Now arriving, more relief for passengers caught in the septa Regional Rail slowdown. More replacement train cars will be in Service Starting this morning. Nbc 10 news starts now. Good morning. This is nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. Lets begin at 4 30 with meteorologist bill henley. He has your first alert neighborhood forecast, a look at conditions right where you live. Bill . Tracy, were getting a warm are start by a few degrees this morning. The skies, still nice and clear. 68 degrees in philadelphia. The suburbs, yesterday we saw them cool into the 50s. Thats a possibility again today. 63 degrees right now and 65 in new jersey. The Lehigh Valley at 64 degrees and delaware in the low 70s for wilmington, wilmington will see a warmup from 70 degrees right now to 75 degrees atc 9 00 and0 degrees at 7 00. We will see those numbers climb into the 80s this afternoon. Sevenday forecast always scrolling at the bottom of the screen. Within i come back, well go through the day hour by hour. First, Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. Thank you, bill. We are watching the schuylkill expressway this morning. We had an earlier tractortrailer that had overturned on the westbound side right around university avenue. You can still see we have all lanes completely blocked headed westbound right now. A lot of crew on the scene trying to get this situation under control and out of the way. So for right now, they are diverting traffic off right around vare avenue. If youre trying to get to the schuylkill expressway westbound this morning, youll be detoured. You can take the detour through vare avenue. Were not seeing a lot of traffic in the surrounding areas because it is still early still. Get on 95, take the vine street expressway and get back to the schuylkill westbound in that way. Right now, no big delays around the scene, it just might add extra time to your morning commute. 4 32. Center city hotel scare. Philadelphia police say they found a bombmaking material on the roof of the Bellevue Hotel. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live outside the hotel. Matt, have police made any arrests there yet . Thats right, tracy, two arrests have been made as of last night. In fact, just a couple moments ago i did see also a couple of Philadelphia Police officers walking out of the bellevue. The Investigation Continues at this hour. Take a look at what it looked like last night. A lot more activity here at that time, around 10 30, skyforce 10 over the bellevue. Police activity on the ground but its what they found on the roof that is of the biggest concern. As we mentioned, a man and woman were taken away from questioning after they were caught with smoke bombs and chemicals that police say could be used to make pipe bombs. Now, the bellevue was not evacuated and at this point its still unclear what those two suspects were doing on the roof of this building, what their motive was for having these devices up there. Of course, the Investigation Continues and as i mentioned, police have been in and out of the bellevue since we have been here parked in front of the hotel for the past hour and a half or so. The investigation still under way. Well let you know what happens. Live in center city, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. On a story we first brought you last night, a 15yearold boy died overnight after getting shot following a basketball game. Two other teens were hurt. Skyforce 10 over the scene in southwest philadelphia around 10 00 last night. Police tell us the victims just finished a game on the playground at 61st and baltimore when a gunman jumped out of an alley and started shooting. There are no arrests. The latest on the septa slowdown. The riders will see more trains as the agency tries to ease congestion. Septa yesterday added leased trains from new Jersey Transit and amtrak. The agency also put a modified schedule into place after taking a third of its cars off the rails last week because of a structural defect. Septa says its running about 200 fewer trains a day than on a normal weekday. We will continue to make adjustments. Well continue to work on leasing additional equipment. Well continue to look at even potentially doing some kind of express busing. Thats also being looked at by septa. Nbc 10 has learned that starting today, septa will use five train cars leased from maryland. Septa is also looking to get more equipment possibly from bostonc or the midwest. The agency is spending more than 19,000 a week to rent cars from the maryland area rail Commuter Train Service or m. A. R. C. They are paying amtrak more than 16,000 a week to lease two locomotives and five cars. Its 4 35. Happening today, president obama, Vice President biden and former president george w. Bush plan to attend a Memorial Service in dallas for the officers killed in last weeks sniper ambush. Hundreds of people paid their respects to the five officers at a candle light vigil in dallas last night. Police leaders call for peace and unity between officers and the community. Five officers were killed thursday night during a march protesting recent Police Involved shootings across the country. The