>> we found five properties listing him as the owner in harrisburg, pennsylvania.hen we began looking at these properties, we were able to determine that three of those properties were vacant at the time of the murder. >> the property that needed the most work was on south 13th street in downtown harrisburg. records showed it had been built in the 1930s, around the same time builders used animal hair plaster like the kind found with wesley person's body. >> we're looking for slugs, bullet holes in the walls. we were unsuccessful. >> investigators sprayed luminol in the basement of lawrence morrell's construction property on south 13th street and ran into an unexpected problem. >> as we're looking at that, crime lab techs are explaining to me that in harrisburg, their soil's eastern rich and iron in itself will give false positives in a luminol test. >> but in the basement, investigators found a pile of debris swept into a corner. they gathered everything and sent it to the forensic lab. under a microscope, scientists found pieces of drywall with the same blue and p

anywhere just north of harrisburg all the way down to baltimore.e are seeing some heavy rain, possible winds, also, as i said, a lot of lightning. this is just west of our coverage area. but this line is moving eastward. so, into lancaster county, pretty shortly, and into our western suburbs after that. weather -- whether it holds together with all of the lightning and rain still up for grabs. these things tends to fade when you hit sunrise or at least fade in general. that being said, our western suburbs have the best chance to see heavy rain, lightning, by 9:00 a.m., fox future cast picking up on this weakening trend, just some showers around the philadelphia area. from there, mostly cloudy, humid, and we see the chance for some showers and thunderstorms again, later on tonight. your seven day forecast, does show that we've got 78 for the high today, heavy rain likely tomorrow, and friday, finally out of this pattern, by saturday, just if time for the weekend, how great is that? cooler, drier, temperatures low to mid 80s, looks like a beautiful f

today education advocates and councilman johnson, again, rallying in harrisburg. they are actually asking for 150 million-dollar in funding, and again, this money to not only help the school district of philadelphia, survive, but to help these students, thrive, karen and chris. >>> still ahead a truck barrels in the home and almost slams right in the crib of the sleeping child? what the child of the parents did just days ago that they say protected their little one. >>> also another baby found safe after the car she was riding in, was carjack, the car seat left abandoned in the middle of the field, here from national weather service says a tornado touched down in brunswick, police say there were no injuries, they did set up a shelter for people forced from their home. >>> also singer brett michaels makes a surprise visit to a small nebraska town devastated by twin tornado, former poison front man, helped people in the towns, of silver clean up after last weeks powerful storm. homeowners are still combing through the debris where their houses once stood. many are w

it has top officials in harrisburg looking for state funding. a major move picity council that neither student ors administrators were hoping to hear. and david henry is live from city hall with that story. david. >> yeah, rick what a day on the school funding front. the school leaders were in harrisburg begging for more money and city council was turning its back on most of what the district was seeking from the city. [chanting] dozens of students walked out of class and took to the streets again today. once again they are trying to make their voices heard pleading for a fair school funding formula. >> the poorer the school, the more funding. we need help. >>reporter:the council finance committee rejected the request for a $55 million. authoritying only $27 million. >> they decideauthoritying auth. >> how much more can you cut? >> there is no more to cut. >>reporter:they laid out 3600 employees last year. its facing a shortfall. it intended by making some of that by selling off buildings. there was an agreement for seven buildings that have not

live in harrisburg, lu ann cahn, nbc 10 news. >>> new video just in to nbc 10. these are exclusive pictures of some of the suspects in today's big heroin bust. they are being taken to the prosecutor's office. sky force 10 was in the air as authorities fanned out in the largest narcotics investigation in cape may county history. they were going after people in a suspected heroin distribution ring in south jersey. this was one of a dozen locations raided today in cape may. police arrested 12 people. they found nearly 8,000 bags of heroin in one car. they seized the equivalent of 182,000 bags, worth more than $3.5 million. >> you can imagine taking this many bags of heroin off the streets here in cape may county is going to have a big affect on young people and the people that are using heroin. >> prosecutors say a handgun and $200,000 in cash was seized today. they are anticipating more arre arrests. >>> jerry lindfest is the owner of the entirer. he and katz bought out their partners in an auction last month and katz died in a plane crash. his family sold its sta

lancaster still dry, harrisburg has seen this pop through. if you're in lancaster and reading and perhaps wilmington, we're going the keep our eyes on this but it does look like it's going to fall apart a little bit as it pushes toward the east and we'll see something a little bit later on towards the end of the rush hour out of that. elsewhere a little fog here and there that might produce mist on your windshield. satellite shows you there is some sunshine farther to the west but we expect mainly cloudy skies with some sunny breaks today and occasionally a pop-up shower or a thunderstorm is possible. 70 degrees is the current temperature in philadelphia. it's a little bit mug knee out there. 70 in allentown, 70 in wilmington, 71 in reading. still 67 in both sea isle city and at the boardwalk in allentown. as we -- nor atlantic city, excuse me. and as we head out the door upper 60's between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. patchy fog in a couple spots and lots of clouds. as we go through the day a-high of 77, we'll hit that at about 3 o'clock. you can

