Accident at this point. This happened just before 12 30 this morning on the 2,600 block of south hicks street in south philly. The boy had been shot once in the face. Investigators tell us he somehow got ahold of a revolver and shot himself in a bedroom and that is believed to be his parents bedroom. Family members rushed him to methodist but hes transferred here in Critical Condition. There were four other kids in the house all under the age of 13. Right now police say this was just a terrible accident but they are still asking questions at this hour and that boy is expected to survive. Nbc 10 news. All right. So we didnt win. Were happy to be here with you, but we didnt win. One ticket matched all six numbers in the powerball drawing. It was sold in massachusetts. Ticket sales pushed the jackpot to nearly 759 million. Thats the second largest is u. S. History. 6, 7, 16, 23, 26 and tracy is still shaking her head. And the powerball is 4. Check your tickets and there is one 2 million winner in pennsylvania. One person each in pa and new jersey won a 1 million prize. A man among dozens of people who were hurt in that train crash in upper darby has filed a lawsuit against septa. He claims the train he was on blew right past the station before crashing into another train. More than 30 riders were hurt. The ntsb is now investigating what caused that crash. I suspect one of the things were going to find is we need to invest in mass transit and we need to invest in infrastructure. We need to redouble our efforts because were making up for some lost time. Investigators are now analyzing video of the engineer at the time of the crash. They expect to interview that worker soon. It could take a year before we get any results. Today in Chester County the man accused of killing a teenager during a road rage shooting is scheduled to be formally arraigned. Hes charged with murdering the 18yearold on route 100 in june. Roberson had just graduated high school and was preparing for college. A south jersey father will learn his sentence in late september after making a plea deal in the death of his first son. He pled guilty to aggravated manslaughter murder charges yesterday. He deprived the 3yearold of oxygen. He faces up to 10 years in prison and would have to serve at least 8 and a half years before parole. A second trial was set to begin next month. The plea deal stunned people we talked to. This guy is literally getting away with murder. Its disappointing somebody saying they did this to the child the fact that only ten years will be served is kind of crazy in my mind. His body was found in a park near his home. Prosecutors say d. J. Killed him because his girlfriend didnt like children. 4 04 right now. There are five things you need to know before you head out the door this morning. The delaware access to Justice Commission will unveil an Online Survey but it will be conducting on attitudes about policing. The survey is aimed at improving the relationship between police and the people they serve. People who live near a Nuclear Power plant can puck up peace of mind. People who live, work or go to school within ten miles of the generating station can get free potassium iodide tablets. It protects against harmful radiation during an emergency. And in harrisburg today, a campaign against illegal card skimmers. Ways consumers and businesses can protect themselves from those skimmers often attached to gas pumps and atms. The scammers can steal credit card information. We have a commuter alert due to a track project at 63rd and mall burn. Buses will replace trolleys for the next you days. Paying for parking is once again going mobile in philadelphia. The city announced that the Meter Service will return thisfall. The mobile app allows drivers to pay meters with their smart phone and add more time remotely. The city had the service for several years but had to shut down temporarily after the vendor went out of business. Today well learn more about the new ignition interlock law. Mothers against drunk driving will join officials to discuss the new law and it will change the way first time dui offenders are punished allowing them to have the ignition interlock instead of losing their license. Organizers of the Punkin Chunkin has been cancelled. Both the landowners and the contest organizers are def defendants filed by a woman who was injured last year. Tickets will be refunded within the week. Its game day for the birds. The eagles taking on the dolphins tonight and we will likely see the starters get more playing time tonight and that includes carson wentz. The coach talked about the impact that wentz has on the team. You know, his personality is hes just really, really steady. I mean, hes just steady every day. Hes the same guy every day and thats a good thing because you know exactly what youre going to get. And you foe what youre going to get when you tune in tonight. Watch the birds taking on the dolphins right here. Our coverage begins at 6 00 with exclusive interviews with the team and then kickoff at 7 00. Looking forward to it. How about it . Wait until you walk outside this morning. And i think its going to be a great night for football as well, right, bill henley . We are going to have nice weather for days. Beautiful weather is going to stay with us right on through the weekend. Cape may, the clouds have cleared out. The temperatures have cooled into the 60s this morning and looking in the 50s. 58 in mays landing while cape may is 69 degrees. Also 69 in Atlantic City. Nice and clear at the shore and Atlantic City. In fact, the entire area is clear. Thats why its so much cooler this morning with clear skies and dry air around. The temperatures are in the 50s and 60s. Allentown now 60 degrees and 62 in philadelphia. Things are much cooler than yesterday. 