live in the breaking news center, lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >> any updates, let us know. we have live coverage of the attack tonight will air on cozy tv. >>> now to breaking traffic news. sky force 10 over a crash in delaware that continues to cause problems this afternoon. the accident involved several cars including an overturned tractor-trailer. you see it right there. this happened around 2:00 this afternoon along route 1 in middletown. this is roigt near the toll plaza. at last check the northbound and southbound ezpass lanes are closed. there are injuries in the crash but it's not clear how serious they are. we are going to follow this and monitor the situation. >> at the 50, 45, the 20, the 10, the 5. >> 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with the countdown to football night. we're just about three hours away now from the eagles preseason homeowner against the bills. nbc 10 is your official stagts for the philadelphia eagles. the only place where you will see all of tonight's action. >> let's take a live look now over south philadelphia. the dpaets are open. nbc

live in cherry hill, lauren mayk, nbc 10 noews. >>> the vice president says president trump is send iing a message of resolve and commitment on afghanistan.

lauren mayk is joining us from bett germantown and you spoke to a local republican who was pushing for that investigation. >> reporter: yeah, and we'll get to that in a moment. we're in vernon park in germantown, and this is an example of how folks in our area are responding to what happened in charlottesville. this was actually an event previously planned, a bunch of groups coming together, talking about things like health care, but they changed it after what happened in charlottesville to talk also about things like race. now, i spoke with a local congressman who is pushing for a change in the investigation. after the violence in charlottesville, the department sf justice is investigating. but a former fbi agent says they should be looking at more than criminal civil rights violations. >> they need to go after these people with every tool they can both criminally and from a national security perspective. >> reporter: brian fitzpatrick says he wants the doj to take their investigation a step further, looking at domestic terrorism ties. >> need to get behind the act to address who the

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in westchester, lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >>> respond with fire and fury. that's the threat tonight from president trump to north korea. he's promising the u.s. will take unprecedented action if north krooi continues with its missile testing. >> north korea best not make anymore threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen. he has been very threatening beyond a normal statement. >> the president's threat comes just hours after reports that north korea developed a nuclear weapon small enough to fit on a missile. also today president trump vowed to get tough on the growing drug crisis. he called it a problem thes of which we have never seen. during a briefing at his new jersey golf club, the president said opioid deaths have nearly quadrupled since 1999. the solution is to strengthen america's southern border and focus ob law enforcement. his administration will work on increasing federal drug prosecution. the digital team has been covering the opioid crisis in our area for two years. our stories on the impa

. >> lauren mayk spoke with them today. they are not abandoning ship. >> criticism to president trump's comments came quickly and public, but we wanted to know how his supporters are feeling. people here in our area who voted for him, worked to get him elected. those it i spoke to today liked what he had to say. we first met daphne during the campaign working to get donald trump. >> all we care about is this man is try iing to do promises. . >> he tells the truth. once again, it's the reason why we voted for him. >> you like what you heard him say. >> they are attracting criticism from democrats and republicans. >> i don't understand why they are in this country. there's vie leps on both sides. and real organized a rally this summer supporting the president and aiming to send a message. >> the rally was to show the african-american community and donald trump supporters respect what they made out to be. >> reporter: president trump does have ab ability to connect with his supporters and we watched clips from his press confer

you are never done. >> reporter: i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >>> daulton is the fifth member of the phillies to die from brain cancer. we'll hear from the surgeon who operated on one of the players and if he thinks there could be a link. you can look through our photo gallery to see some of his best moments through the years. >>> police release new video. surveillance cameras captured rider running away from the scene saturday. authorities say the driver mowed down a woman on main street drags her at least 75 feet. >> this is akin to us as taking out a firearm and shooting somebody that had nothing to do with whatever business you are conducting. >> the victim suffered serious head and internal injuries. police are working with prosecutors office on more aggressive crack down on illegal dirt bikes. >>> six months after the deadly riot inside delaware prison charges appear to be coming. a grand jury will likely convene in the next 90 days to consider an indictment. one corrections officer was killed, others held hostage inside the correctional center. the doj says the investigation i

lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >>> this afternoon rizzo jr. released a statement saying i know my dad was a good man, i protected all people no matter what the color. the ceo of merck is resigning from the white house's american manufacturing council because of the unrest in charlottesville and the president's response to it. in a statement released this morning, kenneth frazier writes as ceo of merck and as a matter of personal conscience, i feel a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism. frazier is one corporate america's leading african-american executives. he was the only black male ceo named to the president's manufacturing council in january. president trump lashed out almost immediately tweeting now that ken frazier has resigned, he will have more time to lower rip-off drug prices. >>> attorney general jeff sessions is defending president trump's original statement on the violence in charlottesville. he was on the "today" show. >> it was a good statement glifred just a few hours after the events. the next day ye

lauren mayk will have so much more on this story tonight at 6:00 on our eagles preseason special.ou can watch the birds take on the dolphins right here on nbc 10. the official station of your philadelphia eagles. our live coverage starts at 6:00. myself and john clark, look forward to exclusive interviewed with fletcher cox and kickoff at 7:00. tell your friends and family members you can still catch nbc's prime time programming on cozy tv tonight. that's channel 248. for now let's go back inside to jim rosenfield and rosemary connors in the studios. i'll see you next time at 5:00. >> see you soon. here's a look at the other stories we're following county by county at 4:00. lehigh county, dog owners rejoin. allentown is getting its first dog park. that is being built on the parkway near the intersection of dixon street. there will be two pens, one for smaller dogs and one for the bigger ones spread over two acres. it should be ready for your pooch by next year. >>> in montgomery county, residents will have the opportunity to talk to their congressman tonight. he will be speaking a

live in cherry hill, lauren mayk, nbc 10 noews. >>> the vice president says president trump is send iing a message of resolve and commitment on afghanistan. >> during a nationally televised address last night, the president recommitted the united states to the 16-year-old war. this afternoon the president left for arizona where he will hold a a rally later tonight. during his speech, president trump gave few specifics about his strategy for the war in afghanistan. vice president mike pence weigh ed in on the issue this morning on the "today" show. >> we're there to help the afghans win. >> the president made a commitment we're going to be there until we win. the american troops with new rules of engagement are going to be able to accomplish that just like they are doing in iraq and syria. >> democratic leader nancy pelosi slammed the strategy saying it's low on details, but raises serious questions. >> the president's strategy for afghanistan was on the minds of a lot of people at a veterans a job fair. the congressional delegation hosted this event at wilmington's university campus. . t

lauren mayk has the story. >> reporter: one big question left, why. they don't know what the motive is in this case. they may never know exactly what happened. because even though they believe he hit her, she died from blunt force trauma to the head and neck. the prosecutor said this happened inside the house. her body though was found outside. the mystery murder happened in this quiet cul-de-sac. the body of a 47-year-old woman next to her pool where police found her husband and neighbors performing cpr. but things were not as they seem. according to law enforcement who now say michelle long's husband killed her. >> my mom was definitely the best mom you could ever ask tr. she did not deserve this at all. >> michelle long's daughter speaking e emotionally today a about losing her mom. a software consultant, entrepreneur and new grandmother. >> she was the best. she became a grandmother a year ago. we celebrated without her. we're just glad that the person that did this is now caught. >> prosecutors say norman long tried to cover up the crime. pretend

live in cherry hill, lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >>> to the weather now. a brutally hot day across the area. humidity starts to drop. as that happens, we're keeping an eye on a line of storms moving in from the west. let's take a live look at i-76 from the presidential city apartments. traffic starting to build there. sun is still shining for now. >> plenty of people are out brave iing the heat on that atlantic city boardwalk. you can see the heat waves coming off the sidewalk there. our team of meteorologists are tracking the conditions. we begin with krystal klei who is tracking the threat of storms through some of your neighborhoods. >> that's right. one of the neighborhoods this is a live view with a few clouds. but this picture is going to be changing through the night and that line of storms to our west moves in. so here's the view over our area now. those white puffs you see, a few clouds. we have issued the first alert from 7:002:00 a.m. that's the early hours of tomorrow morning. for the lehigh valley and berks county, the suburbs and even into ph

