a classmate a william penn high school in newcastle reported seeing a picture of the freshman students on wednesday. they were posing on instagram with a gun in what appeared to be the school bathroom. police say they searched their backpacks and found a 9 millimeter pistol, ammunition and a pellet gun. the school tells nbc 10 it will soon be making the front entrance more secure and is also considering other safety measures. >>> for the first time, we hearing from the store manager of a church's chicken about the frightening moments during an armed robbery. this was the scary scene monday night at the church's chicken in the 5800 block of woodland avenue. n southwest philadelphia. surveillance video shows the suspect jumping the counter with a gun in his hand. he runs up behind the store manager, knocks him to the ground and demands money. nbc 10's george spencer spoke manager remy aguilar who says he was worried about the female employee. >> reporter: you hear how she's screaming here. >> yeah, i would think the guy was going to kill her. >> reporter: you thought he was going to kill

if aircraft took off from the newcastle county airport in delaware around 10:45 this morning and it wound up on the new jersey coastline, a short time later and that's where jesse gary is. what's happening at the crash site? >> denise, the police are working with the faa to secure approximately 50 gallons of fuel still inside the downed aircraft. once that's removed they can work on a strategy for removing the wreckage with this just beyond the hill behind me. the plane was the only casualty of the crash as both the pilot and its passenger walked away. >> neither man, both from west chester, and over 80, wanted to talk about their ordeal. >> you happy you made it? lucky to be alive? >> reporter: their journey started in the marsh of the state park. and then over the wreckage of a single-engine plane that went down late this morning. it had taken off from newcastle airport in delaware but shortly after getting airborne something went wrong. >> i think they lost power somehow. we're unsure. >> it was gliding by and it had no engine. >> the engine wasn't running. >> reporter: they were hikin

and newcastle county. it will open july 1st. krispy kreme is seeking job applications and plans to hire between 60 and 80 well-disciplined people. >> very well-disciplined. from the jerdsy shore bureau, the miss new jersey foundation is holding theable parade tonight. it's called the red carpet on the ocean city boardwalk. hundreds are expected to watch the reigning of miss new jersey and the 24 contestants vying for her title in 2014. there will be high school marching bands and jugglers and clowns. should be a great event. >> tonight is the new clue. >> local police are sharing information with nbc 10 news in a serial burglary investigation. also tonight -- >>> what happened with that? where is the eyes? >> the mr. versus the master as they turn to controversy. the trucks are turning out treats and creating trouble at the same time. plus this. >> i want to know why you would do this. >> working to stop a summer spoiler. the evidence of a crime affecting local kids and what is being done to bring back the

newcastle township police are looking for men? these foltz owes, he allegedly used a 76-day-old person's credit card to make purchases at the christiana mall and other retailers, he goes by the name dimit dimitri. >>> montgomery county is building on the successful big brothers, big sisters program to help juvenile offenders, and back on track, preparing kids from ages 10 to 15. they will do fun activities together several times a month, giving the young people a positive role model and advocate. >> the team considers everything from geography and personalities and common interests and expressed preferences to make the strongest match possible and set the relationships up for success. so far the back on track pilot program has 100% success rate with none of the participants returning back to the justice system. >> there were traffic delays on city avenue today as crews worked to repair potholes, crews were out jack hammering from belmont avenue, it caused delays on the schuylkill, and penndot has to do the work during the day so c

cluster of showers near baltimore pushing north of baltimore and up i-95, and those of you near newcastle delaware and dover, may want to keep an eye on that, it's slow moving but it's an hour, hour and a half down the pike. we are watching smaller cells popping and pulling away, and this is a good one in red. these are slow movers, if one does get on top of you, it could be a couple of miles down the road and are you stuck beneath something as it takes forever to get by you, we are cooking up the atmosphere, there is a fair amount of cloud cover in much of the region, satellite shows holes in the clouds, a little bit of sunshine could turn the atmosphere over a bit and get it more unsettled and pop the showers and thunderstorms we may begin to see pop up now in parts of the region, especially in south jersey. i can see some stuff like this developing before much longer. future tracker 6 shows us as we go through the afternoon, the unsettled air mass shows what we saw yesterday. future tracker by 2:30 and 3:00 as some of this around the region and more of the same at 6:00, but it could be

