james kauffman's atlantic county medical practice.horities say kauffman pulled a gun and threatened to kill himself. assistant prosecutor seth levy played the video in atlantic county superior court. his attorneys argued he should remain out of jail with restrictions until his trial. testifies corner ed jacobs says his client was reacting in fear that he was being arrested for his late wife april kauffman's murder. >> no, i'm not going to jail for this. >> reporter: dr. kauffman has never been named a suspect in the 2012 homicide. jacobs argued his client never pointed the weapon at police. prosecutors called kauffman a flight risk and danger to the community. last week investigators seize is there medical files weapons and cash after they also served search warrants at kauffman's residences including homes in atlantic county and philadelphia. >> the one search warrant that we have, keep in mind there are five, refers to a couple of species of healthcare fraud but also refers to a homicide obviously the april kauffman homicide. >> las

there is lingering light to moderate rain through ocean county burlington county, atlantic, gloucestery. you can see the yellows. we have seen more than an inch of rain across the area, south jersey right now, a couple of sprinkles and that ice abou and. 55 miles per hour wind gusts in reading. chester county several houses struck by lightning. cape may, the storm came across the bay picking up speed of near 60 miles per hour. delaware county, 55 miles per hour wind gusts. where you have training, storm after storm that passed through, you had intense rainfall totals, an inch in dover, an inch in millville, the atlantic city airport. i-95 storms moved through quickly. much welcome rain but we didn't need severe weather. we talk about the last day of spring being a beauty with the seven-day forecast. >> "action news" morning team will be on the air beginning at 4:30 with the latest on the power outages, storm clean up and any effect of the morning commute. tonight we have learned of tragic consequences of mercer county this afternoon. an off duty hamilton police officer was killed. this

in atlantic county, the judge denied bail for dr.ames kauffman who was arrested last week during an armed standoff with police. police showed the body cam video which shows kauffman with the gun. kauffman is the husband of the murdered radio host april kauffman. the raid on his office was unrelated to his wife's murder. >>> bill cosby case judge accepted a mistrial. a man claiming to be an alternate juror in the cosby case told a pittsburgh radio station he was ridiculously sick when he found out the jury was deadlocked. he probably would have chosen to convict the comedian. >> we're following developing news from paris when a man's car exploded after he tried to ram a police vehicle in a busy shopping district. france' interior minister said the attacker was killed. the incident happened on the famous champs elysees avenue, nobody else was injured. >>> that attack came hours after another attack in london. a driver ploughed through a crowd outside a mosque. a 47-year-old man is in custody. we have more from london. >> reporter: just

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really atlantic county seeing very light rain and ship bottom just a few sprinkles really to the west. already starting to clear out inland. saw a few showers when we went on the air at 4:30. see how they've fizzled over the last hour. improving conditions. humidity that's been so high lately that has started to come down this morning, but really drops during the day. temperatures that have dropped this morning. 72 degrees right now. new jersey the suburbs at 68. 73 is definitely cooler than yesterday at this time. clouds breaking in the lehigh valley and that's some sunshine breaking through the clouds. wilmington just a minute or to away before sunrise. warm up to 78 degrees at 10:00. going to be a quick warmup. temperature goes up and humidity comes down thanks to wind. it will be a breezy one today. winds out of the west. little bit cooler at the shore. not by much. wefrl winds up to 82 degrees this afternoon. break down the day hour by hour. show you how quickly it warms up in you were neighborhood when i'm back in ten minutes. >> all right. those strong storms created a mess for

northern cape may county, southern atlantic county and more stuff pushing through the heart of south jersey. we'll make a couple of zooms, first stop, salem county. western salem, thunderstorms and downpours pulling out of the pennsville and salem. and eastward west of wood town. turnpike and 295 this is pushing north to swedes borough and paulsboro. and new castle county, heavy drenching rains and occasional lightning strikes reported lifting off to the north. southwest to northeast eyeing up the city of philadelphia should be there within the hour or so. there's the downpours across cape may and atlantic counties. mainly cloudy conditions, patchy fog. mild temperatures, but the dewpoints are extremely high. we're seeing upper 60s low 70s throughout the area. these numbers are expected to increase today and tomorrow, as well. tomorrow will feel down right awful. weekend have dewpoints as high as 73, 74. that is close to what they see across the gulf coast states, new orleans, houston they see that on a daily basis. forecast for today. surface maps looks like we have a frontal system

