matt delucia joins us live.tell us what you're seeing. >> reporter: well, tracy we rolled into town here just a few minutes ago an we saw a lot of flooding out here. initially we were coming down because we heard about power outages as a result of a storm last night. you see right here, this is 12th avenue by central, the entire street is flooded. we do see as the streetlights are on, we do see homes have power at the moment but down here on the street, you can see at least a few inches of water. my photographer is walking through that right now to give you an idea of what people are experiencing as they're driving through this area. on central avenue, it is not terribly bad but the vehicles are using the center lane out here. you see the side streets are heavy affected by this. a lot of the cars not going to be able to get out until the flooding goes down. i just got off the phone a few minutes before we went on the air, they say the flooding is the big issue. you see the emergency vehicles down the street ther

matt delucia, nbc10 news. >> getting his bearings there. hanks, matt. >>> officials say getting to philadelphia from delaware to see the pope will also pose some challenges. that is because the train station in wilt only has about 600 parking spots and septa has sold 10,000 passes from that station and amtrak is carrying thousands more. wilmington hopes to have 4,400 parking spots for people heading to philadelphia that weekend but a washing you mrning you may ha walk. so expect to walk. check out nbc10 news app to find out the transportation plans and security changes you can expect in philadelphia and you can find the pope's itinerary so you can plan your trip. >>> other plans called for a new kind of body camera and made here in this area. we will show you what it does that could help police and first responders react faster than ever. >>> a cart for your iphone? that will leave the hand free for an umbrella. you won't need it right now. scattered showers to our west. at the shore? a few scattered clouds. right now it is a warm morning. 7

it was not open yet for nbc10's matt delucia earlier this morning because the pedestrian gate doesn't open until 6:00 a.m. normally but matt is on the philadelphia side of the bridge there. matt, walk us through your trek to the art museum this morning. >> we didn't have to walk the 1.8 miles over the ben franklin bridge because it is closed until 6:00 a.m. you got to figure tens of thousands of people will be making the trek over this bridge next month during that papal visit. people will come off the bridge, off the side here and walk into the city right up to eakins oval have the pope is giving that mass. 1.8 miles long, this bridge. remember you have to take the trip back into camden as well. camden, for the most part, will be shut down to cars and good luck if you think you're going to be able to park anywhere close. this was all laid out in a news conference last week and i'm told the plans have still rather fluid, at least as far as the jersey side. there have been meetings almost every day for the better part of a year on this issue. officers are being trained for specific are

matt delucia has been on the scene all morning long. he's live in center city with an update. >> here's a live look at radar. that is a colorful morning. it's a loud morning outside. nbc 10 meteorologist bill henley tracking storms that are here now and then more later today. we've been watching this camera from the comcast center in center city where we've been seeing flashes of lightning. actually the people joining us on periscope have been joining us about thunder and lightning across the region. welcome back to nbc 10 news today. i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm vai sikahema. we heard some of the lightning over our studios in bala cynwyd. you're tracking storms that are impacting us now and you're also looking ahead to the storms later on this evening. >> the storms that we are seeing right now race through the area we're in york county lancaster county. they're fast-moving storms moving to the east at 40 miles an hour which means they'll be offshore this morning.

live in long crest, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> 6:04. new from overnight, a suspected drunk driver slammed into a house in philadelphia, setting that home on fire. look at this. inside the home was an 48-year-o4 84-year-old man. medics took the homeowner and driver to the hospital with minor injuries. a neighbor said this is just the latest misfortune for the elderly homeowner. >> i feel so bad for him. he lost his wife last week and he lost his wife last week. his wife had cancer that lasted five years. she was in a nursing home. she just passed. it's really horrible. >> the woman driving that car faces possible dui charges. >>> 6:05. we're following breaking news out of ferguson, missouri. a gunman fires on police, they return fire and a man is in critical condition. our digital operations center with new developments. bring us up to speed, jesse. >> reporter: i'm told the latest in st. louis county, missouri. a second suspect still on the loose. this follows a barrage of bullets overnight. >> back up, back up. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, yea

i'm matt delucia. wsas we prepare for the pope, the traffic plan has been unveiled and a lot of people are waking up this morning trying to figure out how they are going to get to and from the city next month. ben franklin bridge is shut down to vehicles friday, september 25th until monday, the 28th. highways eastbound schuylkill shut down from the blue route to i-95 and westbound lanes of the schuylkill close from i-95 to u.s. 1. i-95 will stay open. there is a three square mile secure zone covering parts of center city and west philadelphia and that will be closed once you exit. 476 back out here live. that likely get quite a bit more traffic on those days next month. still more than a month for you to plan but today, those septa lottery winners will be notified for the regional rail passes. if you entered, keep an eye on your inbox. live in radnor township, matt delucia, nbc10 news. >>> i'm monique braxton live outside the courthouse in norris town. sources tell us pennsylvania attorney general kath