he says distract officials were in harrisburg yesterday.e still has sat there engaging in talks hoping for a resoluti resolution. lucy. >> shawnette, breaking news in northeast philadelphia. we have reports of a missing child. skyfox live over tacony break park. what we're hearing the child was last seen in frankford creek. we are now working to fond out how old the child is and how he or she ended up in that creek. >>> they can be a hidden danger at the shore. >> they could suppose a danger greater threat during the holiday weekend. rip currents. still ahead what to look for before you even get in the water and what to do if you get caught in one. >> plus big changes for phillies fans. what you'll have to do every single time you go to citizens bank park next season. it's all in the name of safety. howard? >> the eagles they'll be missing one of their starters at the beginning of the season. it looks like a four game suspension. we'll keep one of those players out coming up in sports. >> coming up in weather things are heating up. we could

rosemary connors will be in harrisburg when the report is released at 10:30 this morning. >>> 4:33 right now. today federal mediators will begin hearsing with septa and union representatives. the two sides have been arguing over wage increases and tension contributions. the mediators will take their recommendation to the president next month. >>> in trenton, demonstrators gather to protest the state of schools. the group argues districts are underfunded and mismanaged. protesters will call on governor christie to make changes. >>> the united network for organ sharing is expected to vote an an under 12 policy for lung donations. this vote comes after the sara mernigan case where children under 12 may apply for adult lungs. her family is expected to talk today after the results of this vote. >>> this morning, the coast guard is kicking off a campaign against drinking and boating. it will last through the july 4th weekend. the coast guard is put on a demonstration about the dangers of boating under the influence of media. 20% of voting crashes are alcohol related. >>> 4:34 right now. video

moving into harrisburg right now. but they will be moving into the costern suburbs ding there is a fog c mads,erun d 7:00. by 9:00, 72 degrees. still some showers possible in the area and some thinning of the clouds but a mostly cloudy deorody neiand muggy too at 77 hen ce.li train goo bi. ontinu tolos ntut of wn h0 shut down at south county boulevard. take south cologne or elmwood. heading into philadelphia 95 d boevard lstty odf y nd it can meset sboulard islear a route dvere6 inothctnutes ere. d tim on the blue route are pretty average, about 17, 18 min between 95 and 76. chris. >> we have breaking news to bring to you this m out of we kensington neighborhood of philadelphia where a man has barricaded himself in a home. there are reports that he may be d. monique braxton is live on the scene. what have you learned at this point? >> reporter: we've been here about 10 minutes. let me show you what's going on. there are dozens of police officers as well as firefighters. here on the left you see some firefighters walki

the two dimensional view shows you a shower out by harrisburg at this point. as we look outside we have cloudy skies low enough to produce a little bit of drizzle on your windshield especially in areas where the clouds are close to the grounds. we're looking at spotty drenchers today. second part of the story comes tomorrow when there's widespread rain and drenching downpours. 63 degrees is the current temperature under the clouds, though, so for now we're not dealing with any big problems. the winds are out of the east at 7. there's the dewpoint of 60 which is on the borderline of what we call humid air. future tracker 6, here's what's going to happen. from now until midday not much, a spotty shower. afternoon look out for a line of showers and thunderstorms to develop on and off through the afternoon. and, again, when you get under one of these heavy hitters it may not be moving all that quickly exit may have enough time to give you one to two inches of rain over the course of an hour. that will be enough to produce not only ponding and puddling on roads, bu

youthe funny thing it's all republicans, the democrats in harrisburg are irrelevant. >> it gets to be difficult when money is shrinking and you don't have have the ready resources. the shale tax should come about, if you talk to anybody it makes sense it doesn't have to be draconian but it should be a tool. selling the state stores the fiscal argument has not been made for anyone, we're going to selling the cow and buy the milk later on. it's one time quick fix. >> you can't factor that into any deal with a certainty, as you noted at the table nobody thinks this is going to happen within our lifetime. how you can build a budget on such a huge sum of money driving from that sale it's fool hearty. >> they are trying to think of ban aids here or there on this multimillion dollar budget what do you predict there and go to jersey as well. >> it's like patching up a leaky roof and paying for sunshine. we'll sift through the proposals, because they are campaign promise and strategy. what we're going to see from what is proposed, even though it's not realistic is a statement of what i would l

two other represents on council cast the only no votes and that council -- it should be done in harrisburg. >> mayor nutter will consider the ramifications of bill over the summer before vetoing it or signing it and councilman kenny will ask for an executive order putting the new policies in affect immediately. >> thank you david. >>> former philadelphia mayor, john street was one of several people protesting outside of city hall today. the crowd is upset about the mayor's plan to sell pgw to li holdings corporation. saying it would mean job cuts and higher rates. >> the deal would keep rates flat and generate much needed revenue according to mayor nutter. the legislature still needs to approve the deal. >>> bear sightings kept police busy today in buck county, one was spotted near the burger king in richland and it apparently went through a number of parking lots in the area. what may have been the same bear came into the same yard in cloverville lane and a "action news" viewer snapped this photograph. there were reports and package tours of a bear some miles away. >>> coming up on "actio

