>> right now, in the whole viewing area thousands in the last 15 minutes, over center city philadelphia i'll throw out a number between 100 and 300 in the last 15 minutes or so. but what we can do later is go back and look how many lightning strikes hit an area. but what we look at with double scan live radar is present radar, showing how much is being released in a 15 minute window. >> now we want to show you this video, this is cell 6 live. this is video being taken from "action news" reporter david henry's cell phone it is in camden county i think david is on route 42 near 295, and we just froze up for a second but lets crank it up again and this is really extraordinary, this video now from david henry's cell phone we call it cell 6. and it is live. now lets go to some video off the our pat crow here on city avenue, and monument road and you can talk about the winds but you can talk about them all you want this looks like a hurricane adam, this is off our patio, right outside of our studio and obviously the wins are whipping to dangerous velocities right now. adam talk about what we

isiateed with horror a sad and shame full day for all of philadelphia. >> nancy winkler's daughter was among those killed today. mayor nutter announced the city of philadelphia will donate 300,000 to the project and organizers now have close to 1 million dollars towards their goal of 1.3 million dollars. >> andthon second anniversary, one of the survivors finally met the man who saved her life. >> we met before but i don't know if you remember me. >> not remember. >> i was the fireman that found you. >> i'm very, very, thank you thank you. >> you're welcome. you're welcome. >> maria plakin does not remember fire chief john o'neal but she's grateful for his existence because he saved her life. she was trapped for 13 hours. plakin is ukranian and speaks little english and is double amputee and remains in rehab her life is often difficult but she's thankful she can enjoy her kid and ground daughter. >> and a military honor guard carried beau biden's casket into st. anthony of padaua church today. until 9:00 today mourners, citizens friend came to pay their respect. there were two viewings one this afternoon and one tonight. >> talking with those

. >>> work begins on those streets, the city of philadelphia unveiled it transportation plan for the upcoming papal visit. >> mayor michael nutter says resident and visitors should prior to do a lot of walking. >> this will be the largest event in the city of philadelphia in modern day history. >> beginning the week of september between the second there will be plenty of road closures with an estimated one to 2 million people will be in center city for the world meeting of families. for those two days of pope francis visit september 26th and 27th, only 31 of septa's 282 trains, subways and trolley stations will be opened. now i have posted a link to the cities mass transit plans on our web site at cbs philly.com and click on papal visit. >>> just an fyi mayor will be among a delegation heading to the vatican to finalize plans surrounding our papal visit. our jessica dean will be traveling with them and she will have have reports starting next monday on "eyewitness news". >>> right now philadelphia police are searching for a man whom they say stole ten taxi cabs in one week. they belie

most of the region but closer to the shore, atlantic city down to about a mile and a quarter, mile and a half in millville. down to 6 miles in philadelphiay fog in the city. yesterday temperatures were at 70. today 73. by tomorrow back to the 80s which is exactly average for us. we'll drop a little bit below average heading into sunday. our radar shot shows a little bit of light rainfall in center city. and also in parts of south philly out south of upper darby. then also near edgewater park we're dealing with light, light showers and that is expected to continue over the next couple of hours. but by the afternoon we see more clearing here even a little bit of sunshine. saturday a few passing clouds. sunday we'll see sunny sunshine and beautiful conditions as we push into the weekend. great conditions. start making your plans whether you go to the poconos or the shore, you'll find nice and comfortable conditions. our highs around the area 77 in allentown, low 70s in the poconos. seven day forecast shows the warming trend as we head into the weekend. nice conditions on sunday. take a look at monday. warm back to the mid 60s. showers on tu

today the city of philadelphia donated $300,000 toward that memorial. nancy winkler who lost her daughter ann in the collapse spoke at today's event. >> ann's death has left a terrible void in our family which can never be filled. i become very emotional when i speak about ann. i miss her so much. but still i love to talk about her because she was here. she mattered. >> nancy winkl er has led the all volunteer campaign to build a memorial honoring those victims. >>> well hundreds of people gathered once again to say good bye to the former delaware attorney general beau biden. a second viewing is getting underway in wilmington right now. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is live outside the church with more, alex. >> reporter: just as we saw around 1:00 p.m. people have gathered and lining up down at the other end of the block. that is where that line is right now. it is growing. this is the the second opportunity of the day to pay respects to the open until 9:00 p.m. tonight. in the dreary morning hours vivid red white and blue, same colors wor

