Were already a good bit warmer than we were at this time yesterday. Allentown with the lowest temperature on the map, 50 degrees. We have dry air across much of the country actually, from philly toward the rockies. It will be a while before significant moisture moves in. Highs getting into the low to mid 70s in the philadelphia area. Near 70s to low 70s in other parts of the area, each the jersey shore getting into the 70s because of the land breeze. 6 00 on your friday. We have 95 to look at. 95 southbound, this is the traffic making its way past girard toward center city fills. You see pretty heavy traffic. Still, the drive time is pretty good. Only a 14minute drive. Speeds in the upper 50s. Ill let you know when that changes because we are seeing a lot of vietnam. Into the height of the rush. We have a story in new jersey. 295 at route 168. This traffic here that you see going slow, that is headed southbound. Look southbound on 295 between route 38 and route 168. Thats because of this problem. Construction is forcing track into one lane. Two lanes are closed. Its much needed relief to the stretch of 295. Taking a quick look in delaware for our drivers there, northbound as you make your way on 95 between 295 and 495, an 11minute drive. Ten minutes in the at direction. Katy zachry. Thank you. New, Philadelphia Police arrest a man who they say he fired shots at officers just after 3 00 this morning on bustleton heavy in oxford cirque. Police stopped a man in a robbery investigation. He took off running and fired at him. Officers chased him d. C. Council without getting hurt. Look at this video. Students at a Gloucester County stool tell us a week filled with racist messages led to this fight. Ad emergency Officials Say in is a wakeup call. Randy gyllenhaal is live at washington countownship with mo. Reporter the effort to contain the speculation and spark a dialogue after the racially charged text the circulated through the high school. According to authorities, it led to a fight or a brawl that happened inside the schoolrace. Take a listen. [ all talking at once ] that fight caught on video posted to twitter. It happened wednesday in Washington Township high school. Students taking matters into their own hands unfortunately. Students confronted classmate whos say they texted hateful messages. Last night students addressed countries to parent as a community meeting. I was offended and felt sick to my stomach that my township was resulting in this so strongly and openly. My daughters doesnt want to are return to the school. I cant be at work nervous worn figure my childs going to be okay. Reporter students tell nbc10 text referenced the kkk saying that africanamerican students should go to a zoo saying they should go to a zoo. Admin starts are hoping the meeting can be the spark of dialogue and changing attitudes inside the school hallways. For now, live at Washington Township high school, Randy Gyllenhaal, nbc10 news. The fight is just the latest racerelated incident that weve seen at local schools recently. A silent piston will be held in response to classmates who post pictures featuring photos with the pumpkins. A man accused of a deadly multistate rampage remains in a delaware prison this morning. His bail is more than 2 million. We have new details from a witness who saw the crime spree begin on wednesday morning. A coworker who was inside the Maryland Company where this started said that radeef prince s. T. A. R. T. Ed badmouthing other radee brings started badmouthing other employees, then gathered them and started shooting. He killed three people. This morning we know that Law Enforcement captured prince thanks to the mother of a rookie Wilmington Police officer. She spotted prince ditching his suv near Glasgow High School in newark. She called police to quietly surround the area and caught him after a foot chase. Balls brother said prince was a family friend, and his brother is getting better. Hes not well. Hes hanging in there, kicking, breathing, talking back. Able to respond. Seeing him alive feels good. To see him in the bet like that, that he had recently loaned tow trucks to help after one of the recent hurricanes. A lady prints and prince showed past arrests. The courts only convicted him 18 times. Right now, youll find a timeline of how the shoot unfolded and american more about the victim who killed. And Seth Williams can no longer practice law in pennsylvania. State officials disbarred williams yesterday. Hes been in prison since june when he resigned and pled guilty to a corruption charge. He faces up to five years in prison at his sentencing next week. Now to decision 2017 and the replace to replace williams. Larry crosser in and Beth Grossman debated at Lasalle University last night. Immigration was a good entournament. She krasner supports a designation saying he would resist President Trumps policies. Kelly hodge