a fire in west philadelphia, funston street between 51st and 52nd street. to avoid that area take 53rd. and creek road, all is quiet there. >>> center city centerpiece. today, philadelphia will unveil the all new dilworth plaza. that's the plaza that sits alongside city hall. today, though the city is ready to reveal the revamped building and you'll see a lot more green there. jesse gary is live there. jesse, this is a project more than two years in the making, right? >> reporter: that's right, chris. the original vision was to make it more than just a place to pass through. let's go ahead and look at the design video. the new design turns the four acre area a place for people to stay rather than pass. outdoor seating when the weather cooperates and when it's cold, a indicating rink. not everyone believes a $55 million grand vision is a good idea. considering it's a treasure all by itself. >> i don't think you need an ice skating rink or something like that to make it -- you know, make it something else really. it is -- i think people should enjoy the beauty

she's charge with abducting a five-year old girl from bryant elementary school in west philadelphia in january 2013, and sexually assaulting her. that girl was found in the next day in the upper darby play ground. yesterday regusters declined to testify on her own behalf. >>> is there much more to come on "eyewitness news" former revel casino hotel has a perspective buyer. >>> in sports eagles make changes in the their offensive line, we are back the world famous fries you love, plus a shake of three new flavors you add. introducing mcdonald's shakin' flavor fries. shake up something new to love at mcdonald's. peel owe north has offered to buy the revel for 90 million-dollar. it is lead property bidder for september 24th auction. any other interested buyers must submit by the between the their. revel opened in 2012 and cost more than $2 billion to build. for some perspective, the 90 million-dollar is about 4 cents, on the dollar. revel shut down on september september 2nd. >>> 4:43. katie? >> today will be a half and half type day. we will start off dry, see some sun initially, feels l

again a nine year-old child fell from the ninth story of a high rise apartment building in west philadelphiaper three is above that scene and we will stay on top of this and bring you more information as we get more tea tails this morning. >>> we are following breaking news in northeast philadelphia, a two car crash at grant and the boulevard we're told three people suffered non-life threatening injuries. we have also learned that the road has reopened, in that area. >>> more breaking news not too far from that location 19 customers are without power, near rowland and sheffield near thereafter a car crash near a power powell just after 5:00 this morning. one person was injury in the accident and they have been taken over to torresdale hospital. >>> also in the news new surveillance video in the beating of the same sex couple in center city could give police a major break in the case. >> as "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao explains, investigators hope that one of these tips that they receive will help them nab their suspects. >> reporter: it is crystal clear surveillance video, this sh

live for now in west philadelphia, monique braxton "nbc10 news." >>> and this morning, the city of philadelphia will unveil a project that's taken almost three years and tens of millions of dollars to complete. the new and improved dilworth plaza next to city hall will make its public debut this morning. nbc10's jesse gary joins us live with the preview of the new park. jesse. >> reporter: good morning to you, vai. the review does include a certain amount of eye candy. but council president darryl clarke said there's as a benefit of looking good. the greenery, the cafe, the skating rink. underneath 3 1/2 years of digging and building provides better access to all of septa's mode of transportation. clarke said it's well worth the money, some of which he said came from the federal government. >> i think having a first class location to that to will enhance the experience of people to promote and increase traffic for mass transit in the city of philadelphia. >> reporter: the fence is down. dilworth park, open. coming up in the next hour. we will take you for a little walk and look-see. live in cen

police are looking for this car in connection with a hit-and-run in west philadelphia. seven year old alore mcqueen now in stable condition. police say the lime green mitsubishi last seen driving eason girard avenue from 38th street. >>> new this morning, three car accident in philadelphia's juniata neighborhood has sent three people to the hospital. it happened on erie avenue, and m street around 12:45 this morning, two people were treated for serious injuries, and another is undergoing evaluation. >> and the investigation continues into the fire that killed the president and ceo of cooper health systems, and his wife. john and joyce sheridan died sunday morning, when a fire broke out at their somerset county home. >>> our time now 4:50. let's get a check on business news. >> jill wagner joins us from the stock exchange, jill, wall street opens on high note after pretty rough week of trading. what do you think invest remembers watching today? >> reporter: that's right, good morning, ukee, erika. it is all about jobs, on friday the government's september jobs report come

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live in west philadelphia, katey zachary. nbc 10 news. >>> we are learning about the group of people who attacked a gay couple. police are waiting for the attackers to turn themselves in. nbc 10's monique braxton is live. what can you tell us? >> reporter: detectives are not happy. they have been waiting for the arrival of the people who participated in the attack for about two hours now. look at this surveillance videotape. they tell us this tape captured the group of friends police believe are behind the hate crime. you see a dozen people. where he told they graduated from a local catholic high school and were in town for a special dinner. the victims who were jumped near 16th and chancellor. they say the crowd passed them, one person asked if they were a couple. when the men said yes, they say they were attacked. police also say a bag containing a wallet and krcredit cards was snatched. instead of someone saying stop, they participated or just stood there. sources say the persons of interest have been urged to come to cent

