because we and lambert had been schooled and educated and lived among the quakers when we left trenton new jersey and arrived in detroit. he for me is a phenomenal individual because he was like one of the main conductors of the underground railroad. i know in my classes in new york city when i talked about the underground railroad the first thing in their mind is the a train. or the d train. you know as terms of the metaphorical way this is the byway in which these here fugitive slaves, to get away from bondage, to get away from so-called particular institution and end up in detroit. so this year and dwight's sculpture symbolizes the people and certainly after 850, we had the fugitive slave law when the actors passed it meant that although and we have the blackburn case, the blackburn affair. these runaway fugitives who arrived from louisville kentucky they thought they'd found a safe refuge away from these bounty hunters. but with the passing of the 1850 slave act that you have to go little bit further. so these people are looking across you know detroit river to windsor and sometimes even wind

see the cones down here, anyone headed northbound, if you are headed up and over in toward trenton, new jersey, just be aware of the work crews, and over in south jersey, some left-overs, beginning every downed wires, from telephone pole, from last night's storms, the white house pike, which is route 30, right near franklin avenue. mass transit looking good, no reported delays, thomas, back to you. >> thank you, 4:04, philadelphia day care owner expected to be arraigned today. he is under arrest, for sexually assaulting two children on numerous occasions while he was in their care. steve keeley at police headquarters, beyond troubling here, steve. >> reporter: just one day these charges come from, week ago tuesday, july 25. we're at police headquarters, that's where dunkin round 53 years old turned himself into police yesterday. he is facing seven felonies for now. but the investigators on this case are wondering if there is going to be further charges and further victim. >> became aware that two children had disclose that they were victims of the defendant while they were in the care of the d

next couple of john, trenton, new jersey, good morning. my phone call. i think the first thing of usiness when the congress gets back in session, they should forget about the millionaires on parade for the tax break and hen use that money for funneling for relief for the need it.o we ar as the oil industry, can recover from the oil industry. we can't recover from human lives. black, white, all the same people. pitch in and help everybody down there. thank you. host: what is the best way to pitch in from trenton, new jersey, john? host: finish your thought. my thought is quality of newer houses built with poor those to terial, damage and i'm concerned about government regulation in regard ensure that builders use high quality material. houses, a lot of hem stood with minimum, less minimum damage and that is a concern. notice in even i texas, houses seem to -- poor uality material you see the houses was smashed because they group -- where are you and what are you seeing right now? houston and own i've been at the largest shelter that callers, listen to the

hill ones showing off their swimming and water safety skills at the boys and girls club in trenton, new jersey today they're dinnering up summer program founded by the zac foundation safety and prepared class started by a whom whose little boy drowned in the family cool. eight-year-old addison owens star the out, well, afraid but not any more. >> i didn't know how to swim when i first came here but today miss parker taught me. >> and ick swim good now, huh. >> it's all in their head. once they go over and see it's okay, then they'll stay in. >> kids are so cute. this is great thing. aww. children learned about the buddy system and how to help a swimmer from the pool side without endangering themselves. >>> you know sprucing up an entire school isn't quite as harder when you've got 200 volunteers ready to go with tools and paintbrushes in hand. at least these volunteers made it look easy. they're painting and renovating the martin mcmichael school in mantua volunteers witness goldberg group and many other organizations from throughout the city. >> when you have people like the golden burg group

and farther up by trenton, new jersey, by yardley a heavy hitter, heavy downpours and this one also popping through, perhaps to be followed up by another. as we go out to the western and northern western suburbs, popping up one through reading and again we start this up and it doesn't move all that fast. are you stuck with it for a little bit. western chester county additional stuff to the west an issue for you later on and one cell around allentown and another one south and west of allentown some of these were producing thunder and lightning a while ago and doesn't seem so now and that is a possibility. lots of scattered activity but where it is falling it's dumping downpours. as we look outside a camera parked outside of the window and we were watching rain coming down steadily about two or tloo minutes ago and down to light stuff and blue skies in the distance, and it doesn't take much distance at all to transition from the heavy downpour to the sunshine. as we look at temperatures, 87 degrees in philadelphia. the dew point is up there at 66 and some places in the 70s and pretty humid ou

. >>> to trenton, new jersey, now, fresco user sophia takes us to water fest at the greenwood avenue rmers mark. this community event was all to learn about the importance of water conservation and hydration. when you see news happening, be sure to take out your phone and shoot it and then use that fresco app so you can send to our newsroom. lucy? >> all right. thank you much, iain. is that cher of a homeless jesus is now unveiled in center city. it's supposed to send message of support and acceptance. but today many people told our bill anderson they have even higher hopes for the statue for goodness sake. ♪ a lot of people ignore the fact that people are homeless and treat them like crap. >> reporter: homeless population in many major cities including ours are struggling just to survive. in many circumstances, they feel forgotten by friends, family and society. but this symbolic gesture trying to make sure they understand they're not forgotten by the church. >> the sculpture reminds us from the day forward to take a moment, thank god for being with us while renewing our care, concer

