aetna. you don't join us, we join you. families fired up. they accuse school leaders of covering up mold in the classroo classrooms sglncht classrooms. a couple uses a pool so survive the california wild fires. doctor vs. patient. what led to this waiting room confrontation. right now at 11. let the back ups begin. nbc10 along the pennsylvania turnpike tonight where cars have gotten stuck behind a massive road closure. what's what you need to know. 20 miles of the pennsylvania turnpike are closed this week. drivers who troy to go around it

will waste an extra hour on the road. road crews are replacing an entire bridge in one weekend. drew smith is live. where the road closure begins. a main area is just cut off now. >> this is a lot of interstate to close. you can see the roadblocks up right now. nobody getting north unless they had pretty far to the east. and then up and around. the only people allowed opt ramp are construction workers. they have to replace a bridge and build it back up again. before the road opens up again on monday morning. >> reporter: 9:00 on the dot. turnpike workers move the barricades into place. we watch the lucky last minute drivers squeeze in right before the deadline. >> you cut it close. >> we are. >> reporter: we found others much more prepared. >> we planned our trip

accordingly. >> reporter: it will last until monday morning at 4. people heading to festivals and other weekend fun. realize it will be quieter this weekend. >> reporter: that's the detour you see on the map. and it will add considerable travel time for people in both directions. >> probably take another way to get home. >> reporter: the detour is an hour extra. >> we'll have to take it rewe warned people to get on the road from the rest stop. they had no idea about the closure. although the sign had been up for weeks. the university tennis team had more discipline during they pit stop. they have a championship tournament to get to. >> everybody is on a time limit, right? >> exactly. >> we're told there are 30,000

cars that pass over the bridge that's being reconstructed this weekend. so you can imagine all of that extra cars on the detour routs. it will be tough even on those roads that are open. if you're coming up here, catch the fall foil and. maybe you want to pick a different weekend for that. >> this closure maybe inconvenient for now. officials say it could have been worse. traditionally it could take up to 18 months to replace bridge. by closing the highway at once crews can get is done in 55 hours. also tonight mad over mold. parents at south jersey are demanding the school superintendent resign. students at monroe township have been out of the class all week because of mold concerns. the district just announced classes will resume tuesday. parents say the issue is far from over. why they want school leaders to face the consequences.

>> about 50 to 100 people came here tonight. our cameras were not allow ds in inside. they talked about a host of things. most importantly, accountability. >> reporter: schools might be reopening tuesday. that's not easing concerns tonight at closed door meeting. jennifer is blaming her fourth graders suffering health on mold. after testing are e vealed mold in several years. she shared photographs of him using a nebraska. >> he would turn gray. and just black out in my hands. i had to shake him back to. he was not getting any air. >> the district shut down all schools this week after they tested every building for mold and cleaned up. classes resume tuesday, some sections are certain buildings remain off limits. >> what's the one question you want answered? >> how they covered this up or

why they covered it up. why wasn't this handled? >> reporter: what did the district know? and when did they know? an online petition is asking the questions. calling for the superintendent and other school leaders to resign. accusing them of a cover up. it has more than 1,700 signatures. she's getting her sons tested. wondering how her healthy 14 year-old son missed 25 days of school last year. >> are you calling for the superintendent to step down? >> absolutely. 100%. >> a lot of questions from parents. we reached out to the superintendent to get his side of the story. he didn't get back to us yet. now to your first alertd weather. a cooler night out there. that didn't stop from diners and shoppers from hitting the sidewalks here tonight. but you might have to dodge a few rain drops for the start of the weekend. let's get an update on the neighborhood forecast.

>> just spotty showers. we koent see a total wash out. as we gaze across the downtown. looks beautiful for tonight. 63 degrees. in philadelphia. why a northeast wind to 8 miles per hour. here are the spotty showers. we have a system to the south. pushing nortward and basically we could see a few sprinkles, showers sp mist. making it through the area. that's not the system i'm worried about. there's another one to the west. that would bring us more significant rain by the time we get into sunday evening. here's a weekend. we're looking at the upper 60s and low 70s tomorrow. with clouds. and a sprinkle or spritz. on sunday not half bad. we get the 80s back. when i come back i'll discuss what happens when the next batch of rain arrives and exact hi how chilly the air is behind that one. breaking news now. a live peckture from toronto, canada. where the family that was rescued from the taliban is about to speak. the family arrived there tonight. after being held captive for

five years. the mother is a originally from york county, pennsylvania. her husband is canadian. the couple was kidnapped hiking in afghanistan. she was pregnant and had three children in captivity. they were rescued by pakistan forces. we'll keep you posted and bring you updates on air and online. it's the deadliest week of wild fires in california his ris. killing 36 people and no end in sight. 17 large fires continue to burn tonight. a weekend of winds and high humidity. amazing story of survival tonight. surprised by the speed of the flames, one couple survived by jumping into this pool. they stayed in the water for six hours. as the wild fire destroyed the neighborhood. including their home. >> we found the way into the pool. and waited until he needed to

