the food sucks. >> welcome to kent county. this [ bleep ] place sucks. don't ever come here. >> it's a different attitude in h2a, one of the housing units. >> we teasingly call this the hamptons because they are up here with no cells. freedom of movement, as long as they listen. that's kind of their punishment. the thought of having to live behind doors again. >> most inmates in there are pretty compliant, easy going. a lot of them are in there for minor crimes. so we really don't have to stay on them that much. but you do still have to supervise them. >> i call it h2-awesome. pretty nice. you have a lot more freedom. you have all-day day room, a microwave. two flat-screen tvs to watch. pull-up bar and stuff for working out. >> this is the best unit in jails. >> this is the penthouse of the jail. >> it's still jail. you are locked in one room 100% of the time. >> sean arrived two months earlier, shortly after his arrest. it was a night he says he remembers little of. >> i was blacked out drunk. i don't remember even having that photo taken. every single

the kent county jail houses about 1,000 men and women. some of them have been convicted but most are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial with the resolution of their cases. >> any problem? >> no problem, sir. >> captain randy demery has been confronting problems for 25 years he worked at the jail. >> good friend of mine said the thing that makes corrections so easy is that all you have to do is get voluntary compliance out of a bunch of people who have already proven that they will not voluntarily comply with the rules of society. so, it's a piece of cake. and we're in a position where we can get to a very large degree voluntary compliance out of that group of people, so actually the challenge of that is rewarding and fun. >> some challenges like those presented by joe leija can take longer to resolve than others. >> joe leija doesn't come across as a dangerous guy. he's respectful to the officers but it's not one of those guys i would trust. he's definitely a dangerous individual, especially on the street, and within his gang

i will no longer be in kent county. i will be free like a bird. >> i'm going to miss krak rok.our literally the day after i get out. the only thing i'm worried about is if my p.o. want today's drug test me or -- ♪ >> on the streets, abendroth is a rapper known as krak rok. even though he's blamed drugs for his numerous troubles with the law, he says they're part of his job. >> i'm a musician. you know how music and drugs go hand in hand. that's the truth. if i'm nervous i'm going to smoke pot. if i feel too jittery before i get onstage, i'm going to drink. it goes hand in hand. >> good luck on your tour. >> i won't forget about you. >> the following day, abendroth begins the departure process. >> this is a good day. this is better than being born. i'm thinking i'm about to go out and see my -- see my homies. i'm going to smoke a cigarette. definitely have to see my p.o. today. i think i'm definitely going to go smoke some weed, for sure. oh, man, i can see outside. it's all sunny and [ bleep ]. >> i'm not going to miss these bob barker classics on my feet. i'm getting the hell

this is the kent county jail. while some are convicted, most of the 1,000 men and women here are only charged with crimes and awaiting trial for the resolution of their cases. >> do the crime you've got to pay the time. you know? >> it's not the ideal setting in which to make friends. some do. jeremy feels like an outcast. >> jeremy is the model inmate. he's very quiet. never gets into trouble. he's generally in his cell and if he does come out of his cell he comes and he sits quietly. >> i don't consider anybody in here friends. i'd rather be in here than out there with some of those people sometimes because there's a lot of negative energy out there. there's not very many people to talk to me in here because i'm gay. >> merithew says he encounters too many attitudes. like that of ruben flores. >> if you want to be homosexual, that's good. that's your problem. it's your business. i'm going to tell you that god don't like homosexuals, that that's something against nature. if you want to do it, that's on you. but i

a few miles from downtown is the kent county jail. >> people ask me all the time out there in the world, who you got in jail? i always tell them, we have your family members, we have your neighbors, your co-workers. >> any given day, 1,000 men and women are incarcerated here. >> i want you on your bunks. time for head count. i need your id. >> some are convicted, most are only accused of crimes and awaiting trial and the resolution of their cases. >> we have the people standing behind you in the line at the grocery store, the people handing you food at the window at the drive-up. they are the people we have in jail. >> my life is in this sack. >> a few years earlier, it would have been a surprise to the residents to see brandee nyp in jail. she was a popular secretary at a nearby elementary school. >> many people that knew me from school, if they see me now, they would know something is seriously wrong. two years ago, i started smoking crack, and i resigned from my job and lost both of my daughters and started living on the streets using crack. >> nyp is charged with possession of narco

click or call. >>> day-to-day operations of the kent county jail in grand rapids are managed by sheriff'suties. john hess used to be one of them. now as under sheriff, he's the county administrator who oversees the jail and its staff. >> we have some mean, nasty, ugly people in jail. some real hard-core criminals. but the majority are people from our community. they're people that are going back. so i think we try really, really hard here to have our staff understand that these are just people. >> deputy justin flynn has worked at the jail for seven years and says he's bought in to that philosophy. >> nobody wants to be in jail. i'm ready to go home after eight hours. i'm trying to make their day better. these guys know that i'll talk to them all. we joke around, but if they cross a line, they're going to get time in. >> he says breaking up the monotony of jail life is important. and there are certain ways to do so. >> the game is bean bag toss. >> the more you can occupy them, the more they're distracted from getting into trouble. the one thing we can't let these guys do is -- gamble, be

