tomorrow evening for the dad vail regatta. it's closed between strawberry mansion drive and mountain green drive, the roads will be extra congested with as many people getting on there. this is route 70 in cherry hill, new jersey, a quiet scene, good start to your friday. >>> a terrible night for a family of three as masked crooked broke into a home ransacked it and left the older adults and their son bound and robbed. annie mccormick has the details. >> reporter: luckily nobody was hurt, what a terrifying ordeal for the family. they say was around 1:00 a.m. three men with their faces covered barged into the home and one was armed with a weapon. well, take a look at the video. this is video police responding to this shortly after the call came out at 1:00 a.m. it happened in the somerton section in the 14,000 block ofa. they broke into the home and tied up the couple and tied up their son. the intruders left the family of three tied up. the family returned a short time ago and tell "action news" off camera at least one intrude

they're the officials for the dad vail regatta. >> we have to get you around the dad vail regatta becauseill cause traffic tie-ups. nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington has you covered on that end. >> how do you even know that, vai? that's so funny. dad vail regatta, if you're just tuning in, you heard the very end of that. take kelly drive every single day, what am i going to do? it will be closed until tomorrow, so saturday, around 6:00 p.m. not a whole lot of delays, of course, right now. you can see the schuylkill expressway is a great alternate for you. take mlk drive. that won't be closed. there may be more backups because of it. route 422 around 29. looks okay either direction. no problems or delays yet. eastbound drive time from 29 to the schuylkill expressway is only eight minutes and speeds are into the 60s. we're watching construction. this is on bustleton avenue, headed southbound around byberry road. route 38 along cuthbert boulevard, no problems or delays. this is what most of the majors look like in new jersey and pennsylvania. we will update you in case an

dad vail regatta begins at 7:00.ols are in it, over 100 schools from around the country. jim, brooke, you have to get down here today. >> this is awesome. thanks, pat. >> still ahead, incredible honor for a phillies fan. justin? >> jim, honor hard won. northeast philly mom will serve as backdrop to sunday's phillies game. coming up how she earned the chance and at least 100 people will be there cheering her on. >> also ahead in the health watch. you could get stomach pains or feel nauseated after popping a pain reliever containing as seat minute fin. now surprising new side effect to add to the ligament. >> and meisha takes us on dream drive to restaurant that serves something extra on the side. oh, oh,. >> trains. >> good thing, coming up next. thank you. ordering chinese food is a very predictable experience. i order b14. i get b14. no surprises. buying business internet, on the other hand, can be a roller coaster white knuckle thrill ride. you're promised one speed. but do you consistently get it? you do with comc

changes coming up for the weekend, all ahead in the seven day. >> happening today, 78th annual dad vail regatta kicks off. thousands of rowers will compete along the schuylkill. the nation's largest collegiate rat -- regatta. katherine scott is live along kelly drive with more on the big event. the morning will be nice for rogue, katherine. >> reporter: you know, the broad street run was total pouring rain it didn't stop people. come down to the schuylkill, there will be thousands of rowers and family and friends and spectators. it's early, so it's quiet here on the banks of the schuylkill river. it will pick up later. the racing gets underway at 7:00 a.m. the kelly drive is closed and will not be opened up to drivers until 6:00 p.m. tomorrow evening. this is the nation's largest regatta with 100 colleges and universities from the u.s. and canada taking part. the start part is north of park avenue, the finish is up at the columbia bridge. the best spot to watch is the grandstand where the finish line is, people are there cheering. there are parking areas if you bring your car, follow directions

. >>> it happened today, 78 dad vail regatta. we have the call on accuweather and traffic detours for the two day event. >>> speaking of accuweather let's go over to david murphy 5:30 a.m., friday, 13. it's going to be okay. we're walking under any larts or black -- ladders or black cats. >> reporter: remember the year matt set up a ladder in the studio. >>> i'm still here. >> reporter: we have a fair amount of cloud cover building to the west and there are clouds breaking to the east, we'll see sunshine before the thicker clouds overtake us. there's a line of rain coming through in the afternoon. although we can't rule out a blip of precipitation in the morning hours, too. 60 degrees in philadelphia. 61 in wilmington. up to 64 in allentown. 57 in trenton. 58 in millville. not much wind, as you step outside it feels good overall. on the bus stop, mainly cloudy skies an sunny breaks. looks like we'll be dry between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. 61 degrees by 8:00 a.m. as we roll through the afternoon, 1:00 p.m., 70. 3:00 p.m., 72 that i

