dangerous distraction. how a students phone sent her to the hospital. breaking news. police say they captured the man who left messages of hate in a chester county neighborhood. power ball count down. we have the winning numbers for tonight's giant jackpot.

nbc10 news starts now. a student walking to cheer practice ends up in the hospital in instead. tonight police say her phone may have caused a dangerous distraction. good evening i'm jacqueline london. >> i'm jim rosenfield. with us the montgomery student was face timing with a car crashed into her. >> drew smith is live. how is the girl doing tonight? >> she was badly hurt. knocked unconscious during the crash. we have since learned doctors decided to send her to children's hospital of philadelphia. across the street dlkts are working inside the police station talking to witnesses who say this girl was on her phone. using the face time app. distracted while crossing the street. >> reporter: the damage to the front of car shows the point of impact. a 14 year-old girl hit while crossing high land avenue.

her cheer leading teammates later found out why she never made it to practice. >> the trainer told us and the coaches that a girl got hit. >>. >> reporter: friends ran down to the accident scene. right in front of the high school. >> her bag is sitting down there. it's really bad. it's emotional. >> reporter: both of girls sneakers laying quite a distance from the car. >> i feel terrible for her. >> reporter: investigators spent hours taking measurements and photographs. they say witnesses saw the teen video chatting on her phone as she crossed the street. >> the fact that that could happen to you and in ten seconds is very scary. >> reporter: research shows that these types of accidents are happening more often. 12 pedestrians killed while using mobile devices in 2015. we leeked deeper into the national numbers and found 1,500 er visits for distracted pedestrians in 2012. that doubled over seven years. >> police towed away the car

involved in the crash. the driver stayed on scene, and rushed to help. he is not facing charges. friends of the 14 year-old say she's a happy and fun teammate. they're thinking of her tonight. >> our first game is friday. she's really excited to be there. just really hoping she's okay. >> this happened right in the school zone. right next to a crosswalk. there were signs just like in warning drivering to yield to pedestrians. police say in a case like this, it shows drivers and pedestrians need to be alert and focussed. a plea deal for a south jersey father today. pleaded guilty to first degree aggravated manslaughter charges in the death of his young song. told the judge he deprived 3 year-old of oxygen. he faces up to ten years in prison now. comes after a jury was deadlocked on the case back in may. residents are once again feeling shock and sadness. >> this guy is getting away with

murder. it's disappointing. the fact that only ten years will be served. it's crazy in my mind. >> the body was found in a field near his home. prosecutors said dj killed him because his girlfriend didn't like children. he will be sentenced september 29. less than 48 hours after a train crash in upper dar by, a passenger has filed the first lawsuit. claims the train he was on blew passed a previous station before crashing into another train at the 69th street station. more than 30 riders were hurt. the ntsb is investigating what caused the crash. they with working the trains video recorder and plan to interview the operator soon. all right. now the numbers we have all been waiting for. the drawing happened minutes ago. >> because of the jackpot is up to $758 million. the second largest in u.s.

history. so, if your tickets are out here's the numbers. 6, 7, 16, 23, 26, the power ball number is 4. i don't think i have one number. nope. i'm just going to stay here and continue working. >> wait a minute. you have one. power ball. >> maybe 50 cents. we'll see if the jackpot goes up anymore. >> the odds aren't great. that doesn't mean you can't beat them. nbc10 keith jones found a few examples of that. >> maybe you could beat them. this is a piece of paper now. the odds are one in 292 million. i hate being the barer of bad news. not stopping people of going into the station and buying tickets. it's more likely they'll be the next mayor of philadelphia or hit a hole in one multiple times. >> reporter: serenity. like a lush golf course. and a ball.

struck once. right into the cup. the odds one in 12500. here at west golf club, they have had five hole in ones on the fifth hole. this year alone. it's enough to make any golfer that's if being lucky pays off. jim is one in a million. see that burn mark on his stomach. he was struck by lightning this central pennsylvania not once, but twice. >> i heard a big bang and boom. and of course one of the booms fts me. >> >> reporter: luckily he survived. the odds 1 in 292 million. it's far easier becoming a movie star. the odds, one in 1.5 million. and. there's one in 10 million chance to become president. the most powerful person in the free world. still, it's not stopping these long lines. enough to make employees of apparently quit on the spot.

