unearthed this week. >> reporter: too heavy for most men to budge this cannon now stored in the burlington city garage is encrusted in both dirt and mystery. >> it has a story to tell but right now the town is not telling us the story. >> reporter: city unearthed it by accident wednesday while starting construction on the wheelchair ramp at american legion hall in high street. >> we brought folks down from the the state historical department and they indicated that they believe that it is from the 18th century either revolutionary war, possibly war of 1812. >> reporter: shape and size indicate that the cannon was from a ship but who owned it. interestingly both british and americans fired on burlington city. next question why was it buried. perhaps, to keep out, and, people didn't want to look at it. >> after world war one there was an anti war sentiment and some of the cannons that were in town, displayed in town, may have been buried. >> reporter: jeff from the burlington county historical society has his own theories, he thinks cannon comes from the war of 1812 era where similar artillery wa

she's live in burlington city tonight.s video is getting a whole lot of attention. >> reporter: iain it has gotten thousands of views we talk to that officer and he tells us he doesn't think he did anything out of the ordinary when he saw little boy with a ball but that little boy's family tells me they think this policeman went above and i don't know. >> some cops are good. >> it's something that should go without saying. but too often it doesn't. heart warming video going viral from burlington city, new jersey, the goodness of one officer is on full display as he stops in the middle of his shift to toss a football with a neighborhood kid. 10-year-old alec. >> he got out of his car and put his hands up like he wanted the football. i through it to him. we started having a catch. >> alex and his little brother dominic pass the ball around with the policeman friday. their surprise parents recorded the exchange from their porch. >> the boys had a lot of fun. they won wait to get to school to tell their teachers and their frie

in burlington city, sabina kuriakose, fox 29 news. >>> a couple of cued of unthin unthinkable.e a judge. the dramatic courtroom outbursts by a woman overcome by the details of a horrible crime against a child. >> terrifying attack in the water. how 12-year-old fought off a shock that just bit his leg. >> hot new restaurant that has people really fired up. the statue that sits right in front some say is so offensive they want it gone. ♪ >> now with tomorrow's traffic here's bob kelly. >>> good evening, everybody. papal preparations remain here. ben franklin parkway closed both directions so again for tomorrow morning's rush hour if you use the martin luther king drive forced off on to 66 which is the vine expressway. if you come in on the kelly drive you'll be forced to make that left at fairmount and basically the parkway shut down from the steps all the way up through the cathedral parking restrictions every day moves into a cyst zone. tomorrow will be the old city area but make sure you read the signs before you park on the street. watch for the fences and the barriers that a

in this heart warming video going viral from burlington city, new jersey, the goodness of one officers on full display as he stopped in the middle of his shift to toss a football with a neighborhood kid. ten year-old alex. >> he got out of his car and put his hand up like he wanted the football. we started having a catch. >> reporter: alex and his brother dominic passed the ball around with the policeman friday. their surprised parents recorded the exchange from their porch. >> the boys had fun. they could in the wait to tell their teachers and their friends. >> reporter: this is the policeman in the video. he and his partner were just finishing autopsy after responding to another call nearby. the officer recognized alex from the neighborhood. >> i'm a big kid at heart. usually want to get out and play. >> plenty of football with my boys. >> so, i started to go out for a pass, i got sometime. >> reporter: officer perkins wasn't expecting all the attention, his collogues are glad his good deeds got noticed. >> jeff is a very strong man. >> reporter: he says the experience will long be

. >> reporter: when construction crews in burlington city began digging next to memorial hall on high street, they did not expect to find this, four and a half foot long 1500 pound cannon. >> it will start to corrode over time. >> archeologists for historic preservation came to examine the cannon, they say it was probably on a water vessel. >> it's not unusual to finite manies that date back this far. >> it may have been a decorative cannon they had at one time and just covered it up. >> the city owns the property and is home to american legion post 79, crews were digging to make a wheelchair lift to make the building handicap accessible. they are putting the project on hold to figure out exactly what they got here and if more excavation is needed. >> we have something here that is potentially historic and looks hist or can. >> there is no guarantee there is not a cannon shell in there, we doubt that but we'll move it carefully. >> the rusty cannon is gingerly removed and will sit in a facility away from the public while they dig up the history behind it. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6

