we bring you live to the divine lorraine hotel as developers start to renovate the building. >> and we have an update on philadelphia's plans for the pope and a new option for parking during his visit. >> but the big story on "action news" at noon is a robbery outside of the school, in the frankford section of philadelphia, where four student as rived for class, katherine scott is talking to parents and joins us live at the school. >> reporter: sara the school yard is now open but it was cordoned off this morning as detectives investigated this assault, this yard is positioned behind this elementary school and a woman was robbed and hit in the head with a gun before school started and now they are looking into whether the attacker attempted to sexually assault her. crime tape blocked off the school yard at john marshall elementary school this morning. police were called out to the school after a woman says she was attacked. parents were alarmed to see police as they showed up to drop off their children. >> a lot of cops out here and nobody knows why, it made me nervous when i came up h

. >> and plans to redevelop the divine lorraine and bring back the north corridor as a whole. and the sole survivor of that ambush of that shooting on television. how she stayed alive. i was at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time. i had to get to the bank before it closed, so i made a break for it. when i got out it was almost closing time. traffic was bad. i knew i was cutting it close. but it was ok. i use td bank. it's got the longest hours and stays open an extra ten minutes every day. i'm sid. and i bank human at td bank. >>> "action news" continues. >> well, it's 4:30 and "action news" continues with a designer deal that sounds too good to be true, where you can find a $675 pair of louboutins for less than $100, and the steals don't stop there. >>> we have heard of lawmakers trying to ban baggy pans but one town is taking it farther what they want to stop women from wearing. >>> and a question that is stirring up the debate, at what age is a child the most fun and loveable and how about the mo most -- >> we begin with the rebirth of north street, thi

and the same developer renovating the divine lorraine is building more apartments. a few blocks away. >> i think it's a catalyst for lot of things. um, development in general. i think it's a catalyst for community involvement. it's a symbol. >> reporter: and in case you were wonderin wondering apartmee at the divine lorraine will go for about $2,000 a month. and just how hot is this address, lucy? there's already awaiting list to get these apartments and they won't even be ready until the spring of 2017. lucy? >> that's some patience right there, chris o'connell, thank you very much. >>> rutgers head football coach flood is suspended three games after contacting a faculty member about a player's academic status. university president says flood e-mailed faculty member through a personal account and met with that person off campus although the president says flood new not to do that. the student's final grade in the course did not change. coach flood also has to pay a $50,000 fine. >>> just 10 days and counting now until pope francis arrives here in philadelphia. here

we're at broad street, a lot of development in recent years, now the massive devine lorraine hotel is the latest to get a facelift. once covered with graffiti and still some graffiti today, historic hotel will soon be home to restaurant and and the. the developer of the project, eric bloom end field, says it will be home to 109 apartment to be he can act as well as 20,000 square feet of retain space. the construction is scheduled to take 18 month. we're told developers will preserve certain historical aspects of the building, in order to secure tax credit from the federal government, and the history of the building, critical part of this new project. the devine lorraine of course huge part of philadelphia history, built in 1894, was the city's first hotel to be racially integrated. and erika, again, the ground breaking set for today at 3:00. pop up shop here at the hotel, so they'll be selling devine lorraine t-shirts, key chains, we'll be there, and have an update for you coming up tonight at 5:00 reporting live on broad street. >> stunning structure, thank you. coming up this noon,

. >>> and it's a major sign of revival on broad street in philadelphia, the divine lorraine hotel, the first racially integrated hotel and has fallen into disrepair until now. vernon odom is live now with more. >> reporter: rick, you can call this a divine day, a divine milestone, if you will, a ground breaking ceremony for the redevelopment, for the divine lorraine hotel, at north and ridge heading north into philadelphia. the divine lorraine hotel completed in 1984 one of philadelphia's first high rises it has fallen into a state of deck a, calling it a graffiti ridden decay and blight. at the turn of the century, the home of the nouveau rich during the industrial bloom, but known as philadelphia's first integrated hotel. done by father divine, who called himself god all mighty here on earth. now it gets a new lease on life, born again, by an ambitious developer that is getting a lot of local and state dollars to make it happen, creating luxury apartments and 20,000 square feet of retail space. >> the redevelopment is hailed as one more sign that north broad street itself for many mi

