Earlier we did have lane restrictions over into the right shoulder and the right lane eastbound on the schuylkill just past the vine street expressway on and off ramp. No problems there anymore. Keeping it in mt. Laurel, new jersey, route 73 right around 295. Headed southbound youll pass some construction. If youre headed southbound, no lane restrictions headed northbound right now with this ongoing construction here. We will of course keep you updated as soon as it lifts out of the way. It was a brand new project that began at 4 00 this morning. Also watching the bridges, that scheduled opening still in effect right now. Scheduled for 4 45. Youll see some delays there. No opening over the tacony palmyra but well keep you updated for the rest of the morning. We are following breaking news out of Delaware County where five people were rescued by firefighters after a fire ripped through their home. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live on scene. Matt, Officials Say the victims were waiting on the fire escape before they were pulled to safety. Tell us what happened. Thats right, tracy. Right now we are on yarnell street and west 3rd street. The fire crews left within the past 15 to 20 minutes. That is the house right there and some of the damage there. You can see some of the charred remains of the right side of that structure there. Its a threestory building here. You can see some of the fire escapes weve been talking about there as well. Firefighters say six apartments and 12 tenants. The First Responders when they showed up, they pulled five people out of the fire escape, including two adults and three children. All the victims that came out over the third floor with our assistance came out under their own power. They were brought to crozier for evaluation. Some good news there. No serious injuries. As we take another live look here, that fire is out. The red cross has been helping about half dozen of the other tenants forced out of their apartments early this morning. The fire marshal is also trying to figure out how this fire started. Weve been talking about some of the folks that were displaced as a result of this fire. More of that coming up in the next 30 minutes. Live in chester, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Thank you, matt. Happening today, the National Weather service will investigate whether a tornado caused damage like this in cape may county. Residents will be cleaning up. At least a dozen trees fell on homes on shirley avenue in the rio grande section of mid township. A family is reunited with their cats that escaped when a tree fell through their roof. The heavy winds blew ac units out of place on a stores roof as well. What did all this sound is like . Very, very loud. Some crashing, outside the window you could see lightning. All of the customers made it out of the home depot safely. The manager hopes to reopen sometime today. An nbc 10 viewer snapped this viewer of a Lightning Strike just off the beach in wildwood, cape may county. To see more images of the storm damage, head over to our website or click on the nbc 10 app. The nbc 10 app sends out Severe Weather alerts so you can stay out of danger. Switching gears, congressman chaka fattah will be sentenced in october following conviction in his federal corruption case. The jury found him guilty on all counts yesterday. Todays Philadelphia Daily News head line calls the congressman big dipper and says he had hand in cookie jar. The 11term congressman could be forced to resign and could spend the rest of his life in prison. The jury found him guilty of laundering federal grants and nonprofit funds to repay an illegal 1 millionc campaign loan. Chaka fattah sr. And his codefendants betrayed public trust and undermine our faith in government. Its a very tough day. Were going to confer with my lawyers. Well figure out what our next steps are. Congressman fattah is free on bail right now. There was a mixed verdict for the codefendants. Herbert vederman was found guilty on all counts. Prosecutors say he bribed the congressman to try to get an ambassadorship. The jury found robert brand guilty on all charges convicting him of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Former fattah aide Karen Nicholas was found guilty on six counts including wire fraud and falsification of records. The jury returned a split verdict for bonnie bowser. The panel found fattahs former chief of staff guilty on 5 of 21 counts she faced. Were following new developments in the case involving 12 girls rescued from a house in bucks county. The countys children and Youth Services agency tells us there was a custody hearing yesterday for the girl found inside lee kaplans feasterville home last week. We dont know the results of that, though. Kaplan is charged with sexually assaulting the oldest girl and fathering two children. The couple from Lancaster County is accused of gifting the girl to kaplan. All three will appear in court in august. Weve learned nearly three dozen relatives of the girls discovered inside the home attended that court hearing. The girls themselves were not there. Environmental investigators are looking into new Drinking Water concerns in bucks county. Doylestown closed the cross keys well after testing found found it was contaminated with chemical compounds. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is testing more Drinking Water services in doylestown, buckingham and plumsted. The chemical compounds are same as those that led to water problems in horsham, warrenton and warminster where Authorities Say contamination came from a former navy base in montgomery county. Officials say at this point, they dont know the source of the cross keys contamination. Now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather with meteorologist bill henley. Seven minutes after 5 00. We are less than half an hour away from sunrise. Seeing the skies brighten over cape may, theres still clouds. You can see them in the distance. No sign of the wet weather we had yesterday. Its drying out and picking up after those storms during the day today. Still clouds over philadelphia. Though were getting a cloudy start and the humidity is on the high side right now. Theres drier air thats going to be pushing into the area. But to start with, there is fog to deal with. The worst of it is in chester county, coatesville is down to zero visibility. Weve just seen the visibility come down to one mile in pottstown. Look how clear it is. Excellent visibility for hazleton, mt. Pocono, allentown, quakertown. This is where the drier air has blown into the area. That will be sweeping across the rest of the area. Youll really feel it. You can see it with the temperatures, with clear skies and dry air, thats when you get your cooler temperatures. It is about ten degrees cooler in the Lehigh Valley and some of the suburbs. In fact, in philadelphia, were in the low 70s right now. The wind will be blowing during the day today. That dry air pushes into the area. The humidity comes down. Any fog, any clouds around this morning will be out of the picture for the rest of the day. And because the winds coming out of the northwest, coming across the land, its even going to be a big warmup at the shore today, too. Not in the 70s. It will be in the 80s this afternoon. Thats a land breeze blowing well see plenty of sunshine. It will be a beautiful summer day. No sign of the storms. 72 degrees at 8 00 and philadelphia, bright, sunny skies and 83 degrees and still climbing by lunch time. In the suburbs, any fog disappears, 9 degrees at 8 00. Look at the warmup from 69 at 8 00 to 82 degrees at noon and into the middle 80s this afternoon. The Lehigh Valley already seeing skies clearing. Minutes away from sunshine, 70 degrees at 8 00. By 4 00 this afternoon, into the low 80s. Delaware, bright sunny skies. Maybe a few thin clouds this afternoon. No storm clouds today. 82 degrees at lunch time and middle to upper 80s this afternoon. New jersey, interior new jersey will see the clouds clear out. Sunny skies at noon and by 4 00, 86 degrees. There it is, theres your warmup at the shore as well. 74 degrees at 8 00. 83 degrees at lunch time and into the 80s for the beach this afternoon. Thats today. Nice sunshine. Youll need your sunglasses. Umbrellas will be on duty again tomorrow. Maybe notice it with the seven day at the bottom of the screen. Take a look at the futurecast, show you when we expect the rain to move in and a look at the weekend as well when im back in ten minutes. Thank you, bill. 5 09. Were expecting rain tomorrow but today is one of those days, 88 is warm but you can roll your windows down and drive. You think so . I love the days where you can roll the windows down. Turn up the music a little bit. Come on now. Jessica, tell us about the drive to work. We dont roll our windows down when we drive with our hair, right . Thats just vai. The ladies dont do that. 295 in west deptford, no big problems or delays, 23 minutes southbound from the 42 freeway to the delaware memorial bridge. No big problems on 295 or at least the turnpike as well. Parts of new jersey, North Wildwood from yesterdays storms, there is a downed tree. Route 147 at west angelcy drive. There is a scheduled opening that will be under way around 5 35 this morning. Were in the process of the Burlington Bristol opening. That was scheduled for 4 45. Also watch for those delays that well see over the tacony palmyra. Take the betsy ross breath as your alternate. More updates when i come back. Tracy . 