. >>> atlantic county doctor is in jail after standoff with police. >> and now we're getting a look at what happened when officers tried to serve him a warrant. watch this. >> drop the gun. drop the gun. we'll show you how this chaotic scene played out. 4:37. underinvestigation. video posted on social media appears to show a police officer punching a man in the face. >> also, taking a dip. unexpected guest shows up in a south jersey yard. there he is. >>> we got a clear view of the moon this morning. look how nicely it is cleared out. live view coming from camelback mountain. 73 degrees at 4:37. looks like a pretty improving situation weather-wise today. there are some changes ahead. break it down neighborhood by neighborhood coming up. >>> good morning everyone. checking in with the roads. watching the schuylkill expressway. everything look clear. here is the eagles side. check out that drive. blue route to vine still in the 60s. not seeing any portions of storm damage on the roads either. also watching speed restrictions because of the weather. rain and slippery spots reported on the

. >> atlantic county neighborhood turns into a demolition derby. >>> coming up driver plows through parked cars and all caught on camera. >>> plus fair game. how officials are making sure you don't get ripped off at the shore. >>> good morning everyone. construction around the westbound side of string dale road. we are seeing lane restrictions there. also watching the vine street expressway. here we are around broad street. seedy verticali ithey are diver off the broad street ramp. ongoing construction project we've been used to. closed now between the broad street and schuylkill. updates as soon as this opens. next one is back in ten. >>> 20 minutes before five. if you're heading out the door right now warmer morning. temperatures up and that is a trend continue into tomorrow. heating up this afternoon, we'll reach the 90s. see a few pop-up clouds. a lot of sunshine too. late this afternoon, definitely muggier in philadelphia. feel the humidity increasing late this afternoon and for this evening as well. some clouds too with some spots getting a chance of evening shower. philadelphia will

. >>> now to new details in the searor in atlantic county. just in the last few hours, search crews pulled the body from the selma avenue pit in hamilton township. crews responded following reports of a swimmer whoroun 8: night. >>> new details on a philadelphia woman charged with attacking a state police horse during a political protest. lisa simon is accused of striking the animal in the neck with a spiked flag pole. police say it happened while they were handling demonstrators in harrisburg on saturday. she's charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, and other offenses. raising the $8.25 an hour earn. opponents b will hurt bussarea, $8.44.university's class of 2017 tonight at citizens b philadelphia police looking for a person who sho ald n. >> coming up, we'll show you th. > becse of fears that it could >>> live view from cape may at the marina. just a few thin clouds visible if you look closely. 75 degrees at 4:35. the shore is the place to be. 80s this afternoon. it's going to be a steamy one the 90s. stan cool. 4:35. the first

there's a little line of lingering showers popping up toward the northeast through the heart of atlantic countyust clipping the northern section of cape may county so a little sprinkle on your shoulder early in some of those south jersey areas. let's step outside and we have sky6. there's the battleship new jersey still looking a little bit hazy down there by the water and some clouds to start out but we are already seeing some clearing moving in from the west and we're going to return plenty of sunshine into play today. 73 degrees is your current temperature in philadelphia, 72 in wilmington, 70 in allentown and again along with all of these numbers mostly in the low 70's we still have very noticeable humidity as you step outside early. but out to the west you see a lot of clearing. there is drier air on the way and those humidity levels will drop as we go through the day t up in the lehigh valley, then it's going to be a better day than yesterday. less and less humid as we go through the morning and into the afternoon. mostly sunny and warm with a high had of 83. down the shore muggy in the m

in atlantic county investigators aren't saying a lot about why they issued search on the home of a office avenue local doctor. the doctor is the widow err of a murdered radio host whose death has gone unsolved for years. >> investigators have said the search warrants are not connected to her death but that still leaves a lot of questions. dawn timmeney live in egg harbor township tonight. dawn it was a tension filled morning. >> reporter: it certainly was, lucy. investigators say that dr. kauffman was extremely distraught when the search warrant was served right here. that he pulled out a gun and was waving it around threatening to harm himself and detectives. i spoke to the daughter of his murdered wife about just what happened here today. >> it's a lot for to us take in today. it's such a flood of emotions. >> reporter: kimberly packet doesn't know what to make of today's raid at her stepfather doctor james kauffman's egg harbor township office and the linwood home he once shared with her mother april. the well-known radio host and veterans advocate was found shot to death in her bed fl

. >>> now to breaking news out of atlantic county. a local doctor and the husband of a murdered radio host is now under arrest. authorities say the search is not related to the unsolved homicide case but they would not elaborate. nbc 10 was first on the scene in egg harbor township. this exclusive individual shows dr. james kaufmann in custody outside his medical office. officers were serving a search warrant when they say he pulled a gun. hostage negotiators talked him into surrendering. he's now under psychiatric evaluation. >>> in connection with the search warrant i can say that it was not related to the death of april kaufmann. it was an unrelated matter that led us here. >> prosecutors tried to obtain a dna sample from him by court order. his wife was shot to death in their home in 2012. that case has not been solved. >>> meanwhile, in a few hours, attorney general jeff sessions will testify in front of the senate intelligence committee. >> the panel will question sessions under oath about russian interference in the u.s. electi

