nbc's vai sikahema has more in the digital operations center. vai, we're talking about planes and phones here right? >> reporter: yeah, chris. we're learning more about the fbi's sky spies program. it uses ordinary planes for surveillance surveillance. can lock in on your cell phone. the associated press had an investigation when they found the fbi controls a fleet of possible bloi more than 100 planes with video cameras. they have cell phone towers on the planes that can force the phones to respond back. they use fake companies on the planes. that's to protect pilots and the secrecy of their operations. the bureau says the surveillance is done legally. mean while, the new freedom act is expected to take effect in a couple of days with a few days to go here. the president put his signature on the bill late last night. it's a replacement for the patriot act that expired on sunday. this allows the government to resume collecting phone records. the difference is the phone companies will largely be responsible for collecting that data, not the govern

"nbc 10's" vai sikahema is live in our digital operations center. vai, information is still coming in but what do we know? >> reporter: tracy good morning. this is according to nbc news sources say that hacking of u.s. computer files could have put at risk the personnel files of up to 4 million former and current former federal agents and employees. the stolen data includes names and also birthdays and social security numbers. the fbi is investigating. in the past cyber attacks from china have come from this army building in shanghai. officials say the hackers went after records in the office of personnel management. that's the agency that screens and hires federal workers and does security clearances for 90% of the government. officials tell nbc news that the data breech could potentially affect every federal agency. u.s. officials tell us that they don't think cia covers have been blown. meanwhile, the chinese embassy has not responded to any calls about the hacking. live in the digital operations center, i'm vai sikahema, "nbc 10 news." >>> it is

. >> i'm vai sikahema. our weather team has issued a first alert today. an explanation. bill? >> vai, the temperatures will be building, even faster than what we saw yesterday. we were in the low 90s for

i'm vai sikahema "nbc 10." >>> vai, 5:36. julio ig glas see he is -- i'm sorry, enrique iglesias injured on stage. find out what happened when he tried to grab a drone that was part of his performance. >>> this is a live picture from cape may and the marquis de lafayette is one of the areas that hasn't seen much rain but you're going to get your share later today, tonight, tomorrow. we'll time it out for you hour by hour coming up. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. >> well, parts of the area got heavy rain and thunderstorms last night, some this morning. more will come this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow that's why we have the first alert out through tomorrow for showers and storms causing some localized flooding. there's a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. we're also getting some fog developing. the clouds have been getting lower and lower in the sky. 70 degrees and raining in philadelphia. the wind out of the south at 9 miles an hour. and it's pretty cool up to th

good morning, i'm rosemary connors. >> i'm vai sikahema.ome folks will get rained on and others won't. we're interested to find out who gets it who doesn't. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast. >> nobody is getting it this morning. it's this afternoon that we'll likely see showers and thunderstorms pop up. cape may will stay clear of the storms during the day. we'll see sunshine and it will be into the low 80s for beach avenue where it's completely quiet and dry this morning. temperatures have been cooling down. right now, 69 degrees in

i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracy davidson. the humidity is way down. let's get details from meteorologist bill henley. >> you can feel it as soon as you step out the door. the humidity is down. the temperatures are coming down, too, with clear skies. we're still cooling at this hour. less than a half hour before sunrise. skies are starting to brighten at cape may. a few wisps of clouds over the ocean this morning. 70s for this afternoon for cape may. we're in the 70s for philadelphia. 66 in atlantic city, roxborough is 68 degrees. south philadelphia at fifth and wartman, 73 degrees right now. sunshine, nice and bright to start with. 71 degrees at 7:00. by 10:00, 70 76 degrees with a northeasterly winds at 11 miles an hour. a few high clouds for the more easterly winds at 1:00. no sign of showers for our area

i'm rosemary connors. >> and i'm vai sikahema. it will be a warm start. we'll start out cool to begin the workweek. let's begin with meteorologist bill henley with the forecast. >> we're on track for the nicest day of the week today. sunshine will be nice and bright. this morning, a little bit of a breeze blowing. not too strong. dry air has moved into the area. it's a nice cool start this morning. we're in the 50s and 60s right now. currently it is 64 in philadelphia. a little bit cooler in trenton and millville, 50s for coatesville, pottstown and doylestown and low 60s in roxborough. northeast philadelphia airport 64 degrees. sunshine and temperatures climbi

