following in northeast philadelphia. police arrest a bank robbery suspect on a septa bus at cottman and roosevelt boulevard. skyfox over the scene just a short time ago. police say the man is accused of holding up the wells fargo bank on the 9100 block of the boulevard cops say they found $500 still on the man. no one was hur. it took police just three days to catch the man they believe followed a woman to her rittenhouse home and then raped and robbed her. officers say they found evidence inside martin matteo garr is he ya's home connecting him to the crime, ton night people who live near him are reacting in disbelief. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm iain page. >> even after the arrest there are still a lot of questions tonight. fox 29's dave schratwieser is live in rittenhouse with the latest developments tonight. dave? >> reporter: iain, the suspect is said to be arraigned at this hour on rape, robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges, bail is expected to be set at a very high figure. tonight, neighbors in

wamer in philadelphia. philadelphia international, it is 63 degrees. it's in the upper 50s in rocksboro. in south philadelphia, 66 right now for delaware river trail and 65 degrees at 5th and wharton. temperatures will be climbing. they're starting their move and we'll see them warm into the 80s this afternoon. but the humidity stays low today. and nothing but sunshine during the day. you can see clouds already moving into western pennsylvania. those start inching into the area tonight. and tomorrow, we could see some showers from that system that's pushing through the midwest, see scattered showers in indiana, illinois and into the ohio valley. there's a chance we'll see some scattered showers tomorrow. it's in the a big threat. they should be light showers in the area tomorrow. it's sunny skies for the last full day of spring. high temperatures in the low to mid-80s this afternoon. summer ariffs tomorrow morning. 6:51 in the morning. bright sunshine at times. but there will be clouds around, too, an a chance of a shower on saturday. full sunshine for

. >>> it was a violent night across philadelphia. today police are busy tracking down leads after eight people were shot in separate incidents. >>> and world cup count down in just hours. the u.s. will take center stage in brazil as the team tries to take down portugal and move on to the next round. >>> right now a live look at skyline of philadelphia and center city. clouds hanging around. we'll tell you what to expect the rest of the day. >>> good sunday morning. welcome to nbc 10 news today. i'm george spencer. it is 10:00 a.m. let's get a check of the weather with ted florendo. hard to beat yesterday. >> one thing we know is more sunshine than clouds. we started off with cloud this is morning. you can see the sun peeking through the clouds as we take a look at the art museum this morning. it has remained dry. i did see fog earlier starting to lift across the area. we're starting to warm up across the region. clouds were thickest this morning. now the latest image shows clouds thinning out across the area. doesn't mean they'll be

>>reporter:it started in philadelphia in 1939. now, it will be spending $50 million to build a new distribution center on 20 adjacent to the tacony section. >> it was not available. >> the new campus environment will replace the previous distribution center. after the blaze new jersey leaders pushed for the company to rebuild while pennsylvania found an opportunity for the company to re-locate. new jersey offered a stronger plan than pennsylvania. the ceo says it's not about a better package. >> it's a business decision. everything in one location is better from a business environment and far more efficient. we think that is the way to growth business. >>reporter:governor corbett's office issued a videotape statement. >> as a result dietz & watson remain a staple of this community for years to come. >>reporter:the mayor issued a statement "we are terribly disappointed. it makes sense for the other site in philadelphia." it has mixed feeling about leaving delenco. it was a great partner. we are going work hard to put jobs back into

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you'll see the clouds break for sunshine in philadelphia. the temperatures will warm into the 80s this afternoon. but there's hotter weather ahead. we're talking 90s. it may feel like more than 100. the heat wave that is coming, when i come back. >> sounds sweltering. thank you, bill. >>> there's usually not that much traffic out on the roads at this early hour but occasionally things pop up. katy zachry has a look at the roads. >> i can't give you in addition sweltery but i can give you good news about the roads. this is a live look at 59 atç girard avenue which is this is the area they're dealing with a lot of long-term construction. you can see there are no issues to report on that stretch right now. speaking of long-term construction, the ben franklin bridge, this is the eastbound lane. you can see the crew right there. they are doing track work on patco. the eastbound lane is reduced by one lane. keep that in mind if you're headed over the ben franklin bridge later this morning. there are no issues on the ben to report or any of the a

