good goes around and around and around. hey! ♪ irma tears through the caribbean. it has its sight set on florida. this is all that's left of popular tourist destinations after irma tore through with heavy winds and rain. a message for those ordered to evacuate and those who may be forced to flee their homes. listen to that hurricane.

it brings power and fury ashore. irma is the most powerful hurricane formed over the atlantic ocean in record red history. near ft. lauder dale people were boarding up buildings and putting plywood over winds. sit a familiar routine but there's nothing routine about this hurricane. this is about 110 miles north of punta cana. it is moving west/northwest. maximum sustained winds are clocked at 180 miles per hour. good morning. i'm katy vzachary. officials in parts of miami area ordered mandatory evacuations. florida's governor are strongly

urging people to follow the order. they say the gas stations should have fuel today after some stations ran out yesterday. erika has the latest. a lot to talk about and a lot in the path. >> that's right. we are seeing those maximum sustained winds at 175 miles per hour. to your point, still a category 5. this is what we are tracking. current pressure at 921 milibars. it is headed in our direction and we are expecting land fall some time over the weekend. pause this where we are expecting conditions to be really rough. while it's not going to make land fall in the bahamas we are expecting it to pick up steam and pick up its path and not be effected. it won't be effected by any of the land masses. normally we are looking for

something to weaken it. not going to be the case here. it is speeding off a lot of that warm water. it will be a very healthy hurricane as it does make land fall. expected to be over the weekend. we are seeing saturday at 8:00 a.m. we are expecting wind speeds to be at about 155 miles per hour, which would make it a category 4. it does favor the eastern portion of the peninsula. right here at 8:00 a.m. it is feeding off the really bawarm water here. i think it will maintain its strength as it continues to work its way across florida. coming up we'll talk more about this. back to you. >> thanks for that update. if you live in florida preparing for hurricanes is a fact of life. the threat that irma is posing is one of the most dangerous that people there have ever faced. sarah rosario is live.

what is going on there? >> reporter: well, katie, it's a beautiful day in miami right now. we all know that can change once hurricane irma arrives. all eyes are on irma's path. we do know it could be a catastrophic storm. mandatory evacuations are already in place in low lying areas of miami. today in south florida a mad dash for safety. sandbags and gas all many preparation for irma. the monster storm raging towards the sunshine state. the governor warning people to get out. >> regardless of which coast you live on, be prepared to evacuate. >> emphasizing irma's uncertain path. >> there is certainly enough fuel there to keep irma as an

extremely dangerous category 4 or 5 hurricane. >> today the caribbean wakes to irma's palt of destruction, 185 miles per hour winds leveling barbuda. >> as it stands now barbuda is barely habitable. >> reporter: businesses are boarding up and gas stations are running dry. >> it's a mad house. i don't want to run out of gas on the road. >> we boarded up the house and hoping for the bechlts itst. it's all we can do right now. >> reporter: some people are choosing to stay. >> i don't think i could be safer any where else. >> reporter: they warn it is more powerful and not worth the risk. >> that was sarah reporting for us. people are landing from places

that are threatened by the storms. some are cutting their vacations short and others heading towards the effected area in order to help. randy is live to bring us their stories. hi. >> reporter: we did see a lot of people fleeing the storm. people heading directly into the path of this storm including members of the red cross and first responders. as this historic hurricane zeros in on the southeastern u.s. it has people grabbing a boarding pass and flying into the storm's path. >> to see if irma decide to come to the carolinas. >> others fleeing like

gabriella. they were on vacation in the dominican republic. >> i literally got into panic mode. i started booking one flight. from there it got cancelled. i went to a different airline, that one got cancelled. >> they thought they would have to ride it out in an airport until they found a rescue charter flight with just a few seats left. the couple ran down the runway and took off free of charge. >> she was like an angel. they sent in four rescue flights. there were 32 seats left and we got seat 25 and 26. she was like an angel. i took it like a sign from god, like get home. >> the couple is now safely in philadelphia. they run a popular canoli business. they do tell us concerns about the people they saw at the airport that could not get one

of the flights out. i'm randy, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. count on nbc 10 for continuing coverage of hurricane irma. we have a team of reporters in florida right now. and get instant alerts sent right to your phone. happening now one of the suspects in that bucks county killing spree that made national headlines is facing a judge. they are both due to have preliminary trial hearings today. set to have a video hearing at this hour. a hearing is set for this afternoon. dinardo accused of lowering four men. they say he killed them and buried their bodies. he has already admitted to the

murders. in philadelphia a bull diez dozer claimed the life of a man. the 59-year-old victim died at the scene. no word yet on how it happened. > . a group of men stole a car rental lot. officers say one man disstrakted a security guard. the vehicles were found a short disa tans away and police have so far made at least one arrest. reassurance from the president? two days -- another royal first,

