Schuylkill. A 13 minute trip headed eastbound. Average speed there into the 60s so you can see eastbound here, westbound here, no problems either direction. Both directions still at 22 minutes though eastbound or westbound from route 1 to the valley forge to the airport, no problems or delays here. Same goes for mass transit and the bridges. This morning were following breaking news out of south philadelphia where an 11yearold boy accidentally shot himself in the face while playing with a gun. It happened in a home along south hicks street. Right now the boy is in critical condition. He is expected to survive. Distrakcted walking sends a teen to a hospital. Witnesses saw the young girl face timing on her phone as she walked right into traffic. Its an important reminder as kids across our area get ready to go back to school. These devices can cause a dangerous distraction. Were joined live now from the high school where the teen was headed. Whats the latest, katy . Reporter the teenager was headed here for cheer leading practice. Police at the scene yesterday told us her injuries were very serious to the point that she was transferred from a nearby hospital downtown to Childrens Hospital of philadelphia. Investigators say that she was walking to cheer practice here at the school, but she was distracted because she was face timing on her phone. Take a look at video we have from the scene. You can see the car that police say hit her and from the dent on the front you can see just how bad this crash was. It sent the girls backpack and other belongings flying on to the road. Police say the 14yearold who lives in abington. Shes an incoming freshman, she was walking to cheer practice before the start of school. The school year hasnt begun yet. She was crossing high land avenue while face timing on her cell phone and they say she walked right into the path of a car. Shes hysterical, shes fun, shes goofy at practice. Shes always hyping everybody up. Our first game is this friday so she was really excited to be stunting there so im just really hoping that shes okay. Investigators tell us the driver stayed on scene and immediately ran to the girls help. He is not facing charges. Reporting live, nbc 10 news. Research shows these types of accidents are happening more often. 12 pedestrians were killed while using mobile devices in 2015. We look deeper into the National Numbers and found 1,500 er visits for distracted pedestrians in 2012. Both walkers and drivers need to stay focused and alert. Messages of hate. The search is on for whoever is behind this racist vandalism. Were live in wilmington. Pamela, People Living in the Community Though are sending a strong message that hate is not welcome there. Reporter tracy, youre right and i should start off by mentioning that Wilmington Police are investigating this incident as a hate crime. The vandalism appears to have happened overnight. The man who owns the van discovered the racist graffiti when he woke up wednesday morning. It has since been covered. A swastika was spray painted on the hood of the van. The vandals wrote other words. Some of them we cant show or say on tv. His heart sank when he saw it. We talked to the uncle of the man who owns it. He says this was troubling, concerning and hurtful for the entire family. It even disturbed my mom. You know, my mom, 77 years old. Reporter and the family believes this is all over a parking space. Anyone with information should give Wilmington Police a call. Reporting live in wilmington, im pamela osborn, nbc 10 news. And police have arrested a man accused of spray painting racist gra fffitgraffiti. He has past associations with White Supremacy groups and according to Court Records he was also arrested last year in connection to a stabbing. A community in bucks county is taking on bigotry and hatred. Tonight theres a town hall meeting and this comes after someone spray painted racist graffiti at Herbert Hoover elementary school. The White Nationalist who says that he pepper sprayed a demonstrator in selfdefense during clashes in charlottesville, virginia, has turned himself in. The university of Virginia Police say he is in custody in lynchburg. Now to a new controversy over that statue of robert e. Lee in charlottesville, video shows a man trying to cut the tarp off the pave ht from the bottom there. He called the tarp a desecration and Police Stopped him from taking the tarp down. Workers placed the tarp over the statue yesterday morning. This follows the violent protests surrounding the violence in charlottesville earlier this month. It placed the tarp over the statue as a memorial to heather heyer. She was killed after a car drove into the demonstration. A columbus statue will be considered for removal. A commission will conduct a 90day review of socalled