Why these runners say a violent attack will not scare them away. Nbc 10 news starts now. Tear it down tear it down tear it down, the statue standoff is growing more tense tonight. Protesters gathered around the frank rizzo monument, as police blocked the area off. This follows tonights march through the streets of philadelphia. Nbc 10 was in the air and on the ground as hundreds rallied in response to the violent events in charlottesville. Good evening, im jacqueline london. Im jim rosenfield. Police have taken new steps to protect former mayors statue after recent acts of vabd van l vandali vandalism. Brandon, theres a lot of activity by the statue right now. Reporter the group of protesters walked this way to another part of center city. Behind me, all around me, Philadelphia Police officers waiting for them to return. Things are very intense. Those protesters were right here on the sidewalk right in front of these officers as they guarded the frank rizzo statue. The group wants to tear that down just like the other confederate monuments across the country. Following those violent events in charlottesville, virginia. Tear it down tear it down reporter late tonight a crowd of protesters called for the statue of former philadelphia mayor frank rizzo to come down. On the other side of the barricade, police stood by guarding the statue which had yolk stains from an egging today. These protesters marched across the city in a rally organized by the Group Following the weekend violence in charlottesville. Started on north broad street and swelled to about 2,000 people. Why do you walk . The anger that everyone feels, right. Reporter step for step, steve gold walked with them to call out white supremacy, gold wouldnt let his disability stop him. Parkinsons disease. I need this for my balance. Reporter youre not hurting when youre walking, are you . A little bit. My ankles and shins are not in good shape, yeah are. Reporter he says the pain is worth it. Racism is totally abhorrent to the United States and we will fight it. Reporter melinda, a selfproclaimed introvert, said she couldnt stay silent. I had to do something. Reporter the group stopped at a church where Jacqueline Wiggins waited. White supremacy, neo naziism, racism, come on, america, we can do better. Reporter the rally continued inside. Reverend gregory, one of the organizers, said they marched to recognize racism in phillys education, economic and criminal justice systems. We have to do better as a city dismantling the institutions of white supremacy. Reporter police will remain out here throughout the night and maybe even longer. At this point, we have not heard of any arrests. I did talk to the guy. Who made the petition to keep the frank rizzo statue where it is. He said at last check they have more than 11,000 signatures to keep the statue in center city. Live in center city, brandon hudson, nbc 10 news. For those who worked with and knew frank rizzo, they say the statue should stay put. Thomas gibbons is a former Highway Patrol officer. His father worked for rizzo. He says rizzo is getting a raw deal. Im sad to see history rewritten. His security force, it was mostly black guys. All of the black guys in the department thought the world of him. Supporters also point out that rizzo is credited with ending practices that kept black Police Officers from manning patrol cars. To Montgomery County, residents banded together to denounce hate and violence in the wake of the charlottesville attack. Hundreds of people turned out for tonights gathering at cr t Crestmont Park in abington ed, d hands as a sign of unity. More than a thousand people packed the charlottesville theater today to honor heather heyer, the 32yearold was killed when a car drove through a group of counterdemonstrators saturday during an altright rally. Heathers parents shared stories about the woman they remember fighting for what she believed in. They tried to kill my child to shut her up. Well, guess what, you just magnified her. She loved people. She wanted equality. She wanted to put down hate. Another Memorial Service is planned friday for the two Alabama State troopers who died in a Helicopter Crash after the march last saturday. And right now, on nbc10. Com, you can see more photos and video from tonights rally here in philadelphia. Plus, how are people responding to these events on social media . And are those opinions hurting their personal and work lives . We take a closer look coming up in just ten minutes on nbc 10 news mat 11 00. Also tonight, running for a cause. It was the groups way of showing their support for a victim of Sexual Assault. The assault happened at Norristown Farm Park more than two weeks ago and the attacker still has not been caught. But as nbc 10s drew smith shows us, these runners are ready to stand up against violence. Reporter you an see the starting line for this threemile run, the track going right near the point where a 19yearold was sexually assaulted. Tonight, this whole event was about supporting her. Young 19yearold woman was raped right here. Reporter linda got the crowd fired up at the start of the race. A survivor of rape, she asked people to support Montgomery County victim services. Were overcoming evil with good. Reporter we dont normally identify Sexual Assault victims, but she and fellow survivor katie muth are open about