that camden was simply throwing a lot of money at the sixers. this parking lot on the river front, in october there will be a formal ground breaking for the sixer's new corp ofszs and for a state of the art training and practice facility. >> this parking lot will soon be redeveloped into a mammoth practice facility and a new home for their front offices. they lured them here today with $82 million in tax breaks, the caveat, the sixers must employee 250 people here and the state will get most of it back. >> the state is expected to get a $66 million tax benefit after the cost of the incentives. >> it will be a tax benefit and revenue for camden. >> they ranted office space here and now they have their own digs, the mayor of camden says it's one more step in trying to revitalize the city. >> great opportunity for small businesses and a chance to reap the rewards and benefits of the 76ers having their facility here on the camden waterfront. >> we need a place that is 24/7 operations. this is a whole other level, the biggest and best training facili

. >>> camden outplaying philadelphia. the move that may have the 76ers spending more time in jersey. >>> good evening, i'm jacqueline london. >> i'm jim rosenfield. first tonight a bomb goes off inside a vending machine in philadelphia and cops want to know who planted it there. >> investigators say this happened late last night outside a plumbing and heating business on montague street in the city's mayfair section. nbc 10's stewart spencer spoke to the chief inspector on the case tonight and, george, he told you this was not an innocent prank. >> reporter: absolutely not. they're concerned whoever did this has some legitimate bomb-making materials. after the explosion sent sharp pieces of plastic like this raining down across this block. and right now philadelphia police are searching for that bomb maker aggressively before it happens again. through the lens of a black-and-white camera, the explosion happens in an instant but look again in slow motion. the moments of quiet calm before, that light shining brightly and th

nbc 10's jesse gary is live at police headquarters in camden. tell us all about this. >> reporter: to the state of new jersey, this actually was in two counties, gloucester and camden, new jersey. a victim preceded this. that victim is here. we'll show you how the chase ended. this is exclusive video from skyforce 10 last night as the two suspects exited an suv with their hands in the air and surrendered to police here in camden. police say around 10:30 last night in westville, in gloucester, the pair was involved in a shooting of a man in his stomach in the 700 block of broadway. an officer spotted this suv leaving the scene and that led to a high-speed chase through parts of gloucester and camden counties. the suv zigzagged through traffic on side streets before crashing near 10th street in camden. the gloucester county prosecutor's office is the lead investigator in this investigation. the arrest actually happened in camden. trying to get more information, we're working on that. an update in 30 minutes. live in camden, jesse gary, nbc 10 news

is going to the garden state, but what will it mean for city of camden, kathy? >>> that heavy rain in south philadelphia is moving toward the the north and east, heading towards places like burlington county and northward, the heavy rain could impact the phillies game, we will talk more about that coming up, leslie? >>> and kathy, the union making a big change on the bench and can phillies turnaround their disappointing season? the manager talks bit coming up later in sport. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ (dad) we lived... thanks to our subaru. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. dozens of philadelphia students and advocates rally for school funding. "eyewitness news" was there as the group boarded busts on ben franklin parkway. they are calling on the state legislature to provide what they call fair funding for city schools in this years budget. superintendent william hite says's appreciates their efforts. >> it is time toe get additional revenue so that we can, provide students with berth services then they are receiv

water fronts long seen as diamond in the rust. >> great news for camden city and camden county. camden is moving forward in the right direction and this is a stein that businesses are looking at camden to do business. >> reporter: new jersey officials were beaming over the news that six areas announced they are moving full speed alead to build a practice facility in camden. the team applied for state's highly cherished tax credits which are designed to lure businesses here and compete with keystone economic zones. >> years ago pennsylvania created keystone zones which stole business from new jersey and other states we're trying to compete the best we can with other states. >> mayor nutter said he had not heard anything official he would be disappointed but is aware how aggressive the state of new jersey was in trying to lure the sixers practice facility. >> if you have tens of millions of dollars thrown at you just entice you to do something that's a business decision. that's something someone has to make and at some point you might not be able to overcome that particular challe

two metro camden police officers were also injured. they were taken to cooper university medical center for minor injuries, smoke inhalat n inhalation. all morning i've been trying to get an update on their conditions. neither the police department or the hospital is forthcoming with that information. an individual that was found inside that house is listed in critical condition. he has critical injuries. he was found by firefighters inside the home even though the home was vacant. fortunately they were able too pull him out and rescue him. reporting live, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >>> all right, 6:58. we're dealing with an overturned vehicle in lumberton, route 541 at route 38. if your travels take you on 76, take a look. 30 miles per hour is what we're seeing eastbound approaching the conshohocken curve. when you pass the curve, 32 miles per hour is our average speed. on city avenue, 11 mile per hours is what we're seeing. we have heavy volume out there this morning. if you take new jersey transit, the light rail service operating wi

