. >> "nbc 10's" vai sikahema is monitoring these developments from nepal. vai, what's happening now? >> chris and tracy, reports out of nepal say this earthquake was so powerful it was felt in nearby india and bangladesh. the 7.3 quake hit near the town of namche bazar near the capital of kathmandu and mountt. everest. here's the look from kathmandu. search and rescue teams are in the remote town searching for anyone who needs help. red cross workers in the area said that hospital tents have already received new patients. today's earthquake comes as nepal is struggling to recover after the april 25th quake that killed more than 8100 people injured close to 18,000 others. hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless. now the airport in kathmandu, which is a transport hub for all the international aid that's coming in to nepal was closed briefly. it is now back open. we'll continue, of course to monitor the situation. bring you information as we get it. live in the digital operations center vai sikahema "nbc 10." >>> 5:33. new from overnight. listen to t

vai sikahema is monitoring the story. live in the digital operations center. vai, as of at least last night 100 people are being questioned. what's the latest? >> reporter: waco police sergeant working the case says this is one of the most gruesome crime scenes he has ever seen in more than three decades on the job. five rival gangs were meeting at a waco, texas, restaurant. they gathered there to talk about turf and to talk about recruitment. investigators believe a few bikers got into a fight that spilled out into the parking lot. they attached each other with guns knives chains, clubs. it was amazing no innocent bystanders were killed. >> the gang members, they do whatever they want to people. they shot people. that's what they did in there. nobody was doing anybody. leave people alone. i don't know what the problem is. >> besides the nine people killed 18 others were injured. police were made aware of the bikers meeting in advance and had 12 officers and several state troopers waiting outside the restaurant. authorities believe the quick action of officers

i'm vai sikahema. "nbc 10." >>> anyone in philadelphia thinking about renting out their homes ahead of the pope's visit may want to reconsider after hearing this. yesterday the city council introduced a bill requiring anyone who rents out their home on websites like air bnb to pay the city's 8.5% sales tax. it will force people who rent out their homes for more than 30 days to get a rental license. philadelphia will host the world meeting of families starting on september 22nd. pope francis will visit the weekend of the 26th and 27th. you can count on "nbc 10" to bring you all the latest on the papal visit. you can get updates on the "nbc 10 news" app. >>> aaa will come out with its annual holiday travel forecast. they'll talk about who will be in planes trains cars and how much it will cost you to fill up your gas tank. aaa says typically 30 million people get away over memorial day weekend. >>> and every year as you know tragic story. dozens of kids die after being left alone in hot cars but now ther

"nbc 10's" vai sikahema is live in the digital operations center. t's not all about the mayor of philadelphia right? >> no not always chris. a lot of eye balls, as you mentioned, will be upon montgomery county and the hotly contested race there for district attorney. no don't expect a winner to emerge in today's primary. bruce castor is seeking his old job back. castor served as a montgomery county d.a. from 2000 to 2008. he faces democrat kevin steel. the number two guy right now in the da's office. both are running unopposed today. district attorney reesa furman announced she wasn't running. it's expected she will run for common pleas judge. delaware county voters are headed to the tiny borough of colwyn. 13 candidates competing for 3 open borough council seats. in november 8 democrats and 5 republicans are running there. the top four vote getters from each party in today's primary will move on. a reminder for everyone watching the polls across pennsylvania will open up in about a little more than an hour. 7:00. get ready to go out there and be sur

"nbc 10's" vai sikahema is following some of the other decisions that voters will make from our "nbc 10" digital operations center. vai. >> good morning, tracy. philadelphians will help you decide several issues in the polls. primary election day for city council members. special election to select a state seat in the senate. finally, a decision voters will make today on some ballot questions. but voters will choose a city council members from ten districts plus select seven at large candidates today. what's important to know voters can pick no more than five candidates from each party. so some candidates will be eliminated after tuesday's election. now the second district which covers southwest philadelphia and parts of south philly has been the most hotly contested race. incumbents kenyatta johnson faces ori paybush. the seventh district has been very competitive. maria sanchez has won twice without the backing of the party establishment. her competitor is matty morales. the state senate fifth district which covers a large part of northeast philadelphia. there's a special election t

i'm vai sikahema. nbc10. >>> happening today in bucks county forensic experts are expected to testify in the trial of a man accused of murdering a pregnant woman and her 4-year-old daughter. marcel johnson is the man charged with homicide arson and other crimes. prosecutors describe how johnson signed ebony cali her daughter and unborn child and then set the apartment on fire to hide the evidence. the defense told the jury that someone's else dna was found on cali's body. >>> police want to find a gunman who shot a nan in the mayfair section lat night. a man was walking along cottman area when someone fired two shots hitting him in the arm. police know one of the inspects. >>> philadelphia police are searching for two thieves who they say beat a food store worker and then robbed the store. police say the man seen in this surveillance video is one of the suspects. here's what happened a man was sleeping above the eagle store where he works tuesday morning, two guys went in and attacked him. police say t

