bracing for harvey, experts say it could be the fiercest storm hit in more than a decade. running for her life. a woman tries to escape a violent home invasion in philadelphia. moving in, today colleges and universities are welcoming the class of 2021. >> good morning. i'm rosemary conners. the storm sets its sights on texas. the storm intensified. you can see the rain and wind. this is from galveston. it is one of the many cities

bracing for impact. tens of thousands are heeding the warning to evacuate. yesterday they jammed this interstate on the way to san antonio. they expect it to make land fall northeast of corpus christi. the childrens hospital there is air lifting critically ill infants the a hospital in north texas. in the meantime people are filling sandbags and also stockpiling supplies. >> i got four things of water and formula for the baby and canned chili to see how far we can make it. texas has not seen a hurricane since hurricane ike in 2008.

a very different picture here in our area. let's take a live look outside right now. a beautiful end to the workweek. a live look over the delaware river. bill henley is tracking our pleasant conditions and watching hurricane harvey's path. stay with us on air and online for realtime updates on the storm and how it could impact the weather in our area next week. coming up at 11:30 we'll take you live to texas far look at what's happening as people brace for the storm. this just in. we learned a driver wanted in connection to a deadly hit-and-run will turn himself into police on monday. the driver's name is brendan hays. last week police recovered the

jeep they believe was involved in the hit-and-run. this morning philadelphia police have one man in custody and they are looking for another person in doeks a shooting and car crash in german town. they say a man shot two people early this morning and jumped into a car with another man and drove off. police followed that car. it crashed right here into this house. the two men ran away and they did arrest the driver and recovered two guns and drugs from inside that car. authorities tell us several people are hurt this morning following a police chase that ended in a crash. this video shows the wrecked suv involved. the crash happened at 12th and williams circle. police helped with the investigation. we are working to find out more details about the chase and injured people. let's head to north philadelphia where a woman is in critical condition after she was shot in the back.

police say she was trying to get away from two armed robbers who broke into her house and took off with laptops and cell phones. police did catch the suspects and arrested them. now, to new details ton boy from south philadelphia who accidentally shot himself in the face. his grandfather tells us the gun was not put away. the 11-year-old boy is in stable condition. they say he got ahold of the gun early yesterday and shot himself in a bedroom inside the home. there were four other kids inside the house at the time. neighbors we spoke with tell us they are concerned. >> it's scary that, you know, a child has access to a handgun that isn't locked up. zbli feel horrible for the parents going through that and for the child. >> police do not expect to file charges against the gun owner. happening this weekend two of boxing's biggest names will

face off. they spent more than $100 million on the event. a massachusetts mom waking up unemployed this morning but facing a lifetime filled with riches. the winner of the power ball wasted no time stepping forward. mavis picked up the phone, called her boss and quit her job. she bought three quick picks. it is one of her own picks that won. >> today as i'm driving hiem i'm like this is -- it can't be. now it's like i am a winner. >> the mother of of two says she wants to sit back and relax and enjoy it. no jackpot here. a few locals are a million

dollars richer. can't beat that. a few stores also sold million dollars tickets. [ cheers and applause ] happening right now the annual three day walk to end breast cancer and raise awareness is underway. the 60 mile event will end sunday afternoon at the philadelphia navy yards. the philadelphia three day has raised more than $68 million in the fight against breast cancer. happening now it is move-in day at colleges and universities across our area. campuses are buzzing as new students settle in and get ready for college life. randy is live. i'm sure maybe you're thinking back to when you started as freshman? >> reporter: seems so long ago

but not really. it is moving today here plus at west chester a big moment far lot of these students. the class of 2021 leaving their families behind to start this chapter. a bittersweet moment on campus. as families pulled up to unload their cars they had all of the help in the world. helping carry bags, books and luggage. >> i have been excited. i have been waiting for this the whole summer. >> for her mom she is the final child to leave their house. >> it is bringing it all home to what parenting is all about. it is a very emotional time for me. >> we found a family from long island. joe is here to play lacrosse. >> i woke up early this morning

to get here. >> his dad gave him solid advice. >> you're supposed to enjoy yourself and get your work done. it goes by very fast. >> reporter: the class here includes athletes, scholars and activists but for most it is still a difficult morning leaving childhood behind to begin their adult life. >> it always seems scar rier than it really is. the best advice is to get to know your roommate, professional staff members. they can be your best advocate. >> a lot of students tell me they came here because of the study abroad program. next up, classes begin next week and i spoke with school officials. they tell me this class is the most connected and plugged in of any in history. most met their roommates and have been des testing this

