a creature you don't see often in fairmount park.he scare involving a bear next. >>> shocking video out of north carolina. police officers with their guns pointed at a schoolbus this morning. that's because they say the driver stole it and led police on a chase through several counties. eventually police used stop sticks to blow out the tires. the driver told officers, get this, he was -- he wanted his last hoorah. no one was hurt. >>> every so often we get bare sightings in the area, but usually it's in the suburbs. >> yeah, this one turned out to be in my neighborhood. getting quite comfortable in philadelphia's largest park. let's get straight out to joanne pileggi live in fairmount park tonight where apparently there is a bear on the loose in the chestnut hill area. joanne. >> reporter: apparently so, dawn, and chris. we've been out here since late afternoon and there has been no additional sighting or spotting of that bear. but of course there are more than 9,000 acres here in fairmount park of wooded area and park area. so the

for now we're live in fairmount park, i'm joanne pileggi, fox 29.ack to you, chris. >> thanks, joanne. >>> popular southwest philadelphia playground has a dangerous piece of equipment according to some neighbors. sherwood park at 57th and baltimore has this slide which neighbors say is coming apart at the seams. you can actually see jagged metal a local daycare worker contacted fox 29 to get results our bruce gordon took pictures, call the parks and rec department about 90 minutes later it was taped off. but the concerned citizens why didn't this happen sooner. >> i'm glad about them, i'm happy. i don't want nobody's child to get hurt but my problem is, why did it take for me to have to call you for them to come out when i called them several times? >> the commissioner of parks and recs acknowledge inequality in the city's playgrounds. she says the controversial soda tax proposal could bring millions of up keep and repairs in playgrounds. >>> well, the regulars at a texas restaurant bring one of its popular waiters nearly to tears. >> they all pulle

. >>> and superheroes came out to play in fairmount park today.iving visitors to a local museum an extra treat. >>> and still tracking the rain across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys. and the moisture will start to taper in the overnight hours,

live in fairmount park, i'm sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news. get in there kassim, get in there. >> i hear the music, got the food doing it right. >> there might be the place to go to. >> that's where we should head when the show is over. >> time for a check of our "action news" traffic report and as we have been mentioning the exodus home from the shore well under way tonight. >> matt pelman standing by in the "action news" traffic center to give us the update. hey, matt. >> i have a feeling there these people had a if weekend but they're probably not having the greatest time right now. it is wet down here in cape may county, it is a very slow crawl as well on the northbound side of the garden state parkway, rick and sharrie, we're barely moving here in the northbound lanes where the great egg tolls sit on the southbound side of the fence. and this sort of pace extends the whole way from sea isle through this point up to the a.c. expressway this afternoon. we've been looking at delays like this since 10:00 this morning and they continue in full

"action news" reporter trish hartman is live in fairmount park and jeff chirico is live in ocean city but we will begin with meteorologist melissa magee enjoying a sunny evening with the first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa. >> reporter: walter, it feels nice for the start of our holiday weekend, we have plenty of sunshine and enough sun to get our numbers above average today. in fact making this an official heat wave here in philadelphia first heat wave of the year, and it started out on thursday with the high of 90, yesterday we have maxed out at 90 and today we have climbed up to 90 degrees, normal for this time of the year is 77. we have an official heat wave, on our hand. right the now it is southerly wind down to 88 in the city. eighty-nine in allentown. same thing in reading, 85 in western lancaster. at the companies in cape may afternoon sea breeze kick nothing at beach haven and along cape may point. the dew point is moisture in the atmosphere. stepping outside you notice how it feels. we have dew points ranging from 65 to 70 degrees. you can feel, increase in th

. >>> and superheroes came out to play in fairmount park today.ing visitors to a local museum an extra treat. >>> and still tracking the rain across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys. and the moisture will start to taper in the overnight hours, but still unsettled for sunday. details coming up with the accuweather forecast. >>> today the final day of the regatta on the schuylkill river. despite the overcast conditions, competitors fought hard through the cool, cloudy conditions. nearly 200 schools took part in this two-day event. >>> and time for a check of the accuweather forecast with melissa magee waiting for the sunny skies to return later in the week. >> yeah, later in the week. >> we will wait. >> that's a good idea, you have to wait. and the rain outside, walter, we will show you what is going on. stormtracker radar 3d. we have this rain across the region. it kind of picked up a little later than anticipated, but it is certainly steady and moderate in some locations. we will go in a little tighter on street-level with stormtracker 6.

sara bloomquist has the story. >> reporter: this is the scene at fairmount park. matt o'donnell caught this video of a nissan dangling off the road nose down. we didn't know what happened to the driver until today. >> you see that scene we just reacted. we rushed out and here we are. >> today ray foreman and the rest of his team at ready willing and able received a commendation from darryl clark for rescuing the woman behind the wheel. ready willing and able give homeless and incarcerated men a chance to rebuild their life with training and housing and education. they were headed to a job site when they saw the crash. >> the big guy shot out he was ready to go. >> he grabbed the female driver's hans while she was hanging upside down. >> i said i got you. >> she fell right into my arms. he passed her to his buddies and they got her to safety. >> i didn't even hear it from the guys, i heard it from the witnesses first. >> they downplayed it? >> they absolutely downplayed. >> they got the recognition they deserved with the commendation and from the woman they rescued

