movement, and let's not suggest that there's not corruption outside the boundaries of the city of philadelphiand there's not corruption in the republican party outside the boundaries of the city. >> i'm not suggesting that either. >> certainly what it sounds like. and where that corruption exists outside of the city of philadelphia is in places where there's totally republican control. it is a product of individuals who decide whether they're gonna behave properly or behave improperly. >> and we keep electing the same type of people over and over again, all run by the machine in the city of philadelphia. you don't see that in chester county and montgomery county republican party. >> congressman fattah was not elected by the party. congressman fattah is a product of an independent political movement that started with bill gray back in the mid 1970s that ran -- >> the arrogance that is bred by knowing you cannot lose because you're part of that machine and you're part of the democratic party is what helps bring us this time and time again. >> help you with this. we're not the first -- illinois,

philadelphia. it will remain open during the papal visit. yesterday, the city of philadelphia released details of the box. it looks like a three-square-mile secure zone covering parts of center city and west philadelphia. the zone extends westward to 38th street and drivers will be allowed to leave the traffic box but they will not be allowed back in. word about the papal road and bridge closures is spreading fast and so is reaction. nbc10's matt delucia is live in delaware county. what are people saying about these announcements, matt? >> right there you were talking about all of those closures and the effects that will happen there. that was quite a mouthful so a lot of people are still digesting this. this is unlike anything we have dealt with before. behind me there route 476 will likely take some of the traffic brunt. but there have been speculation, rumors, you name it but yesterday with the mayor's press conference a lot more became clear of what roads will be shut down and how this traffic plan will work. nielson to say some people are still trying to f

franklin bridge is looking ominous right now those dark clouds have filled the sky over center city philadelphia rain, begins to push in from the west. not looking great outside right now, we're looking at these rain showers, moving on through, and it is going to get heavy in the city. very, very shortly. just in time for evening rush. lets look at storm scan three. you can see what we are looking at. 1/2 punch. first line of showers and storms lifting through right now but we have another line along the actual front back to the west. new there is a really good slug of dry arrow taiting around the center of this low that will get here eventually, it is pushing these storms through quicker and that is good news because it will clear it out during early morning hours tomorrow but right now they are seeing steady to moderate rain moving through. we have a few spots starting to pick up a few stronger thunderstorms this one helping for berks county with good amount of rain and lightening heading for reading area if you are there things will go downhill quickly for us. watching a few other areas of st

on nbc 10 news today, look at this, a clearer picture of the security that will ring center city philadelphia when pope francis visits next month. we'll run through where the lines are draw and how you can get in and out. >>> you wish we could fence in the weather we've had over the last couple of days. it will get warmer out there today and warmer this weekend. we are off to another comfortable start with lower humidity this morning. good morning, welcome to nbc 10 news on a friday. i'm chris cato. we begin with meteorologist bill henley and his first alert forecast. bill, we've been on a roll weatherwise this week. >> today is even more comfortable. as you members of the jury the humidity is lower so the temperatures are cooler as well. nice and clear view. this is the view from the mellon bank building in center city. 50s for doylestown, pottstown and millville 68. philadelphia low 60s, northeast philadelphia at 63 degrees. look at roxborough at 61. a pleasant start, a bit cool this morning but we'll see the temperatures climb 67. by 9:00, 74 and into the 80s at noontime today. it will be

. >>> on monday, we'll get a clearer outline from the city of philadelphia on its detailed plan for the papal visit. that's when the city will release its online pope playbook is what they're calling it. we did get an idea of the information in the playbook. people living in restricted areas can leave but they won't be allowed back in. trash and recycling pickup will be suspended friday and monday. also, no drones allowed in the city. in anticipation of the pope's visit next month, hospitals outside of philadelphia are preparing as well for an influx of patients. >> that's right. nbc 10's katy zachry is live for us at the medical center in wynnewood. that hospital has a surface that allows the -- the hospital rather has a service that will help them better treat patients from all over the world, right? >> reporter: not all of the people that will be here will speak english. here at lankenau, they recently introduced a video interpreter. the video interpreter is wheeled into their room. in a matter of seconds an actual interpreter, a real person appears on the screen and can translate sy

city. protecting it the pope, pedestrians, and philadelphia is a big job. >> this huge event has, in fact, been classified, as a national special security event by the secretary of the department of homeland security. >> flanked by city and secret service officials, mayor nutter discussed in deeper detail how this so-called traffic box will work, and why it is happening. >> quite frankly, it is not real a issue related to protecting pope francis. in reality, it is primarily to protect the millions of people who will be walking on our wonderful but narrow city streets. >> the secure perimeter seen in red and black, will be fenced when entry point, where pedestrians pass through mag tomorrow terse. then secure vehicle perimeter will ring outside as extra oversights. most vehicles, will be barred, and the secret service will stand on alert. by 10:00 p.m. thursday september 24th, the secure perimeter goes into effect on the parkway, vehicle perimeter activates, too, next day, more safety measures move in, set at independence hall, road restrictions begin, and traffic boxes go live in center and

