also watching the tacony-palmyra, we're in the process of a scheduled opening scheduled for 4:45.e're ten minutes in. take the betsy ross as an alternate. >>> happening today, pennsylvania governor tom wolf will discuss money in a new budget targeting the state's opioid use epidemic. he will give details of the $10. for intervention on use of heroin and opioids. you can go to the nbc10 app and see the exclusive called generation addicted. >>> a school board can prevent a transgender team from using the boys bathroom. they can bar robin grim from the bathroom, grim was born a girl but now identifies as a boy. the school board plans to ask the supreme court to review that decision by the end of the month. >>> president obama shortened the sentences of 214 federal inmates including five from our area. 67 of those prisoners were serving life sentences. the white house says it is the largest batch of commutations for a single day in more than a century. almost all of the prisoners were serving time for nonviolent drug offenses. ♪ >>> well, the road to rio getting shorter. tomorrow nigh

we are expecting a tacony-palmyra bridge opening coming up in just a little bit for a southbound ship. had one at the burlington bristol bridge a bit ago. gloucester city, 42 southbound overnight the ramp was closed for construction, but it has reopened. >> breaking this morning, a gunman shot a man trying to get home overnight in north philadelphia. this happened at 2:00 a.m. at north american and west cambria street. the 54-year-old victim was running from the suspect. he was shot in the back and the leg. police heard the gunshots an found the victim on the streets where he cried out for help. investigators are looking at surveillance cameras at a nearby charter school to see if that will offer clues on the shooter's identity. >>> there was a gun fight on a city street. the gun fight happened in front of an opened day care. katherine scott hats more. >> reporter: good morning, tam, police are searching for two of the gunmen it happened in front of the day care. there was a close call for a driver who happened to be coming through and caught in the crossfire. let's go to video where

delays here, early morning stoppage of traffic on the talcony palmyra.olume so far this morning. but grabbing your coffee and keys and headed for a bridge, make it the betsy ross there in the background. going to the next camera, live look, hello reading. good morning to you on a thursday. no problems or delays at all on the major roadways, looking good out along 422, out near the reading area, no problems up and down that northeast extension, so off to nice quiet start on the thursday. going to the next camera, the platt bridge, see a lot of action, later on today. afternoon phillies game at 1:05, so just keep that in mine, even if you are not going to the game, you will feel the impact around lunchtime, as folks head into the ballpark, again, doing well, two out of three so far. and these afternoon games, typically, are closed to a sell-out. nice day as sue mentioned, good day, kids are out of school. going to see a lot of folks headed into the ballparkment then what's going to happen, bamm, instant traffic jam once the game is over as everybody leaves

palmyra close to 70 degrees. big difference is the humidity levels. it is like yesterday you will love today. dew point temperatures tells the story. yesterday they were in the mid 07's. now we're in the lower 60's. that means it doesn't feel too bad this will probably drop in the 50's later this afternoon. we will call it pleasant g stuff for early august. storm scan three nothing is happening. this is the trend for the next several days. if you have outdoor plans today, and tomorrow, even through middle of the week we are looking good, still warm this afternoon but still, humidity on the low side 88 degrees for philadelphia mid 80's at the shore m i had 80's at the poconos. it is august. that heat and humidity will return. we will let you know when it arrives in a few more minutes. back to you. >>> investigators in berks county are trying to get to the bottom of what they believe is a murder/suicide. that leaves an entire family of five, dead. this all happened at a home in thinking spring outside of, reading. berks county district attorney, mark sh

tacony palmyra bridge is up, you can barely see it. i'll let you know when it comes back down for construction. route 42 southbound ramp to 295 northbound and take a look at this still out there 42 northbound between the 25 and route 55, one to two lanes block until around 5:00 a.m. however 295 northbound and southbound at route 45 you are looking good and all clear, jim, over to you. >> we will be right back with business news, stay with well column back. time for a check on business news. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the new york stock exchange, good morning, jill, lets talk about these big changes at cvs, i know the drugstore chain will no longer cover some drugs, is that right. >> reporter: that is right, cvs health will add 35 products to the list of excluded drugs next year, and no longer cover some treatment for cancer, diabetes. now this is first time brand name cancer drugs of been taken off of cvs's standard list. company officials say they are taking a stand against egregious drug price increases that unne

we will get pass that palmyra cove nature shot and go storm scan three. we will see heavier stuff out to sea but we have scattered variety of showers and somewhat widespread, so, it may again slow you down but i wouldn't call this a morning that requires an umbrella it is your call on that one because as day goes on we will be left with the skies trying to clear. little bit of sunshine. you're witness weather health report moderate levels of the pollen and heat index, it should not be as hot because we do not have as much humidity or as much, to add to the thermometer, readings here today but uv index is still high, and that sun will shine brightly and we have a decent solar angle at this point of the year. is there only 190-degree day out of the next seven. even though it is steamy this weekend this next system that brings us a to showers or thunderstorms on sunday will be responsible for knocking us back to much more typical variety of temperatures here. so hid 80's where we should be. also finally, the lowering of the humidity to the point that it actu