nbc 10's katy zachry is live in camden. you told us earlier that investigators thought at the time this house was vacant but it turns out there was a man inside. >> reporter: there was a man inside, chris. this house fire broke out just after 11:00 and an nbc 10 photographer was on scene shortly after. take a look at this exclusive video he got of the camden firefighter who was injured from smoke inhalation. that camden firefighter was treated for minor injuries in the back of an ambulance. fortunately he did not need to be transported. unfortunate unfortunately, two metro police officers did need to be transported to cooper university medical center, treated for minor smoke inhalation. i'm told they are doing okay. there was a man inside that home now. first responders said the home was vacant for all intents and purposes. there was an individual living inside that home or just in that home. he was critically injured. he is here at cooper university medical center in critical condition. at this time, there's no word on wha

there's a heat alert in effect for all of camden county. the health officer in camden county put it in effect yesterday when temperatures reached the 90s. what that means for people living in camden county, you have more than 50 cooling centers at your disposal. we're in front of the collingswood library. it will double as a cooling center throughout the day today. it's a great place for kids and families to come if they don't have the luxury of air conditioning or fans at home. they can come to the library and be educationally entertained while staying cool. this heat effect for all of camden county begins at noon and lasts through 8:00 p.m. there are more than 50 cooling centers offered to the residents. there are so many. you should call your specific town to find out the exact times of the cooling centers. there are too many for to us list for you. that information is just a call away. reporting live in collingswood, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >> good information, katy, thank you. >>> track the heat and humidity and the storms headed our

. >> and he chats with first graders from one of camden's schools. and the mission to cure the entire district of its ills. and he toured his camden promise program, services to give them success from reading and tutoring to fatherhood support skills. >> the efforts we are making both on the public safety front, on the job front, and on the education front is going to make history in this city. >> i asked the governor how things could improve when the district laid off 200 teachers and more than 130 support staffers. >> you have to right-size the district of camden and we simply have too many personal for students we have. >> even others the governor spoken side a small group of dissident parents were outside blasting the governor anticipates reforms. and random reactons from those who heard the speech. >> it sounds like what he will do sounds good. i hope to see improvements. >> he has good intentions but the way he is going about it i think it is too hasty. >> and the governor's ambitions do not appear to be dampened. and they spent money for a kru

. >> camden has to be a safe city. people have to know that their children can get twenty seven indication in the city of camden and there have to be more jobs available in the city of camden more economic development. >> the governor was asked about the potential for the inform b sixers to move their pack toy facility and offices from philadelphia to the camden waterfront. >>> it's not only good because it will additional tax revenue and other things and business for the city of camden, but also, for the image of the city of camden to show that the philadelphia sixers one of the major sports team in the region has enough confidence in the strides we're talking about ma making here that they are willing to invest significantly in the city of camden. >> on another subject, governor christie has been hammered boy critic over his decision to ignore massive pension payments in an effort to try and balance the state budget. lawsuits have been threatened but christie said today, there is no plan b. he has no plan b and nor h

jesse gary is live in police headquarters in camden. break this down for us and tell us what happened. >> reporter: first, new information for you. we've been talking about the victim in this case who was brought here to cooper, suffering from a gunshot wound. we've learned that person is in critical condition. that's new information we have. as far as breaking this down, it all started in nearby gloucester county. it made its way over here to camden county with an arrest. let's show you the conclusion of this exclusive police chase that we have from skyforce 10. you're looking at video from skyforce 10 as the two suspects exit an suv with their hands in the air, surrendering to police in cam dan. officials say this all started around 10:30 in westville last night. the pair was involved in the shooting of a man in the stomach. he's in critical condition. th officers spot this suv leaving the scene. the suv zigzagged through traffic before crashing on admiral wilson boulevard on 10th street. the gloucester county prosecutor's office is a

katy zachry is live in camden to explain. >> camden county leaders are worried about the heat. it's promised them to issue a heat alert. coming up, i'll tell you what that means and where you can find relief. vai? >> a little too bubbly. why pennsylvania's liquor control commission want you to toss out certain bottles of wine for certain reasons. >>> this is nbc 10 news today. >>> a heat advisory will take effect in just a few hours which means a job like repaving roads overnight will feel even higher. >>> no better place to escape that heat and humidity than the jersey shore. we'll take a live look at cape may at the appropriately named beach avenue. the threat of thunderstorms are ahead for this evening. good morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today, i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracy davidson. it's 5:30 and already 78 degrees outside. let's find out about the heat and the storms with meteorologist tedd florendo. >> warm this morning for our day and this afternoon we'll be back into the 90s. this time we'll add more humidity by later on today, too. live look outside shows a beaut