at the again man y at 401 south broad street in philadelphia. anyone interested in attending is welcomed. reporting in center city, todd quinones cbs-3 "eyewitness new news". >> "eyewitness news" talking to night with a woman who survived this frightening ordeal. she was attacked in her own apartment building and had to beg for her life. she chose to share her story with "eyewitness news" reporter elizabeth hur. >> reporter: the terrifying moments when this 45 year old woman fought for her life. not only can you see how frightened she was, you can hear it in her voice. her screams for help saved on her cell phone. >> i never felt like the way i'm feeling right now. >> reporter: for her protection, we are not department feig the victim still bruised and shaken. >> at the time he grabbed me, i was talking to somebody. so he say call your friend and tell your friend what's going on and he got to bring money. >> reporter: 45 year old had just returned home sunday night when she was followed into the entrance of her apartment by a stranger who demand

philadelphia in the 60s. northeast philly is 65 degrees climb intohilly it's 67 degreil the 80s this afternoon with sunshine taking over, a nice mild morning at 9:00. by lunch çtime, 81 and 85 degrs with lotse this a look at a neighborhood-by-neighborhood forecast when i come back. >>> this is happening on the eastbound side of the atlantic city expressway. you can see it's all on the shoulder. no delays at all. nothing too major. right here you'll notice a vehicle that went off of the highway into the woods. crews are working to get that accident clear. for now, we're not reporting lane restrictions on the highway. that could change. i'll keep you updated. we're following an accident out of cheltenham avenue. majors looking pretty good. we're seeing congestion, volume starting to build out there. this is 76 right at the conshohocken curve. drive times are still average, about 14 minutes both ways between the blue route and the vine. a lot more people are on the roads right now. vai? >> thank you, jillian.

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 but police responded at 11:15 philadelphia time, students at the school are being evacuated in groups as police move through the building, we do not know if there is injuries to staff or students inside of the school. we'll monitor this situation in portland oregon and bring you updates on air and online at 6abc.com. >> voters in trenton returned to the polls today to elect a mayor, this is paul perez and eric jackson casting their ballots. neither captured more than half the vote. disgraced mayor, tony mack, is sentenced to five years in prison on corruption charges. >>> officials will hold a briefing later

everyone in that truck is from philadelphia. the three others injured rushed to atlantic care regional medical center where they were last listed in serious condition. as for the cause of this deadly crash, well, tonight, that still remains under investigation. reporting live tonight in camden, todd quinones, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> real tragedy on the expressway there, todd, thank you. chopper three now over the cape may bridge which was closed for a time tonight. someone found what looked like a pipe bomb under a car that was being serviced at a nearby gas station. traffic was rerouted. the bridge was closed. as a precaution. the atlantic city bomb squad found out that the device was not explosive and the all clear was given. >> comedian tracy morgan is out of the hospital tonight two weeks after he was in a very serious accident on the new jersey turnpike. his publicist says the actor was transferred to a rehab center today. he's expected to stay there now for a few more weeks. morgan was seriously injured in a multi vehi

in total, there were at least eight shootings in philadelphia overnight. police have not made any arrests in any of these cases. >>> at least 20 people are out of their homes this evening after an apartment fire in montgomery county. nbc 10 was on the scene in pensburg this morning shortly after the fire started inside an apartment building on 4th street. crews were able to douse the flames in 45 minutes. fortunately, nobody was hurt. the american red cross is now helping the residents who have no place to go. >>> four men are under arrest for stealing a moon bounce and a dunk tank from a south jersey community. nbc 10 told you how the rented amusement items were swiped in the borough of klemen ten earlier this month. the items have since been recovered. the suspects are between the ages of 18 and h44 years old. >>> world cup fever is burning up in philadelphia. team usa is back in action and soccer fans couldn't be more excited. comcast sportsnet steve lucci in center city. i can tell you have a big crowd behind you. >> they're crazy. take a look at this

upper 80s for northeast philadelphia. mount holly and trenton. along the coastline, it will be a warm way, sunshine and clouds, temperatures near 80 degrees for atlantic city, cape may and rehoboth. warmer, hotter, more humid weather to come. >>> 18 minutes until 5:00 now. it's time to get a check of the roads. >> we check with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter katy zachry. what are you seeing, katy? >> other than long-term construction projects, it's relatively quiet. this direction when you'll start seeing the head lights, this is the southbound direction. you're free and clear of any problems on route 1. the effects, the cones, the lights are up, this is part of a long-term construction project. it is not delaying anything out there at this time of the morning. we are watching a water main break in the rhawnhurst section. summerdale avenue is closed near glendale avenue. >> 4:42 right now. it's decision day in a closely watched supreme court case centered around an arts and crafts chain. >>> this year's recipient of the liberty medal is reve

