in the poconos, 55 in allentown, 51 in pottstown, 53 in wilmingt wilmington.oser to the shore warmer, woodbine or wildwood at 63 degrees, 55 at the atlantic city airport. as we head into the rest of today you'll see plenty of sunshine, breezy conditions out of the west and also dry conditions which will be nice. it will be fall-like. by 7:00 a.m. 57 degrees, 10:00 a.m., 65 and then temperatures as you get ready to head back from lunch around 72 degrees, we'll push into mid-70s today. i am tracking warmer weather on the way. one of the reasons why we're going to stay so cool and dry is we do have wind speeds in from the northwest so that's cooler air. breezy conditions will come from. i'm tracking how long these will stay in the 70s and how long we'll stay dry. i'll see you again in about 10 minutes. we'll check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington.

a pope francis cardboard cutout visited saint edmund's academy for boys in wilmington.was part of the school's day long celebration to learn more about the pope. the boys even dressed in white and blue in honor of the argentine flag. >>> abcs are world news tonight with david muir is next on channel six. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff sharrie williams adam joseph and ducis rodgers. then please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel six. for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us at 11:00. >> ♪ more kids are suffering from asthma and we still have no limits on carbon pollution which can lead to more asthma attacks in children but senator toomey has voted repeatedly to let polluters keep releasing unlimited carbon pollution into the air. and took more than one million dollars from the polluters. tell senator toomey to vote for the clean power plan, because unlimited pollution shouldn't be a right. but playing outside should be. >>> tonight, donald trump under fire at thi

upper 60s to low 70s right along the i-95 corridor. 72 in wilmington. look at low temperatures for the overnight, low 60s in the bushes. mid 60s in the city. that weather authority seven day forecast will show showers, some thunderstorms scattered about tomorrow. so just grab an umbrella. maybe have a back up plan if you have some outdoor events because of that system that's going to be moving through. and then as we move toward your sunday we'll keep clouds around. maybe a leftover shower, upper 70s and then take look at low temperatures monday morning into the 50s. going to be a school start. 70s to start the week and we kind of warm things up into the mid to upper 80s little bit above average. >> you said five. >>> s of rain yesterday. >> almost. we saw about 4.76-inches. >> a lot of rain. >> all right. thanks scott. >> if you want to improve your child's diet it might cost you this is interesting. why researchers say offering children cash to eat vegetables is really a wise invest in many their future. >>> plus, a couple caught having sex in a parki

. >> we decided to leave town to go down to my parents live in wilmington because our office buildings are closed, daycare is closed. >> this is the first phase of car removal ahead of the pope's arrival saturday. to break it all down we have this map which you can also find on 6abc.com the strict parking regulations begin tonight, 6 p.m., and stretch from the art museum southeast past city hall. and then the next phase of towing begins 9 a.m. tomorrow and southwest center city and fairmont and there's more deadlines throughout the week. residents who pickedp ape $20 yellow placard like this one ft. philadelphia parking authority this week can stay parked in restricted areas until thursday. and the placard musting clearly displayed and driver can park their vehicle in one of six designated garages beginning thursday but they must stay in place throughout the weekend. signs warning drivers of papal parking restrictions went up last week. if cars don't move, they risk a ticket and tow costs which can add up to a couple hundred dollars. >> and back out here live we're told the reason why

that claimed the life of the wheelchair bound man in wilmington delaware. >>> also a deadly stabbing in center city, in the middle of an area where thousands of pilgrims have traveled for the world meeting of families, kate? >>> and will it rain for the pope? that is the big question and if it does it is this storm that will bring the the rain, it is lifting up the coast, we will have the latest information on the coastal low and when the rain could impact our weekend plans, all coming up when we come back. stephanie stahl finds he has been embarrassed all of these years, again, that is tonight after the game. >>> meantime a man is murdered just steps away from where thousands of catholics are celebrating the world meeting of families right now. detectives canvassed scene at broad and cher any center city, and, searching for clues. forty-seven year-old man was fatally stabbed as he walked to work this morning. the his identity has in the yet been released, it happened just feet away, from construction crew was working. >>> we were out here, and we were bang, tearing things down, we c

septa has sold 5,000 tickets for the wilmington/newark line. amtrak is leasing commuter trains to keep up with the demand and calling in extra help in case anything goes wrong. >> for staffing coming in, we'll have quick response times to keep everybody moving and get them to the events on time. 5800 parking spots will be available around the wilmington station. not all free. they encourage people to car pool to keep traffic problems to a minimum. >>> as soon as information is unveiled we'll tweet it out on our special account dedicated to the papal visit follow @ 6abc pope for the latest. >>> the countdown to the miss america pageant is on. among the festivity, the annual prepageant parade. the show us your shoes will be on the boardwalk. >> it's about family and networking and connections. it's great to come back during pageant week. >> reporter: yesterday the pageant held it's 9/11 military appreciation concert. quest -- contestants will compete for the crown. it's time for the passengers at 9:00 p.m. on 6abc. >>> still much more to come on