nbc 10's matt delucia is live in glassboro. matt?tails on the investigation, chris as well as what police are working on at this hour, coming up after the break. introducing longhorns steaks that sizzle for $12.99. like the new smoky bacon sirloin. and the parmesan crusted sirloin. only at longhorn steakhouse. you can't fake steak. >>> i'm matt delucia live in glassboro. a man is recovering after being hit by acar overnight. police are investigating this as a hit and run. video from the 600 block of quincy court, happening shortly after 1:00 this morning. police are telling us the man was taken to cooper trauma. initial reports are that the victim was also dragged by the car. we have been making calls to gather new details. police are still searching for the car and the driver as we wait for a description of both from investigators. live in gloucester county, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. just a heads up for anyone heading out in the center city area, emergency road repair south of ci

nbc10's matt delucia has been making that trek all morning for us. he started after 4:00 a.m. in camden. matt, where are you now and how is it going? >> reporter: right now, we are by the fountains at logan circle. we are getting a little bit more daylight out here. we started the journey at 4:30 and went over the ben franklin bridge and started our walk from the base of the bridge to where we are right now. it's been an hour and a half of walking and quite a bit of walking and a little more than a mile, i would say. you can see we are in the view of the basilica where pope francis will be giving mass on saturday, 26th. over here now we can finally see the art museum by eakins oval and where the pope will give his mass on the 27th. things we hope will never happen, the worst case scenarios. lease these public safety agencies have been making those plans from the very beginning once pope francis announced he was coming here. i asked the camden county sheriff's office if people need to be evacuated from center city, philadelphia, what happens then? we know the ben franklin by thi

nbc 10's matt delucia has the details. matt?le bit more to cross the river. coming up after the break, we'll explain why this is happening and when you could see the toll hike. >>> i have an ambition to work and be a success in life. >> loretta is this week's wednesday's child. >> visit nbc10.com and search wednesday's child for information on how to begin your adoption journey. >>> i'm matt delucia, live in palmyra. tolls could be going up on two local bridges. one of them, the tacony palmyra bridge and the other would be the burlington bristol bridge. bridge commissioners are set to vote on a toll hike later on today that would raise the cost to cross these bridges from $2 to $4 if you pay cash and from $2 to $3 with e-z pass. bigger vehicles and trucks would pay even more. drivers voice their concerns at two meetings held this week. the burlington county commission for the bridges says this is necessary to make more than $100 million worth ofç improvementsn these bridges. we'll let you know what happens, when that toll hike

nbc 10's matt delucia has been at the apartment complex all morning long. att, what can you tell us. >> reporter: red cross told me 33 people are displaced, left homeless, including 11 families. that is the damaged building. you can see the fire marshal, some of the investigators working to determine the cause. now that we're getting more daylight, more sunlight, we can see the extent of this damage. a lot of it really to the roof of this building. earlier this morning, firefighters were out here trying to put this one out. this started around 1:00 this morning. it's a three-story building at the shillington commons complex in cumru township. 12 units are in this building. firefighters tell us all of them are damage. you figure 1:00 in the morning when this fire started. the firefighters say they had to evacuate quickly. fortunately, no one was injured. they do believe they know where this fire started. you can see where the firefighters are working right now. the investigators at the center of the building. on the other structures of this complex, there's a

nbc10's matt delucia is live at the base of the ben franklin bridge in camdenton. tell us what you're planning this morning, matt. >> reporter: i spoke with camden county public safety officials earlier this week to get some more details about the planning that is going into all of this. their estimation is that 80,000 to 100,000 people will be walking over the ben franklin bridge to get into philadelphia for that papal visit next month. this bridge will be shut down during the papal visit and only pedestrian traffic will be allowed on it. this bridge is 1.8 miles long one end to the other and then you have to walk through the city, through the crowds and to your spot to see the pontiff and that can add up to about four miles by our calculation and that is not all. >> we have upwards, i think they are talking about 10,000 people an hour going over that bridge. it's a lot of people and, remember, they go over, they are going to come back. so there is two sets of tiers we have to be concerned with. >> reporter: as i mentioned earlier, my photographer matt and i will b

matt delucia has been on scene since we went on air at 4:00 a.m.'ve learned more information about the impact of the crash in that area, right? >> reporter: that's right, chris and tracy. i can tell you within the past 30 minutes the vehicle that was involved in this crash, a jup, was towed away from the scene. now police are getting ready to re-open the traffic to this general area. i can tell you within the past couple of minutes the outer lanes of the roosevelt boulevard here at adams avenue re-oped.

nbc 10's matt delucia is on scene working to get new information. we will check back with him for a live report coming up at 5:00. >>> the only american airline to fly to africa is banning shipments of hunting trophies after public outrage over the death of cecil the lion. the atlanta-based carrier says it will no longer accept lions, rhino, and buffalo trophies. several foreign airlines announced similar bans last week. >>> wow. homes and retail shops flattened monday when two massive cranes came crashing down. crews are searching for possible survivors. the machines were lifting part of a bridge when they suddenly just toppled over. crews rescued at least one survivor so far. >>> a comedian famous for taking shots at gender roles is getting serious talking about gun control. amy schumer backed a bill introduced by her cousin new york senator chuck schumer. it would require tighter background checks for gun buyers. her comments come less than two weeks after a gunman with mental illness comes -- >> i'm not sure why he chose my movie and these two b