summer sizzle, the high in philadelphia, 10 degrees in philadelphia, the record high just 2 degrees higher set in 1957, and then add the humidity, it felt just a little bit hotter in philadelphia. in wilmington the heat index hit u89d and millville hit 100 and sea isle city, the heat index, 100 to the westerly wind broad the heat to the shore and it's still hot with the lan breeze, it's 92 and atlantic city airport 93 and in philadelphia, it's 93 and allentown it's 88, and if you want relief from the heat, you want to go to the poconos, 81 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing there is cooler, drier air encountering that steamy air mass, with a battle zone, and this whole complex, diving to the south and east, and it will take its time getting here and we have a risk of severe weather, overnight into tomorrow, mainly west of philadelphia, this is where we have the best chance of damaging winds and hail and locally heavy downpours, and most of this is holding off until after midnight. skies mainly clear and cloud cover bubbling up, as you get into 1:30, intense thunderstorms

the philadelphia museum of artist iconic, when you see it, you know you are in philadelphia but changes coming. >> actually split the art museum. >> we want people to look inside and see what is going on. >> reporter: with museum director timothy rub that look inside these elaborate models the center piece will unveil an unprecedented expansion plan. >> first parties the core project, we will take auditorium out of the center of the building and build a new beautiful public space calling it the forum that is going to exist just below the great stair hall. >> reporter: from that point change is am bush with us a time line of at least ten years. a new 55,000 square foot gallery will be created. >> just below this great porch, that would be entrance in the new east galleries underneath the the terrace. >> reporter: earth and rock underneath the the east terrace, which faces center city would be excavated. down to the kelly drive level to the steps. yes, the famous steps. >> we're toying with the idea of changing the steps and perhaps introducing a window seat. >> reporter: to look out and

moving out the door right now, 70s for the i-95 corridor, wilmington, philadelphia, northeast philadelphia, doylesto doylestown, all in the 70s this morning. gloucester county, low 70s for south harrison and mullica hill. it's a muggy 66 degrees in piney hollow this morning. 80s this afternoon. we'll be watching for showers and thunderstorms. in fact, the future weather shows at noontime, we could see the first showers pop up in the area. scattered showers. doesn't look like we'll be getting thunderstorm activity at this time. you might see a few spots on the wind shield during the afternoon hours. then this evening, a line of showers and thunderstorms developing for the lehigh valley into berks county, lancaster county getting rainfall and moving through the pocono mountains. that is 8:00 this evening. the showers and possibly thunderstorms rolling through the philadelphia area overnight tonight and into tomorrow. then we'll be clearing out during the day tomorrow. forecast for today is calling for a warm, muggy one. 86 degrees this afternoon. closer to 90 tomorrow. late day showers and t

this is not a philadelphia problem. this is a state wide problem. >> the group wants legislators to provide $150 million to philadelphia public schools and authorize philadelphia's proposed $2 per pack cigarette tax. >>> happening now, the battle is boiling between a school board and the student newspaper. administrators shut down the paper over a dispute over the use of the term redskins in that paper. the editors don't want to use it. leaders disagree. in less than an hour they plan to meet. keith jones is working this story for us. he will have more tonight on nbc 10 news at 11:00. >>> a pastor is free to return to the pulpit after he was defrocked for supporting same-sex marriage. an appeals panel overturned the decision restating his credentials. the church suspended the pastor last year for officiating his son's same-sex wedding ceremony then defrocked him because he didn't promise to never do that again. today they determined it was too harsh for something that hasn't happened. he talked about the reversal today.

many live right here in philadelphia. all are charged with patronizing prostitution. >> and agents sweep through berks county and arrest dozens of people accused of using and selling heroin and other drugs. the da says heroin is a growing problem in the county. the investigation started a year ago and ended with early morning raids in berks and lancaster counties. >> today we send a message to the drug dealers of our community that we will use every available law enforcement resource to bring them to justice. >> police say they also recovered a number of weapons and $40,000 in cash during those raids. ♪ >> student journalists refuse to print the word redskins but a local school board says they don't have the right. the teens are feeling defeated but vowing to fight coming up their next move in the fight over a controversial school mascot. >> a woman claims a drone was lurking outside the window of her 26 floor apartment and it watched her undress. who cops say was operating this creepy high-tech spy. >>> plus, a ministe

