Farther back to the west, this is the area of storms that were watching for later tonight. Coming up, i will show you the timing of the storms and what you can expect as we go into your weekend. These conditions can be grueling forage leads participating in the Special Olympics. Live in Mercer County park. What precautions are they taking . Reporter its clear officials want you to high dralt, hydrate, hydrate. Ive had about two bottles of water along with gatorade. We are at a rest stop for the athletes. Its clear that health is a major concern as the 2014 Special Olympics. Water over there on the side. Reporter coaching are drilling it into their players, drink lots of water. They need it even for the indoor games. Water becomes a great other concern as the Special Olympics 2014 games get under way outdoors at Mercer County park. We are taking athletes into cooler areas. Were encouraging them to be under trees. We are like more than their moms. Reporter lisa is the field medical manager for the games. She said today they caught a break because the humidity doesnt feel as bad as yesterday when some needed medical attention. Thats why we have the emergency room physician. Get interveravenous for those pe that by the end of the day were exhausted. Reporter there are several Emergency Services centers near the games. Health is a priority for the athletes and their families. Having fun is as well. It looks like there is no shortage of that. We are loving it. Loving it. The kids are playing great. Both teams are having great things happen. Great plays. Doesnt get any better than that. You get chills. Its so cool to play other teams from other states. Its so amazing. And we won the last game with d. C. Reporter families are having a lot of fun. Also taking precautions when it comes to health concerns, Drinking Water as well as making sure you have sunscreen because the sun is hot out here. Live in Mercer County park. New jerseys largest utility wants you to save energy while you stay cool. Turn off everything you are not using, lights, tvs, computers. Also, close blinds, shades andz draperies facing the sun to keep the heat out and help fans and air conditioners cool more efficiently. Wait to use appliances until later in the day. Keep the first alert weather app handy. Our meteorologists are always delivering the most current weather conditions. Go to nbc10. Com. Were following a developing story. A teen on his way home from school was abducted. Early information reveals the ninth grader walked in on a burglary in progress at his home. The thieves grabbed him and threw him in their car and took off. The boys stepfather followed but lost the car. The teen was able to escape his cap torz. He was not hurt. Nbc 10s George Spencer is on the team with investigators. We will check in with him in less than 30 minute. An 89yearold man from philadelphia accused of war crimes at a death camp is now in custody. Theres an arrested warrant for him. Investigators took him into custody. He admits he was a guard during world world war ii. He says he was staged outside and had nothing to do with the killing of 1. 5 million jews there. His Attorney Says he is too frail to be many custody and that the Detention Center isnt equipped to care for him. The arrest comes after years of failed attempted by the feds to have him stripped of his american citizenship and deported. Lots of buzz today along the pennsylvania turnpike. The reason, bees. Check out this picture taken by maintenance workers on the turnpike. Thats unsettling. Bees almost completely covered the lights at one of the tolls. They swarmed lanes 11 and 12 at the valley forth interchange. Bee experts came to look. They say this kind of thing is common. There is no danger to anybody there. Its a natural occurring swarming activity that results from overpopulation in the hives this time of year. The bees will be monitored. If they stay, they will be captured and relocated. People on a wilmington street woke up to bricks falling on their apartment. Sky force 10 was over west 7th street. Bricks from the abandoned ma sonic lofrj fell on the house next store. In april, the roof of the lodge collapsed. The citys licenses and inspections condemned the building. They got time to get everything out. Neighbors tell us theyre tired of living in fear. Worried about my wife and my son and all in the building. I work at night. I dont want it to collapse. Nobody was injured today. You can see theres still bricks on the back side of that lodge that look like theyre going to fall. Philadelphias top cop is trying to find out if local lawmakers are law breakers. Today the d. A. Announced a formal investigation into possible corruption involving elected leaders and whether they took cash in. Change for political favors. Live at 5 00 tonight is christine. This may involve even more than an earlier case. What is the d. A. Hoping to accomplish here . Reporter normally, this would be a secret investigation. The district Attorney Says he wanted to announce the grand jury is looking into this case because it involves lawmakers. He said he wants the public to know that no one is above the law. I also just spoke to an attorney representing one of the lawmakers who is reportedly linked to this case. He said the District Attorney