west philadelphia has such a diverse community. >> yes, not just here but, everybody. two locations in philadelphia we are celebrating five years. so we're so excited. >> congratulations on five years. keep on dancing. >> yes. >> i need to take some classes. >> keep on dancing. >> you got it, bob. >> i see you out here. >> hey. let's go. here we go. here we go. >> okay. this is a great thing. we have all these businesses lined up here, our sponsor dunkin' donuts. we are here at free ceramics. >> you were one of the first people here setting up. >> i make hand made pottery, my studio is one block south of here, and everything you see here i make by hand and all of the surface decoration i hand carve. >> what are these deice. >> thinks a process called when you paint on the color surface and carve away. >> why treat. >> that is my last name. >> is it on your necklace as well. >> beautiful. >> great designs. >> you know, before we get any further down the street here i want to come over here and talk to the police department. i necessity we talked to the mountain policed.

west philadelphia. . >> that was perfect. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ don't you just love it ♪ ♪ >>> people are showing their pride all over their face, and shirts. i want to apologize because inappropriate word was said earlier, but thinks a live show but we will keep it clean and keeping it all positive. we want to she good of west philadelphia we are sorry about that. i asked people to show up, their best fresh prince. look at me here. >> i love this. >> he is showing up. let's show this little had and little juddas. >> how old are you. >> four. >> he looks happy to be here. >> thank you. >> we appreciate it. >> love this. >> quincy, this is great. >> we are in west philadelphia. i know one of the spots i visited a couple weeks ago was cedar park cafe. that is where quincy is right now, cedar park. >> yes. >> listen, this place, people love this place, my goodness we have nina the owner here, how are you doing. how long have have you been here. >> we have been here a year. >> yeah. >> bob kelly was here. what is some of

. >> west philadelphia. sue. busy weekend but joint's jumping. look who is with me. who is with me. >> what did you do to make that shirt. >> no, i didn't. >> where are you from. >> from north philadelphia, born and raised. >> and you self. >> i live right around the corner, 50th and cedar. >> she doesn't even know where she lives. >> yes, i do. >> so excited. >> after party at her house. we have some cake all right. >> we have some pound cake from pound cake heaven and we will have fun all morning long. lets get out the front door. we have an overturn vehicle on the blue route, 476 on the ramp to the westbound schuylkill expressway. again, roosevelt boulevard, we had an earlier accident but traffic is picking up as we get ready for the morning rush hour. well get to the maps, schuylkill expressway, little slow as you work your way through bala cynwyd and gentlemen, start your engines it is nascar weekend, coming to pocono speed way, up there we will see extra volume up and down 476, as i mentioned. we also

live in west philadelphia, monique braxton, nbc10 news. >> long day out there in west philadelphia. >ow to our decision 2016 coverage. western pennsylvania is the latest campaign stop for donald trump as he widens his attacks in the presidential campaign. the presumptive republican nominee rallied supporters in suburban pittsburgh last night. he also took aim at the gop establishment, struggling or unwilling to support him. that included former nominee mitt romney. >> he says, donald trump may have racial tendencies. he lost. he choked like a dog, he choked. now it's time for somebody else. we're fwoik to win, folks. >> trump's stop in pennsylvania cap add weekend tour of battleground states that also included virginia and florida. tomorrow, he plans to deliver a speech aimed at the clintons. >>> speaking of hillary clinton, she picked up another high profile endorsement, the reverend jesse jackson. clinton adds jackson's endorsement to those of president obama, vice president biden, and massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. senator sanders has not endorsed clinton. >>> sanders will

again, that's over in west philadelphia. we're also watching 95 right around the philadelphia international airport. no big problems or delays. if you have a flight to catch, you'll be just fine getting there. here's northbound. southbound lanes look just fine as well. also, we're watching a vehicle fire out in marlborough on main street and church road. >>> we're following breaking news at 5:33 this morning. you're looking at exclusive video right now of a philadelphia police officer being loaded into an ambulance in west philadelphia minutes ago. new information we just learned. he was taken to penn presbyterian. he was complaining of pain to his head and neck. he's wearing a neck brace. this officer was a passenger in a police cruiser that was hit by a septa bus. the crash pushed the cruiser into a light pole at 63rd and lancaster just before 5:00. police tell us the officers were heading to another call, had their lights and sirens on. the bus hit the rear passenger side of the cruiser. no one was on the bus. the driver o

>>> "eyewitness news" starts with breaking news, the fire at a west philadelphia apartment building goes to three alarms, putting 100 people out of their homes. >>> another act of of violence in orlando one night after someone killed a rising star from south jersey, someone else opened fire in a nightclub. >>> and, mother nature is, giving us a break and the rest of the week looks pretty good, even better. >>> well to day is sunday june u i'm rahel solomon. let's send it over to justin drabick. we see it will be looking better, feeling good. how will it feel? >> well, if you liked humidity, you are not going to like the forecast coming up. it will feel comfortable. especially tomorrow. more like spring with below average temperatures. still this morning we are muggy. >> it was warm this morning when i walk in. >> it will be a warm day. 86 degrees. not as humid as yesterday. that is good news there. and we can maybe knock off ac tonight, and open up those windows again because we will get a break from all of the mugginess across the region this morning still we're waking up to mid 70's in

