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A helicopters been scooping up water from atison lake and dropping it on the fire. State Police Closed part of route 206 in the area because of the fire danger and smoke blowing across the road. Troopers also initially told some people who live and work nearby to evacuate. It was obvious the fire was going on and some ash was starting to fall and then the state police came by and suggested it would be a good idea to leave in case the fire jumped 206. Reporter luckily at this point, no injuries have been reported. Were staying in touch with the forest fire service. As soon as we get more information, well bring it to you. In shamong township Ted Greenberg, nbc 10 news. Heres another look at the flames here. And smoke. From skyforce 10. The brush fire continues to burn. We have learned the flames are being contained at this point. Theyre not spreading. The flames are being fueled by the dry warm weather weve seen. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Sheena Parveen has more about the conditions. Yeah, one thing you noticed when you saw the video there, the sneakmoke was going straight up. We dont have strong winds. Fire creates its own winds. Thats why ted was talking about the fire traveling in different directions. A challenge for the firefighters out there. Heres shamong township. This is satellite and radar. Weve zoomed in here and you can tell its bone dry across shamong township in burlington county. The rest of the area seeing very dry conditions. We have seen about 16 days since measurable rain in philadelphia. Sew so we are in pretty much desperate need of rain because were still seeing some wildfires out there, but unfortunately we dont look to have significant rain in the forecast. Temperatures are warm out there, dry ground warm temperatures not helping the fire conditions. The only thing i will say that is good is we dont have strong winds to create even worse conditions out there with the wildfire, but either way, not really good right now. 78 degrees mt. Holly. 81 northeast philly. 79 philadelphia. Lehigh valley still sitting around 80 degrees. Certainly a warm day. A dry day. By 6 00 p. M. This evening well be warm in the upper 70s. 8 00 tonight, mid 70s. Still staying pretty much on the clear side. 10 00 tonight, mild around 70 degrees. For your weekend forecast, though, we have a bit of a change in there and its because of the developing tropical system to our south. Ill show you that. Well talk more about it coming up. Now to more breaking news. Dashcam video showing a local Police Officer kicking a man in the head during an arrest. Nbc 10 had been asking for this video since word of a brutality investigation in dover, delaware, first surfaced. About two hours ago, we got it. Nbc 10s renee chenaultfattah is live in our Digital Operations Center. Renee, this happened about two years ago. The arrest was made. Now the officer is off the job and facing criminal charges . Thats right, keith and jacqueline. Now, his name is Corporal Thomas webster. He faces Assault Charges all because of this dashcam video. Take a look. Get on the [ bleep ] ground. Get on the [ bleep ] ground. Get on the ground. Investigators say thats Corporal Webster who kicked Lateef Dickerson in the head during this august 2013 arrest. It happened at a gas station off route 13 after police got a call about a fight and someone possibly armed with a gun. Dover police say dickerson was already complying with the officers orders to get down. Prosecutors say the kick knocked dickerson unconscious and left him with a broken jaw. Now, prosecutors charge Corporal Webster with seconddegree assault. Hes now on leave without pay. His lawyer tells nbc 10 webster was only protecting the city of dover from dickerson whom he says is a criminal and a gang member. Now, just a few minutes ago, the dover fraternal order of Police Released a statement which in part reads, we continue to support Thomas Webster and his family, but understand why his actions were outside of department policy. Now, we talked to dover police about this just a few minutes ago. We have a great relationship with our community. I think this is an isolated incident. We did our Due Diligence as far as following up investigating it turning it over to the proper authorities to ensure that accountability was there. Now, we have two reporters in delaware right now working on this story, and as soon as it comes into nbc 10, we will bring you the very latest. Reporting live from the Digital Operations Center renee chenaultfattah. Back to you. Nbc 10 is tracking new developments in the case of a Temple University student critically injured by a hitandrun driver. More than a week after rachel hall was struck riding here bike in north philadelphia, police have made an arrest. Nbc 10s drew smith is life on temples campus. Drew, i understand theyre already planning to honor rachel at the Graduation Ceremony . Reporter yes, they already did today. Temple is in full graduation mode right now. There are events going on across campus. Cathie hall was at a couple today. Shell be here again tomorrow in place of her daughter. This coming as police announced an arrest today. It was a standing ovation for cathie hall. A mother who walked across the graduation stage to accept academic honors for her daughter. I think that shows a lot for her mom to come that had to be hard. Reporter were told hall is too upset to speak with us