symbols of hate. Columbus has come under fire for his poor treatment of people in the caribbean. President trump has done a 180 calling for healing and unity. He spoke at the American Legion National Convention yesterday. He softened his home from tuesday nights rally in phoenix and called for patriotism and national healing. It is time to heal the wounds that divide us and to seek a new unity based on the common values that unite us. The veterans gathered there applauded the military goals in afghanistan. The president also talked about new va reforms that make it easier to discipline va employees who perform poorly. The white house is not backing down from president trumps threat of a Government Shutdown if congress doesnt approve funding for his promised southern border wall. Press secretary told reporters the president has made no secret that getting the wall built is a priority and hes looking forward to working with congress to get it done. 5 37 right now. This morning a jury is now in place in the corruption trial of u. S. Senator bob menendez. Six men and six women were selected to hear the case. Hes accused of taking gifts and Campaign Donations from a florida doctor in exchange for political influence. That doctor is on trial with menend menendez. Opening sometimes set for september 6th. And people showing support for colin kaepernick. Hundreds gathered outside nfl headquarters in new york. They say the nfl is black balling the quarterback because of his National Anthem protests. Kaepernick made National Headlines for refusing to stand up during the National Anthem as a protest against Police Brutality and racial oppression. And jenkins also protested during the National Anthem. He began holding his fist in the air as a response to Police Shooting unarmed black men. Long showed his support. 5 39 and clear and cool this morning. The temperature now 67 degrees in philadelphia. Weve got clear skies. We will see plenty of sunshine today. 60s to start with once the sun is up at 8 00 and look at the 70s. For most of the day well be in the 70s but then it peaks in the low 80s this afternoon. Check out the wind. Northwesterly at 6 miles an hour. Those winds bringing in the dry air which is allowing the temperatures to really cool down this morning and that will keep them comfortable all day long. 63 degrees in the suburbs right now. Sunshine, 75 degrees at lunch time. Up to 77 degrees for the suburbs and staying in the 70s this afternoon for the Lehigh Valley. Look how the skies have brightened this morning. 60s right on through the 10 00 hour. That humidity just like the rest of the area with those northwesterly winds will stay low. New jersey will see bright sunshine here too. 54 degrees to start with. Up at 8 00 and then into the upper 70s at lunchtime with low 80s this afternoon for new jersey and a Beautiful Day at the shore. Those clouds are lingering at the shore yesterday but out of the picture today. Sunshine and 75 degrees by 10 00. Thats up by 10 from where we are right now and the winds will be coming in off the ocean during the afternoon. Delaware, well see sunshine here too at 62 degrees. A few thin clouds moving through delaware right now, but no sign of any showers. Those clouds will break for sunshine and 70s for 10 00, noon, 2 00 and then topping out at 80 degrees this afternoon. Have you been checking out the 7day at the bottom of the screen . More nice weather along the way. Well show you how long that lasts when i come back in a few minutes. Everybodys making plans for the weekend. Yes, indeed. 20 minutes before 6 00 on this friday eve, thats what you call it. Thats what i call it. Glass half full. Lets find out whats going on on route 202 this morning. Watching route 202 around route 29. No delays so far. A 6minute drive time from this side. No problems to the schuylkill expressway. Were also watching mass transit. West Trenton Service running with 30 minute delays because of equipment problems. So check before you go out the door there. The blue route and drive times, 14 minutes or 15 minutes on that southbound side to the schuylkill. If youre waking up checking your Lottery Ticket this morning chances are, yeah, you still got to go to work. One winning Powerball Jackpot ticket. Where that ticket was sold and expert tips for the winner now that theyve hit it big. What went wrong . Hillary clinton gets candid. The reason she says she lost the white house. And fighting to stay open, the funding challenge ahead for the nations oldest historically black college. Well, we have a winner. After weeks of drawings theres one ticket that matches the winning powerball numbers. The one and only Winning Ticket sold in massachusetts. There was well, wait, hold on. There was one Million Dollar Winning Ticket sold in new jersey and pennsylvania. Also a 2 million Winning Ticket sold in pennsylvania. Thats still pretty good. Nothing to sneeze at. Id rather that 575 million. Heres what we know about the Winning Ticket. Sold outside boston, the winner will claim a total of 758. 