chopper three over fairmount park as police search for the bear.fficials are asking people in the park with dogs to keep their animals on leash. >> um-hmm. >>> the largest collegiate rogue competition in the united states is going on right now on the schuylkill river. walt hunter is live along kelly drive where hundreds of athletes are going with the flow. wall, are you having fun? >> reporter: hey, row, row, row your boat it's the dad vail, it's philadelphia the 78th dad vail. hundreds of schools, thousands athletes take look here. it is a busy scene along the kelly drive along the schuylkill river right now. early this morning they were out on the river take look at video we shot just a little bit earlier. they were out rowing. they were out racing. it's nice weather so far. and of course, in addition to the rowing the racing and the cheering there's also a lot of eating going on and socializing as families and crews from all over the country gather here for what is really the largest collegiate regatta in the entire country. and as much fun as t

this is photographer amy, she usually is down the shore but in fairmount today. if you find a spot in the shade today and shade your eyes, you can groom yourself like this cat, they like to do that. a perfect day for grooming. cool shot thank you amy. 83 is the current temperature, it's getting warm out there and winds 8 miles per hour. and as we take a look at the temperatures across the region, everybody is looking warm at this point. 82 in allentown and 82 in philadelphia, and 84 in wilmington and 84 in millville, and down the shore spots are managing to get into the upper 70s for the first time in quite a while. and accuweather is showing you the lack of cloud cover, we had some high thin cloud cover streaking through in the southwestern portion of the region. it's falling apart as it moves east and we have dry air in place and high pressure keeping us warm. 87 is the high in the lehigh valley. and lots of sun and warm there. down the shore a lot of spots getting into the upper 70s. we'll go 77 in some of the communities and others are going warmer than that.

but an accident right now, in fairmount park.long belmont avenue between monument road and conshohocken road. so just stick with city avenue construction 309 at paper mill road, buses, trains, trolleys, all running with no delays. chris, lauren, back to you. >> thank you, to the breaking news, right now, police searching for the person who shot and killed a man in germantown overnight. >> police say they may have captured the killer because they made it there so quickly, steve keeley live at the intersection where this all happened. hi, steve? >> yes, 2 killers, two guys, two guns, and the gunman himself or the victim himself, also with a gun, and they can't find that gun. so they think somebody pick that up and took off. he dropped essentially dead here after being shot so much. pronounced dead 2 38 a.m. most of the scene wrapped up by police except a cross chelten avenue, one parking lot where the shooting happened, more shooting happened in that parking lot across chelten avenue. you can tell, that that's a big street, there b

big finale will be on friday, july 22, at the del music center in fairmount park. come see us, and sign up to win that brand new mazda cx9. turn to this now at 4 49. pennsylvania liquor control board granted 9 more licenses to businesses that sell gasoline. but none of those stores is in our area. >> the licenses are the latest step in loosening the hold on beer sales, by bars and beer distribute doors, liquor control board vote the first since february, that's when the state supreme court said it would, whether can sell gasoline without violating state law. >> okay, let's talk iron health. newspaper study suggesting a low salt diet could actually increase the risk every health issues, researchers will four different stories that looked at people salt intake. found people who ate 7 grams of salt per day did not increase their lisk for disease or death. but those who ate less than 3 grams had a 26% increase in their risk of death or heart disease. >> really? >> current guidelines recommend maximum of a teaspoon of salt per day. >> i have to research this. what's 3 g

that crash, sun glare coming around the sun and your conshy curve this morning, one accident in fairmountk, along belmont avenue. so stick with city avenue for right now work your way up to the schuylkill expressway. for the gang coming up from wilmington, delaware, northbound lanes of 95, an accident approaching 273. that one involves an overturned box truck, but mass transit, looking good. mike and alex back over to you. >> thank, 6 32 now. >> violent night in germantown leaves one man dead. >> yes, police hoping that nearby cameras will help them finds this killer, steve's on the story, in germantown, steve? >> mike, daily view remembers so sick and tired of seeing us do stories like this. you say somebody's dead, more surveillance cameras, sadly, that is the news in this day and age, a lot of places, including philadelphia. so, 25 year old man killed here in this parking lot of this now closed pathmark, and exchange of words once the bar across the street closed, before an exchange of gunfire. look at our video, among 3 guys with three guns, the man pronounced dead at einstein at 2 38

several weeks in case you want to put it on your calendar, big finale, at the del music center in fairmount park. come on out. come see us. and sign up to win! >> you're head the to the del a little later this summer, are you not if. >> i want to go, because, sue, one of the favorite groups is there. franky beverly may. >> oh, yes. >> ♪ before i let go ♪ >> better get ticket early, that always goes well at the del. >> adele, probably little too big for the del at this . in her career, but you never know. so, you know what i want to mention, because tonight is the debut of kathy orr down the shore. so, she's going to do that every thursday she will be in wildwood, get you more detail on exactly where, and that's for the evening broadcast, so we've got you covered. but here is the thing about the "shorecast" for the weekend the make sure you remember, that we have a sea breeze to factor in, so only expecting high temperatures in the 70s, along the shore line, while we're in the upper 80s, inland, and current temperatures, down the shore, are in the 60s right now. so, we're not seeing that sea

fairmount, 80. closing in on the 80 degree mark.ee your seven day on the bottom of the screen. glassboro, 78 degrees. at the jersey shore we're not likely to get to 80 degrees but we may get to the 70s. it's been in the 50s over the last several days. dover, 78 degrees tomorrow. may actually get a day without seeing any kind of showers around here. we're going to be seeing temperatures not only near 70 but, like i said, near 80 degrees later on during the day tomorrow. we have sunshine out there and the sun is going to be in and out during the afternoon down to the south more sunshine up to the north and that will be the case today. you can see just a couple little showers left over in parts of delaware but it's very, very light at the moment. you see thunderstorms off shore so the atmosphere is primed to get some showers and storms and let's take a look at what the future cast is saying. 3:00 this afternoon you can see the potential area of showers and heavy thunderstorms across much of the philadelphia area. so not everybody is go

