Extremely windy. The wind is gusting here at the jersey shore. Lets take a look at the video. You can feel the wind. You can hear the surf in the darkness. That surf is creating a danger of rip currents. Officials from the southern cities and states up the eastern seaboard are stressing caution, mainly, do not go out adventure seeking trying to ride the large waves. It can be dangerous. State of emergency for more than two dozen counties in North Carolina and then warnings for coastal communities up here. How does all of this impact other plans you may have for your fourth such as fireworks . Weve been investigating that. Well have that for you coming up in the next 30 minutes. Were live in atlantic county, new jersey, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. And weather is already changing some towns plans for july fourth festivities because of the expected rain tonight. Several towns moved the fireworks from tonight. You can see the updated list at nbc10. Com. Get weather updates at your finger tips to watch this next round coming to your neighborhood. You can be prepared. Its the nbc 10 first alert weather app. You can download it free on our website. Jillian meele is watching traffc for us. Good having a commute that is going to dry out. The roads are still wet that hour. Heres a look at the blue route. You can see a few drivers out there. This is what most of the roads look like right now. The good news is were not reporting any accidents out there at all. Drive time on area roads are looking good as well. Blue ridge is 18 minutes in both directions between 95 and 76. You can see 422 is also pretty quiet. Drupe tument there drive time is it about seven minutes. This is quiet right now. Were not reporting any delays as a result of any area construction. Bridges are in the clear. The big story as far as traffic goes are the wet roads. 433. Crews in New Castle County will pour concrete for the bases of the now closed i495 bridge. The concrete bases will support steel beams under the north side of the bridge. The bridge as you know has been shut down for about a month after its support columns began to tilt. They hope to have the bridge reopened by the end of the summer. It is 4 33. Happening later today, the man who stole a police car and led officers on a chase from new jersey to philadelphia will be sentenced. Blake bills is his name. He pleaded guilty to charjackin. Now Police Arrested bills and his girlfriend in philadelphia in march of 2013. Here is video of the chase and capture. Bill has stolen a cam den police car, hit an officer and crossed a bridge before the couple was caught. Bills girlfriend who is still awaiting trial in new jersey. Shes already been sentenced to three to eight years in prison in pennsylvania. Now to a story we brought you with breaking news last night at 11 00. A 2 cigarette tax that will fund the Philadelphia School district cleared a major hurdle in harrisburg. The house passed the bill. If the senate does the same and the governor could sign it next tuesday. From our Jersey Shore Bureau this morning, to day a Ribbon Cutting will open a new boardwalk. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will be in ocean grove for that ceremony today. It will take place on ocean and enberg after. The old boardwalk there was damaged by superstorm sandy. Ten new american citizens will be sworn in tonight. The new citizens come from ten countries on four continents. And from our south jersey bureau, the freedom fest call kicked off aboard the battleship new jersey. A live look at the big jay on the camden waterfront. A marine wounded in iraq will fire one of the ships guns to mark the beginning of the festival. It runs through sunday. It includes concerts, a Fireworks Show and event at the adventure aquarium. Facebook is saying its sorry. Coming up, why the social media site is offering that apology. Plus, leave it at the door. There is one item that targets shoppers not to take inside the stores. And arthur takes aim. Well have a live report from North Carolina where they are bracing for the seasons first tropical storm. A little bit of southerly wind this morning as skies clear of storms. Still clouds overhead. 74 degrees, muggy day. It will be a hot and humid one this morning. After big storms rolled through last night, were getting a break now. The storms are moving out and well get breaks of sunshine, too. They heat things up again. It wont be as hot as yesterday. Very steamy outside. Late day storms could turn strong and severe later today into tonight. And were watching arthur which will likely become a hurricane this morning. Right now clouds are starting to break in doylestown after some rain just ended. 71 degrees there. 75 for philadelphia and cape mae holding at 72 degrees. The shore will be in the 80s. Inland though, temperatures back into the 90s this afternoon. Well be watching the skies later today for another round of showers and thunderstorms. This morning, the storminess is to our north and east. The storms will take a break. Just a few showers popping up in virginia and possibility of a few scattered showers during the day. I think most of the activity is going to hold off until late this afternoon and this evening. That will give temperatures a chance to heat up. By 9 00 this morning, low 80s for philadelphia. An isolated shower is possible with clouds moving through. And then we get breaks of sunshine. So another hot and humid one. 84 degrees for the pocono mountains. Near 90 for reading and quakertown. Watch out for late day showers and thunderstorms. That is a threat for trenton and mt. Holly. Temperatures back in the low 80s for the jersey shore and delaware beaches. 