make the deal. >> it has a mystique and spirit unlike any other project i have ever seen. >> the lorraine hotel was completed in the 1884 and after world war ii it was purchased by father divine, he declared himself god all mighty right here on earth. the mandates made it good for working class folks, the mayor says that the new divine lorraine will feature more than 100 high end partmentses and 24,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. a dramatic rebirth cht board street corridor. >> a tipping points of north broad street and here in north philadelphia with street improvements and the additional developments to follow, north broad will rival south broad. >> this building is an organism and alive and has a heartbeat and maybe it was hibernating for 15 years but we'll turn the lights on. >> the complete convenientvation of the hotel is expected to take two years. on north broad street, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >>> there is word tonight that congressman, john carnie will campaign for a new job. the delaware representative announced today his attention to run for go

we'll tell you about what is about to happen to the devine lorraine hotel. >>> 4:44. north korea says it's back in the nuclear bomb making business. north korean officials say they resumed production of atomic bomb fuel, analysts say this announcement is probably meant to put pressure on washington to resume negotiations with the country. right now north korea is under strict sanctions. >> the meeting of the general assembly today. it's the democratic part of the u.n. for decision making where all 193 member states have a single vote. key issues include climate control, treatment of palestinians, and global food security. pope francis is scheduled to talk to the general assembly next friday before he visits philadelphia for the world meeting of families. >> the kentucky clerk jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses says she won't interfere with the process. kim davis says she is being forced to choose between her conscience and her freedom. but agreed not to stand in the way of her deputy clerks who began issuing same-sex marriage licenses in her absen

a pop up shot with divine lorraine gear stood behind the original desk. >> i can see the potential.his is now how i imagined it. from the outside i imagine it for romantic. >> over the years many people have come inside legally and illegally much it's been an art form to spray paint the walls. >> graffiti adds something it to. i can't wait to see what they're going to do with. >> construction will begin in the next few weeks and will take year and a half to opinion initiate. >> it's a big part of the city. it would be nice to have it functional. it's a great building. it should be functional. >> reporter: david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> such a beautiful building. >> isn't it show though. >> can't wait to see it back in all its glory. >> amazing. >> a teenager and his alarm clock. all the talk on social media. >> the boy was excited to show his teacher what he made. instead of he ended up in handcuffs. we'll have more on this alarming arrest when we come back. >> also putting snails on your face. some say they're great for your skin and that's not all. health reporter stephani

divine lorraine dates back to the late 19th century and was ones considered a top philadelphia hotel. >>> happening tonight the second g.o.p. debate where republican front runner donald trump will once again take center stage and face off against ten other candidates including ben carson who has made strong gains in the polls as well as only g.o.p. contender carli fiorina. four other hopefuls will take part in the early happy hour debate as they are calling it. >>> we are learning more about a threat against pope francis against his upcoming u.s. visit, threat made by a south jersey teenager. police commissioner charles ramsey said he was alerted last month that they arrested the teen. sources tell cbs-3 that he had gone on line and according to cbs news was being urged to attack a visiting diplomate or the pope. while teen's actions on line were illegal, the commissioner a says there is no indication that the threat was credible. >> my definition of what would be credible, something that could be operation alleyed, something that is really about to take place, that sort of thing, and

the divine lorraine hotel is getting ready for a make over. how this will benefit more than just that one building. and there is a huge turn out to see it. >> a burglary may be related to spring of other crimes around the city. thieves at the round house. >> yes, a lot of neighborhood pharmacist are getting none intended make overs by a crew using power tools. we'll show you some of the stuff and tell you what they're doing. i'm sigourney weaver, and new york is my home. there's no place like it in the world... like our state parks. the adirondacks are my favorite. for hiking, fishing, camping, you name it. niagara falls is the oldest state park, but visiting it never gets old. the readers of a national newspaper voted letchworth the #1 state park in america. watkins glen, #3. new york state parks are a gift. plan your vacation at iloveny.com. there's something for everyone. >> coming up on 6:30, a string of burglaries throughout philadelphia. the crooks getting away from cash from atm's, why police say their get-away car could be big clue her