. >>> the dad vail regatta starts today, rowers have to deal with wet weather on race weekend. accuweather is tracking the latest. >>> let's go outside to david murphy with his eye to the sky, karen rogers is looking at the commute. >> reporter: good morning, everybody we're off to a comfortable start light winds temperatures around 60 degrees. satellite showing you there is a break in the clouds here and there, we might see sunshine. over high shoulder it's getting up over the horizon and starting to mix with the clouds. there's rain to the west that will be an issue for us today. 60 degrees is the current temperature in philadelphia. same thing in wilmington, still 6 approximate in allentown and -- 63 in allentown and reading. with the light winds a light jacket will do you. 1:00 p.m., 70 degrees, 3:00 p.m., that's the high, 72. there's a chance of a pop-up shower or thunderstorm. most of the action will be during the afternoon and should be over in time for the evening plans tonight including the phillies or dinner and a movie. pollen front, we're in the low medium range bec

for the dad vail regatta, a big event happening.ot of people heading to the schuylkill. 53 degrees by 7:00 with the bright, sunny skies. 73 at noontime, but the clouds move in quickly, and then we are expecting to have the showers moving through, possibly even some heavy rain, maybe even an embedded thunderstorm. we'll show you wider here. the front is a very quick-moving cold front. right now it's bringing rain, some heavy, to parts of yow, oht moving in through the afternoon hours. by the afternoon we expect it to push through the delaware valley, that would be after 1:00 today. we can anticipate the clouds moving out in front of this system right here, so look for sunshine to start, but then clouds will quickly thicken through the mid portion of our day, and then the possibility of those early showers coming through, heavier rain behind it, and the potential for some thunderstorms as the system quickly moves west to east later on today. futurecast, we'll put it into motion. this model has us at about 4:00, 4:30 with the system pu

than two hours away from this philadelphia tradition. 78 years, this is the 78th year for the dad vail regatta a long-time philadelphia tradition, expecting 3,300 rowers from 125 colleges and universities along with an estimate e ed 25,000 spectators. races are today and tomorrow. it's the largest collegiate regatta in north america. when it comes to the rain, those rowers have dealt with it before, even recently. you might remember two years ago, the races were delayed for a little while because of the very heavy rain to the point yoç couldn't really see the boats on the water. the folks here are hoping that does not happen again. >> if there's a lightning strike within 25 miles we close down the regatta and wait until we get clearance. we're able to resume and we've never had a regatta we did not finish. the kids are used to rowing right through rain. rain is nothing. there are kids out practicing when it's snowing. rain will not hold back the kids. most of the officials come from a rowing background, so they are a hearty breed. >> a hearty breed indeed. i can say with pretty good certainty

. >>> dad vail regatta day two. live along the schuylkill river for the largest collegiate rowing event in the country. >>> thunder birds take flight. a high-flying air show hits the skies this weekend. we'll tell you where you can get a glimpse of the air force in action. good morning. this is "nbc10 news today." i'm rosemary connors. it's just after 6:00 on this saturday. today the sun will be with us for a little while, but then the wet weather is going to move back in. let's take a live look outside right now. not looking bad over center city, however, we are tracking showers and some spots could see thunderstorms a little bit later on. meteorologist karen thomas is keeping her eye on the conditions where you live. she has our neighborhood weather. good morning. >> good morning, rosemary. good morning, everyone. the sun is up and conditions outside not too bad. bumping in philadelphia. 56 with clear skies. cooler out in the pa burbs. 48 in new jersey, 50 with sunshine. we have a dense fog advisory until 8:00 a.m

rosemary. >>> the dad vail regatta is well under way. the annual event draws thousands to the banks of the schuylkill river for the country's largest collegiate rowing competition. nbc10's randy gyllenhaal is live right there along the schuylkill. randy, the dad vail is wrapping up just a little bit earlier. they've compressed the schedule. tell us about it. >> reporter: it is a race against the weather. as you can see the temple crew team here is getting ready to hit the water. they're about to put their boat in the water. as you mentioned, the storms we're expecting later this afternoon have changed a few things around. the first races got under way at 7:00 a.m. this is, as you mentioned, the largest collegiate rowing competition in the nation. because of that weather threat, organizers moving things up on the schedule. the final varsity 8 championship race, that will begin shortly at about 10:45 this morning, about six hours earlier than anticipated. families from around the country gathering here on the schuylkill river to cheer on t

take a look, dad vail regatta today and tomorrow, kelly drive closed until 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. this event going on, make note of. >> this also fire situation in norristown, i'm have that coming up in about ten minute, jim, over to you. >> coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news", live with last minute preparations for this morning's dad vail regatta. >> plus remarkable rescue. show you how pastor and farmer say this girl after she was kidnapped from school. >> and the pennsylvania teen kicked out of her prom for wearing assault. how she will get the hollywood treatmentment back at the top of the hour. stay with us. >> frightening wake-up call, a family tied up, terrorized by mask intruders, the specific item the thieves were looking in other words they ransacked the home. >> also, say good-bye to the sun and grab your umbrella, because the weekend is getting off to a wet start. >> sorry. katie will let you know which weekend day looks better if you have any weekend plans. >> dad vail regatta. pat gallen goes with a ride with the champions to see the secret to their

romeo one of thousands collegiate rowers who put their oars to water for the 78th an daal dad vail regatta team work that goes into, the fraternal as spec how much brotherhood between you and the guys got me to fall in love with the support film philadelphia hosts the rogue competition the second weekend of may each year. >> it's a big event for philadelphia. it's a jewel in the crown really an right of passage every spring. >> reporter: for coaches, athletes and hundreds of volunteers, the prep work starts much earlier. >> we start working on this will he gat in september and october. we build right up to now. this is huge for us. >> reporter: the event may be free but organizers say it makes a big splash for the city. >> it has quite a bit of economic impact. when you think about all the hotel rooms that are filled and the meals that are consumed. >> reporter: largely due to the crowds that gather to rally around their favorite team. >> go! >> reporter: kathy a long time philadelphia resident came to cheer on her grand nephew dylan. >> heroes for -- rows for the university of delaware. >