that includes atlantic, burlington, cape may and ocean county. and not just west and east. and trenton area too heavy rainfall and seeings once again ocean and atlantic and cape may counties and until they were 8:15. that is nasty line of showers and thunderstorms west to east 45 miles an hour dumping rainfall rates 1 to 2" an hou hour. moving out of philadelphia area 72 right now. we're watching winds west, north west 70 miles an hour. >> temperatures into the upper 60s along the boardwalk and sea isle city. temperatures later this afternoon. once the rain gets out of here, yeah, we're talking high temperatures topping outright around 88 degrees. we'll have much more on the active radar coming up. lauren back to you. a woman has been stabbed to death in philadelphia in what police are describing as a brutal attack before 4 on west lehigh avenue. let's get out to sabina. >> we've been talking about the rain all morning long and it was pow pouring out here and investigators were working to collect as much evidence as they could before it was washed away from the crime scene h

the squall line as it further evolves here, we're seeing thunderstorms issued for jersey shore, atlantic county, cape may county, and stream southeastern portions of -- extreme southeastern portions of burlington county and ocean county. we're seeing 55-mile an hour straight line wind gusts. we'll show you the location in the warned area. woodbine, sea isle, marmora, ocean city, corbin city, mays landing. pomona severe warnings for for you. margate, brigantine, under a severe thunderstorm warning. it's a squall line that developed 45 minutes ago here, raced over the city of philadelphia and raced over the delaware river, prompted a couple of tornadoes warnings one in north central gloucester county and central camden county and one or eastern mercer county. this line is transitioning over, it doesn't appear to be much of a tornadic event at this point, it's just straight line wind event. i put the squall line tracker on. this squall line will be over long branch 7:31. belmawr, 7:35 a.m. seaside heights, 7:43 a.m. atlantic city within that ballpark, as well. everything racing from west to east a

95, but still dealing with period of heavy rain and steady rainfall across cumberland county, atlantic county, ocean county and southern burlington county where we had a flood advisory that has been since cancelled by national weather service. still minor flooding concerns with this continued study rain , some heavy at times, probably an additional quarter to half inch in these areas. poor drainage flooding, slow travel, slick road with pond ing so be careful at shore points and along, in south jersey where we have seen the most rainfall. we will talk about more of what to expect and when we will see sunshine in the full forecast in just a few. >> lauren, thank you. >>> man whom police say mock, sucker punched a person with cerebral palsy outside a west chester convenient store has been arrested. barry baker, alluded police for a few weeks but was captured earlier today. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia neares is live with the story of his arrest, alycia. >> reporter: baker was apprehended this morning at this, and, county, and federal , students, were headed , and, they, he was hiding in an

and atlantic county and now into northern cumberland county in bridgeton route 49 a pretty wet driveith a good downpour there. that passed through and heading towards millville. doesn't last all that long but heavy rain same thing for buena on route 40 a solid area of rain and no lightning or thunder but this continues to sink down to the south. south of glassboro right now and got this twitter picture into my twitter page from worm 2124, you can see from his drone. his name is t, just t. you see the dark clouds passing through with the rain in gloucester county. temperatures all depending on where you are. in the 50s in bucks county as well as parts of the lehigh valley. northern parts of the poconos and 54 in lake harmony and center city and malvern. and look at southwestern chester county and lancaster county in the 70s right now, because of a westerly wind areas that are cooler getting that northeastly wind and that is most of south jersey here at hammonton and brigantine and farther to the west it's warmer in the state of delaware upper 60s to 70 degrees, we have the low pressur

we're talking about from monmouth county through ocean county into burlington county parts of atlantic countyl gloucester county under severe thunderstorm warning until 5:45 along the coast near manasquan and lbi until 6:00 o'clock. these severe storms have a history of 60 to 70 miles an hour winds so they will will be knocking down trees and power lines and you can see this line that i drew because of the bowing see the red kind of like sticking out. that is an indication on doppler radar of some potential wind damage in this area through county lakes through tabernacle, should monk along 206 south and also see the hail cater in tabernacle as well. we have damaging winds. the possibility of large hail frequent lightning and just torrential downpours with these storms moving southeast at about 35 miles an hour, they will be in forked riff by 5:45. oaks acres by 5:50. barn fat combat on lbi by 5:53 and stafford by 5:55 and then finally moving offshore. there is some rain behind it. but that's moving toward the southeast. i do think we'll just be seeing showers out of that, and nothing severe.