i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >>> the nbc 10 digital team has been committed to covering the impact on poem across pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. our reporting has helped city leaders and lawmakers take action. tap the nbc 10 app to see our series on the opioid crisis and its effect on families. >>> today the former mayor of reading had his first court appearance on corruption char charges. von spencer is charged in a wpa to play bribery scheme. he pleaded not guilty today in court. allentown mayor ed pawlowski pled not guilty for similar charges. officials have been under fbi scrutiny for the past four years. >>> a new development in the dune crisis. >> getting to the beaches is now even tougher. the city closed off more than a half dozen beach entrances where there are ponds of standing water between where the street ends and newly constructed dunes. that water ended up there after five inches of rain on saturday and has been extremely slow to drain. city officials shut down the entrances today after they say preliminary test results revealed elevated levels of bacteria in th

nbc 10's lauren mayk is expecting. >> what are people expecting?we're looking for whether the president adds troops in afghanistan. right now about 8,400 are there. now, it is an option his military advisers have been evaluating as part of a larger review of strategy there and today i spoke to people ready to spring into action here at home if it happens. rafael perez's time in uniform supported the groups. even back then, he knew the mission wouldn't be quick. >> i'm proud that we didn't just go over there and ran. we stayed there, we were committed. >> reporter: now retired from the u.s. navy he has a new role with the red cross using ek peerchs to support military families. comes as the u.s. involvement in afghanistan enters a new phase as the president will reveal tonight. >> a lot of families are on pins and needles. they have no idea what the president will say tonight. >> reporter: the way forward for afghanistan could involve more americans deployed. >> i think it's going to be some troops, maybe some equipment, maybe some drones. >> report

live in center city, lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >>> an effort to get dangerous drugs off the streets of philadelphia is e showing results. . the health department tells nbc 10 that 23 people have accepted treatment services for drug abuse. the city of philadelphia and con rail are uniting to clean up a stretch of tracks in kenzing monoand fair hill. 28 police departments are getting financial help. today the attorney general announced nearly $220,000 in grant money awarded to the departments. the funding will go toward initiatives to foster strong police community relations. >>>ly one month after the pennsylvania state budget became law without a plan to fully fund it, one lawmaker is demanding action. tonight state representative steve mccarter is holding a town hall meeting. he wants to hear r from constituents and answer your questions about the $32 billion budget. that meeting begins at 7:00 at curtis hall on west church road. >>> billions of dollars in financial errors. the city controller says audits have found $10.5 billion in monetary mistakes over the last five years. they incl

i'm lauren mayk. >> we continue our live team coverage with first alert meteorologist. what's next for the storm? >> it will make land fall yet again. moved back out over the gulf. there's no radar return to the bottom of the screen. because there are no radars out in the gulf. it is going now move closer to the land. picking up moisture. you're noticing it it's kicking moisture in. it's not over dry land. this is not a good thing. it's still fairly stationary. it's kicking up a lot of rain near alexandria and lake charles. gal ve ston to houston again under the gun for the heavy rain. it's shy of houston. south of houston where the heaviest rains are. in the last six hours we have seen five inches of rain. lake charles has about 8 and a half inches of rain there. and nothing but watches and warnings along the gulf coast from houston to new orleans. we'll talk about where this is headed and when we may see some of the rain from this. and a system that could be called ir ma before the night is over. >> doesn't know when they'll be able to return home. >> we live in the f

lauren mayk has been at the shore all day to see what conditions are like. she's there tonight. a lot of families trying to make the most of this last week of summer break. not a great day to do that. >> not a great one. the weather out here has varied tonight between being just a dreary night and one where you really have to hold onto your hat. i actually lost mine once already tonight. folks missed out on a beach day. they are trying to make the best of things. shopping and eating and savoring the last days of summer vacation very the board walk all lit up tonight. rain and wind dampening the summer fun. on a lenly board walk those venturing out took cover. like under the ponchos they found. >> i have to work tomorrow morning. >> this was your last chance for sunshine. >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: for kids, it's one less beach day before school starts. >> were you planning ongoing to the beach today? >> probably. >> reporter: this group that keeps out the rain. away from a stretch of sand that on another august day might be packed. today a group of college friends had it to the

