out in northeast philadelphia, there's in oxford circle a water main break.summerdale avenue and norris street. we're watching a downed tree in lower merion, blocking part of the road on montgomery avenue and north stone ridge lane. >> the water main break that jessica just mentioned sent gallons of water down summerdale avenue overnight in philadelphia's oxford circle neighborhood. water gushed into the street after an 8 inch underground main ruptured just after 2:00 this morning. crews turned off the main. they'll be back later to make the repairs. the intersection was shut down for a while but is back open. >>> summer vacation is officially over for thousands of students in philadelphia. nbc 10's matt delucia is live this morning outside the j. hampton moore school in the city's oxford circle neighborhood. teachers are already saying this year will be better for them and the state of the union. tell us more about that. >> they are hoping to a good school year ahead. a lot of students in our area have gone back to school. philadelphia school students waited

nbc 10 cameras were on scene in philadelphia's oxford circle section as a water main break sent a rivermerdale avenue. >>> classes start this morning for students across philadelphia. this year, classrooms are filled with 130,000 brand new books. >>> trump to philadelphia, the republican presidential candidate makes a stop at the union league this morning. nbc news has learned what he plans to discuss with the crowd of supporters there. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >> just about 4:30. we've made it to wednesday. >> yes. >> which wasn't hard because most of us had monday off. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. 74 degrees at 4:30 this morning. 4:28 rather. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley and his first alert neighborhood forecast, a look at conditions right where you live. it will get warmer today, bill. >> the it's nice outside right now. the temperatures are close to what they were yesterday. there's a nice breeze blowing. humidity is low, 74 degrees in philadelphia, low 70s for the suburbs and new jersey. delaware just stopped to 69 degrees

. >>> and a water main break sent gallons of water down summer dale avenue overnight in philadelphia's oxford circle neighborhood. water rushed into the street after an 8-inch underground main ruptured. this happened just after 2:00 a.m. crews turned off that main and they'll be back later to make repairs. the intersection was shut down for a while, but it is now back open. >>> summer vacation is officially over for philadelphia public school students. they went back to class today. nbc 10's cameras were at the dale friedman world academy in mt. ari where school superintendent dr. william hyatt oversaw the traditional bell ringing to mark the start of the academic year. students we spoke to were excited to begin classes glen. >> it's amazing. it's great, because you're waiting for the end, but it's also amazing, because it's a new beginning for everyone and you get to meet new people. >> this is the first year the hill-freedman world economy has had a 12th grade class. >>> and happening now, philadelphia archdiocese students also are going back to school today. nbc 10 was in andorra, where cl

philadelphia's oxford circle section.a water main break sent gallons of water down summerdale avenue. >> that's a lot of water. nbc 10's matt delucia is live at the scene. what can you tell us? >> that water has been turned off, the flow has been shut off. you can see behind me within a big, muddy mess left hen here as jessica mentioned, there is traffic being impacted. you'll be able to see the car going by on summerdale. summerdale itself is open. you can see right there, the tape at norris street. people can't get through this at this point. this is what it looked like earlier, water rushing into the street. this was an 8 inch upground main that ruptured a little after 2:00 this morning. no word yet on how this break has impacted the neighborhood around here. the water department crews, they left a little bit earlier but will need to come back later to make repairs to that water main. but we haven't heard much from the home owners here. not 34 hamany have come out her tell us their water has been shut off or affected i

we philadelphia oxford. i thought giving three lectures in octoberford and a seminar worked very well with all of that. so that was the plan. then just before the olympic games i was asked to become the chief executive of the "new york times" so suddenly the whole thing was a flurry of organizing schools and apartments and moving furnish. so kind of crazy but it was essentially the idea that not maybe a conventional definition of rhetoric, but i had something to say about modern public language and political language, and heat how it standard. >> host: you said -- in fact you really do talk a lot in the book about the more conventional ancient definition of rhetoric, including my fellow greeks, dividing into it the argue. and the character of the speaker and then part of the emotion that the speaker brings to the argument. so, before we get to the modern politicians and their corruption of language, tell us about rhetoric at its best. >> guest: if you're entitle to anything, ask a greek is a good place to st

on the first day, 5:03, good morning, everybody, northeast philadelphia, oxford circle, our news van out there early this morning with a water main break, kind of left over from last night into the morning, oxford circle, somerdale and rhawn. so watch for some local detours this morning. let's go to the main jam cams. live look at the blue route, 476, looking good, coming out of mid-county. ninety-five in northeast philadelphia, roads are dry, and light volume so far today. got a downed tree on the campus of villanova montgomery avenue at stone ring lane. and then guess who is coming for lunch? donald trump coming to town today. he'll be person at the union league, south broad street, which is just south of city hall, and event time set for 11:00. i know steve has more details on it but expect detours and delays through the mid afternoon. that includes any of the septa bus routes, that run south of broad street. speaking of septa, some new schedule changes on the buses, trains, and trolleys, as well, as some of the regional rail lines. chris, lauren, back to you. >> thanks so much, b

