so everyone here has taney fever and there will be a lot of people who are teachers of these three taney dragons that have close connections, and they say it's been exciting and fun to watch the transformation from ordinary seventh and eighth-graders to superstars. >> we can't believe it. it's really exciting to know someone as a student and then to see them in such a different realm on television, but as i said before, these kids are really good kids, and if anyone deserves this kind of attention it's these three because they're really serious about being students and they're serious about doing the right thing and i have no doubt that when they return to school in september they'll be students again. >> may well be students in cement but for now they're dragons. right here, right now in our area, the weather is great, everything's beautiful, but everyone is monitoring our forecast and checking on the weather in williamsport. they hope mother nature is on team taney. reporting live in chestnut hill, christine maddela, nbc 10 news. >> thanks, christine. the entire city going zany for tan

go, taney dragons. for glenn "hurricane" schwartz, all of us here at nbc 10, i'm renee chenault-fattah. >> i'm jim rosen field. >>> on our broadcast tonight, a chilling warning to the world. the terrorist group isis threatening america after the gruesome execution of an american journalist and now the u.s. responds. >>> city on edge, the nation's top law officer arrives in ferguson. where lawlessness has ruled the night. meeting with the parents of the young man whose shooting death started it all. >>> also tonight, the mother of invention, a frustrated mom comes up with an app designed to make her own child return her calls. tonight, how her ingenious invention works. >>> and fever pitch, the breakout star who's been bad news for the boys coming up to bat. she takes the mound tonight, and a record crowd goes wild. "nightly news" begins now. >>fr

>>> taney all the way, taney dragons, let's go. let's go dragons. >> i'd like to wish you all good luck tonight. go get 'em and have fun. we'll be watching. >> a big game tonight for taney. we're all pulling for them. >> nice job by the phillies sending their love to taney. the taney dragons did not win tonight, they did not beat the hottest team in the tournament, they're still alive. monet davis may get one more chance to face vegas saturday. hey, monet gave up three runs, she's invincible, she hung in there. and taney had their chances, in the fifth speer man and rice both strike out. they stranded five runners in the fourth and fifth, taney loses 8-1 to vegas. after the game, the manager was asked, did the sports illustrated cover and all the hype and hoopla have any effect on monet? >> that's a real good team. maybe the best team we've faced this year. but i mean, she certainly wasn't looking and had her pitches like she typically does. i don't know. i don't think any of the distractions this week impacted that. >> and monet r

the taney will play chicago tomorrow night. after the game the dragons coach talk about mo'ne' performance. >> she's entitled to an off night. i don't want to take away from the vegas kids. that's a real good team. it may be the best team we faced this year. but i mean she certainly wasn't, you know, locating and had her pitches as she typically does. >> even the phillies showing their support for the taken 93 dragons this afternoon against the mariners hanging a t-shirt in the dug out. the game tied in the fourth. chase utley throws his bat at the ball and the blooper falls in for a hit. rollins scores from second on the play and phillies take the lead. and the phillies bullpen lights out. jonathan papelbon got his 30th save the season. phils 12 out of three from the mariners. four-three the final today. >> the eagles host the steelers at the linc tomorrow. third preseason game at the big one for the starters. the first time we see cooper and maclin in the starting lineup. cooper has been out with an injured foot. eagles are r

looking to follow up on a two-hit shutout in taney's opening port. she's already become the first girl to win a game in little league world series history. >>> seemingly everyone in philadelphia is getting on the taney dragons' bandwagon and that includes the phillies. before their game, the talk of the clubhouse centered around taney's impressive run. >> congrats to the team. they are looking great. hope you all win it all. i played little league growing up. >> i heard they've been doing great and i hope they keep on striving through what they want to accomplish. and i hope they keep having fun doing it. >> jim, back to you. >> the quest for the world series title, look for live coverage this week. plus, at nbc10.com, we have images of famous little league world series alums from joe biden to kurt russell. it's all right now at nbc10.com. great weather to start the week but thats÷ could change by wednesday. >>> glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tracking the conditions for our taney team in williamsport. glenn? >> we can't keep this weather pattern forev

taney loses eight-one. illness will be on deck tomorrow in that, consolation game. >>> taney's run as helped us forget what a miserable season the phillies are having. today a chance for a rare series win facing the mariners. phillies prosecutedly displaying their taney love, in the dug out, cole hamels on the mound and he has had a rough game as well. morales with the second inning home run. hamels last five innings and allowed three runs. phillies bailed him out in the bottom of the fourth. chase utley throws the bat at the ball and sometimes good things happen. jimmy rollins scores. phillies take a four-three lead. chase was zero for eight in the previous two games before this one. jake diekman, ken giles and jonathan papelbon combined for nine strike outs in the final four innings. phillies win four- 36789 hamels knows that diekman, giles, those two guys are very important to this teams future. >> they are coming out and they are firing and that is fun to see. that is the type of baseball that from a st