skyforce 10 was there as the suspect surrendered in camden. it started in westville, gloucester county where they're accused of shooting a man in the stomach. that led to the police pursuit. officers from at least three different agencies are interviewing the subjects. >>> happening today, the son of abortion doctor kermit gosnell is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on burglary charges. police say he tried to break in a home in west philadelphia earlier this month. he was shot several times during that incident. his father kermit gosnell is serving a life sentence. a jury found him guilty of killing three babies that were born alive at his west philadelphia abortion clinic. >>> and now to a developing story, secretary of state john kerry will head to iraq as part of an international trip that begins this weekend. kerry's trip to get commitments from allies is part of president obama's response to the violent insurgency in iraq. at the white house yesterday, the president said up to 300 u.s. military advisers would be heading to iraq to help

camden county mosquito commission says spraying is scheduled for tonight in cherry hill. one case of west nile virus was reported earlier this year. >>> a local organization committed to helping philadelphia's culturally diverse population held a seminar on access for health care for immigrant population and a new study says 3-d mammograms spot more cancers then regular ones. check in two, three, four times a day, kyw news radio on the am dial. >>> coming up next on "eyewitness news" a family tragedy a freak accident that killed two young sisters riding down a pennsylvania road. >>> and also this guy could be the world's dumbest criminal, how he was busted by facebook. we are coming r right back after a short break. >>> as you wake up, making sure you grab your umbrella, we have an eye on sum are storms moving in later this afternoon. katie has an eye and we have info coming up in a bit. >>> fire rips through a camden house overnight injuring two police officers, we're live with the injuries from that fire. >>> bank robbery suspect busted on a crowded september bus find o

police caught up with the suspects in camden and made the arrest. the victim is in the hospital this morning. >> philadelphia city council has earmarked more money for public schools. approving $27 million loan and 30 next year. they aproved the william penn high school property in philadelphia to temple university. the deal will bring in $15 million to the cash-strapped school district. >> the search is on for a buyer for will also revel hotel. it filed for bankruptcy since it opened two years ago. if it does not find a buyer by august 18, 3200 workers will lose their job. industry experts say the casino was a shaky bet from the start opening in the middle of one of the country's worst recession and doing too little to attract gamblers. >>> united methodist church stripped the pastor of his license because he married his son. gles leaders in the presbyterian church voted to allow pastors to marry same-sex couples in states where it's legal. the church voted to change the way marriage is worded in its constitution from quote a man and woman to two p

skyforce 10 was there as the shooting suspects surrendered in camden. nbc 10's jesse gary is live at police headquarters in camden. jesse, how did this all play out? >> reporter: we have information that the two suspects are being interviewed by police right now possibly here in camden county. this all played out with them being arrested here in camden county after police spotted them and they tried to make a chase. this is exclusive video as the driver and passenger as they exited the suv with their hands up in the air and surrendered to police in camden. around 10:30 last night, the pair was spotted and involved in a shooting of a man in his stock am in the 7 o blook of broad -- broadway. the suv zigzagged through traffic on side streets before crashing on admiral wilson boulevard here 10th street here in camden. the gloucester prosecutor's office is the lead agency in this investigation. i put in calls to that department. i'll update you in about 30 minutes. >>> president obama will send -- on the philadelphia school budget crisis, the school distric

. >> a camden community rallies for safer and brighter streets. "action news" is there as they finally get to light up their neighborhood park. karen. >> a chance for a strong storm. forecast coming male announcer: commemorate the war of 1812 bicentennial and join our traveling celebration as the chesapeake campaign visits town festivals up and down our shores. visit starspangled200.com. presented by at&t. maryland. land of discovery. >> ♪ >> welcome back. you're taking a live look here on sky 6 looking out over penn's landing. are you in for a very warm day today, expected to get up to 96 dries, a good day to dress lightly in layers, take a cool water bottle with you and have some thoughts on where to go sit in the shade. >>> well, in camden, young people want a safer place to play and they used lights to push for that change. "action news" reporter sharrie williams was on the von neida park for the celebration of lights. >> four, three, two, one. >> reporter: there was light in camden. a feat that took two years and it all started with these s

