Right now at 11 00, a hit and run leaves a woman in south jersey critically injured. The new clue police hope will help them solve the mystery. Robo calls on the rise. Why these annoying calls are increasing and what you can do to stop them. But first, wicked storms role through the region leaving their mark. Heavy winds knock down trees and powerlines and lightning sparks fires. Tonight the cleanup is under way. Im ukee washington. And im jessica dean. Authorities in Chester County say five homes were struck by lightning. This one of the homes believed to be hit. Since there are no fire hydrants in that area, firefighters had to get water from ponds and water tankers were called in to help. The owners were away at the time. A house sitter escaped unharmed. Also in Chester County heavy winds knocked over trees and powerlines. This was the scene in devon. Lauren casey has a closer look at where the storms hit hardest. We had numerous storm reports. You can see all of these symbols indic
Coast of south jersey on it looks like theyll shoot up to the northeast and be out of our hair probably over the next half hour or hour. Temperatures right now are still warm. 73 degrees in philadelphia, 72 in wilmington. You can see that 70 in allentown. We have dipped into the upper 60s in reading and lancaster. 73 in millville and 71 in cape may. And for now with that system still in the process of pushing out owe still have a a lot of dewpoints up in the 70s so thats what we consider oppressive humidity as you first head out the door. However, these numbers are going to start to drop. You can already see that happening in the northern and western suburbs. And overall we are going to become more comfortable later. Still gets warm. 73 by 7 oclock. Still muggy there. 83 by noon. But a high of 86 by 3 oclock and during the afternoon that humidity does drop. Looks like a nice night for baseball at Citizens Bank park tonight karen and then tomorrow a couple of spotty showers and maybe a
Gloucester by about 5 04. Evesham by five com ten. Waterford, new jersey, 51 00 agent winslow by 5 23. Hammonton by 5 29 and in eagle by 5 35. A line of severe thunderstorms moving east at 50 miles an hour heading in to cherry hill as we speak. Already in upper darby along the i95 corridor and moving into jersey in a matter of minutes. Right now youre seeing the heavy rain in philadelphia. Port richmond along 95. Crossing over the bridge the walt whitman and also you can see the ben franklin into south jersey the rain already in camden and moving quickly into pennsauken. So if youre on the jersey side and you havent seen the rain just yet, just wait a couple of minutes. These rain rates at about 3inches an hour some about two and a half inches an hour. This rain is many can down really hard. Severe thunderstorm warning in effect for parts of delaware and also our suburbs in philadelphia to the north and west into new castle county, delaware are and now spreading into Gloucester County
What bothers me the most is why did you suffer prolonged lack of oxygen to the brain . That is what caused most likely what causes brain damage. If his heart stopped, if he suffered botulism, treat him immediately. Botulism is treatable. That couldve saved them. There was a lack of treatment. They possibly beat him, possibly poisoned pen. Maybe they cast him. Didnt treat him properly. Certainly what can we learn from the octets in. Thank you. We appreciate your time. Senate gop leaders plan to vote next week on legislation to repeal large parts of obama carries democrats try to put the brakes on the measure they complain the entire process is happening behind closed doors. Minority leader Chuck Schumer asking Mitch Mcconnell is to be able to read the bill. Will it be available to us in the public more than 10 hours before we have to vote for it. Ample opportunity to read and amend the bill. Will be more than 10 hours . I rest my case. Lauren democrats are concerned repuans will propose
Extreme weather. A Tropical Storm warning for the gulf coast tonight, as the heat intensi intensifies. The temperatures going to approach 120 degrees in phoenix. So hot, airlines are cancelling flights and al is tracking it all. Those stories plus Jared Kushner speaks. Tiger woods gets professional help. And large and in charge, the remarkable video of two elephants teaming up to save a drowning baby elephant, today, tuesday, june 20th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its a Tuesday Morning. So glad to have you with us. Lots going on in your world. Were going to tell you everything you need to know to get your day started. The tough talk from the president , following otto warmbi warmbiers president , just days after he was released in a coma from a north korean prison. And inrea mitchell is here this morning. Reporter its demanding the release of three othe