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expect today question donald trump jr. about whether the trump campaign colluded with russia. they are expected to focus on a meeting with russian lawyer and others during the campaign. trump jr. also agreed to appear in the coming weeks before the senate intelligence committee which is conducting its own investigation. caught off guard after reaching a deal with democrats yesterday. it combines disaster aid with measures to keep the government open. it extends the debt ceiling for three more months. by agreeing to the three month extension the gop controlled congress would be forced to revisit the debt ceiling and government spending extensions come november. >> reassuring hundreds of immigrants about his dreamers decision. he tweeted for all of those daca

concerned about your status during the six month period you have nothing to worry about, no action. he announced he was ending the program in six months to give congress time to determine what to do for those who came to this country as children. i'm erika martin. we are seeing a few clouds outside. fair weather clouds, a really nice day across the delaware valley. temperatures right now are not the warmest. it is unseasonably chilly. we are also seeing plenty of sunshine. current temperature is 64 degrees. wilmington currently at 65. dover upper 60s. philadelphia 63. we are seeing a little bit of a northwesterly wind. overall not bad. atlantic city currently at 67 degrees. your neighborhoods seeing plenty

of sunshine. keeping everything high and dry and certainly very sunny. expected temperatures at 2:00 p.m. 72 degrees with lots of sunshine. over night mostly clear to clear skies. temperatures in the low to mid-60s. very comfortable for everybody. we are missing lots of sunshine there and at 10:00 p.m. expected temperature 59 degrees. overnight lows in the 50s and 60s. for the lehigh valley everything really pleasant so your neighborhood forecasts are looking really pleasant. jersey shore your expected temperature at 71 and mostly clear to clear conditions all around. hour by hour forecast starting this at 11:00 a.m. noticing we are not seeing much going on. the sunshine showed that. as we get this into motion it looks like mid-to upper level moisture moving in by tomorrow,

not tomorrow morning. by about 6:00 p.m. we start to see green pop up. i think we'll see clouds and props one or two sprinkles. it looks like a lot of sunshine and trending dry tfor this weekend. tomorrow's high temperatures will be in the 70s. that's same story for today. so today we'll see 70s. that's the story for tomorrow. that will be the story through the entire weekend. with the exception of a couple extra clouds i expect it to be a great weekend for everybody. be sure you keep those outdoor activities in tact. neighborhoods for tomorrow looking pleasant. high temperatures topping out in the 70s. for today that's what we are seeing. hurricane irma starting to approach as a category 5. our biggest concern is that it

isn't going to contain this. really high elevation that can weaken a system like this. it will continue north of cuba and finally make land fall in florida. models right now are trending. the tip of the florida peninsula are east of that. we'll leave it like this. saturday at 8:00 a.m. it looks like it will make land fall as a category 4. we'll have to track that for you as well because that could change. we move it through sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. conditions are really devastating because you can see here that the hurricane just tends to be just offshore. so it can feed off some of that warm water. we'll keep you updated. a really nice weekend. lots of sunshine. a great trend and not tracking showers until the following week. back to you. >> thanks. eagles fans, are you praying

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welcome back. super bike racing fans get ready for three action packed days of excitement. two world class athletes are here with us this morning. garrett is the reigning motor america super sport champion. he is here are anthony. thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks for having us. >> all right. we were talking about how long both of you have been doing this. the general consensus is four years old, right? >> they have little bikes out there for kids and there are a lot of opportunities for families and kids to get into

the sport. my dad did it. >> my grandfather was a drag racer. he was in and out of english town but yet coming up this weekend there will be a little demonstration they put on. they also brought me up to the program. they start at five years old. they will be there doing little demonstrations. it will be interesting. >> tell us what's happening this weekend. >> yeah. so this weekend it is professional american championship. there will be five different races. there is my class and his class and then there's 1,000 cc's which get up to like 180 miles per hour. so there's -- >> have you both gone that speed? >> i have one time at daytona. it will be a fun weekend with a lot of good close racing. a lot of people out there watching and, yeah, it should be

