the delaware state university aviation program keeps planes at the airport. it also serves pilots from dover and central delaware. >>> in philadelphia, labor day kicked off early in kensington. the kensington urban and business high school held its inaugural community day celebration. the event gave students, parents and those in the community the opportunity to meet new staff ahead of the upcoming school year. >>> next on "nbc 10 news at 6:00" a thief apologizes. he was caught on camera stealing a piece of family history. what he's doing to make up for it. >>> raising the noise level in a delaware neighborhood. some residents are trying to pull the plug on a popular bar's evening entertainment. >>> a hot, humid start to the labor day weekend but really nice changes in the forecast. i will show you that for your labor day and shorecast coming up. patients across the country have spoken. they recently rated their care experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid services. fewer than 10% received

this morning in a place in delaware, around middletown, delaware, north of dover, the postal service literally during the middle of the night, amazon, the postal service in the middle of the night combined to just take items from that distribution center, huge amazon distribution center in middletown, delaware, and literally drop off all over the northeast, from the mid-atlantic all over the region, to drop off items that are going to be delivered today. there were all kinds of products that were ordered through amazon yesterday, over the internet, by phone and so forth, and they are being delivered literally today, and the postal service has a big hand in that. also, you have got fedex, u.p.s. a lot of folks think of fedex and u.p.s. as competitors of the postal service, and to an extent they are, but they are also very good partners. it works this way. fedex doesn't want to deliver to every mailbox in the country, especially in the more rural areas where there is a lot of separation and it's frankly costly to do that. fedex doesn't want to do that, u.p.s. doesn't want to do that. b

jennifer joyce is there on the u del campus in delaware, newark. >> university of delaware police tell us they found three bent hangers and twine resembling nooses found outside of mitch he will has here -- mitchell hall. student sent us this photo of the newses guild tells us that on monday night she and about 100 other student held peaceful black lives matter protest outside of mitchell hall on the green. then about 24 hours later the student stumbled across nooses posted at the same site as the protest. university of delaware police confirm that they are developing g this. they are asking student to call them if they saw anything suspicious last night. acting university president, nancy target, says she's been at campus all night since the news broke. she wanted to be absolutely clear that this behavior is not representative of the university of delaware community and will not be tolerated. >> i just was so sickened by the whole process and so -- found it such reprehensible and cowardly act by someone who did this anonymously, and is trying to drive a wedge within our university of

. >>> nooses, hanging from a tree on the university of delaware campus. the protests that happened just hours before this was found that makes this hate cream even more disturbing. >> pope francis lands in america. he's in d.c. and is getting ready to advice the the white house this morning there is as phillie guys up for his arrival. the security you'll see around the sit. >> i already seeing t and it ain't over until it is over. well, it is over. saying guy booed to legend baseball great yogi berra dice at the age of 90. we're taking a look back at some of his most memorable quotes, and there are so many. hi everybody, good day, it is wednesday, september the 23rd, 2015. >> and it is the first day of fall. right? >> it is already fall, isn't it? >> it is fall. >> yes. >> are you ready? >> oh. oh, my goodness, he fell on the first day of fall. >> these chairs, seriously, see you next trip. >> are you okay? okay. >> but yesterday, it felt like fall. so it -- >> chapter one in my book. >> we'll start with him falling. here's what happened, fall is here. an

these storms near lewis, delaware, now crossed into delaware bay and just about to hit cape may itselfith heavy rain and maybe lightning. you can see the futurecast hour by hour, some lots of areas of rain, some of it on the heavy side and even into the evening. yes, there is definitely a threat of rain for the phillies game. we'll see what type of threats we have for the rest of the area and also into the weekend with the seven-day in a few minutes. >> thank you, glenn. >>> take a look at this. torrential rain caused heavy flooding in sicily, yesterday, and forced people to abandon their cars and seek shelter. the main shopping street in this coastal city turned into a fast-moving river. crews worked to free people trapped in their cars by the rising waters. you can hear screams. >>> heavy rains are leading to massive flooding in japan. authorities evacuated more than 90,000 people from their homes because of the rising waters. look at that home just lifted off its foundation. others were stranded on the roofs of homes and buildings. at least ten people are missing right now. some par

we want business whether their business is already in delaware or is coming to delaware. we want them to be focused on the business, product, sales channels. outon't want them filling forms, waiting in line. we want them to know that we will do everything we can to get them up and running quickly. just last week, a celebration of a new factory in dover, delaware. germany nextm flooring systems. they could have gone anywhere in the united states, and they chose delaware. mark: talk to us about the impact this is having on the delaware economy? the unemployment rate is 4.9%. we had better job growth over the last few years. we were really hit back in the right recession with both chrysler and general motors shutting their plans. the banks have come back strong. we are doing better manufacturing, not as strong as financial services, agriculture, and other areas, but we welcome all of the jobs. mark: let's talk about jobs. we are awaiting the jobs report on friday. what is your sense of the labor market nationwide? we hear conflicting reports. we hear that the numbers are goi