15 degrees cooler for vineland. 13 degrees cooler in delaware and off by 8 in philadelphia. A really pleasant start this morning. Sunshine nice and bright. The temperatures climb from the 60s through the 70s and top out right at 80 degrees in philadelphia. A few high clouds this afternoon. The humidity low, 50s and 60s to start with and up to 73 degrees by later this morning and 76 degrees at 3 00 and the Lehigh Valley, sunny skies ahead. Dont forget your sunglasses. You dont need them right now, but once the sun is up were going to see a lot of it today. Middle 70s for both states at 11 00 this morning. And then near 80 degrees in dellway, delawa delaware. 78 degrees with a general breeze this afternoon. Would you like to see the forecast for the eagles game tonight . Yes. Eagles and the dolphins, 77 degrees. Almost like fall. Almost like its not a preseason game. 74 degrees at 9 00 and by 11 00 in the 60s. Very nice and comfortable. Look at the weekend forecast coming back in just a few minutes. All right. Were already mid season form as far as the weather is concerned. Feels like october. Lets find out whats happening out there on route 1. Jessica boyington has you covered as you head out the door. It doesnt feel like back to school on the roads yet. Really light volume in august. Especially the last two weeks of august. Getting the last few weeks down the shore. So rush hour is really light. The boulevard both directions look good. You can see that north or southbound with no problem. Theres a crash in upper dublin. Fort washington avenue and on the pa turnpike for some construction on the eastbound side right after the turnpike connector but you can see both directions 22 minutes. Back to you. All right. Thank you. Distracted while crossing, a teen is struck by a car right outside a high school and what police say she was doing on the phone at the time and how fellow students are reacting. Someone spray paints a painful message on a minivan and its ten after four. Why the state decision to forgive 30 million in debt is leading to a new problem for a local university. 30 million in loans could be wiped clean for cheyney university. It comes at a cost for the nations oldest historically black college. Theyve agreed to forgive the loans but only if they can maintain a balanced budget the next four years. Students say despite the financial troubles theyre still proud to attend. I heard about that, but like, i still went here because i was like, i already got all my stuff done. Cheyney has until september 1st to submit a plan that addresses its Financial Issues or it could lose its accreditation. School board will create a survey on student privacy on bathrooms and locker rooms. This comes after a lawsuit over the transgender policy. Students who filed the lawsuit claim their privacy was violated when the district allowed transgender students to use rest rooms that corresponded to their gender identities, not their gender at birth. More than 400 students will be getting settled in at the College Campus today and students in the School District will get a chance to meet their school bus drivers. Theyll do practice runs along their routes. Students and parents are encouraged to come out and meet the drivers along the way so theyll be familiar with them when classes start. Am track is taking steps to improve the service at the 30th street station. Am track is now looking to partner with a developer to help make improvements to the station. One of the most critical assets to their national network. Ridership is expected to double by the year 2040. And miss black america will be crowned here in philadelphia this weekend and while it doesnt happen until saturday, the festivities kick off today and heres video from last years event. Contestants arrive in town earlier this week. Theyll meet with the sister hood of miss black america and an saturday well be learned who will be crowned the next miss black america. 425,000 people packed the beach and the boardwalk for the Atlantic City air show. The air force Thunder Birds headlined the event. The air show provides an astronomic boost of about 26 million for the local economy. Its kind of cloudy because that was rather early but it cleared up yesterday afternoon. Got much better and looks to be better even today. Lets check in with bill henley. We were talking about those lingering clouds at the shore yesterday but they have since cleared out and the entire area is clear. Its a little dark right now, but once the sun starts coming up you will see just how clear it is this morning. A live view from here at the studios. 50s in the suburbs. 68 degrees in philadelphia. Lehigh valley dropping into the 50s. Right down to 60 degrees in park side and 63 right now in parkwood. Thats just our starting point. Very dry air. Low humidity riding in on winds that have been coming out of the northwest since last since yesterday morning. Nice light winds just bringing in that dry comfortable air thats going to be staying with us right on through the day and beyond. Here you see the temperatures through a steady warmup. 71 degrees at 9 00. 80 degrees at 3 00 and thats about where were peaking today. The moisture level is going the other direction. Its low this morning. Goes even lower this afternoon and thats not the end of it. It drops down tonight and stays low into tomorrow as the temperatures will climb into the 70s tomorrow afternoon. So some beautiful fall like weather in august. Thats a pretty rare thing to have. Radar and satellite, nothing to show you here, we are in the clear. That wont change during the day today. Clouds and showers. The near showers are offshore so if youre looking for some rain youll have to hop on a boat and spend some time over the oelgs. A f ocean. Were keeping an eye on this. This is harvey, a Tropical Storm heading for the texas coast. Tremendous rainfall for houston and the Central Texas coast. 