is the interim d. A. But is not running for the permanent position. Voters have just more than two weeks left to decide who to vote for in their area. Local and state elections are tuesday, number to 7th. Former president broiresidens in newark yesterday stumping for phil murphy. Obama told voters he important he believes this is. Take a listen. And you cant take this election or any election for granted. I dont know if you all noticed that. [ laughter ] murphy is running against Lieutenant Governor kim guadagno in the race to second governor crist cy governor crishryslers christie. A little wind. You see the more importantly, almost 60 in the 6 00 hour. Glenn . Yes, and that flag is one of the reasons for that. The kplind it coming out of the nest, and that is at least stirring things up. Cothe cold air doesnt settle to the ground like it often does. Well have a beautiful sunrise at easton and everywhere else across the area. As the sun comes up, temperatures lalready up. Lenardsville at 53. Reading is 50. Homewell, 58. Nazareth at 54 degrees. Temperatures win more uniform as the sun comes out and just about everybody is getting inwarmer. Going up a little today, then a little bit more saturday, sunday, and monday. Thats the way it will be here. Sunshine for the next couple of days at least because wheres the moisture coming from . There isnt any. Chestnut hill, 73. Doylestown, 71. Easton, 72. Hammondton, 74. The jersey shore, northwest wind as the ocean city is on the beach at 74 degrees. Smyrna, delaware, 74. Big area of High Pressure over the eastings that been stuck. Thats will all change next week after monday. The weekend, thats look could great, relatively low humidity. This will be something a lot of people will enjoy. I would say so, thank you. 6 11. Construction rolling up, they should be pretty much clear. Lets check for sure. Katy zachry has first alert traffic. Usually in pennsylvania they clear by 5 00 a. M. New jersey, closer to 6. Were seeing delays of that in and new jersey. On the roosevelt northbound if you were driving it earlier, you know the outer drive between welsh and redline road was off limits. You were forced to the iron dri drive. Crews have reopened the outer drive before the stretch. That will help you get to work or outside. Route 422 at trooper road or by the looks of it, its affecting things. Eastbound and weekend on 422 eastbound and westbound at 422 between route 295 and the schuylkill expressway doesnt seem to be affecting things. Speeds in the low 60s considering the longterm and a quick look at 168. Our krarccamera is turning, the construction southbound around 168 thats slowing things. They that should lift. Thank you. 6 12. Our science of sleep secrets wraps u. S. With what our people do. And people getting help to from philadelphia. Home. Is not just something you can see or touch. Home. Is a feeling. Its the place where you feel safe to have those little moments that mean everything. At adt, we believe that feeling should always be there. Whether its at your house, or your business, we help keep you safe. So you can have those moments that make you feel at home. You are loved wherever you are. Youre danny . Im steve. Joseph, im steve. How are you . Nice to meet you sir. No different from everyone else. They just want a job. They want respect and they want dignity. Steve called fairly frantic. You know, he had a premature baby and i think he had just been given the diagnosis that she had down syndrome. Lauren brought out the best in me. She made me a different person. Laurens the spark that started the fire. The goal is keep places like this open so all people, regardless of disability, have an opportunity for employment. Todays the last day to take advantage of a federal Services Center in north philadelphia. Month image officials set it up to officials set it up to help people displaced in puerto rico and the virgin islands. The Hispanic Association of contractors building. Most of puerto rico still doesnt have power a month after Hurricane Maria leveled the u. S. Territory. Schools are closed. Food and water are still scarce. Traffic lights arent working. President trump told those lobbying for aid that hes giving his blessing to congress. And the governor said trump assured him that no u. S. Citizen will be left behind. To help, you can call the American Red Cross at 8005966567, or we have all the information you need on our free nbc10 app. All week long weve been shining a spotlight on the science of sleep. Apparently we all need more. Yeah. You heard from the experts, and we showed our daily routines. Now its time for you to tell us how you get to sleep . Go home tired, eat a good meal, youll sleep well. I try not to nap during the day. When im laying down, no distractions, not having tv on, make my tired. When im thinking if i think about nothing, i sleep well. Pillows, a lot of pillows. And