Yes can hold off on the falllike thoughts for a couple more days at least. We had some cool mornings. It was nice. Look, its still summer officially. Lets enjoy it. Meteorologist bill henley is here with his first alert forecast. Summer until the 23rd of september. It will feel like sumner a big way over the next few days. Warm and muggy this morning already, were tracking scattered light showers in delaware, south jersey and reaching into south philadelphia. Very light rainfall here. Its not going to last all day. The clouds, those will be staying with us for much of the morning. Its a clear view from the comcast center, 77 degrees at 6 00. By 9 00 it will be up to 80 degrees. Mostly cloudy at noontime, 86. I expect to see the sun break throthahis afternoon. That will finish the link between the 80s and 90s this afternoon. Well warm back into the lower 90s today. Well go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood to show you where the 90s will hit when im back in ten minutes. If youre heading out the door, Jessica Boyington is watching the roads. Were looking at 9 aaround cottman avenue. Everything moving along just fine. Southbound in here, you can see a lane restriction. Its actually that righthand shoulder with that ongoing construction work. Just something to watch out for. Its not setting anybody back as of yet. We still have a 13minute drive time southbound up towards the vine street expressway. On the blue route, were moving along nicely. All greene, 15 minutes northbound or southbound from 95 up towards the schuylkill expressway. And mass transit in the clear so far for the morning. Well have more updates for mass transit and the area bridges coming up in the next ten. Chris and tracy. Nbc 10 is on the scene of breaking news this morning. This takes us to the kensington neighborhood of philadelphia where there was a row home fire. Firefighters got a good jump on this one, though, they put it out pretty quickly, thankfully before it could spread to neighboring structures. This is the 3,000 block of arbor street. The fire started just before 4 00 a. M. Its all under control. We dont even see the light smoke we saw ten minutes ago. You can see there, it looks like the one home that was affected was pretty well gutted by that. The fire was heavy, they say, on the second floor. No reports of injuries. Well let you know if anything significant develops with this. 4 33. A hit and run crash killed a Philadelphia Police officer. He was off duty when his motorcycle was hit by another car on roosevelt boulevard. Now, the driver of that car took off but fellow officers caught up with him a short distance away. Nbc 10s katy zachry is live at 12th district headquarters. What do we know about the suspect . No ones been charged yet,c right . Reporter ten minutes ago i got off the phone with philadelphia accident investigators who reiterated that, no one has been charged yet. They say their suspect who is in Police Custody is in his late 50s and from the philadelphia area. Now, that man is accused of hitting Philadelphia Police car rather Philadelphia Police officer lamar poole who was off duty yesterday afternoon when he was riding his motorcycle. The crash happened at devereaux street and roosevelt boulevard. Investigators say the suspects silver toyota turned in front of officer pooles motorcycle. The 19year police veteran was thrown from the vehicle and died from head injuries a short time later. Now, according to witnesses, the driver got out of the car for a minute right after the crash, looked at what happened and then drove away. We had a couple witnesses, one being a tow truck driver who followed the vehicle helped out big time and followed the car, turned the car in, called the police. Reporter an update from accident investigators this morning is the suspect has not been charged yet but if he is charged, hes likely facing dui charges as well as leaving the scene of an accident among other charges. Coming up at 5 00, ill tell you why the community here in southwest philadelphia is taking this loss so personally. Reporting live in southwest philly, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. Its been a tough summer, a tough past ten days for the Philadelphia Police department. Theyre grieving officer pooles death at the same time theyre still grieving the loss of another officer killed in an offduty crash. Sergeant rafael ali died nine days ago when his pickup truck crashed into a tree in roxborough. Police are looking at whether the sergeant fell asleep at the wheel. Sergeant ali was a tenyear veteran of the force. And a Police Officer in Delaware County is recovering at home now after he was shot in the line of duty over the weekend. c ridley park officer marc hanly was released from a hospital yesterday. He was shot as he and his partner were handling a suicide call in norwood. The officers were trying to talk to the suspect, darrel burt. The officer showing us his bulletproof vest stopped a bullet to the chest. He also got shot in the leg there. If i didnt have my vest on, we wouldnt be here for this party. Im alive. Very thankful for that. Burt faces atelled murder, aggravated assault and weapons charges. Coming up later this morning, well have what officer hanly said about getting back into the uniform. 