we have bridge work on the burlington brings tacony-palmyra bridges. those crews haveu mean and gone home. as you pack the delaware river. right now you're clear. knob off ramp to 130 was closed, it's open now, you're gohe to go. >>> new eagles era begins tonight, kick job offer -- kickoff at 7:00 a.m. annie mccormick joins it is live from lincoln financial field and they have lifted a restriction in an effort fans to keep from getting overheated. >> reporter: they want you tohy. once you enter the stadium you'll be allowed to have a 16-ounce factory issued water bottle. let's be honest, tailgaters they have to get prepared too, this is their try out for the easily season. we've been following the eagles preseason practices for several weeks since they began. a couple of debuts tonight. for one, doug peterson as head coach. he doesn't think he will sleep tonight the first against the buccaneers. fans are eager to see how play. peter not to keep the play book simple, but don't expect them to hold back on calling plays. as for quarterback, sam bradford i

tacony palmyra bridge up now for a southbound ship. head for the betsy ross bridge. a crash in mount laurel partially blocking the ramp from 295 northbound by the hargrove marina at creek road and down the shore in a.c., a crash involving a pedestrian, and traveling through cape may courthouse. and watch for an accident on 47 southbound at goshen road. we'll check it again in the 5:00 hour. >> thank you again. >>> meteorologist, cecily tynan, is coming up with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. next. ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded suv of the century. sfx: crowd cheering sfx: crowd booing ♪ sfx: crowd chanting ♪ sfx: crowd cheering ♪ sc johnson, a family company >>> meteorologist, cecily tynan is back now with a look at a changing forecast especially for tomorrow. >> it's going to get humid and hot and the temperatures will climb through the weekend. this is a good week to get your feet wet. sky 6 hd is looking at atlantic city, people are doing just that. adam joseph is in there. i

quick look here from live neighborhood network camera from the palmyra cove nature park in new jersey. beautiful day. 83 degrees. i said beautiful i think 12 times already but that is best word i have to describe this day. how about stunning, gorgeous, just perfection. storm scan three is clear no problems out there as we widen out you can see nothing heading our way anytime soon. this next system across the midsection is what will swing through here on friday bringing threat for a few showers late thursday night into friday morning and then afternoon then are storm friday afternoon when humidity is also going to ramp up noticeably. temperatures right now, really nice, in fact degree or two below average we are at 82 in philadelphia. eighty in allentown. autumnal 73 in mount pocono. eighty in millville. seventy-eight in wildwood right now. cool morning when we started off the day at 62 headaching it the cooler arees temperature since june 18th more than two months ago. that is also coolest temperature certainly of the month of august. so far we are 4.3 degrees above average. slightly

overnight construction at the tacony-palmyra andn bristol bridge have gone. >> possible fire and explosion has injured two dozen people in silver spring maryland. officials say it caused a building collapse. people are posting explosion on social media. massive flames lighting up the night sky before midnight. the blaze is under control, but no word on what led to a deserve deserve -- devastating scene. >>> a man was shot and killed on germantown avenue before 11:00 p.m. officers got to the scene to find a 46-year-old man on the street suffering from a gunshot wound to his stomach. officers spotted a man with a gun running from the scene. >> the officers went on foot pursuit, they made the arrest, they recovered the weapon after the suspect threw it in bushes. >> the victim was rushed to the hospital, but later died. investigators plan to check surveillance cameras from a philadelphia housing authority building and nearby business. >> new on "action news," an armed lancaster county threatened two nurses and stormed off with his girlfriend and is on the run this morning. he snatched his gir

there was an earlier opening at the tacony-palmyra bridge. also some construction, 76 eastbound. this is over in glouest city in new jersey. that's closed this morning with that construction, tracy. >>> now, to a bear scare in north jersey, police are investigating a backyard attack. next, hear what happened to the man who went outside to feed his cat. >>> also hometown hero carli lloyd is already helping team usa hear from her and her fans about a preolympic win. >> announcer: "nbc10 responds" is our promise to you. when you have a problem, a contractor who didn't finish the job, a refund check still in the mail. go to nbc10.com now. ♪ music extraordinary starts here. new k-y intense. a stimulating gel that takes her pleasure to new heights. k-y intense. who do you talk to for military advice right now? i'm hillary clinton and i approved this message. well, i watch the shows. i mean i really see a lot of great - you know, when you watch your show and all of the other shows... while donald trump watched tv, as secretary of state, hillary clinton negotiated a cease fire in gaza. a

talcony palmyra, just completed an opening. the vine expressway is open in both directions, so, starting to get ready and start to see the beginning of a morning rush hour. as we go to the neck one, good morning to market street, downtown philly, right out front of the studios here at fourth and market, the septa buses, and trollies, running with no delays. the market frankford, the broad street subway, running with trains every eight to ten minutes. we mentioned regional rail situation, same deal, the shortage of cars, watch for the adjusted schedule, the earlier you can get on the train the better chance you will have to get a seat. and make sure you have your return ticket purchase that this morning, good to go for later this afternoon, lauren, back to you. >> thanks so much. learning more about the young father tragically killed when he was caught in the crossfire in east germantown last week, police say 25 year old al ford was a hard-working dad, who just left his job to pick up his three year old daughter from day care. s

