at least twice before. there's a possibility the power lines were hooked up illegally. let's look at the first video. i just talked to one of the distraught relatives, a grandfather of the teen who loves his life. they say there was no electric service inside the home, that the victim and his mother share. his mother is currently in the hospital in an unrelated matter. they say they were both living by candlelight, and that may be the cause of the fire. now, firefighters found the body of an 18-year-old male in a first floor front room. neighbors tell me they were alerted to trouble by an orange glow outside their windows this morning. >> i saw the flames over the side window. the smoke wasn't in my house enough for the alarms to go off. >> reporter: fire officials say it took crews a half hour to put out the blaze and there were working smoke detectors inside the row house. they are trying to determine why the teen was unable to get to safety. the fire commissioner was deeply affected by the loss of life. >> to see a member of my community to go through this and also an 18-year-old who has not even begun to expand his life into what life is about. >> reporter: that 18-year-old also has an 18-month-old son. now, we are withholding the are he lease of the names because, as i said, his mother is inside temple university hospital and she has not been notified. as a matter of fact, the family just left the fire scene to go tell her. once she's notified we will release the name and the picture of the young man that lost his life. right now investigators are working on two possible theories, either an illegal electric hookup or the family says there was no electricity inside and they were living my candlelight and perhaps it could have been started by a candle. live in kensington, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. vai? fire destroyed a home in upper dublin township this morning. check out these flame. the house along east win circle caught fire at around 4:30. no one was hurt. investigators are trying to figure out what started a fire in the basement of a high rise apartment building. nbc 10 was on bryn mawr avenue just after 11:00 last night. firefighters were quickly able to get the situation under control. residents were allowed back inside about an hour later. philadelphia police are still searching for the driver who hit a 7-year-old girl and then took off. a witness tells nbc 10 he heard a boom and saw the car, he says, hit the child before driving away. he chased the green mitsubishi outlander and shot video that included the license plate you see here. he gave the video to investigators who tell us this is the car that they're looking for. and witnesses say the 7-year-old, allure mcclain, was struck as she crossed north 42nd street last night. one vehicle stopped in the crossing but witnesses say the driver of a second car swerved around the second car, hit the child, and then sped off. the little girl's family is outraged. a west philadelphia girl remains hospitalized after being hit by the car. the driver sped off prompting a police search. jesse gary is at this -- has been working on this story and will get more information a little bit later. >> this is shameful, somebody to hit a child 7 years old and just take off and don't even have no consider of life. >> detectives say the driver -- say the driver they're looking for is a man with salt and pepper facial hair. police are searching for a lime green mitsubishi outlander with pennsylvania license plate jky 7458 last seen near 38th street and girard avenue. now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> it is a dry but cloudy day across our region. here is a live look at center city, philadelphia, from our camera at the adventure aquarium in camden. at times this weekend it felt like summer, but will the warm weather stick around? chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with the forecast. >> we were way up in the 80s over the weekend with beautiful sunshine, but we're not going to see either of those things much of this week. we have mostly cloudy skies right now. that helping to keep the temperature down. we did get up to 84 degrees saturday, 86 on sunday. now, we'll maybe touch 80 degrees today if we get a little bit of sun during the afternoon. it's only 70 degrees right now. it's close to that elsewhere, but 77 in northeast philly, 73 in mount holly and atlantic city. most places still fairly cloudy. we had a little bit of fog this morning but there's no rain around and we don't expect rain during the day today. temperatures rising up well through the 70s. the average high is only 73 for this time of the year. so even though it's not nearly as warm as the weekend, temperatures still above average. we'll see how long that lasts and when we do get rain and we could actually use some with the seven-day in a few minutes. this just into nbc 10, the trial is under way for former philadelphia sportscaster don tollefson. he's expected to plead guilty on charges of stealing more than $100,000 through a sports related charity scam. just a few moments ago his lawyer told a judge he wants to plead guilty with a deferred sentence. tollefson was arrested in february after police say he duped people into buying tickets to sporting events saying the money would go to charity. but investigators say he kept the cash for himself and the buyers never got the packages they paid for. in court today it was revealed that more than 200 people came forward to say they were victims of tollefson. also just into nbc 10, rape charges have been dropped against a former philadelphia police officer. he was accused of forcing two women to