expected gunman, micah johns johnson, they are trying to find out what drove him to kill five officers and wound nine others plus two civilians. On friday, loved ones will gather for the funeral of an africanamerican man shot to death by police in baton rouge, louisiana. Alton sterlings death was captured on video sparking protests across the nation. The American Civil Liberties union is blasting the police in baton rouge. The aclu said officers used violent military tactics on Peaceful Protesters there. In minnesota, prosecutors will be filing riot charges against protesters who stormed on to a highway in st. Paul over the weekend. The Police Killing of a black man there ignited that demonstration. How to create peace and cooperation between police and the communities they serve. A Camden County man thinks he has the answer. Ahead, hear about his pics for Peace Program and how it works. Preparing for the dnc, in less than two weeks, philadelphia will host the democrats. Ahead, hear why theyre taking out a Million Dollar insurance policy. 4 37. 67 degrees. Looking live from center city. Were in for sunshine today. There are changes ahead. Your hour by hour forecast just ahead. When its summer you can just feel it. But it also leaves your feet feeling rough. Amope keeps you sandalready with the pedi perfect. It buffs away hard skin to reveal salon pedicure smoothness. Feel the difference for yourself. 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They are diverting traffic off around vare avenue. 0 so you can take that as aur alternate and get back on the schuylkill expressway further down. Theres not a lot of traffic in the surrounding areas because its still early. Thats good news there. Take broad street, get to the vine street expressway that way or take 95 anywhere to get to the vine back to the schuylkill expressway westbound will be your best bet. As soon as this becomes open, well be the first to let you know. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. 19 minutes before 5 00. 67 degrees. Heading out right now, youre heading out into clear skies. It is running warmer this morning. Not a lot warmer, just a little bit warmer. The humidity will be on the increase during the day. That is coming with southerly winds. Thats a shift from yesterday. That will keep things dry but warmer this evening as well. But overall, pretty nice summer day. Right now, 60s for the Lehigh Valley. The suburbs, 70 degrees in delaware while philadelphia and south jersey have dropped in the 60s. Well see these numbers turn around in a her by hurry. Look at yatglenn. There are cooler spots. Most areas are dry, because no showers until we get to tomorrow. Thats the earliest chance. There are a few scattered clouds moving through the area. Those will keep on going, clearing the way for sunshine and another warm summer day. Just a bit warmer than yesterday. 69 in philadelphia. At 7 00, well be in the low 80s before lunch time today. Then middle 80s this afternoon. Look at the suburbs, sunny skies and well go from the 60s at 7 00 to 80 degrees by 11 00. The Lehigh Valley will see a big warmup as well with partly to mostly sunny skies. 80 at 11 00, 85 degrees at 00 this afternoon. For delaware, plenty of sunshine. 60s and low 70s this morning. The humidity a little bit higher by 11 00 and into the middle 80s. It will definitelyc feel warme than yesterday. New jersey will see the warmup as well with the southerly winds. The 80s will be in play at 11 00 and into the middle 80s by 3 00. For the shore, the temperatures will be held back as the air comes in off of the ocean. It will be a warm afternoon with lots of sunshine, too. Thats today. Theres the sevenday forecast at the bottom of the screen. When i come back in ten minutes, your tenday on ten. Tracy . Look forward to that. Next, hear why the department of licenses and inspections is so concerned about art housed inside the Curtis Center. The sentence is in for a philadelphia principal charged in a School Cheating scandal. Hear how much jail time shes expected to serve and why. Longhorns grilled tastes of summer. Our new smoky pepper crusted filet. Our new hawaiian salmon. And our famous outlaw ribeye. But hurry, summer doesnt last forever. Only at longhorn steakhouse. You cant fake steak. 4 45. Now to decision 2016. Weeks after the last primary, the battle between the two rivals for the democratic nomination appears as though it will come to an end today. Most campaigns say Bernie Sanders will join the Presumptive Democratic nominee where he is expected to endorse here. New hampshire is a state sanders won by a wide margin during the primaries. He pressed clinton to support raising the minimum wage to 15 an hour. The republican chairman of two u. S. House committees are asking the Justice Department to investigate whether clinton lied to congress during testimony about her use of a private email server. They claim evidence fromc the fbis investigation contradicts her testimony about whether or not she sent or received emails marked classified. Weve learned that philadelphia has taken out a 1. 