Northwesterly this afternoon. That will bring down the humidity. Isolated shower or thunderstorm, that shower we were watching in the Lehigh Valley and its out of here this afternoon. Its steam heat. The temperatures in the 90s this afternoon. A look at this forecast, hour by hour when i come back. First, Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. Thanks, cbill. Watching the vine street expressway this morning. The good news is well start off with that, that we dont have to deal with that construction that typically closes it down, westbound and eastbound in between the schuylkill and broad street. Right now were watching an accident scene. It is open but an accident under way right now. Right around the ben franklin parkway off ramp, thats completely blocked right now. Police activity on the scene. Emergency personnel there as well, trying to get this vehicle and this ramp back open and under control. But its on the westbound side. The westbound lanes are still open. You can see traffic is moving by. Every once in a while, a car moves through headed eastbound. Theres no problems and its not affect on the eastbound side. 22 minutes at the most from valley forge to route 1. Were also watching construction in delaware, new castle specifically. 295 southbound right between route 9 and i95. Watch for lane restrictions. Thanks, jessica. 5 02. Happening right now in philadelphia, police are on the scene of a chemical leak in the citys kensington neighborhood. Nbc 10s Pamela Osborne is live on the scene this morning. Pamela, it sounds like this cleanup could take a while. Lauren, it certainly can. When we got here on the scene this morning, we could tell very noticeable odor was in the air. Take a look. G street is what youre looking at right now. Its closed between va nan enan erie, several hours after a chemical began leaking from its container on g street. Fire crews and hazmat teams rushed to the area. The leaking chemical is divinylbenzene. Initially teams were very concerned because its a liquid chemical solidifies, the temperature rises, posing a risk of explosion. At this point in time, crews on the scene tell us there is very little concern of an explosion. Last night we know they evacuated businesses in the area. This morning, were seeing people nearby who work nearby heading in and out of work at this time. Just up the street there, back out here live, theres firefighters standing nearby. Theyre monitoring the situation. We know that crews hope to have everything cleaned up sometime today. Reporting live in kensington, im Pamela Osborne, nbc 10 news. Thanks for the update, pam. 5 03. 75 degrees outside. New from overnight, repair crews are fixing a water mann break in west philadelphia, haverford avenue near 41st street. Thats where the pipe broke around 12 30 this morning. Were told the break didnt cause significant damage. Septa is working to get all of its trains back on the tracks. But in the meantime, it is adding express bus service to some Regional Rail lines, starting next month. Septa took more than 100 cars out of service just before the july 4th holiday. Originally it said it want the cars to be back in service by labor day. Well, now septa says the cars should be back by early november. The buss that will start running the day after labor day will help ease congestion until then. No doubt trains will become more packed with school back in session. In montgomery county, septa employee is in jail accused of stealing more than 500,000 worth of parts. Prosecutors say kyle allen of langhorne stole more than 500 batteries, 260 catalytic converters, spools of wire and other electrical components. Police say he hit septa stations across three counties including plymouth township, upper darby and three in philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Senate will reconvene for a vote to possibly name the states new attorney general. Governor come wolf nominated bruce beamer to teq over the seat. He was a onetime highranking aide to kathleen kane. Kane resigned after she was convicted of leaking grand jury information and lying about it under oath. Today, Funeral Services will be held for a man in a Police Shooting that sparked outrage in milwaukee. Police shot and killed Sylville Smith earlier this morning. That was earlier this month. Some say smith was armed with a hand gun and turning towards the officer when he was shot. The reverend Jessie Jackson will deliver the eulogy at his funeral. Customers, lawmakers and Patient Advocates are outraged of the skyrocketing cost of the epipen. Its jumped 400 since 2007. The ceo of manufacturer mylan is blaming the health care industry. Everybody should be frustrated. I am hoping that this is an Inflection Point for this country. Our health care is in a crisis. Its no different than the Mortgage Financial crisis in 2007. She says she will not reverse the price hike. Instead, the company is offering 300 coupons in response to the criticism. And the concern for the rising cost is getting attention in washington. The father of mylan ceo Heather Bresch is a u. S. Senator from west virginia. He released a statement saying in part, quote, i am aware of the questions my colleagues and many parents are asking and, frankly, i share their concerns about the skyrocketing prices of prescription drugs. He also said hes sure the company will have a more comprehensive response to questions raised. Today in bucks county, a childrens Fitness Center wants to help parents get Young Students red to go back to school. My gym in yardley is holding a School Safety event from the 1 00 to 5 00 p. M. There will be safety demonstrations and visits from firefighters and police. Today Vice President joe biden will be in wilmington, delaware, talking about the future of rail transit on the east coast. Bidens expected to announce the new 2. 