a good time to head out if you need to. heading out to chester county, this is what route 100 is looking like. 100 is quiet, 422 looks good, so does the route 30 bypass. we're not reporting any accidents on the majors at all. we have construction still, though, 42 freeway northbound at creek road expected to be out there until about 6:00 this morning. that's part of that long-term construction zone in that area. that can definitely get heavy later in the morning. but for right now, no delays to report. the ben franklin, everything is looking good over the area breaths. keep in mind we have normal 4&c eastbound on the ben franklin bridge. it's part of the long-term track rehab project. within the past 15 minutes we've got new information about an overnight shooting inest whicher that left five people injured including two teenagers. nbc 10's katy zachry is live outside the chester police department for us this morning. tell us what you've learned. >> hi, chris, that's right. i got new information from a captain here at the chester police department in the last few minutes. the two teenagers, five people were shot, of those five two are teenagers, a 14-year-old girl an a 14-year-old boy. here's our video. when police arrived on the scene they found those teens shot in the foot and the leg. officers fond three men, adult men who were shot. the victims were all transported to crozer-chester medical center where they are listed right now in stable condition. from the bullet casings found on the ground, ours have determined at least eight to ten shots were fired and police learned from talking to witnesses this morning that the group of people, the group of victims, they were just standing on the basketball court talking, playing basketball when all of a sudden, shots came from the direction of 8th and tillman streets, not far from where they were standing. and apparently everyone scattered and ran for cover. as a result of that, five people were shot here in chester a little after midnight. two of those teens. at this time, all listed in stable condition at a nearby hospital. reporting live in chester, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. also new from overnight, police are looking for the gunman who shot two women. this happened at 11:30 on north fallon street in north philly. one victim is in critical condition, the other is in stable. a woman and her daughter are still in critical condition this morning following this food truck explosion caught on camera. a total of 12 people were hurt in the blast. let's show you the map to show you where it happened at 3rd and wyoming in philadelphia's feltonville neighborhood. check out the blast again. look at the video. camera. you see the food truck exploding. the blast sent a propane tank neighbor's backyard and burned cars and power lines. police say a woman and her mother were working in the food truck when the propane tank burst into flames. >> i heard a loud boom, just a loud boom. i turn around and this truck just instantly started smoking. you heard screams, like deafening, hurt, pain type screams. >> four people remain hospitalized including the mother and daughter who were working inside the truck at the time. a day care worker is facing charges for leaving five children inside a car with the air conditioning on while she went shopping. philadelphia police say karen thompson left those children ranging in age from 6 months to 9 yeears old for at least 20 minutes. the children as we showed you from skyforce 10 were taken out of the car with be they were checked out. they're doing fine. among the charges thompson is facing, endangering the welfare of children. according to the pennsylvania department of motor vehicles, a driver is not allowed to leave a children under the age of 6 in a car unattended for any amount of time if the car is not within eyesight. in new jersey or delaware, there are no laws making it illegal to leave a child unattended in a car. philadelphia police are trying to track down a man accused of stuffing his mother's body in a freezer. the discovery was made yesterday at a home on lee street in hunting park. the suspect told them his 83-year-old mother died of natural causes in january. investigators believe he's been cashing her social security checks since then. an autopsy will be done to determine how she died. it's july 2nd and still no budget for pennsylvania. governor tom corbett says he's holding off on signing a budget plan. the state budget deadline was monday night. also in harrisburg, hope is fading for theç proposed cigarette tax that could pump money into philadelphia schools. nbc 10's sources say lawmakers took that tax out of an amendment that will be voted on later today. sources say mayor michael nutter and the city's delegation will fight to get that tax put back into the measure. without the tax, the school district says it will have to make major cuts. now from our trenton bureau, new mayor eric jackson will visit eight senior centers to thank voters for their support. he waste nod time shaking things