this is third and oregon in south philadelphia. they are dealing with a water main break, you can see the water bubbling and flowing there. police saying it's getting to be pretty high. this broke out at 5:30. we know that the water department emergency crews are in the area also that the police have requested that the streets department crews come out. we know that two houses ive affected by all -- have been affected by all this. it is interrupting the flow of traffic on some of the surrounding streets. let's go over to matt pellman and find out about that. >> reporter: i'm hoping you can find your way to the oregon diner for your eggs and potatoes. oregon taffy is blocked at third and second. i see a car heading eastbound on oregon avenue. westbound completely blocked off stay on shunk as an alternate or packer. the water is bubbling up out of the ground here in south philadelphia and police and fire crews are on the scene. at this point it looks like some eastbound traffic is getting by, but westbound traffic is not along oregon

in south philadelphia, you can see the low clouds over citizens bank park. we have seen showers this morning. it's damp and misty, too. most of the showers at this hour are light. the threat of heavier showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon and tonight and tomorrow and the possibility of flooding in the area. not much moisture is going to move in. right now, it's thinning out. a few sprinkles in montgomery and bucks county. fog, we have that. the temperatures cooled down. the fog disappears and temperatures in the middle to upper 70s today. occasional showers and thunderstorms, too with winds out of the southeast at 15 miles an hour. storms likely tonight and tomorrow. tomorrow, 82 degrees. heavy downpours and potential for flooding in the area. then, big improvement for the weekend. look at that, saturday and sunday looking nice and comfortable. 80s, yes, but the humidity takes a break. after morning low temperatures in the 60s, up to 84 in the afternoon. another nice daymond. here comes the heat. a chance of thunderstorms for tuesday and wednesday.

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we obtained this overnight from philadelphia police. this shows the manni walking up behind the 26-year-old doctor. it's not great quality. authorities hope this helps you provide them information to lead to an arrest. the victim left the ladder 15 tavern at 1:30 a.m. the suspect grabbed her neck and forced her r to open her apartment. he forced her up stairs to her apartment, raped her, stole her phone and keys and then left to come back only a few minutes later. women in the neighborhood tell us it's surprising something like this would happen near them. they're nervous, anxious and want to see this guy caught. >> even like when you go out drinking, you still try to be safe. you text your friends to let each other know you got home and they're home as well. >> philadelphia police tell us the man that they are looking for was riding a bike before this attack. he locked it up on the street before approaching this young lay did i did. police tell us this man is 25 to 30 years old, black hair, thin, carrying a black messenger bag. if you

we deployed k9s to search the area in philadelphia. the knife was roughed. >> reporter: pleats got their man and the injured officer was observed by medical staff. bensalem's pub look safety director says the officer was saved by his bullet proof vest. the officer escaped serious injuries here but had an on duty scare before as a philadelphia officer. >> he went through a traumatic experience a couple years ago. he was in very bad car accident, um, where the car burst into flames and he was lucky to be alive then. >> reporter: very scary situation there and police here in bensalem stress the officer is okay. they say the knife did not actually reach his skin because of the bull left proof vest. in the moan too many we're hearing the suspect will be arraigned around 8:00 o'clock tonight on attempted murder of a police officer and related charges. dawn? >> all right. thank you, dave. >>> new video shows the man police are looking for in connection with a soda machine that exploded in northeast philadelphia. take look. investigators relea

now up to 70 in philadelphia as well as' town. so warm and muggy. scattered showers and thunderstorms across the area. not everyone is going to get wet or even see the activity but if you do, it's going to drop some very heavy rainfall. by 9:00 o'clock looking at temperatures around 80 degrees still. and then as we move the clock by 11:00, 77 degrees. once again, with that threat for some scattered showers and thunderstorms. so the bottom line with that timing from now until 8:00 o'clock, it stays warm. it stays humid keep an eye on the sky. clouds bubbling up producing a few of those scattered showers and downpours then from eight to midnight, that mainline of showers perhaps some gusty thunderstorms moves in with locally heavy rainfall and then from midnight until 5:00 a.m., we're looking at a few leftover showers that front will pull out of here. that humidity will start to decrease. we'll take a look at fox future cast coming up timing out that line in particular for your neighborhood next. >> all right. thank you, scott. >> a burglar caught on

yesterday's high was 94 in philadelphia, and the high came after midnight, 81 degrees, you can see all the heat pushed well down to the south, with the cold front that continues to push from the north to the south and this is bringing us a breath of fresh air, dew points show how much moisture is in the air, the dew point in philadelphia, that is slightly humid, looking to the north binghamton, 46 and that is very dry air, this continues to push down to the south as we head through the overnight hours, tonight is a good night to open the window and turn off the air conditioners, you will not need them tonight. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we had violence thunderstorms overnight and a lot of homes struck by lightning set on fire and wind damage, the focus of severe weather is well down to the south, in parts of southern virginia, in the carolinas, what is happening high pressure is building in, this brings us beautiful weather tomorrow and this front sneaks back to the north and haunts us over the weekend and i'll talk more about what areas will see showers and when comin