also just a thin line on the radar moving right through kent county. river view, this is actually a thin line of a little more moderate rainfall, where we start to see the yellow coloring. as w as we go through tonight. the surf, a high risk of rip currents elsewhere along the shore, so that will stay around as we go even through tonight. the high risk of rip currents i would expect them to stay around even as we go into tomorrow. now, the clouds like i mentioned, they're still around the area. the clouds with the rain. so here is a wide view. we have a lot of clouds to get through before we actually see more sunshine. that will start to break out more into tomorrow. this whole weather system really has to move out, though, before we see the sun. so, again, gradual improvements overnight tonight. temperatures about the mid to low 60s. it is still a cool, kind of wet day out there. and the winds through most of the area still gusting around 25 miles an hour. future weather here, slowly breaking up the clouds. not until the overnight hours. so after abou

also in parts of kent county, still watching this same line of light to moderate rainfall here. it's approaching milford. farmington seeing some of this rain. slowly moving through into parts of sussex county. that's the direction it's moving. again, we'll start to see improving conditions several hours from now. we still have the cloud cover with us. there's quite a bit of clear weather off to our west. the cloud cover will slowly push offshore as we go through tonight and start to see more clearing skies especially into tomorrow. temperatures in the mid to low 6 60s now, cool and windy. winds gusting near 25 miles an hour. for much of south jersey and delaware, wildwood, wind gusts near 30 miles an hour. future weather slowly starting to get rid of the light rain tonight. 11:00 p.m., cloudy. overnight, we see more clearing. early tomorrow, we could have clouds lingering closer to the shore. as the whole system moves away. we'll start to see more sunshine for the area through the day. gradual clearing as far as the clouds are concerned. mid 50s for the low in philadelphia. 49 de

right now, we are beginning to see just the leading edge of the rain moving over sussex and kent county, delaware and in the tip of cape may, but the actual low pressure is way down to the south, off the coast of carolinas and what this will be doing is hugging the sea line, but the high pressure is up to the north and that high pressure is slowing that low down, so it will take a while for this rain to be advancing up to the north. this is the updated timeline for the rain, southern new jersey between now and 9:00, that rain is spreading up from the south. philadelphia metro area, it's rain is moving in between 9:00 and midnight. most of the area is rain free and the rain is moving in between midnight and 3:00 in the morning, the problem with the slower timetable is that the bulk of the rain is in the morning commute. this is the raw data, we look at to determine how much rain, there is a good consistency between 1 to 2 inches of rain and occurring during it's morning commute and it will be a mess. in edition to the rain, we have wind gusts already out of the east funneling in the mois

kent counties there and delaware. tracking showers and storms. moving east 25 to 30 miles an hour you can seeelmer to down south to smyrna a lot of lightning sosh yaitded with this we're tracking showers and storms throughout much of the evening and into tonight. we've also seen storm damage to report so far today. wind damage and upper frederick township in montgomery county, trees and fires down and springfield township in bucks county winds as high as 50 miles an hour lightning and rain. when you go to abington we had lightning strikes and in fact a lightning report strikeing a house there in abington. west chester with the flash flood warning posted earlier today we picked up 2" of rain in a short amount of time. stormtracker 6 double scan 3d showing you the broken line of activity tracking to the north and east and in the wake of that we have improvement on the way for the second half of the weekend. coming up walter we'll look at future tracker 6 and time out the showers and storms and let you know when the cooler air will arrive with the f

well from the delaware newsroom tonight a terrifying ordeal for her mother and young daughter at kent county the two were sleeping in a bedroom when annen truder came in and began choking the woman 1:30 this morning nript drive magnolia kent county and the woman fought off the man and the little girl woke up anden truder ran off. investigators only have a vague sdpription of the attacker he's described 6 feet tall wearing bark colored baseball cap. if you have any information you're asked to call police. >> to growing threat of is sis world leaders met in paris to back islamic state mill at that particular time. two dozen nations declared their support. one notable exception iran the president of iran said they will not coordinate with the united states but agrees with using air strikes to try to cut off the militants. meantime in the days ahead congress will have the year of the obama administration. secretary chuck haagle will brief both house and senate committees this week. president obama is pushing for their toy to allow u.s. to trip and train and qup searon rebels. >> the goal is that

dover campus today for the kent county economic summit. business and community leaders got together to discuss the coun county's economic strengths and weak knowes to talk strategies of the future. dover has a lot to offer companies looking for new homes. >> yes. we want more manufacturing and more tourism, we want more small businesses. because of our diversity we are ready to take all of this. >> kent county has been talking for years about building a massive sports complex that would bring in families from around the region for youth tournaments and the chamber also wants to do more with the air terminal at thea air force base. they want to attract a large cargo facility to the city. >>> the national transportation safety board were back at the site of a deadly bus crash. they shut down the off ramp from route 1 to route 13 to reconstruct the accident that killed two women and injured dozens others. the bus was headed to new york when it veered off the ramp and rolled on to its roof sunday. more than a dozen victims are still being treat