same in dover and i millville and in wilmington so a cool start for you.rea of low pressure, not really affecting our area, not with rainfall or anything. we just have drier air coming in from the northwest and cooler air. if i widen out the picture we are going to stay nice and dry. high pressure rebuilds over most of the country, actually. so we don't have weather disturbances that we're tracking on the way. we are going to see quiet conditions, pushing into most of this week. highs around the area today at 67 degrees in the poconos. 74 in allentown, same in quakertown. 75 will be the high in norristown. 76 in mount holly along the shore in mid-70s. 76 in vineland and around the philadelphia area today 77, sweetsboro 77, wilmington we'll see a high of 76 degrees. your seven-day forecast shows a warming trend is on the way, so not to worry. the heat is not over. we're going to see temperatures in mid-80s for the the rest of the week. >> let's check your ride to work. >> good morning. >> good morning, vai and tracy. we're on the schuylkill. right around sp

temperatures are climbing, 78 in philadelphia, and 76 in allentown and 77 in trenton and 79 in wilmington you can see the winds dropping down from the mountains in the northwest, whenever the air drops from the surface that is helping us warm up, remember how breezy it was too, with the storm system well off nova scotia at the noon hour, we have single digit winds and calm winds, mt. pocono the only place with a double digit wind, breezy and comfortable, this afternoon we get warmer, yesterday was 77 degrees and today 83, that is 5 degrees above average, we stay above average into the weekend, when i come back we'll check out the exclusive accuweather forecast. and let you know how high the numbers go as we head towards the fall season on the 23rd. >> still acting like summer, i don't mind it at all. >> a suspect is in custody following a deadly stabbing in wilmington, the victim was found on king street and the man died at the hospital. witnesses told the officers where to find the suspect, they apprehended the 25-year-old man after a brief foot chase >>> philadelphia police are warning

wilmington .3. that's the same number for wildwood and millville. over the next couple of hours the fog will lift. it's a combination of sun and clouds the rest of the way. we're watching this cold front right here. you see showers and thunderstorms associated with it. by the time it slides through the delaware valley most of the moisture evaporates. sun and clouds, 86 degrees, you'll notice the increase in humidity. we're dry by 3:00 p.m., 84. 6:00 p.m., 83. when i come back in a few minutes we'll have the weekend forecast as well as the 7 day forecast. >> we're looking at the countdown clock until pope francis arrives in philadelphia for the world meeting of families. a stretch of the benjamin franklin parkway will completely shut down in a half-hour as the work continues on the alter for the pope's mass next sunday. the inner drive closes thursday, the outer drive closes kelly drive. drivers coming from martin luther king will be diverted off eakens oval at 24th street ramp to the vine street expressway. meanwhile, as many as a million people are

there's another batch coming south of wilmington.uth jersey, thunderstorms and recent lightning strikes flash on the screen. some pushing toward atlantic

reading has slipped into the upper 50s, 61 in trenton. 60 in wilmington. 65 in sea isle city. heading out the door 63 degrees by a.m. 64 degrees by 8:00 a.m. clear skies, not a lot of wind, cool, but comfortable. as we head into the afternoon, hoot warm one, bright sunshine for pretty much all day, 66 degrees by 9:00 a.m. you can get activity like jogging done early this morning with no problem, noon, 81. 87 is the high at 3:00 p.m. and then we're down to 81 by 6:00 p.m. good reminder for the second straight day we have an air quality alert you might want to limit your outdoor exertion and fill the car by noon and 6:00. all right, karen rogers are we getting rid of the construction crews yet? >> reporter: looking better, looking at i-95 at the blue route. dave must be psychic, now it is clear, traffic is moving okay on i-95 in delaware county. on the boulevard ridge avenue southbound traffic moving fine. but we have the express lanes blocked north of the area in both directions near rhawn, expect for that. the local lanes are open, but the express lanes are blocked with the cr

rain moved to the north of trenton and lightened up in the wilmington area.heavier downpours through gloucester and camden and burlington counties. lightning strikes now counting 14 to the southwest of atlantic city. that storm is moving off to the northeast at 15 miles an hour. look to the west on the way for later today. in fact, those showers will start to pop up at the noon time hour today so keep an umbrella handy. occasional showers and thunderstorms. the potential for heavy rain this afternoon. high temperatures topping out in the 70s and low 80s today. we will dry out overnight tonight. tomorrow a warm one at 85 degrees after a morning low of 65. then a chance of some showers late saturday and into sunday. sunday will be cooler. 78 degrees. we will get some breaks of sunshine and then look at the break with the beautiful weather for monday, tuesday, and wednesday. highs in the 80s again tuesday. >> bill, thanks. 7 minutes before 7:00. let's get you out the door and to work. challenges today. >> jessica boyington, fill us in. >> 295 around 561 in cherr

septa has sold 5,000 tickets for the wilmington-newark line that weekend.puter -- commuter trains to keep up with the demand and are calling in extra help in case anything goes wrong. >> extra staffing coming in so in the event we have some type of problem we'll have some quick response times to keep everybody moving to get them to the events on time. >> delaware officials said 5800 parking spots will also be available around the wilmington station but not all the parking is free. they also encouraged folks to carpool to keep traffic problems around the train station to a minimum. >>> and don't forget we have all the details about those parking restrictions in center city for you posted at 6abc.com/pope. we also have all the details you need to help you navigate the papal visit now just two weeks away. >> ♪ >> it was 14 years ago today when the united states was attacked by terrorists in new york city, washington, d.c. and outside shanksville, pennsylvania. >> more than 3,000 people died on that september 11th, most were lost at the world trade center where