. >>> and here's a live look at the comcast center in center city philadelphia.ç today is going to be even nicer than yesterday. meteorologist brittney shipp will have the details in a few moments. let's get to the weekend weather. >> good morning, improving conditions for us because the humidity has gone down. it will stay down throughout the day. a few clouds move back in tomorrow. a beautiful start to your weekend. aramark building as the flags are moving. take a look at the temperatures. we're dropping into the 50s. we haven't seen that in a while. 58 in pottstown, 56 in wilmington and 68 in wildwood. your city planner shows by 7:00 a.m., 68 degrees. by 10:00 a.m., 76. 1:00, 82. the temperatures will be a bit cooler, ranging between 82 and 85. coming up, i'm talking about how long this break from the humidity will last, your weekend shore cast and your eagles game forecast. >>> the philadelphia eagles continue their preseason schedule today with a clash against the ravens. the birds have answered some questions but others remain. most notably will their star

afternoon rallies are set for the downtown districts in center city, philadelphia, allentown, lancaster and pittsburgh. community leaders will call on the governor and lawmakers to pass a $15 an hour minimum wage. >>> today in west philadelphia, there will be a celebration for the 50th anniversary of a freedom rally here led by the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. the 1965 rally drew thousands to the intersection of 40th street and lancaster and haverford avenues. there are several events today to help kids get ready to go back to school. an organization called fathers matter will be giving out school supplies in montgomery county and they'll also be promoting strong families. kids can get a free book bag at carson valley children's society in norris town, but a father or father figure must be with them. fathers matter wants to get dads involved in all phases of their kids' lives. in chester, the living waters ministry will give away 500 bags filled with supplies. in atlantic county, volunteers will help stuff the bus with school supplies. they'll try to fill up school supplies. all

city. this is philadelphia's sister city in china. you can see just the smoldering rubble there. we will tell to bring you the developments throughout the morning on this. >>> officers arrested tyler carter yesterday afternoon charged him with first-degree murder. investigators say that carter opened fire after getting into an argument with a woman's boyfriend on seventh street in wilmington on monday. la trice tied died in the shooting and her 4-year-old daughter were injured. they say it happened between an argument. >>> members of the delaware county criminal investigation division rated the fire company in colvin. an investigation has revealed questionable spending at that volunteer fire station months ago. we are told that agents in this raid took computers and boxes of financial records from the building. the leadership says there is no wrongdoing. >> i walked in. i says do anybody have a warrant for this? and the female agent showed me the warrant which said they were there to -- in reference to monies, bank statements, checks that were written. >> the council meets tonigh

most we spoke with are going to try to remain open, despite the city officials trying to calm their fears and reminding everyone philadelphia will be on an international stage. we found entrepreneurs who are saying, i'm out of here. >> there's going to be gates all over. no employees could get to work. the whole city's shutting down. i don't know how business is going to survive. we have to close for friday and saturday, the two biggest days of the week. >> reporter: how much money do you think you're going to lose? >> a lot. because how much business would we have had if we were open with walking traffic? so much. but if we can't get in here, what? am i going to sleep here? i don't have a bed here. i can't live here. >> for what i do with my clients, i think they'll probably shy away. a lot of clients are actually going out of town. >> reporter: now, trash pickups are still being planned when the pontiff is in town. the city also tells us, they'll talk more in the coming days about taxi cab service and how they plan to accommodate the elderly and disabled. as we find out information, you'll be the first to know it. live al

eastbound heading into center city philadelphia, looking great.estbound as you make the exit out of the city, things are looking great as well. it will only take you the blue route to the vine. we are following a disabled vehicle around 935 southbound. from the cameras i can see drivers are slowing up considerably as they head into this scene because there is a lane restriction. once you get around it, you should be good. wul find slowup on 95 southbound as you approach girard. >>> many people are excited to see the pope when he visits philadelphia. what will the pope see? next, we'll check out his first stop. >>> and the jersey shore famous pier destroy by hurricane sandy is getting a second chance. ♪ ♪ hush my darling... ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. [snoring.] ♪ hush my darling... [snoring.] ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. [snoring.] take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. >>> preparing for the pope. philadelphia will open a new resource center later this mor