. >> and fairmount park? >> well, we will be in front of the del music theater with our 8 mazda suv's, sue. >> oh, that's going to be pretty cool. i love the del in the summertime. summer concert series. >> so july 22 when we actually give away the mazda. >> we have a date. >> oh, okay. well, counting down, right? >> what's that? >> you agree this is? a possible tropical disturbance. >> you got a name? >> if it gets a name it will be bonnie. why? >> why? >> because we had alex, a hurricane, in january. do you remember that? >> i do remember that. >> the islands, yes, so this, the reason we're watching this, because it could affect the ends of our holiday weekends if this forms into something. so we mentioned it yesterday. telling you again today. still looking like something might happen there. meanwhile, heat index starting today and specially tomorrow will be in the 90s, so if your actual temperature doesn't make it to 09 degrees, today, tomorrow, it certainly will feel like it, because we will get the sout

at smith memorial playground in east fairmount park. more information or to purchase tickets, head to our website at nbc10.com or check out the nbc10 app. thank you. >> thank you. >> appreciate it so much. a great place you're representing. >> well, here we go again. cloudy, cloudy, cloudy. cloudy. cloudy, keeping the temperatures down below average. and the clouds are here, and some places are cooler than others because the clouds have been thicker, and earlier, you could see low 60s up in northern delaware, newark at 61 degrees. you go farther to the south, middletown is 60 degrees. georgetown is 63. but we've had some places in the 50s, as you can see, just a little bit of a southeast wind, dewey beach, rehoboth beach, bethany beach at 57 degrees. here comes some showers. these are very light. a little heavier back toward washington. and some of this will be moving in our direction later on this afternoon. best chance of any significant rain is in delaware, and extreme south jersey, as we go through the late afternoon, most of the ar

in fairmount park, joanne pileggi, fox 29 news. >>> the press secretary for kathleen kane is steppings boss. chuck ardo was kane's eighth spokesperson since she took nervous 2013. he says he's leaving after handling what he called unfolding series of crisis that were never ending. he saw kane get slapped with criminal charges her law license suspended by the state supreme court and her battle to fend off an tempt by the senate to get her thrown out of office. >>> donald trump praising san diego's law enforcement after protests got out of hand. police arrested at least 35 people after trauma many rally yesterday at the san diego convention center. fox's rich edison has an update. >> reporter: hundreds of protesters met donald trump in san diego. the city near the busiest mexico border crossing in the united states. frump launched his successful campaign to seize the republican nomination promising to build a wall on the mexican border and force mexico to pay for it. he also wants to deport millions living in the u.s. illegally. the san diego police department says it arrested nearly th

today and for now people are getting outside to enjoy the early taste of summer including here at fairmount park. lets get the latest for karen rogers in for david murphy this noon. >> it's feeling quite warm and we are turning up the heat from here. wait until you see the forecast for the next few days. look at these temperatures throughout the neighborhood here 83 degrees in quakertown and pottstown, we are at 86 in saint davids and chester. 86 in levittown and right now lets check the suburbs in new jersey and 87 in browns mills and 88 in vineland. 83 in wood vine in the boardwalk in a.c. 78 degrees. and 91 in smyrna, delaware, 85 in delaware. right now temperatures well above average, normally a high of 77 degrees. we are going above that today. satellite 6 along with action radar showing that we startd this morning with a lot of high, thin clouds and they really broke up. a lot of showers in central pa tries to make their way into our area and fell apart as they did. most of us stay dry and only a slight chance of a shower in the northwest suburbs. showers are well off to the west in t

sixteenth and fairmount last week, joe claims he became a victim of predatory towing.d to cbs-3. >> he threatened to tow my car. i jump inside and said you have to release my car. you cannot just take my car. >> reporter: joe and list of othepl

we're live from fairmount i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> just beautiful. thank you. >>> a federal grand jury has indicted a police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. you may recall michael slager grew up in medford, new jersey. he shot walter scott during a traffic stop in north charleston last april and the incident was caught on cell phone video. the it shows scott running away before he fired his weapon eight times. federal charges against him includes depriving scott of his civil rights, his mother, wants justice. >> they tried to cover it up, again, but it is time that the cover was pulled and i thank god that my son was the one that was used to pull the cover. >> slager was locally charged with murder and fired from the north charleston police force last year. community was upset when he was allowed to post bail and be placed on house arrest. >>> the family of amy joyner francis, wilmington student who died in an alleged bathroom attack at school is asking for all of the fighting on social media to stop. >> those who were on socia

our natasha a brownies in fairmount park with the latest on the search, natasha a. >> reporter: well, we can tell you that the hunt for this black bear does continue at this hour. this all started at 11:30 when bear was spotted here in the wissohickon creek just past where the fisherman is right the now around the corner here according to witnesses this was a rare sight as you can imagine captured on cell phone video. take a look at what one witness saw earlier. witnesses say they saw the bear in the creek near forbidden drive and valley green road in upper roxborough. they said the bear appeared to be swimming and fishing for food, in the creek before finally, disappearing, off, into the woods on the other side of the creek, and, in upper dublin last night and that is when authority were first alerted to the fact there was a bear out here, and pennsylvania gaming commission wild life conservation officer are looking for the bear hoping to tranquilize it at this point before it reaches, areas, very populated nearby. >> well, maybe down and for the regatta this weekend but basically th

