Of the most anticipated fights ever and the local bars are packed for Mayweather Mcgregor. Nbc10 breaking news. Right now in the path of a deadly storm. Tonight, harvey is downgraded to a Tropical Storm and now flooding is not the only danger facing millions. Im denise na kapono. Winds, downpours and dangerous flooding ripped through the south all day long. Heres what we know right now about the storm. At least one person is dead tonight and at least 12 people are hurt. It is now a Tropical Storm after being downgraded from a category 4 hurricane last night. More than 300,000 people are without power and that number could get even higher with much more flooding expected. Nbc10 National Correspondent jay gray has more from texas. Reporter tonight, the system that was Hurricane Harvey remains stalled over the texas gulf coast. Dumping rain that in many areas is already covering roads and cutting off low lying areas. We want to do everything we possibly can to keep people out of rising water. Reporter harvey first crashed the texas coast overnight. 130mileanhour winds chewing up and spitting out everything in their path. Ripping apart buildings. By 1 00, it was terrible. It was so i was crying. I was on my knees praying that we made it. Reporter and rattling the nerves of those riding out the storm. Pretty scary. It was probably felt like 150mileanhour winds. It was whipping pretty good. Reporter a massive search and rescue effort is limited by conditions across the region. Just like the effort to restore power to more than 300,000 in the dark tonight. Highway in houston, as well as areas across the strike zone, communities already soaked with more than a foot of rain are now bracinging for even more. The second punch from harvey slow, deliberate, and perhaps the most dangerous. Jay gray, nbc news. Victoria, texas. Now, people with ties to our region are riding out the storm in texas. Flight can is helations kept some families separated as they prepare for days of potential rain and flooding. We spoke over online video chat with aaron gladdish. He had to race to the coast to secure his boast. Now hes waiting to see if the hurricane damaged it. His main concern now is with the flood threat. Theyre talking about three feet of rain. And in texas, you cant handle a whole lot of water. He worries the roads to his island marina wont be passable for several days. Nbc10s meteorologist erika mar teeb has an update out of texas as the state gets pounded by Tropical Storm harvey. It is a Tropical Storm continuing to weaken. We will see a lot more rain in that area before its au said and done. The question is, how will it affect us locally in our local neighborhood. It looks like eventually an upper level ridge will start to weaken and allow some moisture into our region. Before we get there, we do have to enjoy a mostly clear night across the entire delaware valley. Temperatures, low humidity. Ideal, id say. We do have a northeastly wind a little bit, eastnortheastly. And temperatures mainly in the 60s. Philadelphia 68 degrees. You topped out at 80 today. 61 in allentown. Your high was 72. Your high in Atlantic City was 80 for today. Currently seeing 62 degrees. Locally conditions are perfect. Mostly clear skies. But again, ill be tracking how harvey could affect us here by later next week. Nbc10 is with you every step of the way as we track harvey. The nbc10 app has instant updates and notifications to keep you on top of whats happening with the Tropical Storm. Tonight a teacher is under arrest for allegedly making terroristic threats against police during a heated protest. Aundrea clinethomas is live in center city tonight. This is part of a controversial issue making headlines in our area. Reporter that cell phone video appears to show john sheerin being held back by friends as he told officers to come to his house for a fight. Officers did show up more than a week later to arrest him. On august 16th, Philadelphia Police formed a barrier around the frank riz zoes at that time stu in center city as protesters demanded it be taken down. You come look me up. This man will beat your. Cell phone video shows this man identified as john sheerin, cursing at police. The 63yearold is a teacher. Most recently at Julia De Burgos elementary. Ill beat your its unclear what started the confrontation captured by news columnist helen obinyis. Yesterday charged him with making threats and harassment. We went to sheerins home today and made numerous calls trying to get his side of the story but did not get a response. I mean, theres a way to get your voice heard. Thats not the way. Reporter city leaders are asking the public to submit suggestions online what should be done to the frank rizzo statue. Go back to the black panthers. So i think it should be moved. You know, to a museum. I have no problem with the statue being here myself personally. I mean, to me, rizzo is part of philadelphia. Reporter still the controversy remains. Even after the former mayor and Police Commissioners death. Decades after his tenure left a mark on the city. Now, the Philadelphia School district is