take a look at potts town at 48 degrees. 55 if wilmington 56 in dover. 55 if wildwood.r look at our temperature change map we are 9 degrees colder in atlantic city. it will be a cold start to the morning t. good. is, as we head into the afternoon, we once again head into friday we drop closer to average. >> that will set us up for a pe low average weekend only creating few clouds for us so that's great. we will watch this system off the coast of the carolinas. we'll see the system shift a little bit more to the north. it will bring us a bright chance of showers t. mid-els show this will stay to the south of us when we will see it saturday into sunday, an onshore flow will help our temperatures as well. you the notice the rain stays to the south. for saturday, 74 degrees, breezy, cold a chance of showers. temperatures stay at 74 degrees. as far as the day is concerned, we will be a little warmer, ranging between 78 and 81, sunny and nice. wind out of the northeast. 10 to 15 piles per hour. the seven-day forecast shows we will see more clouds as we head into tomorrow. our

it feels like 96 in philadelphia and 95 in wilmington and 94 in millville and 96 degrees right now in the lehigh valley, but to the north and west, there is a cold front approaching, a stripe of rain from pittsburgh west of albany, and doesn't look all that impressive at that point, but it's low pressure in the southern part of the ohio valley and western tennessee valley, there is more activity and this low ripples to the north and east and enhances it's rain around here tomorrow. overnight tonight and tomorrow morning, just scattered activity with localized downpours, it's tomorrow afternoon and evening that the heavy steady rain comes in with a heavy thunderstorm that could create ponding on the roadways, we'll let you know how much rain to expect and cooler temperatures somewhere in that seven-day forecast. >> the relief is on the way, adam thank you. >> a mercer county street has a new name today in honor of a fall enstate trooper. >> city leaders unveiled a special street sign dedicated to state trooper, carlos negron. he was killed in a shootout in 1984, he was trying to help a

the humidity combining with the heat making things uncomfortable, 88 in philadelphia and 88 in wilmington and even in the lehigh valley, you climbed to 85, and 88 in trenton and 84 in cape may, these arrows showing you the flow of air from the south, how it feels out there. the dew points even in the lehigh valley, reached the 70 degree range and anything that is 70 or better reaches oppressive humidity, wilmington and dover and cape may with these much higher numbers, so extreme heat and humidity making things uncomfortable for the afternoon. the forecast high is 82 well above the high. and still muggy today, tonight and tomorrow. a chance of a pop-up shower or thunderstorm, but that is so scattered and few and far between it won't provide much relief but things change tomorrow where the temperatures drop and even though it will be humid, we'll get drenching rain that will help. all of that is coming up with future tracker 6 and the seven-day forecast. >> help out all the brown grass out there too. the heat is leading to a short school day for thousands of local students, some districts

the 57 in reading, 58 in lancaster. 61 in wilmington. closer to the atlantic city airport, same at 54. at at radar shows quiet, the nearest is all the way back closer to michigan and a few showers after the coast. high pressure is going to keep us dry. it is going to continue to slide until we see more humidity. we have the clockwise rocation that pulls up more moisture from the south. then we're going to ethis won't front move through. cooler and breezier for the game. that's something we're watching, a nice way to cool things down for the second half of the weekend. 78 the high in the poconos, 85 allentown, 84 in quakertown. right along the shoreline temperatures in the high 70s, low 80s. but if you're closer to the philadelphia area expect temperatures to stay in the mid 80s. the seven-day forecast shows that we are going to see a drop in our temperatures as we head into sunday. so kickoff looks nice. next week, fall starts wednesday, our temperatures right around average. >> i know you don't like to hear this. but a crawling discover

trenton is 72 and it's 71 in wilmington with 60s to start with in the mountains. will warm into the 80s this afternoon. but for trenton and wilmington, heading into the 90s today. live view of center city. looking across the delaware from the adventure aquarium. no sign of the clouds that we started off with yesterday but the humidity is high, so there may be a few spots of fog out there. 85% humidity in philadelphia. but look at dover. 100% -- 100% in pottstown and 90% for allentown and the peck know mountains that that's topped the 90% number. 93%. we are seeing areas of fog in the mountains. hazleton has the worst of it. zero visibility there. light fog in mt. pocono and light fog for coatesville. as temperatures cool down, we could see it thicken up a little bit. no sign of fog for wildwood and dover. excellent visibility in both those locations. lots of sunshine is what you'll see. we're heading for a hot afternoon. nothing but sunshine once the fog clears. en isnyç skies and a faster warmup than what we saw yesterday. so your neighborhood by neighborhood fo

the same for wilmington. our average for this time of year is supposed to be closer to 78 but as we take a look at today we're well above, 87 the high today and into tomorrow we have a big area of high pressure. i'll show you that too. but our satellite/radar shot shows lots of sunshine, not just for the northeast but all the way back to the midwest. look at these clouds down south and lingering showers. other than that we're seeing really nice conditions for half of the country. this is going to continue through this big area of high pressure. going to continue to transition right over our region. then push offshore as we head into friday. by saturday you'll notice that this is going to be off shore and you'll notice that we'll see this air direction, wind direction shifting so more march air. that's going to lead to humidity. then we'll see the sunshine and then a cold front and that's going to usher in cooler air, breezy for the eagles game but drop the temperatures down as we head into sunday which will b

