we have an accident in worces r worcester.ehem pike at weiss avenue, it is a busy morning right now. tracy? >> thanks, jillian. >>> people jumping from windows. we've been following this news all morning. three people were hurt in a house fire there. matt delucia is live on scene. what's happening? i know last time you checked crews were starting to clear. >> tracy, right now they just brought in an arson dog. that dog has been sniffing around in front of the properties. i'll get out of the way here. you can see the damage. you can see that arson dog was going inside the home where the fire started earlier this morning. this is just before 3:30 that this first floor and secondç floor home got engulfed in flames. these are row homes in this area. there are six row homes out here. we saw within the past 30 minutes someone posting signs on the door condemning these properties pretty much just because of the damage that was sustained as a result of this early morning fire. you can see some of that damage there on that video. we'l

it offered an extended anecdote set in the streets of worcester. a complete stranger had talked -- tapped him on the shoulder and address them by name. a touch of kindness that went right to my heart, goff wrote. the turning point for his dependence on alcohol was a decision to repay the gift of a strangers freely given kindness. that man has placed confidence in me, and on that account, i love him. the paralysis of will is broken ,ot by masculine self-assertion the by seemingly arbitrary touch of compassion that would turn the current of my life in a new and hoped-for channel. awakened, thee drunkard voluntarily attended the washingtonian society the next day, related his situation, and signed the pledge. and being moved to reform themselves, drunkards entered a moral economy of the netherlands. the depth of trust, gifts of love, when goff broke his pledge in years ahead, he seized to belong to any formal society and was increasingly dependent on christian faith and humility. the intensity and scale with which this one individual accounted for his

>> i went to school in worcester.e better drives than that but new york city, worst drivers in the world. >> what about you >> los angeles. only because i almost got hit by a guy with a clothed cat. >> do you think that's normal? >> no. >> that's weird. >> you don't drive, right? >> my driver's license expired when i was living in london and i haven't gotten around to it. the worst driver, i asked president obama and he said his 3 wood. he loves to golf. >> one more golf joke. >> i don't think we can bring that up enough. i don't look at areas, i look at people. newly arrived foreigners. i lived in london and would not drive because i knew on the left side of the road i would kill somebody. when you move to some place new accident prone. young drivers they take more risks so they are deadlier. tend to hit more people. elderly because they refuse to give up their driver's license. the day my mom passed away that day she got a renewal from the dmv at 89 and she would have done it. >> have you got a renewal? >> i have a

>> i went to school in worcester.better drives than that but new york city, worst drivers in the world. >> what about you >> los angeles. only because i almost got hit by a guy with a clothed cat. >> do you think that's normal? >> no. >> that's weird. >> you don't drive, right? >> my driver's license expired when i was living in london and i haven't gotten around to it. the worst driver, i asked president obama and he said his 3 wood. he loves to golf. >> one more golf joke. >> i don't think we can bring that up enough. i don't look at areas, i look at people. newly arrived foreigners. i lived in london and would not drive because i knew on the left side of the road i would kill somebody. when you move to some place new accident prone. young drivers they take more risks so they are deadlier. tend to hit more people. elderly because they refuse to give up their driver's license. the day my mom passed away that day she got a renewal from the dmv at 89 and she would have done it. >> have you got a renewal? >> i have a gr

in worcester there's the wreck along skippack pike at valley forge road by the exxon station but thefield township on bethlehem pike is gone. karen. >> rain just beginning right now. you can see storm tracker 6 live double scan not a lot in center city itself but especially north and west of the city we have some showers, even a couple of downpours with that. going to be that kind of day at any point today. we could see some heavy downpours and periods of rain. by 9:00 a.m., 74. by noon, 77, the clouds, the periods of rain going to hold the temperatures down. our high today 79. by 3:00 p.m. coming down from that at 78. by 6:00 p.m., 75. any time from about 3 o'clock on through until midnight we could see some of our heaviest rain moving through the area. so that could be concerned as you're traveling in you're out of town you need to be careful heading out of town and expect delays. now none reported just yet at philadelphia international airport. boston i think the heaviest rain will hit had you later on tonight and into tomorrow and chicago 66, no problems there. charlotte atlanta

collins, colorado, and dead last among all cities, worcester, massachusetts.k city, which you think would have worse drivers than philadelphia, isn't even close. it ranks 155. >>> we have new video this morning that is purported to show isis supporters celebrating after militants captured a major military base in syria. dozens of vehicles honked their horns after an air field was taken over. it was home to syrian warplanes, helicopters, tanks and ammunition bunkers. it is the third syrian military base in the area to fall to the extremists since last month. >>> united states surveillance planes are now flying over syria to get intelligence on the militant group isis that could lead to air strikes after isis murdered an american journalist last week and threatened the lives of more u.s. hostages. syria's foreign minister says they're ready to help confront isis but they warn that the u.s. should not carry out air strikes without syria's consent. the foreign minister says uncoordinated attacks would be seen as aggression and air strikes alone are not enough to d