take drugs and perform sexual acts. earlier this year he pleaded guilty to some of the charges in connection with this crime but then withdrew his guilty plea. in the past half hour we learned the rape charges have been dropped. he is still facing domestic violence charges. he will be released without having to post bail and the trial will begin next month. in 2007 he was celebrated as a hero after being shot in the face during the capture of a suspect. and taking the war on the crime to washington. two cities in our area are getting help from the federal government to fight violence. one of those two cities is wilmington. nbc 10's matt delucia just spoke to the mayor there about what this violence reduction network can really do for the troubled city. >> this is just one piece of the puzzle. >> reporter: talking to reporters before heading to the nation's capitol, wilmington mayor denis williams and senator chris coombs made it clear crime is a problem here. >> we will make changes and add on anywhere we can find an opportunity to bring down the violence in our city. >> reporter: last year wilmington had 154 incidents of gun violence with 15 gun deaths. today both men are meeting with federal agencies, including the atf, dea, fbi, and u.s. marshals accessing their expertise in crime fighting that can be used back home. >> wilmington has over the last few years steadily gone up in its violent crime, and it is absolutely essential we bring new strategies to the table. >> reporter: will has worked for roughly two years to get this access that's only being offered to five cities as of now. the mayor says he could use the knowledge, but he also needs cash. he wants 50 more officers on the streets and says until he can get more funding, he is putting his trust in this program. >> it's going to take some time. it's not going to be fixed overnight. long-term problems don't get fixed with short-term solutions. >> reporter: i asked the mayor how soon he can get new crime fighting measures up and running in the city. he tells me the next two weeks. philadelphia police are investigating a shooting that september a 31-year-old man to the hospital this morning. shots were fired at around 5:45 this morning along old york road and sparks avenue in philadelphia. skyforce 10 over the scene. the victim was struck in the back and plan to the police station. police took him to einstein hospital. that's where he's in stable condition as police search for the gunman. not too far away from that scene, police are searching for two men who attempted to rob and then shot a man in his 20s. this happened along 66th avenue and 2nd street. the victim was shot once in the back and is also being treated at einstein hospital where he is listed in critical condition. there are still no suspects in the murder of a philadelphia woman shot while walking her dog. this happened saturday night along morse street in the strawberry mansion section of the city. the victim is 42-year-old kathryn berry. berry was shot at pointblank range. her family says they don't know why someone would target the home health and mother of four. investigators are now trying to figure out the motive for the shooting. three people were hurt in a chain reaction crash. this happened along erie avenue at m street at about 1:30 this morning. everyone involved is expected to be okay. the cause is under investigation. and the search for the suspect in the murder of a pennsylvania state trooper has shifted. state police spokesperson says the focus of the search has moved slightly to the southeast but would not say why. eric frein is charged with ambushing two state troopers outside the barracks in blooming grove on september the 12th killing one officer, wounding another. authorities believe they have him contained within a five square mile perimeter around his parents' home in monroe county. of course, you can count on nbc 10 and nbc10.com to follow the latest developments in the police manhunt as they happen. a desperate search continues in one state for a missing woman. friends, loved ones, and neighbors spread out across the community after a realtor vanishes. we'll have an update on the investigation. and a rescue effort is under way on the side of a volucano after the mountain suddenly erupts. we'll have more on the dramatic situation unfolding in asia. get ready for a reality check. i'll tell you when it's going to start feeling like fall again. president obama speaking out about the united states role in combatting isis. he says u.s. officials believe they had defeated terrorists in iraq only to find out they were hiding in syria. as nbc 10 national correspondent brian moore shows us, the president has built an international coalition to fight the terror group even as he tries to sell the american people on the need for military action. >> reporter: president obama admits u.s. intelligence underestimated the isis terror threat and overestimated iraq's ability to deal with it. in an interview with "60 minutes," he still sounds less than certain that iraq's new government is up to the fight. >> i'm not going to speculate on failure at the same time. we're just getting started. let's see how they do. i think right now we have a campaign plan that has a strong chance for success in iraq. i think syria is a more challenging situation. >> reporter: the air strikes continued through the weekend. some members of congress believe the president should call lawmakers back from their election break to authorize military action. >> the president is putting together an international coalition. it's time to put the coalition together at home as well. >> reporter: the white house says