temperatures warm this morning in philadelphia 79 degrees.oint at 66 which is moderately humid but not as oppressive as it was the last couple of mornings and the winds east-northeast not all that strong at just 5 miles per hour. future tracker6 showing that you any precipitation we do get this morning does appear to be off the map by about eight or 9 o'clock so during that morning rush hour period perhaps a little wet and most of the rain probably south of philadelphia although i can't rule out something popping up closer to home. then we get into the afternoon and the model right now anyway wants to put some additional shower or thunderstorm activity fairly close to philadelphia. now previous runs have suppressed this farther south into places like cape may county and dover delaware and i'll be anxious to see the next model run which comes out a little later this morning. but we have to at least allow for the chance of some of this popping up this afternoon. then by early this evening it looks like it's pretty much gone. again, the best cha

dnc in south philadelphia.osed south broad from packer avenue down to the navy yard yesterday, and the roadways surrounding the wells fargo center and fdr park are closed as well. penndot closed i-95 exit ram tops broad street last night. cherri gregg from kyw news radio is live in south philadelphia where people are dealing with a lot of detours this morning, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, rahel, that is correct, lots of tea tours and lots of confusion. these philadelphia police officers have been extremely busy, here at broad and packer this morning answering questions from confused drivers and others trying to figure out why roads are closed and how to navigate around them. look at this confusion began yesterday afternoon when the roads closures for dnc began going in to effect. the let me break it down for you, both the south and northbound lanes of the broad street from packer to the navy yard are officially shut off to traffic until next friday evening, all sections of paterson from seventh to f

headed toward delco and philadelphia. there you can see it the on ultimate doppler radar there is another line of then are storms moving through baltimore right now heading toward northern part of the delaware and more rain in southern delaware. the what is happening is a warm front is moving, northward, the result of the warm front will be really hot temperatures today but before that happens, we've got a little action. we will zoom in closer and you will see that red and pink underneath lightening, that is where heavy downpours headed toward you in tredyffrin township. we will see if that holds together before it gets to philadelphia and then that other line moving a cross chesapeake bay but we still that have excessive heat warning in effect, for the urban areas that includes philadelphia it could feel as hot as a 106 degrees. we are not kidding with this heat. the it is pretty dangerous. a heat advisory for everybody else. so these could be dangerous, feels like temperatures today. 80 degrees already in philadelphia a

and it's rain and 75 degrees in philadelphia. hotter temperatures and the chance of more storms on the way. maybe you've noticed the seven-day forecast, scrolling at the bottom of the screen. that's one seven-day for each part of our area. we've got the ten-day outlook with a look at the heat that's on the way, vai, when i come back in just a few minutes. >> we'll see you then, bill. >>> funerals are underway for two of the five officers killed by a sniper during a protest in downtown dallas last week. a funeral mass is underway right now for sergeant michael smith. we're looking live right now from the church in farmers branch. looking at his family, where he -- this is the church where he and his family attended services. and family and friends are remembering dallas area rapid transit officer, brent thompson. this is a live look right now from his memorial service in dallas. this afternoon, services will be held for dallas police senior corporal, lorne ahrens. and also later today, president obama will hold a meeting at the wh

the philadelphia archbishop and the philadelphia mayor are butting heads again.hbishop charles chaput released a new set of rules for local catholics that forbid sexually active gays and unmarried couples to receive communion or hold leadership roles in their parishes if they continue to have sex. now, mayor jim kenney then tweeted this -- "jesus gave us the gift of holy communion because he loved us -- all of us. chaput's actions are not christian." again, the mayor of philadelphia saying about the philadelphia archbishop his actions are not christian. >> well, it doesn't surprise me. this is what jim kenney's about, and a lot of people in philadelphia like this. it's incredibly disrespectful. and i differ with the archbishop. i think he's harsh in these guidelines, and he didn't have to be, particularly, matt, for catholics who remarry, and then they can't have sex because you can't get an annulment and all that stuff. it's amazing to me that he said that, but the response of -- i think kenney's a catholic -- to the archbishop, it's really unparalleled. >> mm-h

it is a warm morning in philadelphia. 75 degrees.k at the 60s, farther north and west for allentown, coatesville 73 degrees. cooler than yesterday at this time. down by 6 degrees in philadelphia, vineland and trenton. atlantic city the same, 8 degrees cooler this morning for allentown. a nice start. we will see sunshine today. it's back into the 90s this afternoon. but the winds have shifted. that's drier air coming in to play. you'll notice the temperatures will warm into the middle 90s for philadelphia but the heat index, the feels-like temperature, that way exceeded 100 degrees yesterday. felt like 105 at times yesterday afternoon. will feel 10 degrees cooler today. you'll feel the difference. suburbs, same story, sunshine, no sign of the clouds or the storms that we saw building in the area yesterday. 94 degrees in lansdale, 93 for doylestown and easton, allentown, kutztown will see plenty of sunshine today. hamilton township, 95 degrees this afternoon. while it's the 80s at the shore, it's going to feel warmer with the humidity