you're not getting by the warehouse fire katherine has been telling e telling us about in camden. ferry avenue is shut down. belmont avenue headlights are coming westbound, no big delays. main street in manayunk will be blocked because of the arts festival. peco is repairing is partially downed pole at concord road. use dillworth road instead. >>> firefighters are battling warehouse fire in camden, new jersey, katherine scott has the details. let's check in with her, good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam, fire crews have been on the scene for several hours, no reports of injuries, we're standing at the police line, as you look up the road the fire hoses extend up the road. there are quite a few crews here, looking up above, you can see firefighters are blasting water at this fire. there has been a bit of an improvement from earlier, but we still see smoke coming up. an "action news" viewer sent in the cell phone video from earlier. you can see how fierce the flames were. thick films were billowing out of the roof of the pcm company it's a plastics company. there

officially headed across the delaware river to camden at least to practice, the team was awarded $82 million in tax breaks to build a facility there including team offices, among the deal is 250 people have to be employed. camden's mayor says that is one of the benefits. >> a great opportunity for small businesses and to reap the rewards and benefits for the 76erses having their practice facility leer on the waterfront. >> we need a place that is 24/7 operations, more than a court we share with med students. this is a whole other level. >> the sixers are the only nba team without their own practice facility. right now they rent space and the new facility doesn't open until 2016. >>> voters in trenton are casting ballots to vote for a new mayor, perez and jackson are

reporting live in camden, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >>> 5:31 right now. the rittenhouse rape suspect in custody may have victimized another woman prior to saturday morning's assault. milton garcia is accused of raping a 26-year-old woman at her center city apartment over the weekend. police told us a second woman reported a man matching garcia's description exposed himself to hour about an hour before the rape. >>> later today there was a court hearing for a chester county piano teacher accused of sexually abusing some of his students. anton fomin is his name. he faces a preliminary hearing today. investigators say he sexually assaulted three 6-year-olds and showed pictures to three other students. he's being held on $300,000 bail. >>> we are following breaking news. this is out of philadelphia's olney neighborhood. two people were stabbed, one of them very violently. monique braxton is on site there. >> reporter: i can tell you on this block, down at the other end, you can see police are lining up some of the houses here. two people were stabbed within t

e in, this is through dploufter county and camden county. we are seeing heavy enough rain to flood local streets and local creeks as well. it may be causing lightning and stretching into parts of atlantic county and moving slowly. the number of lightning strikes. we are seeing lightning strikes and rain as well also warnings for a thunderstorm that moved into new jersey. either way the rain from this storm that is still left over is bringing the flash flood warning until 5:30. we are watching the storms as they move through. the skyline around philadelphia is looking cloudy and humid with the lightning strikes and very close proximity to the corridor. >> the philadelphia 76ers will spend a majority of time and money in south jersey. a deal approved today by the state economic development authority made a location along the camden waterfront for the teams soon to be built headquarters and practice facilities. cydney long is live with more on the money end and the partnership for a new facility in camden. cydney? >> this will create hundreds o

it happened in camden. the boy's injuries are very serious, but he is expected to survive. police are still looking for the hit-and-run driver. road rage turn to murder. philadelphia are searching for a shooter. the action cam was along north 5th street if kensington. police say a 32-year-old man was in the street in front of his home arguing with a woman. the argument prevented traffic from getting by when an upset driver got out of the van and shot the man twice and fled the scene. the victim was pronounced at the scene. the van was abandoned a block away and the gunman is at large. >>> a road rage ended in a stabbing in gloucester township. police say carl constanino approached michael brown. brown tried to run from officers, but was captured, brown faces charges for alluding police. >>> showboat casino hotel has made it official, it's doors will close at the end of august. the biggest blow comes to 2100 people who will be out of a job. >> i'm devastated. >> the showboat is the second casino to close. the atlanta club will -- shut down last december and the revel will cl

we'll have that story, straight ahead. >>> 73 degrees out there in camden. it will warm up into the low 90s according to meteorologist bill henley. >>> a 72-year-old woman nearly drove her car into the bay in summer's point. police say she went through a fence at jfk park, down an embankment and landed at the water's edge. crews were able to get the woman, a dog and a cat out safely. >>> unbelievable, the usa wins its opening game at the world cup in brazil. the team beat ghana 2-1 with a goal in the 85th minute. it was a bit of a revenge. ghana beat the u.s. the last two times they met in the world cup in '06 and 2010. usa's next match is sunday against portugal who lost to germany by the way. >>> world cup fever is making soccer fans sick in china. world cup fans are buying fake sick leave notes in order to watch the tournament. for about $8, a person can buy a fake sick leave note on the internet and get out of work for a couple of weeks. lawyers have warned that people selling fake sick leave notes may be held criminally liable. so be careful. >>> pete r

