these drivers are relieved they can take the vine through center city philadelphia. there were a lot of detour signs in place for the last few hours because of that. moving into new jersey, 42 freeway, you're in the green light. speeds are good. no construction tieing you up. everything on two of our majors are looking pretty good. for montgomery county drivers as we move back in the pennsylvania area, springfield township, arlingham road at sunnybrook road, there is some type of obstruction. it hasn't been lifted yet. when i see you in a few minutes, we'll take a look at delaware roads. back to you guys. >>> three high school students in new castle county are facing charges following the death of a 16-year-old girl. nbc 10's matt delucia is live in wilmington this morning with details on those charges and how this case is putting school bullying back in the spotlight. one local leader is calling on her colleagues to do more. tell us more. >> that's right, vai. the councilwoman says she doesn't want anything like this to ever happen again. all three suspects are unde

that's good news for drivers who are heading through center city philadelphia.aking a live look at our drive times on 95 in and around the wilmington, delaware area. if you're headed 295 and 495 southbound. the ben, the betsy, the walt, burlington bristol, all free and clear of any issues. as i was coming out here i was alerted to a road obstruction in springfield township. i'll have that on the map for you coming up. it's along sunny brook road. >> thanks for that update. >>> changing the law for laying off teachers. some pennsylvania lawmakers want to revamp the process at the state's public schools. ahead, hear what that would mean for tenured teachers. >>> also, she's back. mary lee, the great white shark is back along the jersey shore. next, see where she was spotted and what we know about her travels at sea. >>> it's 4:44. now to decision 2016. two more presidential primaries today will help determine the general election matchup in november. nebraska republicans head to the polls for a primary, so do voters from both parties in west virginia. hillary clin

getting a live look at center city philadelphia. rain drops on the lens of skycam 3. temperatures 72 degrees right now. winds out of the south relatively light. significants miles per hour. dewpoints are way elevated toward the 70 degrees mark. very humid as tropical moisture continues to saturates our atmosphere. a flood advisory for a large portion of the delaware valley. does include center city philadelphia. we could see localized flooding in poor drainage areas. and the culprit of course the moisture from the remnants of bonnie. what is left of the circulation is still over the carolinas still well far away that's not stopping all the moisture to flow up into our backyard. rainfall intensity is starting to pick up over the last hour or two across portions of the area now some of the heaviest rain falling across parts of center city philadelphia and south jersey and camden and burlington counties getting a good downpour, cherry hill, hains port and rain coming down pretty steadily we've picked up over an inch of rainfall across parts of delaware we're adding to th

getting a live look at center city philadelphia. rain drops on the lens of skycam 3. temperatures 72 degrees right now. winds out of the south relatively light. significants miles per hour. dewpoints are way elevated toward the 70 degrees mark. very humid as tropical moisture continues to saturates our atmosphere. a flood advisory for a large portion of the delaware valley. does include center city philadelphia. we could see localized flooding in poor drainage areas. and the culprit of course the moisture from the remnants of bonnie. what is left of the circulation is still over the carolinas still well far away that's not stopping all the moisture to flow up into our backyard. rainfall intensity is starting to pick up over the last hour or two across portions of the area now some of the heaviest rain falling across parts of center city philadelphia and south jersey and camden and burlington counties getting a good downpour, cherry hill, hains port and rain coming down pretty steadily we've picked up over an inch of rainfall across parts of delaware we're adding to th

"skycam 3" is giving us a live look now at a foreboding center city philadelphia. you can see the dark clouds, and rain that have already settled in for the evening. good evening, everyone, i'm natasha brown, thanks for joining us, right over to meteorologist, lauren casey to tell us all about what we can expect the next few hours, i know, lauren, trying to figure out if i could go outside, runner around during dinner. >> little window we're watching, we'll deal with two lines every rain, embedded thunderstorms, but nice rounds every sunday shine for much of our saturday, of course, familiar looking scene has returned to live look at center city philadelphia. raindrops, on the lens of "skycam 3", temperatures have cooled dramatically with the rain moving in, the breeze kicking up, and the clouds moving in. 06 degrees right now our current temperature, winds out of the southwest, in advance of cold front, that is still up winds at this point. so we have the first line of storms which is currently making its way through the delaware vale, more in in the wy of rainfal