the schuylkill to 95 and further south down to 95 into newcastle delaware, lane closures and the alternate is 273, over to the vine street expressway, a disabililed tractor trailer ande schuylkill no problems right now in the westbound lanes. over into new jersey, the 42 freeway, you can see we have the rain coming down out there right now, not bad around creek road, but definitely having some slick roads, keep caution there and new jersey turnpike southbound approaching route 322, an accidents there, slick roads, keep an eye on the road if you are out on the roads in new jersey. >> thank you autumn. >> now donald sterling is trying to block the sale of the clippers. health reporter and registered nurse, ali gorman describes what it means next. so yeah, i think we're good. i think that about wraps it up. so... great, i'll send a follow up email. i don't - there's nothing much to follow up on so i... well, we...we should regroup we just regrouped - this is the regrouping. (laughing) cool, i'll ping you later. you're pinging me now, what do you wanna ping about? next steps? there are no next

make your way up to the city, 45 m minutes from the blue route to the vine. 95 southbound down to newcastle, delaware, churchman's road is closed. flooding out there because of those flash floods we are experiencing and on the big picture, you can see the blue route is slow going in the southbound lanes, from the schuylkill down to 95, taking you almost an hour now because of wet roadways out there. lets take a look at the 42 freeway, earlier we weren't backed up and now the weather is playing a factor in this slow down, down towards 55 and you are hitting a stand still there. back to you rick and monica. >> still more to come on "action news" tuesday night, a heart stopping ride captured on surveillance video, a man stuck in an elevator that won't stop, we'll have the story. scary plus the works of a famous artist comes to the barnes museum. >>> and most of us enjoying a warm, quiet summer like afternoon, while other areas are seeing flash flooding. >> all right and ducis rogerss has sports. [cell phone chime] yeah! [giggling excitedly] [splashing water] c'mon! (announcer) ready for a litt

and in newcastle coin, a wreck to avoid at newport pike, near clayton avenues and the salty dog dive center. and slow speeds through delaware because of the 495 closure. rick and shirleen, back to you. >> thank you matt. >>> still to come on "action news" tonight, a man is pumping his gas one minute and the next minute he is pulling a man from his burning car. we'll have the heart stopping video. >>> hey rick we are tracking the showers and it's occasional pop-up thunderstorms in the lehigh and delaware valleys. those details are coming up with the accuweather forecast. and jeff skversky has sports with the phillies and something they only managed to do once this season so far. mara: it's easy to lose your way in a place like this. ms. winnie earle: kids in paterson face lots of obstacles - but nothing can stop their determination. mara: my dream is to be a pediatric nurse. ms. earle taught me if i work hard - i can do anything. ms. winnie earle: mara had so much potential, it was my job to help her reach her goals. mara: now, i'm headed to college to study nursing! ms. winnie earle:

parts of cumberland and cape may county and much of delaware including the southeastern part of newcastlet for severe weather, showers and lots of clouds and a few thunderstorms, and still humid, tonight it's much more refreshing and cloudy skies in the accuweather forecast. today's high is 84 degrees, and less humid and 84, and spotty showers and it won't rain all day but some spotty showers and clouds holding the temperature down to 77 and partly sunny and nice and 80, on monday mostly sunny and 84 and tuesday 84 with a chance of a shower. and wednesday the sunshine stays behind the clouds and 83 degrees. >>> that does it for "action news" at noon, f [dramatic music] ♪ >> oh, hey! what up, baby? what up, dog? what up, dog? what up? hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! >> hi! nice to meet you! >> how are you? >> doing well. >> come on. [cheers and applause] yeah! hello, and welcome to millionaire. today's first contestant was crowned miss westchester 2012. and today she's looking for a new title: miss millionaire! from yonkers, new york, y'all show some love for sarah hreyo. what's up, sar

the first round of showers has pushed up into the southern tier of the region, in newcastle, delaware, and moderate rain highlighted in green. and the heavier cells in red and that means the better chance of seeing the flooding. wilmington just moderate rain for now, it looks like some of this will clip parts of philadelphia and the phillies are starting to play ball at 1:00, they will either get underway on time or a little afterwards. the storm tracker 6 live shows this clustser of showers to the west and we are keeping our eyes on that area of precipitation that could fall apart a bit in the maritime weather. as we look at the flash flood watch again, it goes until late tonight and i want to show you future tracker 6, some of this may want to fall apart a little bit but at times there are heavy downpours coming in straight in the evening and tonight. it looks like as long as the showers come through and tonight we have the possibility of some spots seeing some high water on roadways and poor drainage areas, more of this is coming tomorrow and could be more widespread. >> thank you