they picked their pocket luring the sixers to camden with huge tax breaks. they will build a practice facility on the waterfront and their new home office. they are try to keep the sixers facility in new jersey but the deal is hard to refuse. tax breaks for the sixers over the next ten years. >> they are looking to spend $82 million on the project, it consists of state of the art training and practice facilities as well as the headquarters of team. and they expect to get a tax break after sub tracking the cost of the incentives. >> the mayor of camden says it's a boost for her city. for years the sixers practiced and rented office space at philadelphia's college of osteo medicine. the sixers games will remain at the wells fargo center in south philadelphia. >> reporter: that corporate move by the sixers expected to be completed sometime some 2016, live in camden, new jersey, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we have breaking news now from portland, oregon, an active shooter incident is declared at reynolds high school. details are sketchy b

. >>> tonight there is reason to celebrate an education milestone in the city of camden. it's all about the leap academy university charter school and young scholars that graduated tonight. "action news" reporter sharee williams is here with friday night success story. >> excellence would be a perfect way to describe hard work from teachers and students in camden. tonight's graduation marks ten years straight that every high schooler has graduated and then gone on to college. on top of that, this is leap's largest graduating class yet with 120 students. >> high school graduations are familiar scene this time of year. but this group in camden has a unique story. >> it's really important for the community. it's a big deal. >> these graduates are part of leap academy university charter school and for the tenth consecutive year, 100% earned their high school diploma and 100% heading to college. >> $10,000. >> including senior marko lopez heading to rutgers to study engineering. >> this school gave me the integrity i needed to push through and i felt like i'm ready for college

we visited a cooling center yesterday in camden. the county opened more than 50 cooling centers, places where kids and adults can go to stay cool with air conditioning and fans. most cooling centers are like the one we visited yesterday on the rutgers camden campus. it's a library. others are community centers and they're designed to give kids and families an added benefit in &ho >> some libraries across the county on a very hot day are extremely packed because of the heat. so you kind of get a two for one. you get a great experience at the library with your family and a chance to stay cool as well. >> here are some tips worth repeating for today. do not go outside in the heat of the day, in the afternoon hours if you don't have to. if you do, wear a wide-brimmed hot, a visor. some use an umbrella to stay cool. drink plenty of water. the heat alert for camden county is in effect from noon today until 8:00 p.m., reporting live in collingswood, katy zachry, nbc 10 news today. >> my wife is headed out the door this morning to head to h

that flash flood warning in effect for southern camden, gloucester, northern salem counties until 7:00 o'clock tonight, street flooding is occurring, streams and creeks are flooding as well so never drive across the road that is covered with water. this is what michael cuomo saw in new castle county delaware. it took a few minutes to see flooding on his street, this afternoon. rain amount vary between mainly one to 2 inches of rain in most locations, philadelphia nearly an inch of rain. coming up we will talk about a brief break we will get in this action before a heavier storm moves our way this week. that is coming up later in the broadcast, jessica. >> kathy, thanks. suspect is in custody after stabbing a bensalem police officer and then stealing his cruiser. this started at bristol pike and woodhaven road. it ended at nights night and fair dale road where the suspect was arrested. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live with how this all unfolded, steve. >> reporter: jessica, just moments ago police released the name of the man of the man accused of not only escaping from

the sixers plan to build a 120,000 square foot training center on the camden waterfront. it will be the largest training center in the nba. the team expects to break ground on the new facility this octob october. >>> learning new information about a pennsylvania teen accused of stabbing over a dozen students at his school. >> investigators say just days before the stabbing the 16 year old wrote about an end of the world legend and they found that document. >>> a teen attacked boy a shark on delaware beach and get this, he fought back. >> the phillies have added another pitcher to the organization today. that and a look at really nice thing the eagles% round draft pick did when he signed his new crack. that's coming up in sports. >> coming up in weather, your weather authority looking at ultimate doppler. very heavy rainfall across the area. find out when the showers and thunderstorms finally move out. >> and tonight at 10:00 this guy lost his wallet two decades ago on a golf course, but it's back in his hands tonight. how one social media post led him to his long forgotte

two men are behind bars after this police chase comes to an end in camden county. officers say it started with a shooting in neighboring gloucester county. nbc 10's jesse gary is live in police headquarters. break this all down for us. >> i've been putting in calls over the past 30 minutes as i said i would, calls to the gloucester county prosecutor's office. because they are the lead investigative agency in this. have not heard back. it's the middle of night, early in the morning. i'll keep trying. also we have called the cooper hospital here in camden because that's where the victim was taken. what we can show you is exclusive video from skyforce 10. let's take a look at this. this is of the suspects as they exited the suv with their hands in the air and surrendered to police here in camden. police say it all started around 10:30 last night in westville. the pair was involved in the shooting of a man in his stomach, the 700 blook of broadway. an officer spotted the suv leaving the scene and that is when the high-speed chase started, through parts of gloucester an