it's drying out in philadelphia, allentown, wilmington with cloudy skies. rain this morning. and look to the west, you can see the clouds are already breaking. stand by with the sunglasses. you'll need them this afternoon. camel back 79 degrees, fleetwood 83 and 82 in pennsburg. sunshine will break through for new hope, abington, morristown, 80s at the shore. clouds to start with but more and more sunshine as the day goes on for cape may, millville and smyrna. the humanity drops were newark, malvern and woodstown this afternoon. back in ten minutes. >>> two baseball games for the price of one for the phillies tonight. let's check in with traffic to find out what's beginning on on vine street. i also understand there's a problem in deptford. >> jessica boyington is watching it all for you. >> vai and tracy, we're looking at our cameras right around the vine street expressway. we're up to a 17-minute drive time if you're headed from 95 up towards the schuylkill expressway. at leastç adding about a 15-minute trip to your commute already. we do still have that

ahead what a wilmington city councilman wants to happen.and this baseball brawl that cost jonathan papelbon the rest of his season. what fans are doing to make sure he doesn't play for his current team again. if you've wanted to talk to us behind the scenes here maybe tell me how great my hair is looking this morning or some other compliment you can do that now through periscope or -- i'll take criticism too, join us, we talk to you, answer your questions during breaks. our address is nbc philadelphia. >>> we have video to show you that shows a violent collision in baseball. if you don't want to see it you should look away now. it happened in pittsburgh last night. peter and steven of the cardinals ran into each other. piscotty got kneed in the face, knocked out. you see him get up and call for help. piscotty, though, waved as he was carted off the field to the hospital. the cardinals say tests were negative and that piscotty suffered a bruise to his head. bruised reputation now. former phillies jonathan papelbon's suspension means his seas

we're in the low 80s, dropped to 79 in wilmington, 77 in millville, 76 in atlantic city. we have a sea breeze during the afternoon and we got into the 80s once again. 84 degrees today, 86 tomorrow, and then down to 78 on sunday, which is just average for this time of year. even warmer to the west, it was in the 90s in st. louis a little while ago. now 89, but across the cold front, only 61 in des moines, iowa, so that front is headed this way, cooler weather headed this way. not much in the way of moisture with that front. just a few showers on the northern edge there. a lot of moisture, though, off the southeast coast. low pressure center developing there, could become tropical or sub tropical, and something we're going it have to watch next week, not this weekend. the future cast shows the front comes through during the weekend, we could see a shower or two early sunday morning, late saturday night, but the general trend is going to be for drying to come in and that's just in time for the eagles to play. not only will the temperature be down, but the humidity will be do

53 and wilmington 58 degrees. we recovered with full sunshine and low humidity, 82 in allentown unthe same for philadelphia and wilmington as well as millville, fairly uniform temperatures in the area, at the shore cooler in cape may and beach haven with a sea breeze of 78, there is high pressure, there is what you want to thank for lack of sunshine and cloud cover and the comfort air, that high sets up for a beautiful evening outdoors, first pitch temperature for the phillies 80 degrees and then a 10 degree drop for last inning sitting at 70. it's turning hot for this time of year, we'll have that forecast coming up. >>> meantime, one person is in critical condition and several others are hurt after a nasty crash on the schuylkill expressway in east falls, chopper 6 hd was over the scene just after 2:00 this afternoon, well this is in the westbound lanes of 76 at the split with route 1, you can see the crash involved a van and dump truck, it's not clear exactly what happened, but we are told that several people a

light fog in wilmington but it will not last all day.re are the temperatures i'm expecting this afternoon. 92 for fleetwood, bethlehem hitting 90 this afternoon and camel back up to 88 degrees. king of prussia 92 along with abington and bordentown. at the shore, 80s this afternoon, right in the middle 80s for avalon, cape may and rehoboth. smyrna warms up to 90 degrees. into the low 90s for wilmington, 92, 93 in philadelphia and berlin, up to 92 degrees this afternoon. a nice weekend. ahead, though, we'll see lots of sunshine. the humidity comes down. look at those temperatures. 84 on saturday, 88 on sunday. a closer look at a chance of showers and thunderstorms for friday when i'm back with the seven-day in ten minutes. >>> way to bring that humidity down in time for the weekend. we salute you for that. 5:10. let's see how the morning drive is shaping up. looking at one of the major routes in new jersey. >> 295. let's look at the visibility as we continue to watch fog in the area. jessica boyington is watching the roads. jessica? >> the

you come to wilmington with a gun you're done.re going to do everything we can to track you down, arrest you, i don't care who's complaining about us moving people off of corners and making arrests. >> all 13 suspects are in police custody tonight. most of them are teens and young adults with youngest being 14 and 15 years old. prosecutors say all of them will be tried as adults. >>> philadelphia police need your help tracking down a female burglar they say broke into a home in olney this happened eight days ago on the 5500 block of north fifth street. investigators say the woman forced open a side window and inside she grabbed books, clothes, a pair of uggs and a wick check even stole the homeowner's social security card which is a big concern because of identity theft. if you have any information at all on this burglary, police want to hear from you. >>> finishing touches today on the world meeting of families art project. the city's mural arts program partnered with the world meeting of families for the final community paint da

