On us. In just three days, philadelphia will host the Democratic National convention. Find out whats happening today as the city prepares to be the focus of the political world. Nbc 10 news starts now. Good morning, thanks for joining us. This is nbc 10 news today. Im katy zachry. Im vai sikahema. The heat could get dangerous today. The nbc 10 weather team has issued a first alert. Lets get right to meteorologist bill henley and the neighborhood forecast. Hey, vai, the2temperatures soar into the 90s that afternoon. For new jersey, pennsylvania and delaware, dangerous heat right on through the weekend and into next week. The feelslike temperatures of 100 to 105 degrees. Cool to start with but warmer than yesterday. 60s and lower 70s. Scattered clouds move through the suburbs. See some of them in the Lehigh Valley. No showers just yet. Thats a possibility later today in the Lehigh Valley, the suburbs and philadelphia. Most of the day well be watching the temperatures, 95 degrees, will f
118 million americans from coast to coast in the grip of dangerously high temperatures. Just how hot will your weekend be . Als got it covered. Roger and out. Roger ailes, the mastermind behind fox news, force ed to resign in the wake of the Sexual Harassment charges. Just what did he walk away with and how will they fill his shoes . It doesnt get much bigger than this. Pop star celine dion set to take our stage this morning and she brought a supersized crowd with her today, friday, july 22nd, 2016. This crowd. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on this friday morning. Were going to speak quietly because savannah got in very late last night after a long speech at the rnc. I was going to say happy thursday. If you sleep less than two hours, its a continuation of the day before. A long week. A lot to talk about this morning. Donald trump delivering the most important speech of his life. Depending on you ask saw putting america on track and others see it as gloom and doom. We have
3 00 p. M. , 77 degrees. And this afternoons high will be 78 degrees well probably hit that late in the afternoon say about 4 00 p. M. Or so. Great evening, too, if youre heading out on the town, going to see the phils or the union. Pollen forecast medium high rake today. Look at how it drops into the green zone saturday and sunday. Thats because of the arrival of rain ill have the details coming up on future tracker 6. What you got on the roads early. Reporter not a whole lot. Look at the volume, looking good, roads are dry. This is the schuylkill expressway near montgomery the construction at the blue route has cleared. No problems on the schuylkill expressway just yet. I95, southbound traffic heading toward center city. A very easy 1 minute ride from woodhaven to the vine no problems. We have a couple of accidents out there, this is on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound at valley forge and we are watching for an accident involving an tractortrailer ran into a pole. We have a lane b
To david murphy and karen rogers. Dowrm there was a wear do you remember there was a bear in new jersey and it started tweeting. It was very funny. Stay away from the bear. The clouds will disburse its going to be sunny with high clouds coming in later on. 57 degrees in philadelphia. 47 in allentown. 46 in reading. 48 in wilmington. The numbers are cooler this morning because we dont have the cloud cover inslating us and we lost more heat at the surface. 53 degrees by 6 00 a. M. By 9 00 a. M. Were jumping up close to 60. Clear skies and light jacket. As we roll through the day, 1 00 p. M. , 74 degrees. 3 00 p. M. , 77. Were going for a high this afternoon of 78 degrees well hit that at 3 30 p. M. Or 4 00 p. M. Sitting on 76 by 6 00 p. M. Lots of sun and summerlike warmth. Pollen count will runnymede yum high and i will drop dramatically over the weekend because well get rain on saturday. Complete weekend call coming up, today looks good. Reporter we have the construction crews out here
The state and county Health Departments are consulting along with the dep. The store was shut down just as its about to move to a new location not far from here. It was a criminal act, were doing the best we can. Were working with the police. Were working with the dep. I dont have any information at this time. Reporter now, the store owner has been ordered to get a mitigation crew in here to clean up the mercury. That hasnt happened yet but hes also got another problem, no one has been inside there for a week and presumably all of the fish that were inside there have died. Live in clementon, im nora muchanic, channel6 action news. Rick. Nora, thank you. Philadelphia congressman chaka fattah was back in federal court today to fight nearly 30 counts of corruption. Fattah is accused of racketeering mail fraud bank fraud and bribery all to pay debts from his failed run for mayor and to pay off his sons college tuition. Today fattah said hes done nothing wrong. Action News Reporter vernon o