To talk about in more detail in my extended forecast because i do think we will see some showers so i will see you in just a few minutes with my extended tenday outlook. George, back to you. Erika, thank you very much. We are celebrating americas birthday with a big party. Today is day six of the wawa welcome america festival. Nbc 10s Monique Braxton is live on Independence Mall with a look at what is in store today. Monique. Reporter hey, george. In just a couple minutes the flag will be raised here at the National Constitution center and a few feet away from that is a full scale revolutionary war reenactme reenactment. There are historians who will relive the 1776 experience and answer your questions. Y] n now, this is just one of many exhibits showcasing philadelphias role in americas birthplace. Today the National Constitution center is free to the public. Were showing you video of the fun last year. Inside youll find a 17minute theatrical performance, freedom rising. History buffs
Get your Holiday Weekend fun going. We will also have a word on whether Mother Nature will rain on any of those fourth of july festivities. Good morning. And welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im george spencer. Its 5 00 on this saturday morning. Lets get right to the forecast and meteorologiste erika martin for a first alert neighborhood weather forecast. Erika. Good morning, george. A great day in the forecast. Lets get right into this. Of course, the Holiday Weekend everybody wants to know what to expect for today through monday. Im going to say that today is my pick of this Holiday Weekend simply because we do have lots of sunshine to start the day, a few clouds as the day progresses, a dry day but breezy, northwesterly between 15 and 25 Miles Per Hour. A great day in the forecast today but i do want to show you future cast starting at 5 00 a. M. Notice we dont have much going on and then clouds start to develop later on in the day. Thats because we do have a frontal boundary that will
You covered. First alert meteorologist erika martin has your neighborhood weather on this fourth of july Holiday Weekend. Erika. George, a gorgeous start to the day, that live look outside, absolutely stunning, the issue for today a little breezy to start the day, northwesterlies between 15 and 20 miles per hour, otherwise notice that frontal boundary well offshore, not the story here. A little active out west, but right now everything remains high and dry. We do have a break in those clouds so some sunshine for this daytime but clouds make a come back later this afternoon. If you look at the bottom of your screen you will see your local neighborhood forecast. 71 degrees, thats our current temperature in philadelphia. Northwesterlies 6 miles per hour. So notice they are a little calmer right now. By the end of the day i do expect those winds to calm down, temperatures a little cooler, were only going to top out mainly in the upper 70s, low mid 80s for a few of you, otherwise todays out
Tonight. Thank p . P . O . Gv attorney general, Loretta Lynch is coming under fire for an impromptu discussion with bill clinton as the Justice Department is handtling the classified information on hi Hillary Clintons private email server when she was secretary of state. No discussions were held on any cases or anything of that. Reporter the attorney generals insistence that the email investigation never came up, did not satisfy republicans who renewed their calls for a special counsel due to parent conflicts of interest. And speculated about what the former president might have said to lynch on her plane in phoenix monday. You know, this email thing, doesnt exist. Aint nothing there. Reporter lynch says mr. Clinton initiated the half hour visit when he discovered they were at the same airport. He came over to talk about my husband and myself and grandchildren and things like that. An aide said he was simply extending a courtesy. One that lynch should have turned down. How bad a judgme
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