Parts this morning but its a cloudy morning almost everywhere else in the area and theres fog to talk about. 5 30. 52 degrees outside. Welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. Im vai sikahema. Sprinkles and scattered showers in some places, dry in other places. Lets get our start with meteorologist bill henley and our neighborhood weather forecast. Not everyone seeing the rainfall. Most areas just cloudy, philadelphia, peoplelmberton. The steadiest rain along i78. Reading into northern berks county, Lehigh Valley, thats where were getting rainfall. In fact, moderate showers along allentown. This line of showers will not last all day. Should be fizzling later this morning. The clouds will be hanging in there for areas north and west. Heres your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast. Cloudy skies to start with in philadelphia. Should be dry by lunch time. 61 and 64 degrees. A chance of lateday sunshine in philadelphia. For the suburbs, mainly cloudy. Those isolated showers this morning, 52, 57 degrees by lunch time. In the Lehigh Valley, a bit of rain to start with but it doesnt last. By lunch time were looking at cloudy skies. Those clouds will persist into the afternoon hours. For delaware, well start off with clouds. By lunch time, 60 degrees and breaks of sunshine this afternoon. Those breaks ofc sunshine are even more likely in new jersey by 4 00 this afternoon, 64 degrees. At the shore, winds are still coming in off the ocean. Those are northeasterly winds. Those will be light, just enough to keep temperatures cooler. Sunshine this afternoon, shore up to 59 degrees at noontime today. Thats today. Theres more wet weather on the horizon, though. Ive got the sevenday forecast at the bottom of the screen any time im on the air. A look ahead for the next chance of rainfall in the futurecast when im back in ten minutes. Lets check in with Jessica Boyington with first alert traffic. Were still watching this construction project, this is 422 around route 23. You can clearly see lane restrictions here. This is headed westbound. Between 23 and oaks, we have active construction work. Were even restricting some of the off ramp. Looks like theyre getting ready to clean up. Earlier we had more construction crews on site. Maybe it looks like this guy is starting to move out of the way. One lane was getting by headed westbound past this scene and more lanes lost on shoulder as well on to the off ramp. Still something to watch out for. Theres a vehicle fire in abington and old york road and bader road. Watch out for that. The pa turnpike looks okay. Were still in the green, no big problems or delays, westbound or eastbound. Its a 22minute trip from route 1 to valley forge. Speeds into the 60s. Were number one. We need foam fingers. Right. Were number one. Thats what sixers fans are cheering this morning after the team won the first overall pick in the nba draft. This comes after three tough years that totaled 199 losses. Nbc 10s Pamela Osborne is live for us at the wells fargo center. The team and fans were hoping that this pick is what will turn the entire thing around. Absolutely. The question is now that they have the first round pick, what are they going to do with it . Well, never mind all of that, the mere announcement that philly had the first round pick sent fans into an uproar. Definitely something to cheer about. For the past three years, the sixers have struggled on the court with only 47 wins and 199 losses in that time, as you mentioned, vai. Now an opportunity to begin to turn that around. The team is eyeing lsus ben simmons and dukes brandon ingr ingram. What a great night for the city of philadelphia, the franchise. Youve got to be really happy for everybody that endured so much during a very difficult long period. But the fact that everyone is here today kind of celebrating, you see the relief on the owners faces. I think with a new practice facility and all the resources that weve talked about, how can we not be excited about the direction of the program . So much excitement there. The president of basketball operations has said the team will explore all options. By the way, this is the First Time Ever that one city will have the top two picks in three sports in one year. Reporting live in south philly this morning, im Pamela Osborne, nbc 10 news. Just speaks to how bad weve been, too. Were coming around. Silver lining. Dr. J. , juliusc erving tweeted hes happy theyre back in the number one spot. Dikembe mutombo is apologizing for an early tweet that set off conspiracy theories. Of course it did. He tweeted his congrats to the sixers four hours before the lottery even happened. But he says the sixers asked him to tweet once the lottery was over and offered optional messages. Mutombo said he accidentally posted one of those options immediately. Of course he took it right back down. 5 36. 