of stars, he has been with diddy janet jackson, common, miley cyrus, we are hanging out with west philadelphiadj active. >> okay, lots going on. >> it will be an active morning on "good day philadelphia". >> i'm out, folks. >> have fun. >> 5:53. american legion post goes up in flames on memorial day, most sacred day of the year for their members but one fire fighter rush back inside that burning building to get. prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. farm, crate, and store. we're focusing on fresh... ...so you don't have to guess. my giant. this photo was snapped during a moment at a memorial day fire scene. american legion post 396 in bridesberg went up in flames, four days ago, many of the things inside burned but a pair of flags, survived. one philadelphia fire fighters tried to put out that fire, grabbed the flags from the holders before they were ruined. he was carrying those flags in front of the building when someone took this picture and then this picture went viral. >>> i didn't do it, one of my other fire fighters and philadelphia heroes

apartment fire in west philadelphia, 100 people forced to find shelter because of the fire. >>> checking in with sky6 live hd the commodor barry bridge, a beautiful shot hear as we wake up. 6:01, 77 degrees, time to check in with meteorologist chris sowers for accuweather. >> reporter: a little sticky out there, but it's nice. we have sunshine expected later this afternoon. as we get you outside, show you what's going on. the temperatures were cranking yesterday weren't they? we got up to 92 degrees the 5th time this year we managed to hit 90 or higher. we peaked out with a peak index of 97 at one point. as we flip it over to the numbers, 77 in philadelphia. closing in on 80 in millville. dover, 81. reading, 78 degrees. allentown, 77. the poconos 67, humidity levels, the dewpoints very high this morning so it is uncomfortable out there, but we have a cold front that will be dropping in from the north that will lower the temperatures, it will lower the humidity levels as we progress along throughout the afternoon. we're peaking around lunchtime. 86, 87 degrees, the numbers actually pull b

right now, the scene is clearing here in west philadelphia. seconds later, we see ladder truck six going into the air. live for now from west philly, monique braxton, nbc10 news. >>> now to the murder of burlington county native christina grimmie. she was shot and killed in orlando on friday night. this morning, we're learning more about the investigation into the singer's death. authorities say that kevin loibl drove to orlando specifically to attack the former contestant of "the voice." he carried two handguns, ammunition and had a hunting knife. he shot and killed grimmie as she signed autographs. her brother ended up tackling loibl, but the gunman then took his own life. she grew up in marlton and went to cherokee high school. at the church, she and her family attended, they played a special tribute to the singer last night. churning members tell us they're praying for her family. >> such a talented, nice, happy person. you don't think something would happen to a person like that. >> as we mentioned, grimmie was killed in orlando. however,

house democrats have been on the floor for more than 17 hours. >>> breaking news out of west philadelphia only see on nbc 10 this morning. a philadelphia police officer taken into an ambulance after his car was involved in a crash with a septa bus. >>> and tracking showers and possible thunderstorms. here's a live look at the first alert weather radar. we're expecting rain later this morning and storms later this evening. it's 5:30. good morning. a lot to get to today. welcome to nbc 10 news today. i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm vai sikahema. we want to find out about

rahel, back to you. >>> breaking news in west philadelphia. fire fighters on the scene of the three alarm fire in the 4300 block of chestnut street. flames broke out just before 5:00 inside of the four story apartment building. run helps dent have been evacuate budd there are no reports of any injuries. cherri gregg is on the way to the scene and we will have have a live update as soon as she gets there. >>> breaking news, gunfire erupts at a gay nightclub in orlando, florida earlier this morning. there are reports of multiple injuries. a posting on the night club's facebook page urged people to get out of the club and to keep running. orlando police warned residents to stay away from the area multiple emergency vehicles have been reportedly responding including the orlando fire department's bomb squad and hazardous materials team. once again a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in orlando, multiple people hurt. we will follow this this morning and bring you this breaking news as soon as more becomes available. >>> this shooting comes after anot

later into the afternoon it will feel more humid with the southerly flow and to the north and west of philadelphianotice how all the way up to 6:00 this is off to the north and west that's the center of the action for precip. later on tonight we're mostly dry. so, the story today is most of us today are dry, northwest chance of shower. 78 by 10:00 a.m. humid by noon, 76. stickier through the afternoon, 85 degrees at 3:00 p.m., high of 86 around 3:30 p.m. or 4:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m., 83, i'm posting the chance of shower or thunderstorm north and west. 85 in allentown. # 4 -- 84 in wilmington. down the shore, upper 70sen the beach. anywhere from 77 to 78 degrees. how about the 71 in the ocean temperature. might make you think about taking a dip today. only near the lifeguards because there's a moderate risk of rip currents down the shore. 70s in the waters in rehoboth beach and 70s on beach there, as well. uv index high because we'll get the early sunshine. tomorrow by the time we're on the air there's a chance of pop-up showers or thunderstorms. instead of being in the west they could pop up anywhere ac

the best chance of that is well to the north and west of philadelphia.y have a better shot. nydia and matt. >> if you're going somewhere around that time and need to keep an eye on the storms go to 6abc.com/weather. >>> three children and their parents were killed when a minivan collided with an amtrak train the colorado. the family was on their way to church. police say the driver never stopped at the crossing. a 5-year-old girl is the lone survivor in the minivan. her parents and three syllables were killed. no one on the train was physically hurt. >>> it was another vehicle to celebrate lgbt pride across the country. those who took part saw increased security in the wake of the orlando massacre. it is estimated that more than million people lined the parade route and hillary clinton walked several blocks in the march. the answer is not to run and hide. >> i think it is an act of defines on one level -- defines on one level -- defiance on one level saying we stand for all people. >> races took part in chicago and san francisco. >> new this morning, pol