looking at the game it was tough for taney dragons and fans. not a lot on cheer about with the las vegas team putting up a earl three i run team to start off with the rbi triple in the first inning over pitching phenom mo'ne davis. she did get her composure back together. davis struck out six batters but vegas just kept coming up big with the big defensive plays and then down the stretch it was their bats that helped them. is there teach power. final score eight-one. after the game the manager and fans that made that trip from philadelphia to williamsport reacted to the loss and talk about playing against chicago thursday for a second chance to get in the championship. >> i have been looking forward to playing chicago since we got here. so i think it will be a great afternoon. >> i think it will be great. i still think they have potential to win the whole thing. >> we will do this again tonight, 7:30 is the the game. mo'ne davis will not be on the mound, she's not eligible to pitch until saturday when that u.s. championship happens. should we g

show your taney dragon spirit. print out free taney dragon placards to put on your windows. i'm on the dragon wagon, and philly pride taney dragons. two to our website, nbc10.com to print them out. count on nbc 10 to follow the taney dragons' quest for a world series title. look for a live coverage from williamsport starting tomorrow afternoon on nbc 10 news at 4:00 and throughout the week. >>> it has been called a win/win. this afternoon penn state abington and abington school district teamed up for a special ground breaking to upgrade memorial field. under an agreement with the school district, penn state abington will develop the playing fields along with other nearby athletic facilities. the field will continue to be owned and managed by the district. >>> now, your nbc 10 first alert with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> we've had an amazingly comfortable summer and that trend certainly continued through the month of august. and the comfort is going to continue into the next couple of days as well. the showers will be returning as the humidity goes up j

taney came back. two out, man on third. ground ball to short. over thrown. taney wins seven-six. they will live and move on. >>> phillies to san francisco, phillies struck out, 11 times, six times in one stretch in, a row, that is jimmy rollins who struck out, three times and chase utley twice. san francisco goes on to beat phillis five-two. that is sports in a minute, i'm howard eskin. >>> it is 4:25. while we continue to praise the taney dragons, use the hash tag fox 29 taney dragons and send them well wishes, we'd like to give a big congratulations to the marlton reds. these ten years olds just won the cal rip ken world series and beat southeast tell saturday with a final score of nine-one. way to go, guys. >>> it is football season preseason underway the nfl has a state of the art tool that it hopes will help prevent injuries. players on about a dozen teams have a new 2-ounce gps tea vice below their helmets and underneath their solder pads. the size of the pagers. it send performance data from the field to the satellite and back down to the lap top to the teams sports scienc

part of the proceeds will go to the taney baseball association. >>> the taney dragons have had a stretch of good weather in their quest for the little league championship. >> keith mentioned this. what about tomorrow night? glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tacking rain heading towards williamsport. glenn, what is the timing on the wet weather? >> it's not exactly great. we're going to be dry in philadelphia to watch it. but williamsport, different story. it's dry at the moment. we just have the clouds around. the closest rain is in michigan right now. that's about 400 miles away. moving about 20 miles an hour that would put it in around 20 hours from now. and that means early tomorrow afternoon. at least in the general vicinity. the futurecast is going to, again, show its dry in philadelphia. but not so in williamsport. a few light showers as we go through the night tonight. and then later on, look at that. a little bit heavier tomorrow morning. and then that other band comes in. now these are scattered showers. they are not total downpours. it's not hours' worth of rain. so it's just a que

he came across a big taney sign. and kay showing off her taney pride.he wants to know if it's taney time yet. you can get in all the action and share your photos with us and tweet them to us right now using the #teamtaney so we can see them. you might see them on nbc10.com. >>> and of course one of the big questions of the evening is will there be a rainy taney? now, they've already had some rain during the afternoon. yeah, i thought of that myself. those showers are coming here next and then we've got a cool stretch of weather on the way over several days. now, the clouds are increasing out here, and that trend will continue. 84 degrees, the high today was 86. humidity, up a touch, but nothing too significant. and the temperatures fairly uniform until you get to the shore. we're talking about 80s. we're not going to be seeing a whole lot of 80s as we go into the next couple of days. maybe tomorrow but not friday and probably not saturday either. 70s at the shore. dry across new jersey and delaware. maybe a sprinkle or two. this area from the west, it w

the taney dragons. cheering crowds welcomed the little league team back to the city of brotherly love this afternoon. and there's lots more taney-related festivities to come. we'll have more on that in just a few minutes. >>> but first, california earthquake. governor jerry brown has declared a state of emergency for parts of california wine country. the magnitude 6.0 quake hit just before 3:30 a.m. pacific time. and the epicenter was located just six miles southwest of napa, california. it is one of the largest earthquakes to hit that area in decades. the earthquake ruptured water mains and gas lines, left two adults and a child critically hurt, and sent residents running out of their homes in fear. nbc's mike tasell has the latest on the impact from napa valley. >> reporter: it was 3:00 in the morning local time when this record 6.0 earthquake struck. you can see how furiously it shook everything in this convenience store. the epicenter was about six miles from napa, california. it rattled businesses,