52 degrees outside. A Delaware County mom is worried to are her daughters safety when she gets dropped off at day care by the school bus. This is a story youll see only on nbc 10. I see the driver get out. This is video Michelle Gonzalez shot on her cell phone on monday. She claims the School Bus Driver is not following safety procedures when dropping off her 7yearold daughter who is hearing impaired. Michelle says her daughter is supposed to have an adult aide on board with the driver. She says thats not happening and after the bus stopped, there were no flashing lights, no stop sign, no stop arm. The hazard lights are the only ones in use. As a parent, how do you see this . I see it as a possibility of my child going to get hit and killed one day. A supervisor with the southeast Delaware County School District tells us he believes the driver is following the correct procedure. A spokesperson says district administrators will look into the complaint. We have new information about possible budget cuts in the brandywine School District. Yesterday, voters approved a referendum that will increase taxes. With that decision, the district wont have the to cut 8 million from its budget. Teaching jobs will be saved as will School Sports and activities that were on the chopping block. Also new this morning, a Montgomery County Police Department is warning people to stay away from a bear. Another bear. Heres a picture of the bear. Estimated to be about 2 years old. Someone saw this bear in franconia township around noon yesterday. The Game Commission tried to tranquilize it but was unsuccessful. The bear was last seen near souderton area high school. If you see the bear, call 911. There have been no new sightings of the bear near wissahickon creek. A bear was spotted in Penn Oaks Golf Club over the weekend but the pa Game Commission says theyre not sure if its the same bear or multiple bears. 5 38 right now. Happening today in washington, Congress Takes up a bill that could cut Free School Lunches for millions. Nearly 200,000 students total in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware could lose access to the Free School Lunch if the plan is passed. Its part of a bill that would reauthorize the school lunch and child nutrition acts. Schools can offer free lunches to all students if at least 40 of their students automatically qualify for assistants. This bill raises the threshold to 60 . Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Clouds are moving into the air. Actually theyre staying with us. We should see some breaks of sunshine for parts of the area this afternoon. Easton is most likely to stay cloudy. This is a live view. There are rain drops in the area. Those rain showers are moving through Lancaster County, upper Lancaster County into berks and Lancaster County. Theres dry air that pushes into the area. That will hold most of that at bay today. Even though its cloudy in philadelphia, we should see breaks of sunshine into the 60s this afternoon. For the suburbs, a cloudy one. Mostly cloudy skies, might see lateday breaks in the clouds. 60 degrees at lunch time, 62 degrees at 2 00 this afternoon. For the Lehigh Valley, yes, a cloudy start, a few showers are in the area first thing this morning and then mostly cloudy for the balance of the day. 62 degrees by 2 00 and just a degree warmer at 4 00 this afternoon. To the south, south jersey, heres where youre more likely to get breaks in the clouds and see the temperatures into the 60s by lunch time. Middle 60s, a few spots might go warmer into the upper 60s in interior new jersey. At the shore, even with sunshine breaking through, the clouds will still be blowing through with the northeasterly wind. That will keep temperatures cooler. Those northeasterly winds coming in off of the ocean. For delaware, a cloudy start. It is dry in delaware and with sunshine a possibility at times this afternoon, a little bit of a breeze out of the northeast at 9 miles an hour. At lunch time, 59 degrees and into the low 60s. Thats this afternoon. But there is some warmer, drier weather ahead. And its just a day or two away. Ive got the extended forecast, the tenday outlook when im back in ten minutes. 20 minutes till 6 00. Still a good time to get out on the roads. Lets find out for sure with first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington. Jessica . We have a small window where the schuylkill expressway is a good road to drive on. Right now is one of them. Right around the conshohocken curve, no big problems in either direction. A 13minute trip there eastbound. Into center city from the blue route to the vine street expressway. No big problems. You can see we are seeing cars getting out the door. Thats what happens in the next 20 minutes or so we start to see delays. Theres also a vehicle fire in Montgomery County in abington road. Also construction, passyunk avenue, lose something lanes, reluised to two friend 61st street and 28th street. As for the rest of the bridges, no problems heading into philadelphia on the ben and the walt. No scheduled openings, at least for right now, for the tacony palmyra and the burlington bristol. 5 41. Having a good time and learning something as well. Next, were taking you live inside Citizens Bank park for a look at nbc 10s weather education day and our special partnership with the phillies. Plus, all summer long, we have new information on a septa project that could impact more than a thousand riders every day until september. Its 5 45 and 52 degrees. Breaking news. We are following breaking news. A 6. 