Free and clear of any issues there. Also, if youre driving in philadelphia headed on 76 westbound and you want to center at spring garden, you cant because of longterm construction work thats taking out that ramp. Youre going to want to take girard to the other 76 onramp. All right, katy, thanks. 4 31 right now. New from overnight, residents are back inside their Apartment Building after a fire broke out here in the basement on bryn mawr avenue in winfield just after 11 00 last night. Fire investigators say smoke in the basement set off the alarms. Theyre now working to figure out how the fire started. A little girl is recovering in the hospital this morning. She was hit by a car, and the driver just kept going. Nbc 10s jesse gary is live at Childrens Hospital of philadelphia. Jesse, police have a havevery detailed description of that car. Reporter tracy, we have a license plate number and a vehicle description. Thats the focal point for this search. Lets look at our video. That information comes from this cell phone video, which was shot by a neighbor. That person chased after the suspected hitandrun driver as he sped from the scene in west philadelphia. Witnesses say 7yearold allure mclaine was struck crossing north 42nd street last night. One vehicle stopped for the crossing but said the driver of a second swerved around the car, hit the child, sped off, and thats incensed the girls family. So, whoever he is, i hope youre man enough or woman enough to turn yourself in. Reporter police are looking for a lime green mitsubishi outlander, pennsylvania license plate jky7458. If you have any information, give police a call. Coming up in the next half hour, ill have more about the person they believe who was behind the wheel. Live outside Childrens Hospital, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. 4 32 now. Philadelphia police do have a suspect in custody this morning who was wanted for the murder of a germantown man. Investigators say that victim was found inside an apartment on mannheim street. He had been shot twice and died at the hospital. A short time later, police saw a man jump out of a car. They chased him and made an arrest. Investigators tell nbc 10 he was identified by a witness at the scene of the shooting. Autopsies will be performed on the president of Cooper University health care and his wife after the couple was killed in a house fire. Prosecutors say the circumstances surrounding the fire that killed 72yearold John Sheridan and his 69yearold wife, joyce, are still being investigated. Firefighters responded to the sheridans home in Montgomery Township just before 6 15 a. M. On sunday. The fire was contained to an upstairs bedroom where the couple was found. Investigators say John Sheridan died at the scene. His wife was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she died a short time later. Nbc 10 and nbc10. Com will continue to follow developments surrounding the deaths of john and joyce sheridan, and we will update you as soon as the investigation moves forward. Today the trial will begin for former philadelphia sportscaster don collison. Hes accused of stealing more than 100,000 through a sportsrelated charity scam. Tollison was arrested in february after police say he tricked people into buying tickets to sporting events, telling them the money would go to charity, but instead, investigators say he kept the cash and the buyers never got the packages they paid for. His trial is being held in doylestown. Also today, leaders from wilmington and camden will be in washington to take part in an anticrime summit put on by the justice department. Its called the Violence Reduction network, and its all about making the streets safer. Federal Law Enforcement authorities will be brought in to help the cities identify Violent Crime problems and offer solutions. Chicago, detroit and oakland are the other cities involved in the program. This from our jersey shore bureau. Happening today, the mayor of Atlantic City is in philadelphia to unveil a new Tourism Marketing campaign for that city. New Television Commercials encouraging people to do ac will soon begin airing in this area. They will feature midweek promotions and other events to draw fall visitors to Atlantic City. Of course, more important than ever, given the four casino closures. Right. More focus is on nongamblingrelated tourism now. A Delaware County mom is facing charges. Its because of what shes accused of getting her daughter involved in. Plus, firepower for freedom, transformation thats about to take place on the battleship new jersey. And yes means yes. One west coast state is doing something to change the way Sexual Assault cases are handled. Turn around every now and then i get a little bit hungry and theres nothing really good around turn around every now and then i get a little bit tired of living off the taste of the air turn around, barry finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack and fiber so my wife wont give me any more flack i finally found the right snack its 4 37. This is from our south jersey bureau. Today leaders in camden are expected to announce details for a restoration project of the battleship new jersey, called firepower for freedom. Union leaders are going to repaint the ship. Thats a big task. They say its their way of showing support for veterans and the city of camden. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Overnight some clouds have started to move into the area, but it is completely dry this morning, so a live view of center city from the adventure aquarium. Clouds are moving in. We will see some breaks of sunshine during the day. Its just not going to be the brilliant sunshine we had saturday and sunday. Another warm day, in spite of those clouds, up near 80 degrees this afternoon. Any showers that are in our future are not going to happen today. Tomorrow at the earliest, and theyre not looking impressive. 62 in horsham. Right now cherry hill, washington township, bridgeton at 61 degrees. 58 in pottstown. Quakertown and allentown also in the 50s. And were in the low 60s in delaware and south jersey has a mixture of 60s and 50s this morning. Woodbine is down to 59 degrees. Overnight these clouds moved in. And if you look closely, you can see there are some breaks in the clouds. No showers with those clouds. Well get some sunshine coming through the clouds. Its just not going to be brilliantly clear like over the weekend. Partly sunny skies in the poke moe mountains. Upper 70s for allentown and reading and it will be near 80 degrees for northeast philadelphia and mt. Holly. Doylestown warms to 77 degrees today. Middle 70s right along the coast. Rehoboth 75 degrees. A bit of fog to start with in the Atlantic City area will clear as the temperatures warm. 78 for dover this afternoon. And 80 degrees this afternoon for philadelphia. And voorhees, mostly cloudy skies, some breaks of sunshine for chester and wilmington during the day today. Now, a chance of showers arrives tomorrow. The sevenday forecast coming up when i return. At 4 39, monday mornings are tough enough without any problems on the roads, so lets hope we dont see any of that. Katy zachrys watching that for us this morning. What are you seeing. Fortunately, only good news to report. There is some construction to tell you about but really no major tieups in the area at this hour. Roosevelt boulevard southbound right as it hits 76 east and westbound, typically a trouble spot later in the morning, but its free and clear of any issues right now. Heading into montgomery county, 309 at the pennsylvania turnpike. Same thing, free and clear of any issues. We are following some construction, longterm construction, 422 eastbound. The ramps to and from Armand Hammer boulevard, they are both closes until november for longterm construction. There is just an issue in new jersey. An overturned vehicle in egg harbour township, garden state parkway southbound, right past northfield and pleasantville. The exit for that. Theres an overturned vehicle, but its over on the left shoulder, not tying things up. Two parents busted for having drugs in their car next to their 5yearold. Yeah, wait until you hear what police found when they tested the boys blood. And a friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect is going to trial. Well tell you what hes accused of doing days after the attack. And the president is now admitting that they have underestimated the threat of isis. Details in a report from washington. And dont forget, you can wake up with your favorite nbc 10 personality. Just download the nbc 10 morning app for your smartphone. There youll find headlines of the big stories of the day, a live stream of our morning newsca newscast, and you can even set an alarm to wake up to the voice of an nbc 10 personality. President obama is now blaming bad intelligence for the rise in isis. As nbc National Correspondent brian mooar reports, u. S. Officials believed they had defeated the terrorists in iraq only to find they were hiding in syria, gaining in numbers and power. Reporter president obama admits u. S. Intelligence underestimated the isis Terror Threat and overestimated iraqs ability to deal with it. In an interview with 60 minutes, he still sounds less than certain that iraqs new government is up to the fight. Im not going to speculate on failure at the moment. Were just getting started. Lets see how they do. I think that right now weve got a Campaign Plan that has a strong chance for success in iraq. I think syria is a more challenging situation. Reporter while 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. Its time to put the coalition together at home as well. Reporter the white house says that congressional vote is not necessary. We have the existing authorization from 2001. Thats the basis for proceeding. But wed 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 support combat boots on the ground, making it an even tougher sell in this election year. Brian mooar, nbc news, washington. 