Thank you, jessica. 4 30. Still summer. Temperatures head into the 90s today. Because of the dangerous heat, all philadelphia public and Catholic Schools will dismiss students at noon today, same is true for Reading Middle School students and students in camden and trenton. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live outside Ben Franklin High School with more information on this. Matt . Its already hot and humid. Its 4 30 in the morning. It was hot yesterday, too. Especially in the afternoon. Philadelphia schools stayed open anyway. District leaders made the decision to close schools early later on today at noon, before the temperatures go up into the 90s once again. Students yesterday they left the classrooms a little warmer than they probably wanted to be. It was only day two of the school year for philadelphia. Kids are still getting used to schedules and assignments only to deal with this heat on top of all that. Some schools and classrooms have air conditioning while others, plenty of others do
Delaware a little faster than the rest of the area. This is a live view from wilmington. 92 at 4 00 with a southwesterly wind keeping the humidity high. Right now, 85 degrees in philadelphia. Sunshine, its nice and bright. Well be in the low 90s by 1 00 this afternoon. 94 degrees at 4 00. And check that out. There is a chance of some scattered showers and thunderstorms during the day. As the temperatures take off, the humidity builds, 95 in philadelphia, feels like close to 100 this afternoon. Best chance of showers and thunderstorms in the suburbs and the Lehigh Valley. We did see some showers first thing this morning. Right now its dry. That first round of showers is offshore, but theres another area im watching thats just off to the north and west. A steamy day today, but keep an eye on the sky for some scattered showers. A look at the forecast, hour by hour, when i come back in just a few minutes. Vai . Well see you then, bill. Todays extreme heat is forcing several schools in our
Tomorrow evening but tomorrow night, change, wind of change blowing through the Delaware Valley just in time for eagles game. We will have more coming up in a few minutes, jessica. We will see you then. Tens of thousands are converging on south philadelphia, in the heat to see two big stars in concert, Bruce Springsteen, and adele. The boss is playing a second night at Citizens Bank park after wednesday nights, record setting performance. And adele is playing a sold out crowd, at the wells fargo center. Eye witt the necessary News Reporter cleve bryan is live at Citizens Bank park with excited tailgaters. A lot of activity down there today. Reporter jessica, people are looking forward to rocking and sweating, the night away here in south philadelphia with adele and with Bruce Springsteen. The adele fans they get off easy because they are going inside and they will get air conditioning but Bruce Springsteen fans they are out sweating now. It will be a hot, afternoon and evening for them
Out for construction. One lane open in each direction between Spring Garden and fleming pipe and thats scheduled throughout may. Tracy. Jessica, thanks. March to victory. The villanova wildcats are now in houston as the final four tipoff is ten minutes away. Vai, excitement is building for the team and the fans. Indeed, tracy. Nova has landed in houston and the countdown begins. They received a military welcome as they touched down at the airport and we were there as they pulled into the hotel. Earlier in the day nearly a thousand people came to see the team off. 6 they said goodbye in a way that moved coach jay right. It was something pretty neat. When those guys when they kissed the court, that just said it all to me. Well, they kissed the v. It was a big day for nova nation. It was a time lapsed video as the team started to houston yesterday. You could see the flood of fans coming together to send off the team. And now take a look at our team. Nbc 10s matt delucia. Hes in houston an
Action news, delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. A minute of silence spoke volumes today all over paris, france. The people of the city are grieving, but theyre also defiant. French fighter planes are bombing isis strongholds in syria. According to frances president this means war. The big story is one of the worlds great cities trying to regain its composure as the country tries to set a course for its future. France is at war. The acts committed in paris on friday evening, these are acts of war. The french president , Francois Hollande said that the United States and russia must come together to lead an International Collision to destroy the islamic state. Meanwhile the scene of thousands of parisians gathering around to mourn the deaths of the 129 victi victims. And they netted arrests and weapons. Two main targets they identified Abdelhamid Abaaoud as the mastermind of the attack, and the search goes on for Salah Abdeslam of belgium, called the only attacker to