lauren mayk will be live at the store where they bought the win ing ticket at 5:00. >> you'll hear from her and we'll show you the actor caught purchasing tickets for the cast of his entire nbc show. >>> 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with legal action against septa after dozens were hurt in the train crash. >> we are live on the transportation center in upper darby. we understand the ntsb worked to clean up what was left of that scene today. >> reporter: that train involved in the accident no longer here. go ahead and take a look behind me pe. you can see that it's pretty much business as usual. that it train hauled away being treated as evidence. also the first lawsuit has been filed for a passenger on that tra train. some of those passengers have been hiring attorneys and the lawsuit was filed. his client suffered a head injury and called this a preventable accident. governor tom wolf was asked about the accident and to prevent future accident there is needs to be a lrgeer investment in public transportation. >> i suspect one of the things we need to find is mass transit. we ne

lauren mayk spoke with a south jersey man from guam about being caught in the middle of the conflict. we'll have that part of the story at 5:00. >>> fbi agents serve d a serve warrant at the home of the former campaign chairman. special council robert mueller is investigating manafort for his part in russian meddle iing into in the 2016 election. >> turning to your forecast. it was quiet for a bike ride. nbc 10 found a a bunch of folks enjoying the weather that feels more like fall than summer. people are taking advantage of a day without rain and packing the beach. look at that. this is a live look from on top of the marquee of the lafayette hotel in cape may. enjoy the nice weather while it lasts. the clouds and rain are coming become. >> glenn "hurricane" schwartz joinings nous with the most accurate weather forecast. >> it does look like some rain will be returning by the weekend. but it's not going to be nearly as nice as this past weekend. but look at the sky right now. a lot of blue there that's fair weather cumulus clouds. that's outside our studio now. the lehigh valley, you

lauren mayk is joining us from bett germantown and you spoke to a local republican who was pushing foryeah, and we'll get to that in a moment. we're in vernon park in germantown, and this is an example of how folks in our area are responding to what happened in charlottesville. this was actually an event previously planned, a bunch of groups coming together, talking about things like health care, but they changed it after what happened in charlottesville to talk also about things like race. now, i s

i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >> the developments come days after the violence e erupted over the weekend. white supremacists carrying tortures went to protest the plan removal of a statue of a confederate leader. they were met with counterprotesters and the scene turned violent. one of the protesters died when a white supremacist drove his car into a crowd of people. president trump said there's blame on both sides. >> as you have a group on one side that was bad and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent and nobody wants to say that. you had a group charging in without a permit and they were very violent. >> pennsylvania senator pat toomey is not happy about the president's stand. he said, there's no moral equivalency between neo-nazis and white supremacists and those who oppose them. our country has no room for vie issen lent acts. >> dozens turned out for a vigil in atlantic city to e denounce hate and bigotry. religious groups and governmental and other leaders spoke out against domestic terrorism in schaar the charlot. >> there's no discussion on what happened.

lauren mayk has more. >> the threat is even more immediate for those who have close ties to guam. thousands of troops and families. i spoke with a local man b who grew up in guam. e he has heard the threats before, but this time it's different because he's not home. today he's far away. but guam is always home. >> i wanted to get right and interpret my people. >> now from a distance, he's hearing familiar threats from kim jong-un. >> north korea has been threatening the island for decades. i believe it's because of the large united states military population on the island. >> reporter: more than 6,000 u.s. troops are based in guam, which is also home to his parents and siblings. he left in 201 and remembers what threats there were like. >> i left and they were making threats again. so much so that the schools and some businesses on the islands were threatening daily. >> everybody would be wiped out. >> if the threat becomes something more. >> it does worry me. it could potentially be something like the boy crying wolf. he's always making these threats. >> north korea has targeted