everything is reopened, the tacony-palmyra bridge is back down, southbound ship has gone through. traffic is trying to move once again across the span of the bridge. we're watching construction in hamilton township mercer county arena drive right lane out of commission there for the next hour. >> new on "action news," a man is recovering after being shot in the stomach late last night. gunfire erupted around 10:00. the action cam was on the scene 5400 block of beaumont street not long after shots rang out. the victim was taken to penn presbyterian hospital in stable condition. no word on what sparked the shooting. >>> philadelphia police are looking for four teenagers who assaulted an 11-year-old boy and forced to strip at gunpoint. investigators say he was among a group of teens who spotted the boy at a playground and chased him into an alley on 8th street. one of the teens pulled the gun and made him take off his cloths. they took a picture and beat him up. >> it's a classic example of bullying, it's beyond for these young teenagers to do this so an 11-year-old child. it's distu

palmyra, new jersey at 77 degrees. big jump in the dew points, that means high moisture contend humidity in the air. dew point is 71. that makes it feel oppressive to our bodies a and that is the trend for the next 24 hours and then each humidity levels start to drop. we have a couple light showers, extreme southern new jersey cape may county parts of the central delaware around dover, down to sussex county delaware. everybody else is dry with cloud but later this afternoon with the daytime heating we will see showers and storms firing up. keyword scattered. it will be hot. we're up to 29 for philadelphia. upper 80's at the shore and at the poconos. then we will move back this is dryer pattern again. we have nice days ahead for early august you'll like it. we will talk about our next rain chance after today in the seven day in a few more fins, back to you. >>> police say 42 people are recovering this morning, following this snoop dog and wi z concert at bb and t pavilion in camden. that is where we will find "eyewitnes

degrees at the airport, down to the south 82 in burlington, a pair of 7s in elkhorn and delvin and palmyra and jefferson county, up to the north, throughout washington county, mid-70s and flirting with 80 degrees still in fond du lac, speeds and direction have shifted a little 15 miles per hour, those winds primarily out of the northwest behind a cool front. i call it a cool front but we're actually warmer now than we were yesterday at this time, because of course we had the rain cooled air. the dewpoints which were above 70 degrees have slowly slid and they will continue sliding tomorrow into the low to mid-60s, which is still a little sticky, but certainly more comfortable than what we saw the other day. satellite and radar combination showing counterclockwise tilt to the atmosphere as we see one disturbance passing by, a weaker on drier air route here. future forecast bears that out and the rain count dissipates. mainly clear conditions. and tomorrow expect so just see some pop-up clouds. your storm team forecast for tonight, mainly clear to partly cloudy skies. patchy fog toward mornin

also the bridges, tacony-palmyra, that earlier scheduled opening, take the betsy. that's your best bet. the ben and walt are clear. when you're traveling new jersey turnpike, watch the two lanes closed around burlington and mt. holly which is exit 5. >>> new from overnight, a man is in critical condition after he was shot in philadelphia's fairhill second. police officers were patrolling when they heard gunshot us and found the man lying in the road. the officers rushed the injured 54-year-old man to the hospital. police made no arrests. >>> it's 5:01. today, monsignor lynn is back in court just two days after he awaits his next trial. nbc10's matt delucia is outside the hearing center. it could set a date for lynn's retrial, right? >> reporter: yes, tracy, he is out of prison on bail right now, but his legal issues are far from over here. this is what the 65-year-old looked like as he was walking out of prison on tuesday afternoon. this is in northeastern pennsylvania. he was there for 33 months. nearly three years. the release came after the conviction was overtu

in south jersey along the shore, feels pretty good in some of the suburbs, 82 degrees already in palmyra, new jersey, and in mt. holly. now, the dew point temperature up around 60 degrees, still, that is not bad for this time of year, usually six a kind of that threshold, where it starts to feel really humid. not there yet. so, conditions pretty pleasant to be outside once again through this afternoon, that changes tomorrow. storm scan3, nothing happening, just some clouds popping up, just due to the daytime heating, that's about it, no threat of any rain. on our way up to 86 degrees this afternoon for philadelphia, couple of degrees above average, near 80 at the shore, great looking beach day over the next few days, upper 70s in the poconos, we'll make a run at 90 degrees temperatures, and threat for shower, thunderstorm, talk about that when it arrives in a few more minutes, brooke, jim, back over to you. >> thanks, justin. >> temple university welcomes the class of 2020 and student are moving in in record breaking numbers. >> a record shattering 5100 temple university freshman and tra

all clear on the tacony-palmyra, we had an earlier opening scheduled for 4:45. we're way past that now. all good on the ben and walt. >>> happening today in philadelphia, monsignor william lynn will be back before a judge just two days after he was released on bail. nbc10 as matt delucia is live outside of center city. today's hearing is all about his new trial, right? >> reporter: that's right, setting a date for that new trial. monsignor lynn is out of prison. he's on bail, $250,000. but his legal troubles are not over just yet. this is tuesday afternoon, monsignor william lynn, 65 years old, walking out of prison in northeastern prison. this came after the conviction was overturned. prosecutors have argued that lynn was responsible for transferring pedophile priests from one parish to another. the philadelphia district attorney seth williams said he will retry this case even though lynn has already served out much of his sentence. >> the parole board granted him parole like in october. so, this -- the worst that could happen on a retrial, i mean, you know, th