more rain on the way, showing up on ultimate doppler, mainly west every us, but from harrisburg downthrough baltimore seeing a loft rain, a loft lightning, and the boeing of this just possibly some gusty winds in there, too. no severe weather warnings, but, we're watching it, as it starts to enter the western suburbs. so around lancaster, lebanon, this area, with 76, as you heard put west, where you can see some of the heavy rain by 7:00 a.m. now, by 9:00 everything starts to fizzle out, but showers, into the philadelphia area, so, grab the umbrellas, you'll need them at times, throughout the day. >>> not the whole day, a lot like yesterday, we're socked in with the clouds, some fog, it is humid, but as far as the on-going rain, it will be very scattered. even into tonight. seek not much showing up on our fox future cast. by thursday, though, this frontal boundery will lift northward, becomes warmfront, more showers, storms, are likely. by friday, the cold front swings through, so coming in few parts, but once it does, best chance for everyone to see widespread rain, thunderstorms, a

that's the latest here live in harrisburg. i'm matt delucia. >> matt will have another report at 11:00. for updates log on to nbc10.com. >>> right now, a school reform commission is talking about budget proposals for the school year. parents, teachers and members of the community expected to attend and address the panel. an update on the outcome of tonight's meet meeting at 11:00 as well. >>> the governor of new jersey expected to sign a state budget but not before making changes. last week after the legislature passed a $34 billion spending plan, he said he would veto higher taxes for the wealthy and corporations. new jersey must have a balanced budget ready when the new fiscal year starts tomorrow. >>> coast guard has called off the search for the day for the 14-year-old philadelphia boy who was swept out to sea at the jersey shore. all day, new jersey state police and the coast guard used helicopters and boats trying to find the boy off the coast of ocean city. authorities say the teen and a group of friends were swimming o

were here in harrisburg working today. finding them, talking to them, that was another story. >> looking for representative waters. we found him on the house of representatives floor. we were not allowed to interview lawmakers in session. while he knew we were looking for him, did he not acknowledge our request. in the past, the philadelphia representative said that the confidential informant working for the attorney general's office during the investigation may have given him a birthday gift. but he wasn't sure. he's accused of taking a 7,600 cash gift. >> he's on the house floor now. >> reporter: representative brown was on the house floor. she didn't get back to us today. in the past, her attorney told reporters she's done nothing wrong. we never saw representative bishop in person. we were told she was working today. we were referred to her attorney. representati representative simms reacted. >> they were doing it for legislation that they were going to, i assume, vote for anyway. i'm hoping if this is going to happen,

the council president sounded doubtful about harrisburg giving philadelphia the go ahead to collect a cigarette tax. >> harrisburg has its own set of problems that understandably take priority over our needs. >> reporter: the monthly lottery game would have to be approved by state lawmakers. he thinks it would bring in an easy $15 million a year for schools but even he isn't standing on it. >> i wish it would happen. it would be fun. >> reporter: parents are not amused by the idea. they released a statement today saying council could borrow millions or raise money with new cab licenses and that today showed, quote, a shortage of leadership and action. live in center city, lu ann cahn, nbc 10 news. >>> when it comes to state lotteries, nbc 10 checked to see how our three states distribute their proceeds. pennsylvania state lotters has contributed $37 million to programs benefiting seniors. philadelphia alone has received $220 million of that money. 29 cents of every dollar goes to programs to benefit seniors. they include low cost prescription drugs, free and reduced fare transit, prop

. >>> later this morning, education advocates and community members will travel to harrisburg to ask state lawmakers for more funding for philadelphia public schools. here's a live picture from city hall where the rally is planned for 8:00 this morning before the buses leave for harrisburg. city councilman kinyata johnson says he'll push for $150 million. on top of that, superintendent hite says they'll need concessions from the teachers' union. >>> two school board meetings on a mascot controversy. the high school officials will discuss the refusal bit student editors to print the name of the school mascot, redskins, in the school newspaper. the students say the name is offensive. administrators say they ignored a director to publish a letter using the name in the june 14th edition. a similar battle is playing out over the nickname of the nfl's team in washington. a federal panel ruled last week the name redskins is disparaging to native americans and its trademark is now canceled. the ruling does not force the team to change their name or logo. >>> from the nbc 10 south jersey bure

but the next chapter in this budget battle begins immediately. 100 miles west of here in harrisburg and right here at home with the labor union. as students looked on in the meeting room that has been the epicenter of the school district's budget struggles, tonight a hard-fought win. >> the city has now given us everything that we ask for in our initial request. >> reporter: as recently as tuesday the district worried that would not happen, but at the city council's last session today, a last-minute plan for additional borrowing next fall. it means the total city contribution to schools will likely be $120 million from sales tax. $27 million in previously planned borrowing and $30 million more expected in the fall. it should help prevent teacher layoffs and program cuts. >> we share one singular goal to give our students the education they're entitled to as a fundamental right. >> reporter: the promised cash now shifts the fight. next the ticket will push state leaders to allow a cigarette tax, 2 bucks a pack, raising as much as $47 million next year for city schools. >> they are still,

