Why these runners say a violent attack will not scare them away. Nbc 10 news starts now. Tear it down tear it down tear it down, the statue standoff is growing more tense tonight. Protesters gathered around the frank rizzo monument, as police blocked the area off. This follows tonights march through the streets of philadelphia. Nbc 10 was in the air and on the ground as hundreds rallied in response to the violent events in charlottesville. Good evening, im jacqueline london. Im jim rosenfield. Police have taken new steps to protect former mayors statue after recent acts of vabd van l vandali vandalism. Brandon, theres a lot of activity by the statue right now. Reporter the group of protesters walked this way to another part of center city. Behind me, all around me, Philadelphia Police officers waiting for them to return. Things are very intense. Those protesters were right here on the sidewalk right in front of these officers as they guarded the frank rizzo statue. The group wants to t
Will last through 5 00 p. M. Very hot temperatures, much better sunday which does include the forecast for the eagles game. We will get to that in just a bit. We have moved up now to 5 31 on your saturday morning and new this morning firefighters tell us an electrical problem blew the cover off a manhole in south philadelphia. Nbc 10 at 16th and mckeen streets where the incident happened just before midnight. The firefighters couldnt tell us what the electrical problem was, but there were no Power Outages in the area, but you can see there was quite a scene and police had to cordon offnc9c paf the street. Happening right now Folcroft Police officer Christopher Dorman is on patrol, this is his first shift since he was shot seven times just a few months ago. Dormans 12hour patrol shift ends at 6 00 a. M. And Monique Braxton is live outside the Folcroft Police station with more. Pretty remarkable recovery, monique. Reporter thats right, ted. Not too many people survive being shot seven ti
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
Remember we have your sevenday forecast at the bottom of the screen for your neighborhood. Check out those if youre interested in how hot we get later today. 96 where were sitting at in philadelphia for your forecast high, 95 in the suburbs. Also looking in those 90s, new jersey, Lehigh Valley, delaware up to 96 degrees as well as we get into your afternoon. Hot and humid across the board. Along the shore a little lower, 85 is the forecast temperature for us, but the feels like temperatures will be up to about those upper 80s adds we move into the peak time of your afternoon. Even the shore going to feel hot. The relief of course hopping into the water where things are looking much better than just a week ago. Lets talk about what weve got sky conditionwise. Mostly Clear Conditions now, we had showers overnight around allentown, the Lehigh Valley. We are looking at clear to mostly clear and mostly clear to partly cloudy. Some scattered clouds are possible later in the day and very slig