a congressional vote is not necessary. >> we have the existing authorization from 2001. that's a basis for proceeding but we certainly welcome congress showing its support. >> reporter: but support from the american people is key. the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows 72% of americans believe it is inevitable this country will send combat troops. that same poll shows only 45% of americans support combat boots on the ground making it an even tougher sell in this election year. brian moore, nbc news, washington. and the battle with isis for iraq's second largest city continues despite weeks of fighting and the assistance of coalition air strikes. kurdish fighters there have been unable to advance against the militants. the kurds say they lack the sophisticated weaponry to push back the well-armed isis fighters. stay with nbc 10 for continuing coverage of the effort to stop isis. you can stay up to date on nbc10.com. jury selection is under way in the trial for a friend of the boston marathon bombing suspect. the man seen here is one of three friends of dzhokhar tsarnaev. he's pleaded not guilty. tsarnaev's other two friends have already been convicted for impeding the investigation. last week a judge granted a two-month delay for tsarnaev but denied a request to have the trial moved out of boston. the bombings at the boston marathon killed three people that day and injured more than 260 others. tsarna tsarnaev's brother, tamerlan, also accused in the attack was killed in a police shootout days after the bombings. charges are expected to be filed today against the man accused of beheading a co-worker at a food processing plant in oklahoma. police say alton nolan will face murder and other charges. investigators say he attacked two women with a knife, beheading one of them, shortly after being fired on thursday. the chief operating officer then shot nolan who is expected to recover. a candlelight vigil was held at north central texas college for the victims of this weekend's fatal bus crash. the president of north central texas college says it is the most traumatic event that the campus has ever faced. four members of the school's girl's softball team were killed when a tractor-trailer crossed the center immediamedian and hi family's van. the truck driver told authorities he was reaching for a drink on the passenger side of the cab when he drifted into the median. authorities in arkansas have shall issued an arrest warrant in connection with the disappearance of a real estate agent. aaron lewis is considered a person of interest in the disappearance of beverly carter. she was showing a home thursday east of little rock. lewis is wanted on kidnapping charges. volunteers searched through miles of brush, farmland, and neighborhoods this weekend looking for any kine -- sign of carter. >> you have so much fear someone will take our kids but you never think in a million years someone will take your mom. >> lewis was in a car accident yesterday morning and was treated for his injuries but he wasn't detained because a warrant had not yet been issued. this morning an american doctor exposed to ebola in sierra leone is at the national institutes of health hospital in washington, d.c. he was admitted yesterday to a special isolation unit for observation. officials say the doctor has not necessarily contracted the virus and he's in isolation as a precaution. 36 people are now dead after a volcano suddenly erupted in japan. the volcano erupted without warning saturday in and caught hundreds of hikers when rocks rained down on them. a suffocating ash cloud surrounded the hikers. more than 500 search have been looking for victims but yesterday's search had to be called off because of rising levels of toxic gases. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> well, it looks like we have one last summer-like weekend. the pattern starting to change a bit this week, even more over next weekend. we have a warm start to the week, at least relative to average. not relative to the weekend. we're abnormally dry. we really need some rain. it's been a very dry september, and we are tracking at least some showers to come through this week. we have mostly cloudy skies now, peeks of sunshine in parts of the area. 70 degrees. the humidity is 76%. that's 4 degrees cooler than it was at this time yesterday despite the southwest wind. those clouds make quite a difference. now, the temperatures in the upper 60s generally to the low 70s, northeast philly kind of the outlier at 77 degrees. you can see the moisture coming up from the southwest. a lot of clouds there, but really no rain until you get down into central virginia. now, it's possible a couple of the showers could get into extreme southern delaware this afternoon, but most of our area is going to stay dry. the thing is from the philadelphia area northward we are abnormally dry and getting closer to drought conditions. look how short the rainfall was for the month of september. in philadelphia nearly two inches below average, but the poconos nearly four inches below average. allentown and trenton close to three inches below average. that is a very dry month, and if you get another dry month on top of that, we're going to start talking about drought. the future cast shows all the clouds around but doesn't show any rain. look at that. monday 6:00, a lot of clouds and even into 11:00 it's cloudy. now, tomorrow still a lot of clouds to start off the day, but we get a little bit more sunshine and then perhaps one or two little showers develop during the afternoon. that is really not a very wet pattern and certainly not enough to help this dry ground situation. mostly