other end of the spectrum, massachusetts, two cities where drivers were voted the most dangerous, worcester boston. >>> the emmys last night, abc's modern family made history, tieing frasier with the fifth win for best comedy. star of hbos veep, julia lou louis-dreyfus won. that lip locking with bryan cranston was a re-enactment. the two smooched on "seinfeld" nearly 20 years ago. today the real veep, joe biden, tweeted his congratulations. also last night billy crystal saluting his friend robin williams. >> it's very hard to talk about him in the past because he was so present in all of our lives. >>> and coming up next right here, we want to tell you about two women on a mission to make every child feel loved, even when life is rough. it's "america strong," tonight. it's "america strong," tonight. has a new easy-to-swallow coating... so the nutrients for your eyes, heart and brain go down easier. for a limited time, get your four-dollar coupon at centrum.com. hatch it into a 100% realain we take a chicken.l egg. and that's what goes into our 100% real tasty treats. 100% real simple ingred

his recovery from alcoholism begins with this act of standing in a public space of the worcester townhall, dedicating himself, along with some many others, to the pursuit of .ealth, wealth, and happiness thousands of men, women, and children signed abstinence pledges, asserting their equal rights and obligations in what the editor called "moral governance." wouldstinence pledge commit to norms of well-being that were both individual and collective, promising self-improvement and mutual aid. washingtonian testified in person and in print that a man could undergo dramatic transformations in individual appearance and conduct. restored to being his station in life, as charles woodward wrote in his recovery narrative in 1843. the very speed of the change of character left the pledge is magic might, as woodward put it, .he power a thirst for a call as if a tyrant or demon was inside. offering man had a chance for heroes him -- here was him in what is called the great battle of life. it is a grand thing to see a man struggle, he would tell audiences. some men aret, and fighting all the days of t

last is worcester, massachusetts.k city you might think would have worse drivers, not even close. they ranked 155. >>> emmy honored beth performances. you saw them on nbc 10. there was a ring of familiarity. stephanie stanton with a wrap-up. >> "breaking bad." >> the emmys sent "breaking bad" out on a high note monday night, a second straight win as best drama. >> thank you so much for this wonderful fairwell. >> that kindness extended to aaron paul and anna who won best supporting akers. >> bryan cranston. >> and "breaking bad" star who won best actor for the second straight year and fourth time overall. >> i can only say i have gratitude for everything that happened. >> the one major honor "breaking bad" didn't get went to julianna margulies, her second win for "the good wife." >> what a wonderful time for women on television. >> a wonderful night for other emmy winners. >> jim parsons. >> the star of the "big bang theory" won best actor april comedy for the fourth time. fourth actress win for julia louis-dreyf loui

this area, and that rain funnels into those hills and causing flash flooding, the burk shires, and worcester. cops found the body of an -- investigators say the suspects called a taxi, put the suitcase in the trunk and said they were going to check out of the hotel, but they never came back to the cab. after a few hours, someone saw blood stains on the suitcase. >>> michael phelps became the winningest athlete in history. he scored -- one competitor called phelps a normal person, but maybe from a different planet. he recently came out of requirement to participate in the 2015 games in rio. but michael phelps set the olympic gold standard six years ago today. when news breaks out, we'll break in, because breaking news changes everything on fox news chach channel. . >>> stop calling these criminals nice names like cartels. start calling them what they are. these are narco trierrorists because they're terrorizing america. >> governor rick perry is here, but first -- >>> the scene in tucson, arizona when border agents tried to make a simple arrest and now a new report that some criminals there a

collins, colorado, and last, worcester, massachusetts.ew york city, which you may think could have worst drivers than philadelphia, isn't even close. it ranks 155. >>> a massachusetts beach was closed for several hours after a police helicopter spotted a great white shark nearby. the shark couldn't be seen from the shore but lifeguards told everyone to stay out of the hour for two hours as a precaution. swimmers wrote a sign on the beach that says "you're going to need a bigger boat." funny. >>> big bite of sunshine this morning. it's nice and clear outside for philadelphia so a live view from comcast center. a warm one today. we're six degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. 69 degrees. the wind is calm. a little bit of fog in the pocono mountains starting to thin out. this is the view from jim thorpe in the mountains. plenty of sunshine today. dramatic view this morning. satellite shows no clouds at all for philadelphia, atlantic city, dover. but look to the north and west. you can see some cloud cover and some storms that are blowi