county sunshine breaking out over last several minutes, and quick it is happening, in center city philadelphia right now, clouds still in place, sunshine trying to break through and as we head in the next hour these clouds will be moving out of here. temperatures have actually warm up with more sunshine peeking through we are at 68 degrees. dew points are elevated up in the lower 60's, it feels muggy outside. storm scan three showing us the trend this evening, showers clearing on out, a few you showers still lingering down the shore right now, light in intensity but sea isle city you're getting a round of shower activity stretching up into egg harbor but that will move off to the east. also, seeing that sunshine breaking out west of the city, a defined clearing line. as i continue to move east, the sunshine will be revealed, pulled up behind the curtain so center city philadelphia really over next hour that sunshine will break out. so we will see it before the sun does set. that is a good way to end the workweek. temperatures right new we have warmed up significantly over last two hours in lan

dreary, low clouds hanging around center city philadelphia, drizzle falling, 62 degrees, winds out of the southeast 5 miles per hour, so getting little bit after break from the rainfall. but rainfall amount, at philadelphia international airport just this weekend over 2 inches, definitely a soggy weekends, approaching 2 inches in wilmington, delaware, valley forge, mt. laurel, new jersey, coming in about an inch and a quarter there, in wildwood, picking up over three quarters of an inch just in the last two days, storm scan3 showing us showers, still in place, especially west of the city. seeing the most shower activity right now across parts of southern lancaster county, seeing some shower activity starting to blossom once again, center city philadelphia, and into part of camden, gloucester, burlington counties, picking up more rainfall, and future weather showing us as we head into the next several hours, we will deal with some scattered shower activity but really starting to diminish as we head toward midnight, then after midnight conditions really starting to dry up. we do have mo

can see from behind me, the live camera at 8th street, vine street expressway through center city philadelphia. i'm not seeing significant ponding on the vine street expressway but there is ponding being reported in new jersey. i'll get to that in a minute. light traffic we're seeing. unfortunately, a bash for a lot of people's people or aial d-- day plans. 95, 76 and 476 all free and clear of any issues. you'll want to tap some of the brakes because of ponding on majors. this is a right at the 42 freeway at route 41. here's flooding being report on 295 northbound where it meets up with route 168, exit 28, the left lane is blocked. be aware of that. pam? >>> power companies in our area say they're prepare for possible outages caused by tropical

getting a live look at center city philadelphia the low clouds in place there, cool temperatures, only7 degrees. a hardy west wind around 20 miles per hour. dewpoints down into the 20's. those are more dewpoints akin to certainly not may standards, more like winter standards. the air is very dry right now but despite that we're seeing some fast moving sprinkles and showers but again we don't have the moisture to support a lot of shower activity but you could see a couple of drip drops especially north of the city right now up towards abington warrington, also there have been reports of gropple or snow pellets embedded with some of these showers up towards the lehigh valley earlier in the afternoon. as we head into really the next two hours, once we get past sunset, the shower activity is going to turn right off into the 9 o'clock hour, maybe one lingering sprinkle or shower. as we head into midnight nothing going on, the cloud deck will try to dissipate. winds are blustery up around 20 to 25 miles per hour. with the higher gusts we will stay breezy overnight tonight and getting chilly.

take you to out to live loot at center city philadelphia. clear skies at the moment. cleared out pretty nicely after the storms that came through earlier. there are still a few scattered showers mainly south and east of the city right now that take look how the day panned out on our time lapse. we started this mid afternoon about 2:30. watch it for a few minutes and

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vernon odom is outside in center city philadelphia. >> reporter: it appears they are farther apart than ever before. the unions rejected what verizon calls their last, best final offer. >> it's chilly and damp at 5th and walnut picket line. the same for verizon workers from new england and new york and down to the mid-atlantic states. the management has cut off their health benefits and they say they are battling for job security. >> we are ready to stay out as long as it takes, these are our jobs and we are fighting to keep them here. >> they continue to negotiate in center city with verizon. contracts with the union workers of america and the brotherhood of electrical workers ran out last summer and they say that verizon farmed out jobs to low wage workers especially over seas. >> the work generated from the customers here in pennsylvania and philadelphia, should remain here for people to perform in pennsylvania and here in philadelphia and not sent to india and china and the philippines. >> this statement from verizon management. we offered 7.5% pay rages and health care at a reasona

