Feels good outside and humidity is way down and temperatures have cooled down nicely overnight and seeing readings in the 60s for most of the area. Still a couple of spots left in the 70s this morning but that wont last. We will see temperatures back in the 80s this afternoon. 71 now at Philadelphia International. Look at the 60s northeast philadelphia at 68, 61 pottstown and wrights town and roxborough 67 and warm side in south philadelphia. Delaware river trails 75 degrees at this hour. We will see lots of sunshine to start with but changes as the day goes on. Start off with the cool numbers. 69 degrees. A few scattered high clouds at 9 00 and mainly sunny skies at lunch time and 74 at noon. Later today, 80. We will see more clouds and likely lead to showers. Right on now lets check in with Jessica Boyington with your first alert traffic. Watching the vine street expressway right now. All lanes open and moving along nicely and some ongoing construction and signs throughout the area o
Hall, or even near the art museum. That will have no vehicles whatsoever. If your car is parked anywhere inside this black line, you will get towed. At todays press conference, mayor nutter said businesses will be impacted, deliveries of food and supplies might be disrupted during the weekend, but we have learned that some taxi cabs will be able to operate within center city. Will there be challenges, yes. There will be some inconvenience, yes. There will be disruption in your life, depending on where you live and all those kind of things, yes, yes, yes on down the line. But come on. This is a moment for us to shine and to be excited and to be as supportive and demonstrate a level of civic pride. Reporter the mayor says that this world meeting of families conference has so far exceeded all other past conferences in terms of the number of people that have been registering so they are still expecting about 1. 5 Million People to come into the city. But what we got out of todays conferenc
Picture there, right . We are tracking showers moving into the western suburbs but certainly clear in philadelphia. Showers moving through maryland and they are moving into Lancaster County area. Scattered light showers heading toward lancaster and stay to the west most of the morning but maybe not all. Could see late day showers and thunderstorms. The first showers could arrive before noon time. 76 degrees at 6 00. Steamy again today. Near 80 at 9 00. Then middle 80s as though first showers stop popping up at noon today. We will will through the future cast hourbyhour to show you when the showers are more likely to move into your area when im back in ten minutes. Here is Jessica Boyington watching your first alert traffic. Around 24th street we do have some road work on the eastbound side. Not blocking out in lanes but off the exit ramp, though. Heading eastbound toward 95 but no backup behind that scene. Three minutes from 95 toward the schuylkill expressway or if you have to head 30
Complaints about the weather well having right now. It will be Getting Better during the day. Im tracking some showers into south jersey. They wont last. A warmer morning, 76 at philadelphia, northeast philadelphia in the upper 70s. Just about everybody is reporting 70s this morning, 71 in wrightstown, millville with scattered showers. 73 degrees, its dropped into the upper 60s. Roxborough is at 74 and right at 5th and wharton along the Delaware River trail at 77 degrees right now. We will see clearing skies and improving conditions. Your hour by hour future fast when i come back in ten minutes. Right now, a check of traffic with Jessica Boyington and first alert traffic. Were starting things off with ongoing construction on the vine street expressway. This is our camera right around 24th street. On the eastbound side right in here is where you can see some of the road blockage there. Its actually not blocking off any of the lanes, just coming off the exit ramp. Just something to watch
Gunshot wound. Families and coworkers mourn. They were special people, they would brighten up a room every morning. Two people in the prime of their lives, gunned down early in their promising careers. In monday etta, virginia, dave wagner, nbc news. As dave reported there, the general manager of wdbj described Vester Flanagan as an unhappy, angry man who was eventually fired. He had trouble at previous jobs. He sued a former employer of race discrimination 15 years ago. The lawsuit claimed a producer at a tv station called him a monkey. He also claimed a white supervisor called black people lazy. Nbc10 has learned the significant others of both journalists have ties to our area. The reporter who was killed was dating the stations evening news anchor. Hurst is from the philadelphia area, he went to Conestoga High School and attended Temple University. He tweeted this photo today saying, she was the most radiant woman i ever met and for some reason she loved me back. He says the two rec