunity for the victim's family to see him in person. we are live in weschester. >> he had no, sir thing to say. dozens of friends and family members who tell us they will be here for every single hearing. before the courtroom doors even opened family and friends of bianca lined up hoping to see her accused murder face justice. >> i want to make sure he gets accused of what he did and how he did it.

>> reporter: he is accused of killing her during a road rage attack. he waived his preliminary hearing. >> never even heard him speak. >> he tells us he would like to see the death penalty. >> there's no excuse. >> bianca was killed while driving to pick up supplies for college. this week would have been preparing for her move to college. >> while she was going to school in a criminal justice area. she would have been on the other side, bringing justice to other families who are losing loved ones due to senseless acts such as this one. >> reporter: we reached out to the attorney. he declined comment. the district attorney's office tells us they are waiting on the

trial date. nbc 10 news. new this morning president donald trump is once again weighing in on the controversy over the removal of confederate statues. he posted a series of tweets writing sad to see the history and culture of our great country being rip aid part with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. also the beauty that's being taken out of our cities towns and parks will be greatly missed and never able to be compare bli replaced. this morning philadelphia police standing guard in front of statue of former mayor frank rizzo. this is a live look at the statue near city hall. at the moment barricades are surrounding the statue keeping the public back.

last night protesters chanted tear it down. earlier in the day someone threw eggs at the statue. critics say he reigned over the city when police brutality was the normal. those that worked with him say he is credited with ending practices that kept african american police officers from manning patrol cars. no prose testers came down first. they first started on broad street. it was part of a march that ended with a rally at a church on arch street. thousands packed the streets. organizers were meant to unmask white supreme si. it was in response to the violence that happened last weekend. last night hundreds there participated in a peaceful candle light vigil in memory of

heather. gabe has an update from charlottesville. >> a solemn vigil. a slow moving marching over the same ground that hundreds of torch carrying white nationalists had taken days ago. those who attended singing spiritual songs. >> the community they attack. it's a community rising up to show who they are. >> marcus martin was injured after pushing his fiance out of harm's way. martin's sister say he suffered broken bones and scheduled for surgery on friday. >> it is a healing process emotionally. it will take some time. earlier on wednesday a mem more

kbral for heather heyer, taking the stage, her mother delivering a stirring tribute. >> they tried to kill my child to shut her up. guess what? you just mag fi fied her. >> her words a call to action.

back here in our area last night residents banded together to denounce hate and violence in the wake of the charlottesville attack. hundreds turned out for a gathering. they held hands as a sign of solidarity. it gave people a voice to speak out against white supremacists and neo-nazis. right now on the nbc 10 app you can follow the reactions on social media and how opposing views you'll get a look at the

revamped roster and the trade of wide receiver jordan matthews which brought ronald darby to town. >> and i'm looking forward to seeing how they will go around different guys. on i ha so hopefully the offense gets it going and we'll see what the corners can do. >> i hate to put so much pressure on the corner back. i think the team could win the division. >> coming up at 11:30 this morning tim will join us live with a preview of tonight's game. nbc 10 is your home for this evening's game and every game this preseason. join us at 6:00 for the preseason kick offlive from lincoln financial field. the game is at 7:00 right here

on nbc 10. you can watch nbc's thursday night line up. on comcast it's channel 248 or channel 10.2 over the air. if you're thinking about tailgating or going down to the game bring the sunglasses. this is a live look from south philadelphia. it will be sunny and warm into the early evening. bill is tracking it all for us in the first alert neighborhood forecast. >> yes. nothing but sunshine and the temperatures have been steadily climbing. already in the low 80s. it is 82 at philadelphia international. it is 82 in society hill and climbing. the temperatures will peak during the afternoon hours. if you're tailgating it will be in the upper 80s. it cools down during the game which sounds great. look at this. this is the moisture line.