. >>> this morning we're going to start in trenton new jersey right now.9 northbound side. just right near hamilton avenue. have that whole area closed and detoured around the scene. you'll be adding about five minutes or so across your trip. other than that you'll be good getting around the scene there. also watching 42. the 42 freeway around the atlantic city expressway. looks a little blurry right now. this direction is headed northbound towards philadelphia. here's southbound towards the shore. no problems or delays. growing to end here on the vine street expressway. open in both directions. not dealing with construction. >>> now to breaking news we're following for you overnight. fire engulfs a ben salem house leaving an elderly couple dead. >> see the charred remains of the home after the early morning blaze. matt delucia joins us live from the scene. >>> firefighters have it under control. right behind me see a lot of firefighters here at the scene at this point. this is the house on the # 00 block of kings lane. fire started around 12:30 this morni

he said, no, move to trenton, new jersey. i never worked in cable.was one of my later businesses in life. my dad was in his 40's when he started comcast, which is a great lesson for people. if you haven't found your thing yet, and you are 40 years old, it is not too late. and many people think it is way too late. and he said, "i will never know this business, one that you -- why don't you learn the job from the bottom." so i moved to trenton and learned the billing system, worked the counters when customers paid their bill, and when the truck delivered the new cable boxes, it was a brand-new system in trenton, everybody got out, unrolled their sleeves, and unloaded the warehouse. so i had the pleasure of doing all the jobs, and something for me just clicked. i loved the business. i love being around people. i loved being in management at a young age. david: when you are in business with your father, do you call him in front of other people dad, or do you say ralph, or what you do? brian: i called him ralph. and when he had all his grandkids, he had a

tonight at 10:00 take look at this new sculpture in trenton new jersey. looks okay, right?>> like aok. right. >> apparently some people think it carries a much different message. our hank flynn is on that case. he'll solve that riddle fours. that does it for us here at at 6:00. let's do it again tonight at 10:00. we'll see you then. have a great night. i witness coming up next. (iwitness jingle) (audience applauding) - welcome to iwitness, i'm john henson. this is the only game show where the answer to every question is right in front of your eyes. if they pay close enough attention, one of our contestants could win $20,000 dollars. (audience applauding) let's meet 'em now. adam, mj, and michelle, thank you guys, so much for being here. adam, what do you do? - i am a pe coach for elementary school kids, and a lot of times, because i'm so outgoing and crazy, they think i'm their friend, but most of the time, i have to let 'em know i'm not your friend, i'm your coach. back up, you know, you gotta draw the line. - yeah, run laps. - right. - [john] mj, tell me about yourself. -

it's the night of the december 25th, 1776 the continental army being transported at trenton, new jersey, some 9 miles to the south. anonymous men and one woman of varying nationalities grow pushing great slabs of ice out of the way. two of the occupants are not anonymous. george washington and young lieutenant holding the stars and stripes. his painting is glorious and wrong in almost every detail. the river resembles more than the delaware. the boat is too small and of an inaccurate design. there is too much light for what was a night crossing. washington did not cross stantding up. the stars and stripes have not been adopted by the continental congress and james monroe was not even present with the army. he was already across the river. he was busy. washington lease plan was a risky attempt to reverse the sagging fortunes. during the summer of 1776 british forces had driven the continental army across new jersey and into bucks county, pennsylvania. had thinned the american ranks and many of those who remained were disbonded. it would boost the army's moral and stiffen the resolve of c

trenton has 63. millville new jersey at 64. over the weekend, we did pretty well.rage high i we got to 83 on 4 sunday, got a little stormy for some o and i think we'll continue that weather today, even with increasing clouds, 85 degrees. mostly cloudy and a stray shower or two possible on tuesday. with a high of 86. our one and done day of 90's degrees on wednesday and then the eagles play on thursday at the linc, there's a chance of a pop-up thunderstorm. we'll work on that as we get closer, maybe thunderstorm by friday but looks like might clear out nicely again for the weekend. i think we could take 90 if it's a one-day especially. >> yes, thank you, sue. >> braun know mars putting on quite a show for a sold-out crowd in michigan. >> here's the thing, he make as surprise announcement and that gets the biggest applause of the evening. ♪ . ♪. >> ♪. ♪ >> that's the music video. the announcement hear it he's d million to aidflint's water cri the crowd the donation will go to the community foundation qte be we need to stand together to make sure something like this n

new jersey. they're among the strictest in the country and we're enforcing them in every way we can. >> reporter: of the 4700 guns 1700 came from trentonew jersey's attorney general says local and state law enforcement are pairing with federal prosecutors to hammer gun criminals with longer sentences and state judges are denying them bail. he argues but as we learned fear of violence remains high in the streets of our neighbor across the river camden. i'm jeff cole, fox 29 news. >>> busted bumpers, denned doors, and a smashed up motorcycle. witnesses say the driver who caused all of this got out and said don't worry, i'm cop and police say he was drunk. >> train cars on fire after they crash off the tracks and now an entire pennsylvania town is evacuated. ♪ from the time i was pregnant with him, had so much life and energy in him. he wanted out, and he wanted to conquer the world. right now, quinton's goal is to be a doctor. it's not easy being a single parent with three kids and having to provide for them. but my son will be an amazing doctor, and he'll help people that are less fortunate. no matter where you are in your college journ