northeast philly, 79 for philadelphia. wilmington 79, atlantic city currently 78. here's the humidity, sticky for philadelphia all the way down to dover and millville, 79% humidity. 40s to 50s for allentown. this will go up as the day progresses here. expect the humidity to be on the rise for the day. we'll be about 95 degrees by the afternoon. hot and humid with some thunderstorms possible later on in the evening. mainly light winds. coming up in a few minutes we'll talk about when we'll see the thunderstorms and when we hopefully will get relief in sight for us. that's in your seven-day forecast in just a couple minutes. before you head out, you want to get a check of your morning commute with jillian mele. good morning. >> good morning, ted. to you at home as well. we have a little problem on the northeast extension. a disabled vehicle on the northbound side as you approach quakertown. wilson street is closed by farmington avenue and poplar street in pottstown. heading out to 76, a live look near girard avenue. quiet in both directions. checking your drive times

khalid mumin is from philadelphia. he has been superintendent of carolyn county public schools in maryland since 2011. he will replace carolyn today purzell. she was fired in november. >> all students who complete their senior year will have a chance to walk at graduation but not everybody gets a standing ovation for it. this is new video of the emotional moment that jared brown received his diploma. these were first steps that the park land high graduate has taken in three years. brown was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was just two years old and thanks to a lot of hard work and determination brown now knows that nothing can stands in his way. >> don't ever give up. >> he goes like this. >> i mean, that finished it for me. >> jared plans to become a sign language interpreter and it's a skill that actually he taught himself. >> great accomplishment there. 6:27. accuweather is tracking the chance for pop-up storms. meteorologist, david murphy has your day planner next. >> a fire ball outside of philadelphia inter

primarily in philadelphia to the east. we can see clouds over center city,ç this is a view from the comcast center. the showers move offshore but it's going to take some time. for now, light showers popping up in southeast philadelphia and into new jersey, gloucester, camden, burlington counties, atlantic and ocean counties, seeing the light rain showers. nothing heavy here but we have wet weather to start with. we're starting off mainly in the 70s,

. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan show that in philadelphia it's not raining right now but we have heavy downpours in parts of cheffer and lancaster county. as we zoom in, we see this one band of heavy downpours moving through honey brook and crossing route 41 and route 30 as well. we zoom in a little bit more and another band out of kirkwood and oxford, if you put the rainfall rates on, some of these pocketed falling at the rate of 1 inch per hour than is really torrential rain, than could cause problems if you try to drive through it and cause localized flooding. there is plenty more on the way, a much wider view showing a cold front in the ohio valley and all of this moisture ahead of it, is being pulled up straight from the gulf of mexico. and there is plenty more that is moving in through the overnight hours and through the day tomorrow. the cold front is sweeping through the region and drying us out tomorrow night. a flash flood watch for the bulk of our viewing area and all the counties in green until 2:00 tomorrow morning. what this means is heavy downpours, that could caus

it is running cooler in philadelphia, 64 degrees. pleasant outside. 9 degrees cooler than yesterday morning. we have a bit of a breeze blowing. that's a northerly wind, the dry air pushing into the area that started moving in overnight. it will make a for beautiful day in the pocono mountains. live view from camel back. bright sunshine there. the temperatures are in the 50s, a nice, pleasant start. a beautiful day ahead. 60s along the i-95 corridor. you'll find 50s inland, langhorne and penndel in the upper 50s. richboro, 58 degrees. part of the north and west, quakertown down to 52 degrees. perkasie in the 50s as well. we are watching clouds that will start moving in tonight. this could give us wet weather tomorrow. there are showers behind those clouds. some scattered showers from the ohio valley into northern indiana and parts of southwestern michigan. these showers are on the move. there's a chance we'll see scattered light showers tomorrow. just a chance. i think most areas actually will stay dry. if we get the showers, they wil