10 to 15 inches of rain over the coming days. This one looks like its going to make landfall possibly early saturday and become a hurricane before it does. So well be watching harvey. Its less likely to come our way, however. That moisture will stay out of our region. In fact, for an extended period well see lots of sunshine. 80s for philadelphia today. Upper 70s for westchester. Lands dale, doyles town. Look at allentown, 78 degrees and 79 in the east and plenty of sunshine for new jersey. Low 80s and low humidity through the day for new jersey and delaware and at the shore, into the low 80s this afternoon for ocean city. 81 degrees for wilmington. Perfect weather and it continues for the weekend. In fact, those morning temperatures will be even cooler than this morning in the 50s and very low 60s in the city. 77 degrees in the afternoon saturday for philadelphia and the suburbs. 76 in the Lehigh Valley. The jersey shore, 77. And the beautiful weather continues for sunday too with afternoon temperatures right back in the upper 70s. All right. Thank you. Check in on friends in the houston area if you have them. Lets check in with jessica. Time to put me to work. This is near Gloucester City. Look ahead right here, some flashing lights. Looks like we have cones out too, so a little bit of a lane restriction there. Nothing reported but it does look like construction right here. But it doesnt matter because no problems or delays moving by the scene. This is the northbound side or at least the side thats going to take you to philadelphia. So far, no problems or backups on to the 42 freeway. Theres a crash though out in upper dublin right around Fort Washington avenue and some construction in langhorne. Ill keep my eyes on that and ill have an update on the rest of the roads when i come back. 4 19 right now. Culture of abuse. Those are the allegations against a pennsylvania high school. A new video of a runin with a student that is being used as evidence and why parents say officers went too far. And 20 minutes past 4 00 right now. Winning back, samsung unveils a new home and hopes customers will give them a Second Chance following that massive recall. And an expert lays out what the powerball winner should do now that theyve hit the jackpot. 4 22 right now. A little more than two weeks away from the launch of the ben franklin parkways centennial celebration. 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The smart phone has taken over such a central focal point of our computing life and that is why the price continues to go up and they continue to put more innovation in these mobile devices versus pcs and laptops. Amazons bid to take over whole foods is a step closer to happening. Regulators say they wont block the acquisition which clears the way for the deal which amazon says it hopes to wrap up by the end of the year. Amazon would take over the chains 460 stores and get data about its shoppers. A dangerous chat. How a phone distraction led a teen into the path of danger on the road. A beautiful start. Look at the flags going. Thats dry air thats rushing into the our ya allowing for a cool start this morning. Were in the 50s and 60s. 68 degrees in philadelphia. Your neighborhood forecast is coming up. But first, Jessica Boyington is in the first alert traffic center. Well, were watching out in Gloucester City right now. 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A lot of this during the day. 68 in philadelphia. No clouds in the suburbs. Youll find 50s in new jersey. The Lehigh Valley right at 60 degrees. The winds are calm and 62 degrees to start with in delaware. Bright sunshine and afternoon temperatures that will peak in the low 70s and low 80s. On the cool side for philadelphia. 82. 78 degrees in the suburbs and 70s for the Lehigh Valley. New jersey looking at low 80s inland and at the shore with plenty of sunshine today. Delaware, sunny and 81 degrees this afternoon. Ill go through it hour by hour for each part of our area when i come back in a few minutes but first Jessica Boyington is watching first alert traffic. We look good and its on the side of 95. Everything east and westbound looks great. Just a few cars heading up and over the bridge and lets look atz the rest of the bridges too. Betsy ross bridge, look for some construction but not causing any major problems. The Burlington Bristol also clear following construction where we had alternating lanes and single traffic in either direction. Thats all clear this morning too. 76 at market street, looks like they removed the construction. We had it here in the left hand lane. All clear right now. Back to you. This morning were following breaking news in south philadelphia where an 11yearold boy accidentally shot himself in the face while playing with a gun. It happened at a home along south hicks street. The boy is in Critical Condition right now and is expected to survive. A 14yearold chatting on her phone walks right into the path of a car. This all happened right outside the high school. Were joined live from the school. Katy, what are you learning about the girls condition . Reporter police tell us her injuries are, quote, very serious. In fact, last night she was transferred from a local hospital to chirps hospital of philadelphia. Investigators say the teenager was on her way here to the school for cheer leading practice but she was distracted as she was walking because they say she was face timing on her phone. Take a look at the video. This is the car that police say hit the teenage girl as she was walking tohe