. >> our big finally is on friday july 22nd at dell music center in fairmount park. come out and see us, if and when you can and sign up to win that brand new car. >> sue, will you be there on friday, in west philadelphia. >> it is bob kelly's turn if you have not figure it out, bob kelly goes i hold down the fort. vice versa when i'm out so you will get a chance. i'm wondering how many times during the program will we hear the words, in west philadelphia, born and raised. >> yeah. >> but we can just say we're in... i'll do it if nobody else will. cold front came through, last night, took away most of our rain, and as we get slowly dryer air in here it will be still warm but won't be as humid. is there something to look forward to today. we will still keep an eye on what is being called post tropical storm bonnie, which hasn't moved much since yesterday. 50 miles west southwest of myrtle beach, yesterday it was around charleston, south carolina the as we see the progression, by thursday it is only in virginia and still kind of hugging the coast. it is something we ha

as we go through the day tomorrow, just a chance of a shower, fairmount 80 degrees. we got to 76 today, and so it's going to be even warmer tomorrow, more sunshine tomorrow, and in many areas, haddonfield at 78 degrees. the jersey shore is warmer because the wind is from the west, a land breeze for most of the day so atlantic city is 70 degrees with that sunshine and the west wind. as we go into the weekend, it's going to get hot. friday up to 90, saturday 92, sunday is warm. monday the least warm of the days. the day with the best chance of any kind of showers or thunderstorms, but still relatively small chance right now. of course the jersey shore is significantly cooler because of the wind coming in after the ocean. that's typical this time of the year. philadelphia, the sunshine wednesday, and 90 thursday, friday, saturday, and still warm as we go through the holiday, and even into next week. >> all right, hurricane thanks, i'm clark. coming up, eagles get championship advivice from wrig. what his message is to the team. that is next. >>> john clark from comcast

fa fa fairmount 72. by 5:00 p.m. we could see some thunderstorms in the philadelphia area. sunday looks really -- saturday looks good in the morning hours. 7:00 a.m. to noon, but then it's saturday afternoon that we're going to be watching because we do expect another round of storms by saturday afternoon. i'll show you the timing in a second. for new jersey tomorrow 71 degrees, trenton 70 with showers and storms in the afternoon and along the shore 68 for galaway township. dover 70 for a high in wilmington. now we're looking at saturday. clear in the morning. that's 8:30. watch that line of storms move in. by 5:00 p.m. we expect a steady line of storms through the philadelphia area and by 9:00 p.m. a lot of those start to move out. here's a look at the entire area. saturday the afternoon storms for everybody temperatures right around the mid to low 70s. mid 60s along the shore. sunday we have big improvements. it will be windy so at least you get one good day out of the weekend. >>> warner is getting ready of kick yofrs. the new rule goes in effect this fall. it's a move t

anyone with any information, please call the police. >>> fairmount park visitors be warned. there's a bear running around there. maybe this has reservations to the valley green's proof positive that there is a lone black bear in the park and swimming, he was in the wissahickon creek for a time. a lot of runners. there's a woman that says her boyfriend saw the bear. >> he was here fishing, and he said that he cited the bear. went across the what are the in front of him. >> officials call it pretty unusual we find a black bear in fairmount park. state game officials say if they find it they will tranquilize it and take it to a more suitable location. >>> pharmaceutical company pfizer says it won't allow its products to be used for leanly although injections. pfizer says it makes its products to enhance and save lives and objects to capitol punishment. it means all medications that could be used for execution have put them off limits. some states including utah, oklahoma and tennessee have approved alter methods of execution including firing squad and the electric chair. >>> pr

. >> i'm headed up kelly drive to east falls and fairmount park. >> a lot of people would think it mayjust a historically beautiful place. >> high, meisha, a welcome to laurel hill cemetery. >> this is magnificant. >> opened in 1836, these 78 acres are very far from the city, now national historic landmark that drove events like plays, concerts, and scavenger hunts. >> we have movie night. we have a 5k run. so we stay pretty active here. >> you will have to be active to see all of the 50,000 tombstones here. from influencial women, to civil war generals. >> this is one of your favorites. this is the grave site of catherine, who was a self proclaimed spiritualist. >> if you get up close to it it is made of something called white bronze. grave site of harry kalas, beloved announcer for the philadelphia phillies. >> benches are actually from veterans stadium. >> a tombstone forayed re anibal boa. so i have to ask, is this fictitious? >> yes, actually from the movie rocky balboa. our superintendent actually made this granite headstone just for the film. >> we are going to switch gears, go

