Delays yet, but still a little early for that. Watch for a crash on valley forge road. That might tie you up a little bit. This is on the eastbound side between willow grove and ben salem. Drive times still good. 21 minutes from valley forge to route 1. Were still closed at the vine in between broadway and the expressway. Supposed to be skeering around 5 00. Ed pawlowski will be in federal court in philadelphia today to be arraigned on corruption charges. An indictment says pawlowski and spencer are accused of selling off city contracts to bankroll their political campaigns. Investigations began with raids two years ago. Prosecutors say he awarded work to Certain Companies on projects like street lights and city pools. He took in over 150,000 in donations. Yesterday pawlowski denied the charges. I have done nothing wrong, nor have i ever personally accepted a dime beyond my salary as mayor. If the mayor has any respect for the citizens he would resign immediately. Spencer is also due in court. Three other people are named in the indictments including the former Reading School board president. And flames destroy this home. Fire and smoke were coming from the home around 2 00 this morning. The fire is now under control. Were making calls to find out if anyone was hurt. They ended up finding loaded guns left in a lot between two homes in germantown. The semiautomatic weapons could have easily been found by kids playing in the neighborhood. The swat team was called in to safely remove the guns. A Philadelphia Restaurant has agreed to pay 230,000 to current and former workers who say they were forced to hand over tips to other employees. Newly released Court Documents show the owners settled a Class Action Lawsuit in june. A former server said she had to give five dollars per shift to silverware polishers. Senate republicans are 0 for two on votes to repeal and replace obamacare. Todath to vote on a series of amendment on individual Health Care Reform measures. The measures would lik cobbled together with a bill known as the skinny repeal. Senate leaders are hearing from governors that want both parties to Work Together to fix obamacare. In a letter yesterday, a group of ten republican and democratic governors urged the senate to set aside repeal and replace efforts and work with them to make health care more affordable and available. There is disagreement in congress over president trumps decision to ban transgender individuals from serving in the u. S. Armed forces. The president announced the policy change in a series of tweets yesterday citing medical costs and distraction. Nbc talked with a transgender woman and several veterans and all of them disagreed with the president s decision. To seech their own. As long as theyre not hurting or harming anyone, why not let them serve . I believe many of us have more heart and will be willing to make more sacrifices. Military veterans in congress are divided. One vet called it discriminatory. A lawyer for a congressman insists the long time lawmaker did nothing wrong after released showing he was promised to pay off a campaign debt. Bradys lawyer and a sourc cong the payment was completely legitimate. They say the 90,000 was spent on polling d congressional opponent. Brady has not been charged in the investigation. Here are this mornings headlines were following for you. Ohios governor has ordered all rides to be shut down at the state fair following a deadly accident there. One man died, several others hurt when a ride called the fireball broke apart yesterday. Other rides at the fair will be able to reopen once additional safety inspections are completed. We just learned an inmate who escaped from a high Security Detention Center at new york city jail has been found. He went missing sometime last night. Authorities believe he had jumped over the fence. The island was put on lockdown as officers searched the area for him. And people are evacuated as fires continue to burn across frances southern coast. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed by the fires which first started burning three days ago. No injuries are reported. Hey, heading out right now, thats a live view of boat house row. The clouds are back for another day and those clouds are helping to keep things cool this morning. Its going to be a cool start and temperatures will climb into the 80s. 7day forecast shows there are going to be more clouds today especially later this afternoon, but starting tomorrow, a chance for showers and thunderstorms. During the day, mostly cloudy skies. Well get a little bit of sunshine peeking through the clouds but the clouds dont want to leave us. 71 right now in delaware. The l the suburbs and new jersey all the temperatures are in the 60s at 59. A couple degrees cooler than nice warmup with clouds on 11 00 a. M. , 77 degrees in philadelphia. A chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon. The suburbs, the clouds will be hanging in there, 74 degrees and near 80 deandsor the lehigh val mostly cloudy skies, low 70s at 11 00. And a pretty good warmup in spite of the clouds. For delaware, clouds will be there for most of the day w sshe and new jersey up to 76 degrees. Late day showers are possible, just a little less likely than in philadelphi subur suburbs. At the shore, start off with sunshine, but mostly cloudy day. We do have the clouds that are moving through today. The hour by hour forecast shows a chance of some late day showers, not looking too exciting at 4 00. Most of the area is just cloudy. But come tomorrow, theres a potential that all the neighborhoods starting at 7 00 in the morning and continuing into 7 00 in the Morning Saturday will see a possibility of severe storms, some heavy and flooding rain is possible leading to rising rivers and creeks. You can see the clouds that are starting to stream into the area. The wet weather is to the north but its part of the system thats going to be coming into the part of the area not only tonight but even tomorrow and into the weekend. A look at that weekend forecast when im back in ten minutes. 