over burlington county and moving through ocean county right now warning is included atlantic county, burlington county, and camden county right now, ocean county until 6:15. we will see this moving off to thee southe a possibility of 50 to 60-mile an hour wind. good news a cell looks like it is starting to weaken a little bit but still pack a punch as it moves in barnegat light house in beach haven, mystic island and little egg harbor. that is moving in the next 10 to 15 minutes. or wise quiet conditions, another round of rain, couple of rumbles working through chester county trying to sneak in delaware county but we didn't have widespread storm activity. we had one cell that tracked all the way, across the delaware valley, maintaining its, strength as it did over last couple of hours. it brought down trees, wires in pottstown. even some damage to some homes delran township burlington county, new jersey, large tree branches down, radnor delaware county, numerous large trees down,e hampton see trend, several trees down. it will be a tough commute watching out and navigating around the

you can see through ocean county, atlantic county, cape may county still some showers moving up from delaware. we're seeing less in the way of intensity but still additional rain expected during the early morning hours. and some heavier rain you can see along the coastal plane that will be moving out within the next two to three hours. rain so far because it's still falling dover nearly 2-inches. atlantic city over one. the same in trenton. pottstown, reading over half an inch. wilmington nearly half an inch of rain. right now temperatures mainly rain cool in the 70s. 65 in the poconos. still in the 70s down the shore with southerly wind. that will be shifting. we still have high humidity across the region the dew point the measure the true measure of the moisture in the atmosphere. you see all those 70s. well that is oppressive and it's also helped to really fuel the storms today. that will be drying out we'll get into more more comfortable air mass overnight tonight. south jersey and delaware pockets of heavy rain overnight, additional downpours with accumulation possibly an additi

treasurer, the suspect is being held at the atlantic county justice facility. >>> the corruption trial of philadelphia district seth williams has been put on pause for the weekend. bucks county businessman muhammad ali pleaded guilty to bribery testified yesterday in hopes of a reduced sentence. yesterday, a human resources official took to the stand saying williams failed to meet drivers meet --s in disclosing gifts from ali. williams faces 20 counts of bribery and fraud. >>> the opioid battle continues, fentanyl makes other drugs more lethal than before. in camden first responders are being pro active to protect themselves. nora muchanic has the details. >> reporter: when paramedics from cooper university hospital respond to a drug overdose putting on a protective gear is a must, it's one way to perfect them from fentanyl a powerful drug used to blend with heroin, a small dose or accidental exposure can kill you. >> our people if they breathe it in, they can be affected by the effects like respiratory arrest. >> we could be adversely affected by that. >> off

a lot of us following this story yesterday when there was serve of atlantic county doctor's offers took very intense continue when he pulled out a gun, according to investigators, who were executing search warrant. now, that is his wife, who was murdered in their home. doctor james kauffman's egg harbor township offers and his lynnewood home both raided yesterday. investigators say kauffman pulled out a handgun. there was a short stand-off before he eventually surrendered. now he is the widower of a woman very well known in the area, atlantic county radio host, april kauffman. investigators say the warrant are not linked to her unsolved murder five years ago, but they are tied to some suspected criminal activity. >> he was very unstable at the time. he waived his weapon in a threatening manner toward law enforcement as well as threaten to kim himself. >> i miss my mom every day. and i'm small but i'm if the going to give up hope and i'm also not going to stop until we have justice for my mom, april. >> so doctor kauffman was taken into custody. he was put into a pschiatric evaluation an

guns drawn and chaos unfolds during an arrest in atlantic county. >>> just about 6:30.sday morning. good morning. i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracey davidson. today the national weather service will be investigating whether this was a tornado. nbc 10 viewer sent us this video of the dark cloud spotted turning near berks county yesterday afternoon. another possible tornado was reported in sussex county in delaware. let's get to meteorologist bill henley. most accurate first alert forecast for your neighborhood. look ahead with sunshine this morning. >> looks nice. storms are long gone. lingering clouds at the shore. sunshine for wilmington and inland communities. here see a few rain drops. last little shower moving across cape may right now. heading out for a walk, might see a few sprinkles right now. won't last much longer. clouds push offshore and nice comfortable day ahead. humidity has been so oppressive lately will finally come down as the winds kick in this afternoon. temperatures also cool down nicely. 69 degrees in the lehigh valley. see a few scattered clouds there

plan your summer trip at iloveny.com >>> our county by county coverage begins in atlantic county. >>udge tells a doctor of several criminal investigations he's staying in jail for now. the judge ordered him to remain behind bars until a detention hearing on monday. kauffman is accused of waving a gun when investigators served a search warrant earlier this week. they say it's not related to the 2012 unsolved murder of kauffman's wife, april. kauffman maintains his innocence. >>> 2 of 3 defendants in the holland gun case have been accepted into a pre-trial intervention program and by doing so they could have the charges dropped. police pulled them over and found weapons and tactical gear in their truck. they said they were headed to rescue a teenager from a drug den. >>> police are looking for the main this sketch, a police impersonator pulled over drivers in upper and lower township and south white hall township and wears a 30 that says "police." >> the newest citizens, 22 people participated in a naturalization ceremony. hatedy, bangladesh and yemen are among the 16 people in this gr