the dad vail regatta is here. >> rain this evening, and much cooler temperatures by tomorrow.ho could feel 30's by monday morning? i'll have the details in your eyewitness forecast coming up next. >> best collegiate rowers around the country descend on philadelphia for the dad vail regatta, anita oh, takes us to the banks of the schuylkill river for this year's competition. >> as calmly and consistently as the current sweeps along the schuylkill river, rowers take a similar approach when it comes to their scores. >> keep the nerves calm, can't worry about what's going on. just be focused on your own boat, you can only affect how fast you go. >> temple university, one of the row heres put their ores to water for the dad vail regatta. >> just the amount of teamwork, synchronization, fraternal aspect, how much brotherhood between you and the guys, i think really got me to fall in love with the sport. >> philadelphia hoses the two day rowing competition on the second weekday of may each year. >> big event for philadelphia, a jewel in the crown, really, and it is a right of passage

more than 100 colleges are taking part in the dad vail regatta one of them is temple university.r mens rowing coach brian perkins joins us this morning. thanks for being with us, brian. >> very good. >> what kind of training has come to your athletes. >> this is our culminating regatta a we start working on this regatta in september and october. we build up to now. this is huge for us. >> reporter: you said today, it might rain and weather is kind of, going to be a factor. i understand there are changes to the schedule just announced yesterday. >> they have flipped it upside down. they are moving the varsity premiere events which take place later in the day to the morning just to make sure we get them in. the threat have of weather, i mean, the one thing that trumps the one card that can pull that steps in front of we all want to win is a athlete safety. they will move it in the earlier part of the day. they have to cancel regatta the mens and varsity events will have gone. >> reporter: what kind of conditions have your athletes train in. >> all of the conditions, snow, rain, win

vail regular glad a. they'll be rowing in the rain for the largest collegiate regatta.ollege boathouse as they get ready for the race. tgif, may the 13th, i'm jim donovan. >> any friday is good. >> i'm brooke thomas, katie and meisha are here keeping an eye on things this morning. >> good morning, one accident in camden and some changes to mass transit. i'll have that coming up in a little bit. >> at least for now the rain is not here, little window of time here. i don't think the rain will have any major impact on the morning drive here. looks like mainly later today but for now yes you definitely got little bit of moisture in the air will make it feel steamy outside but go ahead, take a look at really just the general time line here today. today showers, evening clearing, also few rumbled every thunder but nothing severe. saturday, it is one of those days that start off innocently enough, but then eventually we start to see clouds rebuilding and eventually some showers and thunderstorms in some of the storms could turn strong, more on that later in the show but on sun

dad vail regatta rowing on the river both today and tomorrow. we will keep an eye to the sky. make sure you have your fox 29 weather app going down to the dad vail and be ready for the closure of the kelly drive through the rush hours, both today, all the way through tomorrow, and until about 6:00 t is over and all that volleys using the schuylkill in and out of the city. mike and alex, back to you. >> you know somerset section of the city. >> faratake or fairday. >> f-a-r-a. is it faraday. >> faraday, 97 percent of the people living on this block are police officers, but thieves, what three of them broke in the house in the middle of the night. family is asleep, on this street. i don't believe it was a police officer's home, ransack the place and tied them up. >> took the family, tied them up, started asking for money. family said we don't have any money. then the masked guys. >> yes, can we show the street. >> they say maybe we have the wrong home and then they even up leaving. >> so, family, of course, is grateful for that fact but son didn't have any money. the son had $19

. >>> this weekend rowers will hit the schuylkill river for famous dad vail regatta but as the orrs splash through window a issue is growing below that has many concerned for the future of the waterway. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter shows us the underlying problem. >> reporter: rowers on the schuylkill, like drivers on the nearby expressway, now find it is getting more and more crowded raising safety issues. >> both bet house row it vice hard to get in, and out on the water and off the water. >> reporter: it is creating sandbars, and forcing more and more shells into less and less space. the as rowers try to maneuver around each other. >> certainly a traffic jam at boat house row. >> reporter: stringing buoys for dad vail regatta this weekend, veteran organizer al, told me rising soot levels could narrow, eliminate lanes used by competing crews. >> right now, it is a real problem. >> reporter: how bad is it? right here at the edge of the boat docks water is not much deeper than my elbow and out there in the middle of the river where you see that stump, most days it is so shallow y

