stay there. >>> tragedy in ben salem. house fire claims the life of two people. what we're learning about the blaze. >>> heart break in houston. tropical storm harvey leaves thousands stranded as rescue continues. now learning about the lives the storm has claimed. >>> striking again, tropical storm set to make a third land fall. bringing more rain and possible flooding. >>> first look at four. i'm tracey davidson. >> i'm ted greenberg. thank you for being with us. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley and neighborhood forecast. and bill the rain is out of here. >> look how much progress it has made. really pulling away from the area fast. few clouds around. done with the rain today. clouds move out and get a nice breeze blowing out the north. just the three mile an hour wind at the lehigh valley. dropped the temperatures into the 50s and the humidity has come way down. down to 55 degrees in the lehigh valley at 7:00 and 10:00 is 65 degrees. northerly wind at 10 miles an hour the clouds are not going to last long. philadelphia, 62 degrees to start with. ri

for now, live in ben salem. >>> 5:03. breaking right now. within the last five minutes, tropical storm harvey made land fall again. this time in cameron louisiana. said to bring torrential rain to parts of the already soaked state and louisiana during the land fall. the storm is being blamed for nine deaths. several people are missing. >>> there was a brief relief for the city underwater. the sun peeking out for just a few hours yesterday afternoon. here's what we know right now. houston is under a nightly curfew. >> started at midnight and ended just a few minutes ago at 5:00 this morning. crews and volunteers made 18,000 rescues so far in the flood ravaged region. among the dead is a houston police officer. 60-year-old sergeant steve perez was a 40 year veteran of the force. >> steve was one of the sweetest people i've met in this department. i've only been here nine months. we've got 165 employees and i knew who steve perez was. he was a sweet gentle public serva servant. >> tracked the car to a flooded underpass and dive team found his b

police recovered two guns ar 15 an uzi from the crash scene in ben salem.t's up clear what prompted initial gun fire. >> u.s. and north korea are trading new threats a day after president trump issued a fiery warning to yang and the trump administration is trying to collar fight president's tough talk. >> north korea issued yet another warning to guam late wednesday adding norm is "seriously examineing a plan to strengthen u.s. territory with ballistic missiles adding president trump let out a load of nonsense when he said this tuesday. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states, they will be met with fire and fury. >> today defense secretary james mattis reenforced the president's message telling yang to cease any consideration of actions that would lead to end of regime and destruction of people. >> i think americans should sleep well at night. >> returning from asia secretary of state rex tillerson sought to dial back the rhetoric. >> they're sending a strong message to north korea in language that kim jong-un would understand. >>

police recovered two guns ar 15 an uzi from the crash scene in ben salem. it's up clear what prompted initial gun fire. >> u.s. and north korea are trading new threats a day after president trump issued a fiery warning to yang and the trump administration is trying to collar fight president's tough talk. >> north korea issued yet another warning to guam late wednesday adding norm is "seriously examineing a plan to strengthen u.s. territory with ballistic missiles adding president trump let out a load of nonsense when he said this tuesday. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states, they will be met with fire and fury. >> today defense secretary james mattis reenforced the president's message telling yang to cease any consideration of actions that would lead to end of regime and destruction of people. >> i think americans should sleep well at night. >> returning from asia secretary of state rex tillerson sought to dial back the rhetoric. >> they're sending a strong message to north korea in language that kim jong-un would understand.

live in ben salem. matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> also breaking this morning, past hour tropical storm harvey came ashore once again along the already water logged gulf coast. >> this time it made landfall in cameron, louisiana near the texas border. forecasters expect harvey to drench the coastal area with a foot of rain. rain from harvey has already flooded streets and portions of louisiana and forced people to use boats to get around. >>> very latest headlines for harvey's devastation. at least nine deaths blamed on the historic storm. crews rescued more than 18,000 people. a second major shelter is open in houston. ready tom house up to 10,000 evacuees. houston's nightly curfew just ended in houston and will be back in effect tonight. six members of this family still missing feared dead after floodwaters swept their van off a bridge. driver, another family member managed to climb out of a car wane d window and was rescued. meantime, confirmed the loss of one of their own. drown in patrol car on the