now we are zooming into delaware, sussex county. this is where we have seen quite a bit of rainfall so far. but maybe not as much as other areas. right near georgetown we have seen over two inches and closer to the shore, to the delaware beaches just north of lewes, this is one area where we have seen about 2 1/2 inches. up in kent county, we have seen rainfall rates of so far at least 2 1/2 inches near riverview, 3 1/2 inches, not so much in new castle county but there is more rain on the way. right near glassboro, in new jersey, we have seen a little over three inches of rain. a little closer to hammonton, two inches. to berks county, close to an inch near reading but allentown, about 1 1/2 inches for most of that area. lancaster county has seen anywhere from about 2 to 2 1/2 inches possibly but the heavy rain is still falling in these areas. we do expect the totals to be going up through the rest of the evening. here's a look at future weather. as we go into the next couple hours the heavy rain continues. by 6:00 p.m. by 8:00, we

sixty-two in dover, delaware. fifty-nine in newark. you get closer toward the the city and surrounding suburbs, really cooling down. fifty-seven trenton. fifty-three chalfont. further north we will get colder. forty-eight in quakertown. forty-four in mount pocono. few more degrees before sunrise. nice clear skies from the city on west ward, still some lingering cloud, eastern new jersey, they will move off shore. so we will go full sunshine this afternoon compliments of the high pressure, stays on south of us again, thursday so another repeat day with sunshine and warming temperatures. friday cloud start to roll role from the south. storm system sitting over carolinas that will try to track further north ward, still dry on saturday with just some clouds but it breezy. sun take we have to watch for threat of showers as that storm gets close to the delaware valley. today lots of sunshine, 80 degrees for the afternoon high. clear, comfortable tonight. fifty-seven for center city. cooler in the suburbs. we will check out that papal visit f

delaware, ranked number six wasn't much better, repair costness delaware are highest in the country and high insurance premiums don't help either. pennsylvania ranked in the middle of 24th helped by low theft rate and below average gas expenses to curb some costs, bank rate's chris kahn recommend costs within their control. >> call your insurance carrier to find out what you can do to lower your premium. it might be as easy to raise your deductible. you can lower by just parking your car inside your house if you have a garage instead of putting it on the street. there are simple things you can do. >> looking at bright side things could be worse, louisiana took top spot for worst states for drivers and while idaho was rang for best place for drivers in the country, would you really want to move to idaho. >> it is pretty. >> nice place to visit. >> i was crossing and someone tried to run me over and i had the green light. >> was that you, i'm sorry. >> stop running people over. >> thank you, jim. >> park in the parking lot. >> get ready for a menu make over at mcdonald's, fast food chain

and in delaware, 2.33. president obama is spending labor day in boston where he signed an executive order paid sick leave for federal employees. the white house would not specify the cost of federal contractors to implement the executive order but said increased worker loyalty would off set the costs. >>> meanwhile, joe biden is in pittsburgh today. he joined aflicio president to kick off the parade there. he is weighing a run for president and will make his decision sometime this months. >> much more still ahead on "action news" at 12:30, a referee knocked off his feet tackled twice during a high school football game. see the video that got the two players suspended. >>> the dentist who killed cecil the lion gives his side of the story. >>> a man recovering from a shark by the said he is not the victim, bus stop the shark is. why he is blaming himself for what happened. when "action news" comes right back. >> a number of european countries are discussing the prospect of taking in refugees that are fleeing

delaware valley's leading news program.ith matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> happening now on "action news," pope francis prepares to meet the president at the white house while the world meeting of families continues in philadelphia. >> and developing overnight a student makes a disturbing discovery on campus. college leaders are calling it a hate crime. >> he taught us you can observe a lot by watching. we remember the yankees great whose mind was almost as impressive as his glove. >> good morning out there. it's 5:30 on this wednesday september 23rd. let's find out about accuweather with dave murphy and karen rogers has traffic. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. yogi berra was about the earliest baseball player i was aware of even because i was watching just because of his funny lines. shame he's not with us anymore. clear skies across most of the region. there are clouds over the south jersey coast quickly moving out trailing a departing low pressure center moving o

add a 3rd quarter back to their roster and 88-year-old woman disappears on her way to her home on delaware county. the big story on "action news" is another beautiful day as we mark unofficial end to the summer. from city to shore basking under light skies and sunny breezes. and enjoying the evening in ocean city. hey, trish. >> reporter: hey, walter, we're here on the boardwalk where folks are getting last funnel cake and ice cream cone and maybe that last popcorn. this is my friend reilly what do you have in the bag. >> popcorn. >> carmel corn delicious up and down the jersey shore and perfect day to the beach or boardwalk or block party. >> the waves were calm today. >> beachs in ocean city were packed and waves much smaller to the delight of swimmers like etor decas and son nico. >> it was rough yesterday the riptide was strong it was crazy yesterday i had to hold him the whole time. >> daddy took me over waves. >> the ocean was not for everyone. >> did you go in the watter. >> no. >> why not? >> because too cold. >> and in wildwood the 11th annual labor day block party had folks tappi

