Afternoon. So, thats the good news. 77 will be our high. Typically about 80 degrees this time of year, 81 degrees. Look for a mix of clouds and sun and cooler today with less humidity. Thats your neighborhood forecast. Lets get a check of your monday morning traffic with katy zachry. Good morning, katy. Hi, tedd. Something just came into our system, affecting drivers in south philadelphia. Route 1, roosevelt boulevard southbound right near tyson avenue. Three lanes are blocked because of a tractortrailer accident. So, youre going to want to take the outer lanes around there. Again, three lanes are blocked because of a tractortrailer accident. The inner drive around that is closed, so take the outer drive if youre going on route 1 southbound near tyson avenue. A tractortrailer accident just happened a short time ago. Other parts of route 1 looking good. This is in bucks county at pennsylvania avenue. And also for bucks county drivers, a longterm construction project in middletown township, route 213, has some extensive closures until october of 2016. So, youre going to want to take brownsville road around that. A cloud of uncertainty is hanging over students as they head back to school in philadelphia this morning. It is the first day of class for the new school year, and it comes in the middle of major budget cuts. Nbc 10s Rosemary Connors is taking a closer look at the impact of those budget cuts as the new school year gets under way. Good morning, rosemary. Reporter good morning, vai. School may be opening on time for the 130,000 students here in the district, but for both kids and teachers, that means theyre going to be forced to make due with less because of all these budget cuts. As you mentioned, the Philadelphia School district is facing an 81 million deficit going into this school year. This comes after major cuts already, including a 32 million slash in Services Just last month so that classes could begin as scheduled. That means today that children will see less support staff in their classrooms, like counselors, nurses, police officers. Also, students may have to bring their own cleaning supplies for their desk because janitors will be on campus less frequently. Whats worse is that massive layoffs could be coming this fall. If the Legislature Next week in harrisburg does not approve that 2perpack cigarette tax that the district has already factored into its budget. Even if we get the cigarette tax, its not adequate. It will simply allow us to continue a system that is underfunded. So, we want to make sure that we work on the second phase of getting the appropriate funding for the city of philadelphia. Reporter i did some checking, and the revenue that would be generated from that cigarette tax wouldnt completely fill that 81 million deficit. There would still be tens of millions of dollars that would need to be restored, so that means that the district is really going to be putting the pressure on the teachers union. Ill explain that coming up at 6 00. Reporting live this morning in spring garden, im Rosemary Connors, nbc 10 news. Thank you, rosemary. Today is also the first day of classes for the Trenton School district. High schoolers will be dealing with some changes there. Theyll attend classes in four different locations. Thats because after years of complaints, the Old High School is closed for four years of rebuilding. That work at Trenton Central High School will cost 130 million. And now that school is back in session, youre going to need your alarm clock. We can help you get up and out the door every morning. Download the nbc 10 morning app on your smartphone. And there you can get news and weather updates at your fingertips when you wake up. You can also set your alarm so that your favorite nbc 10 anchors can help you start off your day. And we have an entire section of our website at nbc10. Com dedicated to back to school. Logon now for tips, trends and news about the new school year. It is 5 34. New from overnight, a 24yearold man is in Critical Condition after being shot while sitting on the front porch of a home in West Philadelphia at 56th and catharine. It was just before 1 00 a. M. That a car that was rushing the victim to the hospital crashed into another car. The driver of that car was also taken to the hospital. New Castle County Police say two teens have been charged in an attack on a mentally challenged man, but theyre still searching for others. A 13yearold and a 14yearold face charges of offensive touching, assault on a vulnerable adult and conspiracy. Authorities say they are part of the group seen here punching and kicking the man in newark. Police say the victim was attacked at least five times. He was injured during one of the beatings and had to be treated at a local hospital. This afternoon, the trial resumes for the woman charged with abducting a 5yearold girl from school and sexually abusing her. Prosecutors say christina ragustas took the child out of Bryant Elementary School in january of last year. This is Surveillance Video of that alleged abduction. Ragusters aunt, valerie williams, took the stand on friday. There were gasps in the courtroom as there is that video, as williams identified the jacket seen over the girl in the video as belonging to regusters. The aunt testified that she had come to believe her niece had brought the girl to the house where they both lived and sexually assaulted her. Law enforcement experts are expected to take the stand when the trial resumes later today. And we have breaking news into the nbc 10 newsroom. Yeah, nbc 10s chris cato has the latest live from our Digital Operations Center with royal baby news, chris . Whats this about . Well, vai, you stole my thunder there. Thats exactly what its about. No, we just got this from the duke and duchess of cambridges official press people. The rumors are apparently true. The duchess of cambridge, it had been reported a couple of days ago she had been having morning sickness again, and we know what that means. Now apparently, its official, the duke and duchess expecting another child. This release coming in from their offices here, saying that theyre expecting their second child. This says that the queen and members of both families are obviously delighted by this news. And as with her