should not have done that. You dont try cases in the public and in the press. You try cases in the courtroom. Reporter this attorney represents louise bishop, one of the lawmakers linked to the corruption case. Its supposed to be secret. We shouldnt know about it. It should be done in secret. You dont have a press conference. Reporter senl williams announced a grand jury investigation into corruption allegations against at least four philadelphia lawmakers, including bishop. Her conduct throughout her career has been 100 honest. For her to be targeted is almost unheard of. Its hurtful. Reporter williams heard evidence that warranted the investigation. I think corruption is rampant in philadelphia. They should not be given special treatment of any kind. Reporter those opinions from the general public is why williams says he wants philadelphiians to know the case was not dropped even after the state stopped investigating. You have to believe that the jim nal Justice System is fair and that it works. Reporter the District Attorney said this is the last we will hear from him about this case until the grand jury wraps up the investigation. That could take several months. The grand jury will be the one to decide if any charges will be filed. Reporting live in center city, nbc 10 news. New information tonight in the murder of a Burlington County Mother Police say was killed by her own son. The 72yearold woman died from blunt trauma and compression to the chest and neck. Her 44yearold son called Police Sunday night to report his mothers death. He is under going a psychological evaluation before appearing in court. From our delaware bureau, the Delaware Art Museum sold one of its masterpieces. It didnt come close to the price tag it expected. It was sold yesterday for 4. 25 million at an auction. Its far short of a presale estimate of 8. 13 million. Its a discount there. This is the first of four works of art the Delaware Art Museum plans to sell. The museum is trying to raise money to prevent it from closing and to repay a 20 million bond debt. A heart felt good buy to local members of the military. They are getting ready to go overseas. How much is this costing us . Millions of dollars, tens of millions of dollars. A dent to the department. This goes beyond their paychecks. How local police are profiting and the taxpayers are stuck with the bill. Swept off the streets. Local police and feds make raids in two counties. New at 5 30, how investigators put the breaks on an illegal operation. I was convicted of a felony when gm was the true criminal. Their side of the story. People who say they are victims of the General Motors recall mess give an earful to lawmakers in the nations capitol. Now to a developing story. The crisis in iraq. President oboe ma met with congressional leaders about possible responses in iraq. The president says troops wont be sent back. Iraqs foreign minister said they asked u. S. To launch air strikes. U. S. Officials say there are no plans for that. Security forces have been trying to stop the advance by sunni militants. Theyve been battling insurgents. Powell says he hopes the militants could be stopped so negotiations could take place. We are hopeful a solution can be found or at least the offensive can be stopped and checked so that diplomatic procedures can start to be used to solve this problem. John boehner is rejecting suggests that the u. S. Consider joining with iran to help the Iraqi Government battle insurgents. Its the largest deployment of the flj Nj National Guard in six years. More than 450 troops are deploying. Lots of hugs and kisses as friends and family members gathered for the sendoff for the 114th infantry battalion. Many are from south jersey. The soldiers first go to the mobilization station in texas. Then they will deploy as part of Operation Enduring freedom. Its going to be a long deployment. Its going to be hard. We have a mission to do. Were going to have to do it. The infantry has more than 450 soldiers. They are from all 21 counties in new jersey. Nearly onethird from Burlington County. A ruling is putting a blitz on washingtons football team. Economic pressure on the redskins to change the team name. Nbcs 10s jim is telling house it might affect a high school in our area. Reporter its been an nfl controversy for years. The movement to change the redskins name. It picked up steam today after the u. S. Patent Office Actually canceled the washington redskin name is disparaging. It doesnt stopt team from using the name. Without the trademarks, anyone can use the name Washington Redskins to sell machines. Native american groups have been fighting to change the name. Redskins owner has refused citing tradition. They will have trademark protection while it appeals the ruling. The use of the term redskins is a hot topic at a high school in bucks county. Redskins is the mascot. The editors of the newspaper have classified it as a racial slur. The newspaper stance and the reaction from School Administrators has received national attention. We found students there today divided on the issue. I would love to see them more of a push for a name change, maybe more of the community realizes its not a term of honor and its a racial slur. I dont think anyone picked it apart as being derogatory. Were