Like. Thousands of white seats here as far as the eye could see. We were waiting for 4 30 when the gates could open. Suddenly they did. Back live now. If everyone can wave. There we go. Look at this. Here waiting patiently. Because up on stage theres a big sound check going on for the philly pops. And, of course, boyz ii men and mary j blige. I was bopping to the music for the last few hours. Ma mary j blige is here. Shes in the trailer back there. Thats the excitement right here. Erin counting down our special starts at 7 00. About an hour from now. Nbc 10 deanna joins us down the way a little bit. People are filtering in. Reporter people are roaming here along the parkway. Well give you an idea where i am. The stage there where mary j blige will be up there near the art museum. Im down here in the middle of the party on the parkway. Even though theres about an hour here for people to have food and fun, theyre setting up for tonights big concert. This is amazing. We love it. Reporter
I have been there for 33 years, so i have known seems like ive known you for at least 20 years. It does. It feels that way. It does feel this way. [laughter] but it doesnt feel ld to. It just feels like were in our living room. Yes, i9 does. [laughter] so leigh is my closest friend at fortune, so full disclosure but she can still ask me tough questions. This is not going to be that edgy or challenge, its up to you to ask the challenging questions, the really tough questions. So i was very flattered when i was in the middle of the airbnb story when leigh asked me if she would do this tonight, gave me incentive to finish it. [laughter] the book is great. We expect you all to read it. I was a big fan of leighs first book, and is it the end of the suburbs or end of the suburbs . The. The end of the suburbs. [laughter] and that is about the movement from the suburbs to the cities of people, companies and money. And so this airbnb story was kind of a natural for you as a followup. How natura
By police is jason kessler. The organizer of the alt right rally that turned deadly. He blamed the police for the rally saying the officers stood down and did not follow through with the agreedupon security arrangement. Hes charged with ramming his car into a crowd killing one woman and injuring at least 19 others. His mother thought he was attending a President Trump rally not a nationalist march. A woman was hit and killed by fields while trying to cross the street. A local rabbi who was in charlottesville when the attack happened returned to philadelphia this evening, and nbc was one of the first people he spoke with upon his arrival. Shes at 30th street station tonight. Lauren, what did the rabbi tell you . Reporter he said it was a frightening experience. He said his group of clergy tried to radiate calmness there, singing, at times trying to make contact with people. But he said there just werent enough of them to stop the violence. In philadelphia, rabbi leebling returning from
Instruction crane dangling from the manhattan luxury highrise. Winds 90 miles an hour snapped it over like a twig. Latest numbers the storm has killed 16 people. One was a crew member of the tall ship hms bounty. 7 1 2 Million People are without power. The storm surge reached 13 feet in new york and knowledge 50 homes destroyed by new york and new jersey. 50 homes destroyed by raging fire in queens. Fires broke out late last night firefighters are telling our affiliate that 25 people right now are trapped if the upstairs unit of an apartment building. Some rescues are being carried out by boat because the water is chest high in some places. Heres the cause of some of the power problems. Transformer blew in new york. There are power lines down everywhere this is Atlantic City new jersey. The state taking the brunt of the storm with new york severe flooding and wind there. President obama has declared major disaster in new york and long island. Katie marzullo abc7 news. x the Atlantic Ci
Live Sky Cam Network in blue rock stadium showing traffic along i95 in wilmington. So tonight we have nbc 10 Team Coverage of the heat and humidity. Cydney long is live in south jersey where the search is on for relief. Lets kick it off with nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. It is the hottest day of the season so far. It felt like as high as 100 degrees. Lot of places still have some sunshine, fair weather clouds but there are a couple of storms we will tell you about. The heat advisory continues until 8 00 tonight and the sun starts going down and the temperature goes down a bit. Its down to 85 in pottstown as that thunderstorm comes a little bit closer there. Its 93 in philadelphia. Of course, its much cooler right at the beaches of the jersey shore. 72 in avalon 75 degrees in beach haven. Theres the isolated thunderstorm. We have more activity back by harrisburg but this is in our area, in the northern portion of Chester County about to move into the e