that's ramping up. the moisture level increases and humidity will be increasing. you'll feel the difference if you're at the game tonight. it will help fuel showers and thunderstorms for tomorrow. now today at 4:00 this afternoon there will be a few clouds over lincoln financial field. a few showers farther inland. most of the evening will be dry. clouds will be increasing at 10:00 in the evening. temperature will come down and you'll feel that humidity. so looking good for later today and into this evening. your forecast at 5:0086 degrees. down to 82 by 7:00 and 70 by the end of the game. wet weather on top for tomorrow. before we get to the weekend a look at storms when i'm back in a few minutes. >> thanks. runners in month come ri county trying to keep the attention on an unsolved sex assault case. they ran to raise money for the

county's victim services. earlier this month you may remember a masked man approached a 19-year-old jogger at gunpoint. police have not made an arrest yet. >> we support the victim and we are not going to let anyone, you know, make us want to run somewhere else. >> they can't come out and do this to people. we won't allow it. >> right now there's a $10,000 reward for information in the case. we are getting close to the midday point. traffic starts to pick up. we check in with pam osborne to see what's going on on the roads. >> things aren't looking too badly right now. we are taking a look right at route 73. right now you can see traffic moving smoothly in either direction despite some of the construction cones that are in the area. also watching a disabled vehicle. this is at horsham road.

also keeping an eye on mass transit. t having 40 minute delays. that's one thing we are watching. before i let you go i want to give you an update. if you have tickets you'll be honored. you can get a refund on the place where you bought those tickets. 12 minutes past 11:00 right now nothing pitch perfect about this. we'll show you the first pitch

fail. it's almost too painful to watch. plus power ball surge. the jackpot shot over the half billion dollars pot after nobody matched the winning numbers. sunny and warm today and staying dry until we get to tomorrow. that's when you'll immediate the umbrella. looking good for tonight with temperatures dropping into the 70s during the game.

the search for five missing soldiers remains a search and rescue mission. the identity has not been released however we do know there were two pilots and three crew members on board the black hawk while they were conducting a nighttime training mission. this morning the power ball jackpot up to more than half a billion dollars after nobody hit all six of last night's numbers. estimated $510 million is now up for grabs. even if you didn't win the jackpot you may have won nothing. you may want to take a look at the ticket. 9, 15, 43, 60, 64. the power ball is 4. we are looking at sunshine into the shore east and never had any fog this morning.

there were just a few spots of fog in south jersey. right now sunshine and temperatures are climbing at the nbc 10 studios. might see a few clouds billowing up this afternoon. i think showers will wait for most locations until tomorrow. avalon here this morning. with sunshine that crowd is growing rapidly. we are seeing more clouds in delaware. we have seen a few isolated showers, just light stuff moving through. there is a chance we'll see pop-up showers and possibly even a thunderstorm this afternoon. so those clouds are producing a few showers this morning. the activity has been staying to the south. it is dry for philadelphia, trenton. look at this for allentown and reading. there are changes on the way. we'll see clouds ahead of a cold front that's producing showers into michigan and indiana and

farther to the south. this is a strong system that will be slowly moving our way. we won't see it today. we'll get to some of the clouds later today. tomorrow is when we are likely to get showers and thunderstorms especially late in the day. this is with what's going on right now. the hour by hour forecast keeps the activity to the west during the day today. early tomorrow morning clouds will be here. later looking at mostly cloudy skies. take a look at this line to the west. that's the cold front that's moving in with a chance of strong storms during the afternoon and evening commute. by 7:45 in the evening storms are moving onto delaware and south jersey. look how nice and clear it is behind those storms. friday evening it will be clearing out. it will make for a really nice warm but sunny weekend with showers out of the picture for most locations. maybe a lingering shower but not in the afternoon. 88 in delaware and 89 in philadelphia.

sunshine is back again on sunday. imagine having a cute and cuddly new family member in your home in just two days. you can make it happen as we get ready to clear the shelters. next we'll introduce you to an adorable dog that is one of many in our area up for adoption. for 100 years,