newcastle this afternoon fort call of duty ceremony and members of the 166th civil engineering squadron serves six months in southwest asia and 142 squadron will nerve afghanistan, germany and ugs. engineers served in the same area since 2009 and units are due to return early next year. >> one of philadelphia's most historic churches welcome a swelling known guest speaker today. leader of nation of islam was at first afghan baptist church in south philadelphia to celebrate the 205th anniversarych the 1-year-old travel agenda was cur nailed recent years as he dealt with a number of health related issues. >> several dozen volunteers canvassed the streets today trying to solve a case of police brutality seeking lead to the person who took a pit bull named oden from his yard last month and severely beat him. he almost lost his eyesight. volunteers and leaders hope 5,000 reward will get them the information they need. >> he really wanted to find who did this and i'm not going to arrest until death is served for him he want justice for odon. >> he is recovering well and slowly regaining eyesi

. >> six people including two children hurt in a that they crash in newcastle tonight. it happened 9:00 basin road near university avenue. police say a ford explorer struck a motorcycle and toy oat axe the children, ages 5 and 10 were critically hurt and motorcyclist and three other people are treated for non-life-threatening injuries. >> somebody tossed fireworks into a crowd tonight injuring two small children and one adult in wilmington. the incident happened at 8:10 in the 500 block of madison street. both children were taken to ai dupont hospital for children, for treatment of their injuries. the adult sake treated at wilmington hospital and police are trying to track down the person that set off the fireworks. >> philadelphia police are looking forearmed gunman that held up a northeast philadelphia sneaker store tonight. police state robber forced four employees into the rear of the kicks usa store welsh road before 6:00. police say he not only stole $1,000 he got away with store's security system. no shots were fired. none of the employees were hurt. >> police in

northern delaware new jersey and pennsylvania including the following areas in northern delaware newcastle in new jersey camden gloucester hundred in missouri middlesex morris northwestern burlington salem somerset sussex and warren in pennsylvania bronx common delaware eastern chester eastern montgomery lehigh valley bucks monroe north hampton philadelphia upper box western chester and western montgomery through late tonight variable rainfall overnight between one half and two point five inches in a large portion of the rush area along with flooding in southeastern pennsylvania and far north west new jersey this morning has set the stage for the potential for new flooding very fast response is expected to the upcoming heavy showers and scattered thunderstorms flash flood threat in eastern pennsylvania and far northern delaware is mostly deception in an evening while in new jersey the primary risk for flash flooding is between three pm and midnight residual runoff may force any flooding to linger well past midnight new storm total rainfall this afternoon and evening may reach two point fiv

was in newcastle a few weeks ago, there is a lot of opportunity right now in the tech sector.reat about what is going on here in the u.k. is you're getting a lot of companies that are developing solutions to existing business protocols. if you think what is great about london, you've got the strong financial sector for, but then you have this fusion going on between technology companies working with the financial city, banks, insurance companies and trying to figure out, what are the applications and solutions we develop to make our companies more efficient? all techwhy 2/3 of investment in europe has been in the u.k. as i said, it is not just about london. it is about hemorrhage celebrating -- it is about , gaming in newcastle, artificial intelligence in edinburgh, and robotics in bristol. i mean, that is what is exciting. i think there's a real momentum now in the position of the u.k. as a digital powerhouse in the world. >> what's one thing are you hearing from the startups that they need to just carry on the sort of powerhouse that is developing as you say? >> with anythin

repeating a severe thunderstorm warning has been issued until two forty five am for the following county newcastle delaware in the following counties in new jersey burlington captain and laughter in the following counties in pennsylvania chester delaware and philadelphia. nine mortgage crisis the d.o.j. settled with sun trust for nearly one billion dollars following a lengthy litigation which targeted to lenders and loan modifications and foreclosure abuses the settlement includes of fourteen million dollars cash payment and that should provide some relief to some trust borrowers who were forced out of their homes between two thousand and eight and two thousand and thirteen now this lawsuit is certainly a win for some borrowers but doesn't come close to correcting the wrongs and acted on the millions of americans directly affected by the mortgage crisis keep in mind that between two thousand and eight and two thousand and nine there were over six million homes listed under foreclosure and while the billion dollar settlement might be a good first step slap in the wrist so these predatory lending ag