vai sikahema is live with the report. vai. >> reporter: 95% failure rate is not good enough at check points. yesterday they ordered an overhaul of airport security procedures officer training and also screening equipment testing. so you're going to see more of that. an internal review found undercover agents were able to get mock weapons and explosives past tsa check points. tsa officers failed to detect 67 out of 70 attempts however, former tsa chief john pistole calls the secret agents super terrorists. they knew the tsa's weaknesses coming in. >> plus they could construct devices in the lab. they're not out in a desert in yemen or syria or someplace like that. >> the homeland security chief says he takes the findings very very seriously. tsa agents screened a record number of passengers and they seized a record number of prohibited items. i'm live in the digital operations center vai sikahema "nbc 10." >>> today federal safety regulators and amtrak officials face questions at a congressional hearing on capitol hill. law

i'm rosemary connors. >> i'm vai sikahema. yes, the storm may come but let's just really enjoy today. it's going to be pleasant out there. let's get to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast. >> feels nice right now. the the humidity has dropped. a cooler start, 50s and 60s right now. we're getting ready to see some sunshine. there's a nice clear view looking across the delaware center city this morning. that's where the temperatures are in the 60s. 64 at philadelphia international. cape may 70 degrees. the rest of the area is cooler. look at the 50s from millville, pottstown, the pocono mountains. pleasant morning, just a few scattered clouds. no sign of any wet weather. grab the sunglasses if you're heading out the door. plan on a warm afternoon but not hot by any means. 70 degrees at 10:00. by 1:00 we'll be in the middle 70s and still climbing at that hour. we'll go through it neighborhood by neighborhood. right now, let's get a traffic check. first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington has a look at a m

i'm rosemary connors. >> i'm vai sikahema.njoy today. it's going to be pleasant out there. let's get to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast. >> feels nice right

good morning, welcome to "nbc 10 news today" i'm vai sikahema. >> and i'm tracy davidson. still cool outside. let's get details with meteorologist brittney shipp. >>> that's right. cool and cloudy, but things are going to improve. we have a great looking seven-day forecast including a nice weekend. a live look out, the clouds depend where is you are, a few areas see rainfall mainly confined to new castle county. we have a weather disturbance to the south bringing us showers. as we head through the rest of today, not too crazy like we saw earlier in the week. 56 in trenton, 56 in wrightstown, 50 degrees in shenandoah. temperatures this morning, oxford at 57, 58 in avalon. and today, our temperatures will range between 63 and 66 degrees, cloudy and cool with that chance of stray showers and wind speeds shifting out of the northeast at 10 miles per hour. that's giving us cooler and drier air. i am tracking warmer weather heading into the weekend. i'll get the details in the full forecast. for now, we'll check in with nbc10 "first alert" reporter katy zachry. >> good morning,

i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracy davidson. let's check out the weather with bill henley. >> it's difficult to hold an umbrella and texting at the same time. showers steady in south jersey especially. heavier rainfall move through cape may. that heavy rain has moved offshore but still coming down in philadelphia delaware and south jersey. those theit's not an all day rainfall. morning rain will taper off. by 9:00 scattered showers. 68 degrees. we may be dry for most of the area at noon. still a chance of a shower later today. we will go through it hour-by-hour coming up. right now, let's see how the roads are doing with the rain coming down. jessica is not texting right now. >> i'm on my phone. every once in a while, i think i bring my phone with me and that would be bad because we wouldn't be able to get to the next map. 29, doing okay with the rain. the drive times as you can see are doing okay. rest of our drive times still okay. no problems on 95 or the schuylkill. just dealing with ponding on the shoulders. out in philadel

. >> i'm vai sikahema. you saw in that shot behind us the sun just coming up. it will be a picture perfect day. >> vai two minutes away from sunrise. we'll see a lot of it today. we will not get a repeat of the storms that rolled through yesterday. mainly sunshine it's already much more comfortable. the dry air moved in. so there's nothing to show you today on the radar screen but tomorrow it's a different story. umbrellas will be going back up. today that northwesterly wind is really working its magic. the humidity way down 71 at 7:00. we'll be really comfortable at 10:00 and low 80s at 1:00 this afternoon with scattered high clouds and an easterly wind at 9 miles an hour. back with the forecast in ten minutes but right now jessica boyington is in the first alert traffic center. jessica? >> we're starting to see a little bit of volume pick up on the schuylkill expressway around girard avenue. the drive times are doing okay. if you are headed eastbound, the headlights are headed eastbound toward the center city area 11 minutes or 12 minutes eastbound or westboun