. >>> today city leaders reveal the security perimeter for philadelphia while the pope is in town. yewitness news" reporter charlotte huffman is live in center city to break it all down. charlotte? >> jessica and ukee, estimated 1.5 million people are expected to descend on the city and fill this parkway eventually later in september. and with it, they're createing logistical problems for all of the businesses trying to serve all those people. >> we've been discussing it every day and trying to figure out what's going to happen. what it will look like. >> we'll be told are they going to tell us soon. >> sent city owner restaurant owners have more questions than answers about pope francis' visit. >> philadelphia could set itself apart as the largest in the history of the world meeting of families. >> reporter: handle influx of estimate 1.5 million people mayor nutter laid out the framework for road closures today. parts of 76, 676 and route 1 will shut down. i-95 will remain open with some ramp closures. ben franklin bridge will shut down and in center city walking or biking is about

a live look now over center city philadelphia where temperatures top 90 degrees for a fifth straightay. good evening everyone, i'm natasha brown. thanks so much for joining us. as hot as it was today at least it didn't feel too bad outside. "eyewitness news" at the art museum where folks weren't letting the heat ruin their saturday. lots of people walking around today just enjoying the day. meteorologist justin drabick is live in our weather center. he's got the first look at the forecast. hey, justin. >> natasha at least that humidity was not high. it's somewhat bearable to be outside. i think we can handle this heat wave and through the rest of the weekend we're not talking about any high levels of humidity. made it to 90 degrees at philadelphia international airport, average high 87 but this makes it our 19th 90-degree day or higher of 2015. so, now they're really starting to rack up. upper 80's trenton philadelphia south jersey, millville, ac airport in the upper 80's. looking good in allentown 83 degrees. we have some clouds especially north and west of the city. and a few sprin

we know the city of philadelphia is hard at work. we know septa is hard at work.c 10's tracy davidson is hard at work, too. she joins us now. there's a lot of work happening just up the street. >> you know the excitement you feel when someone special is coming to stay at your home, now imagine that person is pope francis. that's how they're feeling at saint charles seminary. >> we love the holy father, so excited about his leadership. >> he'll come to the seminary on september 26th. >> sing it three times in latin. it would be addressed to specifically to pope francis. it's a prayer but it's a little bit look a latin version of "for he's a jolly good fellow," that kind of thing. ♪ >> bishop senior sang that song as a seminarian himself in 1979 when saint charles welcomed another vip. >> pope john paul ii heard that song. >> no specific food requests but we do know -- >> he generally likes not the food be served but he would go to a buffet and take what he wants. >> on sunday, the pope will likely walk this hall of history. to the altar in st. martin's championle t

traffic box around center city philadelphia during weekend of the papal visit. we have learned that the the vehicular traffic will be heavily restrict, we also have learned that the benjamin franklin bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic, people, however will be allowed to walk across the bridge. also, the key times for everyone to keep in mind will be friday a papal weekend that is 25th of september at 6:00 o'clock and these restrictions will stay intact until at least monday morning, at the 28th. here's mayor nutter. >> we are seven and a half weeks away from an exciting, joyful global event. >> reporter: mayor michael nutter flange by city and transportation administrators and leaders of the world meeting of families, laid out what he called the traffic box. it is an area where vehicles can exit, but not reenter, within a restrict time period, around the papal visit. with the help of the map, mayor nutter explain, the boundaries. >> the northern boundary, spring garden to ridge, ridge to girard, girard to the schuylkill river. the southern boundary, sout

olde city, in philadelphia is getting a flashy new comer in the neighborhood. this is the bridge apartment complex destined for second and race, just a stone's throw from the ben franklin bridge and delaware waterfront. developers broke ground on the 17 story building, when finished, by early 2017, residential complex will have 146 rental units, contemporary look for this neighborhood. most apartments will range from 1900 to $3,500 a month. 10 percent will be mixed income affordable housing units under the cities new zoning code. >>> still to come tonight we have learned when bill cosby will have to answer more questions under oath. the the wheels are turning in the case involving one of his new accusers. >>> plus that sinking feeling in south jersey, you'll hear from a couple trying to find an escape hatch from this precarious situation, cecily. >>> after eight straight days in the 90's, today's high 89 degrees. our heat wave is officially over. now i'm tracking below average temperatures and some rain for part of our area, i'll explain in the accu weather for

there are two perimeters set up in center city philadelphia, we talked last week about a no traffic zone, within the zone we have two new perimeters that will severely restrict movement in and around center city. the red zone is the secure perimeter, that is an area fenced in around the parkway and around city hall and independence mall, people will only be able to get in and out of that by going through security gates and they will be screened for weapons and all the usual paraphernalia that is not allowed at large events and then outside of that is a secure vehicle perimeter. that is outlined in black and the city is asking everyone that has a vehicle on the streets in that area to remove it by the weekend, it will all start thursday night at 10:00 the night before the pope's appe appearan appearance. and people cannot drive in the blackout line. the green lines still the no traffic zone, people can drive around and drive around freely but they cannot get back into it once they leave that area. this has a lot of implications for businesses, people are wondering for weeks how to get the