7 million which is the second largest lottery prize in u. S. History and the largest single payout on one ticket. That winner will have a lot to think about handling all that money. So this is kind of fun. Jim cramer has some tips for that person. Just imagine that you were that person and heres what hed say. He has the lucky seven rules. First, take all the money at once in a lump sum payout. Pay taxes on the winnings right away. Dont get reckless with your money, dont get swindled. Give money to charity, diversify investment of the money and have fun, but not too much fun. Hes giving that person all sorts of work. Id save the. 7 and just blow the rest. You know what i mean . Id leave my keys and just walk away. Clothes, everything. Start a new life. Your wife . Well, shes coming along with me, of course. Should i call her . Do something drastic. How many tickets did you buy . I didnt buy any. I knew it. There was no chance he was going to win. Let me show you what kind of dreamy weather were in store for today. Lots of sunshine. Penns landing is glowing this morning. Blue sky overhead. Just a few thin clouds, just barely showing up. Its going to be a quick warmup into the 70s and low 80s. Much cooler this morning than yesterday. Down 15 dries in mount holly and wilmington is off by 12. Look at the suburbs in the Lehigh Valley. Dry air, clear skies, light wind. Thats the combination that gives you much cooler temperatures. The reading, 55 now in the suburbs. Lehigh valley is at 60. Delaware at 62 degrees. 50s in south jersey and some cool neighborhoods in philadelphia. Park side right at 60 degrees. Down to 63 degrees for tars dale. Comfortable all around. 80 degrees in Chestnut Hill this afternoon. Nothing but sunshine and comfort for the suburbs. Upper 70s, and youll see 70s in the Lehigh Valley too. Plenty of sunshine for allentown. The temperature climbs up to 82 degrees. Trenton, 82 degrees the high temperature. 81 degrees in ocean city and wilmington will be up to 81 degrees this afternoon. So a Beautiful Day today. There are a few high clouds. You can see them and theyre moving into delaware, but no showers with those clouds and with clear skies well see a nice warmup today. No sign of any wet weather coming our way. The showers that we had just over a day ago are now safely offshore and with no storm systems to our west that will be affecting us, were in for an extended period of dry weather. Texas, a different story. Thats harvey, a Strong Tropical Storm stomoving toward texas an expected to bring heavy rainfall this week and that may cause problem with travel. Many flights go through texas and they could see 10 to 15 inches in the houston area for much of the texas coast. Our area though, sunshine stays not only today but tomorrow and the weekend. 82 degrees this afternoon. Really nice for the eagles game tonight and a little bit cooler tomorrow morning and this weekend well have cool temperatures. Sunday morning in the 50s in the city and so you can expect lots of 50s in the suburbs and south jersey. Another Beautiful Day on monday and then some clouds come in on tuesday and there are some chances for rain next week, wednesday and into next weekend but those high temperatures will stay in the 70s and low 80s. Very comfortable. Ten minutes before 6 00 and i dont play the lottery but im also glad that jessica doesnt play the lottery because wed miss her. Yeah. We need her to get to work. Yeah, i love this too much. I would definitely stay here if i won 7 million. I want to start on route 1 right around 17th street. Both directions look good. Northbound, southbound and so southbound if youre moving toward the schuylkill expressway, everything would look good for you. A big chunk of your morning might be delayed right now. A half hour will add a lot to your commute. Nermg transit, amtrak on or close to schedule. Back to you. Hillary clinton tells all. In her upcoming memoir she talks about what she would do different in her campaign. In one excerpt which she read on the morning joe yesterday she described how an october debate where Donald Trumps pacing and hovering made her skin crawl. What would you do . Do you stay calm, keep smiling and carry on as if he werent repeatedly invading your space . Or do you turn, look him in the eye and say loudly and clearly, back up, you creep. Clinton says she wrote the book to pull back the curtain on her experience which she describes as exhilarating yet baffling. Writing this wasnt easy. Every day that i was a candidate for president i knew that