. >>> and the dad vail regatta gets underway for its final day, hundreds of collegiate rowers get ready to put their boats in the what the they are morning. and we will have a live report, on the secrets to success on the schuylkill river. >>> well, today is saturday may 14th good morning, thanks so much for being with us. i'm rahel solomon. let's check with justin drabick who is celebrating not all bad news this morning. we have sun, little warm. >> not a bad day. warm day. little deceiving. i know there is that person that wakes up and sees the sun, first look at weather, goes out and then boom. >> not listening to you. >> exactly. >> then i will get the complaint. >> no, no, no, overall not a bad start to the weekend this morning. looks great. full sunshine every where, with the exception to the north where we had fog this morning. it is afternoon we will see chance of some showers, maybe a thunderstorm, little will cool will in spots but comfortable, 56 right now at the airport in philadelphia, light breeze out of the southwest at 3 miles an hour but look at that shot in center city

dad vail regatta. love event every year. thousands come out for the annual rowing competition. but, there is a concern. that the event could be in jeopardy. have you heard about this? the schuylkill river, has not been dredged since the year 2,000. sixteen years ago. that means, the river bed is building up with mud and silt and sediment. the army corps every engineers is responsible for doing this drunk g, but they've not had the money needed to do it. now, there is the problem. this is what the schuylkill river look like back in 1934. during the depression. when the city could not afford to dredge due to the great depression. you can see, boathouse row in the background, and all of that mud built up. look how shallow, just trickle. no word right now on whether the schuylkill river will be dredged again. but you got to hurry up and do it. i know i talked to sole college student over on boathouse row, and there is silt and mud building up just off the docks where they are putting the skulls in. >> quin

. >>> dad vail regatta is in the history books. 100 college students rowed on the schuylkill river. trish hartman was there. >> reporter: with every race came cheers from family members and teammates as an entire season of preparation came down to races on the water. >>> hour entire season is dad vail regatta dad vail regatta. >> reporter: it was a beautiful morning with the teams racing on the schuylkill. with storms in the forecast, organizers had to rearranged the schedules. >>> the cream of the racing is the vatterty men and women -- varsity american and women, we are racing them now so they can get a chance to race. team from massachusetts that took open the heavyweight 8 title. in the stand watching, the team that won the same race 25 years ago. >>> to be a part of the team it was incredible. to look at them on the dock it totally comes back. it's fantastic. the women's team from uva, 25 years since they won the dad vail. >>> one from seattle, bay area, california, dallas, denver. >> reporter: this is a big deal 25 years later. >>> oh, yeah. >> reporter: for seniors it is not

dad vail regatta on saturday starting out great. in the afternoon we have the threat of a shower or strong thunderstorm. 76 is the high and drying out quickly in the evening. sunday in philadelphia, breezy and consumer. 59 degrees. i got phillies tickets wile be bringing the season ticketholder blanket we gave he -- me, enough to cover two seats, you can come with me tam if you want. >>> you be careful how you throw around these things. you'll get some calls. you're america's meteorologist. >> reporter: thank, matt. >>> 5:40. the play about a teenager who was gunned down by a watch captain debuts tonight. >>> we have an accident on the schuylkill expressway just happening we see penndot pulling up and backing up on the scene with the tow truck here, details on the accident and another one in bucks county coming up. >>> students down south are packing a different kind of heat and parents are asking, is this a good idea? we'll tell you more when we come right back. >>> 5:44, oh, see that bird, maybe we have a bird on the sky 6 camera,

the annual dad vail regatta is underway. and a local couple will come to your home to serve up a delicious meal for you and your guests and they clean up too. that story is just ahead. >>> now the details, we started off dry but we are tracking rain, accuweather is calling for showers and probably a thunderstorm today. as we look live outside at center city, the skies are telling the story, the rain is

everyone, 6:25 saturday morning, if you're heading out to the dad vail regatta later on, expect sunshinearly probably up to lunchtime, 1:00 p.m., give or take an hour or two, temperatures climbing in the 60s. lunch time, 72. 4:00 p.m., 74. we are expecting heavy thunderstorms to develop. the storm prediction center has this area shaded in green which is most of the delaware and lehigh valleys in the threat for severe weather. there's philadelphia right here. this area will become unstable later on. we have a pretty potent cold front pushing through the great lakes right now. it will yurnt cut the warm -- undercut the warm soupy area that will create the lift and the powerful thunderstorms later on. keep an eye to the sky after 3:00 p.m., when the storms may start to develop. >>> thank you for the update. 6:26. sports, the phillies keep their win streak going this time at home with a new face in the lineup. here's ducis rogers. governing, baseball is a simple game as long as you score more runs than the other guys, you win. the phillies continue to do that anyway you can. tommy joseph cal

the dad vail regatta kicked off at 7 o'clock this morning. over the next two days some 3,000 student athletes from more than 100 colleges will that compete in a series of high stakes races. now for many teams this is the most important race of the rowing season. the event also draws thousands more spectators and fans and of course as those of us who live here know it us causes quite a few road closures and detours. for more on that we turn to matt pelman. >> matt is in the "action news" traffic center and matt the rain is also a factor this afternoon. >> oh, we have complication after complication after complication as we try and get home and start the weekend on this friday afternoon brian and sharrie and one of those complications is the dad vail regatta which continues to block off the kelly drive in both directions between strawberry mansion and fountain green. that of course is the case until 6 o'clock tomorrow evening so you can detour around right around the ball fields there or i would stay on the other side of the river on the mlk dr