city kid. i believe philadelphia. i was born and raised here. o i am because of this city which means i would never turn my back on my city. >> and saturday hart brought more than 4,000 people to center city for a free 5k. he's teamed up with nike to make his spontaneous runs a nationwide phenomenon. coming to streets near you. >>> new jersey governor and republican presidential candidate is heading back "it the the tonight show." >> do you think i'd come on this show to announce a presidential run? >> this will be his first tv appearance since announcing he's running. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> 4:27. a warm, muggy start. see the clouds over center city. this is a live view from the loews hotel. there are a few showers around. your first alert radar when we come back. >>> as we prepare for the pope, many people are concerned about traffic detours, closures, all the other things that may happen to changeç your weekend routin. next, we'll tell you why the archbishop of the philadelphia archdiocese is urging you to be not afraid. >

he has been tampering with cash machines, and in center city philadelphia, olde city and possibly montgomery county. philadelphia police say he has installed skimming devices on atm's which steel peoples credit and debit card information. he allegedly hit seven-11th atm twi last night and another site in the 200 block of market street. >>> the problems that hit septa's first attempts to sell special transit passes for the papal visit had has seemingly evaporated. action muse got behind the scenes of the ticketleap.com today, that is center city firm handling the ticket sales. as of 11:00 o'clock they say only 34,000 passes have been reserved in the lottery. 350,000 are up for grabs. >> it has gone really well. we started midnight the last night and it goes until midnight tonight. so far really smooth, no issues whatsoever. >> with the demand much lower then first time sales opened last month septa say chances are good that everyone who wants a ticket will be able to get one. they are only $10 and only apply to september 26th, and 27th the days that the pope is here. >>> of course, music will

>>> skyforce10 is over the scene of a deadly hit-and-run in center city, philadelphia. this happened an hour ago near franklin street. investigators say a 47-year-old man was on the road there. he was hit by a vehicle that left the scene. no description on the vehicle yet. the victim was taken to the hospital but doctors could not save him. you can see the street roped off by investigators. no arrest, no description of a vehicle. nbc10's cydney long with a camera crew is on her way to the scene. as soon as she gets more information, we'll bring that to you. >>> right now at 11:00, we are watching this. heavy rain and showers. they soaked the area overnight and this morning. it's not over. the next round is on the way now. good morning, i'm chris cato. we are tracking some storms that could impact your afternoon commute. nbc10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here. certainly the heavier showers this morning made the morning commute pretty rough. >> right. it was a fairly large area. this next chance of showers and storms is going to be a much

apparently hit closer to home as at least nine e-mails registered for the site were linked to city of philadelphiat e-mail addresses. when a hacker allegedly looked through the leaked e-mails he found thousands associated with military and city governments including here in philadelphia. when we caught up with hmm earlier today, mayor nutter was aware but he really didn't have much to say. >> i don't have anything to do with that. >> you were made aware of. >>> yes. we're absolutely investigating the thanks. >> reporter: cheating on your bows is a personal issue but the people that i spoke to here around city hall said if you're dumb enough to do it with a government e-mail, possibly during work hours, then deal with the consequences. >> i think they should. they're in position where they're in the public eye and they're supposed to be role models just like everybody in the public eye, and there should be some consequences for it. >> something specifically around cheating. probably shouldn't be footed by taxpayers. >> they're stupid for doing it on your e-mail. if you are going to cheat you need t

these are mainly missing center city philadelphia, south philadelphia where the phillies game tonight but they are originate nothing northeast philadelphia and tracking through bucks county. heavier rain last clipped to the north of that area, but as we zoom in another cell has developed over southeastern, montgomery county right around glenside area and this region still under a flash flood warning, as we go through the the next couple of hours. that goes until 7:30 from buckingham, bucks county and wyndmoor and abington an indication that flooding is ongoing and with showers moving through that could lead to the threat for additional flash flooding on the roads. please be safe in that area tonight. scattered showers and storms until 9:00 p.m. mostly cloudy overnight. coming up i will tell but more storms for tomorrow and then gannon friday and let you know if this will impact weekend plans you may have coming up when i join you inside. >> a counselor and swim coach is charged with sending explicit photos and hundreds of text and e-mails to the student. she even promised to help him