a live look at the clouds over center city philadelphia. cooler today than yesterday. brittney shipp will have details coming up. >>> new surveillance video shows a car just missing people on a sidewalk seconds before it slams into a gas meter in delaware county. take a look. watch as it loses control, goes up on the sidewalk. crashes, and it's hard to see a guy was sitting on the bank and missed him by inches. upper darby police say the driver had just left traffic court where he was charged with careless driving. no one was injured but it did trigger a gas leak shut down in the area. peco crews have been trying to restore service. >>> now to decision 2016 a fourth democrat is now running for president, he's lincoln chafee. he announced his candidacy calling for an overhaul of policy. >> without a doubt, we have prodigious work to do in africa. >> chafee was a republican and then an independent before declaring himself a democrat two years ago. he joins the other three democrats, hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley. on the republican side there are nin

this is time of year when dozens of city pools are open throughout philadelphia. that's really the best way for you and your family to stay cool and safe during these intense summer-like days. if you are outside the city you can think about taking your child to a rec center or library and even a park. do it on the earlier side. if you have an elderly neighbor or an elderly relative who may not have air conditioning the city of philadelphia has half a dozen senior citizen centers that are air conditioned and open today and that is really a great place for you to recommend one of your senior neighbors or senior relatives to go because the temperatures that we're going to be experiencing later are going to feel like 100 degrees. that can be harmful for their health. katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >> good advice. >>> 6:03. new from overnight, someone stabbed a man several times. he's in critical condition now. police did arrest a suspect. no word on what the motive was here. nbc 10 was on the scene there in south philadelphia when the attack happened just after 4:00 this mo

, you may want to take a few meetings face to face. >> this is a huge event for the city of philadelphia will get it right. we want it to be virtually perfect and that's our focus. >> reporter: the mayor city officials religious leaders planners all joining the delegation traveling to rome sunday. the four day trip all business. a final series of planning sessions before pope francis travels to philadelphia for the world meeting of families in late september. >> association we'll be meeting with pontiff counsel for the family our partner in the vatican the group that plans his trips. >> reporter: the mayor says logistics organization presentation all crucial but number one above all security, just listen to how many agencies are involved. >> this is essentially a secret service event. that's of course the federal government. philadelphia police department, state police accept at a police, vatican police italian government police and the swiss guard who are the personal protects of pope francis. >> reporter: all with one goal. when the world's attention is on philly everything goes smooth

delegation which includes representatives from the region's business community, archdiocese of philadelphia, the city of philadelphia and the philadelphia a police department, will be taking part in a number of meetings covering everything from security, to logistics. >> the the big goal for this week is making sure a we meet every person we need to meet and they know who we are count are parts are. >> reporter: this is also a week when philadelphia will shine in the international spotlight, as members of the delegation addressed media from all over the the world. >> really raises profile of our great city, nationally and internationally, if you can imagine the amount of press that will cover this event and we will be seeing a very different philadelphia, then folks have seen, maybe five, ten, 15, 20 years ago. >> reporter: it is a a very interesting time to be with the delegation. now they are not all business, all the time. they are going to get to have some fun. we are looking at pictures of what they were doing earlier this evening. they were with the residents of the u.s. ambassador. you can see

. >> this is the largest event in the city of philadelphia in modern history. >> it's expected that more people will come than welcome america and more than the phillies world series parade and more than the visit of pope john paul ii. for the meeting of families we are anticipating somewhere from a million to 2 million visitors don't expect to drive your car to papal events and expect to use mass transit. the rail lines carry 70 now is people a day and the goal for when the pope is here $200,000 a day. the paoli thorndale line has 18 none center city stations but during the visit the train will only stop at two paoli and radnor, to ride you'll need a special $10 pass that goes on sale in july. >> special one day passes will be required for both saturday and sunday. other rail instruments will not be accepted over the weekend. as for parking at the station that have only about 100 spots good luck. >> maybe someone should drive you and drop you off, but don't anticipate you will drive up and park your car and jump on the train. >> they are promising online guides soon. >> this will share

city. the art is designed by philadelphia native david geg who has painted more than 35 murals in philadelphiaand other cities. >>> stabbed on stage. an actor's mistake made one scene way too life like. >> i could tell that my knife got stuck somehow. it didn't occur to me that i stabbed kent! >> it was stuck in kent! next her co-star's reaction that proves the show must go on. mmm yoplait! it's snack time! oh, look! yoplait original now has 25% less sugar. time to taste it. how is it? it tastes good! congratulations yoplait! you did it! yoplait! >>> delaware is gearing up for back-to-back music festivals this month. they will work with the dover city and delaware state police to monitor the extra traffic. here is why. firefly takes over dover international speedway next weekend. then the new big barrel country music festival is 0 june 26th through the 28th. >>> if you're cruising on carnival this summer get ready for this new beverage policy. they are banning drinks in bottles or bottled drinks as some call them. the cruise line says it's making this move to stop passengers from bringing booz