her not in my bed. My youngest is the hardest. He wont go to bed until i say im going to bed, too. Yeah. That woman talking about pillows. You use knee pillows . No. No. No . Whats a knee pillow . Put it between your knees. If youre a side slieper , sle good because its gone for your spine . Yeah. One underneath my legs to el interstate the heat. All kind of ideas. I was marving at the comments. People are it affects everyone. Reporter it does impact your health. To do a better job. One thing i mentioned is no caffeine after noon. Yeah. Doctors say that. They say exactly, after noon. It affects you too much. You drink enough coffee here that by the time night comes around, its out of your system. He is caffeine shaming me. We are talking to an audience that is probably inhaling caffeine. Youre headed out to work or school. Lets look at 95, traffic southbound between woodhaven and the vine street expressway. Traffic is picking up, typical. About 20 minutes after . We are seeing after 6 00. We are seeing this in the last few minutes. The drive times have changed. Average speeds on 95 have dropped in the 40s. Talking about if youre southbound toward philly, it will take you over minutes between woodhaven and the cf hawn freeway. Ill tell you if things change in the next ten minutes. Lets look at our drive times on the turnpike if youre using that to get to work or school. It will take you about 20, 22 minutes as you make your way westbound and eastbound between be 1 and the exit for valley forge. Pretty typical this time of morning now. We have she seeing seeing slowups for southbound drivers. It will take you almost a half hour to go 295 southbound between 38 and 168 because of construction thats forcing traffic into just one lane. That construction should lift in the next 30 minutes or so. 6 20. A warm 59 degrees. Lets take a live look of boathouse row. A beautiful morning when the coming up us is up today and this weekend with glenn hurricane schwartz. The wind is probably responsible for the temperature being up, stirring things up in the lower part of the atmosphere. Thats also going to reinforce the dry air that is already here. Wilmington, clear skies now, going to stay clear and pretty clear all the way across the area . This is delaware, delaware, its 55 in limestone road. 51 in middletown felt farther south, 51 in dover. Harrington. 48 in reading, millsboro. 45 in milton. 56 Rehoboth Beach and Bethany Beach now. It is 47 in allentown. Thats the cool spot. Even 51 in mt. Pocono. An indication of some pretty warm air and you see the condition of the country through the rockies. Through the afternoon, nothing but sunshine. A little breezy compared to what ever to what we have seen. Near 70 p. A. Suburbs and the Lehigh Valley. Later this afternoon. Even into the 70s at the jersey shore. Unlike most days, it will be about as warm as the rest of the area. Maybe even a little bit warmer. Through the weekend, not much change other than the temperature going up bit. Zero chance of rain. Reveltively low humidity. Thats true for everywhere. On monday, still in the warm air. Mild for a night game late october for sure. They used the southerly wind to keep things on the mild side. Next week, well have warm went not thering through monday,bage rain if you floeneed one for la enforcement or goerns or whatever. Youll get it. A pretty good rain as we transamortization intranget to the weekend. Cover up plan. Parents and teachers and schools say officials at the school knew about mold long before taking aification. And a stunning game for the game. When youre a doubledipping pensionpadder like steve sweeney, its important to maintain a certain. Lifestyle. Thats why sweeney spent over a hundred grand of his Campaign Funds on highpriced meals and other gifts. Were talking fine cigars, fancy watches, pricey restaurants, and expensive wines all to charm the type of folks who helped him raise your taxes 145 times. Too many in south jersey are struggling. But steve sweeneys looking out for himself, not for us. Week seven of the nfl started off with a bang and ended with the Philadelphia Eagles on top of the nfl. Yeah. The raiders beatand reid and the chiefs beat andy reid and the chiefs. How they did it has the internet buzzing. The raiders scored no time on the clock on this threeyard touchdown pass. Chiefs thought they had a touchdown before the score. Another was called back because of a penalty. The line drive was something to see. The eagles have the best record in football at 51. Chiefs loss jumped 72 which puts the birds on top. The eagles back in primetime this week taking on the division rival redskins, monday night football at the linc. Well have live coverage on nbc10, the official station of the fooiPhiladelphia Eagles. Coming up, lifechanging roles. How theyearo the opioid cr changing the family dynamic in our country. And a rivalry prank