we have to show up west philadelphia. know, whenever everyone thinks when they hear west philadelphia, that is right, they think of this, so we will make this epic. i want everybody to come up in your best fresh prince jazzy jeff, your best 90's clothes and we will do a big fresh prince sing along and get the whole block together. amazing. you have to dress the part. we will put you on tv. let's show up and out. we will see you guys this friday. >> big pay off, because we are giving away a car and we'd love to give it to you. is there the car that we are giving away, a brand new mazda cx9 just come to our web site at fox 29.com and click on the contest right on our home page and then we will pick finalist once a week so it will happen in west philadelphia and then on our final show big give away and someone will drive away in their brand new car. >> sound good to me. >> here's where we are heading over next several weeks. big finally is at dell music center in fairmount park. i love that place. i love summer concert serie

this happened in west philadelphia. you're looking live at the scene right now. northbound 63rd street is closed between lansdown and master. pamela osborne has just arrived on the scene. tell us what's happening. >> reporter: vai, you can see the police cruiser involved in that accident is still here on the scene. just within the past minute or so, they opened up this intersection. traffic again is moving at 63rd street. you do want to keep your eye out. there is still quite a bit of police activity here. now, the injured officer was a passenger in that cruiser. police tell us that sergeant and an officer were heading to assist with a burglary in progress. the cruiser was heading east on haverford with lights and sirens on when they were clipped by a septa bu septa bus. the impact caused the cruiser to spin and wreck into a pole. there were no passengers on the bus. the sergeant who was driving the cruiser was not injured, but he was taken to the hospital to be checked out. the officer that was hurt was walking and talking before he was taken by ambulance to pen

at monumental baptist church in west philadelphia a celebration of the life of 18-year-old akyra murray. she ranked third in her graduating class at west catholic was a star basketball player, a 1,000-point scorer. she had determination, warmth, joy, a young woman excited to start a new adventure at mercyhurst university in the fall with a full athletic scholarship. >> akyra's life sure did shine. it shined everywhere she went. it shined in the classroom, it shined in the community and it shined on the basketball court. >> reporter: but earlier this month akyra lost her life when a gunman stormed pulse nightclub in orlando. her friend patience carter seen here on crutches was also shot in the massacre. as was akyra's cousin tiara parker. many wore red akyra's favorite color. her teammates wore basketball jerseys. mayor kenney was joined by elected officials from the city and state who wanted to pay their respects. >> we embrace west catholic friend and we love them all. >> reporter: through dance, through prayer, through song there was sorrow and grief but also joy for having known her.

so north and west of philadelphia later on this afternoon we could get a shower or two. spotty in nature. moving through. maybe even a rumble of thunder. this system moving west to east. so that will be the trend for later today. sun and clouds today. we're dry now. we should stay dry for a good portion of our saturday. it's a different story for our sunday. i'll be back with those details in just a bit. rosemary. >> thanks for that, karen. >>> nine soldiers are dead, killed in dangerous floodwaters during a training exercise, now the tragedy at fort hood is raising questions about their training. we'll explain after the break. to you, they're more than just a pet. so protect them... ...with k9 advantix ii. it not only kills fleas, ticks and mosquitoes, it repels them, too. so do more to defend your four legged friend... ...with k9 advantix ii. for the love of dog. >>> investigators in fort hood, texas, are now looking at how nine soldiers died during a training exercise. search crews have recovered the last four bodies of the soldiers who have been missing since thursday

from remembering the victims in orlando to back here in west philadelphia, nbc 10's monique braxton is live with a story of a high school star killed in yesterday's shooting. monique, this day is becoming more difficult as names and faces are put to these victims. >> reporter: that's right, jaqueline. i can tell you that the basketball teammates of akyra murray just left this high school wearing their jerseys proudly on their way to center city to the city's vigil for those folks who died yesterday morning. now i should also tell you why we have been here at west catholic high, we have hear murray was outstanding in athletics and academics. >> as a teammate, she was always a hustler. she was the hungryiest out of all of us. >> reporter: that's how camilla harris remembers her teammate akyra murray. how long did you play with her? >> this is my first year playing with her, so it was a hell of a year. >> reporter: akyra murray graduated last week. she was named female scholar athlete of the year. on the school's website you find a picture of murray signing a letter of intent to play bask

you know throughout this whole summer season we are going all over town but west philadelphia it is yourn. lets show up a and show out, cedar park on baltimore avenue. if we're going to west fill awe know what we have to do, fresh prince to show up in your best outfit or dy jazzy jeff, come out here in your 90's gear because we will do a big sing along here in west philadelphia and make this epic so we can get viral, who you about that. >> we have been saying what can they get if they come out to west philadelphia you good tote meet us and be on tv and chance to win a car, sign up to win a mazda cx9 go to fox 29.com click on the contest right in the home page ander with looking at finalist once a week and final show july 22nd we are having a big give away, karen. >> lets look where we are headed to meet us because we do love this is what we want to do take pictures, have fun, bill anderson will be handing out t-shirts. we will go to jenkintown, northeast, quakertown, wilmington basically the whole delaware valley, haddonfield and we will end up at the dell. >> should be fun. >> that july

