Mads,erun d 7 00. By 9 00, 72 degrees. Still some showers possible in the area and some thinning of the clouds but a mostly cloudy dae torrsx tso de x. Deorody neiand muggy too at 77 nbc 10 is tracking this breaking news. Live on the scene of a police hen ce. Li train goo bi. Ontinu tolos ntut of standoff in West Kensington. Wn h0 shut down at a man is barricaded in a home south county boulevard. There, armed with two guns. It is a firsthand lesson take south cologne or elmwood. About the dangers of drugs, a heading into philadelphia 95 d child brings heroin to school. New this morning her mother is boevard lstty charged. And another day where youll odf y nd want the umbrella as you head out the door. Look at this line of showers pushing into the region here. Some storms are very strong. Ding it can meset sboulard islear a route dvere6 r way. Ng y d tim on the blue route are pretty average, about well see showers, chances, inothctnutes ere. Throughout the day. Good 17, 18 min between 95 and welcome to nbc 10 news today. 76. Lets find out more about the chris. We have breaking news to storms with meteorologist bill bring to you this m out of henley in the first alert weather center. We kensington neighborhood the line of storms has heavy of philadelphia where a man has rainfall, falling at a rate of barricaded himself in a home. Almost three inches per hour. There are reports that he may be we saw stormsterning. D. Monique braxton is live on the ll ly lade clouds are th afog not eec mone scene. What have you learned at this morn point . Reporter weve been here about 10 minutes. Let me show you whats going on. There are dozens of Police Officers as well as firefighters. Nd its dense fog in theono here on the left you see some firefighters walking towards us, tain aviliurms m they are on standby now because as you mentioned its not sure if the individual who is barricaded inside the house is ng mov e rtheas armed. Also to the right of the firefighters are paramedics with gloves on, standing by should there be an injury, should the man be injure himself. Then to the right, john is working with me as my photographer. You can see there are several officers under cover as well as uniform officers, high ranking officers here on the scene. We also see individuals in plain clothes. We dont know but have asked if the area has been evacuated. Some of the folks may be related to the man who is in the house. At ow i am fromheene. Es,g tutls at the of thock,bl wh aashes here, stay here and monitor the me po ce grrng to ask questions situation, live for now, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. There are new question this is morning about the sale of philadelphias two major newspapers. Lewis katz son is withdrawing his late fathers plans to buy the inquirer and daily news. Jesse gary is live at the headquarters inenrci. Drew katz to rryolngerwnme oeinrw day artaiutur on a ndnigdie mayer announcing the purchase. Lewis katz and h. F. Gerry lenfest announced the deal to buy out their Business Partners taei t ird to erry ip turnedragi plasst. Em reportersecof t turmoil of s s emaid stcompy. Of,aily foreo sell my t42yearold adds that he strongly believes the organization would be in cellen ownership of Gerry Lenfest now heearsngp inhe well talk about some of the other questions that were surrounding this pullout. 0ll talk about thatin jes. 5 ningpeheharg in crash that injured tracy morgan has a court hearing. Kevin roper is scheduled to be arraigned today, the walmart truck driver charged with one count of death by automobile and four counts of assault by auto. Police say he may have dozed off moments before the accident. This was the scene Early Saturday Morning along the jersey turnpike. Police say ropers tractortrailer plowed into the back of the limo bus carrying tracy morgan. Fellow comedian jimmy mcnair was killed. Morgan remains in Critical Condition after surgery for broken bones and other injuries. The frommer star ofexpeed to is s. Ve t set crg tic wk release program in doylestown, he was then confronted by an officer in bensalem at wood haven road. He tried to stab the officer, got away in his patrol car, was arrested down the street at a play ground. Matthew miller was hauled off to bucks county precipitation after his arraignment last night. Officer Michael Jachimski was n. He is extremely lucky. I think the vest play add part in that and were thankful that he goes home to his family. Miller faces charges including the attempted murder of a police officer. In the last 20 minutes we have an update we leahat the mother of a firr a oy h bh beearerchooo kedrugt n ol s removeral fronbcad f tas h eas dizzyt feelwe ollowingstearge rvarf that t and e nex deupidgeope it edpaday. Aday ten bhe b mntilnbo nootct a e mayor. He defeated paul perez. Jackson getting 56 of the vote. Jackson. Ilth and take the rhe acting mayor. The need for a new mayor of course was prompted by the conviction of the old one, tony mack found guilty in february on federal corruption charges and sentenced to nearly five years in prison. 5 08. Later today the annual cleanup in atlantic city. That is part of a statewide program. Caesars entertainment enlisting volunte volunteers. Businesses and schools are expected to pick up trash in the boardwalk, the cleanup from 9 00 until noon. Through the entire time well look at cloudy skies, were starting off with clouds, tracking more showers and thunderstorms this morning. The storms not in the immediate area just yet but mugginess is and some areas of fog again this morning. The showers and thunderstorms are a possibility during the day as the fog eases. Clouds over doylestown, philadelphia and cape may at 70 degrees. Philadelphia and cape may. Doylestown at 66 degrees. And we are tracking some showers in the pocono mountains. This is a view from Lake Wallenpaupack. You see clouds overhead. A little fog in the pocono mountains in some spots. Its dry along Lake Wallenpaupack and the showers, thunderstorms, are just off to the northwest. But there is a line of storms moving through harrisburg and just inching into the lancaster area to western lancaster county, lots of lightning and heavy downpours, the rainfall within that line of storms is falling at a rate of almost three inches per hour. That storminess is on the move. 8 00 this morning into the reading area, that will keep temperatures in the upper 60s for philadelphia at 8 00, by later in the morning the temperatures will come up a bit but its not a huge warmup today thanks to the cloud cover thats going to stay with us. 71 degrees at lunch time. And then in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees this afternoon. Well see spots on the radar screen with occasional showers possible