. >> i'm vai sikahema. i was a little surprised when i walked out at 3:00 a.m. how warm it was. i think it's cooling down a little bit. let's get more details from our meteorologist bill henley with the first alert forecast. >> the temperatures are falling as drier air starts moving into thebarea. the humidity and the heat were on the high side yesterday. it won't be as humid today. it will still be a warm day at the shore for beachgoers. it will be in the 80s this afternoon. right now it is in the 70s and falling. currently at philadelphia international at 77 most of the areas are running cooler 74 in trenton, wilmington is 73 and 71 right now in pottstown and allentown. we're starting off in the 70s but a quick warmup with sunshine, 78 degrees at 9:00 and 84 degrees at lunch time today. your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. right now, let's get a check of traffic. should be quiet on the roads at this hour. jessica boyington is watching things. >> 422 around trooper road you can see pretty much empty out there. but eastbound right over here t

i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracy davidson. it is 5:00 a.m. let's begin with meteorologist brittney shipp. >> good morning. temperatures warming back into the low 70s today. slowly inching towards our average, which is 80 degrees for this time of year. eventually we'll get there. 52 degrees in pen net square. 54 degrees in pottstown. 50s in pottstown. 57 degrees in beach haven and 56 in woodbine. take a look at the scattered showers that are still moving through our area. we should be done with those as we get closer to your afternoon. temperatures will also push into the low 70s and tomorrow we are going to head into the 80s. a nice day on tap. temperatures will range between 71 and 74 degrees. mostly cloudy skies. mild with just a few stray showers for your morning hours and then improving conditions heading into the afternoon. i'm tracking exactly what you can expect for the weekend from the shores to the poconos. that's coming up in my full forecast. for now we'll check in with "nbc 10" first alert traffic reporter katy zachry. >> most of

vai sikahema has the latest. >> reporter: we have gotten messages from our nbc10 news crews at the scene of the search. they say police are heavily focused on an area three miles from a manhole cover where the two men escaped in new york. they are stopping cars checking trunks and asking drivers to roll all of their windows down. hundreds of leads. one has led them to the border of have the and new york. overnight, police blocked off a main road in the town of west plattsburg, new york. you're looking at video from overnight. police are telling citizens the road will remain closed through the morning while search teams investigate a lead there. they are also asking neighbors to keep their front porch lights on. yesterday, authorities said it's possible the prisoners may have crossed state lines. police say they have gotten more than 500 tips from the public but so far nothing has turned up. police are still questioning a corrections worker to find out if she had helped the convicts escape with the use of power tools. they hope the dozens of billboards you're seeing in the northeast will

i'm rosemary connors. >> and i'm vai sikahema.'ll give you another live look from skyforce 10 at the damage in greenwich township. as i mentioned in the last few minutes we found out from a peco spokesperson that the power won't come back on for a lot of people until friday. meanwhile, live first alert team coverage across the region of the mess that's been left hen. we begin with nbc 10's katy zachry live at the patco station in haddonfield and the impact on the morning commute. good morning, katy. >> reporter: good morning, vai. this is a major disruption to tens of thousands of people. take a look behind me. many of them are showing up here at the patco station in haddonfield, thinking they're

i have to say in full disclosure, i do not drink coffee neither does vai sikahema.e're curious to hear what this declining coffee drinking is all about. >> you are morning news people and you don't drink coffee. >> we are, surprisingly. >> i don't know how you do it. i'm on cup two already. americans are spending more money than ever on coffee. for the first time in six years coffee consumption is expected to drop this year due partly to the rise of single serve machines such as keurigs k-cups. they only brew what they plan to drink verse is a whole pot of coffee. >> we hope the rest of the country would latch on to our all natural, low coffee diet. thank you, landon dowdy. thanks for being with us this morning. >>> now to nbc 10 first alert weather. >> rosemary you're on your own. i'm on number three already. it's turning less humid and we're minutes away from sunrise. live view of center city from the adventure aquarium. jessica boyington is in the first alert traffic center. what's it going out there, jessica? >> we're looking live right now on 78 in the lehigh v

. >> i'm vai sikahema. you can probably tell by my hair it's been humid. i think the humidity is droing down a little bit. let's get to meteorologist bill henley. >> that's one of the first things i check in the morning. it will be dropping during the day. another hot one. two minutes away from sunrise this morning. philadelphia will see lots of sunshine. after starting off in the 70s, it will be a quick warmup. there are cooler readings this morning. 60s in the pocono mountains where the sun is up now 63 there, 69 in pottstown and allentown. 70s across delaware and south jersey. dover at 76 degrees, same reading at philadelphia international. look at the temperatures as they go through the day. a little bit cooler at 7:00 then up to 80 at 10:00 and middle 80s at 1:00. still climbing at that hour. we'll see nothing but sunshine during the day today. your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. right now let's get a check of traffic. first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington standing by. >> bill, we're keeping our eye out fo

. >> i'm vai sikahema. >>> let's get to bill henley with the first alert forecast. is this moving through or steady throughout the day? >> we have seen the steady rainfall this morning but it's just to start with. as the morning progresses these showers will taper off and then it's just going to be scattered rainfall during the day. this is how it looks at center city. that's a live view from broad and vine where the rain has been steady and the radar confirms that. the radar view of broad and vine shows steady light rainfall and mostly what we are looking at right now. just a few spots where it's coming down steadier and moving into burlington county. nothing heavy this morning. to on west you can see some breaks in this rainfall and that is what we are going to see as the afternoon progresses. a rainy start. you'll need your umbrella if you're heading out the door right now. certainly not an all-day rainfall. the good news. 68 at 7:00. 10:00, 68 degrees. so the temperature is going nowhere to start with.

