. >> reporter: liz's kids go to school in lower merion township. it's a district that's raised taxes more than 53% in the last decade. >> i know people who do want their money back. i want them to be honest, is that i want. >> reporter: in what could be a landmark legal decision, a judge says for the last ten years, the lower merion school district deliberately overestimated debts the district would incur, that schools told taxpayers they needed more money than they actually did. as the district appeals the decision, taxpayers lobby the school board and superintendent robert copland. copland initially agreed to talk to us about our investigation that found the district has consistently overestimated how much money it needs. but he cancelled the interview after the court's recent ruling. >> we're making a best guess for the next year. >> reporter: district spokesman doug young says the over-budgeting wasn't done on purpose. >> every district has to go through an extensive budget process. >> reporter: our nbc 10 investigation finds lower merion is no

lower merion, still watching this accident.orted not too long ago at argyle road and simpson road. we'll be working through this accident. it's still in play so far. interstate travel times for 76. the schuylkill expressway is looking okay, not too bad. typical morning volume from the blue route to the vine, travel speeds in the 30s. with till take you 19 minutes westbound. for the western suburbs it will take you 23 minutes. we'll take alook at that patchy fog in new jersey when i come back. >>> a viewer tells us that the postal service owed her a refun. nearly three years went by with no sign of that cash. >> up next, how the nbc 10 responds team help her receive the special delivery. >>> highway hijinks. we'll show you how this scene played out in philadelphia as a big man pedaled a big wheel along the roosevelt boulevard. i can't believe we're doing this. gus, you're not scared are you? you're the second most famous groundhog in pennsylvania. i don't like thunder! (bashfully) this is getting creepy! (sfx: loud thunder clap)

. >> we're watching upper merion right now. there's an accident reported on dekalb pike and north henderson road. one incident to the report now. most of our majors still look okay. this is the admiral wilson boulevard. that's approaching the ben franklin bridge area. this is the toll plaza right in there. moving through camden, no big problems or delays. up and over the bridge, we're okay into philadelphia. speaking of bridges, the ben, the burlington bristol 0 or the tacony palmyra, not dealing with any scheduled openings at least for right now. no problems, the walt looks pretty much the same as the ben does, nice and clear into philadelphia. vai and tracy. >>> and new this morning, a driver's dead after his car crashed along the schuylkill expressway near montgomery drive. state police tell us the man was thrown from his speeding vehicle when it veer off the highway just before midnight. the car returned to the road itself and got hit by a tractor-trailer. the truck driver was not hurt. >>> and if you live in the garden sta

we're looking at two accidents, lower merion off of east lank avenue and argyle road. been in play for the last 30 minutes or so. over in new jersey, cherry hill, route 38. take a look at the streetlights, folks. we're seeing an area of a halo glow. this is going to be indicating patchy fog, low beams, take your time, use caution and we'll be looking at the rest of the majors when i come back. >> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> we'll start with your neighborhood forecast. temperaturewise we're seeing it's a nice start out there. it's a little cooler than yesterday at this time. 61 in philadelphia, wilmington at 56 and allentown at 51 degrees. these temperatures compared to just 24 hours ago, there's the look. 8 degrees cooler in allentown. 6 degrees cooler in mt. holly. 7 degrees cooler in wilmington and a couple degrees cooler atlantic city. that's in part due to the fact that overnight we did see clearing and we've got clearing clouds in the night time. you can release some of the heat you saw during the day. the temperatures slip a little bit lower. a closer

we're still looking at two accidents this morning, lower merion, east lancaster avenue and argyle road. this came in early again. no reporter problems or delays. out by west pottsgrove, burke street and howard street. it's still in play because of the earlier reports. let's take a look at the schuylkill expressway, camera around belmont, eastbound traffic, so far we're doing okay. more cars are starting to pile on the roadways. we're approaching rush hour. when i come back we'll take a look at the vine street expressway as well as 95. >>> are teenagers to blame? police bust online clown threats in two parts of our area. >> one of those arrested was a 14-year-old from gloucester county. nbc 10's pamela osborne is live in washington township with more on that. pam? >> vai, authorities here in washington township are taking

watching an accident in lower merion, east lancaster avenue and argyle road.no problems or delays were reported. woodhaven to the vine, travel times are still in the green. when i come back, we'll take a look at the schuylkill and the vine street expressway. tracy, vai? >>> are teenagers to blame? police bust online clown threats in at least two parts of our area. >> viral posts were suggesting clowns threatening violence against school students. one of those was a 14-year-old from gloucester county. pamela osborne is live this morning with more. hi, pam. >> good morning. authorities here in washington township were taking those clown threats very seriously. in the past few days, two teens have been arrested. police tell us these creepy clown threats started popping up on social media within the past week. concerned kids told their parents, their parents called police. yesterday, a 13-year-old girl from bunker hill middle school in gloucester township was arrested for making specific threats against a specific student. >> i know where you live. i'm going to co