now on "eyewitness news" strong storms hit the philadelphia area.ere's a look at the driving rain in spring garden this evening pooling in the streets and also sending some folks running for cover. thanks for joining us, i'm natasha brown. these storms blew through about 5 o'clock this evening. they'll be in the area for another couple hours or so. meteorologist lauren casey is in the weather center to tell us what we can expect for the rest of the evening. >> thanks natasha. we have a couple of severe thunderstorm warnings in effect right now. not for philadelphia county but this one particular cell that did roll through around the 5 o'clock hour in center city now kind of riding along the a.c. expressway and moving itself down towards the shore so if you do have friends and family members right now out on the beach want to give them a call let them know what is coming their way especially from atlantic city up into the beach haven area. you see the cell approaching moving to the south about 35 miles an hour. frequent to continuous lightning a seve

it's 78 degrees right now in philadelphia.ay not quite as hot but still continuing that heat wave with 91 degrees for your high temperature. matt. >> thank you, karen. >>> back at the wells fargo center where things are in tiptop shape for another day's worth of events. a group a of african-american mothers who lost their children to violence issued a plea for change at the dnc last night. "action news" reporter can ring scott is lie on the floor with more on that. katherine. >> reporter: matt, it wasn't an emotional evening here last night. those mothers stood on the stage speaking about the anguish of losing their children. they believe hillary clinton is the best candidate to promote change. united in their grief, the mothers of the movement took the stage at the democratic national convention last night. these women say their children among them sandra bland, trayvon martin and michael brown, died as a result of gun violence or the use of excessive force. they are casting their votes for hillary clinton in november saying

in philadelphia dew point is our measure of moisture. it is already very soupy this dover, delaware. 78 degrees dew point. that is oppressive. we are heading up with 72 degrees our dew point in philadelphia a. to take's high temperature record is 96 degrees setback in 1999. we are forecasting 98 for today and 90's for tomorrow and wednesday and for thursday and friday with pop up thunderstorms. that is with the cold front that will cool us down to the upper 80's. yeah, that is not cool but it is cooler then today's high of 98 degrees. bob kelly, lots of water, stay hydrated. >> 7:19. good morning everybody. remember a couple weeks ago one of my breakfast with bob segments i went up to the bakery in the northeast and they are getting ready to welcome their fifth generation they had a bun in the oven. well, while i was on vacation, look at this little nugget, congratulations to the family there at the bakery. little karena rose join. she's getting ready to make the jelly doughnuts up there fifth generation of the hagely bakery family, cong

, philadelphia the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection is in the political spotlight. hi good afternoon everyone i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. we have had a busy, few hours, already, and things are just getting underway as we are in the infancy of day one of the democratic national convention. it officially began with the banging of the gavel by baltimore mayor stephanie rollins blake replaced outing dnc chair debbie wasserman-schultz, who was booed by her own delegation, members of her own delegation at breakfast this morning. >> bernie sanders also spoke as his supporters made their voices heard booing hillary clinton and marching in philadelphia in the wake of the e-mail scandal showing favoritism for hillary clinton by the dnc. today the dnc responded in a statement saying in part, on behalf of everyone at dnc we want to offer a deep and sincere apology to senator sanders, his supporters and the entire democratic party for the inexcusable remarks made over e-mail. the dnc is taking appropriate action to ensure it never happens again. >> ♪ home of the br

that's in philadelphia.ut it is an improvement over what we saw for the last two days. 90s with plenty of sunshine for philadelphia, the suburbs and the lehigh valley. 93 in easton today. the fog will quickly disappear. never did form in new jersey. the shore into the low 90s today with plenty of sunshine and a big warmup into the low 90s for rehoboth beach with mostly cloudy skies there. 94 degrees in wilmington this afternoon. sunshine today and the heat continues. the heat wave is not over just yet. i'll have the 10 day on 10 when i'm back in just a few minutes. let's see how the traffic is moving this morning. jessica boyington. >> thank you, bill. we're watching 95 again for delays this time, though. this is around girard avenue. just up ahead we actually have one of those police checkpoints for the five-ton vehicle restriction. we're seeing delays earlier than we norm aly would. 20 minutes from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway. we're about half an hour ahead of where this typically starts t

i think philadelphia is up for the challenge. i love philadelphia.the democrats any bad will. i hope they have a great convention. >> cleveland, i've educated every single person on the street and every person on the street is so amicable. philadelphia is the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection and they need to show that. >> a couple of the local delegates said they hope the city does very well but they doubt very much that the democrats can have the party the republicans had here in cleveland. in cleveland, tracy davidson, nbc 10 news. >>> 6:47. from a mattress mix-up, nbc 10 responds had another successful week of helping you, our viewers. >> harry hairston takes a look at some of the most memorable moments. >> it's completely peeled off. >> reporter: stephen hill was about to pay off this sofa and love seat when he noticed big issues. >> it got worse and worse. it's falling off now. >> reporter: hill says he couldn't get the company to make it right. after we got involved, a brand new furniture set was delivered. >> thank you, harry. >>