vai sikahema has a look at other races. >> good morning, chris. one of the most watched races is montgomery county. no winner will emerge. county commissioner bruce castor is seeking to get his old job back. castor served as montgomery district attorney from 2000 to 2008. he faces democrat kevin steel who's the number two guy right now in the d.a.'s office. the district attorney announced she wasn't seeking a third term so she could run for common police judge. meanwhile in delaware county voters are heading to the polls in the tiny but troubled borough of colwyn. they're competing for three open council seats. eight democrats and five republicans running there. the top four vote getters from each party will move on to november's election. now polls across pennsylvania will open up at 7:00 this morning. live in digital operations center i'm vai sikahema "nbc 10." >>> vai, 4:47. new this morning the state department could release portions of e-mails of former secretary of state hillary clinton today. a state department official said the department

"nbc 10's" vai sikahema is live. vai, we were expecting a news conference from fifa. you have new information. >> reporter: breaking new information on this every 20 or 30 minutes or so. here's the latest. u.s. attorney in new york unsealed an indictment charging 14 people in the sting, two of the people that are charged are current -- include current vice presidents of fifa. now the investigation is looking into bribes taken over the last 20 years or so. fifa is holding a news conference, as you said right now. we're waiting to learn more information about the charges as well. there's been a lot of speculation about corruption especially considering qatar's selection to host the world cup in 2022. they got the nod despite the fact that the climate is scorching, lack of history with soccer. it has close ties with fifa president, seth bladder. he is expected to win re-election. fifa says that election will go on. you may be wondering why american law enforcement is involved in an international situation like this but it is believed the bribes were agreed to and carried

"nbc 10's" vai sikahema is live in the digital operations center. vai, you just got new information. tell us. >> reporter: tracy, we learned this five minutes ago. steve dockumus and digital data from fifa's headquarters during the raids that led to the arrests. earlier this morning federal prosecutors are expected to announce corruption charges against the fifa officials. the swiss attorney generals says that the names and nationalities of the suspects will be released later today. now this investigation looks into bribes that were taken as far back as the 1990s until today. there has been a lot of speculation about corruption especially considering qatar's selection to host the world cup in 2022. qatar got the nod despite scorching climate, a lack of history with soccer and close ties to the fifa president seth bladder who is expected to win be re-election to his post later this week. you may be wondering why american law enforcement is getting involved in this international case. u.s. authorities believe the bribes were agreed to and carried out h

. >> i'm vai sikahema. we expect the heat will be here because it's late spring early summer. let's get to meteorologist bill henley. >> hey, vai. another nice spring day. really comfort to be tad. that's a nice clear view from center city. seeing sunshine for today but there are changes ahead for tomorrow and that includes the temperatures which will be considerably warmer over the weekend. another cool start. 40s in south jersey at millville. mount holly is at 46 degrees. pottstown and allentown right in the middle 40ed while it's in the low 50s in wilmington northeast philadelphia and trenton. very light wind. sunshine will be bright at times so just some scattered clouds today. no chance of a shower today. 55 degrees at 6:00. by 9:00 63 and 70 degrees and climbing at lunchtime today. first showers could be here later this evening. it's friday morning. let's find out how the commute is shaping up. first alert traffic update by jessica boyington. >> 422 around trooper road still an 8 minute trip from 29 to the schuylkill expressway. there are the eastbound lanes headed into t

. >> i'm vai sikahema. it's not always the heat it's the humidity especially for hair day. >> so far so good. >> meteorologist bill henley with the forecast. >> tracy, your hair looks great. it does. always does. >> oh, bill, wait until tomorrow when the humidity climbs. >> vai, you'll have a problem tomorrow. >> call in sick tomorrow. >> won't be too bad -- call in sick for bad hair? really. >> we will see lots of sunshine. it will be a very warm one. the humidity won't be all that bad. it will creep up. you'll feel it tomorrow. 65 degrees. looking across the delaware from the adventure aquarium. it's down now to 60 in pottstown. writes town has dropped into the 50s. rocks roxboro, it is 66 in philadelphia. delaware. pretty pleasant start. normally we are in the 50s. look at the warmup 77 degrees by 10:00. mostly sunny skies. few scattered clouds and 84 at 1:00 this afternoon. and at that hour the temperature's still climbing. how high will they go? i have your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i'

vai sikahema is live in our operations. vai, some wind has been let out of brady's sails this morning. >> yeah, absolutely chris. the nfl says that tom brady knew what was going on here and also did not lift a finger to help out with the investigation. yesterday the nfl announced that tom brady will be suspended four games without pay. the league is fining the new england patriots in addition $1 million. the team will also forfeit two draft picks. now officials say brady was at least generally aware that two team employees let air out of footballs before the afc championship game against the indianapolis colts. the league said he refused to cooperate with the investigation by refusing to hand over personal e-mails and text messages. >> while i think it's a product both of the behavior and brady's unwillingness to fully cooperate with the nfl which they resented. >> now brady says he will appeal his punishment. interestingly, tom brady's first game back would be in week six. barring a reduction of games with an appeal it woul