governor christie refused to sign a similar bill in 2014. >>> a philadelphia woman says one longstanding city law is for the birds. she has been fined over and over again for keeping chickens at her west philadelphia home. ahead, hear how she took on the city and won -- sort of. >>> a step closer to a class action lawsuit. hear how new research is adding fuel to the legal fire over the accuracy of fitbit. morning noon or night there's always a moment to discover visit annapolis and create your moment >>> i'm first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. checking 422. this is around trooper road. no big problems or delays in either direction. specifically we're looking at the eastbound lanes headed to the schuylkill expressway. no delays, minutes from 29 to the schuylkill. watching out in northeast philadelphia for an accident investigation on cottman avenue and bustleton avenue. still police activity there on the scene. all green lights on route 38 in moorestown, new jersey, you can see some rain on the roadways, so a little bit of a wet commute. might be some slippery spots for you. on 95

the plaza at 16th and arch in center city philadelphia will contain an eternal flame along the wall and portions of an actual railroad track used to transport prisoners to concentration camps. prisoners like mack shineman who was taken from the ghetto in poland to austria. >> it's important to us we lost 6 million and a million and a half children. it's terrible up until today, constantly thinking and sometimes even crying. >> the memorial plaza is expected to open next year. coming up on "action news" tonight. a former princeton graduate student wages a hunger strike in an effort to strike out against what she claims is discrimination against the disibled at the university. >>> and the eagles sound off about sam bradford's brief holdout from the team. ducis rogers has that story. >>> tomorrow get ready for something we have not seen all month. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight. >>> it is called view 32 about to rise in center city philadelphia. workers broke ground on the development project at 32nd and race. it includes a 16 story apartment tower plus town

it is trying really hard but low clouds are still in place as we look live at center city philadelphia 67 degrees right now. we have warmed up over the last hour, and dew points, they are up there in the lower 60's, because we have all this moisture at the surface. dew points, about that sticky factor and up in the 60's to near 70 degrees as we have in dover, it feels humid. kind of steamy, muggy, sticky, that will be the trend for the next couple of hours but we will get a break in the dew point factor as we head into tonight and through the day tomorrow but storm scan three is showing us we are getting a break from the rain, last of the shower activity moving off shore, huge sprinkles behind this main line but as we head in the next hour and two that rainfall chance will really diminish and we will see some clearing skies. notice that thick edge to the clearing deck right there. it is continuing to move off to the east with sunshine on the back side of that breaking out across central pennsylvania and i think we will see sunshine breaking out across large portion of the delaware vall

breaking news on "nbc 10 news today," what started out as a home invasion is now a city wide search across philadelphia. we'll tell you why multiple police departments are now looking for three men who got away. >>> more breaking news in philadelphia this morning. this is in frankford where investigators are investigating multiple assaults. >>> hears a live look from sea isle city where we're continuing our live coverage from the jersey shore all week long. good morning and welcome to "nbc 10 news today." i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracy davidson. it's 5:00 a.m. let's begin with meteorologist bill henley and the first alert weather center. we're focused on the fog. >> not everybody is seeing the fog. clear view over philadelphia though there are still some clouds. the temperatures will be climbing. look at the quick warmup. low 70s right now. the areas of fog, the pocono mountains seeing improvement in hazleton. half a mile visibility there. clouds over the city and mt. holly, blue bell, keeping the fog from forming. but in south jersey and wildwood, that's where we're seeing thicker fog. the worst of it

live look at center city philadelphia that looks familiar. not sunshine. low clouds. cloudy conditions. temperature not too bad. 60 degrees with the west wind at 7 miles an hour but we have not had a sunny day, since april 20th in philadelphia. that is running at about two and a half weeks time now. so i think mother nature she owes us at this point. storm scan three is showing us still locked in place with the cloud cover, a a few light showers over interior southern new jersey, up wyndmoor showers, but these showers are actually going to help us out because they are in association with a cold front that will move in as we head throughout the overnight period and kick out area of low pressure that has been stagnant over the delaware valley. it will push it east and allow sunshine to return. your race for the cure forecast, kick off 8:00 o'clock in the morning. 54 degrees. temperatures not too bad. bit of the breeze. maybe a lingering shower, cloud still around but conditions are going to be improving, significantly, through the day tomorrow, and just in time for moth

cities. now, that's still happening in places, like here in philadelphia. e up 15% from last year at this point. chicago, los angeles, dallas, las vegas -- other cities are not seeing this, though, so it's not widespread. the viral video theory goes like this -- the spread of internet videos showing police being caught abusing suspects has led to some police being reluctant to confront criminals. do you buy it, ed? >> yes, and i do think that it's in the minds of officers. they're very concerned about how they move, and as a result, it causes a delay in action and it's not one of sober reflection. it's more driven by concern and fear. i do think there is something to this. >> i agree with ed to the extent that i do think that there is an effect, and i do think that on the part of some police officers who are dedicated to their jobs, there is that sense of, "what is going to happen if i react in a certain way?" but i don't agree with the fbi director that this is sort of the prevailing reason that we would see a spike in homicide rates, especially since new y

