now they are moving into the philadelphia area. before the next round of storms we'll see some sunshine to warm the temperatures up. right now in the 60s and low 70s. you can see a flash of lightning. that's over boathouse row. a live view from the mellon bank building. this storm produced a lot of lightning as it's moved to the east. look how fast this has been going. this is one hour's animation. it's moving through chester, now wilmington and philadelphia. it's fairly isolated. damaging winds a possibility and yes, you'll see flashes of lightning. once this first line moves through, it will be quiet for most of the rest of the day. this afternoon with heating in the atmosphere we could see another round of showers and thunderstorms for parts of area. hour by hour future weather shows by 8:00 this morning moving quickly through the area. breaks in the clouds. we'll see sunshine temperatures warm up into the low 90s this afternoon. during the afternoon hours, the most likely areas to see storms redevelop are to the south in delawar

that's what's headed towards the philadelphia area. if you'reç heading towards 295 you have to make it to north jersey, pro problems at this time. if you are heading down the shore, headed southbound towards the atlantic city expressway, this is where it splits off towards the black horse pike towards the ac expressway. no problems there. heading out the door on the schuylkill, a great trip right through the conshohocken curve. as you can see, eastbound, westbound, 13 minutes at the most to get into the center city area from the blue route up towards the vine street expressway. as for mass transit, we want to check before you head out the door this morning. as we're starting to see delays. warminster, art and newark all having about ten-minute delays. >>> another sad day for the thin blue line in philadelphia. an off-duty officer died yesterday after a driver ran over his motorcycle and kept going. the key person in catching that suspected braver was another driver who witnessed the crash. nbc 10's katy zachry is live outside 12th poli

nbc 10 is your official television station of the philadelphia eagles. we'll be following the team at training camp and have pre and post-game coverage as well as every snap of the preseason opener august 16th against the coals. >>> happening today, the trial begins for the man accused of shooting and killing his pregnant girlfriend. around fitzpatrick is charged with the murder of both the mother and her unborn child. it happened in february of 2012. neighbors called police when they heard a woman screaming. when paramedics got there, they found 24-year-old tiffany gillespie dead in the basement of her south philadelphia home. >>> a korean war veteran robbed and beaten in his home in chester county is telling his story only to nbc 10. police say amman pretending to be a water working forced his way into the vet's home in late june. we'll show you a sketch of the intrurder who never showed a gun while tieing up the victim. da denise nakano spoke with the vet who asked not to be identified. >> he grabbed my arms from behind and hustled me in there and kept

you have to head into the philadelphia area today. rently no problems on the area bridges, the walt, tac pal, betsy and ben. watch out for that ongoing construction heading westbound in the city. chris? >>> new this çmorning, not getting much help from the home crowd. a brand new presidential poll is out. a large percentage of people in the garden state don't think he's cut out for the white house. >>> and as we prepare for this wet tuesday that is upon us, unfortunately we -- fortunately i should say we won't see anything like this. next, flooding rain is not the only extreme weather hitting folks out west. we'll have a look. >>> 4:15. new out this morning, a new poll of new jersey voters that isn't doing republican white house candidate chris christie any favors. the latest rutgers/eagleton poll shows that 54% of new jersey voters would not describe governor christie as presidential. 29% say he somewhat fits that description. 14% say he fits it very well. about half those polled did say that christie is smart but more than half also

yesterday, the city of philadelphia released details of the box. it looks like a three-square-mile secure zone covering parts of center city and west philadelphia. the zone extends westward to 38th street and drivers will be allowed to leave the traffic box but they will not be allowed back in. word about the papal road and bridge closures is spreading fast and so is reaction. nbc10's matt delucia is live in delaware county. what are people saying about these announcements, matt? >> right there you were talking about all of those closures and the effects that will happen there. that was quite a mouthful so a lot of people are still digesting this. this is unlike anything we have dealt with before. behind me there route 476 will likely take some of the traffic brunt. but there have been speculation, rumors, you name it but yesterday with the mayor's press conference a lot more became clear of what roads will be shut down and how this traffic plan will work. nielson to say some people are still trying to figure out how to get to work and special needs

the 60s. there are scattered clouds moving through philadelphia right now. o see them in the distance past citizens bank park. sunshine for most of the day in south philadelphia, in fact, the rest of the area too. by the time the phillies and padres take the field, the clouds moving through philadelphia right now will be long gone. it will be another beautiful evening for baseball. we'll see the temperature at 80 degrees at 7:05 game time, by 10:00, 74 degrees. nice and comfortable with low humidity. it's a cooler start this morning and clear for cape may, 50s and 60s at the shore. there you can see the scattered clouds moving through philadelphia into chester, montgomery and berks counties. no rain with the clouds. the clouds are on the move. they'll keep on going. low 80s for allen tw, quakertown and reading. low humidity for doylestown, middletown and mound holly. for cape may, atlantic city and rehoboth, temperatures right around 80 degrees. it will be cooler in westchester and wilmington. look at the weekend forecast and latest on tropical storm erika wh