i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracy davidson. let's find out more about the fog with meteorologist bill henley. >> good morning, tracy. it will take hours to clear. we'll be left with clouds breaks of sunshine and a chance to see showers and thunderstorms popping up this afternoon. not expecting to see an all day rainfall. not expected to see the tops of the buildings first thing this morning either. that's a live view from the delaware at the adventure aquarium. low clouds over the city. some areas seeing some fog, but the clouds will be thinning out. look at the temperatures climb. by 10:00, 74 degrees. 79 degrees at 1:00. watching for some showers as we head into the afternoon hours. go through it hour by hour future weather when i'm back in ten minutes. right now let's check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. good mornings jessica. >> good morning, bill. good morning, everyone. we are dealing with a downed pole and wires in parkwood closing the intersection of woodhaven road and byberry road. police activ

i'm vai sikahema. >> and i'm tracy davidson. let's get news on the temperatures and rain. >> truly summer like. temperatures in the 60s and 70s at this hour. heading forward 80s. clouds over the city. a live view from the adventure aquarium. a few rain drops that we're already tracking this morning on first alert weather radar. showers moving through chester county, few sprinkles in eastern lancaster county. steady shower. very light in east marlboro and into new castle county in delaware. it started to taper off in pike creek. newark pike creek and bear. 71 degrees at 6:00. by 9:00 75 degrees and we will be up to 80 degrees at 1:00 this after afternoon. possibly a thunderstorm later today. we'll go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood. right now jessica boyington in the first alert traffic center taking a look on a monday morning. >> good morning, bill. watching 422 around trooper road. no problems around the eastbound lanes which is typically where it jams up in the morning hours. 9 minutes from 29 towards the sch

. >> i'm vai sikahema. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast this morning. hey, bill. >> hey, vai. fog thick at the shore. other areas light fog just inland from beach avenue the fog is not too bad. visibility is not all that bad in south philadelphia. you can see it's reduced. see the fog showing up over citizens bank park. the fog is down to 1/2 mile visibility. wild wildwood airport has it as well. the temperatures unusually warm. 72 degrees is our normal high temperature. look at northeast philadelphia, 72 decrease right now. we should be in the 50s leer. about 20 degrees above normal this morning and it's going to be another warm day today. fog will be thinning out. we'll see some breaks of sunshine as we head into the afternoon hours. the temperatures will be climbing. during the afternoon there's a chance we'll see some showers. we'll go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when i'm back in 10. let's see if the fog is messing with traffic at all. jessi

. >> i'm vai sikahema. it will get warmer and muggier, at 3:00 in the morning i have the windows down. feels good. let's go to bill henley with the first alert forecast. >> it's a whole lot better than what we had four or five months ago. that is for sure. it's unusually warm for this time of year. we should be in the 50s. the suburbs should be dropping into the 40s first thing in the morning. that is a warm view from the comcast center. 69 degrees at 4:30 in the morning. we had some spotty showers. radar showing a bit of activity moving through lancaster, chester, new castle counties. a few rain drops. dhes chester county. pine creek, newark christiana getting a few sprinkles this morning. those will fizzle. we will get some sunshine breaking through the clouds. warmup, 9:00 73 degrees. near 80 degrees at noon. as we go into the afternoon there is a chance of more showers and possibly thunderstorms today. we'll go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood. that's when i'm back in ten minutes. let's

. >> i'm vai sikahema. it's already in the mids 60s. let's get to meteorologist bill henley with the first alert forecast. are we going to hit 90? >> i don't think so. there's a possibility we'll hit 90. it will be in the upper 80s. hotter than it was yesterday. we topped out at 87 degrees yesterday. right along the jersey shore. the delaware beaches will see temperatures in the 70s. 60s across the board for the entire area. temperatures are still coming down so we could see 50s in interior new jersey from mount holly where it's 61 degrees right now. alan town and pottstown in the middle 60s along with wilmington and trenton, 68 in northeast philadelphia at the airport. getting a warm start. a few scattered clouds at 6:00. by 9:00 look at the temperature climb from 66 at 6:00 to 74 at 9:00 and 82 degrees at lunchtime today. south south werlwesterly winds 5912at 12 miles an hour. jessica boyington has a look at a tuesday morning commute. what's going on out there, jessica? >> bill, would he do have some road closures out in the strawberr