action cam was there for a ceremonial afternoon tea at hotel sophie tell in center city philadelphiat was part of the salvation army be your best program. these young woman learn about etiquette and manners about how to properly dress for a formal meal to setting a table. tonight's beautiful tea party was a chance for the girls to show off their newly hone skills. very cool. >>> ducis is here with the eagles news, sunday match upcoming quickly. >> we have some news. we will have to wait one more week, to see sam bradford, in game action. the eagles are holding him out of sunday's preseason opener against indy. eagles insist that bradford is not hurt. he has not had a setback with that surgically repair left knee. chip kelly says it was his call and just being cautious. the bradford is disappointed but he understands. >> i think anytime you put the time in, you know, come training camp, work for two weeks, it is fun to get out there and play real football again. so i think it is disappointing but, you know, i'm excited about the opportunity next week. >> my decision. we have been back

philadelphia. the rain has ended in the city. we're still seeing the possibility of flooding but that will be disappearing as the morning goes on. in the short term in philadelphia, doylestown, 69 degrees, 77, the heavy rain ended in philadelphia. millville 73 degrees. no rain in millville. there are a few spots on the radar screen. the lightning is flashing at the shore. look at the rain coming down cape may. it's tapered off on beach avenue. not as heavy as it was. the heavy storms are just offshore. it's astill quite a light show at the shore. those slow-moving storms pushing offshore. you can see the lightning at cape may while it is dry for allentown, wilmington and philadelphia, that heavy storm is now pushing offshore. cape may courthouse seeing a lot of lightning. that's starting to die down. there's still plenty of lightning over delaware bay and into the ocean, cape may and lewis can see that rain easily. there's still a potential for flooding thanks to the rain already on the ground. light to scattered showers in the at

apparently hit closer to home as at least nine e-mails registered for the site were linked to city of philadelphiat e-mail addresses. when a hacker allegedly looked through the leaked e-mails he found thousands associated with military and city government including here in philadelphia. when we caught up with him earlier today mayor nutter was aware but he really doesn't much to say. >> i don't have anything to do with it. >> you were made aware of it. >> yes. we're investigating. thanks. >> clearly cheating on your spouse is a personal issue. but the people that i spoke to here around city hall said if you're dumb enough to do it with a government e-mail possibly during work hours, then deal witness consequences. >> i think they should. they're in a position where they're in the public eye and they're supposed to be role models just like everybody in the public eye. there should be some consequences for it. >> something specifically around cheating probably shouldn't be footed by taxpayers. >> doing it on your e-mail and if you're going to cheat you need to be discreet about cheating so it's not

some major highways are on that list and large portion of the city of philadelphia will be boxed off. >>> look for another nice day today. here's a live look outside where we expect to see sunshine later this morning and we are tracking showers. when will they get here? we will find out. it's 4:30. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. sounds like a comfortable day. we are into comfort. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley with the first alert forecast. >> i'll take it it's august. we are in the 50s and 60s and a couple of 70s. 71 degrees at philadelphia international and cape may at 74. look at the 50s for the pocono mountains and low 60s for allentown, pottstown and mt. holly and middle 60s for delaware wilmington 65 degrees. comfortable start and clear skies lots of sunshine to start with and a few high clouds. 69 at 6:00 and 9:00 a.m. 74 and 80 at lunch time. as the day goes on we will see more cloud cover and that is going to lead to some showers. the first showers could be moving into parts of the area tonight. the hour-by-hour future cast

all of center city and parts of philadelphia will be closed off to vehicular traffic. the northern boundary of spring garden street to girard to schuylkill river to south street and south to the delaware river the closures begin at 6:00 p.m. friday and then at 10:00 university city will be closed to traffic from pelham avenue down to universe and grays ferry, anyone that has a vehicle within the boxes can drive out but you won't be able to get back in until monday morning. however, you will be able to drive anywhere within the box, septa trolleys and buss will not operate in the boxes and highway traffic is restricted. the schuylkill will be close eastbound from the blue route to i-95, and westbound 76 will be closed from i-95 to route 1. the vine expressway, 676 will be closed in both directions river to river. and the ben franklin bridge will be closed until noon monday. in addition route 1, city avenue will be closed from lancaster avenue and belmont avenue because the pope is saying at saints charles seminary in that area. mayor nutter says it may be inconvenient f

quote, to the city of philadelphia, it's bin real.ed my heart out every time i hit the field. all got love for you. yesterday boykin's now former teammates arrived at the nocacare complex to check in for training camp including receiver, riley cooper. camp gets started later today. nbc 10 is your official eagles television station. we will follow the team all throughout training camp. we'll have pre and postgame coverage, as well as every snap of the preseason opener august 16th against the colts. our coverage begins at 12:30. >>> after ten seasons, three all-star appearances, and one world series mvp, cole hamels made his first start for a team other than the phillies. cole suiting up after his trade to the rangers. cole threw a no-hitter in his last start for the phillies. first batter he faced in that ranger red, angel pagan. down swinging. cole struck down six. not on his best last night. on the night he was charged with five earned runs, 7 2/3 innings worked. removed in the eighth to a standing ovation. the rangers faithful alrea