we are live from west philadelphia as fire officials search for a cause. >>> and well, good morning to you, it is sunday june 12th i'm rahel solomon. the lots of news to get to but first, justin drabick. pleasant day, that would be nice. >> yes, it will still be warm for some, mid 80's but humidity gets better. >> that always feels better. >> still humid now, and, hey that guy is lying it is pretty nasty out but you'll note that is difference certainly tonight and start of the workweek. the is there something to look forward to if you don't like true midsummer like stuff. yesterday made it to 92 degrees in philadelphia warm start, we are at 78 in the airport. nice shot there, high level cloud, little cold front that came through dry will continue to move off shore today and that will bring in the dryer air mass. wind will kick up as well. we will get wind think afternoon. look the at the temperature change over the last 24 hours, as there you see a day ago we were 25 degrees colder, yesterday at this time in allentown. that warm air is in place. eighty-two already in allentown at this

"action news" reporter katherine scott has more on today's emotional farewell in west philadelphia. >> reporter: tangible grief, unspeakable loss akyra murray was only 18 years old. her friends and family gathered at monumental baptist church in west philadelphia to remember her, to celebrate he her. cousin tiara parker was with akyra and friend patience carter when a gunman stormed pulse nightclub in orlando. all three hid in a bathroom. all three were shot. akyra did not survive: akyra graduated third in her class at west catholic she was a star basketball player, a 1,000-point scorer with a scholarship to merls see hurts university. since her dream was to one day play in the wnba the atlanta dream sent an autographed jersey personalized with her name and number. >> this jersey is in honor of a player who symbolized sportsmanship both on the court and off. >> reporter: as one mourner said there are 48 other funerals like this going on, victims of this mass shooting and while there is great sorrow for losing akyra there's also a great joy in having known her. the vibrant teen loved t

west today. high temperatures ahead of that. 86 in philadelphia. 87 in trenton. from philadelphia south it's beginning to feel more humid than it did at dawn. that humidity will stretch to allentown before we are done today. down the shore look for high temperatures in the upper 70s. 70s in the ocean water of a atlantic city. there's a moderate risk of rip currents if you plan to go to the beach and great day to be there and if you plan to enjoy the relatively mild ocean temperature do it next to the lifeguards, please, okay? 82 degrees by 32:00 p.m., 86 degrees by 3:00 p.m. tomorrow between 6:00 p.m. and 12:00 look for another round of showers these will be more we had spread and revel length. we could get a spotty heavy thunderstorm, by 3:00 p.m., another chance of that and 5:30 we're looking at it, 11:30 we might have spotty showers and thunderstorms, they are not everywhere all at once, but a better chance tomorrow. 85, muggy, spotty thunderstorms around, while there could be a shower leftover on wednesday, wednesday overall is a day of improvement with the h

. >>> we want to get you caught up on breaking news we're following from west philadelphia. a massive apartment fire is now under control. you can see the smoke coming from the scene there. we know that the fire has forced at least 100 people from the home. the fire actually started at the netherland apartments on the 4300 block of chestnut street. the fire was confined to the 4th floor. red cross this morning is opening a shelter at the victims on the 4200 block of ludlow street. a residenter -- resident responded and has reaction to the fire. >>> my mom packed all the luggages in case the fire came over to our house somehow. she was ready to go. we looked out it was kind of scary. wow, i don't think it was going to be this big, i thought it was a normal fire, when i looked out, it was big. >>> that was one of the residents at the netherland apartments along chestnut. so far we have no reports of any injuries. stick with "action news" for updates on this breaking news story throughout the morning. >>> 7:01, sky 6 hvment -- hd taking a live look at a temple university hospit

how does it feel, you know, your time here in west philadelphia high school? >> it is great. i'm just sad i have to go. >> what are your future plans. >> going to tell tonight study neuro science. >> smart young man going to the best philadelphia in the land, temple university. great day. i wanted to play but they said i want past. let's talk to -- now, look, look at some of the student, i mine, look, are you guys okay? are you guys going to win. >> absolutely. >> we're well conditioned machines here. >> you guys are breathing little heavy. don't let them breathe the breath for you. that's attack i can for the young boys, to think that we're tired, what we're doing, going to spare tank. these are the spare tanks that we're going through in the second half to pull out this win. you are one for five. we did get your one shot. i got another one for you. >> you know, fall apart, start playing selfish, golden state like 20, 22. >> and how are the student smear. >> great, great, best place in the worlds to work. >> okay. well, listen, half time is about to be over here, at west phi

"eyewitness news" reporter anita oh visited a gym in west philadelphia. >> reporter: it seems the wholeorld knew his name. >> who's the greatest. >> reporter: a fighter in every sense of the word. >> that might be our latest gentleman. >> reporter: he jabbed for titles and championed for civil rights. >> he wasn't just a great fighter. he stood up in africa and everywhere for black people and, um, he was our hero. >> he's not an athlete, he's a part of american history. he's the civil rights movement basically. >> reporter: now boxes across the delaware valley are mourning the greatest of all time. >> he felt like a god himself. he said god gave him parkinson's to let him know he's only human. >> reporter: the impact he made earned him honor honor including the liberty medal at the national constitution center in philadelphia t his one-two punch made him a champion not only inside the ring butter outside of it. he was a humanitarian and goodwill ambassador donating millions of dollars to charity. much of that was inspired by his conversion to the islam faith which led him to change his