. >> a did he having story now from harrisburg. the child sex abuse scandal at penn state.he jerry sandusky case has erupted once again in controversy as attorney general kathleen kane drops a bombshell at a press conference in the state capital. fox 29's jeff cole was in harrisburg where she released her review of the prosecution. >> the question did jerry sandusky abuse victims while stayed investigators were building the case that put him away likely for the rest of his life? the answer, according to attorney general kathleen kane is yes. >> some may say what's the purpose of going back and looking? >> report roar what's many feared that jerry sandusky sexually abused others while state investigators were spending months putting together the case that landed him in jail. the attorney general believes he did two victims in the fall of 2009. >> two people come forward in the fall would not have been abused had they made the decision you're now advocating. >> logically speak f'ing different tactics were taken and a different route was chosen and sandusky was in jail, if he

law makers in harrisburg are facing a in midnight deadline and a $29 billion budget. they are asking for 950 million-dollar more in spending and much will go to publish schools. philadelphia has to ask for an 80 million-dollar cigarette tax. without it, src officials fear hundreds more layoffs, and larger class sizes next year. >>> well, a warning tonight for drivers, in new jersey, next at 6:00 o'clock, you text, you drive, you'll pay even more. >>> also on the way another shark down the shore, the popular beach where this shark made it on to the sand, kate. >>> and speaking of the shore we've got a threat as it moves up the eastern seaboard a potential tropical system. we are tracking tropical heat and humidity heading through first few days of july, i'll have your july forecast coming up, beasley. >>> first big challenge of the eagles season and they have not made to it training camp just yet, reports say lane johnson will miss the first four games of the season, big right tackle in trouble. i'll tell you why when i join you later incredible sight for south jersey

8:00 this morning and then buses are expect to leave here around nine, rally number two held in harrisburg at 2:00 this afternoon. doctor hite says he has been going to harrisburg multiple times a week trying to secure additional funding again. the figure always being 150 million-dollar. >> jennifer joyce live at city hall, thank you. >>> it turns out politics did not play a role in the investigation into former penn state football coach jerry sandusky. according to a report just released monday by pennsylvania attorney general kathleen cain. report, instead blames communication problems between police and prosecutors for delays in the case. kane also alleged two young men were sexually assaulted while authorities were taking their time investigating. sandusky, however, prosecutors denied that happened. >>> meanwhile a state other than trait or is recommending that his sentence be reinstated. sandusky was in longer a penn state employee after his retirement in 1999 and it is five years after that the state added sexual offenses to the list of crimes that could trigger a forfeiture. the boa

. >> reporter: that is right, a rally at city hall as well as one in harrisburg. education advocates are hoping that they help philadelphia education advocates are hoping that they help philadelphia secure millions hiiiii.ing. hi. sorry, we're closed. what? i need help with my deposit. the bank has rules. it's really quick. i can't hear you. i promise, i'm gonna be really quick. i don't under...i can't hear you through the glass. i'll...be...quick! you'll be quick. that's what you just said? yes. i'm sorry, i can't hear you. we're closed. you know what? okay, that's... hey...sir? i just...okay. [ male announcer ] it's time to bank human again. that's why td bank has the longest hours and even stays open an extra ten minutes for when you run late. td bank. america's most convenient bank. >>> tuesday morning is starting off comfortably this morning, we have a look at ultimate doppler radar, we have more action today, in the northwestern part of the pennsylvania, we've got some showers and thunderstorms but the main event is this cold front. that is what we're watchi

heavier showers just west of the philadelphia area almost outside our coverage area between harrisburgnto lancaster and this is in parts of western berks county even down towards lancaster county heavier rain right there but that's just it. only some rain. fox future cast shows by the time it arrives in the philadelphia area it's pretty spotty. may see a little bit of wet weather early tomorrow morning but more later on in the afternoon i'll have much more on that still ahead. joyce. >> thank you, caitlin. >>> and check weather and traffic conditions before leave your house in the morning by going to myfoxphilly.com and clicking on the weather and traffic tabs at the top of the home page, and be sure to watch the fox 29 morning news tomorrow starting at 4:00 a.m. >>> encouraging signs of recovery tonight for tracey morgan the actor comedian remain hospitalized in new brunswick after saturday's deadly six vehicle pileup along the new jersey turnpike. according to his publicist, morgan will most likely be in the hospital for the next few weeks. he's still listed in critical condition as

and now about halfway between harrisburg and redsing.re are some thunderstorms embedded in this. you can see the lightning flashing north of lancaster and out to the northwest of reading. down in chester county a couple of showers beginning to move in and this may fall apart as it pushes towards the east. during the rush hour we have a chance of it popping through. 70 degrees your temperature in philadelphia, cloudy maybe a little bit of mist on the windshield right now. as we go through the day 69 by 9 o'clock, by noon we're up into the mid 70's and your high today is 77 at 3 o'clock. clouds for the most part, some sunny breaks possible and less of a chance of rain overall during the day than what we've had the last couple of days but there is the chance avenue spotty shower. obviously that stuff to the west is starting to move into some of the western suburbs this morning. a better chance of rain tomorrow afternoon, even better on friday. it could be heavy at times. details on that coming up. >> the big accident of the morning is in so