and it could be a concern for the dad vail regatta. dry to start with.he afternoon showers, we'll see showers and possibly thunderstorms. the threat will be around into the late afternoon hours. it's not going to last all afternoon. so they should be able to get the races in. they may have to take a break. tomorrow could see a break in the activity in the afternoon, too. 577 degrees at 7:00, sunshine at lunch time. another round of showers and thunderstorms on the way for tomorrow. right now, what they're looking at, clouds over a live view along the schuylkill river. a nice mild start with temperatures that are in the 60s right now. clouds are overhead, so far, no sign of any showers in the area just yet. the clouds keeping us much warmer today, 63 degrees right now in allentown. 14 degrees warmer than yesterday. up by three in philadelphia and mount holly. trenton five degrees warmer. that's to start with. it won't be as warm as it was yesterday. the showers will limit the warmup, too. just some scattered showers, mainly light showers to our west. ther

collegiate rowers hit the schuylkill river for the dad vail regatta. "action news" is next. >>> two young lives come to a tragic end on a night that was supposed to be a right of passage. the teenagers were killed in the car crash after their high school prom. >>> saturday night, i'm walter perez. the big story on "action news" is tragic death of two teenage girls in cumberland county all while two others inside a car were seriously injured. friend say at least three of the youngsters have attended the bridgeton high school prom earlier in the evening. "action news" reporter jeff chirico is live in maurice river township with more, jeff? >> reporter: well, walter it is a still a mystery why that car left the road and hit a tree behind me. their prom was held in centerton but it appears hot that the teens left the prom when it was over and went to an after prom party in ocean city and they were on their way home when tragedy strike photos of these two young women are flooding social media. their sudden death hours after bridgeton high school's prom are

a dad vail regatta organizer warns rising silt levels could narrow or eliminate some lanes used by competingrews. >> it is a big, you know, big thing as far as the city, and of course up here, the course is getting filtered in, as well, so only matter of time before they won't be able to have the dad investigate gat a if it continues, you know, if we don't get relief pretty soon. >> now, rowing supporters plan to meet with the us army corps of engineers tomorrow night. the estimated price tag, for dredging the river, more than $3 million. >>> a lot of people are hitting the golf course, now that it is starting to feel more like spring, but some aren't using golf balls nor clubs. >> vittoria woodill explains how golf remembers getting a kick out after new game. foot golf. >> what? >> at crescent golf course, they are taking aim at whole new way to play around a round of golf. they say all i need is a ball. all right, let's do this. >> forget the clubs. foot golf, only requires a soccer ball. >> yes, instead of swinging you're kick ago soccer ball. >> soccer and golf, spotted on tv by joe slat

and the dad vail regatta is continuing tomorrow. for most of it we'll be in the clear. 7:00 a.m., 57 and sunny. noon, mostly sunny, 73. 5:00 we'll have to really watch. 70 degrees. we expect thunderstorms at that time. nj n new jersey tomorrow, haddonfield, 72 degrees. mostly the mid to upper 6 0s. atlantic city, 67. delaware, dover, 72. wilmington, 73. clearly sunday is going to be the better day. if you can get as much in saturday as you an before the storms get here, saturday is going to be a nice day before the afternoon hours. 72 pennsylvania suburbs with thunderstorms. sunday, 60 degrees and sunny and dry. cooler but it will also be windy. so just make sure you're aware of that. also your seven-day forecast always at the bottom of the screen for you. >> all right, sheena. >>> a weekend of fun and fantasy is under way at the a.c. convention center. that's because atlantic city boardwalk con is back. it is dominated by comic book superheroes and science fiction. many of the fans are in costumes getting their fill of trivia colle

rowers from around the country will be coming to philadelphia this coming weekend for the dad vail regatta local rowers who know every inch of the river are seriously worried about the river and the future of rowing here. "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist explains why. >> reporter: boathouse row the schuylkill river, the regattas a part of life in philadelphia but throws who love this river and the rowing say all there is in jeopardy because of sediment settling on the bottom. >> the bottom is coming up and the top goes down over the course of the summer. >> reporter: paul has company is with the schuylkill navy the governing body for all the rowing clubs. he says the sediment buildup is a natural result of damning the river and runoff but now the shallow depths in some places just 10-inches are making the river increasingly unsafe for the rowers. >> 10-inches is a lot of water well no. these rowing shells take 8-inches of water in order to launch. so when we would try to push away from the dock, big plume of mud would come up. you can see the bottom and sometimes we can't even shoul

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kelly drive closed between fountain green drive and strawberry mansion for the dad vail regatta, closed until 6:00 p.m. on saturday. so for those every in you and around that area traveling to the event make note of those closures, and i'll be tweet that out. fire situation here norristown main street closed between barbados street and markley street. you will have to use alternate right now, area street your best bet. un ground transformer fire, crews looking for carbon monoxide. make note, i'll let you know as soon as that clearsment back to you. >> family of three is recovering this morning after a home invasion in northeast philadelphia. tied up, home ransack overnight, "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live in the somerton section with the latest on the search for the suspect, jan? jim, brooke, good morning, i just spoke to this family now returned home after speaking with police, they tell me, they heard one every these suspect say we have the wrong house, they believe it is a frightening case every mistaken identity. this family has lived on this block here in fairday street