station of the philadelphia eagles. 'll be following the team at training camp all the controversies, quarterback battles, all of that. we'll have pre and postgame coverage as well as every snap of the preseason opener against the indianapolis colts. >> 64:34 and 74 degrees outsite. >>> a vietnam veteran who was robbed and beaten is telling her story to nbc 10. a man forced his way into the home in late june. he never knowed a gun but did tie up the victim. here's a sketch. >> he grabbed my arms from behind and hustled me in there. and kept saying he was going to shoot me. he must have said that 15 times. i said if i had my pen i would have stabbed him in the eye. >> the robber got away with cash, a laptop and prescription drugs. police are looking for a white subaru the neighbors saw in the area around the time of the robbery. >>> a preliminary hearing is scheduled for vashti williams damon cornish and francis ferguson. they allegedly snatched a retired couple off the streets in south philadelphia. police say the victim

the pontiff's visit next month. >>> a live look at center city philadelphia. it is cloudy out there this morning, a bit muggy, too, at 78 degrees already. and we'll warm into the 90s today. that mark on the thermometer will become rather familiar this week. let's just put it that way for now. good morning. welcome to nbc 10 news today. i'm chris cato. i'll leave the explaining of the hot weather to this man, meteorologist bill henley who is standing by with his first alert forecast. hi, bill, it's monday. >> i'm tracking showers this morning. you mention clouds are producing light scattered showers in delaware and south jersey, not reaching their way to philadelphia, though. the clouds are over the city. just very light showers to start with, will not last all day. what will be climbing is the heat. as clouds stay with us through the morning hours, the temperatures will climb none the also. 76 at 6:00, by 9:00, 79 and into the 80s at noontime and building. once the sun starts to break out this afternoon we'll make it into the 90s. your neighborhood by neighborh

we want to show you the philadelphia art museum. that's where the kevin hart 5k race is happening this morning. i want to switch you over to the map and go over details on tropical storm erika. let's show you exactly where the storm is. it's just moved out of haiti and parts of the dominican republic. what we're seeing right now is sustained wind speeds of 40 miles an hour so it's still a tropical storm but barely. it's moving to the west northwest at 20 miles per hour. as we head into the rest of today and then into tonight, by sunday, 2:00 a.m., you'll notice that we'll start to see this tropical storm turning into a tropical depression because our wind speeds are going to drop down as it moves over land, but what happens as it starts to move back over the warmer waters, we'll watch it turn back into a tropical storm once again. we're keeping a close eye as we head into tuesday at 2:00 a.m. to see if it's going to affect florida, the coast of florida and what's going to happen as it continues to track to the north. so we'll go over

you can see the philadelphia art museum and temperatures today expected to push back into the low 09sdo it again and if we do it tomorrow that's officially a heat wave. for philadelphia, 83 degrees and a mix of sun and clouds and humidity at 60% and wind speeds at 10 miles per hour and we will notice the feels like temperature will be higher than the actual temperature throughout today. across the rest of the weejon 81 degrees and cape may, 84 so you can see not a whole lot of relief down closer to the shore and we're seeing an even spread with our temperatures and our clouds are sticking around throughout the city, but our current temperatures throughout the rest of the region and the mid-70s in the poconos and 83 degrees in millville and 82 degrees in wildwood and temperatures at the atlantic city airport at 84 degrees and a closer look at our temperature trend shows the average for this time of year is closer to 84 degrees and yesterday like i mentioned 91. today we expect to see temperatures warming into the low 90s and up to 92 and 93 degrees by tuesday. so by tuesday three conse

the rest of tonight. throughout philadelphia, clear skies. that will give way to plenty of sunshine heeding into the start of this morning. we'll see a few changes by the afternoon. 73 degrees right now. humidity is up to 73%. our wind speeds out of the south, southwest at 7 miles per hour. so that wind direction will give us more moisture humidity and warmer temperatures. current conditions in the poconos it's 67 degrees. same thing in reading. 69 in westchester. 63 in pottstown at the atlantic city airport. the temperatures are at 70 degrees and closer to dover, 67. glassboro is at 67. the end of the heat wave is near. today, i should say yesterday was day six of the heat wave with a high of 90 degrees. heading into today, 93. by tuesday, we're on the border lien of 91. that will be true as we head into wednesday as well. thursday for sure will break the heat wave. temperatures back down to the mid-80s. satellite radar shot shows isolated conditions. we clear up for most of tuesday, looks like the latest models show a slight chance of a few

but there has been some rain in the philadelphia area. there will continue to be more threats overnight. that's why a flash flood watch is in effect for much of the area until 9:00 tomorrow morning. we think most of the rain will be over several hours before that time. it's sure not over now. you can see a large area of rain. the heaviest continues to be to the west of the philadelphia area. we have some really heavy rain coming into berks county, the western portion of berks just west of reading. this is an area that's already had probably more than two inches of rain in some spots so there could be flooding in that area. another batch just west of allentown right along i-78. this is moderate to heavy. it's headed up toward the pocono mountains. as you can see, there's more back to the west. some big storms in northeastern maryland and even bigger ones farther to the west. those are things we will have to watch through the evening hours because the future cast weather computers showing hour by hour that there will be more heavy showers an