cloudy skies today, high temperatures in the upper 70s and near 80 degrees if we get a little bit of sunshine. a chance of a shower tomorrow, a little bit more sunshine. still above average temperatures and we stay at or above average for much of the week. we get chances of a couple showers but nothing real heavy until perhaps friday when we might see some more significant rain, and then we start to cool off next weekend. >> thank you. a controversial new policy out west. california adopts a first of its kind law affecting college students, and it involves sex. we'll explain. and what's the best way to prevent sexually active teens from getting pregnant? well, this morning doctors have issued new recommendations. we'll tell but it in two minutes. this is nbc 10 news. the national football league has made a multimillion dollar commitment to support the national domestic violence hotline. commissioner roger goodell visited the hotline's headquarters in austin, texas, over the weekend. the organize's ceo said goodell pledged to increase education and awareness of domestic violence issues to players, coaches, and staff members. jerry brown has signed a bill making his state the first in the nation to define when yes means yes. it adopts requirements for colleges to follow when investigating sexual assault reports. under the bill someone who is drunk, drugged, unconscious, or asleep can't grant consent, but lawmakers say consent can be nonverbal. and the nation's most influential pediatricians group is recommending that teen girls who have sex use iuds or hormonal implants. the american academy of pediatrics say they're effective, safe, and they're easy to use. the group also says condoms should be used every time teens have sex to protect against sexually transmitted diseases. the academy is urging doctors to assess their teen patients' risk for std and educate them on birth control. a new study shows regular exercise could improve children's brain function. researchers divided a group of elementary aged children into a daily after school exercise program or put them on a wait list. nine months later the group involved with the exercise program was more fit, had better attention skills, and scored twice as high on intellectual tasks as the wait list group. researchers find people tend to drink more alcohol on days they are more physically active. a new study of nearly 200 adults show people were more likely to exercise from thursday through sunday, which were the same days they drank the most. experts aren't sure why exactly, but suggest people may reward themselves for working out or perhaps being active may put people in social situations where alcohol is consumed. we're continuing to follow a tragic story out of new jersey. the ceo of a hospital system dies in a fire along with his wife. we'll bring you an update on the investigation in our next half hour. and a peek at the future of education in the coming decades. classrooms could look a lot different, and we'll show you how. just about 11:30. we have new information just into our newsroom about the disappearance of a real estate agent in arkansas. 33-year-old aaron lewis was just arrested by the little rock police department. they made the announcement within the past 15 minutes. he was the suspect in the disappearance of beverly carter. she went missing thursday when she was showing a home east of little rock. and checking out our top stories right now, u.s.-led coalition strikes in syria continue to target areas controlled by the terrorist group isis. meantime, president obama is admitting that u.s. intelligence underestimated the isis terror threat and overestimated the iraqi ability to deal with it. and former philadelphia sportscaster don tollefson is in court right now and expected to plead guilty on charges of stealing more than $100,000 through a sports related charity scam. tollefson duped people into buying tickets to sporting events saying the money would go to charity, but investigators say he kept the cash for himself and the buyers never got the packages that they wouhad paid . flames destroyed a home in montgomery county last night. no one there was hurt. an 18-year-old man is killed in a house fire this morning in kensingson. it's the 24th fatal fire in philadelphia this year which is equal to the thm of those killed in fires in the question last year. the fire started in a row home in the 2700 block of helen street this morning. relatives say there was no electric service and the victim and his mother were living by candlelight. investigators are trying to figure out why the teen was not able to get to safety. >> to see a member of my community have to go through this and then also an 18-year-old who has not even begun to expand his life and know what life is about. >> commissioner sawyer says the department will be back in the area this afternoon distributing smoke detectors to neighbors who need them. an investigation is under way to find out what started a house fire that killed the president of cooper university health system and his wife. the bodies of john and joyce sheridan were found in an upstairs bedroom of their home. prosecutors say the circumstances surrounding the fire are still being investigated. the fire started just before 6:15 a.m. on sunday inside the sheridan's home in somerset county. the next step is to perform autopsies on the couple to figure out exactly what caused their deaths. governor chris christie released this statement on the sheridans' deaths. quote, john was an outstanding public servant, a leader in the health care industry, a true new jersey treasure. joyce was an outstanding teacher, wife axer and