. >>> police in burlington city, new jersey are still looking for two gunman. the men were seen firing their guns along the 300 block of jones street. the police arrived on the scene and became involved in a 3 1/2 hour standoff in the home. the lawmen burst in the house, the gunmen were not there anywhere. >>> dozens of employees were sent home at 1:00 p.m. after a bedbug was discovered in the office. the call center is fielding concerns leading up to the pope's visit. >> the count down is winding down for arrival of pope francis he will be here one week from tomorrow. the pope had a message for the people of cuba where's scheduled to visit before the u.s. he is holding an outdoor video in had a havana. the trip comes always the cuban government eases its control on the economy slowly allowing cubans to own property and businesses. >> the center is located in south philadelphia that features a real time crime center which allows city, states and federal authorities to monitor event across the city. it will provide access to the regional rail cameras, penndot an

. >>> a new housing complex opened today in burlington city, 65 partmentses occupied five newly constructed building in a vacant space on mitchell avenue, it has energy efficient appliances and coming up on "action news" tonight, bargain hunters may want to venture into delaware county. where to fine discounts on bran name items. >>> our sunny, warm streak continues, today's high is 86, 8 degrees above normal but i'm tracking a return to cooler unsettled weather. the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. fewer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. cancercenter.com/eastern. >>> as we have been reporting for months they are expecting millions on the parkway for the papal visit and many of are you watching from home. >> pope francis arrives at philadelphia international airport on saturday morning, this will be the first of his appearances in philadelphia and "action news" will be there and on the air bringing it to you live on 6 abc. >> our live coverage continues

today after someone found a fake hand grenade on the playground, the bomb squad responded to burlington city this morning, all students were removed as authorities examined the grenade. they determined it was a remember can a, and students were allowed to return to class. >>> there is new concern for people that live in the perimeter for the papal visit, anybody that parks in the designated secure zone must move their cars on the sunday before the pope arrives otherwise they will be towed. 1500 free parking spots are made available at the naval hospital at 16th and paterson and six ppa garages have another 2,000 spots to be reserved in advance for $20. david henry has a live report on this at 12:30. >>> and all the latest information on those parking restrictions online at 6abc.com/pope, we have all the details you need to help navigate during the weekend in the city that the pontiff is in town just over two weeks away. still to come on "action news" at noon, customers escape when a gunman storms a california restaurant, and a woman goes into labor on the side of the highway. what do a nasca

burlington city police are looking for 19-year-old isaia sykes.hey want to speak with him about a shooting near east federal and york streets yesterday afternoon. no one was hurt but investigators say several shots were fired. sykes is already wanted by the burlington county sheriffs department for unrelated incident. if you know where he is, please give police a call. >>> and happening now, a positive id for baby dough and murder charges against her mother and another man. investigators spent about three months trying to find out who the two-year-old girl is. a dog walker found bella bond back in june inside a trash bag near the boston harbor. now police say that they believe her mother 40-year-old rachel bond dumped her there. >>> we hope against home that her death was not a crime but the evidence carefully and professionally gathered by the men and women who worked on this investigation suggest otherwise. this child whose very name means beauty was murdered. >> prosecutors are charging rachel bond's boyfriend 35-year-old michael mccarthy with

. >> police in burlington city are still looking tore two gunmench the help were firing their guns in the 300 block of jones street. police arrived on the scene and got involved in a 3 1/2 hour standoff and lawmen finally burst into the house and begu begunmen were not there. they are still at large. >> a hunter discovered skeletal remains bun a vista stwp in an area rich hard main avenue and u.s. 40 and these are items found at the scene. a hat, wind break he and green backpack and gasses and if you know anything you are urged to contact police. twelve years after a toddler was raped and murdered in reading his stepfather has confessed to the crime. david cummings was charged today for the 2003 death of william spade the little boy. >> there is word tonight radnor police are investigating an instagram account that had ib appropriate picture of students from radnor middle school in wayne. they were apparently taken away from school and district property and all phone call information provided to parents today the instagram account was deactivated. >> days after wilmington man died aft

. >> just nice example of community policing in burlington city, new jersey. it is all captured on camera, too. take a look. neighbor recorded patrolman parkette throwing around the football with two kids during a recent shift. officials say patrolman perkins through for two completions out of five attempts and two hey kid. most important part. it looks like everybody had a great time. that's nice to see. 7:25 right now. coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news", we are going to go live to half and where pope francis is starting his first full day in cuba with mass this morning. plus, newcomb end this morning, from gop candidate donald trump. what he is saying about muslims, and also, his reaction to the controversy surrounding a question at that recent town hall. kyla? >> i'm keeping an eye on the weather, fall like feeling head our whale, and your sunday, will it have sunshine and the papal weather, we'll talk about it, "eyew (plays throughout) ♪ sometimes, at last doesn't happen at first. ♪ ♪ your dad just kissed my mom. ♪ turning two worlds into