first pregnancy with Prince George, the duchess is suffering from extreme morning sickness and is being treated by her doctors, being kept at home. They were supposed to attend a public event, an engagement in oxford today, but the duchess no longer attending that. And thats what prompted the perhaps a little premature release of this announcement that they had been planning for some time. The duke of cambridge will still make that appearance. So, here we go again, royal baby number two on the way. Stand by for a lot of speculation whether its a boy or a girl and whether Prince George will be a big brother to a little brother or a little sister. Another member of the royal family. Well wait for more details to come out from oxford, or from cambridge later today. Live in our Digital Operations Center, chris cato, nbc 10 news. And a fitting farewell to comedienne joan rivers. From the stars who came out to pay their respects to the eulogy given by howard stern. More on how the muchloved comedienne was laid to rest. Tedd . A mild start to our morning, vai. Outside right now, live look at cape may. Dry right now on the streets. Youve got clouds, though, this morning. What can you expect for your monday . I have details when we come back. Not a bad start to our morning, at least. Its not humid and warm, right . In fact, its cool outside at this hour. Were starting off with clouds this morning, but some areas will start to see those clouds clear out. And unfortunately, down the shore those clouds will be around all day today. 68 degrees in philadelphia right now. Were at 60 even for allentown, 64 for Atlantic City and 70 for dover. Current temperature 63 for you currently in mt. Holly. So, theres the clouds right now, mainly over philadelphia and down to points south. Up north in the poconos, lehigh valley, mainly clear this hour. Theres a low to the south of us in the carolinas thats just sort of streaming these clouds towards us and also getting some showers down there. That allowed a few rain drops into portions of kent county and also near cumberland county, but looks like that is now starting to dissipate. Our high for the day today about 77 degrees. Look for a mix of sun and clouds. It looks like we will be mainly dry. Thats your neighborhood forecast. In her last report, katy was telling us about a tractortrailer accident on route 1 thats created some lane closures. Lets see if we can get more information. Katy, what do you have . Im going to step out of the way because skyforce10 is over the scene. Im just seeing this video for the first time. Let me give you the details. Skyforce10 is over a tractortrailer accident on the roosevelt boulevard southbound right near tyson avenue. I have this information that three lanes are blocked off. So, the inner drive of the roosevelt boulevard southbound around this are blocked off. Youre going to want to take the outer drive to get around this mess that happened within the last half hour. Here are the details. So, its something were watching. Skyforce10 was just overhead. Three lanes are blocked at the inner drive around that mess that you just saw, so an alternate is to take the outer drive. All right, katy, thanks. A meeting of the minds. Lawmakers in new jersey are working to frame the future of Atlantic City. How they plan to move forward in the wake of the casino crisis. Mmm ring ring ring ring progresso you soup people have my kids loving vegetables. Well vegetables. Shh taste better in our savory broth. Vegetables . No. Soup oh soup loaded with vegetables. Packed with taste. And now try new progresso chili. Slowsimmered, homemade taste. 5 45 and we continue to follow breaking news from the royals. The rumors are true, kates pregnant. The duke and duchess of cambridge are expecting their second baby. Royal officials confirmed the pregnancy this morning. They are said to be delighted about the news. Their familys delighted about the news. Also, we have learned that kate is being treated for severe morning sickness. Youll remember she suffered morning sickness, severe morning sickness during her first pregnancy with Prince George, who was born in july 2013. Let the excitement begin. Another royal baby on the way. And we are counting down to the first day of school for students in philadelphia heading back to class this morning amid that 81 million budget shortfall. Classes start in less than three hours. And nbc 10 will be there all morning long. You can count on us for another live report in about 15 minutes. In the Atlantic City casino crisis today, new Jersey Governor Chris Christie will hold a summit on the future of the city. The Governors Office says 35 to 40 state and local leaders will attend the closeddoor meeting held at the offices of the Casino Reinvestment Development corporation, and it begins at 2 00. This comes after the recent closings of the showboat and revel casinos. Trump plaza will close next week. And just as last week, sources told nbc 10 trump taj mahal may soon send out notices to its workers about mass layoffs or a possible closure. Of course, you can count on nbc 10 for continuing coverage of the casino crisis. We have an entire section on nbc10. Com devoted to the economic impact. Youll find information on resources for casino workers who are out there now looking for new jobs. Pennsylvania voters have cast ballots electronically for years, but a Voter Rights Group plans to argue before the states highest court that the most widely used Voting System violates state law. At issue in wednesdays Supreme Court hearing in philadelphia is that the computerized machines do not generate a paper record of votes as they are cast. Rather, they create electronic records that can be printed later. Well, state attorneys maintain the machines must meet strict accuracy and security standards, and no vote has ever been lost because of the devices. Candidates for Public Office in delaware are making their final appeals to voters as tuesdays primary elections loom. This years primary contest featured two races for statewide office, including state treasurer and state auditor. Tuesdays elections also include several legislative races. Heavy rain led to widespread flooding over parts of northeastern florida this weekend. Parts of Columbia County saw up to 8 inches of rain. Look at this. More rain expected today. And with the peak of Hurricane Season just around the corner, People Living in this area, of course, are watching the forecast closely. Cool start to our morning throughout the region. Yes, we have clouds out there this morning with some clearing later on, but right now not too bad, unless youre in allentown. A little cool for you. 58 degrees at pottstown, allentown at 60 even, but thats not so bad. 68 in philadelphia this hour, 63 mt. Holly, 64 down the shore for Atlantic City. The forecast for the day today, look for a mix of clouds and sun. We start off with clouds. Well get some clearing later on in the afternoon. Cooler temperatures, too. Typically around 81 degrees for this time of the year. We are probably not even going to reach 80 degrees throughout many of our low clouds. 