Low 70s this afternoon. 77 degrees for new jersey. At the shore also in the upper 70s. Those winds will be strong especially during the early afternoon hours, but then they start to take a break. Ill break it down hour by hour, show you what your day looks like but first, Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. Were on the 30 bypass on the eastbound side. We have a crash. Just near route 282 now, you can look at part of the closure right in here and moving through and heres where it turns into 282 over here to run into the 30 bypass. Right before that point we have camera zoomed in on that point and its difficult to see because its so dark so i wanted to make a map to show you where it is instead. The schuylkill, this is approaching route 202 where we have that construction where we have one lane getting by. West and eastbound, thats what this looks like on the map here. In between 202 and the blue route we have lanes blocked there in both directions and also watching the schuylkill westbound, were closed with the construction project diverting and allowing it to get back on. Not a lot of traffic in the area right now. Its supposed to clear around 5 00 but ill double check with my cameras to see if theyre starting to clear out a little early. Breaking from overnight police are looking for three men who terrorized a philadelphia neighborhood. They shot one man in the back and pistol whipped another just a block away. Katy, investigators say one of the victims was walking to see his girlfriend when things took a violent tournamenturn. Tell us what happened next. Reporter he was walking completely unsuspecting of what was about to happen to imhhim. Detectives are still looking into who actually committed these crimes. Well, that group of men approached two different men in the neighborhood saying they were going to rob them both. One of the victims, he was just walking to see his girlfriend when he was shot. Heres some video of the scene at 54th and warrington avenue. This is just after midnight. Police say the man may have been on the phone with his girlfriend when he was approached by three men who said they were robbing him. He tried to run away, but was shot in the back trying to do so. Were told he may be paralyzed. Police got a call for his attack as they were headed to the scene of an earlier attack just around the corner. That man was badly pistol whipped by the same group of robbers according to police. We are reaching out to Presbyterian Hospital trying to get an update on both of the men who were attacked. Both of them are being treated here at this early hour. Coming up in the next half hour, you will hear an especially candid account of these crimes from police. Thank you. Taking a look at todays headlines, hugh heffner, founder of the Playboy Magazine empire is dead. It went from a concept on his Kitchen Table to one of the most subscribed magazines in the world. He died peacefully in the playboy mansion. Septa expected to have Regional Service running on time. After an electrical problem sparked an alarm about a fire during last nights rush hour. Riders hopped out windows stopping it was for about an hour and a half. Leaders head to try to sway amazon to build its Second Headquarters here. The company has set an october 19th deadline for all proposals. Right now the situation is dire across puerto rico eight days after Hurricane Maria hit. Nearly half of the u. S. Territorys population has no Drinking Water. Food is scarce and stores are rationing supplies and its getting to the island but many ports are damaged. Without reliable electricity and fuel getting relief supplies to those in need is nearly impossible. A bucks County Church is part of the effort to help those struggling to survive. The International Temple of restoration is collecting water, food and other essentials. Many have loved ones in puerto rico that they havent heard from since the storm hit. That could be one of your family members thats going through this. They havent been Drinking Water or maybe they drowned. My fear is people dying. Dying because they dont have water or they dont have food or they dont have shelter. Its not fair. In the next few weeks the church plans to ship the supplies to puerto rico and members of the congregation will also make the trip. American airlines sent a plane full of supplies donated from the philadelphia area. On the return trip he spoke with people trying back to our area who saw and lived heart break firsthand. In my opinion this is hell. It was a hell. I go back to philly. My house is very broke. Its a very difficult situation. Im going to the states but i dont know if im going to be able to communicate with my family and its a very hard situation. Passengers told jim leaving puerto rico was hard and many plan to return once the crisis eases. The massive effort to send relief from celebrities to local businesses and learn what