not to mention, although we will, the little bit of rain we will see here in kent county, delaware, somerossing the delaware bay and heading in to cumberland county in new jersey. one little area have of rain, none of it is real heavy but you may see some showers, if this is where you live as far as we're concerned in philadelphia. just some clouds around this morning morning and we will be flirting with sun and clouds. they will be in and out today but further south the you go closer to that storm the the more chance you have of seeing clouds by noon time. we will have more of those clouds spreading through at your use. we could see a pop up shower or two during the game tonight. it is not real likely but possibility is there of a pop up shower, probably no thunderstorms, though. temperatures are in the 50's north and west of the city, here in philadelphia we are at 68. we are in the 60's to the south of us. seventy-four in ocean city, new jersey. our high today will be about 78 degrees. 73 degrees tomorrow with on and off showers, and then clouds giving way to some sunshine in the afte

storm scan3, here's where these clouds are coming f had a couple of stray showers rolling through kent county last few hours, it is clearer the further north and west you travel, however, so i think you'll start to seymour sunshine if you are up in a lehigh valley, up in the pocono region, something like that. but notice what happens. we take a look at future winds speeds, don't worry so much about the numbers at least initially, although it will get quite breezy at the shore, rather look at the arrows, they're straight up, coming in from the east, which means we will help bring in those clouds, from all of that moisture being drawn in from the open waters of the atlantic. so sun is at a premium today. but if you want more of it, go ahead, take a hike up the northeast extension, going up to the poconos, 70, sunshine, more clouds than anything, and it will be pretty breezy at the shore. meanwhile, in fill, we split the difference, flirt with 80 degrees, see little sun along the way. jess, over to you. >> thank you, good morning, everyone, all of this fall talk is getting knee good mood. 5:36.

we begin in kent county, delaware, where a driver is facing drug and weapons charges after first gettingulled over for not wearing a seat belt. authorities say when the officer stopped matthew trentley on us-13 in kent county, they found an assault rifle, brass knuckles, marijuana and drug paraphernalia in the car. he is facing several charges, including carrying a concealed deadly weapon and is being held on $13,000 bail. >>> in chester county, a proposed crackdown on abandoned properties in the city of coatesville. they want to change the city ordinance to penalize banks and lienholders for failing to maintain these properties. it follows a fine imposed on those owning abandon and unkempt properties. >>> and in atlantic county, a new push for tourists. here's a look at one of the do ac commercials. it's being rolled out as part of the new marketing campaign for atlantic city. later today, the mayor actually will come to philadelphia to promote the campaign. commercials will soon be on tv in the philadelphia market. >> people always looking for a deal. maybe do ac. you're watching nbc 1

would i say as early as this evening or late afternoon for sussex kent county, cape may county you willee rain building from south to north. heaviest of which really likely looks like it is overnight, but it will still be lingering as we are on the air with you, on "eyewitness news" this morning on our sister station cbs-3. tune in, trust me on. that i'm sure torey will after lieutenant to talk about traffic wise but those gusts could be as high as 35 inland, 45 down the shore. lets give thaw shore forecast very quickly here. not a good beach day. tomorrow is worse. i'll give thaw. today clouds are thickening, uv index a lot lower when you don't have much sunlight to bank on here and breeze is kicking in. not to mention rip current risk is moderate to even high today with the approach of coastal storm. be very careful if you go surfing or something like that. torey, over toryou. >>> thanks, katie. good morning everyone. just plan ahead. delays are out there, and it is even more so in other areas because of incidents like traveling on 476. traveling on the blue route this is southbound d

one in kent county. another in sussex county. nearly half are in intensive care. their labs have been sent to the centers for disease control, which is testing for enterovirus. it's sweeping across the country. to our west, ohio has cases. it resembles the common cold at first but becomes a serious respeiratory illness and has hospitalized many children. those with breathing problems or allergies are at higher risk. yesterday we talked to a pediatrician who is telling her asthma patients to begin their inhaler at the first sign of a cold and to call their doctor. >> there's no vaccine and there's no specific treatment either so prevention is key. it's very important to talk to children about frequent hand washing and washing hands for at least 20 seconds which is hard for children to gauge so they should basically wash their hands until they sang the whole happy birthday song. >> reporter: while there are no confirmed cases yet in pennsylvania, new jersey or delaware, again, the states are testing for it. we know in delaware they sent the labs from 12 children bel