but she wrote online that she needed to bring these graduation items back to hospital room with rachel to give her hope when she regains consciousness. She deserves it. She graduated with the honors. She deserves to get them. Regardless. Reporter the 22yearold was critically injured after a car hit her bicycle last week. Now police are filing charges against Rashan Roberts for leaving the scene of an accident. He panicked. He left and did not profile aid. He didnt do the right thing. But he ultimately did the right thing by turning himself in. Reporter investigators say hall went through a stop sign on her bike and if roberts stayed on scene he would likely not face the felony charge. Its so tragic that im just amazed by her family and the support from the university. Reporter teammates on the Temple Lacrosse Team also celebrated halls achievement. They believe shell take on her current medical challenges just like she did with sports and her studies. They say theyre here to support her and her family. Theres still, like good things happening for her even though its hard. Reporter the charge that the 18yearold driver faces carries a minimum of 90 days. That driver were told only had a learners permit at the time. He did not have a license. Life live at the temple campus in north philly, drew smith, nbc 10 news. New at 5 00, running into cheating allegations. This Montgomery County father made headlines after taking his kids out of school to watch him run the Boston Marathon. Now hes the focus of an investigation. Nbc 10s Deanna Durante explains. Reporter this is video mike supplied to us after his Boston Marathon adventure. Late today mike rossy called me and said he no longer wanted to go on camera and wanted to be off the record. He said allegations he cheated to qualify for the Boston Marathon are false. His story went viral. He was upset his kids got unexcused absences when he took them to the marathon and questions turned on him when runners began to question his time. Some accused him of cheating. 20 minutes, it looked fishy to me. Reporter you have no reason to have an opinion on him what soever. None at all. Reporter youre critical of someone you dont know. It gives the race a bad name. Reporter hes been running marathons and races for seven years and isnt alone in calling rossys time into question. Chief running officer of runners world also famed runner renowned globally for his work in running. Designed that course personally. And has spoken out and attested to the fact that you cant cut anything off of that course so unless you got in a car. Someone says you got into a car or found some other means to get to the finish line. Youre disputing that . Reporter late today runners World Magazine posted an article with pictures, runners who finished before and after rossy at the Lehigh Valley marathon and the author says rossy isnt seen in any of the pictures. Im sure they have different spots to have the picture taken so somewhere along the line hed have to be found. Reporter organizers tell me there are close to 19,000 pictures of the race and need to put a Team Together of volunteers to go through each and every photograph and estimate 126 people finished the race either just before or after rosse and theyre presently talking to them. The Boston Marathon says its investigating as well. And rossy says hes Holding Public comment until those investigations are complete. In abington Deanna Durante, nbc 10 news. Developments in oklahoma, from the air you see nothing but destruction. Check out the remains of a Mobile Home Park after tornadoes tore through the area. At least one person is dead. And this isnt the only type of Severe Weather hitting that region. Back in court. The philadelphia woman arrested and charged with plotting to join isis has her day in court. Next, what she told the judge today. And the philadelphia patco stop hasnt been passengers in decades. Now theres a new push to get the ghost station back open. There is no royal blood in this country. Nothing is reserved for anyone. Its all just out there. Waiting. For someone to reach out. And take it. And the ones who do. These are the kings and queens of america. This is nbc 10 news. Just three words, im not guilty. Thats what a philadelphia mother accused of aiding the terrorist group isis told a judge today. Keonna thomas called herself the young lioness. Nbc 10s Jim Rosenfield joins us. What did her lawyers have to say . This morning her lawyers told us they look forward to going to trial, scheduled for june 22nd. Until then thomas will remain locked up. Shes been denied bail for fear shell leave the country. Arraignment of Keonna Thomas accused of supporting terrorist group isis was over in a matter of minutes after listening to the charge against her, she pled not guilty. At trial, the jury will see that miss thomas never provided any support to the terrorist organization, isis. Reporter prosecutors disagree. They say the 30yearold exchanged messages with terrorists online for several years promising to leave her children to join isis even martyr herself. Her defense team paints a different picture. Miss thomas is a lifelong resident of philadelphia. Shes born and raised here. She has two young daughters that shes very devoted to. Reporter today experts testifying in washington warned the group is recruiting here at an alarming rate. Theyre taking the fight to the local regimes and they are attacking the United States in a secondary