4 36. From our delaware bureau, a father is facing charges after his gun went off accidentally, shooting his 2yearold daughter. The toddler suffered a leg wound at a home in oceanview, Sussex County early yesterday. Investigators say Joseph Jenkins gunfired while he was showing it to his wife. Police arrested jenkins on assault and child endangerment. Be not afraid within thats what the head of the Catholic Church in philadelphia is saying to people concerned about the popes upcoming visit. Archbishop Charles Chaput wrote an editorial yesterday. He called the popes visit to philadelphia, quote, a moment in history that should not be missed. The archbishop reminded people that mary, joseph and jesus didnt worry about travel and security issues. Visitors next month should not worry either. He wrote, theres a natural temptation to focus on the inconvenience and challenging of a mass gathering. When that happens, some can begin to wonder if the effort to come to center city is worth the time and energy. I promise you that it is. He continued, this is a moment of grace, memories will be made. The world meeting of families will be spectacular. Nothing can stop that other than our ownunwillingness to take part in something spectacular. The ceremony is scheduled for this evening for hallowell elementary school. Heres the school, about 300 students go there right now. The new bulling will handle more than twice that number when it opens next year. Well talk about a close call. This next story you have to see. This is all that is left of a surfboard after a shark decided it was time to eat. Ahead, the woman on that board is talking about the attack and how she got away. Also ahead, sign of the times. Uber is giving philadelphias taxi cabs a run for their money. See how cab drivers are trying to level the playing field. A muggy morning an a cloudy one, too. Thats a live view from the loews hotel. Right now 78 degrees at 4 38. Your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast just ahead. Patients recently rated their Care Experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid. 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Though we start off with clouds and theyll be around through this morning into the afternoon. Well get lateday sunshine and thats when the temperatures will pop into the lower 90s. Right now we have a hunt for a few breaks in the clouds. And for a few scattered light showers, too. Futurecast shows by noontime, still mostly cloudy. Well start to see some thinning of the clouds. We have some sunshine and it will be in the middle 80s by lunch time today. Later this afternoon, there go the clouds taking a break. Its 5 00 this afternoon. Thats when well likely be in the low 90s. Pocono mountains, low 80s this afternoon. 89 for reading while quakertown tops out at 87 degrees. A muggy day for doylestown, trenton and mount holly. Mount holly up to c90 degrees. 90 for vineland but not quite there for rehoboth and cape may both up to 87 degrees this afternoon. Sunshine will break through later today for narberth, philadelphia and williamstown, up to 90 degrees. This is not the end of the 90s. There are more on the way. Sevenday forecast to show you how long the heat wave will last when im back in ten minutes. Well look forward to that, sort of, bill, thank you. 4 41. Hopefully youre looking forward to starting your workweek. Lets see how your ride to the job the workweek the place where you do that work. On the vine street expressway, lets check that. Jessica boyington is watching the vine street expressway. Its a long weekend for some of us as well. We head out the door to the vine street expressway, right around 16th street on the westbound side, ongoing construction right in here. Theyre blocking out that righthand lane. All cars being forced to squeeze on by to the lefthand side with one lane. The drive time still unaffected by that. We done the have a lot around the area. Tons of traffic and volume. Westbound 95 up towards the schuylkill expressway, a threeminute trip. No problems there. The eastbound side headed toward 95 is great as well. 95 headed southbound, no increase yet from woodhaven road up towards the vine street expressway within 13 minutes. The schuylkill is doing great and so is the blue route. Jessica, thanks. 4 42. 2015 sure seems like the summer of the shark. Take a look at this. This is what happens when a great white gets too close to a surfer. How the woman escaped, thats coming up. Its the tallest mountain in north america but dont call it mt. Mckinley. Next, hear why the land mshlg has a brand new name. Padres Quarterback Tom Brady will be in court again today. A court could rule whether the nfl was justified in suspaing him. Brady is suing the nfl for sidelining him for four games because of the deflategate scandal. Either side could appeal the judges ruling, which told them to reach an agreement. Police in bangkok said theyre looking for two us in suspect following the arrest of one suspect saturday. Police found bombmaking materials at an apartment in that same neighborhood. The blast at a hindu shrine killed nearly two dozen people and wounded more than 100. One of the american heroes who thwarted that train attack in france is speaking publicly now that hes out of the hospital. Mark moogalian is a virginian who teaches english in french schools. He was one of four americans and a britt who disarmed that man. He remembers locking eyes with his wife aboard the train thinking it was the last time he would see her. He will receive frances legion of honor. An arizona woman faces two counts of homicide after investigators say she drown