>>> the philadelphia police department is mourning one of their own this morning. katy zachry is live outside the 12th district where the officer worked. >> reporter: we know officer lamar poole worked for the philadelphia police department for nearly two decades. this morning his colleagues here at the 12 district in southwest philadelphia say he loved riding his motorcycle. that's what he was doing yesterday afternoon. he was off duty at the time of the crash. he was on devereaux street turning on to the roosevelt boulevard. accident investigators say this silver toyota turned into front of his çmotorcycle, he was thrn from the bike. fellow officers say he was not wearing a helmet. he did die from severe head trauma. back in the 12th district, community members are having a strong reaction saying these officers locally hold young events for children in the area. >> these people do their job, a great job. and then i think we lost a great person. i believe that we lost a great person. >> reporter: and police say the driver of the car that hit the off-duty officer s

and the temperatures are still cooling down at this hour. 66 degrees in philadelphia. dity on the low side will be going lower during the day, just like yesterday. we'll see the northwesterly winds develop. there goes the moon, just setting right now, bright sunshine will warm us into the 80s again this afternoon. likely be a little bit warmer than yesterday after a cooler morning, reading is 59 degrees. 60 in wilmington. look at trenton at 59. toms river is 52 degrees. we're seeing 60s, lower 60s at the shore. cape may and cape may point at this hour yesterday were both in the 70s. look at cape may airport. 59 degrees. the pleasant air has reached woodbine and cape may courthouse. it's 63 at sea isle city and 66 at the marina in atlantic city. pleasant start across the board. a few scattered clouds here, no sign of any rain. in fact, it stays dry on through the weekend. can't say the same about, well, puerto rico and the bahamas. they'll be dealing with erika. erika has 50 mile-an-hour winds. it just increased again, back up to 50 miles an hour with movement to the wes

brave time for the rest of the philadelphia area, still doing great. problems on 95, the schuylkill or the blue route so far this morning. tracy? >>> 1 minutes past 5:00 right now. 74 degrees outside. preparing for the pope. more than 100 immigrant women plan to walk nearly 100 miles for a prayer vigil outside the white house ahead of the pope's visit. the week-long walk begins september 15th in york county. one of the walkers is a woman from norristown who turned to the church after her husband was locked up in the york county jail for being an undocumented immigrant in 2013. he was released a few months later. nbc 10 was the first local news station to travel toç the pope homeland of argentina. we talked with two people who work for the holy father in his early years. hear what they have to say about the man that would one day lead the catholic church. >>> plus, the robo call killer. the award-winning app. it will help you hang up on those annoying calls. trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling i

we love the philadelphia zoo. g to see there. >>> instead of a coffee break, workers used a puppy play date as a pick me up yesterday. >> uber partnered with the spca to offer employees an adorable distraction during the workday. interested businesses were able to order 15 minutes of play time with adoptable puppies delivered by uber. the cost was $20. 100% of the proceeds goes towards the spca. what a fun where had. >> here at nbc 10 we get ice cream fridays which we look very much forward to. today is -- >> friday. >> what do you çknow. >> you're watching nbc 10 news. nbc 10 news today at 6:00 a.m. starts right now. >>> nbc 10 breaking news. >> the search continues right now for a carjacking and kidnapping suspect. we're live in south philadelphia where that man left behind an unbelievable clue for police. >> if you haven't gotten your papal rail passes there still time and there are plenty left. septa's new effort to get people excited about the pope's visit to philadelphia. >>> and look at this, another beauti

there are logistics to pass along to out of town guests, septa and the philadelphia visitors bureau is on hand to take questions, the meeting starts at 6:00 this evening at the grand building. and head to 6abc.com for details on the pope's visit next month as well as the city's so-called papal play book and jim gardner's reports from the pope's home town in argentina. >>> attorney general, kathleen kane, asked the court to release the porn documents and it could create problems for the philadelphia district attorney, they are combing through pages of sexually explicit emails. some of them now work for d.a. seth williams, she has accused these two men of creating her perjury case to protect themselves but his office says there are clear human relation policies. >>> two professional poker players are accused of cheating the borgata. they claim they use free liquor given by scantly clad waitresses to distract distract people. the defendantses claim it was the result of skill and good observation. >>> intel wear lawmakers are meeting to discuss new procedures for passing of the state bunlt

the man had a ticket to fly from philadelphia to chicago. this is the eighth gun discovered in carry-on luggage at philadelphia international this year. >>> skyforce 10 over a pharmaceutical company in montgomery county today. you see dozens of members of the service employees international union protesting outside the company's headquarters in north wales. many of the people are janitors who were recently fired. today they were demanding their jobs back. we called the company for a response. they said they had no comment. >>> to delaware now. a plant closing in edgemore, new castle county. the company says it's cutting costs. 200 employees and 130 contractors are affected by the move. some will relocate to the company's plant in salem county. others will be laid off and receive severance. the company makes titanium dioxide for the paper industry. >>> the budget battle heats up in pennsylvania and could soon be a crisis. the state's surplus of more than $300 million is drying up. it is now down to about $15 million. when that's gone, lawmaker

more toward the philadelphia airy. minutes northbound from 55 up towards the walt whitman bridge. all those cars are moving that way. no problems on the area bridges also. an accident scene in caldwell lane and west elm street. currently no problems or delays for new jersey transit, septa or the patco speed line. chris? >>> happening today, it should be a good day for painting on the delaware memorial bridge now that the rain is gone. you know what that means. delays. today, tomorrow and sunday. the right lane of the new jersey bound bridge will be closed and the left lane on the delaware bound side will be closed until 3:00 p.m. sunday and then painting will resume next weekend. getting things spruced up for all the people coming through for the pope's visit i'm sure. construction is under way.fà rehabilitate a historic breath in chester county. the covered bridge in east pikeland township was badly when a tractor-trailer slammeded into it. the bridge is listed on the national register of historic places. >>> the new j