4 45 right now. Police still have no suspects in the murder of a philadelphia woman shot while walking her dog. It happened saturday night along morse street in the Strawberry Mansion section. Authorities say Kathryn Berry was shot twice at point blank range. Her family says they have no idea why someone would target the Home Health Aid and mother of four. Police believe she was intentionally targeted. Investigators are trying to figure out why. Happening today, a couple is scheduled to appear in court for a hitandrun crash in Delaware County that injured a teen on his bicycle. Police say Adrian Mccreery was driving when she ran over that teenager in ridley park in april. Her boyfriend, ty winschimer is also facing charges. They say mccreery was seen at two different bars the night of the crash. The 18yearold victim, christopher brooks, has a brain injury and had to have part of his leg amputated. An upper darby woman was arrested for allegedly arranging a fight between her teenage daughter and a classmate. Nicole edna houlton is charged with endangering the welfare of children and corruption of minors. According to the Delaware County daily times, investigators spotted the girls fighting in a parking lot. Houlton allegedly told Police School administrators werent settling the conflict, so she helped the girls do it on their own. 4 45 now. This from the nbc 10 Delaware Bureau. A driver pulled over for not wearing a seat belt is facing much more serious charges now. Authorities say when officers topped matthew trentley on us13 in kent county, they found an assault rifle, brass knuckles, marijuana and Drug Paraphernalia inside his car. Trentley is facing several charges now, including carrying a concealed, deadly weapon. He is being held on 13,000 bail. This morning an american doctor exposed to ebola in sierra leone is at the National Institutes of Health Hospital near washington. He was admitted yesterday to a special Isolation Unit for observation. Officials say the doctor has not necessarily contracted the virus. He is in isolation as a precaution. Meantime, back here in our area, the Philadelphia Union and Temple University teamed up to help fight ebola, encouraging people to kick ebola in the butt. It was a challenge involving taki kicking a slightly inflated ball at somebodys behind and making a donation. All responded to the outbreak in west africa. Happening today in montgomery county, leaders will introduce a new initiative called communities who care, aimed at preventing drug use among young people. State senator Stewart Green leaf will hold an announcement in horsham township. He says its all about fighting a growing drug problem in communities across pennsylvania. Police say the 5yearold son of this california couple facing drug charges had cocaine in his system. Marco we haveas and his wife, sandy, were stopped on saturday. Officers say they saw the boy in the back seat sitting next to a halfpound bag of cocaine and he was tested and came up positive for the drug. Investigators say a search their home turns up drugs, guns and cash. Police in ferguson, missouri, say a shooting over the weekend is not related to the unrest over the death of michael brown. It happened saturday night as an officer was questioning a man about a burglary. He took off, fired shots at the officer, hitting him in the arm. This Morning Police are still looking for that man. Now, this is just the latest episode, of course, in a city where tension remains high between police and the public. A short time after that shooting, an offduty officer came under fire. He was not injured. And there is no evidence that that shooting was related to the ferguson protests either. A candlelight vigil was held at North Central Texas College for the victims of this weekends fatal bus crash. The prayer vigil was in honor of all crash victims. The president of North Central Texas College says its the most traumatic event the campus has ever faced. Now, four members of that colleges Softball Team were killed when a tractortrailer crossed the center line and hit the teams van late friday night in oklahoma. Sources tell nbc news that the truck driver told authorities he was reaching for a drink on the passenger side of his cab when he drifted into the median. Today the trial will begin for a friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who was accused of lying to investigators. Robel phillipos is seen here. He is one of three difference of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev charged in connection with the bombing. Hes pleaded not guilty. Two of tsarnaevs other friends were already convicted for impeding the investigation. A judge granted a twomonth delay for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev but denied a request to have the trial moved out of boston. The bombings killed 3 people and wounded more than 260 others. Tsarnaevs brother, also accused in the attack, was killed, as you know, in a Police Shootout days after the bombings. 