Democratic governor the chair of the dnc. Hes confident that the dnc will get that money before the convention. 60 days to go. And thats an easy figure for us to make up in 60 days. Reporter but nothing really seems easy during this years race for the white house. Former pennsylvania governor and dnc chairman ed rendell told Eyewitness News hes not worried but hes realistic. We got a little more difficult time than we expected for three reasons. Reporter the first according to rendell is that both Political Parties will not receive 18 million from the federal government. That went away with sequestration. Philadelphia doesnt have the Budget Surplus it did in 2000 sand when the rnc was in town. But the fir reason might surprise you. Rendell blames republican nominee donald trump for the loss in dnc revenue. Because of Donald Trumps candidacy and because of the things he said about latinos and muslims a number of Major National companies pulled out of funding the republican convention, a
Not cell phones. But first less than two months until the Democratic National convention in philadelphia and organizers still need to raise millions of dollars. Why theyre behind in bringing in cash. Good evening everyone, im ukee washington. Eye , hi everyone im jessica dean. Former governor ed rendell says its been a little more difficult to raise money for this years convention than in years past. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt is along the parkway right now with why donald trump may have something to do with it. David . Reporter ukee and jessica an interesting connection isnt it listen were talking about 10 million that is a lot of money but ed rendell the former democratic governor the chair of the dnc. Hes confident that the dnc will get that money before the convention. 60 days to go. And thats an easy figure for us to make up in 60 days. Reporter but nothing really seems easy during this years race for the white house. Former pennsylvania governor and dnc chairman ed rend
Right . So far it hasnt happened. Were watching for it. These are live cameras from around our area. Some low clouds over new jersey. 66 degrees in the Lehigh Valley. Clear skies and 63 degrees. Temperatures this afternoon will warm into the 80s. Delaware, 81 degrees. Middle 80s for the Lehigh Valley. Lower temperatures in new jersey, especially at the shore. 73 degrees with partly sunny skies. Philadelphia, 84 this afternoon. Well go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. You can check out the seven day any time you like at the bottom of the screen. Tracy . Oh, Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. We could skip over me, but you need to know these things. The vine street expressway right around 24th street. Actually, these are our cameras around broad street. Its closed between broad and the schuylkill expressway. This is headed westbound. All traffic being diverted off. So in between this point and the schuylkill, we are still closed
Good morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im vai sikahema. And im tracy davidson. Lets begin with meteorologist bill henley in the weather center. Not much fog this morning. Were getting a break from it. The winds has picked up at the shore. Seeing temperatures in the 60s. Just a few clouds in the suburbs. This is kick of prussia. The skies are starting to brighten. Were about a half an hour away from sunrise. We will see sunshine. In fact, more sunshine in the suburbs and the Lehigh Valley than at the shore. Delaware and south jersey, at least to start with. 66 degrees at 8 00. By 11 00, 73 degrees. Well see a nice warmup in philadelphia too, but its not going to be as hot as yesterday. 64 degrees at 7 00. Well be close to 70 degrees at 10 00 this morning. As we break out of the clouds going into the afternoon, thats when the temperatures will really warm up. Delaware, 81 degrees. 85 in the Lehigh Valley. Inland areas of new jersey will be a little cooler than philadelphia, and e
Reporter jim and jacqueline, police are piecing together this hitandrun as we speak. There are officers on the ground a few yards behind me. Withdrew can see them ewe can see them on the other side of the record truck and also officers in the air using the chopper to search for the suspect. We just spoke to the chief inspector in the last 15 minutes. He told us an 18yearold man was walking across old york road here when a white prius came by, speeding, and hit him. Lets go to some video that we shot not too long ago. The impact was so hard, it knocked a young man 30 feet into the air and into a minivan. The driver kept going a couple of blocks. Then they left the car and ran away. Police then found one of the prius that was stolen. The chief inspector says they have a person of interest based on who witnesses say they saw driving the car around the neighborhood. Theyre describing the female as a large female, about 511, maybe 6 feet tall, and heavy set. Possibly 250 to 300 pounds. Long