8 minutes past 5 00 a. M. First alert traffic reporter has been watching that for us. Hoping to catch these construction vehicles clearing it out of the way, but we just missed it. All clear around gulph mills. Theyre just heading the other direction over there. So right now those cones are cleared out of the way. Same goes for the vine tree expressway. We were closed for that ongoing construction work. Right now clear, so were back open. By the time you head out the door there wont be any construction crew left on the scene there. Right around boyd avenue well end with new jersey. 295 still dealing with these lane restrictions. You can see a few cars moving by at the time. Were not seeing any big delays yet. 5 09 right now. Closing the budget gap. Today lawmakers will vote on a plan to balance the state books. Coming up, what it could mean for you and your utility bills. And the new program that could help people waiting on an organ donor list. And still ahead, the new attraction on the delaware show casing the Creative Community. He gets things done stevfor south jersey. O tell you dont believe him. Because Steve Sweeney gets things done for himself, for the special interests who pay for his campaigns, and definitely for chris christie. But Steve Sweeney doesnt get things done for you. Unless you count cutting education funding, raising the gas tax, and sending more of your tax dollars off to trenton instead of south jersey. If youre tired of typical politics, stop electing typical politicians like Steve Sweeney. The full Pennsylvania Senate will vote to close a hole in the budget. It could mean new or increased taxes on your utility bills. They would face higher natural gas and telecommunications bill. It would also put a new tax on drillers involved with the natural gas drilling. It will go to the house and govern nor says he supports that plan. This morning republican candidate for new jersey governor will announce her running made and then she and her Lieutenant Governor will hold a round table this afternoon. Several reports say shes poised to pick carlos rendo who has strong ties to marcoux rubio. Fill murphy picked his running mate, Sheila Oliver will join the ticket as the candidate for Lieutenant Governor. She was the first African American woman to serve as assembly speaker. A kidney transplant helped save a woman and in exchange her husband saved his life. Through her tenyearold Kidney Transplant Program she and her husband learned about paired donation. If you need a kidney, a Family Member or friend can get you one by donating one of theirs to a stranger around the country. Thats what her husband did for mary. The fact we agreed to this interview is not to say im a wonderful guy. The fact is there are hundreds of thousands of people waiting for kidney transplants. A few weeks ago mary and ed had dinner with the two strangers in california and got to exchange thank yous. Very nice. Check out these slick moves last night. Thats harlem globe trotters jackson throwing out the first pitch while spinning a sk little bit. Phillies put on quite a display themselves. They beat the astros 90. And two families lost everything they owned in this fire last month. The family got vip tickets to a. Lets get you to work and check our traffic. Jessica boyington is looking at the vine street expressway. Were back open. Th 24th street. Our cameras look good right now. Right now eastbound toward 95, no more construction crews on the scenes. Theres a crash though. Out in abington. Police activity is there. Also watching 422. Onstction on t eastbound ramp. This is an ongoing project too though. That rump is closed eastbound from 29 just a 7minute trip. And also watching 295 still. We can still see some construction with lanes blocked around route 16 near the northbound side anyway headed to trenton. So right now, both directions still look okay and were not seeing any big delays but still something were watching. Septa, amtrak, new jersey and mass transit all set on time. Some will deal with spotty showers throughout the day and a chance of thunderstorms apparently. I think were focused on the real rain thats going to come tomorrow. Right bill . Today well see lots of clouds. Not too many showers until late this afternoon. This is a live view from here at the nbc 10 studios. You can clearly see the clouds now that the stars are starting to brighten after sunrise this morning. Made it in the low 80s yesterday. Well get some breaks of sunshine and a southerly wind today which will help boost temperatures this afternoon. The trend, 80 degrees by 2 00 and then up to 83 degrees by 4 00 today. There is a chance well see some spotty showers late this afternoon or this evening, but really a better chance that these clouds will start producing for us tomorrow. And tomorrow morning you can see the activity to the north and the storms to the west. Its part of the same system thats going to be sinking into the area and as it moves in for friday its going to be firing up and potential for very heavy rain and thats why weve issued a first alert not only for thunderstorms but also the potential for flooding. A first alert for all the neighborhoods starts at 7 00 tomorrow morning. Its for 24 hours into saturday morning. First thing on saturday. Then the rain should be tapering off as the day goes on on saturday. Possibly some severe thunderstorms. Heavy downpours leading to flooding rain, rising rivers and creeks. Some f it will linger into saturday. Saturday afternoon, 77 degrees for philadelphia. 