the broken down suv here on the schuylkill eastbound at south street and watch out for a crash in worcestervalley forge road with normal eastbound slowing on 422. tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. >>> let's go to sky 6 hd and take live look across center city. that is beautiful. this month it hasn't much felt like august but that's about to change. let's get details from david murphy. good morning. >> it will be a little on the warm side this afternoon tam. tomorrow hotter and more humid. right now 72 degrees in philadelphia, still comfortable with the sun up over the horizon, a lot of suburbs in the 60's. this afternoon we'll go for a high of 87. some urban center cos go higher than that. sunny and very warm. might feel humid as the day goes on. hot and definitely more humid tomorrow, a high of 91 and a chance of a spotty shower or thunderstorm particularly in the evening tomorrow. then thursday and friday get nice again before the humidity builds back in for saturday, sunday and monday. our holiday weekend looks humid, highs in the 80's and each day there's the chance of at least a spotty th

. >> they arrived in style for the big dance in worcester.p for children with physical and developmental dissables and look at that. they all had great time. like every prom the queen and king are voted in by their pierce this prom has a prom prince and princess as well and they all get a very special ride in a limo after the dance. how great is that? love that. camp, staff and and dozens of volunteers helped to make it a big success providing the food, flowers, limos and music free of charge. >> it was a perfect night for party. we're in for big improvements scott and we're ready. >> nice weather lucy and dawn as we move into the latter part of the week much forecast i think everyone will love. so for the overnight, decreasing clouds. that humidity continues to drop. it will feel comfortable. for your thursday for your friday high pressure will settle in overhead giving us sunshine and nice conditions considering, yeah, it still is august. and we're talking about temperatures below average. by the upcoming weekend, we keep the sunshine and i

. >> worcester. whip it up.at i like to do after that combines, serve in individual -- >> awesome. and also, you can make this a day ahead and bring it with you? >> in fact, you want to. chill it. keep it chilled. all ingredients come together a day ahead. nice and refreshing. >> isn't it great? >> cucumber sandwiches. cool as a cucumber. secret is a little cream cheese. add a little dry ranch mix to it. do that overnight. >> so versatile. >> oh, yeah, absolutely. seasons it up. do it overnight. spread a little on it. fresh cucumbers. got it, done, boom. >> wrap it up with something sweet. >> here it, peach mousse, real peaches, sugar free orange gelatin, honey. >> like pudding. >> light. use that nonfat whipped cream if you want to put it in there. or go all fat. any way, light, airy. >> you heard it here. america's chief entertainer, great to have you, tim. find all our recipes this morning on our facebook page, wnnfans.com. stay with us. you are watching "world news now." ♪ hot fun in the summertime we do? i

. >> worcester. whip it up. >> make this a day ahead. >> you want to. chill it. keep it chilled.head. nice and refreshing. >> isn't it great. >> cucumber sandwiches. secret is a little cream cheese. add a little dry ranch mix to it. do that overnight. >> so versatile. >> oh, yeah, absolutely. seasons it up. do it overnight. spread a little on it. fresh cucumbers. go out. >> wrap it up with something sweet. >> here it, peach mousse, real peaches, sugar free orange gelatin, honey. >> like pudding. >> light. use that nonfat whipped cream if you want to put it in there. or go all fat. any way, light, airy. america's chief entertainer, grit to have you, tim. find all our recipes this morning on our facebook page, wnnfans.com. stay with us. you are watching "world news now." ♪ hot fun in the summertime we do? i took the trash out. i know. and thank you so much for that. i think we should get a medicare supplement insurance plan. right now? [ male announcer ] whether you're new to medicare or not, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. it's up to you to p

so i didn't think about it at that time, a later when stanford came into the picture and worcester tothink about what to do with this, and think about a book, then i begin to realize there was a natural narrative already. you have an exciting incident with steve being forced out which is the beginning of a story. his articles although we do and rise. i have derived the silicon valley where you had money pouring in like a firehose, like gasoline on a fire. so that was a wonderful twin arc story that ends in 2000. so while i was shooting it, it became apparent to me that they were probably going to succeed. most of the companies i photographed failed but i could see the passion and the energy and idealism was going to lead to real change. i would go back to new york and tell my editors you have a computer on your desk. they just laughed. you have a digital camera. they thought i was insane to you could see the future through the eyes and i believe it. it took some time to create, and by the way, we only have scanned 8000 images. we only had funding for that much so we have so many of th