by the time it slides through the delaware valley most of the moisture evaporates. sun and clouds, 86 degrees, you'll notice the increase in humidity. we're dry by 3:00 p.m., 84. 6:00 p.m., 83. when i come back in a few minutes we'll have the weekend forecast as well as the 7 day forecast. >> we're looking at the countdown clock until pope francis arrives in philadelphia for the world meeting of families. a stretch of the benjamin franklin parkway will completely shut down in a half-hour as the work continues on the alter for the pope's mass next sunday. the inner drive closes thursday, the outer drive closes kelly drive. drivers coming from martin luther king will be diverted off eakens oval at 24th street ramp to the vine street expressway. meanwhile, as many as a million people are expected to crowd the parkway to see the holy father. "action news" has learned that only a small fractions may make it to the parkway. >> reporter: outside the basilica, the excitement is buildings for the papal visit a week away. >> once in a lifetime. i'm very excited. >> i have fra

a 57 minute ride in delaware county.>> most of us in the 50's this morning so cool once again but warming up in a hurry and this afternoon warmer than yesterday. a high of 83, lots of sunshine and not as windy as yesterday. >> going to be a good one. >> yeah. >> all right, head to facebook twitter and 6abc.com when we're not on the air. "gma" is next. for karen rogers, dave murphy, tamala edwards, i'm matt o'donnell. have a great tuesday. >> ♪ dear fellow citizen, i know what it's like to buy a house. i know how it feels to be stressed about money. i understand what a scary word "retirement" is, and i can help. because i'm not just a fellow dad, fellow mom, fellow saver, i'm a fellow citizen. who gets up every day and tries her best. just like you. sincerely, elizabeth trackler samantha parke robert kennedy deanna morrison jared duemling alex payne >>> good morning, america. breaking overnight, deadly floods and fires. a wall of water washing away cars in an instant killing at least eight people. >> that's pretty powerfu

we have clouds in delaware and south jersey, generally speaking it will be a sunny day building. 55 in allentown. 58 in reading. 60 in trenton. you look at the numbers this is similar to what we showed you jetter no morning. 61 by 6:00 a.m. 63 by 8:00 a.m. slight chance of patchy fog, most of you won't have to worry about that. 64 on the storm tracker 6 live app on the way to school. 63 by 8:00 a.m. noon, 83. 86 by 3:00 p.m. like yesterday we'll get a high of 87 late in the day around 3:30 or 4:00 p.m. an air quality alert has been declared across urban centers from philadelphia south across new jersey and delaware. this is a code orange ozone action alert for those of you in sensitive groups for unhealthy air, seniors for respiratory and lung conditions want to limit your out door exposure between 12:00 and 6. we're looking at the pattern to continue over the next several days. >> reporter: we have construction running late, you can see the result on woodhaven road eastbound heading toward i-95. so construction crews are out there, they were supposed to clear at 5:00 a.m. but blocking

lewes in delaware, 78 degrees. pretty strong onshore wind so it is breezy at the shore, water temperatures are in the mid 70s and this wind actually today, tomorrow, even sunday, possibly monday, will be increasing our risk for rip currents at the shore so be very careful of that over the weekend. mid 80s in philadelphia. mid to low 80s north and west. low 80s through much of south jersey and delaware. as we go through the evening, mostly dry, though we can't rule out another shower closer to the 6:00 hour. i will have the labor day weekend forecast coming up. in the meantime, nbc 10's drew smith probably got the best job of us all today. he's live in sea isle city. you checked in with some businesses just finishing their first summer season at the shore. >> reporter: a lot of them can't complain about the weather. it is a little windy right now. we just caught up with someone getting out of the ocean who says the undercurrent is really strong right now. a lot of people still out enjoying the beach today and they j

we are just two days, 16 hours away from the holy father touching down in the delaware valley. live at independence hall from the sky 6 camera, you can see the setup really coming to life, chairs are lined up and crews are working on the stage where pope francis will give his immigration speech to thousands of people on saturday. a lot of people to be done yet. ahead of the visit, the shrine of a saint that is drawing crowds in south philadelphia, worshipers lined up to see saint maria goretti, sara bloomquist is live outside of saint rita's church with that story. hi sara. >> reporter: hi there, earlier today the line stretched down the block here outside of the national shrine of saint rita, blocked the convention center and this church and the major relic of saint maria goretti was a big draw and not just for the people from the meeting of families. shuttled came and went from the convention center and the world meeting of families. the faithful came to see her, her skeletal remains are encased in a wax likeness. >> this is a once in a lifetime event and i am glad to be here

nbc 10 delaware bureau reporter tim furlong is live at a.i.ont high school with more on the efforts to protect players. >> reporter: it's an exciting time of year. certainly it will be exciting tonight. you see them getting the field ready for the game. but when lots of parents see their kids go on the field they get nervous about concussions. the university of delaware are part of a landmark study to better understand concussions. if you are one of the 600 student athletes at the university of delaware you are now doing weird tests involving your balance and your brain. delaware one of just 23 schools in the nation now involved in a multi-year ncaa and department of defense sponsored concussion study. we have all seen plenty of bad hits. researchers want to see how those players' brains work down the road. these tests give them a baseline they can use for comparison if the player gets a concussion. >> we are going to be able to see the natural progression of a concussion. we can monitor them as they progress and get better. then we also have