up after his swearing in yesterday. he fired four department heads, including police director ralph rivera. he was part of former mayor tony mack's administration. he is now serving time for corruption. the hoagyfest starts at 5:00 this morning. it's under way. associates from wawa will be at the national constitution center building a five-ton hoagy made up of 17,000 shorties. they're using thousands of pounds of cold cuts and other ingredients. at noon they'll serve up their creation for free. other portions will be donated to philabundance. you can find out about fireworks shows, locations, parades, tours and much more at nbc10.com. $2 million, that's how much bucks and montgomery countys will get for funding a series of walking and biking trails. trail construction will range from pottstown to solebury. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> tropical storm arthur whipping up the waves already in florida. this is a look at flagler beach between st. augustine and daytona. that is seeing heavy surf. even though the storm is offshore. we could see heavy surfç in ou area as arthur comes up the coast impacting our weekend. today you won't feel the effects of arthur but you will feel hotter, more humid conditions. the temperatures starting off warmer this morning and the humidity is higher. it will feel like 100 degrees plus at its hottest this afternoon. heat and humidity likely to fuel some storms. it could turn severe late today. we'll be watching arthur and it's impact on the fourth of july for our area. right now, the temperatures have come down just a little bit more. 76 now in reading and philadelphia. trenton is 74 degrees but overall, warmer than yesterday. and looking at a live view of the museum of art, lots of people run the steps but it's going to be a steamy start to do that today. if you want to get exercise in outdoors, get in in early before the temperatures take off. radar is clear for our area. doesn't look like much. this line of showers and thunderstorms will be more impressive this afternoon as the atmosphere starting heating. we'll see these storms fire up, the future weather showing the storms on the move. most of the morning this afternoon will be dry but 1:00 this afternoon we could see showers and thunderstorms popping up in the pocono mountains and some of the western suburbs, lehigh valley to lancaster county. during the evening hours, those storms are off to the north and west. by 8:00 this evening, that line comes through the wilmington/philadelphia/i-95 corridor. keep an eye on the sky and the thermometer, too. 90s for allentown, quakertown and reading. chance of late-day storms. otherwise, hot and humid for trenton. northeast philadelphia and doylestown. along the coastline it will be warmer today. a good deal cooler than the rest of the area. inland it will be heat and humidity. the hottest of the season so far. middle 90s for wilmington, chester and philadelphia. a look at the fourth of july forecast with the seven-day forecast when i come back. >> all right, bill. nine minutes past 5:00 right now. >> nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jillian móéárpj a look at what's happening or not happening out there. >> it's quiet out there which is deaf nuttily good news for drivers. we're just getting ready to head out on the roads. no accidents, no delays on the majors and so far, no problems when it comes to mass transit. this is the eastbound side of the route 30 bypass at route 340. that's where we see a delay later in the morning. we have a disabled tractor-trailer in lower salford township use caution if you're heading out. the good news is, it's one disabled tractor-trailer. it's not blocking the entire intersection. for drivers in center city philadelphia, the 5th street tunnel remains closed today until about 2:00 this afternoon because of construction. that tunnel is at the base of the ben franklin bridge which you can see right here. area bridges are in the clear right now. nearly total destruction, this powerful tornado flattened three-quarters of a small nebraska town. two weeks after the storm blew through, debris is nearly everywhere. we'll tell you why the cleanup has nearly stopped. the dangers of distracted driving got more expensive across new jersey roads yesterday. we'll tell you. uncle craig, what's the deal? oh...you can't record that many shows at once. why? you can't save every single cartoon. why? you know you can't pause the tv here and play it in another room. why? it's time for fios quantum tv. store up to 200 hours in hd. record up to 12 shows at once. pause and play live tv, room to room. plus, watch live tv on the go with the fios mobile app. redefining what tv can be. 