. >> i'm vai sikahema. bill henley has his first alert forecast. >> only the steady rainfall for first thing this morning. after we patch of rain, then scattered showers during the day. streets are damp there at vine and broad. the rainy has been steady in center city and much of the rest of the area as well. the radar view of broad and vine there. not alone, though, when it comes to wet weather. it's across delaware and south jersey. the steadier rainfall has tapered off to harrisburg to our rest. steady rain will ease throughout the morning and clouds will break for sunshine but not a lot of sunshine. cloudy and rainy start. 68 at 6:00. 9:00 a.m. at 69 degrees and scattered showers as we head into the early afternoon hours. by then we will see more sunshine and 70 degrees and climbing but not much warmer this afternoon. then what we are going to see later during the mid afternoon hours. we will go through it hour-by-hour when i come back in ten minutes. right now, let's check in with jessica boyington. wh

i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracy davidson. it is 5:00 a.m.

vai sikahema is live in the digital operations center. vai, today flags will remain at half staff for the state's native son. tell us more. >> reporter: the outpouring of support for the bidens as well as the citizens of the first state is a testament to how popular beau biden was not only in his home state and in washington, d.c. where his father serves as vice president. beau died saturday at the age of 46 after a two-year long battle with brain cancer. biden served two terms as attorney general in delaware. he once planned to run as governor. he was a popular politician and decorated iraq war veteran. he was a devoted husband and father. >> delaware's a better place because of beau. our country's a better place because of beau and the world is a better place because of beau biden. >> he didn't want to rest on his past laurels. i think that was part of why he didn't run for senate and wanted to run for governor. >> reporter: it's clear had he run for either of those positions it is likely he would have won. beau biden was hospitalized ea

"nbc 10's" vai sikahema is live in the digital operations center with a look at beau's life. what strikes me after hearing so many people talk about beau, yes, he was this, did he this and this and that. everyone says he was a really good person a regular guy. >> reporter: that's what he hear from everybody who knew beau. the bide dense are to delaware what the ken disare to the state of massachusetts. everybody in the state loved beau biden. his legacy will live on from his work as attorney general of the state of delaware. he went after people that ripped off people and people who hurt children. he went to church with his family every sunday. >> in politics things can go but enemies accumulate. that might be true for his dad and me but not true for beau. people reveered him. >> he was the most popular elected official. he was so down to earth and decent and genuine. he was so good to everybody. he was respectful to everybody. >> reporter: that is why his family said in a statement he is simply the finest man. he died on saturday 46 years of age. funeral arrangements have no

. >> and i'm vai sikahema. it is a little bit warmer. it will get warmer and i guess we'll get spotty rain here in philadelphia. you can see the sun coming up behind us. let's get right to bill henley with his first alert forecast this morning. >> we're starting to see clouds move through the area to start with. they're not going to be here all day. it will be in the 80s this afternoon, low 80s yesterday. there's a mostly cloudy view now. those clouds arriving in just the last few hours. with these first clouds no sign of wet weather. they're helping to keep temperatures warmer this morning. it's 65 in northeast philadelphia. wilmington is 69 degrees and 62 in trenton. the temperatures turn around as the clouds thin out as the day goes on. that's a mostly cloudy view from the comcast center. cloudy skies and 70 degrees at 7:00. clouds around at 10:00. at 1:00, the warmup into the middle 80s. still climbing at that hour. we'll be watching that for shower and thunderstorm development, especially farther to the north and west with the lehig

. >> i'm vai sikahema. i don't think we care that it's short lived. we'll have a nice day today. >> we'll take it. >> let's get right to nbc 10 first alert meteorologist bill henley. good morning, bill. >> we have a drier air mass coming in to play. that's keeping things feeling so much more comfortable today. right now it's in the 60s at the shore. that's a live view from cape may. cape may will see sunshine and warm into the upper 70s this afternoon. inland, we're headed for the 80s. 70 degrees at 6:00. by 9:00, sunshine and 75. the humidity stays low. see the winds out of the northeast at 9 miles an hour. and then by noontime we'll be up to 80 degrees with an east/northeasterly wind. that wind shift will bring in a few high clouds but no sign of any rain. not today. that changes for tomorrow. your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i come back in ten minutes. right now let's check in with jessica boyington, find out if anything is happening on the roads at this hour. >> bill it's quiet so far for the morning. we're dealing with ongoing cons