entire summer. >> all right. thanks for that. let's get a quick check of the roads. >> we are starting out the door on 295. earlier we were seeing delays because of the construction that's happening right around route 30, which is here. here we are looking before that scene. earlier we were seeing delays back to here. either way approaching this. we are moving up towards trenton. you might pass some of that construction. here is emergency construction. 130 southbound approaching 76. the right turn lane is currently lost right there. it will be a delay getting around that too. it looks pretty normal now. around spring garden you can see the city in the background there. checking 95 everything is good

to go. if back to you. >> coming up, breaking down the birds. we'll talk about last night's win. and motor city mayhem. we'll take a closer look at this fight. and how you can help kids who suffer from traumatic brain injuries.

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what a beautiful day we have. we started off with a few showers. it looks like we'll stay dry through the weekend. this is behind yesterday's crowd. you'll see sunshine through the day today. there is a slight chance of a shower late this evening and a slight chance over the weekend too. most of the day it will look like this for today, tomorrow and sunday. temperatures at the shore, 73 in atlantic city. cape may at 74 degrees. ocean water in the low 70s. we won't see a huge warm up. really nice inland. it is in the 70s for the lehigh valley. philadelphia at 74 degrees. it is 1 degree cooler than in delaware right now.

it is already up to 76 in bu bustleton. we had showers this morning. we have a nice breeze coming in from the northwest. we'll see a few clouds but nothing more than that. 77 at 2:00. it is 77 at 6:00. in between it will go a degree or two between. cooling down nicely this evening. sunshine bright in the suburbs. humidity stays low. temperatures in the 70s dropping into the 60s in the evening hours. shower free for the rest of the day today and tonight as well. delaware at 76 at 2:00. we'll be in the middle 70s and a pleasant evening with partly to mostly clear skies. sunshine will be through the day in new jersey. only 70s and the humidity low for new jersey. at the shore 78 at 2:00 and temperatures come duown a littl bit. a few clouds around this

evening. a slight chance of a shower. it is perfect weather for baseball. the cubs are in town this evening. temperatures drop into the low 70s. with northerly winds either way it's the dry air that will keep it nice and comfortable through the day. really nothing for me to show you in our area here. the showers that we had first thing this morning are completely offshore. the storm that we are watching closely, we could see developments early in the week from a system that's passing over florida. this is the one that is going to cause all of the problems over the weekend. this is harvey. it is a strengthening hurricane. it is expected to become a major hurricane. it is a category 3 storm. it is expected to do that before it makes land fall late tonight or early tomorrow morning. it stalls for days over texas. tremendous rainfall expected here. this is the forecast rain.

look at the totals going up. possibly topping 40 inches of rain about 3 feet of rain for galveston. we'll see sunshine this weekend. there is a chance we'll get remnants from harvey late theks ye -- next weekend. only a slight chance of a preponderance-up shower saturday afternoon. >> all right. thanks for that, bill. ♪ love that music when the eagles win. the eagles flying high after the preseason win against the dolphins. carson wentz hit for this 50 yard touchdown pass.

voi voi spent the morning to talk about an important event today. >> all right. thank you. you're headed to a very important event. let's talk about last night. >> it was great. it was good to be out there for an extended period of time. we were extremely happy with where we were at. >> i can't imagine the team moving on without him here. >> yeah. he has been all around the football. we are excited with where he is and how he has been in the preseason. >> all right. let's talk about the event

you're headed to and it involves ty. >> yes. there's a little bit of a homeless problem in philadelphia. tide is doing this loads of hope campaign. people are able to come and donate their clothes. tide will wash the clothes and it will kind of go out and take all of the clothes and so all of the homeless people will get clothes. it's an amazing project. i'm proud to be partnering with them. >> tell me how you got involved in the project. >> it is just something the philadelphia community has been unbelievable to me. this is home to me now. i said yes, i would love to be part of this and i'm extremely

excited about it. >> tell our viewers how we can help. >> today i think until 2:00 today i'll be there until about noon today people can come out and donate clothes today. if you can't do it today in person i think there's a way to do it online as well. it's an amazing thing. i'm excited to be part of it. >> how is married life, by the way? >> it's incredible. >> i love doing it. it has been an amazing couple of month. we do -- i am so glad to be her husband. >> good job. you can help people in need at the walmart in port richmond until 2:00 this afternoon. zach will only be there until noon so hurry over there. coming up, mixed messages.

president trump lashes out at lawmakers in his own party. the white house says it is rad di to work with congress. we'll take a look at the president's tweets this morning just ahead. plus, light up the night, how people at the jersey shore are helping children who have been through life changing injuries.