matt delucia has been at the apartment complex all morning long. matt, do firefighters now how this thing started. >> reporter: firefighters are starting the task of how this fire started. you can see a couple lights shining on the back of this building. the only one in this complex that is damaged. we're at the schillington commons apartment building. 32 people are displaced. you figure 1:00 a.m. when this fire started, people are sleeping. the firefighters say they had to evacuate this building rather quickly. fortunately, no one was injured. they believe they know at least where this fire started. >> right now we're focused on back of the building in an area that's right above the entranceway. it's some sort of a decorative type of porch type area if you want to call it. it's not really an occupied area. >> and back live right now, you see not much activity at the moment here. the firefighters for the most part have left. there's one truck that's out here on the front of the building, kind of holding the scene until they get back out here later o

matt delucia is live in burlington county. matt?>> reporter: 77,000 vehicles pass over the tacony palmyra bridge here and the burlington bristol every day. those bridges are in need of repair. how much will this cost? the bridge commission says it needs $110 million to make these safety improvements. the commissioners held two public meetings earlier this week where drivers voiced their concerns about all this. when it comes down to it, what's the effect on i don't you? for cars, motorcycles, light trucks, the toll -- from $2 to $3 if you have e-z pass. >> this is only the second toll increase in 25 years. we don't raise tolls lightly. this is manage that we're compelled to do, unfortunately. >> reporter: increase later today, if it's approved you'll pay more starting september 15th. aaa men time is standing behind the drivers saying this is going too far. we'll have their thoughts coming up in 30 minutes. live in palmyra, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> 5:02. new from overnight, a barrage of gunfire sends two men to the hospital and

matt delucia is live on scene for us there. matt, we know you've got there just a few minutes ago.what can you tell us at this point? >> there are a lot of family members out here at the scene, very emotional. you can see the car that's overturned on adams avenue by whitaker. just off of roosevelt boulevard. there are closures on the roosevelt boulevard right now, the southbound lanes just a portion of it that is shut down there, the right-hand lane. some of the traffic is still getting by at the moment. there is still an accident investigation out here right now. we've learned it's a man and woman that were involved in this crash. one vehicle involved right now. this happened shortly after 2:00 this morning and it appears that the vehicle crashed into a pole that is right by a cell phone tower. that vehicle overturned and the two individuals who were in the car were ejected and thrown, i would say, at least 30 to 40 feet from where we are right now. those bodies were just removed about 20 minutes ago. again, a lot of family members out here right now, very emotional, crying, holdi

matt delucia is headed to the scene.we'll check with him in just a few minutes. >>> more breaking news now. a live picture from a u.p.s. truck crash and fire in furlong, bucks county. this is a live picture. the driver slammed into a barrier along york road and the truck cab then caught fire. york road is closed in both directions near sugar bottom road as they clean up and investigate. >>> new from overnight in philadelphia, a man is dead after a brave-by shooting. it happened along 53rd and berks in wynnefield. >>> now to an nbc 10 exclusive. we spoke to a man who helped point police to a person of interest in the disappearance of a cape may county boy more than 20 years ago. 11-year-old mark himebaugh vanished from his middle township neighborhood in 1991. it's also the area where the man in a police sketch was scene talking with mark shortly before he disappeared. well, daniel cole, a former prosecute who saw a recent report on the himebaugh case told nbc 10's ted greenberg the man is convicted child predator butcava

. >>> and this -- >> good morning, i'm matt delucia.ar chinese restaurant is shut down after a roach infestati infestation. coming up after the break, what the management says it's doing now to try to fix that problem. ♪ >>> this maroon 5 concert is sparking a change that would permanently alter atlantic city's beach. we'll explain. >>> nbc 10 breaking news. >> this breaking news takes to us philadelphia's kensington neighborhood where a fire destroyed a row home but other homes were saved. we're live with what happened there. >>> a roach invasion shuts down a restaurant once voted one of the best restaurants in the country. >>> muggy, muggy, muggy again this morning. it even looks muggy through the camera looking at boathouse row on the schuylkill river. at 74 degrees, that temperature reading doesn't do it justice out there. we are expecting a change today with the storms arriving for some of you. welcome to nbc 10 news today. i'm chris cato. >> i'm tracy davidson. you'll feel the heat and humidity when you walk out, then we have stor

matt delucia is there.tell us what's going on. >> reporter: it's the first day of the fall semester, tracy. testing the water is paramount at this point to make sure that that bacteria is gone. there are ten buildings that tested positive for the legionella bacteria. main hall is one of them. those bacteria were found in the hot water systems of these buildings. west chester university says it began treating the units this weekend, that meant turning the water off and super chlorinating the systems to kill the bacteria. the university says it's been told by the lab that ran the test, the levels are not high enough to cause an immediate concern. this has happened before to other high profile buildings, even in our area, philadelphia back in the '70s you might recall. the last update provided by the university, this was on friday, the fall semester as we mentioned begins today. students are on campus. but the chester county health department told the school there were no need to kerr tacurtail activities.ç t