i will definitely recommend philadelphia on my list. >> reporter: get a good philadelphia umbrella as well and some philadelphia water bottles. the deal with all of this heat , and, and precipitation. >> you look no worse for wear, that is because you are ape, thank you so much. >> reporter: big difference. it is a big, big difference under this over hang. >> thanks, man. >> reporter: umbrella just in case. >> we have take him down. >>> lets bring in lauren johnson. the a list politicians, a listers in town we have big name celebrities here. >> a cording to the philadelphia inquirer here's the run down hopping today alycia keys will be performing at an invite only event at commerce square. janel mo'ne will head line nancy pelosi's opening day party. tomorrow afternoon broadway song birds, indiaman dell and sidney lauper will host a event. fergie will head line an evening gala wednesday night that should be fun. thursday night snoop dog will perform at the electric factory. there is a huge, camden concert at bb and t, that will feature lady gaga, lenny cravats and philly's own dj jazzy

the current index is 86 philadelphia, 79 wilmington and not bad on 82, 72 in cape may.lite six along with action radar and the cold front that moved you on through, no real cold air following this cold front but the wind is changing and feels drier as you step outside tomorrow afternoon with lower humidity on the way by sunday. so it's warm and sticky for the rest of tonight and clear overnight and drop down to 66 in the suburbs and 74 in philadelphia for the overnight low. future tracker six showing you 8:00 in the morning 80 in philadelphia and 72 allentown and 80 in wild wood and we have a number of 72 up in the poconos and by 1:30 tomorrow afternoon along the 95 corridor temperatures climbing in the lower 90s and max out at 96 degrees tomorrow in philadelphia. so the big change tomorrow it's not as humid tomorrow as today but excessive heat warnings and advisories are up and posted and high of 96, record heat on monday with a shower and thunderstorm for the start of the democraic national convention a high of 99, scorching sunshine on tuesday and at 94 degrees, 93 o

light rain falls in philadelphia.heavy rainfall has moved on and look at all that lightning, a tremendous amount of lightning in the last 15 minutes we've detected more than 200 lightning strikes and the worst of it is now moving into northern atlantic county, north of fo folsom, between waterford and folsom. these storms are on move. they'll have this storm system offshore by 7:00 this morning. at 6:15, toms river will be see something of the heaviest and galloway township by 6:30 this morning you'll see some of the heaviest rainfall moving through. that's just the start of the day. as the day goes on, the threat of more storms later this afternoon. i've issued a first alert for afternoon storms for the lehigh valley, the suburbs, philadelphia and new jersey, between 2:00 and 8:00. they'll be moving west to east. they'll start in pennsylvania and move towards new jersey and into delaware as well. thunderstorms with strongç damaging winds and some very heavy downpours thanks to the high heat and humidity which brings

it is philadelphia dance day across the city.shops and performances at studios all over philadelphia and most of those classes are free. we have the link to reserve a spot right now on our web site. get your dancing shoes ready. >>> and happening through the end of the month shakespeare in clark park. they bring free productions of shakespeare's plays to the park which is in university city. it happens every night at 7:00 and right now parks on tap is there so bring money for food and a brew and get a free show. sounds like a great night. and finally this sunday at 10:00 it's eagles open practice at lincoln financial field. it is free of charge. it doesn't require a ticket for entry but it is first come, first served. have a great and restful well deserved weekend you guys. >> all right. i might sleep the whole thing away. >> i'm right there with you. >> and that will do it for "action news at 4:00 for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff. hope you'll join me along with sharrie adam and ducis rodgers f

it's a huge week for philadelphia.se, just now getting underway, we'll be here through it all for you, team coverage continues tomorrow morning at 4:00 a.m., bob kelly has your traffic covered to help you get around town and night we have got extended coverage every night at 11:00 after fox 29 news at 10:00. i'm lucy noland at the wells fargo center back to you guys in old city. >> thanks. a big historic week coming up. for now a big show coming up sports sunday is next. ♪ >>> tonight on sports sunday, a teary nominate for a local guy and his dad at the baseball hall of fame induction ceremony. another way charles barclay will swing a golf club. and with the eagles beginning training camp tomorrow, i talked to one of the newest eagles, and some of the topics, the quarterback, the head coach, that's coming up on sports sunday. your business needs a lot of speed. but getting it doesn't have to break the bank. introducing the comcast business summer savings event. now you can get a lot for a little.

>> philadelphia, one of the nation's oldest cities.oday is the help of an area serving 4 million people --hub of an area serving 4 million people. many important pages of her history were written. now a new chapter is being written of a revolution in thattecture and planning exert an influence on the future. philadelphiay, suffered the problem of most of our major cities. through the years, rhythmic waves of expansion in activity created areas of blight which nawed deep into the metropolitan civilization. in an unprecedented liaison, architects and planners, business and civic leaders have joined with responsible government officials in a combined effort with a common goal, to present the resolution of total effort is a man that is played a leading role, the executive director of the philadelphia city planning commission and member of the american institute of architects , edmund bacon. mr. bacon: the redevelopment of a specific part of the city represents a different problem from designing a individual building or a group of building.