looking at the center city skyline, you can see a little bit of haze in the background from the palmyranature park in new jersey. we're checking in at 75 with a calm wind. so winds really not an issue tonight. again, they still remain out of the south if we get a breeze, maybe five miles per hour. that helps push the warmth and humidity back into the forecast once again. we hit 90 again today. that's 16 days of 90 degrees or higher for the month of august. that ties july, good shot of reaching season re 17 tomorrow as you finish off the month, that would tie a record for most amount of 90 or higher for the month of august in philadelphia. so far we're up to 39. looks like easily this month is going to go down as the hottest ever on record for philadelphia. we find upper 60s in some of the oh outside areas, 69 mid 70's official the rely at the airport in philadelphia. a breeze coming in off the water but ocean at 77. keeping the air temperatures up on the jersey shore. 73 in stone harbor, 70's ocean city. cold front to our west where we find showers thunderstorms take its time to get her

here's a quick look at the palmyra cove nature park. it's 83 right now.s we look live over the delaware river and showers and storms pretty much fizzled. we can't rule out a stray shower or thunderstorm. especially off to the north but most are missing us to the north, not a big deal. locally just a few clouds and again maybe that stray shower here or had there. let's take a quick look at louisiana where the rain continues and as we said over a foot and a half of rain fallen in parts of that state and just continues following a state of emergency is in effect in very, very dangerous situation for our friends in louisiana. steamy night for us, 81 forecast low that will a break the record for warmest low for tomorrow morning's date of august 13th. we broke the record this morning with a morning low of 81 degrees as well. usually we drop into the 70's. even the 60's this time of year. you can see how far temperatures are skewed above average. the excessive heat warning is in effect for most of us through sunday as well. a heat advisory for the poconos and th

here's where we currently stands, gorgeous view outside palmyra cove nature park overlooking not a cloud in the sky. it is such a perfect scene here over philly. you have got virtually no winds whatsoever. and, with that low humidity, it just feels phenominal outside. if you have yet to stand out there, i'm telling you, make the most of this while you've got it. eventually the humidity starts to creep back up on us, to the point on friday we're feeling little on the steamy side, veering on the edge of oppressive at that point. and that's just because, we're going to see another cold front start to push its way our way. looks as though it will fizzle with time. but it, does help get the atmosphere little bit just more moisturize dollars, basically, and helps build the heat, too, since we'll see more of southerly wind flow. for now high pressure in place, crystal clear across the entire northeast, even back to the midwest. meanwhile, we've got some stuff going on in the tropics. turn the focus there, fiona now at this point become post tropical cyclone, and we do still have area that we're

in fact, they are replicas of those destroyed by the islamic state group in the ancient city of palmyra. >> these statues symbolize the idea we will continue to write history, that the process cannot and will not be stopped by extremists. stateer: islamic militants seized control of the world heritage site in may of last year. during the 10-month occupation, they reached cultural carnage by demolishing treasures that were thousands of years old. now more than 40 sculptures have been re-created by artists hoping to bring the war scarred city back to life. >> we want to send a message with art. we hope this message will bring light to humanity and civilization and people all over the world will see this message. reporter: on a mission to spread this message, the artists will be bringing the works to major cities across the country. anchor: let's get an update of the top stories we are following. using bolt goes for the gold in the men's 200 meter sprint. it is his second gold medal of the rio games. he'll aim for an historic third title in the relay. russia says it is ready to back a week

certainly, 84 degrees, but we've seen so much worse. 84 degrees the current temperature, outside palmyra cove nature park with citizens bank park well off in the distance, can barely see it, but at least nice afternoon overall. not terribly humid even though there is mid 60s for dew points, partly sunny at the beach here this afternoon, like we said, great excuse to go check out the air show, we'll flirt with or actually hit 09 degrees in the days ahead, not too much movement in this pattern, so there could be spotty shower or storm along the way, guys, but it is not what we dealt with before. so it is better by comparison. >> i like the fact earlier you said refreshing. >> yes. >> and i will go with refreshing. >> definitely better. i'll stick to that one. >> all right, and business class seats on delta flights are about to get way nicer. airline reps just announced business class on some international flights will be all suites. that means, you get your own bed, your own entertainment system, your own storage space, and you don't have to climb over anyone to get to the bathroom. that's

the ben and the walt, no scheduled openings over the tacony palmyra.accident scene in lower merion, old gulph road and millcreek road. let's get a check on today's forecast. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> ten minutes before 5:00. temperatures are cooling down this morning under clear skies. expect them to come down a bit more than they were right now. we will see sunshine and humidity takes a break. very low humidity with plenty of sunshine to warm us into the upper 80s. set the stage for a beautiful evening. the humidity stays low, nothing more than a few scattered clouds, no sign of any showers for us. not for the next couple days. 60s and low 70s right now in new jersey. audubon is 72, voorhees is 70 and 68 degrees in washington township. lumberton and people bertown both at 67 degrees right now. cinnaminson in the low 70s. we'll see the temperatures climb. sunshine into the 80s. 72 degrees at 7:00. philadelphia, scattered clouds, high clouds mainly as we go into the afternoon. the temperatures warm into the 80s. the suburbs are in the

and sea breeze pushed so far inland now around the i-95 corridor seeing a little downpour around palmyrainto moorestown and mount laurel seeing a little bit of light rain at this time but pretty quiet as we head into the evening hours. isolated thundershower possible, quiet into the overnight period. showers off to our north but as we head into the day tomorrow, approach of a cold front so we'll see those showers and downpours and thunderstorms developing first off to the west and into the afternoon and evening hours pushing toward the i-95 corridor and eventually down the shore for the second half of the evening before we clear out by midnight tomorrow night so our storm threat for tomorrow, downpours looking likely, highlight anyone threat. we could also see some gusty winds but the hail and the tornado threat will be low with these storms tomorrow. checking in on the tropics we're getting much more active. we have tropical storm fiona not going to be a problem because of strong wind shear up in the atmosphere not going to let fiona live much longer likely democratting a tropical depre