and the action cam is taking a look at the gazebo in fairmount park and blue skies and sunshine and a little bit a breeze and definitely on the warm side today. but the nice thing is that dew points are dropping quickly, when we get dew points below 50 degrees this time of year, that is a dry air mass, the dew point is holding at 49 in philadelphia and saw in allentown, and it's ocean influence though, dew points are higher down the shore but with winds from the northwest dew points continue to dropover night leading to a comfortable night and a wonderful wednesday, it doesn't get better than this in june. we are looking at wall-to-wall sunshine tomorrow and low humidity at 2:00, 80 degrees. by 5:00 reaching our high of 83 degrees, still above normal and schooler than today. really a gorgeous day. right now it's warm out there. 86 degrees from our high of 88, 10 degrees above normal. trenton 86 and wilmington the same and cape may with the wind off the ocean and the ocean temperature 56 and the temperature in cape may currently 71 degrees, what a change at the end of the month, we hav

cloud cover is low and are you getting mystery drizzle and looking at the action cam earlier at fairmount park. if you look closely at this picture you can see the mist coming down. you can't see it when you look at the pink flowers but when you get the dark areas in the branches you see the mist. that is what you are dealing with in the area now. 57 in philadelphia, that number is pretty amazing because that is where we were at sunrise this morning. lack of sunrise is really what it was. the temperature has maintained a cool solid 57 and most of you haven't seen the numbers go very far. you have winds coming from the east-northeast, bringing moist and cool air off the ocean so gently. numbers across the region, 56's and 57's and we look for highs north to south today, a couple of degree as part really, future tracker 6 shows you for the rest of day it's looking like mainly low lying cloud cover and intermittent drizzle and can't rule out a shower. i think it's just gray and feeling kind of cool and damp out there today. 58 and cloudy skies and damp conditions in the lehigh valley. down t

the action cam outside earlier tonight in fairmount park and valley green inn.nd in wissahickon, mostly cloudy sky but still some folks stolling around, enjoying temperatures currently in the 50s. the high today in philadelphia 66. 10 degrees below average. right now, 57 in trenton, 55 allentown. 56 out to the west in lancaster. along the coast in cape may 55. and 56 degrees in beach haven. here is satellite 6, along with action radar, the upper-level low we were tracking yesterday where we had a good, steady rain late yesterday night. now tracking just a few re-sid call -- residual showers. and the counterclockwise rotation we have to allow for them not just tonight, but monday into tuesday, nothing will kick the area of low pressure out of our region. futuretracker showing you 6:00 in the morning, mostly cloudy. and wouldn't be surprised during the overnight hours and early tomorrow morning with the low-level moisture some areas of patchy fog to contend with. getting into the afternoon hours, getting some heating of the day with with solar radiation. enough su

philadelphia, fairmount, byberry, up to 80 degrees. in new jersey, here's where you see more clouds and a better chance of showers. haddonfield near 80 with a chance of showers. the possibility of thunderstorms, but the thunderstorm threat is greater towards the shore. galloway township, atlantic city could see thunderstorms pop up with temperatures in the 70s. upper 70s to near 80 degrees for wilmington and dover. a chance of a shower in delaware for today. a big chance of much warmer weather on the way. maybe you noticed it with the seven-day forecast. the ten-day outlook to take you through the memorial day weekend when i come back. >>> 4:53. the jitneys that are popular in atlantic city will serve people in margate. starting thursday the jitney service will make several stops in margate. the goal is to cut down on drunk drivers and traffic congestion. rides will cost about $3 to $4. the service will operate for a one-month trial period to see if it will become permanent. >>> students in our area helped to spread the gift of music.

lets get you outside to the fairmount park.ummer and feeling a little like it too. 72 at the noon hour, winds up to 8 miles per hour. not all that strong out there. a little bit on the breezy side. temperatures across the region, even warmer in allentown and lancaster, 76 degree readings there and the farther south with cloud cover being thicker to the south and east. 73 in millville and 65 in cape may. we may actually get 70 or so down at the shore for the first time in a while later though. notice the chance of precipitation today. it's all over to the east of philadelphia, yes, we could get a thunderstorm popping up here and there. you will always want to head inside if you hear the hundred. maybe tonight a bit of something to the east. but at the same time by 10:00, most of the area may be clearing out and evaporating the clouds, up in the lehigh valley, clouds and sun and not much chance of rain, 81 is your forecast high up north, down the shore, 72 degrees in atlantic city. we are stuck in the 60s by the cool ocean water

drizzly and cool now, the action cam out in fairmount park. it's a pink peony. >> amy said it was misty and drizzly when she got these pictures. >> 56 degrees the temperatures dipped a degree as the cloud cover remains thick and the cool breeze coming in off the cool, dam many ocean. wins from the northeast at 9 miles per hour in philadelphia. cloud cover is pretty thick and almost a little thinning on the other side of washington, i can't rule out at least a little bit of sunshine trying to poke through late today but the model overall between now and 2:00 and up to 4:00 shows fairly significant cloud cover across the region. maybe a hole breaks up later on, late afternoon and late evening. high temperatures are not going far 58 degrees in allentown, we may get up to 60 or so in millville and allentown, whether we do or don't it feels the same. cloudy and cool and damp, temperatures 60 though between 2:00 and 4:00 and 58 by 6:00 and low to mid-50s through 8:00 and 10:00. there will probably still be drizzle around in the afternoon and evening