and fans will get this free taney t-shirt. taney night at the phillies and the phils won three straight series and the first time in over a year and kyle kendrick is on hill tonight. jaime apody, back to you. >>> one last tune up for the eagles before the season begin a week from sunday. that is right. a week from sunday, the birds host the jets, the regular starters get backups for a job and prove their worth, matt barkley starts as quarterback, barkley is not focused on that. i don't have an agenda for that. i want to be consistent and i am not changing this strategy for this game because i am starting or having more reps, we'll score points. eagles-jets coming up on 6 abc. kickoff is set for 7:00. >> seeing a lot of michael vick tomorrow, he is starting for the jets. >> meteorologist, adam joseph with the accuweather forecast when we come right back. >>> red flags were flying today along the jersey shore, hurricane cristobal is off the coast and creating treacherous rip currents. in seaside heights they restricted swimmers

taney down 5-3. the dragons would not go quietly. final at-bat for taney.own one, spearman to the wall. coming around to score. wow. talk about excitement. we are tied, next batterment ty russi -- batter. ty shanahan, winning run comes in. taney walks off a winner. 7-6 the final. unbelievable stuff in williamsport. what a celebration. the team is starting to look like one of destiny. >> all i can say is hard work pays off. but we've been behind in a lot of games on the way here, and we never got down. >> yeah, there's -- there was plenty of opportunity for us not to be here tonight, for one. i don't know about destiny, i'm very baseball superstitious, but i -- i think they earn it, and you know, a little bit of good luck has gotten us here. >> reporter: it's fun to watch. the eagles' offense looked a little better in their second preseason game. friday's loss to the patriots. one player we have yet to look at this year, riley cooper, the wide receiver, has been battling a foot injury for nearly all of training camp. another wide receiver, jerry maclin, sitt

>> reporter: no matter where you go in lamade stadium, people are talking about taney. >> taney, philadelphia. >> reporter: and she is attracting a lot of the attention. star pitcher mo'ne davis appeared calm at practice yesterday. just taking it all in. in just hours she'll take the pitcher's mound but the biggest challenge right now, she says, isn't tonight's game. it's keeping up with all of her new twitter and instagram followers. >> you have to go in calm and confident. that's how i'm going to go into the game. >> reporter: taney manager alex rice says he's been instilling that sense of calm into this team since the beginning. >> it's no different than it was three weeks ago, honestly. we're trying to -- we're in a bubble. we're trying to kind of stay in the bubble to be honest. >> reporter: and that taney team is getting some much needed rest right now, ahead of tonight's game against a team from las vegas, nevada. what is big in vegas? gambling, of course. if you can believe it, some people are placing bets on the outcome of this game. the vegas casinos aren't taking any of these bets.

he is lining them up so everyone can see all the taney dragons. remarkable accomplishment for them, positive attitude. it's a great example, too. >> monet is so poised. a lot of pressure for a young girl. can you hear us? we'll check in with annie mccormick in just a little bit as the taney dragons have their welcome home in love park this afternoon. >> very excited. >> i was going to say some of the live shot she can't hear a think. >> reporter: what a beautiful day for that, though, good thing it wasn't yesterday when they came back. let's go live on sky 6. we'll show you the view of the center city skyline. you can see a few puffy clouds, otherwise we're seeing mostly sunny skies, it's a nice afternoon around the delaware valley. temperatures are below average, this has been the trend not just for the past week, but all month long. this has been an unusual august, we continue to see these below-normal temperatures. right now we're at 75. hooting for a high of 78 degrees. very pleasant conditions with dewpoints 50s, every location you might see

taney won the game four to nothing.illies continue a five game california swing tonight in san francisco, with cole hamels on the mound. the game can be heard on our sister station, 98.1 wogl and 1210 wpht, first pitch is 10:15 p.m. from san francisco. >>> just a great outing, just a great day, mone is technically flawless. this is like cole hamels flawless, the release. it is impressive. >> twitter here is there a superstar that we are seeing coming alive here in philadelphia. great story. >> thanks, beasley. still to come at 53:01 woman's frightening encounter outside please touch museum. >> then look at this beach goers on edge here after a swimmer find himself just feet away from the great white shark. >>> philadelphia catholic church commissioned a local artist to create an icon for world meeting of families i'm pat ciarrocchi coming up you'll meet him. >>> and then new at 6:00 o'clock tonight a day after robin williams widow revealed he was in the early stages of parkinson's is there a brand new study from a local

one of the taney dragon. s challenged ryan howard. >> one of the players challenge node a home run derby. had to stand my ground on them a little bit, really just have fun and try keep it as loose as possible. ryan howard is believing in taney. can they keep it going? we will find out. have it all tonight at 11:00, eagles and taney. i'm john clark live at the link. >> feel they will do it john clark. >> i believe. >> got to believe is what john was saying. as we take a live look at lincoln financial field, there are new numbers out tonight that show just how much the eagles and other nfl teams are worth. according to forbes magazine, the eagles are worth $1.75 billion, that makes them the seventh most valuable team in the nfl. the dallas cowboys once again take the number one spot. no way, $3.2 billion. the least valuable team, the st. louis rams. >>> now for a look at what's coming up tonight on nbc 10 news at 11:00, red light runners, they are catching a break. why thousands of local drivers won't be gettin