this morning we are waking up to pleasant weather, check it out live look from palmyra cove nature parkcross the delaware glassy conditions, sky line with clear skies, current temperature 62 degrees. in philadelphia airport we are in the upper 60's but still 50's showing up north and west of the city. not as cool as yesterday. we were in the mid 40's in the poconos. mount pocono at 62. that is in the bad for august. shore temperatures feeling good. stone harbor 61 degrees. fifty-seven in cape may. ocean water temperature at 47 degrees. how it will feel with the humidity levels. slyly higher then yesterday. today still pleasant. can't beat it for august. tomorrow, we will start to feel steamy. try we've press i have feeling, very high heat and humidity levels but then it backs off again for the weekend. even though temperatures are still on the warm side. it is one or two days of high humidity, not several days like we have been dealing with the past few weeks. storm scan three high pressure dominating mid-atlantic. it blocks any storm systems from moving in anytime soon and a cold front

moving just outside of of the philadelphia area now into sections right around palmyra moving toward cinnaminson and as you move up highway 130 so willingboro also moving toward the delran area watching out for downpours. this is what it still feels like. 105 in philadelphia. feels like 116 in dover. and take a look at the concern. the excessive heat warnings have been extended until the end of the weekend. we're talking feels like temperatures anywhere from 105 to 111 degrees. so if you're stepping outdoors this evening, it's going to still feel like 104 at seven. by 9:00 o'clock still feeling like 98 degrees and feeling like 95 degrees by 11:00. coming up we'll talk much more about this dangerous heat and also how to put safety first. back to you. >> all right, thank you scott. >>> mother nature changed the city's plans this week. mayor jim kenney announcing today he's going to keep many of the city public pools open a mid this excessive heat warning. only eight of the city's 70 pools will close their doors for the season. >> save decision as we brace for even more burning hot temp

other than that, the ben franklin, walt whitman, the tacony palmyra, burlington bristol. ramp from the 42 freeway headed northbound to 295 northbound is closed for construction this morning. more updates when i'm back in the next ten minutes in the 5:00 hour. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> 4:48. it's 76 degrees. there are clouds around. you can see them in easton this morning. no showers in the easton area. i am tracking one lone shower. and temperatures that are warmer this morning. 73 degrees right now in the suburbs. in fact, the entire area is in the 70s this morning. 76 degrees in philadelphia. no real cool spots. 70s for andorra, chestnut hill, manayunk. a couple spots even warmer, parkwood and bustleton 77 degrees. you'll find 77 in center city and society hill to start with. north wildwood, clear skies, lots of sunshine at the shore. it's going to be heating up even at the shore today. 70s right now. upper township is 70 degrees. wholegate 74 and mays landing 71. topping out near 90 at the shore. it's going to feel hotter thanks to the elevated humidi

either but we will feel humidity creeping back in but getting a live look on our neighborhood network palmyra nature cove in new jersey looking at center city philadelphia in the distance there. forty minutes from official sunrise at 61:00. wind are calm. current temperature is 67 degrees. we are more mild across the delaware valley this morning, then previous mornings. we have started off in the 40's earlier this week in the poconos but we are waking up to 63 degrees on mount pocono. sixty-three in allentown our current temperature at wilmington at 68 degrees. temperature range over the last 24 hours, the biggest up in the poconos, up about ten or 11 degrees, warmer this morning then this time yesterday morning. we are up 8 degrees in atlantic city. as we head throughout our day another round of sunshine a few more clouds in the afternoon, warmer and more humid with a high of 89 degrees. we will have a nice breeze ape southwest at ten or 15 miles an hour to cool us off. overnight tonight you might have been able to have windows opened over the last several nights. i don't think tonight we wi

no scheduled openings over the tacony palmyra.ere is construction over another bridge, delaware memorial bridge. if you're heading from new jersey into delaware, watch for that left lane closure until 2:00 p.m. today. you can see in our map system right in here, 295 has no problem or backups from that construction. and also everything looks clear on the new jersey turnpike as well. also watching 95. these drive times look great. 14 minutes now southbound from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway. now down to 13. but watch for these ramp closures. this is ongoing work. something you should be aware of. 95 northbound at girard and allegheny, aramingo, those off ramps are closed with that construction. >>> a close call in philadelphia and now police are investigating. we'll tell you about this arrow that struck and went through a window and what it almost hit. >>> plus, 35 years after the fact, a man who tried to assassinate president ronald reagan could soon be a free man. we'll tell you what's happening with john hinckley j

looking at the center city skyline, you can see a little bit of haze in the background from the palmyranature park in new jersey. we're checking in at 75 with a calm wind. so winds really not an issue tonight. again, they still remain out of the south if we get a breeze, maybe five miles per hour. that helps push the warmth and humidity back into the forecast once again. we hit 90 again today. that's 16 days of 90 degrees or higher for the month of august. that ties july, good shot of reaching season re 17 tomorrow as you finish off the month, that would tie a record for most amount of 90 or higher for the month of august in philadelphia. so far we're up to 39. looks like easily this month is going to go down as the hottest ever on record for philadelphia. we find upper 60s in some of the oh outside areas, 69 mid 70's official the rely at the airport in philadelphia. a breeze coming in off the water but ocean at 77. keeping the air temperatures up on the jersey shore. 73 in stone harbor, 70's ocean city. cold front to our west where we find showers thunderstorms take its time to get her

