9th and adams. >> the mother made the 911 call and we responded to 911 to check on the children. officers met the mother outside and entered the location and actually saw two children that were deceased. >> reporter: police found two boys, one around 5 and another a few months old under water in the bathtub. there was also an intense natural gas smell. they opened up the doors and evacuated part of the block. the mom is at headquarters for questioning. the police chief believes this was a family tragedy. neighbors tell me occasionally they'd see the mother with the boys and if she was having problems being a mom, they wished that they had reached out to them for help. >> no matter what problems i go through, i could not harm my children. and we have breaking news in delaware. traffic is still backed up on i-495 south in wilmington after

this tree trimming truck flipped over near the i-41 ramp. we just checked. the southbound lanes of 495 are still shut down. look at the backup here. you can expect delays if you're headed this way anytime soon. now to your first alert weather and a noticeable change tonight. a sea of jackets and hoodies on the streets of center city today as the temperatures fall and the winds pick up. parts of the area, including the poconos, could see the first frost tonight. this is a live picture from camelback mountain after some unseasonably warm weather. it's finally feeling like fall around here. tammie souza is joining us now. how low will those digits be dropping tonight? >> how about into the 30s for a lot of the area. maybe in the city we stay in the low 40s but many of us will see the first frost on the pumpkin.

outside, blue skies have returned. a few fair weather cumulus clouds. winds out of the north and northwest to 12 miles an hour. look at this spectacular sunset. the temperature there in cape may, 56 degrees and we're looking at winds out of the north and northwest. a drier mass is coming into the area and this is the upper pennsylvania suburb, poconos and parts of south jersey. you are under a frost advisory. and any plants that you have need to be covered up. we'll talk about the wonderful warmup on the way when i come back with your ten day on 10.

a man accused of planting a bomb along a race course could face life in prison. a jury convicted ahmad rahimi. he's also charged with blowing up a trash can along the route of a marine charity race in seaside heights. >> former vice president joe biden will present the award to his long-time friend. john mccain will be honored for his sacrifice and service. >> reporter: that's right, a former president george w. bush and that is coming in by video.

take a look, you can see who is starting to turn up here and as you mentioned former vice president joe biden will be here. his relationship with john mccain will go back to decades when he was a senate liason. the u.s. naval academy is preparing to honor one of their own. senator john mccain receiving the liberty medal. >> it was established to celebrate men and women. >> reporter: one of the themes is bipartisanship, something mccain is known for both professionally. his friend independent joe lieberman will offer a video tribute as will chuck smchumer

and mitch mcconnell. tonight, though, it's mccain. >> i just admire his resiliency. >> the man that ralph galati in vietnam. this honor for senator john mccain is coming as he faces another challenge. he's battling brain cancer and this award was announced before his diagnosis was made public this summer. live in old city, i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >> our coverage of this story continues online. nbc10.com, you can get a rundown from all of those who received the award from 1989 through this year. a setback today for new jersey senator bob menendez in

his corruption trial. defense lawyers argued the charges should be dropped because the evidence didn't meet a new definition of bribery established by the supreme court last year. menendez is charged with accepting bribes from a florida doctor in exchange for pressuring officials to help out the doctor's business. there will be a vigil to remember a neighbor killed in a hit-and-run overnight. the deadly crash happened at the intersection of south 67th street on linmore around 10:00 p.m. richard brennan was hit when he was crossing the street. his nephew is urging city leaders to make the intersection more safer. >> i'm upset that they kept going. i was always saying something bad would happen right there and it was unfortunately my uncle. >> police are looking for a gray van with a damaged front windshield. a driver is accused of hitting a sheriff's deputy in

south philadelphia. devin harley was behind the wheel saturday night. they say a 14-year-old girl reported missing in south jersey was in the car with him. police say harley drove off knocking a deputy to the ground. they found him in the car a short time later but there was no sign of the missing teen. in mt. laurel, a dumptruck turned over on the turnpike near exit 4 and it took crews hours to clean up the mess of sand and fuel. fortunately, no one was hurt. happening now, the temple university community is coming together on campus for a night of healing after the latest death of a student. last week, miami beach police shot and killed carrie ann after she drove her car into an officer. she was there celebrating her birthday. her death follows the murder of a temple student over the summer and the death of norm student