see heavy traffic tonight near the tracks in kent county.'s a live look from route 1 at the dover toll plaza. allow yourself a little bit of extra time if you're headed in that direction. >>> atlantic city has a new campaign to attract tourists in the midst of the casino crisis. toll-free tuesdays begin next month. the toll-free trips are one way of showcasing atlantic city for midweek getaways. here's a close look at the ac expressway by the numbers. it's 47 miles long with two toll plazas. there were five toll entrances and exits and two service plazas along the route. >>> staying in atlantic city, despite the recent rash of casino closings, something new will be going up in ac, a 250 apartment complex will be built on a plot of land between revel boulevard and new jersey avenue, near the now closed revel casino hotel. the project will cost about $60 million. work will begin by the end of the year and take about 14 months to complete. the auction of revel casino will resume next tuesday. florida developer glenn straub is offering $90 milli

specially i should say sussex county also clipping kent county in delaware.ning issue. more than anything, just the return flow around big area of high pressure, so, eventually this afternoon, evening, we heat up. we will feel the steam. trust me. that humidity get you. also a shower or storm along the way, we drop to 73 muggy degrees tonight. it will be a good excuse to finally turn the air conditioner on if you have yesterday to do so, and most of the week still very hot, we hit 92, steamy degrees tomorrow. very similar forecast, but by wednesday, though, still hot, it will feel bit more comfortable, not quite as humid. erika, back to you. >> thank you, that's "eyewitness news" for now, talk philly coming up at noon on cbs-3. i'm erika von tiehl. have a great morning. happy labor day. oh wow. you look incredible! right?! is this the bacon and cheese diet? this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. what's different? oh, it's my chicken and cheese enchilada diet. well keep it up, honey. it's working. oh, gracias! did i tell you

you see it advance across southern new jersey and parts of the kent county delaware.as we head into the day tomorrow, most of the rain is along the coast. inland, not at pretty day. clouds and a few pockets of drizzle. it keeps the temperatures down through the day tomorrow. the system will head out to sea on wednesday. future tracker 6 showing it's all about location tomorrow. north and west of philadelphia, a little bit of the drizzle here or there. the lehigh valley and the poconos barely anything all the. you get on the coast, we are looking to half an inch to an inch of rain from the low pressure system. we have one low pressure here. another one sitting off of the coast of the carolina. this used to be hurricane norbert. it's a disturbance now. it's pulling up all the tropical moisture. arizona is getting hit hard around phoenix today. more than 3 inches of rain. the wettest since the records began 119 years ago. up to today phoenix, arizona only got 2 inches of rain. back at home tonight cloudy and breezy and showers south. it will be a cool night. 64 in philad

we're anticipating the need for an umbrella in kent county, delaware. that in mine. at light shower activity is spread nothing to, cumberland county in new jersey. it is really light but it is out there. 68 degrees in philadelphia 50's to the north and west and a couple of 70's down to the south. we will get to a high in the upper 70's for most of to us day. 78 degrees. seventy-three tomorrow. we will probably have on and off showers and very little sunshine and then sunshine coming out in the afternoon on wednesday with again a high in the 70's. we will inch in the 80's on thursday and friday, and then by saturday and sunday we're back to temperatures in the 70's. so far so good for the weekend, we will see what happens. there is a look at your seven day forecast, it is time to check traffic and we are still in the new jersey turnpike, southbound between route 73 and route 168. reports of an accident there. keep that in mind, chris. >> sue, thanks very much. >>> 5:12. all of the glitz and glamour in new york city just the way general rivers would have wanted it. how

moving through parts of kent and sussex county.lford, bethany beach, starting to get more rain moving onshore. the heaviest, that's still to our south. big area of low pressure. we won't be seeing the sunshine until all of this moves up through the area. we do eventually see the sunshine as we go into the end of the week. for tomorrow we'll keep the rain in the forecast. as far as the shore is concerned we have winds near 40 miles an hour, possibly overnight tonight. high surf, minor coastal flooding possible and a high risk of rip currents. for the rest of us we can expect the rain, again heavy at times through the overnight hours as we go to future weather here by midnight, south jersey and delaware, you should start seeing the rain moving in. some of this could be locally heavy. more starts to move in overnight. notice the reds, oranges, yellows, that's heavy rain. by 7:00 in the morning, you could very well be running into a lot of this. give yourself extra time in the morning. even by 8:00, 9:00, it's still around the area but

it looks like some southern showers starting to sneak into kent county, delaware. zooming in closer around concord township we are getting steady showers at the moment. 62 degrees. 3 miles an hour wind. 78 percent relative humidity and sunrise time at 6:43. our high temperature yesterday was 72 degrees. this was a marvelous machine, so beautiful outside. so today we expect to get to 75. beauty is coming eventually with clouds and showers, but then the afternoon sunshine, will make it all worthwhile and that is your weather for tuesday, lets check traffic, and start out, with this look at what is going on in, imlaystown, 195 eastbound pass cox corner and laystown road there is, construction with one lane block. 295 southbound at route one construction has left and center lanes blocked. westbound on the pennsylvania turnpike at willow grove construction there has the left and center lanes block, chris. >>> lets get to breaking news at 5:02. police say a man shot his daughter's boyfriend and killed him. fox 29's dawn timmeney joins us life from holmes circle section w