temperatures will be in the upper 80s. 65 in philadelphia. look at the cooler weather, north and west, pottstown is 55, 54 degrees in quakertown. in south jersey, delaware, a bunch of 60s. a few spot vineland and mount holly in the 50s to start with. they're see 80s this afternoon as well. a few high clouds off to the north. we are in the clear for today. but come tonight we might see a few clouds move in. there's a chance of scattered showers late tonight. until then, those clouds will steer clear of our area. we'll see sunshine drive the temperatures up. by 9:00 this morning, the temperatures will be in the low 70s for philadelphia, trenton, upper 60s in allentown, reading and 60s along the coast in atlantic city. by noontime, we'll be in the 80s, possibly warmer than it was all day çyesterday. and look at the winds shifting, becoming more southerly at noontime as we go into the later afternoon hours, more of a southerly wind and some spots a southwesterly wind will push temperatures that the upper 80s. 3:00 in the afternoon by philadelph

the thefts involved properties, perry and suarez opened here in philadelphia. >>> philadelphia firemen raised awareness today. they went door-to-door in north philadelphia, and handed out home fire checklists and installed smoke alarms for p.m. that needed them. this is in response to the fire on the block, one prn suffered burns on half of their body and are in serious condition tonight. >>> mat pellman is back in the traffic center with the very latest. >> welcome back. >> thank you. i am back with a big, big backup for you guys rick and shirleen. here on the schuylkill expressway westbound side look at the parking lot coming away from south philadelphia and the phils game, we are jammed solid from passyunk to belmont avenue, stop and go to 202 into the curve from montgomery to this point the whole way into the walt whitman bridge, if you want to take our good buddy, the ben franklin bridge, those three lanes getting through the work zone and stacking through eighth and vine, if you are headed towards the westbound side of the bend, look for a downed pole in the lane of the admiral w

we have 69 degrees through philadelphia and 63 at the shore. it is only 53 degrees in the poconos and winds are light today and we will keep them light. now storm scan three showing it is not exactly the most beautiful start to the summer morning because we have had some clouds out there and looking to the west and well to the south you will also find a couple very light showers. you might still find a couple isolated showers around, they will be light if you see anything else in other areas, it will just be a sprinkle. so temperatures are in the 60's for the most part, to start. we will end up with temperatures right around 80 degrees if not just below that. maybe an isolated shower but otherwise sun and clouds. those clouds should spin out philadelphia points north as we go through the rest of the afternoon. we will talk about what is to come on the eyewitness weather seven day forecast to see if we can see 90's on that and i'll show thaw just ahead, nicole. >>> we are following breaking news this morning. philadelphia police are investigatin

it's 93 degrees in philadelphia with a west erly went. the feel-like temperature is the same as the air temperature. it's a different story to the south where the humidity is higher. we're only near -- only near 90 degrees. it's still several degrees above average in reading and quakertown, doylestown. warmer in philadelphia, cherry hill, wilmington. mount holly is 92. and no relief at the jersey shore today. a strong west wind preventing a sea breeze. at the boardwalk, 94 degrees with the west wind. that's not real pleasant. 96 in parts of southern delaware. we don't have any storms yet. we need a disturbance. we have that in western pennsylvania. a few showers starting to build up there. we do expect more activity as :00.ly in mant'midnig wouanthe fisurin. tooron his te h o tdoeet t dr derheh. gorgeous friday. one of the places that's going to have gorgeous weather on friday is theva hundsome thunderms the best weather at the shore and across much of the rest of the area is friday. sunday also looks good. warm and humid with showers and

police on fair hill road in philadelphia. then the police saw the individual running through rush elementary school in philadelphia and he was apprehended by philadelphia pd, and the suspect has been retaken into custody and will be arraigned this evening on a various amount of charges that i don't have at this time. the officer is okay. a 6-year veteran of the philadelphia police department. this is another great story where the bulletproof vest, not from a bullet but a knife this time, saved his life. the officer was on the roadway faced with a serious criminal wanted for escape. hopefully he will not see the light of day and this guy won't get out and hopefully the probation officer will not get out. >> this go was in the work release program. he was in for a variety of charges, you are listening to officials in buck county, talking about the dramatic prison escape this morning. we learn that matthew miller is the man that walked away from work release after getting out of the bucks county prison and the officer tried to s

now down to 67 degrees in wilmington, northeast philadelphia, philadelphia international at 68 degrees. there are some cooler spots, if you look close at 65 in langhorne and levittown. 67 along the delaware. 60 in furlong, doylestown. the temperatures climbing into the 80s this afternoon. we are watching for showers with the clouds that prove through overnight, most of the shower activity is farther to the north. you can see just a few sprinkles in the pocono mountains. that will be it for today. the radar will be clear but the temperatures will be climbing. neighborhood by neighborhood, we'll see those climb into the 80s today. 87 for reading, allentown and quakertown, up to 86 degrees. trenton, northeast philadelphia, doylestown, mount holly, all in the upper 80s. right around the 80 degree mark for cape may, atlantic city and rehoboth. inland, you'll find the warmer temperatures, a couple degrees warmer than yesterday. 85 for westchester, chester, wilmington, voorhees up to 87 this afternoon. it uturns hot starting tomorrow. >> it is ten minutes after 5:00. one of those magical time