chris christie taking hon education in camden public schools. details of a new partnership coming up. >>> and a thief that is targeting businesses in center city, philadelphia and the police need the public's help identifying him. >>> and the race for trenton's new mayor down to two men. hearing from both as voters prepare to go to the polls home. >>> and now the details. a new long-term initiative to help improve the camden schools, called "the new jersey promise" initiative offering programs to students and families to go here to take children from the cradle to college even to a career. "action news" reporter vernon odom live outside of camden high school with details. good evening. >> governor christie taking over complete control of the camden public schools. and over the weekend making lots of lofty promise. >> going to be governor for eight consecutive years, and after that we have to find jobs. >> and he chats with first graders from one of camden's schools. and the mission to cure the entire district of its ills.

orchestrated a state takeover of camden schools. believing trenton could fix years of financial mismanagement. low test scores and sky high drop out rates. at a noon event at camden high, christie was joined by the district superintendent both claiming progress has been made. >> now there's a long way to go, we know that. we have a lot of work to do. but we made some significant roads in just the first year. >> we began to lay the foundation brick by brick for the path ahead. we've right sized and balanced our budget. >> reporter: right size is a term of governor uses a lot when referring to camden schools. more than 300 teachers and administrators have been let go in an effort to fill a $75 million budget deficit. >> you have to right size the district of camden. and we simply have too many personnel for the number of students that we have. >> reporter: governor christie had lots to say about number of subjects and a wide ranging news conference in camden this afternoon. from his support to the embattled tom corbett to education an

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avenue in camden, just before midnight. we're still gathering information on the fire investigation, no word if their structure was occupied at the time or if anyone was hurt. >>> police in camden country searching for three mask gunmen who stormed into a 24 hour wal-mart, pulling off an early morning robbery. let's get out to steve keeley with the details on this one, in somerdale. good morning, steve. >>> well, karen there is one has new twist about it, it is surprise to go at love people. maybe that since this violent terrorizing holdup here june 10th, the robbers easy access better quick get away in and out of the store is still the way it was then, open. here's video of the shopping cart return off to the side of the main entrance that we shot right about the same time of day these bad guys got in at 3:00 in the morning, open just hype enough to let the shopping carts awe get puck in. for three grown men, just to burst in, guns out, faces in bandannas, two you will see in white hoods as we run you the only surveillance

when there is a heat alert issued here in camden county they open up cooling centers. that's the good news. we visited one yesterday. it's a library that today will double as a cooling center, a place where kids and adults can go to stay cool. most cooling centers are at libraries or community centers throughout the county. here in collingswood, this one is at a library. you'll hear about the dual purpose these cooling centers offer kids today. reporting live, katy zachry, nbc 10. >>> track the heat and humidity with our nbc 10 first alert weather app. down load it for free on n nbc10.com to get weather alerts on your smartphone. >>> let's check the traffic with jillian mele. >> route 70 at cuthbert boulevard now looks good. this is a live look at the 42 freeway. that's drivers passing creek road. area bridges are in the clear right now. although we have construction on the eastbound side of the ben franklin bridge. it's not causing slowdowns, though. the vine street expressway looking good out here. girard avenue, traffic moving by this construction zone. we're not re

we visited one in camden, right downtown on the rutgers camden campus. most cooling centers are in libraries and community centers. it's designed that way to give kids and families an added benefit. >> some libraries on a hot day are extremely packed because of the heat. you get a two for one. you get a great experience at the library with your family and a chance to stay cool as well. >> it is the hottest it's been all year. you probably know these tips but it's worth reminding you. do not go outside in the heat of the day, between 12:00 and 8:00. if you do, wear a wide brimmed hat. wear light weight clothing, drink plenty of water. here in camden county, the heat alert is in effect between 12:00 and 8:00 today. >> you can track the heat and humidity this week to stay safe for you and your family. download it free at nbc10.com. you can get severe weather alerts and the seven-day forecast on your smartphone. >> this hasn't affected the majors. >> let's check with jillian. >> we are dealing with an accident in pottstown. wilson street is closed between fa