get in. and then the fire got here. and that's when we got into the pool. >> couple says they didn't get any official alert about the fire by the time they realized it was coming. it was too late to leave. >> tonight a plea from the united nations to keep a nuclear deal with iran in place. after president trump refused to certify the international deal today. but stopped short of withdrawing. president accused of multiple violations of the pack. calling trumps comments full of insults and fake accusations. new information on a shooting that left a 16 year-old boy in critical condition. police charge 18 year-old with attempted murder. nbc10 was on the scene wednesday. in northeast philadelphia. police haven't given a motive for the shooting. a follow up to a story nbc10 was first to report. al bright college has kicked two more players off the football

team. earlier this week, we spoke to the quarterback was kicked off the team for kneeling during the national anthem. the school said he was punished for going against the team decision to kneel during the coin toss. but stand for the anthem. now the team has cut two additional players as we said not for kneeling. but because they stood during the coin toss. the president says the school is looking at new policy that will support all students. >> a group of philadelphia police and officers went to work today armed with hammers and drills. they descended on kensington street on their own time. to rehab nearly a dozen houses there. one resident is getting new floors and electrical work. plus something she hasn't had in decades. a new oven. >> i'm very appreciative. >> you get a chance to see the gratitude. the appreciation. from the community members. and it's priceless. >> the non-profit rebuilding

together philadelphia sponsored this project. they will be back at it tomorrow. >> you could have license to drive on the shoulder. pen dot announced a plan to cut down on traffic. allow drivers in delaware county to use the shoulder on the blue route and i 95 during the most congested times of the day. but don't hit that turn signal yet. the change won't happen until at least 2020. coming up. a doctor goes off. what a patient said that led to this out burst. plus a family devastated. how their pet cat wound up euthanized by mistake. and give that man a medal. how one fiancee went the extra mile to find his girlfriends lost engagement ring.

stepping into the unknown. it can be difficult to find the way. but with the compassion and security of independence blue cross, obstacles become openings.

as we have for nearly 80 years, we'll continue to light the way, with the card accepted in all 50 states. giving you the power to shine forward to whatever awaits tomorrow. independence blue cross. live fearless.

a long wait at the doctors office led to nasty confrontation. caught on video. look at this. >> that confrontation unfolded in gainesville florida. the woman was complaining about

the long wait time. her daughter was recording the argument. which turned physical as they walked out the door. >> police are investigating. the doctor has also responded calling his behavior unacceptable. but says the video doesn't show the whole story. and claims the woman was being abusive to his staff. a family is just heartbroken and angry tonight. they pet cat is dead. she was put down within hours of being brought to the animal rescue league. today the shelter apologized to the family, and fired the worker who made the decision to euthanize the pet. >> she was our pet. she had a collar. you could tell she was neutered and taken care of. >> the shelter offered the family a new cat. the owners say they aren't ready for that. they told us they're glad the shelter is making changes so this doesn't happen to anyone else. in west philadelphia, night to celebrate the cause of human and civil rights.

the annual naacp awards was hosted by nbc10. tonight community and business leaders were honored for their work fighting social injustice. philadelphia may your helped kick off the gala. >> one man really proved his love for his fiance. he went climbing through piles of garbage to find that. his fiancee threw her engagement ring in the crash on accident. he got on the phone and tracked down the garbage truck in jersey city. the sanitation crew helped him find the ring. strangely enough the fiancee's name happens to be michael diamond. they should invite the sanitation crew to the wedding. >> starting to feel like fall. another warm up is on the way. tammie souza has your neighborhood forecast. >> we'll be in the roller coaster ride for the ten days or so. up down up down. outside right now, we're down. it was cool today.

we have gray skies out there. drizzle. 65. that was all we could muster today. we should be around 68. on today's date. didn't pick up any official rainfall. 30 miles per hour winds. was the highest wind gust out there. we can take a drizzle over night. more importantly woel start to see temperatures roiz. in a cool pattern now. warm air to the west. and chillier air behind that. right now akrsz philadelphia. temperatures range from 63 in philadelphia to 66 vine land. 64 dover. 61 allen town and 65 wild wood. so again it's a very comfortable night out there. radar picking up some light showers. moving in from the south. here's what's going on. we have a system that's just to the south of us. this area of low pressure. pushing some of the shower activity. into our area. we're watching this cold front that's coming out of the upper midwest. behind it is chilly air. you maybe able to make out the snow taking place. just to the north of billings.

we have rain and thunder storms ahead of this front. that's not going reach us until we get into sunday evening. between then, now and then we'll be looking at light showers coming up from the south. continue to get a wind that will come in from the east. and the northeast. keeping us on the chilly side. tomorrow we'll deal with clouds and isolated shower. up to the low 70s. that's as high as we'll get with the cloud cover. look what happens on sunday. the winds turn to the southwest. quite breezy. bringing in a warm air mass. near 80 and here comes that front. starts making its way through the lee high valley. maybe 6:00 in the evening. through philadelphia. it's out of here off the jersey shore by midnight. we clear out monday. north winds coming in. they'll bring us the coolest air of the season. yet. so 62 tonight in philadelphia. tomorrow the clouds will be in place. isolated shower is possible. going to the temple game maybe

bring the rain slicker. 72 tomorrow. 72 south jersey. 74 in delaware. and 69 on the jersey shore. here's your ten day on ten. it does warm up. i promise. 72 tomorrow. 82 on sunday. we could have some dense patchy fog in the morning. and clear to sunshine. 63 monday. showers will linger early. showers from sunday night and monday. look at tuesday. only 61 degrees. the eagles maybe five and one. they are still a lot of football to be played. we'll have the high school blitz and joe embiid in the sixers. play their final preseason game. highlights against the heat, up next.