>> the guy walked out. he got frustrated. i don't know what's going on. it's a lot of money. >> speaking of. back live now. nobody wins tonight, experts think it could get near a billion dollars. for the next drawing. your odds don't change. but it won't stop people from stopping by here and buying tickets. >> maybe you'll be president some day instead. >> maybe. >> i got nothing. will someone win or could we see another billion dollar jackpot. we'll be checking throughout the night and bring you new information at 4:00 a.m. police in cam den are crediting the public for helping catch a woman who used a child to help her steal a bag of money from a chinese restaurant. video here shows her picking up a little boy, putting him on the counter and telling him to go through the small window to grab the money.

the suspect now facing burglary, child endangerment and other charges. paying for parkt is going mobile again. the meter up service could return by the end of the year. the mobile app allows drivers to pay meters with their smart phone. and add more time remotely. the city had the service for several years, but had to shut it down. after the vendor went out of business. there's mixed news for the nations oldest historically back college tonight. today the state agreed to forgive $30 million in loans in delaware county. but that means big budget cuts. because the state is requiring balance its budget over four years. >> i heard about that. i feel weird. i already have my stuff all done. where else am i going to go this late in the game. >> they have until september 1 to submit a plan that addresses the financial issues or it could lose its accreditation. >> the school district is asking

students to weigh in on its bathrooms. the school board voted last night to create a survey on student privacy in bathrooms and locker rooms. this all comes after a lawsuit over the districts transgender policy. the lawsuit claims allowing students of the opposite sex in those rooms amounts to sexual harassment sfwl legal trouble forced organizers of the to cancel the delaware tradition. the event was scheduled for november 3. the landowners backed out. the part of a lawsuit filed by a woman who was injured at the event lags year. >> also tonight. thrills and thunder. high above the jersey shore. >> the air show drew big crowds to the beach and board walk today. estimated 425,000 spectators focussed on the sky for the 15th year. a slight increase compared to 2016. organizers say the air show

provides an economic boost of about $26 million for the local economy. pretty good weather for the air show today. if you're headed to the shore, might be wondering what happened to summer. sunny and spring like. how long that lasts, coming up. messages of hate found in neighborhoods across the area vrmt tonight police make an arrest. kp neighbors are looking for the ways to share messages of love instead. plus, no license. but he's got a badge. meet philadelphia's newest and shortest police officer. coming up.

new tonight more messages of hate for the second time this week neighbors discovered racist vandalism. some of it turned up in wilmington and chester county earlier this week. police made an arrest in that case. the suspect george claims he has been associated with white supremacy groups.

tonight people are looking for the ways to say hate is not welcome in their community. >> brandon hudson shows us how. >> reporter: a message of hate spray painted oen a van. on the hood and some words we can't show on tv. >> it disturbed my mom. my mom is 77 years old. >> reporter: his nephew owns the van. jackson said they covered it up so it wouldn't draw attention. but news of the crime traveled fast. it got the attention of u.s. congresswoman. >> she comes and want to make sure we're okay. >> reporter: police say someone vandalized the van over night. >> it's over a parking space. all they need is god. >> reporter: police consider what happened to be a hate crime. and one person who lived here his entire life said he's always felt comfortable walking around the neighborhood. there's children here and parents here and oftentimes they play at the playground down the street. hate crimes in nine cities jumped 23% in 2016.

following lt lebs of president trump. but hate is on display in smaller towns too. like coats ville. where just this week vandals tagged a store front. and garage with racist words and symbols. >> it's terrifying. this can happen in our country. >> a chapter leader for the hate has no home. the violent events led to more demand. they sold 50 two nights ago. a record for them. >> we're not going to stand for white supremacy and nazis coming out. we're going to stand up against them. elsewhere a statue of robert e lee is causing controversy tonight. new video shows a man trying to cut a tarp off the monument. he called it a desecration. it was placed over the statue this morning. they also covered a monument to stone wall jackson.

heather hire was killed when a car droefr into a crowd. city says it placed the tarps over the statues as a memorial to her death. dozens of protestors gather outside nfl headquarters in new york tonight in support of colin kaepernick. supporters chanted to give him a job. he made headlines last year for refusing to stand up during the playing of the national anthem as a protest against police brutality and racial oppression. eagles has done his own protest during the national anthem. he began holding his fist in the air last season. and has continued again this season. during last weeks game, chris long put his around him as a sign of support. >> official business in nevada today. president signed a new bill into law aimed at helping veterans.