an accident in lower merion, argyle road and simpson road. no reported delays.'s still early for secondary roads. travel speeds, 495, we're doing okay right now. wood haven to the vine, it will take you 13 minutes. when i come back, we'll take a look at new jersey and how patchy fog is affecting your morning commute. >>> backups and delay, sure. big wheels? take a look at this. >> lack at this [ bleep ]. on the expressway. i had to pull over to [ bleep ]. >> there's a lot of beeping in this video. a viewer showing a man in a big wheel pedaling down the roosevelt boulevard extension. >>> also, elderly woman arrested. at 102 years old, this woman found herself in custody for the first time ever in her life. just ahead, hear why she welcomed the police to take her in. >>> and now to the choices for this week's high school football game of the week. ridley at marple newtown, lenape at rancocas valley or cp south at neshaminy. call or text the number on your screen. you can also vote at nbc10.com or the nbc 10 app as well. >>> take a look at this cell phone video. it

rose anne cash perform also at the merion theater 8:00 p.m. go to 6abc loves the arts for other area events. for 6abc loves the arts i'm karen rogers. >> now to a consumer alert pennsylvania turkey hill dairy has issued a voluntary recall for mislabeled pack andle ice i- package ice cream. the rocky road ice cream contains almond and egg, chocolate does not posing a threat to people with allergies. all affected packagings are after september 8 and have a sell by date of may 23, 2017. so far no reports of illnesses. >> a local business opened its new global headquarters this morning. they relocated from west conshohocken. the company employees 250 people and provides technology and talent and learning solutions to businesses around the world. the office will be home to afl global the parent company of the china american football league. ron jaworski is a partner in the league and on hand today for the ceremony. >>> meteorologist david murphy with the latest check of accuweather. took the jacket off, i see. >> it would look a little weird in her

. >>> a warning now from lower merion police about a new scam hitting our area. conn artists are looking to cash in on cheating spouses. it is in the form of the personally addressed letter saying that scammers have evidence that you cheated on your spouse and if you do not pay up, they will tell. scam looks to be widespread, look at this letter read in part, let's cut to the chase i know you cheated on your wife and more importantly i have evidence of the infidelity. i will give you two options either ignore this letter or pay me $2,000. lower merion police warn you not to send any money and shred that letter and throw it out. >> after a bit of the delay, jurors return to the federal courthouse in newark, new jersey today for the start of the closing arguments in the bridge gate scandal. a judge sent jurors home yesterday, due to a legal issue. jurors were told to base their decision on whether to -- on whether governor christie's aid bill baroni and bridget kelly misused state resources when carrying out lane closures in fort lee, new jersey. not whether it was

. >>> a 68-year-old lower merion man is dead after falling into a trash pitt. merion police say the man was unloading trash as part of a local fall clean up event when he fell about 45 feet. he was transported to lang ken gnaw hospital where he was pronounced dead just before 3:00 this afternoon. >>> ton night, the father of the accused terrorist is speaking out. ahmad khan rahami at the father of new york and new jersey bombing suspect ahmad khan rahami. he said the fbi had made mistake after mistake handling the case. he claims the bureau did not take his concerns seriously back in 2014 he contacted investigators about his son possibly being a terrorist. mr. rahami also claims officials are punishing his family for his son's wrongdoing by banning them from traveling to the united states. >>> coming up, it's bye-bye to the trump taj mahal. but there's one part of the atlantic city landmark that's not shutting down on monday. we'll tell you, plus, new ship is leaving from penn's landing to join the ranks of the navy. the local leader is honoring and why it's so

treasury secretary spent the afternoon here at merion anderson museum, i'm cherri gregg and will have more on what the visit has to do with this coming up. >>> and i sat down with tyler per bye his new movie tyler berry a madea halloween, he talked about the movie, crazy characters and his true love for philadelphia, my >>> well, this weekend at the movies, get ready to, scare up a blast with tyler perry's boo, madea halloween, new comedy opens up today. >> ukee, i had a one on one opportunity with the man, behind madea, and he shared his inspiration for the film, also explained why he has annex stream love and appreciation for philadelphia. >> i got backstage, i had to because just to watch people, roll out of their chairs to listen, it is a laughter effect, yeah we did it again. >> reporter: tyler perry he you this he had audience from the opening scene of his latest hoff i boo a madea halloween. we sat down with the writer, actor, director, all around funny guy during a screening of the film in philadelphia. >> i wanted to hit this and have people laugh that hard. so much is going

trees crashing down on top of power lanes, this fell in lower merion.he wind and rain from hurricane matthew kept chain sauce and power crews busy. >> it's gone. >> reporter: now we're looking at nicole maybe a problem for bermuda later this week. storm tracker 6 live double scan we're dry, breezy and cool out there, though, let's take a look outside and see if we can pick a sky6 live hd camera that's shaking a little bit. this one looking at center city is wobbling. we have decent sustained wind and higher gusts. it's cool this morning, we're at 51 degrees in philadelphia. if we manage to dip into the 40s over the next couple of hours it will be the first time since may 16th we've been in the 40s in philadelphia. tonight is cooler, there could outlying frost. satellite showing you how any cloud cover digging out of the north is caught up in dry flow of air and it is evaporating. we expect sunshine overall. it will be chilly and breezy. 49 degrees by 8:00 a.m. noon, mid 50s. 3:00 p.m., 63 degrees that's going to be the high. 5:00 p.m., heading back to t