right now, for philadelphia, 67 degrees, mostly clear skies. light wind speeds out 069 weof west'll see a mild start in philadelphia, but we will see cooler temperatures for suburbs north and west. 62 in pottstown, low 60s in swedesboro. still in the low 60s more mt. holly. closer to the shore, we're at 70 degrees and 68 in avenue lon. we are expecting a cool down as we head into next week. our average this time of year, 73 degrees. we'll still be well above the average, but not quite as warm as what we saw today and yesterday. 78 as we head into tuesday and then the cold front will help drop down below average. we do have a service here that's bringing showers to parts of florida. we are going to look to the great lakes. we have another weather disturbance here and a cold front associated that's going to show a little bit kroeser to us. that's what's going to help drop our tempature. it's going to take a while. tomorrow, an increase in clouds. as we get closer to tuesday afternoon, a chance of isolated pop-up showers. we'll start to see more clearing as you head into thursday. a

live outside children's hospital in west philadelphia, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. >>> today the trial willin for former philadelphia sportscaster don tollefson. he is accused of stealing more than $100,000 through a sports-related charity scam. tollefson was arrested back in february after police say he duped people into buying tickets to sporting events, saying the money would go to charity. but investigators say he kept the cash for himself and the buyers never got the packages that they paid for. his trial is being held in doylestown. >>> autopsies will be performed on the president of cooper university health care and his wife after the couple was killed in a house fire over the weekend. prosecutors say the circumstances surrounding the fire that killed 72-year-old john sheridan and his 69-year-old wife, joyce, are still being investigated. firefighters responded to the sheridans'home in somerset county sunday morning. officials say the fire was contained to an upstairs bedroom where the couple was found. governor chris christie released this statement -- "john was an outstanding publi

developing right now, young girl is recovering in the hospital after she was hit by a car in west philadelphia. now, police are searching for the driver. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry at children's hospital with the very latest on the search. syma, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, a seven year old is being treated here at chop, after being the victim after hit-and-run driver. now, police are looking for that driver, and they got a little help from witnesses, especially, one man, who ended up chasing the driver, getting the vehicle on cell phone video. a little girl's fighting for her life after she was hit by a car. seven year old alore mcclane hit outside of her home before 7:00 sunday night near 42nd and pennsgrove street. the victim's family says she ran to retrieve a ball in the street when a car hit her, dragging her in the process. >> hit her, then ran over, then stopped, looked back, seen he hit someone or she hit someone, and took off and kept going. >> witnesses say a car stopped to let the girl cross, but the driver hine that person decided to go around the stopped

we also still have an accident in west philadelphia, 34th street at powelton avenue. taking you outside to 76, this is right at conshohocken, the eastbound side. you can see both directions fairly quiet right now. and the only spot where we're really starting to see some volume is 95 southbound right at cottman. for drivers in new jersey, 42 freeway, that's northbound as drivers pass creek road and head out to the bridges. bridges are still clear and majors in delaware are accident-free. tracy. >>> this morning the defense presents its case in the trial of the woman accused of kidnapping and raping a 5-year-old philadelphia girl. the defense attorney has not confirmed whether christina regusters will take the stand in her own defense today. nbc 10's katy zachry's live outside the criminal justice center with what her attorney is saying will happen today. katy, tell us more. >> reporter: well, tracy, there is a gag order with this case, so lawyers cannot talk about testimony or specifics of the case, but we have heard from defense attorney fred harrison jr. that he exp

the shooting happened outside a store at 50th and haverford, in west philadelphia, friday afternoon. they release that had surveillance video today. tonight, edward lynn lies in the hospital fighting for his life, paralyzed from the waist down. >> this is my husband. i love him. we have to stop with this not wanting to tell. this is somebody's life that we're talking about here. >> investigators say it appears lynn unknowingly brushed against the gun man inside the store, and so the gun man followed him out, and shot him. police have received several tips since "action news" first aired this video today but so far there have been no arrests. >>> we have learn tonight that the justice department is planning to announce an investigation into the practices of the ferguson police department.sources are ts that investigators will examine police stops and arrests to see if is there a pattern of discrimination. they will also look at past allegations of excessive force. have of course, the probe comes nearly a month after the deadly shooting of an unarmed black teenager, michael brown, by a

west philadelphia, 34th street and powelton avenue. and finally, for drivers in new jersey, still have an accident in glouchester city, market street between greenwood avenue and route 130. the northbound side of route 55 is slow moving as drivers approach 42 and 42 freeway. the northbound side is also congested out near creek road. vai. >> thank you, jillian. >>> severe weather strikes out west. powerful floods sweep through one town and a driver's caught in the middle of the danger, but this story has a miraculous ending. >>> and a deadly shark attack on one popular beach. we'll hear from a man who saw it all happen and tried to save the victim. anncvideoconferences it's youof the day.rtant hi! hi, buddy! anncr: that's why the wifi and free hot breakfast are something to smile about. and good reasons to book now. feel the hamptonality >>> it is 6:42, a live look outside. a pretty nice morning, but we can tell you there are warmer temperatures and rain in the forecast. we'll get the timing from brittney shipp, coming up. >>> officials

