Morass. Ythan normal, going into the doctors office. Something went wrong during that procedure and she lost consciousness. She stopped breathing and had cardiac arrest, taken quickly here to the hospital where she has been for the past week before dying this afternoon. In her statement, Melissa Rivers saids my mothers greatest joy in life is to make people laugh. All thee is difficult to do right now, i know her final wish would be to return to laughing soon. Too soon for many fans here in new york city im chris pollone, nbc 10 news. Joan rivers has several ties to the philadelphia area and suburbs. Women have more on them coming up at 5 30 a double homicide rocks a philadelphia community, neighbors telling nbc 10 they feared Something Like this was going to happen, the have i can tims were found dead inside a house. Nbc 10s Harry Hairston is tracking the latest developments, live in our digital operations center. Harry . Reporter keith, radioity now, police are telling me the two men were brutally murdered and only identified them as men in their 20s. Of course, on this story from the beginning. Skyforce10 over allen grove street near east god fry avenue in philadelphias lawn crest section. This is where police say the landlord entered her property and found the two men and called 911. Police are telling nbc news that both men were shot to death. The neighborhood block captain tells us this is a known drug house. The block captain says they complain to police about the alleged drug problem for about a year. Yeah, the block captain, just moved out of that neighborhood on tuesday, she lived next door, right next door, she said she couldnt take it anymore. Its scary. Reporter police on the scene we talked to say they wish they had known about the problems at the home before. Again, at this hour, police say they have no suspects and no motives and they plan to identify the victims some time tomorrow. Keith . Harry hairston reporting for us live in the digital operations center. A south jersey man charged with murder tonight in connection to a womans death at his mothers house last year. Prosecutors say Timothy Donnelly shot kathleen corpsal while she was house sitting last september in gloucester township, camden county. Police say donnelly stole jewelry, other valuables from a safe, too. Investigators say donnellys mother had nothing to do with the crime. From our Delaware Bureau, a Wilmington Police officer shot in the face last year had a close call with gunfire during another police chase. Kenyatta jackson and Sean Mitchell were arrested after police say mitchell didnt obey a traffic stop then led police on a chase. During the pursuit, jackson allegedly fired shots from the passenger seat at the two officers. One of those officers was justin wilkers, shot in the face in february of last year during another chase. Wilkers lost his hearing in one ear and cant close one eye. Frederick gray was sentenced to life in prison for that shooting earlier this year. Delaware, new arrests in the fight against illegal drug trafficking. New Castle County Police arrested 23yearold Shante Parker yesterday. Investigators say she was selling heroin and marijuana out of a harper Club Apartment in newark. The arrest comes after a long investigation in drug sales in the area. Parker faces several charges. Eight young teens and an 18yearold man accused of vandalizing a Sports Complex in cape may county. Police found graffiti marks and also racial slurs, profanity, hatefilled messages the Memorial Field last week. All eight teens and william voucher are facing charges of criminal mischief, criminal trespass and harassment. Police say the damage could amount to nearly 100,000. The trial for a philadelphia woman accused of kidnapping a 5yearold girl and sexually assaulting her continued today with a warning. The judge told Christina Regusters that if she had another outburst in court like she did yesterday, she would have to watch the proceedings from a video feed. Much of todays testimony centered around dna evidence. Two Forensic Experts for the Philadelphia Police department testified about the evidence they checked from regusters home as well as the tshirt the little girl was found in. Regusters defense attorney argued the dna experts couldnt pinpoint exactly where or when regusters dna got on the shirts. The revel hotel and casino may be closed but a popular nightclub inside is trying to stay open. Lawyers for the hq nightclub and Hq Beach Club filed documents with the u. S. Bankruptcy court. They are seeking an injunction to keep the clubs open. The owners say they have the right to continue operating the venues. Happening tonight, the Philadelphia Housing Authority is holding another Public Meeting for neighbors near an old apartment high rise that is set to be imploded. The queen lane apartments in german town will be leveled one week from saturday. At last weeks meeting, residents voiced their concern over damage to the property, cents and air quality. Tonights meeting is from 6 to 8 at new mariah baptist church. Happening this weekend, organizerses for next years meeting of world of families in philadelphia will unveil the official