i just checked into the tacony palmyra and the burlington bristol, the walt whitman and ben franklin good as well. we'll have updates and check in with mass transit when i come back. >>> gospel music takes over the barnes foundation.ç the choir performed yesterday at the barnes museum. the group performed gospel songs and spirituals this show revived a tradition started by dr. barnes in the 1920s. >>> south philly was all about hot rods yesterday. the 11th annual car show and street festival was held on east passyunk avenue. 140 antique cars were on display at this year's show. the event was sponsored by the east passyunk avenue business improvement district. >>> happening today, we get an early look inside the new philadelphia mormon temple. the newly completed temple of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints is on vine street in downtown philly. it's the first mormon temple in the state of pennsylvania. free tours for the public begin august 10th and continue throughout the month. to reserve tickets tap on the nbc 10 app for a link. >>> and in utah, three people are in th

there is one right over i-95 near palmyra, another one crossing the new jersey turnpike north of mount holly and another cluster near west chester and there's a cluster of thunderstorms leaving hunterdon county right now. not really cooling things off, nothing severe but we do have some lightning, some thunder and some heavy downpours and unfortunately this excessive heat warning last through the weekend. the national weather service has now expanded it to include our entire viewing area. tomorrow could be even hotter than today and the heat index you can see around the i-95 corridor into south jersey and delaware 110. that would make it the hottest day so far this year. i'll talk more specifics coming up in the full accuweather forecast. brian. >> all right, cecily thank you. >>> understandably the beach was the place to be today. the ocean provided some relief from the heat here in longport but get this, even ocean temperatures are nearing 80 degrees. >>> "action news" reporter jeanette reyes live in fairmount park tonight. jeanette today was supposed to be the final day for city poo

two new jersey agencies are now investigating what went on at a landfill in palmyra that took dirt from the massive multi million i-95 expansion project and several local projects. >> the other thing i'm hearing is this may be the first wave and maybe two more waves coming. >> reporter: that's a possibility more charges down the road. edwin jacobs merlino's attorney told me this afternoon that the indictment is very general, not lot of specifics. he says merlino will challenge this and he says we usually win but tonight merlino is behind bars until that bail hearing on tuesday in south florida. iain? >> all right, dave, thank you. >>> four sexual assaults in juniata one of them a homicide and now cops fief think the same guy may be behind all of them. philadelphia police say these pictures show the guy they're after. on july 12th investigators say he approached a 24-year-old woman as she was walking along the 3800 block of jasper street and choked her until she was unconscious. that's when police say he sexually assaulted the woman. they say he matches the description of the person behi

cameras, different view for you over looking the bridge that takes you into the delaware river here at palmyra park. tranquil start to the day. traffic already out there as we kick start our tuesday. storm scan is still quiet. you're not going to see much every anything out there, not even clouds. that is again going to be something we see rolling through at some point here today. more sun than anything. still some cloud cover along the way. now in the meantime, we start to see the humidity ramp up in the days ahead, especially thursday and friday, at least at the next four days looking what we will have to coin oppressively humid out there, as the dew point continue to lift. and that is just going to be sort after pattern that builds, and compound upon itself, because we need a system to cross through to help relieve us of that. that's going to take some time. so couple of days worth of low to mid 90's, even, and every day starting tomorrow we've got the possibility of a scattered, granted, but shower or thunderstorm, to rumble through. meisha? >> katie, thank you so much. looking outside guy

here's a quick look at the palmyra cove nature park. it's 83 right now.s we look live over the delaware river and showers and storms pretty much fizzled. we can't rule out a stray shower or thunderstorm. especially off to the north but most are missing us to the north, not a big deal. locally just a few clouds and again maybe that stray shower here or had there. let's take a quick look at louisiana where the rain continues and as we said over a foot and a half of rain fallen in parts of that state and just continues following a state of emergency is in effect in very, very dangerous situation for our friends in louisiana. steamy night for us, 81 forecast low that will a break the record for warmest low for tomorrow morning's date of august 13th. we broke the record this morning with a morning low of 81 degrees as well. usually we drop into the 70's. even the 60's this time of year. you can see how far temperatures are skewed above average. the excessive heat warning is in effect for most of us through sunday as well. a heat advisory for the poconos and th

new jersey authorities charged that he ran a landfill recycling operation in palmyra that illegally accepted hundreds of truck loads of dirt some of it contaminated. >> brad sir ken plead not guilty in federal court tuesday in the meantime merlino will be allowed to travel back and forth from his home in florida to philadelphia and new jersey to help his attorney work on his defense. >>> dave schratwieser, fox 29 news. >>> darby borough police are looking for the guy who shot and killed a man while he was sitting on hess grandmother's front porch. police have just released photo of the victim, 27-year-old darrell curry. they're hoping someone may have seen who was with him right before the shooting. he was sitting on the porch on the 100 block of north sixth street around 2:00 this morning at least one man walked up and struck up a conversation before shooting curry several times. killing him. >> he was there, he was approached. words were exchanged. gunfire and he retreated towards the door and they kept shooting him until he went down. >> police think robbery may be motive. this is the fir