way. Reporter Authorities Say they now have a connection between isis and one of the gunmen who attacked the controversial draw muhammad event in texas over the weekend. Last month, Miguel Miran Diaz was arrested in florida after telling an fbi informant he was a lone wolf for isis planning to shoot people in a stadium. In early april, two new york women both u. S. Citizens were arrested for allegedly plotting to build a bomb to use in a terrorist attack. And experts warn young women are being recruited by isis in unprecedented numbers through social media. Now the white house is pressuring Companies Like facebook and twitter to shut down isis activity online. Jacqueline . Victims of 51 twisters are picking up the pieces today across tornado alley. Storms hit nebraska, kansas, hoem oklahoma and texas yesterday. Two tornadoes that crossed Oklahoma City did a lot of damage to homes and businesses. While there are some injuries the good news is no one was killed. And the storms were touching down yesterday while we were on the air. More bad weather could be coming. Nbc 10 National Reporter jay gray has the latest on the damage and cleanup from Oklahoma City. Reporter pockets of splintered debris are scattered across the oklahoma landscape after a string of violent tornadoes. Its been a very long night, long day yesterday. Reporter there were reports of at least 51 twisters across oklahoma Nebraska Kansas and north texas. A dozen people injured, at least five still in Critical Condition after this rv park took a direct hit. Oklahoma citys fire chief describes the delicate rescue of one of the survivors there. A young man that was trapped under one of these rv units, little bit more of an extensive of ration operation requiring specialized equipment, airbags and so forth. Reporter in some neighborhoods it was the wind in others the water that caused the most serious problems. As much as 8 inches of rain in some areas swallowing communities. A 42yearold woman drowned when her underground storm shelter filled with rain. Now, as the cleanup begins well be out here today helping people put their lives back together. Reporter but forecasters warn more Severe Weather could be on the way. Were still at risk of having storms over the next several days. Reporter this battered Community Working to recover with an eye on the clouds and concern about what could come next. Oklahomas governor has declared a state of emergency in 12 counties and theres concern that area could grow with the next round of storms. Jay gray nbc news Oklahoma City. Watch nbc nightly news at 6 30 for more on the cleanup after the tornadoes. We have new information tonight about millionaire murder suspect robert durst. New Surveillance Video from a cvs in texas shows him urinating on the candy aisle at a checkout counter last july. He was in the store to pick up a prescription. His attorneys say it was a medical mishap. They say durst had just undergone two medical procedures. Durst left the store before Police Arrived that day. He later turned himself in and paid a fine. Durst was accused in the disappearance of his first wife, Kathleen Mccormick in the 1980s. He was arrested in march in new orleans on drug and weapons charges. Hes also facing a murder charge in the death of his friend susan burman in los angeles. In 2001 he skipped a court date in connection with the death and dismemberment of a man in texas. He was caught in lehigh county. Surveillance video showed him trying to shoplift at a wegmans in bethlehem. The jury in the penalty phase of the Boston Marathon bombing trial went home early today. The judge let them go telling them he and the lawyers needed time to talk about some unresolved issues. Jurors will return monday. Dzhokhar tsarnaev was convicted for his role in the bombing. Jurors are now deciding his fate. All right. You wont believe this one. A man accused of robbing a bank in virginia posted videos of the crime on instagram while he was still in the bank. If thats not enough in a jailhouse interview, he claims the robbery wasnt a crime because he asked nicely. Heres the scoop. He did say please when he handed the teller a note at the bank monday. He took this picture of the note. Its right there on the right side of your screen. He posted it to instagram. Said he needed 150,000. Hes a rapper who may be looking for publicity in a strange way. My instagram is going to get exposure a lot of exposure. Theres other things owen ss on my instagram that has nothing to do with what happened. He was arrested 20 minutes after the robbery with a bag full of money. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheen ma Sheena Parveen. A gorgeous day today. Dry air still causing unfavorable fire conditions. We have the wildfire in burlington county. The 80 degree temperatures will be coming back into the forecast. We are going to keep warming up. Beautiful day today. Plenty of sunshine. But with the return of those 80 degree temperatures, were also watching some fog as we go into the weekend. Were also watching the tropics. So that system down to our south inevitably is going to be giving us a bit of a different forecast for the weekend. Doesnt look too bad, but now were throwing fog in with cooler temperatures at the shore and thats going to fall over your mothers day weekend. So, so far still looks pretty good if you want to get out there with mom, but we will be watching that as we go through the weekend down to our south. Air quality alert, though for much of new jersey with the exception of atlantic and cape may counties. This is for tomorrow. For friday. And this is because we do expect unhealthy ozone levels. This is for sensitive individuals, sensitive groups. So children the elderly, those with asthma just be careful as youre going out. Tomorrow you dont want to really be taking in those deep breaths of air as we go through the afternoon hours. Especially when temperatures warm up. Right now were in the upper 70s, philadelphia. 