we have downed wireless to avoid in worcester montgomery county at valley road.ter on northeast extension with speeds in the 60s. in coatsville, south 1st avenue is closed. 82 gets you around. watch out for a wreck at mount pleasant road at water way road. >> cape may, new jersey, it's a gorgeous beach weekend. karen rogers has the forecast. >> reporter: i would like to do the forecast from the beach. 61 in philadelphia. in the 50s in allentown, 49 in the poconos. 58 in trenton and millville. it's a cool start to the day. here's the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. temperatures this afternoon nearly ten degrees below average, sunny, but cool. tomorrow, beautiful, warmer, 82. sunday it's humid a lot more cloud cover, sunshine and a shower here or there. it's a mostly dry day, a couple of showers coming your way on sunday. >> head to 6abc.com to see who challenged our own jim gardner to take the ice bucket challenge and w >>> oh, yeah. >> good morning, america. we're florida georgia line. >> we're headed to central park. >> yo, you need a ride? >> no, i go

also we have a crash in worcester montgomery county along skippack pike at valley forge road by the exxongdon pike along morton road. one in wyncote on church road at washington lane. and in chester delco watch out for a crash along providence of a 320 at 22nd street by campus dental center. tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. let's take a live look out there right now looking out on sky 6 over philadelphia international airport. you can see we're starting to see some gray in the skies and karen, you say we'll see only more of that as the day goesology. >> that's right. we're going to keep the clouds today, tam and we'll see periods of rain. it's not raining right now in philadelphia just damp. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing certainly raining throughout much of the region. it's going to be on and off today. it's not going ton constantly raining all day but these periods of rain, the problem is some of it could be pretty heavy and we could have a strong thunderstorm especially west of the city that could be strong to severe. 79 degrees for your high today. with these periods of rain s

boston and worcester, voted the most dangerous in all states annual report.fourth year in a row at the top. the report based on frequency of car crashes. those are your headlines. >> thanks. >>> while people say their driving is wicked fine in massachusetts. >> speak of wicked, on his prime time food network series "restaurant impossible," chef robert irvine sent out to rescue restaurants on the brink of disaster with two days and $10,000. he's also loud. >> what does it taste like? >> bad. >> but you served it to me! >> i'm at papa's restaurant and i'm disgusted by the sorry excuse for greek food that i've been served. did you make that? you don't deserve to be called a cook! you're the reasons this place is failing! >> wow. fighting words. now chef robert is using that same resourcefulness to help dieters who like dining out, who want to make healthier choices and teaming up with gold's gym for the first ever golden plate award promoting the healthiest restaurant chains ever! >> and we're celebrating these meals today, right? >> it's important. gold's gym i

we're still going to watch the flash flood threat right through the morning into the afternoon from worcestertford. right now it's relatively mild. we're watching about a half inch to an inch. but all that heavy rain is just moving in, it's just the beginning of it. we'll track it this afternoon. the airports are actually doing okay, believe it or not. even the new york city airports are not reporting any delays. this is just an epic three or four days of flash flooding. from detroit to baltimore yesterday, overnight washington, d.c., was okay but the jersey shore got it bad. then all the way up into new england today. so again, islip, new york, and long island, over a foot of rain in eight hours. haven't seen reports like that in a long time. new york city, just showers for you but flooding will be pretty bad this afternoon when new england. more "morning joe" when we come back. wondering what that is? that, my friends, is everything. and with the quicksilver card from capital one, you earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on everything you purchase. not just "everything at the hardware store." not

heading to worcester township.and use caution there, as well. 76 westbound heavy volume right near and blue route is about 20 minutes. chris? >>> on to the philadelphia school budget crisis in a couple hours we may know if a lack of funding will delay the start of the school year. we'll also learn if the district will have to lay off teachers or aother personnel. those options are both on the table because of an $81 million budget shortfall. now, superintendent dr. william hite is scheduled to make an announcement at 10:00 a.m. you can count on us for coverage of that. i'm chris cato. we have another update in 20 minutes. you can always get the latest news and weather at nbc10.com. now we go back to "today" show. have a great friday. >>> we're back now. 7:30 on a friday morning. it's the 15th day of august 2014. neon trees in our studio. actually that's the neon trees fans. we look forward to that. >> yai. always looking forward to them. >>> let's look at what's making headlines. for a fifth straight night, a new r

it's a takeoff on down at the, the very popular show on pbs but this is a book i've read that worcester and was a historical version of how this whole process work. and it was a fascinating, fascinating book. so i like to read and widespread of books on a wide variety of subjects to my daughter also just give me another book i read and it's called "100 dresses." it was in the metropolitan we seem of art and it was on the 100 most bit of addresses that had been designed by there is decided in the last 100 years. i guess more than that, more than 100 years. each saint laurent dress from 1955 that i love that love to have copied. i love a wide variety, not just political. i like a lot of different things but my top of both i'm recommending is mark steyn's book, for myself i'm reading this one on "mother of the groom," then my next book i'm recommending is "the israeli solution" by caroline glick and then also lynne cheney's book on the life of james madison. and again you can't go wrong with some light reading as well. so that's what i'm reading this summer. >> what are you reading this su