right of passage every spring, it is the opening of the the fairmount park. first big, big event. it is important for volunteers, over 200 volunteers make this regatta a possibility for philadelphia. it has an huge economic impact all of the hotel rooms filled and wheels consume and money that is spent around philadelphia. dad vail even though it is on friday and saturday, it gives a lot of people make it an entire week in terms of the stay and vice witt this his stork city. as far as importance to the kid it is important from the standpoint that mess of their lives centered around rowing. rowing is a year round sport now. when they go to college to row effectively they will row year round. kid have five things to do. they have their faith, family, they have their studies, and in rowing, and then social life comes a difficulties extant fifth. so, it is, a really big commitment, but you will see some of the america's greatest. >> reporter: we have seen some schedule change has announced yesterday, can you explain what those are and why you decided to make those changes. >> well, ou

been seeing problems and don't forget we're going to have the left lane continue to be blocked in fairmounttil 6:30 this morning on kelly drive right near lemon hill so you want to watch for that construction until 6:30. also construction out here on the northeast extension. it's northbound approaching lehigh valley. they're out there blocking the right lane. outside live on i-95 let's check on this construction. we still see penndot with the arrow board. cones are set up and traffic slow in delaware county. i-95 northbound at the blue route as you head towards the airport it's a slower go. we have that construction blocking the two right lanes and the off ramp from both directions here. but it's expected to be cleared in another 10 minutes or so matt. >> yet another story brand new on "action news." a pennsylvania couple is pushing for wrong way driving detection systems in the state. ah they say the systems could have helped prevent the crash that killed their son three years ago. rhode island has begun using the systems. they notify a driver who enter as an off ramp in the wrong directio

sixteenth and fairmount last week, joe claims he became a victim of predatory towing. video was provided to cbs-3. >> he threatened to tow my car. i jump inside and said you have to release my car. you cannot just take my car. >> reporter: joe and list of others complain the area where his car was to be towed leaves much to questioned. he is among three others who said they have been towed here and yellow paint but nothing that they argue that spells out that it is legal or illegal to park there. and that is a problem for city officials like council woman maria quinones sanchez. >> clearly they are not receiving the scrutiny that they should. >> reporter: joe said he left for a few minutes after 5:00 on thursday and returned to see it hooked up. he was now left to plead his case. >> he said no, no, no. i cannot do it. i just september cash. >> reporter: department of licenses and inspections tell cbs-3 it is illegal for tow truck operator to accept only cash and if he did so violated the tow companies license to do business in this city. council woman sanchez watched t

there are paving crews on kelly drive, closing the eastbound side between brewery hill drive and fairmount avenue. the vine street expressway closed between the schuylkill expressway and broad street for construction. you can see no cars in place eastbound or westbound. >> all right, jessica. thanks. >>> the ugly truth. every 18 hours, someone in pennsylvania dies waiting for an organ transplant. next in a live report, see how a new program is using unflattering pictures to help raise awareness about the need to donate. >>> and bear scare. this guy was spotted roaming in the lehigh valley in one neighborhood. next, hear why wildlife experts think he left the woods. >>> it's 4:14, 57 degrees outside this thursday morning. new this morning, a unique way to spread awareness about organ donation. donate life p.a. is behind a campaign using those old and possibly ugly prom pictures and putting them to good use. they want to show how easy it is to become an organ donor and how many lives you can save. nbc 10's katy zachry is live in center city to explain. >> reporter: it may sound like a leap.

construction crews, paving crews on kelly drive headed eastbound between hunting park avenue and fairmountvenue. more updates when i'm back in the next ten minutes. >>> 54 degrees here in our studios inç bala cynwyd. no relaxing in one san diego bathtub. instead, one woman got a slithering surprise. >>> plus, airplane wait times are getting longer and longer. now the tsa could get a pink slip from some airports. >>> 5:42. 54 degrees outside. drexel university will break ground on u-32. it will provide homes and a preschool for graduate students, faculty and staff as well as other professionals in the area. the project is expected to be completed next spring. >>> an engineer hurt inç a fal at rodan museum has received $7.25 million. he falls four stories to the floor of the museum in november of 2012. he was expecting light fixtures in the museum's attic when he plunged through what his lawyers call an unsecured glass floor. he suffered broken limbs and brain injuries. the engineer's attorney claimed there were no signs warning of the danger. >> if there's a hazard on your property, first

as we take a look outside the action cam and nice roses out there in fairmount park and they love theeather, this is just the about the time of year that the roses begin to pop out. if you have them in your garden you'll get the full first blush. sunny and warm and that is the first highlight we have for you, and then we talk about thursday getting more humid and by friday we would consider hot and on the humid side. temperature is 82 degrees, a little cool drink before you head out and keep one with you. winds out of the west at 8 miles per hour today. as we take a look at satellite, we see high, thin cloud cover popping in and that is as bad as it is going to get. you'll get plenty of sunshine today and noveling cloud features to hinder that. 87 in allentown and reading to millville, we are in the same sort of temperature pattern. you have to go down the shore to get the cooler pattern. but even there upper 70s in most spots. we have a code orange ozone action day declared and those insensitive action groups and young kids unsuffering from respiratory ailmentailments. don't overdue