philadelphia, mt. holly. but at the shore, visibility is improving for wildwood. it's up to half a mile in millville and atlantic city little bit of a breeze and warmup will do away with any fog. 71 in philadelphia. sunshine, look at the warmup, 80s this afternoon. you'll see sunshine in the suburbs, just a few scattered clouds right now. the showers are long gone. by 2:00, 84 degrees today. the clouds are already breaking in the lehigh valley. 66 now. 76 degrees at 10:00. it's into the low 80s by lunch time today. to the south, south jersey, you'll find some spots of fog but as the numbers climb from the 60s into the 70s, any fog will disappear. the clouds they'll linger into the afternoon. there's a slight chance of a pop-up shower in new jersey, at the jersey shore there's a slight chance of a pop-up afternoon shower. once the fog is gone, it will be in the clear, sunshine, 70s. good deal warmer than yesterday for those clouds lingering with all the rain. as far as philadelphia and the delaware are concerned, both will see skies break, sunshine and 82 degrees by noontime and 85 at 2:00 this afternoon. it looks lik

nbc 10 breaking news. >> that breaking news on nbc 10, fire crews are on the scene in center city philadelphiar a home goes up in flames. we are live on the scene. >>> shot multiple times. this morning, a teenager is in the hospital after being shot at least seven times in philadelphia. and the gunman is still on the loose. >>> and near record lows as we give you a live look this morning at i-95, the girard point bridge in south philadelphia. we're dealing with temperatures in the 30s and 40s across our area. i was a little surprised when i got up. >> you'll have to rummage around for the coat. it's may, what coat do i put on? >> some of those we already put away. i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracy davidson. two before 5:00 right now. let's begin with meteorologist bill henley in the first alert weather center. bill? show us the temperatures. >> they're still falling right now. you'll need a coat this morning. 36 in the suburbs. south jersey at 35, delaware is at 41. even in philadelphia, chestnut hill, parkside both at 39 degrees and somerton in just the last hour has dropped two degrees. now 38

a live look at center city philadelphia, rain coming down clouds in place.pring definitely has stalled for the month of may. our 80-degree count or so far this season is five days but we've will none of those in the month of may. our warmest may temperature is 76 degrees. that's pretty puny for the warmest day so far this month. temperature right now very cool. 56 degrees, winds out of the northeast at around 12 miles per hour. dewpoints up there into the low 50's. so, there's a little bit of hugoness witmugginess. high temperature 62 degrees. we should be in the upper 70's as far as averages are concerned. nowhere near that. those temperatures are going to hover in the 50 as we head into the next several hours to near 60 degrees right now in millville and these cooler temperatures compliments of the rainfall, the clouds and this northeasterly wind off the ocean driving in cooler ocean air and breezes picked up over the last couple hours. wind speeds now 10 to 15 miles per hour so overnight tonight periods of rain especially before midnight. that cool northe

here's a live look this morning at center city philadelphia.cking showers across the entire region and flooding in parts of the area. good morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today. i'm lauren mayk. >> i'm pamela osborne. let's begin with meteorologist bill henley in the first alert weather center. hey, bill. >> good morning, pamela. we're seeing heavy rain overnight and the possibility of more drenching rain will be with us this afternoon. it will keep temperatures cooler offer the holiday weekend so far, in the upper 70s. interior new jersey, 60s and rainy at the shore. in delaware, the lehigh valley, you'll see showers in delaware, a bet every chance of more breaks in the precipitation. we're not expecting an all-day rainfall for this memorial day. when we do get showers and possible thunderstorm, we could be in for some more heavy rainfall as we've seen this morning. you see some of the heaviest rain moving through the trenton area right now. that's a thunderstorm that's clearing trenton. still impacting northeastern burlington county. those

tourist in center city, philadelphia. >>> and a new program helps get mothers back into the work force. a special report next. >> mr. cosby, do you have anything to say to your fans? >> no comment. >> do you have anything to say to the kids that loved you all those years? >> that won't be the last time that bill cosby will be asked a question like that, especially now that it is official. it was decided today in norristown, will he stand trial for sexual assault. it is tuesday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is a judge's ruling that now sends bill cosby to court. he will face charges of drugging and molesting andrea constand at his cheltenham home in 2004. "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live outside montgomery county court in norristown where this legal drama will play itself out. chad? >> yeah, jim, you know dozens of women have come forward with similar allegations that cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them. but for most of the victims they haven't been able to get him into criminal court, mainly because the statute of limitations had run out. well today