we will be back again in the next hour with the latest on what's happening here in harrisburg. live, nbc 10 news. >>> chris christie is expected to sign a state budget. i he will likely make changes first. last week the legislature passed a $34 billion spending plan. he has said he will veet toe provisions that increase taxes on high earnings and corporations. new jersey must have a balanced budget in place before the new fiscal year which starts tomorrow. >>> vice president joe biden will start his 4th of july weekend here in philadelphia taking part in the celebration of freedom ceremony friday morning at independence hall. >> there are a number of other states in the city thanks to the welcome america festival. for a schedule and list of event, go to nbc10.com. these include movie screenings shgz concerts, a lot more. you will find a list of road closures and detors for all the events. if you are not planning to come to philadelphia for the fireworks, find it county by county. >>> another spectacular weekend and a night start to the week. still relatively comfortable. but th

one area near harrisburg and the other back to central pennsylvania. that is weakening and so as that continues to the east, we expect that to continue to weaken. flash flood warnings around the dover area, that is from that heavy rain and that will be tapering off in the next hour and the flooz advisory for chester and montgomery as well. by tomorrow morning, everything will be much, much better. it's a great holiday weekend. father's day looking great. saturday and sunday, it doesn't get much better than that. we are talking about low humidity. showers and thunderstorms, some heavy over the evening hours. it's not going to be is it steady. the phillies will get their game in and you will be able to get anything in. sunny and much less humid. high temperatures into the low 80s. sunday another gorgeous day. we start to heat up. the first 90-degree temperatures and the thunderstorms start to increase especially on wednesday and thursday. we may actually get to dry out and have a nice weekend too. >> fingers crossed. more recalls for general motors. >> s

and satellite and radar that is cooking west harrisburg and gettysburg.e temperature 87 in philadelphia. 82 in dover. 88 in reading. 82 in the poconos. right along the shore with the wind coming out the southeast off of ocean of 72. it matches the air temperature for your favor shore town. there are clouds. you have to get to the mountain was pennsylvania before you bump into them. spotty downpours and thunderstorms. nothing severe. as the energy pushes to the east there could be random storms in spots. a summer preview before summer officially begins. the jetstream on the canadian border it pumps the wind out at westerly direction. hazy, hot and humid for tuesday and wednesday. temperatures in the 90s with the core of the heat along the i-95 corridor from new york to the virginias. as we look at future tracker 6 tomorrow morning, a quiet start to your tuesday with the sunshine. the temperatures are going to rush up here throughout the day tomorrow. by seven o'clock ther there is g to be atmospheric pressure off to the north. it's not going to take much t

storm tracker 6 live double scan showing a light batch of moisture pushing through harrisburg making it into our suburbs. it is running parallel to the pennsylvania turnpike all this continuing to push east/southeast at 15 to 20 miles per hour. if you're north of the pennsylvania turnpike today with the system centered here pushing to the southeast, if you're north of the pennsylvania turnpike more than likely you're staying dry, even there there is the chance of a brief shower later on. lots of clouds today and cooler temperatures. millville, 63. 56 in allentown. 62 in trenton and upper 60s for the jersey shore. 70 degrees by 9:00 a.m., mostly cloudy skies the whole way through, lunchtime, 72. 3:00 p.m., 77 degrees, there could a brief passing shower from time to time. sunday looks much brighter and milder with temperatures up into the 80s and then the humidity returns next week and temperatures get a lot warmer as well. i'll have the details in the seven day when i come back in just a bit. >> new this morning, a fire overnight lands one person in the hospital and others in shelters

kim is joining us from harrisburg pennsylvania on the republican line. you're on the air. lex i would like to comment on the fact that student loans are the income the timelines are taking which causes the loans to be subsidized or unsubsidized. lost my government job. my son graduated, but he was expected to pay back an amount that was totally out of his income level. we applied for a one-year deferment but then found out because his loan was unsubsidized, which was again based on my income, his interest rate was not deferred. that bottom line is it increased the principal amount of the loan and paying back loans, you can only pay back the principal and interest at the rate they give you. you are not allowed to pay double for it to be applied to just principal alone. >> what do you think about what the president wants to announce and also some of the legislation elizabeth warren is working on to allow students to refinance student loans? >> we are allowed to refinance at the time. >> how has that affected your family? so i'm noty job, able to help and hinder his ability t

harrisburg getting wet. you're traveling on the pennsylvania turnpike into central pennsylvania you're going to see some wet roadways outs there. some of the moisture is holding it together and pushing it into delaware valley. this is chester county, chadsford west chester and downingtown, some of it is not reaching the ground. it's very, very light and pushing over to the southeast. the cloud line is running parallel to the pennsylvania turnpike. the lehigh valley is basking in gorgeous sunshine this morning. same thing for the poconos. everybody south of philadelphia, you're seeing shades of gray which will give way to a couple of spotty showers. here's future tracker 6 showing spotty showers not mounting to all that much same thing for the evening hours. as the low exits the coast, these clouds will drop and that will set up a gorgeous sunday as with sunshine and comfortable temperatures. 76 in reading, sun expected. philadelphia, 77. glassboro, 77. maybe a spotty shower south of philadelphia. salem 74. m

closest showers way west of harrisburg. that's hours from getting anywhere near part of our region, if it holds together. most of them don't. so the great majority of us are dry at least through 10:00 tonight. some even after that. there could be one or two how issers that come through after 10:00. then some more tomorrow and then more tomorrow night. here is a few tomorrow developing with the heat of the day. then watch what happens tomorrow night. showers coming through, and then wednesday we get the most. that's when it should be the most active, the hottest, the most humid, best chance of any kind of severe weather. at the shore, the sea breezes again tomorrow. but more of a land breeze wednesday and thursday that will heat them up and also showers and thunderstorms. for tonight, just a chance of a few showers to the north and west. 69 degrees for the low in philadelphia. we're still comfortable. tomorrow, the heat goes up, the humidity goes up a little bit. chance of some showers and thunderstorms, especially at night.