everybody showing up today and the teams are arriving in town today for the dad vail regatta. see a lot of those big boats on the trailers and everybody coming into the kelly drive. so right after the morning rush hour, watch for the extra closures of the kelly drive that is pushing everybody through the ball fields, then of course the races themselves occur tomorrow and saturday. and i know they are watching real close to sue's forecast, because we're not able to row with some thunderstorms out there. they will row in the rain. but not if we have thunderstorms. septa's regional rails, patco, new jersey transit all off to good start. chris and lauren back to you. >> following several breaking news store thinks morning, let's start here, philadelphia police searching for a man who escaped custody from pen presbyterian medical center in university city, arrested for dui, taken to the hospital just after midnight. while being treated the suspect somehow was able to escape custody. he was last seen on 38th street right now police continue to search for him. >> take a look at this

to the dad vail regatta down load our fox 29, and, thunder boomers, and, and, metal rods by the kelly drive here, and watch it, vehicle traffic is detoured off of the kelly drive so for morning and afternoon rush hour you'll to have use mlk or the schuylkill expressway, mike and alex, back to you. >>> 6:18. authorities say 17 year-old girl will be tried as an dult in the shooting of the 13 year-old boy. nathanal plum are junior became years first homicide victim of the year in camden, new jersey. prosecutors say girl had her murder case waved from juvenile court to adult court. he was found january 7th, on the sidewalk and died the very next day. >>> 6:18. new to the so-called bridge gate scandal, involving new jersey governor chris christie. there is more info, today a list of the names people involved in the traffic jam controversy is set to be released but some are trying to stop that process. yesterday someone filed a late court motion to block release of the names arguing it would unfairly brand them as criminals. bridge gate scandal happened three years ago over lane closures of

shower or a thunderstorm late in the day, something to keep in mind if you're headed to the dad vail regattand sunday all of that's gone but it's blustery and cooler with a high of just 63 degrees and a mix of clouds and sun. and monday we're back to full sun for the most part, 66 degrees is the high there. still a little bit cool but at least bright. matt overall not too bad. >> we're not allowed to go through more than one day without rain i guess. >> no. yeah, it's been a lot of that this spring. >> thanks, david. >>> 5:40 and we continue to follow breaking news. an attacker armed way live in kills at least one person at a german train station and police have a man in custody. >>> youngsters are caught on camera torching a school bus and police say they did it all because of its affiliation with a jewish school. karen. >> starting to get wet here in chester county. looking live at the 30 bypass just east of 340. some light showers coming down in spots as you head towards downingtown. we'll take to you 422, see what it looks like there coming up. >> and a high school yearbook photo miss na

volume in and out of dover this morning and welcome to philadelphia, we will row the boats, dad vail regatta kicks off this morning and tomorrow along the river which means the closure of the kelly drive. chris, back over to you. >> mr. kelly, thank you. lets get to breaking news at 4:03 in the some are ton section. frightening home invasion three masked men forced their way in the home in the middle of the night. steve keeley along the scene here on ferry street. steve, good morning to you. >> reporter: yes, they are only doors away from the philadelphia school and we are a few doors down. so lets go to the video and you will see where this happened around 1:00 a.m. we're talking a father, mother and an adult sop 37 years old all asleep and three guys, get in through the back door. they tried to get through basement whipped owe, too small to fit through. they try to get open a rear sliding door. they dit quietly. these didn't wake up until three guys, one the at least way gun, woke them up. here's inspector scott small. >> all three had mask covering their faces. all three were wearing glov

dad vail regatta rose into town today. they'll bring in all of the boats, all of the buses, the trailers, they'll be setting up the tents along the schuylkill river, and then the race is actually occur tomorrow and saturday. bottom line, a loft extra activity, and a lot of visitors coming into town, beginning today, for the big event. also, it is nascar weekend down at the dover speedway. we will see a lot of volume into and out of the speedway beginning today, through sunday, otherwise mass transit at the moment, looking good. chris, lauren, back to you. >> thanks so much. today marks one year since amtrak train derailed in northeast philadelphia, killing eight people, injuring 200 others. the new york bound train hit sharp curve at 106 miles an hour, more than twice the speed limit. this morning, we remember that deadly crash. it has not only impacted our area but the nation, and federal investigators are preparing to meet about what happened. >> steve keeley joins us live from port richmond with the latest on this, thos

dad vail regatta in town.to vehicle traffic through tomorrow night and mass transit is looking g the chris, back over to you. >> he was supposed to manage fund of the local fire company but authorities say that he stole nearly $200,000. delaware state the police arrested 36 year-old justin oakly, of dags boro. after an audit, investigators determined that oakly used 190 you this dollars of fire department money for himself. he is charged with with with theft and falsifying business records. >>> in berks county district judge timothy dougherty is facing, theft charges. yes, a judge, facing theft charges. prosecutors say that the 56 year-old pictured here on the web site for berks county government, took 15 you this dollars from his court, and another 90 grand from the wyomissing fire department where he once served as treasurer. prosecutors say the judge had trouble paying his own bills, including his mortgage. >>> turning new to you decide coverage 2016, philadelphia is gearing up for the dnc as thousands get