so a big game tonight for taney. so we're all pulling for them. >> extraordinary story about all the kids not just mo'ne davis but all the taney kids and the philadelphia phillies organization and me as a philadelphia native we're very very proud of them. >> fighting looking to take the series from the mariners. comb hamels got the start. weren't five innings, gave up three runs on nine hits and struck out four. game was tied in the fourth. chase youly at the plate his blooper fell in for hit. jimmy rollins scored from second on the play and phillies took the lead. jonathan papelbon got his 30th save of the season. the phillies won four to three. >> former phil and red sox pitcher curt shilling revealed for the first time the type of cancer he's been battling. it was a form of mouth cancer and the treatment and recovery process caused him to lose 75 pounds. 30 years of chewing tobacco caused the disease he believes. cancer is in remission. doctors visits and scans on regular basis going forward. >> all right. preseas

taney? >> taney. >> reporter: can you give me a let's go taney chant? >> let's go taney! >> reporter: all right. live right now, you can see the clouds overhead. one thing kids aren't excited about, parents included, there might with rain tomorrow night for the game. that's what we're forecasting at nbc 10. if that's the case, i talk to tournament officials, the tournament director, the committee. they're going to get together as soon as that rain is on the radar. as soon as they have any sign of rain here, they're going to decide a, whether they keep playing the game. b, whether they delay it, or c, whether they reschedule it. if they reschedule it, that could happen on friday. coming up at 6:00, you'll want to stick around for this. we talked to little league directors who came from all over the country. one of them who came from northeast pennsylvania to root on the taney dragons. he talks about the sacrifice. he talks about the commitment to little league that it takes to be here as parents to support their kids. live in williamsport, keith jones, nbc 10 news. >> a lo

>> let's go, taney! >> let's go, taney! >> wally' family came from bala cynwyd he spent the last two days in williamsport. he says the taney 12 has s made up of people much like the city itself. >> basically, microcosm of america people come from all over different walks of life inner city, suburban, rural, they all come together and everybody has a positive experience playing america's game. >> reporter: and taney phenom pitcher mo'ne davis fresh off her appearance on sports illustrated cover scheduled to pitch tonight at 7:30. of course, we will bring you all the latest. if taney wins tonight, they play for the us championship on saturday. then possibly the world series title on sunday. we'll bring you the very latest coming up in the next hour. live from williamsport. lucy? >> exciting times, chris. you know what you don't have to be in williams part to feel all of the excitement. big party is kicking off in philadelphia city hall and drew dickman is in the middle of it all. i see they're starting to

taney didn't waste any time.t dragons going deep jared spraying will the hit a bomb to left field. thee run shot and tan know jumped out to the early lead but the story was mo davis. she put on show. this was her first of eight strike outs. nasty little changeup there. then she -- because she has an arsenal of pitches she went with the four seam fast ball there. davis went the did he say tans complete game shut out six innings, eight streak outs, just two hits. like comb hamels line from the 2008 series. taken 93 wouldn't it four to nothing. >>> taney is off to flying star. but the other bass ball team in town is not doing so well. the phillies have lost five of six. late start on the west coast. phillies and giants scoreless in the fourth inning. so far so good for cole hamels. three scoreless innings and two strike outs. >> and the union lost two to nothing, work-nil in houston to note. tough game for team that played three games in seven days. a lot of tire legs out there in the texas heat. >>> we'll be right

are yelling, yeah, taney, go, taney.seven people when i was running yelled out to me, go, taney. you had a city thing. >> reporter: you're looking live at the big tv outside at xfinity live. at 6:30, nbc 10 along with comcast sports net will be hosting a watch party here at xfinity live. there's a bunch of festivities you can take part in. at 7:30 for the game we'll have it broadcast here on the outdoor television and on big tv inside. this is a great place to watch the game because we know so many of us in this area will be watching tonight and rooting on the taney dragons. live in south philadelphia, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >>> you can jump on the dragon wagon, too.ç go to nbc10.com where you can print out signs like the one i was holding up earlier and put those on display in your home, your vehicle, your clothing, wherever you want to stick it. our coverage continues at 4:30. nbc 10's matt delucia will have live reports for us later throughout the morning. back to those placards i was talking about being on homes,

you can jump on the dragon taney wagon as well. go to nbc10.com where you can print out signs like these and put taney pride on display. the dragon wagon. you can join us and other taney fans. fun starting with comcast pregame live and watch party. parking free after 2:00. there's even a little dragon menu for the kids. xfinity live! will donate a portion of the proceeds for the taney baseball association. >>> onto other news this morning, police have two men in custody who they say carjacked a cabdriver in philadelphia. the cabbie was robbed at gunshot at 6th and allegheny at 3:0030 in the morning. then the two robbers jumped in the cab and took off. officers caught up to them on percy street. they recovered the stolen cab and two guns used in the carjacking. the cabdriver wasn't hurt. >>> one person taken to the hospital following two-car crash in the oxford circle section of philadelphia. this happened before 12:30 on dorcas street at magee avenue. police say one car sideswiped the other and then flipped over. philadelphia polic