2 million insurance policy for the Democratic National convention. Its common practice for host cities to guard against lawsuits the city could face because of Police Actions during the convention. The plan is being paid for by the department of justice security grant. Center City Tech Company curalate will bring the dnc to people around the globe. Curalate going to power, Digital Engagement for the convention and give them the ability to activate this content and capture the content in a very compelling way. The Convention Committee says the partnership with cuarlate will allow them to streamline User Engagement and User Generated Content from convention participants. Donald trump hits the campaign trail in virginia. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie joined trump. Other names on the top of the list for Vice President , Newt Gingrich and indiana governor mike pence. He will attend a rally in indianapolis today. Trump is expected to make that pick by the end of the week. Were now less than a week away from the start of the Republican National convention. 4 48. A Camden County man hopes his hash tag, pics for peace will help promote calm and understanding. Hes a wmmr intern. On friday he spent some time with winslows police chief george smith. In that moot egg chief smith announced the department will launch officer body cameras next week. Its something that fuchs wants for Police Across the country. Office. Were not here to confess to a crime. We didnt do anything. Were trying to start a conversation to fix whats wrong in america right now. We made it on to a website. I think it was really neat. The idea of the hash tag pics for peace is to take a picture with a Police Officer or anyone of a different race or nationality and then post it. Bill cosby is replacing his legal team in the civil cases against him. The criminal team is not changing. Cosby faces civil cases around the country linked to accusations that he drugged and molested women. Lawsuits in pennsylvania, california and massachusetts accused cosby of branding women liars. Cosby replaced one los angeles power House Law Firm with another l. A. Firm famous for its work in entertainment law. Now, this does not impact the Montgomery County criminal case. In Montgomery County today, concerns about water contamination will be on the agenda in upper dublin township. Officials from aqua water plan to attend a Public Meeting where theyll talk about toxins found in the water supply that may be linked to contamination from the old willow grove navalc air station. 10 before 5 00. Lets get you out the door. Weve been watching that problem on westbound schuylkill expressway and university city. Jessica boyington has been watching that. Jessica . Thats right, tracy. We are still seeing all lanes blocked off on the schuylkill westbound around university. It looks like we are seeing improvements. Actually just like that, all traffic actually looks like its starting to be allowed to move through the area. Thats just happened within the last few seconds. It looks like the westbound side of the schuylkill is back open this morning. We still have Police Activity on the scene. One lane getting by. Earlier all traffic was being diverted off around vare avenue. We were seeing delays just a little bit there as people make their way on vare and through the city. If you want to be safe for right now, you can still take an alternate. Theres not a lot of traffic in the surrounding areas. Take 95 to the vine street expressway and access the schuylkill expressway that way. Well have more updates for you. It looks like the schuylkill expressway might be headed westbound. Updates when i come back. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Nine minutes before 5 00. Cooling down right now. 60s for the Lehigh Valley and the suburbs. Delaware is at 70 degrees. South jersey at 65. In the 60s for philadelphia, too. Running cooler in some spots. Middle 60s for fleetwood while reading is at 62 degrees. Walnutport is 60 degrees in the Lehigh Valley. Easton, bethlehem in the low 60s. Thats to start with. Theres a live view from easton, Lehigh Valley, notice there are a few high clouds in this picture. You can see it in this view from cape may as well. Thats a live view from the marina. Those clouds, thin clouds, no rain clouds here. Those clouds are showing up on the satellite and the radar together. The radar not picking up any moisture coming out of those clouds. The clouds will move through the area. Youll see the motion of the last hour of the clouds heading to the south. The clouds are heading to the south. The winds have shifted, coming from the south. That will increase the moisture during the day today and make temperatures go up a little bit. Your tenday on ten for today, 87 degrees this afternoon. Partly to mostly sunny skies. A little bit muggier than yesterday. The humidity continues to increase tomorrow and tomorrow well see a better chance of showers and thunderstorms in the area. Near 90 degrees tomorrow and then its into the 90s, starting wednesday. And well into the 90s. 94 the high temperature. Showers and thunderstorms likely again on thursday. Well get a break from the showers on friday. But not from the heat. In fact, were in for another heat wave. 94 degrees friday. Saturday afternoon, not quite as hot but still into the 90s. Then showers and thunderstorms will help keep temperatures down for sunday. It may drop them for much of next week as well. Its a good change from the tenday yesterday. 