tracker6 live double scan showing no rain out there this evening and the action cam taking a look at fairmountk where it was just spectacular. blue skies, sunshine, everything is blooming. hopefully you got outside and enjoyed the weather today. because, yes, things are going to be changing dramatically tomorrow. rain is on the way and how much you get really depends on your location. it's a pretty good soaking across our entire viewing area but looks like the heaviest rain will be south. so the northwest suburbs generally about a half to an inch of rain. the i-95 metro area including philadelphia about three-quarters of an inch to an inch and a quarter and central delaware and south jersey this is where we're looking at the potential for more than an inch or an inch and a half of rainily i wouldn't be surprised if some areas end up with more than 2-inches of rain. today made it up to 76 degrees. it was beautiful. but we have not hit 80 degrees once this may. we hit it twice in march, three times in april. but last year in may, by may 20th we already had 13 days of temperatures in the 80's. if

. >>> a black bear and a big one at that was spotted swimming in the wissahickon creek in fairmount park this morning. executive director of the friends of the wissahickon laura mccarthy saw it swimming through the creek and then disappeared into the woods. it's unclear where the bear came from and bears are known to be in southeastern pennsylvania but mccarthy says it is pretty rare for one to make it all the way to physical. >>> well the lives of eight people in new jersey have been forever changed. eight family members are winners of a $429.6 million powerball jackpot. >> wouldn't you want to be one of them. >> yes. lottery officials introducing the lucky winners to the public today. our karen hepp tells us what they plan on doing with that huge stack of cash. >> reporter: they've got 429 million reasons to smile. but before the smiths met all of us, they wanted to make sure they had a team of financial advisers. so they could use their new found wealth wisely. >> it was a big shock when we first learned that we were powerball winners. it was a bigger shock when we learn we were the o

that's between hunting park avenue and fairmount avenue. a little bit of a delay in either direction because of that, that construction typically clearing about 5:00 in the morning or so. sometimes they run a little bit behind schedule. we'll keep you updated there. as for the rest of our drive times, no problems or delays, the schuylkill, 95, into center city, we're doing okay. the blue route southbound from the schuylkill to 95 is still in the green and 16-minute drive time. the vine street expressway currently closed for ongoing construction. this is right around 24th street. the westbound lanes headed towards the schuylkill expressway, no traffic in between the schuylkill and broad street. that's where they have that closed. typically removed around 5:00 in the morning. again, those things change as well. we'll keep you updated for the rest of the morning. >> the vine street expressway is closed right now in center city because of the next phase of an ongoing bridge project. penndot is in the process of replacing more than a dozen bridg

another weekend of fun here but, again, if you do need to drive around fairmount park area, keep in mindelly drive is shut down between strawberry green. matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> beautiful today, yes, but things will be changing for tomorrow. this morning, look how nice and clear it is. this is a view from center city with clear skies and very little wind. that's going to get chilly sturz. we're seeing cool spots this morning. the suburbs down to 48 degrees. now 56 at philadelphia international. south jersey, the coolest spot at 43 degrees. there are chilly numbers also in delaware. these will be climbing, low 50s in wilmington and claymont and sunshine, warm temperatures into the 70s this afternoon. a little bit of a breeze out of the northwest, 53 degrees right now in rehoboth beach. those light northerly winds, light winds won't stand in the way of our warmup today. so enjoy it. sunshine will be right. this is the satellite and radar. nice and clear at the shore. no problem right along the delaware and the sc

many view the project as a sign of renewal for broad street and fairmount area. >> it is bringing northhilly back and brings temple down to center city and connect it. >> just cherry on top of the cake of all of the the new stuff going on, the building and everything, it is wonderful. >> we didn't get to see upstairs work but developers say apartments are about 60 percent complete, the lobby which is still covered in graffiti will be last place to be renovated and entire project is expect to be finish by next spring. >>> meanwhile down the shore a popular resort is celebrating a major milestone. fiftieth anniversary for montreal beach resort. >> "eyewitness news" reporter vittoria woodill was there as they celebrated the special occasion. >> reporter: on the cape may beach is a story of an american dream, golden anniversary for monetary willal beach where family and friend gathered to celebrate fun that has been had here since 1966. it was started by harry hirsch and his wife sophie. >> truly remarkable like a marriage, you know, we have been here together with the cape may, we like to

philadelphia coming in 61 degrees. 62 fairmount with sprinkles in the forecast. very light showers at least. 62 degrees haddonfield. 62 in trenten. but the rain, again, is not going to be all day. a little popup shower here and there of course. atlantic city coming in 59 degrees tomorrow. 61 dover. 62 degrees in wilmington. a better looking forecast as we go into thursday. take a look at that. sunny, 72. friday 76 and sunny. the weekend, though, not looking good. it really does look like we're going to have rain both saturday and sunday. and we'll be in the 50s on saturday. going into next week, though, that's what we're looking at. those 80s as we approach the end of next week. so we'll be watching that very closely. as for the rest of the area going into this weekend, the rain is in the forecast for everyone. if you're in the pennsylvania suburbs, lehigh valley, south jersey along the shore or delaware, cool temperatures. and that rain in some spots saturday. especially the farther south you go could be heavy at times. keep that in mind. john? >> all right, she