mother. in a statement to nbc 10 george norcross said it is hard to overstate how great a loss john's death is to his family, friends, co-workers and cooper. there is no one else who has had as big an impact on me as john did except my father. now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> and not much sunshine in our area today. we'll see mostly clouds. however, we're not going to be seeing any rain. this is a live look at the philadelphia museum of art. temperatures reached the 80s this weekend, but how long will the warm weather stick around? nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with the forecast. >> hi, vai. it looks kind of threatening out there, but we don't have any kind of rain on the way. the temperature held down by these clouds that we're seeing at the moment, but otherwise the atmosphere is fairly warm, and even with the clouds we're near 70 degrees, not too far away from the average high for this time of year. northeast philly, 77 is the warm spot by quite a bit, and we're near 70 at the ocean, too. the ocean is kind of warm. you can see these waves of clouds coming in from the southwest, but this is the radar and satellite. there's no rain until you go down into central virginia. it's trying to move up to the north but the atmosphere as a whole is fairly dry. so you don't think that the rain is going to make it up into the philadelphia area. perhaps extreme southern delaware could get a few sprinkles today. the temperature going up through the 70s during the day if we get a little sun this afternoon. some places could touch the 80 degree mark. it will be cooling off, plus we're going to be getting some rain this week. we'll have the timing on that with the seven-day in a few minutes. >> and people in parts of utah are cleaning up this morning after weekend storms cause widespread flooding there. at least two dozen homes were damaged. a sewage treatment plant was also shut down after officials discovered it was under four feet of water and leaking into a nearby river. officials are asking residents to boil their water until repairs and cleanup are finished at the treatment plant. and two cities in our area, wilmington and camden, are getting help from the federal government to fight violence. wiment mayor denis williams and senator coombs headed off to the capital. >> wilmington has over the last few years steadily gone up in its violent crime, and it is absolutely essential that we bring new strategies to the table. >> mayor williams says he could use the knowledge but needs cash as well. he wants to get 50 more officers on the streets and says until he can get more funding, he's putting his trust into the program. the new president of afghanistan has been sworn in today. he replaces hamid karzai in the country's first democratic transfer of power since the u.s. invasion in 2001. after the new president took his oath, he swore in his election challenger as the country's chief executive. the new position is part of a power sharing deal between the two candidates set up by secretary of state john kerry. and demonstrations turn into battles between police and protesters in hong kong. thousands of people blocked highways and intersections and forced some schools and businesses to close. it's being called the worst unrest since the city was handed over to china in 1997. protesters are angry over beijing's decision to screen candidates for the election of the city's top leadership position. and check out this spectacular light show in the sky over ukraine last night. a city in central ukraine celebrated its 583rd anniversary by launching a record number of chinese lanterns. 19,000 multicolored lanterns were released into the night sky to show that ukraine is united and that ukrainians want peace. and two sky divers are killed in an accident in massachusetts. authorities say the instructor and the students were killed after attempting to land at cape cod airfield yesterday. they jumped in tandem and were found next to a garage across the street from the airfield. officials are trying to figure out what went wrong. jury selection is set to begin in the penalty retrial of convicted murderess jodi arias. prosecutors will seek the death penalty after a previous jury deadlocked on her punishment. arias acknowledges killing travis alexander in 2008 but claims it was self-defense. prosecutors argue it was premeditated murder. the retrial is expected to last into december. also happening today, the family of dr. martin luther king, jr. will be in a georgia courtroom. this case centers around the future of two of the late civil right leader's prized possessions, his nobel peace prize and his traveling bible. his daughter says her brothers want to sell the items. enrollment at pennsylvania state university appear to be dropping for the fourth straight year. enroll am has dropped below 111,000 students. it peaked just above 119,000 in 2010. the pennsylvania state system of higher education raised tuition 3% in an effort to cut its deficit. education officials say that the state is trying to expand its partnerships with community colleges and extend distinguico. in the lehigh valley enrollment is at an all time high at the lehigh technical institute. there are nearly 3,000 students enrolled a jump of around 2 50 students this year. the institute offers dozens of curriculum options. and traditional education uses a one size fits all approach to learning. students sit in the classroom while the teacher delivers a lecture and homework is done at home, but that may all change in 25 years as nbc's sharon epperson reports, it's already starting. >> reporter: the classroom of the future will look