taney fights back. out and ground ball but over thrown at first. taney wins seven-six. they will move on. phillies in san francisco. those phillies struck out six straight games in one stretch. jimmy rollins, three times yesterday, chase utley twice, and san francisco beats the phillies, five-two. that is sports in a minute. i'm howard eskin. >>> all right. 5:46 right now. the university of notre dame conducting an internal investigation for academic fraud. there are four football players that have already been dismiss inned from the team. they are banned from games and practice, and until this investigation is completed. the situation reportedly involved honor code violations. so far nobody has been charged and there have been no sanctions. >> we notified the ncaa that we were undertaking an internal investigation of discovered, suspect, academic difficulties honesty on the part of several students, including four members of our football team. >> notre dame says that if it is determined that the player

they're watching taney. before their game, the taney kids, hey, you want chicago deep dish? nah. we want cheesesteak. yeah. erik lipson pitching. mo' ne davis at first base. taney falls behind 6 -2 to chicago. they battle back. ty cummings. look at this monster shot. they are within one. lipson, hopping on his back. two on, two out in the last inning. jack rice has been great, but he flies out and that is it for the taney dragons. their ride is over. they lose. tears for taney. here is mo'ne davis with neil hartman afterwards. what were you thinking after? >> um, to not cry, or to not be mad, because we made it this far, so there's no reason to cry or anything. >> and her manager, alex rice, said he told the players, you gave me the best summer of my life, and look for mo'ne on "the steve harvey show" here on nbc. we're right back. save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.d everybody knows that. well, did you know pinocchio was a bad motivational speaker? i look around this room and i see nothing but untapped potential. you have potential. you have...oh boy. geico. fifte

taney is making its hometown proud. last night's win was close but any within that doubted dragons has in the been paying attention. taney got out to a two run lead to see southwest regional team from texas take a three run lead. it was a nail biter. the big moment of the night, taney pulls off a walk off single winning the the at all. back at home mayor nutter organized a watch party at city hall where taney fans held a impromptu pep rally. people came across from town. they were hopeful, excited and most of all they were inspired. next up taney takes on las vegas on wednesday, again, and that team is undefeated. and it will be a good game. we will see mone davis again back on the pitchers mound. it is, at that watch party where there were people who were neighbors of these kids, friends of these kids. some kids were actually, playing against taney's players. so these kids are really hometown heroes. back to you guys. >> we will talk to their mothers next hour, and later on in the show. >>> so the dragons, who certainl

the taney dragons were back in town and if you thought taney fever was over sunday proved we've justoved into a new phase. >> let us more officially welcome back the which would champion taney dragons. >> reporter: for the last two weeks, taney exploding onto the world stage during the little league world series taking down teams in dramatic fashion crafting a savvy multicultural image of unity and hard work led by mo'ne davis who by the way is the current national cover of sports illustrated. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: sunday mo'ne and rest of the team were showered with love as they shared their experiences on the road. as for the pressure mo'ne isn't great handling it on the field she's a natural leader and role model. >> she's very humble. she's well grounded. she'll be okay. >> reporter: with all the hoopla it's tough to remember sometimes these are kids. outfielder kai cummings offered insight after seeing family for the first time in weeks. >> one way to wake up from a three hour bus ride. it was really into toys see people who i haven't seen and just people who are su

taney dragons shut out little leaguers from nashville, tennessee and mone davis mode down batter after batter. she was unstoppable. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers is live in williamsport with reaction to this huge win, matt. >> reporter: unstoppable is a good way to put it, natasha. what a day here for taney dragons winning their first game at little league world series and quite a dominant fashion. i can only describe atmosphere here as completely electric as thousands of people showed up to support and cheer on philly's new boys and girl of the summer. the game ended with yet another mone davis strike out and her teammates mobbed her on the third base side but it didn't take long in this game before things went taney's way. >> philadelphia leads it three to nothing. >> reporter: darren sprague-lot hit a towering three run shot setting phillies favorite little leaguer on the path to victory. >> it was very exciting. >> reporter: once she got that run support mone davis didn't need much more. incredible two-year old right-hander tossed another gem, team from tennessee didn't sc

go to 6abc.com for complete coverage of the taney day parade. you can see a slideshow and videos of the dragons celebrating down broad street. >> and incredible summer for them and us. >> traffic is dragging across the city. lets check in with matt pellman. >> i don't blame you, i do the same sort of thing and hopefully the drivers are not breathing fire as a result. and it's reopen after the parade today along the eastbound side of market and the southbound side of north broad street, no more restrictions but there are restrictions as they get ready for the made in america concert steeries this weekend. and traffic problems in overbrook at lancaster avenue, several lights are dark because of a local power outages. on delco off to the side but attracting attention and really slowing down the northbound traffic away from the state line. in delaware watch for a crash at 72 at thompson station road and salem county, still without route 49 at telegraph road close to marty's crabs, and in hamilton township, it's big old sinkhole closing 13th street.