the times. uber is giving philadelphia's taxi cabs a run for their money. how cab drivers are trying to level the playing field. >>> a muggy morning an a cloudy one, too. that's a live view from the loews hotel. right now 78 degrees at 4:38. your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast just ahead. patients recently rated their care experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid. only seven percent received five stars. including four of ours. learn more at cancercenter.com oh my gosh, it's the guy from last night. what?! can i jump on your wi-fi? yeah, you can try it. hey! i had a really good time last night. yeah, me too. the only thing is that... the only thing is what? what's the only thing? oh my gosh he's married. he's a kleptomaniac. he's a pyromaniac. he's a total maniac. hey! hey! go back to your wife you sociopath! leave slow internet behind. the 100% fiber optics network is here. get out of the past. get fios. tea? now $79.99 a month. go online or call now. call the verizon center for cus

the rain has ended in philadelphia. y light rainfall overnight. 69 degrees. the wind has just started to pick up, it's out of the northeast at 5 miles an hour. we'll see the winds top 20 miles an hour this afternoon. right now, it is quiet in south philadelphia. citizens bank park still has clouds overhead but not much left of the light rain that came through overnight. there are still some showers in delaware and south jersey. that's where the clouds are. the clouds are already clearing for the pocono mountains, the lehigh valley, could see stars in the skies over philadelphia right now. wilmington is right on the edge of some of those thicker clouds. the shower is not looking impressive at all. very light rainfall manly in southern delaware and a few sprinkles in the cape may area. but it's very light rainfall and it's not going to lost all day. sunshine and clouds from philadelphia, 80s this afternoon. the winds gusting to 25 miles an hour later today. they'll settle down tonight and tomorrow morning a bill cooler. 65

across the region, cape may, 73. 66 in allentown. only philadelphia dealing with a few high, thin clouds. same thing for the poconos. depends on where you are, but plenty of sunshine down the shore. 66 at the poconos. 66 in allentown. 70 in dover. and we are seeing a few clouds move in here from the west. staying nice and dry. the weather disturbance off the coast will continue to pull a. we'll stay dry today. we will watch this next approaching cold front as it gets closer. heading into monday evening, temperatures will get warm on monday, up to about 90. this will help regulate things. wind direction changes coming up from the south and southwest. we will see a slight chance of showers from allentown stretching down to delaware coun county. these are spotty showers and won't really effect your monday night commute home. we have tropical storm danny. it's been downgraded from a hurricane. sustained wind speeds closer to 50 miles per hour. tracking to the west at 15 miles per hour. still over 300 miles east of the leeward islands. overnight tonight we

. >>> and here's a live look at the comcast center in center city philadelphia.ç today is going to be even nicer than yesterday. meteorologist brittney shipp will have the details in a few moments. let's get to the weekend weather. >> good morning, improving conditions for us because the humidity has gone down. it will stay down throughout the day. a few clouds move back in tomorrow. a beautiful start to your weekend. aramark building as the flags are moving. take a look at the temperatures. we're dropping into the 50s. we haven't seen that in a while. 58 in pottstown, 56 in wilmington and 68 in wildwood. your city planner shows by 7:00 a.m., 68 degrees. by 10:00 a.m., 76. 1:00, 82. the temperatures will be a bit cooler, ranging between 82 and 85. coming up, i'm talking about how long this break from the humidity will last, your weekend shore cast and your eagles game forecast. >>> the philadelphia eagles continue their preseason schedule today with a clash against the ravens. the birds have answered some questions but others remain. most notably will their star

we're starting to see them leave the immediate philadelphia area. ight now, the heaviest rainfall right along the coastline. the radar shows those storms have already cleared philadelphia, thanks to the heavy rainfall with these storms that move through the cape may area in cape may county, a flash flood warning in effect until 7:15 this morning, in smipite o the light rain we're experiencing right now. the heavy showers have moved offshore. it's what has already fallen that's the issue. you can see quite a bit of lightning in the last hour, 56 lightning strikes that's not as much as what we saw when those storms are active right over cape may county. inland, look at the heavy rainfall moving past browns mills and into northern ocean county in new jersey. that's where a thunderstorm is moving towards lakewood right now. the rest of the area already looking dry and can expect lots of sfin. 57 degrees at 7:00 in philadelphia. it's going to be a warm day. with sunshine, 79 agrees. 10:00, look at the winds. those are northerly winds. those northerly wind

quote, to the city of philadelphia, it's bin real. d my heart out every time i hit the field. all got love for you. yesterday boykin's now former teammates arrived at the nocacare complex to check in for training camp including receiver, riley cooper. camp gets started later today. nbc 10 is your official eagles television station. we will follow the team all throughout training camp. we'll have pre and postgame coverage, as well as every snap of the preseason opener august 16th against the colts. our coverage begins at 12:30. >>> after ten seasons, three all-star appearances, and one world series mvp, cole hamels made his first start for a team other than the phillies. cole suiting up after his trade to the rangers. cole threw a no-hitter in his last start for the phillies. first batter he faced in that ranger red, angel pagan. down swinging. cole struck down six. not on his best last night. on the night he was charged with five earned runs, 7 2/3 innings worked. removed in the eighth to a standing ovation. the rangers faithful alread