at a Bucks County High School may have gone too far. Social media sparks a hallway brawl at a south jersey high school. Administrators trying to keep students safe. School leaders accused of knowing about the mold problem but not doing anything about it. Parents want answers. The family dynamic. How the Opioid Crisis is putting grandparents in an unexpected position late in life. Friday, it is here. Good morning, this is nbc10 news today. Im tracy davidson. Im via sikahema. Thanks for being with us. Lets get to meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz with the most accurate neighborhood weather forecast. Bill i mean, glen . Glenn, bill . Yes, bill will be back next week. Breeze is reinforcing the dry air rather than cooling things, bringing moisture in. Not doing either of those. 59 degrees in philadelphia. Going up into the 70s this afternoon. Nothing but sunshine. Theres the northwest wind. That will reinforce the dry air and keep the jersey shore with the land breeze. The temperatures, 64, way above average for this time of year. Temperatures in the 50s just about everywhere which is way warmer than it was a couple of days ago. Dry all oall across the east an more sunshine during the day. Nothing but sunshine, even the jersey into the shore. Lets check the traffic. Katy . Hi, things are heating up. On the roads. 6 30. On 76, we dont have any crashes eastbound. Speeds averaging in the 40s due to volume. It will take about 1 minutes to go between the blue route and vine street expressway. We have more than just volume on 95 southbound. Thats why were in the yellow between woodhaven and the vine. A crash reported ten minutes ago at the exit around allegheny to girard. Making your way to the exit for girard avenue, you will see the crash. Lane restrictions. Expect delays. Im working on getting a shot of scene now. Traffic is really backed up. 476, things looking great. 15 minutes southbound between the schuylkill expressway and 95. Im also following delays on 295 at 168 for drivers headed southbound. Ill have a picture in about ten minutes. Thank you. Racial tensions are boiling over at a south jersey high school. This is the result a hallway fight. Students say it happened after a week of hateful messages. Now administrators are taking action. Nbc10s Randy Gyllenhaal is live for us at Washington Township high school where leaders held an emergency meeting last night. The situation has been brewing. Reporter last night an effort to contain the situation and maybe start a dialogue after racially charged texts circulated through the high school. Yesterday, a meeting at Washington Township high school. The district calling the emergency meeting because the Text Messages led to a brawl inside the school hallways. A fight caught on video posted to twitter. It happened at Washington Township high school on tuesday. Students confronted classmates who they say texted racial slurs and hateful messages. Yesterday dozens of students skipped classes and held a peaceful sitin protest. Last night the school addressed parents concerns at a community meeting. Students who spoke with nbc10 described the hateful Text Messages. Say were going to bring the kkk back and all the black school in our people are monkeys and belong in the zoo. I was very offended and felt sick to my stomach that my township was resulting in this behavior so strongly and openly. Reporter nobody was seriously hurt in the fight sparked by the texts. Authorities are not charging anyone, but they say the students may be suspended. This is just the latest incident of racially charged language and imagery that weve seen in local schools across our area over the past year. Administrators here hoping last nights meeting may be the spark to change attitudes. And again, start a discussion on this topic. Live at Washington Township high school, nbc10 news. Thank you. Claims of a mold coverup took over the Monroe TownshipSchool Board Meeting last night. Furious parents continue to voice concerns after mold forced the district to shut down schools for a year. They say the administration knew about it long before. A teacher sent pictures to the board showing proof of a longtime problem. A student who said she was sick because of the mold agreed. Covering up with bleach and paint over it and trying to deny it. The school board is calling for an independent investigation. Leaders in philadelphia also want more information on potential mold problems in their schools. John b. Kelly was closed for three days after mold was found in the ventilation system. Local advocates have filed a righttoknow demand with the district. It demands to know more about health risks at all city schools. Our coverage begins in bucks county. A feud will be settled on the gridiron this weekend. It had people poking around the field yesterday. A deer carcass was found inside the stadium. They discovered it