i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. it was a little cool coming into work. let's get to "nbc 10" first alert meteorologist bill henley with the day's forecast. bill? >> good morning, vai. another cool start similar to yesterday except we have clouds starting to move into the area after a brilliantly sunny day yesterday. high clouds over center city. that's a live view from the adventure aquarium. the temperatures 40s and 50s to start with. in the 40s from allentown reading. trenton down to 49 degrees holding at 52 in wilmington. the clouds will be moving through the region. we will get some breaks of su 10:00 this morning, we'll have sunshine. the weekend different story. chance you'll need your umbrella. take a look at that when we come back with the future weather. that's in ten minutes. right now first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington is standing by on a friday morning. good morning, jessica. >> hey, bill. watching a road closure for kelley drive. the stotesbury cup regatta is closing kelley drive. take the schuylkill expressway to get on by the sc

i'm vai sikahema. the man accused of killing philadelphia police sergeant robert wilson will stand trial. the pair appeared in court this morning. >> reporter: an unbelievable show of support. in all the cases i've been covered i've never seen anything like this. they said we're pulling out all the stops to make sure all of us are there. the preliminary hearing was said to take place on the third floor of the courthouse. we heard parts of the testimony. it was not presented and the criminal case will proceed. that will be next step because they have waived their preliminary hearing. this is how the grandmother and sister of officer robert wilson iii were brought to the courthouse. a police escort carried them from west philadelphia to center city. once inside a standing room only crowd including district attorney seth williams. both ramon williams and hipps are charged in the murder. wilson was shot six times. half a dozen witnesses were to testify according to the prosecutor including officer daniel s

i'm vai sikahema. the fire started yesterday afternoon and burned through the night. crews are still trying to get the upper hand on it. the fire is spreading through forest in shamong township. are the firefighters making any progress? >> reporter: they tell us they are. just a short time ago the park rangers told us they're in a patrol and monitor status throughout most of the night. they are taking a break preparing to go back on the front lines. they told us the fire is 75% contained. the new jersey forest fire command is preparing for another day of battling blazes. they watch firefighters pumping water from a lake and dousing hot spots. now that the humidity that made the fire smolder early this morning has burned off smoke is rising again today. drying conditions prevail making it more susceptible for fires. >> when the relative humidity is below 23% you can have cigarette fires. you can have exhaust fires. >> reporter: rangers say they're on top of the situation. they faced foam around historic structures and kept an eye on people camping out. >> we had some p

i'm vai sikahema. we start with breaking news. philadelphia police are holding a news conference on the alleged sexual assault that happened earlier this week in south philadelphia. they just announced a reward in the case. let's just listen in. >> picking him up again was over an hour later. [ inaudible question ] >> absolutely. we're hoping that. >> you think he knows the area well? >> what's part of the question? you have two questions. >> he knew the neighborhood and perhaps -- the point you made earlier there was no forced entry. >> at this time we have not seen or developed any forced entry. it's a possibility it was either an unlocked door or window. we do not know how he entered that residence. do i believe he knows the area very well, absolutely. absolutely. >> why do you think he would take the car, drive around and go back? do you have any idea? >> my personal opinion that's how sadistic and bold he is. he found the opportunity he was able to get in and out of that house without anybody seeing him or hearing him. he too

. >> i'm vai sikahema. >> welcome back vai. a few sprinkles in the area after showers came through overnight. the chance is greater to the north. clouds have broken over cape may. that's a live view from the marquis de lafayette hotel. there's a chance we'll see spotty showers across cape may and the rest of the area. a few sprinkles. you can see them in lower bucks county. very light scattered shower activity. more impressive are the showers to the north and west. streaming towards allentown. the threat of rain is greater in allentown than you will see to the south but i can't rule out a spotty shower even in philadelphia. scattered showers at 8:00. by 11:00 you'll see breaks of sunshine. may be tracking the last few rain drops in the area. 2:00 this afternoon. that's when temperatures will start to climb. in the 70s. hour by hour neighborhood by neighborhood. get a check of traffic on a wednesday morning. jessica boyington in the first alert traffic center. good morning jesse. >> good morning, bill. good morning, everyone. he

i'm vai sikahema. >> and i'm tracy davidson. you're looking at the derailment from skyforce 10. two railcars removed from the track have been trucked away from the crash scene. two more moving out soon. they're going to a facility in wilmington. we have new information from the lawyer of the amtrak engineer who is being investigated. and officials positively identified the fifth of seven victims who died in the crash. >>> and an investigation into what went wrong. nbc10's matt delucia is live at the seen in port richmond. >> reporter: just in the last ten minutes we saw the ntsb investigators arrive back here at the scene. i'm going to step out of the way. just over here we have philadelphia police and emergency workers still out in the distance. at this point, they are making an effort to get those railcars out of the way and get them to wilmington where they will be processed for this investigation. they will be examined quite thoroughly. meanwhile, the ntsb is also looking at the black box of the train. the event recorder. finding out what was going on leading up to the derai