they are just off to our west moving through central pennsylvania, approaching harrisburg.his line actually has a lot of lightning in it and some very heavy rain. as we watch it move, it's moving from west to east. we will see this moving as we go into late tonight. one severe thunderstorm in this line, meaning high winds, heavy rain and a lot of lightning. this will be near the poconos between 7:00 and 8:00 tonight. the rest of us through parts of the area, mainly north and west, that's when we will see thunderstorms. i will track those and we will look at how long it will last. >> you can track the storms in re real time by going to nbc10.com. >>> the governor is talking tough or crime and violent offenders. >> it's about keeping them off the streets. you were there at town hall meeting. what's the plan to make the state safer? >> reporter: this is the governor's 120th -- he had more than 120 of these town hall meetings. he talks about reform. today he was talking about reforms to bail bond laws. he used an example from trenton, a shooting at a funeral that left three peo

now that are about 20,000 of them in harrisburg. provoked the same response. work that ishard being waste or mercenary work since these were requested? .hat is to questions >> those are great questions. clearly they were not there in the moment. they were not dispatch. it could be they had been deferred it -- diverted. be a great question for katie. she might know how those forces againstether and moved them in that way. can you expand? it goes back to naval forces. it is more of a vengeance. it was a plan for profit. it was meant as a punishment. if they didn't take, then this instruction what happened. that is true. the townd have looted and taken everything and wagons and horses and anything they thought perhaps they could sell for money. to say it is either money or destruction, that does have mercenary quality to it. hardware.t twist of that is very useful. >> it sounds like the town revived very quickly momentarily. was there any relaxing one toward the protections? it was certainly resentment they kept. they cap filing claims. this aroundducing the anni

. >>> budget talks under way in harrisburg as the deadline for a spending plan approaches. the governor and leaders of the legislature are negotiating the budget. democrats have been frozen out of talks. they want a tax increase on the natural gas industry and tobacco products. it would go towards public schools and a revenue short fall. republicans say there's no time to win support for a tax increase in the house before the deadline, which is tuesday. >>> he made be the most powerful man in iraq. today he said what president oboe ma has been saying, there has to be big political change in baghdad right now or the rebel group isis will break up iraq. steve handelsman has the latest from washington. >> reporter: as iraqi government forces secure baghdad, they claim they're counter attacking isis. if that's true, experts credit iraqi generals not iraq's president who is so alienating sunnis some are joining with isis. >> it is almost the case where the government we're trying to help has a leader that is as much of a threat as the enknee is. >> reporter: in a dramatic move,

. >>> happening now in harrisburg, lawmakers are trying to compromise on a budget with just over six hours to go before a midnight deadline. >> many are hoping funding for schools doesn't get lost. the budget increases spending 2.5% to $29 billion. but no new taxes and no increase in aid to public schools. money is budgets for pensions as an increase in those costs is expected. >> live is matt. lawmakers are hoping they can get money for education another way. >> reporter: i've been here at the capitol building talking with lawmakers on both sides throughout the day. the senate currently has the budget. it will likely go to the house at some point this evening. there is confidence in a compromise that it would happen. both democrats and republicans have been meeting behind closed doors as that clock ticks down. all while the halls were filled with unions, teachers and students calling for a budget that they believe is fair, even taking their message to the governor's office. a couple of issues affecting philadelphia that have people here concerned is governor corbett's request to ove

near harrisburg, a storm with 500 lightning strikes moving to the north and east and as it approaches the i-95 corridor it hits the western suburbs of philadelphia later on this evening and it fall as part as it hits a marine stable layer in new jersey and delaware. over the next few hours until 8:00 tonight. stor exited the vehicle and immediately exchanged gun fire with the trooper. the trooper returned fire striking that 29-year-old male, in the exchange the gun fire, the trooper was shot twice and later air lifted to the hospital where he is recovering tonight. they found a semi automatic h d handgun that was reported stolen last year in a home invasion. >> it's hard to see a bunch of cop cars and a man laying in the street. >> that bullet could have caught my brother, maybe in the leg or upper bard kbroid and there could have been two victims. >> hicks was pronounced dead at 9:00 this morning and his girlfriend is expected to be okay. >>> philadelphia police released surveillance video today of a strong armed robbery at oxford circle sunday night. the suspect followed a 45-year-o