temperatures right now, mainly in the mid to upper 40s, even colder north and west of the city of philadelphia. 49 in philly right now. waiting for the sunrise officially in 20 minutes or so. we see the beautiful sky out here in the burbs. 47 with clouds and clear skies in delaware. temperatures on the chilly side and that's why we can expect partly cloudy skies through our sunday. and winds ladder on today. if you're feting outside, hang on to your hat. gusting winds up to about 30 miles per hour. a very slight possibility of an isolated scattered shower. here is why, the doppler radar has a dry at the moment. it is kicking the moisture off of the great lakes and bringing snow action off of the great lakes. it would will a scattered shower out of that. >>> breaking news in bucks county. one person has died in a motel fire in ben salem dotownship. here is the lincoln motel on route 1. there is the glass broken out of the first floor window. also in the live picture you see investigators are still gathering information and evidence. it took crews about a half hour to get everything under contro

here's a live look outside at center city, philadelphia. at the air mark building there.icane" schwartz here now with the neighborhood forecast. glenn, when is this thing ending? >> it's going to take a while. we're in a blocking pattern, specifically, known as mega block in the world of mete meteorology and the weather pattern doesn't change for quite a while. we were stuck in the good part of the block in april when we had ten straight days of sunshine and no rain. now, we're in the not so nice part of the omega block. it's only 50 in coatesville, 50 in atlantic city. not much warmer in between. 51 in mt. holly, 51 in vineland, 52 in allentown. in delaware, where we had a tremendous temperature contrast a couple days uz go, some places close to 80 degrees, we're not seeing that anymore. 53 in wilmington, 53 in newark, 54 in odessa, 52 in middletown. you see fairly uniform temperatures. you can see the wind is coming across from the ocean, the delaware bay, so lewis, rehoboth beach, dewey beach, all just 51 degrees. and we also have some showers in delaware and extreme s

here's a live look at center city, philadelphia. market street there. glenn "hurricane" schwartz here with your neighborhood forecast. stretching a little bit to say it's a little warmer? >> it is a little warmer. and it's going to continue to go up. but not quite to the average for this time of year. 60, the current temperature. that's as warm as we've got all day yesterday. so we have a real good chance of getting above that. lehigh valley is the warmest area because we had sunshine there earlier in the day. it's cloudy now. we've got winds coming in off the ocean. generally a light wind because you can see the arrows going every which direction. that gives you the clue. but that's still cooling off atlantic city, only 58 degrees. the temperature in philadelphia, 71 on monday. 60 yesterday, up to 67 today. 75 degrees tomorrow. we have some light showers coming in to the baltimore area. that's going to stretch into southern delaware within the next hour. that's pretty light stuff. as we go through the planner, during the night tonight, we have mostly c

fog in the area, not in philadelphia. 71 degrees, clouds linger in the city. they will be breaking. we warm up to 73 degrees at 8:00. 80 degrees by 11:00 this morning. it will be a quick warmup during the day today. delaware, 70 degrees right now. no fog here either. frawley stadium, 73 degrees at 9:00. 81 by lunch time. we're heading to 90 degrees this afternoon. seeing sunshine in the lehigh valley. 89 degrees later on. 87 in new jersey. but at the shore, the rain is out of the picture. still seeing some areas of fog. that's a live view from wildwood. 78 degrees. the fog won't last all day. as the temperatures climb, the fog will disappear. katy zachry has your first alert traffic. katy? >>> relatively quiet morning so far. we'll wait until the onslaught of commuters hit the roads before we say it's been a good morning. this is where it meets up with the vine street expressway, leading into center city or going east over the ben franklin bridge. all of your bridges look clear. remember, mass transit running on a normal schedule this morning, not the holiday schedule it was running

when somebody is shooting, you don't always turn around to see who, you just all run. >> the city of philadelphiaoffering up to $20,000 in reward money for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible. all you need to do is call the citizens crime commission at 215-546-tips and all calls remain anonymous. your tip could bring some peace to marks, who struggles every day. >> i don't like to be happy because my son is not here. when they took my son away from me, it is like they took 99% away from me. >> for crimefighters i'm rick williams, channel 6 "action news." introducing the completely redesigned mercedes-benz c-coupe, with its athletic prowess and sleek new body. it doesn't just raise the bar... ...it completely crushes it. the all-new c-class coupe. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >> time for a check of the accuweather forecast. meteorologist melissa magee. and today was kind of yucky. >> it is still pretty yucky outside. a little off as far as the rain and timing on that it is coming in steady and moderate. and what is going on with stormtracker radar, the rain across much of th