her twin toddler boys. Investigators say the woman said she intentionally tried to drown both boys in the bathtub and another child but was stopped by family members. Investigators have not determined why the woman did that. Things are back to normal this morning in newark after a scare at the airport last night. Part of the airport was evacuated when police say a man got into a secure hallway. The man was stopped by customs and Border Protection agents. Nothing dangerous was found at the airport. Shell hear from the public during a town hall meeting in seneca falls, the same place where the original Womens Rights Convention was held in 1848. Back in june you remember treasury secretary announced the ten dollar bill would be redesigned with an official decision on which woman would be on the bill expected sometime in the fall. President obama closes out an International Conference on Global Leadership in the Alaskan Arctic today. Hes the first sitting president to visit that part of alaska. Climate change will be the focus of todays meeting which will highlight the most urgent issues the arctic region is facing. Scientists say the average glacier will lose 30 inches of thickness on average. There are 30,000 glaciers. They are shrinking and losing mass. The states godgiven natural treasures are now at risk. The political debate surrounds how to balance Environmental Protection with economic development. What was once mt. Mckinley in alaska is now denali. The name change is effective immediately. It stands for great one. Id like to thank the president for working with us to achieve this significant change to show honor, respect and gratitude to the people of alaskan. Alaskans have informally been calling the mountain by its native name for years. She thought it was a harmless dolphin. No, no, no. A california woman now knows that. It was a shark and it was hungry. Look what it did to her surfboard. Eleanor dempsey escaped that shark attack on saturday. She was with a group of surfers when she noticed a dark shadow in the water a few feet beneath her. The body was right here, literally next to me. Time sort of stopped. I thought it was a dolphin. It was the color of a dolphin. Well, it was not a dolphin. Dempsey said she swamc for sho, never looking back, terrified that the shark was right on her heels. She wasnt hurt. Officials posted warning signs with an animated shark urging people to stay out of the water for 72 hours. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. 11 minutes before 5 00. Clouds are with us, not too many showers. This is a dry view from center city. Right now were looking at temperatures that are warm for this time of year. Its dropped to 67 degrees. Thats in the pocono mountains. Should be in the 50s this time of year. 77 in northeast philadelphia and Atlantic City is warm at 75 degrees. No wind right now here at the nbc 10 studios. The wind has died down. It will stay light for most the day. Clouds, theyll stay through the morning hours. Its this afternoon well start to see some clearing. Thats going to take most of the day. It will be a cloudy start at bus stop for those heading back to school. 72 degrees in the suburbs. 77 degrees in the city and a hot afternoon. Once the clouds break through, thats when the temperatures will peak in the upper 80s and low 90s later today. It goes hotter tomorrow. Mugginess and 94 after a morning low of 71 degrees. More sunshine tomorrow and that sunshine will heat things up to the middle 90s for wednesday and thursday. Then, finally, a break of sorts. 89 degrees. Could see showers and thunderstorms friday. Certainly do need the rainfall. Then the storms take a break for the weekend, along with the high heat, well see upper 80s saturday and sunday. All right, bill, thanks for that. Lets check your ride to work. Bill mentioned it there. Its something we should bear in mind if youre hitting the road this time of year, he starting to see the School Traffic be reintroduced into your normal driving pattern. That could mean a little longer route for those of you headed, of course, not at this time of the morning but later in the morning. Definitely. This is one of the last few weeks. A lot of schools start this next following week. Thisc will be the last week we see the summer lull. For right now were okay. Lets not get ahead of ourselves. Route 1 around roberts avenue, looking okay, all lanes open north or southbound. If youll head to the schuylkill expressway, youll get there just fine. On 422, the cars are green and theyre moving. Eastbound from 29 up towards the schuylkill expressway, thats where we see a jam in the morning hours. Right now its a little early for that. Still an eightminute trip. No problem there, westbound looking okay as well. As for mass transit, we currently have no problems for patco, new Jersey Transit or septa. Next few minutes we check in with the pa tornado pike. Chris . More than 4,000 runners came out for an annual 10k in philadelphia. Runners were treated to a postrace festival where those of age got a complimentary beer and a doughnut. I dont think you had to be of age to have the doughnut. I think everyone got that. They had a deejay, yoga and food there to entertain the crowd. The race helps support Community Development in philadelphia. From our delaware bureau, the States National guard is celebrating its 360th anniversary today. The guard was known as the militia when it formed in 1655 under swedish rule. Governor markell and senators carper and coons are expected to attend a ceremony later this morning. 