even into the evening. The forecast calling for showers, thunderstorms, might get a glimpse of sunshine but not as much as yesterday. That will hold our temperatures back in the upper 70s and low 80s. Sevenday forecast with a look at the weekend when i come back. 5 10. I want to get you updated on an accident were following. Jillian mele is updating us on that now. Thats right. This and one more. In hamilton township, route 50 still shut down in both directions at south county boulevard. Take south cologne or elmwood. Thats a serious accident so good to leave extra time there. To this other accident. A new accident, in hatfield, bethlehem pike at north broad street, you can expect to see lane restrictions there. Heading out to the live cameras, 76 right at conshohocken, both directions as you can see are very quiet right now. Were not reporting issues there. In delaware county, route 1 at creek road, route 1 in the clear t blue route looks good the entire length of the way and so far construction on the northeast extension but no problems there. Tracy. It is aerial sfootage that has taken the internet by storm. Not everyone thinks these are breath taking. Some say they are more disturbing. They come from a camera attached to a drone. Investigators have their eye on the operator. It looks like a careless toss. Its got people talking. When you hear who this guy is and what was in the bag. [ mom ] hi, were the pearsons, and we love chex cereal. So we made our own commercial to tell you why. First, chex makes lots of gluten free flavors. Which is a huge thing for us. And theres seven to choose from. Like cinnamon, honey nut, and chocolate. I tell them you guys are gonna turn into chocolate chex i like cinnamon, greg is a honey nut nut. When you find something this good, you want to spread the word. [ all ] were the pearsons, and we love chex nbc 10 is on top of breaking news in the West Kensington neighborhood of philadelphia. Thats where a man has barricaded himself in a home. He may be armed. That led to a standoff situation. A live picture by our photographer john panfile. You see the Police Presence outside this row of homes on masher street, the intersection of masher and huntington. Police converged on the home on masher in the past hour after reports that a man inside had a gun. Were not sure if thats verified if they established that the man is armed. We dont know yet what his situation is or if anyone has been evacuated from the property. Monique braxton is talking to police and checking with neighbors. Well have an update shortly. Decision 2014 called a political earthquake, eric cantor the second most powerful man in the u. S. Lost his virginia primary election to a tea party challenger. Cantor is the first House Majority leader to be beaten in a primary. He lost to david brat. Campaign hinged on immigration law. Brat took a harder line. U. S. Officials say five american troops killed by mistake in afghanistan were members of an elite fighting team. The the five died in an airstrike launched to help them battle the taliban. An afghan officer was also killed. Its called one of the worst friendly fire incidents since the war began in 2001. Happening today the National Transportation safety board will release documents related to its investigation of a bridge collapse in washington state. That collapse last year happened when a truck hit two support structures, several vehicles fell into the river below. No one was seriously hurt. The documents released will not contain analysis or a probable cause, those are expected later this summer when the investigation is finished. Someone has to pick up the tab, the countrys involved in the search for that missing jetliner are trying to figure out how to share the cost of the massive search. Malaysia, australia and china are the most involved. Australia expects to spend around 84 million by july next year. Thats because they are still searching. A new phase is expected to begin in august and could take more than eight months. A texas man who lost his drone on top of at t stadium could be in trouble. The federal Aviation Administration is now investigating. He posted this video on youtube taken from the drone. The man mentioned in his video that he lost it over the weekend when he flew too close. Workers found it yesterday and the faa says the man may have violated several federal regulations including the aircraft too high and over populated areas. Applaud his investment but i do not applaud that he was doing it in an unsafe manner. The man also flew his drone over other areas, some were restricted drone areas. Japans olympic organizers are taking a second look at their plans for hosting the 2020 games. They were going to replace tokyos National Stadium with a new stadium but that plan has been at the center of cost controversy. The proposal caused protests over size, cost and design. The japans Sports Council cut the costs by more than 1 billion and its still over budget. The mayor of a town in Southern California is in deep dodo caught on camera tossing dog droppings on a neighbors yard. It was caught on security video. Police identifiee yo m who flunp say o e pl the mayorince aped our s out the door and getting ready to hit the road lets hope you dont encounter traffic troubles. What are you seeing . We have two accidents that i continue to follow and i just got an update on this accident in hamilton township, a large fuel spill, so route 50 is still shut down. South county boulevard. Expect it to be closed in the area for a while this morning. In the meantime south cologne or hatfield, piknortoo in di to be clouds erhead, showers, torms in the region. Its a warm, muggys morning. Humidity is creeping up now at 87 . The sun is getting closer to sunrise. A better view of the fog t view frever t is thicker. Mount pocono reporting quarter mile visibility. Will take time for the fog to disappear. The clouds stay witof the day and the humidity will as well. Look what were tracking. Ag tnge romtimomaryland and into the orms clot t llst tt is going totayus not onlyayw aoue ella eforeor some thinn of the ouds, ca occas l empses of sunshine but and thunderstorms. Mostlyloudy with tempera held b a b because of th clou occasional stor, upper 70s and8. Day thatfohes h saturday, sund d monday. This time of year its rgers dogs and other grilled goies. Ketchup. How about cars and trucks . On the business rept e unique ratnship heinz working to build with. Ckpo why won million from the state of new jersey. 5 23. From the jersey sho buauotelor n a reil24. Taxe the city hasgr educe. Severalos challenge their lead business jonal. Chern hostalied for fir uato ain ne o thertne i. 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