. >> todd pyro having breakfast with friends in trenton, new jersey talking with voters about donald >> trenton is twofold. he focused on putting pressure on pakistan, we are going to attack terrorists, talk to the people here to find out what they have to say about the speech and we are in new jersey. there is something called pork roll. we are eating this all morning long and introducing you the american people to you as well. "fox and friends" first coming up at the top of the hour. before it ends. choose from the is turbo, es 350 or nx turbo for $299 a month for 36 months if you lease now. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. ...studying to be a dentist and she gave me advice. she said... my daughter is... ...dadgo pro with crest pro-health. 4 out of 5 dentists confirm... ...these crest pro-health... ...products help maintain a... ...professional clean. go pro with crest pro health crest pro-health... ...really brought my mouth... ...to the next level. iugh... nothing fits.. you're just bloated from gas. i can see it and i know you feel it. take gas-x®, the #1 gas relief bran

. >>> many property owners in trenton, new jersey are not putting up with a citywide assessment that will cause property taxes to skyrocket. >> it's unfair, it's extortion. >> reporter: that's the manager of cars on parker avenue in trenton where after a recent revaluation, the auto junkyard had their property taxes raised $100,000. they want us to move. >> >> reporter: local businesses are in an uproar. the state ordered the revaluation as a way to get financial aid. >> no property appreciated 250% in the last 1 years. >> reporter: dave bought this auto repair shop buildings for $40,000 in 2006. it is assessed at 101,000 raising his quarterly tax payment from 262 to over 600. >> i'm not going to stay, istayed 40 years, i've had enough. >> reporter: down the street, the tax bill is jumping 140%. it's a lot of tax to go up. you don't get that much out of the taxes, i'm the one who sweeps the streets. >> reporter: the mayor's office had no comment, but the city council president whose property taxes jumped $4,000 doesn't want businesses leaving. >> let's figure out something legally, s

i'm from trenton, new jersey. ready to go home. been here too long. >> 65% of our population are out of county residents. a lot are for drugs. they are going into the city or coming out, they get pulled over. they use bergen county because of its artery of highways down to the eastern seaboard. >> most of the roughly 900 inmates housed here have been accused of crimes and are awaiting trial under the resolution of their cases. like many, deanna collins is not only from somewhere else, philadelphia, she's also facing drug charges but she's unique in another way. >> what happened to your hair? >> really? it was a process. and it fell out. >> it was a process? >> yeah, it fell out. >> at the beauty parlor? >> yeah. i had a chemical treatment. i was supposed to be doing body wave and changing my hair color and they ended up singeing off my hair. now that i look like this, i look like such a scum bag and i look like such a not the kind of person you want to pull for. >> looks like it hurts. >> it does. it hurts my pride. it hurts everyt

83-year-old widow elva kiernan gets a devastating phone call from the old barracks museum in trenton, new jerseya leather wallet identified as george washington's, has been stolen from its case! >> someone took the wallet and disappeared. the new jersey detectives and the police were on the lookout for it. >> did you post a reward? >> yes. total was $1,000 -- $500 from my mother and $500 from the barracks. >> it's all elva can afford, and, presumably, the barracks, too. weeks go by. then... it's back. a local lawyer followed an anonymous tip and secures the wallet's return on presidents' day, 1992. and this is classic -- the 200-year-old bills, presumably washington's, are missing. >> i was upset because i knew, as a child, i had seen the bills many, many times. >> did the lawyer ever disclose who brought him the wallet? >> no. >> do you remember, linda, if there was any information about who actually returned the wallet? >> no. >> but you gave it back to the museum? >> yes. >> that is, after the museum agrees to install a security system. and there it stays for the next decade, until the farwel

but this is visible to everybody over in the state capitol of new jersey, and trenton, because we'reection of falls township, so you know this is very visible to the theme were driving on 295, even if the flames have died down now, the smoke, is visible for miles. now, speaking of flames, here is some video from ryan flanagan, who will let us use this, and he was out here, shortly after this was called in, at 9:00 last night. so that's how long this thing has been going here, we're going on eight hours, and it may have started before that, before it got so big. so you have everything in here from cars to cardboard and everything inbetween that get brought in here to be recycled at this scrap yard, right on the delaware river, and again, guys that work here, and across from here in this big industrial area tell knee is non-stop from your pick-up trucks, that you see constantly in your neighborhood, of guys driving around, usually this time of day, picking up the scrap metal that people throw out in the trash, and then, major tractor-trailers like the one that just got turned away. bec