the rain has already ended inç philadelphia. no more rain for the city.e will see a muggy start, 84% humidity and a warm one, too, with clearing skies. we'll see lots of sunshine today. we're seeing a northerly wind develop. this is great news, 6 mile-an-hour breeze. it's just enough to bring in the drier air. our hour by hour forecast, look at the humidity, 80%. that's at 7:00 this morning. watch what happens as we go through the day. as the temperatures climb, that dry air moves in, 47% humidity at noontime, getting more comfortable as the day goes on, dropping down to 30% later today. a big improvement there. offshore, heavy downpours, light scattered showers in the atlantic city area. it's toms river that's seeing a thunderstorm move through just to the north of toms river, just to the south of lake wood. that's the tail end of the system that came through philadelphia overnight. it's done for the rest of the day. sunshine near 80 in the pocono mountains, into the 80s for allentown, reading and quakertown. as the day goes on, the humidity drops for do

nbc 10 is your official station of the philadelphia eagles. >>> so close. the u.s.ps from york county, pennsylvania, fell just short of winning the little league world series title yesterday. the kids from tokyo came back in the third inning, they took the lead on that three-run homer there. japan went up 13-10 and finally in the last chance for pennsylvania, a ground out to short. that was the ball game. ecstasy for japan and some tears for the u.s. çchampions. tokyo won it all, 18-11. >>> now to decision 2016. new jersey governor chris christie is defending his e-mail use during the jersey jam scandal against comparisons to hillary clinton's use of a 5r while appearing on fox news sunday, the republican presidential candidate called for clinton to be prosecuted. host chris wallace then asked christie with his own private e-mail account as well as deletion of tex messages during the investigation of the george washington bridge lane closure scandal. >> everything i've done as governor has been an open book. i've answered any question anybody has asked. can you ho

the latest discovery could lead to a cure. >>> back to philadelphia. transformation is under way. >> city leaders hope it will bring the community back to life. not everyone is happy about the plan. next, the changes planned in this city space that has some neighbors worried. >>> plus if you're about to head out the door in philadelphia, grab your umbrella. rain is falling right now and more's on the way. i'll break it down neighborhood by neighborhood next. ♪ i am never getting married. never. psssssh. guaranteed. you picked a beautiful ring. thank you. we're never having kids. mmm-mmm. breathe. i love it here. we are never moving to the suburbs. we are never getting one of those (minivan). we are never having another kid. i'm pregnant. i am never letting go. for all the nevers in life, state farm is there. so, what did you guys they think of the test drive? i love the jetta. but what about a deal? terry, stop! it's quite alright... you know what? we want to make a deal with you. we're twins, so could you give us two for the price of one? come on, give

we're looking at temperatures mainly in the 60s. 77 in philadelphia. some spots seeing more sunshine than others. for the most part a mix of sun and clouds. that's the story throughout the day. a live look outside. a really pretty view. you will need your sunglasses and sunscreen. temperatures mainly in the 60s, especially to the north and west. 60 in mount pocono. 65 in reading. philadelphia, 72. 63 in millville. 63 at the atlantic city airport. dover, delaware coming in at 66 degrees. a refreshing start to the day. this afternoon won't be bad. it will be warm but not bad. right at our normal temperature for this time of year. high pressure mains in control today. that's one last day before it loses its grip on the area. a nice day today. partly sunny skies. tonight, clouds come in. we'll see more cloud cover on monday. humidity levels up a bit. could see isolated showers on monday. better chance later on monday night into tuesday. we're watching the chance for some rain, even heavy rain at times, localized flooding. this is what we'll watch. we'll wat

the archdiocese of philadelphia will announce a new vocation program for priests. on the momentum of pope francis's visit next month and on transformations happening at saint charles borromeo seminary in wynnewood. wood we'll get our first look at a new exhibit at the national constitution center called religious liberty and the founding of america. it opens august 21st ahead of the world meeting of families in september and the historic visit by pope francis and the dalai lama in october. the exhibit will show the role religion played in public life in the early years of our country and how freedom of religion blame part ecame part constitution. >>> nbc 10's jim rosenfield meet two people when he travelled to argentina this summer. pope francis was their boss at a television station run by the church. sylvia showed this video with us of father jorge bergoglio. >> now he smiles all the time. we say, wow, you don't do that in argentina. how is it? and i had the privilege to be with him in october and i asked him. come on, you didn't smile that way when we were with y

the week. temperature already hit 90 in philadelphia today. we hit 90 tomorrow which we expect to be in the 90s, we will be tracking a heat wave, the fifth one so far this summer. it is definitely going to feel like summer for the rest of the week. the rest of the week, we also expect to remain on the drier side. so a dry stretch ahead. that's going to lead us into your labor day weekend forecast. i do have an early look at that coming up in just a minute. now, the average high this time of year is 83 degrees. yesterday we got to 81. today we got to 90 so far. that could be heat wave number five with our 92 degree high temperature expected for tomorrow, wednesday and thursday staying in the low 90s. live look at cape may, this is the place you want to be to get away from the heat. not too many people at the beach in cape may but it is very nice day for the beach. 82 degrees right now in cape may. sunny skies. feels more like 86. our humidity's up a little bit, not unbearable, but it's going to be noticeable once it drops this weekend. so the we