. >>> back here at home a fatal accident at a public works township in lower merion township has been under investigation. a 68 year-old man was unloading garbage from his you hall when he fell 45 feet down a trash pit. he later died at a hospital. lower merion refuge department was accepting household trash and recycling as part of the fall lean up event. >>> merely a dozen people are hurt in a train crash in garden city, new york. a commuter train derailed east of new york city after it hit a work train on the track. it happened after 9:00 near new hyde park. spokesmen for long island railroad said 600 people were on the train when it crashed but then none of the injuries are life threatening. the train service has been suspended in bet directions. >>> for the first time since a deadly train crash new jersey transit is reopening a portion of the hoboken terminal tomorrow. the terminal sustained extensive damage, following the train crash on september 29th investigators say morning rush her train accelerated just before the accident, and then the engineer put on the breaks less than

there's an accident in upperç merion on king of prussia road and lindsey drive. for that. >>> philadelphia police officers are okay after a violent encounter with a man armed with a knife. the officers were called to this home in juniata last night. after they tried twice to latas the man who they say was making menacing moves towards himself and the officers, they shot him. police said they did everything to keep them from harming themselves. >>> investigators think the same team of thieves is behind both crimes. pamela osborne is in northeast philadelphia. tell us how they connected the two crimes. >> the connection is a car, a silver mercedes that police were looking for in connection with the boyd robbery. that same car was spotted here at macy's. it was 2:30 in the afternoon when three men ran into macy's during regular business hours and robbed it. one of the men used the hammer to break a display case and then all three men began grabbing high-end watches from that case. police say the thieves made off with $16,000 worth of merchandise. we're told the susp

. >> merion, i know you agree on this one. >> for trump, 60% of voters in key is biased against women and minorities. two thirds of everyone who is going to vote, watch that and they saw once and for all in real-time, that donald trump is bias against women and minorities. >> a percentage of those voters remember what they had for breakfast that morning? >> this is not a bunch of undecided voters. here is the problem, nobody likes the 5% or less voters left. they don't like either of these people. on election day, the candidate they like west will get the >> i don't like math. >> them, it happened again, another blackout for gary johnson. listen to this. >> who is your favorite form leader? >> who is my favorite -- >> name one form leader you respect her look up to? anybody? -- i am having an aleppo moment. >> who are they hurting, trump are clinton? >> that is the best argument against question for i can find -- question four i can find. gary johnson and bill wells are taking out of hillary clinton. said orval redenbacher. it is going to affect down ballot races. >> hillary clinton n

the action cam was on the scene in lower merion where this tree came crashing down. it blocked the roadway at the intersection of great springs and woodly road. no injuries were reported. winds were something. they were whipping about, the dog didn't like it, david murphy. >> reporter: i didn't like it, either, it was whipping around early, i saved my walk until after the eagles game. breezy this morning, not as bad, though. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we are dry. taking a look outside we have sky6 live hd there's the commodor barry bridge we have plenty of sunshine over the bridge. blue skies here and elsewhere across the region today. the temperature is 50 degrees. dewpoint, 33 an indication how dry and crisp the air is. winds out of the north/northwest at 18 miles per hour. it's breezy. even though we've had similar numbers in the suburbs over the last couple of weeks, the winds makes it feel chillier. the clouds are falling a part in the dry air mass coming down. we expect sunny skies, breezy, 49 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m., 51. byby the way if we

. >>> fatal accident as a public works complex in lower merion township is under investigation. police say a 68 year-old man was unloading garbage from his u-haul when he fell 45 feet down a trash pit. he later died at a hospital. lower merion refuge department was accepting household trash and recycling as part of their fall clean up event. >>> nearly a dozen people are hurt in the train crash in garden city, new york. a commuter train derailed east of new york city after it hit a work train on the track. it happened after 9:00 near new hide hide park. spokesmen for long island railroad said 600 people were on the train when it crashed and fortunately none of the injuries are life threatening. train services have been suspended in both directions. >>> and for the first time since a deadly train crash, in new jersey transit, it is reopening a portion of the hoboken terminal will tomorrow. the terminal had extensive tam age following the train crash on september 29th, investigators say morning rush hour train accelerated just before the accident, and the engineer put on emergency

upper merion, a busy road, moore road and west 9th avenue. >>> now, your nbc10 "first alert" weather. >> good morning, i'm meteorologist erika martin. we do have patchy fog clearing by 8:00 a.m. notice, we're seeing poor visibility. half a mile for you, mt. pocono. trenton, a quarter mile, atlantic city improving just a bit, visibility currently one mile. if you look at the bottom of your screen you'll see your local naked forecast. otherwise, the story is there will be that patchy fog clearing. notice by 7:00 a.m. you'll see more sunshine in the forecast although i'm going to keep it mostly cloudy. 64 by 11:00 a.m. the suburbs seeing more clouds and the scattered showers moving through. certainly not going to be a washout for today. lehigh valley, i go with cloudy skies and eventually improving later tonight into tomorrow. delaware also seeing a mix of sun and clouds with a couple of other scattered showers moving through. otherwise, satellite and radar image picking up on the clouds. moving west to east. notice the thicker clouds showing we do have that fog in place and everything c