. >> lauren johnson live in west philadelphia, thank you. >>> 5:05.ater today new jersey governor chris christie will be in atlantic city toy visit a rash of casino closings there. closed door meeting will be held at casino reinvestment development authority. next week trump plaza casino will be fourth casino to close this year. i believe atlantic city was just eight casinos. >>> a briefing will be held surrounding lawsuit between philadelphia charter school and city school district. the the school district would like to place limits on charter school enrollment, but west philadelphia achievement charter school elementary school is challenging that saying district is over reaching its boundaries. oral arguments begin in the state supreme court, tomorrow. >>> police in delaware have arrested two teens caught on camera brutally beating a mentally challenge man. >> we want to warn you this video is disturbing. >> leave me alone. >> poor guy. video posted to instagram and you tube, and immediately went viral. it shows two teens, taking turns, punching thi

some storms could be strong, mostly north and west of philadelphia. will show you the area in a second. with any of the storms, we could see heavy rain, high wind. that would be with some of the strongest storms. here is a map of the area. you see the yellow shaded area. this will be the threat for strongest storms, potentially severe. for carbon and monroe, lehigh, northampton counties, this does include allentown. of course, as we go through the day tomorrow, we will track these for you. if we look back off to our west, this is the area of storm oz we're talking about. it's moving into chicago. it's part of of a cold front. tomorrow as it approaches, it will be hot and humid ahead of the storms. then we will see them move in the afternoon and evening hours. again, the potential for some of these to become strong. that will stay in the forecast. behind it, we have cooler, drier air moving in. coming up, the timing of the storms as we go through your weekend so you can plan around them. of course, the eagles forecast for sunday. a closer look at that

. >>> fire damages a row home in west philadelphia overnight.started on the second floor of the home on the 4100 block of odgen street. everyone made it out, but the red cross is providing three residents with food, shelter and clothing. >>> son of joe paterno has strong words for the university. he's angry over a message school leaders sent to the community. it all started when university officials issued a public appeal on democratic liline saying be respectful even when disagreeing. on his blog, jay paterno fired back writing respect is earned and is a two way street. he added stating the truth is not incivility and not disrespectful. jay paterno is a former coach for the nittany lyons. his father was fired in the wake of sandusky's indictment in 2011. >>> still ahead delayed decision. president obama says no deal to immigration reform. what is next in the fight for change. >>> and child's delight. a new playground opened today in one local neighborhood. the big price tag for a lot of fun. >>> and we're tracking thunderstorms moving to the ea

overall looking at decent speeds on the blue route, schuylkill expressway and i-95 but in west philadelphia, 52nd near arch street we have an apartment buildings fire, although it's under control, stick to 48th or 47th with the alternates to deal with that. let's look at i-95 near the airport we had problems this, all the overnight construction is clear on i-95 northbound it was late running causing problems, we're looking good with all lanes open, matt and tam. >> thank you, karen. >>> developing this morning a fast-moving fire left one person hurt in west philadelphia. flames broke out at a store on a unit block of north 52nd street. one person living in the apartment above that suffered smoke. it took crews half an hour to get the fire under control. there's no word on a cause. >>> new from overnight a homeowner in northeast philadelphia stopped a would-be burglar in his tracks. it happened shortly after 1:00 a.m. the homeowner fired a shot at the suspect and the suspect ran and turned around and went out the other direction. nothing was taken on nobody was hurt. >>> vineland police is s

. >>> this was the scene of a tragic accident this morning at 42nd and locust in west philadelphia. an 8-year-old girl fell out of a ninth floor window and doctors at childrens hospital declared her dead on arrival. "action news" reporter was live at the scene of the girl's fall, sara how did it happen? >> they investigated today and determined it was a tragic accident. the 8-year-old girl opened the screen of the bedroom window in the ninth floor apartment she shared with her 11-year-old sister and father. she was looking out the window and fell to her death. >> investigators spent the morning investigating the window where an 8-year-old girl fell from the window. the screams of her 11-year-old sister could be heard throughout the apartment building. >> she ran screaming through the building, it's a tragedy. >> the 8 and 11-year-old sisters shared the bedroom while their father slept in the living room. they believe the screen was down when the children went to sleep and they believe the 8-year-old lifted up to look outside. it's unclear if the sister witnessed the fall but her scr

. >> yes, okay alex this is west philadelphia. >> i know in west philadelphia born and raised on the playground where i spent most of our days. >> thinks belmont plateau. >> wow. >> you have been singing about. >> look at the view. >> it is beautiful. >> look at that sky line. >> it is all yours. >> both of ours, we are sharing it. >> okay mike i want to see the area called manayunk. >> how do you spell that. >> really. >> m-a-n-a-y-u-n-k. >> that is right. >> people get that wrong. >> that is good. >> i'm meant to be here how about that. >> they call this main street manny young. nice little shops, coffee shops, boutiques. >> how do you say the name of this place. >> liacouras center. >> liacouras. >> liacouras. >> some people get that wrong. i asked those two women the the students, they were seniors, and so who was mr. liacouras. they have no idea. >> been there four years. >> former president of the school. >> yes judge are you ready to go. >> good to go. >> lets talk about some philly restaurants. what do you think is the sexiest restaurant in the city of philadelphia. >> that c