yesterday this time it was in the 60s. 74 in philadelphia. that's off a degree compared to yesterday. but still plenty warm at this hour when temperatures should be in the 60s and it's going to be a quick warmup with sunshine, 9:00, we'll be up from the 6:00 amt number, up to 78 degrees and upper 80s and climbing at lunch time with the southerly wind that will stay below 10 miles an hour. the neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i'm back in ten minutes to show you how warm it will get where you live. right now, time for first alert traffic with katy zachry. >> good morning to everyone at home. as soon as my camera comes back i can show you 95 around woodhaven. here are your drive times from woodhaven and the vine street expressway, both about 12 minutes. can beat that. construction on 76 east and westbound in both directions between belmont avenue and city avenue, taking out at least one lane. it's not causing delays, just causing you to tap the brakes a bit. taking a look at your 76 drive times between the vine and the blue route, about

bring your dreams to life. >>> at the philadelphia zoo there was a big party for one of its residentspo had her birthday party today. they were also serenaded by the endition of happy birth day. and they will be on display throughout the weekend as the hippo celebration continues. they look content, right now the "action news" team is standing by with these stories next at 6:00, the city of philadelphia releases new details about the security zone for the pope's visit. and a violent year on the streets in philadelphia, hear from police about the increase in the crime rate and why. >>> now for adam joseph, cecily tynan, jaime apody, monica malpass and rick williams, i'm sharrie williams, join monica malpass next at 6:00. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program.wt cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> there are not enough parking spots in camden in this region to accommodate the people that want to go to the event that is a fact. >> officials around the region caution people plan your trip now and plan to walk and planned for heightened security. jim is on assignment and i'

the pope's visit to philadelphia of course. e around if the philly one of the biggest weekends in the history of the city will affect you. >> one group feels a personal connection to the pontiff and talk to our brad sattin. >> reporter: for five years jess is a has been rolling empanadas. >> it's like a pierogie. >> she grew up argentina and achieved one dream by opening gavin's cafe on pine street in philadelphia it's been picture perfect ever since. >> they're so delicious. >> reporter: now it's on to the next dream. how do i get my empanadas to him? that you the first thought. >> reporter: him is pope francis so excited to have a fellow are a gin tin yann the head of catholic church coming to the city she now calls home. the same pride her father felt when he her the news of the pope's election. >> i have a picture of my dad holding an are a gin tin yann flag outside. he was like a happy five-year-old kid feeling so proud about it. >> jess si bell is one of 3500 people across our region with ties to argentina. we asked eight

the low 70s. northeast philadelphia at the airport 74 degrees along with south philadelphia. it's going to be another quick warmup. then 81 degrees at 10:00, near 90 and climbing at 1:00 this afternoon. neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. right now, a check of your first alert traffic with katy zachry. >> thanks, bill. skies are clear and roads are clear for the most part other than some of the overnight construction, we typically see that should be clearing around this hour if you're in new jersey, around the 6:00 hour. things are running smoothly on the area roadways. a live look if you're traveling on 95 southbound near girard avenue. 13 minutes it will take you to go woodhaven road to the vine street expressway. northbound a few minutes less than that. your 59 drive times if you're in new jersey on 95 between 295 anç 495, ten minutes in both directions. we have really good drive times across the ambassador right now. delaware memorial bridge, right around this time, the overnight construction, painting and repairing of the towers should be

lot of sunshine in the philadelphia area and points north and west. e atmosphere is too dry for showers and storms in that portion of the area. 90 degrees now. the humidity fairly low so it feels like it's 90 degrees. the west wind helps keep things dry. it's a little bit cooler north and west. generally in the mid 80s and with lower humidity, that's pretty comfortable in places like pottstown and allentown and reading. it's still much more humid in southern parts of our area. southern delaware and toward the jersey shore. it was a land breeze today at the jersey shore that got up to near 90 degrees. starting to see the wind shift a little more out of the southwest now. it was really warm today, though. this is what it looked like this morning. this is 2:00 this morning, berks county getting pounded with thunderstorms. there was damage there, lots of lightning in parts of bucks county, it woke a lot of people up in the middle of the night. now we have lightning to the south. in the delmarva right across chesapeake bay, getting close to sussex county, d

the bike ride started at 10:00 e philadelphia police academy and ended at the living flame memorial at sixth and race street in northeast philadelphia. the philadelphia fire department provided a fire truck, with a ladder extended over state road, with an american flag. lieutenant shawn lynn took his own life in february. before the race we again, organizers presented lynn's family with an american flag to recognize his services, to law enforcement. >>> turning now to the accu weather forecast on what turned out to be a splendid summer saturday across the delaware valley. can we expect the the nice weather to last throughout the rest of the weekend? meteorologist karen rodgers is in for melissa magee and she's outside with that all importance, because it is confusing people this afternoon, karen. >> absolutely, gorgeous. we started with sunshine and ended with a few high clouds and a light breeze. the the humidity is way down too so go outside tonight. lets take a look at satellite six ape action radar. we can see at 6:00 a.m. we have bright sunshine over the the course of the afternoo

the clouds are already in philadelphia. see a little bit of sunshine peek through before the storms move in. 77 degrees right now. humidity just where we were yesterday at 88%. you see the clouds into the pocono mountains too. showers and thunderstorms and cloud cover will keep temperatures cooler today. only in the 70s for the mountains. so far, no activity in the immediate philadelphia area but you can see the line of showers and some thunderstorm activity moving through baltimore and it's on its way toward our area. then this line of showers comes through tonight. there is a potential for heavy rainfall. hour-by-hour future cast showing by later this morning and early this afternoon, showers developing in the philadelphia area, into delaware. some heavy downpours as we go into the later afternoon hours. then a chance of some heavier showers coming through tonight. future cast shows that first batch of showers will dissipate possibly in time for the dinner enblanc so plan on wet weather, at least a possibility for this ev