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it was the city of burlington. t a long way to transform that city to make it one of the more livable and beautiful small cities in america. i think the trick of running the united states executive branch is to bring in good people, and my goal will be to bring in people who are there to protect the interest of working families. and i think we have the ideas about how we can make government work for the middle class and working families, not just for the billionaires. >> you know, as i listen to you and watched your speeches, it's occurred to me, i would love just more democratic debates. you're on the record saying you would be open to them, as well. martin o'malley has called the system rigged that's produced the six debates. do you agree with him on that? >> look, all i will say is that i think the more debates, the better. i think when you've got over 60% of the people not voting in the last election, when many people are conscious about what goes on in washington is not very strong, the idea that we have a clas

normal yesterday at 83, we hit 87 degrees in philadelphia, other areas in the 80s, new york city, syracuse, burlington, vermont and bangor, maine, 83 degrees. and pittsburgh coming in at 82 degrees. as we look at the satellite, no clouds whatsoever in the mid-atlantic into southern northern new england, have you to go to the hudson bay in northern parts of canada that is where the river of air is supplying the clouds and precipitation. it's a great night to hit the local play grown before the sunsets and after dinner, and not dropping all that much by 7:00 at 81. the accuweather forecast of what is ahead, we talk about three more very warm days this time of year and it will turn a touch more humid over part of the upcoming weekend and then the pattern breaks down into next week and that means clouds move in and clouds will dominate. we'll talk about that part of the story coming up in the accuweather forecast. in just a little bit. >> we'll talk to you again soon. scores of philadelphia police officers are recognizes today for their outstanding work, this was a merit commendation ceremony held at a he

jersey, it's burlington county, right on 130 northbound at grove fill road we have an accident involving two tractor-trailers, one of the drivers had to be extricated and taken to the city hospital, a serious accident in burlington county. southbound traffic on the boulevard heading toward the schuylkill expressway moving okay, but expect a slower go today. >> starting off with a couple of stories in delaware. the first one is breaking news, three people were injured in a fire at a town home community in delaware. firefighters rushed to the inner block of river drive and christian, heavy fire was coming from the back of the townhomes, you can see it there on the action cam. that quickly spread to neighboring homes. all three people injured were rushed to christiana hospital. no word on their conditions, "action news" is gathering information on this fire in delaware. >>> two people are in critical condition after being struck by a car in delaware. this happened on the 800 block of basin road in new castle. state troopers believe the car was traveling eastbound when it hit the man and woman in the roadway. the driver stopped nearby. another person was struck an killed in

burlington county school got the all-clear after a scare involving a fake grenade this morning. police found this suspicious item near the playground of wilbur watts intermediate school in the city of burlington. emergency plans were put into place while the bomb squad checked it out. they discovered it was a replica hand grenade and no one was hurt. >>> we are just over two weeks away from pope francis' visit to philadelphia. the nbc 10 countdown clock showing there are 14 days and 17 hours until the pontiff lands in our area. today we learned new information about the impact on law enforcement, emergency planners, hospitals and hotels as well. nbc 10's keith jones is tracking these developments in philadelphia but our team coverage begins with deanna durante in conshohocken where we also learned the national guard will be on patrol. >> reporter: yeah, about 300 members of the national guard have been deployed and some of them will be here in conshohocken along the schuykill river trail. from where i'm standing to the philadelphia museum of art is about seven miles if you follow this trail. while county officials say they can't prevent people from riding or biking in to see the

what does that have to do with the kid in the fourth grade here in seabrook or in my home city of burlington, vermont? well, i'll tell you. i grew up in a family where my mom and my dad never went to college. and, in fact, most of the friends they had never went to college. all over america you have kids, low-income kids, working-class kids whose parents didn't go to college. they don't know anybody who did go to college. and the idea sitting here in the fifth grade that they might someday go to college is about as distant as theyed that they may go to the moon. it's not within their world view. and what our job is today is to say to every child in america, if you're in the fourth grade, the sixth grade, the eighth grade, if you study hard, if you take school seriously, if you do well in school, yes, you will be able to go to college regardless of the income of your families. and that is revolutionary. that is revolutionary because it will give hope and change the attitude of millions of children in this country who then will know, who now will know, that if they study hard, they will have a