5 billion deal between amtrak and a firm that builds highspeed trains. The Vice President will speak this afternoon at the amtrak station that bears his name. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. A look at cape may, a live view from the marina this morning. You can see, it looks like you can see the haze in the area. A little bit of a breeze is blowing. Thats a warm, Summer Breeze this morning. We have higher humidity and light fog in coatesville and lancaster. A little bit of rain moved through this morning, elevated the humidity in both those locales. The rest of the area is fogfree this morning. Warmer than yesterday. 70s for mt. Holly, coatesville, allentown and trenton. Even at the shore, Atlantic City is 73 degrees. Were running 5 to 10 degrees warmer this morning. Allentown is 9 degrees warmer, 11 degrees warmer at this hour in coatesville. Up 6 in philadelphia. Vineland, a good deal warmer than yesterday. The humidity is indeed higher, too. That elevated humidity will make it feel like its near 100 degrees this afternoon. The heat index projection has upper 90s from trenton and doylestown through west chester and wilmington. Look at dover and egg harbor, 101 degrees at 3 30 this afternoon. It will be the feelslike temperature. Fortunately, the humidity will be dropping as we go into the evening hours. Well see sunshine today. But before we get to the evening, the temperatures soar, into the 90s for philadelphia, the suburbs and thec Lehigh Valley. Any showers around this morning will be long gone this afternoon. Youll need your sun glasses in delaware and you wont need the umbrella in new jersey. 88 degrees at noontime. Some spots on the beach will be hitting 90 degrees. Heres our lone shower that was a thunderstorm. It is moving just to the south of hamburg this morning. See those heavy downpours, south of reading at this time, heading towards pottstown, moving east at 30 miles an hour. The weekend will be dry, showers will be out of the picture. Well see sunshine. For philadelphia, 94 degrees this afternoon. We will feel hotter as we go into the afternoon hours. 90 degrees on saturday. Still hot on saturday but the humidity will be lower and the temperatures not as extreme. And come sunday morning, even less humid, 70 in the morning, 89 the High Temperature. Then its back into the 90s on monday. Tuesday is our lone chance other than this morning of seeing showers and some thunderstorms possible tuesday afternoon. 90 degrees the High Temperature. That will not be the end of the 90s either. Wednesday, thursday and friday, into the low 90s. Summer doesnt want to quit. Next weekend, look at that, 84 degrees saturday and sunday. The humidity coming way down. Once we get through this weekend, it wont be bad this weekend. Just not as comfortable as what well see next saturday and sunday. Tracy, lauren . Yes, summer doesnt want to quit at least for a little while. Something to look forward to. Jessica, can we look forward to the roads this morning . We start off with good news, i guess. All traffic is moving along on the vine street expressway. We normally have construction closing it down westbound and eastbound until a little bit after this time. Right now we are watching an accident scene. Started with the good news, heres a little bit of bad. The off ramp is just blocked, not blocking the lanes on the highway. Its the westbound side of the vine street expressway to the ben franklin parkway ramp. Thats whats blocked this morning. Also a water main break in hatfield township on welsh road and squirrel lane. The 42 freeway, were clear here now. These are cameras around creek road. Earlier, just after this point from 295 from the 42 freeway northbound. These lanes in here, leading to 295 northbound, that ramp was blocked with overnight construction. Back open this morning and you can see the northbound traffic right in here. That would be whats headed towards philadelphia. No big problems or delays. Heading down south towards the jersey shore, no problems there either. 11 minutes past 5 00. Still in hot water. Well give you an update on u. S. Olympic swimmer ryan lochte and his trouble in rio and how hes not yet in the clear. Partners for life. A south jersey family says a program thats saving their childs life is now on the ropes. Well tell you their story and why their concern goes beyond our area. For senate, a clear difference. Katie mcginty for background checks, for banning assault weapons, and banning highcapacity ammunition clips. And pat toomey . Against an assault weapons ban and against banning high capacity ammo clips like those used in the orlando massacre. Listen to pat toomey brag i have had a perfect record with the nra. Pat toomey gets an a from the nra. Hes not for you. Senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. 