>> people will come together to shine a light. it is called the light up the night for pediatrics brain injuries walk. >> holton was born and 11 weeks later someone we trusted cracked his skull, he spent weeks in a

coma and next year was the hardest year for my family. we have jobs, insurance, great support but it was really impossible and we realized there was a need. so a year to the day we started holton's heros. >> last year alone it is not something people focus on. >> so we are trying to be that charity. they don't see the hope we see in these kids. we are doing this walk tomorrow. >> so talk about the walk. tell us what it is and it will

be the second year for it. give us an idea of the impact it had last year. >> sure. last year we had almost 200 people come. you name it we want to bring the families that have these awesome children and the ability to rehabilitate in the home. we think that's where the most important work is done in the home. >> and you're telling me holton is home with you. >> and he is with us and she happy. he is so adorable. the fact that people come out in drove to meet him and see him is sur re

surreal. >> will he be there? >> he will be there as well as others we are helped. it is an emotional event. the main thing is we need money. we can only help as many families as our funding allows. >> and you raised so much so far. >> and ventor city. it is only a couple of hours but it will help kids for months and months. >> we have that information on your screen. also, nbc 10, we have all of this information there. should be decent weather. if you're down the shore this is the place to be. >> thank you. appreciate it. coming up, here comes harvey. we are tracking this powerful hurricane. it continues to gain strength. we are live along the gulf coast as millions brace for land fall. and the call to put the

brakes on the high speed line of a crash injured dozensover people. -- of people.

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calling on septa to stop the high speed line. he says it should not run again until they determine the exact cause of this week's crash in delaware county. saved by snap chat. lead rescuers to a teenaged sex assault. a tipster called on the suspect's snap chat post. 8 million people under a hurricane warning right now as harvey heads towards the texas gulf coast.

it is kexpected to strengthen before making land fall. they have issued the first ever public storm surge warning. they say a storm surge could hit the area of corpus christi, texas. they tweeted this photo the give perspective of what a 12 foot storm surge would look like. certainly not what we are dealing with here. i don't think i see a cloud out there. >> no. we are enjoying beautiful weather. texas is dealing with this. it is still a strong hurricane. 110 miles per hour winds within the storm. it is slowly moving at 10 miles per hour.

it is expected to slow down as it nears to coast. not only is the threat from the wind great but the greatest threat will come from flooding. this storm system is pushes tremendous water towards the texas coast. these are all of the suggested models. it moves in late today or tomorrow morning. for the next several days it meanders. by monday it is starting to turn around and could possibly come back over the warm gulf waters on tuesday. we could see strengthening before it moves back inland on wednesday. finally starting to take a turn to the north and finally pulling away from texas. then days of rainfall. so tremendous rainfall. potential, possibly 41 inches and 18 inches at corpus christi. houston more than 20 inches and 3 feet of water for galveston. that storm system is going to be a slow mover.

eventually it pulls away. we could possibly get some of those remnants. it will take a long time before they move our way. a better chance we could see some activity from what's happening over florida. take a look at that and show you what your weekend forecast looks like coming back in a few minutes. >> thanks, bill. shut it down. congressman bob brady is demanding septa stop running the line until investigators determine what caused tuesday's crash. it would impact as many as 11,0 11,000 riders. more than 30 people were hurt when one train hit a parked train in upper darby. they say all cars have passed a post crash inspection and they have lowered speed limits going into 69th street. congressman brady tells us that's not enough. >> septa should shuttle bus it until they find out what

happens. >> i don't see why you have to shut the line down just to talk about 69th street. >> it would add at least a half hour to my commute and cost a lot more money. >> septa representatives say they would not shut down the line unless the ntsb recommended it. by the way, the federal investigation into this incident could take up to a year. the president tweeted if senate republicans don't go to a 5% majority -- edward lawrence has more on what some are calling mixed messages from the administration. >> reporter: president donald trump seem to have picked a fight with his own party. >> this new administration? washington and this congress is interested in getting america