cape may county, delaware beaches, much of delaware bay. that persistent east wind plus the time for minor flooding. just high clouds as you can see there. the big action down to the south, and it's staying down to the south. just spinning around down there. everything is moving more east-west, and not coming up the coast. the computer models that have been suggesting that this rain stay to the south seem to be the ones that are winning out here. now, the clouds come up, the rain gets closer. maybe grazes extreme southern delaware. the chances of coming up to the philadelphia area continue to look pretty small and get even smaller as we see the new data. you can see the clouds up there, but the rain isn't anywhere close, and the storm down to the south, this is the european model that's been consistently felt with this rain. looks like it's going to win out. the clouds are there, though. both days, a lot of clouds around. high temperatures about 75 degrees. right about average for this time of year. low humidity. nice and comfortable. 60 fo

delaware's governor and the mayor have expressed condolences to the family. the officers are placed on leave pending the outcome of the investigation. >> it's 4:36. the world is watching pope francis' visit to america that will bring him to philadelphia tomorrow. >> another world leader is also here in the u.s., china's president is in washington, d.c. right now and there's plenty of pomp and circumstance ahead at the white house. we'll have a preview. >> he's a hero. if it wasn't for him i don't know what would have happened. >> those are the words of a proud and grateful mom because of what the 7-year-old boy did when a fire broke out in his family's home. >>> good friday morning. we're going to see changes as we go into the weekend. more cloud cover we have it around right now mostly thin clouds. we go into the weekend you'll notice the clouds, you'll notice winds increasing. it will be breezy and pretty cool. right now we're at 65 in philadelphia, 61 northeast philly, 62 in trenton. chester springs in the low 50s. you might need a lift jacket, 56 in allen

delaware, smyrna, 65. dover, 67. hockessin 63.atellite and radar, showing the area of low pressure we're watching between richmond arena washington, d.c. closeup view shows the drenching showers and thunderstorms that are starting to develop along the front range of that. again, that will push through over the next several hours. most of the morning will stay dry. it's probably the middle of the afternoon we pick up the rain drops and thunderstorms toward evening. the day planner, keeping it dry for the morning, 72 degrees, we'll quickly cloudy over by lunchtime. 80. showers and thunderstorms more widespread 76 forecasting a high of 80 degrees. overall looks like a gray weekend, a rare gray weekend for the delaware valley. showers and storms possible. still have the shower threat tomorrow and cooler conditions in the seven-day forecast, i'll have the details when i see you again in just a bit. eva? >> thanks, chris. >>> we have new information on a tractor-trailer crash that caused problems in camden county all morning. the big ri

lewis, delaware, 77, let's check out the delaware bay. air temperature, 66.h northeast 16 miles per hour. not as rough as yesterday. we'll see good breakers but they should not pose as much of a risk as yesterday afternoon. we had a high risk yesterday, we've lowered it. it's moderate. allentown, 56. poconos 54. trenton, 59. millville, 58. wilmington, 58 degrees, dewpoints nice and low, we're in the 50s once again this afternoon. no issues with the humidity until we get into tuesday. monday looks nice, as well. once we get into tuesday and wednesday, the high starts to push off the coast and the winds shift out of the south and eventually southwest, all the humidity down there across the carolinas and the virginias comes pouring into the area again. it turns increasingly uncomfortable over the next two days. it's holiday perfect with the high pressure planted over the atlantic. it dries things out and warms thing you mean, and it lowers the risk of cloud cover, the air sinks. if you don't have clouds you won't get any rain, we'll see blue skies for the next t

delaware valley's leading news program.ith matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 6:00 a.m. hear on this wednesday september 23rd. here's what's happening. >> pope francis wakes up in the united states. our team coverage begins with a live report from washington. karen. >> parkway already shut down. kelly drive is closed. >>> and we've got an accident in the area involving an overturned vehicle. i'll have the traffic details coming up, dave. >> karen, on the terrace we're off to a comfortable start for the first day of autumn but it's of course going to feel like summer later this afternoon. that story and your papal weekend call coming up from accuweather. matt, tam. >> okay, thank you, david. >>> just three days until pope francis gets here. today he's at the white house with president obama. >> let's go he to abc's bazi kanani who is live in washington with more on what's going on with the pope today. bazi. >> reporter: good morning. a jubilant reception f

in the delaware bay, approaching cape may county, very slowly.nderstorm moving from burlington county to ocean county, this one's leaving burlington county. this is some heavy rain, as we go into tomorrow, you can expect heavy rain possible, local flooding and thunderstorms in the forecast for parts of the area too. coming up, i'll show you the timing of all of this and what it means for your thursday morning and evening commute straight ahead