prayer, an iconic image for the event. Video of the philadelphia delegation at the vatican earlier this year. Preparing for a possible visit from pope francis. Archbishop charles chapuis will unveil and bless the prayer and image this sunday. The ceremony will take place during evening mass at the cathedral basilica, saints peter and paul. The next few days to celebrate the newly rep know rateded dill worth park in center city. Three, two, one. Mayor Michael Nutter a i long with city, state and federal officials cut the ribbon on the new park this morning. Dill worth plaza is in front of city hall, now dill worth park. It will link the avenue of the arts with the ben franklin parkway and connect the districts with market east destinations, new entrances to septas trains and trolleys and a fountain using recycled rain water. In the winter there will be an ice skating rink. Peco says it just finished inspecting thousands of miles of electrical lines all across the philadelphia region. Peco says it surveyed 10,000 miles of overhead power lines as well as more than 1800 circuits. Crews checked for potential issues like damaged equipment, sagging power lines, also used infrared cameras to check for temperature spikes. Peco looked at natural gas lines, man holes and transformers as well. The inspections cost half a million dollars. We continue to follow breaking news, the death of comedienne joan rivers, she died this afternoon inside a New York Hospital at the age of 81. Her death comes one7 yz week a she suffered a heart attack during what was supposed to be a routine throat endoscopic procedure. She never regained consciousness though. Switching gears here, a sex assault on campus, Princeton University may change how it investigates the crimes. Ahead, University Officials may turn to trained investigators. Plus, why they are also taking a closer look at how the Princeton Community has handled previous assaults. Staring down an oncoming train. Two Chester County officers were instantly in harms way. The reason they were on the tracks and how they escaped death. Which continue to follow breaking knew the death of comedienne joan rivers. She died this afternoon inside a New York Hospital at the age of 81. Her passing comes one week after she suffered that heart attack during a throat procedure. She never regained consciousness. New at 5 00, a report released today sheds insight into the large number of americans abusing drugs in our country. The information comes from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health services administration. Last year, more than 24 1 2 million americans were illicit drug users. Marijuana was the most commonly used drug with more than 19 million users. 1. 5 Million People used cocaine and more than half a million are meth users. For the 25th anniversary of National Recovery month, addicts like Robert Ashburn were in washington, d. C. Today to testimony their story. That i dont have to be ashamed, that i can be proud of who ive become is the is a i that Everybody Needs to hear, especially those suffering from it, because they deserve the help as human beings if we can do a little part by outing ourselves as people in recovery and really People Living a life worth living, i think thats something we can absolutely do as individuals to make a difference. Ashford is originally from philadelphia and been an alcoholic, in longterm recould have rained former drug user. Former Virginia GovernorBob Mcdonnell was found guilty of selling the influence of his office to a vitamin salesman. Mcdonnell and his wife, maureen, were found guilty of several counts in their corruption case. The former governor and his three children reportedly burst into tears when the guilty counts were read. The couple is accused of accepting 170,000 in gifts and loans from the ce of a Dietary Supplement Company in excharge i can for favors. He left office in january and indicted two weeks later. Bps reckless conduct resulted in the worst offshore oil spill in u. S. History. The ruling today could quadruple the civic penalties for bp for polluting the duck in 2010. The oil giant has already agreed to billions of dollars in criminal fines. The spill from the deepwater horizon rig spewed oil for about three months, 11 men were killed when the well blew. Princeton university is considering creating a team of trained investigators to look into Campus Sexual Assault accusations. Faculty committee made the recommendation after the u. S. Department of education said it was looking into how Sexual Assault cases were handled at princeton and 54 other colleges. Other changes would include allowing victims and their attacker present at disciplinary hearings. The University Officials say the changes will bring princeton in compliance with federal standards. Columbia university in new york, a student is putting the spotlight on Campus Sexual Assaults by carrying around her dorm room mattress. She claims she was assaulted the first day of her sophomore year, but the case against her alleged rapist was dismissed. Emma and 22 other students filed a federal complaint saying the university is too lenient with alleged offenders and discourages