drive and navigate this guy on a bicycle that we spotted and strong enough to bring down a tree in merion on mount moral road until crews cleaned up the message with that said melissa magee is here with a check of the forecast. >> big changes ahead and quite warm for this day on our sunday with a high in philadelphia of 79 then we track that front that moved on through as the storm tracker 6 double live scan 3d on the front off new england and our coast and moving to the south and east and tapping into a northwesterly wind on the backside of that so that will cool us down just in time for the start of our workweek. as those showers and storms moved on through we had strong winds reported philadelphia had a gust today of 48 miles per hour penn stock 54 miles per hour guest 51 in burlington and morristown had a gust with showers and storms at 51. the high in philadelphia 79 and right now 60 in the city but 44 in buffalo 48 in pittsburgh and tapping in a piece of the cooler air. wake up tomorrow and future tracker 6 and 6:00 and in the corridor 30s and 39 allentown and 34 in the poconos it's

watching an accident in lower merion, east lancaster avenue and argyle road.

in lower merion where this tree came crashing down and blocked roadway of great springs and wood leeds and utility wires came down with it but for injuries reported here. the latest from accuweather and melissa magee let's us know how long the windy weather sticks around. >> reporter: that breeze is sticking around for our workweek on monday and here is the reason live double scan 3d shows a cold front that moved through earlier today that did produce that heavy rain for south jersey and delaware and picked up some of matthew's moisture, you can see it moving on off to the north and east so in the wake of that we had those winds out of the northwest but not without dumping heavy amounts of rain south and east and wild wood you picked up 2 1/2 and a little more than 2 in atlantic city more than an inch and a half in dover wilmington inch and a quarter and philadelphia 1.15" of rain. the winds however were a factor today. they were gusting from 30 to about 45 miles per hour across the region with a constant northwest flow from 8 miles per hour in millville to as high as 15 in wilmingto

i am hearing reports of an accident in upper merion.'ll update you on where when i'm back in the 6:00 hour. >>> we'll see you then, jessica. about a third of teens are getting behind the wheel when they're feeling drowsy. that's the finding from a new study from liberty mutual insurance. 30% of teens say they struggle to stay away while they are driving. one in ten actually dozed off while driving. experts say drowsiness can be more dangerous when a driver is inexperience. >>> a car crash victim is lucky to be alive, thanks to the strength of good samaritans in south jersey. a police dashboard camera captured the scene in hamiltontown, atlantic county on sunday. authorities say seven people along with two police officers helped lift a car off of a woman. she had just crashed into a tree and got pinned underneath her overturned vehicle. >> could you imagine? it could have been myself or anybody else. >> i was trying to lift the car, as strong as i could so she could come out. >> the driver has serious injuries but police say she is expec

live on our neighborhood network, temperatures low 50's right now, kennett square, ardmore, lower merion high school, 55 degrees, 51 bensalem, 51 degrees in hainesport, chilly start to our night. it will get even cooler some 40's certainly across the area overnight. big cool autumn high over new england, keeping our weather pattern pretty quiet through the next couple of days, here is the front we're watching, loading up moisture headed into the weekends, friday is another dry day. then we have matthew to watch. matthew along the coast of florida here is 11:00 a.m., about the time matthew may be trying to make landfall along the coast of florida head into saturday, notice matthew impacts stays well to the south. here comes the front saturday afternoon, saturday evening, some of the rainfall may be slightly enhanced if it does happen or manage to happen some of the tropical moisture from matthew. don't think it is a wash out. scattered shares headed through your saturday afternoon and evening, certainly could be worse. >> this system looks like it will miss the connection this front not s

use caution driving through lower merion, especially around montgomery avenue and gravely.s take a lack at travel times on 422 this morning. so far we're pretty good in the green toward route 2 the and the schuylkill, yes, it's usually a shorter travel team. once we get near the heart of rush hour, these travel times jump the gun. when i come back, we'll take a look at 95 and over in south jersey. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> good morning, i'm meteorologist erika martin. conditions not that bad. warmer than yesterday morning. currently mt. pocono 41 degrees, pottstown 49. philadelphia 54. mt. holly cooler at 46. trenton, upper 40s for you. keep the jackets, the sweaters handy right now. you won't need to layer today because we're expected to see lots of 70s and plenty of sunshine although we have clouds developing. i'll get to that in just one moment. your three-day outlook, including today, temperatures topping out in the mid to upper 70s. notice clouds in the icon. we haveç clouds in your foreca on saturday. and i do think we'll see showers, heavier downpo