city, from state representatives. we also have the various tourism organizations of visit philly and the philadelphia convention and visitorseau. the city has really been quite amazing with their embrace to this idea. >> you know, we've talked about the research here, at least i did, right before we did the interview here. you know, the benefits on kindness, in fact, you can live a little bit longer one of the quotes i had mentioned. why is kindness such an essential thing and how is it contagious? how can people catch on when they hear about this? >> you know, when we have something negative happen to us, we'll tell ten people. we'll immediately go on to facebook or twitter and share that with the entire world. when something good happens to us, we may tell one, two, or three people. >> sure. >> so we tend to almost circulate within a negative environment. when we shift that to circulating in a positive environment, we change a lot of other people. you can experience this yourself just by walking down the street street. in the city we often walk by people. just smile and say hello to someone. >> that little movement. >> wa

storms for us live at the big board. >> we are tracking the broken line towards new york city and just through philadelphiar city extending south of wilmington into the state of maryland, as we close in we have a brand new in the first of our thunderstorm warning and this is in southern parts of delaware near dover and especially woodside, especially dover getting hardest hit of this particular line, and the biggest concern of this is winds in excess of 60 miles per hour, we have lightning in smyrna and parts of newcastle county but the area we are targeting is still in maryland along route 301, heading northern and east towards marydel and towards canterbury that is where the severe storm is pushing and most of the towns are in the state of maryland right now but we'll watch this line as it pushes to the south and east over the next 20 minutes, also to the north and east we are tracking an area of heavy rain move ago way from trenton and florence and that extends down into northeast philadelphia and parts of center city still getting hit by heavy rain and 42 lightning strikes and nothing severe right now

philadelphia. this is the eighth city. you see him moving through the crowd.anding in the footprints of rocky. now he's moving over to the apron of the art museum. now in the next half hour we're going to bring you a few comments from him and it's interesting what he has to say. he's very funny making philadelphia proud and all of this is a preview to his show tomorrow, what now tour, at the link. 53,000 people bought tickets. let's listen to kevin now. >> when i first started doing these spontaneous 5k runs it was just something i was doing authentically through social media. nike got wind of it and nike's like, what you're doing is amazing. you're motivating people. you're pushing people to do better, to simply be the best versions of themselves they possibly can. >> reporter: usually by now after runners complete a 5k they want to leave. they want to grab some water, some fruit, head home. sometimes they do a little dancing. no one wants to leave because they want to get a closeup shot of the comedian who has made philadelphia proud, kevin hart. we're going

to hire 160 additional firefighters. >> great day for the fire department and great day for city of philadelphia. so even though we get to hire those numbers those members they're going to serve the community. it's a great day for the city of philadelphia as a whole. >> now the department says the process is hire the additional firefighters has already begun. under provisions of the grant all must be hired within the two-year period. live in east falls for me i'm dann cuellar "channel 6 action news." >> wilmington police made progress in a murder investigation from last week. they say 18-year-old. it ashia mitchell was arrested for killing 29-year-old james rogers on the home of west fourth street bottom and then stealing the victim's car that according to police. mitchell was taken into custody in new york city and is expected to face extra doytion dell sglel arrests came in a jewelry theft ring involving friends offers of this area. >> 100,000 was in loose diamonds snatched from tindle. that business was hit twice in 2013 and 2014. new jersey troopers say four of the six suspects are now in cu

here's a live look now over market street in center city, philadelphia.bc10 chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz will let us know what to expect as storms roll through later this afternoon. >>> plus, debate-stage drama. we'll soon know who will get the spot and who will be left out in the cold for thursday's republican presidential debate. see who chris christie is targeting in a brand new ad this morning. >>> heat and humidity today. we have issued a first alert because of the threat of storms later on today. a look at the philadelphia art museum. let's get details with what's going to happen later on with nbc10 chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> the first alert is to alert you to something that's going to happen later on. for example, severe storms, at least in parts of the area, with some damaging winds and even the possibility of hail or even a tornado or two in the area. now, the biggest threat is going to be the wind and also lightning. the flood threat today is lower than average for severe weather day. the hail threat hig