yesterday at Central Bucks High School west. The mascot at central bucks west is a buck. The school will play rival central bucks east tomorrow. If the students are identified, they will be punished. The agencies in new jersey, pennsylvania, and delaware will participate in the i95 drive to save lives. The highway has been ranked among the top ten for deadly crashes the past five years. To make it safer, officers will target speeding, aggressive driving, distracted driving and impaired driving. Penndot is prepare for for snow now. Theres a new colorcoded map on the minneapolis to show if a street has been plowed. Penndot has more than 652,000 how it tons of salt ready to spread. The department is looking to hire hundreds of Seasonal Workers for snowremoval operations. Fedex looking to hire workers. The Delivery Company is adding 700 positions in lion iphone for the busy Holiday Season in allentown for the busy Holiday Season. We have a roundup of all seasonal job announcements so far in our nbc10 app. Search seasonal jobs. 59 degrees outside. Well look outside a half hour before sunrise. Those are always the prettiest shot shots. Camelback. Doesnt the sky look beautiful . In the moments right before sunrise, extending, glenn. Thats right b. A stunning, glenn. Thats right. About a half hour before sunrise. Sunset, you have some brightness for a half hour after the official sunset. This is cape may. A pretty nice day there. A northwest wind. At the shore, the ocean temperature is 64 degrees. The average temperature for this time of year is 58. Pretty substantial. Well see if that continues into the beginning of winter. That could have a significant impact. 62 at cape may point. Only in the 40s mullica township and mays landing, 47 degrees now. And 59 in philadelphia. 57 at the Atlantic City marina. Temperatures are way above average for this time of the day. At this time of the year. Also way above what weve seen over the last few days. Its dry all across much of the country toward the reeks. Temperatures getting the rockies. Temperatures getting into the 70s everywhere. Mid 70s perhaps in philadelphia. Summerton at 74. Koo kutztown, 71. Atlantic city, on the board walk, 74 degrees. The offshore wind. Wilmington at 75. Giant dome of High Pressure at the surface and higher up. Its been stuck for days. The dip in the jet stream out west which is all going to change next week. It reverses itself. It the cold air in the east. Next weekends not going to be like this one. 77 degrees on sunday. Weve got sunshine both days, and it is just going to be delightful. Monday, we continue this, then the changes start to come. Thank you. What might not be so delightful is youre getting out and headed toward 95. Katy zachry has you covered. Whats good. Thats good. I would recommend 95 northbound. Theres a crash 95 southbound between the exits for allegheny avenue and girard avenue, as highlighted by look how slowly the traffic southbound is going. Definitely affecting your drive time. There are lane closures. Expect delays. Theres also an issue on one of our majors in new jersey. On 295 around route 168, for the past hour and a half we are seeing lane contributions. Theyve reopened the lanes. Be aware that the overnight construction is forcing you to slow down. No sizable delays that we were seeing earlier on 295 southbound. Thank you. Stargazers are hoping for a show in the sign. What to know about a yearly meteor shower. Larger than life. The lasting memorial reeve of ed snyder. And family affair. How the Opioid Epidemic is changing our country. Start your day with a new hash brown scramble bowl from chickfila. Every day, Technology Becomes much more personalized. Like this. And this. ai device welcome home, gary, how was your day. And like this. Introducing specifi, our digital investing platform thats built around you. Just answer a few questions, and specifi will provide a tailored investment portfolio. It continually manages it, so if the market changes, it adjusts accordingly. Ask us how specifi can help you reach your potential. 6 45. More than 2. 5 million grandparents find themselves back in the parenting role largely because of the Opioid Crisis. The today show is taking an indepth look at the family dynamics. We found a couple in our area taking on the challenge for themselves. Rosemary connors introduces us to the sealys from king of brush. Reporter mornings start early for kathleen and sean, a family walked to the school bus with their youngest child, madison. Watching wide eyed is 23monthold sophia, their granddaughter. We needed to call crisis several times for our old uft daughter who was really o oldest who was really struggling. She was addicted to opiates. Reporter the sealys have custody of their oldest daughters child, sophia. Their lives driven by the energetic needs of a toddler. Its more of a challenge because if sophias sick, one. Us