another flash flood warning in newcastle county until 5:30. he thunderstorm earlier. parts of suffolk county and moderate showers. parts of atlantic county and moderate rainfall and not far away. you start to see the heavier rain. heavy rain in the forecast. it does continue as we go into tomorrow. mostly in the afternoon hours, but not as much rain as we will see by the end of the week. by tomorrow morning, we are talking about the fog around here for the morning commute. as we go to thursday, more rain again. even as we go into friday. more showers and thunderstorms. as far as the storm is concerned, we will see the cloud cover and on thursday and friday, we have even more thunderstorms in the forecast. for tonight, showers and storms will be around and 59 for the low in philadelphia and areas north and west. the clouds and fog around and the afternoon showers. not as much as today, but we will keep a wet pattern. on thursday, thunderstorms and more as we go into friday. the weekend looks pretty good. >> a young man bit by a shark at a delaware beach. he told me whe

police in newcastle county are looking for a woman who is stealing diapers from a dug store. police were called to the walgreens. first the woman tried to walk out with the diapers when confronted by an employee. she gave them back and wrestled them from the employee's hands and ran off. >>> a claymont man is raved for allegedly stealing copper pips. he is changed with burglary and related changes. he ran after being spotted lurking around the building. they caught up with him. he removed more than $1500 worth of already installed piping. >> new information on the convicted killer and abortion doctor who has been a raped in connection with a break in at a home last week. his charges include burglary, theft, and simple assault. he was shot twice during the crime. his bail is set at $125,000 and expected to appear in court later this month. he dropped his father's last night two years ago because he claimed he couldn't get work with it. he sentenced to live n prison for killing three babies born alive during the late term abortions. >>> are you feeling lucky is the question. >>

rain is coming down and sitting on the roadway, it's slick use extra caution and down 95 towards newcastle, church man's road is flooding. moving on to the big picture, speeds on the schuylkill expressway, 10 miles per hour on the schuylkill, and moving along up into ben salem, the police activity has cleared in upper bristol pike, they are doing an investigation because of stabbing. you can make your way to byberry road no problem. route 3 at washington street extension, we have all lanes blocked because of an accident. the alternate is philadelphia pike. 54th street and landsdowne avenue, we have an accident there, causing problems for septa, the route 10 trolley, keep that in mind we have delays on that line as well. in south philadelphia, swanson street and wolf street, we have caution there as well. back to you shirleen. >> thank you autumn. voters in trenton are choosing a new mayor today in a special runoff election, the action cam was in trenton as voters kastd their ballots, the race is between paul perez and john jackson, they are in a runoff to see who will replace tony mack, af

how much does the network newcastle matter. >> it doesn't matter. i'm surprised at the amount of coverage this engenders. there's 7-8 million tops who watch the broadcasts and in the analytics of tv ratings, when you have 25% of those not senior citizens, it doesn't matter. that's the face of the networks, so it gets a lot of attention. >> they are breaking the mould. it steps up a rivalry between george stefanopolous, the chief anchor, and dave muir, diane's monday through friday replacement. stefanopolous will take over big breaking news coverage and election coverage, and that went to the nightly news anchor traditionally. what do you make of that? >> the center of gravity goes to the morning shows. 60 million watch those, is it a profit center for the networks, and that's the race that matters. we hope they basically get along and handle the relationship when big news brachts. stephenie ann mcpherson brings the ratings for "good morning america" hirer than in two decades. az keeps them on the shows. by keeping him in the morning is that a.b.c.'s

newcastle county is larger than the rest of the state combined, including two-thirds of the state's businesses and the majority of the state's democrats. it went to the president by 34 points delivering more votes itself than mitt romney received statewide. kent county went to obama by five points and sussex county was solidly red. while northern delaware has shifted to the left, southern delaware has gone the other away, daupting a more southern rural ideology. a development even "the daily show" poked fun at back in 2010. >> the voters in the south are much more conservative, more agreraian. they tend to be more religious, more white. >> the people from the south? >> no, the south of delaware. >> there's a south in delaware? >> yes. >> delaware? >> delaware. >> is it really called south or is it just called like over there? >> over in maryland, the democratic shift has also been swift. in the '90s african-american began moving out of washington, d.c. and into the maryland suburbs, including prince george's and maryland counties. there was an ethnically diverse and economically upscale popula