live in philadelphia, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> we're also following breaking news overnight, a shooting in the parking lot of the pnc bank art center in home homedale. witnesses say there was an argument someone started shooting. two people are in the hospital and police are searching for the gunman. >>> in north philadelphia, police are investigating a shooting that critically injured a man. it happened overnight at front and tusculum street. a man was shot in the side he was taken to temple hospital. >>> fans will get their first look at the birds following an offseason of changes. an april camopen camp at the links will mean a change. katrina watson expects steady fan traffic. >> it's been great. everybody is interested in getting the new eagles gear new players and everybody can't wait till the season starts. >> if you are going to practice this morning, gates open at 10:00. the first of two open eagles practices at the link starts today at noon. nbc 10 is your official television station of the philadelphia eagles. we'll be following the team at training camp and have pre

matt delucia is live along the ben franklin parkway to show us what we can expect in this security zone that the mayer announced yesterday. >> reporter: first it was the traffic box, now we have two security zones that will offer limited access during the pope's visit. this area along the ben franklin parkway, this will be heavily restricted as you mightç imagi. the mayor's office yesterday unveiled more of the city's plan to prepare for the papal visit. essentially these security perimeters will go into effect the night of thursday, september 24th. we did learn there will be a fence with entry points where people will have to walk through a metal detector and there will be no vehicles allowed inside that zone. the second, wider perimeter will be in place to protect the fence. vehicles will have to be removed and any vehicle that wants to go back in will have to be screened. as far as city government, thursday 24th through monday 28th. the city will operate essential services only. if you have any critical business or you have to pick up groceries or prescriptions, anything like that,

update you coming up. >>> i'm matt delucia live in radnor township.he septa people pass lottery winners will be announced starting today. after the break we will talk about neighboring towns are planning to deal with the extra traffic. >>> are you a winner of the septa papal pass lottery? the announcement comes today. you can't play again, so what happens if you didn't win? >>> pack your patience and probably some prayers. there is lots of road closures planned for the pope's visit. the roads that are open and closed and the others, you might want to try to get around. >>> 11-year-old boy missing also a body found. we will have the latest on the search for this boy. >>> 5:29. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. it's throwback thursday so throw it back when the weather was nice. bill henley with our first alert forecast. >> the temperatures are running cooler this morning. down 4 degrees in mt. holly and wilmington. 60 in doylestown and 72 south philadelphia. 65 roxborough and northeast philadelphia at the airport 66 degrees. a few thin clouds. we

nbc 10's matt delucia is live along the ben franklin parkway in philadelphia. tt, tell us what's going to be closed on the jersey side. >> if you were thinking about your car in camden and coming over the bridge into philadelphia, you might want to come up with another plan. quite simply new jersey's transportation agencies are saying that you really should avoid unnecessary travel during the papal visit. here we go. here's the list. first off, 676 westbound will be closed from exit 3 to the ben franklin bridge. so will route 30 westbound from the airport circle to the bridge. 295 and the new jersey turnpike will remain open but exits in the camden area could close if there are serious backups. for the bridges here, a live look at the ben franklin bridge here in camden. we already knew it will be closed for the weekend of the papal visit. but today -- yesterday i should say it was confirmed that all other bridges between new jersey and philadelphia will remain open. a transportation official demonstrated the walking route that people will have to take over the b

matt delucia has been on scene since we went on air at 4:00 a.m. you've learned more information about the impact of the crash in that area, right? >> reporter: that's right, chris and tracy. i can tell you within the past 30 minutes the vehicle that was involved in this crash, a jup, was towed away from the scene. now police are getting ready to re-open the traffic to this general area. i can tell you within the past couple of minutes the outer lanes of the roosevelt boulevard here at adams avenue re-opened. i want to show you, the firefighters are cleaning up out here at the scene, some of the fuel, some of the debris that was out here early as a result of this crash. just to the right here, we're going to pan over, you can see some of the police officers that are standing there, that is where the vehicle was, that jeep that was overturned and crashed into that pole by that cell phone tower. we have video where you can see that jeep as it was being uprighted and then towed away from the scene. a heavily, heavily damaged vehicle. police have been

matt delucia is there to break down the road closures.people who thought they'd park in camden and walk across the bridge, it won't happen that way? >> reporter: not really. you have to be prepared to do a lot of walk. get the walking shoes and cas l casualwear ready. the new jersey transportation officials quite simply are staying try to avoid any traffic situation if you can during that papal visit. let's go with the list here. here we go. 676 westbound will be closed from exit 3 to the ben franklin bridge. so will route 30 westbound from the airport circle to the bridge. now, 295 and the new jersey turnpike, both of those will remain open but exits in the camden area could close if there are serious backups. a live look at the ben franklin bridge. we already knew it would be closed for the weekend of the papal visit. but today -- i should say yesterday, it was confirmed that all other bridges between new jersey and philadelphia will remain open. so transportation officials, they were demonstrating the walking route that people will hav