. >>> among those killed promising student athlete from west catholic prep from here in philadelphia. eighteen year-old akyra murray she graduated just last week and set to go to mercyhurst college on a full athletic scholarship for basketball. with akyra her cousin and our fox 29 intern patients carter recovering from an orlando hospital. >> we have learn that the victims from the philadelphia area went to orlando for a family vacation. >> three women decided to go out on a town saturday night to go dancing. night out with the girls turned into a bloody massacre. parker from southwest philadelphia lived to tell bit after being shot in the stomach. she spent three hours as a hostage inside pulse nightclub during the worst mass shooting in u.s. history. >> he had hostages in the bathroom. the hours i laid in blood. i got peoples body fragments on me. somebody's face was blown off. >> police broke through a wall to rescue parker and her cousin, akyra murray and fox 29 intern patients carter but it was just too late for mur hoy died later at the hospital. her family is in orlando waiting

. >>> new from overnight, we have learned one of the victims in a double shooting in philadelphia's west oak lane section has died. the 24-year-old man was shot and a second victim is still in the hospital. a man shot in philadelphia's frankfurt neighborhood yesterday remains in critical condition. the victim was shot twice on charles street. no word on arrests or a motive in this case. >>> a pharmacist in bucks county will not face charges after he shot and killed a would-be robber according to law enforcement officials who say the masked man had a shot gun and zip ties when he walks inside the pens bri pharmacy yesterday. he grabbed his gun and ordered the robber to surrender but the man jumped over the counter and that's when the pharmacist shot him. >> it was entirely justified in his conduct and frankly should be commended. he, from what i can see, performed a public service. >> police are still working to identify the suspect. they released this photo of a tattoo on his stomach. asking for the public's help. the getaway driver was sitting outside the pharmacy and didn't know his pa

. >>> recovering more breaking news this time out of the west philadelphia where a teenager was rush to the hospital with a gunshot wound to his arm. shooting happened just after midnight on haverford avenue and north 55th street. teen was taken to penn presbyterian medical center where he is expect to survive n word on any arrests. >>> police are investigating a late night shooting that happened just after 10:00 on north spruce street and tenth. victim is in serious condition, no word on any arrests. >>> developing in northeast philadelphia a woman died after being shot with a cross bow. >> and point blank range too. >> and they have arrested her boyfriend, steve keeley is on this one with the very latest, steve. >> reporter: many police officers working here at headquarters learn what many of our viewer will find so disturbing that a cross bow can be and maybe even more deadly that be any gun with one shot, you'll hear police talk about the the vicious power of this weapon. supposed to be used for hunting large animals from a distance but you heard the captain talk about this a arr

in west philadelphia a reunion for children who defied the odds. yesterday more than 300 families from across the u.s. attended annual field surgery reunion at, children's hospital of philadelphia doctors diagnosed nearly all of the children prenatally with the birth defect and performed surgeries in utero or immediately after they were born. >> we get to reunite with doctors and staff who changed our daughteres life. without them she would not be the person that she is today, she had fetal surgery and i was still 21 weeks pregnant and they operated on her inside of me so we both had surgery together so because of that she can walk, run, play. >> can you imagine what they can do with medicine these days. unbelievable. yesterday was the 20th year for this annual reunion. >>> now developing in west virginia the death toll continues to rise as people living there brace for another day of devastating rain, at least 25 people died, many more still missing after week of downpours triggered historic floods. rising waters swept away buildings, road, bridge

an apartment fire in west philadelphia.ened before 5:00 this morning at 43rd and chestnut streets. that fire has been controlled but took about 100 firefighters to get it to that point. hundred residents are also out of their homes at this moment. no injuries have been confirmed thus far and the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> 7:30, let's take a look at some of the top stories. happening today, philadelphia celebrates the lgbt community in big way at its annual parade and festival. the parade will form at 13th and locust streets around noon and march down to penns landing right outside of our door here at fox 29. and the streets of south philadelphia also expected to be jammed packed with folks celebrating odunde day. it takes place around 23rd and south. food, performances vendors. the transition celebrates the coming of another year of african-americans and african people in general. >>> the future of septa is starting tomorrow. up to 10,000 septa customers will get a chance to be a chance of pilot program.

catholic prep in west philadelphia. teammates are mourning the loss of their friend there, monique? >> reporter: it was tough for most of them to talk to us, but according to the principal, she was a basketball standout and a scholar. take a look at the recent pictures of her. the 17-year-old graduated from west catholic preparatory high school just one week ago. on the school's website, you see her signing a letter of intent to play basketball at mercyhurst. when we arrived at west catholic, her grieving teammates just wrapped up a meeting with their coach. we spoke to one of the teammates as well as the principal. >> as a teammate, she was always a hustler. >> from the first time i met her in the hallways, she just made sure i felt welcomed here. >> reporter: akyra gave 100%. and it is no surprise they added her name to the list of the player who is scored 1,000 points. coming up this evening, we'll talk more about her accomplishments and why no one is surprised at how well she did in such a short life. live now from