, or -- >> it has already been shot down once in harrisburg. >> indeed. a lot can happen in the next few weeks, but by the same token, if, in fact, the worse scenario is, in fact, we don't get any additional revenue, because then we would be facing some pretty significant challenges. we've talk about what classes could look like, 40 children in the class, we talk about additional resources and programs that must be taken away. those things, in my opinion, are not sufficient to provide a quality education to the children of this city if that happens, among some of the worse schools in the country. does that keep you up at night? >> it cost me up, because even with the challenges we've seen this year, we've seen magnificant achievement, student, workshop with the president yesterday. >> so amazing, we think all the of the news is bad, but so many stories of children achieving. last day of school today. what do you want to say to the kids as summer begins? >> i want to say be safe, be safe, and continue to read. >> read, thank you. >> so critically, news wee

a member of the philadelphia eagles swoop in to save the day in his home town of harrisburg, the rainbow hills swim club did not get the money it needs to make repairs and it was set to stay closed for the summer but the lesean mccoy foundation got the money to keep it running. people will get to enjoy it for the rest of the summer, thanks to the hand off by the eagles star running back. i have a feeling that kids are looking at skies now to see if they can go to the pools. >> 85% to 90% of the area is warm and muggy, really a small percentage seeing downpours and thunderstorms, they are hitting areas that are pretty popular as we look at double scan live, we see the vantage point, as we close in on double scan live, this is a downpour, originally three lightning strikes, haven't seen a lightning released out of the storm in the last 10 minutes, so it's just a downpour near king of prussia and a popular area where you have the interchange of 422, 202 and the pennsylvania turnpike and this extends to radnor, and the schuylkill expressway heading north on the northeast extension, this part

students walked in protest as they demonstrated the superintendent took a similar request to harrisburg for a similar request. >> they decided to give us a 27 million-dollar loan now we have to look for $28 million in cuts. >> how much more can you cut. >> reporter: there's no more to cut. >> they are facing a 690 million short fall for next year. >>> u.s. safety regulators are investigating whether 1 million convention from five car makers have air bags that could hurt unnecessarily in a crash. regulators are investigating vehicles made between 2002, and 226 by honda and chrysler and toyota. >>> fracking the state of ohio is leading tests on how to test for human induced earthquakes. there's a link between fracking and small tremors. >>> stock futures are trading relatively flat right now. you might see a gain at the open. >>> starbucks wants to make it ears to charge smart phones at coffeehouses so they spend more time there. the charges spots will expand to other major markets maybe here in philadelphia next year. >> happening today delaware's governor plans to sign a bill banning th

news conference is scheduled for 10:30 in harrisburg to announce handling of the case by kane's predecessor you, now governor tom corbett. kane topped jeff molt on to lead this examination, both will be there to answer questions. sandusky was convicted of sexually abusing boys while he was the assistant football coach at penn state and he is serving 30 to 60 years in prison. >>> former pennsylvania governor and u.s. attorney general, dick thornberg, is in the hospital, right now. >> his wife says, that the new 81 year-old suffered a minor stroke saturday at their weekend home outside pittsburgh. as governor in 1979, thornberg led the state through the 3-mile island nuclear crisis. >>> still ahead, new details in that disappearance of that huge passenger yet from in malaysia, new this morning what the pilot, didn't have planned after the the flight but now has investigators so suspicious. >>> but talk about a parking restriction, space that allows to you park for one minute, one minute. we will explain. [ joel ] i'm billy joel, and new york is my home. there's no place like it in the world.

. >>> a new report from harrisburg details mistakes and delays in the investigation of jerry sanduskytorney general kathleen kane said some child sex abuse may have been prevented if prosecutors had acted more quickly. lapse between the time the first victim came forward and the filing of charges against the former penn state assist and the football coach. kane also said there's no evidence that politics played a direct role in the delay. you can read the attorney general's entire report on the sandusky investigation. we have it online at nbc10.com. you can also read a time line of events leading up to sandusky's conviction. >>> there was a secret list of veterans who waited months for medical care. she's also accused others of altering records to hide the deaths of seven veterans who were waiting for care. that came out yesterday at the acting veterans affairs secretary was in philadelphia to tour the v.a. clinic here and meet with members of congress. sloan gibson introduces changes, which included getting all vets off of wait lists and into clinics for appointments. and ensure more

they are scheduled to vote on the plan in harrisburg today. >>> the pennsylvania legislator has yet to approve a hike in the cigarette tax in philadelphia. the money will be used to fund the city's public schools. the measure would raise sales tax by $2 per pack. mayor nutter warned that the start of the next school year would be put in jeopardy without an 80 million-dollar cigarette tax it would bring to the district. >> lots of us take the kids to the movies on hot summer days, but the trips can get expensive. amy buckman has tips for saving money. >> reporter: taking the kids to the movie helps the kids to get a break from the summer heat. here's the movie tavern in collegeville, the promotion is called flap jacks and a flick. >> it's tuesday and wednesday at 10:00 a.m., we have smurves and it's flap smurfs. you'll pay less to watch movies at regal and united artist theaters. it's 1 dollar for pg rated movies tuesday and wednesday. finally this theater in university city is offering movie clubhouse deal. if you pay in advance you'll pay $5 for ten tickets for kids movies that are sh