87 degrees sunday afternoon. By monday, were in the upper 80s. Thats typical summer heat and so close to the 90 degree mark for tuesday and wednesday. But a chance of some showers for both days. In fact, a chance of showers again on thursday, up to 88 degrees. Thanks for that, bill. Philadelphia department of licenses and inspections shut down construction at the Curtis Center to protect an historic mural inside. The 100 mural glass mosaic dream garden is featured in the lobby of the society hill lobby. Philadelphia police and Homeland Security officers are both investigating a hotel scare in center city. Next if a live rdport at 5 00, well tell you what was found on the roof of the Bellevue Hotel and why Law Enforcement officials are concerned. Plus, from the pages of a comic book to the a special appearance in Montgomery County, find out why spiderman was washing windows and raising spirits. The worst thing about toilet germs . They dont stay in the toilet. Disinfect your bathroom with lysol bathroom trigger. Lysol power foamer. And lysol toilet bowl cleaner. They kill 99. 9 of germs including e. Coli. To clean and disinfect in and out of the toilet. Lysol that. Good morning, everyone. Jessica boyington watching first alert traffic right now. Were checking out the roads in cherry hill, new jersey, route 70 around kings highway. No problems or delays here. Well have updates on the schuylkill expressway when i come back. Four minutes before 5 00 right now. A former Philadelphia School administrator will not go to jail for her role in a cheating scandal. Evelyn cortez was the principal of cayuga elementary school. The judge sentenced her to seven years probation for tampering and conspiracy and another three years on perjury charges. Cortez pleaded guilty to charges that she changed students test answers and even gave some answers. She publicly reprimanded teachers and students who did not want to participate in the cheating. A popular south jersey chef faces more child pornography charges. A judge rulenh alexander capass should remain in jail. He faces new charges of conspireing to sexually exploit two children. They arrested him last july along with his exgirlfriend. He worked atc restaurants in cullings wood and philadelphia. Pennsylvania lawmakers could be close to finalizing a new 31 billion budget. Republicans in charge of the state senate said an agreement is close but could not give details. The gop lawmakers worked overnight to put together a revenue package to fill in deficits in the bill. Governor tom wolf allowed the spending plan to become law at midnight without his signature. The move will keep money flowing to schools and other programs. Harrisburg remains divided when it comes to abortion. Yesterday the state senate panel approved new restrictions on elective abortions despite a veto threat from governor wolf. The house passed the abortion bill last month. It would ban elective abortions after 20 weeks compared to 24 weeks under current law. Authorities issue warning about the pokemon go reality game. It uses your devices gps to have animated creatures appear virtually in the real world around you. Gamers are being urged to watch where they were going. I was tempted to run out and catch it but i thought of my life. What would a pikachu dofy was dead. Police arrested three suspects for allegedly using pokemon to lure Armed Robbery victims even private information can be stolen. The app collects your ip address, your location and even your google account if you use one to sign up. Although i have been look for pokemon in here. Be careful you dont run into a camera. A superhero surprise for some local children. Helped brighten the day of young patients who needed a pick me up. Take a look. Window washers from jenkintown greeted patients at c. H. O. P. Specialty care and Surgery Center in king of prussia. They were dressed as spiderman and captain america. The window washers have been dressing up and surprising patients at c. H. O. P. s main hospital the past five years now. I love the kids trying to touch them. Yes. Thats a stressful job to be hanging off the ledge of a building. Thats pretty cool. Theyre good sports. Youre watching nbc 10. Nbc 10 news today at 5 00 a. M. Starts right now. Right now on nbc 10 news today, a hotel scare in center city philadelphia. A man and a woman are now in custody after police found them with smoke bombs on top of a hotel. Were live on the scene with with whatted and whats next. Take a look at this. Firefighters in Camden County working to put out the flames that broke out at a strip mall. Well tell you where this happened and what crews are doing now. When did he know . Thats a question that could be answered today in regards to joe paterno and the sex abuse case involving former coach jerry sandusky. Hear why an insurance lawsuit could help shed light on the biggest scandal in school history. Nbc 10 news starts now. Good morning and almost to nbcne