elderly couple is killed as fire tears through their home in ben salem. firefighters working throughout the night to put the flames out. nbc 10 matt delucia joins us live on scene with the breaking detai details. >> reporter: firefighters still at the scene. we see smoke coming out of the house every now and then. we can tell you sadly two people did not middle age ake it out o alive. just behind the fire truck is the house where all this happened. on the 700 block of kings lane of ben salem. fire started around 12:30 this morning. fire quickly consumed the house. when the firefighters got here, fire was so intense they had to fight it from the outside first. once they were able to get inside, found an elderly couple dead on the first floor. one point part of the second floor started to collapse. this was very intense fire. right now unclear if this husband and wife had been trying to escape the flames. >>> i do not know at this time. investigation is still ongoing. were located on the first floor. i'm not sure if they were trying to evacuate or not. >> p

left her daughter at the nights in ben salem bucks county. may have left her saturday night workers didn't find the baby until sunday morning. taken to the hospital. she'll be okay. now with the department of human services. the mother was taken into custody yesterday. >>> in new castle county. this man under arrest in connection with a string of robberies. say adam m >>> firefighters blocked off a street after a teenager set off fireworks in his broedroom. this was yesterday afternoon. fireworks started a fire they say it's accidental and don't plan to press charges. >>> continue to fight against a stroel pipeline project even though a judge put the project on hold. activist sent this video spreading wild flower seeds and planting trees. faced several legal hurdles and protests since beginning the project. most recently a judge with the public utilities commission ordered work stop until a hearing later this month. >>> legislation offering atlantic city police and firefighters early retirement is on the way to governor chris christie's desk.

ben salem police used the gps to find her. >>> we have new information on a violent robbery in center city philadelphia. police tell us they've arrested the suspect you see here on the security video. he's accused of stabbing a clerk at a 711 near 13th and market last sunday. clerk is expected to recover from stab wounds. the suspect faces robbery and assault charges. we have new details on a boy from south philadelphia who accidently shot himself in the face. grandfather tells nbc 10 the gun did not have a safety lock and was not put away. the 11-year-old boy is in stable condition. investigators say he got ahold of the gun early yesterday and shot himself in a broom in his home. four other kids inside the house at the time. as of now, police do not expect to file charges. >>> philadelphia sheriff's office is reminding families is offers free gun locks. come to the office on south broad street any day during business hours. >>> u.s. intelligence is trying to identify this boy who claims to be an american in this new isis propaganda video. in the scripted video, he says he's the 10-ye

anthony was spotted on this surveillance video at a target in ben salem. said a number of tips from the public helped identify him. accused of skeeling baby formula from a number of stores in the area. >>> fire broke out after midnight in one of the world'sallest residential buildings. torch tower in dubai. quickly engulfed part of the skyscraper. flaming debris fell to the ground. officials say the buildings residents evacuated and no injuries reported. firefighters brought the flames under control by about 4 in the morning. it was the second major fire for that building which also caught fire back in early 2015. we're now seeing images from an earthquake in oklahoma on wednesday night. see the shaking on the security video here. the quake measured 4.2 magnitude. it is the latest of several earthquakes to hit oklahoma. caused power outage and minor damage. no one was hurt. officials say fracking is linked to these quakes. >>> a new survey from spotify reveals 90% of surgeons listen to music while operating. apparently, rock rules in the operating room. mo

police say erica lopez left her daughter at the night's in in ben salem. found the baby sunday morning. little girl taken to the hospital. she'll be okay. now with department of human services. lopez was taken into custody yesterday. >>> happening now, cleaning a neighborhood riddled with dangerous drugs. this is a look at the con rail train tracks in north philadelphia from sky force ten where used needles litter the ground. >> nbc 10 joins us live now. tell us how the city is helping to clean up the area. >> reporter: this stretch of tracks has long been a point of contention between the city and con rail, the company that operates the freight trains. neighbors are calling it a dangerous drug haven. been complaining for years about heroin use, overdoses and homicide, but yesterday, the first step towards revitalization. crews are repairing fences to keep people out of the tracks and cleaning up the used needles, trash and debris that litter the area. the fencing alone is going to cost con rail at least $90,000. the entire project could reach 100,000 or m