i'm running through the streets, people are yelling, yay, taney, go, taney.seven people while i was running yelled after me, go taney. it's a city thing. >> reporter: tonight they take on a team from las vegas that is undefeated as well. we wish them good luck. nbc 10 is in conjunction with comcast sports net is hosting a watch party here at xfinity live. the fun starts at 6:30, ahead of the game at 7:30. the game will be shown on the screen behind me and also inside on the big screen as well. we wish the taney dragons good luck. reporting live from south philadelphia, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >> that's going to be a fun watch party tonight at xfinity live. thank you. our coverage continues coming up at 6:30. nbc 10's matt delucia is in williamsport this morning. he's getting ready for tonight's big game. we go live to matt in about 30 minutes. >>> count on the nbc 10 first alert weather team with the potential for rain tonight at the little league world series there in williamsport. sheena parveen will be there live bringing us updates and also the debut on

it's win or go home but this morning the taney dragons got a major league pep talk. they were doing what kids do, hanging out and playing ping-pong and just relaxing but it's not every day you get to do it with ryan howard. >> my advice was to have fun, go out and have fun. you lost a game but be proud of where you are but you are not finished. >> they have a win or go home game against chicago. another team that captivated this world

mo'ne threw that shutout victory in taney's opening win at williamsport.let's go to xfinity live where katy zachry, one of the many dragons fans is in south philadelphia. your hosting a big party for the game tonight, right. >> reporter: oh, yeah, all me. i sent out the invites yesterday. i did want to ask, so you and tracy, i don't know what you were doing at 13 years old but i wasn't doing what mo'ne davis is doing. she's 13 years old and she's really become an international sensation over the last two weeks. it doesn't get much better than being on the cover of "sports illustrated." and that's exactly what we're dealing with. take a look. mo'ne davis is on the cover of the newest issue. she's the first little leaguer ever to do so. there is so much attention thrown at her in just the last few weeks. of course with that comes pressure. the team they play tonight is undefeated as well. we caught up with one of davis's teachers at spring side chestnut hill academy in philadelphia where she attends school. ashley vandergriff taught her math and says she has

our taney dragons getting ready to take on novato. a win tomorrow night will put them in the world series title game come saturday. >>> and take a look at this. it does not get much bigger than this for any athlete. check this out. taney star pitcher mo'ne davis right there on the cover of next week's "sports illustrated." that is amazing. and here is comcast sport net' john clark. what an honor. >> she is a great cover girl. mo'ne has become a household name not just in philly, but across the country. we're going to hear from mo'ne on being the "sports illustrated" cover girl that is coming up next in sports. >>> xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity. your home for the most live sports. >> hey, i'm john clark. the taney dragons are one of the best sports stories in the country. so "sports illustrated" is jumping on the dragon bandwagon. 13-year-old mo'ne davis son the cover this week. take a look. it's the national coover. mo'ne is the first little leaker to make the cover in 60 years of si. she is one of the youngest athle

go taney. we're live at city hall, katherine scott channel6 "action news. >> go taney. be saying that all day. and our chad pradelli picks up the coverage of taney live from williamsport later today on "action news." so, of course we will be watching and waiting when they take the field. >> so, if you want to go out to a viewing party that may be outdoors or you're wondering about the weather for the game, what you,, what can you tell us. >> pick an indoor spot and you've got to problems at all. storm tracker 6 live double scan nothing showing precipitation-wise this morning. as we take a look outside we have beautiful pictures of that sun breaking through the clouds. i was outside a minute ago saying if you get out there and want to take a look over to the east it's looking pretty cool. now you don't have to go outside because we're showing it to you on sky 6. let's take a look at your temperature. it's a little bit warmer across the region today than it was this time last couple of mornings. we're already at 71 in philadelphia. note thousand dewpoint is above that 60-

here is another way to show your taney spirit.oin us tonight for our nbc 10 watch party here at xfinity live on patterson avenue. starting at 6:30 tonight, the comcast little pregame live and watch party. parking is free after 2:00. there's even a little dragon menu for the young ones. xfinity live will donate a portion of the proceeds to the taney baseball association. >>> let's get to other headlines now. new from overnight, one person was taken to the hospital after this two-car crash in the oxford circle section of philadelphia. it happened just around 12:30 this morning on dorkus street at magee avenue. police say one car sideswiped the other and overturned. >>> a preliminary hearing in philadelphia for one of two men accused in the shooting death of a 3-year-old girl. brandon ruffin faces conspiracy and murder charges. the shooting wounded a woman who was braiding little girl's hair at the time. police also arrested douglas woods. he faces charges similar to those of his alleged accomplice, brandon ruffin. >>> mercy fitzgera