360 years old. Right now, the Philadelphia Police department is in mourning for the second time in almost a week. An offduty officer was hit and killed by a driver yesterday. Next in a live report, well detail what happened exactly and how Police Tracked down that driver. And on decision 2016, we have new poll numbers about the candidates and the news not looking great for the clinton camp. Next, youll hear why experts say its too early to panic. 4 55. Happening today, African Partner nations are visiting joint base mcguiredixlakehurst. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is defending his email use during the jersey jam scandal against comparisons to Hillary Clintons use of a private server. The republican president ial candidate called for clinton to be prosecuted. Host Chris Wallace asked christie about his own private email account as well as the deletion of Text Messages during the investigation of the George Washington bridge lane closure scandal. Everything ive done as governor has been an open book and ive answered any question. Can you hold mrs. Clinton to that standard . I volcano seen it. The American People need to know they with v a president who will be honest, open and direct. Mrs. Clinton is 180 degrees opposite of that. The state department allowed her use of personal email but it wasnt the best choice. Big news from an iowa poll. Clintons lead among the democrats are drastically shrinking. Bernie sanders is gaining strength. On the republican side, donald trump continues to lead the pack. Trump may still launch a third party run or stay with the gop. Trumps strength inside the republican primary is an expression of the complete and absolute and utter contempt of Republican Voters towards the political establishment of the republican party. And in the latest poll, 14 of democratic voters said they would back joe biden even though he still hasnt announced whether hes running. Lawmakers in harrisburg will consider to let Ride Sharing Companies like uber into philadelphia. The new legislation would require drivers to meet requirements on insurance, Vehicle Safety and accident reports. Taxi drivers are already suffering because ofc uber because of the Philadelphia Business journal. The taxi industry is looking to create an ubertype app to be more competitive. They gave it their best shot. They fell just a few runs short. The kids from lewisberry jumped out to a 102 lead with this grand slam. Then japan came back with a threerun homer right there. The last chance for pennsylvania, the slow roller to short was the ball game. And ecstasy for the japanese kids. Tears for the u. S. Champs. Japan wins it, 1811. What a game. The taney dragons were there in support. Great to see them. Thats the first time a Pennsylvania Team played in the finals in 25 years. It was still a great season for Redland Little League out of york county. They should be very proud. Youre watching nbc 10 news. Nbc 10 news today at 5 00 a. M. Starts right now. Nbc 10 news starts now. A Philadelphia Police officer killed in an offduty crash, investigators believe the other driver may have been drunk. This morning, were asking if that driver will face charges. Another step in preparing for the pope. Well tell you whats happening today to focus on the fun and not the inconvenience of septembers papal visit. Were already off to a bit of a warm start this morning. 78 degrees. A live looj at center city. We have clouds out there. Well climb into the 90s today. The start of a rather sizzling stretch as we head into september. Good morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today on the final day of august. Im chris cato. Im tracy davidson. Lets find out more about this sizzling stretch with meteorologist bill henley and his first alert forecast. Bill . Made it into the 90s yesterday. That will likely happen again this afternoon. This morning, tracking some very light showers in delaware and south jersey andc a few rain drops have made it into pennsylvania, too. Just barely into southern chester county, New Castle County seeing light rain drops along i95 and gloucester and camden counties, into burlington county. Light rainfall. Those showers wont last all day. Theyll end, well see clouds through the morning and sunshine breaks out this afternoon, especially late this afternoon. Thats when temperatures will peak into the upper 80s and low 90s. Ill show you which areas will stay in the 80s, not make it into the 90s when i come back in ten minutes with your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast. Right now, Jessica Boyington is standing by with your first alert traffic. Jessica . Were on the 42 freeway around the runnemede area and the new jersey turnpike exit. Right in here northbound, if youre headed towards philadelphia or 295, youll move along just fine. A fiveminute drive time northbound from 55 up towards that point at the walt whitman bridge. Currently no problems on the walt as well and the pa turnpike is moving along great. So even through the work zone, most of those are clearing out of the way as its 5 00 in the morning now. Westbound, eastbound, no problems. Nice and smooth, 23 minutes from route 1 up toward valley forge. If youre heading out the door on patco and new Jersey Transit, so far youll not have a problem. Septa, tenminute delay for
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