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No wonder frontline plus is recommended by vets for killing fleas and ticks. After all, your dog is a lover not a fighter. Frontline plus. Vet recommended flea and tick killer. Today, former u. S. House speaker den in any event hastert must report to a federal medical prison in minnesota. The ailing hastert will begin serving a 15year sentence. The investigation revealed he sexually abused at least four boys during his teaching days in the 1960s and 70s. The statute of limitations had run out. Three people from hee lie and carbon counties, pennsylvania, are in custody in new york city. Police stopped them with trying to drive through the holland tunnel with weapons in their truck. Port Authority Police stopped the truck for a cracked windshield and found the guns and ammunition. Two men from zionsville in Lehigh Valley and a woman from lehighton each face weapons charges. The discovery left people who use the tunnel in shock. Its horrible. What somebody is doing with that, thats just not right. Law enforcement sources told our sister station in new york that one of the suspects told police they were heading to new york to rescue a kidnapping victim. The Associated Press sites sources saying they planned to rescue a teenage girl involved with drugs. The Port Authority released no official motive but say there is no link to terrorism. Two wildfires in Southern California are getting closer together and firefighters are doing whatever they can to keep them from merging. The fires known as the san gabriel complex fires have burned eight square miles. Hundreds of firefighters, Police Officers and volunteers are battling the blazes and helping residents leave the area. Triple digit temperatures are fueling the flames and strong winds keep changing the direction of the fires making them harder to fight. We have a traffic note in philadelphia. A section of Martin Luther king drive will be closed tonight. The Streets Department will shut down mlk drive betweg the Art Museum Circle and sweet briar drive beginning at 9 00 so workers can repair the road and sidewalk, clear the drains to prevent flooding during future rainstorms and mlk drive is expected to reopen by 5 00 tomorrow morning. It shouldnt affect the morning rush. Well keep you posted on that tomorrow morning. Quarter past 5 00 a. M. Lets get more details on your commute to work and specifically route 309. Nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington has you covered. Jess . Thats right. Route 309 looks great. No big problems or delays. These are our cameras around route 309 and the pa turnpike. All lanes open. Lanes are dry as well. Good news there. But if youre heading out and taking any of the area bridges, especially the tacony palmyra, there will be a scheduled opening. Its set for 5 35. You will see delays in either direction. Take the betsy ross bridge as your alternate. We should be back down on the Burlington Bristol. Once you get out the door, once you get out the door you should be fine heading over the Burlington Bristol. We had an earlier opening scheduled for 4 45. Everything is clear over the ben into philadelphia. We will see slowdowns, route 38 at the airport circle that are turned around toward admiral wilson boulevard. Those lane restrictions are still in place. This is coming back into new jersey, though. Well have more updates for you when im back in the next ten. Now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather with meteorologist bill henley. 17 minutes after 5 00. Still dealing with some clouds this morning. This is a live view from center city. But the clouds are starting to break and they will be moving out during the day today. Well wind up with lots of sunshine. If youre heading out the door, dont forget the sunglasses. Forget about the umbrella. You wont need it today. Sunny skies and a warm afternoon, even at the shore because of this, the winds with well be picking up. That is dry air coming in. Even though it will be a big warmup this afternoon, it will be comfortable today. The humidity coming down, a great summer day. A few scattered clouds, you can see them moving through the Lehigh Valley. We have some of them in philadelphia, too. They wont last for long. Another round of clouds is going to be moving our way for tonight and tomorrow. Look at those storms. Into illinois and iowa. Thats part of a system that will likely bring us some wet weather, possibly as early as first thing tomorrow morning. With clouds moving back into the area, chicago getting rain this afternoon. We wont see the clouds today but the clouds that will be accompanying those storms will be here first thing in the morning. Thats going to help keep us cooler. Early tomorrow morning, its moving into western pennsylva a pennsylvania. That system could produce a few rain drops first thing in the morning in south jersey, delaware and into the suburbs at 6 00 in the morning. And then a potential for heavier downpours going into the afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms are expected tomorrow. But they will not last for the weekend. The weekend forecast is looking good. Friday and saturday wool see sunshine. 80s for friday. Warmer on saturday. Bright, sunny skies, 88 degrees in philadelphia. Even warm at the shore. On sunday, the temperatures go even higher, up to 90 degrees in philadelphia. But before we get to the weekend, well have to deal with those storms tomorrow, not today. 