. >> four people escaped a burning home in trenton, new jersey, this is walnut avenue at 8:00 this morning, the flames quickly spread and destroyed the home and the firefighter was put on a stretcher after suffering heat exhaustion but she is expected to be okay. >>> now a check of the roads. >> matt pellman with the report on a thursday afternoon. >> we are making you are way toward friday but slowly. southbound is shocking as you head to the work zone at girard and center city. and heavy from penn's landing to this point to bridge street. we started with a broken down vehicle there blocking a lane and it's not there any more but got us off to a bad start with speeds in the 20s. worse speeds on the schuylkill expressway just 10 miles per hour on the westbound side. don't head for ridge avenue, that is closed all weekend long because of the night market. the night market sounds like a fun event. northbound side of 295 approaching the black horse pike a crash on the shoulder but the slower speeds are on the southbound side. already sluggish from 73 the whole way to 42, the north-south freew

bob, trenton, new jersey.aller: this is some food for thought for all of the political minded that are doing the criticizing. how much money is hillary -- how muchdation are they sending to texas? food for thought. they are sending zero p to wake up, america. hillary is crooked. host: what you think about the president's visit to texas today? caller: why not go down there? every other president does that. all of a sudden trump does it, it is no good. the hypocrisy stinks so loud. he is a builder. he could have ideas. he could get things done faster. look at what he did for the skating rink in new york. every project he does in new york, he brings it in faster and under budget. like the hell up. -- wake the hell up. host: mandy is an washington this morning. caller: the idea that trump cares about the american people much more than obama did just because trump helped the coal , let's take of a private industry that has been backing him. his private interests and this special interests. throughout this entire pr

because we in lambert had been schooled and educated and lived among the quakers when he left trenton, new jersey, and arrived in detroit. he, for me, is just a phenomenal be individual because he was like one of the main conductors of the underground railroad. i know in my classes in new york city when i talk about the underground railroad, the first thing it brings to their mind is a train, you know, the d train. [laughter] you know, coulson whitehead has done his thing in terms of the metaphorical treatment of the underground railroad. but this was a process, the biway in which, you know, these here fiewblgtive slaves -- fugitive slaves could get away from bondage, get away from the so-called peculiar institution and end up in detroit. so this here, ed dwight's sculpture, it symbolizes the people. and certainly after 1850 when you had the fugitive slave law, when that act was passed that meant that although -- and we got the blackburn case, the blackburn affair of these runaway fugitives who arrive from louisville, kentucky, and thought they had found a safe refuge away from these bound tin hu

we are here at pat's original diner in trenton, new jersey. air base. air force, army, and navy all wrapped up in one. we want to talk to the people about what they think about the president's speech. we begin, of course, with george. george is a retired officer, police officer, and he also used to be the mayor of trenton. trump voter, big fan of the speech. rye? >> 100 percent because he is on point. everything he mentioned is 100 percent right. he didn't make any mistakes. he had advisors. so when he spoke to the people out there, who was in stone, his heart was in there to make america great again. and bring it to the public. the public will understand better. and you're always going to have your haters out there no matter what he does. and the president tries very hard. but you're going to have your haters. todd: let's talk about that advisor point for a moment. you mentioned you love the fact that the president listened to his advisors as a businessman. got the information. and now he is going to go forward with that plan. talk to me more

taking a live look at trenton, new jersey, we will get to some stories from the garden state in a moment but something that will affect the entire delaware valley will be rain on our head today sue serio. >> it will come in a couple waves, karen, first wave moving through right now, from southwest, to northeast and then you see as you look down here to western virginia and west virginia, down in western part of the north carolina there is more rain coming after that. so where you see orange, red, yellow, that is where heaviest downpours are and it looks like lancaster county is getting soaked, chester county , new castle county and delaware, raining heavier down around dover and up in the pocono mountains as well. there is lancaster county rain so really got to be careful for ponding on the roadway as driving around especially in the dark, still dark out, around middletown delaware rain starting to get heavier and just now starting to see rain creeping in as light showers here, in philadelphia. so, have that rain gear with you, because this rain will be with us through the rest of the da