not slandering the name at all. Were keeping it were honoring them. Its our hockey, football, our teams are named after it. We put a call in the principal. That call was not returned to get reaction to todays ruling. The students we spoke with there at the school feel that the majority of the student body favors keeping the redskins name. Its been a hot day today, the hottest so far. Some areas even feel like 100 degrees. I will show you which areas in a minute. For tonight after the heat leaves, we are tracking thunderstorms moving. Some of the storms could be strong. As we go into tomorrow, we still have showers in the forecast. The rain is not gone just yet. For part of your weekend, we will have showers in the forecast. Right now, it is 93 in philadelphia. We expected to get i agree or two warmer before we reach our official high temperature. Lehigh valley, around 90. Mount holly, 93. 94 in Atlantic City. 93, dover. One area to get relief, this is cape may. Of course, the beach is not very packed on a wednesday. Im sure it will be as we go into this weekend. This is one slightly cooler spot. It feels like the upper 90s closer to the shore. Feels like mid 90s in philadelphia. Dover feeling like 100 degrees when you factor in the humidity today. We still do have the heat advisory out mainly for areas surrounding the i95 corridor. That runs until 7 00 p. M. Tonight. Locally, we are dry. To the west, getting towards the cleveland area, this is an area of storms that were watching for tonight. It is moving in our direction. It wont be here until late. The Severe Threat of storms, that comes along with that area of storms. It does extend into much of pennsylvania. As we zoom in, you can see it does encompass west of philadelphia. This will not be until late tonight. We dont have the moisture in place with our heat and humidity. That will come later this evening. Future weather shows that. It keeps us dry for the next few hours. Closer to midnight tonight, thats when we expect to see some storms approaching. For part of our area, we could see strong storms. 6 00 in the morning tomorrow we could have laingering showers. Tomorrow showers and storms. For your thursday, not as hot as today. You will want the umbrella. Then dry air moving in before the week is over. 72 for the low in philadelphia. 67 north and west. Tomorrow not as hot as today. Temperatures in the mid 80s. Showers andz storms tomorrow. Just hold on to that umbrella. Thursday, dryer air moves in. A lot less humid. Mid 80s. Into the weekend, chance of storms on saturday. Sunday looks pretty good. Half of your weekend will have at least a chance for some thunderstorms and next week we start off with temperatures in the mid 80s. More details coming up. The last thing anyone wants is to pay more when we fill up our gas tank. Details on a double digit gas tax increase proposal. Also tonight my instinct took over. I went and started helping. Buried by bricks. The new jersey Building Collapse that had a Quick Response thanks to a doctor feel away. Plus this my son is left paralyzed from his belly button down. We heard their stories. Now we see the faces of those who say the General Motors recall scandal changed their lives forever. The acting Veterans Affairs secretary is ordering all of its directors to conduct personal monthly reviews. This will affect 900 v. A. Health facilities nationwide. The acting secretary says his top priority is getting veterans off waiting lists and into clinics. This comes after at least 35 vets died while waiting for care in the phoenix v. A. Hospital system. For the first time in more than two decades, two senators are proposing to raise federal gasoline and diesel taxes. It would increase taxes by 12 cents a gallon over the next two years. They pitched the plan as a bipartisan plan to raise money for the fund. Here is a look at where gas prices stand. The average in the philadelphia fivecounty area is up two cents from last week to 3. 73 a gallon. The averages in south jersey and delaware jumped 4 cents. The ceo of General Motors was in the hot seat on capitol hill today as families impacted by the ignition switch problems made their voices heard. As danielle lee shows us, lawmakers are asking why it took more than a decade to recall millionless of cars with the defective switch. Reporter General Motors says the culture needs to change so safety issues dont go unaddressed. Lawmakers wonder how thats happening when many of the companys executives have stayed the same. On the same day lawmakers quizzed the top boss of general mow t motors, families shared their heartache. Pictures of their loved ones held close to their hearts. Robbies son is paralyzed. My son has to live the rest of his life the way he is. Reporter candice was driving during the crash that killed her boyfriend. I was convicted of a felony when gm was the true jim nal. Reporter it took engineers more than a decade to catch the problem. How could they not know that. I cant speculate on why they didnt know. What i can tell you is any time a vehicle stahls, we consider it a safety issue. Reporter they found negligence and incompetence. G mr fired 15 employees. It looks like more than 15 people should have been terminated. You need a culture change. I completely agree with you. It