who fell from a dorm window earlier in the month t. >> in montgomery county, the community is coming together. it's a workshop called reading, recasting and resolving racially stressful encounters. this comes weeks after a pair of students from a nearby school threw rocks at a high school bus. new at 6:00, the state of new jersey is significaand thiss broke two weeks ago. now the homeowners will get their day in court? >> the attorney general's office says nearly two dozen homeowners were impacted by trey mccallister's fraud and they are

outlining the very same concerns that we revealed in our story in late september. one couple showed us checks that they wrote to his firm totalling $37,000, all of it t taxpayer-funded money that they received after hurricane sandy. they said they couldn't even get in touch with him and another homeowner said that mccallister took his $86,000, tore down his damaged home but never started rebuilding a new one.ç he appeared on local community television last year warning sandy homeowners about contractor fraud. now the attorney general's office says at least 23 different homeowners are telling similar stories of fraud about him, his wife and their firm. in total, the office calculates that mccallister's deceptive

practices brought his firm more than 1$1.3 million and they are pushing for him to return all of that money and to be barred from construction work in the state of new jersey. mccallister did not return our call today. live from the breaking news desk, george spencer, nbc 10 news. city leaders cut the ribbon today for the grand reopening at philadelphia national airport at terminal bc terminal b. it includes plenty of new restaurants and and nearly 2,000 feet of water main in allentown. it brings spring water to the filtration plan and they say the project was needed to detect the line. it provides water for 55,000 homes and the costs are estimated at rnd $2 million for

that project. coming up, caught in the act. a family's trailer is taken by thieves. it's what was inside that has the family heartbroken tonight. that story, all new at 6:00 on nbc 10. it's going to be a fall chill. the first frost advisory is for tonight. cool temperatures are here but another warmup on the way. we'll cover it straight ahead.

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i have some new video right here. thieves swiping a family's trailer. it's what was inside that has the family upset. it was packed with priceless items. now the family is pleading with the thieves to bring back their belongings. cydney long has the story from medford, new jersey. >> reporter: they are family heirlooms, old black and whites, memories of military marching orders. thousands of memories were hijacked and it's caught on camera. watch as this man peers through the side door. moments later, he and another suspect hooked up the trailer and took it. >> i know they didn't take it for the stuff in the trailer.

it wasn't theirs. >> reporter: he's in the process of selling the family home 90 years. he just packed the trailer. there's enough inside to fill a small museum including navy uniforms. >> uniforms from 1908 and the "uss buffalo," was embroidered on the hat. >> two of the distinguishing thing are chrome handles. >> take a look, you can see this empty spot where the trailer once stood doesn't leave an empty spot in their heart. this family has an offer for the crooks. >> just bring the stuff back. i'll give you the trailer. i'll sign the title to the trailer. >> reporter: you see, he's one of 12 brothers and sisters. >> there's a lot of people that are going to suffer from this

and it's going to look like it's my fault. >> reporter: and they are praying that someone saw something so his family's lineage is not lost for good. >> i don't know where they would dump them. they are in waterproof containers. >> reporter: from medford, cydney long, nbc 10 news. well, just four days to go now until proposals are due in an effort to land amazon's second headquarters. officials released video highlighting the strategic east coast location and proximity to highways and other big cities. >> and i really got the sense that they really need a much more scaleable city and that the east coast would be ideal for them. >> today we also learned that new jersey is proposing newark as its prime location. both new jersey and philadelphia are competing with more than a dozen other cities. a decision is expected in early

2018. the state of delaware, mercer and other counties are making bids to lure the headquarters and the 50,000 jobs it would bring. you can read more on nbc10.com and the nbc 10 app. we are minutes away from something spectacular. take a look at this. a gorgeous sunset out there at cape may. it's going to be a pretty night. it's cleared out enough that we're going to have a lot of bright oranges and pinks out there. a nice treat. sunset alert for you. look at the 46 in rochester. 58 in philadelphia. when is the last time that you saw 58 in philadelphia and 73 in billings? so much warmer out west. the warmth will come back our way. give it a couple of days and then you'll start to feel it coming back in again. 59 in philadelphia right now.