pennsylvania suburbs looking at 85 degrees in west chester. philadelphiang in 87 degrees for byberry. if you're in new jersey, 85 for haddonfield today. mostly sunny with an isolated shower along the shore, mostly mid-to-low 80s in atlantic city. dover coming in at 87 degrees this afternoon. let's look at the next ten days, though. big differences coming up. today 87 in philadelphia. tomorrow 71 degrees. we'll see scattered showers, maybe some storms by the middle of the day. thursday looks perfect. 76 degrees and sunny. by friday we're back into the 80s. going into the weekend, it looks really good. the next week we are watching for possibly another round of heavy rain. >> look at that weekend. is it too early to start thinking about the weekend? >> never too early. >> nine minutes before 7:00. let's get you updated on your ride to work. >> jessica boyington is looking at 422. >> we look okay, vai and tracy. we are starting to see some of the delays headed towards the schuylkill expressway. this is 422 around trooper road. the eastbound delay right here,

life in west philadelphia, trish hartman channel6 "action news." >> meanwhile the manhunt for officer dorman's attacker caused delays for hundreds of train passengers today. service between wilmington and philadelphia was suspended as police searched around the tracks near folcroft. amtrak express and northeast regional trains were stopped for about two hours. service did resume at about 1 o'clock this afternoon. >>> we've been alerting you to all the updates as they happen through the 6abc news app and we have been bringing you photos and videos from the scene. stay with us throughout the day as developments unfold here and be sure to follow the "action news" team on social media as coverage of this developing story continues. >> here is a look at the closing numbers on wall street as the economy and business is the other big story of the day. taking a look at the dow, it closed more than 600 points down today. the nasdaq down more than 200 and the s & p 500 is down 76 points. the the market was down in connection with a vote that took place overseas. people in the united kingdom vot

it the summer initiative and it will include a total of 10 field trips for young teenagers in west philadelphiathis could be community policing at its best. >> the 19 district police officers could show up at your door but not to make an arrest. they are promoting their summer youth program. looking to provide something productive to do over the summer. >> we need more programs like this. >> it was not hard to find enthusiasm. >> 12 to 15 is the age they start to follow the wrong crowd, if you don't show them this is what are you going do they'll do the opposite. >> it's a hot time for kids to get into trouble and hope that this initiative will motivate them to get off the streets and see officers in a positive light. >> everybody wins here and i think they will come away with like hey the police are cool. >> they are looking for sponsors and plan to hit the streets and neighborhood companies say it's an investment in the community. >> we worry about the kidded and what are they doing for the time they are out of school. this fits into this. >> he hold similar programs every year but new this t

. >>> and here at home, fire forces dozens of people out of their west philadelphia apartment buildinge latest on the efforts to get residents back home. to grow up. but teachers like mr. elliot saw something in me. made a connection with me. now i'm a teacher myself, right here in camden. i'm just passing it along to my own students and making those same connections my teachers made with me. now that's some beautiful music. i'm jamal dickerson, and i'm proud to be a new jersey educator. >>> we're continuing to follow developments in the investigation into the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history. a gunman killed at least 50 people inside a gay nightclub in orlando and wounded more than 50 others. nbc news learned earlier today the suspect called 911 and swore allegiance to the head of isis shortly before the attack. nbc 10's george spencer has just arrived in orlando. he used to live and work there as a reporter in the city and he joins us live from the scene with an update. george? >> reporter: denise, you can see how spread out and expansive this crime scene still is. the

west. maybe we get some in philadelphia later but the clouds are the main thing you see build and become more of a factor into the afternoon. the rain is north and west of philadelphia and as we go in closer it's covering dover, delaware and has moved into the southern half of cape may county. and it will probably tend to clear before too much longer and a break up of this precipitation and later in the afternoon you may transition into areas seeing the steadier stuff into lighter precipitation, a couple of lighter cells up near wilmington as well. real quick go ahead and lapse it, this is all moving to the south, looking like salem will pick up some of that. want to give you the wide view too. all the rain to the south. we have chopper 6 hd a little earlier out over philadelphia, you can see how the sunshine was in play a little bit ago when we were flying around and it still is across much of the region. it's south and west where the clouds are thicker. 78 in philadelphia and dew points down in the 50s. winds south southwest at 9 miles per hour. the ocean temperature is starting to come up

fox 29's chris o'connell is live in west philadelphia, chris, a heart broken community coming together tonight. >> reporter: iain, it was less than two week ago that akyra murray graduated third in her class here from west catholic prep. well torque night former classmates, teachers and alumni are gathering for a vigil in her memory. the flag outside of west catholic prep at half mass tonight. that is where people are gathering as we speak. the vigil just started. the community here is in mourning over the death of an academic and basketball stand out akyra was the youngest victim of the orlando nightclub massacre. she was there on a family vacation when her cousin and friend all three of them shot and held hostage by gunman omar mateen. murray died after being shot in the arm just 18 years old. to night school administrators will address friends, former classmates, teachers and alumni to troy to make some sense of this senseless tragedy. >> one of the characteristics of the school is that we are a family. so when this type of situation happens in any family, family gathers together an

and they will have a tendency to thicken up as the day goes on. 81 in philadelphia, winds are light out of the west miles per hour. not a lot of wind in play today. 78 in philadelphia and 73 in wilmington. the cooler under the thicker clouds and where the rain is falling, 80 in allentown where you don't have as much cloud cover and warm 79 in trenton and the shore low to mid-70s. cloud cover getting thicker as the day goes on. showers south and west of philadelphia and can't rule out some of that coming to the city but it's not likely. probably not a lot of rain up in the lehigh valley. cool drinks weather, and at the shore 76 is your high, a little bit warmer than the last couple of days and the clouds are increasing and the farther down the coast the better chance of catching showers, ocean temperature 65 and better today. 82 is the high in philadelphia increasing clouds and warm and can't rule out a sprinkle or brief shower in the city and most of it again south of the city. for tonight the phillies mostly cloudy and 70 in the ninth inning and toronto starting the half home and home series. the

