Also tonight, new developments in the case of a mother and her three sons mowed down on the boulevard. Investigators say two men street racing were to blame. Today, one of those drivers pleaded guilty as the other gets ready to go on trial this week. Nbc 10s Mitch Blacher is following new developments live in north philadelphia. We heard from members of the victims family who were live inside that courtroom. Reporter this is an intersection that changed lives. Two years ago, two men were racing down the boulevard when they struck and killed a mother and her children in the intersection, an intersection that is now renamed in their honor. They were real people and they had a life. We loved them. Reporter an aunts heartbreak cant change the past. Rose banks is talking about her niece and nephews who were killed in july 2013 when a silver audi and white honda drag raced down the boulevard. No matter what goes on in that courtroom today, tomorrow or next week will never change the fact my
That time some storms to start to move into areas like Lancaster County berks county poconos, Lehigh Valley you should already start seeing storms by 6 00 p. M. Then that threat shifts over to the east a little more so upper Montgomery County Chester County upper bucks county moving still through the allentown area by 7 00 p. M. And then that whole area slides through philadelphia. We could also see storms in parts of delaware into south jersey. That would be by 8 00 this evening. At this time we do expect some of these storms to be strong to severe. Then we will continue seeing this whole area shift off through new jersey heading to the shore closer to 9 00 and then by 10 00, i think the threat should be mostly over. But either way we are tracking severe storms off to our west right now. They are approaching so coming up we will give you a closer look at the timing as they move in and what you can expect locally. Count on nbc 10 for complete coverage through these afternoon storms. We
As they move in they kind of feed off the heat and humidity. Take a look at future weather. By 6 00 7 00 about an hour from now, we should start to see storms through reading, berks county Lancaster County and up through the allentown area and the poconos. By 7 00 to about 8 00 we will see the storms shifting into upper montgomery upper bucks county, also Chester County. Approaching the philadelphia area about an hour later and down into parts of delaware throughout delaware and parts of south jersey we could see more storms moving into those sections. By 9 00 this evening, i think a lot of the storm activity would be shifting to our delaware beaches, mostly in Sussex County up through south jersey and along the shore. The threat should end by 10 00 to 11 00 tonight from west to east. Coming up glenn will have a closer look at what you can expect with these storms and the timing straight ahead. We have crews all across the region. Nbc 10s Randy Gyllenhaal joining us from reading tonigh
Friends and relatives are in disbelief. Oh, my god, yes. Police say he was out of his mothers sight but only briefing, playing at waltman park at millville. The mother and 8yearold brother spotted him in the river. She turned away to change one of them and couldnt find the other one. They went to look for him an seen him floating in the water. Obviously there are things we will have it look at if there is any parent neglect or anything like that. Police say elijah must have fell in. Some coming to the river saying he was a sweet boy. Swimming is not permitted along this stretch of the river that wined through the city. In 2009 a 15yearold boy died trying to kbrabgrab his fishing pole that fell in at the nearby riverfront park. There is fishing there, but no active swimming on this river. For that reason . For that reason. There is no lifeguards. No one watching them swim. It is not a designated area. It should be fenced. There should be signs. Theres nothing. We did also reach out to o
Convention is trying to change. Hearing from some of the top africanamerican prosecutors and sharing their insights into the Justice System an how it relates it justice inequality. Things that happens from ferguson to new york seemed it drive the discussion. And delegates were reminded that voting for the right people in their districts is needed. We should want prosecutors who call it like they see it based on the efd evidence. Also insisting that diversity is crucial and 95 of elected d. A. S are white. I think in this diand aej we have to change that because we need different perspectives p. We need women, latinos, asians all types of folks. We want the same type of justice as others. Thats all we he ask. As we mentioned, president obama will be here tomorrow addressing the convention late in the afternoon. And president bill clinton will be here on wednesday. Nbc 10 on air and on our news app, complete coverage of president obamas address of the naacp convention. Ending a controver