feels like summer today, felt like summer all week long, temperatures still in the 90s, 92 in wilmington. 93 northeast philly, lehigh valley, around 90 degrees right now, south jersey and delaware, about the mid-80s for some of our suburbs, dover and millville, 80s in wildwood, 82 degrees in atlantic city. the shore is where you need to go to get some relief, which is the area to go also this weekend. we're still in the heat wave, summer still holding on. advertised 83 degrees, if you forgot, heat wave number five is already here. and today we are still in that heat wave, we expect to be in it tomorrow too. as we go into friday, the heat wave should break with showers that will start to move into the area. now, for the rest of your evening, a warm and humid evening for you. temperatures by 6:00 p.m., still 90 degrees, by 8:00, mid-80s, warm and humid. still muggy, another round of fog overnight tonight. we'll be tracking the timing of your rain for friday, that leading into your labor day weekend forecast, we'll show you all that coming up. >>> big time bounce back on wall street today.

wilmington and dover, mid to upper 60s.e's a look at the satellite and radar, still a little bit of sunshine across south jersey. there's the cloud deck approaching from the southwest pushing overly the delaware bay region that's leading edge racing off to the northeast. underneath that we have the showers and storms starting to flare up. this is another area of low pressure providing ground -- cloud to ground lighten strikes. drenching showers and thunderstorms that's the idea in the delaware valley. this is a huge pocket of chilly air diving across the great lake states make it's way into the ohio valley. if this was january or february this would be a nice shot of cold weather pushing through that part of the country. chicago, 52 degrees, bismarck, 45. this strip of dark blue that's temperatures in the 30s. they actually have frost advisories. the chilly fall-like weather pushing into the lower 48. that air mass is dry. look at how the dewpoints drop off. 40s monday tuesday and wednesday. that's comfortable stuff. it's g

right now it's fog, 70 in wilmingt wilmington. mount pocono fog free but there are foggy spots in the mountains. this is blue mountain. not much to see there yet. as the day goes on fog will disappear. don't expect right sunshine. might want to take an umbrella. quakerto quakertown, got fog. remains a quarter mile for coatesville. some light improvement in northeast philadelphia, still thick in wrights down. dove area half a mile. fog to start, it clears out, then our attention turns to this. the chance of rain will be increasing. . during the day, most of the morning will be quiet and driveway. but the fog will take time to clear. a chance of showers this afternoon for quakertown. 82, a slight chance of a thunderstorm, just a chance of showers right along the coast. rehobeth 77, 79 for atlantic city, vineland warms into the 80s. 80s philadelphia and williamstown up to 80. west chester 81. the chance of showers increasing through the day. and it won't be the last chance for rainfall. where the seven-day forecast when i come back.

investigation into several murders andç violent crimes in wilmington.ast year, "newsweek" dubbed the new castle county city murdertown usa. this year the city is on pace to beat last year's record. there have been 20 homicides since january according to citydata.com. >>> organizers of the rittenhouse walk are meeting today. they will raise money for awareness and care in our area. this is the 29th year for that event. >>> and what donald trump said about carly fiorina's appearance and how she is shrugging off his insults. >>> second season at the shore kicks into high gear this weekend. we'll tell you about some of the events that aim to make your summer just a little bit longer. >> a few showers in the vicinity of cape may this morning. just light showers. not the heavy rain cape may saw yesterday. beach avenue is drying out at 5:37. here at nbc 10, it's 67 degrees. >>> remembering 9/11. in pennsauken, a sea of flags is flying again this morning, honoring the victims of the terrorist attacks. later this morning, students at lehigh university will be pu

and 61 degrees in both dover and wilmington. we're well above average, our afternoon this time of year to put in perspective 87, then on thursday, tomorrow, same thing. so high pressure is now right over our area. that's why you are temperatures are bumping up. sunshine today, another dry day. not just for the northeast but all the way back to the midwest. even down south we have a little exception there with the few scattered showers near jacksonville. today we'll see lots of sunshine an area of high pressure has moved over our region. we'll continue to slide off shore as we head into the rest of your work week. then as we get into saturday that's when more humidity is going to move in. by sunday we'll see a cool front, cooler and breezy conditions expected just as we gear up for the eagles game. so your seven-day forecast shows that we will see temperatures staying around 87 degrees today. tomorrow, mid 80s friday and saturday. and then take a look at sunday where temperatures drop down, and we will see cooler conditions movin

administrative office in wilmington. they will go over details surrounding the papal visit.e are expecting travelers coming in from the wilmington area for the world meeting of families this week and in the papal visit weekend as the pope gets set to arrive in philadelphia in just 15 days. >>> 4:06 now. searching for a survivor but fearing a fatality. helicopters and boats are still look for a pilot who crashed yesterday off the jersey shore. nbc 10's tracy davidson is live in our digital operations center with more on that pilot and clues about the crash. >> we don't know what caused the crash but we do know the pilot was flying in bad weather. his plane went down yesterday afternoon about seven miles off the coast of atlantic city. the coast guard was able to get out to the crash scene quickly where they found a fairly contained area of debris. the muni 120 single engine aircraft was approaching the end of its flight from gaylord, michigan, to atlantic city. >> they are about seven miles off the coast. 800 feet he's gone into the ocean. >> now, here's a picture of our firs