secretary of housing and urban development toured a area of west philadelphia that was aimed as a zone and they are targeted for extra attention by the federal government, things like tax incei incentiv incentives. >> this is a perfect example of of the kind of of collaboration between the public sector and the nonprofit sector and the community that is helping to lift up places like west philadelphia. >> the obama administration says that promise zones will be able to bypass the red tape of normally slows down federal programs. >>> the eagles will finally get to answer a burning question this weekend. how will the team fair without desean jackson. the quarterback believes the offense won't skip a beat. that's coming up in sports. >>> of course we are expecting storms today, and especially this evening. but will we see those for the eagles' game tomorrow. not a bad start to our morning, starting off mainly clear, but humid. what can you expect this weekend? i will let you know straight ahead. to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator. this is crazy i don't

they were called out to battle a row home fire in west philadelphia. nbc 10 was on the 4100 block of ogden street this morning. flames broke out on the second floor of the home and everybody made it out okay, and red cross is helping three residents with food, shelter and clothing. >>> and then police are hoping newly released surveillance video will help them catch people that attacked a security guard. >> reporter: that attack happened in fair hill and investigators are hoping you can help them catch two men and two women that beat up a security guard. take a look at the surveillance video. it's unbelievable when you watch it. the guard tells us an argument started when one of two women could not produce identification showing she was of legal drinking age. the guard working at the store on north american street, he asked them to leave. the women started screaming and called male friends for backup. when the men arrived, it was clear to the guard those men came to fight. the guard was beaten severely. you see one of the women attack him with a vodka

those are two things here at west philadelphia achievement charter elementary school they have not cutespite less funding from the state this year. this is one of philadelphia's oldest charter schools, it's kindergarten through fifth grade. listen to this, there are 200 children on the waiting list to get in this year. founder stacey phillips says their class size is about 25 students compared to public school classes where you often have more than 30 kids to one teacher. she's also gotten calls from state representatives trying to get local kids into this school because their parents are worried about the public school system.ç >> they're afraid for their children. the safety situation is furious and the academics, how much are they going to learn and are they going to be able to keep up with our society. >> we know some charter schools here in philadelphia are seeing an enrollment increase this year. what about catholic schools? are they seeing a similar enrollment increase? i'm working on that story for the next hour. we'll see you at 5:00 a.m. reporting live in west philadelphia,

he was shot last week at a neighborhood store in west philadelphia.mera outside the store shows the gunman opening fire, hitting the victim six times including once in the spine. the lead detective working the case says the suspected shooter is alan stock exchange. he's been charged but has not yet been arrested. >>> a star-studded sendoff fit for a show business he jelegend. we'll show you how they send their final farewell to comedian joan rivers. this is garthen leslie, a regular guy who invented aros. a very smart air conditioner that learns your habits to save you money. this is ben kaufman, the ceo of quirky. he's rubbing garthen's regular-guy feet because garthen is far more important than ben. at quirky, real people invent all of our products. ben just runs the company. introducing aros from quirky and g.e. products invented by real people like you. a business manager. and a stickler for homework. i'm john kane running for state senate. dad says the road to a good job starts in the classroom. [ lori ] he's a great dad who sees taxes going up b

> thank you, karen. >>> developing this morning a fast-moving fire has left a person hurt in west philadelphia. flames broke out on north 52nd street. one person living above the store suffered smoke inhalation. no word on what caused it. >>> a homeowner in northeast philadelphia stopped a would-be burglar in his tracks. this happened on the 1500 block of he elbridge street. the homeowner shot at the suspect and the suspect turned and ran away. nobody was hurt. >>> philadelphia police are trying to track down the person who attacked and robbed a stabbed a 61-year-old woman while she was in her wheelchair. katherine scott is live outside of southwest detectives with this exclusive story. >> reporter: police believe the same teenager is behind two attacks in two days, his most recent victim is a 61-year-old woman who was in a wheelchair. she spoke to "action news" about what happened to her. she suffered from multiple sclorosis for 30 years. she had been to the shop rite at island and lindbergh and was on her way home when the teenager justed off his mountain bike and ran toward. she was struggl

philadelphia. we're seeing overcast conditions. a few light showers around, mostly north and west philadelphia. but either way, we're seeing the cloud cover. 72 degrees in philadelphia. this has helped to keep the temperatures down in about the mid-70s. humidity is up, 71% humidity right now. temperatures are in the 70s because of the clouds. wilmington coming in at 69 degrees. light rain around wilmington and new castle county. 73 northeast philly through the lehigh valley. mid-70s, south jersey and delaware, mid-to-low 70s. this is closer to our average high temperature of the year. here's a look at the radar. the green coloring is showing you either very light rain or just sprinkles around the area. we'll start with parts of mercer county, the yellow showing moderate rain. this has moved up to the north of hopewell. possibly seeing sprinkles there. patchy areas of moderate rain through lower buck and montgomery county mainly. we slide down, missing philadelphia but still a few sprinkles around the area. also for delaware county and moving into new castle county around the i-95