. >>> and then a dramatic day at a dominoes in atlantic county.he driver of this van went through a red light and was hit by a pickup truck and the impact sent the van crashing through the wall of a dominoes pizza. police ticketed the driver of the van. >>> it was a march for truth. that is what demonstrators demanding answers in the russia investigation did in philadelphia and other cities nationwide yesterday. nbc10 was in center city where protesters called for a transparent and impartial investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. their mission is to hold the trump administration accountable. organizers held marches for truth in more than 100 cities yesterday including new york, new orleans, and los angeles and washington was the largest group where they rallied in front of the white house. >>> bill maher is apologizing for using a racial color during his hit late-night show on friday. >> he used the slur as seen in the clip that happened on hbo, and it was when the senator invited march to come and visit. the word w

it comes following the drowning death of the man in atlantic county earlier this week.ewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live at hamilton township atlantic county with the very latest for us, cleve. >> reporter: well, that drowning happened at a quarter on private property behind that fence, and today i went with the head of the hamilton township guide team to find out why drownings like this are a recurring problem. >> it looks inviting. >> reporter: with bright tiehl water former sand quarries like this in mays landing are both beautiful and treacherous >> problem with sand quarry is here in south jersey is they drop off. >> reporter: dive team chief glenn houseman were placed in the memory of the 23 year-old man who drowned here monday night. authorities say he slipped off a sandbar and then disappeared for hours. >> you walk 5 feet, 25 feet and then you hit one of those creators and you just fall in. >> reporter: taking some safety precautions, i got to check out problem firsthand. >> being tethered in with chief houseman's supervision i will she you

a new accident in egg harbor township, atlantic county. northbound approaching 322 you can see yellow in the area, as well. as you head toward princeton, mercer county. route 1 is blocked, route 1 is a major road to be blocked at ridge road. an accident and fuel spill. burlington bristol bridge the overnight construction is cleared, they finished their third opening, they did tests for the opening, they will be wrapping up in a few minutes. let's check the temperatures, we have a gorgeous day ahead. it's cool as you head out. showing you the temperatures now, 82 degrees, the current high, most i will sunny skies, warmer than yesterday, ten degrees warmer we're seeing an uptick with the temperatures after a cool start to the day we get a nice finish, matt. >> developing this morning, a pick up truck slammed into two washington police officers and city employee. it happened while the officers were on bike patrol with the washington, d.c. department of transportation employee yesterday. the truck slammed into an empty garbage truck. one offic

weather service in mount holly jersey has issued a severe phone or storm warning for northern atlantic county in southern new jersey central ocean county in southern new jersey southeastern camden county in southern new jersey selfe eastern burlington county in southern new jersey six fifteen pm it's five thirty six pm so if your phone or storms were located along the long extending from near cedar glen lakes chatsworth in the action moving east of forty miles per hour hazard sixty miles per hour wind gusts. source trained weather spotters numerous downed trees and wires have been reported in eastern pennsylvania between four hundred five pm additional damage in burlington and camden counties in southwestern jersey has been reported between five hundred five thirty pm impact expects damage to trees and power lines locations impacted include barner gets a mountain tucker to surf city action waiting river warm grove chatsworth morton state forest denver lake cedar glen leagues whiting brookfield bass river state forest bastow and halfway new gretna penn state forest beach haven west and pine ri

if you have any information, please give police a call. >>> tonight in atlantic county doctor remains we first told you about last week. a judge today ordered doctor james kauffman to stay in jail at a detention hearing. fbi agents searched through kauffman's egg harbor office and his home last tuesday and that's when police say he flashed a gun and set he was going to kill himself. a hostage negotiator got him to surrender. he's in jail on weapons charges. authorities say the raid was not related to the unsolved murder of his wife radio host april kauffman. >>> the us navy is now releasing the name of the sailors who died this week off the coast of jap japan. seven sailors died when naval destroyer and a philippine container ship collided off the coast of japan. among those who died, 24-year-old specialist xavier alec martin from maryland. his father says he still trying to come to grips with his new reality. one without his best friend and only son. >> it's very hard. my only child. he's all i have. >> investigators are still looking into went wrong. naval experts say collisions lik