4 49 now. The faa expects improvements in air travel today after a weekend of canceled flights because of fridays fire at a suburban chicago control center. Officials are replacing the entire Computer Network at that facility. Authorities say a contract worker started the fire, then tried to commit suicide, leading to thousands of canceled flights, impacting travel across the country. The National Football league has made a multimillion dollar commitment to support the National Domestic violence hotline. Commissioner Roger Goodell visited the hotlines headquarters in austin over the weekend. The organizations ceo said that goodell pledged to increase education and awareness about Domestic Violence issues with players, coaches and staff members. California governor jerry brown has signed a bill making his state the first in the country to define when yes means yes. It adopts the requirements for colleges to follow when investigating sex assault reports. Under the bill, someone who is drunk, drugged, unconscious or asleep cannot grant consent. Lawmakers say consent can be nonverbal. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Beautiful sunshine over the weekend. And were starting off with dry conditions on boathouse row and very little wind. Look at the water on the schuylkill this morning. We do have, however, some clouds moving in overhead. Its a mostly cloudy start. Philadelphia International Reporting some of those clouds, 64 degrees. The humidity is up and we are watching for some areas of fog. Not everybodys seeing it. In fact, no fog at all for allentown, reading and pottstown. A little light visibility reduction in bluebell, but not an issue for wilmington or philadelphia. Mt. Holly, the visibilitys now at 6 miles, but the fog has really developed in millville and Atlantic City since 3 00 this morning. Atlantic city has been stuck at quartermile visibility. Thats some dense fog. That could cause some delays at the airport if it persists this morning. Its not going to last all day, but the temperatures will be climbing into the upper 70s to around 80 degrees, in spite of clouds coming in. As far as showers are concerned, theyre to our west this morning, just some scattered, light showers. More impressive to the south. This is a system that will be with us into tomorrow that will give us a chance of some showers for tomorrow, but not for today. A mostly cloudy day with a warmup this afternoon into the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. Tomorrow clouds will break, but theres still a chance well see some afternoon showers or evening showers. 78 degrees the high temperature. And the numbers will be coming down wednesday with a chance of some showers and mostly cloudy skies, 73. Then sunshine will be here thursday. Only see clouds return later on friday with a chance of showers. All right, bill, thanks. Eight minutes before 5 00 right now. Lets get you updated on the roads if you leave early in the morning on monday. Lets find out if you need to leave any earlier because of any problems out there. Hopefully not. Nbc 10s katy zachry has her eyes on it. One issue i told you about in the last ten minutes, that has been cleared. Well get to that in a second. Starting off in Delaware County, i95 right at route 420, things are free and clear of any problems in that area. If youre headed on 95 just north of center city, philadelphia, you can see the average speed is about 55 miles an hour in both directions. Taking a look now at that issue i was telling you about earlier on the garden state parkway southbound, this is in egg harbor. There was an accident, an overturned vehicle that was on the shoulder. In just the last few minutes, this has cleared. So, its right past the Northfield Pleasantville exit. There is no issue there as we had originally reported. And up in the lehigh valley, 78 right at lehigh street, route 22 and 309 up in the lehigh valley, theyre clear as well. Well, its time to vote for the High School Blitz game of the week. Here are your choices. St. Joseph of hammonton against vineland. A Catholic League battle between Cardinal Ohara and Archbishop Carroll or Bishop Shanahan and west henderson. You can vote on our Facebook Page or text your vote to 6106244111. The game with the most votes, as you know, is always featured on the High School Blitz every saturday night at 11 00 here on nbc 10. 4 53 now. A teen battling cancer documents his experience in a unique way. That heads shiny, that heads shiny he created a music video to two of jay zs songs, and theres two specific reasons he did this. Looking for one of these . Yoplait. Smooth, creamy, and craved by the whole family. A live look outside at 4 55. Will the temperatures remain summerlike . Well check with bill henley in a few minutes. Following this story from overnight. Three people hurt in a chainreaction crash in philadelphia along erie avenue at m street around 1 30 this morning. You can see the damage to the car there. Police say everyone involved is expected to be okay. The cause is still under investigation. So hard, this head got shiny, that heads shiny, that headys shiny have you seen this . Raising awareness of pediatric cancer through a rap music video. 