will be the actions we take. Reporter two days ago, gm announced another recall. This year, about 20 million cars have been flagged for repair. Youre talking about millions of cars. We have dealers extending their hours in their Service Department to be responsive to get the repairs made. Reporter the ceo promises gm is making safety a top priority and rewarding employees who raise concerns. Gm is setting a compensation fund. Despite being pressed by lawmakers, the companys ceo wouldnt give any indications about how big that fund will be. In washington, im danielle leigh, nbc 10 news. Guns and jewelry swipes from homes. Police are reporting a break in the case. Not only were they suing a lot, theyre suing more often than civilians. Cops versus cops. Local officers fighting one another in court and getting big payments. We have the results that show how much they are packeting. An historic heroin haul. Drug raids in two local counties. This big victory leaves police with plenty of work still ahead. Corruption investigation reopened. The District Attorney believes more state lawmakers may have taken cash and gifts. How harrisburg is Holding Elected Officials accountable. Could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Mmmhmmm. Everybody knows that. Well, did you know that old macdonald was a really bad speller . Your word is. Cow. Cow. Cow. C. O. W. E. I. E. I. O. [buzzer] dangnabbit. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you. Well, you know. A hot day to work outside. Crews cleaning up branchs in bucks county. Not an easy job. As we deal with the heat, theres another potential weather threat. Lets talk to sheena parveen. Tell us about the potential storms. We have storms that we expect late tonight. Not so much for the rest of this evening. The rest of the evening we will deal with the heat. Then we will have storms move in closer to midnight. Look at the temperatures. 93, philadelphia right now. Lehigh valley, near 90 degrees. We have spots in delaware where it feels closer to 100. Actual temperatures closer to the mid 90s. Combined with the heat and our threat for storms tonight, its a first alert day. We have the heat advisory until 7 00 p. M. For part of the area because of the high heat and humidity. Storms later tonight. Some could be strong at times bringing heavy rain. The heat advisory around areas near the i95 corridor until 7 00 p. M. Tonight. With us for the rest of the evening hours. Drink plenty of water if you will be outside. It will stay hot. The storms we expect tonight are off to our west, moving into the ohio river valley. These will be certainly watched as we go through the late night hours. Future weather keeps us dry the rest of this evening. Closer to midnight, notice how you see storms to the north and west. Late tonight we start to see some of those move in. A closer look at that plus the more shower threat as we go into tomorrow. Thats coming up. To a developing story. The reunion for the Teenager Police say was targeted after he interrupted a burglary at his house. We were there minutess when the boy was reunited with family members. Police say the boy was coming home from school and was abducted and robbed this afternoon. We have been on that scene with investigators for hours now. Live at 5 30, nbc 10s George Spencer. What you have learned about this case . Reporter keith, just within the past 15 minutes we got a lot of information, including the fact that these robbers made off with 30,000 in cash that was kept in the home. The 15yearold boy, the son who was kidnapped, was just brought back. He is inside telling detectives about this encounter. Based on what we have learned from the family members on the scene, it seems that the 15yearold was grabbed by three robbers probably as he was walking home from school. With him as their hostage, those robbers called the boys father and mother and demanded everything of value in the familys home. When they go to the house they tied up the mother and father inside with their shoestrings and began grabbing cash, 30,000, jewelry, even the dvr system that was rolling on the home surveillance cameras. They threw the 15yearold boy into the car with them as they took off. The boys father freed himself from being tied up and chased that car for a while. Eventually, he lost it along roosevelt boulevard. Thats where he flagged down a cop along the boulevard. Eventually, the 15yearold boy was able to free himself from those robbers. That happened about 15 miles from here. He got away uninjured. Obviously, detectives on the scene are looking for a firsthand account out of him about exactly how all of this originated and perhaps why this family in this quiet neighborhood may have been targeted. Were following it. Right now, im George Spencer, nbc 10 news. Thank you. Were following another story in northeast philadelphia. A live look at the seven District Police stas. A woman was shot multiple times. It happened in the 9900 block of nnectiis st anher developing sty at this hour. Millions of dollars worth of heroin had been seized in south jersey. It happened at a number of locations. Ted greenberg spoke with investigators about this operation. Live outside the prosecutors office, ted, this investigation is not over yet. Reporter it is not. This investigation is still ongoing. This probe started two months ago here in cape may county. It ended up spreading beyond its borders. It also made history. We sent sky force 10 to vineland after learning cops converged on this property and another nearby. They were searched today in a take down of a major heroin distribution ring operating in two counties. This is the largest narcotics investigation in cape may history. Reporter investigators carried out search warrants in 12 different locations today. In one authorities say, they found 7,700 bags of heroin. In addition, they say they seized the equivalent of 182,000 bags of the drug, worth more than 3. 