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off into the atlantic without impacting our area in terms of strong wind or rain or anything like that. meteorologist bill henley will be in in a moment with more on arthur's track. we have video just in from the scene of a double shooting in newark, delaware. this is the village of winhover apartment complex. two men were shot just before midnight. they were taken to the hospital. police are still looking for three men who were seen leaving the scene. happening right now in the oscar pistorius murder trial, the final witness is on the stand testifying. pistorius was arriving at court early this morning. here's video. he's accused of killing his girlfriend, reef ka steenkamp. he says he thought she was an intruder. a that's the word from joint chiefs chairman general martin dempsey. he said some of the 750 u.s. troops that were sent to iraq will decide how to help that nation fight the sunni insurgents. dempsey says the way iraqi citizens are included in any new form of government will help determine u.s. policy there. a chemical explosion at a general motors plan the in indiana killed a worker and injured five others. a chlorine dioxide tank exploded yesterday and the chemical spilled out. the plan was evacuated. a hazmat crew contained the fire. the chemical can irritate skin and eyes and cause lung problems if inhaled. happening today, two civil cases involving former football star and accused killer aaron hernandez. the former new england patriots tight end is charged in a double murder in boston in 2012. the victim's families are suing him. he's pleaded not guilty in that caseç and also not guilty to t murder of a semipro football player last summer. a former new york police officer is out on bail. gilberto valheez had conversations about cannibalizing women, that they were only fantasy role playing. his wife called the fbi after she found the disturbing material on his computer. he's serving home detention while prosecutors apale the ruling. happening today is the 50th anniversary of the signing of the civil rights act. freedom riders will take a journey back in time to celebrate that milestone. they will pass the supreme court and the lincoln memorial in washington before going on to rich monday, virginia, which was the capital of the confederacy during the civil war. freedom riders road buss into the south in the 1960s to fight segregation. a town in nebraska is trying to recover from this tornado that struck two weeks ago but the cleanup has come to a near standstill because of rainy weather. about 75% of the town was destroyed. much of the debris was removed to a lot but it's been raining for the past few days there and mud and flooding is keeping volunteers from getting the rest of the rubble out of the town. >> our cleanup is just down to a crawl. it's down to a truck load at a time with four people, three people doing the work. >> a tractor is being used to scrape the ground so it will dry faster. once it happens, the rest of the debris can be hauled away. heads up if you're driving through the garden state. if you're caught driving in new jersey while holing cell phones you'll face tougher fines. first-time offenders will have to pay between $200 and $400, second-time offenders will be paying between $400 and $600 and do it for a third time, it will be between $600 and $800. police across the state issued 3,000 tickets for cel phone violations in april alone. >> have to stay attentive. no distracted driving. >> we wouldn't want you to end up in jillian mele's traffic report. >> that would be a terrible thing. anytime we have any incident, on a disabled vehicle, that causes a slowdown. the good news is, we have nothing like that at all. this is a look at the blue route near 76. both directions as clear as can be. drive times on the blue route between 95 and 76 will take you about 17, 18 mountains right now. we have one disabled tractor-trailer in lower salford township. traffic can get by the scene. still following construction, 295 both north and southbound, exit 45 closed to about 6:00 this morning. finally, a live look at a quiet route 73 near the atlantic city expressway. both roads are looking good. no issues or accidents to report for drivers in delaware. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> mugginess is on the increase. the temperatures were high yesterday. warmer this afternoon. one exception, well, the temperatures will be warmer but only in the low 80s for cape may. that's a live view from the marquis de lafayette hotel. sun just minutes away from coming up and we'll see a lot of sunshine today at the shore. 76 degrees with clear skies in philadelphia. humidity is at 79% right now. 3 degrees warmer already compared to yesterday morning at this time. see clouds on the horizon. this is the view from the comcast center. sunshine will be bright like yesterday. we'll be watching the skies for thunderstorms today and wet weather in part because of arthur that will be coming our way later tomorrow and into friday. arthur tropical storm, and there's a stronger tropical storm with 60 mile-an-hour winds. it's moving at 6 miles an hour, expected to increase in intensity and becomeç a hurrice early tomorrow morning, impacting the carolina coast. also spreading clouds and wet weather that our area as well. for today, hot, humid conditions, most of the day, no rain but late this afternoon and this evening, we'll be watching the sky for potential for severe thunderstorms to develop. tomorrow, rain will be steady as we head into the afternoon and evening hours especially. 