the students attend ocean city high school. >>> philadelphia mayor michael nutter announced the members of the commission on universal pre-kindergarten following their first meeting at city hall. their focus is on pre-k funding. the commission was approved by voters in may. advocates say one in six preschoolers have access to fund pre-k. they want that extended to everyone. >>> the west nile virus is in part of chester county. the county's health department confirms a test for the virus in phoenixville was positive. the health department stresses that the chance of contracting the virus is very small. however, they are recommending residents take precautions to reduce the chances of being bitten by mosquitos. this morning, state environmental crews sprayed for mosquitos in parts of sussex county. helicopters sprayed in delaware at the seashore and island state park. federal environmental officials say the insecticides do not pose a health risk to humans. wildlife or the environment. >>> well we have been tracking thunderstorms all afternoon long. we have had three tornado warnings and s

that is an improvement in center city, philadelphia we will head to the shore. is not a great picture but what it is down there but not what it will be. things will be getting better for us. the heavier rain has moved out already and look at reading. skies are brightening up out there even though there are puddles on the ground, the

the skies over center city philadelphia lit up and we're not out of the woods yet.ere's storm scan3. it shows plenty of activity remains at this hour. thunderstorms moved through the delaware valley and head east. >>> good evening i'm chris may. >> i'm jessica dean. >>> let's get right over to meteorologist kathy orr whose been tracking these storms all night. kathy, what can we expect as we move through the evening? >> well right now no severe weather but the threat will continue into the overnight a lot of oranges and reds that is heavy rain in excess of about an inch an hour. this is moving toward the northeast and more near baltimore and washington heading toward our northern and western suburb. so definitely not out of the woods yet. you can see through south jersey glassboro vineland some heavy rain this is moving southeast at about 40 miles an hour down the expressway heading toward mullica, mays landing galloway and toward the shore. places we haven't seen the rain just yet. so more rain overnight and some downpours. you can see some of our storm reports pol

now, signs have of summer in center city philadelphia, bars and restaurants are offering great deals for the start of the center city's which runs all summer long. guess where justin drabick is at independent mall at all of the fun. it looks like a great time. >> i think a lot of people look forward to this for the summer season. tonight is kick off of center city, every wednesday through september 2nd between hours of 5:00 and 7:00 numerous bars and restaurant have deals. $5 cocktails, $4 wine, $3 beer half price appetizers. here we go independent beer garden thinks one of the spots that are offering this deals for the center city deal. this is a huge place. 20,000 square feet, inside open bar. a good place to hang out during the sum is ther and people are taking advantage of the deals already. good place to hang out after work. a lot of people in coats tonight. it is not feeling like summer. let talk about the forecast as we go to the graphic and maybe just hanging out a across center city doing some shopping later this evening. here's what we can expect generally cloudy sky is wha

uber x has been operating illegally in the city of philadelphia. bration nonetheless. >> a lot of people around the city getting around on uber. no doubt about it. >> we thank you for watching "eyewitness news" at 11:00 o'clock. we hope off great weekend. for lesley kathy and everyone her i'm chris may. we're always on at cbs philly philly.com f you're up early join our morning team. they start at 5:00 o'clock. stay tuned now for the mentalist mentalist. have a good night. we'll see you back here tomorrow. ♪ >> announcer: the following is a paid presentation for the nutribullet rx, nature's prescription nutrition extractor, brought to you by nutribullet llc. >> my stomach issues literally went away. >> my acne has cleared up. >> my hot flashes have subsided. >> i'm saying goodbye to diabetes. >> my shoulder pain has gone. >> i was able to sleep better at night. >> i've lost 100 pounds. >> announcer: over the last two years, all across the country, an astonishing 10 million people, at a rate of 15,00a day, have joined the nutribullet healing revoluti

and ducis rodgers was on hand to share his insight into the state of sports in philadelphia and his experience with this city's athletes. and when you say the state of sports in philadelphia you might imagine the future is better than the present. >> i did tell them that. i told them the present is not very good. tonight will be tough for the phillies. team with the best record in all of baseball is in town. the team with the worst record in baseball is in town as well. phillies host the cardinals tonight. cole hamels was supposed to start this one. he has a mild hamstring strain. instead it will be phillippe aumont on the mound. yesterday hamels caused quite a stir. he cleaned out his locker leading many people to believe he had been traded. hamels said he did it to lighten up the mood. >> battling some tough morale and so, you know, just something to distract everybody and. >> you tried to surprise your teammates. >> yes. >> did it work. >> i think it did. [laughter] >> i think a lot of them it worked. i think even today they didn't know what to expect. >> the phillies and cardinals met earlier this season i