burlington and ocean county. and a shooting on a street in the city's olney section and a major announcement from pope francis, the shift he is making in the church's annulment process. >>> a forest fire has burned 1,000 acres in burlington and ocean counties, chopper 6 hd is hovering over the fire that is now 65% contained. you can see the smoke rising from the pine trees, the first called came in at 2:00 p.m. yesterday and the fire reached as far as manchester township. nora muchanic is live now with the latest from fire officials. >> reporter: hi there rick, we are here at coil air field, the command post for this fire, and officials here finished their own survey of the scene flying over the scene right now, the situation is

we can see storms fired up over portions of ocean and burlington counties and right over new york city as well, look at that rain and frequent lightening there over portions of ocean county at the moment and rain and thunder, delayed portions of the u.s. open up there in queens. our heat wave is official, three days in the 90's. we got to 93 in philadelphia that makes it the sixth heat wave of the season. we are back to the 80's tomorrow but highs so far today, take a look at those new record, allentown, reading, trenton, fill got to 93. once we get through these showers and storms though big changes on the way, cooler weather for weekend i'll have more when i join you inside in a few minutes, back over to you. >>> four workers are injured when a hanger collapsed at newark liberty international airport. united airlines hanger, was the in the process of being demolished when it the collapsed. all of the injuries are said to be non-life threatening. the that is under investigation. >>> the results are in on the investigation in the plane crash that killed philadelphia newspaper a co-owne

but the burlington is scheduled for an opening. >>> the golden nugget in atlantic city is hosting a partythis evening at 7:00. yesterday the contestants arrived in town, complete with sashes there. city officials there in ac say the pageant brings in $30 million in direct spending along with other marketing benefits. it continues to be a big deal for that city that has struggled economically in recent years. >>> marriage controversy in one small southern town is getting national attention. >> why are you not issuing marriage licenses today? >> because -- you know it. >> why? >> under whose authority? >> under god's authority. >> under god's authority she said. ahead at 4:30, how this county clerk is defying a supreme court ruling because of her beliefs. >>> and if you ever wonder what happens behind the scenes here at nbc 10 news today, wonder no more. see for yourself, see what happens during commercial breaks and off camera. pretty interesting stuff sometimes. interact with us here on the set. tracy davidson has sat down here, talking to people here on periscope. find us there, our addr

burlington and ocean county. and a shooting on a street in the city's olney section and a major announcement from pope francis, the shift he is making in the church's annulment process. >>> a forest fire has burned 1,000 acres in burlington and ocean counties, chopper 6 hd is hovering over the fire that is now 65% contained. you can see the smoke rising from the pine trees, the first called came in at 2:00 p.m. yesterday and the fire reached as far as manchester township. nora muchanic is live now with the latest from fire officials. >> reporter: hi there rick, we are here at coil air field, the command post for this fire, and officials here finished their own survey of the scene flying over the scene right now, the situation is improving but ocean county residents should not be surprigsed to see more smoke in the sky today. this is what the fire looked like from chopper 6 hd it's still burning and very smokey and has consumed 1,000 acres of the pine lands. >> measurable rain we have not had for at least two weeks and fuel like logs and branches, they are completely consuming down to ash. >> 50 firefighters from t

transformed -- helped transform burlington into one of the most exciting and livable cities in the nation. tirelessly forht families. he was dubbed "the amendment king" for passing more amendments than anyone else in congress. he lives in burlington, vermont now. since david came to me and told me that senator sanders had agreed to speak at liberty, i said that is great. asking, can you find common ground with the senator? i think i did. senator sanders, if you would come up. [applause] i think in the future, he will be a fan of the liberty flames. we already found some common ground, i hope. we welcome you to liberty university. we are humbled and honored that you would come here. please give him a warm welcome. [applause] sanders bank -- sanders -- sen. sanders: thank you. president falwell and david, thank you for inviting my wife jane and me to be with you this morning. let me start off by a knowledge acknowledging what all of you already know. that is the views that you have and i have on a number of important issues are very different. i believe in women's rights. [applause] right o

city seeing fog. widespread fog in new jersey. this is burlington county. will take some time for this fog to clear. it will be clearing. just like yesterday, the fog will disappear as the temperatures climb. the temperatures will be in the 90s. but with falling temperatures now, fog is thick in blue bell, pennsylvania's hazeltown, half a mile visibility. no other spots seeing thick fog, at least reporting it now. zero visibility in mound holly, toms river, the thick fog extends into cumberland and atlantic counties as well. light fog in wilmington but it will not last all day. here are the temperatures i'm expecting this afternoon. 92 for fleetwood, bethlehem hitting 90 this afternoon and camel back up to 88 degrees. king of prussia 92 along with abington and bordentown. at the shore, 80s this afternoon, right in the middle 80s for avalon, cape may and rehoboth. smyrna warms up to 90 degrees. into the low 90s for wilmington, 92, 93 in philadelphia and berlin, up to 92 degrees this afternoon. a nice weekend. ahead, though, we'll see lots of sunshine. the hu