see some heavy traffic tonight near the tracks in kent county. from route 1 at the dover toll plaza. all looking good out there at this hour. you may want to give yourself extra time if you'll be in that area over the weekend. >>> residents all across the tri-state area can get rid of unwanted and expired medications this weekend. tomorrow is national prescription drug take-back day. concerned by the rising rates of prescription drug abuse, the day was established ed ted to disp unwanted and unneeded prescription drugs. here's a few of the many places you can hand in your old and unwanted medications. in pennsylvania, any state police barracks, in new jersey, the morristown police department or the mercer county administration building. down in delaware, at ship lley manor in wilmington. there's also a comprehensive list on nbc10.com. >>> the national park service is opening up a section of ellis island never before seen by the general public in more than 100 years of its existence. >> it's where thousands of went to die but untold tens of thousa

authorities say that justin middleton left his 14-month-old daughter in the car as he gambled in kent county, the car was running and the child did not appear in distress as first he denied leaving the baby in the car but then admitted to it. >> the buck county district attorney office is looking into claims at the hope boarding school. online it said that a school's founder had a sexual relationship with a student in the 1950s. he died in 1992, and now other potential victims contacted the d.a.'s office and claimed they were abused. they are looking to see if any still fall within the statute of limitations. >>> a suspected bank robber did not get far with the loot in philadelphia's tacony section. the suspect walked into the citizens bank on torresdale avenue and demanded money, he got locked between two sets of doors and the dye pack exploded, he was then take and into custody. good news for pge customers, your bill will be cheaper this fall. natural gas rates are down and they are passing the rates on to customers. customers will see a 6.9% drop in customers that translates into savings

north and light showers are breaking out near dover and generally dry near the central part of kent county, going south of milford, in lewes delaware, and on the tip of cape may, rain is barking in from the ocean in the next half hour. temperature-wise though we are still below normal. 70 in allentown, 66 in millville. 68 in dover and it will be one of those raw, cool, rainy nights and tluts the day on thursday, especially with the wind coming in, with the easterly direct and the winds are 16 in philadelphia and up to 18 miles at the shore and a persistent effortly wind piling up the water with the coastal storm to the south. that is why we see minor tidal flooding at the times of high tide. we have the wind tunnel affect going on high pressure to the north and coastal storm to the south and it wraps around a high and enter a low and it continues to funnel in and wraps around the storm and it stays on the windy side through thursday morning and then the low pulls to the north and east and it eases the wind speeds by tomorrow afternoon. satellite and radar, the actual low is near charleston

now, i would say as early as this evening cape may county, kent, sussex counties in delaware we will see that rain creeping in here but however, the brunt for everybody else doesn't start to get in here until later tonight and overnight especially into tomorrow morning. about this same time i'm hoping they will not give my sky deck duty because it will be a soggy start. showers will be lingering, throughout the day and would i dare to say basically a wash out of the day but brunt comes, again in the morning, meanwhile, we will show you that temperature difference real quickly there. we are warming up here, 75 degrees in philadelphia with the clouds, on the increase. the as the the day progresses. torey, back into you. >> you are reminding me i need rain boots i wassing this that. anyway, mental notes, right. good morning, everyone. one thing you can do this morning is plan ahead for when sun comes up and rush comes in but right now things are quiet, heading outside we will look at i-95 an incident we are dealing with for i would say 45 minutes, it is a vehicle that had gone in the gu

also a couple of those downpours and showers near dover and eastern kent county and a thunderer storm pushing into western lancaster county. this is not, severe. it is slowly moving north and east, still at 5 miles an hour along route 30 and split near 283 just to the north of downtown lancaster. lancaster a few sprinkles and survives because it is moving so slowly to the north and east you can get a quick downpour and gusty wind and excess of 40 miles an hour with this particular thunderstorm. otherwise, everyone is baking right now. eighty-four quakertown. eighty-seven warrington. 89 degrees kenneth square. sitting at 85 degrees. to the south and east hammington on the verge of 90 right now at the shore and sea breeze in the lower 80's but still oppressively humid. glassboro coming in at 90 degrees, smyrna, dover coming in at 38 to 85. factor in the humidity it feels above 90 across the the region. you see big change here in the lower 48. we have the 80's and 90's ahead of the potent cold front. behind that, temperatures are dropping, omaha 64. bismarck, 72. chicago 71. all of this

so, some activity moving across areas in newcastle and kent county and there in delaware and we have showers and thunderstorms activities firing up across areas in say em, gloucester and camden county and now north and east we have wet weather moving out and montgomery and southern bucks and mercer county there in trenton. and so the showers and storms moving to the east and to the northeast during the overnight hours and clearing on the way as we get into our sunday. we definitely had a lot of heat earlier today. that fueled those showers and storms. high today in the city climbed up to 93 degrees. that's 12 above where we normally should be this time of year. and right now we're actually tapping into a northerly winds so that northerly wind helps to dry out the atmosphere. you'll notice the difference when you step outdoors tomorrow. 77 in the city right now. allentown, 64. and along the coast in sea isle city 74. lancaster also in the lower 7 0s. satellite 6 along with action radar their is the same cold front by the way responsible for strong to severe storms across the midwest ju