at 6:00 lauren mayk spoke with a brain cancer survivor who received support from dutch during difficult diagnosis. share your stories of dutch on our nbc 10 facebook page. >>> new details on a deadly hit-and-run. police are looking for an suv they say was involved. investigators are looking for this newer model white jeep wrangler. the suv has large tires and a spare one in the back. the fatal hit-and-run happened early sunday morning. 53-year-old ann brodrick was killed. investigators say she was crossing the street when she was hit. the driver kept ongoing. we spoke to a friend of the victim who did not want her face shown on tv. >>> police are looking for the person driving the atv seen in this surveillance video accused of running over and injuring two officers. it happened just after 11:00 on saturday night at the east coast gas. police say the officers were injured while responding to complaints of someone tampering with equipment. both officers are okay. >>> north korea said it is ready to give the united states a severe lesson with nuclear force if washington takes military acti

. >> reporter: in philadelphia, lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >> the nbc 10 web team has been covering thepioid crisis for two years now. our stories about the impact on local families have won national awards. you can see those stories on demand any time on the nbc 10 app. >>> new at 6:00, we're following two breaking news stories. we're working to find out what led to a police officer shooting at a suspect in north philadelphia. we're live on the scene. >>> and our other breaking news. a shooting in front of a target that sent the store into lockdown. we're live as police search for the gunman. >>> fight to recover, this little boy's paralyzed after being caught in the middle of a drive by shooting. new at 6:00, tonight his family speaking out. >>> i'm tracking some rain moving into our viewing area. it does look like saturday will be a wash out. but two rounds of rain will really tell details in your most accurate forecast coming up in just a bit. >>> we're following two breaking news stories. a police-involved shooting in north philly. and on the right, a shooting in front of a target.

and nbc 10's lauren mayk is joining us and you talked to people affected by the war in afghanistan. >> reporter: the united states is in afghanistan since 2001, 16 years and the longest conflict the country has ever seen. the president and advisers huddling to determine where we go from here. it's a decision that could affect both the region there and families here. >> this is his graduation from west point. >> reporter: the pictures hang proudly in the office of judge renee caldwell-hughes. she calls him the light of her life and calls herself -- >> i'm a military mom. >> reporter: her son and daughter-in-law both in the army. is there any chance they could be deployed to afghanistan? >> anyone who's active duty could be deployed. >> reporter: that means she's watching the president's speech tonight with two hats -- as a mom and regional ceo of the american red cross which will send support to families of those deployed. >> we're preparing right now to ensure that the families who are left behind have the emotional, mental health and spiritual support that they need and as their love

coming up at 6:00 lauren mayk sits down with the south jersey woman who is a brain tumor survivor.er story about meeting daulton and what her mission is today. >>> a local family attacked by bikers. police are investigating. we talked to him in his home. you can see the damage to a rented van. he says he was headed home with his sister following him after dropping off a family member. he says several bikers started pounding on his sister's minivan. he got out of the van he was driving and says he was punched and the guys went after that van. >> they shattered by window and both sides and my wife was sitting with me and try to grab her and hit her, too. they both just took off. >> the family filed a police report but police told us they couldn't release details until that report was finalized. >>> in delaware an 11-year-old girl is recovering after being hit by an atv. police say she was flown from helicopter to the hospital after hurting her head back and wrist during the crash. tonight state police are still investigating. >>> new at 5:30 a montgomery county woman is accused of st

and the >>> good morning, i'm lauren mayk.ore and more sunshine. look at the temperature, 88 degrees at 3:00 this afternoon. philadelphia is 80 degrees right now. there's some thinning of the clouds, 85 at lunchtime. 90 degrees at 3:00 with a southwesterly breeze bringing in more humidity. it will be a steamy afternoon with temperatures into the 90s. >>> all right, thank you, bill. now we'll get a check on traffic with nbc 10 first-alert reporter jessica boyington. >> we are seeing a delay on route 1 near fox street. our camera here is showing a construction project happening on the northbound and southbound side near broad street to the schuylkill expressway. we are seeing slowdowns there. also, finally looking better on 95 as we are almost green in both directions. 15 minutes from woodhaven road to the vine. lauren, back to you. >>> bill cosby is back in the montgomery county courtroom to discuss legal additions to his legal team. his new high-profile attorney tom mesereau is in the courtroom with him. he represented michael