. >> and i'm vai sikahema you saw in that video behind us. let's get the "first alert" forecast from meteorologist bill henley. bill. >> i feel the mugginess in the air. we've seen some air with lots of clouds, low clouds hanging over the city. that's the view of the low clouds from high atop the comcast building in center city. we're watching for activity. we have one lone shower now moving into berks county. a fast-moving shower moving northeast at 25 miles an hour. passing through northern lancaster county right now. a few showers in some spots mainly warm and muggy. 71 degrees in philadelphia. it's warm to start with 63 degrees in mt. pocono. sunshine will break through the clouds. that will lead to a quick warmup 82 degrees at 11:00, we'll see showers and the possibility of more thunderstorms. we'll go through it neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back in ten minutes. right now, let's get a look at traffic, jessica boyington. any problems, jessica? >> we are having problems out in new jersey. every time one clears another one pops

. >> i'm vai sikahema. it's steamy in the studio. let's get to first alert meteorologist bill henley. >> good morning, vai. the temperatures are starting to climb into the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. starting to see some sunshine. a little light fog in the air as you can see from riverton. that is a live view. water is calm. very little wind. that is going to change this afternoon. the wind will help cool things down for tomorrow. today, a different story. temperatures going the other direction. 68 degrees in philadelphia. not as warm as yesterday but very close. we should be in the low 50s this time of year at this hour. it's 70 degrees right now in south philadelphia. northeast philadelphia the airport is at 66. rocks borrow, 65. warm start. big temperature climb as the day goes on. 10:00 readings, 82 degrees. winds at 1:00 86. the temperatures will still be climbing at that hour. neighborhood by neighborhood with the forecast when i come back. let's find out if the sun up is leading to a slowdown. jessica boyington in the first a

. >> i'm vai sikahema. we heard bill say it's going to be in the 90s next week. let's get to bill henley. >> potentially 30 degrees warmer next week. but today, 20 degrees cooler than we were a couple days ago. right now, though we're in the 50s. and the cooler weather will stay with us as rain inches towards us. continue rain falling in western and central pennsylvania. that's going to be in our area later this morning and afternoon. even a chance of rain. it's dry right now, but it's chilly. pottstown, 49 degrees. 50 in pottstown. south philadelphia is right now at 56 degrees along the delaware river trail. a chill in the air that will stay with us right on through the day. grab an umbrella and jacket too. 59 degrees continuing into the afternoon hours keeping the temperature into the upper 50s and 60 degrees. neighborhood-by-neighborhood forecast when i come back in ten minutes. right now, checking in with jessica boyington, "first alert" traffic. no sunglare out there, jessica. >> no sunglare. we're starting to see volume bill. right now, we're watching a dis

. >> i'm vai sikahema. i listened closely to the forecast. i took in the baseball game saw all nine innings. bill was down there. talk about the first alert forecast for today. >> perfect day for a ball game yesterday. today less sunshine. it's the weekend that could see showers and possibly thunderstorms. we're seeing a light breeze blowing. live view from center city at the lowe's hotel. what's on the way for the weekend. left side of the screen moving into northwestern ohio. we have most of the day today to enjoy the dry weather. first showers are likely overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning. so in spite of the clouds that are moving through the area right now as you can see by this live view we will see temperatures climb. 67 at 11:00 with sunshine breaking through the clouds at 2:00. that's when the temperatures will really start to climb. 73 degrees at 2:00 and we could see a few areas in the upper 70s this afternoon. i'll show you where to expect that with the neighborhood by neighborhood forecast in ten minutes. it's a friday mo

. >> i'm vai sikahema. let's get a look at our forecast from bill henley. >> a little bit warmer than yesterday with bright sunshine no sign of any showers for us today. heading out the door right now, cape may, sunshine and temperatures in the 60s. you'll see 70s right on the beach today. just a little bit inland we're heading for the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. 67 now in northeast philadelphia. trenton and mount holly in the low 60s. 63 in wilmington and pottstown. a live view across the delaware. 7:00, 70 degrees. 10:00, 80 degrees. by 1:00 this afternoon, a little bit breezy. southwesterly winds at 14 miles an hour and 84. the numbers will still be climbing. we'll go through neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. right now let's find out how the traffic is moving on a tuesday morning after a holiday. jessica boyington in the first alert traffic center. jessica? >> bill back to work on 95 looking live around the gerrard point bridge. the northbound lanes has a disabled van

good morning, i'm vai sikahema. officials say the death and injuries from this fire likely could have been prevented. nbc 10's jesse gary has been working the story and has new information about possible criminal charges. jesse, what's this all about? >> reporter: well vai, the fire commissioner is focusing his critical gaze on the building that's closest to us. you see it has a commercial property on the first floor, but the building does not have a fire alarm system or smoke detectors as required by law. the commissioner said that failure likely led to the loss of life. fire officials say the flames started around 6:30 this morning. first responders arrived minutes later as some residents were already jumping to safety or scrambling out the door. >> i look out my front window and i see smoke over my head and people yelling there's a fire throw the baby out the window. >> daniel rodriguez escaped with only shorts and sneakers. he ran back inside his apartment to pull out his girlfriend and pet. fire officials say o