you can do to help as well. Nbc 10 and telemundo 62 is holding a daca phone bank today. Its from 4 00 to 6 30 this afternoon. Daca is the deferrfor d. R. E. A. M brought to the u. S. To stay. The future of daca is in question after President Trump suspended the program, Gave Congress six months to pass a bill to preserve it, then approached Top Democrats to bake a daca deal. A crash in Northern Liberties leaves one person dead and a baby and another child hurt. Coming up, well take you to the scene of a wreck between a trolley and a car. And all new at 5 00 a. M. , curbing stranger danger by calling on the community for help. How one school is enlisting you to keep kids safe. Good morning, everyone. Jessica boyington with you with a check on the roads. Starting with good news on the schuylkill expressway. A little bit earlier this morning at least for overnight work and it was supposed to last till 5 00 where we have a construction project on the westbound side, it looks clear and traffic is moving up this direction right now. So it looks like in the back, it looks like this is coming from the other side but some construction vehicles still might be on the scene there but the roads are back open so thats the good part there. Also watching more construction on the schuylkills west and eastbound side, anywhere between route 202 and the blue route, lanes lost there but small delays because of that and in downingtown watch for this crash on the eastbound side where we have this closure here right before route 282. Theyre diverting traffic off of the ramp. Ill check back in with the schuylkill construction when i come back. 19 minutes before 5 00. We are in the 70s right now. I know youve been hearing that cooler, drier, comfortable air is on the way, just not here yet. It will be blowing in during the day. 75 degrees right now in philadelphia. The temperatures have been coming down. By 8 00 this morning well have a north wind at 14 Miles Per Hour. 69 degrees. Those winds really kick in. Theyll be northwesterly and 16 Miles Per Hour at noontime but we will get some higher gusts. The gusts could be running 25 to 30 Miles Per Hour and thats going to keep us in the 70s this afternoon for philadelphia. The suburbs, mostly sunny skies. 72 degrees right now, but were dropping into the 60s and this morning well be in the 60s. The afternoon with those winds blowing, lower 70s. 73 degrees right now down to 62 degrees by 8 00 and then warping into the low 70s. Youll feel the winds in the lehigh valley. Theres a cold front coming through the area kicking up the winds and also bringing in the drier air and though the humidity is still on the high side with a temperature of 73 degrees, that humidity will be plummeting during the day as the temperature climbs into the middle to upper 70s for new jersey. The shore, rough surf, rip current risks, thats still there. Maria still churning offshore and pulling away from our area. The gusty winds today but come tomorrow the winds will die down. Those winds of 17 Miles Per Hour. The surf thtart this morning. Its the ocean thats going to be a problem. 69 degrees in delaware. 68 degrees at 8 00. Youll feel those winds blowing during the afternoon today in delaware as well. 7day forecast always on the screen for each part of our area. Want to come back in just a few. Well look past the 7day with the 10day on 10. Coming up, working in wildwood, how a 10 million project is expected to protect the shore town. Also tonights the night. The return of will and grace. Well tell you what you need to know ahead of tonights premier. A quarter of 5 00. In Northern Liberty a car slammed into a troll rey killina babysitter and hurting the baby. The crash happened near the intersection of girard avenue and 4th street. The baby and the child are expected to be okay. And now the stories making headlines county by county throughout our area. First to the corruption trial in new jersey of bob menendez. Tom harken of iowa testified yesterday he met with a codefendant of me mendez in 2011 and they talked about the multimillion dollar dispute with medicare but harkens says he never took any action. Also in new Jersey Police say this surveillance image was captured just before a man vanished. And this morning there is a desperate effort to find him. He disappeared around september 20th. Someone last saw him at Mercer County community college. A friend on social media posted he may have gone to an audition in new york at the new york conservatory for dramatic arts. Police say a tire thief struck a second time this past week but this time they got a good look at him. Police released this Surveillance Video of the man theyre looking for. The suspect has hit elkins chevrolet twice now stealing tires off pickup trucks parked in the lot. The Schools Development authority authorized the project yesterday making way for a new state of the art facility. No date has