happening today, philadelphia city leaders will reveal details about plans to expand philadelphia international airport. the city wants to buy a 27-acre property known as the philadelphia plaza in tinicum township. they will focus on what residents expect as the project moves forward. nearby residents had been fighting expansion saying it will diminish their property value. >> announcer: now your nbc10 "first alert" weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. >>> good morning. we're seeing a few sprinkles as we head into the relevant of your morning. a chance of light showers will stick with us over the next few hours so right now, just mainly confined to new castle county. and you can see most of that moisture is situated to the south of us. we'll continue to see the sprinkles and stray showers moving into the parts of the area as we go into the morning hours. the current temperatures in themy 50s. horsham, 58 degrees, in philadelphia, 56. washington township 58 in wilmington. same thing allentown. low 50s in pocono mountains. and along the shore, temperatures are 58 degrees. with the wind dire

from january 2012 to january january 2015 that's a three-year period the city of philadelphia issued million parking tickets. not speeding tickets. just citations for parking infractions. the city released this number to help people understand parking enforcement efforts citywide. for a link to where the most parking tickets were issued, you can head over to our fox 29 news app or you can go to myfoxphilly.com and click seen on tv. that's a lot of tickets. >>> that's a lot of tickets. >>> all right. people are talking about a controversial smoking ban in new jersey. your parents may have done it while driving with you in the car but these are different times. should adults be allowed to light up and smoke with kids in the car? drivers weigh in as new jersey considers a ban. >>> plus history is made at philadelphia's sheriff's depth. how this deputy is breaking barriers. howard? >> hear from one of the new eagles that has a lot to learn in the mini camp and tiger woods is having real problems just hitting the golf ball straight in round one of the memorial all coming up in sports. if y

that is now associated with horror, a sad and shameful day for all of philadelphia. >> mayor michael nutter disclosed that the city of philadelphia will donate $300,000 to the memorial. organizers say they now have close to a million toward their goal of $1.3 million. and on this two year anniversary one of the survivors finally met the man who saved her life. "action news" reporter sharrie williams has that part of the story. >> reporter: maria has a surprise visitor. >> we've met before but i don't know if you remember me. >> reporter: she doesn't recognize the face but she's reminded where she first met him. >> i was the fireman who found you. >> thank you. >> you're welcome, you're welcome. >> reporter: she's ukrainian and speaks very little english is meeting the fireman who saved her life two years ago. now a chief he was then captain john o'neill with the philadelphia fire and rescue department. >> i knew that she was a fighter from the beginning because she wanted to -- when we did release her she did want to get right up and out. >> reporter: june 5th, 2013 a building being demolished in center city colla

city. >> ralph's commitment to philadelphia has made comcast of philadelphia what coca-cola is to atlanta, what microsoft is to seattle. >> the roots here are incredibly deep and the impact for this city is incredibly wide. >> his name is attached to beneficial causes all over the city. the family has asked that any contributions made in his memory go to the germantown boys & girls club or to the local united way. ralph's son brian who is chairman and ceo of comcast released this statement about his father. we have all learned so much from ralph, but perhaps the greatest lesson was the way he lived his life. he loved my mother and my entire family so much. he loved his work and all those who worked with him and for him. he was an icon a mentor and a friend to so many. you can learn more about ralph roberts and his contributions to our region any time by tapping on the nbc 10 news app. >>> penthouse problems. philadelphia eagles coach chip kelly could have to play thousands of dollars for a place he doesn't even live anymore. we'll tell you why. plus counting down to father's day. some hav

. >> the philadelphia city council is considering a new bill that would require surveillance cameras outside of bars and restaurants. searchers pulled a man's body from the river in january. the council is expected to vote on that measure in the fall. >>> now your first alert weather with britney shipp. >>> good morning we're till dealing with lingering showers as we head into this tuesday. when we push into the afternoon, more clearing and hot and humid conditions. we saw a below average weekend and now we're warming up. across the region we're seeing an even pred with our temperatures mainly in the high 60s and low 70s. you want to bring an umbrella or hooded jacket because we're dealing with showers on and off through 1:00 p.m. 69 in reading, 69 in wildwood. we're up 7 degrees from this time yesterday. eight degrees warmer in lancaster, and 6 degrees warmer in mt. holly. we're seeing scattered showers that are manely confined. everywhere else seeing drying conditions. on and off showers throughout at least the rest of your early morning hours. we'll be dealing with scattered showe

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four in philadelphia. 3-mile at atlantic city airport. looking at the temperatures again, 67 degrees right now in philadelphia. here's what to expect today. we're watching for the showers and thunderstorms, most of it is happening right now in the early morning hours, so the roads are still going to be wet when you head out. beyond this early morning commute for of us going out at 7:00 a.m. it's not a wet. lots of clouds and peek of sunshine or two later in the day or the evening commute you get a shower or thunderstorm. just right huh. nonetheless, matt it's muggy out there, although we're talking about cooler temperatures. >> reporter: we have so much going for us, don't we? it's almost friday. the good news, the construction is cleared out on the vine street we say -- expressway. conditions are wet, i don't blame them for wrapping up construction early on the vine. we have a crash on the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound side a single-vehicle accident the vehicle flipped over past the norristown interchange and one lane is blocked. expect