victims from reporting assaults. Feel like it has taken over my entire college expeer enwhy. I will be carrying this dorm room mattress everywhere with me everywhere i go she is proud to be considered an activist, victims of Sexual Assault and says she has received a lot of support. Black magic and animal sacrifice, thats what police in upstate new york think is behind yet another mysterious discovery of animal remains. Many of you could find the scene disturbing. Thats why we are not going to show it to you on tv. Police pulled a bag from the Long Island Sound tuesday. They found a goat, five birds, money and a blue tshirt inside. Last week, seven bags of goats and birds were found in another town. In july, a bird was found nearby wrapped in cloth and several written symbols, just the latest in a string of dismembered animal parts found in westChester County in recent weeks. Last 3 1 2 years, havent had reports of sacrificed animal, in a short period of time, three separate incident. The spca brought in an occult specialist. That person helped determine the written symbols were those of a black magic cult. Investigators are still trying to determine if its a case of animal cruelty. Airline pilots and flight crews have a significantly increased risk of getting a certain kind of skin cancer, according to new research, review of 19 studies found melanoma rates are twice as high among flightbased workers, although airlines have Safety Measures in place, cabin crews have increased altituderelated exposure to uv radiation. Something completely different knew church is threatening to leave a small western pennsylvania borough because the congregation is being banned from hosting Weight Watchers meetings. Borough officials in east washington, southwest pittsburgh, say the municipality is zoned only for residences and institutions like the church. That means forprofit businesses like Weight Watchers are forbidden. The First Christian church hosts the meetings in their social hall. The pastor says their small congregation counts on the income from the gatherings. The church can file for a zoning variance but the pastor says the borough told him it likely wouldnt be granted. The marketing station in center city gets a new name today and in return, septa is given a big chunk of change. Marketing will now be called Jefferson Station after the hospital three blocks away. The hospital paid 3. 9 million for the fiveyear deal but has the option to extend the name change for an additional four years. Most of the money goes septa. Soon, the hospital will offer Shuttle Service from the station to all of its nearby facilitiesb another hot day today, warmer in some spots, the humid is at least not unbearable through the area. As we go into tomorrow, the heat and humid the return, so tomorrow is expected to be a little bit hotter than today and that even goes into the beginning of your weekend. Also for the start of your weekend, we are tracking some thunderstorms, that will start to move in for saturday and of course, we have the eagles home opener on sunday, right now the link looks fantastic, a lot of sunshine there, but by sunday, we will start to see changes coming into the forecast, show you that in a minute. Right now, live look at center city from the Adventure Aquarium in camden, a lot of sunshine out there in philadelphia, temperatures in the mid80s, 85 degrees now, humidity again not extremely uncomfortable across the area, but its not as dry as it has been this past week, at least a couple of days. Temperatures through the lehigh valley, about the mid80s, 78, mount poke know, 782, millville, dover, 80, Atlantic City 81, wildwood, many areas along the shore right now are mainly in the upper 70s, thats mostly shore points but everyone is seeing a lot of sunshine. So satellite and radar is showing how dry we are. Any rain is pretty much to our south and also off to our west. So the showers you should around the great lakes, this will be moving in as we go inmainly 770. The humid air coming in overnight tonight and tomorrow. It will get more humid as we end out the weekend and the rain comes starting mainly saturday, our best chance of thunderstorms. We could have a few showers tomorrow. We stay dry the rest of today. Friday, we see more clouds going into the morning hours, into the afternoon tomorrow, theres a chance for a few showers, hot, quite a bit of humidity around. Few showers possible, as we go into saturday, you notice we have a little more in the way of cloud cover, by the middle of the day, mainly dry, through the evening hours, we could have a line of thunderstorms moving through, so, by even 9 p. M. Saturday, we could still be seeing some heavy rain and storms. Look what happened sunday though, we really start to clear out just in time for the eagles home opener. Looks pretty good at the linc as we go into sunday. Humidity will be a lot lower sunday so it will feel a lot nicer. 