light little shower did roll through kent county, delaware, might see little bit more that far throughout the day. but generally, if you want more sun, head further north and west. we will sort of split the difference, call it somewhat partly sunny with more clouds than anything in philly. the high just flirting with 8 degrees. jess? >> thank you, katie. good morning, everybody, just 6:55, and the talcony palmyra bridge on its way back down, i thought we would get nice shot of the boat in there at one point, but already has since passed through on its way back down expect summaries its all delays there, as well, so for right now just take the betsy ross bridge as your alternate. otherwise, some travel times, everything starting to stack up quite a bit. heavy woodhaven into the vine, about 27 minutes trip there. ukee, erika, back to you. >> thanks so much. sixteen year old trying to swim across the english channel struggling against strong current. >> charlotte samuels being pushed back as she approaches the french coast we're told. experts say the current could add as much as five hours t

that allowed a few rain drops into portions of kent county and also near cumberland county, but looks like that is now starting to dissipate. our high for the day today about 77 degrees. look for a mix of sun and clouds. it looks like we will be mainly dry. that's your neighborhood forecast. >>> in her last report, katy was telling us about a tractor-trailer accident on route 1 that's created some lane closures. >> let's see if we can get more information. katy, what do you have? >> i'm going to step out of the way because skyforce10 is over the scene. i'm just seeing this video for the first time. let me give you the details. skyforce10 is over a tractor-trailer accident on the roosevelt boulevard southbound right near tyson avenue. i have this information that three lanes are blocked off. so, the inner drive of the roosevelt boulevard southbound around this are blocked off. you're going to want to take the outer drive to get around this mess that happened within the last half hour. here are the details. so, it's something we're watching. skyforce10 was just overhead. three lanes are

southern new castle county to kent county. all hair possible indicated on radar and lightning and heavy rain extends into salem and cumberland county. that continues to track to the east. again south jersey for the next few hours has a shot at stronger storms. through the late night hours into early overnight some scattered strong possibly severe storms. looks like that severe threat has diminished. could see damaging winds 30 to 40 miles per hour, potential for flooding and frequent lightning which we're seeing right now on radar. once we get this cold front through, changes on the way for the rest of the weekend. still warm and muggy right now, a lot of humidity out there fueling these showers and storms. we're in the 70's but by tomorrow morning you'll wake up with temperatures into the 60's in many spots, even though 60's in the suburbs, up are 60's here in philadelphia. so, coming up in the full forecast we'll time out these storms, when we dry out and talk about that cool down coming in the seven-day forecast. don't forge

kent county, opening tomorrow in dover international speedway. it's the 150 on saturday. nascar will hold a nationwide series race there. then on sunday, drivers will compete in the nascar sprint cup series race. >> always a big draw. >>> you're watching "nbc 10 news today," "nbc 10 news today at 6:00 a.m." starts right now. >> announcer: "nbc10 news" starts now. >>> we are tracking rain this morning. here's a live look at "first alert" radar. rain and lots of it has moved into the region. and it's going to be around for your morning commute. so be prepared for slick roads. >>> and new from overnight, out on bail, all three suspects charged in the attack on a gay couple are home. >> the south philadelphia single mother facing jail time for taking a legal gun into new jersey gets a second chance. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm vai sikahema. let's get to meteorologist bill henley with the forecast. hey, bill. >> hey, vai, the strong gusty winds have topped 30 miles an hour in our area this morning. you can see the flags blowing in

investigators say a trooper shot a suspect in kent county. the incident happened just before 3:00 this afternoon on judith road in hartley. the 47-year-old suspect was flown to christiana hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. police haven't released the name of the suspect or the trooper as their investigation continues. >>> tonight, camden police are hope for tips from the public that will help solve the vicious beating a 54-year-old homeless woman. now, investigators believe the assault happened somewhere near the stretch of mt. efrum avenue. the victim whose family was identified as charlene lightfoot suffered head trauma and cuts so deep her ears were nearly severed. police say the attack looks like the work of more than one person. >> has a broken eye socket. she has three track turfracture. her face looks like a watermelon. she has blood on the brain and someone did this to her. >> amazingly enough, the victim was able to get herself to virtua hospital in camden. she remains in critical condition. police believe someone in the cam