and david henry will have more including top officials in harrisburg found out as they were looking for state funding as well. the police have charged a mother an liver-in boyfriend after a child broke heroin to school. hunter and christopher white were charged. the 6-year-old daughter showed off bags of heroin to other students. a teacher spotted the child chewing on one of the bags. the child is okay in d.h. custody tonight. >>> septa commuters may need a new way to get to work. if the talks don't go well, there could be a strike. "action news" vernon odom live at 30th street station with that story. good evening, vernon. >>reporter:good evening. a septa strike that could well happen. ate firm maybe. not for the riders of the city of philadelphia but the suburban riders on the regional rails. the septa rail lines are running on time in and out the center city today. that could be disrupted at 12:01 a.m. on saturday. strike fever is in the air. it halts the service for 60,000 riders a day. >> it's 45 minutes. when you are driving it's an hour or hour and a half two hours. you never kno

double scan, from the west, the line in central parts of pennsylvania and state college approaching harrisburg it's all moving to the northeast as it tries to clip the counties in pennsylvania later this evening, in fact by 7:00 it's west of lancaster and allentown approaching the western suburbs at 9:30 tonight and the corridor at midnight and it pushes east of the i-95 corridor, it rips apart and falls apart and most of new jersey and delaware should remain on the dry side through most of the overnight hours. your five-day at 5:00, giving way to sun in the afternoon, moderate humidity and lower at 88, not as humid as friday and the weekend right now looking good. saturday and sunday mid-80s for highs and the humidity is check with just a few clouds and it starts to turn more humid here for the last day of june 88 degrees with a possible thunderstorm in the afternoon, we give you that july forecast in the seven day, coming up in the e half hour. july forecast >> an nba player returned home to delaware county for a special honor, jamaell nelson was honored by a freedom valley ymca well. gymnas

of a job training organization that has helped people from other countries, tom corbett was in harrisburg attending budget meetings. >>> and now they are stepping in to give new jersey a state song. nora muchanic has that story from trenton. >> wearing distinctive red t shires they made themselves, a group of students came to trenton to lobby for a state song. >> tennessee has 11 state songs and we are the only state that doesn't have one. >> i think it's important, it would be something good for new jersey. >> new jersey is squabbling over a state song for decades, you would think the home of the sinatra and bruce springsteen would have one but we don't. >> the delran students, are lobbying for a tune "i'm from new jersey". >> the dude is 92 years old, that is older than i am. and it's such a great song. >> he is roaming the halls for decades trying to get them to adopt song as the state song. he was back in the 70s and 80s, lawmaker as proved the song many times but they never moved it along. and now they are lobbying for another bill naming his as the state song hoping that governor ch

. >> we have an interesting three weeks coming up in harrisburg. our budget is dubai june 30. -- due by june 30. i look for governor corbett becoming more flexible could we see an extraction tax for the gas industry. could we get movement on the state liquor stores being sold. medical marijuana look out for these issues coming up in the next few weeks. >> you are saying the money would be applied to education. >> we have a 500 million-dollar gap in expenditures versus revenues, something needs to be done. >> thanks to obama administration lacks i immigratn enforcement policy we're experiencing an surge of immigration at our southern border, so much so unaccompanied minors are crossing in record numbers. the number is up 90% this year over last year, 90,000 unaccompanied minors are expected to cross the border into the united states this fiscal year alone they get housing and schools and support and medicaid, it's a tremendous mendsous problem for the administration among the many scandal that they are dealing with. >> ajay. >> monica, last night th

we are seeing them in lancaster county and harrisburg we are seeing some showers edge into a portion of berks county, now here's the severe weather, we have severe thunderstorm warnings again through portion s of south central pennsylvania crossing over into parts of the maryland and west virginia, lightening and heavy rain, and we have scenery peteed severe thunderstorm warnings for this cluster, hail and gusty wind exist this is far off to the west, they are fueled by the heat of the day so by the time showers reach us i do not expect to be severe or all that strong. we have had warm weather though to day out ahead of the coal front, 82 in philadelphia. seventy-nine in pottstown. seventy-six in wilmington. seventy-six in million will. seventy-five in ac on a nice end to the weekend. fox future cast shows we were all going to see white the time these showers reach us after midnight. they fizzle out. i wouldn't rule out thunder but looks to be just some rain. that being said though we will see rain increase as we head toward morning drive tomorrow so factor in extra time for the comm

families have been forced from their homes after a church collapsed next door this happened near harrisburgt evening. the church is decades old and been vacant for years. city officials would like to have it torn down. they are looking for owners to get that done right now. >>> coastguard crews have recovered body of the philadelphia man who went missing off of florida's east coast, 25 year-old, debris zodem was reported missing while swimming at new smyrna beach on sunday. now, he was reportedly trying to help a friend struggling to surf but he got caught in the rip current and never re-surfaced. his body was found sunday night. >>> embattled irs commissioner heads back to capitol hill at issue, thousands of lost e-mails. the the irs says they cannot find two years worth of e-mails. e-mails in question went to and from the former irs official loues learner in the center of this. irs officials say her compute are crashed in june 2011 causing those e-mails to be lost. she headed up that division that processed tax exempt status. division was in the center of the investigation involving alleg