7 magnitude earthquake hit ecuador. It struck near the Pacific Coast area where another quake hit a month ago. Ecuadors president said there was no tsunami alert. Last months quake killed several people and left tens of thousands homeless. Were teaming up with the phillies today. Its the Second Annual weather education day at Citizens Bank park. Ill be there with sheena parveen, violeta yas, glenn schwartz, were all be there. Theyll learn, the teachers will learn as well. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live at the ballpark this morning. Matt, weather plays a big part in our daily lives, of course, but also at a baseball game. Absolutely, vai and tracy. No one wants to sit in the stands waiting for a weather delay. It is the job of some of the folks here to watch the weather every day to take care of the players, the fans and, yes, even the field. The grass is very important out here. Weather forecast comes in by 7 30 every morning. The crew comes in, they set up a Maintenance Program for the rest of the day. A couple hours before the game is when things get more detailed, figuring out exactly what to do. They try to avoid the rain delcy if at all possible. Weather really does affect everything. We spoke with the director of Field Operations here about the worst types of conditions to deal with. The worse type of weather is rain. Thunderstorms can be particularly challenging because of the high winds that sometimes come in with those. I have to worry about my crew more than anything else. Those guys and ladies have to get out there and push that tarp on the field if theres a delay during the ball game. A lot of times, if you have Straight Line winds, it can catch the tarp and have it act like a giant sail. We watch very carefully what the weather is doing. You always have to watch carefully what the weather is doing. Today as we mention is the Second Annual weather education day. We had so much fun out here last year. Were expecting another great crowd today. Youre looking at video from last years event. The gates open for the kids at 9 30. I was talk to the folks here at Citizens Bank park. Theyre telling me 400 bus loads of kids are going to be showing up here. It should be a great day, great fun and our First Alert Weather Team will be here doing weather experiments. Stormforce 10 will be here, skyforce 10 in the air, all before the marlins take on the phillies here at Citizens Bank park at 1 00. Heres a fun fact. Worst condition ss according to the field, the 2008 World Series Game five in which they had to postpone the end of the game because of the weather. Coming up in the next hour, a closer look at what those field crews do before the game. Heres the program right here. Weather education day. Were very excited. How you come out here and enjoy it. This could be a good event for the kids. Live at Citizens Bank park, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. I just told these guys they should hire bill. No, no, they shouldnt hire bill. Hes ours. Hurricane was telling me theres like 10,000 kids, maybe more now. This was a couple days ago. 400 bus loads, thats a lot of kids. I look forward to being there with all of them. Going to be great. Matt, thank you. Yes. Happening today in harrisburg, Senate Democrats will unveil legislation designed to combat opioid addiction. The measure focuses on education, treatment and support for addicts and their families. Meanwhile, the Pennsylvania Medical Society wants to help doctors help patience who abuse pain killers. Yesterday, the Group Recommended steps doctors can take, including prescribing guidelines. One of the doctors in the group said 80 of heroin addicts have abused prescription opioids. Honor and opioid overdoses are the states leading cause of citizenal death. Governor wolf was in Cumberland County to promote availability of the drug in pharmacies across the state. Wolf and physician general dr. Rachel levine visited a pharmacy in lemoyne. It is a medication that could literally save someones life if their loved one, friend or loved one administers this medication when theyre overdosing, which gives them an opportunity to get the help that they need. Many police and Fire Departments now carry the drug narcan with them. Nbc 10s digital team spent months on the streets he Opioid Crisis in our area. We talked to victims, their families and the people trying to change the stigma. Its called generation addicted and its available on the nbc 10 app. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Cloudy skies. Im tracking some showers. They are not in wilmington. It is dry this morning. And most likely to stay dry for wilmington. Where the rain is falling, look at allentown, into berks county. This rain is moving in from the west, just skirting easton. Easton is dry right now but mostly cloudy skies. This rain to the west will be lingering to the west for most of the day. Weve barely gotten any showers in chester county. There were a few sprinkles overnight. Those are fizzling. Theres a good chance the showers in the Lehigh Valley will also be fizzling. This is the futurecast, 7 30 this morning. Look at the rain extending into berks and lehigh countys. Falling short of bucks, montgomery and chester counties, staying dry for philadelphia. As we go into the late morning hours, those showers expected to recede to the west. Well be drying out and theres a good chance well get breaks of sunshine as we go into the afternoon. Its not going to be completely dreary. It is completely cloudy this morning. Those clouds this morning, some breaks of sunshine, especially in delaware and south jersey. Well see more sunshine tomorrow, 70 degrees the High Temperature and then into the middle 70s on friday. It is the weekend that is still a problem spot. Rainy day on saturday. A lot of activities are planned. 