Faster. More details coming up in ten minutes. Were following breaking news out of north jersey this morning, a magnitude 2. 5 earthquake hit Somerset County around 4 00 a. M. It hit north of bernardsville, about 70 miles away from philadelphia. We just found out they could feel it in four neighboring counties, a little shaking going on. A 2. 5, not a large one. At this point no reported damage or injuries. Heres a map again of where it happened, bernardsville inc Somerset County. Well continue to follow this breaking news and bring you more information as soon as we get it. Preparing for the pope. Were 40 days away from pope francis coming to philadelphia. Matt delucia has more information. Reporter the Mayors Office released more updated plans as for how people are going to get around and how you will need to plan over this next month and a half or so before the pope comes. This map right here is an indicator of what you can expect. The yellow area, you cant bring any cars into that
Live in havana. And is she or isnt she . The National Zoos most popular resident showing signs of being pregnant. Let the great panda watch begin today, friday, august 14, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. [ cheers and applause ] good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. That poor panda will get no privacy from now on. We are sending natalie on panda watch. We have the live feed. Is it a hard and fast rule, never ask a panda if shes pregnant. It never ends well. Exactly. Well tell you more in a little why. First todays top story. Just when you thought the president ial race couldnt get more chaotic, speculation growing that al gore may jump into the race, this as confirmed candidates head to iowa for a time honored campaign tradition. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker has the latest on this. Good morning. Reporter matt, good morning. The buzz about al gore comes as the ap rep
That make such a difference in our childrens lives, really popular one. This is in south philadelphia. It is shutdown. Officials say 100 years old and may not be safe. Our steve keeley out at the Vare Rec Center with the latest on that, steve. Well, signs, sandbags and a cyclone fence, eight feet high, told the kids here and the moms and dads something was wrong, this told them y. Closed until further notice. Suddenly quote serious structural inch tech ready problems discovered by an outside Engineering Company hired by the Rec Department, the city said in i had news release. Really sad. So now what are our children going to do, just sit around, and just be going to the corners this thats the problem right now with all of the rec centers, okay . You know, there is no where for them to go. It is casino every really sad that were if the going to have that any more even for the children around this neighborhood. Youll start seeing new rec centers, new playgrounds, revitalized places all o
Pottstown, doylestown, millville. Down to 41 at Philadelphia International but look at south philly. 31 at fifth and wharton. Rockville at 36 at the airport east philadelphia. We will see sunshine all day long. Look at the warmup. It will be faster than what we had yesterday. 44 at 8 00. A little bit of a breeze, though not as windy as yesterday afternoon. 54 at 11 00 and near 60 by 2 00. Well be in the 60s this afternoon. And were less than a half hour away from seeing the sun come up. Bright sunshine and your neighborhood by neighborhood weather when i come back in the forecast in just ten minutes. Right now Jessica Boyington is watching a thursday morning commute. Jessi jessie. Were watching 442. Were starting to see the cars gather as it starts to get under way and get heavy. This way is headed eastbound. The drive time is still doing great from 29 toward that point toward the schuylkill. It speeds into the 60s. No real backups yet but were starting to see more of a push out there.
Lets get right to meteorologist bill henley and the first alert forecast. The rain came in, hung around but its getting out now. We had almost 24 hours of rain and were tracking a few showers but its started to dry out in philadelphia. The temperature is in the 50s right now. Showers, at the shore, toms river, scattered showers offshore Atlantic City. Sprinkles in new jersey. Cooling down, in the 40s and low 50s. Wilmington, philadelphia, northeast philadelphia already in the 50s and heading for the 60s this afternoon. 55 degrees at 6 00, by 9 00, well see wind out of the northwest, thats a drying wind for us. 57 degrees. And breaks of sunshine are possible at 9 00. I think youll see more of them at lunch time. 62 and climbing at that hour. Well go through the forecast when im back in ten minutes. Jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. Checking the schuylkill expressway, no problems, though, pretty much across the board. A comparison to yesterday we had wet roadways, everythin