in critical condition. >>> an 8-year-old girl is dead after fall something nine floors from a west philadelphiament building. police say the girl fell from a window just before 8:00 this morning. she was rushed to children's hospital of philadelphia where she was pronounced dead. investigators say this was a tragic accident. >>> happening right now, a viewing is being held for the pennsylvania state trooper shot and killed in pike county on friday night. the funeral for bryon dickson is tomorrow in scranton. police are still looking for the suspect, 31-year-old eric frein as the manhunt intensifies for frein, two school districts in the poconos were shut down for the day as a safety precaution. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >>> below average temperatures continue across the region as we look live at cape may this afternoon. still a beauty out there. nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with the first alert forecast. >> tell us how cool it's going to get tonight. >> some places will get back down into the 40s where they were this morning. the sunsh

. >>> two men and a woman are in the hospital after they were stabbed with a machete in west philadelphia. it happened overnight in a house on the 900 block of north st. bernard street. the three are being treated at the hospital of the university of the pennsylvania. we know that one of the men is in critical condition. meanwhile, two people are in custody. >>> a 19-year-old allbright college student is dead and two students injured after their house caught on fire. sophomore matt rain of south river, new jersey, was visiting the house near the reading campus, according to college officials. there's no word on the condition of the other students. a brooks county fire official says four students jumped from the second floor to escape the fire, which started in the basement. >>> well, police in montgomery county are investigating the possible electrocution death of a northtown man. it happened on trooper road in upper marion, inside valley forge national park. authorities saying the 41-year-old victim may have been attempting to steal copper wiring from the kennedy super mansion, when he w

as mayor nutter and superintendent william hite escorted students to the elementary school in west philadelphiaorganizers wanted to show the importance of the community being involved with children and schools is a new academic year begins. >>> a group gathered outside benjamin franklin high school to protest the cuts. governor corbett has failed torched adequate funding. we spoke to a parent who said it's important to get more involved with your children's school. >> as a parent i'm encouraging parents to come out and fight for your children's education. your child is your future. people, get outline and vote it makes a difference. >> reporter: "action news" has reached out to governor corbett for comment on today's rally. the governor in the past has maintained that 89 administration increased funding for the school district. >> philadelphia marine unit pulled a woman's body near the schuylkill expressway. crews responded to boathouse row on kelly drive before 7:00 a.m. they recovered a woman's body, but have no information on the victim at this time. >>> the action cam was on the scene after

temperatures are in the 50's north and west of the city, here in philadelphia we are at 68.e are in the 60's to the south of us. seventy-four in ocean city, new jersey. our high today will be about 78 degrees. 73 degrees tomorrow with on and off showers, and then clouds giving way to some sunshine in the afternoon on wednesday. we have a brief shot of temperatures in the 80's on thursday and friday and a chance of showers and thunderstorms, thursday, maybe into friday morning, but so far it is looking kind of good for the weekend. much cooler, with temperatures in the 70's both days. is there your seven day forecast, and here's a look at your traffic at 4:52. we have upper providence, collegeville road near route 29, that accident which vehicle ran off the the road into the woods, you'll find vehicles on the scene there attend to go that. so that could slow you down this morning, chris. >>> case solved? a new book claims to have crack the the case of the most notorious serial killer of all time the jack the ripper. so who is he? we will explain. >>> talk about a payday a maj

area dry through most of southern and eastern new jersey and the farther north and west you are from philadelphiaowards the lehigh valley in -- and the poconos. and moisture main lane west of philadelphia, south of philadelphia and a couple of sprinkles. and 76 a little wet and the blue route south of the 76 interchange. and media wet along route 1. and as we extend to the south, most of the rain is concentrated in the state of delaware. no matter where you are in delaware right now it is a wet drive this evening. it is now bumping over the river into salem and parts of cumberland county heading towards millville and 55. it's slowly working off to the north and east from the south and west. all of it's very light rain. and you know what? it is rain we need. as we look at the temperature in philadelphia, 72 degrees in philadelphia. 74 in allentown. the high in philly 76, 3 degrees above normal. and the cool air in wilmington raining much of the afternoon at 69. satellite and radar to the south low pressure just off the carolinas. that is heading out to sea with the greatest concentration of some o

the strongest storms could be areas north and west of philadelphia. heavy rain and wind with a lot of the storms, too. that's mostly going to be through the lehigh valley and poconos. when i say north and west of philadelphia. so for lehigh, northampton counties including allentown, carbon, monroe kths counties we have a threat of severe weather. heavy rain, strong winds, lightning, possible hail. as these storms move into that area, they're also going to swing through the rest of the area. here's what future weather shows. tonight, we're going to stay mainly dry. we could have a couple passing showers overnight. early tomorrow morning, we shouldn't see too much. through the afternoon hours, we could have quite a bit of sunshine in some spots. a hot, humid day. through the afternoon, though, we could have some storms certainly flaring up by about 5:00 p.m. moving into the philadelphia area. even more behind that by about 8:00 p.m. into the lehigh valley. see the storms north and west of philadelphia. this line continues to move through as well. so we w