live in center city, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> good morning.onitoring situation on the boulevard at fox street. again, there is a vehicle that's off to the side. so the right lane is still being restricted a bit. we're starting to see improvement which is great. we see the traffic moving closer to 29 miles per hour, versus 19 miles per hour. if you're heading northbound on the boulevard, traffic is moving around 57 miles per hour. here's a closer look at your drive times. 95 southbound, woodhaven road to 676. our average speed has dropped down to 43 miles per hour. 76 eastbound, pa turnpike to 676, that's going to take you 37 minutes. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> a gorgeous morning. sunshine is up as temperatures are still cool. in fact, we are running cooler than yesterday. 68 degrees now in philadelphia. but it's going to wind up warmer, that bright sunny condition that we're enjoying this morning continues to stay with us all day long. 86 degrees at 2:00 this afternoon. looking for a high of 88 today. gets hotter over the week

matt delucia is live for us at the ft. washington train station. >> i'll tell you thousands of people have already signed up for this lottery, according to septa. we'll show you how all this works in just a moment. this is only for the regional rail service. this is 1 of 18 outlying regional rail stations that will shuttle people in and out of center city during the papal visit. this lottery is open just for today. the winners will be announced starting on thursday. you'll get a congratulatory e-mail. you'll be able to purchase the passes for $10 each. if you are selected you'll have to take the next step and buy your pope passes. this is for september 26th and 27th. this process comes two weeks after septa tried to directly sell passes online. the website crashed quickly after high demand. let's come back in here live. you go to septa.org, good to the website and it has a link for one-day regional pass lottery. stick on that and you put in what station you prefer to go to. you also put in what times you're looking at. you

nbc 10's matt delucia is live in lawndale.exactly -- explain to people who don't know what crowd funding is. >> well, tracy, you've got to think about it, pencils, crayons, paper, it all adds up. a lot of the teachers are paying for it out of their own pockets. now they're returning to other people within complete strangers and technology to help them fund their classrooms. >> i thought i have to hop on board and do it. >> reporter: in a few weeks, jane quigley will start her 25th year as a second grade teacher. >> i keep markers, crayons, pencils. >> reporter: that quickly adds up. >> all summer long we look for bargains. wherever we find a sale, we stop in, show our teacher i.d., try to get a discount. she now wants ipads for her classroom. she turned to the internet and the kindness of strangers. >> i thought what do i have to lose? i can try it. my son helped me get it set up and within 24 hours we had a $50 >> reporter: five years ago, go fund me.com had 135 online campaigns from teachers. last year, there were 106,000. f

nbc 10's matt delucia is live outside temple hospital where those victims are being treated. people, matt, people who live near the scene in kensington want to know what the shooting was about, right? >> they do, chris. a lot of gunfire was out there last night in that kensington neighborhood. the neighbors want answers as well. fortunately all those victims, all three of them are expected to survive. this happened just about 12 hours ago on the 2800 block of boudinot street. this was just after 6:00. several neighbors heard gunshots, they called 911. police got there, they fond three victims. a 22 dwreerl woman was shot several times in the abdomen. a 25-year-old man was shot in his foot an a 33-year-old man was shot in his leg. all the victims were in front of a house at the time. police say nine shots were fired from two different guns. the shooter was standing up, firing the shots with his upper body out of the sun roof. >> all i was hearing was, like, gunfire back to back. >> somebody need to do something about this. >> as of no you, police are looking for those involved.

matt delucia is live outside the bakery in southwest philadelphia. you've been talking with workers. this wasn't unexpected but still hard to hear. >> yes, they're disappointed obviously, especially those who have worked here for several decades. the news of the layoffs went out to the workers in a memo on wednesday night. for now, the workers are still coming to work. some 200 workers actually come to the job here every day. this bakery has been around for quite a while. amoroso's says it has outgrown the location on south 55th street. they bought a facility in belmar two years ago. the reason for the layoffs, a new company is being formed with the move. the positions will be terminated. the people who work here now will have to interview for the new jobs. the workers i've been talking with, most of them have a positive outlook. they tell me this was not a complete surprise but workers had a feeling this time would come. >> the end is finally here. they talked about it for the last three, four years and now it's finally here. so we have to find anot

nbc 10's matt delucia is live outside temple hospital. att, it sound like in your early report that police still weren't sure this shooting could have been random, right? >> they're still trying to figure out a motive, chris. all three victims are expected to survive. let's go to video of the scene, last night around 6:00. the 2800 block of boudinot street. several numbers heard gunshots. they call 911. police show up, find three victims. one was a 22-year-old woman shot in the abdomen, a 25-year-old man was shot in the foot and a 33-year-old man was shot in his leg. the victims were in front of a house at the time. police say nine shots were fired from two different guns and the shooter was standing up, get this, firing the shots with his upper body hanging out of a sun roof. >> i was hearing like gunfire back to back. >> we don't know which of the three, if any of the throw or all three were targeted or if any of them were struck by stray bullets. >> reporter: as of right now, police are still trying to find the people involved in all of

nbc 10's matt delucia is live for us at the ft. washington septa station. with a limited number of tickets available, the odds just aren't in people's favor. >> that's right, vai. i did reach out to septa. they tell me that a lot of people are insoog up for the passes. the lottery had 2,500 entries within the first hour. 0 so far, no major problems, though. septa spokesperson tells me they're working to get a full stall us updarts is we speak. if your are planning to head down to see the pope during his papal visit out here later on in september, here's what you need to know. the website is septa.org. a couple important points to remember, this lottery is just open today. starting on thursday you'll get a congratulatory e-mail and then you'll be able to purchase the passes for $10 each. this is for the 26th and 27th and only regional rail service. not all of the stations will be operating during that time. we have been hearing from riders on their thoughts on having a lottery. >> people can buy them and sell them on ebay for more money. it's kind of ripping