and the rain still lingering in burlington county, here, few drops up to the north of us, just north of trenton there, around the citysee it slow down, rain could pom up at any time. let's check the jersey shore, yes, left over showers, getting break at the moment, still have the rain gear with you today, because, we do have occasional showers in the forecast. we have reduced visibility that could slow you down, some fog in mount pocono, allentown, fours miles visibility at philadelphia international airport, and there will be some foggy spots with all of the moisture in the air popping up. seventy-six the current temperature, could ends up being the high temperature of the day, depend on whether we get any sunshine, 13-mile per hour winds out of the south, 91% relative humidity. sun rides 66:00 a this morning. we may see a little bit of sunshine today, but generally we're expecting mostly cloudy skies. so, mild temperatures like this, may end up being the mildest we see, for awhile, next time, we'll show you the seven day forecast, show you what we are talking about. so we'll say good-bye to the mild temperatures, s

intoansformed burlington one of the most exciting and livable cities in the nation. under his administration the city made major strides in affordable housing, environmental protection, child care, youth programs, and the arts. in congress he has worked for working families, strengthening the middle class, and has been called a practical and successful legislator. he was dubbed the amendment king for passing more amendments than anyone else in congress. he lives in burlington, vermont, now. people have been asking since we announced -- david told me that bernie sanders agreed to speak at liberty, i said that is great. people have asked if i could find common ground with the senator. i think i did. if you could come up -- [applause] future he ise going to be a fan of the liberty flames. we already found some common ground, i hope. senator sanders, we welcome you to liberty university. thate humbled and honored you would come here. give him a warm welcome, thank you. [applause] mr. sanders: thank you. falwell and david, thank you for inviting my wife jane and me to be

city. the wind has taken a break. that's part of why we're seeing the temperatures come down and the fog starting to form. look at new jersey. this is burlingtonnty. some thick fog there. down to zero visibility in some spots. philadelphia, 74 degrees. clear skies over the city. the humidity is way up there. it's going to stay elevated during the day. no fog in this view from cape may back into the 80s this afternoon for cape may. thick fog, thick, dense fog in blue bell, quarter mile visibility. there is mount holly, zero and half a mile in wrightstown. nothing has changed for millville and atlantic city. the thick fog in place there. a foggy start but with temperatures climbing we will see the fog disappear. at times we'll see scattered clouds but if you're looking for showers, might be disappointed today. the radar screen is completely clear. expecting it to stay clear for most of the day. an isolated shower is possible during the late afternoon hours. most areas will not see that. it will be sun i, hot and humid. we're back into the 90s today and again tomorrow. but there are changes ahead for the weekend. got the seven-day forecast coming

in the area where we saw the fire towards ocean county and burlington county, normally dry as a city. we do need that rain. reservoirs ets its water in the cats catskills system. we're still above water capacity to the north. to new jersey, the south, not the case. reports out there, pollen reports, wheat very high. it's the time of the year where we start to see more wheat pollens. low 70s suburbs and then 60s towards the west. aiming for record highs, 93 today. that strong southerly mind will kick in. patchy fog, 75. still hot, still muggy tomorrow. a few more clouds in the picture at 90. yanks tries to stay in that line. a muggy night for a ball game. 93 today, 90 tomorrow. 86 with showers and storms later thursday night showers, and ending by friday afternoon. a few more showers saturday and then sunday upper 70s. lauren scala. >> the roads are busy. the big problem is the lincoln tunnel. we're going to take a live look at it and you'll see nothing moving out there. the south tube is shut down with an accident. i just saw them backing cars out ofel t t tube to try to clear this. t

mile visibility right now in trenton and you can see parts of burlington county seeing even less than that. 3-mile visibility in atlantic city and millville, .8-mile visibility in dover delaware, 7-mile visibility at philadelphia. really isn't that bad. looking at the temperature profile, though, 70 degrees in martins creek, on the mild side. 70 degrees in center city. 68 in browns mills. 68 in dover, delaware. and today as you look at the day ahead, 82 for your high, mostly cloudy skies, humid with some showers. the real rain arriving later tonight matt and tam. >> thank you karen. >>> happening today, the head of planned parenthood will be on capitol hill to testify before the house oversight committee. richard is expected to aggressively defend the organization in its use of fetal tissue for medical research. richards is expected to argue that that donation is a very small part of what the organization does. republicans are calling for full investigation into planned parenthood and its practices. they've been pushing for it to be defunded a move that was stripped out of a bill that could have throwed a partial government

