Stanning by for the press conference from the philadelphia fire department. Live in the frankford section of philadelphia, nbc 10 news. Right now at 5 00, let the long drive home begin. Stormforce 10 is headed back to the shore along with hundreds of other drivers. As you can see, its a soggy trip. Look at conditions right know from the shore to philadelphia. The city and parts north and west were dry most of the day, but now more areas are seeing rain. Its a wet end to the weekend. We also got a break from the hot temperatures. Glen has your neighborhood forecast. We got an official heat wave, three days in a row, and at the shore, it did not get into out of the 60s today, and the rain is steady. For example, take a look at dover. The back emg of this has not quite gone up there, and theres evidence that its actually moving out. Its going to take awhile. This is happening very, very slowly, but it was pretty much a warout during the day today at the shore. It rained hour after hour af
School holidays. Reporter i went out today to talk to parent about what they think about these parents. I got a pretty positive reaction. Philadelphia schools already have off for yom kippur, students also have off for a winter recess that includes christmas. So parents, both muslim and nonmuslim said why not these two . When salema was in school, it was different. I grew up as a muslim child in the Public School system of philadelphia. And i remember people didnt understand what it was to be a muslim or what our holidays were. Reporter now philadelphia Muslim Students will be able to get excused absences for two islamic holidays. And next year all students could be off if the holiday calendar is approved by the School Reform commission. I feel as though any religion, any other religion can have off, why not muslims . Reporter shiranda is not muslim and has two children in Philadelphia Schools. She likes the idea. Its not about the children having off. Its not fair for the religion. I
Good morning, im lauren mayk. Some areas have seen a break in the rain this morning, but the wet weather is not over yet. Nbc 10s first alert meteorologist bill henley has a look at just how soggy were going to be today. Bill . Dont put that umbrella away just yet. Even though clouds are dry right now in wilmington, weve even seen some breaks of sunshine in philadelphia. At the shore its a different story. Light rain. North wildwood some rain. Look at the rainfall from the delaware beaches through south jersey, Atlantic City seeing some of that steady rain right now. Inland, some scattered showers for vineland and farther inland looking pretty dry for wilmington, philadelphia, trenton, Lehigh Valley for now, but theres still a chance well see some showers develop as the afternoon progresses. 75 degrees right now in philadelphia, 74 in delaware, low 70s right on the beaches, a little bit cooler. 69 degrees in ocean city and summers point, Atlantic City, the temperatures have barely budg
Murder investigation. The victim, a 78yearold maintenance man. Lets get right to nbc10s monique braxton. Shes live in center city with the latest. Fill us in, monique. Reporter hi, rosemary. Investigators tell us that joseph daly was beaten as well as strangled. Tonight theyre looking for his van. They think the van is with the killers. Homicide detectives want you to take a good look at these pictures. This is joseph dalys missing 2003 ford150 fan with tag number pd5338z. Notice the two rear doors are painted white. They believe the van is with the people who killed daly. The suspects broke a rear window and entered the property, killed the longtime home owner, and stole his vehicle. Police were called to his home at 6349 theodore street yesterday for a wellbeing check. The 78yearold man was deceased and lying on the living room floor. Police say daly, a neighborhood handy man, had been in this neighborhood for at least years. Now police are also checking into another violent encounte
A break from the heat and more rain. First a murder mystery. A womans body dumped in a Chester County pond. Police need to find her killer and her identity. Nbc 10 news at 5 00 starts now. A witness found the victim at a popular swimming hole. Was a cinder block tied to her body. Monique braxton is joining us now from Chester County. I know you spoke with the witness who actually called police . Thats right. We did. The witness tells us his fatherinlaw was fishing in that pond, surrounded by american flags when he saw what he thought was a womans body. I thought maybe she was stuck under a rock. Reporter little did jason rudder and his father know that the africanamerican woman was attached to a cinder block. That was hoeing her under water. Thats even scarier. Reporter jason said what he saw, a topless woman wearing shorts, bobbing up and down in the current three to four feet out near this middle pipe is something he will all remember. Silently shocked in a way. We left, i got on wit