1 p. M. , seeing temperatures mid70s a little breezy. By 4 p. M. , upper 70s, also see developing sunshine, pretty pleasant going into the end of your weekend. For tonight, clouds early, clear early clouds late tonight moving in. Fog possibly late as well, low 70s in philadelphia, mid60s north and west. Tomorrow, hot and humid day shower mainly in the afternoon hours, temperature around 90 degrees. Some of us even in the low 90s that goes into saturday, low 90s, hot, humid thunderstorms, mostly late afternoon, early evening saturday or sunday, less humid, a lot cooler, go into next week, more rain chances come back into the forecast. We continue to follow breaking news, the death of comedienne joan rivers. She died this afternoon inside a New York Hospital, the age of 81. Still ahead at 5 30, we take a look at joans many connections to our area. You may be surprised by some of them. Summer vacation is nearly over for Philadelphia Public School students. They will return to the class in a district facing an 81 million deficit. Nbc 10 talks to a Philadelphia School teaecacher about the challenges facing students, teachers, also parents. This is garthen leslie, a regular guy who invented aros. A very smart air conditioner that learns your habits to save you money. This is ben kaufman, the ceo of quirky. Hes rubbing garthens regularguy feet because garthen is far more important than ben. At quirky, real people invent all of our products. Ben just runs the company. Introducing aros from quirky and g. E. Products invented by real people like you. All the students in philadelphia public and Charter Schools can receive School Breakfast and lunch free of charge this fall. Applications will no longer be needed. The district has offered free breakfast a the all schools the past four years. Since 1991, about 175 schools participated in the universal Lunch Program offering free lunches. Under the new program, 85 schools will join the ranks. And the School Year Begins in just a few days for Public School students in philadelphia. But the budget crisis is causing all kinds of concerns for teachers getting ready for the new school year. We crunched the numbers. Last year, the district was 50 million short. Now, they are 81 million in the red. Despite the deficit, schools will open on time monday. As a result of budget cuts, this year, there will be fewer teachers aides, fewer security guards and fewer supplies w fewer bodies, teachers are planning to walk the kids to and from class. Just one of several new roles they will take on this year. Helping out the hall way, making sure children are safe, Transition One play place or the other. Apprehensive about not having as many adult bodies in the building. Suit william height says vacant Police Officer positions will not be filled as a result of the deficit. Teachers we spoke to say they have been told by their principals to prepare to fill in the gap. Count on nbc 10 to help you get ready for back to school. Our reports continue tomorrow with a look at school security. How budget cuts and Police Officer layoffs will impact your childs safety when they are at school. Remember every morning from now until monday, nbc 10 will report on our schools during nbc 10 news today. Remember you can get more information on our website, nbc10. Com, check out our special section for tips, trends and news about the new school year. At the continue to talk about the breaking news, the death of comedienne joan rivers, died this afternoon inside a New York Hospital at the age of 81. Her passing comes one week after she suffered a heart attack during a throat procedure. She never regained consciousness. Next, we will tell you about her many connections to the delaware valley. You wont want to miss that. And also ahead, Police Officers in harms way, many people would argue comes with the territory. But two Chester County officers faced another type of danger, an oncoming train. Hear what they were doing on the tracks and how they and another person escaped just in time. Youll never guess how much it will cost to you take a family of four to this sundays eagles game. Im doug shimell. I will have those numbers coming up. Plus all new on nbc 10 news at 6 00, a racy tweet from the governor of delaware. How he is explaining this suggestive photo. As a Small Business owner you dont deliver anything less than 100 to your customers. And at verizon fios we believe that you shouldnt settle for less than 100 of the internet. Get upload speeds as fast as download speeds. So you can deliver 100 for your customers. 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Her daughter, Melissa Rivers, says she died today surrounded by family and close friends. Joan rivers was a household name, of course, across the country but also had several connections right here in our area. Nbc 10s renee chenaultfattah is live in our digital operations sent we are more on those local ties a lot of them, renee. There sure are, keith and jacqueline. Joan rivers, it turns out, was a regular, Everybody Knows on the westchesterbased qvc, where she sold her line of jewelry and clothing. We went on the qvc website today and found several pages of her products for sale. Despite her tv and comedic fame, rivers made her fortune with the qvc network through her hosting duties as well her brand. Rivers worked with the Home Shopping network for 24 years. Now, nbc 10s lu ann cahn is on