now down to one-eighth mile visibility in parts of burlington county, toms river quarter mile visibility and zero visibility right now in atlantic cityk you, bill. we're following breaking news throughout the morning. a deadly house fire down the shore takes at least three lives. chris cato is in the digital operations center live this morning with an update. chris? >> it appears more likely these three victims are all members of one family, vai. and police tried to save them. police, not firefighters, tried to save they will. up next, the first time we hear from a police officer about that attempted rescue. >>> nbc 10 breaking news. >>> breaking news, a house fire takes the lives of three people down the shore. and for the first time, we're hearing from police about how they tried to save this family. >> a double shooting in west philadelphia leaves one person dead and a second hurt. now the search is on for the shooters. >>> and we are off to a muggy start this morning. in some parts of our area, a foggy start. take a live look here at what we don't know for sure because i can't see. >> i think it's boathouse row. but it's hard to

burlington, vermont, mid to upper 80s. near record heat in areas like new york city. d.c.re not near your record but you're still very, very warm. we have mid 90s still. dallas, 97 today. so summer doesn't want to end. >> no, that's still hot down there. bill, thank you so much for that. >>> former daily show host jon stewart is fighting congress on behalf of first responders. stewart is pushing for the extension of the 9/11 health and compensation act which partially expires at the end of september. >> it's a successful program. there is no fraudulent abuse. these guys are working to get the benefits that they need. >> the act provides medical treatment and compensation to september 11th first responders whose illnesses are linked to terrorist acts. >>> a tense scene at the hungarian border. hungarian forces used tear gas and water cannons to push back the hundreds of mieg rants at their closed border crossing from serbia. migrants responded by throwing rocks and bottles at hungarian forces. >>> according to "the new york times." comedian who told a 9/11 escape lied. he w

city, david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> a major forest fire is burning in burlington county new jersey tonight. chopper three over the scene in woodland township earlier this evening much this is in the area of wood man see road just north of route 72. the fire has burned over the county line into owing county. fire crews are working through the night trying to contain it while doing their best to kite under a thousand acres. fortunately there are no homes or structures in danger. >>> dry and breezy conditions helped to fuel that forest fire. come tomorrow it will get hotter. september sizzle continues. kate is on the sky deck to talk about the heat as more students are heading back to school, kate. >> the good news it's not feeling too bad outside right now. nice breeze still. took a look at the winds over that forest fire and right now the winds are not all that bad about five to 10 miles per hour. not as bad as they were earlier today. so that's good news. it will be a bit breezy tomorrow. but the breeze here in the city making it feel okay this evening even though it is still pretty warm ou

including author and journalist ginger strand on cities taking control of their power grid. >>> burlington had rested their municipal utility, and it was done because of money. the rates were too high. not surprising. still a reason that many towns are trying to get in on it. community power can be a source of revenue for the town. with public power, actually public power consumers pay significantly less on average than private power consumers. some towns wanted to develop green power. bolder, colorado, recently didn't renew the contract with their private power producer because they were tired of the company dragging its feet on developing green power. the citizens said, great, we'll do it ourselves. another reason is to get more responsiveness from your power company. winter garden, florida, needed a series of electrical upgrades, and their private provider wouldn't do it. they said, we're not renewing your contract. they invested some money, taxpayer dollars, in their needed updpragrades and now the paying less for power than they were before. >>> in addition to author and journalist gi

mile visibility north of the city, near route one you're traveling in a quarter mile visibility, even on 276 now in trenton, all along i-95 all through parts of ocean, burlingtonunties in new jersey, even in salem along route 49 some of the worst of it there. a lot of people headed do unto atlantic city. it's going to be a great day for the air show. if you're traveling very earing you can see near pomona at atlantic city international you're in the area with just a quarter mile visibility. gets a little better right at the coastline. still not causing any flight delays yet at philadelphia international airport but watch for that. otherwise it's hot and humid, a high of 93 today, matt. >> okay, karen and as you say, all that fog should be clear when the 13th annual atlantic city air show begins at 11:00 a.m. today. the blue angels are back for the first time since 2006. they got in a practice run yesterday. the show begins, as we said, just after 11:00 a.m. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> breaking news in new jersey. three people die when a family's home became trapped, began to burn trapping them inside. this happened in long branch monmouth county overnight. >>> traci kratzer