5 14. Good morning delaware county. Heres a live look on lancaster avenue in wayne where it is now 71 degrees. Coping with autism can be a challenge. Thats where mans best friend can step in to help. Now that is preventing its own challenges for some in our area. Matt delucia complains why some families in south jersey and beyond are worried. You ready . Yes. Forward. Reporter carol, zach and don are almost imseparable. Partners in life to save a life. I cant imagine our life without our dog. Before we had don zack would sleep and elope and get away from us. Worst part was in parking lots. Reporter after two close calls near her Burlington County home, she knew she needed help. 72 families acquired dogs like don. Were on a waiting list for nearly two years. Reporter joe rivera got his dog for the same reason. Every day is a new beginning for us. Reporter the frustration turned to relief and he became an advocate for service dogs. Which is why he grew concerned when he learned from now on, dogs will go to a special needs school and no longer to families. How is placing a dog in a school going to save lives . Its not going to save lives. Reporter guiding eyes for the blind told us starting this fall well be providing dogs to a school in new jersey that specializes in autism. The dogs handlers will be autism experts who employ applied Behavior Analysis which teaches foundational,c academic and fungal life skills. Its not a bad thing to use. Its just eliminating the foundation which was saving lives. It saddens me that other families may not have the opportunity to have this gift. And be able to have normalcy. Reporter guiding eyes for the blind says families currently in the program will still receive support and care and a replacement dog if available. Matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Philadelphia is celebrating National Dog Day today with free adoptions. The citys animal care and control team is waiving fees on all dogs today and the pennsylvania spca is reducing the cost of adoption. Stop into any of the shelter locations from 1 00 to 8 00. Nbc 10 is committed to clearing the shelters. Lauren . Fema is helping People Living in floodravaged areas of louisiana find temporary living arrangements. Michelle is filling a trailer in newark to take supplies down to louisiana. Her family members lost homes in baton rouge. A friend lent her that trailer. Donations of cleaning supplies, rubber gloves, money, food and water are pouring in from friends and strangers. She begins the long drive to louisiana on sunday. I knew i was part of a Great Community and part of a good network of people, however, its been so heartwarming to see the overwhelming response coming in. Flooding killed at least 13 people in louisiana ellier this month. Tens of thousands of others lost their homes. A black lives matter tshirt is sparking a clothing controversy at a high school in arizona. Mariah harvard wore the shirt to class on tuesday. School officials sent her home because she refused to change out of it. Her family and friends are upset. They say the school has a history of allowing students wearing shirts supporting causes. Ive seen a white power shirt once. I was confuse on why i wouldnt be able to wear something so meaningful to me. So far, no comment from the school. Administrators pointed to the dress code which bans clothing that can disrupt the education process. 5 18. Lets take a look at traffic this morning with jessica. Jessica is watching 95. Where on 95 . Around our cameras at girard avenue, through the work zone, still looking okay so far. We have a 12minute drive time right now. No increase. Its actually pretty light. Southbound from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway. The southbound lanes are right in there moving along nicely. No problems headed northbound. We typically see the delay on the southbound side in about an hour or so. More closer to the 6 00 hour. That accident scene we were following all morning on the vine street expressway has just cleared out of the way. The westbound ramp, ben franklin parkway has been block all morning. Youre good to go and not worried about that construction either. All lanes open on the vine street expressway. If you take any of the area bridges, watch for construction on the betsy ross. Thats headed westbound. Two lanes are open there. Theres a speed he striction down to 35 miles an hour. The ben franklin bridge looks great, the burlington bristol. More updates when im back in the next ten. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. 19 minutes after 5 00. Most of the area is dry. There is one exception. A shower quickly moving past harrisburg where there was lots of thunder and lightning. Nowc its heavy downpours in southern berks county and its quickly moving into northern Chester County and western montgomery county. These showers are not going to last all day. We have to deal with it first thing this morning. Might see windshield wipers going. You can expect it this morning. This is moving to the east at 30 miles an hour. Its getting ready to move past pottstown and collegeville. Most of the day is dry. Once those showers are past, the next round of showers not going to get close to us. The next possibility wont come until next week. The temperatures, though, today will soar. With showers and clouds out of the way, the temperatures climb into the middle 90s this afternoon. Thats a live view, looking across to delaware in the adventure aquarium. The Lehigh Valley is in the 70s. Everybody is in the 70s this morning. Warmer than yesterday by 5 to 10 degrees. Its right now 74 degrees in cochranville, 73 in easton, collegeville at 73 with that rain