taney had their chances.ey coming in here as the hometown favorite here in williamsport. 34,000 people here in attendan attendance. that's 10 more thousand than the phillies got tonight. they could not pull out one of their signature wins. mo'ne davis giving up three runs as pitcher being pulled in the third inning just not enough for this taney team. this was their dream just getting here. winning the title is just going to be icing on the cake and that dream is still alive despite the loss tonight. now, keep in mind this team just got their little league charter two yours ago. they never thought they'd be playing on this field. rag tag group of kids from all over the city from different socio economic backgrounds coming together. the mlb commissioner here tonight even taking note of mo'ne davis. and her teammates. but all is not lost. the taney dragons still have a way to compete in this. they'll be playing chicago tomorrow. if they win tomorrow night at 7:30 against chicago, they will play again for the us

nevada beat taney 8-1. this morning, the taney dragons are on the front and back of the philadelphia daily news. the headline "shake it off." caption reads tough one for the taney dragons but it anti-over yet. first pitch at williamsport at 7:30 tonight. nbc10's matt delucia is live in williamsport. fingers crossed, matt? >> reporter: yeah, fingers crossed. tracy, mo'ne won't be starting because she threw too many pitches last night. and it's not over just yet. as we looked at lamade stadium, this place was packed. demand was so high tickets were issued for last night's game, and same goes for tonight. from the very beginning, it was clear philly was the home team. but from the beginning, the team from las vegas picked up run after run. starting pitcher mo'ne davis was taken out in the third inning. manager alex rice took her out so she'd still have ra chance t play in a potential rematch saturday. >> there's no question she did have her a-game today. she's certainly entitled to that. we're playing -- at th

now, taney had the chance to come back. they.bases loaded. nevada pitching snuffed out the threat and the dragons lost 8-1. back in philadelphia, the court haul backed with fans. mayor nutter at a watch party again last night. after the dragans lost, the crowd was down but not out. listen to mo'ne davis' grandmother. >> i really believe when she plays chicago, she's going to win. i really believe she's going to win. >> go mo'ne. >> that's cute. >> now, m shg, mo'ne will not b pitching tonight. she will be batting. they are hoping to use her saturday if they get past tonight. we'll go there and check in with them in 25 minutes. stay tuned for that. and as taney prepares for the next challenge show your support go to our website nbc10.com where you can print off signs like this to show off your taney pride. >>> opening statements in a case against a woman accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old girl from a philadelphia school. nbc10's jesse gary is outside the criminal justice center this morning. you mentioned new evidence to be presented at trial.

we are not letting last night's loss to dampen our taney spirits. >> we're all behind the taney dragonsbig time. >> i'm getting choked up thinking about it. >> let's talk to brittney shipp about the weather and rain that could move in today. brittney. >>> i was wondering what was going on there. we'll see a chance of showers isolated thunderstorms as we head into today. it's going to warm day, on the humid side of things. beautiful sunrise over the center city skyline. you can see the clouds are barely moving on top of aramark building. we're tracking a few showers that develop into the next hour or so. it's all part of a larger system that's going to send more rainfall our way as we head into today, lingering showers into friday. our temperatures expected to push into the 80s but right now it's a mild start at 69 degrees in philadelphia. 65 in pottstown. 68 in allentown and 64 degrees in atlantic city. i'll go over the timing of the showers expected today and tomorrow with the forecast. >> starting off in the lehigh valley right now, things are looking good at 22, airport road. 22 is c

hopefully taney all stars can pull it out.lliamsport, tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >> go, taney, go. l let's go, dragons. live reports continue on nbc 10 news tomorrow as the team looks to advance. >>> now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well, the umbrellas didn't help these people even in the heavy downpours tonight. nbc 10 at 15th and swrrjfk in cr city. everyone was running to find a place to dry off. a very quick rain shower moved through and we saw this through a few areas. isolated but very quick-moving showers. it's all part of a cold front that moved through tonight. and now it will be knocking our temperatures down a bit as we wake up tomorrow morning. below average temperatures in the morning and even in the afternoon. afternoon hours will be a little cooler than normal. and a cooler morning tomorrow than what we had this morning. just by a couple degrees but it's not going to feel like summer at all. as we go into the weekend, the weather pattern stays nice but we do at least have

taney dragons just stepped in the batting cagees, about right behind me here, at the will yams for the little league world series complex. luckily rain won't be a factor here tonight, the sunnies now, shining, it looks like we will get this game on. you can see behind me there is a game going on japan/south korea, you see all the people behind me make no mistake they are all here for taney little league. as i said field was covered for most of this day, many coming up from philadelphia were worried they would have to postpone this game but, of course, the skies cleared and they were able to get this in. all around the complex it is taney fever. mid-atlantic merchandise has been sold out for days. everyone is talking about phenom mone davis, several bus loads of fans arrived here a little while ago some getting up here early staking their spot in line five hours before game time. we caught up with a couple other taney little leaguers, some from other age groups who say they could not be more proud of their friends who are now instant celebrities. >> i know a lot of them and i talk to th