the other number was in the northeast airport. this is that philly international. 355 55 in allentown and atlantic city. right around 40 in philadelphia. 37 for all of you in coatesville. 38 in trenton. 38 in atlantic city. 42 in stone's harbor. we have a frost advisory out there for all of the outlying areas. that doesn't include the city, away from the ocean and upper pennsylvania suburbs and into the lehigh valley and burks county. cover up the delicate plants if you want to save them at all. low humidity will fall. a very dry week ahead and then we are looking at a warmup. 70s by the middle of the week. upper 70s by the weekend ahead. one brutally cold night and then we move back into the warm

weather. nothing popping up on the doppler radar. .06 of an inch fell in philadelphia. the rain is moving offshore with the cold front that is ushering that cold air in. we look at the north-northwest winds. we drop to the 50s. 40 in philadelphia. again, the lower 30s in the outlying areas and 40s and maybe even a 50. we hit 60 tomorrow. upper 50s across much of the area and with the wind, light wind, it's going to feel like the 50s all day long. 70 by wednesday, though. get all of your details and neighborhood weather, don't forget, download our nbc 10 app. for tonight, 40 in philadelphia, 42 in south jersey. 51 at the shore. the water temperature is so much warmer than the air. tomorrow, blue skies. 61 in philadelphia. 61 in the suburbs. 60 in south jersey and 57 along the shore. your ten-day on 10, 70 degrees

by the time we get into wednesday. 72 on thursday and 74 on friday. we'll have a few clouds drift in on saturday and sunday. 76 on saturday and 78 on sunday and chance of showers on monday for the eagles monday night game. hey, i'm john clark. we're live at a big event for malcolm jenkins. the best record in the nfc and getting ready for the redskins. stay tuned. paulsboro's a very proud community.

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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.

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hey, everybody, i'm john clark. we're live at malcolm jenkins foundation event. first of all, 5-1. you're atop the nfc. doug pederson said your job is to stay humble. >> definitely. i told myself this earlier this summer. i could tell by the way we were this off season, we were going to have some success, especially early. and we have had that the last few years i've been here and somehow we found a way to lose that momentum. and so right now, at every win we stack up, i'm getting more and more anxious to make sure that we stay hungry and continue even if we find ways to get better, find ways to improve and keep the chip on our shoulder because it's a long season and although we were feeling great about where we are, the fan base as well, we didn't come into this season with a goal of only

winning five games and so we're nowhere near where we want to get to. it's a great start. things are moving the way they want to. hopefully we can continue that momentum. >> there's a petition signed by 46,000 eagle fans that peand a number of penalties. can we make it 46,000 and one and added your name to that list? >> i'd be glad to if it came across my desk. >> let's talk about carson wentz. he has the hottest selling jersey in the nfl. he's one of the best quarterbacks on third down. talk about what you have seen from him, the growth in his second year now. >> i mean, it was fun. i thought it was very apparent his first year just watching him play, he made a bunch of plays with his legs and he can make all of the throws on the field. he's a fun player to watch and i think the biggest difference between him last year and in the making and the ability to manage

the game and take care of the football. it's so much more productive and keeps our defense from being in bad situations and allows us to be patient, you know, as a team and eventually we're going to make big plays. our offense is explosive. we're running the ball well. i think that balance and game management and not making his steaks mistakes and not doing anything to hurt ourselves. >> i think the blitz bowties, it helps the kids in philadelphia. >> thank you for having me. >> more at 11:00. i'm john clark. more after this.

when you're a double-dipping pension-padder like steve sweeney, it's important to maintain a certain... lifestyle.

that's why sweeney spent over a hundred grand of his campaign funds on high-priced meals and other gifts. we're talking fine cigars, fancy watches, pricey restaurants, and expensive wines - all to charm the type of folks who helped him raise your taxes 145 times. too many in south jersey are struggling. but steve sweeney's looking out for himself, not for us. well, frost on the pumpkins but a gorgeous sunset tanking place out there right now. we do have the sunshine that has returned and clear skies, once again. >> and it lasts for a couple of days, right? >> in a couple of days it will be cool. isn't that spectacular? >> beautiful.

that's our news at 6:00. i'm jim rosenfield. up next, "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. see you again at 11:00. tonight, whiplash. president trump points the finger of blame then paints a united front. a freewheeling pr blitz as the president makes a false accusation against his predecessors. drug czar controversy. the president's pick under fire. did a law he pushed help fuel the opioid isis? plus prescription price secrets. an nbc news investigation finds paying for meds without using insurance can be cheaper. tonight the question you should be asking at the pharmacy. suing the nfl. the first player to kneel during the national anthem accuses team owners of now conspiring to keep him off the field. air scare. a terrifying scene. >> fasten your seat belts! >> panic in the cabin. passengers texting