Philly but the feels like temperature is still even close to 90 degrees in some locations like northeast philly stretching down into philadelphia and this is at 5 30 in the morning. You can only imagine as we go into the afternoon, the sunrises, we start to see the temperatures rising. We should push into the mid90s, feelslike temperature in the triple digits. 79 in reading, 74 in allentown and our actual temperature at 69 in the poconos. Our entire area pretty much under a weather alert for daenk russe heat. Thats going to stay in effect until tonight at 8 00 p. M. That heat index, the feelslike temperature, its the same thing between 100 and 105 degrees. It is going to be an uncomfortable day. Make sure you keep that in mean as youre heading into the rest of your morning. By 10 00 a. M. 87 degrees. Wind speeds out of the west southwest at 10 miles an hour. By the time you head out for lunch, im tracking how long this is going to stick around. Ill ill have the details in the extended forecast. Dangerous heat heres this reminder the Philadelphia Corporation for aging is operating its heat hot line. Call the number on your screen from 8 30 to 8 00 tonight. Jot it down in case somebody in your neighborhood needs it Health Department nurses will be available to speak about the heatrelated medical problems. Meet meteorologist Brittney Shipp returns in just a few minutes with the forecast. Download the nbc 10 news app to prepare for the week ahead. Its a Free Download for smartphones and tablets. Jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. Were starting things off on a good note on 95 around the betty ross bridge. Always having problems with the cameras in the Early Morning hours but you can see no real problems except that we are moving through the work zone. Were losing the righthand shoulder and the next lane over. So if youre headed north or southbound were still doing okay in terms of volume. Out on the pa turnpike you can see all the cars moving along nicely. Nice and green, 21 minutes if youre headed westbound or eastbound from route 1 up towards valley forge. Average speeds about 70 Miles Per Hour there. Were going a little bit fast. As for mass transit currently no problems or delays for new Jersey Transit septa or patco. Speaking of mass transit, jessica, preparing for the pope means a mass transit effort like this region has never seen before. In a few hours, septa will begin accepting Regional Rail passes. Those passes are the only way you can use Regional Rail that weekend. Nbc 10s katy zachry is live on the Benjamin Franklin parkway with the details we need to know. A lot of information coming out today on this. Reporter a lot of information thats important for people who plan to come down to the parkway during the world meeting of families. Chris, where im standing is a prime spot for when pope francis will be here addressing the crowd on the art museum steps. That happens in a little over two months from now. It may be a ways off but septa says plan early. They are. Beginning at 9 00 this morning, septa will sell special Regional Rail passes for the weekend of the popes visit. Available online only. 175,000 passes will be sold each day and youll have to have a separate pass for travel saturday and sunday. They are 10 apiece. Youll get the actual pass in the mail once you make the purchase. A spokeswomanforsepta says plan early be and be prepared to wait in long lines this weekend. When you get to your train station, try to get there early, have somebody drop you off if at all possible. Youll have to wait in long lines to get on your train. Then once you get into the city, you are going to have to walk to the event. Reporter its also important to note that weekend only septa will be operating trains in and out of only 18 of their Regional Rail stations. We have a list of those stations on our nbc 10 news app as well as online, nbc10. Com. Reporting live along the parkway, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. Yes, katy patco is doing something similar, selling these special freedom cards online and at broadway and woodcrest stations. Those go on sale at 8 00. Passengers that do not have those will not be permitted on trains during the papal visit. A oneday pass costs 5 a twoday pass 10. Amtrak is asking for reservations that weekend. For information on that as well as other plans for the popes visit, download and use the nbc 10 news app. Montgomery county commissioners will launch the countys new text to 911 service. The system allows people with hearing or speaking disabilityies or people who cant speak when calling 911 to text to be connected with an emergency dispatcher. We are tracking several overnight developments in the cubaamerican relations, including what happened overnight that hasnt happened in decades. And the next step in mending the international relations. And who hasnt driven through water like this before . It looks safe enough, right . A little water splashes up there. What happens next will make you think twice about how you drive when roads are wet. And were tracking another round of dangerous heat plus the possibility of a heat wave the slight chance of storms and when we will see relief from the high heat and humidity. Im going over all the details in my full forecast. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Good morning. I am tracking really warm and hot conditions as we head into the rest of today. Our feels like temperature by the time we go into the afternoon will be in the mid90s but by the time we push into the Late Afternoon hours well actually see temperatures pushing close to the triple digits. As we head into the rest of today, expect dangerous heat and in fact most of our area is under an excessive heat warning or advisory. As we push into the afternoon, we want you to be very careful. Make sure you stay hydrated. The thing were tracking is our heat index, feels like temperature between 100 and 105 degrees. The tips are drink plenty of water, try to seek out the shade, check out your pets kids and the elderly. Current temperatures in the low 80s for philadelphia. Overnight lows didnt drop below the low 80s. 83 in northeast philly 80 currently in wilmington 74 in allentown, 69 currently in the poconos. Our hourbyhour feelslike temperature by the time you head out for lunch in the mid90s. The time youre almost heading home from work will be in the triple digits. Take it easy allow extra time to get home. Make sure youre staying hydrated. For today, temperatures range between 94 and 97. Dangerous heat is expected. More relief in sight. Thats coming up in my forecast in ten minutes. This may be the coolest part of the morning before you get out and move around out there. I still had the ac on when i was driving in. It is steamy. Lets check the roads with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington. Keep the air pumping in the car this morning. Route 202 around paoli pike currently no problems whether youre headed northbound or southbound. Everything moving along nicely. We head out into the philadelphia area 95 southbound from woodhaven road up towards the vine street expressway. Typically the first spot to jam up for all mornings. 13 minutes, still no real problems. The schuylkill expressway is doing okay headed toward the vine street expressway. We have a phillies game 7 05 tonight, phillies versus Tampa Bay Rays at Citizens Bank park. Expect volume in and out of the stadium area later on in the evening time. Well check in with more drive times and mass transit coming up in the next ten minutes. Its 5 41. It was three years ago today that a gunman walked into a colorado Movie Theater and opened fire. The special ceremony today to remember the victims plus whats next for the now convicted gunman. Plus, protecting the food supply. The step lawmakers in one local state are taking to stop the spread of bird flu before it hits here. Come to sesame place before little kids become, big kids. Before dress up, turns to makeup. And tag becomes, hashtag. Its time to celebrate our 35th birthday, with our new Neighborhood Birthday Party parade. Come to the only place that makes Little Hearts race. Get unlimited visits with a season pass for 6 payments as low as 18. 50. Sesame place go before they grow. Tradingin or selling your car truck or suv . Webuyanycar. Com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. One, get your free online valuation. Two, book an appointment. And three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. Find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com now your nbc 10 first alert weather. 82 degrees already on a first alert weather day as we take a live look over center city philadelphia. It is already feeling like 90 out there with the humidity and its going to feel like triple digits again. There is an excessive heat warning in place for the city and surrounding areas. Meteorologist Brittney Shipp is back in a moment with a look at how long that will last and when our next chance of relief will come in the way of some cooler temperatures and maybe some rain. Stay tuned for that. To help people cool off in the heat allentown is reducing fees to city pools. Daily admission during the heat advisory will be reduced to 2 for kids and 3 for adults at the jordan and mack pools. For the first time in more than a half century, embassies for the United States and cuba will be open in each others capital. Vai sikahema is live in our digital operations center. Vai, tell us more. This is a historic moment tracy. 1961, think about that 1961 when the u. S. Break off diplomatic ties with cuba after fidel castro came into power. Today marks a new beginning. Heres the proof. Youre looking at new video of workers at the state department in washington adding the cuban flag to its array of international flags. Now, this is the building in havana which will officially reopen today as the american embassy. The u. S. Flag wont fly there until secretary of state john kerry visits cuba later this summer but the cuban flag will be hoisted at the islands embassy in washington. President obama announced last december that the u. S. Would be interacting again with cuba. And feelings are mixed. Never thought that it would happen in my lifetime, something that has not happened for the last 54 years. When it comes to cuba atted physician keeps giving and giving and giving. But the castro brothers are doing nothing. Both countries are still at odds on many issues such as lifting the trade embargo and some argue the Obama Administration is ignoring Human Rights Violations by