we have to tell you that people we talked to in lower marion and west philadelphia, several shook heads or held hands up declining an on-camera comment. live now, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. >> a mixed eed reaction today, monique. >> the jury came back with a mixed verdict for the codefendan codefendants. shocked leaving the courthouse this afternoon. he was found guilty on all counts against him including bribery and bank fraud. the jury found philadelphia businessman robert brand guilty on all charges convicting him of con conspiracy to commit wire fraud. karen nicholas found guilty on some counts against her like wire fraud and falsification of records. the jury returned a split verdict for bowser, former chief of staff, found guilty on 5 of 21 counts she faced. >> our coverage of the conviction continues online. go to nbc10.com for more including a complete timeline of the case. >>> next on nbc 0 news at 6:00, vacation visitors preparing to set out on a summer trip, someone is happy to see you leave. thieves. straight ahead, steps to take to protect your home before hitting the ro

philadelphia. the risk is setting up north and west of philadelphia for the potential of thunderstorms to become severe. by that we mean potential for damaging winds. so spotty showers will continue for us throughout the morning, and then we get a line of storms setting up in the afternoon as i mentioned moving west to east fairly quickly. by the evening hour, we're looking for the heavy stuff here to just push right through. philadelphia, parts of delaware, right into south jersey. i say the good news is that it is moving quickly and we don't anticipate widespread flooding. >>> the pens led the final two games to one. see game four live here tomorrow night at 8:00. here is the rest of your sunday morning sports. >> hello, we continue to look back at the life of muhammad ali that died friday night. one of his greats fights of the rumble in the jungle. he was a reigning champion and came out strong in this one, but after taking the best that he had to offer, he knocked foremandown and the referee stopped the fight. >> i called it it the mugging in the jungle. i went there two heavyweight belts and i cam

west philadelphia.y morning apartment fire that drove 100 people from their homes is now under control. the blaze broke out on the 4 approximate hundred block of chestnut street. there were reported injuries. we'll have another update at 9:00 a.m. >>> let's gets the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: all right, nydia, lowering humidity level and the numbers drop off this afternoon. 87 degrees, sunny and windy today. breezy and refreshing tomorrow, high of 80s. most of the time we're in the 70s. speaking of 70s, sun and clouds tuesday, only 78. >>> that's it for "action news" right now we'll be back in a half-hour, i'm nydia han, stay tuned for more "good morning america." cash 5, and treasure hunt every single month, that's hardly a surprise. winners, winners everywhere! play today! ♪ double down on your candy and coffee cravings with dunkin's new heath and almond joy candy bar flavored iced coffees. america runs on dunkin'. [ gunfire ] >>> welcome back to "gma." and we're covering a

it's 81 currently in dover, delaware. 78 in philadelphia and close to 80 degrees north and west of philadelphiai said, plenty of sunshine. doppler radar has us dry. just a few clouds. satellite showing a few clouds moving through the area associated with a frontal system that's moving through, but it's dry and will stay dry for us today and tomorrow. part of our paert story later on today, you'll notice the winds increasing. current wind speeds clock the in millville at 13 miles per hour. westerly to the southwest. 15 miles per hour in dover. winds are going to shift to the northwest later on. increasing as we move through the morning hours. 16 miles per hour in allen town. we could feel peak wind gusts especially at the jersey shore of about 35 to 40 miles per hor later this afternoon. >> thanks for that, karen. >>> oh, my god. people are getting shot, dude. oh, my god, dude. >> that breaking news into nbc10, at least 20 people are dead and dozens are wounded following a shootout and hostage situation at a nightclub in orlando. just moments ago, police wrapped up a news conference in orlando.

much more to come on "action news" tonight, dozens of people were evacuated this morning in west philadelphia after a fire erupted inside of an apartment building, we will have the latest, melissa. >>> walter another warm, windy day across the delaware and lehigh valleys but for the start of the workweek it will stay warm but comfortable as well as humidity. we have details coming up with the accu weather forecast. >>> and jeff skversky has sports when "action news" comes right back. a smokey three alarm fire forced evacuation of a hundred people from inside of an apartment building this morning in west philadelphia. the fire broke out in the fourth floor of the netherland apartment of the 4300 block of chestnut street shortly before 5:00 a.m. it was put under control at 9:00 this morning, no injuries have been reported and in word on a cause. >>> the sights and sound of an african marketplace took over south street today. >> ♪ >> as you can see even the littlees ones were getting in tune with the odunde festival 12 block area around 23rd and south featured latin music and more than a hundred

walnut food market in west philadelphia. it happened last tuesday, about 3:00 in the afternoon. one of the suspects used a pink handgun to hold up a employee while another suspect grabbed about $500 from around the counter. if you recognize these suspects, call police right away. >>> police continue their search for five men wanted for a vicious beating of a south philadelphia man. the attack tap eude on surveillance video, but investigators say it is too violent to show. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo has the latest on the investigation. >> patrick cane's cuts and bruises are just about healed now but ten days ago he looked like this. a black eye, and cuts to his face. after police say he was attacked outside geno's steaks in south philadelphia. >> we got punched in the nose, i got punched in the back of the head, when i was bent over, couple of uppercuts into my face. >> now philadelphia police are looking for this group of five men, surveillance video caught the whole thing. but police were only releasing this vid