so for new jersey, delaware, best chance of rain tomorrow. for friday, rain chances keep imcrea imcreasing, locally heavy rain. talking about those rain totals starting to rack up, anywhere 2 to 4 inches through saturday morning. winds could be gusting as high as 35 miles per hour some spots inland. street and creek flooding possible. now the shore, rain totals 3 to 5 inches, winds gusting closer to 50 miles per hour. some of that higher win can make its way inland. storm surge with heights about 3 feet possible with high tide going into friday. also a high tide early thursday, too. take a look at rainfall totals on the forecast model here. this is showing the heaviest to be in parts of south jersey along the shore, delaware with the heaviest staying farther south around washington. inland through the philadelphia area we could see 1 to 2 inches possibly. now talking about hurricane joaquin. what i just showed you is ahead of what the hurricane impact would be. hurricane joaquin still around the bahamas. max winds around 85 miles an hour, cat

a lot of 70 in south jersey and delaware this morning.f you're running errands there's no best time of day to do it. because we're looking at on and off rain all the way today. 77 by 9:00 a.m. 80 by noon. the high today 82 degrees that will early around 1:30 or 2:00 p.m. the rain will taper off later this evening, matt and tam. >> the senate has started a debate on the iran nuclear deal. respects claim it is flawed while democrats claim there's no alternative. this may be for show, even if congress passes a dpoorvel resolution -- disapproval, president obama has enough votes to hold a veto on the measure. >>> a man heard a noise in his apartment he as he was moving back to brown on saturday. he shoved the suspect against a wall and dragged the man into the bedroom that had bars on the window so the suspect was unable to escape before police could arrive. >> a criminal investigation is underway after several homes were hit by stray bullets in the lehigh valley neighborhood. people say it's been happening for months and the bullets are comi

. >> reporter: she lives in philly but works in delaware county. she's not looking forward to the crowds. >> people who don't know how to ride the train, it's going to be crowded. >> reporter: they pushed the number of stops to nine, all within a two-mile walk from the parkway where the pope will hold a papal mass. >> it's about a two-mile walk to the ben franklin parkway, that's if you're interested in walking for the people who work right here, the employees say it's an inconvenience. ariel works downtown and likes the extra stops. still -- >> i'm not coming downtown at all when the pope is here. i don't want to be part of the chaos. made in america was already crazy. >> does it make it easier on your trip? >> it's not going to make it easier at all. how? >> reporter: he understands it won't make it easier for him to see the pope, but he understands they need to have extra caution. >> they need the area shut down a little bit. >> security. >> security, exactly. >> they added another stop at 44th street, and there will likely be more changes leadi

they stopped by the fire company in delaware to show off 5-day-old elijah.elivered outside of the firehouse because she could not get to the hospital in time. >> you come back to the fire station and i called 911. >> this was baby number three and i knew i had to push. >> made the u-turn in time. >> christopher shad and his partner delivered little elijah, and it was a delightful experience and it all ended well. >> nice to see baby and mom and dad and everybody is here and safe and healthy. >> the smiths had quite the experiences with deliveries, their daughter was born in a hospital without power because of hurricane irene. >>> coming up another facebook hoax, this one targets people and their privacy. we have details next. and mount everest could be off limits to climbers and the new restrictions that the government of nepal is now weighing, adam joseph has the accuweather forecast as "action news" continues on this dreary tuesday afternoon. i'm sigourney weaver, and new york is my home. there's no place like it in the world... like our state parks. the a

looking outside in delaware county. you can see the construction still set up, i-95 northbound traffic at the blue route as you head toward the airport you have construction blocking the right lane. also blocking the off ramp you can see it's blocked toward plymouth meeting. it will be clear in 30 minutes. i-95 approaching cot mannor we have the right lane -- cottman we have the right lane closing the off ramp i-95 northbound approaching cottman. flashing lights millbrook road construction blocking the right lane and ramp to the eastbound lanes on woodhaven road. lots of crews causing lots of problems, they are trying to get that out of here by 5:00 a.m. looking at the ramp i-95 westbound to the schuylkill expressway eastbound, things are looking better there, matt and tam. >> we are nine days away from the arrival of pope francis in philadelphia. the city is preparing for the papal visit in many ways and one of them is to accommodate the homeless. the poor and disposed are close to -- dispossessed are close to pope fra

mainly across interior sections of south jersey and delaware.tivity north and west. although the model is not showing it right now. if you're out across the pottstown reading or allentown areas you'll see wet weather there, as well. the day as a whole is not completely lost. if you bring along the umbrella you'll see rain drops falling. allen to un, showers, 78 degrees. the jersey shore you'll see scattered showers developing. sun and clouds to start. all cloudy by afternoon. 80 degrees is the forecasted high on the sand. philadelphia, 80 degrees, cloudy and humid, afternoon thunderstorms developing. winds out of south at 5 to 15 miles per hour. morning hours dry, lunchtime we're dry, 2:00 p.m. from from that point on we'll see shower activity. 78 degrees by #-- 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. temperatures in the mid 7 owes. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, showers on sunday, clouds limited sunshine. mainly cloudy conditions, breezy and pleasant monday, 76. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, looks really nice, warmer, temperatures in the mid 80s. th