. >>> a man shot a man in west philadelphia this morning. it was at the 6800 block on catherine street. the driver got into a cash. he took the 24-year-old to hospital, now in stable condition. >>> there was a bustling resort town, they are weighing in how to deal with the community dealing with cacanadia casino cd massive layoffs. chad pradelli is there chad? >>reporter:chris christie is in a press conference as we speak. they are trying to figure out how to revitalize atlantic city. we didn't get any answers. they provided few details. short-term solutions are needed as long as long term solutions. earlier this afternoon, a couple dozen people many laid off casino workers were gathering outside of the building where it took place. they are upset. they have few casinos still in business. you have the closing of revel the atlantic club and showboat. 6,000 workers out of jobs. that is putting a strain on this company. that said, the governor said it's a $2.5 billion gaming industry. it has a future. the recent casino closings is not the end o

. >>> a fire in west philadelphia overnight leaves four people home less at the a grocery store, destroyed. the flames broke out on north 52nd street near arch about 1:30 this morning. one person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, that fire is under control but we're told it wasn't an easy blaze to battle. >> it was hard getting into the property but the companies kept the fire to the one building and fire traveled up in the second floor front and third floor front but they contained to it that area. >> it is still not clear what caused the fire, red cross is assisting displaced residents. >>> americans will positon or thousands office lives lost on this, 13th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on america. >> for the first time the general public will be able to visit national september 11th memorial and museum later on tonight. cbs news correspondent susan mcginnes joins us from lower manhattan with more on that, good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee, good morning. so much of the ceremonies will be familiar to all of us, reading of the victims names and moments of sile

a child is rushed to the hospital after a hit and run on the streets of west philadelphia.ood evening everyone, i'm natasha brown. thanks for joining us. this happened less than two hours ago. "eyewitness news" recorder noel mclaren is live at children's hospital where that little girl is in guarded condition right now. noelle. >> reporter: natasha i spoke with the little girl's family who as you can remember are very distraught. many are include the children's hospital of philadelphia where i'm told she's being cared for as police continue to search for the person they believe did this. police provided us with this photo of the car they believe struck her. it was taken from eyewitness video, it's described as a lime green mitsubishi outlander with pennsylvania license plate number jky7458 and if you do see this, police ask that you do call them. family tells us the seven-year-old girl's name is aurora mclean. she ran for a ball. the car drug her outside her home on 42nd street. then they say the driver took off. her grandfather now pleading with that person to turn themsel

. >> my this morning, overnight shooting in west philadelphia, leaves a man fighting for his life. "eyewitness news" at 56 and catherine streets where police say the 24 year old was shot in the back while sitting on his front porch. a friend of the victim tried to take him to the hospital. but on the way, they crashed a half block away. >>> when police arrived, the shooting victim already involved in a auto accident. police took this 24 year old male to the hospital of the university of pennsylvania where he's presently in critical condition. >> the woman in the other car suffered non-life threatening injuries. right now, police are interviewing witnesses to that shooting. >>> the search also on this morning, in northeast philadelphia, for a gunman who shot a teenager during attempted robbery at torresdale playground. it happened on the 9500 block of frankford avenue at around 8:00 last night. police say the 18 year old was shot as he tried to wrestle a gun away from the suspect. necessary critical condition this morning. anyone with information should contact philadelphia police.

. >> violent scene in west philadelphia. started when one man bumming into another man who had a gun. what happened next. then our dominica davis is here with another day of summer heat, dom cane? >> temperatures upper 80s once again, we have cooler temperatures and some storms in the forecast. i'll tell you when you can expect that coming up. >> plus temple university students doing little safe they are morning, with new security standards, how the school is work to go keep their students and their community safe. good day everybody, it is thursday, september 4th, 2014. it is good to have you with us this thursday morning, kids of course back to school this week most of them anyway, we would like to you sends us the photos, between us fox 29 back to school. little later on in the show, we'll do a whole little montage of all of the photos that we've gotten. >> you will put that together for us? >> i personally will put that together. >> kerrey barrett editing all morning. >> so another hot day on tap. as humid as the last fe

we have breaking news coming from west philadelphia right now.ar-old child just fell nine stories out of a high rise apartment building. chopper three just arrived on the scene on the 4200 block of locust street at the fairfax apartments. authority tell thaws they rush that child to the children's hospital but he was unconscious and obviously, very badly injured. again, a nine year-old child fell from the ninth story of a high rise in west philadelphia, if we get anymore information we will have it on the cw philly, stay with us on "eyewitness news" we will try to get more information. >>> lets get your forecast with katie, good morning. >> ukee, generally speaking to day will be one of those days you want to make an excuse to take advantage of. we have high pressure in place and that will mean plenty of sunshine in full a bun abs here today with the light wind and low humidity. you will we not see a heck of a lot today. we have abundant sunshine, lovely afternoon, 75 for that day time height and we will drop it in the mid to upper 50's under a h