♪ ♪ it feels good to be back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

homecoming of sorts for joel embiid. wrapping up in kansas city. back for a second straight game vs. the heat. played 14 minutes. this is his only basket. from ben simmons off the back board. simmons played well. takes the pass inside. finds his way spoo the lane. 19 points for simmons. sixers win it 119-95. season opener wednesday against the wizards. eagles from 5-1. but can't afford to get complacent. there's a long way to go in the season. >> they'll read and listen to the media out let on tv. and hear how people are talking about them and saying how good and great they are. i have to keep it real, too. that comes from me. we're winning games, but there's a lot to fix. a lot to correct. as well.

it's never ferperfect obviously >> the high school blitz is up next. hey grandpa. hey, kid. really good to see you. you too. you tell grandma you were going fishing again? maybe. (vo) the best things in life keep going. that's why i got a subaru, too. introducing the all-new crosstrek. love is out there. find it in a subaru crosstrek. it's been on the decline with the closing of the refineries and there's no jobs in the community. if there's no jobs, there's no education, there's no food on the table. what's important is the children. steve sweeney... he fought for 'em. this is where he's from. steve sweeney's been here since the beginning. steve spearheaded the whole project and really brought it to fruition. it would've never been done without steve. it was a pride in building this port and then knowing that we're coming back.

every day, technology becomes much more personalized. ♪ ♪ like this. and this. (ai device) welcome home, gary, how was your day. and like this. introducing specifi, our digital investing platform that's built around you. just answer a few questions, and specifi will provide a tailored investment portfolio. it continually manages it, so if the market changes, it adjusts accordingly. ask us how specifi can help you reach your potential. ♪ ♪

welcome to another friday night of the high school plits. let's kick things off with number two team in south jersey. let's get to the action. second quarter thunder bolts with the ball. swing it out to large who rumbles down the sideline for a 60 yard score. that would put them up 30-0. they roll. 49 to 14. at holy spirit. chris allen goes up top to jalen. who takes it for his 81 yard score. it wasn't enough.

holy spirit wins 22-17. garnet valley looking to stay perfect on the road. jaguars in control pr start to finish. up the gut for a touch down. shut out win 43-0. this one is defensive struggle. rat ner with the ball. beats his man for the sack. the shut out. 10-0. glen mills taking on akad m parks. on the qb. weaves his way through the defense. and in for the touch down. this was all academy park. with the win. 34-0. gives the ball. he does the rest. he makes a man miss. 48-27. west chester east. hosting rival west chester hen

derson. east locks down its first win. 37-14. upper dublin visiting central lancers with the ball. upper dublin with the pick off the deflection. cardinals take it 27-8. head coaches 100th career win. nice toe tap for the touch down. they beat washington 36-18. lincoln hosting. howard fires but find lincolns stamp car. and takes the pick in for a quick six. lincoln 26-6. taking on samuel fells high. all trojans. pounding the rock. no answer. with the shut out. 38-0. over brock visiting southern. over brook driving when griffin steps in front of pass.

he's off the other way. southern returned that into six points. this was a shoot out. 54-42. time to head up for the birds eye view of the action. we call them skylights. audubon hosting. final seconds of the first half. fires towards the end zone. hard to see through the trees. that's a touch down. audubon wins 26-14. looking for room. but all he find is the defense. and down goes robin son. they didn't stay down. # 21-13. high land hosting sterling. connecting for a 12 yard touch down. sterling 29-14. to delaware. a big night for knight. named homecoming king. and the future blue hen put

together seven touch downs. including this 54 yarter. time to reveal the match ups for next weeks game of the week. they are spring ville at garnet valley. pope john pall the second. or la sal. st. joe prep. vote at nbc10.com or the app. call or text the number on the screen. up next, this weeks game of the week. class of top ten teams and south jersey. looking to stay perfect against a high scoring squad. highlights up next.

two of the top teams in south jersey squaring off in the game of the week. both offenses have been explosive. lighting up score boards all season long. up 7-3. catholic attempting a field goal. with the block. scoops it up and runs it back all the way down to the two yard line. later turn that into a touch down. up 23-3 at half. here comes catholic. rob mccoy airs it out here to tucker. shakes off the defense. and he is gone. brought down just shy of the end zone. they score so get within throe. they weren't done.

mccoy handing the ball off. who shows off his speed. all the way to the end zone. the 25-21 lead. final minute. getting inside the 20. but that's where it ends. picked off. catholic comes back to beat shawn e. 25-21. that's all the time we have. thanks for watching. i'm marshall harris. the tonight show is up next. [ 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 -- blake lively. gabrielle union. musical guest, wu-tang, and