only moderate humidity from philadelphia and points north.you're running outside this morning maybe getting that jog in 77 degrees by 7 o'clock. again look out for some showers mainly south of philadelphia this morning. and then we get into the 80's by 10 o'clock. by noon the upper 80's and it does look like we'll briefly get into the 90's again noon with a high today of 91 degrees at about 3 o'clock. humidity not all that bad in philadelphia and points north. it's still pretty sticky the farther south you go through the region. karen we have an uptick in humidity even here in the city tomorrow. we'll have details on that and the next rounds of thunderstorms coming up in the seven day. >> all right day.let's start yow with a life look at the vine street expressway here near eighth street traffic moving very nicely at this early hour. want to expect the vine to be shut down at times as motorcades come through with delegates. they've been doing this the past couple days and we'll see that again today so you'll want to watch for that right now a

and so she came from a big family, and i have friends from philadelphia, i loved coming to philadelphiaver the years, and it was just so wonderful to be here in this beautiful city. it was so gracious, so hospitable, we had a wonderful convention. >> but today it was back to business, telling supporters that in her first 100 days in office, she will make the largest investing in a good paying jobs since world war ii. >> we've got to make this economy work for everyone, not just those at the top. >> over the next three days, clinton and vice presidential nominee, tim kaine, will tour parts of pennsylvanian ohio. kaine said manufacturing is not death. >> and it is often these family businesses just like connect, are keeping it alive. >> after praising the toy company's made in america approach, took end took aim at america, trump and his slogan make america again. >> everything he makes he makes somewhere opens, besides america. the only thing he makes in america are bankrupcies. >> both his own and of the people who do business with him. >> later friday night, the democratic ticket took

highs today, 94 here in philadelphia, 96 was the high in reading. here still the core of the heat. 105, high in witchita and little rock, 100 in dallas and oklahoma city. tomorrow high pressure to the north, we get a west wind don't sloping wind temperatures in the 90's feel like 100 to 105, hot, sunny, hazy, hot and humid, not as human as saturday then ramps up again and monday looks like the record breaker. here's the worst. it will feel up to 105 tomorrow, feeling closer to the thermometer temperatures sunday but monday feeling like up to 104. heat safety precautions head for the shaded areas, try to stay out of full sunshine, keep chugging the water. light colorado clothes. seek out places with air conditioning especially with the kids, indoor activities take them to museum, a matinee or go to one of those indoor place spaces in the malls. some place to get out of the heat. especially in the hottest part of the day late afternoon. shore forecast hot and steamy at the shore. wear that foot protection, don't try to step on that sand tomorrow. it i

philadelphia there we have sky line. no matter who is on the stage you will think about philadelphia every single day good big people on the stage, michelle obama, bernie sanders , and many, many more, we will delineate speaker schedule in a little bit but we came out the here at 4:30. >> yes. >> immediately there was a monsoon. it is either 105 degrees around here or it is warning heavily, let's call it this good day philippines. it is real steamy and then a monsoon. >> then we are expecting excessive heat warnings later today. let's talk about sue with this >> do i have any make up on my forehead you don't need make up. >> please, powder. >> do you hear my laughing. >> i gotcha. >> this is just a day, welcome to philadelphia a wall of the thunder and lightening. the it is five out of ten because not only thunderstorms and extreme heat but buddy is here and muggy the doggies here with temperatures in the 70's. the it is warm and muggy to start. we still have thunderstorms. hail indicated with some of these storms, thund

this is coming out of philadelphia. lanes right here are headed towards philadelphia.lay right there. approaching this accident scene with lane restrictions. we're starting to see major slowdowns in these wet conditions. also in pottstown, watch for this accident on wilson street and hill street. >>> a man who owns the right to clinton/kane.com wants big money for that domain name. >> how a lucky hunch landed him this domain and just how much he's asking for it. >>> plus, philadelphia mayor jim kenney gets into character. take a look at this. how he gave a nod to hillary clinton with this picture. >>> welcome back. it's 6:45. the convention may be over but pennsylvania will still see plenty of both candidates between now and election day. >> pennsylvania is expected to be a key swing state. political experts on both sides of the aisle predict a very tight race in pennsylvania. nbc 10's republican analyst says the scranton/wilkes-barre area could be key.ç >> talking about a lot of folks in the energy industry, the coal industry, they're all out of work and they're angr

. >> first of all, philadelphia is nation's first science city , history. >> reporter: philadelphia'sids live in the city rich in science history, teaming with innovation and technology. we here at cbs-3 with our partners at einstein health and franklin institute are thrilled ton part of that so why are stem skills so important for today's kid. >> they are the foundation for just about everything that we do. >> reporter: studies show that one of the best ways to get kids interested in science is to allow them to participate in hand on experience and activities. >> what we're able to does make science come alive. having someone like kate bilo talk about cool things on television. having our science educators here make science accessible and come alive through hand on interactive and working with einstein with incredible amazing health care workers. it shows them the possible careers from health care to basic science research to meteorology, to anything else in between. >> what i tell my sonnies to really work hard and to get a good foundation and that foundation if it is there, can lea

only in the mid 60's in philadelphia.t's not all that humid air but the farther south you go you get back into the 70's and that is very humid air and that's the way it's going stay today. stickier down south, drier up north. 88 degrees by noon. today's high is 91 by 3 o'clock so we'll just barely get into heat wave territory. you got to see 90 or better to keep it going but humidity across most of the region should behave itself today. we have higher humidity across the region tomorrow with the chance of some additional strong thunderstorms tomorrow night. details on that coming up, karen. >> all right dave we're already starting to see delays even at this early hour on i-95 southbound. you can see the traffic here heavy from the betsy ross bridge to girard and that's because of the police check point up ahead near the vine street expressway. so, the police checkpoint near the vine and also northbound on i-95 near the exit for the platt and the schuylkill and what they're checking for is vehicles over 5 tons that aren't