conversation continues. >> i think a lot of young black males in philadelphia today do not have strong role mod. >> now a student at oxford university in england, stephen graduated from west catholic, then villanova, and the lead coordinator at saint peter and paul during pope francis visit to philadelphia. >> doubt he is would -- doubters would say there cents no way stephen should have made it this far. >> you got closer than i did. >> but he's quick to tell you, that setting goals for yourself is the best way to get something out of this world. >> light at the end of the tunnel, and say well things might be difficult now, but if i cope working at it, if i keep pushing, then i know that, you know, success will come. >> ♪ >> bruce cl burton could in the a grow more. lives also changed for him since 2012. at that time he was just finishing up at upper merion high school. and living over a restaurant because he chose to leave his parents home. >> i see where my dad is today. and i know, like i know what he's been through and stuff, not saying that, but saying that's not my world. like that was his life. like he chose to do

in oxford circle, still watching that water main break at summerdale avenue and north street. >>> happening today, students in philadelphiang back to school. nbc 10's matt delucia is live in oxford circle. matt, kids, teachers and administrators, they don't have the same worries as they did last year. >> that's right. new year, new beginning. a lot of these students are getting ready as we speak, getting ready to head out the door, walk to school or taking the bus. 130,000 students getting ready to start class for the next school year. good news, this year, no layoffs, cutsductireductions. you'll recall the budget strandoff we had last year had a big effect on school spending. districts were not able to get funding or textbook money on time. philly's superintendent says he feels better going into this school year. >> for this year we're not announcing that we're closing something. we're not announcing that we're laying someone off. we're not announcing that reductions and resources of programs. up stead, we're talking about investments. >> how about this, yesterday, 130,000 books were delivered to 650 classple rouxes in 5

. >>> now to a developing story from the oxford circle area of philadelphia. >> an overnight water main break sent water gushing through the street. nbc 10's matt delucia is there now. people will be waking up to quite a mess. tell us what you're seeing. >> quite a mess indeed, tracy and vai. there is a closure out here, traffic being diverted around north street at summerdale. just this part of the intersection. you see the muddy mess that was left behind. the water main was shut off about 90 minutes ago. this is what it looked like earlier, water rushing into the street. we're told this was an 8 inch underground main that ruptured a little after 2:00. no word on how this break impacted the neighborhood. the water department crews have since left. they will need to come back later to make repairs. oft often, there are subsequentç lines around the area that can keep water flowing to homes and businesses in the event of a break. we haven't heard much from home owners who have yet to wake up to see this mess outside their front door. the entire intersection was shut down for while a whil

waze app, there's a minor accident on the boulevard near the inner drive near the oxford circle. 63 degrees in philadelphia. feels comfortable. 55 in allentown. 56 in reading. 61 in wilmington. 64 in millville, new jersey. 70 in beach haven. 61 at atlantic city airport. you compare this to yesterday morning, before we had the humidity drop and the temperatures drop, 24 degrees cooler in allentown than this point yesterday. 15 degrees cooler in philadelphia. 1 degrees in millville. feels good as you step outside, tam. it does, thank you karen. >>> new video shows smoke shooting up from a growing wildfire in northern california. mandatory evacuations are in police. the willow fire is at 1,000 acres. >>> a cease-fire in syria brokered by u.s. and russia is scheduled is to start in stages. rebel factions in syria have expressed seer doubts about the cease-fire. the rebel leaders stopped short of fully rejecting the interim cease-fire. >>> zika virus funding is up again in congress. cdc says many babies born in puerto rico and the continental u.s. will be born with the microcephaly. >>> carson wentz era for the

we are looking at video of the water main break in oxford circumstance until northeast philadelphia, knor street at somerdale avenue. that road is closed. i will head back out here you have to use an alternate around this. you can see they have the water tapped, however, the roads are very, very wet. alternate is castor avenue. you can see it is roped off. crews are not actively out there they are coming back at eight or 8:30. so right new just maneuver around it as they have it roped off. 422 headlights moving in the eastbound direction this is past oaks, you can see just a string of vehicles cannot to mention our beautiful sky, it is just starting to light up a bit. gorgeous. ninety-five south at the cottman. coming around that s curve heating up, seeing brake lights but still good at 55 miles an hour. accident clear ben franklin parkway at old york road, good news for those in and around that area and also lets see if i can move this, help me out there, down tree in villanova montgomery avenue is block at stone ridge lane use an alternate old gel rose or county line road is your b

. >> i think a lot of young black males in philadelphia today do not have strong role role mode models. >> now a student from oxfordity in england he graduated from roman catholic high school, villanova was the lead coordinator at the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul during the pope' visit to philadelphia. >> you got closer than i did. >> but he's quick to tell you that setting goals for yourself is the best way to get something out of this world. >> there's light at the end of the tunnel. things might be difficult now, but if i keep working at it. if i keep pushing then i know that success will come. >> ♪ >> reporter: bruce could not agree more. a lot has changed for him since 2012. at that time, he was just finishing up upper merion high school and living over a restaurant because he chose to leave his pan's home. >> i see where my dad is today. like i know what he's been through. i'm not saying that. that's not my route. that was his life. he chose totter all of that. i'm somebody totally different. >> i was in a different place if my life. i was trying to figure out what i was going to do because i d