so with that said, sussex, kent county, cape may, atlantic county, salem or cumberland could see somehowers building in here, even as early as three or four or 5:00 p.m. and that is where they are beginning to pick up on by about that time. it is mainly well after the sun has gone down for philly and everybody elsewhere we start to see the main batch of rain coming n look at this, 5:00 a.m. tomorrow we already could have over 2 inches of rain. this is important. just a model but very good guide of what is heading our way. at minimum we have a in of rain on the way. i will not be advised if the national weather service decides to issue flash flood watch that he is have yet to show up. we will let you know when they to. rain amounts at the the coast, up to 3 inches possibly here, when the the brunt of the storm comes through overnight you can see gusts as high as 45 miles an hour, so that is that traveling the garden state parkway and also near where the tides come in. you could have flooding. tomorrow it is just a very i know torey hates this word soggy day. i'm sorry. over to you. >>

philadelphia, i think you're dry all day to day but if you are say through cape may county and sussex and kent county, delaware you could see showers later this afternoon and toward early evening. all from this area of low pressure that continues to gather its strength and moisture and it is, a quote unquote coastal storm system that will be drawing in, on not just good atlantic moisture to help, douse with us rain and kick up the wind at the coastline especially. noon today, we are going to see spots of sunshine and we will see those included thickening up from south to north. 5:00 p.m. we have a couple showers through southern most counties but later tonight here we go. this will be some heavy rain. it will be a wash out essentially for tomorrow but heavier rain looks like it is coming overnight into early tomorrow morning, and then we will just be stuck with lingering rain off and on throughout the take but very much widespread, coverage with that, so no one, you know, gets the exception here. so, watch us for period of rain, heavier on thursday morning. we could be talking within to 2 inches. we

>>> and from our delaware bureau now, it's race weekend in kent county. tens of thousands of nascar fans will be in town at dover international speedway. 85,000 people, in fact, are expected to be at the track known as the monster mile over the next three days. the drive sober 150 race and the nasc nascar nationwide series and on friday the flag drops on the nascar and many fans are in town to see tony stewart who spoke last night to the associated press after a grand jury cleared him of criminal charges in the death of kevin ward jr. >> he's a great guy. i've met him. he's a great guy. you know he didn't mean to do that. i mean, you know he didn't. i do. no way anybody could convince me he did that on purpose. >> stewart told the ap last night it was 100% an accident. this year a new playoff system in place, by the way, so, during this weekend's race four sprint cup drivers will be knocked out of the championship contention this weekend. big weekend for nascar in dover. >>> all right, some good news for everyone at the gas pump. next, two things that are

live look at route 1 in kent county, delaware. just like the rest of the stories that we have been looking at throughout this past hour, it's nice out there. not too bad a little bit of traffic but nothing much else to talk about which is great news when you're traveling we'll continue to check traffic throughout the newscast. happening now the revel casino closing up shop. the hotel at the $2.4 billion resort closed this morning casino is next. gamblers are placing bets until early tomorrow morning. two-day shut down up credibly painful for the shore town. just yesterday the showboat of course closed for good. fox 29's thalia perez is live in atlantic city and thalia, it has been a tough holiday weekend. >> reporter: tough date indeed, lucy. in fact, hoe fell guests had to check out of the hotel before it shut its doors at 11:00 o'clock this morning. you still have time to gamble. the casino doesn't close until 5:00 tuesday morning. but i can tell you i was inside the casino earlier, and the overall mood is somber. >> i'm so sad

authorities say the suspect made $400 in purchases at various businesses in kent county.know who this man s-please contact delaware state police. >> police at florida international university are on the lookout for the backside bandit. they received six reports since june of a bike rider slapping female students on the behind. the description of the groper is always the same. while some students think it is a prank, campus police are taking it very seriously >> new on "action news," thieves hit two high end car dealerships within two days in two different cities in california. police are trying to figure out if there is a link between the luxury dealership heists. at least 20 cars were snatched from the dealerships in belmont and san jose and this surveillance video from the dealership had shown seven men breaking into formula one motors friday morning taking off with five vehicles. two men have been arrested. police say more arrests could be on the way. >> actor laurence fishburne is taking on comedy in abc's new series blackish. anthony anderson and tracy ellis ross cos

we are just a couple of you say between the border of, new castle and kent county, you have a littlereak there on the end there of the loop but it will not last very long. no sooner does it wind down thaw will see showers and heavy rain pick backup. coastal flood advisory is other thing we have to talk about here. tides come in at highest point, the next one, between say 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. rehoboth is 9:01. 9:18 in cape may. depending on your location, a little earlier or later. that is the issue when it comes to any kind of flooding. so, at the coastline we have to watch out for minor tidal flooding. the currently our temperatures are milder but feels chillier factoring in the gusty wind and rain, you need an umbrella. heaviest is now but we are looking at an you will day event, ukee, back over to you. >>> here's some of the stories our sister station kyw news radio 1060 will be following for you. city councilman will propose a new bill requiring philadelphia landlords to give their tenants more warning about rent increases. also a new study that shows putting in a hard day's work m