83 for cape mae and atlantic city. Inland, dover, up to 93 degrees this afternoon. Well be watching for afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms that could turn severe for wilmington, chester and philadelphia. A look at the latest on arthur and the likeliness that its going to become a hurricane when i come back. It is 20 minutes until 5 00. So the roads are definitely wet out there. You need to use caution. No accidents to report as a result. That is definitely a bit of good news. Were not seeing a lot of volume. A few people out there right now. You can take trenton road as an alternate if you need to get around. That well keep you updated on that problem. Chester county, route 1 hundred is very quiet. No issues there. 422 is clear and so is the route 30 bypass. This is southbound near kaufman avenue. Drivers make their way into center city. This is where we see delays later. Right now, everything is quiet. Tropical storm arthur approaches. Well get a live report from the outer banks of North Carolina where tourists are packing up this morning. A lot of people are talking about this. Facebook offered an apology. Well tell why you. Also ahead, lightning strikes and scattered bricks, big trouble at one of the countrys most historic bridges. And an officer in trouble for what hes about to do to one man in a wheelchair. Thats a live view of beach avenue which is going to see a warmup today. Well keep an eye on more strong storms later today. The first alert radar shows storminess this morning heading off shore and to the north of the new york area. This morning the son and grandson of a Montgomery County man are both charged in his death. David st. Onge sr. Is charged with murder. His son is charged with conspiring to dispose of a body. The remains after a man were found in the tarp. Police tell us david onge sr. Admitted he hit his father in the head. In philadelphia, we have a picture of that daycare worker accused of leaving five children in an suv while she went food shopping. Police released this picture of the 39yearold woman. She is charged with child endanger. And reckless endanger. She left the children for at least 20 minutes while she was inside a shop rite on tuesday. The air conditioner was on in the suv. The children were rescued and then reunited with their parents. Happening today, the georgia father accused of killing his toddler son by leaving him in a hot car will appear in court. He faces charges of murder and Second Degree child cruelty. Today he has a probable cause hearing. Now the 22 mold boy cooper died last month after spending hours in the hot suv. He told police he forgot the boy was strapped in the car seat and forgot to drop him off the adaycare when he went to work. A Police Officer in indiana has been suspended for pushing a paraplegic man in a wheelchair. Take a look at. This Nicholas Kinkaid runs over the officers foot and then thrown to the ground by that offense. This took place outside a school last october after he told cops he had a gun. He was unarmed, however, he was arrested for battery. The charge was thrown out. Inspectors are looking into what caused a section of facade to fall from the Brooklyn Bridge in new york city. A 25 foot section of the underpassed collapsed around 8 00 last night during a thunderstorm. Five people were injured. All of those injuries were minor. Target is asking customers no to the bring fire arms into its stores even in states where its allowed by law n a statement yesterday, the company said those weapons create an environment that is at odds with the Family Friendly atmosphere. The request is not a ban on firearms and no signs will be posted at the stores. Facebook is now facing backlash in the United Kingdom over privacy rights after manipulating users fees for a psychological experiment. Theyre investigating the study that involved 700,000 rond omly selected users fl those people did not know that they were being studied. Facebook issued an apology and they offered a communication breakdown. We take privacy and security at facebook really seriously. Its the thing that allows us to share. The study was trying to prove that peoples moods could spread depending on whether they were reading positive or negative posts. Steamy tonight. Humidity will stay with us and make for another hot and humid day. 96 degrees yesterday. It will be steamier. Tomorrow, well see clearing. Tonight, another round of storms likely to come through. Could be severe. Storminess will be increasing as we head into the day because arthur is strengthening. Temperatures are in the 70s right now. Well see a quick warmup from the 70s into the 90s today for inland areas. You see quite a bit of moisture on the ground. That is a live view of the parking lot near the Citizens Bank complex. The rain has taken a break. Still clouds overhead. There goes the rain to the north and east. Now our attention turns to showers over virginia which could be popping up during the afternoon and late this afternoon that is even more likely. And heres arthur. Look at the eye forming there. A nice round view. That is the radar view. It shows heavy rain just off shore. Arthur has winds of 70 Miles Per Hour. It is moving to the north. A little faster now at 8 miles an hour. Likely to impact the carolina coast. Late today well see this storm turn into a hurricane. By 8 00 this evening, storms will push to the northeast. Kind of take a right turn and move more northeast. That will take it off shore of our area which could provide our area with rip current threats right on through the weekend. For today, we will see the temperatures soar. 78 degrees to start with at 6 00 this morning. The clouds will thin out. Still an isolated shower or threat at 9 00 this morning. And then the storms will take a break for most of the day. But the temperatures will not. So the forecast is calling for temperatures to climb to near 90 degrees. Trenton will be in the low 90s this afternoon along with philadelphia and mt. Holly and along the coastline. Lower to middle 80s. Inlad, well see the temperatures