. >> nbc 10's matt delucia is live out there. matt's been talking to investigators. what can you tell us about the victim now. >> reporter: chris and tracy, that man is in the hospital. right now the investigation is till under way here. what we're trying to do is find out more about the condition of this man who was hit early this morning. we have video of the area this happened, the 600 block of quincy court in glassboro, the area where you're seeing this all happen. a dark, empty street there, in this small, quiet neighborhood. police have since left the scene as they continue this investigation. we have been making calls to find out a confirmed description of the car and the driver and what may have led up to this incident. that man was taken by ground to cooper hospital. again, right now we're trying to get more information about that man's condition. but for now, more details to come. certainly throughout the morning hours as police continue to look for the person who hit this man in glassboro overnight. live at the police station, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>

nbc's matt delucia who is live at the ben franklin bridge in camdenton. you're not wearing your dress shoes this morning, matt. >> reporter: no, i'm not. i got the sneakers on because we are going to be doing a lot of the walking and a lot of the executives and city officials open the past several weeks have been telling us you have to be prepared to do a lot of walking. here is the thing. philly is xeexpecting 2 million people to pack the park and i'm told hundreds of thousands of people could be expected to walk over the ben franklin bridge to get here. the bridge is shut down during the papal visit and only pedestrian traffic and most of camden is shut town to traffic. this bridge alone is 1.8 miles long one end to the other and then you'll be walking through the city, through the crowds and to your spot to see the pontiff and that can add, from what we can calculate, about four miles. here is the kicker. only half of your journey. keep in mind you have to walk back once the mass is over and almost everyone will be doing that statement. it comes down to

. >> matt delucia is live on the scene. matt. >> reporter: quite a crash out here. there is the vehicle right behind me on adam avenue between the roosevelt boulevard and whitaker. the car you see right there is overturned. a lot of investigators is around it right now. the car hit that pole that you see there. quite a bit of damage. look at where that car is right now. i'd say about 40 to 50 yards away is where the two victims landed after being ejected. right now you're seeing that is where the victims were. those bodies were taken away about an hour ago. we have video for you now. a large group of family members showed up. one woman earlier kept yelling "my brother, that's my brother." police are telling us the victims are a man and a woman. the car went out of control just after 2:30 this morning. it's unclear what exactly was going on right before the crash. we just spoke with a man who says he knows the male victim. he says everyone here is in shock. >> there's an accident. right now, nobody can't believe it. right now i can tell you this person was a good per

nbc 10's matt delucia is live on campus. what is the school doing?>> reporter: well, tracy and chris, the school has been working throughout the weekend to fix this problem. and to really try to figure out a long-term solution. they really just want to make sure that every building is safe for the students as they begin classes today. there are ten buildings that tested positive for legionella bacteria. main hall is one of those buildings. westchester university says it began treating the hot water units this weekend. that meant turning the water off and super chlorinating the systems to kill the bacteria. this can be a deadly form of bacteria. inhaling it can cause a severe form of pneumonia known as legionnaires disease. how this happened, the university says it's looking into that long-term solution. an employee tested positive for bacteria. so the workers started testing the cooling towers. it prompted workers to wonder if other buildings -- the last update provide by the university was on friday. students are on campus now. there was no preneed

matt delucia is live in philadelphia's lawndale neighborhood.eachers have been doing it for a while but a lot of them say they have to do it. tell us more. >> yes, tracy, some teachers do very well with getting supplies, others not so much. you figure the cost of supplying a classroom can be upwards of $500 or even more. a lot of the teachers are turning elsewhere to find that money. so jane quigley at cedar grove christian academy is doing something different. she's soliciting donations through the internet after hearing about it from colleagues. she wants ipads for her second grade class but can't afford them on her own. so far she's raised just under $600 of a $1,000 goal. >> i'm kind of an old school teacher and i'm trying to branch out into modern technology and get ipads that the kids can use individually to aid their learning. >> how success hall has crowd funding been overall? five years ago, go fun me.com reported 135 online campaigns from teachers. last year that number went up to 141 thoushlgs. ve very popular indeed. >>> it's been ne