her way to westchester no you to talk to current qvc employees who worked alongside joan rivers. You will hear from some of them at 6 00. Now, rivers daughter, melissa, also has ties to our area. Melissa rivers, the actress and comedienne, attended the university of pennsylvania. She graduated from there in 1989. In a statement, melissa said now, one final tie to tell you about in our area, didnt know about this, turns out joan rivers oldest sister lived for many years right here in ardmore, pennsylvania. Barbara cushman waxman was a prominent attorney in delaware and month comery county. She died last summer and is buried in bala cynwyd. Live from the digital operations center, renee chenaultfattah. Turning to the eagles and expenses, the birds will kick off at the linc on sunday. If you plan to go to the game it will cost you serious cash. Doug shimell is live. How much green can fans expect to pay . Reporter well, probably not as much as you might think, but it is likely more than a lot of families can afford. In a day of Online Ticket sales, wanamaker entertainment in sent center city, does it the oldfashioned, inperson way. And the eagles are also doing it the oldfashioned way. Trended up versus last year because this year, there is i think the spirit of the eagles has certainly come back. Go eagles reporter to take four people to the sold out opening day against the jacksonville jaguars, your only options are the ticket resellers. Some games you can get in for very, very close to face value. Family of four could go with parking for about 375 total. 85 per ticket. Reporter on sites like stubhub. Com, four tickets at the top of the 200 section start at 101 each, plus parking, which can start at 36 and goes up the closer you get to the stadium. For comparable seats on ticket master, they will run you around 111 each. So, whos up for the game . About 350, 375, plus parking, maybe around 400. Thats outrageous. They got to take a part happen time job to takepl your kids to football game. Pretty on par with the rest of the league. I guess thats just the going rate of business. Talking about philly. We are a workingclass town, 400 for a family of four, goes a long way in some other way. We are fans, about you thats just too much. Reporter bricks and mortar ticket sellers like wannamakers and others say if those entities own the tickets as they often do, you might be able to get a slightly better price than some of the online retailers who are simply trying to sell for somebody else and to ma i can a profit. Live at the linc, im doug shimell, nbc 10 news. The nfl season kicks off tonight right here on nbc 10. The super bowl champion Seattle Seahawks take on the green bay pack percent at 8 30 and then stay tuned after the game for nbc 10 news at 11 00. Let go back to where doug was live on the ground, sunny in philadelphia, take a look at lincoln financial field. I love attending the games when its warm, before the snow comes. Before the elements. Exactly. There are always elements. There will be some ups and downs before we get to this sunday, go to nbc 10 first alert meteorologist, Sheena Parveen to get a look at how the rest of the evening is shaping up. Sheena . Jacqueline, we dont want to say the word know just yet, talk about the warm air around the sunshine. Heres a live look at our camera view. Here, we showed you the link. Center city from the Adventure Aquarium and also the poconos, take a look at the shore though. This is right around at brigantine area, nice conditions along the shore today and the rest of this evening especially, just some high, thin clouds out there, but thats really about it across the area right now. We will be staying dry as we go through this evening. Temperatures right now are warm out, 85, philadelphia, pottstown, 82 in millville, 80, Atlantic City at the airport, 82, dover. Women start to feet changes as late as tonight and that will be with increasing humidity. But by 6 00 this evening, mid80s by about 8 p. M. , about the upper 70s, will stay mild, by 10 00, mid70s, humidity will increase. Tomorrow, a hot, humid day to end out the week. This is all ahead of some thunderstorms that start off your weekend. Coming up, i will show you a timing of that and of course, the eagles forecast for sunday, straight ahead. Heres a look at whats making nbc 10 News Headlines at 530, a judge admonished kidnapping suspect, Christina Regusters, after her outburst in court yesterday. Regusters was warned if it happened again, she would be forced to watch the breezings from a video feed. Philadelphia police are looking for who killed two men in a lawn crest home. They were both shot to death. Skyforce10 over allen grove street near east godfrey avenue. Neighbors tell us this home has been a problem for months because of drugs. New at 5 00, a Police Officer in Chester County is credited with saving the life of a fellow officer during a police chase that ended on some train tracks. Get a led of this. The officers were responding to a burglary at the sneaker den in thorndale yesterday. They found the suspect in a wooded area behind the store, ran after them, thats when the guy took off. Their chase ended on