i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm rosemary connors.king about a week ago when we had that major storm rip through the area. i'm sure a lot of folks have been glad to keep the rain away. we know it's coming back. let's get the details from meteorologist bill henley. >> this morning we're seeing some scattered clouds in the area, no showers just yet. those will wait mostly for this afternoon. you're starting to see a little bit of daylight as the sun is getting closer to sunri3##8r time about half an hour away from that. clouds illuminated in the pocono mountains. that's the view from the french manor. we're watching for showers, none in the immediate philadelphia area. in the pocono mountains, those clouds are producing light, scattered showers. heavy downpours are a possibility this afternoon. right now, 68 degrees in philadelphia. we're heading to the 80s this afternoon. jessica boyington is standing by with a look at your traffic this mo

. >> and i'm vai sikahema. it will be a warm start. we'll start out cool to begin the workweek. let's begin with meteorologist bill henley with the forecast. >> we're on track for the nicest day of the week today. sunshine will be nice and bright. this morning, a little bit of a breeze blowing. not too strong. dry air has moved into the area. it's a nice cool start this morning. we're in the 50s and 60s right now. currently it is 64 in philadelphia. a little bit cooler in trenton and millville, 50s for coatesville, pottstown and doylestown and low 60s in roxborough. northeast philadelphia airport 64 degrees. sunshine and temperatures climbing upper 60s by 9:00. 75 and really comfortable at noontime as the humidity stays low. your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. right now let's check in with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> we're watching the xxschuylkill expressway right now around south street. these are the eastbound lanes right here, westbound doing okay as well. let's take a look at the drive times in and out of th

. >> i'm vai sikahema. i walked into the studio about an hour ago and you asked can you feel the humidity? no, i can't. i know for my wife the women feel it before anybody else does. >> we feel it. >> let's get right to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast. do you feel it, bill? >> step outside, vai, you'll feel it. it is muggier this morning. the real steamyiness will be here later this afternoon as the temperatures climb into the 90s. even at the shore we're looking at readings in the 90s. a first alert weather day, the heat wave with record temperatures this afternoon. we're likely to see storms develop this afternoon with damaging winds and possibly even tornado activity. your hour-by-hour forecast, 76 at 7:00. by 10:00, 84 degrees and at 1:00, 92. that's hotter than it got all day yesterday. the temperatures will still be climbing at that hour. your neighborhood-by-neighborhood forecast when i come back in ten minutes. >>> nbc 10's katy zachry is live in center city. how are you doin

. >> and i'm vai sikahema. i think we have to put up with another day of this rain and then we'll be all right. nbc10's brittney shipp with the forecast. >> that's right. first we have this and then as we mentioned the temperatures move up nicely. not today we stay cloudy and chilly. you see the isolated showers moving through new castle county tracking to the north to the south of pus as we head into the morning hours, you'll notice more showers moving into the area. temperature, mainly in the 50s this morning. 50 degrees in the peek noes. 58 in atlantic city 59 in dover and 58 degrees in millville. as we head into the rest of today, our temperatures will range between 63 and 66 degrees. cloudy and school with that chance of showers, heading into the morning hours. and then once again heading into the evening. i'll be tracking your weekend forecast in about seven minutes but for now, let's check in with "first alert" traffic reporter katy zachry. >> good morning, brittney and good morning at home. if you're tr

. >> i'm vai sikahema. before more rain comes for the weekend, i think we're get clearance later this afternoon. let's get our first alert forecast from meteorologist bill henley. >> i like your thinking vai. yes, absolutely. it was a cool day yesterday but it was a stormy start this morning. the rain has ended in center city. but we're still tracking some heavy showers. the remnants of thunderstorms that are quickly moving towards atlantic city. look at that heavy rainfall just moved out of eastern cumberland county now in atlantic county extreme northern cape may county. atlantic city you're about to see that heavy rainfall move in. it's fast-moving rainfall. i'm not expecting any flooding. look how quickly it's clearing out. you can see to the west, it's drying out for salem county. that's one of the spots that got hit with the thunderstorms first thing this morning. 71 degrees a few scattered showers at 6:00. most of the area will be dry at that time. 76 at 9:00 and into the 80s with some of that clearin