. >> i'm vai sikahema. we will live "nbc 10" team coverage helping you prepare for whatever you have in store over the weekend. we start with meteorologist bill henley. all important weekend first alert forecast, bill. >> things looking good this morning, vai. sunshine. bright sunshine expected all day long. 53 in the city. much of the rest of the area is chillier. center city looking nice and clear this morning. live view from the adventure aquarium. that is one of the warm spots but look at the suburbs. 40s for pottstown, trenton and wilmington. now 50 degrees in millville. 55 in cape may. chillier in the mountains. 40 degrees for the pocono mountains. temperatures will climb. up to 67 degrees by 11:00 and into the 70s at 2:00. the wind will really be picking up though. it will be a blustery day. winds at 18 miles an hour. gusts could be as high as 30 miles an hour. go through it neighborhood by neighborhood with the forecast when i'm back in ten minutes and take a sneak peek at the weekend. check in with

. >> i'm vai sikahema. i got up and turned off the air conditioner. >> opened up the windows. >> like it. >> let's get to bill henley with the forecast. >> nice natural air conditioning. you can feel it first thing this morning. the wind is with us. that's a good thing. the dry air rushing into place. the breeze is blowing a atop the air mark building. the winds are at 8 miles an hour in philadelphia. 13-mile-an-hour breeze in dover and the winds will be picking up. we'll be closer to 20 miles an hour as you go into the afternoon. look at the temperature range, 49 right now in mount pocono while it's 70 in cape may. philadelphia right in the upper 50ed and low 60s at this time. clouds and sunshine and then more sunshine with winds out of the northwest at 8:00 to 12 miles an hour. into the 60s at 11:00. near 70 degrees by 2:00 this afternoon. neighborhood by neighborhood will show you what kind of warmup you can expect today. let's check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. what's happenin

i'm vai sikahema just before 10:30 10:30. at the airport. sunshine, clouds, and temperatures will be coming down with potentially some scattered showers this afternoon. >>> thank you, bill. amtrak's northeast corridor is running once again following last week's deadly derailment. skies force skyforce 10 was over the first train to head from philadelphia to new york. mayor michael nutter shook hands with all the passengers before they boarded the train. >>> in about two hours president barack obama will land in philadelphia international airport. from there he will head to the camden county police officers to talk to officers about how they work to form relationships with young community members. come den was recently named a promise zone. it helps high poverty communities to increase economic activity, improve education, and reduce violent crime. a community meeting on crime will be held tonight in darby borough, delaware county. the meeting was scheduled after last week's brought call on camera at 3rd and greenway. shots wer

. >> i'm vai sikahema. less humidity. seems like a repeat of the last few days. high 80s. let's get right to "nbc 10" first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. >> that's right. temperatures still well above the average with 77 degrees. close to 90 degrees once again today. we do have big changes on the way as we head into the end be of your weekend and definitely into monday. there's a live look as the sun continues to rise. breezy conditions. you can see the flags blowing. temperatures for philadelphia 66. wind speeds out of the east northeast at 7 miles per hour. temperatures show we're at 59 and pottstown 60. reading, 59 degrees. 63 in washington township. 59 in mount holly. right along the shore still in the 60s. 63 in avalon. mild start to the day. lewis at 66 degrees. we are watching a few scattered showers move into parts of dover and the central parts of delaware. you'll notice that they were thunderstorms but they're losing speed as they continue to track slowly to the east at 10 miles per hour. today our temperatures will range between 85 and 88 degrees. mix of s

. >> i'm vai sikahema. >> welcome back vai. a few sprinkles in the area after showers came through overnight. the chance is greater to the north. clouds have broken over cape may. that's a live view from the marquis de lafayette hotel. there's a chance we'll see spotty showers across cape may and the rest of the area. a few sprinkles. you can see them in lower bucks county. very light scattered shower activity. more impressive are the showers to the north and west. streaming towards allentown. the threat of rain is greater in allentown than you will see to the south but i can't rule out a spotty shower even in philadelphia. scattered showers at 8:00. by 11:00 you'll see breaks of

. >>> good morning, i'm vai sikahema. t's get our first alert forecast this morning from meteorologist bill henley. hey, bill. >> good morning, vai. we're getting a cool start and there are some clouds moving through the area. they're not going to last all day. we'll get sunshine breaking through this morning into the afternoon. live look at the boat house row. schuylkill will see a lot of activity with the stotesbury in town. we'll see the temperatures climb. 56 degrees in philadelphia. 40s in pottstown, reading, allentown. millville is at 50 degrees. numbers climbing as the sunshine breaks through noontime. 70 degrees. >>> thank you, bill. let's get a check on traffic with jessica boyington. what are you seeing? >> vai, seeing normal typical volume. like a friday. 34 minutes on 95 in the southbound lane around state road. to touch on the amtrak derailment suspended from philadelphia into new york city still, we're dealing with modified service between washington and philadelphia. another check on mass transit. new jersey