70s for the suburbs. Might see some late day sunshine in the Lehigh Valley. Thats a possibility in new jersey too. Clouds will linger for much of the shore and delaware. Then sunshine is back and a Beautiful Day for sunday with high temperatures climbing into the 80s and the humidity staying low. Full 10day coming up in the next half hour. Thank you. The Cherry Street pier looks a little bit icy. Lots of cocktails and plenty of room for the arts. Its been transformed to show case the Creative Community along columbus boulevard. A drug dealer made a dropoff at the hospital and a patient is dead. What led to a womans overdose and a mans arrest. Plus, drink it in. If you like coke zero, stock up on it because its soon going to disappear from store shelves. Well tell you whats replacing it. And google drops a landmark Search Engine and well tell you whats changing. Coke says it will replace coke zero with a product with a similar name. Both drinks a sugar free, but it tastes more like its original coke flair. Amazon has a secret team works on Health Related projects. Kate rogers is here to tell us more about it. Good morning to you. Well, amazon wants to give your doctor a helping hand. Cnbc has learned the company has a secret team working on health care projects. Earlier this year reports that amazon was exploring whether to start selling pharmaceuticals. They continue to expand more and more into our lives. And meantime google is ditching one of its features. Whats that about . Well, google is dropping its instant search feature which automatly populates results when you type them in. More than half of google searches are actually made on mobile devices and instant search doesnt display as well on the smaller screens and markets will look further to push into territory today. New highs yesterday after the feds left Interest Rates unchanged. Today is the busiest day of earning seasons with several big names reporting including amazon, starbucks and the dow rising 97 points yesterday while the nasdaq was up 10. Back over to you. Thank you for that. Its 5 24. Mayors under the microscope. A Corruption Case involving current and former city leaders heads to court. Hear how one of the men accused is pushing back against one of those charges. And how teenagers put drivers at risk in philadelphia. Were about a half an hour away from sunrise this morning but we may not see a whole lot of it at least to start with. Thats a live view from the hotel. Mostly cloudy skies and a warmer day today, but im tracking some heavy downpours and the potential for some flooding. A first alert has been issued for our area for tomorrow. That with your first alert forecast just ahead, but first, Jessica Boyington is in the first alert traffic center. Good morning. Well, were watching 78 right now right around lehigh street. Everything looks good so far. But it cant stay that way all morning. Well keep watching the rest of the roads and updates when i come back. Hit on the hughway. Police say taeenagers throwing rocks put drivers in danger. A current and former mayor took part in a pay for play scheme. With. Good morning. Welcome to nbc 10 news today. Almost 5 30. Another cloudy day but getting warmer. Lets get to the most accurate neighborhood weather forecast. Temperatures in the 60s, about where they were yesterday. Maybe a little bit cooler in some spots. You see the clouds over the suburbs, the Lehigh Valley mostly cloudy and new jersey and philadelphia in the 60s while delaware is at 71 degrees right now. We warm into the 80s this afternoon but its going to be another mostly cloudy day with a chance of a late day shower. 83 in delaware. Up to 85 degrees for philadelphia. At the shore the temperatures will stay in the 70s. Ill break it down hour by hour and show you when you can expect some heavy downpours. Theres a first alert issued for parts of our area. But first jessica has your first alert traffic. Our cameras around Spring Garden street. Looks like a construction vehicle, probably getting out of the way right now. This is the eastbound side and theyre moving off of the ramp right now. So no longer a problem there. Eastbound lanes getting by. We had earlier construction thats all cleared now. Take a look at the drive times. They look good even with that construction thats already cleared. Theres a crash though, watch out an abington and it will end over on the new jersey turnpike. These are our cameras just near the delaware memorial bridge. That would be the southbound side. So theyre moving up towards delaware or down towards delaware youll have no problems so far. Back to you. Thank you. Were working to get more information about a fire that destroyed this home in montgomery county. Fire and smoke were coming from this home around 2 00 this morning. The fire in garfield avenue is now under control and officials tell us no one