we can see how dark over center city philadelphia dark cloud starting to fish off to the south, one goodhing about these storms we are seeing, them move through pretty quickly. quick progression, storms are in and then out within probably 15, ten, 15 minutes we will see skies clear and we have been seeing sunshine on the back edge off to the north of philadelphia, center city looking ominous. here's another shot at kutztown area middle school in the live neighborhood network. 69 degrees, dark cloud, rain coming down, it will try to clear out. still not too bad down the shore and people up in bernville they have had storms coming through now seeing a few breaks in the cloud cover, at the moment. here's what we are watching this line, of nasty storms right now, pushing through portions of chester and delaware counties just heading south of philadelphia at the moment. lets zoom in, which areas are going to get hit hardest right around route 30, interchange over portions of chester county, right around aston delaware county. in these spots, possibly, someplace like exton, perhaps down toward

we're dealing with allow clouds, a live look at center city philadelphia. kind of a spooky looking scene, 53 right now. winds out of the south around seven miles per hour. we haven't had had a climate logically sunny day in philadelphia since april 20th. it has been a long time, about two and a half weeks. stormscan 3 showing us we saw the cloud deck break up earlier in the evening, breaks of sunshine before sunset. the cloud deck is thickening back up. few sprinkles worked themselves through lancaster earlier. we do have a cold front that is up wind. generating showers across parts of western pennsylvania. that will move its way i can do and help us out because it will kick out this area of low pressure that has stagnated and kept the clouds around for more than several days. we will deal with the clouds for the kickoff of race for the 8:00. few lingers showers, dramatically improving conditions through the day tomorrow. i'll have the forecast the good news finally coming up in just a couple minutes. natasha, thank you very much. >>> crowd are getting a fir

citizens crime commission held their 56th annual law enforcement appreciation luncheon in center city philadelphia. the organization's highest award was presented posthumously to robert wilson iii and his family accepted on his behalf. rick williams emcees and general manager, bernie prazenica was there. >>> and a tribute to some of philadelphia's finest. katherine scott has that story. >> reporter: today dozens of police officers were recognized for their efforts for the hero's ballroom for police lodge five in philadelphia. presented by awards for excellence, valor and heroism. >> we are extremely proud of what you have done to get here today, we are proud of what you do each and every day. >> among them anthony and other officers that received a life saving award. they say the victim may have died if not for their efforts. >> we came on scene and the gentlemen was shot and apply aid tourniquet to both of his legs. >>> it's mayor was on stage presenting the honors. >> it's a difficult time to be a police officer in the united states of america and we recognize that and are trying to move the dep

zoom in a little closer, we can see in the main line, montgomery county right now, from center city, philadelphia, down through south philly, and tapered off in northeast philly, and the heaviest rain is in montgomery county in chester county here, upper darby with heavy rain going over the blue route, and right during rush hour, which is not fun. 6:03 in ridley, 6:12 in chester. that's when the heaviest rain comes in. it's coming in fairly quickly, and by 9:00, it's pretty much gone for this first batch. we have this moisture coming into the shore as we go into early hours tomorrow. nurchds gets its share before this is over as well. more on changes coming including 90 degree temperatures in minutes. >> all right, glen, see you then. >>> school children threatened with a gun. school leaders called 911, but help did not arrive. there was no police response for several hours. the urban promise academy is located on the border of pennsauken and kcamden. we asked questions to sort out this delay. >> reporter: the men in this silver suv drove off monday before 1:00. urban promise school administrator

and we're going to show you around in just a bit but first let's head to philadelphia's old city for a lantern festival that's steeped in ancient chinese tradition. every evening, as the sun sets on franklin square, the park lights up. >> the chinese lantern festival, it already has been thousands of years of history in china. >> historically, the festival was available only to china's very wealthy families but more recently, it's become a new year's celebration for the masses. >> and this is the first time ever, the festival has been staged in the northeastern united states. >> happy birthday to you. >> it's a celebration marking 10 years since the rebirth of the square that sits on the border of chinatown. >> this was essentially a park where no one, no kids were allowed to play. it was a park that you really didn't want to go to at night. >> now, nighttimes in the square are aglow with 25 illuminated lantern sets, giant flowers, pandas, a 200 foot long dragon, and a 3 story high pagoda and all are made by hand. >> all of the artisans and our staff they all come from sichuan in a c