straight out of the west, see winds 13 miles in philadelphia, 10 miles per hour in wilmington, 10 miles per hour in atlantic cityas high as 20 miles per hour later this afternoon. breezy by this afternoon in many spots. a shower especially to the north. mainly poconos north of philadelphia. keep that in mind if you're going to be visiting in the pocono mountains, living in the pocono mountains. you may see a shower or two or thunderstorm. saturday night hot again on sunday, mostly sunny skies on sunday. a really nice end to the weekend with temperatures into the low 90s, keeping humidity levels down once again on sunday before we make changes on monday. poconos chance for thunderstorm, 80 degrees, 82 on sunday, partly sunny and warm. not too bad this year. beaches looking picture perfect. another weekend looking good at the beaches. saturday 87. breezy, sunday, 83, not quite as warm but still warm. looking at a nice end. today closer to 91, breezy winds out of the west at 10, 20 miles per hour, lots of sunshine. a clear night. we'll keep those temperatures up, 71. back up to 91 on sunday, lots of sunshine. enjoy

hamles and his wife took out a full page add in the philadelphia inquirer saying goodbye to the city they called home. you have given us memories that will last a lifetime. philadelphia is a city of brotherly love and we can not thank you enough for the love you showed our family during our time here. >> i think it is awesome. he was a great guy. he was someone you want on your team, but we had to deal him to rebuild the farm system. >> he was a classy guy, great player, tough to see him go. >> today's game against the braves starts at 1:35, eagles training camp begins, today's practice is not open to the public the open practices are tuesday august 4 and sunday august 9678 trish hart mannor. >> 12:05. new developments on the missing malaysia airline searching the reunion island this morning. a piece of twisted metal turned out to be a piece of disguarded ladder. -- discarded ladder. the wing flap they found last week is from the missing plan. that flap arrived at the aeronautics lab yesterday. >>> at home, police in coatsville in chester county are trying to piece together what spark

. >>> and of course philadelphia is not the only city preparing for the pope.in delaware county yesterday, the fbi led homeland security s.w.a.t. teams through a tactical drill . they simulated a response to rockets or bombs being launched. >> we want to make sure the pope is safe and beyond that, we want to make sure the residents of philadelphia and delaware county and anyone who wants to visit this particular area for the papal visit are protected.ç >> the teams also practiced responding to attacks on planes flying to and from philadelphia international airport. >>> it has been ten years since hurricane katrina ravaged new orleans. >> the city spent the past decade rebuilding and recovering and getting stronger. today the man who was in the white house when katrina hit will be in new orleans. the school that president bush will visit. we'll tell you that and explain why he's going threre. >> and a farewell to a man survived world war ii's great escape. a move that was in this film. >>> a couple spots are in the 40s this morning. your neighborhood by neighbo

philadelphia public education. one of their daughters an orphan from ethiopia. >> him and heidi, big charity events, so he was a great response or of the city of philadelphia. >> they just were the epitome of what philadelphia was all about. >> reporter: point is, that the the hamels here a on the field may have been long over, but in a time when athletes are men for negativity, here's a guy they called hollywood to and in return called philadelphia home. just listen. >> it the has been, you know, one of the mess joyous experiences that not only myself but my family has been able to be part of. we're raising my family here. it has been special. >> reporter: in that press conference hamels made it clear that the foundation that he started in philadelphia will continue in philadelphia, and, yes, he, heidi and kid plan to visit often. you have not seen the last of cole hamels. reporting from citizens bank park i'm's steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> verizon workers in our area could walk off the job this weekend if union negotiations -- union negotiators don't reach an agreement with benefits with the wireless carrier. the contra

in the news tonight a philadelphia neighborhood says it's getting no help with a roach infestation on one street. plus, cole hamels leaves a classy good-bye note to the city of philadelphia. >>> but the big story on "action news" say collision that caused chaos at petco store in bucks county. a car crashed through the front of the store leaving one person hurt and sparking a frantic effort to get animals and people out of the way. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live now in bensalem with the the full details tonight. andia. >> sarah take a look behind me and see what is left behind from the vehicle going into the front of the bensalem petco. you can see that there's shattered class and crumbles from the sirnd block column left on the sidewalk. luckily police say there were no major injuries here today. cellphone video captured a car that crashed into the petco 23 that crashed into the petco 2300 block street road around 2 2300 block street road around 2:30 sunday afternoon according to police a female driver was not injured and a customer hit by flying glass suffered only minor injuries and at the time a local rescue organization was hold ago do

spoke with say they're making tentative plans while waiting for more information from the city of philadelphia. taxi cabs lined filbert street in center city waiting to pick up customers. drivers say while they plan to work the weekend of september 26th and 27th, it's going to be a challenge. >> it's going to be like not good for me, you know. >> reporter: the city of philadelphia announced wednesday two traffic boxes will be put into effect while pope francis is here. a traffic box around center city will go into effect at 6:00 p.m. on friday. another box stretching from the schuylkill river to 38th street in west philadelphia is slated to start at 10:00 p.m. friday. officials say while drivers cannot reenter the traffic boxes once they've left, no decision has been made about taxis, uber drivers and shuttle services. anthony runs global limousine in south philadelphia which lies outside of the traffic boxes. >> if all else fails we'll bring them as far as we can from the outside area and then hopefully be able to have vehicles in the box area in order to transport them to their final destina