5 million on the street. With the heroin overdose dejz that we have been experiencing throughout the southern region, i believe this is a big tool that we have to show that were fighting this epidemic. Reporter Police Arrested two alleged ring leaders along with nine alleged dealers. Prosecutors say an additional suspect in custody has connections to the International Drug trade. Hopefully, we have cut off a lot of supply. There might be depend there, but were hopeful the supply is cut off for a while. Reporter prosecutors say a handgun and 200,000 in cash were also seized. They are anticipating more arrests. Live tonight in cape may courthouse, im ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. New at 5 30, prosecutors announced they do not plan to retry two men in the robbery murder of a philadelphia businessman almost two decades ago. The District Attorneys office withdrew charges. Both were 16 when they were arrested in the murder. Each served 15 years of a life sen sense before a judge threw out of convictions and ordered a retrial last fall. A district jej has dismissed rape and Sexual Assault charges against the former Montgomery County republican chairman. Robert concekerns was accused o sexually assaulting a woman. The charges were dismissed saying things were misinterpreted. He is still being charged with indecent assault. Its official, the culprits behind the damage to the bridge around wilmington, pielz of dirt dumped near the bridge. Highway officials said that dirt caused several support columns to tilt. Crews are working to create new foundations for the peers. To pay for repairs, the state will pull from the federal emergency relief fund. They hope to have lanes open by labor day. A wildwood man drowned in cape may county. Members of a dive rescue team pulled a 45yearold man from the water last night. He was swimming in a lake when he went under. A passerby saw what was happening and tried to save that man but just couldnt reach him and ended up having to be rescued. Swimming is prohib ilted there without lifeguards on duty. The hot weather is causing problems for officials in Montgomery County. They are testing what is believed to be a letter laced with rye sin. It was sent last march by a 19yearold man. It was delivered to an apartment in hatborough. The humidity is making it tough to test the substance. Results are expected tomorrow. In delaware, two men are accused of several burg la riz. Troopers say Daniel Everett and Robert Wright are faces dozens of charges. They stole jewelry and guns then sold them to pawnshops. Police say video shows them driving away from a housing complex. When police searched their car, they found 18 guns. Tonight, being in the right place at the right time. A building comes crashing down. Nbc 10 with the roll of a new jersey doctor when seconds mattered. Coming up, setting the stage. The region braces for thousands of music fans. Why the heat is only one of the concerns. Tim furlong explains the challenges of just getting there. Sale finalized. The philadelphia inquienquirer philly. Com are sold. His former business parter made it all possible. Know that chasing performance can mean lower returns and fewer choices in retirement. Know that proper allocation could help increase returns so you can enjoy that second home sooner. Know the right Financial Planning can help you save for college and retirement. Know where you stand with pnc total insight. A new investing and Banking Experience with personalized guidance and online tools. Visit a branch, call or go online today. Sky force 10 over a house fire in delaware county. This is a home in woodland drive. It took firefighters half an hour to get it under control. No one was hurt. To north philadelphia where firefighters bottled a fire. You can see the smoke billowing out of the windows. They got it to calm down. It started around 1 00 in the basement of the home. The cause under investigation. Police are looking for two men in connection with a robbery and shooting yesterday. Authorities say the man in this video approached a group of people on north 7th street and fired a shot in the air. One man was hit by the bullet. The suspects took money from him before taking off in a silver suv. A construction official said an aging wall was to blame for a Building Collapse in north jersey that injured four people. They were hurt when bricks fell from a building in West New York in hudson county. The mayor heard the commotion and ran out to help. He administered to one victim until emergency respond areas riefshed. Saw a gentleman covered with bricks. My instinct took over and i started helping