growing again. >> president trump personally attacked mitch mcconnel tweeting after hearing repeal and replace he failed that should never happen. the president criticized both republican senators at a rally this week. his spokeswoman down plays a risk. >> i think the relationships are fine. certainly there will be policy differences. >> they will help with agenda items. the president tied the debate to building his promised wall. >> if we have to close down the government we are building that wall. >> we have to solve our problems and keep government functioning the wait should. >> we will not hit the debt ceiling. we'll do it before the debt ceiling. th >> reporter: they si the

president would consider a short-term proposal nbc news, washington. the navy identified a second victim of the battleship crash in asia. this is a picture of the say lar from connecticut. yesterday the navy confirmed it found remains of kenneth smith of cherry hill. he died in the crash when it collided with an oil tanker on sunday. smith's friends tell us they were lucky to know him. >> as a friend kenny was no judgment. he was there by your side no matter what. >> the navy suspended rescue efforts for the other sailors who are now presumed dead. stockton university removed the statue of richard stockton.

they say the move is temporary. they say it will return later as par part of an exhibit. city officials are asking for community feed back between now and september 15th. you can submit your ideas online. critics have called rizzo racist. they want it removed or relocated. the cities art commission will be the ones making the final decision on this. police in bucks county say a victim of sex assault sent a text message while she was trapped in a bedroom. it made all of the difference. it happened on saturday. they used the phone's gps to find her. they arrested christopher. he is charged with rape, false imprisonment and terroristic

threats. they tell us snap chat hepd them rescue a sex assault victim. they spotted the bloodied and bruised victim on someone else's snap chat post. police took him into custody at his home. they say someone called police after seeing the victim's picture on his snap chat page. a neighbor who did not want to speak to us did tell us he within the to high school. >> i saw a bunch of cop cars and i wuz like great. it's mason again. i saw a stretcher but that's all i saw. >> the stretcher was needed for the young woman who was disoriented and covered in blood. he is facing sex assault charges and he will hear a hearing next week on tuesday. philadelphia officials may be a little bit bugged by a top 20 list. philadelphia comes in ten on the list of bedbug infested cities.

the exterminator firm came up with the rankings. they are both in ohio. cleveland number one, cincinnati number two. pittsburgh ranked two spots behind philadelphia. >> three local k-marts are on the new list of stores. k-marts are on a list of 28 more stores that will shut down by the end of this year. sales will begin on august 31st. the new closures are in addition to sears and k-mart stores already shut down this year. sears holdings owns k-mart. today thousands of students all across our area are saying good-bye to mom and dad and the rest of their families and hello to their new college campuses and college friends. randy is live for move-in day. >> reporter: it is move-in day.

take a look at what's left behind. all of these boxes, the class of 2021 leaving their families behind. it is a bittersweet moment. the families arrived. current students helped these incoming freshmen carrying bags, books and luggage. more than 500 are moving in. the class here includes athletes, value dick to y'aediv. it will be getting their adult life. we talked to families who were ready for the next four years. >> definitely to study and know what my values are and stay on track. >> this is a time when you're supposed to enjoy yourself. it goes by very fast. >> reporter: good advice. class sz begin her next week. we should note today's move-in

day. for now we are live. nbc 10 news. >> all right. thanks for that. coming up, motor city basebrawl, how it turned into mayhem. plus a pit with a person. that's coming up.

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he continued hi national anthem protest. long showed his support by putting his hand on jenkins shoulder. he started raising hi fist in the air last season. that squirrel is across the 20 getting near the 25. >> eagles announcer with the play by play of the squirrel wandering onto the field last night. good thing for the critters that no actual were flying around. it eventually scampered off the field. he truly has a rags to riches story very similar to aladdin. he is a therapy dog. he is representing our area. joining us is michelle.

a few weeks ago you were teaching students about the proper techniques and importance of not judging a book by its cover which is frequently the case here. >> it is, yeah. >> give us the story of how you and he met. >> aladdin was found in 2013 ton streets of south jersey. he was brought to a shelter because i do pit bulls. so he came. >> he was in bad shape. >> he weighed about 18 pounds. both of his back legs and tail had been broken. he is missing 12 teeth. >> come here. >> he is a lazy bones, aren't you? >> he was a foster.