in the short term in philadelphia, doylestown, 69 degrees, 77, the heavy rain ended in philadelphia. millville 73 degrees. no rain in millville. there are a few spots on the radar screen. the lightning is flashing at the shore. look at the rain coming down cape may. it's tapered off on beach avenue. not as heavy as it was. the heavy storms are just offshore. it's astill quite a light show at the shore. those slow-moving storms pushing offshore. you can see the lightning at cape may while it is dry for allentown, wilmington and philadelphia, that heavy storm is now pushing offshore. cape may courthouse seeing a lot of lightning. that's starting to die down. there's still plenty of lightning over delaware bay and into the ocean, cape may and lewis can see that rain easily. there's still a potential for flooding thanks to the rain already on the ground. light to scattered showers in the atlantic city area and a line of heavy rainfall quickly moving through burlington county in the pemberton area just to the north, that rain is coming down at a rate of more than an inch and a third an hou

the low 90s. it will be hotter today. warmer in philadelphia, 75 degrees. upper 60s in pottstown, millville, trenton is 74 at this hour. and bright sunshine is on the way. 6:00 numbers, 73 degrees. by 9:00, though, close to 80 degrees and then closer to 90 degrees just three hours later at lunch time with southwesterly winds developing, helping to bring in humid air. a bit stickier than it was yesterday. and it will be even stickier tomorrow. we'll go through the forecast, neighborhood by neighborhood when i am back in ten minutes. right now let's get a look at your monday morning çcommute. katy zachry has your first alert traffic. >> the roads are looking good this morning, pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. i am following an accident in montgomery county. a look at construction on 76 westbound. this is right at belmont avenue. you'll find the same construction on the eastbound side. it's really affecting things between city avenue and belmont avenue. be aware of that. you'll have to tap the brakes a little bit as you're headed there. the pennsylvania

warm and humid, 75 for the low in philadelphia, 68 north and west. , hot and humid, feels like up to 98, and just isolated afternoon showers again. seven-day forecast, the chance, better chance of any showers on wednesday and then very likely on thursday and friday, helping to keep the temperature down. a little less humid and more comfortable over the weekend. >>> we have an update on nbc's clear the shelters campaign. more than 18,000 animals across the country have new homes thanks to saturday's event and thanks to you. we have some new adoption numbers from our area we would like to share. folks adopted nearly 1100 pets in the philadelphia region, 587 dogs and cats in pennsylvania. in new jersey, it was 456. in delaware, there were 51 adoptions. we want to thank everybody who brought home a new pet. >>> what it's like to be a cop in america. that is the new cover of "time" magazine. coming up, neighbors where they patrol are telling us their concerns when it comes to crime. >>> talk about a media circus. as we told you earlier, donald trump report

our hottest time frame of the year in philadelphia. we will be back in the potential heat wave as we start next week. lets go outside and see how evening is shaping up, i will call your tension to the it weather watchers. their observations are scrolling on the bottom of the screen. we love our weather watchers. find them as close to you and get local observations in your neighborhood. lets look the at cloud that have proliferated here over city of philadelphia thinks sky cam three from campbell's feel. clouds popped up thanks to the cool air aloft. we will get cool eras we do, sun comes out, heat up the ground in the morning. the those parts of the air rise and cool air aloft ape that forms cloud cover. that is what we have right now. storm scan three is showing that as well. these bubble up clouds we he saw, you can see that effect, sponge painting almost, that is an indication that you have cold air in the upper atmosphere. we will clear things out tonight and temperatures will drop quite nicely. the right now only 79 at the airport.

at the philadelphia national airport. clear skies and tracking a drop in humidity as well. when "action news" comes right back. >>> meteorologist, karen rogers is here now with a look at the forecast. >> it's beautiful, lots of sunshine and low humidity, staying pretty dry, lets take a look now at stormtracker 6 live double scan, the one fly in the ointment is the batch of showers to our south, we are going up close toward that right now, this is related to the front limping off the coastline, while we have improved conditions rather quickly in the city, still struggling at the shore and showers near milford and dover, pulling up from the south, we'll see if they survive across the bay and head into south jersey, we are watching for a spotty shower down at the shore, and lets go outside and see what is looks like. the ben franklin bridge not a cloud not sky, clear conditions looking at the ben. 85, certainly warm, the dew point 53, dropping dramatically since this morning when it was 70. the pressure is holding steady and as we look at satellite 6 along with action radar you

the highs today. made it to 87 degrees at philadelphia international airport. oler up northwest toward the lehigh valley. lower 80's in allentown and in reading, mid 80's down t at the shore. a nice day across the delaware valley. 73 in mount pocono to 84 degrees in philadelphia. wilmington you guys are still checking in at 80. it's still nice down towards the shore, breeze coming in out of the north to northeast keeping temperatures in the mid to upper 70's to lower 80's. now still the key here is that dewpoint temperature like yesterday, it's low. right now it's it's a 49 degrees. so how does that feel to you? pretty much awesome. you don't see this a lot in the month of august. storm scan3 shows those mid to high level clouds passing by. that's an indication of there's the next storm system that's on the way over the next 24 to 48 hours. we'll talk about that in a little bit. enjoy tomorrow. again partly sunny skies. it does warm up, a little more humid, 89 for philadelphia, low 80's at the shore, near 80 degrees at the poconos. coming up in the full forecast