88 this afternoon. Chance of showers and thunderstorms tomorrow, 82 degrees. Then come friday, the storms are gone. 85 the high temperature, warming into the upper 80s and low 90s for sundayc and again on monda. But here comes more wet weather. We do need it. Tuesday, a chance of some showers and into wednesday, we get a break, thursday. Another chance of showers later in the week on friday. All right, thank you, bill. How does free money sound . It sounds good to me. Nbc 10 and Nbc Universal want to reward the people who are making a difference in the community were giving away grants to local nonprofits. We call it 21st century solutions. And heres the goal. Its to support organizations that are implementing new and innovative programs. The application is at nbc10. Com. Theres a deadline to apply. Its august 26th. It is 20 minutes past 5 00 a. M. This wednesday morning. Theyre about the size of a dime and their sting could land you in the hospital with a serious condition. Just ahead, we have an update on the clinging jellyfish that have shown up in our area and more about the threat in the water. Plus, cleared for takeoff. Certain drones can now be launched into the air without special permission but under a few conditions. Well tell you what the faa is now saying. Well have that up next. The federal government has completed new rules for small drones that fly for commercial purposes. Under the new rules, the faa says small, commercial drones weighing under 55 pounds can fly during daylight hours. There will be a 60day period for Public Comment and the faa to work out more details. Until now, Drone Operators had to apply for a waiver from rules that governed manned aircraft. Apple is reportedly making a big change to its next iphone. Landon dowdy has details. Good morning, landon. Hi there, tracy. Good morning. Crank up the rumor mill. Reports say apple plans to ditch the iphone jack on the iphone 7 which will may be available in september. It will serve as a charging port and headphone jack. They are playing bigger changes in 2017 when the iphone celebrates its tenth anniversary. Futures are flat this morning. Stocks posting modest gains on tuesday. Investors await thursdays vote on whether Great Britain stays or leaves the european union. A vote to leave could cause uncertainty in the global market. The dow raised 17 points, the nasdaq up 6 to 4,843. Back over to you. Landon dowdy with cnbc. Landon, thanks. Now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather. 5 24. 72 degrees. Still warm outside. Were still watching clouds over the city. Those clouds are starting to thin out. The low clouds and any fog will be disappearing. Your neighborhood forecast is just ahead. Jessica boyington is watching the roads on a wednesday morning. Whats going on out there, jessie . Were watching the 42 freeway in new jersey, right around the Atlantic City expressway. Good view point, maybe youre heading to philadelphia or maybe youre heading down the shore this morning. No big problems or delays but there are some problems in new jersey. Some from the storms that happened last night. Ill go over those problems when im back at 5 30. Could you soon be heading to a major concert for free . 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A legal blow to bill cosby and that the state Supreme Court anow refusing to hear. And a live look at the Wells Fargo Center this morning. Forget sports. Its now the home of politics as the Democratic National convention gets ready to move in today. It is just about 5 30. Good morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. Im vai sikahema. Lets get right to meteorologist bill henley and the neighborhood weather forecast. Its the kind of day i was telling tracy and jessica, roll your window down today. It will be a great day. Put the top down, too, if you have a convertible. If its a hard top, id leave it up. This is a view from camden, new jersey. The clouds will not last. These are not storm clouds. The storms are completely out of the picture. We have cloud cover, low clouds and a bit of fog in parts of the area. Not everybody will see the fog this morning. It has been thick in coatesville, dense fog, light fog in pottstown. Look how completely clear it is for reading, quakertown and allentown. Dry air that will be blowing into the area. That will push the clouds out of here and do away with any fog and make for a pretty comfortable day. The range of temperatures, 61 degrees in the suburbs. King of prussia, the clouds clear out. 69 at 8 00, 80 degrees by 11 00. In philadelphia, the low 70s and 69 degrees currently in delaware and the Lehigh Valley, its cooler. Thats the dry air, scattered clouds but with sunshine, its going to be a fast warmup. 70s by 8 00, 80s by 11 00. We will warm into the middle to upper 80s this afternoon. With a breezy day ahead for each part of our area, well see the humanity drop. Winds out of the west means the warmup even at the shore, 82 degrees. Philadelphia is heading to 88 degrees this afternoon. Ill go through the forecast hour by hour when im back in ten minutes. Jessica boyington has anc upda from the first alert traffic center. Still watching construction, bill. This is in mt. Laurel on route 73 and the 295 interchange. You can see the active work zone causing some delays now. Its a slow go because were starting to see more cars, of course, head out the door. If youre headed towards berlin or voorhees, one lane right now, because of that construction. No problems headed northbound by the scene or construction to worry about. Well keep it in new jersey, a