. >>> a new accusation today involving spending at the lower merion school district. >> it centers aroundsushi. the group of residents is suing a district claiming it misled taxpayers about deficits. a member of that taxpayer group just released copies of the school district budget. they show almost $48,000 was spent in a ten-month period to show sushi every thursday in the high school cafeteria. at the same time, the district claims that it was going to incur deficits of tens of millions of dollars. >>> and happening today, you can nominate someone to be on a community committee overseeing the reconstruction of camden high school. the superintendent of the camden school district says he wants at least one stut, one parent and one staff member. the camden school district will use the committee for ideas and guidance during the $133 million renovation of camden high. the committee will be announced in december and renovations to the high school should be completed by 2021. >>> a bit breezy outside this morning. see the flag moving around a little bit. those winds are stronger above buildin

lower merion township. it happened this afternoon at the township transfer stations which is a trash facility just off woodbine road near glenn tree lane. man was unloading trash as part of the fall clean up event when he fell down a 45-foot pit and became trapped. he was taken to the hospital where he died a short time later. >>> from our new jersey news room five homes were damaged in trenton during a quick burning fire, it started at 5:20 this morning on the 100 block have of holmes avenue. when fire fighters arrived they encountered heavy smoke and flames rising from those homes. no injuries were reported but red cross is helping three families that were displaced. no word tonight how the fire started. >>> much more to come on "action news" tonight, we will have a celebration of history today on the campus of rutgers university in camden. how the state of new jersey helped breathe new life into a long standing school building. >>> eagles are getting ready to take on lions in detroit. jamie apody is ther

in the lower merion wind brought down a tree at great springs and woodley road. it also brought down some utility wires, fortunately no one was hurt. >>> police in chester are investigating a deadly shooting. victim was a young man investigators say was shot right in front of his family. at this hour search is on for person responsible. "action news" reporter bob brooks has more. >> reporter: this is crime scene of a murder. the stretcher brought out for a young man had his life cut too short. police say a 20 year-old was ambushed just after 2:00 a.m. this morning. according to neighbors sadly there is no surprise with the news today. >> it is bad around here, man, as far as the killing and stuff with guns, real bad. >> reporter: that is terry covington and said crime on third street is proof things are getting worse, this morning, he was heading to church with his grandchildren. covington says he does everything that he can to keep the kids away from something like this. >> it is rough living here. it ain't easy. there is no jobs or kid to do around here. >> rep

reporter: as long as visitors respect society's historic burial ground, she says that the shore the merion. >> we would welcome them with opened arms. we love to share what we have. >> reporter: in salem, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right. beautiful tree. >>> also a big solute for america's new navy ship. lets take a look. >> three, two, one. >> fire. >> that loud gun blast was part of the welcome ceremony for the u.s.s. john p murtha, "eyewitness news" at penns landing for battleship new jersey's official solute to the u.s. navy's new ship name for pennsylvania's longest serving members of the united states house of representatives. the ship will be formally commissioned this saturday. >>> kate joins us now man we cross our fingers for good wet they are saturday. you guys have your eyes on matthew. >> yes. >> we do. >> matthew has defied a lot of expectations. it has been very, very strong. strengthened more rapidly, its track turning to the north and now a big shift, west ward in the models meaning the you had east coast is in play for hurricane hit, mainly off to the so

. >> all new on "nbc 10 news today" at 5:00, we'll tell you what the lower merion school district serves students at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars. >>> nine minutes before 5:00. results a national candy study, just in time for halloween, next, hear what people in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware say this their favorite candy. >>> here's a look at the week's contestants for the game of the week. st. josephess of new jersey versus st. augustine, haverford versus springfield and cinnaminson and west deptford. logon to nbc10.com to vote. biden: this is what i know about katie mcginty - like me, she has pennsylvania working class roots, and she's never abandoned them. hard work. family. playing it straight. that's katie. and the ads attacking her? they're a bunch of malarkey. katie's career is about looking out for families like yours. creating jobs, keeping our environment safe. she's a wife, a mom, a basketball fan, a homework supervisor. she's like you and she'll fight for you in the united states senate. i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message. >>> good morning, everyon

now, lower merion police issued warning telling people not to send money tune shred the letter and throwy. you. >> always have to be careful these days. >> not only the scam, but i'll tell you probably few guys that opened up the thing and saw this and went oh, oh! >> for the cheaters maybe it is a little karma? >> i'm telling you, just watch out. >> but shannon, you're fine. steve's a good guy. we've been watching him. >> with kids. >> yes. >> all right, switching gears now, new development surrounding a national anthem controversy at wednesday night's 76ers game. "eyewitness news" has learned that the team players had meeting thursday, and may takings in the wake of the organization's decision to cancel the national anthem performance by its singer, you see right there, wearing a we matter jersey. r&b artist seven streeter was supposed to sing the anthem, but was pulled at the very last minute. entertainment torn simon rosen believes that this shirt may have been misinterpreted. >> that type of shirt can be a met a for for the lack of relationship between perhaps sixers hierarchy, and

crash happened on the schuylkill expressway near the gulf mills exit yesterday afternoon in upper merion township. police say the buses jumped into each other in a chain reaction crash. nbc 10 was there after one bus returned to richardson middle school in springfield. the other buses had to be towed. ten students and a chaperone were taken to the hospital. all with minor injuries. >>> well the eagles are home today to face the minnesota vikings, and the return to philadelphia of quarterback sam bradford. here's a live look now from our exclusive eagles nest camera overlooking lincoln financial field. after two straight losses the eagles will be looking for redemption here today. monique braxton is already at the linc. she's live with a preview. good morning, monique. >> hey, ted. at the lincoln wearing my eagles green and guess what? the now vikings qb will be arriving in pennsylvania in just a couple of hours. as you know we're live outside the linc and all eyes will be on the eagles this afternoon. we've been following their practices with hopes of getting a glimpse of their offensive