aware of sheerins arrest according to a spokesman. He had already been taken out of a classroom pending the outcome of a different investigation. Reporting live in center city, aundrea clinethomas, nbc 0 news. A philadelphia judge is allowing the police union to challenge the release of names of officers involved in shootings. The police union filed a lawsuit yesterday after this protest outside an officers house thursday night. A philadelphia plif shot and killed david jones in north philadelphia back in june. Its the policy of the Police Department to release the names of officers involved in shootings within 72 hours after the shooting. The lawsuit filed yesterday by the union is seeking to block that rule. There will be a full hearing about it in late september. Next on nbc10 news, pardon backlash. Local lawmakers react to the president s decision to pardon a controversial former sheriff. Packed crowds for fight night. The local spots are filling up for the highly anticipated Mayweather Mcgregor fight. Im danny pom mels. The title was on the line in south philly, as well. The soul going to their second straight arena bowl victory. And Reese Hoskins has been homer happy. That continued tonight against the cubs. Highlights a bit later in sports. Tonight, the navys top officer ordered new Safety Training on au sthips around the world. Everyone on board the American Fleet must stop and retrain, relearn and focus on safety precautions and proper procedures. Now, the changes follow the deaths of sailors board the uss june mccain that happened last week. A local sailor was among the casualties. Kenneth smith grew up in cherry hill. He graduated from Cherry High School east and enlisted in the navy. Next on nbc10, a judge makes a decision on a controversial bathroom rule involving a local School District. And some kids do start school on monday. So i do have your neighborhood forecast coming up on what to expect for the second half of the weekend. And the following workweek. Acronyms are fun. Lol laugh out loud, btw by the way, and of course, wbyceiydbo well buy your car even if you dont buy ours hey, what if i wanted to sell my car . Wbyceiydbo wbyceiydbo . Well buy your car even if you dont buy ours wbyceiydbo wbyceiydbo wbyceiydbo wbyceiydbo wbyceiydbo wbyceiydbo wbyceiydbo no, no, were cool. I got you. Ok. Its the right thing to do. Carmax music sting new developments in the transgender bathroom debate in burks county. Yesterday, a federal judge ruled transgender students in the boyer town School District can use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity. The district had no comment today. Students go back to school on monday. Tonight, were hearing from the man at the center of a controversial president ial pardon. President trump pardoned former phoenix area Sheriff Joe Arpaio on friday. The 85yearold was found guilty of con department in a case related to racially profiling undocumented immigrants. The pardon keeps arpaio out of jail. Im very happy. I have to thank the president of the United States for his pardon. As i say, hes a big friend supporter of law enforcement. I think this is a Bigger Picture than just me. Senator john mccain and the American Civil Liberties union have spoken out against the pardon. Arizonas governor spoke in favor of the move. Now, mayor jim canning slammed the president s decision saying this participated like many of the president s actions contradicts his professed claims for respecting the rule of law. Arpaio does not represent American Values and the lauren forcement officers who do their job with professionalism and fairness every day. Right now, tracking harvey. The deadly storm is lingering over the south after causing one death. And injuring a dozen others. Nbc10 first alert meteorologist erika martin has an update as the state continues to get pounded by Tropical Storm. Right now, harvey is a Tropical Storm. Wind speed 50 miles per hour. Sustained wind speeds. Notice its moving at 1mileperhour east north earli easterly. Just not moving at all. Eventually will continue to weaken, becoming a tropical depression by sunday. So thats something that were at least looking forward to because it will be a lot less strong, a lot weaker. Were still expecting plenty more rain around texas. Now, locally, conditions are really nice. We have an area of High Pressure that is our weathermaker. As we zoom on to the delaware valley, were seeing few clouds, if any. Just a few high level clouds to the west of us. Otherwise here everything remains high and dry. Look at this gorgeous night. Mostly clear sky. A little bit of sky gazing the Crescent Moon is out tonight. A great look there. Current temperature in philadelphia, 68. Mount pocono cooler at 49. Northeasterlies and east northeasterly winds. Allentown 61. Trenton currently at 63. Millville 64 for you. Atlantic city your current temperature in the low 60s. A pretty comfortable night. For tomorrow, lots of 70s across the entire region. Langhorne expected High Temperature 77 degrees. Notice we are seeing mostly clear skies. Again, that area of High Pressure is still keeping everything high and dry. We like that around here. Allentown, 7. Plenty of sunshine. Reading your expected high for tomorrow 78. Easton, at 78, as well. Wildwood seeing a few more clouds along the jersey shore. 