wilmington and trenton and very low 70s and 60s for the suburbs.e warmer air preventing fog from forming. very light fog in the pocono mountains in hazleton. yesterday down to zero visibility for hours in mt. holly and for a visibility at four miles and light fog in wildwood and nothing to be concerned about. less humid. a warm start. and another hot afternoon. hazy sunshine. the sun is just coming up right now. we will see the temperatures quickly climb. 77 degrees at 8:00. by 11:00, 88 and in the 90s, 93 at 2:00. the numbers will go higher than that. i'll show you how warm it's going to get in your neighborhood when i'm back in &háhp &hc% >>> jessica boyington is watching your thursday morning traffic. >> nothing short of a mess on 95. cameras right now live around girard avenue. southbound delay in here headed toward center city area, 39 minute total drive time and adding at least a half an hour to your morning commute so far. that is just because of an accident scene that has cleared out of the way around the betsy ross bridge. end that have ac

sign of the 90s just yet but once the sun is up, these temperatures will be warming quickly. 73 in wilmington and 71 trenton and pottstown, millville and mt. holly in the 60s. a fast warm-up today and skies are nice and clear. sunshine will take over. limited fog in interior new jersey. won't be near as widespread as what we saw yesterday. with the fog out of the way, the temperatures will warm up quickly. 75 degrees at 6:00. by 9:00, 81. then it will be at 90 degrees at lunch time. your neighborhood-by-neighborhood forecast when i'm back in ten. right now jessica boyington is standing by with your first alert traffic. >> 295 in new jersey right now checking out one of the activity work zones right here. this is right around the black horse pike. you can see on the southbound side over here we have some active crews in the area. they do have some lane restrictions but that has been something that has been around for quite sometime. you can see traffic moving along in the area. we are losing a shoulder and one of the lanes but a 13-minute drive time headed southbound from 38 up towards this po

wilmington heart walk because matt o'donnell said so. good morning, everybody, happy friday. not just any friday, but the friday before a holiday weekend. construction crews doing a little work before the holiday weekend along woodhaven road approaching i-95. you can see there, though, that traffic is squeezing by. it they will be out of here in the next ten minutes or so. we'll see if they are on time. work on i-95 in delco by the blue route has cleared out. everything open there. everything open here this morning by the vine street expressway. no more overnight restrictions on the vine until after the papal visit. they wrapped things up with the start of the new months. the benjamin franklin parkway inner drives are closed there, they will remain closed through tuesday morning and starting at 10:00 we lose the outer drives as well. things get moore interesting as the day continues along the benjamin franklin parkway. down tree blocking phoenixville pike use pottstown pike or airport road. 422 is block in the westbound direction near route 100 for another ten minutes for ove

is the high. 75 in allentown. 76 in reading. 74 in trenton. 76 in wilmington. down the shore looks like mid 70s a little bit on the breezy side there, as well. for the phillies opening up a three game serials against the washington -- series against the wash nationals. clear skies, chilly himself can, 72 degrees by the -- chilly conditions, 72 degrees by the first pitch. 63 degrees in the 9th inning. high pressure will push toward the south continuing the west wind, lots of sunshine, probably not as breezy tomorrow, the next storm system well out to the west and stuck out there because of that area of high pressure. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, nice and breezy today. lots of sunshine, a cool start, but a mild finish, high of 77. tomorrow warmer up to 83. that high pressure will float past us to the south that will keep us feeling like summer in the afternoons the rest of the workweek. 86 on thursday, 87 on friday, a few clouds around on saturday, but another high of 87 degrees. and then we head into sunday when the union and eagles are home, th

just 67 in allentown and trenton. 69 in wilmington.across the region especially as you go farther south. 74 in cape may in case you're extending the labor day holiday weekend. dewpoints the big story. down south in the 70's. all these numbers in the 60's do notice -- or designate noticeable humidity so you're definitely going to feel on the humid side. mainly clear and humid heading out the door this morning, 70 degrees by 6 o'clock, 73 by 8 o'clock and rolling into the afternoon, it is a cooker. 73 degrees by 8 o'clock. by noon, 89. and by 3 o'clock, 93 with a high of 94 degrees today. we'll probably hit that at about 3:30 or 4:00 and then still be close to 90 by the dinner hour. we're looking at some much needed rain a little bit later in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >>> i'll