been set for demo yet but the state does hope to have it done by this Time Next Year and a new school will be built in its place to be open by 2021. At the jersey shore wildwood is working on giving its main entrance a brand new look. A 10 million project will beautify the area and reduce flooding that plague several blocks along rio grande avenue. It should look much better than it does. Its really colorful, very pedestrian friendly. The roadway will be raised about three feet to help with drainage, work on sidewalks and new lighting and signs should be done by memorial day 2019. And philadelphia is taking new steps to combat climate change. The top goal of the Philadelphia Energy master plan is to cut Green House Gas emissions by 50 by the year 2030. Officials say theyre encouraged by the response so far. Im excited about these possibilities and i think the thing that most that creates the level of excitement from a personal perspective is that the number of young people that are getting engaged in this. The plan also sets a goal of generating or purchasing 100 of electricity for city buildings from Renewable Resources by 2030. Break out the champagne. The defending World Champion chicago cubs. Wheres bill . Theyre a step closer to returning to the world series. The team officially clinched a playoff spot last night by winning the National LeagueCentral Division title. And the twins and their fans, theyre celebrating. The team that had the worst record in baseball last year, theyre playoff bound so theres hope for the phils. Twins clinch a wild card spot last night. The phils won last night and so theyve got a good core of young players. Lets find out what the weather is like today. Were going to be very happy with our weather future. Its looking a lot more comfortable and it really starts today. The wind is blowing this morning. Those gusty winds are really going to be felt all day long. Right now the steady at 6 Miles Per Hour in philadelphia. 13mileperhour breezes in atlantic city, but they are going to be increasing as the morning progresses. Weve got a cold front on the way and thats going to usher in some really crisp, cool, dry air. Thats a large area of very dry and cooler weather thats going to be blowing in on those gusty winds. Winds gusting to 25 to 35 Miles Per Hour this afternoon. Maria still spinning offshore, but maria is pulling away from us so well get the winds today. The next couple of days the winds come down. The showers, maria is far enough away that the showers are way offshore. We will be dry today and dry during the day tomorrow, but im watching for some showers as were heading into the weekend. Not a lot. Just a little bit as we get another cold front thats going to come in and give us some cooler weather this weekend. There goes maria slowly pulling away, not moving fast just yet but it will be increasing in speed. Well stay dry. We stay dry today, we stay dry tomorrow, but tomorrow night, look at the showers starting to come in. Thats another cold front thats going to reenforce that drier comfortable air and give us a chance of showers late friday night and into early saturday. So i think during the day on friday were fine, and if youre out Early Saturday Morning or late friday night you might see a few showers but then theyre on the move and moving out so the weekend will be improving. So not a big threat of showers. Gusty winds. Those winds kicking up late this morning and early this afternoon. They start to die down tonight. Much cooler than yesterday, much cooler than the last week. By tomorrow morning we are in the 50s. It really feels comfortable. Just the low 70s friday afternoon. Then theres that chance of some late friday evening, Early Saturday Morning showers, but by the time most people are awake, 71 degrees and dry and sunshine takes over. Look at those low 70s on sunday and thats after even a cooler morning at 52 degrees. Plenty of sunshine for monday, tuesday, wednesday, look at those fall temperatures. Theyre finally here and we creep back into the 80s late next week thursday, friday and saturday, but its not the record heat that we have seen lately. Its just into the low 80s and its going to be really nice through the tenday period. Didnt i promise a nice future for us. Beautiful. Thar thanks, bill. Lets get you to work and see what jessica can promise. Dont do that. Look at the vine street. Looks open. Yeah, youre setting me up to fail. The only thing i can talk about is that the vine looks good. Right around 24th street, both directions are okay. Web toward the schuylkill, eastbound toward 95. Also watching in downingtown for that crash on the 30 bypass eastbound side right around route 282. Closed right before that point and slow moving by there with vehicles blocking the eastbound side as well. Route 202 looks okay for the most part. Well check in with your tu202. Paychecks promised. Coming up, how carson wentz