everybody wait toss get inside divine lorraine. just part of the reason such a long line, they are only letting small amount of people in at one time but a lot of the people that i have spoken to say they cannot believe that this day has come. >> i'm here for a very long time to see this building open up. >> reporter: philadelphia neighbors questions if they will ever see the day. >> three, two, one. >> wednesday, september 16th, 2015, renovations on a historic divine lorraine hotel began. this is 1894, but 1999, developers say the project is full of obstacles. >> we work, work, to get these numbers together. this is most complicated building in my 35 year career. >> reporter: sixteen year project is expected to cost about 44 million-dollar. develop's agreed to preserve historical aspects of the building is a experience and return their eligible for federal tax credit. eager fans used the ground breaking as a chance to buy some divine clothes and keepsakes much like these folks, the developer says that the building, has to be resto

one locally in paris he's a lot and then lorraine. lorraine was able to take the book to fill up about two weeks ago. i could not find a photograph, but i have a nice cheesy photograph of phillip with my book. enjoyed what were the 30 glorious years of postwar boom in france. he joined an engineering firm. death, theyher's had to leave 11 avenue foch. they could not afford to live there. they moved to the country home. his american diet -- his mother died in the american hospital. phillip worked for an engineering company. at 18, he joined as a draftsman, worked his way up to being vice as heent and has had, told me, a very lucky life. he survived a concentration camp. he survived the sinking of a prison ship. he survived very serious skin cancer in the last 10 years. survived falling on his head from 20 feet up when he fell off , and is just very grateful to still be alive. i have one nice little story i just remembered. -- remember the gentleman let me see if i can find him. there you go. guy,guy is an amazing highly decorated membe

the divine lorraine closed in 1999. it's been vacant since then. it will be redeveloped into more than 100 homes and it will include a restaurant and plenty of retail space. >>> all new at six, one injuries see high school football player hits another with his helmet. he's off the team tonight but this punishment may not end there. >>> and if you've been showing up early parking at a local school to pick up your kids, that won't be an option for you any more. why you'll have to come up with another plan. sean? >> the eagles can't go down zero-two especially at the hands of the hated cowboys. banners flying, the fans fighting, the players talk about the rivalry between the two teams later in sports. >> a knowledge high school football player season is over tonight. this is why. the player from linden high school took off the helmet of an opponent from immaculata high school during the game friday name you see linden player hit the other one in the head with the helmet. the linden school superintendent said today the player is now off the team. he al

. >>> nearly two decade after being abandoned work officially began to bring a historic divine lorraine hotel back to the former glory. the project will create 109 high even apartments and 20,000 square feet of the luxury space. city planners hope it will spark more development on north broad street in philadelphia, the state and local agencies have invested 44 million-dollar in the divine lorraine. >>> and from the disappointment of monday night, it is now cowboys week so it is something to look forward to to say the least. >> you have to move on, cannot draw on a loss too long. chicken little thinks this is a in must game win against the cowboys sunday. the despite loss to the the falcons, the sky is not falling. backdrop may be. all eyes will be on demarco murray last season he led nfl in rushing while with the cowboys. sunday, he will face them. don't hold your breath though waiting for mur toy say this game means more. >> i'm not worried bit. like i said, this is a game, it is week two. no matter who it is i will dot same thing i have been doing leading up to the weeks. i will in t

. >>> happening today renovations begin on the historic divine lorraine hotel on north broad street. ground breaking will officially kick off redevelopment of the landmark closed for 16 years. the once renovations are complete it will be home to more than 100 apartment units, stores and restaurants. divine lorraine dates back to the 19th century and was once considered a top philadelphia hotel. >>> also today, lewis vodwell the the driver charged in the fatal hit and run crash involving a philadelphia police officer is supposed to a appear for a preliminary hearing. police say he struck off-duty officer lemar pool last month while the officer was riding his met or psyched until oxford circle. he is also charged with dui and vehicular homicide, erika? >> nicole, 5:06. round too of the g.o.p. presidential hopeful in 2016. their second debate is tonight. as don champion reports this face off could get interesting between two candidates who are gaining ground in the polls. >> reporter: on the eve of the next debate republican front runner donald trump stood a aboard the decommissioned u.