. >> matt delucia is liveç with . >> reporter: so far, no major issues.the septa lottery website has been up running for about 4 1/2 hours. we're keeping an eye on it here. i get no major issues, not like a couple weeks ago when the system crashed shortly after the tickets went on sale. if you are interested in getting tickets during the papal visit, here's what the website looks like. a couple important points to keep in moon, this lottery is just open for today. the winners will be announced starting on thursday. you'll get an e-mail and you'll be able to purchase the passes for $10 each. this is for september 26th and 27th. and only for the regional rail service. the website at septa.org maps out everything for you of what's going to be going on, the times you can ride. we have been hearing from riders on their thoughts on the lottery. >> i haven't heard a lot. all i know is stay out of the city. it's going to be packed. >> everybody is talking about the situation. >> at this point septa hasn't indicated exactly how many tickets they are going to be se

nbc 10's matt delucia is live on the ben franklin parkway. att, it's not going to be easy to get around, get where you're going. >> reporter: not easy at all. might be a good idea to stay put if you can or just watch it on tv. that might be a better option altogether. now, yesterday the mayor's office did release more detailed plans of the areas that will be closed off. of course you have this area here where we are right now by the art museum, the ben franklin parkway here. this is going to be heavily restricted as you might imagine. now, part of this will involve a fence. first we heard about the traffic box. now we'll have two security zones which will offer very limited access during the papal visit. these security perimeters will go into effect the night of thursday, september 24th. we did learn this fence will have entry points where people will walk through a metal detector and there will be no zone. the second and wider perimeter will be in place to protect the fence zone. vehicles will have to be removed in any vehicle that needs to g

nbc 10's matt delucia is live for us in palmyra, burlington county this morning. matt?>> reporter: chris and tracy, these bridges like the tacony palmyra right over here, they've long been a cheaper option, if you will, than those bridges leading in and out of camden and center city. this could definitely narrow the gap. we're talking about two bridges, not just the tacony palmyra but also the burlington bristol bridge. drivers voiced their concerns and vented frustrations earlier in the week. the burlington county bridge commission says it doesn't have another option. their argument is that $100 million is needed to make safety improvements to the bridges that were built back in 1929 and 1931. what does this mean for you? for cars, light trucks and motorcycles, the toll would go from $2 to $4 if you pay cash and $2 to $3 if you have e-z pass. aaa is standing behind the drivers saying it would have been better to have a gradual increase than all at once. >> it doubles their spending for their daily commute. unfortunately that's up acceptable. >> in 25 years for these br

matt delucia is live in berks county for us this morning. >> a jarring morning for those neighbors, matt. >> reporter: absolutely. especially this happening in the middle of the night. a lot of people sleeping. fortunately no injuries. right behind me this is the building that's affect. we're in the back of this building at the shillington complex herep this. you can see the fire marshal is out here on the scene, got out here not long ago. going through the damage the debris here especially down here in the center of this building where it's believed this fire started. this is a three-story building, 12 units inside. all are damaged, firefighters tell us. 32 people are displaced. 1:00 in the morning when this started, people are sleeping. the firefighters say they had to quickly evacuate this building. take a listing to the fire chief in cumru township talking to us about this effort. >> we had a report of smoke in the building upon arrival, the unit seen fire outside the one entrance of the building. immediately went into action as far as the pressure was concerned and also evacuating t

nbc 10's matt delucia is live in lawndale to explain. matt? >> well, tracy, can you believe it?it's almost time for back to school. you can hear the kids whining, the parents rejoicing. the teachers are in the classroom, getting everything set up. any teacher will tell you it costs a lot of money to get the classroom going, a lot coming out of their own pockets, some teachers spending $500 or even more. more often they've been turning to parents, alumni and anybody who can help them with this funding. jane quigley at cedar grove christian academy is doing something a little different. she's soliciting dough nations through the internet. she wants ipads for her second grade class but can't afford them on her own. she got the idea to start a crowdfunding page. through another teacher who had success with this in previous years. she's hoping it's going to work for her.ç >> i thought, what do i have to lose? i can try it. my son helped me get it set up and within 24 hours we had a $50 donation from a grandparent. i'll have her granddaughter this year. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00

nbc10's matt delucia is live in radnor. do police and first responders have a game plan, matt? >> reporter: police are trying to prevent a clog from happening in the first place. so they have been in planning mode quite a while here and talking with septa and other emergency agencies to make sure this whole papal visit runs as smoothly as be possible. even though the pope is really visiting the city for the most part and not really coming out here but a lot of people are coming to this area to take the train line. you have the line down the road here that is going to be open. one of the 18 stops on the papal plan that will be shuttling people in and out of the city. the police here in radnor are expecting more than 20,000 people coming just for that travel to and from the city. the emergency operations center here will be open and other suburban are making similar adjustments with stops along the way on the septa route. radnor, all vacation time i'm told is cancelled and emergency workers will be on double shifts to make sure the traffic moves to and from the trains. their advi

live in center city this morning, i'm matt delucia, nbc10 news. >>> in the meantime, we have learnedontgomery county will activate its emergency operation center during the weekend of the pope's visit. the pope is staying in lower merion. the county sought request for help with the emergency management agency and wants 600 national guard personnel for traffic and crowd control. the county is increasing staffing at 911 center and activating its backup center. we are helping you prepare for the papal visit with our news app. find transportation and security information and papal itinerary. free download at nbcphiladelphia.com. >>> students and faculty at a westchester university are almost done with their first week of classes. the school wants to assure everyone that it's safe even though more legionnaire's bacteria hard found on traffic. the school sent us an update yes and found bacteria in one of the apartments on the villages on the on-campus school housing. on monday they found the bacteria in hot water system in ten buildings on campus. the hot water system was shut down and sup