77 is your expected High Temperature. Avalon 76 for you. Rehoboth beach in the mid70s. Newark, your expected High Temperature 79 degrees. I do think youre going to love your sunday. Keep those outdoor ofs intact. Some schools kick off on monday. We have your expected High Temperatures. Mainly mid to upper 70s. Temperatures slightly below normal for this time of year. The average in philadelphia, for example, is 84. Were going to be below that but still have plenty of sunshine. Students, no excuses there. Get the sunglasses on and head to school and good luck this year. For the school year. Your tenday foreclosure, temperatures climbing into the upper 70s, low 80s for tomorrow. Upper 80s on monday. Tracking remnants of harvey, tuesday, wednesday, thursday time frame. Lots of sunshine for the following friday. Labor day weekend looks pretty good so far. Temperatures in the low to mid 80s with a mix of sun and clouds. Back to you. Thanks. A celebration of life and community in Wynnefield Heights today. Nbc10 at the charles foundations annual family and friends day. Survivors of gun violence, Community Leaders and activists gathered to empower residents and their children. There was pony rides, a moon bounce and a water slide. The Foundation Works to prevent gun violence. Camping out with the philadelphia union. More than 300 fans brought gear to camp inside the stadium. After todays game, they set up tents right on field. Tomorrow morning, its breakfast and an Early Morning training session. Lets take a live look inside xfinity right now where fight fans are packed insided to watch mayweather versus mcgregor being dubbed the boxing event of the year. Some 50 million are expected to watch the fight tonight. This just in, espn reporting the fight has been delayed due to pay per view outages. Espn prongz the fight will make more than 600 million bucks. This is sportsdesk brought to you by xfinity. X1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. Good to see you again. Danny pommells. Phillies going for two wins in a row over the cubs. Last night reese who is kinz became the fassest player to hit his first nine runs. Bottom first, hoskins, back at it like he never left. His tenth home run in 17 games. The fastest ever to hit his first ten hypos. 20 phils. The lead wouldnt last long. Cubs can also hit anthony rizzo. A threerun bomb to center field. The first of two for him. Cubs hit six in the game. Score 17 runs. Most ever allowed by the phillies at Citizens Bank park. 172. Back to who is kinz, six of his home runs have come with two strikes. Yeah, a lot of it has to do with preparation, knowing what certain guys like to do. Especially once we get the two strikes. You know, and a lot of it is being comfortable with in the two strikes. So across the street, a championship was on the line tonight. The soul hosted the tampa bay bay storm in arena bowl 30. Guess who was weapon x. Brian dal kins doing the coin flip. It worked, the soul won the flip. Third quarter, down 2014. A pitch and catch to Darius Reynolds for the touchdown. They come from a 13point deficit to go ahead by one. These rode baus fourth touchdown pass as the soul win 4440 to win their second straight arena bowl and third overall title. The sixers first overall draft pick Martell Fultz was part of the team today as was covington. We caught up with fultz and asked him about the ankle he sprained in summer league. Im great, 100 . I can go out and play right now. I fee good. Will you be ready for the start of Training Camp health wise . Definitely. Once traning camp starts, what are your expectations for the season . For myself, just to go out every day, play as hard as i can. Then for the team, get back to the playoffs and on the root road. The union hosting atlanta united. Theyre trying to hang on to a 21 lead. Down a man in extra time. Andre blake punches the ball away. Tyronne meres, oh, boy, the header over the out of position keeper. Union settle for a 22 draw. That is your look at sports. Im Danny Pommells from csn. Stay with us. Be right back. Amid the devastation harvey is bricking to texas, a photographer captured this lighthearted moment going viral on social media. The dog you see his name is otis carrying a bag of dog food in his mouth. The photographer was driving around and came across this little guy. During the storm he got away from his owner. He has the right idea. Hes got the bag of food in his mouth. Puppy chow. He has to take the food and run. Take care of yourself. I thought that was a bag of cheetos at first. Smart dog there. Very smart. Thanks for joining us tonight. Thats nbc10 news for now. For all of us here, thanks for joining us. Saturday night live is next. Award winning interface. Award winning design. Award winning engine. The volvo xc90. The most awarded luxury suv of the century. 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