The 90s. Upper 90s on monday and tuesday. I do think well see record breaking temperatures. Heres jessica with traffic. Heres the garden state parkway. Roads are relatively empty. A car or so goes by. The sun coming up in the background. Were going to deal with sun glare. Eight minutes on the eastbound drive time. Moving from 29 to the expressway. Right around this intersection for now. Still blocked for some clean up. Part of lower moreland. Right around red lion road. Well end on route 202. Cameras around route 29. Both directions look good. Back to you. Happening today, all eyes will be on fired director james comey. Hes set to share his side of the story. His Opening Statements have been released. They are giving details about his encounter with the president and the controversy swirl around the russia investigation. Katy zachry has more from the digital center. What was the president asking of him . The point that the former fbi director got into the habit of writing memos or notes immediately after each of his conversations with the president. We will get to hear just how uncomfortable things got times for james comey. The hearing begins at 10 00 this morning. Its before the Senate Intelligence committee and the chair of that Committee Says no question or topic is off limits. One of the inperson meetings comey had with trump was in the oval office on valentines day. He said the president urged him to back off the investigation into Michael Flynn alleging i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go. To letting flynn go. Hes a good guy. Comey says trump asked what they could do to, quote, lift the cloud the russia investigation, adding, i have been very loyal to you. Very loyal. We had that thing, you know. Comey said he didnt ask what the president meant by that thing. Comey took measures to avoid being oneonone with the president but he never says he thought the president s remarks amounted to obstruction of justice. Coming up in it the next half hour, hear what republican lawmakers are saying about this early testimony. Im live in the digital operations center, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. After reading the comey transcript shs the head of the rnc said, President Trump was right. Director comeys testimony reconfirmed what the if the has been saying all along. He was never under investigation. When comey testifies this mornin morning,s. Every day its something more. Every its a little spin on this it. Every day its a little different detail. I just want to get at the truth. Im glad hes coming to testify. Hes a good man. Hell tell exactly what happened. After he reads his transcript, the senators on the committee will get to ask questions. You can count on nbc 10 for complete coverage of the comey hearing. Well bring it to you live at 10 00 a. M. Well have reaction throughout the day. 55 degrees outside. An e day on the stand as the accuser at the center of bill cosby case faces a grueling day of testimony. Andrea constand stood by her accusations as the defense questioned her story. It was what her mother said that could change the course of the trial. Matt delucia joins us live from the courthouse. Walk us through what unfolded in court. Reporter yesterday Andrea Constands mother did take the stand and said she was distraught and angry about what had happened and what she had learned about some years ago. This was all unfolding yesterday over the past couple days in the courtroom. And so Andrea Constand took the weekend stand once again yesterday. Over the course of two days, she had had given about b seven hours of testimony. Then her mother also took the stand there and what was happening was a crossexamination from the defense side trying to poke holes in Andrea Constands story, trying to ask why she had made several phone calls to bill cosby in the days after this alleged assault. And then you also had Andrea Constands mother on the witness stand talking about making a phone call to cosby confronting him about what had happened. We spoke with penn medicine expert over there about what this could do to future cases of victims of sexual abuse. It could be a totally emotional experience. Anxiety, nervousness, fear, anger, guilt, shame. So when someone does decide to come forward with Something Like this happening to them, its important it gets treated. And later on this morning, this is day four of the trial. We are expect to hear at least in the coming days bill cosbys own words in the form of a deposition that he gave several years back in which he had ad t admitted to giving women pills on several occasions including at least in one case quaaludes. Were expecting to hear more about that as this trial unfolds. Matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Now to some of the top stories were following this morning. An 11yearold girl is in critical but stable condition after falling underneath a freight train. Police say the girl and group of friends were trying to touch the slowmoving train as it passed. Thats when slipped and fell underneath the train. One of her legs was severed. The other