a lot different than the classrooms of today. gone will be the rows of desks with teachers at the front of the class. the redesign of the classroom will look more like a working, living play space. >> if you think about the traditional classroom, we have this image of the teacher telling the students to be quiet and waiting for their turn to talk. i think really the redesign of the classroom of the future is just the opposite. we want them to talk. >> reporter: with school days filled with student discussion and interaction, the teachers' role will also evolve. >> the teacher might be sitting and observing silently. she might be working one on wun with one child on the floor. she might be giving a lesson to a small group of students. there's an ebb and flow that happens in the classroom. >> reporter: lessons will be entirely virtual to be accessed online on demand outside of school. >> the real power of technology is to allow them to work at their open space and free up class time. >> reporter: educators are experimenting with this flipped classroom model. it's a glimpse of what's to come and will radically change the traditional classroom experience. sharon epperson, cnbc business news. chances are this is happened to you or someone you know. your cell phone rix right in the middle of a meeting and you strudle to silence it. researchers are working on new technology to help you interact with your phone. university of washington engineers are developing smartphones that use a camera to read what you're trying to gesture to it. you'd be able to flip pages even without touching the device and even be able to silence cell phones right in your pockets. >> people can like play games, they can like control the cell phone when the cell phone is inside the jacket. >> researchers say it could take years before the technology hits the market. and they're everywhere this time of year. we're talking about pumpkin flavored foods and drinks, but how many of those products actually contain pumpkin? we'll have a look coming up. it looks like it's going to be dry today but we actually need some rain. i'll show you when we could get some showers coming up. and take a look at the top stories trending right now on the "lunch break" section on your nbc 10 app. this is nbc 10 news. >> almost quarter to noon. it continues to cost less it fill up your car's gas tank according to aaa. average fuel prices in the five county philadelphia area came down a penny over the weekend and they have fallen two cents over the last week. and philly and the p.a. suburbs, you're paying an average of $3.41. in south jersey the average price is $3.13. in delaware it costs an average of $3.28 for a gallon of gas. general motors is warning corvette owners not to use one of the car's high tech knch fea. valet mode let's drivers secretly record conversations and performance data when they're not behind the wheel, but that's illegal in several states, and gm is working on a software fix for that. this seems like you're paying more in fees at the atm, well, guess what? you are. according to bank rate.com's annual survey, fees for using out of network atms rose 5% over the past year. that's up 23% over the past fi years. the survey found the average cost of using an out of network atm is now $4.35 per transaction. a new high for eight straight years. philadelphia had the highest average overdraft fee at $35.80. and it's the day to celebrate something many can't live without. today is national coffee day, and you can get a free cup of joe in some places throughout our area at participating krispy kreme stores you can get a free small coffee or treat yourself to espresso drinks for $1. drunkin doughnuts stores are handing out free medium cups of its new dark roast coffee, iced or hot. pumpkin flavored foods are popular at this time of the year. when many see the word pumpkin, they think healthy. after all pumpkins are rich in fiber, right? as nbc's erica edwards discovered, some of those pumpkin flavored foods might not contain pumpkin at all. >> reporter: before the autumn leaves start to turn and fall, something even more illustrative of the season descends upon every grocery store in the country, pumpkin flavored everything. pumpkin granola, pumpkin bred, spiced creamers for your pumpkin coffee. pumpkin beer, ravioli, cookies, crackers, creoutoncroutons. that flavor may not come from the pumpkin patch. >> don't trick yourself into thinking that your pumpkin latte contains the same benefits as the actual pumpkin puree. >> lisa is a dietitian in cleveland. she says many pumpkin flavored foods may have a little pumpkin but a lot of added sugar. some coffee drinks contain 12 teaspoons of sugar. >> you're looking at sweetened syrups that contain these flavors that mimic the taste of pumpkin pie. >> reporter: by itself pumpkin is quite healthy. it's rich in fiber and vitamin a. the problem is that the gord can taste a little boring on its own. >> if you add pumpkin puree to a soup or stew or your morning oatmeal, that's when you're really getting the true health benefits of pumpkin. >> reporter: dietitians suggest opting for pumpkin seeds, too, which are perfect on salads, not to mention a good partner for those pumpkin croutons. erica edwards, nbc news. it was a celebration of life and love this weekend that element never happened. doberman mixed puppies were left for dead inside a nevada dumpster last july. because their immune systems were so weak, 4 of the 10 puppies died immediately but the community mobilized to save the other six. they received around the clock care and the puppies are now bigger, stronger, and for the first time since their rescue they're