. >> yeah. >> philadelphia is a city where nobodies came together and overthrew the most powerful government in the world at that time, and they did that because they believed in liberties. and i think people in philadelphia see the same things that i see, and they see that if we continue to do the same thing, we're not gonna have different results. and if we really look at what it means to be a republican -- you know, our party was founded in 1854, and it was founded based on that principal of what got us to be an independent country. and republicans fought for the civil liberties of african americans and for progressive laws like giving women the right to vote, and so i think that if we look truly at what it means to be a republican and a public servant, fighting corruption, i think there are many philadelphians that really relate to that as well as me. >> and you must have looked at that question at some point in your history, because, as you mentioned, you did grow up in south jersey, but you were a longtime democrat, and so how did you end up making that swi

made an attempt to get back to that car. >> tate brown's family filed a lawsuit against the city of philadelphiahey have also also appealed to the federal department of justice to have that case reopened. >>> voorhees police are looking for the person who stole three defebrillators from a local hospital. this person broke into eastern i school around 2:00 this morning and took the devices which can restart a person's heart during cardiac arrest. if anyone recognizes this suspect or nose anything about the theft call voorhees police. >>> the cleanup continues tonight from a huge water main break. millions of gallons of water flooded part of west philadelphia when a water main bursts sunday morning. this happened on 52nd street near wyomissing avenue and the road is still blocked off tonight. the 36-inch tran mission main was installed back in 1885. now the city says it will pay for cleanup and some of the damage costs while homeowners insurance companies will handle the rest. >>> and the chosen 300 ministries is helping residents affected by that water main break. the group extended a special wel

checking the weather section of our nbc 10 news app and it says it's 77 degrees here in center city philadelphia. let's go to some of our video driving around the city earlier. we caught up with some road crews who were doing some work painting lines right around center city and that's really smart that they're getting out here now in overnight hours when it will be the coolest part of all day as we move into later as bill said around 9:00 it will be already in the 80s. we had extreme heat yesterday. we're expecting even hotter temperatures today. if you need to get anything done outside, if you can do it early in the morning, that's really the best thing. also if you have elderly neighbors who might need some checking in on recommend to them to go to one of the city's dozens -- if you live in philadelphia, one of the city's dozens of senior centers where they are air conditioned and they have people on staff to check in on them and make sure their conditions at home are cool enough for their health. we'll check back in in the next half hour with some things you can do with your children who may

the thick fog into neeftd philadelphia atlantic city seeing quarter mile visibility and quarter mile visibility for toms river. it's going to take hours for the fog to clear. this is the path of the big storms last night. this morning just a few spots on the radar screen. what's in western pennsylvania is what we have to be concerned about. the line of shurs that's moving through the ohio valley which could bring severe weather to our area this afternoon. just spots. not everybody is going the see it. hour by hour forecast showing some scattered showers by mid morning. by midday, the heavier downpours knot of allentown will be moving into north jersey. but we'll see storm development in the afternoon. that's central buccs county. 2 o'clock in the afternoon, line of showers pushing into purr lington. you can see potentially thunderstorms developing into the later afternoon hours into the commute. it could be a stormy afternoon for parts of the area today. through it all it' going to be warm and muggy. upper 80s for allentown. keep an eye for storms this afternoon. at the shore, a warm

city hall. muggy. currently in philadelphia, coming in at 8. when you factor in the humidity it feels like 88 currently in city and 80 trenton and 6 8 poconos along the coast and sea isle city 81 and lower 80s in dover. here's satellite 6 and action radar we're tracking a really broken line of activity with that one long cluster of activity currently moving across the area in south jersey and it pushes down to the south and east as we go throughout the rest of the overnight hours and high pressure moves into the region for monday. start of workweek team, still hot, lower humidity on the way. high temperature in philadelphia coming in at 91 degrees. well above the average of 84 for this time of year and we tap into that drier air from the north that will continue to nose southward as we go throughout the rests of monday and future tracker showing you the dew points. that's the legal of how much moisture is in the atmosphere and by my night tonight we won't. as the front dips south by noon tomorrow dew point temperatures will number lower 60s and