gibbstown, 451, and south philadelphia, 4:52. you can see all the recent lightning strikes, and obvious downpours and strong gusty winds ahead of the system. we're looking at the potential for hail from this, as well. it doesn't look like it's large hail, but in that large area highlighted in purple there's a chance of hail and there's pockets highlighted in purple where the hail is particularly pronounced, probably pea-sized hail, but an indication of the force of the storms. we're keeping track of where the storms are heading next. there you see the heavy stuff moving into areas close to philadelphia and down in toward delaware county. there's philadelphia international airport, you're just about to get hit in the area of the airport, media, delaware county, being inundated by heavy downpours and strong blustery winds and recent lighten strikes from the system. again, take cover lower floors indoors from the storms. most of the area dry, but that area in the center of the portion or center of the region under the threat of stor

it's heading towards philadelphia. in fact, it's minutes away from philadelphia.ropping the temperatures for the suburbs but they will recover and we'll see these numbers warm from the 70s this morning into the 90s this afternoon. and it looks like it's upper 90s today. in fact, today it's goingç to the hottest of our hot weather stretch. look at these temperatures soaring in philadelphia by 1:00 this afternoon. 104 is what it will feel like while the actual temperature is 94 degrees, then up to 96 degrees. maybe even a little bit hotter this afternoon. it will feel like a very steamy day today. it's why we're still under a first alert for dangerous heat for pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware, today and again tomorrow for high heat and high humidity, it will feel like 100 to 105 degrees this afternoon. and then this afternoon, another round of strong showers and thunderstorms for philadelphia, the suburbs and the lehigh valley. and with that can come some damaging winds and localized flooding as well. delaware, 78 degrees at 7:00. 90 degrees by 11:00 and new j

just the location, historic philadelphia, new philadelphia.nk people will come back and you can't say enough about our convention and visitors bureau and what they are doing. that's important. >> philadelphia is really riding this wave of -- let's be frank -- good publicity from outside sources. >> philadelphia hosts big events as well as any city in the country. putting it in perspective, one other city hosted both political parties and conventions in last 40 years and that's new york. that's good company. >> kevin with the dnc host company, i'm sure i will see you again this week. >> absolutely. thank you very much. >> appreciate you coming in. >>> we'll be right back. honey nut cheerios ...get their delicious taste from real, honest ingredients. real oats. that's a big bowl real honey. yeah, honey. and real patience. hurry up! i like that bee. >>> you may have noticed these banners going up at construction sites throughout center city. well, they feature remarkable quotes from presidents and other political figures. we have to dress up the

it officially starts tomorrow in philadelphia.ean energy supporters plan to march at noon from city hall to independence mall. and climate change will be the focus of a celebrity filled movie screening in philadelphia tonight. susan sarandon and danny glover will be a few of the famous faces around. a new documentary will be screened at 8:30. that's followed by a concert at 10:30. >>> philadelphia mayor jim kenny will welcome dnc delegates tonight at a party at the kimmel center. the city is expecting 6,000 delegates and alternates to be in philly for the convention. tonight is their official welcome party. >>> count on nbc 10 to keep you up to the minute on all of the events surrounding the democratic national convention. we'll be broadcasting live from the wells fargo center every day of the dnc. we'll be bringing you a nightly one-hour special that starts tomorrow evening at 7:00. >>> all right. let's talk about the powerball. did you get your tickets yesterday? i did. i didn't win. none of us did. it was a $390 million jackpot

highs today, 94 here in philadelphia, 96 was the high in reading. here still the core of the heat. 105, high in witchita and little rock, 100 in dallas and oklahoma city. tomorrow high pressure to the north, we get a west wind don't sloping wind temperatures in the 90's feel like 100 to 105, hot, sunny, hazy, hot and humid, not as human as saturday then ramps up again and monday looks like the record breaker. here's the worst. it will feel up to 105 tomorrow, feeling closer to the thermometer temperatures sunday but monday feeling like up to 104. heat safety precautions head for the shaded areas, try to stay out of full sunshine, keep chugging the water. light colorado clothes. seek out places with air conditioning especially with the kids, indoor activities take them to museum, a matinee or go to one of those indoor place spaces in the malls. some place to get out of the heat. especially in the hottest part of the day late afternoon. shore forecast hot and steamy at the shore. wear that foot protection, don't try to step on that sand tomorrow. it i

and is out and about here in philadelphia today. janet reyes joins us live from center city where biden just met with the delaware delegation. >> people were pleasantly surprised the place to be was mcgillins old ale house here in center city. during morning rush hour it's a congested area, and throw in the dnc and the vice president and his motorcade and it's not a pretty sight. people are excited to see the vice president back in town. >> great to see philadelphia in the spotlight and exciting for us and the kids. >> pedestrians and motorists rushing to get to work were met with the secret service and blocked roads. vice president joe biden shared words with the customers at the ale house, some tried to get a glimpse of the second in command. >> he is local. my sister is in wilmington and people see him at church, but this is different, we are here for the convention and this is exciting, just great. >> security for his visit clogged up traffic and stopped it completely at 13th street for a half hour. things went back to normal af