. >> i'm vai sikahema. it's not always the heat it's the humidity especially for hair day. >> so far so good. >> meteorologist bill henley with the forecast. >> tracy, your hair looks great. it does. always does. >> oh, bill, wait until tomorrow when the humidity climbs. >> vai, you'll have a problem tomorrow. >> call in sick tomorrow. >> won't be too bad --

. >> i'm vai sikahema. we expect the heat will be here because it's late spring early summer. let's get to meteorologist bill henley. >> hey, vai. another nice spring day. really comfort to be tad. that's a nice clear view from center city. seeing sunshine for today but

i'm live in the digital operations center vai sikahema, "nbc 10." >>> new from overnight police in chester say someone fired at least 30 shots at a group of people on west 3rd street. one person hit. they died. no word on the other victims joompt a legacy of giving. >> he co-founded another school along with the victim of the crash. "nbc 10's" katy zachry is live. katy, you spoke with the students about the impact louis katz is having on them. >> reporter: i did. they're going to plant a butterfly garden at the school in honor of its two founders. louis katz is the co-founder of katz delsey school. this year marks one year where he and his co-founder were on a plane that crashed outside of boston. in honor of them they've chosen a plant that attracts butterflies and will plant them outside the school. >> what are some of the things you learn sneer. >> how to read and how to spell. and how to behave. >> my favorite thing that i do in class is what they teach us we're getting smarter and marter. >> louis katz co-owned the philadelphia inquirer. we'll look at contributions he made. reporting

. >> i'm vai sikahema. i listened closely to the forecast.ook in the baseball game saw all nine innings. bill was down there. talk about the first alert forecast for today. >> perfect day for a ball game yesterday. today less sunshine. it's the weekend that could see showers and possibly thunderstorms. we're seeing a light breeze blowing. live view from center city at the lowe's hotel. what's on the way for the weekend. left side of the screen moving into northwestern ohio. we have most of the day today to enjoy the dry weather. first showers are likely overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning. so in spite of the clouds that are moving through the area right no

. >> am' vai sikahema. it is warm and muggy. get right to "nbc 10" first alert meteorologist, bill henley. >> good morning, vai. welcome to miami. >> right. >> philadelphia should be in the 50s. we're close to 70 degrees right now. look at south philadelphia. the ballpark has clouds overhead. low cloudiness and humidity. there is fog at cape may and 61 degrees. meantime, 71. the normal high temperature is 72 degrees. we're close to that this morning. fog thickest at the shore. down to quarter mile visibility in wildwood. while it's low cloudiness over the city and temperatures starting off warm but going even warmer. breaks of sunshine at 11:00. going into the afternoon, spotty showers along with the warmup back into the 80s today mp go through it neighborhood by neighborhood when i'm back. now first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> good morning, bill. starting things off on the schuylkill expressway where we still don't have any problems. approaching

i'm vai sikahema. >> and i'm tracy davidson. you're looking at the derailment from skyforce 10. two railcars removed from the track have been trucked away from the crash scene. two more moving out soon. they're going to a facility in wilmington. we have new information from the lawyer of the amtrak engineer who is being investigated. and officials positively identified the fifth of seven victims who died in the crash. >>> and an investigation into what went wrong. nbc10's matt delucia is live at the seen in port richmond. >> reporter: just in the last ten minutes we saw

. >> and i'm vai sikahema you saw in that video behind us. get the "first alert" forecast from meteorologist bill henley. bill. >> i feel the mugginess in the air. we've seen some air with lots of clouds, low clouds hanging over the city. that's the view of the low clouds from high atop the comcast building in center city. we're watching for activity. we have one lone shower now moving into berks county. a fast-moving shower moving northeast at 25 miles an hour. passing through northern lancaster county

. >>> good morning, i'm vai sikahema. just before 7:30.teorologist bill henley in what could possibly be the warmest day of the year. >> possibly the first 90 of the year. temperatures are starting to climb. sunny view from center city where it is now 67 degrees. northeast philadelphia is up to 69. it's still in the lower 60s for parts of the area. currently in doylestown wrightstown, 63 degrees. 65 degrees in roxboro. south philadelphia is up to 70 along the delaware river trail. stand by for a sunny, hot day today with temperatures up to 86 by 3:00 this afternoon. >>> thank you, bill. early morning fire destroyed three vacant homes in the strawberry mansion center of the city. fire broke out around 4:00 at 29th and diamond streets. the commissioner tells us the building was boarded up which forced the firefighters to break through those boards. it took them an hour to get things under control. no one was hurt. the cause is still under investigation. the fire was impacting traffic of course in the area. jessica boyington has the details o