all of the surrounding towns, don't be surprised if new jersey guys are going on there is as well, because we're right across the river from trentonrobably still seeing and smelling the smoke, as well as the folks in the morrisville, lower bucks area here, around falls township. karen? >> all right, steve, thank you. yep, we will buy them a cup of coffee. some good advice. 5:37. let's get to the situation with north korea now, responding to our president's tough talk, calling his warning, a load of nonsense. just the latest rhetoric in a escalating war of words. that could risk turning into a military action. let's go down to washington and doug luzader, and the latest twists and turns on this one, doug? >> good morning, and i guess we will start with the personal attacks, directed toward president trump. north korean general called the press senile, went after him for playing golf. you name it. this is just kind of the most recent verbal escalation that we've seen, but also hearing from north korea, details of a plan to possibly sends missiles toward guam. four of them, that would over fly japan, then hit the waters near guam. we

as we take live look outside trenton, new jersey tox night. >> there you go. some showers may be making their way through our area. otherwise another warm, another summer nice day, right? meteorologist kathy orr koy here with your first check of your forecast. hello, kathy. >> good afternoon. we're talking about clouds moving in an few showers as you look at ultimate doppler you'll see over the past couple of hours the rain has moved in right along the i-95 corridor. not heavy rain but some spotty showers will be out there through the evening. temperatures cooled down the 70 where is we've seen the showers, 74 in pottstown. 78 in philadelphia. down the shore a pretty pleasant noon with high temperatures well into the 70 that is on shore flow with ocean water temperature of 75 degrees. as we go hour by hour this evening, temperatures will be cooling down with more showers, moving on through tonight. with item temperatures in the 70s. continuing right through the nine, 10:00 o'clock hour and by 11:00 we'll see that northeasterly wind with a temperature of 75 deg

possible. 3:00 spread into philadelphia and new jersey. 6:00 this evening: possibly thunderstorms for delaware county. northern new castle county and delaware and trentonngton county in new jersey. quiet at 6:00 p.m. hour. much of delaware and go into the evening, spotty showers become a little spottier in philadelphia. possibility in lehigh valley. that's today. then the next few days, there's pretty good chance we'll see more showers and possible thunderstorms. especially likely on friday in philadelphia. then the threat comes down over the weekend. may see showers in redding on saturday. especially saturday morning. really drying out on sunday. look beyond the weekend with ten day on ten when i'm back in ten minutes. >> see you then, bill. >>> scare from above. airport worker caught on camera. struck by lightning. how it all played out. >>> fight to save a forest. problem dauzing officials to close a popular local trail. >>> remember the scaffolding that surrounding city hall. police now want to talk to the man who climbed it 500 feet in the air. happened a few months ago. carson king put it on youtube last sunday. that's when police found out about

new jersey. they're among the strict test in the country and we're enforcing them in every way we can. >> reporter: of the 4700 guns, 1700 came from trentonew jersey's attorney general says local and state law enforcement are pairing with federal prosecutors to hammer gun criminals with longer sentence. state judges are denying them bail he argues but as we learned, fear of violence remains high on the streets of our neighbor across the river camden. i'm jeff cole fox 29 news. >>> all right, jeff, thank you. >>> happening now part of a popular new jersey beach closed for the next two days at the height of the summer season. north wildwood beach now closed between second and fifth streets until at least friday. officials say crews need to stabilize the dunes in that three-block area and eliminate the current cliff conditions. that's all because of recent storms took out so much of the beach. orange safety fences are up to prohibit access. >>> speaking of dune problems, officials in margate voted today to seek a court injunction to stop a $63 million dune project that's going community reeling. this comes after storms dumped 15-inches of ra

trenton. there's a blip in cumberland county new jersey and dover, delaware. that's pushing east this morning, temperature are nice, 61 degrees in allentown and reading and lancaster. 62 in trenton. 67 in philadelphia. 65 in wilmington, and 66 degrees in cape may. as we roll through the day, another nice one today, partly sunny skies instead of the more full sunshine we had yesterday, but pleasant. low humidity, 75 by noon, 79 is the high by 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m., 76 degrees. hurricane harvey is a big deal right now. up to category two strength with winds over 100 miles per hour on the globe picture you can clearly see the satellite imagery back here in the background a little bit of an eye starting to develop. the sign of a strengthening storm. the current numbers, 105-mile an hour winds and 1 at that mile an hour gust -- 125-mile an hour gusts. the numbers will go up as the storm gets closer to the coast and probably a category 3. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, happy friday, crews have cleared out from the schuylkill expressway eastbound side between gul

trenton. if you drive the new jersey turnpike heavy rain and a line through speed well heading towards the coast and more rain pushes towards the coast in the evening hours, but these storms diminish once we get past sunset and the good thing about the rain it's cooled off the temperatures. take a look at the temperatures right now. philadelphia down to 71 degrees, our high today 89 and that means this week is not the sixth heat wave of the year. this is not a heat wave. wilmington 71 and dover 83 degrees and cape may 79 degrees. dew point shows you this is why we are looking at the heavy downpours today. dew points in the upper 60s to around 70 that is a tropical air mass and the air is saturated and any storms pull down a lot of rain in a short period of time. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the storms erupting at lunch time and more widespread in the afternoon and pushing into south jersey now and beginning to lose their intensity and lose the haying of the day and the storms diminish and warm and humid and partly cloudy and 65 in the suburbs and tomorrow morning a nice morning mi