finally in west philadelphia, funston street between 51st and 52nd street, a house fire. that will fire crews are on the scene. you will have to avoid that areament use the alternate, 53rd street, or 50th street. kerry? >> all right, dominica, thank you. 6:02, gruesome discovery, in philadelphia's olney section. a man found dead in a burning car. >> listen up to steve keeley live at the rounds house with the latest on this for us, steve, good morning. >> well, police don't even know where the car came from or whose car it was, the plate taken off of it. they first got word about this car at the first scene. but showing you the video we have, which is from the second scene, and this is how everybody discovered what happened. the car burning, just at quarter to 8:00 last night, and this is in the olney section, before the fire, when a loft witnesses right in the afternoon saw guy in the drivers seat blow away the guy sitting next to him in the passenger seat point blank. so they witnessed this murder, guy shot in the head, and then the driver drives off, with the corpse in

this is happening in the west kensington section of philadelphia. it is an industrial mixed area and ajacent homes had to be evacuated because firefighters were concerned the flames could spread and they have now contained the fire. still a lot of people being told to stay out of their homes in this area of west kensington. several crews there on the scene and we're expecting a news conference moments away from the fire commissioner. he'll let us know where this stands and also hearing early reports that some people may have been injured in this. we're waiting to hear about the status of their injuries and how this will affect your morning drive. stay tuned with us as this breaking news continues in philadelphia. i'm robert de niro and new york is my home. it's the best place to visit in the world and now it's the easiest, because now there are new tourism guides on the road, and on your phone that make it easier to find the places you love. find great dining, amazing history, and world-class entertainment, no matter where you are. take the ultimate

it's 5:43 and 68 degrees. >> karen rogers with what is going on there looks like in west philadelphiaversity city, right. >> yeah, powelton village reports of an accident involving a car that ran into a wall whoever it's happening on 34th street at powelton avenue so watch for that one. you may see emergency workers coming to the scene right now. walnut street between 33rd and 24th from 9:00 until 3:00 today they'll be doing bridge inspection blocking the left lane, so it's going to be a slow go. let's hit your suburban traffic report and take you outside right now. looking live in morrisville bucks county this is route 1 at pennsylvania avenue. good shot of the road conditions. we're clear and dry. we've got light traffic volume here so no big problems. from nine until noon northbound between bridge street and pennsylvania avenue construction will block the right lane. so we'll look for that one. let's go ahead and take a look at the northeast extension. we still have a few different areas, three of them of construction zones going on but we're seeing speeds like 65 miles an hour. it

nbc 10 was outside the church of christian compassion in west philadelphia yesterday.hurch leaders and members wanted to show their support for first responders and members of law enforcement, so they threw them a big party. >> have some local heroes here that we really wanted to appreciate and let them know that, you know, what they do we don't take for granted. >> now, the celebration, complete with games, a little dunking booth action there, also marked the second anniversary of the new church building. >>> happening today, the pearlman school of medicine at the university of pennsylvania celebrates its 250th birthday year. a cake-cutting celebration will be held at university city school this afternoon. penn alumni, faculty, students and staff are invited to the event. at 250 years old, the pearlman school of medicine is the nation's oldest medical school. that should be a lot of candles on the cake there. >>> heavy rain led to widespread flooding over parts of northeastern florida this weekend. look at this. parts of columbia county saw up to 8 inches of rain. mor

new this morning, west philadelphia man is fighting for his life, following an overnight shooting right on his front porch. it happened around 12:30, on the 5600 block of catharine street. police say someone fired at least 11 shots at the 24 year old victim. one of the bullets hit him in the back. a friend tried to take him to the hospital. but instead, crashed into another car, a half block away. >> when police arrived, the shooting vick tell was already involved in a auto accident. police took this 24 year old male to the hospital of the university of pennsylvania where he is presently in critical condition. >>> the woman in the other car was not seriously hurt. meanwhile, police are interviewing witnesses. no arrest haves been made. >>> the search is on this morning, in northeast philadelphia, for a gunman who shot a teenager during attempted robbery at torresdale playground. it happened on the 9500 block of frankford avenue at around 8:00 last night. police say the 18 year old was shot as he tried to wrestle that gun away from the suspect. he is in critical condition this morning. >

. >>> a little girl dies after falling out of the west philadelphia high rise. this happened this morning at the fairfax apartments on the 4200 block of locust street. "eyewitness news" reporter noel mcclaren is live at the scene where some are now questioning that building's safety, noel. >> reporter: jessica, we watched police conduct their investigation primarily in two locations, just beyond this fence here, right in that courtyard area, and then nine stories up at that whipped owe where she fell, investigators are trying to figure out what did cause that little girl to fall. police say they were heart broken by what they saw when they first arrived on the scene. >> we arrived on location, father is holding his eight year-old child, child unresponsive at the time. >> reporter: investigators say eight year-old little girl fell nine stories from her father's fairfax apartment window, only possible witness her big sister, just 11 years old. >> she runs, starts screaming through the building. >> reporter: for now police say they are conducting their investigatio