so overnight tonight we expect new jersey and delaware to get some rain, showers, maybe a thunderstorm in the philadelphia area north and west, that's the greatest chance of the flooding rain. and the same thing for the morning rush. if there's going to be flooding, likely north and west. in the philadelphia area, some rain or showers and new jersey and delaware with some showers, as well. this has nothing to do with the tropical storm that also may play a role in our weather. more on that with the seven day in a few minutes. >> all right, glenn. as our rain moves through, be sure to keep the weather team at your fingertips with the nbc 10 mobile app. you can get interactive radar and keep track of when the rain will pass your area, also share photos to show what you're seeing. >>> pennsylvania governor tom wolf has vetoed a republican-crafted short-term spending measure that would have brought the state's budget battle to a temporary end. the commonwealth has been without a plan to pay for government operations since july 1st. the stalemate has dragged on for more than 90 days and sch

morning, it is 4:00 this morning on the fox 29 morning news, an ugly discovery on the university of delaware, nooses found outside a campus building. >>> plus the word meeting of family is underway, now three days from the pope's visit to philadelphia. soap, we will show you how police are pulling out all of the stops to protect the pontiff. why some native american groups are furious over who has been selected to become a saint. >> how they plan to make their voices heard in washington, d.c. today. good day everyone, it is wednesday, september 23rd, 2015. thanks so much for waking up with us. sue serio, good morning, nice morning out there. >> it is, and we're moment away from what you ask? the change of season. yes, the autumn equinox just few minutes from now. well, 21 minute to be exact. because the change of season happened, look, it is hanging down here like crazy. all right, and i've got some important information to impart, too. here we go. all right, oh, thanks. well, now i fix myself. anyway, september 23rd, that's today. 4:21 a.m. well, that's 20 minute from now. that's when fall

delaware valley's leading news program.ith matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> we're following a developing story on this wednesday, september 2nd. >> a driver hit and killed a man on a new castle county roadway. >> police arrest a man for touching a young girl who was standing in line for a ride at a new jersey amusement park. >> teachers will be working for free when school starts today for a cash strapped district in delaware county. >> good morning everyone, it is 4:30 on this wednesday. let's turn to meteorologist karen rogers in for david and matt pelman for traffic. good morning. >> good morning. the heat, the humidity, it all continues today and tomorrow, too. so, not talking boy an end to that just yet but take a look right now. we do have some patchy fog that's causing issues and reduced visibility right now. .3 of a mile, that's pretty low here in millville and in atlantic city airport, wildwood near zero. that's the visibility in beach haven so particularly dense

delaware and not out of the woods either.eavy rain falling in parts of northern delaware right around newark with the oranges, reds, dark reds there and showing heavy rain there, as well. clouds in philadelphia, showers, as well. we're looking at rain cooled air to the north and west. 62 in mt. pocono and 71 in millville. so it's damp and cool across the area and the threat for showers continuing around 8:00. if you have saturday night plans, grab the umbrella and put the hoods up because we're going to see that rain falling. by 11:00, still some isolated showers and plenty of clouds out there and still damp and lesser threat for showers at that point. waking up to mostly cloudy skies on sunday morning. and then we do have an isolated chance for showers later on in the afternoon on sunday right around 4:00, 5:00, 6:00. tonight, cloudy and showers and storms and 64 in philadelphia and 60 north and west. tomorrow 74 to 77 and below normal for this time of year. typically we come in right around 80. mostly cloudy skies and a cha

pick up the phone, call delaware tip line. that number 800 tips-3333. we are live in new castle county delaware, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 eyewitness news. >>> there is renewed concern about potential danger of high school football following the death of the star quarter pack in northern new jersey. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here to explain just what happened here, stephanie. >> reporter: lots of people asking questions about this. high school football we usually worry about things like concussions or spinal injuries but this death raises concerns, about another danger, that many people just don't know about. seventeen year-old quarterback evan mur friday warren county, new jersey walk off the field after two body blows during a weekend game, and then collapsed on the side line and then died later at a hospital. >> no one is accepting it. >> it is very difficult to watch. my children to have deal with it. >> reporter: autopsy showed honor student died from the lacerated spleen, and massive internal injuries. it also

it's not an issue for most of south jersey and delaware. might see isolated spots of fog this morning. they won't last. as the temperatures climb, the fog disappears. the clouds to the north and northwest. ahead of it, that southwesterly flow continues. that's the warm, mauggy air tha will make for a hot and humid day today. scattered afternoon showers, possibly thunderstorms for new hope, abington, norristown. it will get warm innive al ivea. into the low 90s for newark and wilmington, philadelphia, 93 degrees. that's within 1 degree of the record for this day. by the time we get to the weekend, though, things are cooler, much more comfortable saturday with less humid conditions, even cooler on sunday with a chance of some showers. full seven-day forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. >>> i say we might as well set a record if we're going to be that hot. what's 1 degree, right? >> let's go for it. >> let's put one in the books. >> now let's check traffic. how about we do that? jr)j watching 422. jessica? >> it's let's not get any hotter in