trenton 67. millville, new jersey 68. plan on the 70's by 8:00 in the morning.ll probably already been cloudy but we could get a stray shower later this afternoon or this evening but it will be muggier tonight and more humidity. high temperature today 84 degrees. we will talk about the weekend with some changes in the forecast, some you will like, some maybe not. >> 4:31 on a friday morning, lot of construction, we're always concerned about the construction workers out there we have an accident this morning that happened in the actual construction zone, westbound lanes of 422, they have just brought way what was overturned vehicle, thinks all westbound side right here near valley forge casino to give you an idea here, leaving king of prussia, heading out toward trooper road. crews out here all night long last couple weeks here, crash occurred in the work zone flipped over vehicle. no word on the accident of the injuries but at lee we have one lane, getting by. just be careful leaving the house, the crews are still out there until five or 5:30 or so and knocking

checking in with new jersey. 295 new jersey turnpike. 42 freeway all clear this morning. accident investigation underway from an earlier crash out in trenton on route 29 northbound side and hamilton avenue. tracey and ted back to you. >>> 5:32. following breaking news in bucks county. erld lderly couple engulf of mexicoed in flames. found on the first floor. matt delucia is on the scene. gathering more information and live report in our next half hour. >>> also breaking in morning, tropical storm harvey has made land fall yet again. this time in cameron, louisiana. more than 18,000 people have been rescued from floodwaters so far. made storm history. >>> so flooded you can't see any of the roadway. just the top of the highway sign in the distance. tropical storm harvey made landfall. expect to drench the area with a foot of rain. already flooded streets and forced people to use boats to get around. >> now after the reservoir spilled over in houston, dozens of boats made rescue in this neighborhood. crews navigated through sunken cars to pick people up. stranded in that flooding. nbc 10 randy gyllenhaal talks to victims and rescuers. >> we

new jersey. this is in trenton. crash on route 129. be detoured around the scene on the northbound side of 129 around hamilton avenue. ted and tracey, back to you. >>> demanding justice. local mother speaks out about the murder of her son. >> i will never see my son start his first day of high school. >> her message for the killer and searches for answer. >> at 4:12. stuck in the road. how a man ended up in this bizarre position in new york city. scare in the water. new threat people in houston are dealing with as the flooding there continues. >>> along with the flooding, people in houston are dealing with large groups of these. those are fire ants. they're grouping together to float on the water. the ants on the bottom switch places with the ants on top so they don't drown. officials urge people to stay away from the ants. stings can cause allergic reactions that in some cases can be fatal. >>> the mother of a teenager who was shot and killed in kensington says someone knows who murdered her son and she wants that person to step up. >

an issue in the water today more on that in a second. 72 in reading, 74 in trenton and wilmington. 673 in cape may, new jerseye there's sunshine breaking through, and we just saw some earlier on the action cam at the museum of art there's high clouds filtering in. and thicker stuff to the south and west we'll wind up with a clouds and sun mix for most of the day. but at some point we'll see the clouds thicken you will. in the lehigh valley, 76 degrees. down the shore, mid 70s, 73 ocean water temperature is inviting. we have a high risk of rip currents it is the second time this summer i've seen that. this is not the day to get boo the water are be near the lifeguards and ask for their advice and follow their advice if you're thinking about getting in. it will be the same tomorrow. 79 is the high today, if you're checking out the braves decent night for baseball a little cooler in the latter innings. 72 in the first pitch, 68 in the 9th inning. overnight tonight, 65 degrees. tropical storm harvey has been meandering all weekend through southeastern texas. getting closer to the coast. it will get off the coast

in new jersey, trenton at 81. voorhees at 82. we'll see the low 80s along the jersey shore.ring, but the most part it is drys out the out, too. and in delawardelaware, up to 8 wilmington forecast high. also today, we will notice winds up just a bit. now that the front has moved, it's a nice west pool of wind and that will gust up to 25 miles per hour. you can see sustained winds around 15 miles per hour. not a big issue for any daytime plans. by tomorrow, perfect weather. low 80s out there across the board. 82 philadelphia, south jersey. 81 the suburbs to the lehigh valley. and the jersey shore at 79 degrees. and sunny to mostly sunny conditions. that trend of the below average temperatures will continue as we go through the 10 day on 10. take a look, on your monday, we'll see rain and thunderstorms return. but we start to dry out again tuesday, wednesday, thursday, all of these days remain in the low 80s. >>> coming up, fox on the run. how authorities are trying to catch a wild animal spotted on the beach at the jersey shore. howl whimper yap yap yap yip is your dog trying