. >> philadelphia police are looking forearmed gunman that held up a northeast philadelphia sneaker store tonight. police state robber forced four employees into the rear of the kicks usa store welsh road before 6:00. police say he not only stole $1,000 he got away with store's security system. no shots were fired. none of the employees were hurt. >> police in salem, new jersey are trying to track down the woman that savagely beat another woman in front of the victim's 2-year-old son. live at salem police "action news" reporter dann cuellar, dann what is the latest here? >> reporter: jim the suspect is nor to found say him and actively is being sought in philadelphia where she's known to have relatives. if you want to know how brutal the attack was look at the victim's face and she'll tell us what happened and the-year-old tried taken to veen. >> i'm telling her i don't want to fight you go about your sgliz it was painful to watch the 4' 9", 1007 pound victim as she spoke about the attack in front of her 2-year-old toddler in hands of bigger woman. the assailant in red mcdonald's uniform

main thunderstorm activity will start north and west of philadelphia. as we go into this evening, 7:00, 8:00 tonight, through the poconos, close to the lehigh valley, this is the yar where we expect to see heaviest rainfall, thunderstorm activity. then a couple hours later, this line should continue to hold together and then move into the philadelphia area. you see it from parts of new castle county to mercer county, along the i-95 corridor. we do expect heavy rain and we could see thunderstorm activity in this as well. now as we go past 11:00 p.m., it starts to break apart a lot as we go into south jersey and delaware. at this point, it looks like for delaware maybe only new castle county should see the heaviest of the rain. a majority of arizona ya around philadelphia and areas north and west, those will be the areas that have the best chance of seeing the heavy rain and the thunderstorms. coming up, i will track the storms for you. we will look at the timing and how all this will play as we go into your weekend. that's straight ahead. >>> part of the

a double-header >> lots of baseball down in south philadelphia today. phillies and braves back to the field tonight for game 2 of the double-header. the extra game a make up: 1 runner comes home. braves are up 1-nothing. bottom of the third, j. roll gets the sac fly to deep center field. cameron rupp tags up. they then get another home run in the eighth. the final score 5 to 1. >>> the earlier game didn't go well for the phils. the braves put up 10 unanswered runs including 5 in the eighth alone and phillies bullpen not happy about this 1. >> tough day today, that's for sure. a lot of things, a lack of offense, a big inning in there, the pitching side of things and some not so good play on defense. >> the 76ers introducing some of their top prospects from the draft today. among them dario saric. he signed a contract to play in turkey for the next 2 years. he says it will only make him better when he comes to philadelphia. >> i make the choice because i think it's better for me for philadelphia to be in the next 2 years in europe to try to bring my game

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 receiving today. >> district faces a 260 million-dollar deficit. >>> the philadelphia 76ers are moving their practice facility, and business operation as cross the river to the camden waterfront. today, new jersey's economic development authority approved an 82 million-dollar tax credit for the sixers. that money will be used to build brand new you practice facilities and offices at martin luther king boulevard and delaware avenue. the the sixers currently practice at philadelphia college of osteopathic medicine. >> as for us, it is really about can we have a world class place for our players to train and develop. that is

high temperature in philadelphia climbs up to 83 degrees. the only hiccup in the forecast i'll say is some of the computer models are indicating weak disturbance north of the city tomorrow and atmosphere to dry to support precipitation. soy think most spots will stay dry. watch for sun and clouds by the afternoon. down the shore. much better looking day. ocean temperature 71. and 79 as you head inland at the beach tomorrow and down the shore we'll be brighter. especially by the afternoon. we have a big fire fly concert taking place this weekend and tomorrow it wraps up. so in dover, delaware if you head there, noon, mostly cloudy, 79. mostly sunny, 5:00 in the evening, 79 and 69 with lots of stars as we get to 10:00 tomorrow night there in delaware call for the rest of tonight partly cloudy, comfortable. 6 city to 52 suburbs north and west of town. here's the 7-day forecast. especially for the areas that did not see a lot of sun today. it peaks out tomorrow. few more clouds by the afternoon. high of 83. remember that disturbance to the north