88 degrees cooler because of the wet weather. some of that moisture coming up the coast from arthur and into friday morning. the rain will still be here. the fourth of july we'll see improving conditions late in the day. we'll be drawing out. we'll get breaks of sunshine and it looks like we're good for fireworks. speaking of good, the weekend, may be closer to spectacular. 80s, nice and comfortable. low humidity and plenty of snain. the heat is on starting monday afternoon. seven nice weekends in a row, though, bill. we are keeping a tally. we appreciate it. the fedz as are taking aim t-mobile. what that cell phone company is accused of doing. plus, making a statement with a burger. a new burger king sandwich is aimed at creating social consciousness. the cadillac summer collection is here. ♪ ♪ during the cadillac summer's best event, lease this 2014 srx for around $329 a month or purchase with 0% apr and make this the summer of style. two big weather headlines. the first is on your screen on nbc 10 first alert radar. that's tropical storm arthur off the coast of florida, forecast to be possibly a weak hurricane and parts of the north carolina coastline are now under a hurricane watch. the effect of arthur on our weather should be nothing more than strong undertow, according to meteorologist bill henley. we are watching strong storms developing this evening and all day rain happening tomorrow due to a front. bill will have more on that in a moment. t-mobile's billing practices are under fire. the feds say the company billed customers for premium text subscriptions that were never authorized. that inkplat was filed by the federal trade commission. it claims t-mobile, the bills hid the charges from customers. t-mobile says the charges are not true and are factually and legally without merit. 5:24. a new study shows airline passengers aren't exactly rushing to use their mobile devices during their flights. morgan brennan is here with that story in this morning's cnbc business news. >> good morning, tracy. the use of mobile devices isn't exactly taking off. a study by depaul says electronics. that's up just slightly from last year. passengers still can't text or make calls although the s.e.c. is considering whether to lift a 1991 ban on in-flight cell service. the report says that may be making many flyers say, why bother? at least for now. tracy, back to you. >> morgan brennan with cnbc. thanks. a $30 million government housing grant tops today's headlines from the philadelphia business journal. philadelphia is one of four cities to receive that grant from housing and urban development. the money will be used for revitalization projects in the north and north central part of the city. food and craft beers will be served at the new venue which overlooks the liberty bell and independence national historical park. there's a new way to have in your way at burger king. they are serving up a gay pride burger called the proud whopper. it comes in a rainbow colored rapper with the inscription that says "we are all the same ç inside." it's being sold through tomorrow at one of their san francisco restaurants. the proceeds will be donated to an organization that benefits lbgt high school seniors. now yourful first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> parts of area running 6 degrees warmer. we are watching the coastline. that's a live view from cape may. iclunds this afternoon. jillian mele, how is the traffic log morning? >> it's looking good, bill, especially when it comes to drive times. 95 southbound from wood haven to the vine is 13 minutes, 14 minutes on 70, eastbou from the blue route to the vine. a live look at route 1 in bucks county. >> it is the video everyone is talking about this morning. a philadelphia food trucklys fl io p pe.'sesse g t explain. >> reporter: three city agencies thatre peoplthisg. llnupit fe bus thi holiday weekend and in one shoretown, that beach patrol has a ayel this is nbc 10 news. have you seen this? this explosion and inferno has injured 12 people. >> tropical storm arthur is turning well to our south. it's hundreds of miles away but is expected to have an impact on our area as early as tomorrow. >> today will be all about heat and humidity and storms. we will soar into the mid-90s. it will feel more like 100 degrees outside. good morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. it will be hot and humid. let's start with meteorologist bill henley and his first alert forecast. bill? >> it is noticeably higher this morning. the temperatures are warmer with read innings the 70s. 74 here at nbc 10. the wind is blowing. that's a southerly wind which yesterday sent us into the low 90s. today, middle 90s. it is a first alert weather day here at nbc 10. and the temperatures will take off this afternoon. plus, a chance that we'll be in for severe weather late today intos