really fun. >> that's awesome. looking at the video right now, how does the bike not fall over? >> i don't know either. i have been doing it long enough. i kind of know what's going on. i can feel the bike. there's nothing like the feeling of going that fast around a corner with your knee on the ground. >> and you can feel probably your elbow and your knee. >> it feels like it's going a million miles per hour. >> we just saw someone spill there. >> anthony, you're still in high school, right? >> yes. i'm a senior. >> what m drew you to this sport? >> when i was a kid i had a little cr 50. i started doing a lot of motorcross stuff. it was kind of a convenience that had this right next to my house and i actually put street wheels and i don't think i have

ever done a motor cross race since. i fell in love with the thing. >> great. let me ask you, what would you say about those who might let their kids at any age. what has it taught you. my parents saw it in my eyes too. my mom was a little hesitant but whuns she saw my drive and commitment, you know, there's danger to anything you can do. >> right. right. there's a lot of dangerers involved and we have a lot of companies that provide the protective gear we wear. >> it looks like you're pretty loaded down. >> yeah. it's safer than you would think. i would say hey, if you have a dream then go after it. you only get one shot at this life. >> all right. thanks for joining us. for everyone who may want to be

involved in this it is happening tomorrow through sunday in mill vil and come berland county. good luck thissen weekend. >> thank you very much. and we have breaking news we want to tell you about. a philadelphia police officer is being fired from the force after he shot a suspect who was running away. it happened back in june. richard ross just explained his decision to fire officer ryan pownow. >> officer pownow violated departmental policy. he failed to notify police radio of the traffic stop or call for back up. he fired two shots at jones while he was running away and no

longer posing what appeared to be a threat to himself or witnesses at that moment. in order to fire it is to the officer or another person because jones never looked back in the video and his hands were empty. he posed no eminent or immediate threat to pownow. >> he was a 12-year veteran of the philadelphia president. he stopped david jones for riding an illegal dirt bike recklessly in june. we'll have a live report. that is just ahead. shifting gears now, hurricane irma could be the strongest storm to hit in 25 years. next our team coverage continues as this category 5 hurricane heads towards the u.s. stay with us.

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and you can hear that wind whipping the palm trees there. we are seeing videos in the british virgin islands. an atlanta man recorded the storm from his hotel room. you can see the wind was whipping around the palm trees and boats are in jeopardy as well. cubans are watching and waiting anxious about the arrival of irma. the storm is due to hit some time tomorrow morning. this is an aerial shot of miami. it is sunny and bright there.

it's a really nice day but irma is not too far away. it has the southern coast of florida in its sight. hurricane irma still a huge category 5 storm that already left destruction behind in the caribbean. there is now a hurricane watch for florida keys and southern florida. about a million customers without power in puerto rico after irma struck there. ability 70% of the power is gone on the island right now. erika is tracking this storm. >> really interesting here. hurricane irma already set a record as the longest lasting category 5 to sustain its speed of 185 miles per hour.

sustained speeds are 185 miles per hour but impressive that it already broken a record. it's one of three hurricanes in the gulf. be sure you download the app for more updates on that. all eyes right now on hurricane irma and expected land fall as of right now which means sustained wind speeds between 130 and 156 miles per hour. of course it could change because there's nothing impeding its strength or organization. this is why it is such an important track to follow. we'll show you more images and keep you updated on the path of irma. right now it is a category 5. you can see that it is going to maintain its position and really not have anything in its path to

hinder its growth or its strength. we'll talk more about the path and what to expect for this upcoming weekend. >> back to you. no electricity or cell phone service. morgan brings us an update from san juan, puerto rico. >> reporter: at least nine people reported dead as the eye of the hurricane moved north of us. we are waking up this morning to a scene of destruction. many said they left only with what they could carry and others in the low lying areas said they were going to stay home. he said there were more than

6,200 home. there were about shelters set up as an emergency precaution. he said this morning floogd is a major concern. they try today make sure people are choosing to return to their homes are getting there safely. this is as 1 million people waking up without power today. back to you. and in my am my diami-dade waited for irma's arrival. they say the state is ready to help anyone that needs to evacuate. >> if you don't know how to get out we will get you out but you have got to call us. >> some r out of gas but he thinks all of those gas stations will have more fuel today. right now in south florida boarding up homes and businesses as they prepare to take a direct hit from this hurricane.