more than 3,000 rowers have hit the water for the annual dad vail regatta. "action news" reporter katherine scott was at boathouse row for today's action. >> biggest race of this season like everyone is really pumped up for it. >> reporter: the largest collegiate regatta in north america is going on right now on the schuylkill river. the dad vail draws student athletes from more than 100 colleges from the u.s. and canada. many rowers have raced this course before but in the dad vail the stakes are even higher. >> we've raced this a couple times before so definitely know the course. just trying to keep our heads in the boat and stay focused. >> all our training goes towards this event, peeking at this time so in some way guys know all year long that this is the time of year that's most important. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: the finish line is by the columbia avenue bridge and that's where you find the grand stand packed with spectators cheering as the boats glide by. up close you can see the power behind each stroke. while the sport is what draws the c

. >>> nova won the dad vail regatta for the 4th year in a row. exciting times there, as you can see, the start of the race is on the the schuylkill were moved up because of yesterday's storms. 125 collegiate teams took part in the competition. >>> our entire year is dad vail regatta dad vail regatta, how can we beat the teams that practice on this course. >>> massachusetts won the women's varsity 8 for the third straight this year. >>> they got a nice day for it until the rain came in. >>> a school comes to a screeching halt as the ducking trekked through the call. we'll explain this bookish waddle. >>> did you by that razor at the store or part of a shave club. we'll tell you which offers the better deal. >>> looking live at philadelphia international airport, meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. don't worry, we do warmup. we'll be right back. [ soft music ] e.t. phone home. when you find something you love, you can never get enough of it. change the way you experience tv with xfinity x1. during an air sho

saturday morning for the dad vail regatta. stick to mlk drive or the schuylkill expressway. >> reporter: beautiful day buildings across the region. coofl right -- cool, right now,a jacket not a bad idea. this afternoon, shorts and ts. if you have plans to run errands. partly sunny, overall, 73 by noon. 2:00 p.m., 675 degrees, we'll get a high of 76 around 3:00 p.m. and that be the high today. 73 by 4:00 p.m. beautiful weather get out and enjoy it if you can. >>> an indian couple in their 70s have given birth to their first child after undergoing years of fertility treatment. she used donor eggs. from tilt experts question the -- fertility experts question the age of the parents. >>> asian-american heritage month was celebrated with a dinner and dance troupe performance, several members of "action news" were there, including nydia han arc bernie prazenica. they honored asian-american veterans and handed out awards to several of the vets. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ don't you just love it ♪ ♪ >>> top stories at 6:55 arc driver struck and killed a p

tomorrow for the dad vail regatta start off with some sun.limb all the way to the mid 70's but then again three to 7:00 o'clock or so is about the window we'll see some shares showers and storms rumble in again. they will be scattered. but they could be locally strong since we'll likely have a lot more sun to work with to get some of that instability going. look at the hit we take behind this. 61 degrees on sunday. a windy day as well and going to at least see the sun return just have your sweatshirt ready if you've on the to get in after plans. monday all be a little little cool still looks pretty good with high of 64 and sunshine. jim, send it over to you. >>> i was rush music, dancing food and fun. thousands will pack the cherokee festival grounds in bensalem for what has become an irish tradition. the philadelphia fla irish festival. joining me to tell us all about organizers cj mills and frank daily. you may know them from their hugely popular band jamison keltic rock. cj this really has grown over the past two years. when did it start?

more than 3,000 rowers are taking part in the dad vail regatta. they come from more than 100 colleges in the u.s. and canada. >>> i raced this a couple of times before so we know the course. >>> all our training goes toward this event peaking at this time. in some ways guys know all yearlong this is the time of year that is most important. >>> that events is happening all morning long, admission is free. >>> happening today, thunderbirds soar in the skies over fort dix lakehurst. >>> you'll get the fighting capability of the not on the air force, the marines and army and coast guard. >>> admission is free, the gates open at 9:00 a.m. the show starts at 11:00 a.m., rain or shine. >>> still to come on "action news" this saturday morning, is going gluten free a good idea for your children. we'll have all the warnings for the parents. >>> meteorologist chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, he says prepare for rain later today. "action news" saturday morning continues after the break. >> cameras caught two illinois state

. >>> today the dad vail regatta is off and rowing again on the schuylkill river. looking live at boat house row. full day of racing got under way within the last half hour or so. the dad vail is the largest collegiate rowing event in the country. >>> today villanova university will be handing out some more diplomas. individual schools at the university hold ceremonies throughout the day. the school held its main commencement ceremony yesterday. it was moved indoors because of the rain. >>> basketball hall of famer and nova alumnus gave the address. >>> that's it for now. back to the "today" show. see you in another 25 minutes for a local update. morning noon or night there's always a moment to discover visit annapolis and create your moment pat toomey started his career as an investment banker. there's always a moment to discover then, a wall street wheeler-dealer overseeing stock trades in new york, london and tokyo. next, toomey moved to hong kong to work with wealthy chinese investors. in the senate, it's no surprise toomey's been siding with wall street. voting