on, but overall a sun and clouds mix. 77 in philadelphia. 70 in allentown. 71 in reading, 71 in wilmington. in fact a lot of numbers are warmer than yesterday. even though the humidity and heat combination isn't going to be as bad this afternoon you're starting out fairly humid with dewpoints in the 60s and 70 in a couple of spots. so noticeable humidity after the sun comes up and start moving around. as we go into the afternoon it will be a warm and sticky day. 85 by noon, high of 88 by 3:00 p.m. when you consider that yesterday we had 96 on the thermometer and we were looking at a five straight day heat wave of highs of 90 or better. today # 18 better. we're transitioning to better weather for the weekend. matt pellman i'll have the details on that, you will like what i am selling today. >> reporter: i'll buy it. i'll tell you friday morning for a holiday weekend it should be quiet on the roads. but unfortunately we have issues, the continue construction that's running late on woodhaven road eastbound. there goes one of crews, they are forcing all the eastbound traffic off woodhaven at k

plus a good samaritan is stabbed to death while protecting her mother and child in wilmington.r is arrested for a plot against the pope, more on the security for the pope for the upcoming weekend. for the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams, join me next for "action news" at 6:00. >> good night. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. were ducis rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >>> tuesday night and jim is on assignment and will be along tonight, i'm rick williams, and in the news a westchester man is sentenced on charges that he injected a kitten with heroin. >>> but the big story in philadelphia, is scary moments in salem county, new jersey, following a gas explosion that leveled a home and business this morning. it happened on north broadway in pennsville knowledge, not far from route 49 and delaware avenue, a local lawyer's office and neighboring apartment were both destroyed. but there are no injuries, plenty of neighbors remain on edge and walter perez is live from pennsville with more on what happened and why. >> reporter: ri

. >> wilmington police say that a man lost his life saving a baby from an attacker. the man was stabbed repeatedly in rodney square and sara bloomquist is live with the story tonight. >> reporter: rick, that good samaritan, 27-year-old rodney cunningham, tonight his friends are mourning his death and calling him a hero for his brave actions. >> this afternoon alicia waterers put up balloons for her friend, thomas cottingham in downtown wilmington this morning she learned he died trying to help a young mother and her infant daughter trying to get away from a knife-wielding man. >> he has helped me in my past so it's not hard to believe that he wouldn't do something like this. >> last night at 9:30, police say that 25-year-old calvin hooker iii confronted a woman pushing her daughter in a stroller and pulled out a large knife, she ran around the bus shelter trying to inveen, he stabbed him repeatedly and he later died. police caught up with hooker in an alley and took him into custody. police say that cottingham, called cannibal, was turning his life around. >> he was

cover some stuff trying to circulate down to the south of philadelphia. 70 in philadelphia. 66 in wilmington. 70 in cape may. the dewpoints are not too bad in most cases. in some spots like philadelphia we're in in the 660s and a lot f spots in the 50s. heading out, clear and comfortable. 66 degrees by 6:00 a.m. 68 by 8 the high today will be 90 around 3:00 p.m. we slide back into the mid 80s by dinnertime tonight. i'll have the phillies call and more heat and humidity will zap us one more time. >> reporter: getting zapped, that's a terrible image, isn't it? looking live at the vine. we have all the made in america festival things going on. look for that to be an issue. with the made in america festival otherwise the blue route, schuylkill i-95 in good shape. instead of the benjamin franklin parkway take 676 to fairmont avenue or jfk boulevard instead. we had an accident on the westbound walt whitman bridge at the mid span of the bridge. they are in the process of clearing that out. it should not be a process for you. you're looking gooden 0 the walt whitman bridge. in pennsauken, new jersey

here in the sit, it is 64. 60 degrees in dover, delaware, 57 wildwood and wilmington. mortgage us morning. it was one week ago, day three of the heatwave. ended up with 93 degrees, then heavens burst open, we got all of the rain thursday, and temperatures casino of dipped down to 72 degrees by sunday, as they fell throughout the weekend. but now we're rising back up again, and yesterday's high was 83 degrees. it was a lovely day. we'll give you another ten today with 86, 87, on thursday, by friday, it is starting get more humid, high of 86, 87 saturday, and over the weaken, we do have cold front coming through with possibility of some rain, little bit, on sunday. there is your seven day forecast from the weather authority. bob kelly is off this week, so we will check traffic for this morning. and we have had couple of problems on i-95 so far. northbound, that tractor-trailer accident still has two right lanes blocked, around cottman avenue. so, that's what you are looking at, all of those headlights there. i95 northbound, cottman avenue, two right lanes are out. best a

tim furlong is live in north wilmington, delaware.we haven't seen this excitement for an opener in quite some time? >> reporter: when chip kelly got here we had high hopes, but this feels more like the 2004 season, and like the kitchen here at stanley's tavern, the eagles have a lot of good ingredients, but the question, can they mix it together and give us a big steaming bowl of super bowl stew? >> we'll win by 21, easy. >> reporter: the falcons don't scare eagles fans a little bit. >> we're going to crush them. >> reporter: they smell a blowout. >> 42-10, eagles. >> reporter: i smell an amazing cheesesteak. >> we'll have it ready for you. >> reporter: they smell a busy night when the boys in green play this place makes a ton of green. >> definitely a good business. tonight we're going to get packed. >> reporter: a bakery brought out the green