tim is in hollywoobe north of miami where today it is calm before the storm. rnchs we are coming to you from hollywood beach, florida. you can see it is a perfect beach day. the ocean is calm. it is warm water. it looks like a good situation. when you come over to this side that lady said there are people filling sandbags at the broad walk. around the corner they are boarding up the windows here. they haven't had to take these kind of precautions ever but irma is this kind of store. you can see they wrapped up all of the tvs and hunkering down

anything they could move so it doesn't blow away should all of the wood out here fail. it is a very serious situation. this is nick. he owns the place. tell me this real quick. >> yes. >> how serious are you taking this at this point? you're a new england guy, how seriously are you taking it? >> very serious for us to be doing it this liearly. this is the second time that i have been here that we have done this. we want the safety of everyone that works with us, giving them an extra day off to take care of their family and everything. >> reporter: it's worth not making money today to get everyone out safely? >> exactly. >> reporter: people are telling us a lot of this area is normally packed. there are a lot of older motels here. there are taller newer buildings

that were built after hurricane andrew. they are handle a little bit more but even those are a concern. and count on nbc 10 for continuing coverage of hurricane irma. you just saw tim furlong. you can get the latest with the nbc 10 app and get instant alerts sent to your phone. breaking news. within the last half hour we learned a philadelphia police officer is being fired from his job of shooting and killing a suspect while the suspect was running away. we are live where the police commissioner finished a press conference and explained why the officer is being fired. >> reporter: first i want to bring something to your

attention. demonstrators have actually gathered outside of this police building. they say that's not enough. they want this officer to be charged with murder. that is what they are calling for right now. they have extra officers here on bikes guarding the front entrance of the police department. going back to what all of this is about, richard ross just briefed you us. a surveillance video was a key factor in the action they have taken against the officer. they say the officer used poor judgment. you may remember he was transporting a family to the special victims unit when he spotted david jones riding a dirt bike. he said the officer used poor judgment when he stopped the patrol car with the family inside and failed to notify police radio that the stop was taking place or that he was in need of back-up. he is on a 30 day suspension

with intent to dismiss. he fired three shots. i will let the commissioner explain. >> the first attempted fire was reasonable and within policy because he was struggling with a male he knew was armed, a male who tried to pull a gun on him. the second and third shots that pownow fired were from distances of approximately 10 and 35 feet respectively. in both instances jones was running away with nothing in either hand. >> the commissioner made several references that in that surveillance video you can see there was clearly nothing in jone jones's hands at the time he fired the shots. you're taking a live look

outside police headquarters. they would like to see more done here this morning. there are officers standing by as well. my colleague was inside of that meeting. she is going to have much more on this case throughout the day. look out for her reports online and on air. i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >> thanks for that. happening today in north philadelphia the temple university community will unite to grieve one of their dwroen. a vigil will be held in honor of jennaburleigh. the entire community is welcomed to attend. hundreds of eagles fans braved the rain last night to see and hear carson wentz. he took part at eastern university that dealt with professional athletes and their

faith. once talked about how faith has helped him on and off the football field and his foundation which helped provide opportunities for those in need. nbc 10 is your official eagles station. don't miss our exclusive interview as he gets ready for the eagles first game of the season. you can see it during our pregame coverage beginning at 9:30. join us for all of the highlights from the eagles, redskins match up after nbc 10 news at 11:00. you don't have to wait that long to get your football fix. it kicks off in just hours from now. the chiefs take on the patriots tonight. live coverage begins at 7:30. a first today for one of the youngest royals. today britain's prince george headed off for his first day of

school. prince william held his hand as they walked through the front of the school. william said later that george's first day of school had been a success. what a cutie. i'm tracking hurricane irma. coming up on the other side of the break we'll talk more about it and its expected land fall and what to expect for this upcoming weekend. we'll see you on the other side of the break.