and fountain green until saturday night at 6:00. >> tomorrow, a philadelphia tradition the dad vail regatta. join us at 4:00 a.m. >>> coming up next on nbc 10 news at 5:00, police say this man behind the wheel took his victim for a ride, and how he scammed an elderly woman out of thousands of dollars. how you can protect your family from this same kind of crime. >>> i like volunteering because i meet a lot of people. >> spending 25 years helping others at a local hospital. today, though, it was all about violet. how the staff helped a special volunteer celebrate her 100th birthday. >>> national center for missing and exploited children recognized late attorney attorney beau biden today part of the hope awards. the organization says biden paved the way for progress in the prosecution of child predators. >>> changes on the table impacting the way delaware doctors prescribe pain med kags. the department of the state wants to reduce how often painkillers are prescribed. seven days worth of meds would be the limit doctors would be able to prescribe to parties recovering from an injury or procedu

. >>> day one of the dad vail regatta is wrapping up.rowers from as far as california and canada traveled to philadelphia for the event. there were umbrellas as you imagine. the time day of competition gets underway tomorrow morning at >>> to our delaware bureau where it's race weekend in dover. >> nbc 10's tim furlong is live at the speedway whereó[Ñi hear nascar fans are not letting showers rain on the fun. >> reporter: the rain is coming and going all day today, and right now it's coming back to us here. it's not too bad right now. there's a big party here outside -- there's the driver of the truck series, he's from seaford, delaware, taking pictures with everybody. the trucks here are set to begin at 5:30. it's misty right now. everybody's having fun, and hopefully the weather for race weekend ends better than it began. the signs along route 113, hard to miss noise too, race weekend in the heart of delaware. >> first trip to dover, and they said, people are great. the track's great, and always good racing because it's a mile track.

300 rowers along with an estimated 25,000 fans are all here this weekend taking part in the dad vail regattast rowing competition in north ameri america. >> kids are eating, sleeping, and dreaming about winning a decade vail gold medal. they cross off days from the calendar like christmas p. >> a reminder for this weekend if you are going down there or driving in the area, kelly drive is shut down between fountain green and strawberry mansion until tomorrow night. >>> you got to see this. at 5:00, a close call for a jersey shore police officer, and it was caught on the body camera. >> woah! >> that was a local police officer nearly run over on the side of the road. what happened next coming up at 5:00. >>>, a debate over bathrooms, how local schools are reacting to the government's new rule for transgender students. >>> plus this -- >> john miller. >> what's your position? >> handling pr because he gets so far of it. >> he said john miller. a new report says that voice belongs to don trump. how the presidential candidate is responding to claims he posed as another person. that's next on nbc

dad vail regatta is in the seventh eighth year. >>> now some of the rowers competing in the dad vail will be rio bound for this summer. >> as our walt hunter found out while they are aware of the threat of the zika virus they won't let it get in the way of their olympic dreams. >> reporter: training hard, she dreams of olympic gold, rowing for team any fear use in rio this summer. >> i feel bless todd represent my country. >> reporter: these two competing for team u.s.a. but emerging from the brazil an waters where they will row, now comes an unprecedented health threat, mosquitoes carrying the zika virus. but if you think it might cause these olympic bound rowers to have second thoughts about heading to rio, think again. >> i think almost anybody in our shoes has work too hard, too long to not go. >> we have to be health toy compete, and we also compete when we're not healthy. we are aware of it. >> reporter: olympians point out they often take special health precautions, specific to countries where they compete around the world. >> i mean, a few more things to think about here but

about 25,000 spectators should be out there, even through the rain for the 78th dad vail regatta. river may be too clogged to row in it safely. the river is clogged with sediment from here to the twin bridges in east falls. it has not been dredged since 2000. that task falls to the army corm of engineers. the mayor says it should have been done years ago. >> we need to address it now because it's becoming critical, and working with congressman brady and army corp. of engineers, we're confident to get it done in a relatively short period of time. >> the process takes $3 million, and the congressman brady is promising to find that money. >>> next at 6:00, a black bear spotted in a philadelphia park for the first time ever. as far as officials have on record. we'll tell you where there is a search for that bear. >>> and new at 6:00, phillys make a local teacher feel like a hall of famer today. how one local elementary school worked with the team to surprise one beloved and die hard phillies' sports fan. >>> tonight, a small black bear is proving to be an escape artist in philadelphia

dad vail regatta, clouds and a little rain. and sunday, clouds and sun, cooler, 63. >>> an 11-year-old girl is recovering from a freak accident on a carnival ride, now her parents want answers on how did that happen? >> reporter: we're live on i-95 delaware county, traffic moving nicely, no major problems as you head out the door. we'll take a live look into new jersey coming up. >>> authorities want to know if the cadet seen in this picture broke academy rules. that's later on "action news." >>> good morning everyone, 5:13, monday, nice and peaceful, as we take a look at the shot of the delaware river. this will be weather wise, the best week we have ever seen in this month of may. >>> this month of may. >> reporter: so far the past couple of weeks, i'll give you that, let's go live and in person checking the roads in new jersey. this is route 42. northbound traffic everything moving fine, we have light volume, no weather-related issues. it's a good looking start to your monday. we have an accident at schuylkill road at stoney