train tracks nearby, when the officer and suspect got into a brawl, it was then that the other officer noticed the highspeed amtrak train approaching. The officer and suspect were pulled off the tracks seconds before the train sped by. The police chief praised the officer for his quick actions and for bringing the suspect into custody, not to mention they recovered several thousand dollars in stolen merchandise and cash from the store. State police say the body of a Montgomery County woman was found in a Chester County lake. The body of 35yearold Jessica Alford was found late last night at Marsh Creek State Park in upper uk Lynn Township no word on who found alford or how she died. State police are still investigating. Philadelphia police are looking for the suspect who shot up a pair of cars in the kensington section. Investigators say last friday afternoon, the map you see in this video fired shots the two cars on East Monmouth street. The window of a home was hit by the gunfire. Thankfully, no one was hurt in that incident. Some of northern delawares worstperforming Public Schools are getting extra attention and money. Governor jack markell announced the program on the steps to of the Warner Elementary School building in wilmington. Warner is one of the six schools that will be in this program. It will dedicate 5 million to finding solutions to some of the states most troubled schools where test scores are the lowest. So this is an opportunity to get the ball rolling, to push that big ball in front of us, get children where they need to go, no matter what they come from, whats occurring, these challenges have to be met. Administrators of the school will have to submit their plan to the state for approval. Funding for the fouryear program will come from Federal School grants and race to the top funding. Of course, we continue to follow breaking knew the death of comedienne joan rivers. She died this afternoon inside a New York Hospital. The able of 81. The comedienne was also a famous pitch woman for all sorts of products. Ahead at 6 00, her colleagues at qvc share their warm stories about her. A warning tonight for ecigarette users. Dont forget your i. D. Card. Next, ecigarette crackdown. How the city of philadelphia plans to fine you hundreds of dollars and a look at what we are working on at 6 00. The usual . Not tonight. Introducing longhorns steaks that sizzle for 12. 99. The smoky double bacon sirloin. The new spicy sriracha sirloin. And the parmesan crusted sirloin. Steaks that sizzle. Only at longhorn steakhouse. You cant fake steak. You better taken a if you plan to buy ecigarettes in philadelphia, you better taken a identification card inside the store with you instead of a warning. Retailers selling ecigarettes to minors will be issued tickets. The law went into effect last april prohibiting the sale of ecigarettes to anyone under the able of 18. Now, penalties will include a 250 ticket for illegal sales and additional 250 ticket for not checking i. D. S from anyone who appears to be under the age of 27. New information about the american who tried to become part of the radical terror group, isis. Spent part of the day in court. But this had nothing to do with his possible links to terrorism im nbc 10 first alert meteorologist, Sheena Parveen. We are watching increasing humidity to end the week. And also, some thunderstorms to start off your weekend. I will show you the timing of that, next. More pain could be on the horizon in Atlantic Citys casino crisis with another gaming hall facing possible bankruptcy. Well, that just is a sign of the times. Im tk. What these documents are revealing about the future of trump taj mahal. We have new information on the american who tried to join the terrorist group, isis. This morning, he appeared in federal court. Don morgan was charged with a weapons violation for owning a gun, even though he is a convicted felon. He pleaded not guilty. Morgan was arrested when he tried to return to the u. S. After a failed attempt to get into syria. He wanted to find and join eyes circumstance the group that recently killed two american journalists. Today, attorney general eric holder announced the Justice Department will investigate the ferguson missouri Police Department. Federal investigators will look at the departments practices for a matter of years leading up to the shooting of an unarmed africanamerican teenager, michael brown, by a white Police Officer. Nbc 10 national correspondent, brian mooar, has the story from washington. Reporter thanks, ferguson is twothirds africanamerican but only has four africanamericans on its 53person police force. Federal investigators say thats not evidence in itself of a problem but it is one thing they will be looking at. The ferguson, missouri, Police Department found itself in a harsh thatsal spotlight after the Fatal Shooting of unarmed teenager, michael brown. And now, the department is the subject of a sweeping federal investigation. Determine whether Ferguson Police officials have engaged in a pattern or practice of violations of the United States constitution or federal law. Reporter attorney generaleric holder ordered the investigation