reunited this past weekend. >> i don't know that you can put into words what it's like to have six 80, 90 pound dogs come galloping through the door. when they first came in you could literally hold three of them in the palm of your hands. >> pet network staff and volunteers say they're proud to have all six puppies in great homes. now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glen han "hurricane" schwartz. >> we have three days in a row with nothing but sunshine. today we've got a lot of clouds out there, looks fairly threa n threateni threatening, but we're not expecting any rain. it's still a warm start to the week. the average high is only 73 degrees, and we're almost there already. but we're also at abnormally dry. we're getting closer to at least a limited kind of a drought advisory and we are tracking some showers this week but not a whole lot of rain. the average high, like i said, is 73. we're way below that on thursday with the rain at 64 but then got to 78 friday. 84 on saturday and 86 on sunday. now, that's not a record. the record was 91. today we may hit 80 if we get a little sunshine. if not we'll stay perhaps in the upper 70s, still above average for this time of the year. we have 72 degrees right now, and that is 6 degrees cooler than it was at this time yesterday. of course, we were up to 86 yesterday, so you subtract 6, 80 degrees and that's about what we're predicting here. right now we see temperatures in the upper 60s into the 70s. 77 at quakertown, but 68 in doylestown. quite a difference if you get a little bit of sunshine. 69 in trenton and clayton and in wilmington. 76 degrees in wrightstown. low 70s at the shore and only 68 degrees in dover. now, the clouds will be thicker in delaware and extreme south jersey today so that will certainly limit the temperature rise. see a little bit more sunshine to the north and west and this is the radar and satellite so despite those clouds, there's nothing on the radar anywhere nearby. some of this rain is trying to come up into the overall dry atmosphere. so it's going to be a little hard for that rain to make it all the way up to philadelphia. it could make it into southern delaware. now, we need the rain as we've been saying. this area from philadelphia now northward through the poconos and in through central and north jersey is considered abnormally dry by the national weather service. they monitor these conditions all over the country. of course, california in one of the worst droughts ever. we're nowhere near that, but we are two to four inches of rain below normal for the month of september. you can see all the clouds around here during the day today and into the night tonight, but a little bit more sunshine during the day tomorrow. that will help push temperatures well up into the 70s and again above average at least for a while. today we expect mostly cloudy skies. the high temperatures in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. fairly light wind. then tomorrow just a chance of a shower as we go into the afternoon, but they're pretty small and not really going to help this dry ground problem that we have here. and same story on wednesday, the chance of showers mostly in the morning. temperatures near average as we go toward the end of the week, and then we do get cooler over the weekend. cooler pattern comes in. the best chance of any kind of significant rain that will help a little bit on friday. >> glenn, thank you. we'll be right back. a little bit on friday. it's a new week and it's time to vote for the high school blitz game of the week. here are your choices, st. joseph against vineland, 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on nbc 10 news at 6:00, cracking down on distracted driving. police in delaware say several campaigns have spread awareness just aren't enough. a special force targeting texting while driving and why you could soon see more arrests on the road. and now to an update on our top story. investigators are trying to figure out the cause of a deadly fire this morning in kensington. an 18 yerl-year-old was killed. the fire happened on helen street. the 18-year-old lived in the home with his mother. they say there's no electric service and the two were living by candlelight. investigators are trying to figure out why the teen wasn't able to get to safety and fire commissioner derrick sawyer says firefighters will be back in the area this afternoon distributing smoke detectors to neighbors who need them. nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz here with an update on the forecast. >> pretty incredible weekend we had. we have a lot of clouds today but still relatively warm day with a high temperature near 80 degrees if you get a little sun this afternoon. chances of a couple showers over the next two days, but they would be fairly small, widely scattered, and not help the situation. we're getting to the point where we could actually use some rain. the temperatures get a little bit cooler later in the week and then a lot cooler next weekend. >> couldn't help but glance at sunday. looks like it's going to be cool for the game against the rams. >> we're all waiting for sundays now. >> exactly. >> thanks for watching nbc 10 news. i'm vai sikahema, for glenn "hurricane" schwartz and all of us at nbc 10, have a good day. a woman who loves to share her passions. grandma! mary has atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts her at a greater risk of stroke. rome? sure! before xarelto®, mary took warfarin, which required monthly trips to get her blood tested. but that's history. back to the museum? not this time! 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