. >> i'm vai sikahema. it is a little bit muggy out there and humid. >> summer like this morning.peratures over the weekend in the 80s. more clouds. plenty of humidity. a possibility of showers. right now we see the clouds from the view of cape may. the radar shows what rainfall we've had has been light and scattered. a few scattered showers in delaware county and new castle county in delaware. light showers also in salem county just moving through salem and into the upper deerfield area in cumberland county. not much rain to start w. a better chance we'll see storms popping up this afternoon. 71 degrees in philadelphia. we should be in the 70s in philadelphia for high temperatures. not at this hour. it's going to be back in the 80s this afternoon with that heatup will come the chance of some scattered showers, possibly even a thunderstorm today. 80 degrees with an easterly wind at 9 miles an hour at 1:00 this afternoon. we'll go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood. let's check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. good morning, jessica. >> good mor

"nbc 10's" vai sikahema will be joining us with a closer look at the significant can't significance of brady's 4 game suspension. >>> a robber smashed this window and grabbed the register. it happened around 2:00 this morning. police have found the suspect and took him into custody. right now they're waiting on a warrant to search the suspect's home trying to find that stolen cash register. >>> new this morning, police have given us photos of a suspected shop lifter who attacked a grocery store worker. this guy was trying to make off with a cart filled of $900 worth of stuff at the acme. when the employee tried to stop him. he attacked the worker. the man in the second photo was also involved. if you recognize either suspect call the police. >>> happening today in atlantic county. the man accused of faking his death in a boating accident is scheduled to make his first court appearance. andrew vittle disappeared after crashing a pontoon boat. you see ted greenberg asking him questions. investigators say that he fled to avoid prosecution on fraud charges. last month a grand jury handed u

nbc10's vai sikahema is with what we learned. >> we have learned that griffith was an employee of medgar evers college in new york city. 42 years old and the dean of student affairs and enrollment management at medgars evers college. he served in new york preparatory transitional high school. now, just a month ago, he received a doctorate of philosophy in urban education. now medgar evers college issued this statement saying that he was a pillar in his community. and went on to say that griffith say champion for the downtrodden and he encouraged students to pursue education with vigor. now, we also know about four of the other victims now. they were a midshipman an associated press software architect, a ceo and a businessman. the family of rachel jacobs confirmed she was among those killed. he was the ceo of an educational software company and a mother of a fod letter. jim gaines was on his way home from a meeting in washington, d.c. he was killed as was wells fargo executive abid gilani. and justin zemser a second-year naval academy midshipman was on the train. he was headed home to new

. >>> good morning, i'm vai sikahema. just before 7:30. nsiderably cooler today than it was yesterday. let's get our first alert forecast from meteorologist bill henley. good morning, bill. >> good morning, vai. humidity is way down. much cooler start. the wind blowing through the area bringing in the dry air. also pushing a few scattered clouds through the area but no sign of any showers today. 61 degrees right now in philadelphia. most of the area for wilmington trenton, pottstown, northeast philadelphia mount holly still in the 50s at this hour. not for long. we'll see the temperatures climb to 65 by lunchtime today. >>> thank you, bill. let's get a check on traffic with jessica boyington. how's it looking out there? >> vai, we're watching a few things, one out in westchester on 202, southbound side on high street. monitoring the disabled tractor-trailer that drove off into the bushes. earlier police activity cleared out of the way. small good news there. as we head out to the vine street expressway trying to toaw tow away a vehicle. maj

. >> i'm vai sikahema.we will live "nbc 10" team coverage helping you prepare for whatever you have in store over the weekend. we start with meteorologist bill henley. all important weekend first alert forecast, bill. >> things looking good this morning, vai. sunshine. bright sunshine expected all day long. 53 in the city. much of the rest of the area is chillier. center city looking nice and clear this morning. live view f

. >> i'm vai sikahema.ot up and turned off the air conditioner. >> opened up the windows. >> like it. >> let's get to bill henley with the forecast. >> nice natural air conditioning. you can feel it first thing this morning. the wind is with us. that's a good thing. the dry air rushing into place. the breeze is blowing a atop the air mark building. the winds are at 8 miles an hour in philadelphia. 13-mile-an-hour breeze in dover and the winds will be

. >> i'm vai sikahema. we heard bill say it's going to be in the 90s next week.et to bill henley. >> potentially 30 degrees warmer next week. but today, 20 degrees cooler than we were a couple days ago. right now, though we're in the 50s. and the cooler weather will stay with us as rain inches towards us. continue rain falling in western and central pennsylvania. that's going to be in our area later this morning and afternoon. even a chance of rain. it's dry right now, but it's chilly. pottstown, 49 degrees. 50 in pottstown. south philadelphia is right now at 56 degrees along the delaware river trail. a chill in the air that will stay with us right on through the day. grab an umbrella and jacket