. >>> nearly two decade after being abandoned work officially began to bring a historic divine lorraine hotel back to the former glory. the project will create 109 high even apartments and 20,000 square feet of the luxury space. city planners hope it will spark more development on north broad street in philadelphia, the state and local agencies have invested 44 million-dollar in the divine lorraine. everyone is saying, "hey! you gotta get fios!" but why? well, fios is a 100 percent fiber optic network to the home, so you can get access to the fastest internet and in-home wi-fi available. and fios gives you big capacity too. so everyone in the house can get online. but the main reason to get fios? we're rated number 1 in customer satisfaction. ultimately, that's why. get 25 meg fios internet, tv & phone starting at $79.99 a month. plus get $350 back. hurry, offer ends september 19th. get out of the past. get fios. disappointment of monday night, it is now cowboys week so it is something to look forward to to say the least. >> you have to move on, cannot draw on a loss too long. chicken l

. >>> ground breaking is set to take place on renovations for divine lorraine hotel, landmark hotel had been closed for 16 years. once those renovations are complete it will be home to more than a 100 apartment units, stores, and restaurants. >>> nice to see it brought back to life. >>> more than a thousand bottles of rare wine taken from a chester county lawyer will soon go to waste. judge rejected a plan by chester county hospital to sell about 1300 bottles of confiscated wine as a fundraiser. wine was sees after the lawyer was a accused of breaking state lick are laws by selling the alcohol from his home. the judge ruled that a 1935 law that allowed seized chill to be given to hospitals could only be done for drug purposes. the wine is now set to be destroyed in 30 days. >>> well, a close call for one cincinnati home owner who is counting her blessings this morning after a crane felon top of her house. operator was trying to lift a tree with bolts hold ago this train on the truck, snapped. it smashed in the garage barely missing her car. nobody was hurt in this, the damage is expect

jasper baxter, lorraine g bay. the largest memorial will be at ground o. ground one does not dwell on the attacks. >> it's a tribute time to looking forward to the hope of the future. it's a first pump about we're back. three world center is a skyscraper and will stand 80 stories tall. pope francis will personally meet with relatives of 9/11 victims and hole a multirelidgous -- relidgous ceremony. many of the passengers on united flight 93 were from the bay area, there's several events locally to pay tribute. a ceremony will be held in union city. the memorial is located at sugar milt landing park, there's 40 large stones for each of the 40 people on the plane. as we saw yesterday, a visitors center is open in pennsylvania in time for the observances. friends and families of the victims attended the ceremony. it tells the torrey of how a -- story of how a group of passengers forced the plane down rather than let the terrorist reach their target in washington, d.c. there's a sense of satisfaction knowing their story will be preserved here. >> hundreds gathe

again, a philadelphia land mark gets a make over find out is what happening at the historic divine lorraine hotel. >> so exciting to see that being renovated. >>> it is wednesday, september g i'm nicole brewer. >> i'm quarter von tiehl. lets start off with a check of traffic and weather and you cannot beat weather today. >> yes. >> everything is doing okay. >> road are looking okay, justin, i think you get gold star. i have an update the in a a little bit but we will get to the good news. >> i'll take it. i know things next few months may go down hill a little bit but forecast are just so easy to do right now with sunny and warm temperatures. nice little break this week. hopefully you had a chance to get outside enjoy the nice weather. we have more coming as we head in the weekend. 64 degrees at the the airport in philadelphia. fifty-seven in wilmington. fifty-three allentown. milder then this past few mornings but still some areas you may need jacket. up in quakertown we have 50 this hour. there is storm scan three, so traveling wise, road conditions, as far as weather goes looks good. ope

my clients, like lorraine, the advocates themselves, i worked with great lawyers. advocates. the fair housing organizations like home all over the country, civil rights groups all over the country, and the hud support was critical. i was the mayor of richmond and had to preside over a city council meeting and i was interrupted in the middle because secretary cuomo was calling me to say, good work. hud has always been supportive. some of you in the room from when ie working there did the case. the people are those that make this such an impressive thing. obviously, we still have a lot of work to do. differentials and home ownership. 75% of caucasians own their own home, 45% of minorities. 28,000 fair housing complaints were received in 2014 either by or the agencies that work on these cases. lot of complaints cannot get processed because they are classes that are not protected. we should protect sexual orientation, that is why i support the new equality act. -- senatorank you merkley has a new equality act that we have signed on to that says in all of the civil rights willte,