i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm rosemary connors. here are the latest power outage numbers across the region. in pennsylvania, 171,000 peco customers are without power right now. in new jersey, pse&g is reporting 45,000 customers out. ax c electric says more than 159,000 customers are in the dark. and that number has actually gone up in the past half hour. so of course this is a changing situation. in delaware 14,000 delmarva customers in new castle county are without electricity. we have live nbc 10's first alert team coverage of the storm damage and the impact on your morning commute will begin with nbc 10's matt delucia live in middletown township delaware county. matt plenty of damage out there, especially when it comes to downed trees. >> a lot of downed trees out here rosemary. we saw plenty of them. we had to turn around quite a few times because roads are blocked as a result. i'll step out of the way and give you a look. this is baltimore pike at valley road. big telltale sign of the damage at this point are the traffic light

i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm rosemary connors.here are the latest power outage numbers across the region. in pennsylvania, 171,000 peco customers are without power right now. in new jersey, pse&g is reporting 45,000 customers out. ax c electric says more than 159,000 customers are in the dark. and that number has actually gone up in the past half hour. so of course this is a changing situation. in delaware 14,000 delmarva customers in new castle county are without electricity. we have live nbc 10's first alert team coverage of the storm damage and the impact on your morning

i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm rosemary connors. thinking about a week ago when we had that major storm rip through the area. i'm sure a lot of folks have been glad to keep the rain away. we know it's coming back. let's get the details from meteorologist bill henley. >> this morning we're seeing some scattered clouds in the area, no showers just yet. those will wait mostly for this afternoon. you're starting to see a little bit of daylight as the sun is getting closer to sunri3##8r time about half an hour away from that. clouds illuminated in the pocono mountains. that's the view from the french manor. we're watching for showers, none in the immediate philadelphia area. in the pocono mountains, those clouds are producing light, scattered showers. heavy downpours are a possibility this afternoon. right now, 68 degrees in philadelphia. we're heading to the 80s this afternoon. jessica boyington is standing by with a look at your traffic this morning from the first alert traffic center. good morning, jessica. >> bill we finally have goo

. >> i'm vai sikahema. our weather team has issued a first alert today. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley for an explanation. bill? >> vai, the temperatures will be building, even faster than what we saw yesterday. we were in the low 90s for yesterday, today, two temperatures in the 90s. the temperatures go hotter this afternoon into the middle 90s, close to the record high of 97. right now, no storms around but that changes this afternoon during the heat of the day. first, the heat wave then the severe storms which could bring damaging winds, even the potential for tornado activity today. nothing going on right now in the radar except in northwestern pennsylvania. you can see the line of storms moving into the area. so the temperatures getting a warm start. right now it's 77 degrees in philadelphia, even trenton, doylestown, millville are all warm in the 70s. roxborough, 75 northeast philadelphia is 78 degrees at this hour. the temperatures come down a little bit more at 6:00 but then come right back up at 9:00. 90 degrees and climbing by lunch

i'm vai sikahema.er update in 25 minutes. always get the latest news and weather with the nbc 10 app. send it back to the "today" show. have a great day. >>> who got the ka zoo out? it's 7:30 on a monday morning, the 22nd of june. it's a polka, natalie. can anybody polka? >> oh yeah. roll out the barrel. >> this is the coolest song. >> you haven't heard of polka rap? >> let's look all the the headlines. the manhunt for two escaped killers from a new york prison is focused on an area 30 miles west of the facility. police set up a command post last night after a man reported a break-in and possible sighting at his hunting cabin. >> it was an emotional scene in charleston. thousands of people showed support for the nine victims of last week's church shooting by forming a unity chain across the city's main bridge. >> a levee breach in southern oklahoma led thomas sieve flooding and washed out roads. the u.s. army corps of engineers is working around the clock to minimize the impact. >> coming up taylor swi

. >> i'm vai sikahema. do you like the rain? >> i like it but we've had a while. >> i like the rain. i like to sleep in the rain. i like the free car wash. let's get to "nbc 10" first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. >> good way to look at it. i like your positivity this morning. >> yes. >> we are going to dry out as you head into the work week. a few showers but not widespread as we've seen. there's a live look outside. a cloudy, dreary start. we are going to see improving conditions over the next couple of days. 50 degrees in pocono 53 in trenton. temperatures in the low 50s in atlantic city. low 50s in wildwood and over the next eight hours expect the temperatures to warm by 11 dlk a.m. into the 60s. 66 degrees by 2:00 p.m. a closer look at the scattered showers near mills borrow milford pushing into cape may. today we'll see temperatures range from 60s to 70. temperatures will be in the mid 60s. if you're closer to our suburbs north and west allen be town closer to 72 degrees. 68 will be the high. chance of showers linger