there's the view of the camden waterfront, the battleship new jersey this morning, it's nice and quiet out there, it should be a fantastic weekend. we have low humidity levels. wednesday was awful, dewpoints in time mid 70s, felt gross out there. now it feels great as the cold front slipped through and pushed all that out to sea. if you're baking -- waking up in seaside heights we have waves a2 to # feet. inland number at the atlantic city airport, 57. we're ten degrees milder on the boardwalk. thanks to the ocean temperature. ocean temperature, 70 degrees, wildwood, 67. cape may, 66. waves will build to 2 to 3 feet later this afternoon. look at the ocean temperature off the coast of cape may. in the mid 60s in atlantic city and mid 70s in wildwood and cape may. much, much milder. satellite and radar showing a few high, thin clouds across the condition. to the north we're seeing mostly sunny skies, lots of sunshine from start to finish out there. maybe a few pesky, puffy consume allows clouds this morning, and 2:00 p.m., 84. and 4:00 p.m. 85 that's the high. >> a woman were -- a woman

"eyewitness news" reporter, nicole brewer, joins us from cooper your hospital in camden with the latest information, nicole, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, erika, that is right, three people were taken here to the cooper university hospital overnight after a house fire in camden. the lets set the scene for you, roll some video, it all happened in the 600 block of cain avenue in camden around 11:15. it was placed under control a half an hour later. one person inside the home. we don't necessity who that person was or why he or she was there but they were taken to the cooper trauma center in respiratory arrest. the other two are metro officers who suffered smoke inhalation. now at this time there is in word on their condition or how that fire got started and that includes all three people who were taken to cooper but we will continue to bring you more updates as they unfold, we are live at cooper university hospital, nicole brewer, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> nicole, thank you. >>> route 100 between shoemaker road and state street in up are pottsgrove township is back op

we're in camden, nefertiti jaquez, nbc 10 news. >>> turning to weather. and a really gorgeous friday night. this was the view in chesterbrook, overlooking route 202 this evening. >> wow. >> beautiful. >> this is just the start to a beautiful weekend. first alert meteorologists sheena parveen is joining us with the forecast. sheena? >> yeah, much of our weekend will be really nice. temperatures below average, too. but starting with tonight, we have increasing cloud cover. some rain just to our south and west. so for part of your weekend, a few of us may see some spotty showers. pretty fast moving, though. starting off your saturday, 8:00 in the morning, officially the first day of summer. starts at 6:51 in the morning. 67 degrees by 8:00 in the morning. we'll see more cloud cover when you wake up. by 10:00 tomorrow morning, 71 degrees. a mix of clouds and sun. by noon, we're in the mid 70s. so a little bit cooler of a day as we start off summer officially. and, again, a couple of us could see a few showers around. but there is more sunshine in the forecast

this is a live look at the hospital in camden. the main component of the program will be same-day service for primary care visits and dedicated health care navigators to work with the veterans. right now, veterans in our area can wait an average of 43 days for first primary care visits at v.a. facilities. this program will take effect once congress passes the law and the president signs it, which will allow the vets to use civilian health care facilities. katy zachry will have a live report from cooper coming up at 5:00. >>> a ground breaking happening in berks county, enersys will break ground on its new corporate headquarters expansion in reading. they may batteries, battery chargers and equipment. >>> twin tornadoes carve a path of destruction. we're getting a look at what's been left behind by the side by side twisters. new information has been pouring in overnight and we are headed to nebraska for a live look at this damage. >>> plus -- >> we don't see big rain chances anytime soon. >> we interrupt this weather report. wait t

cane avenue in camden, just before midnight. now, we're still gathering information on this fire investigation. no word if the structure was occupied, at the time, or anyone was hurt. >>> a philadelphia police officer is under arrest accused of forcing her children to fight other kids. fox 29's jennifer joyce live outside police headquarters with the details on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. police commissioner charles ramsey says it happened on at least three occasions. this philadelphia police officer accused of encouraging her children to fight other children, and also she even got involved couple of times throwing punches herself, her name is tamika gross, she's 35 years old, she turned herself in to police, internal affairs, and is charged with endangering the welfare of children and simple assault. investigators say between january of 2012 and october of 2013 gross accompanied, encouraged and participated in physical fights, between her children and other children n1 incident investigators say gross watched

fox 29's dave kinchen live on the camden waterfront tonight. dave? >> reporter: iain, big development the sixers saying goodbye to pcom in northwest philadelphia. they're looking to move the training operation here to an area between the susquehanna bank center and the aquarium and we're learning also going to move the basketball operations over as well. >> the familiar camden waterfront landscape will see a big change now that the philadelphia 76ers organization has confirmed to move to bring its training operations across the delaware. building a 100,000 square foot state of the facility here near the aquarium. >> good tour the city. good for the region, you know, this camden and philadelphia is still part of the same area. the delaware valley you know so it's good overall. >> reporter: juan gonzales another big win for his hometown which has attractions inn clueing the battleship new jersey, susquehanna bank center, rutgers campus and many apartments and condos. >> i'm born and raised here in downtown camden by the waterfront. that's a another pie