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. >> reporter: the letters along the top spell out its name, divine lorrain hotel. >> this is an icon>> reporter: the rest of the issues are much more serious. >> it's disgusting. the history is great but it looks terrible. >> reporter: still people are fascinating with the design. >> there's a lot of beauty and detail that people don't notice. it opened in 1894. a police of luxury for the wealthy. decades later ownership shifted to a religious father. he created the first rationally integrated hotel in the city. >> it was well known for giving back to the community. >> reporter: he's planning to continue the tradition by donating some of the proceeds to charity. he's teamed up with a developer to open pop up store inside the lobby this wednesday. >> we're going to give life back to this beautiful building. >> reporter: city leaders will be here to celebrate the renovations. there will be a chance to get inside and see the current conditions. i'm drew smith, nbc 10 news. >>> by the morning hours most of you will be in the upper 40s. we're still looking at the dry weather tomorrow and

work has already start today convert the divine lorraine into more than 100 the and retail space. some believe it signalled the rebirth of north broad street. >> i think it is a catalyst for a lot of things, development in general, i think it is a catalyst for community involvement, it is a symbol. >> demand already so high for the property, there is a waiting list for the $2,000 a month amount, and they won't even be finished until the spring of 2017. >> oh, those will be beautiful. just tell already. 4:40 the time, parent every children at bed minister elementary school in bucks county facing fines, if they don't comply with new parking lot. the township board of supervisors passed ordinance last week, making center road next to the school a no-parking zone. police pushed for it calling it a safety issue, but parents say they have to park on the road because they aren't allowed in the school parking lot until school let out. >> well, because there is no place to go when you're picking up one kid, and you're going to the next school to get the next one, there is a 15 minute inter

. >> i'm sorry david but, yeah really within don't short months upcoming here comes lorraine calling us to prepare for to announcement she's been working day and night thank you, laura i can't and scott for being ore partners for the last 10 years the program was not only wonderful to the children but every graduation the parents of those kids would walk up to scott and me and that is correct us from the daughter to the young 15-year-old that didn't touch the computer because their recent immigrants but they bloom and mature scott and a were amazed at the videos at the past graduation when scott present the computer the laptop you know and all united states wonderful gifts to the kids it almost seemed to send them off with such a wonderful career boosters so on behalf of the digital connectioners and on behalf of the communities thank you to comcast thank you to scott and lauren in a. (clapping.) >> i was tauths many, many years ago by a wise member that if you have a dream and you want your dream to come true share that with as many people as you can while launder in a taught the fa

uniformly in the 60s top to bottom. 61 in hagerstown, 61 in lorraine. what to expect today, lots of clouds. warm and humid. we'll be near 80 degrees today but i can't rule out an occasional shower. mostly likely early this morning. highs today will be mild. upper 70s to near 80 degrees. at least it would be all that cold as far as rain chances. a couple of sprinkles out here south of the area. these are drifting northbound here, so a little bit more of a chance for wet roads along i-81. these showers in west virginia are headed northbound, but there's so much moisture in the atmosphere and it's going to continue to be. rain chances will continue off and on. our best chance for rain comes in between sundown tomorrow and sunrise on wednesday. there's future weather. hit and miss. light rain showers and occasional raindrops here this afternoon into early this evening. things dry out just a smidgen, but we'll be right back into the rain chances for tomorrow. everyone has chance for getting rain today. highest chances will be west of the metro along parts of

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the divine lorraine closed in 1999. it's been vacant since then.t will be redeveloped into more than 100 homes and will include a restaurant and plenty of retail space. >> hugh cool is that. >> help for veterans on board the battleship new jersey hundreds of local veterans showed up at the camden waterfront today looking for jobs. the philadelphia veterans job initiative hosted this morning's career fair right on the famous battleship itself. vets got a chance to speak with folks from more than 40 companies. many in fields like health care and financial services. the veterans jobs initiative is hoping to find jobs for at least 2,000 local vets by 218. >>> no mike trout rookie card but phillies fans will be getting their hands on something tonight no one else has. fans going to tonight' nationals game will get their hands on a commemorative pope francis rookie card. the team made the card to celebrate the pope's upcoming visit to the world meeting every families older front of the card picture of the pontiff. on the back like any card includes his s

. >> reporter: lorraine hernandez' nephew filipe is among the dead. his friends, 17-year-old sabrina rhodes, and ed gonzalez, were also killed in the crash that left this car basically split in two. surveillance video from moments before shows its driver racing another car at three times the speed limit along the industrial road in bustleton. beyond threet ve three victims were killed mourned at this vigil tonight, another one was badly injured and remains at the hospital even tonight. >> any time i see accidents like this, it's messed up. people need to be more careful. >> reporter: the second car never stopped and the driver walked away from the scene, essentially a hit and run in the minds of some families. earlier this month, nbc 10 investigators found there were more than 20,000 hit and runs in the philadelphia area in the last year and a half. police are still working to build a rock solid case. but as they filled balloons and gathered in song tonight -- >> i will dwell in the house of the lord for years to come. >> reporter: -- the pain and the