and stabilized his neck, make sure that he had a good airway. He began to breathe. Both buildings were declared unsafe. The orders have been ordered to have have a Structural Engineer and contractor make repaired. A different source of income for local police. How they are targeting one another for a big payday. An attacker on the loose. A suspect wanted for assaulting a woman on a local street. Sheena . After the hottest day of the year comes the threat of thunderstorms. I will let you know who is at risk of seeing the storms and when. Its an emotional sendoff as soldiers say so long to their loved ones. Why family policemens tell me this deployment feels different. Ill have that story next at 6 00. Philadelphia Police Released this video of a man wanted for an alleged Sexual Assault. It happened on may 11th. Investigators say a man approached the victim outside a club. It happened around 3 30 in the morning. He offered a ride home to the woman. She told police she passed out in the car. When she woke up, the suspect was sexually assaulting her. Lets talk about this heat. Really hotout side. You would think people would try to keep cool indoors. Thousands are gathering for a big outdoor Music Festival. Tim furlong is live where the firefly festival guests under way. The weather is only one factor. Reporter heat, traffic, parking. I learned there are a lot of head ables associated with planning and running a Music Festival. The most obvious concern is the work. Workers sweating it out. Setting up. There is hot dust making it tough to breathe. Fans love firefly. It helps the local and state economy. As long as firefly doesnt repeat the same traffic mistakes it made last year, the rest of delaware will probably love it, too. The first campers are here. Venders are setting up shop for the Music Festival has become a major event. We will give it a try and make money this weekend. We think the crowds look like they will be pretty good. In general, its good for businesses. Reporter organizers are trying to make sure fans stay safe under the hot sun. Plenty of bottled water, refill stations and shady hammock areas. They say this year will be easier in, easier out. Last years festival led to traffic problems up and down the state. One of the pains was traffic. We werent satisfied with the results. Reporter last year they brought in people from all the states. They suggest avoiding rush hour periods to and from the festival. Consider jumping across into new jersey and crossing back over the delaware Memorial Bridge to avoid the problems caused by the 495 bridge closure. When you get here, organizers say they have made it easier to get in and out of the grounds. This year we simplified the ground grounds. Totally separate entrances. We split up traffic. Reporter the few fighters back. Tickets available if you want in. Spreading out the traffic, letting people in today and spreading it out over the next few days will make things okay. Friday, a lot of people going to and from delaware beaches. Its hard to imagine theres not going to be headaches when the traffic commuters and drivers and tourists collide in the heart of delaware. Live in dover with real good seats. Tim furlong, nbc 10 news. Thank you very much. More about the heat and the potential for storms tonight. Sheena parveen is tracking it for us. The first thing we have been dealing with all day long is the heat. Thats the number one thing. Were going to keep feeling it for the rest of the evening. 94 is what it feels like in philadelphia. This is the heat index. Dover feels like 100 there. Georgetown and Atlantic City hit record high temperatures today in the 90s. 96 is what it feels like in Atlantic City. 97 in millville. In the lehigh valley, a little bit of relief compared to the rest of the area. Feeling right around 90 degrees. Feeling very hot outside. Locally, we are dry on radar. We have a lot of humidity around for part of the area. Off to the west, this is the area of thunderstorms that well be watching as we go through tonight. This Severe Threat does come along with this cluster of storms. The risk for Severe Weather does extend into parts of pennsylvania and some portions of delaware. Locally, its mostly west of philadelphia. Thats where the yellow area is. Thats the risk for severe storms, not until later tonight. For the rest of the evening, we will stay dry. Closer to midnight we expect storms to move in. Here is a look at future weather. Dry over the next several hours. Closer to midnight we could see showers and storms moving in. Some could be locally strong with heavy rain, gusty we y win. By 7 00 in the morning that will be out of the area. Then showers. Through the day tomorrow, take a look. We have more showers and storms in the forecast. Not as hot as today because of the rain moving in. Once the rain shifts to the south, we have less humid air moving in. Dryer air is going to feel less humid as we go into the day friday. No rain around on friday either. Friday is actually going to be the best day out of the week, not nearly as warm as many days so far this week. Along the shore as we go into tomorrow, thunderstorms, 77 degrees for friday. Beautiful day along the shore. Near 80. Lower humidity. On saturday, we will have a chance of storm storms. Sunday looks good. Tonight, warm and humid. Showers and storms closer to midnight. Tomorrow, not as hot. Temperatures mid 80s. Showers and storms around for the day tomorrow. Make sure you have your umbrella. As we go into friday, less humidity, more sunshine. Into the weekend, we have a chance of storms saturday. Sunday looks nice. Temperatures in the low 80s. At least of weekend is not a washout. To protect and serve and to sue . Whats happening . Some local Police Departments. The battle of the badges. They are taking their brothers and sisters to the courthouse. The big payday that some of them are getting. A call to action after a deadly crash. State police are cracking down in construction zones on the turnpike. Coming up on nbc 10 news at 10 00. The speed traps you need to know about. 