got to play rock, paper, scissors to see whos staying home with her. The sealys juggle ads parents and grandparents. They use family leave to make sure someone is always there. Our life doesnt job because its sophia. Its our life and sophia. Which we couldnt trade, we wouldnt, because its the right thing to do. Reporter her mother is in recovery and hopes to visit. The sealys hope for a permanent family reunion, but theres a constant fear. We want sophia to be in a safe place. Reporter loving her is making sure had shes in a place thats safe for her. Im proud of that. I really am. So sweet. Such good people. The sealys say finding a support system helps. They say the bigger issue is the financial burden. Yeah. Heres the rub if so fee was in foster care, the state would pay for the childcare. Since the sealys took custody, its on them. Rosemary was part of the team that took an indepth look at the crisis in our area. Check out the awardwinning generation addicted now on nbc10. Com or the free nbc10 app. About 13, 14 minutes away from the top of the hour and the start of the today show. They are also focusing on what the Opioid Epidemic is doing to families. Good morning to savannah and matt. Good morning. Hi. No question. Well talk about that in a second. Coming up on today, a developing story that might change the way you fly. The new concern over potential explosions and fires that now has the u. S. Government urging airlines to ban laptops from checked baggage. And ahead, could hidden cameras be spying on you in hotel rooms and airbnb rentals . On rossen reports a couples disturbing warning and how to protect yourself. Were on the set with the Stranger Things kids for a peek at the hit shows highly anticipated new season. And the story on the Opioid Epidemic. Well talk about how grandparents are often called in to duty to help raise the children of parents addicted to the drugs. Important issue. Thank you very much. We look forward to seeing it. Have a great weekend, by the way. You, too. You, too. 6 47. A live look outside. We keep taking the sky shot. The ben franklin bridge is so pretty before sunrise, glenn. Yeah. Especially when you got a nice, blue sky there. Nice, clean atmosphere which we have here. The wind is helping keep the atmosphere clean and bringing in more dry air to reinforce it to make sure that we have nice weather the next few days. 50 at pottstown. 47 in allentown. The numbers way above what we saw even yesterday. Now for some of the suburbs, chest, bucks, montgomery counties, 54 in West Bradford township. 53 in coatesville. 55 in west callen. Significant temperature rise was yesterday. Chester springs at 54, West Bradford township, 54. Cooler, of course, in bucks county, especially upper bucks. Mt. Washington, 44. Collegeville, 44 degrees. Dry air continues across the eastern half of the country or even more. Well have some increased moisture in texas. It will take a while to get here. We have nothing but sunshine through the day. Temperatures getting into the 70s, perhaps mid 70s in the area, and 70s at the Lehigh Valley and mid 70s at the new jersey shore with the land breeze. Over the weekend, a breeze keeping temperatures on the warm side. The ocean temperature is 64. Thats pretty high for this time of year, too. 77 on sunday. Monday for the eagles, still in the warm air. We may hold off the rain until tuesday. Ed that warm weather for a game this late in the season. The warm weather goes through monday. Significant, potentially heavy rain tuesday into wednesday. A big change in the pattern setting us up for much colder air thats starting on thursday and going through next weekend. Look at the High Temperature 59 degrees next saturday. Compare that to the 70s that were seeing this weekend. This saturday, 75. A 16degree difference between this weekend and next weekend. The clear skies this weekend will give us the chance to see meteor showers. Yeah. Very often we get unlucky and get clouds. We have there beautiful, crisp, clean atmosphere thats going to allow us to know the leonid meteor shower. Were fortunate with the type of sky we have. 20 meteors per hour. You can see it eliminate tie between midnight and do you know. Looking at it near midnight, the eastern sky, 5 00 a. M. , the southern sky and what its about is debris from the comet. How do they connect that out . Big meteor showers come later in the year. Im going to try to, but cant promise ill be up. Count on the city lights. Exactly. Looking at the rids, were right here. A lot of people on the road. Unfortunately theres a crash on 95 southbound between allegheny and girard. Look at this backup in the Traffic Camera that shows basically the residual effect of the crash. A lot of brakes happening. Youll cringe when you see the drive time. Take a look as you move southbound between woodhaven and the vine. It will take you almost an hour to go between