no big problems there, the tacony palmyra and the burlington bristol clear of any openings right now. we'll keep you updated on that even i'll be back in ten. >>> we are following breaking news into the nbc 10 newsroom. a deadly hit and run there atlantic county, police tell us an suv hit and killed a woman while crossing the white horse pike at 6th avenue and galloway township. the deadly crashç happened arod 10:30 last night. witnesses told police, the suv ran a red light, hit the woman and kept going. the police are looking for a silver older model chevy tahoe or suburban. >>> monsignor william lynn could move a step closer to freedom today. prosecutors are deciding whether or not to retry the former church official. last month, the pennsylvania supreme court upheld a ruling that lynn deserved a new trial. lynn has already served three years in prison for helping to protect priests accused of sex abuse. >>> the time is 5:32. now to decision 2016. presidential nominees donald trump and pennypack park are back on the campaign trail. pamela osborne is live in our digital operations c

milder today but, still in the bad but with the low humidity 62 palmyra, new jersey feeling good in quakere town 55 degrees. storm scan three nice and quiet good travel morning, maybe have the day off,

tacony palmyra bridge is back down and opened for traffic as we have upright around 4:45 and came down great news for those taking the bridge. ben franklin bridge, it looks absolutely, beautiful. the it almost looks like a big carnival looking beautiful and quiet, like normal, coming from new jersey. jim loves that. he loves thinking that looks like a carnival. fifty-nine south past cottman moving in the southbound direction looking exactly as it should this early morning pushing in the 5:00 o'clock hour we will of course see things heat up around 5:30 but things are looking good there. we have down wires here blocking some lanes not quite sure exactly which ones but it is blocking lanes, pass kerr between 32nd and 33rd street make note around that area. also construction still lingering this morning overnight construction route 42 between the 25 and route 55, one to two lanes block there. right until about now, lifting anytime soon, i'll let you know when it does. news on septa coming up in a little will bit. jim, over to you. >>> lady luck run out for struggling taj mahal casino in a

in the distance at center city, from our live neighborhood network. 70 degrees currently, outside palmyra park here in new jersey, and across the river. as the day goes on, going to heat up with no problem. not terribly humid. by tomorrow start to in the it is getting little steamier. and we will at that point again have to dodge shower or thunderstorm mainly late in the day, and then through early thursday morning, as the cold front crosses. but look at the pay-off. back until the low 80s, starting friday, and into the upcoming weekend. right now september is getting off to really nice looking start. meisha arc we send it over to you. >> thank you so much, katie. yes, sure is. and it feels great outside right now. and looking good right now, too, as well, 95 south past cottman, see how many vehicles are starting to hit the interstate pushing in the southbound direction, we can expect that, southbound side, northbound side kind of looking at really the southbound side keeping my eye on, see flashing light, won't slow you down there, moving out of the way. southbound interstate 95, heating

. >>> in the burlington county times, officialness palmyra are talking trash, boro wants to get word out that televisions, computers and other electronic will not be collect. state prohibited them from being dispose of in landfills since 2008. >> that is some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >>> well, coming up, still ahead forget balls and strikes, an umpire in last night's phillies game is making decisions about the fans. >> we will show what you happened. >>> cdc is battling spread of the zika virus hear from them about what is proving to be an unexpectedly difficult part of the price. >>> a monsoon in air zone, see more of the dramatic rescue as drivers get trapped in rising flood waters. >>> well, it isn't heartless maybe justin considerate, kanye west has failed twice in a popular tv host we will tell what you he was supposed to be doing later, we will be right back. fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in. i know it's in. it's in

bridge we're clear into philadelphia, no scheduled openings, at least for right now over the tacony palmyra more updates when i come back in ten. vai? >> thank you, jessica. we're learning new details about a car crash that killed a 3-year-old girl in philadelphia. nbc 10's pamela osborne is live outside philadelphia police headquarters in center city this morning. pam, tell us more about what happened. >> well, according to witnesses, police now believe that there may have been a street race going on at the time of the accident. right now, police are searching for another vehicle that witnesses say they saw leaving the scene around the time of the crash. those same witnesses said they saw cars involved in what appeared to be a race shortly before that accident took place. the driver of one of those vehicles lost control and slammed into another car occupied by a mother, grandmother and a 3-year-old child. it happened at 2nd and york streets around 7:15 last night. paramedics at a nearby station heard the crash and responded to the accident within seconds. but it was too late for that child