one shower developing over the eastern shore of maryland that could impact central kent county.his is all moving eastward so look out central southern new jersey over the next couple hours. this is some light rain activity it continues to weaken as it moves eastward. big changes as far as the temperatures and humidity levels go. still we're out ahead of the front so we're mild, in the low 70's in most spots, 69 in allentown, 68 in reading where we did have some rain earlier this evening but it doesn't take a meteorologist to pick out where that cold front is. just go to the other side of the front. 60 in pittsburgh, 56 in cleveland. so we know that cooler drier air will start to build in and that's what we can expect through the upcoming work week. winds are out of the southwest so it's warm, it's muggy outside now but through the overnight hours that wind will switch out of the northwest bringing in the cooler and drier air. here's the set upthis week. high pressure will be large and in charge and sets here for several canes we're talking about sunny and dry conditions for the

scan for variety every reasons, see, they are already couple of list showers have fired up through kent county, some may survive, as well, over portions of central and southern most new jersey but notice the further north you go, northwest specifically, the more clear it becomes. so that said, that's kind of going to be the story here today. the further north you are, the more sunshine you likely get, and the closer you are to the shore, notice these arrows starting to turn little bit more on shore. because of that, you are pulling in moisture, from the open waters of the atlantic, which can therefore lead to cloud cover. so may be little misty, drizzly, but generally cloudy day as you head further south and east. temperatures cooler, clearer, mount pocono, 54, mid 60s still across dover, or actually even upper 60s in dover, casino of mild for you, there as it is even in philadelphia at the airport. northeast philly 64 degrees, in at pair of five's currently in quakertown, the day shakes out, you know, could be lot worse. put it that way. not ideal. not terrible. kind of inbetween here, down t

couple of showers moving through specially kent county so far this morning.disturbance pretty far removed. we do have more of on shore flow today. it will keep the clouds around, some of you might see shower, generally south of philly. currently temperatures anything from the 60s, into the 50's, the clearer the sky, the cooler it will likely be for this morning, we are flirting with 80, not going to quite get there. sunshine somewhat at a premium here today. tomorrow there some showers to dodge basically region wide. then we start to heat back up. jess, over to up. >> thank up, katie. good morning, everyone, heat back up, don't say it again. 5:24, outside to the cameras, good news for you, as women, maybe good news for some people isn't heating up but not for me. schuylkill expressway just at south street. right on the bottom of your screen, see the headlights moving forward. moving along great, eastbound, toward the city moving along wonderful, as well. out in montgomery county 309 at the turnpike pretty much the same story. see headlights coming in headed s

authorities say when officers topped matthew trentley on us-13 in kent county, they found an assaultdrug paraphernalia inside his car. trentley is facing several charges now, including carrying a concealed, deadly weapon. he is being held on $13,000 bail. >>> this morning an american doctor exposed to ebola in sierra leone is at the national institutes of health hospital near washington. he was admitted yesterday to a special isolation unit for observation. officials say the doctor has not necessarily contracted the virus. he is in isolation as a precaution. >>> meantime, back here in our area, the philadelphia union and temple university teamed up to help fight ebola, encouraging people to kick ebola in the butt. it was a challenge involving taki kicking a slightly inflated ball at somebody's behind and making a donation. all responded to the outbreak in west africa. >>> happening today in montgomery county, leaders will introduce a new initiative called communities who care, aimed at preventing drug use among young people. state senator stewart green leaf will hold an announcement

down in kent county, a few light showers moving through that area there.hat's our best chance of any type of showers, will be down south of the i-95 corridor, all due to low pressure here that's hugging the coastline, pushing out to sea. but it is streaming some clouds that we're going to see for the day today. we think we'll get some clearing later on in the day, but mainly points, well, from philadelphia up to the north. notice as our future weather shows, most of the clouds down towards the coast, all the way down to delaware. we've got clearing later in the afternoon for philadelphia. and then tomorrow looks like the showers will be returning. so, your forecast for the day today, partly cloudy to cloudy in the morning, clearing by midday and then clouds and sun in the afternoon. 77 looks to be our high for the day today. that's below average for this time of the year. more clouds for tomorrow with the chance of showers. and dry by wednesday. that chance of storms returns by thursday. it's going to be hot and muggy again. and then we've got some clearin

right now we're getting light showers moving through kent county into dover there. i'm probably going to see some of these push into atlantic city and also portions of southern new jersey here, but it's mainly light rain to even sprinkles, but you look north here and that's where we get clearing up in allentown, poconos, of course, and in philadelphia at this hour. the forecast for the day today. we're looking at mostly partly cloudy skies this morning, some clearing in the afternoon, cool start to our morning at 68 degrees. and then by lunchtime 74. more clouds expected, but we'll see more sun breaks by the afternoon. it's not going to be entirely sunny day today, and the good news is the dew points and the humidity are going to stay low, so again, it's going to be a comfortable day. you mix that in with the temperatures in the mid-to-upper 80s. 77 for a high and should be a nice day today. sun and clouds expected by the toon with some sun breaks in there. looks like the regional planner shows better weather for the poconos, believe it or not. sunny skies, 72 degre