. ♪ >>> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program with jim gardner. >>> he made his way through streets of washington like a rock star. large crowds shouted his name as he drove by, and he seemed to make eye contact with every believer who came to see him. and then it was a dramatic entrance at the basilica of the national shrine with men and women religious reaching out to touch him. pope francis has arrived. and the big story is pope francis in america. the three-city journey that will bring him to philadelphia has begun. the pope's day began at the white house thanking president barack obama for welcoming him to america. in philadelphia, pilgrims here for the world meeting of families came to the parkway to see the alter and also the rocky steps. >>> and a parish in manayunk opens its doors and heart to a parish visiting from ohio. >>> and back to washington, rick williams and monica malpass report from the nation's capital. >> it was a historic day in the nation's capital and at the about a -- basilica. >> delivering the mass in his native tongue, spanish. and his warmth and

just yesterday pennsylvania democrat bob casey and delaware democrat chris coons joined delaware senator tom carper in support of the deal. but pennsylvania republican pat toomey and new jersey democrat bob menendez are opposed. new jersey democrat cory booker is the only local senator who has not yet revealed his position. but experts say it feels as though momentum is moving in the president's direction and against efforts to undo the deal. >> happening this morning, a distressed school district in delaware county goes back in session but the financial burdens are so bad teachers have agreed to work without pay. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live outside chester high school. katherine. >> reporter: matt, teachers, parents, community leaders they're going to be here to welcome students back to class here at the high school and at schools across the district. but also to show their support for the employees who will continue to work even though they don't know when they're going to get paid next. last week teachers and support staff voted unanimously to keep working even thou

thunderstorms moving through delaware county and heavy downpours in camden as well. the showers and thunderstorms will be scattered this morning and around philadelphia this hour we are about to see some rain move across the scene here. a chance of showers through today. holding steady as chris mentioned 78 at 6:00 and 81 at noon. scattered showers this morning, and heavier downpours expected this afternoon. your neighborhood-by-neighborhood forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. now jessica boyington has a look at the traffic. >> right around the eastbound side at 24th street you can see we do have some -- actually not even a lane restriction. the exit ramp. so watch out for that as you're heading eastbound toward 95. a three-minute drive time from 95 to the schuylkill expressway or 30th street station, no problems. as far as the rest of the majors, no delays. no problems heading into the center city area. the blue route is doing just fine. as for mass transit, we are doing okay. new jersey transit and patco and septa running on time without any delays. next ten min

jesse gary is live in delaware county. and jesse, tell us what happened after the accident. >> reporter: after the accident, onlookers rushed to the aid of this injured officer trying to help him as he was lying on the pavement. medics came and rushed him over to the medical center where he was held overnight for evaluation. let's take a look at our video. yesterday's accident -- the 12-year veteran was riding his police motorcycle near 4th and ward streets around 3:15. he was headed back to headquarters on east 7th when he was hit head on by the suspected hit and run driver. a woman was driving to pick up her daughter from school when the accident happened. someone running down a cop and racing off, that's a first. >> all the shooting and hitting and fighting. but the first time i seen someone hit an officer and left. that's the first time i see that. >> reporter: delaware county and philadelphia police searching for the suspected hit and run driver. the vehicle that he is driving is said to be a red 1990s or 2000 pontiac

only 39% of delaware students were rated proficient in math.espite the numbers, the results exceeded expectations but parents say they wish the results came in sooner. >> why is it taking so long to get the results? if my daughter has a problem or needs help, it's now six months and now she's in the seventh grade and now what? >> officials will not link the test with teacher evaluations for the first couple of years. >>> this was a back-to-school welcome to remember. students at christo ray philadelphia high school were cheered as they arrived. it funds the cost of their education. 90 businesses and organization partner with the school to give students the work experience. >>> a new survey shows philadelphia is one of the friendliest cities when it comes to tourists. a private jet company is behind the study. they rank chicago as the most tourist friendly city. then followed by atlanta and then philadelphia in third. miami and portland, oregon, round out the top five. findings come from positive and negative feelings in tweets featuring the wor

>> reporter: let's get you outside in the delaware valley. the center city skyline from our temple university camera. everything looks quiet right now, but as we flipped it to double scan live you can see green showing up. heavy thunderstorms from baltimore south and washington, d.c. and richmond. all that activity of is pushing northeastward it will head head into our neck of the woods in the next few hours. numbers wise we're doing okay, this feels good, but the humidity has gone up. allentown, 67. poconos 65. millville, 72. cape may, 75. clouds are on the increase. we actually started out with a little bit of sunshine first thing this morning now the clouds are beginning to lower and thicken underneath the clouds we're seeing a heavy batch of showers and thunderstorms from washington, d.c. to richmond. we're not seeing anything severe but this is on the stronger side gusts up to 40 miles per hour. a ton of lightning strikes with one cluster alone. i'll step out real quick. you see this circle right here. if we see severe weather that's the