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this weekend they will help clear the shelters in an effort to find loving homes for dogs and cats across the area. one is a burlington animal shelter. joining us is freeholder

director bruce who is here with marly. >> thanks for being with you. >> she is exsicited to be here. >> and she is just about a year old so practically still a puppy. >> yes. a lot of energy. >> just a little bit. she is a puppy learning abiliou life. >> tell us why it's important to get involved with a huge event like clear the shelter. >> the bottom line is we want to be the place you will come to adopt a pet. >> it gets interest. we had 57 animals that were adopted. it was a home run. i think that's what it comes down to. we want to do everything we can to adopt animals. >> she is looking at a few people behind the camera. if you see her leaping out that's why.

a few viewers may be interested. we'll definitely have the ability to make somebody a great family friend. >> typically the summertime is when shelters see more pets come in. people are moving. it's the start of the school year. if shelter, whether it is shelters in the tri-state region. it should be her first stop. >> i have to say as somebody who

has been an owner i think it's appreciative of their new homes. it's almost like they realize they are in their good spot. >> and bruce, thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you for the opportunity and thanks for all you do. >> at least 50 shelters are waiving adoption fees including burlington county. go to our web site to see the full list at the participating shelters. it is the night eagles fans have been waiting for all year. the first home game of the preseason right here at the link. in minutes we'll check in with tim for a preview of the action.

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nbc 10 is your official eagles station. football is back in philly tonight. this is lincoln financial field. the birds will play a preseason game in front of their fans for the first time this year. tim is live with a preview of the action. i wouldn't be completely surprised if you told me there was a tailgater or two out there already. >> reporter: if they are here they are not any where we have seen them. people don't usually come down as early for a preseason game. frankly many people have to work

and they are not going to get out here. in a few hours it will start t getting crowded here. it will get crowded over here where there is always a big party. take a look at practice. some of the things we are looking at for tonight, ronald darby will be playing. derrick barnett had a great game against the packers last week. i'm pretty excited about. hopefully we'll start seeing tailgaters and john and i, hopefully we get something to eat. it is really an insider secret. if you go it's like let's

interview them. it's like do you want a hamburger? i do as a matter of fact. hopefully it will get smelling good and tasty for a little while. god, i can't wait for football here. back to you. >> i know the drill too well. thanks. nbc 10 is your home for tonight's game and every game this preseason. join us for eagles preseason for lincoln financial field and the game is only on nbc 10. you can watch the regular thursday night line up. on comcast channel 248 or channel 10.2 over the air. so big question, what's the forecast going to look like for this evening? bill. >> it will be great for tailg e tailgating. there are changes ahead. wilmington, northeast, philadelphia. in south philadelphia at lincoln

financial field it will warm into the upper 80s today. cooling down during the evening hours. a little bit of a breeze blowing. no overwhelming wind here. we could use a cooling breeze. the humidity will be increasing. so 5:00 clouds and breaks of sunshine. increasing humidity as we go into the evening hours. you'll feel it a little bit higher at 7:00. even though the temperatures are coming down and clouds are increasing the humidity will go up. it might not feel any cooler by 10:00 this evening. not expecting to see showers late this afternoon or this evening. there may be a few sprinkles around in some neighborhoods but a better chance we'll see thunderstorms for tomorrow that's after the eagles win. we'll look at the storms and the weekend and what it looks like in just a few minutes. new this morning statues of

confederate leaders have been vandalized in states down south. they targeted one outside of a courthouse in leesburg, virginia and another in north carolina. president trump is tweeting about the efforts to remove con fete r confederate statues. he tweeted sad to see the history and churl of our great country wg rip aud part. you can't change history but you can learn from it. so foolish. also the beauty that is being taken out of our cities, towns and parks will be greatly missed and never able to be comparebly replaced. >> this is a live look at the frank rizzo statue near city hall. at the moment barricades

surround the statue. officers were called out to protect the structure as protesters demanded the statue come down. it still had stains from an egging earlier in the day. some who knew and worked with him di scribed his relationship with the african american community. there are protesters who demand that had statue come down started on broad street earlier in the evening. it was part of a march that ended with a rally. thousands hit the streets to voice their anger over the violence in charlottesville. >> i had to show up. zbr >> it was meant to unmask. it follows the deadly violence