. >> lorraine g.vey. >> on this 14th anniversary of the september 11th terror attacks, observance are being held across the nation. a neminem mother -- a 9/11 memorial near hay ward is near completion. they will have the names of the september 11th victim on one side, and on the other the names of the city's fallen military service members and scott lunger who was killed in the line of duty in july. the war memorial is expected to be finished in november. and to mark this solemn vacation, thousands of flags will be on display. to represent each of the innocent lives lost. the west alexis christoforous display includes complete memory. >> keep the memory of 9/11 alive. and for the public to have a place to go on on 9/11. >> the the display will stay open around the clock through sunday. >>> time is 4:33. here's a look at the other top stories. a man has been arrested after a bizarre stand off in the water near at & t park in san francisco. it started at about 4:30 yesterday afternoon when the chp tried to stop a motorcyclist who was riding on the shoulder of highway 280 near king stree

. >> reporter: ed root's cousin lorraine bay was the senior flight attendant on board. >> the woundsever completely heal. we go on, we adapt, we do the best we can. >> reporter: for some it was a day of service, a day to pause and reflect in silence. 14 years have passed. it seems like yesterday. america will never forget. >>> and that is "nightly news" on this september 11th. i'm kate snow in for lester. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching. have a good night. we begin with breaking news just southeast of sacaremnto ... this is esentially gold country... a wildfire >>> that breaking news is southeast of sacramento, gold country. a wildfire there raging out of control. it has grown exponentially in just the last few hours. about an hour ago mandatory evacuations were lifted for san andreas. people were told to be ready to get out if necessary again. the governor has declared a state of emergency for this area. it is hot, it is dangerous. and that entire area has about 6,000 homes that at one point or another have been threatened by this fire. at this point it is only 10%

. >> tomorrow begins a new era for the historic devine lorraine hotel.eloper plans to break ground to put apartments in the building. the hotel opened in 1894 as a place of luxury for the wealthy. it became the first racially integrated hotel in the city but closed in the late 90s after years of decay. it will be transformed into 109 apartments and four restaurant spaces including a lobby bar and neighbors are excited. >> a lot of beauty here, a lot of details that people don't notice. >> developers say people are still fascinated with the design and plan to restore it. city leaders will tour the building following tomorrow's ground breaking. >>> we just got in new video of deadly flooding in italy. look at this. at least one person died yesterday after water rushed into homes causing some homes to collapse and land slides there. two people are missing. the flood knocked out power to several homes and businesses that are still intact. a lot of rescues under way in that part of italy. >>> we have flooding in our country as well. then we have the dry condi

a ground breaking ceremony is happening today at the devine lorraine, many consider an eye sore. the hotel opened in 1894 but closed in the late 90ss. a developer plans to transform the building into apartments and restaurants. city leaders will tour the building following the ground breaking. >>> good morning. temperatures today expected to warm even warmer than what we saw yesterday. a quick look at your headlines. a dry stretch in the forecast, we have days and days of rain-free weather. it's nice in my opinion. then cool again. i'm tracking fall-like conditions. fall does start next week and it's going to start to feel like it as we head into the next couple of days. your current temperatures at 59 degrees in northeast philly, 64 in philadelphia, 56 in washington township. 53 degrees in chester springs. 49 in mount pocono, 55 degrees in lancaster. 57 in reading and right along the shoreline we're in the 60s. 66 degrees in beach haven. 62 at the atlantic city airport. for today, 83 to 87, that's the range. sunny and nice, a little bit warmer than what we saw yesterday. winds o

>> reporter: her sister lorraine said the family never gave up hope this day would come. they even wrote an e-book about the ordeal. with no conviction yet, tonight family members say they finally have the closure for which they've waited so many years. >> she'd be looking down. she'd probably say way to go. >> if this was scutch -- such an easy indictment, why did it take so long? the case went cold. the organization ex pressed its, quote, continued sympathy for the argentino family for their loss. >>> she's back in custody tonight, but only after embarrassing the nypd by escaping. the fourth prisoner to do that this summer. now she's speaking out amid new charges. >> i broke out of the handcuffs when i was out of the hospital after they almost killed me and they just tried again. >> did you steal a woman's credit card too? >> i didn't steal it. she left it in the bar for me and i used it. >> 23-year-old tiffany neumann slipping away from cops sunday at a hospital in lower manhattan. from there she went bar hopping and stole a credit card and a cell phone. she was arraig