he fit in well with my family. he loves people. i got him certified as a therapy dog and he has been going strong ever since. >> and he is up for the award? >> yes. he has already won the therapy dog category which got $2,500 for a charity who helped sustain other therapy dogs. people at home, can they get involved with this? >> absolutely. you can vote every day from now until tuesday. you just vote online. it's really simple. you choose him and hopefully. >> he is ready for his midday nap. again, if you're interested in

voting for the hero dog awards you can do it all online. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having us. >> we take a look at all of the success. we will introduce you to those tonight at 7:00. approaching the noontime hour it looks beautiful outside. look at the sunshine. a few scattered clouds. it looks a little bit like a painting. sunny skies and the flags, that's a nice breeze out of the northwest. that's the dry air that started coming into the area a couple of days ago. the dry air keeps on coming. it will go lower over the weekend. right now the temperatures are moving up. 73 in south jersey.

philadelphia, delaware are in the middle 70s and low 70s for the lehigh valley. suburbs are a little behind. we are seeing warmer spots. warm into the middle to upper 70s for the suburbs. saint david 79 degrees. a few neighborhoods will get close to the 80 degree mark but most will stay in the 70s today. the temperature upper 70s. the humidity is very low. that low humidity will allow temperatures to cool down overnight tonight. by tomorrow morning 62 degrees. as low as it will go tonight it goes lower tomorrow. beautiful weather will continue on sunday. now, there is a chance we'll see isolated showers pop up early in the morning.

most of it stays offshore. we'll start the day dry at the shore in the delaware beaches. there is a to -- a spotty shower and during the day and mostly it is going to be dry. there the is nothing to show you. we are in the clear. clouds are to the south. i'm rashing an of shower and thunderstorms. it it could bring us showers monday into tuesday. the weekend mainly dry and sunny. today 79 and tomorrow 77. there are even cooler temperatures on sunday because

the air mass is even drier. humidity is lower. when humidity is lower it could really cool down. clouds start to increase from the developing system that will be off the east coast. it stays off the east coast but could give us plait monday into tuesday. a slight chance of showers and thursday and dry friday and next weekend. temperatures are finally back in the 80s late next week. >> all right. thanks for that. coming up, bombs away. a rookie hits the record books. he is gaining recognition. and this afternoon on nbc 10 news at 4:00, a popular area for college area.

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>> talk about a wild night. five players, both managers and a bench coach were ejected. this one started with yankees catcher and tigers slugger. major league baseball is reviewing this video and will soon make a decision on

suspensi suspension. hoskins making a mayor league record. they would lose but they will be back at it tonight. they open up with the cubs right here in south philly. first pitch scheduled for 7:05. let's get a quick check of stories we are following today. changes in inner lock law go into effect. it is now available for offenders who would have lost their license. of it blocks the company to prevent people under the influence from starting their car. it allows them to drive safely. it is college move-in day. first year students will be lugging their belongings this morning near west chester and the university of the sciences.

the class of 2021 will be moving in today. happening right now women and men are on an annual mission to raise awareness. it began earlier this morning. folks who are taking part are now on a 60 mile trek that will end sunday afternoon at the philadelphia navy yard. since 2005 the philadelphia three day raised more than $68 million in the fight against breast cancer. we applaud them, know they will raise money. >> you know what? i was thinking the weather we are having today may be the nicest they have ever had. it is gorgeous, lots of sunshine, humidity is low. usually i'm talking about rain coming their way. it's nothing but beautiful weather for today. it is 79 degrees for philadelphia. it is 78 in delaware. the weekend forecast, sunshine all around.

a slight chance of a daytime shower but most of the time it will be dry and sunny with temperatures in the 70s. looking good. >> looking really good. and that is going to do it for us for nbc 10 news at 11:00. bill henley is keeping an eye on hurricane harvey. >> yeah. harvey is a strong category 2 storm. it is spinning just off the texas coast. it is expected to make land fall. that's the center of the storm late tonight or tomorrow morning. it will be a devastating storm even after it moves inland. some areas will get more than 3 feet of rainfall. we'll be talking about it in texas even into next week. >> oh, wow. in terms of any impact to on our weather? >> there is a slight chance remnants will come this way. at this time it is parked over the gulf coast and texas and louisiana. it doesn't look likely for us.

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