their experiences, glad all these runners came out after the daylight attack on a runner. It was real lly hard to hear her story. Reporter theres a 10,000 reward for information about the masked gunman who grabbed the victim from behind, sexually assaulting her august 1st. Police still dont have a suspect. Shes not alone in it, even though she feels probably very weak and scared right now, shes very, very strong and brave. Reporter among the volunteers, Angela Morris helping educate women about the way to fend off attackers. Equip yourself, equip, power, education is our mission. As many people as we can reach, the better. Reporter as for those runners, they say they wont let the attacker win here. We support what, you know, the victim and were not going to let anyone, you know, make us want to run somewhere else. I hope that they know that they cant come out and do this to people, we wont allow it. Reporter organizers handed out these ribbons. They asked people to wear them and talk to family and friends about combatting rape culture and offeringing resources for survivors. In norristown, drew smith, nbc 110 news. New at 11 00, officials in Delaware County launched a suspicious Death Investigation after a body was found in a Newtown Square home. Police were called to the home on overbrook drive yesterday to check that everything was okay. Neighbor reported they hadnt seen two adult brothers who live there. Police found the younger brother in his 50s dead in the bedroom. The older brother was taken to the hospital. New at 11 00, prayers and calls for peace. Philadelphia police organized this prayer vigil and peace walk in manchua after a shooting at a block party injured four people over the weekend. The shooting happened sunday night as officers tried to break up a party involving hundreds of teenagers near 39th and mellon street. Neighbors say the violence has to stop. Black killing black, white killing white. Black white. It dont even matter what color you are, you know what im saying . Police around here every day now. Thank god. Eni dont want to get hurt. Police are still searching for the gunman in that shooting. Prosecutors say jealousy may have motivated a south jersey man accused of killing his wife and leaving her body in the backyard pool. Norman long appeared in court today for the First Time Since his arrest two weeks ago. Hes accused of beating his wife, michelle, to death inside their woolwich township home in june. Detectives say michelle long was surfing the internet for a house moments p s before her death. The judge ruled long is a flight risk and ordered him held without bail until his trial. Work on the controversial dune project in margate will continue as planned. Thats the ruling from a federal judge today. The courts denied the city of margates request to leave a Lower Court Ruling in place. Residents complained after the project caused ponds of bacte a bacteriafilled water recently to form after heavy rain. The School District of philadelphia is beefing up its staff to help students in need. District leaders are hiring nearly two dozen social workers at 22 schools across the district. Some schools are also getting a behavior consultant. Officials say social workers can help with the behavioral effects of issues like poverty, homelessness and crime. One parent we spoke with says its a win win. Sometimes you can just, when you express yourself, you get Different Things off your chest, it can make you make a better decision. You know what i mean . But if you have nobody to talk to and youre alone, thats never good. The additional social workers will cost 1. 2 million, paid for by the Citys Department of Behavioral Health zblchb. Theres a new way to report safety issues on septa. All you need is a smartphone. Today septa unveiled its free transit watch mobile app. The app allows riders to alert septa dispatchers about a crime or safety issue and send a text, picture or video of the incident. Takes less than 20 seconds and you can remain anonymous. Dispatchers will be able to respond back to give instructions or ask questions. Gone in a split second. A young girls close call at the jersey shore shows how dangerous rip currents can be. And this first pitch was painful for more reasons than one. The bad throw that hit one man in the wrong place tonight at 11 00. Its going to feel more like florida over the next couple of days. Find out when we finally get a break from the humidity. And when more rains going to hit your neighborhood. Every year south jersey sends more and more tax money to trenton, but gets less and less back thanks to Steve Sweeney and chris christie. Heres the sweeneychristie record eight years of underfunded schools. Huge tax breaks for themselves and their rich friends while we pay more. And homestead rebate funding for seniors cut in half next year. Dont believe the fake news from his wealthy donors. Steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. Tractor Trailer Crash fwoez from bad to worse and it was all caught on video in kansas. Keep your eye on the red cab there. It crashes right into that highway barrier. Caused debris to fly into the air then a few seconds later, yeah, burst into flames. Amazingly, the driver wasnt seriously hurt. And some Good Samaritans help e him get out of the truck safely. Thek chcheck this out, a bu county girl rescued from rough surf at the jersey shore. 