that's a live view from center city from south philadelphia, looking toward center city.an see the clouds over citizens bank park. and more showers and a chance of thunderstorms. going to be with us during the day today. katy zachry is watching it on the roads, the effect of all the heavy rain has had overnight. >> we've had quite a mixed bag of things so far this morning. a live look outside. our cameras moving as i tell you about police department activity along i-95 northbound as you approach the philadelphia international airport. the activity is just out of camera view. i'll have details on how that could affect your commute. plus an update on an accident 76 eastbound in center city. >>> we'll tell you about this daredevil stunt pulled in china. and the small target the skydiver had to hit. >>> here's a look at a local memorial day event scheduled today. the annual parade along state street in media, delaware conte steps off at 10:00 this morning.

life from center city philadelphia, this is fox 29 news at 6. ning right now, heavy rain falling in downtown philadelphia as we take a life look in center city right now. some ominous clouds dumping some heavy rain. you want to have the umbrella with you because you could get caught in a down pour if you haven't already. i'm iain page and i'm lose i nolan. itself the ' dark outside. chief metrologist scott williams tracking all of this. hi there, loose i and aeven. scattered showers moving through the area rotating through the down the i95 corridor and as we zoom in a little closer, as we move into sections of camden, we're looking at some rainfall. west philly moving into sections of delaware county. we're looking at rainfall rates a half an inch to an inch per hour. you can see on lightening embedded in that. head indoors when thunderous and allow this activity to kind of move onto the south. some of the activity has been training, but we'll put a tractor eulalio tordil you can see moving toward chester over the next 15 minutes or so. west coul

lawmakers are trying to snuff out smoking and say you should be on their side. >> live from center city in philadelphianews at 6:00. >>> the warmup everybody is talking about in your fox 29 weather authority from old city to reading and throughout our area, it is the perfect day to get outside. did you perhaps even break out in a sweat iain page? >> little bit on the golf course this morning. >> perfect. things are about to get even warmer. good evening, i'm lucy noland. >> i'm iain page. we got into the 80s today just like kathy promised. let's get outside to meteorologist kathy orr out in all this warm weather in old city tonight. kathy. >> it has not felt like this since september. remember? >> i know. >> remember the warm september we had. fantastic as you look behind me you can see everyone out enjoying the weather. i have a feeling by the time we get to friday it will be a ghost town because everyone will already jump start the weekend. why not? finally we have the weather for it. a busy afternoon in old city really feels like a friday to tell you the truth. let's take look at some of these numbe

philadelphia, too. clouds are over the city. we'll see them thin out at 7:00. 59 degrees. look at thecj$Áquick warmup, 67 degrees by 10:00. still a slight chance of a shower for philadelphia. some of the inland areas this afternoon. it's more likely you'll see them over new jersey than the lehigh valley, delaware or the suburbs. 78 in interior new jersey. low 70s at the shore. a chance of showers and thunderstorms popping up this afternoon. over the coming days, it's the temperatures that are really going to start popping up. seven-day forecast, at the bottom of the screen it has more than one 90 in it for our area. a look at the warmup when i come back in ten minutes. right now, let's find out how the traffic is looking with jessica boyington. >> watching the boulevard for a set of traffic lights on flash. you can see that in here this is around 9th street. traffic is moving through. a lot of confusion in the area. the boulevard and 9th street. traffic leets are malfunctioning, on flash there. if you're heading out the door, also still in philadelphia, northeast philadelph

now, we have, again, few clouds out there, even over our broadcast center here in center city philadelphia. but the sun really is doing it part to help warm things up for a change. we are currently into the 70s, couple of spots, like millville, flirting with it right now along i-95, 68 is the magic number from philly up to trenton, but do expect to add few additional degrees to the daytime high here. we should get to about 74, generally speaking, with sunshine for the rest of the afternoon. pair of six's the expectation around the resort towns in general, you are just looking at a quiet afternoon and pretty nice afternoon at that. specially by comparison to recent days, even despite what's left of the cloud cover. looking at the temperatures in the last few days, we haven't even been able to crack 70 degrees. today we will do it, the average high is 75, so today looks a lot more typical. tomorrow even little warmer, and we are going to discuss that sunshine and the warmth once more for you here down the road, in the rest of the show. but also, that chance for rain and more importantly if y