trump put pen to paper on bill that the american le john convention. the bill will shorten the process for vets to appeal their disability claims with the va. president also offered up this warning. >> somebody that works at the va is bad to the people of the va. disrespectful. not treating our fellow patriots well. we look at them and we say, you're fired. >> veterans appeals improvement and modernization act was passed unanimously in the senate. sam sung is hopes its layest product unvailing will help resurrect consumer trust. releasing its brand new galaxy 8 phone. a year after sam sungs mass i recall of fire prone phones and exploding batteries. note 7 launched crashed and burned in amidcomplaints of

cat catching fire while charging. presales start tomorrow. a breeze out there tonight. we take a live look at the air mark building in center city. this cooler weather will continue. >> glenn schwartz here with the neighborhood forecast. >> that's right the less humid air came in today. and now the cooler air is going to follow. one place that did not exactly have a beautiful day today, kate may. a lot of clouds there. but the next few days a different story. the sun will be out. and you're going to be having beautiful weather just like the rest of the area at 72 nearby wild wood right now. look at 61 degrees in pots town. 64 in allen town. 53 in poke know. we have seen quite a change in the last 24 hours. ten degrees cooler than yesterday at this time. in philadelphia. 18 degrees cooler in mount holly. 15 degrees cooler in wilmington. that's not the whole story. because the humidity has gone

down so much. so yesterday at the feels like temperature of philadelphia got to 101. even higher in delaware. today's feels like only 84. tomorrow's only 80. that's a 20 plus degree drop from what we saw yesterday. tomorrow the temperatures 82 degrees. 78. 78 redding. and allen town look at the low temperatures in the 50s. turn off the air conditioner for a number of days. 82. that's one of the warm spots. at the jersey shore near 80. dover at 81 degrees. beautiful weather everywhere. great weather for the eagles tomorrow night. doesn't get much bet e than this. it was too warm and humid last week. and now over the next several days we head into the weekend, we have nothing but sunshine here. and it actually gets a little bit cooler over the next couple

of days. in allen town, high temperatures stay in the 70s. for the next four days. of course that includes the weekend. which at the beaches is looking great. water temperature 78. air temperature getting into the mid-70s. not too much wind. nice little sea breeze preventing it from being too hot. very low humidity. look at that, doesn't get much better than that in atlantic city. this isn't looking good. this is the gulf of mexico. remnants of harvey. likely to cause big problems in texas and some of that moisture could make it up this way. by the end of next week. don't forget nbc10 is your official station of eagles. the only place where you can watch the birds take on the dolphins tomorrow night at the link. keith jones and john clark start the coverage at 6:00. >> if you like watching regular programming. you can still see it on cozy tv.

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so he may not have a license. philadelphia's newest police officer is already ready to patrol the streets. >> look at him go. that's 3 year-old rider. a big fan of police officers and even patrols the strees of his own neighborhood in delaware county. the police made him on honorary officers today and sent him on a chase. after police commissioner. >> he made a guarantee. chase utly with one of the best plays of his career tonight. and hos kins continues the best stretch by any philly to start their career. that is next.

we have talked about the future young stars of phillies stars. carson wentz and joel imbead. best offensive start in phils history. players not the only ones flashing leather. look the the grabby the kid. first inning against the marlins. facing the most feared hitter in baseball. lighter gets him swinging. he didn't allow a hit until the sixth. reese hos kins. second deck shot. 3 run homer. five to nothing phillies. most home runs in their first 14 games in phil's history. one other has more players in the first 14 games in baseball

history. in the sixth, more hos kins bringing home two more. 16 rbi in 14 games. best start in phils history in that category. 8-0 phillies win. a >> he asked me do you want me to move them over or drive them in. we're paying you to drive them in. >> he laughed at me. >> he said okay. and he did. >> that's why you hit in the middle of the order. to drive runs in. >> chase utly is 38 years old. nicknam nicknam nicknamed himself the silver fox. he preserved a perfect game. >> wow. chase utly you still are the man. take another look. what an unbelievable play. notice it's a scoreless game.

we go to the tenth. no more perfect. no hitter in tact. until the first pirates hit of the night. walk off home run off rich hill. a tough way to lose. on to the eagles. lane johnson very confident about his birds team. he penned an open letter to fans. kind of sounds like a guarantee here. quote let me tell you what's this team is going to go to dc and whoop some bleep against the red skins. we're going to surprise some people. that's where the momentum will begin. and the hype train will get bigger as the league realizes the eagles are back. toughest division in all of football and nobody will want to face us. i'm not saying this just to blow smoke. this is how it's going on. here's what we're going to need from you. fly with us and just be you. come out to the game. drink beer. raise held. make this a a place where our team loves to play and everybody else hates. especially cowboys fans.

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beautiful day tomorrow. >> not just tomorrow. we have quite a stretch going. all the way through the weekend and into early next week. temperatures below normal.

hupdty way below normal for august. not really going to feel like august more like september. late september. now there's a hurricane that's going to be hitting texas. harvey. to redevelop now. it's going to dump tremendous amounts of rain there. it's going to be a big national story. possible some of the moisture from that can make it to this area by the end of next week. hast in the ten day. rain late in the week could be from the tropical system chl of course you can't get a direct hit from a hurricane coming from texas. >> we'll watch. >> have a great night. thanks for watching. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- john boyega, youtube stars rhett & link, musical guests kygo and el