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new jersey. jersey. and it's manhattan. >> with approximately 10000 electric vehicles being registered in new jersey only couple hundred charging stations like this one on the rooftop of the train station in trenton, range excited here the fear of not having a charge to get your final destination is a very real problem. even when you do find a tries charging station at the plug might not fit your car and you have to worry about getting iced out. >> this is way call be nice out. an internal combustion engine. park versus electric vehicles only. with electrical vehicle car sales up 79% for last year new jersey, it's clear that infrastructure changes need to be made a priority in new jersey. >> why is there leg and infrastructure as it relates to the sales of electric vehicles in new jersey? >> it really comes down to whenever there's new technology there's going to be a catch up. for the infrastructure. >> you can follow me on twitter or if you just get iced out and want to voice your frustration, tweet me. we can be angry together. >> thank you. my panel is back with us, matt, thank you for being here. mike donovan internet. electric cars, my, you own one. >> i do. i haven't bmw and it's a great c

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your back in new jersey talking to lawmakers in trenton say that something has to be done. this whole bail reform nonsense, were not opposed to reforming the bail system but letting violent criminals out on the street has gone too far. >> absolutely. the hug a thug program has gone beyond what it planned to do. >> we met with an assembly man who pass the law who is a great speaker after we met with you. and beth, about had a heart attack because she said listen, do you think he made the right decision that and give me a heart attack, and he said, beth, we did not. and she said may have a letter that says that? and he said absolutely. >> the basically came out said it wasn't working out and what they were sold was not how it turned out. they're guaranteed it would be nonviolent, the below line misdemeanors and that is not what was happening. >> the idea was that it was somewhat arrested for nonviolent crime that couldn't come up with a couple hundred bucks was i can to spend months if not longer waiting for a trial. >> ray. people are pleading guilty just so they could get o

trenton at 67. ocean city, new jersey, 72, 75 in cape may. and rehoboth beach at 72 degrees. you'll see increase clouds, mostly sunny for the balance of the day. probably up to 88 degrees, little more humid, and then, as we go through the night, into tomorrow, there is an increased chance of shower or thunderstorm we will talk all about that the rest of the weekend eclipse day, oh, so much going on. pica look at traffic, vine street expressway, of course overnight construction is gone, and volume is picking up. society hill, we have this big construction project, down there in columbus boulevard. it is in queen village. and it is from catharine street to queen street. and this is going on until the end of the month. august 30th, is when they're supposed to finish this project, what they're doing, water and sewer repairs from the big giant sinkhole, that had appeared there. and let me tell you, it is a mess, during the middle of the day, when you're trying to get down columbus boulevard. everyboy merge into the one lane. so avoid that if you can later in the day. it is okay ri

new jersey newsroom. a hazmat situation in trenton forced evacuation of an apartment building there this morning.happened just after 9:30 this morning, along the 600 block of center street. tenants told first responders that there was a strong odor inside the building making their eyes burn. emergency crews have been working to find the source of the odor, so far, no luck. >>> very well dressed thief pulled off an armed robbery at a jewelry store on the mainline getting away with several expensive watches. the entire thing was captured. this happened tuesday at the bernie robins store in villanova. you can see him pretending there to be a customer. all of a sudden he pulls out a gun and helps himself to several rolexes from case. of here ap close-up of his facing if you know who that is, please call police. >>> well, in less than two days all eyes will turn towards the sky. great american eclipse, gets underway monday afternoon. and the rush is on to try and find protective glasses needed to safely gaze into the heaven. bob brooks is live at the philadelphia zoo with more. bob? >> reporter: walte

. >>> today new jersey transit executive director is expected to testify at public hearing in trent trenton. state lawmakers looking at operation with focus on personnel practices. >> at the jersey shore, stockton university has removed the statue of richard stockton from library. officials say that the move is temporary. stockton was a signer of the declaration of independence. also a slave owner. stockton says it will return later. >>> philadelphia city wants people to weigh in on former statue of frank rizzo. you can submit ideas online and creative phl. critics called rizzo racist and want the statute removed or relocated. >>> new this morning, police are asking for your help as they work to solve a sexual assault case in camden. police released this security video showing two people of interest. a woman reported she was sexually assaulted in a vacant building earlier this month. police say this video shows two men in the area shortly before the assault happened. >>> we have new details on a boy from south philadelphia who accidently shot himself in the face. grandfather tells nbc 10 th

. >> from the trenton ian get a load of this new jersey officials say more than 4700 guns were surrendered, during a two debut back initiative held in pennsylvania weekend in trenton, camden and newark. that number is more than number of guns ever seized through law enforcement arrests and seizures during the course of an entire year in the state. $481,000 was dulled out in exchange for those guns. >>> bucks county courier times now this fall homeowners in tulleytown will once again get $6,000 in the form of an annual rebate check, boro urged millions each year by hosting the tulleytown landfill and shared some with the residents but that tradition may stop since landfill closed in the spring. >>> times herald phoenixville pool players are heading to the national championship in vegas as they exceed in the eight ball world championships conducted by the american pool players association. the team, well, they call themselves problem child. >> um-hmm. >> don't call me that. >> e-mail a couple people but we love you nonetheless. >> thanks, jan. >>> that is a look at some of the newspaper head