moving in and ft. Washington is 73 degrees as well to start with. 70s to start with, 90s this afternoon. That includes delaware. In the clear as far as rain is concerned in wilmington and the clouds that are with us this morning. They will be clearing. The numbers that are in the 70s right now will climb into the 90s this afternoon. Right now lewes, rehoboth beach, right in the middle 70s. It is a muggy morning, too. That humidity producing some heat that will feel like its close to 100 degrees this afternoon. That isolated shower moving through this morning, then it will be dry for the rest of the day, including the Lehigh Valley. New jersey, low 90s but look at vineland. It will feel like 100 degrees with middle 90s this afternoon. Stone harbor will feel like 96. The High Temperature of 90 and just a bit more humid. It will feel hotter in longport. Into the 90s for wilmington, theres the sunshine. 93 degrees. Feels like 98 degrees this afternoon. There is some more comfortable weather ahead. Youll see it over the weekend. Five days and philadelphia and at the shore, 90s today. Both locations. Look at the numbers moderating this weekend, saturday and sunday. The humidity drops for philadelphia and low 80s sunday afternoon at the shore. The next chance of showers for tuesday afternoon, 90 degrees. Most likely skip the coast. Thanks, bill. 5 21 and today is your last chance to help spread the word about free money to those making a difference. Were giving away grants to local nonprofits in our community. This is called 21st century solutions. The goal is to support organizations that are implementing new and innovative programs. And the deadline is today. The application is on our website, nbc10. Com. Time is ticking down for a familiar sight at 30th street station. Anyone whos been to 30th street station recognizes this ticker board. Just ahead within we, well te its on its way out. Plus, an update on a story we first brought you as breaking news thursday morning. A Police Sergeant hit by a car and whole thing was caught on camera. That video just ahead. Today, guns can be bought over the internet, or at a weekend gun show. And if the wrong people get a gun. We know what can happen. Pat toomey put our safety ahead of partisan politics. Toomey crossed party lines twice, first to support background checks, and now to stop gun sales to suspects on the terror watch list. No wonder pennsylvania cops endorse pat toomey as best to protect our families. Independence usa pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. 5 25. Apple has a solution for a security flaw in its phones and tablets. Landon dowdy is here with details in this mornings cnbc business news. Good morning, landon. Hi there, tracy. Good friday morning. Apple issued a patch to fix a potentially dangerous flaw that can let hackers take over your iphone. A text message invites users to quick on a web link and that Installs Software that would let hackers track your every movement. Apple reportedly filed a patent on a new method to find out who may have stolen your iphone. It can send fingerprint data, video or audio to authorities. On wall street, futures are higher this morning. Investors are waiting a big event later this morning. A speech by fed chair janet yellen in wyoming. She could signal that the fed is ready to start raising Interest Rates again, possibly as soon as next month. We also get data on Consumer Sentiment and gdp. The dow up 33 points to 18,448, the nasdaq down 5 to 5,212. Thank you. Have a nice weekend. Thanks. 5 26. 75 degrees. Im tracking a lone shower this morning but you wont see that this afternoon. You will see sunshine and the hottest, most humid day of the week. Live view of boathouse row which is in the clear and dry this morning. Your neighborhood forecast is just cahead. First, lets check in with Jessica Boyington in the first alert traffic center. Good morning, bill. Were watching new jersey roads this morning. Smooth sailing out in mt. Laurel, new jersey. Route 73 at 295. Thats what were looking at right now. Roads are dry. Just a couple of cars out the door. Good news there. Well check in with the schuylkill expressway when i come back. Plus, death toll rising. We have new details on the deadly earthquake that has killed more than 200 people in italy and wiped out a town. Hear about the new concerns that people are now dealing with. Plus, were learning more about a deadly zip line accident in new castle county. Hear what zip line operators say happened before the woman fell at a state park. Right now on nbc 10 news today, a chemical leak in philadelphia forces businesses to evacuate. Hear why police are still on the scene in kensington. Death toll rising. Crews are still finding more bodies in italy after an earthquake devastated parts of the country. But now there are new cconcern. And ryan lochte still in hot water. Hear why the olympic swimmer is still facing trouble in rio in the wake of his robbery investigation. Nbc 10 news starts now. 5 30, 76 degrees outside. Welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. Im lauren mayk. Lets get a check of the weather with meteorologist bill henley with your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood forecast on this friday. Bill . Lauren, its a steamy one this morning. We have clouds and even a few showers. You can see a few sprinkles in delaware and south jersey. But the heaviest one was a thunderstorm. Its moving to the ea