clock right now ticking on mayor jim kenney's plan to use soda tax to fight rec centers in the city of philadelphia. plenty of opposition, only few weeks to figure this out. so supporters and opponent. measure walked into city council chambers believing a vote was imminent. but that didn't happen. the 3 sent per ounce tax on sugary drinks still in limboment some council members are proposing alternative such as a levy on beverage containers themselves. >> new tax is expected, it is not just clear, what this will be though. >> i know they're going to do something, whatever it is, it will be, and -- it will impact

it should move on to new york before crossing the atlantic ocean. >>> a new name for old city. >> philadelphia's launching a campaign to rebrand the city's historic district. ♪ >> philly pops festival brass quintet set the move at launch. mayor kenney and city council members helped reopen the second bank of the united states. the rebranding comes just in time for the busy summer tourist season and the dnc. >> make people feel they will never forget the feeling and they will go back to st. louis and texas and florida and tell friends what a wonderful time they had in philadelphia. >> the newly defined district encompasses, old city, society hill, independence mall. >>> as summer tourism season approaches, it's starting to feel the part outside. >> many neighborhoods hit 90. tim furlong spent the day outside. people enjoying the day that feels like summer. >> now that's the sound you like to hear in late may. but for the regulars at the golf club in wilmington, guys that try to play every single day, today has been a buzz kill. >> terrible. terrible. brutal. >> it's not squishy. it's nice and sun

. >>> there is even more history in the city of philadelphia this morning. >> a new exhibit focuses on the contracts jackie robinson signed to break baseball's color barrier. our pat gallen is live at the national constitution center, pat, obviously these documents are about more than just sports. >> reporter: that is true, jim and brooke. on display here at national constitution center today through june 5th are the

he has since, apologized. >> shaking hand. >> yes. >> technology in philadelphia, was the topic of discussion in center cityr jim kenney served as panel list at a town hall forum at free library of philadelphia group of experts discussed the state of the cities technology, and how it ties in with entrepreneur ship, tonight's town hall hall all part of the philadelphia tech week. >>> jimmy kimmel live next up followed by night line. jimmy's guest tonight doctor oz, emily dush until, music mash ups of the monster and men at work. "action news" continue at 4:30 with tamala edward, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, good night. >> ♪ "jimmy kimmel live." tonight -- dr. mehmet oz. from "bones" emily deschanel. and it's mash-up monday with music from of monsters and men at work. with cleto and the cletones. and now, here's jimmy kimmel. >> jimmy: thank you. hi, everybody. i'm jimmy. i'm your host. thank you for watching. thank you for

the showers are east of the city of philadelphia. westbound traffic fairly light volume heading into the city not a big deal on the ben. one more live look on i-95 starting to see normal volume kick be in, southbound traffic slowing as you head toward center city. 24 minute ride from woodhaven to the vine. >>> we continue to follow the breaking news this morning, a lexus barrel into shelter at a septa bus killing a man waiting inside. the driver jumped out and looked at what he had done and ran away. annie mccormick is live at the scene of bustleton and cottman now the sun is up and you can really get a look at what's going on, anne. >> reporter: we're getting a better look at the debris that's around here and how far the crime scene spans. the victim was pronounced at the scene after the violent crash. he was sitting underneath the septa bus canopy, one reason balls there was a torrential downpour. you can see the lexus that the police say was response i -- responsible for hitting and killing the man. they found blood inside the vehi

philadelphia overnight. this is citizens bank park. a bit damp looking, but no active rain in the city. 58 degrees now in philadelphia. we will get some sunshine. look at 2:00, temperatures near 80 degrees. showing dry for each of these hours. but in between there's a chance we'll see a scattered light shower inland. further west you go, the more likely you'll see sunshine. in the suburbs, 67 degrees by 10:00. noontime, 72 degrees. lehigh valley, starting off with clouds. by lunch time, 71, upper 70s by 4:00. the lehigh valley will see temperatures into the 80s this afternoon. if you're looking for wet weather you'll find it in new jersey. tracking showerses this morning. interior new jersey will see scattered showers. mostly cloudy and 70 degrees at lunch time. 76 with some breaks of sunshine this afternoon. the closer you are to the shore, the better chance you will see wet weather. rain is falling right now. 57 degrees. clouds will be hanging in there for much of the morning. showers possible late this afternoon. a possibility we'll see thunderstorm activity at the shore. showers mo