this happened about an hour and a half ago along locust street in west philadelphia. ilding so quite a fall. a tragedy here in west philadelphia they're trying to investigate how this happened and we'll keep on top of that for you as well. >>> 8:57 now on this wednesday morning. matt pelman here with traffic. matt. >> horrible story there in west philadelphia, matt. good morning to you. here in chester county we have we have been watching huge delays this morning. reeceville road through this point at 340 along the 30 bypass eastbound had an earlier crash approaching 113 that's now gone. both lanes opened but the heavy traffic is still definitely out there. also had a crash here in mercer county on the ramp from 295 northbound to route 1 northbound just cleared but speeds are still in the teens headed towards that earlier accident soon. new jersey turnpike southbound overnight truck fire still blocking a lane near exit six. matt. >> thank you matt. david is off. karen rogers is here with the accuweather forecast. karen. >> hey, matt temperatures just jumped up 5 degree

police say they know who shot a man outside a west philadelphia deli in august, just for bumping intoarently this guy is no stranger to the law either. the authorities are looking for 23 year-old allen stokes in the 5700 block of harmor street in west philadelphia you can see him in this surveillance video. police say he shot 49 year-old edward lynn on august 29th outside of the neighborhood deli. the victim is in the hospital paralyzed from the waist down. police say stokes has five prior arrests for attempted murder, gun possession, assault and drug offenses. >>> 6:36. it is back to school this morning for students in philadelphia. >> the school year does start on time amid budget issues. really they justin to cripple the district. fox 29's lauren johnson joins us from west philadelphia with this part of the story, hi there lauren. >> reporter: just a few moments ago we saw a man in the courtyard unlocking the gate because school will begin here shortly. elementary school kids will flood the courtyard and classrooms completely unaware of the crisis the district is facing which is un

. >>> a sad scene today in west philadelphia. >> funeral services held for ayesha, the philadelphia girl killed this week by a stray bullet. today a large crowd, young and old, gathered in west philadelphia to say their final farewells. >> she was really sweet. she was a nice girl. she cared about everyone. she was so upbeat and, she was just really nice. >> she was just 15 years old. the teen was shot and killed monday afternoon. it happened as she walked home from delaware valley charter high school. 19-year-old darien person is charged with her murder. he was involved in a fight with a group of teens and fired shots at them. a 19-year-old man was also wounded. >>> police have a warrant. >> nbc 10 in nicetown tuesday. u.s. marshals moved in on person's home. our cameras were rolling as they busted down the door of the house on rowan street. person wasn't there. he turned himself in later that night. >>> from our south jersey bureau, armed robbery at a burlington county convenience store. happened this morning on camden avenue in morristown. a masked man threatened the clerk before runn

wanted for hit-and-run in west philadelphia. year old girl was hit in that crash. >>> and, former sports cast or don tollefson trial scheduled to start today in bucks county accused of stealing more than quarter million dollars as part of a fraud scheme. >>> oh, those fall sports are really underway right now, for a lot of children, that may result in a few minor bumps or bruises during the season, but whether it comes to concussions, it is quite serious, especially, in children, because the symptoms can go unrecognized. >> so what sign should parents, guardians, coaches be waiting for. doctor rob dan off joins with us more details. good morning, sir. >> good morning. >> concussion symptoms, tough to recognize in children. why is that? >> they are. a lot of times think oh, they didn't pass out, it is fine, or they just have a headache. but silent symptoms that could really affect a person, their behavior, the way they learn, so those are the includes we look for nowadays. >> now, we hear the term concussion a lot. what's actuall

she's charge with abducting a five-year old girl from the west philadelphia school and sexually assaulting her. jury deliberations could begin later today. >>> also happening to take, this man, bryant bauer, is scheduled for a preliminary hearing. bauer faces murder and related charges in the shooting death of the man he believed was break nothing to his vehicle. police say that they found 30 year-old richard hall suffering from multiple gunshot wound on the 4500 block have of torresdale avenue last month. >>> and james meres is also due in a philadelphia courtroom this morning for a preliminary hearing. he is facing murder charges in the deaths of two northeast philadelphia woman. sixty-seven year-old dolly evans and 59 year-old ruby thomas were found shot to death inside of their home, and they found a 4700 block of vista street this morning. police say woman took in meres after his most recent release from prison. >>> 6:03. sky deck for katie with traffic and weather together. >> good morning. unpleasant day unfolding for us. we have a few silent hazard and they are primarily taking pla

. >>> new this morning one person is hospitalized after escaping this smokey fire in west philadelphia it happened 1:30 on north 52nd street near arch. fire broke out on the first floor of the corner grocery store and then spread to some apartments on two floors above it. three other residents were also able to get out safely. the red cross is now assisting those displaced. >>> suspect in custody following a police dispute that ended on a train tracks in lansdowne delaware county. it was around 12:30 when police pull over this vehicle after a short pursuit. driver bailed out and ran away near austin and south union avenue. he was captured a short time later. after all of this no one was hurt. >>> a minivan korean out of control and slams in the utility pole. it happen at river road and north 26th street in camden. police say minivan rolled over several times, no serious injuries were reported but driver was taken to cooper hospital for evaluation, erika. >>> an independent investigation is now underway to determine whether the nfl received this video of ray rice punching his then fianc