the castro government. Now, improving relations between the u. S. And cuba could mean extradition talks involving fugitives like joanne chess mard. A jury convicted her of killing a state trooper. She escaped from prison and fled to cuba where she changed her name to assata shakur. Chesimard and another fugitive will be part of upcoming talks. Well follow that information and let you know of any additional information. Live in the digital operations center, im vai sikahema nbc 10. Today is the third anniversary of the Movie Theater massacre in aurora, colorado. A vigil will be held to honor People Killed in that attract. James holmes opened fire during a midnight screening of the dark knight rises. A jury convicted holmes of first degree murder last week. He will be sentenced this week. Turning to the terror in tennessee, five military families are preparing for funerals after last weeks attack in chattanooga. Governors in several states are taking precautions to prevent similar attacks. Federal investigate ares are still trying to determine the shooters motives. Meantime, tonight tens governor ordered a security review of all state facilities to see whether military personnel can be armed to protect themselves. I dont want to leave our folks as targets when weve had such a horrible event happen three days ago. Four marines and one navy officer died in that attack. Lawmakers are visiting a company to learn about new technology that could help prevent the spread of bird flu. This comes on the heels of an outbreak in the southwest last week. There are 1,700 family farms across delaware which help generate more than 3 billion for the state. Many of the worlds top alzheimers researchers are in washington this week to present the latest findings on the cause, treatment and prevention of the disease. Several studies focus on diagnosing alzheimers before symptoms even begin. Johns happen kinz scientists established measures that best predict cognitive impairment, including specific memory tests, brain scans and looking at protein levels. A canadian study found measuring several proteins in saliva was accurate in identifying people atrisk for alzheimers disease. Today, the sugar house casino is teaming up with the suggestionen g. Komen foundation to honor philadelphia volunteers for the race for the cure. The pink themed thank you party will highlight the efforts of month are than 500 volunteers. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Good morning. Dangerous heat expected for us once again. Before you head out the door make sure you grab a few bottles of water. Expect our feelslike temperature to reach the triple digits. Im tracking a chance of a few storms as we head into tomorrow. Relief is on the way as we push into wednesday. Theres a live look outside. For philadelphia temperatures up to 82. Feelslike temperatures close to 90 degrees. Moisture is coming up from the south. Our temperatures in the poconos are in the 60s. Its not everywhere thats going to be sweltering today but for the most part we are going to see well above average temperatures heading into the start of your workweek. Our average is at 87 degrees but instead will be well above that. Our current temperature at 78 degrees 80 degrees, i should say, in millville and temperatures closer to the Atlantic City airport at 80 78 in glassboro and feelslike temperature close to 90 for northeast philly and philadelphia. 87 is the feelslike temperature in dover. It is a warm start to the morning. Our entire area under this weather alert for dangerous heat until 8 00 p. M. Tonight. Thats due to the heat index which basically means thats what its going to feel like anywhere between 100 and 105 degrees due to the high humidity and the high temperatures. Our heat tips include drinking water, seek the air conditioning and shade and try and check on pets and the elderly and kids, of course. Air quality alert is in effect for today as well. If you suffer from respiratory illnesses, today is not the best day to go for a long jog outside. Radar shots show the showers break down as they get closer to our region. Were seeing just a few clouds and another round of a chance of a few light showers closer to 6 00 p. M. You can see these are spotty and a better chance as we head into tuesday evening. By wednesday, things clear up nicely. Humidity starts to drop back down. So do the temperatures. Well see a seasonable end to the week with temperatures staying in the 80s. As far as today, not staying in the 80s. Well mainly be in the mid90s along the shore. Sevenday forecast shows we could have a heat wave if we reach the 90s today and tomorrow, that will make it three straight days. Cooler weather on the way. Its about nine minutes till 6 00. Nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington is watching the roads before you head out. Were out in new jersey on cherry hill around route 70 and seeing not a lot of volume. Some good news there. No one wants to start off a monday morning sitting in traffic. Northbound from the black horse pike up towards 38 no problems. 