nbc 10's matt delucia is live outside of amoroso's bakery in southwest philly where workers were notified about the upcoming layoff this week. matt, difficult time for those workers. >> difficult time indeed. i've been talking with some of the workers at the bakery this morning. i asked them what the mood was like inside. they said some have their heads down others are ready to move on. the notice came wednesday night in a memo. it's a big change for the 200 workers who are here at this bakery. some have been working here for decades. amoroso's says it has outgrown the location on south 55th street and bought a facility in belmar two years ago. the operations will be moving there. the reason for the layoffs is that a new company is being formed with that movement, so the positions will be terminated. the people who work here now will have to interview for the new jobs. one of the workers i spoke with didn't want to be identified. he said this was not a complete surprise. he'd been here 15 years. workers had a feeling this time would come. >> the end is finally here. they talked about it f

. >> matt delucia is live outside the bakery in southwest philadelphia. there's a lot of history there. >> the work continues for now. we're on south 55th street. this facility has been here for 55 years. a lot of years at this location, a lot of workers have spent a lot of time here roughly 200 workers have jobs at this bakery. wednesday night, they were notified they would be laid off. amoroso's says it has outgrown this facility and bought a building in belmar two years ago. the operations will be moving there. the reason for the layoffs is that a new company is being formed with all this. and that positions will be terminated as a result. people who work here now will have to interview for the new jobs. and some just aren't willing to cross the bridge to work in new jersey. >> we have to re-apply. that means we'll be singled out, who they want and who they don't want instead of our work ethic. >> you've been here 15 years. >> 15 years. >> you feel it's down the drain? >> down the drain, yes. >> amoroso's was actually a new jersey company to start with

matt delucia is live outside the federal courthouse this morning.he's making two requests to make sure he gets a fair trial, right? >> that is right, chris. the congressman is asking fellow lawmakers in washington to investigate the investigation. he is asking the congressional committee on oversight and government reform to, one, require the department of justice to preserve any materials related to his case and, two, he wants the committee to at least review the work of the justice department as it relates to how they collected the evidence. in a letter to the committee chairman and ranking february, fattah writes this. he's accused of stealing taxpayer money, having a secret campaign loan and taking a bribe from a lobbyist. he's accusing federal investigators of violating grand jury secrecy laws in an effort to embarrass him. chaka fattah is due in court this afternoon. his spokesperson says the congressman will not have any comment until he's finished with that first court appearance. live in center city, matt delucia, nbc 10 news.ñr >>> congres

nbc 10's matt delucia is live outside cedar grove christian academy in philadelphia's lawn dale neighborhoodwhat's happening? >> any teacher will tell you that funding a classroom and supplying that classroom takes a lot of money. some teachers spend $500 or even more for crayons, pencils, you maim it. teachers have been turning to parents, alumni, really anyone who will help out. jane quigley at cedar grove christian academy is doing something a little different. she's soliciting dough nations through the internet. she wants ipads for her second grade class but can't afford them on her own. she got the idea to start a crowdfunding page. >> what do i have to lose? my son helped me get it set up and within 24 hours we had a $50 donation from a grandparent. i'll have her granddaughter this year. >> reporter: coming up at 4:30, we'll look at how popular crowd funding has become for teachers and how teachers in our area are doing all of this with a few weeks left until the start of the new school year. live in lawndale, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> happening today, philadelphia will remember e

nbc 10's matt delucia is on his way to north wildwood.he'll have a live report as soon as he get there's shortly after 5:30. we'll keep an eye on it. >>> a heart breaking scene in washington state, a procession of emergency vehicles escorting the ambulances carrying the bodies of three firefighters who were killed on wednesday fighting a wildfire. the men were killed after their truck crashed and they were overcome by flames. four other firefighters were injured in that. >>> those firefighters on the front lines face another dangerous day ahead. unpredictable winds, soaring temperatures, still likely to cause the flames to spread in eastern washington state. the governor praised the courage of the 3,000 firefighters battling those fires right now raging across the dry landscape. >> they are people who are lost doing what firefighters do, which is to rush towards the fire rather than away. this is an unprecedent ed situation. >> authorities have evacuated two towns because of the fast-moving fire in washington. more than 1,000 people force

matt delucia, nbc10 news. >>> you can prepare for the papal visit by visiting our nbc10 news app. find transportation and security information, plus a full papal itinerary. a free download on nbcphiladelphia.com. >>> president obama is headed to new orleans today. >> we will take a look at exactly what the president will be doing to mark the tenth anniversary of hurricane katrina. >>> remembering justin wilson. we will preview a tribute to the indy car driver who died during a race earlier this week. >>> 22 minutes before 5:00. we have got another comfortable day brewing. a nice breeze is blowing and the temperatures have fallen. now 65 degrees here at nbc10. neighborhood-by-neighborhood forecast is just ahead. ♪ ♪ yoplait. the smooth and creamy yogurt your whole family loves. yoplait original with no artificial sweeteners, no artificial flavors, and no high fructose corn syrup. >>> 20 minutes before 5:00. here we distinguigo again. another beautiful day ahead and we will see lots of sunshine and we are seeing a cooler morning this morning by a couple of degrees in northeast phila