for biberry tomorrow, also fairmount, 58 degrees. cloudy with scattered showers. parts of new jersey, 59 trenton. 57 degrees haddonfield. closer to the shore, mid 50s through atlantic city. quite a difference from today. and yesterday. so it's going to feel a lot more like last week. the big weather story, cool kind of damp weather returns. today we were milder this afternoon with temperatures in the low 70s but tomorrow the wind direction is going to switch. more of a northeasterly wind. that's going to give us that cooler air but also kind of a damp day with showers hanging around. after tomorrow, that high pressure starts to build back in. we start to get warmer. so we will get back into the 70s after tomorrow. here's future weather. clouds are going to hang around tomorrow morning. areas south of philadelphia could be waking up to some rain and we'll see scattered showers through the day. clouds are pretty much locked in. when we go into wednesday, the clouds start to break up more, we'll see more in the way of sunshine. late wednesday morning, we'll see some

and a pretty good warm-up today. 76 in fairmount. up to 77 this afternoon. showers popping up in new jersey as well along with the temperature. big warm-up comes this morning with some sunshine. then those scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms certainly not expecting an all-day rainfall here. at the shore, mainly cloudy. a few bareaks of sunshine are possible. those clouds hang in there to keep atlantic city in the upper 60s. clouds for most of the day. and then in delaware, yes, some breaks of sunshine this morning for dover and wilmington, 70s this afternoon. just like the rest of the area, a chance of some showers and thunderstorms for today. we'll finally break out of the wet pattern tomorrow, and you'll feel the difference temperaturewise, too. the ten-day outlook when i'm back in ten minutes. >>> all right. thank you, bill. 5:08. a full moon overnight because i was walking pie d ining my dog morning. >> yeah, i posted a picture because i saw moon shadows as i walked to my car. i put it on instagram. >> time to take a look at traffic on a monday

airy, 73 in fairmount. and the dad vail regatta is continuing tomorrow. for most of it we'll be in the clear. 7:00 a.m., 57 and sunny. noon, mostly sunny, 73. 5:00 we'll have to really watch. 70 degrees. we expect thunderstorms at that time. nj n new jersey tomorrow, haddonfield, 72 degrees. mostly the mid to upper 6 0s. atlantic city, 67. delaware, dover, 72. wilmington, 73. clearly sunday is going to be the better day. if you can get as much in saturday as you an before the storms get here, saturday is going to be a nice day before the afternoon hours. 72 pennsylvania suburbs with thunderstorms. sunday, 60 degrees and sunny and dry. cooler but it will also be windy. so just make sure you're aware of that. also your seven-day forecast always at the bottom of the screen for you. >> all right, sheena. >>> a weekend of fun and fantasy is under way at the a.c. convention center. that's because atlantic city boardwalk con is back. it is dominated by comic book superheroes and science fiction. many of the fans are in costumes getting their fill of trivia colle

keep that in mind if you need to head out in the area of fairmount.e, along the schuylkill river, waiting for the rowers, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> matt has his jacket on. it's chilly this morning. we have a beautiful friday ahead. plenty of sunshine and a nice warmup. we were in the 70s yesterday, middle to upper 70s this afternoon. tomorrow, sunday, different story. rain is moving in and that is going to make the temperatures a whole lot cooler. the clouds hold off during the day today. look at the rain, that's tomorrow afternoon falling in philadelphia. that rain will continue into sunday. 48 degrees for the suburbs, lehigh valley is at 47. 40s now in delaware and while it's 57 at the airport, most of the rest of philadelphia is in the low 50s and at the shore, 49 degrees. there are cooler spots inland, may's landing is down to 44. woodbine is at 48 degrees this morning. this is a starting point. we'll see a good warmup. even at the shore the temperatures will be warming in

construction out there, paving crews on kelly drive headed eastbound between hunting park avenue and fairmountavenue as well. more updates when i come back in the next ten. >>> if you've driven through center city philadelphia lately, you may be wondering how long construction along and above the vine street expressway will last. well, we have the answer for you. nbc 10's katy zachry is live alongside the construction zone with new information from penndot about this massive project. katy? >> yes, vai, it is a behemoth of a project right in the heart of center city. we're told by penndot, it will last until the fall of 2019. until then, expect more of this, more overnight expressway closures and detours around that work. but penndot says there's a big payoff. skyforce 10 was over the progress that's been made so far on the vine street expressway. this week, the road is closed from the broad street exit to the schuylkill expressway interchange in both directions from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. that lasts until friday morning. that's the only time these construction crews can legally close the road

many view the project assign of renewal for broad street and the fairmount area. >> it brings north philly back, and it brings everything from temple down to center city it connects it. just cherry on top of a cake of all the new stuff going on. the building and everything. it's wonderful. >> we didn't get to see the upstairs work tonight but the developer says the apartments are about 60% complete. the entire project is expected to be finished by next spring. >>> well it's doubled botox deception or cosmetic infideli infidelity. >> people are getting cosmetic work done but they're keeping it hush hush. the secret many couples never talk about. >> i way not going to tell anybody, and especially not a boyfriend. >> it's a growing trend health reporter stephanie stahl tells you why more people are aging in secret. >>> also, a hollywood a lister name in the so-called panama papers. the actor tress who admits she set up an offshore company and why she did it. kate? >> and we've been dealing with gray skies and showers in a few spots today. still dealing with showers off to our south. but showe