what a great day for taney dragons. long day of celebrations that started in our studios this morning, finishing up here in south philadelphia at citizens bank park at 45 minutes from right now the team is actually going to let in through the stadium through that gate behind me by the penn marching band as well as members of the phillies will lead them in there to be honored guests of tonight's game. for more on that we will bring in dave buck, senior vice-president of marketing for phillies. thanks for joining us. tell us about what will happen tonight. >> once the team coming down and goes through the gate it is a sittens bank park tradition. they will go down the steps from the outfield, down the red carpet surrounded by family and friend. whole team will be at the even of the red carpet to welcome them in the ballpark. we will have a program with mayor nutter, ryan hour will speak on behalf of the team. >> reporter: just talk about the the phillies as an organization when you talked to the player and guys in the fro

so it is an if-ee situation for the taney dragons game tonight.ow, for us, tomorrow morning, is when we start to see some rain. just some showers around in the morning, then there will be some sunshine popping through in the afternoon, but, because of that, we have a chance every thunderstorms, later on in the day, on thursday. so, thursday is our thunderstorm day, into friday morning. now it, gets pretty again. will we be able to clear that out for good day philadelphia, and the fox 29 morning news, on friday, we're hoping so, and of course our quincy harris will be in beach haven tomorrow -- friday morning, friday morning, come back down the shore. so gets little if-ee early in the day friday. for the eagles game, against the steelers, the pre-season game that starts at 7:30 tomorrow night, bring the rain gear, because scattered showers may be even thunderstorm around then, how much rain are we going to get? looks like when all is said and done it, won't be whole lot of rain half inch, if you get heavy downpourment temperatures have been trendin

can you give us a quick cheer for taney this is live on fox 29. >> go taney. >> okay they are ready,and kerry back to you. >> maybe we need an official tear. give me a t. >> a. >> give me a n. >> e. >> g me a y. >> why. >> what does that spell. >> dragons. >> nice. >> i'm getting ready to paint my face the the colors of the taney dragons we will do that in just a bit but i saw this on facebook some parent are changing their social media habits nerd to protect their children. basically facebook. >> worry about privacy and safety concerns moms and dads are keeping their kids photos, names and identities off the internet. it is called baby blackout a machining concerns what companies may do with images and personal date a if you opt to post your picks facebook encourages to you use the site private thecy settings and limit them. >> kerry, thank to you that are story. >> okay, thank you. >> here's a story about social media you tube channels like bar as has made a mash up of president obama singing ariana grande song problems. >> ♪ >> what an amazing waste of time. >> my goodness. >> the

. >>> the taney dragon. s are doing exactly what they should be doing today, putting last night's loss behind them. >> yeah, that's over. they are looking forward to beating chicago tonight at the little league world series now. a live look at williamsport, where there's another exciting night ahead for the pride of philadelphia and earlier today, they actually got to play a philadelphia sports star and, of course, getting ready to play their hearts out tonight. we are just two and a half hours away from taney taking on illinois. first pitch at 7:30 p.m. dragon wagon still roll willing tonight. fans everywhere keeping their fingers crossed, including us. we have a team of reporters in williamsport right now. >> nbc 10's keith jones joins us live from there. keith, yesterday, there was such a nervous excitement and energy what is the atmosphere out there right now? >> reporter: well, fans rex side. that's all could i say. there was a long line this morning, not as long as yesterday, to get those first come, f

the taney dragons say they're ready to go. the taney dragons have taken williamsport by storm and back home they have a huge crowd cheering for them. taney gear has been flying off the racks at modell's and well wishes have been rolling in from their hometown pro athletes. >> a lot of congrats go to them and hopefully they finish up strong and do well. >> mo davis mowing down those boys. she's pretty good. >> i definitely want a jersey. if anybody can get that for me. i need a jersey so i can represent for philly. >> reporter: 13-year-old pitcher mo'ne davis has become the first little leaguer to make the national cover of sports illustrated. she's captured the nation's attention for baseball but says eventually it could be basketball she sticks with. >> reporter: what do you think that the limit is for mo'ne? >> to go as far as i can. >> reporter: you don't know what that is? >> yeah. i might -- i might -- baseball might be my third sport. i might -- well, soccer might be my third sport but never know but i kind of want -- i

the taney little leaguers.'re going to hear from the pitcher what's trying to follow in the very big footsteps of davis tonight. >>> and the eagles get back to work on the practice field. could one of the back-up quarterbacks be on the move? we have the details next. tte or au cozy or cool? exactly the way you want it... until boom, it's bedtime! your mattress is a battleground of thwarted desire. enter the sleep number bed. right now, all beds are on sale. he's the softy. his sleep number setting is 35. you're the rock, at 60. and snoring? sleep number's even got an adjustment for that. you can only find sleep number at a sleep number store. the time is now for the biggest sale of the year. all beds on sale! with 50% off the labor day limited edition bed. know better sleep with sleep number. >>> hello. i'm amy from comcast sports net. the taney dragons may only be little leaguers, but they've taken philadelphia by storm. a team from south philadelphia with a chance to move closer to their world series title to