over the weekend. it's where white supremacists were carrying torches. it started as a demonstration against the removal robert e. lee. the tipping point came when a driver rammed his car. counter protesters killing one woman and injuring 19 others. yesterday a sea of people filled the campus of the university of virginia in charlottesville. marchers covered the same ground where hundreds marched last friday night. last evening the scene was quiet and peaceful. more than a thousand people packed a theater as well. she is a 32-year-old woman killed on saturday. her parents shared stories about the woman they remember fighting for what she believed in. >> they tried to kill my child to shut her up. guess what? you just magnified her. >> she loved people.

>> statements came over as he knowledged her memorial service. he has not indicated if he has spoken to hire's family. it's right now on the nbc 10 app. you can get updates from lawmakers across the country and leaders around the globe. and these are live pictures. in spain a white van drove onto a sidewalk and hit a crowd of people here.

several people were left lying on the ground. you can see it further back and they shut down stores along popular outdoor malls. we'll continue to follow this story. somebody in a white van driving up and hitting a crowd of people there. it is unclear if it was accidental or intentional. stay with us. police are investigating the death of a man who led officers on a chase. hours later he fell. they are trying to determine if it was accident stal or intentional. new video shows a police cay nan officer in action. a deputy was chasing a suspect who took off from a traffic stop. the dog ran after the suspect

and took him down within seconds. he held the suspect until the officer ace rooifed to put the man in cuffs. more new video from britain. a gang of moped drivers. a bystander recorded it all. they used hammers to smash the glass at the front of a london jewelry store. nobody was hurt. the suspects are still on the loose. we have seen plenty of well known people throw out the first pitch at a ball game. some times it goes well and other times not so much. it was a blooper for ages. take a look. he is a red sox super fan. he got to throw out the first pitch but it went over the catcher's head straight towards a photographer. the pitch hit the poor guy right below the belt.

the photographer is doing just fine. he tweeted he will never stop laughing at that video. good thing. something else everybody will be watching, the solar eclipse. it will shut down electricity production but you like by won't notice any change at the power at your house that's because they have been preparing for the eclipse for months. they will schedule outputs from other energy sources to make up the difference. andrew tells us they will adjust as needed based ton weather that day. >> if it's cloudy some will not be generating because there's no sun. if it's a cloudy day the effect will be less. if it's a bright day the effect will be maximum. that effect is within the tolerance of what we normally

operate to. >> they are ready for this predictable event. coming up next, he made us laugh and he inspired us. america's got talent drew lynch didn't let his stutter get in the way of pursuing his dreams. i'll talk to him about a few new laughs. sunshine and we'll see temperatures climb into the upper 80s. there are changes before the weekend gets here. i'm tracking showers and thunderstorms. the latest just ahead.

we have been telling you about the importance of adopting a pet this saturday during the clear the shelters event. don't just day care it for months though. our next share their journey with their pets. bill and karen of northeast philadelphia adopted peaches at the spca.

>> they that had been there for two years. >> when they got her out of the -- where ever they got her from she was pregnant. she had her pups at the spca. they adopted them out and then she was left there for two years. i don't know if she was there because of behavioral issues but when we got her she just did very well for us. >> she clearly has been a good pet at the shelter. >> oh, yes. they all loved her down there. i mean there's nothing she could do wrong. >> bill, what's it been like?

>> we figure that's who the abusers were. she finally adjusted. she is a quiet dog. she lays around most of the time. that's about it. >> that's not a bad thing. >> i think you bring up an important point. it's important to ask all kinds of questions. will this dog get along with other pets? does she get along with young children? this dog has some type of adversity or particularity towards men, women, whatever. also, what kind of training is involved? >> we are told by the behavioralists we would have to keep an eye on her because of the problems that she has had. but once we got her out of there she just calmed down and started getting along with everybody except for men of course because of what they did. >> uh-huh.