9yearold angelina got pulled off into the ocean in monmouth county. There she is with the two life forwards who swam out to get her. Angelina said she was scared but did her best to stay calm. I felt brave and they just helped me but there was one time where this huge wave came and i almost drowned because i couldnt hold my breath any longer. People on the beach cheered as angelina made it safely back to shore. A sea of people in candlelight in charlottesville, virginia, tonight. Hundreds came out for this vigil on the campus of the university of virginia. Marchers covered the same ground where hundreds of torchcarrying white nationalists marched on friday. But tonights scene was quiet and peaceful. The violent events in charlottesville have sparked strong reactions across the country and many are choosing to express those opinions on social media. But people are learning that doesnt come without a cost. Nbc 10s keith jones is here to explain. Keith . Jim, weve all seen those angry political posts on our home feeds whether its here on facebook in the comments under my account, switch over to twitter, and the tweets to our nbc 10 handle. You see them all underneath here. Or instagram under a picture of president trump. You see hundreds of people chiming in. And some told me tonight its breaking up their family. Post after post. Mark says his family has, quotes defriended and blocked me. Mel posted, i got blocked by relatives. Mr. Eichler found himself uninvited to a family breakfast because of social media postings. Wait a minute, im not finished. Reporter after this viral News Conference at trump plaza. We hit the streets of philadelphia. Id rather not know how they felt politically was how i felt. Reporter dawn evans blocked old friends for their political views. Id rather not know how you really feel, id rather keep that image of you from high school, you know, id rather like you that way and then unfrechu unfriend you, not really know how youve grown. Reporter rachel owns a Childrens Clothing store, doesnt want to lose business over politics. Hate makes more hate. If youre posting that all the time, youre making it worse. Reporter how do you stop it . We turned to an expert. Politics and religion can have a polarizing effect. Reporter david neft runs neft associates in philadelphia, a selfdescribed branding company for businesses and people. If youre going to post about politics, you should probably think before you speak. And you should probably get all the facts before you react. Reporter because a post is out there forever, each one shaping our identities to friends and family for better or for worse. As barbara writes, i dont remember such hatred and political arguments in my lifetime. So how do you avoid confrontation with loved ones online . Well, neft says treat social media like you would a dinner table conversation, in other words, try to avoid talking about politics and religion all together. Keith jones, nbc 10 news. But if you want to join the conversation, you can do so right now on our nbc 10 facebook page. You can also follow our page for the late ef updates from charlottesville and reaction from around the country. Some sweet sounds in south jersey tonight. The music group played in front of this packed house at haddon lake park. Part of the parks sundown muicc series. If you missed out on tonights show, dont worry, Camden County has musical events all week long. You could really feel the heat and humidity today. Nice night for a concert, though, anyway. The heat and humidity is going to get worse. It is. First alert meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz here with your neighborhood forecast. Glenn, rains coming, too. Yes, rain and the high humidity. Pretty much on the same day. Thats friday. A lot of you are going to feel like youre in florida by then. Well, weve got good visibility tonight. Different from last night when the fog was developing. We got up to 89 degrees today. Its 77 now. Got a couple 60s in there. Humidity is up. The water temperature is up, too. Its 76 degrees. Not much on the radar. One shower down near sauce bu s maryland. Activity in illinois and wisconsin, that system is headed our way, going to affect us on friday. Take a look at this. Future feelshike temperatures for tomorrow afternoon into the upp upper 80s. As we go into friday, you see that . 99. 100. Its just going to be brutal as you get into friday afternoon. And you may be wishing for a thunderstorm to come and cool you off. Heres the hourbyhour. During the day tomorrow, pretty decent start to the day. Its certainly dry in the morning. And then there are a few showers or even a thunderstorm popping up later in the afternoon. Could potentially affect the eagles game, but as you can see, theres not many of them, so any shower would not last very long. And it would be more likely probably toward the end of the game or on your way home. Then on friday, even higher humidity. And way more in the way of rain. Showers. Thunderstorms. Heavy at times. Kind of tropical downpours in spom pa some parts of the area. That also looks like its going to be moving out. Theres friday night. And into saturday morning, could be some lingering showers at the shore, but it does look like its going to be a pretty nice weekend. Its going to be a little bit on the