badly injured. New details about a murdersuicide in exgirlfriend shot and killed bus driver Ryan Reynolds when he showed up for work. She then drove several miles away where police tried to stop her and she killed herself. Jackson was an officer with the new Jersey Department of corrections. Philadelphia police say they have now made a fourth arrest in the random attack caught on camera. Tonight parents will learn how budget cuts will affect their children. The School District is proposing laying off dozens of teachers and staff positions instead of increasing taxes. The meeting will be held tonight to discuss those cuts. En tonight today Atlantic City will host a reopening for a rebuilt section of boardwalk there. The new stretch runs between new jersey avenue and New Hampshire avenue. The project also included the installation of handrails, lights and ramps. Also another beach town voted to ban smoking on the boardwalk. The ban will take effect immediately. Smokers will not get fined until january. They need time to put up signs and let them know about the new rule. Wildwood approved a similar smoking ban. Im meteorologist erika martin with your neighborhood forecast. Lots of sunshine for today. Mostly sunny skies thanks to an area of high pressure. Unionville at 46. So notice a chilly start to your thursday. But no worries. Temperatures are going to climb nicely. We have seasonal day in the forecast. Your current temperature is 45 degrees. And the Lehigh Valley cant forget you. Walnut port in the upper 40s. A chilly start. Youll not need the jackets all day long. Youll definitely need to get rid of them in a couple hours because we have a lot of sunshine and temperatures climbing nicely. Easton at 47 degrees for you. Jersey also seeing a great start to the day. At least what were seeing is a nice trend here. Temperatures climbing nicely with mostly sunny skies. Thats going to be the story for the next couple days. Lot of sunshine. Be sure you have the sun block ready. Get ready to go to the beach. Current temperature of 48 degrees. And we have lumberton at 46. Look at the bo of the screen for your most accurate sevenday forecast. Temperature trend were going to see temperatures climb nicely. Now its going to be very hot. So keep in mind this is a heat wave im tracking for you. Three days in the 90s. Upper 90s on monday and tuesday. It looks like well be flirting with 100 degrees ob monday. The heat indexes might get pretty close to 100. So keep that in mind. I think well have an air quality alert issue. So if you have pets, make sure they are nice and cool inside in the ac. Elderly and those who do have asthma, keep that in mind because its going to be very hot starting on sunday through tuesday. Thank you, erika. I do. I call myself a dog mom. It was so thought frl. Starting on the blue ridge this morning. Erg looks good. You can see the cars moving in both directions. Everything is now doing okay. Were approaching the 6 00 mark. Were starting to see more volume. Were not seeing any real major problems yet because of that. Getting off the majors were watching a vehicle fire. Its under control, but the area is still closed. And ambler road around church street, a disabled vehicle. Right around red line road. Ta will tie you up if youre moving through. 95 looks good. Were not seeing any increases. 13 minutes with speeds into the 60s. And well end here over in new jersey. Now this is 76 around market street. The lanes here are northbound. Thats headed towards the philadelphia area. No problems or delays. Reacting on instinct, a kmaer customer faces off with a robber and talks to nbc 10 about why he decided to fight. Chase confusion, an innocent man ends up on fire. The video that shows what went wrong and a growing calls for answers comfort in the wild, a new hotel room that will have you seeing stars. Not at my wawa. This morning were hearing from a customer who is being hail eda hero after he jumped in to stop an Armed Robbery at a wawa. Daryl told us he spotted the suspect with a gun in his hand in the store yesterday morning and he reacted. He tackled the man and the fight spilled through the front dors. Security cameras rolling the entire time capturing every move. Were you scared for your life worried you may end up . That didnt even come into my mind. Take advantage of a situation when he came about to get him down and hold him until police came. Daryl was able to do just that, but he picked up some battle wounds in the process. Some scars and stab wounds. The suspect faces robbery charges. Busted at chipotle. Workers at the popular chain were selling drugs in the parking lot. Officers raided the business yesterday taking two people into custody. Two others being questioned. It forced customers to evacuate. This comes after an undercover operation where workers sold officers marijuana. Federal and local Officials Say they have broken up a major drug ring that ran through delaware. A house was home to a massive marijuana lab complete with a fake fireplace that leads to ab underground bunker. The operation was being run by a man who received