>> once she gets to know you she is pretty good. >> like i said, finding out what adversity they may have faced and certain groups of people. so having a pet in the house after not having a pet for quite some time. >> we had only been nine months in between. >> yeah. like i said, she is very quiet. the only time she barks is when somebody knocks at the door. but i want to go in my house without me knowing about it. >> one thing out there, what advice would you give? >> i would definitely, get a dog you think you want. take them out in the yard, get along with them. they will be a good dog for you. you'll find the special dog down there and they are going to give you as much love as you can give them. >> thank you so much for being

with us this morning. if you would like to be here clear the shelter is on saturday. you can stop by one of the 49 participating shelters to get the adoption fees waived. tap on the nbc 10 app to find a list of those locations. you can take a quiz to find out which breed of dog is best for your family. we have an update on that breaking news we mentioned not too long ago. police in barcelona, spain say a white van drove onto a sidewalk of a popular pedestrian mall and hit a crowd of people. there were multiple injuries in this case. we are awaiting a special report. as soon as we get it we'll bring it to you live on the air. 13 minutes before noon and we have lots of sunshine. temperatures have already moved into the 80s.

spring city looking nice and sunny today. 82 in philadelphia. it is 81 in delaware. the suburbs have warmed into the 70s. a few up to 80 degrees and beyond. unionville is out. today from the a van crashed into a crowd of pedestrians injuring a number of people. according to authorities in that city which is very popular can tourists this time of year. we want to go to kelly in london. good morning. >> good morning. this actually started about 20 minutes ago. we understand it happened in a very center of barcelona. it is very popular with

tourists. it is about 5:40 in the afternoon right now. you can imagine this part of barcelona would have been flooded with tourists. we understand from eyewitness reports that people heard a metallic sound and then screams and crying. there is another report of someone hearing something that sounded like gunshots. that has not been confirmed by parse low th barcelona police. they have said that a van crashed into pedestrians, mounted the sidewalk and crashed into people on foot and there are multiple people injured. it's not clear yet according to barcelona police whether it was an intentional crash or if it was some sort of accident. they are not labeling it either way at this point. the investigation very much live. in the fast few minutes there are reports siting local media

that two gunmen have entered a restaurant somewhere in barcelona. again, these bits of information coming in from unverified sources. this is not something that's confirmed by barcelona police. they are warning people the stay away from this area. it is on the ground this area is flooded with police. >> coverage throughout the day on msnbc. that's tonight on nbc.

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his style of comedy is described as inspiring and hilarious. he is one of the most sought after names in comedy thanks to his second place finish on america's got talent in 2015. joins us this morning is drew

lynch in the flesh. >> thank you for having me. >> you suffered an injury to your vocal cords. you use it to your advantage? >> yeah. i use it to my advantage no not my stand up too. i get money on the street corner. i'm also up for adoption if you want. my number at the bottom of the screen. >> that's a reference to our clear the shelter, of course. >> and i would like to go home with peaches. >> peaches is our dog. >> did you any you would go as far as you did? >> not at all. i kind of kept showing up. people voted and it was nice. what is crazy is there are screens that you're performing to. you don't know who is watching. it's kind of a cool thing.

first place gets a million dollars, their own show in vegas. i came in second. second place gets this. i get to hang out with rosemary. >> that is my nickname, ro-ro. >> row row your boat? >> we don't go that far. >> you perform at helium? >> yes. helium comedy club. go there or don't. it >> what can fans expect? >> it is immedia-- i did an app last month. i started out talking out a lot about my stutter because it's a good way to not stigmatize and help get past whatever my name

is and my brand. i talk very little about it because i want it to be funny in addition to that. >> that information is right there on your screen tonight, tomorrow and saturday. we have a quick check of weather. we warm into the upper 80s this afternoon. it will be nice for the eagles game but it gets muggier. you'll feel the mugginess. showers most likely late in the afternoon. clearing out for sunshine saturday, sunday and monday. next chance of storms comes in tuesday and into wednesday. >> all right. thanks. that will do it for us. i'm rosemary conners. from all of us here at nbc 10 have a good one. i'll be back here this afternoon. we'll see you at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. .

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