a stuck tractor-trailer caused traffic trouble this morning in delaware. they tried to get under a not so tall bridge in newark. he usually drives a flatbed truck, and by the time he saw the sign saying the bridge was only 12 feet, it was too late. >>> you want to stay off the roads, ride the rails, patco for that matter, schedule changes go into effect this saturday. patco will begin the final stages of its $103 million track rehabilitation project this weekend. patco will return to a full normal schedule between monday and thursday mornings, but track work will require a revised thursday midday to friday, to another national honor for the philadelphia region, you're looking live at a couple seconds there. at a stretch of the schuylkill river trail in philadelphia. it was chosen by readers of usa today and 10 best as best urban trail in the country. representatives from each of the five counties covered by the trail unfurl the flag to mark the reward. the schuylkill river trail currently has 300 miles of completed walking and biking trails through the gre

reporters located across the region, bringing you this history making event and its impant on the delaware valley. >>> one school continues to celebrate the pope's visit by including him in their every day studies. katherine scott has their story. >> you can hear the excitement in their voices and see it on their faces. >> pope francis is coming here. >> the pope is coming. >> soon saint hillary wants to make sure the pope and thousands of pilgrims feel welcome as the world meetings of families get underway, out of all the places in the world they picked philadelphia and that is my home town. >> it's an honor to have the pope coming to our city. >> coming together and just celebrating, there are posters in hallways but the subject matter in classrooms and craft projects like this pope puppet. and a video made by students last year will be played at the concert, after snagging first place in a concert. >> the devotion of mary undoer of knots, inspires parishioners, they made their own knots with their struggles and prayers with the hope that the pope will help undue them. >> even teachers h

let's take you outside, actually nice in delaware right now.not bad beach day on this late september day. temperatures, 73 degrees, rehoboth beach. in the sunshine, right now, wind calm, 11 miles per hour, enjoy the break, wet weather will return, so here's the set up. for today again warm day, humid, watch out for scattered showers through the afternoon, steadier rain arrives later tonight, then wednesday we have the rain likely potentially heavy wednesday morning, should catch break by wednesday afternoon. thursday, friday, again, keep showers in our forecast, then we watch the weekend possibly more of steadier rain with windy conditions, as well, as we're also watching a tropical system. we will talk about that in just a bit. bit of break, couple of breaks in the clouds, few spotty showers, trying to break out now in south new jersey, moving northward, so again eventually we start to see some of the steadier rain just to the south and west, move into the delaware valley later tonight. but look at the numbers, though, it is warm, low 80s phil

in the delaware bay, approaching cape may county, very slowly. one thunderstorm moving from burlington county to ocean county, this one's leaving burlington county. this is some heavy rain, as we go into tomorrow, you can expect heavy rain possible, local flooding and thunderstorms in the forecast for parts of the area too. coming up, i'll show you the timing of all of this and what it means for your thursday morning and evening commute straight ahead the last hour, ten,000 new tickets vanished for another papal event. they were gone just seven minutes. we've been checking websites like e bay and craigslist. some of those tickets are up for sale for up to $250. the ticket sellers aren't the only ones trying to cash in for the pope's visit. >> you'll spot all kinds of merchandise everywhere dedicated to pope francis. the world meeting of families joined that trend. >> george, with all the tourists that are coming in here, there's a big market for local entrepreneurs. >> a million plus pilgrims here on the parkway presents a big opportunity. an opp

we'll name schools from delaware coming up right now for you. how's that for immediacy? three delaware schools recognized by the obama administration, cape henlopen in suss sussex, lake forest east. >>> smash and grab. a group of thieves is getting more brazen as they break into south jersey coffee shops. >> how police are using surveillance video and a key piece of evidence they left behind to crack the case. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >> right now at 5:00, waiting for the rain to arrive. we've seen a few showers this afternoon, but much heavier rain is headed our way. >> nbc 10 chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is constantly checking the radar for updates and joins us with the latest on this. glenn, what should we expect tonight? >> well, the rain is going to be increasing and the heaviest is likely to be north and west of the philadelphia area itself, although much of the region is going to get significant rain. it looks pretty threatening right now. we had some showers earlier, they moved to the north quickly through the lehigh valley and into the poconos

so anyone coming from say delaware county, passing the stadium area, you're not able to exit at least right now. firefighters blocking the ramp there to the walt whitman bridge and the ben franklin. you have to go up to the next exit which would be washington avenue, and flip that u-turn or come back delaware avenue. again, we will rollback, take a look here, bumper to bumper to bumper pretty much from again broad street the stadium area all the way up to the scene as we go to the maps, again, if you are headed out the front door, there is another look from one of the penndot cameras here, but again, you're not able to get from 95 north to the walt

>>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, in the news a possible highway sniper may have struck again, police are investigating a few more possible shootings on a freeway in arizona. >> and donald trump gaining a bigger lead in the race for the white house. >> and the heavier rain moving through the east at this hour. >> and the gloomy view at this hour, we can't seen see the skyline through the foggy conditions. david murphy has the latest from accuweather. >> as we look outside we can see the cloudy conditions there right now, we'll get back to david in just a second. >> right now we want to go to breaking news at this hour. are we going? lets do it a man that kidnapped a woman from the streets in german town has changed his plea to guilty. delton barnes was seen here scratching her on the street and drove to maryland and brought her back to philadelphia. barnes originally pled not guilty but has changed his plea to guilty. >> as promi