i'm vai sikahema. just before 9:30.xborough. a nice warmup today. certainly warmer than yesterday's high of 74. upper 80s by 2:00 this afternoon. 86 degrees. >> thank you, bill. >>> to a developing story, a house fire in philadelphia's germantown section is under control, but there's still no indication if a victim is possibly inside this building. nbc 10 on bloyd avenue where crews battled flames for several hours this morning. firefighters tried but could not enter the home because it is boarded up from the inside. one official called it the worst case of hoarding that he's ever seen. we're told the house may have to be torn down just to see if there's anyone inside. >>> and the philadelphia delegation for the world meeting of families will leave for rome sunday afternoon. mayor nutter archbishop shahwill iron out details for the event and the visit in september. count on coverage of the trip nbc 10's chris cato will head to rome ahead of the delegation and will leave from philadelphia later today. he'll have reports

i'm vai sikahema. being questioned in the daring escape that freed two killers from a new york state prison. investigators are reportedly focused on one female worker at the prison. convicted purdue rers richard matt and david sweat apparently useded power tools to break out four days ago from a maximum security facility near the canadian border. law enforcement sources tell our nbc affiliate the fugitives may be in the area because the get away driver never showed up. a study of over 5 million children in five countries finds higherer autism rates in children with olderer parents, teen moms and those whose parents have a large age gap. autism rates were 20% higher in children born to dads over 40 than those born to the dad this is their 20s. children born to moms in their 40s or teen moms were more likely to be autistic than to mop it is in their 20s. vetcher found a higherer risk of autism when there was a ten or more year age gap between parents. >>> advisers to the fda will meet to consider a the n

>> i'm vai sikahema. it is expected to be an absolute gorgeous day heading into the weekend. let's git right to first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. don't disappoint. >> i'm not going to disappoint you. the weekend forecast is even better than today. low 70s. cloudy areas seeing light rainfall rainfall. in the afternoon a mix of clouds and temperatures climbing heading into the weekend. currently at 57 degrees in allentown, 56 in trenton, 56 in atlantic city and 57 in wild wood. millville at 56. here's a closer look at the scattered showers. mainly confined near chester and just to the north of west thetford and also moving into morristown at this time. to the northern corner of burlington county. we do expect the rainfall to clear up heading into your late morning hours. by 11:00 a.m. 63 degrees. by 2:00 p.m. 69. today's temperatures will range between 71 and 74 degrees. mostly cloudy skies and just a few a.m. showers but mild conditions expected for us. i am tracking a warming trend as we head into the weekend. i'll let you know what to expect in my full forecast comin

i'm vai sikahema. it is a first alert day because of the heat and the threat to severe thunderstorms. let's get right to nbc 10 first alert meteorologist bill henley. bill, even behind us we can see the philadelphia skyline. it's hazy out there. >> we will see filtered sunshine high clouds and haziness. enough spine to send the temperatures into the 90s by early this afternoon. a first alert weather day this is day three of temperatures in the 90s and it will feel hotter today. near the record high of 97. the heat wave and then storms. storms could turn severe this afternoon and bring damaging winds. right now, 78 degrees. it's a warm start in philadelphia, northeast philadelphia. pottstown, doylestown and wrightstown all in the low 70s to start with. and the temperatures will warm from the 70s and into the 80s and the 90s this afternoon. right along the delaware river trail, you won't find a cooler hour today. the temperature by 8:00 80 degrees. 11:00 this morning, 87 and then we'll be watching for st

i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracy davidson.rning commute, you might experience very wet conditions for your morning commute. drivers in bala cynwyd needed their windshield wipers. let's talk about it with meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. >> we'll get a break, several hours' worth, but the rain will return. the atmosphere is very moist. we have a first alert weather day for not only today but into tomorrow. some heavy showers, even thunderstorms and localized flooding as a result of all of that. we already have a flood advisory for the philadelphia area until 9:00 a.m. it includes philadelphia, lower montgomery county, much of delaware county and parts of new jersey just across the river. then a flash flood watch for all of that area in green covers the whole corridor from trenton down through the philadelphia area through wilmington. that starts at noon and goes till midnight. so even though you see that one main area that's moved through, that's not the end of it. there will be more developing even though northern delaw