after visiting ferguson and hearing firsthand complaints that suggesteds systemic problems. Our investigation will assess the Police Departments use of force, including deadly force. It will analyze stops, searches and arrests. And it will examine the treatment of individuals detained at the Ferguson City jail. Reporter ferguson Officials Say they are cooperating. I take no personal offense to it at all. In the end, the Justice Department is going to try to improve the quality of policing nationwide. Reporter race and Community Relations is a critical concern for a department that is mostly white in a community thats mostly africanamerican. Weve about making strides the past several years to improve that and i would hope that department of justice will recognize that. Reporter this investigation is just one of several surrounding the shooting that triggered a National Debate about race, deadly force and the law. The Justice Department says this investigation could take a few months to complete. In washington, brian mooar, nbc 10 news. A ga pa happen whose son died after being left in a hot car is now charged with murder. A grand jury today indicted Justin Harris on multiple charges. Harris says he forgot he was supposed to drop his 22monthold son off at day care june 18th after leaving work. Seven hours later, he said he remembered that he left his son in the car. He pulled into a parking lot and tried to revive him. Prosecutors claim harris killed his son because he wanted a childfree life. Well, another nice day today a lot of sunshine, still warm, just not incredibly humid. Tomorrow though will be more humid outside. A live look at lincoln financial field where we have sunny skies out there and it will continue to be nice as we go through this evening. Very comfortable, but the heat and humidity return tomorrow, hotter than today, more humid than today, see thunderstorms behind us, mostly to start off your weekend, but yes, the eagles home opener is sunday, coming up, i will show you the forecast for that. We will get lucky with the rain and will start to miss much of monday. Live look outside, the Schuylkill River are, the art museum, nice companies out there, plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures all across the board, the lehigh valley, mid80s, 87 in allentown, northeast philly at 87 degrees, 82, mill i will have, cooler along the immediate shore, more of an onshore wind. Shore points only in the 70s now, locally, nice and dry, plenty of sunshine, back off to our west though, moving through the great lakes, you see a lot of moisture here, this will move in as we start off the weekend. Before that, as we go into tomorrow, we are gonna get the humidity coming in with it or ahead of it, so tomorrow will be a hot or humid day to end out the week, a chance we can see a couple of showers because of it. Future weather does keep us dry for the remainder of the evening tonight, early tomorrow, we should stay mostly dry in the morning hours, we could be dealing with a little early fog. During the day, humid, popup showers across the area in the afternoon. Start off the weekend, here is a look at saturday, this is saturday at noon. I think we will have areas of sunshine certainly through much of the day, but then, we will see a line of thunderstorms move through mostly late saturday afternoon or early evening lasting through saturday night, but quickly clearing out as we go into sunday, for the eagles game, actually going to shape up nicely, the timing of the rain will be putting in so that the eagles game is going to be on the dry side. By 1 p. M. Sunday, mid70s, breezy, pretty nice, more sunshine developing throughout the day and nice conditions with that lower humidity setting in only the 70s for the eagles. A cbs we go into tomorrow along the shore, more humidity, around 780 degrees, chance of a shower saturday, late thunderstorms, 80 degrees, it will be hot and saturday the shore saturday, 80 at least warmer and humid. Sunday, we are down into about the mid70s along the shore. For tonight, clear, early clouds building in late with a chance of fog late, to 71 in philadelphia. Temperatures in some spots the low 90s, chance of a shower through the day, more like a popup shower but then as go into saturday, thats when we will see the thunderstorms, most late in the day saturday, 91, the High Temperature with humidity, sunday, much less humid, around 80 degrees, we will see a lot of clearing on sunday and starting off next week, we will be staying around 80 degrees but those rain chances start back up on tuesday. All right, sheena. You got to take a listen to this a warning for res enter dos, especially in cumberland county. New cell phone scam around the area, ripping off residents. Heres how it works. People are receiving Text Messages from banks, say their debit cards have been temporarily de deactivated, there is a number pore people to call and thats when the problems start. Personal i. D. S and Bank Account Information is released and the money is stolen. As the miss america candidates gather for prepageant events in Atlantic City, a crown controversy is building in delaware. Take a look at this