a smaller version of target could be coming to center city philadelphia. >> philadelphialy.com is reportingrget express is planned on 19th and chestnut. there are many target express stores open in the country. this is a new project for target. target's website mentions putting a store in the great philadelphia area but doesn't express where. ♪ >> a great song. the leer cyst behind the "sound of music" will not be honored with a museum at his home. a zoning board rejected a plan for him. he wrote some of the most famous song at highland farm in doylestown. his grandson wanted to build a theater at the home but critics were worried about space and parking. >>> new jersey state police are issuing an alert following another rash of heroin overdoses in camden county. since the start of the month there have been at least 50 overdose in the county with three deaths. the heroin was laced with feint noll and that's a very powerful painkiller described by doctors. some of the other heroin here is marked with empire and red devil. police say some of the drugs are unmarked no stamp. >>> changes are co

society as a whole move forward and be happier. >> reporter: for the first time in the city's heftry philadelphiaraising the transgender pride flag here at city hall to mark the conference. it is expected to bring 5,000 people from around the world to philadelphia later this week. at city hall denise nakano nbc 10 news. >>> funeral plans are still being worked out tonight for beau biden. the former delaware attorney general and son of vice president joe biden died of brain cancer saturday. he was 46 years old. today friends of beau biden remember him as the kind hearted family man who worked hard and made his own name. and they say he did it fearlessly. >> sometimes he would walk in west center city area with no bodyguards and i used to really get upset with him and our people to go find him. >> reporter: today mayor michael nutter ordered the city of philadelphia flag be flown at half-mast in honor of beau biden. biden graduated from the university of pennsylvania and he once served as federal prosecutor in philadelphia. >>> wilmington police have unveiled a new plan to fight violent crime. it i

new jersey transit suspended still from atlantic city into philadelphia. for patco, all normal service has resumed except for wood crest service is currently suspended as well. out on 95 up towards the vine tree expressway a 12-minute trip. everybody is moving along just fine. losing right hand shoulder due to ongoing construction but not setting anybody back and route one southbound between stoney bank road and thornton road cables in the roadway. 22 minutes or 23 minutes heading east or westbound from route one to valley forge. check in with more road closures coming up. >>> crews are making progress to restore power and clean up after tuesday night's storm. here are the latest power numbers and improved since last night. peco reporting 59,000 outages and dropped by 20,000 overnight. ac electric is working on nearly 129,000. pse&g 14,000 customers without power and down from 21,000 last night. delmarva has 2200. matt delucia is in one of the hardest hit areas gloucester krout county. matt, what are you seeing out there? a few days since the storm. >> rep

city. so closer to average. our highs around the area today at 75 degrees for philadelphia. 67 in atlantic city. 69 in wildwood. i am tracking big changes on the way in my seven day forecast. storms return and also temperatures in the 90eds. >>> 5:10 friday morning. if you're headed off to work or school, you want to get there safely. it will be a great weekend. >> let's get you there. "nbc 10" first alert traffic reporter katy zachry has what you need to know before you head out. >> other than wet surfaces in the highways and roads, not too much going on. i'm watching road work on the vine street expressway. this is the vine street expressway eastbound. traffic is not allowed. the barriers have lifted so traffic can proceed into center city philadelphia via the vine. everything looks really good there. moving into delaware now along 95, drive times between 295 and 495 in the wilmington area looking good. 10, 11 minutes in both directions there. moving into new jersey, 295 and the 42 freeway, typical trouble spots. not seeing any issues on these two majors. just some of the overnight construction should be lift

it's kind of hard to tell as we look live at center city philadelphia this morning. we're all keeping our fingers crossed that it doesn't rise to the level of last week's problem. >> i don't think it will be widespread as what we saw last week. there is a possibility of severe storms. i think they'll avoid those areas that were hardest hit last week. we are seeing sunshine but there are still clouds around. the temperatures have been slowly falling. it is in the 60s, 67 in philadelphia. at philadelphia international, it's 68. the humidity and it will be a little bit higher but the real humidity is going to be heading our way for tomorrow and later this week. this is a live view from camelback in the pocono mountains. it is dry at this hour. we're already spotting scattered showers in the mountains. there you can see the clouds rolling through philadelphia. they are thicker to the west. these bright white clouds those are the scattered showers mainly light showers moving through williamsport into central pennsylvania. but there are storms that are active this morning

of course, very big events for the city of philadelphia. and if the delegation will make the most of their time here they'll have to move fast and be focused. the philadelphia delegation arrived in rome monday with specific goals. for mayor michael cal nutter it's about getting prepared. >> every moment has to be planned. understood. contingency developed as well and then also talking about the people. of course, how many folks we think are going to come. where they'll be. >> reporter: delegation in rome this week led beside nutter and archbishop charles chaput it includes representatives from the city the philadelphia art diocese philadelphia police department, top business leaders and others. world meeting of families executive director donna for roll says it was important for the coalition to visit the vatican to show it's ready for september's world meeting of families and visit from pope francis. >> the people we're here with, the delegation, these are some of the people who stepped up first and strongest to say we want to help. now th