. >> latest buyback august 8 was held in newark, trenton and camden, netted over 5,000 firearms, no longer on streets of new jersey. but what does the victim of gun violence peal about this? i talked to marissa carter, here daughter gabby, was killed in cross fire right outside their home. >> they don't have the people that was involved in the situation with my daughter, it is like they are still doing the same thing, they just find ways around. >> i am rohan for chasing news, you can tweet me, and wil always tweeture show. >> all right. thank you. >> so, you guys two of you have served as mayors, wayne is this what i think a taxpayer boondoggle? >> a lot of funded by private money, where community goes out and raises money to do the gun buybacks, this is no taxpayer money involved. when you look at in ca camden. in 2003 a bought a number of gun off street maybe a thousand or more, 5 were assault weapons, i don't know why anyone would have one unless they were trying to did something nefarious, you can'youcan't hunt with it. >> jamaal, i heard this as a talking point, if is saves just one life, crime was skyrocket

a half inch to an inch has fallen from atlantic city through southern delaware on up new jersey and up toward trenton. so we're going to continue to seat numbers pile on. we'll see probably 1 to 2 inches across the area. somebody may pick up 3 inches. especially in the areas where the first alert is in southern delaware and out along the beaches. we're watch iing from darby through philadelphia. and we'ring at the heaviest rain. this goes off to chesterfield, bensalem. so this is going to be steady and continue the evening commute and make things a bit of a mess. we also have the storm ranger 10 here. it's looking like it's starting to break up the radar. we have the steadier rain across cape may and lewis beach. we have hours to go this clears out. if you're up innen saint allentown, you're going to clear out first. let's go hour by hour. we have the winds coming out of the east to northeast. we're going to continue to see the rain. but it clears out by tomorrow morning. the rain should be gone. we'll still see a few clouds around. the winds turn to the west and then the west. it looks like partly s

today, new jersey is expected to testify at public hearing in trenton where state lawmakers are wants to know more about the agenc agency's operation. >>> work to solve a sexual assault case in camden. police released this security video showing two people of interest. woman reported she was sexually assaulted inside a vacant building earlier this month. two men in the area shortly before the assault happened. >> changes in pennsylvania's emission interlock law go into effect today. yesterday the state capital families of those killed by drunk driving crashes gathered to talk about the law. now makes advices available for first time dui offenders who previously would have lost license. lox prevent people from under the influence from starting their car. >> also makes them think each time he or she wants to start the car and blow into the system, maybe they have a problem. maybe they should seek counseling. maybe they do have a substance abuse problem. >> officials say the legislation protects the community and helps the offenders at the same time allowing them to still drive safely. a

mass transit remember septa's west trenton line running about 30 minutes behind because of equipment problems. new jersey transit, a.mtrak all running on schedule. looking good if you're heading toward the bridge. back to you. >>> thank you. tourists beware. coming up, the renewed warning for those mexican vacations and the new destinations plagued with problems. >>> and a dangerous distraction, a freshman cheer leader is hit on her way to practice and police say it's what she was doing on her cell phone that led her into harm's way. >>> and straight ahead, more messages of hate, the latest city if our area dealing with hurtful words and how the community is responding. >>> wilmington is the latest city in our area fighting back symbols of hate. >> pamela osborn is live for us in wilmington with more on the community's response. i can't imagine how people are feeling there this morning. >> reporter: well, yeah, it was upsetting for the family that owns that minivan. it was also concerning to residents who say they do not want this type of activity in their community. the man who owns the van discovered t

sunshine for new jersey, upper 80s for trenton and hammonton 87 degrees this afternoon. sea breeze will limit temperatures into the low 80s for cape may. bit warmer and steamier inwomenington. showers and thunderstorms holdoff until possibly last tonight. hold off until possibly last tonight. those showers and thunderstorms on and offer this morning. this is the area most likely to see storms later today. we will all get a chance for wet weather late tonight. that's a cold front going to be ushering in much nicer weather and air for the weekend, but before that comfortable air moves in, we'll see showers this afternoon. and then get these showers and thunderstorms late tonight. this is 11:00 tonight. they'll be just to our west. then overnight tonight, few showers in the area. clearing out tomorrow morning. saturday until the morning might see a few showers at the shore. sunshine returns in the afternoon. so improving conditions this weekend. 90 in philadelphia today. partly to mostly sunny skies. chance of showers and thunderstorms primarily in the lehigh valley and int