>> ukee, you can see behind me, on our palmyra cove camera, we have clouds that have billowed in to the region here, this evening. kind of next cold front, right here, and the sun will move through the area tomorrow afternoon, brink withing it the threat for locally strong thunderstorms coming up. we'll time out the storms, i'll tell you thousand could affect your weekend outdoor plans, and what comes after the storms, i'll tell you about that, as women. ukee? >> new tension in chicago after video shows the moments before and after officer shoot and kill a man. work force police canceled news conference on the shooting. warning for anyone headed down the shore this weekend, dangerous rip current. dangerous rip current. already led to rescues in the water. what you can do to stay safe. >>> and another setback for, your news continues after a short break. >> lips released dash cam video showing the moments before and after the police shooting of 18 year old suspected car thief. we want to warn you, this video may be disturbing. >> video shows officers flying into a fleeing vehicle, then o

depending where you are starting your day off here for extra layer, currently 06 degrees outside palmyra cove nature park, live look from the neighborhood network, different view of the city skyline far in the distance, nice and clear, that wind has tapered off. winds flow is still out of the northwest. so, it is a nice dry air mass. that means, with very low dew point, in other words, low moisture in the atmosphere, not only is it a good hair day, but so comfortable outside. clearly, that's going to be changing with time here. a creep up in terms of the dew point temperature in the next couple of days to make it feel little steamier by week's end. also see the same thing take place on the actual thermometer. while we keep the sun for the next couple of days it, will prague rest i havely get hotter and hotter. friday really is our chance to see some showers and storms, and at this point, it looks like even those would be pretty scattered in nature. so, if you have been craving quiet weather, meisha, a i think we can hook you up here. >> yep, and one of those things no complaints coming f

>> ukee, you can see behind me, on our palmyra cove camera, we have clouds that have billowed in to the region here, this evening. kind of next cold front, right here, and the sun will move through the area tomorrow afternoon, brink withing it the threat for locally strong thunderstorms coming up. we'll time out the storms, i'll tell you thousand could affect your weekend outdoor plans, and what comes after the storms, i'll tell you about that, as women. ukee? >> new tension in chicago after video shows the moments before and after officer shoot and kill a man. work force police canceled news conference on the shooting. warning for anyone headed down the shore this weekend, dangerous rip current. dangerous rip current. already led to rescues in the water. what you can do to stay safe. >>> and another setback for, your news continues after a short break. dear fellow citizen, i know what it's like to live a full life. but living for today doesn't mean forgetting about tomorrow. most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do for retirement. but i like to think of retireme

and west right now and in the lower 80's through southern new jersey as well as delaware out toward palmyra, 78 the current temperature. as the day progresses we are expecting we will still at least flirt with or hit 90-degree mark around the city. partly sunny skies, not quite as humid. i'm not saying it will feel crisp like fall time out there today but it is certainly going to be better by comparison. a little less harsh in terms of the mugginess maybe a left over then are storm at some point. >> i heard it this morning as well. so, hence down trees and all that stuff we will be seeing. >> katie, thanks very much. >>> the vine street expressway is closed, lets take the vine, westbound is just opening right now in the eastbound side, this all within 20 minutes. just know it was posted between schuylkill and broad and westbound is opened for sure. we will see about the eastbound side when that opens. 202 northbound at gulf road two left lanes were blocked, it looks like that might be clearing out of our way right now on 202, great news for those in and around that area the route one northb

crossed the fog line and hit and killed him.police have determined the driver, a 34-year-old man from palmyra, was not impaired or using his cell phone, but they don't know why the vehicle crossed the fog line.the driver was cited, but won't face any furter action from police. an international celebrity who got his start here in milwaukee...died today. today.actor gene wilder was 83 years old...kristen barbaresi has more about his childhood here... and his connections to his hometown. 3 according to his family-- gene wilder died of complications from alzheimers diseaseand while most know him as willy wonkaor maybe from the mel brooks comedies...wilder's roots are here in milwaukee...over in sherman park. 3 before his performance in the producers got him an oscar nomination...nat- the producers before he was the beloved willy wonkanat- willy wonkain fact before he was even gene school, on milwaukee's north sie sideand everybody knew him as jerrywilder graduated in 1951, a member of the debate team and spanish club, a cafeteria monitor and perhaps least surprising, an actor in the theater group

but as we take a live look here, overlooking philadelphia, from our palmyra cover nature park shot, thiseighborhood network, 08 degrees, but the winds flow key. that's where we are really getting this heat and humidity from in the first place, southwest winds flow, high pressure now out to sea, but large dome, that continues to sit, and spin, in a clockwise rotation, it means any, on the western edge of it, any warmth and moisture will get drawn north, as a result you get more instability, where the showers and storms have come from, far off to the west, more heavy thunderstorms errupting across the mississippi river, what needs to cross for us to break this pattern. but, it is not going to happen any time soon. so, don't expect that to really, you know, bring any relief for few more days. now, i want to turn our focus here, to car safety, of course, weather and traffic go hand-in-hand. but when your car is sitting thereon blacktop surface, if the outside temperature is only 75, only takes ten minutes to feel like it is 94 in the car, because you have the greenhouse effect. you have to t

palmyra checks in at 74. most of the suburbs are in the 60's. later on today we will have no problems making a run for 90 in philadelphia we will call it partly sunny. it will turn steamy. so it is a hot, very humid end to the month have of august but there is chaos down the road and that comes courtesy of some of the storms that will be rumbling through today, meisha. >> good to know, thank you. what we are looking at just waking up with us is we have a overturn tractor trailer, this is video, as you can see new castle delaware. around 1:30, i-95 south off ramp to route 141 is closed. ramp closure not to mention the fact that two people transported to the hospital in this area. crews are still out there, flashing lights and because of this it will slow you down this morning. the its clean up is underway. i'll update you all morning. we have construction here 95 south at betsy ross bridge vine is closed, typical spot moving in the westbound and eastbound side still closed but i'm sure at some point fairly quickly we should open up. 422 eastbound