they want to make the most of it in terms of the introducing the city of philadelphia to the world and mayor michael nutter says over and over again if you haven't been to the city of philadelphia in the last five or ten years you really haven't been. he want everybody to come whether it is their first time or fifth time. they want to get people back in the sit friday all over the world, chris. >> so jessica anywhere the pope goes, he draws a lot of attention but it sound liken by his high standard this trip to philadelphia will be something special. >> it really is. we heard today that they are expecting upward of 7,000 journalist that is just 7,000 people, covering the movement of the pope, as he goes through new york, d.c. and then philadelphia which he will do in the fall. if that helps gives you eye deed of the magnitude of this that is just 7,000 report their will be following the pope. you can imagine crowd that will follow as well. live from rome, jessica dean, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we will be ready to greet them all in philadelphia jessica, thanks very much. very special

thoughts and prayers are with him. >>> construction is closing lots of road closures in center city philadelphia. jesse gary is looking into the impact on drivers this morning. jesse? >> reporter: that's right, ted. if you're headed down center city, you'll have some delays because the streets around city hall are all blocked off all because of what's going to be happening on top of the old pnb bank building. we'll talk about that after the break. >>> and it's a first alert weather day that goes into effect at 8:00 p.m. tonight lasting until 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night. and that is due to the remnants of tropical depression bill heading our way. i'll let you know what that means for the phillies game as we head into today and tomorrow. plus i'll help you plan your father's day. that's all coming up in my full forecast. >>> a possible sighting near pennsylvania.>( we are following new developments in the search for two convicted killers who escaped from a new york prison two weeks ago today. >>> bracing for bill. we're tracking the tropical depression heading our way and the impact on our father's d

we have thunderstorms over northeast philadelphia right now and see cloud blowing off from that. over center city into south philadelphia we are looking at sunshine and blue skies that is depending where you are some spots seeing some showers, and other spots staying dry. thinks our go pro cam on sky cam three, lets look the at storm scan three we have a sweep going and a few spotty showers and storms. any of these producing downpours i have heard from you on twitter. appreciate the reports. a quick downpour and then moves on out. these are fast hitting, one near reading, is there one to the north east over the river into portion s of ocean county and another cell headed for portions of central delaware. you can see around delran area crossing over 295 moorestown seeing steady downpours at the moment but it will hit quickly and then moving on out. we could see perhaps a shower for the phillies game this evening. it looks like they are missing south philadelphia for now but we will keep an eye on that for you. storm scan three showing bill, you can see that circulation holding steady moving throug

section of philadelphia collapsed tonight when the winds blew through this happened at intersection of the delaware and columbia avenues, four people suffered minor injuries and so clearly the city of philadelphia was in the spared the fury of this storm. live on dod friday avenue in frankford tonight is "action news" reporter sharrie williams. sharrie what have you seen touring city neighborhood tonight. >> reporter: a lot of debris, mostly tree clippings and branches and pieces of the trees. on this particular street, jim, car after car has been coming down hoping to go through but they cannot because they are being met with this. a gigantic portion of the tree forced to the ground by mother nature is blocking the entire street and we have seen this scene playing out all over the area. throughout the city, evidence of the storm is hard to miss n wynfield along park side avenue emergency crews helped navigate traffic away from trees blown over and blocking streets. in west philadelphia, along forty-second street a similar scene where down power lines and even a broken metal light pole posed a danger. here in the frankford section of the city clean up is underway. this family pi

the city of philadelphia is disclosing its transportation plans for the papal visit in september. mayor michael nutter predicts it will be the biggest event in the history of the city. he warned attendees should expect to walk long distances once they arrive by mass transit. septa's goal is to transport three times its normal number of daily passengers. riders will need a special one day, $10 pass. they will go on sale next month. nutter also wants to discourage people from planning to leave their cars in the septa station parking lots. >> maybe someone can drive you in the car to the mass transit station and drop you off but they should not necessarily anticipate that you're just going to pull up and park your car and jump on the train. >> pope francis will visit philadelphia for the world meeting of families on saturday and sunday september 26th and 27th. >>> delegates from the philadelphia archdiocese the city of philadelphia and the world meeting of families committee will travel to rome next week for their final meetings before the pope's visit. brian taff will be along for th

it is 5:30, in the 60s here in center city philadelphia. carol it looks like we don't have the bright sunshine that a lot of people want to see this morning. >> i know, you want to see that on the weekends. you want to wake up to it. you agree? sometimes there is nothing better if you can sleep in as so many people can on a saturday, or at least just lay to have few clouds out there so you don't feel compelled to get out and enjoy the bright sunshine. you will be hard press today find a lot of bright sunshine at this point. and you can see we even have some fog out there through center city philadelphia, and there have been few very light showers, 62 degrees, the temperature we're finds interesting palmyra cove nature park in new jersey overlooking the delaware into the city of philadelphia. not a super breathe start for the day. but, i think things should be looking better little later on. sixty-four in philadelphia, right now, six after wilmington, 61 degrees in trenton, it is a comfortable start to the day. storm scan3 showing that there