woman. She says she is miss delaware, but she is along the boardwalk representing the first state. Tim furlong explains why she is watching the pomp and pageantry on the sidelines. Then coming of up on nbc 10 news at 6 00, joan rivers ties to our area. Right now, we are talking to her colleagues at qvc in westchester, sharing their memories of the legendary comedienne. You can vote for the High School Blitz game of the week for next friday, september 12th. The choices are seaning and williamstown, a bucks county battle between central bucks east and central bucks south. Washington township and cherokee. To cast your vote, go to nbc10. Com or our facebook page. You can also call or text your vote. The game with the most votes is featured on High School Blitz every saturday night at 7 00 right here on nbc 10. From our Delaware Bureau, the miss america contestants get ready to take the stage in Atlantic City, a woman who was once crowned miss delaware will be watching from the sidelines after her title was taken away. Nbc 10 Delaware Bureau reporter, tim furlong, caught up with the former miss delaware, who said she was not giving up her fight. You still think you believe youre miss delaware . Absolutely. I did win. Amanda longacre says she was miss delaware but while all other candidates including a woman wears a delaware sash are competing, amanda is in and out of her masters class at u penn. She will not be watching the pageant this weekend. I will be focussing on my family, get away and relax a little bit. It really hurts. Reporter the story was everywhere, Amanda Longacre became ms. Delaware and title taken from her after officials realized they made a mistake on her paperwork and two months older than the age limit allows. Longacre got her scholarship money back but suing pageant officials for big money and the title. As for the woman in Atlantic City wearing the crown, longacre says it was never really about brittney lewis. Do you want her to win . I wish her the best of luck. I really do. I truly do. I wish the best of luck to the contestants. I know for a fact they are all hardworking women and i dont wish badly on the competition at all. Reporter Amanda Longacres platform was about helping victims of domestic violence, whatever happens with the lawsuit, she plans to deliver on the promises she made about that platform. Thats why she got into the pageant world the first place. She insists this was never, ever just about a crown. In University City i tim furlong, nbc 10 news. Coming up next on nbc 10 news at 6 00 more trouble for trump, this time, trump taj mahal could be on the brink of bankruptcy. What this means for the future of Atlantic City. Well, im looking the storms that could be moving in just in time for the weekend. Tell you when they are going to arrive and how they are going to impact your plans. Exclusive nbc 10 first alert forecast is coming up. Plus all new on nbc 10 news at 6 00, not the kind of tweet you expect from the governor of del wear, the mistake going viral and how this Office Session plaining this racy photo, next on nbc 10 news at 6 00. Our dads a plumber. A business manager. And a stickler for homework. Im john kane running for state senate. Dad says the road to a good job starts in the classroom. [ lori ] hes a great dad who sees taxes going up but schools not getting the funding they need. [ john ] so id put back the billion dollars corbett cut from education and make sure corporations and natural gas drillers paid their fair share. Time to close the loopholes for the tax cheats. Dad thinks a lot about education. Im john kane and its about time harrisburg did too. Im john kane without humor, none of us would be here. Tonight, tributes are pouring in for the unapologetic comedienne who opened doors for countless women. In los angeles, fans are placing flowers on her star on the hollywood walk of fame. And here at home, we are taking a look at her ties to our area. Joan rivers was 81 years old. She died this afternoon one week after she stopped breathing during a medical procedure. And tonight, these words from Melissa Rivers, joans daughter or collaborator joan rivers had ties to our area, including her extensive work with qvc. Lu ann cahn is live at qvc headquarters in westchester tonight for us. Whats the network saying about rivers passing . Reporter they are devastated. Joan rivers was part of the qvc family for 24 years and you have to remember, this is before she was on the apprentice, before she had her e show fashion police. She really came here to reboot and reinvent her career. I was talking to kathy levin, the first qvc host to work with her in 1991, they were very close. They worked together. Levin told river also no ego, she was gracious, she was also asking about family, but rivers came here financially broke, financially ruined, just after her husband committed suicide in philadelphia. Apparently, the president of qvc at the time had a brilliant idea of taking joan rivers extensive ollection and making a costume copy of it to sell. I am told that rivers is responsible for over 150 million in sales. Today, mike george, the president and ceo of qvc put out this statement