philadelphia raised the tax in 2014. that money goes to philadelphia stores.eport last week by the city controller said that that tax generated nearly $59 million for the schools in 2015. >>> and now to decision 2016 coverage. a new poll shows the race between hillary clinton and donald trump is getting closer in pennsylvania. clinton leads trump 45% to 36%. and the nbc news maris "wall street journal" poll with 19% of voters undecided. that's a change from last month when clinton held a 54% to 39% over trump. the survey said trump registered zero support over african-american voters in pennsylvania. and donald trump is nearing a decision on a running mate. >> in fact, his campaign tweeted out that he will make his vp pick tomorrow at 11:00 in manhattan. sources tell nbc that donald trump has decided between chris christie, newt gingrich and indiana governor mike pence. >>> well, republican national convention is just four days away and there are last-minute security changes in the wake of the ambush in dallas. two rings of security will surround the conventio

and i think philadelphia is up for the challenge. i love philadelphia.i don't wish the democrats any bad will. i hope they have a great convention. >> cleveland, i've educated every single person on the street and every person on the street is so amicable. philadelphia is the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection and they need to show that. >> reporter: a couple of the local delegates say they hope the city will do well but doubt very much the democrats can have the type of party the republicans had in cleveland. >>> and now we're counting down to the democratic national convention here in philadelphia and the stage is just about set at the wells fargo center. this is a live look right now from outside in south philly. the dnc begins here on monday at the wells fargo center. nbc 10 pamela osborne has a look at the convention set-up inside. it looks like they're putting the finishing touches on it. >> reporter: vai, they are, we're so close to the start. they're gathering the balloons together, in the process of raising them up to the ceiling. the

philadelphia at 74.wouldn't be too bad, warm, but the possible humidity issue is what's going to make it feel uncomfortable out there. because when we have that moist, sticky air that's when you deal with the fact that it feels hotter than it truly is. 74 we're at in wilmington. dover as well. then a little lower at 69 degrees, atlantic city. here's a look at your planner for today in philadelphia, we start in the upper 70s. moving along here, not a ton of warming. low and then mid 80s as we move along to the lunch hour, into 2:00 p.m., 83 degrees. a possibility of thunderstorms

and so she came from a big family, and i have friends from philadelphia, i loved coming to philadelphia over the years, and it was just so wonderful to be here in this beautiful city. it was so gracious, so hospitable, we had a wonderful convention. >> but today it was back to business, telling supporters that in her first 100 days in office, she will make the largest investing in a good paying jobs since world war ii. >> we've got to make this economy work for everyone, not just those at the top. >> over the next three days, clinton and vice presidential nominee, tim kaine, will tour parts of pennsylvanian ohio. kaine said manufacturing is not death. >> and it is often these family businesses just like connect, are keeping it alive. >> after praising the toy company's made in america approach, took end took aim at america, trump and his slogan make america again. >> everything he makes he makes somewhere opens, besides america. the only thing he makes in america are bankrupcies. >> both his own and of the people who do business with him. >> later friday night, the democratic ticket too

and so he came from a big family, and i have lot of friends from philadelphia, i love coming to philadelphia, over the years, and it was just so wonderful to be here in beautiful city, so gracious, so hospitable, we had a wonderful convention. >> today back to business telling support that's in her first 100 days in office she will make the largest investment in good paying jobs since world war ii. >> we have to make this economy work for everyone, not just those at the top. >> over the next few days, hillary and tim kaine will go across western pennsylvanian ohio to talk about jobs. said american manufacturing is not dead. >> it is often these family businesses just like connects, keeping it alive. >> after praising the toy companies made in america approach, clinton took aim at her rival billionaire businessman donald trump, and his slogan make america great again. >> everything he makes he makes somewhere else besides america. >> the only thing he makes in america are bankrupcies. both his own and of the people who do business with him. >> later friday night, the democratic ticket took to

here's your hour by hour forecast philadelphia, 8:00 this morning, rain.ostly cloudy, at lunch time, late morning breaks of sunshine and scattered clouds at 4:00 this afternoon. rain this morning in the suburbs. it's already falling now. 79 degrees. the temperatures climbing with sunshine at 4:00 this afternoon. lehigh valley, rain showers to start with. we'll get breaks of sunshine and scattered clouds at noontime. 4:00 will allow temperatures to warm into the middle 80s today. showers and heavy downpours to start with in delaware. 74 degrees. mostly cloudy at lunch time and the clouds thin out this afternoon. that's when we'll see the numbers warm into the 80s. new jersey, scattered showers this morning. the threat decreases as the day goes on. same for the jersey shore. could see rain first thing this morning with mostly cloudy skies. by 8:00, lumplg timlunch time, scattered clouds, temperatures into the low 80s this afternoon. got your 10 day on 10 when i'm back in a few minutes. >>> let's get you to work. let's check 76. >> rain last night and overnig

a little volume starting to accumulate on the philadelphia freeway, heading into philadelphia northbound. also watching northeast philadelphia for that house fire closing the outer lanes of the boulevard. southbound between whitacre avenue and rising sun avenue. nicetown there was an earlier fatal accident that happened on wissahickon avenue and robert avenue. traffic is moving through. i'll have updates when i come back, vai. >>> a man gets into an accident, runs from police and then jumps into the schuylkill river. >> yeah. we'll have an update on the overnight search evidence that brought out rescue crews to the river. >>> plus, the republican national convention coverage continues from cleveland. donald trump got his first endorsement from the wisconsin governor last night. next, we'll explain why trump made a twitter gaffe in sending his thank you. one american park is larger than yellowstone, yosemite, grand canyon and glacier national parks combined. and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york state. ♪ you can find it all only in new york. new york. it's all here.