parts of philadelphia is seeing this. it looks like the cluster of rain off the coast of atlantic city is scooting by the coast. the wide view on satellite shows you we'll get into a lull in the action and maybe see sunny breaks later on this morning. later this afternoon more showers and thunderstorms will build in from the west with an approaching cold front. 73 degrees and damp. 68 and muggy in allentown and 69 in sea isle city. 71 by 9:00 a.m. 78 by noon, around the later morning hours and lunchtime. not a whole lot going on precip wise. and then we get into the afternoon a enwe'll look out for showers and thunderstorms buildings in from the west. high is 83 at 3:00 p.m. 77 by 6:00 p.m. the weekend looks great we'll talk about that in the seven day and we'll have future tractor 6. >> reporter: is that a new umbrella. >> yeah it is. >> reporter: 6abc.com you could probably get one of them. we have a soggy situation out theren on the schuylkill expressway eastbound come the headlights from gulph mills. right now despite

but has no criminal record in philadelphia. reporting live from rittenhouse, denise nakano, nbc 10 news. >>> new information tonight on two gun range robberies in philadelphia. officers have arrested jeffrey chandler today in new jersey after a nearly two-week search. police say chandler and poteat held up a man on june 11th and the next day investigators believe they shot and robbed another man outside a different gun range in northeast philadelphia. police say they stole a number of guns in both incidents. officers arrested poteat last week. >>> a developing situation in southwest philadelphia tonight. a 15-year-old was shot in the hand at 30th street and morris. a total of 11 shots were fired. happened about an hour ago. police searched the neighborhood looking for evidence. no arrests. >>> tonight, a philadelphia police officer finds herself in trouble with the law. officer tamika gross turned herself in today on assault charges. she's accused of having her teenage children fight other students. nbc 10's george spencer join

and philadelphia ten better at 67. winds beginning to shift out of the east/northeast they will come in like this off the water. north and west we're calm. everybody will see a 5 to 10-mile an hour breeze out of the east/southeast later this afternoon. satellite and radar, just a few high, thin clouds running the new york/pa state line. otherwise it's quiet. showers and thunderstorms to the south. more storms across the northern portion of the ohio. they will stay across the eastern great lake states. everything was active this morning if we were in the northern plains, we'll assume in closer here and this is storm tracker 6 live double scan we have a pretty potent cluster of showers and thunderstorms pushing through northeastern portions of nebraska and move into iowa. tremendous amounts of rain falling in this part of the county. we're seeing 2 to 3-inch of rain per hour with the bands. once again we're picking up the heavy downpours and quite a bit of lightning strikes for so early in the morning. fortunately that w

philadelphia at 64 degrees this morning. that's mild. we're in the 50s down the shore from atlantic city. dover at 61. reading at 57. nice and cool over the poconos, currently only at 49. forecast for the day today, we start off in philly. 69 at 8:00 a.m. by noon, 82 degrees. 87 degrees, we'll call it a mix of sun and clouds today. cooler down the shore. you'll have plenty of sunshine. 69 degrees by noon. our high today, 74 degrees, mostly sunny by later on in the afternoon. coming up in a few minutes, we'll give you the timing of when we'll see those rain drops and how long they'll stick around right here on nbc 10. >> we'll check back with you in a few. >>> new this morning, police say road rage may be to blame for a shooting in honey park. a 43-year-old man was killed and 33-year-old woman critically injured after they were shoot at fifth street and roosevelt boulevard around 11:15 last night. philadelphia police believe the victims were inside a sedan and the man they now have in custody was driving a motorcycle. >>> this morning cre

tail of two roadways, rainy, muggy, foggy over by south philadelphia. look at your western suburbs, schuylkill eastbound is still jammed regardless but it is a bit more sun i and clear in that area but still very heavy volume because of rush hour. also philadelphia international airport we are dealing with a ground stop in effect, thinks ongoing until 6:15. definitely keeping you updated on twit eras well with that. take a look speed sensors indicating an overall rush hour on top of the weather we are dealing with the phillies. give yourself plenty of time. take it easy. always good advice. >> you may have to hey more for coffee at one very popular coffee joint. we will tell you where and how much coming up on "eyewitness news". >>> plus new advice for pregnant woman how much fish should you eat and what types should you stay away from? f.d.a. has new recommendations. >>> talk about burning love see wedding pictures that have gone viral and hear story behind this very unusual shoot, kathy. >>> in weather we are looking atom minute news clouds over cente

ahead, a violent night philadelphia. at least eight are shot and two of them now died >>> right now though taking a liveook