. >> i'm vai sikahema. we have to make reference to the beautiful picture behind us. >> enjoy it right? >> it is the last day of june. let's check in with meteorologist bill henley with the first alert forecast. bill? >> we're not seeing the bright sunshine we started with yesterday but we are see something sunshine through the clouds. we are headed for a warmer day. it's dry this morning. the clouds areal roing through without wet weather just yet. the we're watching the pocono mountains, some breaks in lake wallenpaupack. there are showers that have not reached into philadelphia or the lehigh valley yet. you can see them pushing past williamsport and scranton at this hour. chance of storms this afternoon, especially in pennsylvania. a little less likely in delaware and south jersey. clouds 81 degrees at 10:00. partly sunny skies at 1:00 84 we'll be watching for the storm development later today. your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i come back in ten minutes. right now let's see how the traffic

i'm vai sikahema. the group is taking care of some final details. nbc 10's chris cato is also in rome with a look at what they hope to accomplish this week. >> it is a picture-perfect monday here in rome. we are perched atop the hotel where the delegation from philadelphia is staying and we can look directly into vatican city and what a busy week ahead. they have a lot of things on their plate. they arrived at the airport at 8:30 rome time. this is made up of 30 people including city leaders and officials of the archdiocese of philadelphia and ceos of several large local companies that are supporting the world meeting of families and they'll spend the next days in meetings for the global event in september. one of the main themes is keeping the pope safe. philadelphia has had vips before but one never like francis. >> we're good at this but this is another kind of event with a different kind of person. pope francis pretty much requires a significant amount of access to the people that's what he's about and it's our job to make sure that that access

i'm vai sikahema.ing up what's in a name. >> my last name is my identity. just because i got married doesn't mean i change my identity. >> why a record number of women are keeping their maiden names after tying the knot. >>> then summer health safety. from sunburns to bug bites, dr. oz puts our summer health smarts to the test. >>> and sandra on the mic. ♪ i'm a rappin' moving the beat ♪ >> the oscar winner raps for us and talks about doing something she's never done before "today" monday june 29th, 2015. >> >> all the way from alabama. >> good morning, grand babies! >> i'm the next savannah. >>> it is 8:00 now. it is monday the 29th of june. already. 2015. what a pretty day out here on our plaza. we say good morning to everyone. willie, come on down. welcome to them. >> big crowd out here today. >> pretty too, the weather. >>> we have a good hour coming up for you. giada has a creative spin on a popular dip that will be gone in a flash, i can promise you. >>> first let's get the top stories of the mor

i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm rosemary connors.ng to feel a little bit better than it did yesterday. meteorologist bill henley has the details. hey, bill. >> this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon, the kitchen might be the cool spot. it's heading into the 90s for today and tomorrow. a lot steamier tomorrow. this morning there's dry air moving through the pocono mountains. that's a live, sunny view from blue mountain. temperatures in the low 80s in the mountains and that drier air is moving into philadelphia. you'll feel the difference. it will be much less humid today. 71 right now at trenton, 70 degrees in wilmington. look at the mountains, 63 for mt. pocono. the 60s and 70s will warm into the 80s and low 90s. at 8:00 this morning, 76 degrees. 82 at 11:00 and nice and sunny and 88 degrees at 2:00 this afternoon. your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast is just ten minutes away when i come back. let's find out what's going on with the accidents. all sorts of problems this morning. jessica boyington is tracking it with the first al

. >> and i'm vai sikahema. we'll give you another live look from skyforce 10 at the damage in greenwich township. as i mentioned in the last few minutes we found out from a peco spokesperson that the power won't come back on for a lot of people until friday. meanwhile, live first alert team coverage across the region of the mess that's been left hen. we begin with nbc 10's katy zachry live at the patco station in haddonfield and the impact on the morning commute. good morning, katy. >> reporter: good morning, vai. this is a major disruption to tens of thousands of people. take a look behind me. many of them are showing up here at the patco station in haddonfield, thinking they're gng to catch going to catch their normal patco train, only to find out they're not. patco service has been disrupted through the morning commute. hopefully it will be restored after the morning commute. this is causing major disruptions. we shot video over the last 20 minutes of a number of people walk up to the doors and turning aroun

i'm vai sikahema. hard to believe it's in the 70s at 6:00 a.m. on this monday june 15th. >> a muggy start. we've seen showers and thunderstorms. you probably heard them overnight and there are more in store for us during the day. 74 in philadelphia. cape may will see limited sunshine. you can see barely a break in the clouds this morning. that's a live view. that has rain moving through the cape may area into cape may county. we've watched heavy downpours. they've now cleared delaware but they are still coming down strong starting to move offshore. inland we've seen rain in philadelphia. heavier showers are moving through chester county. keep an umbrella handy. clouds, occasional showers and some thunderstorms by 11:00 in spite of cloudy skies, 84 degrees. 88 and possibly up to 90 degrees this afternoon. depends on how much sunshine breaks through those clouds later today and timing of the storms. go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood. let's see how the roads are holding up with wet weather in the area. jessica boyington in the fir

. >> and i'm vai sikahema. i think we have to put up with another day of this rain and then we'll be all right. nbc10's brittney shipp with the forecast. >> that's right. first we have this and then as we mentioned the temperatures move u

. >> i'm vai sikahema. bill henley has his first alert forecast. >> only the steady rainfall for first thing this morning. after we