live on our neighborhood network, temperatures low 50's right now, kennett square, ardmore, lower merionol, 55 degrees, 51 bensalem, 51 degrees in hainesport, chilly start to our night. it will get even cooler some 40's certainly across the area overnight. big cool autumn high over new england, keeping our weather pattern pretty quiet through the next couple of days, here is the front we're watching, loading up moisture headed into the weekends, friday is another dry day. then we have matthew to watch. matthew along the coast of florida here is 11:00 a.m., about the time matthew may be trying to make landfall along the coast of florida head into saturday, notice matthew impacts stays well to the south. here comes the front saturday afternoon, saturday evening, some of the rainfall may be slightly enhanced if it does happen or manage to happen some of the tropical moisture from matthew. don't think it is a wash out. scattered shares headed through your saturday afternoon and evening, certainly could be worse. >> this system looks like it will miss the connection this front not strong enou

. >> reporter: joke ago side police in lower merion township say they have received calls about the letter, and posted this facebook message telling people to i am is reply throw it out. chester county district attorney's office has also received calls. >> criminalities are always trying to come up with a new way to separate people from their money. >> i will cut to the chase. >> reporter: jay, a doctor and chester county also received the threat. quickly realized it was not legitimate. >> it is looking official, you know, sometimes we get junk mail and throw it out but this seemed like it was put together by a private investigators or someone we are talking about. >> reporter: he and others say they want to see the scammer, caught. what do you want to see done to this guy. >> jail. >> that is what he deserves. disrupting lives, terrifying a lot of people. >> go out, get a job, work hard, make your own money. >> reporter: investigators i spoke with say it is very difficult to track down whoever is sending these letters and that is because these letters are coming from a presorted facility

>> reporter: the pennsylvania ballet performs revolution from november 10th through the 13 at the merion for 6abc loves the arts i'm karen rogers. >> the moment a girl from south korean south korean was able to hear for the -- south carolina was able to hear for the first time was caught on camera. doctors performed surgery last month. the appointment was delayed before they could do a follow-up visit hurricane matthew tore through the hometown. it flooded their home and they were living in a red cross shelter. the little girl's grandfather made the five hour drive to charleston to get the turned on. >> she is a very intelligent child. >> she said she is grateful for the red cross and the doctors who have given her drd -- granddaughter, the gift of hearing. most people owe the bank. but pat toomey actually owned a bank. and when he went to washington, he voted to change the laws... to benefit wall street and banks like his. voting to gut consumer protections that crack down... on predatory lending and fraud. to take money from you and... line the pockets of wall street millionaires like.

we're look iing at an accident lower merion. so far, no report of problems or delay, but it's been a very busy morning, back to you. >>> new video this morning of a robbery at a philadelphia cell phone store. police hope you can help identify this man who held up the metro pcs store on wadsworth avenue in the city's west oakley neighborhood. investigators say the man pointed a plastic gun u bag in the shape of a gun at an employee and demanded money. the suspect took off with some cash and police in northeast philadelphia are looking for a bank robber. the man went into the tv bank on wood haven road last thursday. handed the teller a a note demanding cash. then ran out of the bank with money. anyone who recognizes this robber is asked to call police or the fbi. philadelphia orchestra strike is over. they reached a tentative deal on a three-year contract yesterday afternoon. that contract includes salary increases each year. members staged a walk out friday night, canceling an opening night performance on the krot tomorrow. >>>

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. >>> a 60-year-old man died after falling into a pit in lower merion township.t the township transportation facility after woodbine road near green tree lane. the man was unloading trash as part of a fall cleanup event. he fell down a 45-foot pit and became trapped. he died at the hospital. >>> delaware county d.a. is asking for your help to find a killer. here's rick williams with this morning's crime fighters report. this is the man authorities want, 37-year-old rodney shelterren of north carolina charged with -- shelton charged with murder and robbery in the killing of thomas child's. >> he shows up to work in the early morning hours june 9, 2015. of course he never comes home from work, balls the perpetrator in this particular case kills in a failed botched robbery. yeadon police found the body of child's next to his deliver truck in the loading dock of ridgeway industries. at the time of the murder, witnesses say shelton had a light mustache. the murder weapon and the victim's cell phone was found nearby in the cemetary. victims traced the handgun to the ow

a 68-year-old man from lower merion is dead after falling into a trash pitt.ice there say the man was unload something trash as part of one those local fall clean up events all of a sudden he fell 45 feet. he was raced over to lankenau hospital where he was pronounced dead yesterday afternoon. >>> we're taking a look at a developing story out of california. after a standoff that lasted 12 hours, the suspect in the killing of two police officers was captured alive just before 1:00 a.m. two police officers were killed in palm springs. slain police were 27-year-old leslie, she was the mother of a four month old baby. and 63-year-old jose gill vega who was only two months from retirement. a third was injured and is in the hospital this morning. the officers were simply responding to a domestic dispute call when sudden al man pulled out a gun and started shooting. the gunman was taken into custody and right now police have not released the suspect's name. >>> you're looking at some new photos that were just released showing scary train derailment in new york. it ha