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. New Jersey Police officers are more likely to take a colleague to court. Its acourting to a new investigation. How those lawsuits are costing taxpayers big time. Reporter you are looking at settlement check after settlement check. We have a check for 99,000. Reporter records of new Jersey Police departments quietly settling hundreds of lawsuits. They are not about false arrests or police brutality. The majority involve cops suing other cops. Not only were they suing a lot, they are suing more often than civilians. Reporter how much is this costing us . Millions of dollars, tens of millions of dollars. Reporter a reporter tracked four years of lawsuits against Police Departments across new jersey. What she found may surprise you. While civilian lawsuits cost Police Departments 20 million, lawsuits filed by cops against cops totaled more than 29 million. Thats 45 more. Ive seen lieutenants suing lieutenants, chiefs being sued by everyone. Reporter this man is president of the National Coalition of latino officers. The problem is new Jersey Police departments often have politically appointed chiefs who sometimes play favorites and sometimes have bitter feuds with cops they dislike. On the radio this man tells a story of a 165,000 settlement paid by police after a 20year veteran cop accused her bosses of planting drugs in her police car. She opened the door. Inside the car door she found crack. Reporter like most cop on cop lawsuits, the facts in this case are disputed. Camdens former chief denies wrongdoing. In new jersey, internal Affairs Units are supposed to refer serious charges of misconduct to prosecutors. Critics say prosecutors too often side with police brass. Is there no system in place where an officer can file complaints against his police chief. If the chief is the issue and hes controlling internal affairs. Reporter its hard to tell if new jersey cops are suing at higher rates than private Sector Workers sue theirs. A study by Small Business insurer hiscox found companies are 12 please have a 12. 5 of being sued by one of them. Theres a difference between private and Public Sector lawsuits. When cops sue other cops, taxpayers foot the bill. These lawsuits lead to more lawsu lawsuit can. Where you find one, you will find apeelz. These turn into money pits. Theres a web link that shows how much these lawsuits are costing locally. You can get more information on the impact on your community by going to our website, nbc10. Com. Coming up next, the hottest day of the year leads to a storm threat tonight. Thats right. Some could even be severe. Im tracking the timing tonight and how they could affect your morning commute. When will it cool down in your first at letter forecast . This construction worker killed when hit by a speeding truck. Coming up, how police are using unconventional tactics to make sure it never happens again. What are state lawmakers doing about banning cash gifts . I will have a live report coming up next at 6 00. Ms. Winnie earle kids in paterson face lots of obstacles but nothing can stop their determination. Mara my dream is to be a pediatric nurse. Ms. Earle taught me if i work hard i can do anything. Ms. Winnie earle mara had so much potential, it was my job to help her reach her goals. Mara now, im headed to college to study nursing ms. Winnie earle there are so many talented kids like mara and they all deserve to live their dreams. Right now at 6 00, temperatures into the 90s. The hottest day of the year. The heat advisory forced philadelphia schools to dismiss early. The increased heat increases our chance for storms overnight. That could affect your commute. A live look at 8th and market in center city. The hottest part of the day and the hottest day of the year flt a lot of people trying to beat the heat. Down the shore where temperatures are cooler, a live look from our cape may camera there. Glenn has been tracking the temperatures all day long. The temperature got to 94 in philadelphia today, two degrees shy of the record. Atlantic city set a record at 95. Theres a heat advisory until 7 00. The feelslike temperature is near 100. Nighttime storms and some could be strong. Its 93 right now. Its not quite as hot to the north. 95 in georgetown, delaware. They tied a record at 97 today. The feelslike temperature in dover, 100. Its 94 in philadelphia. We do not have any storms around now. There are a few showers
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