19yearold tom gillen was just released from five months of treatment at Childrens Hospital of philadelphia. His video, bald so hard, has drawn about 100,000 hits on youtube. He battled leukemia, and he said he wanted the video to show what daily life is like for Cancer Patients and to get rapper jay z to visit. Speaking of pediatric cancer, a huge crowd hit the streets of center city over the weekend to raise money to battle childhood cancer. The four seasons parkway run and walk helped benefit research and survivorship programs at Childrens Hospital of philadelphia. And another fundraiser for childhood cancer, this one in delaware. Nbc 10 there for the grayson saves foundations Second Annual 5k. It is named for 4yearold grayson savery, whos currently winning his battle with cancer. Participants raised more than 12,000 to fight pediatric cancer. Nbc 10 Delaware Bureau reporter tim furlong was there to emcee. And from our jersey shore bureau, miss america, of course, has already been crowned. Now its miss americas turn. The dragqueen event was held in Atlantic City last night. A spoof of the worldfamous fashion show and raises money for local charities. Who won, though . I hate it when we dont say who won. Weve got to found out. A celebration of puerto rican pride in philadelphia drew quite a crowd over the weekend. Hundreds of performes and youth groups marched up the ben franklin parkway for the annual parade, now in its 52nd year. The citys oldest and largest outdoor event celebrating puerto rican and latino heritage. The manayunk Food Festival took over this weekend. Foods from every taste from dozens of philadelphia fastfood trucks along with a lot of kidfriendly activities. A bounce house is obligatory. The Food Festival was the kickoff to manayunks Restaurant Week which runs from now to october 10th. I love when Restaurant Week turns into like a week and a half. Weekends on both ends, thats good. Were volunteering our tasting services, by the way. Well be there soon. Youre watching nbc 10 news. Nbc 10 news today at 5 00 a. M. Starts right now. A little girl is in the hospital this morning. Shes the victim of a hitandrun driver. Police dont have that driver yet, but they do have a very good description of the car, thanks to a witness. A former sportscaster heads to court, accused of stealing money that was supposed to go to charity. We will break down the charges don tollison is facing as his trial begins today. And a live look to start you off at south philadelphia this morning. Citizens bank park where the phillies season just wrapped up. Now its on to fall, even though it felt like summer over the weekend. 64 degrees right now, and well continue to see more clouds throughout the day. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to nbc 10 news today on this monday. Im chris cato. And im tracy davidson. Lets find out more about the clouds and the temperatures today with meteorologist bill henley in the first alert weather center. Bill . Certainly it was warm over the weekend. 86 degrees yesterday afternoon. And its going to be a warm one today, but we will not see the brilliant sunshine we had yesterday. Clouds have already started to move into the area. But theres no rain. It is dry in center city. However, theres a bit of fog. Right now Atlantic City continues to report quartermile visibility, and its just reduced, the visibility in millville down to half a mile there. The fog will be ending as the temperatures warm up a bit. Right now were in the 50s and 60s. Pottstown is 58 degrees. 58 in millville, while its in the 60s right along the i95 corridor. We will warm into the upper 70s to near 80 degrees this afternoon. Normally this time of year wed see temperatures during the afternoon in the low 70s. So, unusually warm. 64 degrees at 7 00. By 9 00, well be closer to 70 degrees. Then into the upper 70s later today. Well go through it neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back to show you which areas will see more sunshine than others, but first, katy has traffic. Good morning, katy. Good morning, bill. Twice in about an hour the taconypalmyra bridge is getting ready to raise right now for a ship to pass through. Around the 4 00 hour, we had the same situation. So, that affects traffic on route 73 in both pennsylvania and new jersey. It takes about 15 minutes for the ship to pass through, so ill let you know when the bridge has closed back down. Woodhaven road, route 63 right at millbrook road, you can see a
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