. >>> philadelphia water department crews will make repairs today following this water main broke in oxforder rushing down summer view avenue this morning. a full hour of news coming up in about 30 minutes. see you then. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. there's a race going on right now. the world's clean energy super power's either going to be germany, china, or us. and i'm going to make sure it's us. from 500 million solar panels installed by the end of my first term, to precision manufacturing. we'll beat the competition and create new high wage jobs. we can do this, millions of jobs right here in america. that's my plan. >>> yes, it is winesday wednesday. you know what that means? we are ready to play "who knew." we are so excited about tomorrow night's nfl kickoff game. we thought it would be fun to test your nfl knowledge. kathie lee is across the street at 30 rock ready to hand out $100 to anybody that gets the question right and those who don't get a mini football. you can't lose. everyone is going to go home with an nfl jersey. here to help me ois is carolyn mano fro

oxford avenue. they died of apparent gunshot wounds. autopsy results are still pending. >>> a new twist tonight after a fire in philadelphia's east germantown neighborhood. police say now 64-year-old robert lynch was stabbed to death inside his apartment on east church lane before that home caught fire monday morning. investigators tell us an argument was the motive for homicide, but so far police aren't naming any suspects. >>> an atlantic city police officer shot in the head less than two weeks ago could get out of the hospital as soon as tomorrow. the a.c. police department says officer joseph vadell's condition has been upgraded and he's almost ready to be transferred to a rehab facility. vadell and his partner interrupted a robbery labor day weekend. the partner shot and killed one suspect. two others were arrested. >>> happening now. power outages at rutgers university in new brunswick have forced some 3,000 students to sleep in the gym and nearby rec centers. about 90 buildings have no electricity, and officials are not sure why. the school canceled tomorrow's classes. >>> to our weather now. felt a lot like summer in your neighborho

. >> i think a lot of young black males in philadelphia today do not have strong male role models. >> reporter: now student at oxfordity in england instead of fan graduated from roman catholic high school then villanova university and was the lead coordinator at the cathedral of saints peter and paul during pope france sis visit to philadelphia. doubter boss say there's no way insteainstead of fan should have it this far. >> you were actually with him. you got closer than i did. >> reporter: but he's quick to tell that you setting goals for yourself is the best way to get something out of this world. >> there's a light at the end of the tunnel. things might be difficult now but if i keep working at it. if i keep pushing then i know that success will come. ♪ >> reporter: bruce burton could not agree. a lot changed for him since 2012. at that time, he was just finishing up upper merion high school and living over a restaurant because he chose to leave his pan's home. >> i see where my dad is today and i know what he's been through and stuff. i'm not saying that. i'm saying that's not my role. that was his life. like h

oxford down to the south getting close, as well. all this stuff is moving toward northeast. does look like it's making a shift toward the east. philadelphia is way over here, we've got a ways to go before it hits us. there's the second batch coming up from the south. this may be an issue for philadelphia right now. right now it's in the eastern shore of maryland on its way, the big issue is the heavy downpours producing problems on the roads. this stuff is going to be with us for most of the morning and maybe into part of the afternoon, too. 76 degrees in philadelphia right now. 75 in millville. future tracker 6 showing you how the heavy stuff is possible, straight through 9:00 a.m. the latest model shifts it toward the east by lunchtime. even at 3:00 p.m. there's the possibility of spotty downpours. at 6:00 p.m. there's additional stuff coming in. it's hard to know where the heavier downpours will be today. be a ware there is that problem and maybe check that storm tracker 6 live app on your smart phone before you head out just at that make sure you're dodging the bullet. periods of rain and road flooding possible, high of 79. muggy when

oxford avenue and monmouth avenue when they went to check on them. they apparently died of gunshot wounds. following a rash of stabbings, nbc10 has uncovered a new murder rate in philadelphia. the murder rate is up from last year. nbc10 discovered as of december 13th, there have been 2,003 homicides this year. that's the highest number since 2012. >> not setting a records, but it's frustrating because we're talking about human beings. >> richard roth said while murders climb, other violent crimes are down. >>> bucks county community college is reaching out to students impacted by the sudden closure of itt tech campuses. today and next week, you can get information about how to enroll. bucks county community college offers 80 programs. tuition is $120 a credit if you live in bucks county. there are campuses in levitttown, philadelphia and plymouth meeting. >>> and patients can now treat their posttraumatic stress disorder in new jersey. governor christie signed into in effect a law making new jersey the 18th state to allowing patients to use marijuana for ptsd. they're asking the state of new jersey for a reprieve on meeting the terms of its $73 million state loan. the mayo