a member of the newcastle county council.the state democratic party encouraged him to run against caleb boggs. he was a world war ii veteran who had served for three terms in congress, nearly eight years as governor and another two terms in the senate. at 29, biden was only qualified to run because he would turn 30 before the next congress began. it was an uphill climb. nixon was cruising to re-election on the national stage and boggs was seeking his third consecutive term. at one point boggs had opted against a run. it wasn't until nixon himself urged him to seek re-election that boggs changed his mind. biden respected his opponent, even pinning a boggs campaign button to flash at boggs supporters. at the same time he ran a relentless campaign. his family was right by his side. his sister was his campaign manager. she's actually been that many years. his brother jimmy did finance and both parents campaigned regularly. biden said his issues included voting rights, civil rights and opposition to vietnam but he kept his message

last february, the newcastle county courthouse in my hometown of wilmington, delaware, a gunman unleashed a hail of bullets into a courthouse lobby, tragically killing two. on what was a difficult morning in wilmington, two lives were also saved, those of sergeant michael manley and corporal steve reinhart, members of the capitol police, officers who were wearing bulletproof vests funded by the federal bulletproof vest partnership. this was a partnership launched by my predecessor, now-vice president bidden. -- vice president biden. but without its participation, this vital law enforcement partnership would grind to a halt. vests work. they save lives. they save officers' lives. with this bill, we will be able to ensure even more officers all across this country have life-saving bulletproof vests. so those are two areas where in law enforcement and in public safety, this bill continues critical investments in partnership for the federal government to state and local governments. in recent weeks in delaware, we have also been reminded of just how critical our infrastructure is, our bridges

this is for newcastle and stars anna kendrick. >> i was really excited to make a [ bleep ] commercialthey don't even have the money or permission to make a [ bleep ] commercial. they can't even say the word [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. it's bleeped. i don't think they can even say [ bleep ]. i don't think you can mention football, like in any capacity. >> is this the wave of the future, these web-only ads? >> well, it's a web-only ambush ad. they put it out knowing they're trying to get some of the hoopla out of the super bowl ads. they launched it the week before and using anna kendrick and she was a great sport. they just sort of hit that out of the park. >> matt miller, thanks very much for bringing them by. good to see you. >> you, too. >> you can see these commercials in their entirety on our website, today.com. >>> coming up, a behind the scenes look at former president george h. w. bush's birthday skydive. we'll hear from him exclusively. >>> but, up next, a full moon on friday the 13th? cue the superstitions. tamron will tell us what it all means right after this. what if

ix-95 closed down in newcastle lowing the big rig wreck.ic once again moving. >>> lawmakers in new jersey have passed a pill to legalize sports gambling at casinos and racetracks. it now heads to governor christie's desk. but there's a roadblock for that bill. >>> and new video today of a store robbery. philadelphia police say two men held up a 99 cent store on oxford circle. they pointed a gun at an employee while demanding money. when a second worker tried to stop the robbery, he was assaulted by the man with the gun. the suspects grabbed a jar with cash from the counter before taking off. >>> sun, clouds, warm temperatures to start our weekend. taking a live look right now at philadelphia's boathouse row. nbc 10's first alert meteorologist brittney shipp is here with the forecast for us. >> it's a great-looking forecast as we end your workweek heading into the weekend. going to see a nice summer weekend ahead for us. not seeing any rainfall in the area. just a few passing clouds as w o the rest of todaour humidit drop as we head into tom

nbc 10 in newcastle county. a i lot of people making the most of the nice weather. to be able to do that, anything else you want to do outdoors. a beautiful weekend across the area and the storms will be returning and that is early next week. when they do return, they will hang around for a while. look how it's looking. fair weather outside of the studio and a beautiful blue sky. 76 degrees and the wind diminished a bit. no wind gusts now. one hour ago. the rain we had helped to knock a lot of the pollen out of the area. a border line high through sunday and we go back down to monday. we will be getting more showers and storms and more rain to knock the pollen out. the temperature in the 60s and 75 degrees in blue bell and doylestown. 75 in cherry hill and wilmington. fairly uniform temperatures. everybody is getting sunshine and the northwest wind using the jersey shore at the beaches. just about the same as what we are seeing inland. a little bit of wind and it's a little bit cooler. sunshine across the area. we have to travel to the west to find any cloud cover.