waking up in philadelphia we're at 57 degrees. 54 in wilmington and 63 degrees in wildwood, 55 in atlantic city. so today's temperatures are going to be a little warmer than what we saw yesterday. yesterday we stayed at 72 degrees. and part of the reason was this area of low pressure and a cold front, now we're going to see dry air from the northwest today. your city planner shows that we will warm up nicely by 11:00 a.m. 67 degrees, by 2:00 p.m. 74, today's high in philadelphia 77 degrees so a few degrees below average. i'm tracking well above average temperatures that is in your seven-day forecast. i'll go over the details and let you know how long we're going to stay dry. for now let's check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> we're on the vine street expressway now, right in center city. everything moving along just fine right now. you can see this three-minute drive time, if you're headed west from 95 to the schuylkill. the westbound lanes here, so you can see everything moving along headed to 33 street station, going to the schuylkill no problem. eastbound doin

we'll see a high of 90 in wilmington. again, those storms and a few changes are going to set us up for less humidity and cooler temperatures for philadelphia, the poconos and shore as we head into labor day weekend. staying in philly, we'll be close to the high 80s. low 80s for poconos and the shore. that's saturday, sunday and monday. all three days. right now we expect to stay dry. a look outside right now. it's a little hazy outside. we have an air quality alert. you need to be careful if you suffer from asthma. try to run inside versus outsides. our temperatures will range between 90 and 93 degrees. sunny and hot. seven-day forecast shows as we head into the rest of the week, temperatures warm to the mid-90s. chance of thunderstorms and showers as we head into friday. that sets us up for a less humid weekend. stay with us. you're watching nbc10. ♪ say you never let me go >> get ready to see beyonce take the stage at budweiser made in america festival this weekend. she's the headliner saturday night headlining. other a

. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight, a wilmington family is calling for justice. after the death of their loved one in an officer-involved shooting yesterday. >> sunny and warm today but i'm tracking this coastal low, it will bring us big changes in time for papal weekend. >> jeff skversky with the demarco murray with a medical update. >>> we are learning more in the wake of last night's shooting that saw a police officer shoot and kill a man that according to police had a gun. chad pradelli is live at wilmington police. >> reporter: jim we now have cell phone video of the officer-involved shooting, it's very graphic in nature and as such we are only showing it to the point where officers open fire. this is cell phone video showing the encounter, in it police demand jeremy dole drop the weapon or show his hand and then four officers fire their weapon hitting the wheelchair bound mcdole several times. >> when he pulled the weapon from his waste the officers engaged him and as a result of the injuries mcdole sustained he lost his life. >> police responded to the 180

76 degrees you will notice it's humid as you step outside. 72 in allentown. 72 in reading, 71 in wilmington, 73 in cape may. here the dewpoints. we have 70s oppressive in dover and cape may. close to oppressive in millville and philadelphia. everybody will feel it's sticky. especially after the sun comes up. bus stop forecast, 75 degrees by 6:00 a.m. 77 by 8:00 a.m. warm and humid. the kicker comes this afternoon. it's a good kicker. 85 degrees by noon. 88 is the high at 3:00 p.m. you'll need cool drinks and be sweating if you're out there playing and working in the heat. this is a transition day for much better conditions for the holiday weekend. i'll have that coming up in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. i see flash lg lights on the road. >> reporter: i like the kicker, ready to be kicked. kicker with delays. the flashing lights are late-running construction crews woodhaven road eastbound side toward i-95. getting by in the right lane. not sure when they will pick up. they were scheduled to clear at 5:00. they are still out of here. things are slow coming away from franklin

trenton and wilmington. 83 in reading and millville. down the shore we're looking at temperatures topping on or about 80 degrees in atlantic city down to cape may. football, partly cloudy and comfortable. 78 degrees at 7:00 p.m. 71 by 10:00 p.m. remember high school huddle takes to the air waves after the news at 11:30. we wrap up the results across the region. all be at the carroll game out in radnor, selling hot dogs in the first half. buy some. in the afternoon, sunshine gave us way to cloud cover. there's a pop-up shower here or there, we have to allow for it after 3:00 p.m. i do think the better chance of rain is in the evening hours and later at night, we'll get hit with a bit of that on saturday night. the union therefore has mostly cloudy skies for their 7:00 p.m. contest with the crew at ppl park. mostly cloudy skies, we have to allow a shower or thundershower as a possibility. 76 degrees for the start of the masm. match. 72 in the 90th minute. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, less humid today nice afternoon, no wo

we dropped from 4 miles down to 1.5 miles in philadelphia down to a .25 visibility in wilmington, and 0 in palms river and more. if you plan to leave soon, be careful. as the sun moves in, we'll see the fog clear out, but at least a few more hours of foggy conditions expected. radar shows high pressure in control, but we are seeing a moist air from the south, moving over the drier air, and that's what's causing fog. for today, we'll see temperatures ranging between 84 and 87. the warm day, more humidity, winds from the southwest, at 5-10 miles per hour, and i'm tracking cooler weather on the way. that is for you coming up. >>> happening right now, more traffic closures as we get closer to the world meeting of families and the papal visit. more lanes of traffic are being closed as crews continue to prepare for a crowd that's expected to be several hundred thousand people strong in that fenced in zone along the parkway. jesse gary is live in center city this morning to walk through what's going on. jesse? >> reporter: rosemary, we expect the outer lanes of the parkway to close now, alth

temperatures right now, 72 degrees in philadelphia. 74 in wilmington. 70 in allentown. 70 in trenton.in