glenn rock, new jersey, that's just got to be a crazy situation there. lightning can do some phenomenal things. >> reporter: the power of lightning, bill, just speaks we're along gainer place in glenn rock, new jersey. no big surprise lightning struck this area. it tends to go to the tallest objects. exploding bark. once it got down to the ground, it started spreading out, it actually spread out toward the sprinkler system of this home, entering the home, eventually, starting a fire. >> basically, i was downstairs. all of a sudden, i heard a giant boom, like a gunshot being in your ear. almost explosive really. after a few more seconds, i started hearing fire alarms. i hear my mom tell me to get out of the house. there's a fire. so i ran outside of the house. luckily, my neighbor is chief of the fire department. five minutes, yeah. real hero, real hero. it sounded legitimate like a gunshot in your ear. i felt static in my hand from the lightning. >> reporter: the ironic thing, that fire chief who lives next door was actually responding to another call ca

rocks have a doubleheader tonight. the phils are off. we take a live look at the stadium. first pitch, 5:05. chief meteorologist glenn schwartz is here with that forecast. >> we have a pretty nice sunny day out there and temperatures in the 60s. rising into the 70s in most of the area. if you look at the general map, you might see elsewhere, 64 degrees in atlantic city. well, probably warming into the 70s, right? oh, no. southerly wind. sea breeze coming in. as we zoom into the shore, it's only 58 in atlantic city. 58 in holigate. it's not getting into the 70s at the shore. not with that kind of wind. 62 in ocean city. these are the kind of details we can see with the neighborhood forecast. and pin it down into your neighborhood, how things are going to change. in some cases, 5, 10 miles away. here's the satellite radar. a few of the first showers have made it into the state of pennsylvania. and as we go through the day today, we're going to see temperatures getting into the mid-70s. south philly at 75 degrees. in the suburbs, getting pretty close to that. doylestown at 74. lehigh valley, 72. look what happens at the

glenn ivey and i approve this message. i'll take on the republicans for all of us. jonathan: tonight is the night. michelle: this is it. jonathan: rocking the red ahead of game five. we are wondering who you got. michelle: our twitter poll is open now. we are at abc7 news. three-quarters of you believe the caps will finish off the series tonight. jonathan: all they were looking for is home cooking. they will get it. the second most popular answer how the series will end. flyers in seven. really? somebody out there is confused. that would be bad. but you can't blame cap fans for wondering after the loss in game four. michelle: erin hawksworth is at the verizon center. nobody wants to go back to philly. we want to shut this down tonight. eri i think they will shut it down tonight. i think they learned their lesson from game four. they are going to come back strong. the building is quiet. zamboni is out here. i expect it to be rocking here tonight. the players are bumped up to be back at home and feeding off the energy from the home crowd. they are going to use last year's collapse in the playoff as motivation. they know from experience ju

glenn ivey and i approve this message, because i'm on your side. >>> the music world has just lost an icon. merle haggard has been a mainstay on the country and rockcene for more than 50 years. >> he died today on his 79th birthday. it took just moments for music row to reflect on haggard's life and music on social media. >> country singer dirks bentley tweeted, literally just fell to the floor. can't believe we lost the hag. brad paisley weighed in saying there are no words to describe the loss and sorrow felt within all of music with the passing of merle haggard. thank god foris >> nbc's chris clackum takes a look back on a career that spans more than a half century. >> reporter: merle haggard's death comes less than a year after he and willie nelson topped the country music charts with another album together and after haggard had canceled all of his concerts this year due to failing health. born near bakerfield, california, in 1937, shortly after his parents left oklahoma during the depression, merle haggard was a rebellious child after his father's death in 1945. rebellion that lasted well into adulthood. he actually served three years in san

rock. when they had him on the ground they beat him senselessly. the victim is in critical condition. a day earlier police say they beat another man at glenn more avenue and 76th street. >>> we have new video police want you to see following the violent home invasion of a grandmother in the bronx. police are looking for this man. they say he forced the 84-year- old woman in her apartment and held her hostage for 2 1/2 hours. she told her story to eyewitness news describing how he choked her and stole more than $300. she served him a meal to try to get him to leave and offered him win before he would leave her home. if you have any information, you are asked to call police. >> new york city board of election clerk has been suspended amid reports that tens of thousands of voters were turned away from polling sites during the primary. the board says brooklyn chief suspended without pay pending an the administration of voter rolls. city controller and state attorney general's office are investigating after a voter hotline got more than 70 complaints. >>> you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill

rock 'n roll hall of fame. i wonder -- they will probably pay tribute to prince and david o he and glenn frey. we are losing a lot of good artist lately. linked in and pandora and results from both companies. ♪ Âi scarlet: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, you're watching bloomberg markets. let's start with the headlines on first word news with mark crumpton. mark: u.s. attorney general loretta lynch says the justice department is not set a deadline for the investigation into former secretary of state hillary clinton's use of private e-mail. she made her comments to al hunt during an interview on the charlie rose program. >> one thing is we have to do a full thorough independent review. comes whereg that attention. we have to be thorough and fair and independent. we don't make predictions on the timing because that essentially cuts off the independence of that. don't predict the timing of any of our investigations. mark: you can see the entire interview tonight on charlie rose on bloomberg at 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. new york time. vice president biden's andrew to washington following

glenn, and i'm an independent turkey farmer. (female announcer) shady brook farms . no growth-promoting antibiotics, >>> welcome back. looking out from the top of the rock. 45 degrees. 6:24 on this friday morning. a search is under way for a stuffed animal who had oon out of this world adventure. sam the dog is the mascot i a group of students sent him -- he was separated from the camera when he reentered the earth's atmosphere. poor guy. english lakes is offering a four-night hotel stay to anyone who finds him. you know, a stuffed animal re-entering the atmosphere sort of exposed like that. >> don't say it. >> there are children watching. >> sam could be stuffing for another kind of pillow. >> maybe he's out on an island somewhere. got off target. he's hanging out with other stuffed animals. i got a weird brain that tries to make happy endings out of a lot of things. >> we know where your mind went. meantime, sun to start. clouds to mix with the sun at times today. it's going to be a breezy and a chilly day. the 45 we have now doesn't get much warmer this afternoon with winds gusting to 20, 25 miles an hour. tonight. the city. near the freezing mark in

rocks tomorrow.ox5 >> yes. >> come back. yum yum yum yum. kids: he came here from rocky mount, north carolina. married 27 years. raised 6 kids. including 5 boys. he had grandpa move in with us. glennou do. kids: in congress, dad will protect president obama's legacy. he'll fight for jobs and protect social security and medicare. glenn ivey will never quit on you; and we should know, we're his kids. glenn: i'm glenn ivey and i approve this message. i'll take on the republicans for all of us. i don't believe that big money can buy votes -- not in our district. and i won't claim to have single handily passed just about every bill in annapolis. we can't settle for the same old politics, not when our basic rights are being threatened by trump and cruz. i'll stand up to their bigotry and be a passionate voice for maryland women and families. in tv and in business, i built relationships. as a woman in the house, i'll do the same to get things done. i'm kathleen mathews and i approve this message. >> the kids have come to play today. >> you won't believe what i'm about to tell you. >> my girls are always turned out. i give it to you straight, no chasers. >>> now, here's wendy! [ cheers an

rocks tomorrow.ox5 >> yes. >> come back. yum yum yum yum. kids: he came here from rocky mount, north carolina. married 27 years. raised 6 kids. including 5 boys. he had grandpa move in with us. glenn: we loved having him as part of the family. it's what you do.