. >>> a ground breaking ceremony is happening today at the devine lorraine, that's the abandoned hotel that many consider an eye sore along broad street in north philadelphia. the hotel opened in 1894 but closed in the late 90s. a developer plans to transform the building into apartments and restaurants, city leaders will tour the building in its condition following the grou groundbreaking. >>> good morning. expect temperatures to be similar today to what they were yesterday. lots of sunshine for us again, a dry stretch will continue and then cooler temperatures again really as we head into the weekend. so nothing to worry about. more of the same. warm conditions, well above our average which is 79 degrees for this time of year and we're starting off on the cooler side. especially in chester springs at 52, 58 in wilmington. 60 in kenneth square. 53 in pottstown. 55 in reading, low 50s in the poconos, 52 in millville. 62 at the atlantic city airport and 54 in mount holly. the eight-hour city planner shows high, thin clouds by 7:00 a.m. 74 and then look at 1:00 p.m., 83, lots of sunshine

. >> reporter: lorraine wilkins holmes backs up to the railroad. she says over the last decade she and neighbors have been dealing with more and more train traffic up to 30 per day each with up to 100 cars. >> you see where the train is next to my house and if something happens, god forbid -- >> reporter: some of the trains stop here on one of the three tracks to prevent bottlenecking further north where there's only one track. >> we don't want them idling behind the houses and also carrying dangerous chemicals. >> reporter: some freight trains carry crude oil adding to fears about safety. >> we want to make sure that those trains are idling for as short as possible. >> reporter: he has been lobbying officials to do something about it. he says some trains sit for more than 12 hours releasing carcinogens into residents' backyards. >> we want to make those changes to discourage csx trains from parking here in teaneck and using teaneck as a train yard as it has for decades. >> reporter: now, some councilmembers say that if the trains do have to stop h

. >> reporter: ed root's cousin lorraine bay was the senior flight attendant on board. >> the woundsompletely heal. we go on, we adapt, we do the best we can. >> reporter: for some it was a day of service, a day to pause and reflect in silence. 14 years have passed. it seems like yesterday. america will never forget. >>> and that is "nightly news" on this september 11th. i'm kate snow in for lester. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching. have a good night. >>> the biggest money mistakes? >> she's there right now trying to get him out of prison. >> the reason i thought of my first marriage. >> love gone wrong. romance just beginning. i'm

. >>> divine lorraine hotel is set to undergo a 44 million-dollar transformation, city officials andground this afternoon, at the north broad street site. afterward fans lined up for a chance to buy a keep sake from a pop up shop inside. window reservations will be complete in 18 months. building will include more than 100 apartments and retail space. >> that will be beautiful. can't wait to see it. can't wait to see it. >>> how is weather. >> gorgeous. >> it is gorgeous. >> i said on twitter if you have to be a broken record, thinks got record to be have on because it just keeps playing. nice, sunny, nice, every day. we can live with that lots of sunshine. low humidity. even though it ace above average temperature wise maybe some folks are looking for more fall days. we have got those coming as well. the without humidity it cools down nice. cool and comfortable and nice warm afternoons. you cannot beat this weather. we will take you outside to one of the cameras looking east down spring garden street. shadows lengthening, shadows of the building including here at the cbs broadcast c

. >> lorraine sing.ted airlines flight 93. >> in moments of tragedy and crisis there is no better place to turn than to our god. >>> hundreds lit candles and said a prayer fort victims and their families remembering their sacrifice. the names of all of the nearly 3,000 victims are etched in the memorial. >> we just pray that everybody remembers this day. >> reporter: james mow stein and her husband felt an important to commemorate this day as a family. >> we're trying very hard to show our kids who were very young five and two this is an important day in our history and it should be remembered for over. >> reporter: the fountains erupted and crowds quietly paid their respects. earlier in the day, at the gardens of reflection, a bell recounted each time the tower was hit and each building fell. family members like tara bane are still hoping for healing. >> today is always a difficult day but coming here to the garden make it a little easier. the am of community that comes out to support glass for pham fam