millions of people were counting on me and i couldnt bear the idea of letting them down. But i did. I couldnt get the job done, and ill have to live with that for the rest of my life. Clintons memoir will be out september 12th. A funding challenge for historic college, a major deadline for the university as it fightins to keep its doors open. Reporting for duty, sir. Meet the newest addition to the Philadelphia Police force. And coming up all new at 6 00, cheerleaders forced into the splits. This shows troubling training methods at a colorado high school. We have a controversy ahead at 6 00. Five minutthe state of pennsylvania has agreed to forgive the loans but only if the university can maintain a balanced budget over the next four years. We talked to students at the Small College who say despite the financial troubles they are still proud to attend. I heard about that, but like, i still went here because i already had my stuff all done. Where else am i going to go this late in the game . Cheyney has until september 1st to address a plan that addresses his Financial Issues or it can lose accreditation. Skimmers are often attached to gas pumps and atms. They can be hidden on the payment machines so scammers can steal credit card information. And an information session that could help you save someones life. It shows you how to safely administer narcan. Thats the drug that can help bring someone out of an opioid overdose. It starts at noon in the tyler school of art. Narcan is available at pharmacies in delaware and new jersey and pennsylvania. We have a commuter alert for people traveling through west philadelphia. Due to a track project at 63rd and malburn, buses will replace trolleys for the next few days. Paying for parking is once again going mobile in philadelphia. Yesterday the city announced that its meter up service will return in the fall. The mobile app allows drivers to pay meters with their smartphones, add more time remotely. The city had the service for several years but had to shut it down temporarily after the vendor went out of business. Lets take you state by state for a look at some of the stories across our area. The School District will ask students and Community Members to weigh in on school bathrooms. The school board will create a survey on student privacy in bathrooms and locker rooms. This comes after a lawsuit after the districts 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 transgender identities. A Nuclear Power plant can pick up peace of mind. Its part of an annual giveaway. 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. You can pick up the tablets at the Pottstown Health center. And organizers of the Punkin Chunkin say they have no chan chance no choice but to cancel this event. Theyre defendants in a lawsuit filed by a woman who was injured last year. Ticket refunds will be sent within the week. Today the delaware access to Justice Commission will unveil an Online Survey that will be conducting about attitudes about policing. The survey is aimed at improving relationships between the police and the people they serve. To monts g montgomery county, more than 1,200 students will get settled in today. And philadelphias Newest Police officer may not have a drivers license but hes ready to patrol the street. Yeah, he sure looks official. Right . Thats ryder sims. Hes a big fan of Police Officers and even patrols the streets of his own neighborhood. Yesterday, philly police made him an honorary officer and even sent him on a chase after police commissioner. Ryder is living with a sensory processing disorder and has developmental challenges. Now for more of the stories were following for you at 6 00 a. M. South philadelphia, where a child was shot in the face. What may have happened in the moments leading up to that shooting. Coming clean, a father admits that he killed his son, but angry neighbors say the punishment doesnt fit the crime. And dui crackdown. Pennsylvanias new plan to keep drunk drivers off the road. Were getting excited about the eagles game tonight. This is nbc 10 news today. Were k looing at a gorgeous day. Lets get right to bill henley and the most accurate forecast for your neighborhood. Im excited about this. Temperatures are cool. The skies are mostly clear. Look at the suburbs. 55 degrees. King of prussia, skies are starting to brighten up. 65 degrees at 8 00 with sunshine. The temperature will be going up but the humidity coming down. A little bit of a wind out of the north at 3 miles an hour and in delaware, thats just enough to keep the dry air coming into play. Sixmileperhour wind at 7 00. 66 degrees by 11 00. 76 degrees, nothing but sunshine across the board and temperatures that will be climbing. You can see a fewca
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