a live look now over center city philadelphia courtesy of skycam3. good evening everyone, i'm natasha brown. thanks so much for joining us. today's temperatures were high but fortunately the humidity was not. meteorologist justin drabick is in our weather center with a first look at the forecast. that was at least some good news justin. >> exactly. lack of humidity makes a huge difference. it was bearable to be outside. this is day number five as you go all the way back to tuesday where we hit the low 90's. a of research high 87. again we're well above that. yesterday and today coming in at 90 degrees probably the same deal tomorrow. it's going to be close but i think we have a good shot at reaching 90. 70's, low 70's in some of the suburbs so it's really not that bad once you get out of the city. 83 degrees at philadelphia international airport. low 70's in allentown and in reading. humidity still on the low side. nice breeze coming off the land. still on the mild side at the jersey shore and delaware beaches. ocean city still checking in at 80 this

this is the eastbound side heading into center city philadelphia.stbound, your drive times between 476 and the vine street expressway, 13 minutes. westbound you're seeing the same thing, no accidents or really issues to report. i found out construction that was on 76 east and westbound around belmont avenue has cleared. that's good for drivers this morning. taking a look at your drive times as we go to the delaware/pennsylvania state naamans road to 476, seven there. in montgomery county. this is in lower frederick township at yorger road at gerloff road. >>> it was one of the iconic images of destruction after superstorm sandy hit the jersey shore. now this amusement pier that was left in the surf is getting a second chance. we'll tell you what's in the works that could allow the owners to rebuild. >>> a new tool for a local police department. what we will learn today about their new state-of-the-art body camera system. >>> we don't have body cameras here yet. maybe that's an idea for the future. we have something else to show you what happens behi

it turns out his legacy had not only be going to bat for his teammates but for the city of philadelphia>> the arm of an ace -- >> he was work horse. >> the grace of a diplomat. >> city will miss a good guy. >> and of course, the looks of a movie star. >> he's hot. i think he's really hot. >> i know he's got a wife but -- >> phillies fans lamenting. so much to miss about the lock down style of cole hamels. he wouldn't games helped bring the city a championship and went out with a no hitter. perfect ending for the man they call hollywood. >> sad to see him go. >> reporter: but what may get lot of somewhere in the praise about ability phillies sports talk doubts about toughness is what hamels means to the city off the field. >> he's a great person a lot of charity work. a lot in the community. >> reporter: this is a guy who together with wife heidi create add foundation that aims to build schools in africa, while raising more than a million dollars for philadelphia public education. one of their daughters an orphan from ethiopia. >> him and heidi big charity events he was a great sponsor o

coverage continues now with nbc10s george spencer. >> a lot of the pope's events are in center city philadelphia. the street closures affect people in sur rounding neighborhoods miles away. >> well beyond the immediate center city neighborhood, we're talking about the spring garden neighborhood fairmount, even parts of the university city area will be impacted with traffic and lifestyle effects. the mayor said this is philadelphia's moment in time. he admits the regular routines of residents will be altered for a couple days. >> i certainly do very very well. understand that there are many many concerns. >> and this afternoon, mayor nutter addressed one of the biggest city traffic during the pope's visit. officials unveiled this map of the so-called traffic box in effect from that friday evening through at least sunday evening. the private vehicle lockdown zone bound in to the south by south street over to ridge and up to girard. from east to west, it's basically river to river. delaware avenue over to the schuylkill river and up along kelly drive. private vehicles can exit the traffic box durin

philadelphia phillies. find out where is he going next and why some fans are okay with it. >>> i'm matt delucia live in center city as we finish our journey here. we have been doing the papal pilgrimage from camden into philadelphia where pope francis is giving his mass next month. we are going to show you the final step of this trip coming up after the break. >>> subway's former pitchman agrees to plead guilty to child sex abuse charges and more. find out how jared fogle's wife reacted to that news. >>> a fan favorite says farewell. long time phillie chase utley is heading to the west coast and, this morning, fans are reacting to the trade. >> the path to the pope. we are walking the route that thousands are expected to follow next month. see what the journey will be like on foot and what you'll find on the way. >> you'll find humidity out there theoretic. we are watching this on first alert radar. storms. keeping an eye on rain that is chg our w coming our way for later today. welcome. i'm chris cato. >> i'm tracy davidson. >>> let's find out about the weather with bill henley. >> you can see the clouds behind y