81 northeast philly. 80 in reading. Upper 60s to low 60s closer to the shore. And thats all because of the onshore winds. Now we look farther to the south off the South Carolina coast. Thats that tropical system weve been watching over the past couple of days. Its not a named storm yet, but were watching for any more developments circulation in this system. It will slowly be tracking to the north, and by flow i mean really for the next couple of days. Heres what it looks like for future weather. So there you see the winds. That circulation getting a little better as we go into tomorrow. Even as we go into saturday. But notice, not much movement. Now, so far it does appear that by saturday and sunday, it should move on shore somewhere in South Carolina or north carolina. We do expect it to stay to our south but the only thing it will be doing for us is impacting our wind direction. Saturday even sunday, we expect more of an an shore wind. That would give us cooler temperatures along the immediate coast, waller temperatures farther inland and we will be dealing with fog around too, because of this. Water temperatures are in the mid 50s. Once the air moves oer ss over the water, it makes things quite a bit cooler. The farther inland over the weekend, the warmer in the afternoon. Tonighter tonight tonighter, clear and mild. Fog developing at the shore. Tomorrow, mostly sunny day. Warm day. 82 to 85 degrees. The warm air continues into the weekend. Saturday with the fog around and the clouds well have in place, theres a chance we could see showers or maybe some areas of drizzle. I dont think it will ruin your day at all, but just dont be surprised if you see that. Sunday, well have the clouds around. Morning fog for mothers day. 84 degrees. Temperatures stay really warm. Even going into next week temperatures about the mid to upper 80s to start and well see a chance of thunderstorms move into the forecast. Sheena, thank you very much. This salute now to africanamerican and their achievements in philadelphia today. One of honorees our very own jacqueline london. Nbc 10 meteorologist Sheena Parveen and Brittney Shipp were also there to support jacqueline as was Jim Rosenfield. It was part of the philadelphia tribunes women achieving luncheon at the center city. So well deserved. Congratulations. It was an honor to be among esteemed recipients from this year and years past. Grateful for that. So proud of you, too. To have the nbc 10 family there, thats always good. Bigtime. Something thats not bigtime, though right here sneezing wheezing watery eyes. Are your allergies out of control right now . If so youre not alone. Why spring allergies are rough. Plus, how to keep them at bay. And no train has stopped here since the late 1970s, but that could soon change. Why patco riders may be able to use the longclosed ghost station. Delaware State University is going to cost a bit more next year. How much we talking about . Tuition is going up 3 in 2016. Room and board costs will remain the same. Schools president calls the hike modest. Especially since tuition hasnt gone up in the last to years. He says the money will go toward infrastructure improvements. The Delaware River Port Authority wants federal funds to help reopen the socalled patco ghost station. The Franklin Square station in old city closed to commuters in 1979. Nbc 10 was there as protesters marched outside the station trying to stop the closure. The Port Authority plans to ask the Obama Administration for more than 22 million. The station would be the first stop in philadelphia after traveling over the ben franklin bridge from new jersey. To this now. Right now there is still no sign of a handcuffed teenager who escaped from custody last night. Nbc 10s doug shimell is on it. Reporter yeah, you know police say he basically let himself out of a private prison transport vehicle and now fears for his safety if he turns himself in. The latest coming up. And the Girl Scout Cookies that never came. A pennsylvania man is in trouble with police for leaving about 100 cookie lovers without their treats. And still ahead on nbc 10 news at 6, parents taking legal action after they say their first grader was sexually assaulted in a school bathroom. The School District the parents say failed to protect their child. To breaking news now. Weve learned a 12yearold boy has been stabbed in the back. Nbc 10s George Spencer is on the scene in philadelphias frankford section. George, what can you tell us . Reporter jacqueline, apparently this began with a big after school fight involving children who were lining this entire block alongside makelvane playground. Its alarming because theres an after School Program on the playground proper where a number of even younger kids were as this all unfolded. Take a look at the video we got in the past half hour as we watched police out here collecting evidence across this entire block, sal and pratt. Im told many of the older students who were involved