i know that my mom would not want me to sit back any longer >> reporter: new atlantic county prosecutor damon has renewed efforts to solve april kaufman's murder. he says anything recovered from these unrelated searches could be used in the murder case through additional warrants. we weren't able to reach comment for new developments that attorneys say any new axis welcomed. >> we're thrilled, that someone has been paying attention and is listening. >> doctor kaufman was, taken to a nearby hospital for a psychiatric evaluation for the standoff, and he is now been since released, and is in jail he will have some sort of a motion brought by the prosecutor's office to keep him in jail until a trial, for these gun charges. live from egg harbor township, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks for that report. >>> meanwhile in other news a short time ago attorney general jeff sessions appeared before the senate committee investigating russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. as seen live here on cbs-3 sessions faced tough questions about the firing of the fbi director

a lot of questions about why a judge issued essential warrants for the home and office of an atlantic county doctor. the doctor in question is the widow err we are of a slain radio host whose murder police have yet to solve. >> tonight investigators say the raids are not linked to her death but are tied to some suspected criminal activity. our dawn timmeney is live in egg harbor township tonight. dawn, the doctor did not go quietly. >> reporter: no, he did not go quietly at all, iain. he was not happy. even pulling out a gun threatening detectives and himself. i spoke to the daughter of his murdered wife about what happened today. >> it's such a flood of emotions. >> reporter: kimberly pack doesn't know what to think about the atlantic county prosecutor's raid on her stepfather dr. james kauffman' egg harbor township office and linwood home around 6:00 o'clock this morning. her mother april kauffman a well-known radio host was found shot to death five years ago in the home she shared with her husband. no one has ever been arrested much to her daughter's disappointment. >> this hole in my hea

we have soared along the high temperatures in the low to mid 90's along coastal cape may and atlantic countyt now scorching sunshine as we look live at center city philadelphia. not a cloud in the sky. southeasterly wind at 8 miles an hour and temperatures sitting close to our high, for the day. ninety-three in allentown. ninety-five in philadelphia 90 in ac. ninety-four in dover. we are catching a little bit of the sea breeze and some shore towns, so nice, 78 degrees in ocean city. we are down to 76 at barnegat light house and up at 92 in rehoboth beach. heading in the evening hours temperature still very warm as we would expect upper 80's to near 90. just a few passing cloud for most of us and that will make for great viewing conditions of the rocket launch later this evening. nasa, lifting off as we head in the 9:00 o'clock hour to 9:19. we could see some colorful cloud over the delaware valley , orange shaded area that visibility zone, due to vapor release by that rocket that will interact with the atmosphere and releasing this to help set air in motion in the atmosphere that will create

prosecutors played the video in court where kauffman appeared today for his detention hearing in that atlantic countyy the judge ruled kauffman should stay in jail until his trial on charges related to the june 13th standoff. defense attorney ed jacobs said his client was reacting in fear that he was being arrested for the murder of his late wife april kauffman. jacob says kauffman told this to police. >> i'm not going to go to jail for something i didn't do. >> dr. kauffman has never been named a suspect in the murder. last week investigators served multiple search warrants not only on kauffman's practice but also at his homes in atlantic county and philadelphia. >> keep in mind there are five teaches a couple species of healthcare fraud but also refers to a homicide. obviously the april kauffman homicide. >> last week i said that it did not involve the homicide but in a way it did. it's like saying from a former tv show, it's all connected. >> that standoff ended without any injuries. investigators say that same day they seized more more weapons from kauffman and at least $100,000 in cash. kauffman

fox 29' chris o'connell has that story from hamilton township, atlantic county. >> reporter: if you'reeading down the shore this fourth of july holiday weekend stay tune. i'm going to tell you in a minute when you absolutely do not want to get on the roads. if you are heading down the shore, be prepared. it may take i was few extra minutes to get there. the rush to get down the shore at a standstill even on a thursday night. >> i know there's going to be a lot of traffic tomorrow we thought we'd beat it tonight but apparently we didn't. >> reporter: if you think getting out of the city is bad on holiday, it's nothing compared to what has become the summer headache of 2017. >> use the right two lanes to take exit 7s. >> reporter: the on the end of the ac expressway, exit seven, getting on to the garden estate parkway. some travelers are reporting miles long backups in the bottleneck. delays during peak times on this skit alone up to an hour long. >> you realize how many cocktails is on friday night. >> you're missing some time. >> big time. you can see the problem from above when two la

only nbc10 was there just after police say an atlantic county doctor pulled a gun on authorities duringsed from the heat. today temperatures are expected to gradually drop off after days of scorching weather. >>> a little relief will be nice. good morning, this is "nbc10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. the cooldown, i think, starts. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley with the first alert forecast. bill? >>> yeah, 90s yesterday, but we've cooled to the 70s this morning with mostly clear skies. 77 degrees one of the warm spots, philadelphia. in the suburbs, 72, 72 degrees in new jersey. the lehigh valley, look closely. you see a few scattered clouds. no rain clouds this morning. there are a few chances for some isolated showers popping up this afternoon. you see the clouds in easton will be increasing at 10:00. the temperature will also be moving up just a little bit. 74 degrees at 10:00 today. we will not see the 90s today. warms up to 83 in philadelphia. that's normal for this time of year. partly sunny for the suburbs. 82 degrees will be the high tempera