merion harper says the main reason for closing up shop are long hours required toe operate a restaurantn manhattan an a businessman that once worked at carnegie as dishwasher is launching campaign to takeover the deli and he's hoping to riz man and have people sign a petition. it's been there 79 years and talk be about pastrami sandwic sandwiches they're huge. >> forget it for a minute because today is taco day. not just any taco tuesday today is national taco day. check your favorite local restaurant because many people are actually offering taco specials today. >> sound good to me. coming up bill cosby barred from a courtroom. we'll tell you why. and getting children's attention. parents you know there's no easy task when they're playing a video game. now there's a new high tech way for parents to call a timeout. we'll show you how it works we'll show you how it works next i would support legislation in pennsylvania that would ban abortion and i would suggest we have penalties for doctors who perform them. would you put people in jail for performing abortions? at some point doctors pe

police in lower merion township say calls have been pouring in about letters arriving in the male fromeone claiming to have evidence of cheating. the letters which even include the husband's name threaten to tell their wives unless a 2000 sand dollars payment is made. now it is all a scam but the center is obviously hoping they'll get lucky and find someone who might actually pay up. the letters are also turning up in upper dublin township, montgomery county police say if you get one of these just throw it away. >>> stunninstunning individual f new zealand showing a multi million dollar drug busts. custom agents intercepted $130 million worth of drugs entering their country they stopped it from coming in. the largest amount of meth that new zealand has ever uncovered through customs. the drugs are hidden inside tea leaf packaging among 10 shipping containers carrying scaffoldin . the discovery came after 16 month investigation. a 20-year-old man from hong kong is under arrest. >>> two women accused of of se setting a trap for an unsuspect going samaritan. how they lured the man in befo

took place in number of locations, across, not just philly, upper merion, different areas, so not just happening in philly. this is the latest effort. part of innocence lost initiative. this was shocking like you mention, brought this up in our news room, my goodness, happening right here. >> thinking about other countries, thailand, things like that. so the fbi assisted special agent in charge christian, here, as women, one of the good friends, doctor ellen joe walt is her here, as well. direct something called she's my sister. >> yes. >> enon tabernacle baptist church. good to see you. >> both of you. >> good to meet you, alex. >> nice to meet you. i mention, we heard this in the news room, this wasn't shocking to you at all? >> not at all. every day. all over the country. all over the world. sadly all over our region. it is not just philly. lot of people get confused and they think oh, it is what happens in the city but all surrounding counties, suburbs, upper merion, was one of the locations. >> being kidnapped, taken, whatever, and then sole for sex. >> hey, most of them are young

. >>> we're learning that a man has died after he fell 45 feet into a trash pit in lower merion townshipmontgomery county. police tell us the man was unloading rub your from a u-haul truck at a public works complex yesterday when he fell. rescue teams rappelled down into the pit and lifted him out but he died later from his injuries. the accident happened during a township fall cleanup event at the complex that was canceled for the rest of the day but it will resume this morning. >>> 7:37 right now on this sunday. philadelphia is part of the joke this weekend on "snl." take a listen. >> if you've ever been to the philadelphia mummers parade on new year's, have you ever been to that? >> no, i have not. >> you should go. it's terrible. >> the comedy crew takes a jab at undecided voters in our area. we'll show you more of what happened on set, next. when i was one year old, i was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on my spinal chord. but i spent my whole life fighting back. so you can imagine what i thought when i saw donald trump say... "i don't know what i said, ah, i don't remember!" "

police in lower merion township say calls have been pouring in about letters arriving in the mail from someone claiming to have evidence of cheating. the letters, which include husband's name, threatened to tell their wife's unless a $2,000 payment is made. it is all a scam. but the person is obviously hoping someone will pay up here. letters are turning up in upper dublin township montgomery county. police say if you get one of these just throw ate way: >>> just days after confirming their secret marriage, michael phelps and his wife nicole share pictures from their formal wedding. >> they got married in june in arizona well, new we see these pictures. they had a romantic formal reception in cabo saint lucas. they posted pictures on the instagram pages. their five month-old son boomer was also there being held by a bridesmaid. >> a lot of the pressure i think was off of them, right. you get married. private ceremony. then to you the public thing. try to get having out of the the way. >> she just had a baby. she wanted to get her bod i back and then do that wedding, so they looked fabu