anyone with the products we offer. >>> tonight in philadelphia within there will be a prayer vigil to remember the victims of the sk church massacre. several citys will join members of the zion baptist church of philadelphia to support the emanuel ame church in charleston. tonight's service is at 6:30 at the church on north broad street near west erie avenue. >>> there are fears that famous hollywood composer james horner died in a single engine plane crash. authorities say the only person on board died and no one has heard from horner since the crash. tributes have been pouring in on social media. he's known for his work in movies such as "titanic." and "braveheart." >>> the u.s. senate transportation committee will ask questions of the takata company during a hearing. >>> brady is appealing a four-game suspension he faces after officials say he and the new england patriots deflated footballs before the afc championship game earlier this year. the brady says he's fighting his suspension. >>> the duquesne brewing company is raising a glass to joe paterno. it's rolling out a brew honoring the late penn state football coach. the lager will come i

"action news" reporter chad pradelli is live in center city philadelphia. clad, whatever the truth is here, penn state again has to deal with some very unwelcome publicity. >> reporter: yes jim the former student and his attorney paint a culture of booze drugs and hazing but penn state is denying those claims saying he and his family are partly to blame. >> i'm no hero and i'm certainly no martyr but i doubly that penn state can and must do much more and can do it candidly to stop hazing and sexual violence and should commit to lead by example. >> reporter: former penn state student james vivenzio claims he was burned with cigarettes, punched in the face and forced to drink urine while pledging at the kappa delta rho fraternity in 2014. >> they left me no choice but to go to the police before more people pledges and other innocent students got hurt physically and emotionally. >> reporter: he claims he uncovered a private facebook page of kdr members and alumni that allegedly showed students naked and at least one woman being sexually assaulted. >> these wer

philadelphia. wind speeds out of the northeast at 8 miles per hour. across the rest of the region at 58 in reading, 56 degrees in atlantic city with mostly cloudy skies. as we push into the next few hours here temperatures will move into the 60s. right now mainly starting off in the 50s. 58 in philadelphia 56 in wilmington, 56 degrees in atlantic city. 24 hour temperature change that shows similar conditions to what we saw this time yesterday. our radar shot shows a few little sprinkles and those will start to go away as we head into the rest of today. throughout your morning hours we'll see a little chance here of a few passing showers but as we head into the afternoon we'll see a little bit more sunshine. more of a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures pushing into the low 70s. nice to return back a bit closer to average. temperatures will range between 71 and 74 degrees today. mostly cloudy. mild with just a few stray showers in your morning hours. wind speeds still out of the northeast at 10 miles per hour. seven day forecast shows that temperatures will continue to warm up as we head into the weekend so we are tracking nice conditions on tap for

roberts died last night in the city of philadelphia of natural causes. ralph roberts was 95 years old. >>> big changes for the boy scouts locally. you can now be a boy scout leader and be gay in philadelphia. today the local boy scout council in philadelphia formally approving a policy that allows gay adults to serve as scout leaders. the cradle of liberty council vote bans discrimination based on sexual orientation for scouts leaders and employees. the board president says that unanimous vote affirmed what has been the council's practice in recent years. >>> former pennsylvania senator is hoping for the second time he's hoping it's a charm in his run for the white house. there he is rick santorum posing for photos at the cher tan hotel in center city. he's taking part in the northeast republican leadership conference that kicked off yesterday, runs through saturday saturday. santorum told the crowd he's the candidate for working men and women. he's one of 12 republicans hoping to win the pear's 2016 presidential nomination. >>> banned from a party all o

philadelphia overnight. >> everybody in the pool, today marks the start of the summer swimming season in the city of philadelphia. >> that looks like fun, looks like summer, but doesn't look like you would do it right now with all the rain outside. >> reporter: no, but i'm so excited about the thought of it. we have problems with storm tracker 6 live double scan. the worst of it is pushing off the coastline. if you're in atlantic city you're getting hit with this, surf city, heavy rain. it tore through the philadelphia area, we have water on the roads. in its wake in allentown in reading a shower not a big deal, the heavy hitter is pushing off the coastline. satellite and radar showing us how the rain moved through. beyond it we have spotty showers, it's going to be a day where you could see a shower or thunderstorm at any point. 70 degrees for the temperature. much of the day is going to be dry. 69 in allentown, 70 in millville. it's warmer today than yesterday. visibility has improved greatly. 4-mile in atlantic city. half mile in reading. earlier i was looking at this we were there's e less than a mile in sev