11minute trip. All lanes moving along. Cherry hill watch out for this ongoing construction right around route 70 on the westbound side. One lane getting through the area between south cornell avenue and mcclelland avenue. Now if youre heading out the door on to 95 throughout delaware and the wilmington area everything moving along just fine north or southbound. From 295 up towards 495, the most youll take is an 11minute trip. As for the Philadelphia International airport, mass transit doing just fine as well. In the 6 00 hour, well take a look at drive times on the schuylkill expressway. Take this video as warning. This shows the danger of driving on flooded roads. In South Carolina a photographer was rolling as a car drove through a puddle. It hydroplane skidded and flipped over on to its roof. All three people were okay. Pennsylvania could increase the speed limit on more of the turnpike. It would be at least a year before that happens. State officials are now analyzing data from a study to see if its safe to boost the speed limit to 70. Now, last year part of the turnpike in central pa saw that increase. The Highway Department is still trying to decide where exactly it would raise the limit again. Seven minutes before 6 00 right now. Ever wonders what happens behind the scenes here at nbc 10 news today . I do, yes. You can see for yourself and interact with us. Were talking to people right now. We have been since 4 00 a. M. We try to answer your questions when we can. Some people have insightful questions about how we choose the news. Other people want to know why Jessica Boyington wears uggs on the set. We answered that question. Follow us on periscope. Our address is nbc philadelphia. The honors just keep coming for world cup champion carli lloyd. This morning how one south Jersey Community is celebrating her success. S doens of mile s her success. S doens of mile s do. Dozens of miles in extreme heat. Their hard work has paid off. Wait until you hear how much the tour de shore has raised for families of fallen first responders. Iran keeps their nuclear facilities. Military sites can go uninspected. Restrictions end after 10 years. Then iran could build a Nuclear Weapon in two months. Iran has violated 20 International Agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. More cow bell please less heat. The 28th annual tour de shore bicycle race was one for the record books in spite of the heat. Riders raised more than 800,000 to help children and families of fallen first responders. How about that . The 65mile ride started outside the irish pub, going over the ben franklin bridge all the way to Atlantic City for the tour de shore. If youre headed to the philadelphia freedom tennis match in villanova, you will not see the star. Serena williams an elbow injury will keep her off the court. The freedoms are offering Complimentary Tickets for future matches. If you do go tonight youll see mone davis as an Honorary Team member. Thats a nice treat there. Carli lloyd, of course, led the u. S. Womens National Soccer team to their third world cup title two weeks ago. Since then the delran native has become a hometown hero. Yesterday at the mansion in voorhees friends, family and fans got a chance to celebrate with their home grown champion there. She credits her personal coach for setting the bar for her success. He told me you should be scoring three or four goals a game. Yes, i doubted that. Now having played in the final and having heard what james says, that is the bar and that is the expectation. And last week carli held her annual soccer camp in medford. You can imagine it was a sellout this year. I dont know if it sold out in previous years but this year it certainly was a sellout. She lives in mt. Laurel where i live. I see her shes at the voting booth a couple years back. I ran into her there. Shes now the second biggest celebrity. Shes bigger than life. Im so glad shes doing so well. Thank you very much chris. Youre watching nbc 10 news. Nbc 10 news today at 6 00 a. M. Starts right now. Nbc 10 first alert weather breaking news. We probably dont have to tell you if youre out there, it is hot, humid and youre going to feel it if you go outside today. Dangerous heat. The highlighted area is where theres a heat warning and advisory today. What you need to know to stay safe. Were following breaking news in philadelphia. Eight people have separate shootings overnight. The latest happened about two hours ago. Were working to get the latest forever you. It is just about 6 00 a. M. Already 82 degrees outside. Good morning this is nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. Im vai sikahema. Boy, just anybody whos outside today, you can feel the difference in the temperature. Lets get right to nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Brittney Shipp. You mentioned the actual temperature. Our feelslike temperature, even this morning close to 90 degrees. Thats why we have an excessive heat warning in effect for the areas in pink a heat advisory in effect until 8 00 p. M. Were dealing with a heat index where the feelslike temperature is 100 to 105 degrees. Here are your heat tips drink plenty of water and fluids stay in the air conditioning or shade, check on the pets and kids to make sure they have enough water check on your elderly neighbors as well. Mid70s in allentown, 77 in pottstown, 81 in philadelphia. 80 in wilmington. The city planner, this is how the day will break down. By 11 00 a. M. Pretty close to 90 degrees. 2 00 p. M. 93