so far though no arrests. >>> the search is on for whoever fired shots into a west philadelphia bar. surveillance cameras were rolling inside the blue nile bar along 52nd street last month when police say a lighter colored sedan pulled up and someone fired shots from in it. into the bar. two people were shot. but they were expected to survive their injuries. cops say the car may be a ford focus. >>> developing right now in texas, authorities are still looking for four missing soldiers. officials say they disappeared yesterday when their military vehicle flipped into a flooded creek. fire other soldiers are confirmed dead. this tragedy happened during a regular training mission at fort hood. the vehicle they were in was supposed to be able to handle the water but conditions were just too dangerous. today officials say the normally 30 to 40-foot wide creek at the park is swollen to 500 feet. fort hood officials say quick action by rescuers likely saved the lives of some of the soldiers in that vehicle. >> yesterday we suffered a tragic accident where we lost five of our soldiers due to

the most amount of rain we have is currently west of the philadelphia area. so areas like chester county, lancaster county, parts of upper montgomery, maybe a few sprinkles. parts of berks county. even farther south through parts of maryland we have heavier rain, so what you're looking at here with the green is just that lighter consistent rainfall. it's moving into the philadelphia area. we'll be seeing this as we go through the overnight hours tonight. and even into tomorrow morning. also don't forget your seven-day forecast is always scrolling right at the bottom of the screen for you. looking wider out, see some thunderstorms. some heavier rain. spotty in nature. and tomorrow and maybe even overnight tonight, we could sigh so see some thunderstorms roll through. i don't think that will be for everyone. spotty thunderstorms in the forecast. so here's future weather as we go through the overnight hours. some rain moving in and moving through. then by 7 30 in the morning we'll definitely have rain around for the morning commute for part of the area possibly

detectives say the teen was standing near 54th and vine street in west philadelphia when someone openedfire from across the street with a semiautomatic weapon, then took off running. so far, police have made no arrests. >>> also new this morning, police are investigating another shooting in west philadelphia. nbc 10 was on the scene on crichton street. police say that is where a man was shot twice just before 11:00 last night. officers took him to the hospital where he is in critical condition. >>> police in north jersek are still searching for the person responsible for running down and killing the cousin of 76ers first overall pick ben simmons. 21-year-old zachary simmons was struck and killed early saturday morning in hoboken. police say the suv that hit him left the scene. the victim's mother says the police told her the suv was going at least 70 miles an hour at the time. the speed limit there is 25. simmons tweeted this picture with the hash tag rip zachary simmons. >>> happening today, township leaders in horsham want to come up with a plan too have the best water quality in the

fattah's political career took him from west philadelphia to the powerful halls of congress and now could take him to a prison cell. chaka fattah was a 37-year-old state senator when he toppled a political veteran. fattah won the democratic prior may in 1994 beating congressman blackwell. congressman fattah had other political aspirations. in 2007 he ran for mayor losing to michael nutter in the democratic primary. it was that failed mayoral campaign that led to the fbi investigation and the congressman's eventual downfall but first prosecutors took down his son, chaka fattah jr. >> as we move forward through the progress, a vigorous appeal on my part. >> reporter: the younger fattah taken to prison in february after convicted of fraud. in april, the congressman lost his seat. >> we will no have -- >> reporter: fattah defeated in a democratic primary and weeks after losing the election, he lost his case as well. the judge who presided over the trial, the same man on the bench when fattah's son was convicted. >>> turning to decision 2016. hillary clinton once again on the offensive today.

until the afternoon on friday, so we are trying to think positively for our live broadcast from west philadelphia, on friday morning. reports of fog in wilmington, delaware, and millville, new jersey, this morning, as well as carney's point. thank you for that. 69 degrees, in philadelphia, at the moment. sixty-four in lancaster, still little sticky, and muggy out there this morning, not as dry as we hoped it would be. thanks to some flow offer the ocean, bringing us mogilyansky tour, eventually out to the northwest winds, look at the difference in temperatures, viewing our area today, center city probably up to 86 degrees, down the shore because of the clouds, and the sea breeze, probably high of only 68 degrees, and in the pocono mountains, sunny, nice, high of 79. so, big differences depending on where you are today. almost perfect weather, 86 degrees. and that aforementioned slight chance of a shower. very pleasant breeze on thursday, with a high in the lower 80s, by friday, we'll have little bit of sun and a scattered thunderstorm in the afternoon, saturday, the best weather day of the weeken

we have another one here in west philadelphia, 63rd street, excuse me and haverford avenue and it soundike that has injuries witt. we also have construction out there, 42 southbound in new jersey between route 130 ape 295, one to two lanes are blocked and it sound like that will be block until 6:00 a.m. i have more construction coming up in ten minutes. jim, over to you. >> busy morning, thanks, meisha. >> wild shoot-out in feltonville send a uniformed security guard to the hospital. the 22-year old man was working at a bar when he heard gunfire. he found himself in the hail of bullets and shot in the leg. the security guard is in stable condition. >>> congressional democrats, continue their sit in on the house floor, even have after the house adjourns for the fourth of july will holiday. they want republicans to vote on gun control legislation. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live from the sat center bring us up to date on the overnight developments. good morning, justin. >> good morning, brooke and jim. democrats expect their actions yesterday and overnight to bolster actio