woodhaven and the vine street expressway. Average speeds 15, 16 Miles Per Hour because of the crash two. T two lanes are out because of that. A number of vehicles involved. Youll want to add time to your morning commute, if youre headed to work or school on 95 southbound. We have an accident at the Haddon Heights belmar area. Volume on 295 southbound at the juncture there. Taking 20 minutes between 38 and 168. Thank you. In the Chestnut Hill neighborhood, it will be more magical this weekend for the harry potter festival. Tonight is wand and wizards night with Live Performances and specials at bars and restaurants. Tomorrow is familyfriendly day with costume contests, make your own wand station, and a quidditch tournament. Philadelphia sports icon ed snyder is now immortalized in bronze. Yesterday outside the Wells Fargo Center the flyers unveiled the statue of their founder on the 50th anniversary of the teams firstever home game. Snyder brought professional hockey to the city. Speakers at the dedication say the statue impacts his life had and is still having on philadelphia. Well always remember him. Well always miss him. But well always remember like this statue, he and his accomplishments were probably larger than life itself. Ed snyder died last year to age of 84. Happening tonight, welcome home, sixers. Mears heres the Wells Fargo Center. They play tonight against the division rival, the hated boston celtics. The top draft pick, markelle fultz, scored ten points in the first game in washington. Despite the list, analysts have the sixers giving high marks for the first audi. Welcome to the moment is what the tshirts say. There you go. Right there. Have these on tonight. Excellent. Nice. Were getting you ready for another week of high school football. The High School Blitz game of the week. Were headed to Delaware County for the battle of the undefeated springfield at garnet valley. Well have scores and highlights from all the big match yips across philadelphia and delaware. Here are the headlines this morning. Students at Washington Township high school in Gloucester County tell us a week filled with hateful and racist messages led to this hallway fight. Yesterday dozens of students skipped classes and held a peaceful sitin protest. Organizers called the issue a wakeup call and had an emergency meeting. President trumps tax overhaul is in sight after the Senate Passed a budget for next year by two votes. The president is leading the republicans push for tax cuts for individuals and corporations. The plan clears away trillions of dollars worth of deductions and special interest tax breaks. And President Trump tweeted the budget passed last night, 5149. We got zero democrat votes with only rand paul, he will vote for tax cuts. Voting against. Look for more on the today show starting in minutes. In bucks county, northeast extension is back open after a crash shut down the highway. It includes six vehicles including two tractortrailers. Three people were hurt. None of them seriously. Speaking of a serious crash, we have one underway now on 95 southbound. This is taking place between gasoline avenue and Girard Allegheny avenue and girard avenue. A slew of backup. Cars going so slowly southbound in center city, philadelphia. There are lane restrictions. Two lanes being taken out of this. Look at the drive time. About an hour. Thats how long it will take between woodhaven and the vine street expressway. I would suggest because i can see that the backup is all the way to cottman avenue, if you know the back roads, get off at cottman avenue. Then go all the way to girard. Once you pass it, you can get back on hoand hopefully smooth sailing on your way to school or work. Thats not good news. I have good news in the weather department. Sunshine, temperatures in the 70s throughout the area day the day. Even at the shore with the land breeze. Temperatures getting well into the 70s. Through the weekend, were going to find temperatures going into the upper 70s with no rain. No chance of rain as we head into the weekend. Low humidity, not going to be like this next weekend. The weather pattern will change next week first with rain, then with the colder air. We like that look of 70s. Look behind us pretty. Well have local updates throughout the morning. You can get realtime news, weather, and traffic on the nbc10 app. Good morning. Stunned and brokenhearted. White house chief of staff john kellys emotional defense of the president s condolence call to a soldiers widow. If youve never worn the uri uniform, i you have never opinion in combat, you dont know how to make that call. The government urging airlines to ban laptops in checked baggage. New tests showing batteries can overheat, explode and trigger potentially catastrophic fires. Rare access. Nbc news inside north korea, on the same day the rogue nation vows an unimaginable strike on the u. S