philadelphia heading in to downtown. looking good. they have opened up ramps at cottman avenue. still shut down on the schuylkill expressway, it is westbound, overturned truck right at university, couple cars involved in an accident. it looks like a grass cutting crew or the trailer flipped over. bottom line is they are pushing everybody off westbound at vare avenue. if you are leaving south philadelphia or coming over walt whitman bridge or trying to get to downtown or out toward king of prussia, exit at vare or stick with 95 and come into town on the vine street expressway. on are wise south injuries any problems on 295 or new jersey turnpike looking good on 42. look out for hot spot here, bellmawr interchange where all that construction on the overnight, they have shuffled lanes around so be ready for that rolling in towards 295 or where we will go for a plot where we dropping down into i forgot what button i hit. 202 north bound, boom, was help into the bypass, up towards malvern. one lane working in the construction

take look at this scene in south philadelphia today.efighters opened up some of the hydrants to help cool protesters after a march. >> another live look from here inside the wells fargo center. thousands of democratic delegates in their seats on this very first night listening to first lady michelle obama. >> dawn timmeney is back in our fox 29 studios with storm damage left behind tonight and other headlines. dawn? >> iain and lucy, storms swept through hard and fast tonight. little more than 35,000 people are without power around the region. the water came down so fast and furious flooding streets and cars, even septa buses got stuck. take look at this video from bensalem earlier tonight. we don't know how many people were on the bus but the good news is no injuries were repor reported. it works to shuttle people from the trenton line to their cars. >>> here in old city, it got very nasty very fast. the rain almost seemed to come downside ways. as the system rolled through around 7:30 tonight. in conshohocken streets quickly flooded t

in philadelphia, 87 degrees. suburbs, 83. that's about as good as with he do. 83 lehigh valley. 87 in delaware. winds not terribly strong for us today. it's all about the temperatures. take a look. 97 the high temperature in philadelphia and parts of the pennsylvania suburbs. lower new jersey to lehigh valley but overall these mid to upper 90s. you'll feel the heat. good news slightly lower humidity today but it's back up tomorrow with chances of storms. we'll talk those storms and the details on your heat wave in just a bit. >> thanks for that. >>> we are counting down to the start of the democratic national convention. the gavel will come down at 3:00 tomorrow afternoon to officially start the convention. delegates will be meeting here at the wells fargo center to nominate hillary clinton. before the convention even begins, there are protests planned for today and tomorrow in south philly. this all comes amid a new e-mail scandal that is sending shock waves through the party. nbc 10's drew smith is live in south philadelphi

philadelphia, allentown, wilmington tying the record high 96 in philadelphia, reding a new record highthe old record 96 set back in 1999 but we have dewpoints in the 70's so the current heat index makes it feel like 106 in philadelphia, feels like 111 in dover and unfortunately these storms are not going to put much of a dent in the heat and humidity. satellite6 along with action radar showing that main band working through central pennsylvania right now. that's with a cold front. but it's more of a dewpoint front. it's just going to be as hot tomorrow but the humidity levels little bit lighter. by 8 o'clock, a lot of the storms pushing along the coast and by midnight could have a few lingering storms but the main line will be out of here and then behind this system it's hot again tomorrow. 95 in philadelphia. allentown 94. millville 94. cape may not as intense, 88. the heat index instead of above 100, 95 to 100 so feels dangerously hot but not quite as oppressive as today. so, the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, tomorrow will be day five of our heat wave. still humid but again n

getaway day from philadelphia all of you out of towners i know what you are thinking, philadelphia's weather is blazing hot and humid during the day and when i need to go in and out of the wells fargo center, it is pouring rain. it is a bad combination. >> you need to come back because it is not always like this. come back and we will be better. >> do you think they will believe it. >> no, no. >> all right. we have heavy rain. if you can delay your trip, it would be a good idea for multiple reasons even besides weather and bob kelly will get into that in a moment. >> bus stop buddy is pool side in the fog and rain and it is just so heavy with moisture, and through can see the heavy rain moving through new castle county delaware, chester, delaware counties in pennsylvania, and, we are seeing heavy steady rain in philadelphia right now but delaware, that is where it is really raining heavily. 74 degrees, just yucky out there at philly international. 87 percent relative humidity, sunrise time just happened at 5:57. we have a little sun, cloud cover and some more rain throughout the rest

they believe philadelphia did great, just great. in fact mayor jim kenney today is saying he believes that the city of philadelphia will get an a plus grade for its handling of the dnc. mayor kenney says he knows his city pulled off the democratic national convention virtually without a hitch. the democratic nominee told him so this morning as she headed into the rally at temple university. >> secretary clinton came through the hallway and she passed by everybody else and she walked over to he me and she gave me this huge bear hug and she whispered in my ear this city is fabulous. (applause). >> reporter: philadelphia police got big grades from all over for their handling of protestors. there were no arrests. roughly 150-dollar citation were handed out instead. the mayor saluted the workforce and salvation army which helped distribute 140,000 bottles of water to police emergency personnel and to the protestors. 11 protestors do face some federal charges but again to arrest for protestors by philadelphia's finest. >> we had zero arre