. >> a man facing sexual assault charges in ben salem and alleged victim texted 911 for help while hiding in apartment closet this is suspect christopher hendren gan of coming dale. the alleged incident took place day. emergency dispatc dispatcher that received victim text messages told the to call 911 to find gpa location on cellphone. >> snap chat post leads this case to cam don't county. police arrested mason mallen and clemington home saturday after he sexually assaulted a woman and posted images of her on his snap chat a friend of the victim saw her in the post and called police. mallen is held in camden coun county jail. >> local lawmakers wants quicker action from the feds when it comes to septa train accidents. we got a look at the platform at the 69 street station where a septa crash happened on tuesday. a train plowed into the back of a parked train. 33 women were hurt. theres with as i train accident in darby in february. congressman bob brady and mayor tom mc cozy are outraged at the national transportation safety board investigation. brady called for congressional hearing. cb

fire engulfs a ben salem house leaving an elderly couple dead. >> see the charred remains of the homeorning blaze. matt delucia joins us live from the scene. >>> firefighters have it under control. right behind me see a lot of firefighters here at the scene at this point. this is the house on the # 00 block of kings lane. fire started around 12:30 this morning. quickly consume

so it's spreading through trenton that we are looking at the timing moving through ben salem at 5:30, trenton by 6:00, this is going to continue mauve ing off to the northeast by around 6:30. but the good news is it is starting to weaken just a tad. that's a good sign in that area. if i pull this out, this cluster moving to the northeast. these little clusters you see here mostly moving to the east and then this little south of vineland is moving to the north. these two combining may create a stronger cell in the next half hour. just a few minutes we'll track this. we'll also talk about what to expect into the next several days and your weekend. >>> he was just 1 years old when he was b sent prison and served ten years for a crime he never committed. >> now he's giving back in a big way on both sides of the law. one year later, still no refund. all new at 5:00, the one thing wrong with the viewer's plane ticket. what you can do to avoid the same expensive travel trouble. >>> we have new developments in the main line murder. the recent reason police want to talk with the people in thes

. >>> in bucks county, ben salem county died in burning home overnight.ll us they tried to get into save them is, but couldn't get past the wall of flames. appears to be an accident started by a candle. power outage in the area last night. >>> nbc 10 and telemundo hosting a hurricane relief drive to help harvey victims tomorrow. call, text, or go to nbc.com to donate. another update in 25 minutes. join us weekday mornings from 4-7:00 a.m. i'm tracy davidson. today show continues in just a couple of minutes. thanks for watching. have a great day. >>> and good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." it's 7:30, a wednesday morning. that is a scene that is all-too familiar and repeated on streets all over houston and southeast texas. the water just not stopping. still raining, in many cities. the flooding emergency far from over. good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie, alongside craig melvin, in for matt and hoda. we've been talking about harvey, making landfall the first time last friday. and now, for a third time, overnight. >> the governor sayin

investigators today identified the victim as 28-year-old of ben jr. a salem. on east klemme b tine street late tuesday night. investigators ruled it a case of arson. a second man jumped from a window to escape the flames. >>> revitalization of the neighborhood north philadelphia was a plan for more than 100 lowes employees. among other things, they made repairs to three houses near north 26th street. >> lowes kicked in $250,000 for the project. >> now here's a look at the stories making headlines county by county across the region today. in berk. family's road side egg stand. the stand's owner. captured this man rummaging through the cooler after setting up surveillance outside the home. she trusts her customers to use the honor system, but she says about 100 eggs have vanished with money over the last month and a half. >>> in month ggomery county, ma shoppers can get realtime sales information from facebook messenger. the concierge bot gives recommendations based on interests. >>> if you're looking for work, you have time to apply. they are holding a job fair