60 degrees the High Temperature with the rain. Taking a break for most of sunday. Sunday night theres a chance of showers as we go into monday, those showers in the area, 72 degrees the High Temperature. Then well get a break and a warmup, too. Not much warmer on tuesday. But a lot more sunshine and 73 degrees. Then look at wednesday, thursday and friday into the 80s. Thursday could see thunderstorms pop up but by friday, were drying out and staying warm, up to 83 degrees. Sevenday forecast at the bottom of the screen, anytime you want to check it out when im on the air, once a half hour, your sevenday forecast gets another three for the tenday outlook. Tracy, vai . Lets check out your ride to work at nine minutes before 6 00. Jessica, youre back in south jersey. Thats right, vai and tracy. Out in runnemede on the 42 freeway around creek road. The northbound lanes are approaching the camera right here. Thats whats headed into philadelphia right now. I just checked in with those drive times no big problems or increase yet. From 55 headed up towards the walt whitman bridge, under a fiveminute trip there. A little bit of that volume starting to accumulate headed northbound. Southbound to the jersey shore, no problems more updates when i come back in the 6 00 hour. Vai . Jessica, thank you. Miracle memorabilia. Why a member of the 1980 u. S. Olympic hockey team is parting with his items from the miracle on ice. It was a construction accident, with a piece of heavy equipment and it shot me up into the roof, and it just kept breaking me in half. Broke my back, severed my spinal column oh and five ribs broken, so. My dining room was changed into a bedroom and the Insurance Company was giving me a hard time. Pond lehocky helped put my life back together. This doesnt happen often but you could own a piece of important olympic history. The goal tenlder for the 1980 miracle on ice u. S. Hockey team is auctioning off his gold medal and other items. Online auction house leylands estimates the collection to be worth more than 5 million. Bids for the medal are already over the reserve price for 100,000. Some of the proceeds will go to charities. Do you believe in miracles . Yes unbelievable. I love that. He helped lead the Young American hockey team to an improbable victory over the favored soviet union back in 1980 at lake placid. The team went on to defeat finland to win the gold. The auction ends june 17th. Veteran quarterback sam bradford talks for the first time after missing two weeks of the teams voluntary workouts in a failed attempt to orchestrate a trade from philadelphia. Bradford and rookie carson wentz were on the practice field yesterday together for the firsc time. Bradford says hell be a good teammate and will do whatever he can to make wentz a better player. He realizes the starting quarterback job is not going to last forever. If we continue, you know, to win games, if we are winning games, i think that i will be the starting quarterback and i will be out there. With that being said, im not completely naive. I mean, i think you realize that, you know, if the Organization Made a move to get up to two, at some point its probably not going to be my team. I told him, my feelings havent changed. Hes my guy. Hes the number one guy. And i just want him to embrace that and lets not look backward but look forward. The eagles quarterback said he needed some time away after the eagles traded up to the number two overall draft pick to get quarterback carson wentz. We have more information about a septa project in Delaware County we first told you about on monday. The construction could impact more than a thousand riders a day. The crum creek viaduct on septas media elwyn line needs to be replaced. You can see a new bridge has been going up right next to it. In june, workers have to shut down this piece of the line to put the new bridge in place. From june 18th through labor day, commuters will have to take a bus that will take them to the swarthmore station where they can get a train. I cant imagine it will add more than ten points. Septa says its sorry for any inconvenience but they shouldnt have to bother commuters here for another 100 years. You can voice concerns at the swarthmore station. A couple in vineland says their new mattress started causing them more sleepless nights than restless ones. Its sagging down, we have a big rip on the side. When they called to ask about the warranty, the store said the couple didnt qualify for it, so they called nbc 10 responds. A fire and a shooting at a home in overbrook. A 19yearold is in the hospital as police look for the person who did it
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