the roof year to french philadelphia -- you referred to french philadelphia. was there an established community there? >> this was one of the most extraordinary things, to discover the wealth of community, the diversity of this community. i mentioned there were thousands that had fled haiti and settled in the 1790's. . escape an entirely different aspect -- this gave an entirely different aspect to the city, , butan old quaker city dominated by anglophone german elements. all of a sudden you had this influx of thousands of french olored,-- catholic and c completely different languages, traditions, and food cultures. this represented 10% of the population. philadelphia was about 40,000 people at the time. it is densely compact. you could walk from one side to the other in about 15 minutes. i think of it like a really crowded college campus. you can recognize faces as you walk through the street. all of a sudden, somewhere french people arrived in philadelphia and changed the nature of the city. they opened bakeries, started printing french newspapers. there wer

we have north philadelphia, west philadelphia, southwest philadelphia, we have south philadelphia. south philadelphia is where wells fargo center is where we are and some neighborhood really impacted by this convention, they are getting and up close and personal look at is what going on. >> so dave kinchen is live there seeing most of the action, dave? >> right now people getting up and ready for work. we will show you broad street here as we spin around. nothing here happening right now. it will be a lot different today with more protests making their way down broad street. that was the scene, one of the many scenes as dnc axis creating many memories for memories here for neighbors better or worse. the residents taking in the the sites and sound from passionate demonstrations of bernie sanders support tours pro lease blocking off side street and allowing resident to have some sort of separation by making sure that there isn't any protest foot traffic getting in neighborhoods. here's what people say is their take. >> a lot of bernie sanners fans. i haven't seen this many supporters

septa police and philadelphia police as well. in terms of the protesters, our favorite ones so far who was not sip tied and carted off ape cited by anybody is a little kid from connecticut. here is the video, chris o'connell meeting nine year-old connor garrett, they is, dressed in his business suit. only kid in the four mid-atlantic states pushing 100 degrees, dressed in the suit and tie i'm sure. his two sided sign nra kills kids, other sign, look mom, no future. >> tell me what does your sign mean. >> it means hillary or trump become president my future will be ruin report report do you really think that. >> yes. >> reporter: are you a bernie zappedders guy. >> yes. >> reporter: kids focus a during this convention. the chris murphy, i don't know if you can make it the out in the dark a couple signs referring to kids, investing in kids and kids, vote for kid, unfortunately connor can't vote and we cannot vote for him but whether you agree or not he gets my vote for coolest protester in philadelphia. >> if you listened to michel

>>> hillary makes history in philadelphia. the next stop for the democratic presidential nominee is north philadelphia today. >>> dnc departures. after the big party last night, everyone is heading home. what airport officials want you to know before you fly out of the city today. >>> and the new zika infection in the united states that has health officials especially concerned. >>> we have to decide whether we will all work together, so we can all rise together. >> hillary makes history in the birthplace of america. she formally accepts the democratic nomination for president and must now convince voters they can bring a divided nation together. and she and her running mate, virginia senator tim kaine, are not going very far today. the pair will rally with voters at temple university in north philadelphia, just about an hour from now. here's a live look now inside mcgonigal hall, where a large crowd has already gathered. >>> good morning. i'm katy zachary. it's just one minute after 11:00 on your friday morning. no break afte

in philadelphia.have very little resources that we can devote to education other than part of our property tax, and we did a liquor by the drink tax, 100% goes to education. i said in 2000 that media corps would help these education systems because of the liquor tax, but i wish i had done more. the good news is that as governor, i was able to raise education funding around the state by $4.2 billion. we were the only state in the union that increased education spending, even during the two recession years. in philadelphia, you have .oughly $600 million a year unfortunately, some of was -- that was cut by my successor but it is any build back up. host: a call from paul, republican in lancaster, pennsylvania. caller: i want to ask you if hillary and margolis have in common? well, marjorie is a relative, marjorie's son married chelsea clinton. host: what is she doing these days? guest: she is at the university of pennsylvania. one other thing -- host: former representatives. guest: former representatives

s. >> they are playing philadelphia inspired music, the sound of philadelphia, i hear in the terminals they are pumping this great music for delegates to hear as they leave. >> they are tired. >>> good song isn't it. >> yes. >> hillary clinton isn't finish with philadelphia yet she's at the airport and neither is her running mate tim kaine his wife they are holding aing about rally. >> after this they will hit a road bus tora cross pennsylvania. they are a very important state and they want to reach out here. >> where is rally today. >> it is on temple campus. >> yes. >> we need t in the campus. here's dave kinchen. >> reporter: that is what happens when you are back in the studio instead of the in the cage at the wells fargo center. no rest for the presidential candidate here hillary clinton, tim kaine former president bill clinton will make a campaign appearance at mcgonigle hall at temple university trying to reach out to young supporters of the bernie sanders because he was popular in schools like temple university. this is the setup a at mcgonigle hall where event will take place.