welcome back. just over two months away. to a runner that's not a lot of time. nbc 10 is a proud sponsor. he is the executive director. thank you both so much for being here. >> thanks for having us. excite today have you today. >> we are so excited to be teaming up with the city of philadelphia to make this top ten marathon try to turn it into one of the top in the country. more importantly trying to make it one of the largest cancer runs as well. >> that's correct. thme association has 37,000 members around the globe. it is right here in 88 cents of

goes to cancer research. >> and the advances are coming in leaps and bounds. so more money for research, ms which is critically important. >> and when we do it we come to you. you are the guy for races. this marathon is regarded as one of the top ten in the country. why do you think it's so unique? >> it is a great event because the city helps. we are the largest event put on throughout the country. having the city resources we can dictate a lot of different services that are not available. by doing that we with put on a great event. we have great for the philly -- >> bueautiful. >> we have great courses we have been able to manipulate with the police department's cooperation

so that we can put on first class running courses that runners will enjoy and get great times on the courses. >> and you touched a little bit that still want to be involved or a couple of rider races they can get involved in. >> i will tell them where they can go to get some of that information. >> that would be great. >> thanks for being here. >> thanks so much. >> we are counting down to race weekend. the philadelphia marathon is happening that weekend for more information or to sign up and run head to nbc10.com or go to the nbc 10 app. thanks for being here. >> thank you. i'm erika martin. we do have a nice fair weather day across the entire delaware valley. it is our scene for today. temperatures are a little bit

cooler. this is north and west and we do see isolated showers. i do think we may see a couple of extra clouds for tomorrow. a great stretch as far as conce. current temperatures mainly in the 60s. trenton at 63.ph 64. 70 for millville. a little bit ofortherly influence as far as the end is concerned. mainly 70s for tomorrow. 74 for new jersey and delaware and low 70s on saturday. what we do like here is a mix of sun and clouds. mainly sunshine for the second half of the weekend. if i had my pick i would take saturday and sunday as my pick of the weekend. of course we are tracking irma. s sustained wind speeds at 175

miles per hour. i will show you record breaking facts. let's go ahead and track irma for you at 175 miles per hour sustained wind speeds. this is really important. notice how we maintain category 5 as far as the strength is concerned. as it continues to move through it stays north of cuba and south of bahamas. there's no land mass at all impeding its strength or organization. this is why irma is really alarming especially as it continues to make its way towards florida. expected land fall some time this weekend. it looks like saturday and sunday time frame. as we zoom on in a little bit closer here it looks like it will make land fall as a category 4. we'll keep you updated. i'll zoom in a little bit more. it does maintain its position off the coast of florida right around -- it is just east of florida and southeast of georgia.

this is alarming here. it does maintain its strength and moves back inland. this is what we are monitoring for you and why it has been so impressive. it is the longest record as far as the sustained wind speeds for our hurricane. already breaking records. coming up we do have final weather. you can always follow us on social media for more updates. >> all right. thanks so much. the forecast looks fantastic this sunday for philadelphia's largest environmental festival. it brings together more than 170 organizations far free event that really the whole family can enjoy. here to tell us more is katie edwards. thanks for being with us. we got to chat about 30 seconds beforehand about all of the amazing things that will be out. tell us more. >> there is. thanks for having me.

it is the philadelphia area's largest envie vrenvironmental it is to learn ways to be more sustainable in their daily lives. >> we have an entire area. it has make and take crafts for kids. we'll be having story time and they can build their own forts on-site. >> so what about parents if they are in the market for a new car? >> this is extremely exciting. toyota hybrid will be to the festival to test drive. they are the presenting sponsor and they will have the 2018 hybrid camry. >> okay we have to talk about the fact that it is a zero waste event. it sounds like it can't possibly be done. >> it can be done. we come postand recycle all waste brought on-site.

>> so is it possible when you go they will have trash, recycleable compost but you're saying you can recycle or compost anything. >> yes. you can recycle or compost anything. >> yes. >> and you can teach them so they can do it at home? >> yes. there is hands on learning. we have some of philadelphia's best chefs doing cooking demos. we also have diy workshops. >> wow. all right. how many years have you been doing this? >> since 2006. this is the 12th annual festival. it is the biggest and best festival yet. >> i'm sure you would say we are increasing in size every year. >> yes. and it is such a really

important topic for people to get involved in issues that effect all pennsylvanians. we urge people to the organization that organizes the festival and talk to us that day to learn about how they can get involved. >> and save the planet, right? >> yes. i'll give everyone the details. the 12th annual green fest philly is happening sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on bainbridge green. for more details head to our web site, nbc10.com and check out the nbc 10 app. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. we'll be right back.

the flight that managed to escape, complete coverage and what it may mean for our area. that's coming up today at 4:00. a few minutes before noon. a lot to talk about weather wise. >> i want to focus on this. we do have this. >> it's horrible for florida, of course. right now locally temperatures in the 60s and lots of sunshine.

>> we'll think about what's going on in the southern part of the u.s. thanks for watching.

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