also southern new jersey, i think we could see storms as far north as cape may county, atlantic countynd then early evening we'll have a better chance of showers and storms popping up. it could be a wet commute home after work. keep in mind as we stay unsettled. forecast for tonight, mostly cloudy shower around, overnight low temperature dropping down to the mid 60's. generally cloudy, showers and a thunderstorm possible. upper -- temperatures heading up into the upper 70's in philadelphia. take a look at your "eyewitness news" weather, seven-day forecast, 70 on tuesday, we're dropping down into the upper 60's on wednesday, looking at 74 by thursday. there's going to be a cool mid week for us, by the time we get to your friday, we're looking at upper 70's and back up to the 80's in time for it next weekend. >> thank you so much, chelsea. local nascar action >> jimmy johnson can he once again stay in the monster mile and will the phillies finally again stay in the monster mile and will the phillies finally win the goldman sachs was one of those companies whose illegal activity helped de

first round starts tomorrow in atlantic county. women will tee off in galloway. course will host the event through 2023. >>> fliers fans may not like to hear this, but western pennsylvania could soon be the home again of the best team in hockey. the penguins are two wins away from a stanley cup championship repeat. they won last night against the pr predators. they take a two-game lead in the series. the penguins travel nashville tr game three on saturday. >>> the mets mascot had a run in with fans and now the person in the costume is out of a job. >> here's why. the new york mascot caught on camera flipping off a fan last night. video of the foul play quickly goes viral. and the guy in the costume is now looking for another job. the mets have several people who play mr. met and they aren't commenting any further about the mascot firing. >>> the finals for the scrips national spelling bee, a girl from our area has made it to the final round. yesterday the field of nearly 300 was whittled down to the best 400 spellers. >> we'll be cheering for you. >>> now for mor

all of the rain that pushed through parts of salem and cumberland and atlantic county have evaporatedt this point and we are tracking the area to the north and west parts of chester county and elverson and 322 north on i-76 into reading and wet times and heavy downpours and a couple of rumbles of thunder at times and downtown reading about to get hit and as you lift to the north a thunderstorm about to hit slowly drifting and moving 10 to 15 miles per hour and creeping into the lehigh valley. and the northwest suburbs getting wet at times and if everything survives into the next couple of hours as far south as philadelphia could get hit are showers and a few downpoured. temperatures though very cool 59 in trenton and 57 in beach haven and the northeasterly wind with the front that has pushed through most of the area. and put on the brakes near wilmington and lancaster. this area popped into the middle 70s this afternoon and the downpours and thunderstorms kind of of riding along that border there. if we have the really chilly air to the north and west and this front sinks to the north

severe thunderstorm warnings, there were some that were through burlington county, parts of atlantic county, those have expired. so the only warnings left right now parts of cumberland county and kent county and also new castle county in delaware until 6:45, strong winds initially with those storms that are packing quite a punch. but nonetheless, you can see the edge of this is very bright so we have very torrential rain. strong winds as well as cloud to ground light thing that is pretty intense, 45 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes along route 40, the atlantic city expressway and again during the rush hour you're dealing with a wall of water that initially comes down at rates of between three and 4-inches per hour, so it is blinding rain and as we head down to the south, we're also dealing with some pretty intense storms stretching through dover as well and you can see those rainfall rates an additional two to 4 inches of rain there and, again, this is where we have the most intense severe storms at the present time, over 150 or so lightning strikes from millville to dover just in t

authorities are investigating a deadly accident on the new jersey transit tracks, just north absecon atlantic county. chopper three over the train earlier this morning. police say a pedestrian victim was struck by the train a little after 7:00. the victim's name has not been released. so far there is no explanation as to why the victim was on the tracks. train service has been restored in the area. >>> in other news this noon, deputy commissioner joe sullivan the first to testify in the federal corruption trial of philadelphia district attorney seth williams. he spoke briefly outside the courthouse, in center city, after his testimony. >> going back, which i had been many times, over what happened, considering how it unfolded, the information i received, and who i received it from, i certainly, i certainly realize that i move forward in good fate, and thankfully, again, because of those relationships that i enjoy with those other federal agencies that work so closely with here in philadelphia, information quickly surfaced were able to step away from the situation. >> we will tell you what the deputy