burlington counties. lightning strikes now counting 14 to the southwest of atlantic city. is moving off to the northeast at 15 miles an hour. look to the west on the way for later today. in fact, those showers will start to pop up at the noon time hour today so keep an umbrella handy. occasional showers and thunderstorms. the potential for heavy rain this afternoon. high temperatures topping out in the 70s and low 80s today. we will dry out overnight tonight. tomorrow a warm one at 85 degrees after a morning low of 65. then a chance of some showers late saturday and into sunday. sunday will be cooler. 78 degrees. we will get some breaks of sunshine and then look at the break with the beautiful weather for monday, tuesday, and wednesday. highs in the 80s again tuesday. >> bill, thanks. 7 minutes before 7:00. let's get you out the door and to work. challenges today. >> jessica boyington, fill us in. >> 295 around 561 in cherry hill. a live picture. double accident scene just past this scene. 295 southbound at warwick road and 295 southbound in black horse pike in bellmar. al

burlington bristol. >> thanks. 4:32. now to the papal visit is over new numbers about the impact on the city of philadelphia and what it took to keep the masses safe. >> first off let's look at hotel rooms. the city did not sell out. at the end of the weekend less than 10,000 of the 11200 were booked. about 90%. were empty seats. septa reports 62,946 riders compared to 65,000 on an average work day. from new jersey nearly 52,000 commuters took patco to the papal event. mass transit wasn't the only way to get around. >> use of the bike sharing informs was double during the papal visit. 13,000 trips friday to sunday compared to 6,000 on a normal weekend. even nbc 10's tim furlong took a bike for a spin. he posted this picture on facebook. >> tim's wheels. >> let's talk about the security. the weekend was quiet on the safety front. but the city was prepared for anything. 71 local, state and federal agencies were involved. including 6,000 national guard soldiers and 300 pieces of heavy equipment. how about this, more than 1,000 emergency personnel were brought in to treat sick or wounded but in the end only 423 cases were treat

burlington county, jeff chirico "action news". >> they found the wreckage of missing plane off coast of atlantic city. the plane wept missing thursda thursday. the pilot 6-year-old dr. dr. michael moyer was only person on board. moyer was flying from michigan to atlantic city. the nationals transportation saferty board said it's not clear ft. plane malfunctioned or ft. pilot suffered some kind of health information. >> please are searching for a driver that shuk and killed a man in pleasantville energy nvrm black horse pike and chestnut avenue, new road, flying in the roadway near a bicycling pronounced dead at the scene of the vehicle that hit him did not stop. there's little to go on but the vehicle involved may have lower front end damage and possible he maroons in color. if you have information call police. >> police are serving for a man that escaped from custody in burlington county, new jersey. michael mims was being transported when he ran way. it happened 8:30 this morning and details have not been released another this time. mims was not wearing handcuffs. >> if you see him contact 911 immed

city. lightning has died down. there's a cell in camden county pushing into burlington county along the 295 corridor and the delaware river. a decent amount of rain has been falling in trenton to jenkintown a lot of ponding and puddling on the roads here. there's a lull in philadelphia. but the roads are wet. as we go farther south there's additional downpours and thunderstorm north of millville. this is pushing toward the northeast. i'll show that to to you here. you can see how it's moving on up there with additional showers coming into the wilmington area. that wide view shows you the cluster of activity in cape may county pushing toward atlantic county before too much longer. the lehigh valley has been dodging most of this so far. as we look outside, we have cloudy skies, a syria -- erie pictures as the clouds cut off the top of the skyescapers. 77 in cape may. future tracker 6 shows we'll be in and out of this all day long. there's a little bit of a lull and then we get back into heavy cells. by the afternoon, the kids will be marching home, this could be doing it with umbrellas. there will be downpours. as we

city. >> philadelphia police foundation plans to do nate more motorcycles this year. a judge has once again ruled against a burlington county teenager fighting to use medical marijuana to treat her seizures in school. the judge says jenny barber's mother cannot come to the lark school in belmonte to give her daughter homemade cannabis oil every day. it is the third legal defeat for the family. they say, though, they will keep appealing. >>> retailer target is on a healthy kick under its new ceo. the company says it's trying to reinvent its image as a company of wellness for customers and proceed years. some of the changesically selling granola bars and healthy snacks. the company will hands out free activity track torres its more than 300,000 employees. plus they get extra discounts on fruits and vegetables. >> well, we have another beautiful start to another beautiful day. not a whole lot of wind out there. the pluttants are hanging around. we got an air quality alert. otherwise, a lot of sunshine, we see how long that lasts coming up. jessica. >> 4:22. you can see everything that's moving along nicely. no problems