hot side, but not nearly as humid as friday. For the eagles Game Tomorrow Night, its generally fair. Its going to be warm. Kind of humid for football. Just a chance of a shower or thunderstorm. Another big event, Solar Eclipse on monday. Forecast is for mostly sunny skies. Good visibility. The peak of it, 2 44 p. M. Of course, were not getting totality. That really is a once in a lifetime thing. Your weekend high temperatures, in the 80s on friday. Held down by the thunderstorms. But saturday and sunday, looking pretty good. All right, glenn. Glenn mentioned this. The countdown to kickoff, less than 20 hours from now, eagles take on the bills for their first preseason game at home and youll see it only on nbc 10. Coming up, csns john clark shows us why its the playoffs or bust for the eagles players this season. First heres how you can watch nbcs primetime lineup tomorrow night. Look for it on cozi tv. Comcast channel 248. 460 on verizon. And 102 over the air. An allstar celebration tonight in old city. More than 200 Breast Cancer survivors and supporters fwatherfwath er gathered at the National Museum to celebrate the 2017 komen race season and a thank you celebration for race allstars who continue to make an impact in the fight to end Breast Cancer. Good cause. John clark, whats going on in sports . A phillies pitcher get ps is 11 strikeouts today and gets sent to the minors tonight. Were going to explain what happens. What does carson wentz want to see from the eagles offense in the second preseason Game Tomorrow Night . Hear from him coming up. Whoooo. Going somewhere . Heres some advice. Tripadvisor now searches more. Than 200 booking sites to find the hotel you want and save you up to 30 . Trust this birds words. Tripadvisor. This is sports desk brought to you by xfinity. X1 from xfinity will change the way withdryou experience tv. Hey, im john clark from csn. Eagles fan looking forward to seeing the debut of Alshon Jeffery tomorrow night in the first preseason game at home. Youd think carson wentz was perfect in the game against green bay last thursday, 4 for 4, perfect quarterback rating, thousand a touchdown but carson says he wasnt perfect, theres things to work on. So, carson, what do you want to see in game two . There were some sloppy plays, some sloppy things we got to clean up, some communication things. The biggest thing ive been preaching all offseason, just consistency myself, consistency as a team and we cant have negative plays and then a big play. We got to stay ahead of the chains and i think just be sharp with the little things. Guess youre never perfect. Eagles fans excited about year two of carson. Got new weapons on offense. The first round draft pick derek barne barnett. Ronald darby. Birds finished 79 last year. Carson said thats never acceptable. The eagles havent won a playoff game in nine years. Lain jau heres nelson aguilar. We got great fans behind us. We got great guys in this building that want to be truly successful and work hard and make it all work. I can feel it right now, going to be exciting, going to be roaring and put on a good show for them. Nbc 10 is your home for tomorrows game and every preseason game. Join us at 6 00 for eagles preseason kickoff, one hour pregame show and the game at 7 00 only on nbc 10. Phillies get swept in san diego. Rookie pitcher, 111 strikeouts, most for a phillies rookie since cole hamels 11 years s ago. Allowed three runs and get sent to the minors. He could be back on tuesday. Wil myers is on base. He steals second. Then he steals third. Then a double steal with him at third. Hey, im just going to go home. Wow. Three steals in one inninging for him. Bad day for the phils. That has only happened three times in baseball over the last 20 years. Phils lose 30, swept out in san diego zblchbl diego. Youve seen bad first pitches. How about in boston . Watch where this one goes. Right where it hurts. Hits a photographer and this guy tweeted out, hey, what makes it worse is im a pitcher. Good thing the photographer did not have to sing the national anthem. Hed be singing soprano. He took a picture. That is putting it on the line. Im john clark. We are right back. Hey, is this our turn . Honey. Our turn . Yeah, we go left right here. woman vo Great Adventures are still out there. Well find them in our subaru outback. avo love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Get 0 apr financing for 63 months on all new 2017 outbacks. Ends august 31. Hey, just a reminder, if youd like to help nbc 10 and telemundo 62 clear the shelters this saturday, stop by one of the 49 rescues and shelters waiving adoption fees. Find a full list on our website, nbc10. Com. Help those pets find a forever home. How cute are that dog and cat . Very cute. Thats why theyre out there. Pushing for it. And the weather should be pretty decent on saturday. Food. Looks like most of the rain is going to be during the day friday especially friday afternoon. And friday night. Tomorrow, its dry for most of the day. The humidity is up there, but friday is the worst. Nice weekend then look how cool late next week. Touch of fall. Already. Not ready. Im jacqueline london. Im not ready, either. Im jim rosenfield. Have a great night. [ cheers and applause ] steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests katie holmes, marc maron, musical guest shania twain,