. >> reporter: lorraine harding's family lives a mile from the plant and felt the blast, so strong it registered as a 1.7 on the richter scale. >> i thought it was an earthquake because it shook and it was loud, a big boom. >> reporter: four workers were injured, but at the time, exxonmobil told residents there was no health danger to the community. but cbs news has learned it could have been much worse. >> we were really, really lucky. >> reporter: vanessa sutherland, the recently appointed head of the chemical safety board, the federal agency charged with investigating the accident, called it a near miss. >> i think it is of concern to us that we have a facility that had a near miss which i actually feel very lucky about. it could have been much more catastrophic. >> this picture tells it all. look at. this. >> reporter: catastrophic, she says, because when the explosion happened, a piece of equipment weighing 80,000 pounds was sent flying nearly 100 feet. sources say this photo submitted to federal investigators and obtained by cbs news shows that piece landed just a few feet hydro

. >> reporter: ed root's cousin lorraine bay was the senior flight attendant on board. >> the woundsompletely heal. we go on. we adapt. we do the best we can. >> reporter: for some it was a day of service, a day to pause and reflect in silence. 14 years have passed. it seems like yesterday. america will never forget. >>> and that is "nightly news" on this september 11th. i'm kate snow in for lester. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching. have a good night. >> kris jenner moving on from caitlyn and racing to the altar. now on "extra." >>> all new video hollywood, new york we're keeping up with the kardashians' love lives, kris and khloe, kim and kanye. kendall's rumored ex. >> sofia's fiancee joe jetting in to vegas for a bachelor party? donald trump's name calling trash talking run for the white house. >> i think he believes he can insult his way to the presidency. >> the best and the worst of donald's disses and why it's working. >> big apple crime news. first video of tennis star james blake being tackled by a cop. what we uncovered about the officer's past. >> then she

lorraine approach in the north they places like santa rosa sonoma and napa.often does rainshowers round wednesday afternoon 60. and more further into the north bay region than in san francisco bay area lot of low clouds in place as. body drizzle or to hear in their certainly it will move down the peninsula around 10:00 p.m. wednesday. parts of los showers there for oakland hayward san leandro as well. thursday morning early morning the midmorning things clear up with those clouds are warming things back up and the '80s for and when allocations in the week high. stora peninsula dealing with low 60s mid-60's across the bridge to the east bay shoreline cities. 69 cast her ballot 57 financial enrichment 66 degrees inland by locations temperatures remain low '70's under. mostly sunny skies south bay as well the bichirs mid-70s 77 less got us prima at 75 north they will be at 72 on average a better clot in the morning and equip% and in the afternoon 70 forecast a slight chance of rain on wednesday with a bat saturday sunday back in the 90 the few days of the clouds

the conversation of the national book festival which spent the first 20 minutes of talking about lorraine. here i will read an entire essay called grades. >> this came about because i was teaching a course at the university of maryland on an adventure marilyn. we started with king solomon's mines then we kidnapped the time machine, and tarzan of the apes, of that on thursday a couple of others as well. i am working on a book about popular fiction in the late 19th century. but grades, how about grades at the end of the semester. >> the spring semester officially entered at the end of this week at the university of maryland. last sunday may 20, under perfectly blue side seniors toss their boards into the air and went onto open houses and parties to celebrate. i confess that i can't help it but envy all of those smiling graduates just starting out in life, full of youth. when i look back, stop. let's not go further down that path to a corny commencement style remarks, shall we. my own thoughts of such occasions can generally be boiled down to, best of of luck kids, have fun. i filed the grad

. >> restoration project for divine lorraine on north broad street begins later today.t will be home to more than 100 apartment units, stores, and restaurants. the divine lorraine opened in the 1890's and once considered a top philadelphia a hotel, going to be restored to the former glory, great to see. >>> right new lets check with justin for your forecast and these days are just gorgeous, everyone lined up for today, justin. >> we have more to come. if you don't enjoy it today, is there more days in the forecast, especially this weekend it looks great. temperatures starting to respond nicely to the sunshine that we are seeing. we woke up with lower 50's in some spots. still upper 50's in the cooler suburbs, to mid 60's, even wildwood up to 70 degrees at this hour in the sunshine. forecast high up to 86 for philadelphia, 78 is where we should be for this time of the year. lower 80's at the shore, upper 70's in the mountains with the sunshine. look at this extended forecast, more of the same thursday and friday mid 80's with mostly sunny skies. weekend stays dry, more i