. >>> and new details on the search for a missing swimmer in atlantic county. around midnight the brigham fire department confirmed they pulled a body from the selma avenue pit in hamilton township. the crews responded following reports of a swimmer who went under the water around 8 clinic last night. >>> -- 8:00 last night. >>> today the delaware senate will vote on raising the minimum wage $2, from $8.25 to $10.25, the next four years. supporters say the proposed increase will help low-wage earners want opponents believe it will hurt businesses and make goods more expensive for consumers. >>> everyone is back in their apartments after a fire at this center city highrise. the apartment complex at 22nd and the ben franklin parkway last night. the fire was contained to the 19th floor, and no one was hurt. >>> we've learned the name of the philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a dirt bike rider during a confrontation last week. nbc10 obtained this exclusive video of the incident. police say that officer ryan panal was stopped at a red light at hunting p

. >>> the search is on for a car burglary and van listen suspects in atlantic county. police are trying to identify this man in their car burglary investigation. the crimes happened along satellite and radar avenue, vine road and oak road. police are trying to identify a group of people in connection with vandalism at michael debbie park. one was wearing a 15 sports jersey. police call police if you have information. >>> bar owner michael wise was back on that the washington, dc. he claimed wise, a man convicted of tax foundary showered williams with cash, plane tickets and vacations. defense attorneys say williams was simply tapping into wise's knowledge of lgbt affairs. our joel holden got a few words today. >> reporter: how is it going in there? what do you think >> i'm thankful for my attorneys. >> during the testimony, williams shook his head and rolled his eyes enough that he annoyed the judge. during a break, the judge lashed out at williams, warning next time he will be scolded in front of the jury. >>> plans for bill cosby to hit the road for a new tour are on

. >>> a former atlantic county teacher pled guilty today to charges he had an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old student. william jacobs worked at a high school, and said the 33-year-old had several sexual encounters with the female student over a three-month span earlier this year. he'll be sentenced in september. >>> in delaware county, police working to figure out if one man is responsible for two armed robberies. this surveillance video is from the robbery saturday at edible arrangements in drexel hill. the robber sporting a work vest tied up an employee and stole cash. >>> and this video from a robbery at yesterday also shows a robber wearing a work coat. >>> new jersey governor chris christie is working to avoid a state government shutdown on his radio show today, said he's operatimistic that there will b deal by friday. >> i don't believe for any reason to have a government shutdown. >> the republican governor is trying to make deals with the government controlled senate, one impacting schools and pensions and one involving the largest health insurance provider. if ther

atlantic county the third highest in the state with 242 deployments. >>> happening now, testimony in the seth williams corruption case. a bucks county businessman admits that he gave philadelphia da seth williams lavish gifts and provided him with travel, entertainment because he said it's good to know someone in power. 4084 old muhammed ali took the stand in williams federal corruption trial. according to philly.com ali said they met williams seven years ago and then started to donate to his campaigns right away because he wanted to be close at the da. ali's testimony coming as part of a me deal in his own tax evasion case. williams is accused of of course of accepting bribes and misusing campaign funds in his role as district attorney although he denies the allegations. >>> imagine getting back to your park car only to find a gun along with your child. that nightmare came true for one woman in west philly whose young daughter was sleeping in the back seat when stories took it away. >> that little girl is okay tonight but the story not quite what it seems. now police are trying to fi

. >>> so many questions after police served search warrants in atlantic county doctor' home and officeprosecutors say doctor james kauffman waived a gun and threatened to kill himself as officers searched his egg harbor township office today. but a hostage negotiator persuaded kauffman to surrender. the doctor is the widow err of murdered radio host april kauffman. police have yet to solve her 2012 killing. investigators say the search warrants have nothing to do with her death april kauffman's daughter says today's events are not surprising. >> i think my family and i are just really -- it's such a flood of emotions, and obviously, things didn't have to happen the way that they did today. but they did, and we're just struggling to deal with it and try to process exactly what it is that happened today. >> investigators are only saying the search warrants are connected to suspected criminal activity. >>> you see it you shoot it. our fresco users are helping us show what's going on around you. what's on tap, iain. >> car jumps a curb at 16th and jfk boulevard in center city this afternoo

service in mount holly new jersey has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for south central atlantic county in southern new jersey south eastern cumberland county in southern new jersey cape may county and southern new jersey into seven thirty pm at six thirty six pm severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from six miles northeast of hours to nine miles east of big stone beach to seven miles north of cape in logan state park moving northeast at fifty miles per hour hazard sixty miles per hour wind gusts source radar indicated impact expects damage to trees and power lines severe thunderstorms will be near cape may west keep me in north cape may around seven pm wildwood crest goshen rio grande diamond beach bivalve green creek important or so around seven o five pm north wildwood stone harbor eldora scotch bonnet dennis cape may courthouse leesburg morris down breaks through and port elizabeth around seven ten pm aest all manner avalon and bill plain forest around seven fifteen pm woodbine c.l. city strathmore and c to look around at seven twenty pm ocean city summers point