and his teammate jake elliott worked out that deal over the game winning kick. Well take you to the link for some of the best tailgating parties thrown by eagles fans. And dont forget the blitz game this week. Here are your choices. Cast your vote at nbc. Com or on our nbc 10 app. Must see tv officially returns to nbc tonight. Will and grace is back with new episodes starting this evening. It really is a Throwback Thursday as the Ground Breaking show debuts its first new episode in more than a decade. The revival started last year when the cast got together to play a get out to vote sketch that went viral. You can catch will and grace tonight at 9 00 following by great news and then nbc 10 news at 11 00. For a lot of the eagles fans the big part of the experience is before the game outside the stadium. Were joined to show us what it takes to make a great tailgating party at the link. The party begins hours before kickoff. Being ready is a ritual. One season after another, the tailgating tradition is one that grows when the birds fly in the fall. I look forward to it. Its all the fun. A day of partying, a day of having fun and if the eagles win, everybody has fun. Reporter on the road to victory, you have cars and buses with full kitchens and bathrooms. We did our toilet, it used to be a tony romo toilet and now it its Ezekiel Elliott toilet. Reporter its a background for the players, the musicians and the chefs. Peppers and egg sandwiches for breakfast and then around 11 00 we start doing sandwiches on the grill. Pineapple wrapped in bacon mpbl. Constantly drinking like water and gatorade. Reporter if you want to know what makes a tailgate great, bring enough of your food and enough of your buddies. Come early, stay late. Reporter he has been coming out for 58 years and like everyone else, he has no plans of stopping now. Im waiting for a victory. I think its this year. Reporter happy tailgating. In south philly, nbc 10 news. What do you think . Pineapple . Wrapped in bacon. Help me on that. Tomorrow we wrap up our fall for fall series with fall deals. Well break down the best buys of the season. The best day to shop in october and what you should wait to buy on black friday. Thats the promise that everyone heard moments before the eagles beat the giants with that record breaking field goal. Carson wentz said he would give rookie kicker jake elliott his paycheck. So weve been debating for the last 48 hours, will he do it . Carson answered his doubters on twitter. He wrote get, well, that escalated quickly, but dont worry, jake elliott and i got this worked out. The money will go to the charity of jake elliotts choice. Wentz says nfl films was recording him on the sidelines when his emotions took over. I knew i was miked up and i didnt really think about it and during the game at all and thafr wards, i was like, yeah, i said that, didnt i . He tagged a funny line along with it. It gives you chills. It really brings you back to why you love this game. You know, why this game is so fun. What did i tell you . Guys dont think about stuff they say in the heat of the moment. You said theres a lot of stuff said on the sidelines. That stuff you could hear. Most of the stuff they record you just cant really run on tv but thats a great thing to have happen. A lot more of the stories were following right now. A rash of crimes. Breaking right now, a trio of robbers are on the run after shooting a man in the back. Death of an icon. Hugh heffner is dead at the age of 91. And getting money is getting harder in puerto rico as victims of the storm fight to survive. Good morning. Welcome to nbc news today. Lets get right to bill henley with the most accurate forecast in the neighborhood. Bill, i guess the wind is pushing the humidity out. It will. The humidity, you can still feel it this morning but were starting to see a little change. The temperature just dropped one degree but it is dropping and thats going to continue. The winds are out of the north at 9 Miles Per Hour. That tends to be a cooler drier wind for us and thats what well see today. The suburbs are in the 60s. New jersey at 73 degrees and low 70s for the lehigh valley. Delaware still on the warm side at 74, but the winds will deliver the cooler air. Were 74 right now. Well be down to 67 degrees by 6 00 this morning and the winds get stronger during the day so thats going to limit how quickly the temperatures warm up. 71 degrees. Thats at 9 00 this morning. In fact, this afternoon well stay in the 70s, something we havent done lately. 78 degrees with gusty winds. Those winds will be strongest late this morning and early this afternoon. In the suburbs youll feel those winds too. Were still monitoring maria, no longer a hurricane, now a Tropical Storm but still kicking up the surf. Take a look at that when i come back in just a few minutes. Were starting on the schuylkill expressway where were watching near route