the evening broadcast. hurst is from philadelphia. the outpouring of love and support is arriving from every corner of society. >> it breaks your heart and you think about the family and co-workers and friends that are impacted. >> the shooter not only recorded himself committing the murders but posted on twitter and facebook and other commons painting himself as the victim after being fired a few years ago. flannigan that when by the name bryce williams on the air was spotted by police in his vehicle and was pursued. his vehicle went off the road and crashed, he was found unk. with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> now before roanoke, it's suspect worked as an employee in tallahassee and tried to sue them after being fired down there. and when he was fired from wdbj, he got so belligerent he had to be escorted from the build. >>ing we have following this story all day long at 6abc.com. we have more on the life and careers of victims and more from their loved ones. >> monica malpass is on simts and a short time ago she interviewed pre

with the exception of patco that runs to philadelphia, the plan is for charters, the river line to drop off city buss to drop oftens of thousands of people here to make the walk, wear comfortable schools and bring a flashlight and -- >> just in case our seniors bring an extra day of medicine in case for whatever reason you don't make it back that night. >> quite a few road closings announced by officials, some advice was given in advance of those not going to see the pope but who live within 25 miles of philadelphia on the jersey side, they ought to plan ahead as well because the road closures could pose a problem for them. >> thank you john. >> you can take a closer look at the security perimeters that mayor michael nutter announced on our website 6abc.com, you can read how new jersey is preparing for the papal visit including how the transit will be effected for that weekend. "action news" is headed to argentina right now to gather stories from pope francis' home town, jim gardner will be there to talk to the people and see the places that helped to form the pope's views and his faith

the rain has ended in philadelphia. ter that's on the ground that's cause something problems this morning. there's a flood warning, minor flooding along pennypack creek. it's running 4. >>s above flood stage. less humid air is coming in. that's going to be staying not only for today but for the weekend, too. stan by for a pretty nice weekend. even though sunday there's a slight chance of a shower, that may not happen. both days, 80 degrees for the shore and the delaware beaches. clearing skies and a warm afternoon, upper 80s for philadelphia. thanks to that shift in the wind, the humidity comes down and gets cooler in the morning. 87, less humid for saturday. a beautiful day sun with lots of sunshine. the humidity stays lower on monday and goes even lower with temperatures in the 80s for tuesday, wednesday and thursday. >>> all right, bill, eight minutes before 7:00 right now. let's get you to work on this friday morning. >> hopefully nothing will slow you down too much out there. nbc 10 first alert for traffic reporter

>> we are doing okay here making the pilgrimage into philadelphia. you can see our0u"jurnourney. art of this is going through the obstacles you might face. barriers are set up here right now. if you're handicap accessible and need 7 by with a wheelchair, we will show you how to do that when we come back after this break. >>> well, she is no stranger to social media. leah still and her father nfl star devon still, shared pictures of leah's brave battle with cancer. now she is being recognized as a real champion. we will explain. >>> take a look what we are about to show you. up close. how good does that look? this is some of the new food on the menu at lincoln financial field. the eagles and aramark unveiled the new additions yesterday. here is a look at some of the new food. here is a live at lincoln financial field where the eagles are back in action saturday night when they host the baltimore ravens. nbc10 is your home for preseason game number two and game time at 7:00 and coverage begins with a pregame show at 6:30 and stay with us after the game for a postgame show. nbc10 new

the average high for this time of the year is 86. philadelphia right now 93 degrees. allentown 92. trenton a rain cooled 80 and then as you look at the shore people on the beach are so lucky. you've got that sea breeze so sea isle city it's 80 degrees and only 7 miles inland in pomona at the atlantic city airport it's a lot warmer with a current temperature of 87 degrees. heat indices usually about two to 3 degrees above the air temperature right now. philadelphia 96 it feels like, 95 in allentown, feels like 93 in wilmington and it feels like 90 degrees in millville. storm tracker6 live double scan showing that we are seeing some isolated downpours hack could the the region there's one right now montgomery county just to the east of willow grove in jenkintown approaching route one and there's another one just moved across the new jersey turnpike to the east of trenton. no lightning strikes associated with this but with all the moisture in the air they are producing some heavy downpours and there's really no steering flow to push these along so they're just sitting there dropping a

nbc 10 spent the afternoon with alice wright of west philadelphia. she's the founder of united block captain's association in the city. she makes sure that older neighbors are staying cool with fans and air conditioners. she also recommends local senior centers as a way to beat the heat. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 12 minutes before 6:00. fortunately temperatures are cooler this morning. it's not going to be as hot this afternoon. still clouds around but no sign of any wet weather. you won't need your umbrella today. later on sunglasses will be necessary. clearing skies in the pocono mountains, northeast philadelphia, a few scattered clouds, 70 degrees. atlantic city is at 70 degrees. scattered clouds over lake wallenpaupack. in the mountains it's into the 50s. it will warm into the 70s. pushing into the area is less humid air, going to make it much less stressful heatwise today and much more comfortable tonight and tomorrow. it's a cooling trend. we're watching this area of showers and thunderstorms for