in this fight all go to School Together and then take a septa bus back to this immediate area where they get off to go home. That is when this large fight broke out. A 12yearold boy, apparently stabbed in the lower back. We can tell withdrewewe at this point he was rushed to st. Christophers hospital in stable condition. There have been no afss but s arrests but investigators on the scene have taken several witnesses away to speak to them about what they saw. We can tell you theyre looking for a girl as the perpetrator in this attack apparently wearing tan pants. That may not be a lot of help to investigators because tan pants are apparently part of the School Uniform at the school from which all these kids were coming back. Obviously still collecting details on this story. That is the latest, though for now. Live in frankford, im George Spencer, nbc 10 news. All right, george, thaurngnk you very much. More breaking news in burlington county. A brush fire is burning in the Wharton State Forest in shamong township. The flames already swallowed more than 700 acres. Some people have been forced out of homes but in the past half hour, state police tell us thats no longer necessary and if conditions keep improving, they may be open to reopen route 206 in the next half hour. Right now at 5 30 Philadelphia Police continue searching for an escaped prisoner. Hand cuffed man got away while being transported here from florida. Nbc 10s doug shimell has more about the man police are looking for and efforts to get him back into custody. Doug . Reporter its basically been a daylong standstill. The family of Hashim Singletary will be in touch with him, agree to turn himself in then nothing happens. U. S. Marshals and police have been in and out of Hashim Singletarys mothers house most of the day. Hes not armed and dangerous. Reporter his family says hes just a scared teen who turned 17 today and wanted to see his mother one last time when he escaped. He knows hes wanted for three robberies. He needs to come and be responsible for his actions. We dont want to continue this longer than it has to be continued. Reporter police say singletary was handcuffed in front and put in the back seat and let himself out of a car rented by the private prisoner transport company, pts. Hed been extradited from florida to face three Armed Robbery charges in philadelphia when he took off near 55th and cedar. His family says the transport company should have simply put the child locks own and this wouldnt have happened. When it comes to securing prisoners or transporting anybody, if the Philadelphia Police department doesnt do it i believe the philadelphia Sheriffs Department ought to do it. Reporter detectives say they will review how Hashim Singletary became a fugitive again. We have no chance to talk to the Actual Company management at this point so we dont want to discuss anything about the procedures that happened last night. Our concern right now is getting this young man in here. Reporter the family of Hashim Singletary is his big fear is his personal safety and potentially being beaten up in Police Custody if he does surrender surrender. Police say that will not happen. Family has said theyre also toying with the idea of putting a reward out there for information that may help bring hashim in. Live in West Philadelphia doug shimell, nbc 10 news. Thank you, doug. All right. To this now. Crime scene pictures evidence gathered inside the home of Childrens Hospital pediatrician dr. Melissa ketunuti were front and center in a philadelphia courtroom today. It was day two of witness testimony in the murder trial of bucks county exterminator jason smith. Today was an emotional day in court. Nbc 10s cydney long is live outside the justice complex with what happened in court. Cydney . Reporter jacqueline i can tell you the jury heard about a series of phone calls that tied the c. H. O. P. Doctor and alleged murderer to the january 20313 monday appointment and shown Surveillance Video of both of them ahead of the crime. This as very graphic climb scene photographs flashed on the Projector Screen her family unable to look at them. They had to turn away. Also smith never looked toward his mother for support, seated in the second row. This is how friends and loved ones choose to remember c. H. O. P. Doctor Melissa Ketunuti smiling. During the trial of her accused killer today, a far different picture, gruesome and graphic crime scene photos of her body face down and burned, her hands tied behind her back were flashed on a giant court Projector Screen. This as exterminator jason smith accused of strangling his customer inside her own basement sat beside his attorney. The jury heard from several witnesses including a crime scene investigator who showed them rope and horseback riding leathers smith allegedly used to tie the doctors hands and feet before as he confessed, tossed lit paper towels onto her body. The jurors also saw Surveillance Video homicide detectives say is extensive from a coffee shop and rite aid in the Graduate Hospital area. It showed ketunuti returning home that day and also showed smith leaving the doctors home wearing a glove, a short time before a dog walker discovered the victims burning body. Smiths Attorney Says his client is of low intelligence and his confession should have been thrown out because he was interrogated after almost no sleep. At one point, the judge lashed out at a defense attorney saying, sit down when a fire investigator told jurors it may have taken 22 minutes for smoke from ketunutis burning body to sound a neighbors smoke alarm. The defense attorney also poked holes or indicated that homicide detectives initially made a mistake saying that initially a plumber had killed the c. H. O. P. Doctor when his client is an exterminator. Loved ones of dr. Melissa ketunuti didnt wish to comment about todays emotional testimony testimony. In fact, her mother left with a friend around lunchtime. She did not return for the afternoon testimony. It will resume in the morning. Live in center city outside of the cjc, cydney long nbc 10 news. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Another warm sunsplashed afternoon today. We made it to 80 again. Got to love that. Its going to stick around too. Lets talk to nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Sheena Parveen. How are we looking for tonight . Well, tonight is looking warm and dry. So pretty much going to keep this trend going as we go into tomorrow. Nice conditions outside right now. We are still dry, still warm across the area. Going into the weekend, though well see a little bit of a change taking shape. In the meantime heres a live look out at center city philadelphia, from the Adventure Aquarium across the river in camden. Mostly sunny skies. Very thin clouds out there. Otherwise we are seeing enough sunshine to warm those temperatures up across the area. Tomorrow will be a little warmer than today. Now to our south off the carolina coastline, this is a tropical or subtropical system developing. It could be our first named storm of the season. That would be anna. Before Hurricane Season officially starts june 1st. So either way, this area of moisture we are keeping a very close eye on looks to stay to the south, but this may be giving us some changes as we go across the weekend in the form of fog and some cooler shore temperatures. Right now, were at philadelphia. Look at the shore, 78 atlantic city. Some areas in the Lehigh Valley in the low 80s. Coming up well talk more about the changes for your weekend forecast. What that means for your mothers day weekend, and some muchneeded rain as we go into next week. All right, sheena. Did you know approximately one in five philadelphians speaks the language other than english at home . This new social Media Campaign is under way to get voters to say yes to a ballot question forcing philadelphia offices to create Language Access plans. The Charter Amendment will be on the may 19th primary ballot. City council already approved the Charter Amendment. It will require city agencies to provide equal access for residents with limited english. This is just an effort to ensure that there is consistency across every segment of city government. And so as much as has been done in the past theres still some work to be done. The charter change would require the may wroror to designate someone help offices and agencies with Language Access plans. Okay. We have a Traffic Alert if you live or travel in delaware. Tonight crews start working on the northbound lanes of i95 between concord pike and namath road in wilmington. Completely closed from 10 00 a. M. To 5 00 a. M. Monday. Girl scout cookies, why one pennsylvania dad is now in trouble with the law and at least 100 cookie lovers are without their annual favorites. And spring allergies are off the charts. You know this. Dusty pollen is almost everywhere you look. Why Mother Nature isnt doing much to help those suffering the most. A man near pittsburgh is accused of selling Girl Scout Cookies and never delivering. Eight people filed charges against 33yearold cody wiley of westmoreland county. Residents say he used his 9yearold daughter as a pawn to sell the cookies and would only accept cash upfront. Hes accused of taking orders from at least 100 people. Spring allergies are off the charts for many people all across the area including myself. Were talking from flowers, tree pollen you name it. Its everywhere. Why Mother Nature isnt helping anyone feel better. Sheena . Yeah, it really is ridiculous, the pollen levels are so high. Ill show you that coming up. Were also watching a tropical system to our south. Ill show you how it will be changing the weekend forecast just a bit. Plus landlords are looking to bring in big money during the world meeting of families but the city wants a piece of the pie, too. Still ahead at 6 00 the potential tax that could stand in the way of renters profits. So, what brings you to jersey . Well, geicos the 1 auto insurer in new jersey, new york and connecticut. So i just came by to say thanks. 1, huh . Thats great. Here you go. A little token of appreciation. Oh, thats. Thats. Thats great. Now id say you probably need a large. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Its a beautiful afternoon outside along philadelphias boathouse row. Unless you suffer from allergies. Then you may be miserable with that high pollen count. Pollen levels arent the worst when its cool at night and warm during the day. And thats just what were dealing with right now as a matter of fact. The rainy, cool april weather has led to an explosion of pollen from grass and trees. Doctors say its especially bad this spring. Even people who never had allergies before are fighting them right now. When you see the pollen on my car, i can tell or i have to shut the windows at night. I cannot leave my windows open at night. I have to shut the windows at night in order to get a good nights sleep. Over the counter antihistamines usually work but you can also fight against the pollen by changing your clothes after being outside, also washing your face and using natural tears will help wash the pollen away. As we said its the warm dry weather that isnt helping. Thats right. Sheena, any relief in sight here please . No. I would love to tell you, yes. Keith and i are both suffering right now from allergies. You know i would love to tell you yes, but our weather pattern is going to stay dry. Its going to get warmer. So, yeah those pollen levels are going to stay high. But many people like to see a nice, dry day. At least for outdoor activities. And we do have that in the forecast. 