shipments of o cocaine hidden in sealed oxygen tanks. Officers are being critic e criticized after video shows them beating a man on fire after a violent crash. The video may be disturbing. You can see officers kicking the man as the car continues to burn. Police were chasing a car and fired shots at the driver. Witnesses say its possible that respond iing officers thought t man they kicked was the suspect. Prosecutors office is investigating. The man is being treated at a hospital burn unit. Septa says it will be the first mass transit zit system in the country to install glass safety barriers to protect subway riders. Partitions will separate from the edge of the platform until the train arrives. They will be installed on the subway as part of a renovation project. Riders should see them in the next three years. Ill grant families are avoiding food banks. Thats according to to the antihunger coalition. Organize es of the program want to ease fears to make sure kids are getting the meals they need. The Coalition Says that all are welcome at the pantry. Any of the sites that were working with, we are able to assure people that they have a safe place. To get e free breakfast and lunch ask thats not a fearful thing for them. The state department of agriculture is working on b a hot line to allow families to text the word food to a number ask that will them the address of local meal sites. Its set to be iniffished by the end of the month. How about this story here we have been taug about this. When you book a hotel, you think about what room will look like. You probably think it has walls and a ceiling. Not the case at a hotel in switzerland. The suite gets you a a double bed in a field. That costs 300 a night. The view of the majestic landscape. I guess thats room service. They pour you wine. Now you have my attention. The artist wanted to challenge hospitality ideas. Its nearly sold out after 1300 reservation requests. They had me until i see theres an outhouse thats a threeminute walk away. Probably no use for indoor plumbing. A guy will certainly. If it it was somewhere is is switzerland always warm . Its not. The only advantage is the swiss alps. But not warm at all. Ed bad weather you have to stay in the building. Hang ri and miserable. Take the butler 45 minutes to my maybe like wee the lm 3 miles an hour. We have kind of process. Nonetheless. Th gng to be the trend for the55. La so a chillier start to this is why. Sunscreen, notfriday. And 86 on85 expected ond its going t pick is saturday bs church street, you may be detoured there. Were checking in with drive times now. Not seeing an increase yet. We were pretty quiet yesterday too. 13en minutes on the eastbound side. New jerseytransit. E preventing overdoses. Pennsylvania is joining a new effort to stop a deadly trend. Plus see how people are turning comeys trip to the capitol into a spectator sport. I had to stay calm and get home. A woman struggles to get home after being barred from a flight she paid for. Nbc 10 responds team jumps in and gets results. Other states in the city afacilities. Bs. Michael davis is the cowinner now to a follow up. Of the team boomer athlete of the year award. It honors athletes battling cyst cystic fibrosifibrosis. He still finds time to play lacrosse and runs competitively. He trip to new york. Congratulations to him. Bars across the country are looking to cash in on james comeys hearing. Instead of sports, bars ands will have their tvs tuned to the live testimony on capitol hill that starts a at 10 00 this morning. Some will be offering special russian cocktails. The union pub is taking it a step further. Any time Donald Trump Tweets about the hearing, well give a free round of drinks to everyone thats in here. In our area, the london grill in fairmont will be open early offering white russians with an orange twist. Do you know of any events in your neighborhood . Let us know on twitter. En kevin hart day isnt until next month, but hes in town for a pook signing event. The comedian talks about how his hard work led to his success. Now more of the stories were following on nbc 10 at 6 00 a. M. James comey will tl his side of the story when he testifies before a a Senate Committee in washington. Telling her story, bill cosbys accuser spends a a second day giving testimony about how the comedian drugged and sexually assaulted her. We are head sbog a weather warm up. Tempur gradually inkrecrease over the next few d as we track the start of what could be our next heat wave. Go this is nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. And im vai sikahema. A gradual increase. Lets get to meteorologist erika martin with more of the details. Its going to be really warm in a couple days. A heads up now. It will be dangerously warm. Right now were seeing mild conditions. Current temperature is 46 degrees. And so conditions right now are nice. A a little chilly to start the day. Be sure you get the jackets handy. It will be nice all around. 46 degrees, flooet wood at 53. Reading at 48 degrees. Whitehall at 46
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