city hall and as far away as independence hall. i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >>> preparing for the unknown. burlington, camden and gloucester counties will lean on atlantic county for help if needed during the pope's visit. emergency supplies such as food, water and medical kits are being stocked up. all of these supplies will be packed into eight giant mobile units in coming weeks, ready to roll out in an emergency. >> we are doing mass care support so it would be things like shelf-stable meals, water, obviously we are working with our partners in red cross and salvation army in support of those operations. shelter kits, cots, blankets, wheelchairs. >> atlantic county says it's ready to help with any evacuations in the event of an emergency. stay up to the minute by tapping the nbc 10 news app. we have the newest maps, what you can bring, what you can't and all important ticketing details. >>> today the department of homeland security assured the public it is prepared for the pope's arrival, saying the rails are safe. concerns were sparked by a recent train shooting in france that was stopped by thre

city. >> outdoor event such as we see here to the burlington-bristol parkway in philadelphia, it creates enormous challenges bust we have to adapt to that and we have. >> reporter: joe clancy director of u.s. secret service. he says plans must be in place to evacuate the pope and visitors in case of an emergen emergency. >> you have to have structure. if you don't have structure, you have mayhem. >> reporter: meanwhile city officials are still pushing back against claims that philadelphia has overreacted to the pope's visit. adopting security measures that go far beyond what will be experienced by those in new york and washington when the pontiff visits those cities. >> there are any number of events in both new york and washington, d.c. all ticked much smaller venues and nowhere near the level of public facing and exposure to the public as in the city of philadelphia. >> reporter: the city and security officials remain confident there will be enough metal detectors in place spread around the perimeter of the francis festival grounds to get folks into the grounds safely effectively, effi

burlington bristol bridge. over to you. >> following breaking news this morning. firefighters on the scene of three alarm fire in center citylding under construction forced resident of nearby apartment complex to evacuate. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo joins us now at the scene at 13th and chancellor street to bring us to up date. a lot of other businesses in the area, too, jan, good morning. >> erika, good morning, the fire here at 13th and chancellor streets in center city is now under control. but as you can see, hine me this morning, dozens of fire crews remain here on the scene to keep an eye out on any and all hot spot. but, as you can see, the activity is winding down just a bit. now we just got update from fire officials on the scene, the good news here this morning, is that there were no injuries. but there certainly had the threat with all of the ants nearby. there has been widespread impact on neighboring buildings, we have the chancellor apartment building, on one side, we have the grammars i on the other. fire officials tell us that 240 unit, and the chancellor apartment, had to be evacuated six levels

forty-two coming in toward the city, in problems at all with the headlights, keep in mind both burlington bristol and tacony palmyra, toll increase went in effect today so as we role through toll plaza and if you are paying cash that is where big confusion and big delay will come into play here and cash lanes, because instead of $2, it is double to four. if you have e-z pass you will zip right through lanes as you always do, get bill in the mail, just reflect $3 toll for the e-z pass, so again, expect backups at both tacony and palmyra bridges today with that confusion in the cash lanes. southbound i-95 not bad at all out of the northeast. schuylkill expressway even though we have construction down to one lane at gulph mills, construction again at belmont and still light volume, this morning, with no delays. the chris and lauren back over to you. >>> let's talk about a royal celebration, prince harry, turns 31. >> boy he has grown up in front of our eyes. prince harry is fourth in line to the british thrown, diana's red headed son was wild when he was younger but then had a career in the

he was -- under his leadership, he helped transform burlington into one of the most exciting and livable cities in the nation. under his administration, the city made strides, major strides in affordable housing, environmental protection, child care, youth programs and the rts. he has been called a tract call and successful legislator. he was dubbed the amendment king in the house of representatives for passing more amendments than anyone else in congress. he lives in burlington, vermont, now and people have been asking since david came to me and told me senator sanders had agreed to speak at liberty and i said, that's great. people have been asking, are you going to be able to find common ground with the senator. i think i did. i think this morning, senator anders if you'd come up. i think in the future he is going to be a fan of the liberty flames. cheers and applause] so, we've already found some common ground, i hope. senator sanders, we welcome you to liberty university and are humbled and honored that you have come in and please give him a warm welcome. [cheers and applause] senator sande