80 degree temperatures returning now. Especially into the weekend. But also we have some fog in that forecast too. Ill show you that in a second. And in part, that fog is going to be caused by a system in the tropics. This is just to our south. Its now currently off the carolina coastline. Its not a named storm yet but we expect it to be strengthening through the next 24 to 48 hours. Mothers day looks pretty good. Were going to have a few more clouds around. But either way, we do look warm as we go across the weekend. Beautiful look outside right now. Were still seeing sunny skies. Temperatures knee 8 ss near 80 degrees in philadelphia with a light west wind. Were not seeing extremely windy conditions but conditions favorable for the high pollen. So here is the pollen forecast. Its going to be high over the next several days. We really dont have any relief in sight for your allergies if you are suffering. So today, friday saturday sunday, monday all at a 10 or higher. So e yeah so, yeah, if youre suffering from allergies make sure you take your allergy medicine if thats what you take as we go across the weekend and starting next wheek week. 81 allentown. 80 in reading. 74 in millville. 70 in dover. Bit of an on shore wind closer to the shore and delaware beaches giving cooler temperatures. 63 in wildwood. Were sitting at 81 in northeast philly. This will be the case over the weekend, too. Well have much cooler temperatures along the shore. Warmer temperatures inland because of an onshore flow. Ill show you that in a second. Currently, though, were dry. Weve been seeing dry conditions all day today. Down to our south, this is where the moisture is right off the carolina coastline. Area of low pressure has been developing over the past few days and has been slow to develop. Its a slow mover, too. It becomes our first named storm, it will be anna before the Hurricane Season officially starts june 1st. Its not unheard of but certainly something well keep watching. Future weather here continues with the circulation, so, again, this is a developing system. Friday saturday slow mover. Possibly moving into South Carolina over the weekend. And this will in turn affect our forecast by bringing us more of an onshore flow. That means cooler temperatures along the shore. The warmest will be areas inland. We expect to be in the 80s. Take a look at the water temperature. 54 degrees. Youre not going to be in the 80s along the shore. You may not even break 70 degrees if youre along the shore this weekend with the onshore flow. Well have fog thrown in the forecast too. For tonight, though, clear and mild. Fog developing at the shore late tonight. 61 for the low in philadelphia. 55 Degrees North and west. Tomorrow mostly sunny, warm day, 82 to 85 degrees. Were in the low 80s into the weekend to start your saturday. Wouldnt be surprised if there were a few showers around. Dont think its going to cause any problems if you have outside plans, though. Sunday 84 morning fog. And we could be in the mid to swrup upper 80s to start next week. Sheena thank you. Former congresswoman Gabby Giffords was in delaware today to advocate for stronger gun laws. A new vote for the state senate would force people with restraining orders to hand over firearms immediately and it would also be illegal for them to purchase a gun. Dangerous people with guns are a threat to women. Criminals with guns, abusers with guns stalkers with guns. That makes gun violence a womens issue. Giffords was a member of congress from arizona when she was shot in the head in 2011. Since then shes pushed for stronger gun laws nationwide. New at 5 00 from ferguson to philly. The use of force by police is under the microscope. Today in Washington Police chief training experts, legal experts, and federal officials met to talk about ways to improve the system. They looked at how policing as a profession is under fire in the communities they serve. The group talked about the best way to improve training for officers. As well as policies and attitudes with respect to dialing down dangerous situations. We need some sort of collaboration instead of just finger pointing. And i think that the most important thing we can do is come out of here with some thoughts on how to get there. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey was not at todays conference. Going to tell you about a win today for privacy when it comes to our phone calls. An Appeals Court in new york rejected the controversial phone program run by the National Security agency and saves details of every call we make. But congress can still save the program by authorizing its support falls along party lines. Going to keep america safe. Were not going to let it revert back to where were susceptible to another 9 11. And in my view bulk collection has been discredited as a way to preserve our National Security. Congress has until june to make a decision. Often when suspects are arrested they cant afford their own lawyer. And the court must appoint a public defender to take on their case. In Montgomery County a brand new program, though is helping those lawyers better defend their clients. How it now allows families and the entire community to help take an active role in the defense. Then coming up on nbc 10 news at 6, the city of brotherly love not living up to its name . Philadelphia as one of the most unfriendly cities in the u. S. And why. 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The Public Defenders Office in Montgomery County is already implementing a strategy that relies on Community Members to help fill in the blanks when it comes to criminal defense. Nbc 10s Deanna Durante explains. All it takes is a willingness. Doesnt take money. Just takes time. If you really are serious about changing the landscape of the criminal Justice System you really have to get involved. Reporter Bradford Gray heads the Montgomery County Public Defenders Office. With more than 40 full and parttime employees the case loads are heavy. As public defenders an lawyers, we cant do it alone. Reporter lawyers can argue why a person should not be charged with a crime, explain away why the person behaves a certain way. With limited budgets and resources, Bradford Gray says the roll wroutout of a program participatory defense, is making a difference in lives of clients. Those that cant help themselves. The idea is to use Community Members, Church Leaders and social justice organizations to help gather information and insight into a person including their Mental Health status or other background. Once they gathered all that Community Intel and data and information, they would bring it to the d. A. And they would get a better picture of what was going on and it would, one, either exonerate the person or reduce their likelihood of going to jail or some lengthy prison term. Reporter you finding defendants dont have the ability or cant help you out on their own to explain some of the issues . The unfortunate reality, there are some that are incarcerated that dont have the need to go and reach back to people that may be witnesses. Sometimes witnesses change their address, change their phone numbers, but they dont have access to their community because sometimes their Community Just stays out of it. Are the practice isnt new. Its been moving through legal circles for about seven years. Bradford gray says its been in practice in Montgomery County for about seven months and says volunteers to help are always needed. In norristown Deanna Durante, nbc 10 news. Coming up next on nbc 10 news at 6, a teenage prisoner on the run from police. But how did he escape custody in the first place . The nbc 10 investigators dig deeper into the records of a prisoner transport company. They found out this isnt their first incident with prisoners escapes on their watch. Well, a warm and dry stretch continues, but we could really use the rain. Im tracking our next chance for showers in my exclusive first alert sevenday forecast. Getting on the [ bleep ] ground. Get on the [ bleep ] ground. Plus, Surveillance Video surfaces of a delaware officer kicking a man on the ground. Why the city is now warning local Business Leaders about public outcry next on nbc 10 news at 6. Of the real new orleans and we just couldnt say no to that face. Then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says. Oh yeah, thats betty. Youre going to want to do this alligator thing. And betty didnt lead us wrong. A little later we passed some dancing. And who doesnt like dancing . Especially when its followed by fireworks everyones nola is different. Follow yours. Nbc 10 breaking news. Get on the [ bleep ] ground. Get on the [ bleep ] ground. Dashcam video showing a local Police Officer kicking a man in the head during an arrest. Nbc 10 had been asking for this video since word of a brutality investigation in dover, delaware first surfaced and now we have that video. Dover Police Released a Surveillance Video today. They said they want to be transparent with the public. Officer Thomas Webster is on leave without pay from the force and tonight, dover is alerting other Law Enforcement agencies about the potential for public outcry because of the video. Nbc 10s Randy Gyllenhaal is live tonight in dover. Randy, police told store owners and businesses to be on alert tonight . Reporter well, just as a precaution because of what happened in baltimore and ferguson, dover Police Telling the public yes you do have a right to protest what happened here, but they ask you to it peacefully. All of this coming after the release of a twoyearold dashcam video showing dover delaware Police Officer Thomas Webster kicking an unarmed suspect in the face. Lateef dickerson received a broken jaw and was knocked out. He and the aclu are now suing. Officer webster had originally been cleared by a grand jury. They say he did no wrong but this week the state revisited this case and brought charges against that officer. He has been suspended without pay. And the Police Department here is now bracing for possible protests. Assure all of our citizens that their First Amendment rights to protest will be honored. But i must assure the members of our community that lawlessness and violence will not be