. >>> a new accusation today involving spending at the lower merion school district. >> it centers around sushi. a group of residents is suing the district claiming it misled taxpayers about deficits. a member of that taxpayer group just released copies of the school district budget. they show almost $48,000 was spent in a ten-month period to serve sushi every thursday 2349 hi in the high school cafeteria. >>>ç happening today, a new jersey congresswoman will announce new legislation to keep children safe from lead poisoning in schools. testing over summer found trenton public schools have elevated levels of lead in more than three-quarters of its building. bonnie watson coleman will announce new legislation she's supporting later today. >>> new video a plane crash in malta. look at this video. you can even see the plane, just flames and thick black smoke. the plane crashed after kitakin off, killing all five people on board. malta airport is closed right now. >>> let's get your first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> you can see if you look closely, the camera is shaking,

the race for peace summit was held yesterday at mount pleasant baptist church in lower merion township. community activists and police chiefs representing more than a half dozen local police departments all came together to build better relationships. >> i'm proud and i'm blessed that they came, and they're going whole heartedly to make this thing a positive solution. >> the summit is designed to build positive relations between officers and the people they serve in philadelphia and the suburbs. >>> a member of the tuskegee air men has died. audrey coldhurst was 92 years old. he was one of the first african-american pilots in the nation. he was part of the valiant us it can i guy fighter squadron in the segregated military during world war ii. >>> this weekend, many family members and friends came together to celebrate the life of former nbc 10 reporter sheela allen-stephens. a memorial service was held yesterday afternoon at the sharon baptist church in winfield heights. stephens passed away last week. nbc 10's chief meteorologist shared his memories of stephens. >> she did the toughe

. >> reporter: young woman like nina mckay a senior at lower merion high school walk away hopeful. >> it is just really cool to look around and see all of these women as you hear from men horren couraging anal is who are saying we're behind you. >> reporter: that is why mark langford said he volunteered to attend. >> most conferences i go to are all male dominated, women walk in the conference with all women, and being only guy it is eye opening. >> reporter: plus an interesting, interesting statistic, that may speak to its growth each year, and to have people, in the state, reporting from pennsylvania convention center, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> well, speaking of powerful women a young woman from our area is taking the food business by storm. >> i was like, i got this, so i grabbed the pot, cast iron skill oath. >>> they won a national liz televised cooking show at 12 and now she tells chere greg as how she dit as she prepares a special meal at a unique location. >>> and communicating, privately a new facebook feature protects your secret conversations, kate? >>> well

now you can see in parts of bucks county, montgomery county, through abington, norristown, lower merionending toward philadelphia so moving through the philadelphia area right now through upper darby, drexel hill, chester, upper chichester and extending down through the brandywine valley and into wilmington. so south jersey, you'll be seeing the rain in salem county, cumberland county coming up very very soon. all associated with a cold front. the front moves through and just like we get a strong northerly westerly wind on the back side. clear skies but blustery day tomorrow. sunny and windy with high temperatures 58, 60 degrees. we got some rain today. but not enough rain. we have a serious drought in south jersey scott has been looking at all the numbers. scott it's a little bit more serious than we original thought. >> it really is, kathy, especially as you move into central northern parts of new jersey. as we look at the water vapor imagery you can see most of the moisture is actually going to be out west over the next several days. tapping into some tropical moisture in southern ca

crash happened on the schuylkill expressway near the gulf mills exit yesterday afternoon in upper merion township. police say the buses jumped into each other in a chain reaction crash. nbc 10 was there after one bus returned to richardson middle school in springfield. the other buses had to be towed. ten students and a chaperone were taken to the hospital. all with minor injuries. >>> well the eagles are home today to face the minnesota vikings, and the return to philadelphia of quarterback sam bradford. here's a live look now from our exclusive eagles nest camera overlooking lincoln financial field. after two straight losses the eagles will be looking for redemption here today. nbc 10's monique braxton is live outside the linc this morning with a prevow. hi, monique. >> hey there. the now vikings qb will be arriving here on pennsylvania turf in just a couple of hours. all eyes will be on the eagles this afternoon. we've been following their practices with hopes of getting a glimpse of their offensive or defensive strategy. and carson wentz no doubt. after two losses, a "w" would be nic

in fact, police in lower merion township have warned people on their facebook page, about this scam as what makes this late's tempt to part you with your hard earned cash is how well written and direct this threat is. >> the way it was phrased, way it was officially written, the person who wrote the letter made a direct threat and would make information public about you. you never know in this day of have identity theft, hacking, e-mails, digital fingerprints, people can say and do anything and create anything. >> reporter: coming up tonight at 6:00 hear from others hoff received the exact same threat and why investigators are having such a hard time, traitsing, whoever sent it. we are live from west chester i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you, greg. >>> philadelphia 76ers now apologized for canceling the national anthem performance of the singer wearing a we matter jersey. seven streeter was told she could not perform anthem just minutes before wednesday night's season opener at wells fargo center. cheerleader sang instead that night. streeter has been invited to

our broken down vehicle in lower merion along byberry at huntingdon pike has cleared out as has the crashnorristown along airy and clay. everything is reopened there on this wednesday morning. matt. >> thank you, matt. >>> a husband and wife were targeted in a home invasion in the city's lawncrest section and we learned overnight that the husband is legally mind. police say two men walked through the unlocked front door of the home on the 13th hundred block of hellerman street last night threatened the couple and got away with a gun and $275. the robbers took off in a black jeep wrangler. police say the incident was caught on surveillance. much more in a live report in the next half hour. >> police in south jersey are looking for a group of vandals that forced kids to practice on the sidelines after the bandits vandalized their football field. annie mccormick is live in camden with more on this search. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, erin and surveillance footage may have captured whoever is responsible. camden county police say that they are investigating this. this is le