the fire broke out on ferry avenue in camden. there's a partial roof clams and explosion. there's no word what the cause of the fire might be. of course the concentration is extinguishing all these flames. again, no reports of any injuries so far, but you can see this is a big scene here. firefighters working to extinguish the flames from above we'll bring you updates as we get them and follow the story, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> smoke and flames engulfed this twin home in trenton new jersey, the fire broke out on the unit block of colonial avenue. fire spread to the upper floors damaging both houses. him so far there are no reports of anyone being hurt. >> the search is on for a buyer for atlantic city's revel casino hotel now that it filed for bankruptcy for the second time it opened two years ago. it is on the north end of the boardwalk. if it does not find a buyer by august 18, 3200 workerses will lose its job. it opened one of the worst recessions in american history. >>> a pennsauken student faces charges after police say she slashed the face of a g

for camden it is an incredible boost. and in philadelphia mayor michael nutter says they would be disappointed with the move,

team is moving its practice and business operation to the camden waterfront. the new jersey economic development authority has approved an 82 million-dollar tax credit for the team. the money will help build new practice facility and offices at martin luther king boulevard and delaware avenue. right now sixers practice at the philadelphia college of osteopathic medicine. >> we need a place that is 24/7 operations that is ours, that is more than one court that we share with medical students. this is a whole other level. this is going to be the biggest inn best training facility ever built in the u.s. >> team plans to move into that new practice facility in early 2016. >>> well, construction on the new sixers facility begins this coming fall, as "eyewitness news", new jersey reporter cleve bryan tells us, camden city officials hepp this will attract other businesses. >> this is a catalyst for change. >> it is not number of jobs or number of tax revenues that has camden leaders excited about the sixers building a practice facility at the the waterfront but possib

there 18 new graduates in camden today. the nonprofit school offers hands on training and half of them have been offered jobs. terry ruggles spoke to the graduates today. >>> we have this digital exclusive story. it's a hot topic every season. is it the expressway or 55? back roads or the parkway? everyone has their own opinion. how about a test to find out which is better? see what was discovered you can read it now on nbc 10.com. keith? >> a perfect record. >> coming up, celebrating a landmark in one's school. a happy ending for a dog that nearly died from abuse. hear from the wilmington stage. brittany? >> strong thunderstorms continue to push through and keeps a close eye on what to expect. we have one more update. we have reports of a person stuck in high water. these are things that we are monitoring and we will see the thunderstorms tracking to the east as we head through the rest of tonight. glen will be back with the full forecast. >> associating talks upset a rail strike and may go down to the final minutes. what

. >>> sky force ten over a deadly accident in camden county. a car and a motorcycle around noon at larl road and lake boulevard. the motorcyclist died at the scene. the driver of the car was not hurt. >>> the trial of six court judges resumed today after vk a week off. they are charged in a ticket fixing case. all judges allegedly gave preferential treatment to people with political or social connections. all of the former judges deny the allegations. >>> the new jersey senate judiciary committee is holding confirmation hearings for two supreme court nominees. rabner and lee solomon are expected to be confirmed for a seven-year term. this comes after a deal. the man on the left of cristie remains vacant. >>> pennsylvania lawmakers return to work on a $29.4 billion budget plan. there are just two weeks left in the fiscal year. one of the biggest issues is weak tax collections that have left a shortfall of more than $1 billion. the governor says he won't sign a budget deal until lawmakers pass an acceptable legislation to restructure the state's

five towns, barrington, oakland, haden township, pennsauken and camden. crews will be spraying from 7:00 to 11:00 tonight weather permitting. the county says the spray isn't harmful to kids or pets but you should avoid contact if you have issues. >> it's scary, that it tested positive. >> you want to try to prevent any spreading of disease or anything else that goes along with mosquitos. >> now, officials say that you can things to keepmosqtos from . dump any standing water like in flower pots or trash can lids throw away unnecessary containers that hold water. and avoid holding water because mosquitos can live in very little water. >>> 10% of veterans have a wait of at least a month for a v.a. apartment which is more than twice the number reported last week. the revised number shows the v.a. is now getting better data from its schedulers. >>> and a new study shows people in new jersey are paying more for obamacare than those in other states. that's the word from a government analysis of 36 states. from the beginning we knew the numbers would be different