heat up into the 90s with late day storms likely today. Watching it closely, arthur as it moves up the coast. Its impacting the carolinas later today. Nbc 10 National Correspondent jay gray is live in kill devil hills, North Carolina. You are ready for this one, jay . Yeah. I think so. I think this community is as well built. Great to talk to you. The winds and waves are calm right now. But here and the long and people are preparing for arthur. An unwelcomed visitor this Holiday Weekend. Were taking this storm very seriously and ski that all visitors do the same. Reporter the current forecast shows the storms will brush the east coast over the next few days. The outer banks of carolinas likely getting the worst of it at the worst possible time. The long Holiday Weekend. Beach traffic is already building. Hotels are filling up for the vacationers watching the weather. I just i just, you know, can hope. And, of course, safety. Reporter but most at this point are not planning to bail on their Holiday Plans just yet. This is something we plan every year. Unless it gets really bad or make us leave, well stay. Reporter visitors cant stay on hatteras island. There is a mandatory Evacuation Order in place. And dozens left cape lookout late yesterday as the park activated the hurricane plant forcing campers to clear out. Im never mad at mother nature. You know . She can do what she wants and she always does. So you just have to roll with the punches. Reporter and hope that arthur just delivers a glancing blow. Jay gray, nbc news, kill devil hills, North Carolina. Reporter and back live now in the outer banks. The National Hurricane center has just issued a new statement regarding this storm. It has moved to hurricane status, category 1 hurricane with winds at 75 Miles Per Hour. So buildings as it moves a bit closer to the coast. Back to you. All right. Jay, thanks for that. Well get more on that from bill coming up. Right now, lets get you updated on the roads. A lot of you may be having a long Holiday Weekend and hitting the road today if youre lucky enough. Jillian mele has that. Good morning to you. A downed poll right now in absecon. Right now delilah road, road restriction theres. Jenkintown that, is the extent of the problems. Can you expect to see spots of flooding out there, ponding on the roads. The roads are wet. This is route 309. You can see not too much traffic out there right now. Moef of the roads are in the clear. No accidents to report on the major highways in pennsylvania, new jersey, and delaware. Tracy . Thanks. 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But the man he shot will. The District Attorney says ryan broth used justified force in that shooting last month. The officer used his personal weapon to shoot one of several men inside a car after the initial road rage incident. That man is now facing charges including simple assault and dui. Police are hoping you may have some information about the man here who robbed their rite aid in east falls neighborhood. He took a bottle of laundry detergent last month. He allegedly pointed a knife at another employee. If you recognize the man, call police. Former prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl is making his first trip out in public since returning to the u. S. The army says sergeantberg dal is being allowed to venture off the texas base where he is recovering. Hes been going to restaurants and the library while supervised. He was exchanged for five taliban prisoners after being held for five years in afghanistan. A u. S. Cargo ship is headed into an open sea where weapons will be destroyed. 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The president was speaking there with goalie tim howard and team captain clint dempsey. He told the players this year was the first time that the entire nation was focused on team usa. Belgium, of course, eliminated the u. S. On tuesday. Pretepding to be handicapped got this man on to the field with the u. S. Team. He leaped out of a wheelchair and trotted around the field until Brazilian Security took him away. He pulled this stunt at the 2010 world cup. Maybe they want to put his name on a watch list for the next event. You think. I dont know. Youre watching nbc 10 news today. Breaking right now, arthur has just strengthened into the seasons first hurricane. It could be felt along the shores in our area this weekend. Here at home, we saw this, lightning. Lightning strike lighting up the sky overnight in cam den. Storms move through the area. There are still Power Outages across the region. And we take a live look at one of our cameras this morning. We will in a moment, rather. We are looking at some rain moving out this morning. We have another chance of strong storms later in the day to day. Also another day of heat and humidity to contend with. Good morning. Welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. And im chris cato. And thats what many people heard last night. The storms rolling through. Nbc 10s cameras captured the thunder and lightning in camden county. Weve been checking overnight. Several thousand customers are still without power. Most of the outages, Gloucester County with 2300. Kent county still has nearly 1,000. More than 1500 homes without power in Montgomery County. Lets find out what is ahead for the day in the first alert weather center. It was a dark and stormy night. Well see the storms move out and take a break, an extended break this morning and afternoon. Late today, more storms are likely. Still clouds around. Thats a live view of center city from the adventure aquarium. The rain had ended. There are some areas of fog forming. The rain quickly pushing off to the east and to the northeast moving through the new york area. The last rain drops moving through extreme eastern Mercer County in new jersey. The temperatures are climbing back into the 90s. Right now