78 degrees for the high, those winds east about 5 to 15, so a slight breeze expected for the day today. However, it will be windy, even breezy down the shore. Elsewhere, your regional forecast, poconos 72 degrees. Sunny skies up in the poconos. The further northwest you go, less cloud cover. Lehigh valley partly sunny, 76 degrees. The shore 75, clouds and breezy, winds expected for the day today, and that goes all the way down to the delaware beaches, too. Your sevenday forecast calls for plenty of sunshine, but thats going to be later on in the week, okay . Because tomorrow weve got clouds and showers. Dry by wednesday, though, and then humid with storms on thursday and the temperatures go up and then back down to the 70s as we head into your weekend. All right, tedd. So, now youre updated on the weather. Now ledz get you updated on the traffic. Katy zachry in the First Alert Traffic Center with all the details. Katy . Thats right. We have a few issues to tell you about, so im going to start off in bucks county. This is route 309 at welsh road, the be in lanes of route 309, there is a disabled vehicle and some activity, as you can see. I just got a look at this camera right now. So, its not delaying traffic northbound on route 309 near welsh road, but its just something to be aware of. Something that is delaying traffic, we had skyforce10 over it. Unfortunately, we just left the scene, but this is in philadelphia on the roosevelt boulevard southbound right at tyson avenue. Three lanes are blocked because of a tractortrailer accident. Youre going to need to take the outer lanes around this, because the inner drive at this scene is blocked off at this time. There is also a crash on the new jersey turnpike southbound between route 74 and route 168. Thats exits 3 and 4 on the turnpike. And also, your average speeds on 95 heading into philadelphia about 52 miles an hour. All right, katy. Ten minutes before 6 00 right now. Joan rivers got just what she wanted, a starstudded funeral in new york city. Bagpipers from the new York City Police department played new york, new york, as mourners left the temple yesterday. Joan riverss daughter, melissa, and grandson, cooper, followed them out. The sendoff for the comedienne featured a surprise eulogy from radio personality howard stern. In her latest book, rivers wrote her funeral should be hollywood all the way. Now, i love talking to you after the eagles play. The first half wasnt pretty. Yeah, wasnt pretty for anybody, but the defense dominated that second half and the eagles pulled off a win in their home opener against the jacksonville jaguars. Quarterback nick foles seemed to get sacked early and often. An abysmal first half, not to mention the fumbles, and of course, the interceptions. Birds down 170 at halftime, but the offense, well, they came alive. How about this . Darren sproles gone 49 yards. Later in the fourth, jeremy maclin. Macdaddy. 68yard touchdown. The eagles score 34 unanswered points. They roar back to beat the jaguars 3417. Eagles, eagles ah, fans waited eight long months to break out that eagles chant at the linc, not to mention the grills, games, all things green. Saw it everywhere yesterday. No containing excitement. Diehard fans arrived early in the morning to get the tailgating fun under way. Were back. Fly, eagles, fly im looking forward to everything coming together this season and going all the way to super bowl. Were 160, baby here bego. Championship. I would never have any doubt. Fingers crossed. Certainly a lot of super bowl dreams for eagles fans this year. And we have a lot of information about the home opener on nbc10. Com, playbyplay analysis, pictures and video. And hey, dont forget, you can vote for the High School Blitz game of the week for friday, september 12th. Thats this friday. Choices are these shawnee and williamstown in south jersey. A bucks county battle between cb east and cb south. Or Washington Township and cherokee. To cast your vote, just got to go to our website at nbc10. Com, or at our facebook page. You can also call or text your onetime vote, just one time, 6106244111. And nbc 10 is your home for complete football coverage on the High School Blitz every saturday night, 7 00 p. M. Right here on nbc 10. The u. S. Military takes a big role in fighting the spread of ebola. The president s plan to protect americans. Plus, people here in our area take action. The local efforts to spread awareness about the dangers of the ebola virus. And tree trouble. The invasive beetle. Its already destroyed millions of trees across the country. And now its spreading into our area. Its about five minutes to 6 00 a. M. , as we take a live look at Citizens Bank park, where the phillies return home today after beating washington on the road yesterday 31 and winning that short series over the weekend. Its going to be in the high 70s as your children return to school. An invasive beetle that targets ash trees has been discovered in burlington county. The emerald ash bore has already killed tens of millions of ash trees across 23 states. The Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting that it was found in a trap in west hampton. The state is trying to determine the extent of the infestation. President obama says containing the Ebola Outbreak in west africa is a priority, but it wont be easy. The u. S. Military will help set up isolation units and equipment there and provide security for Public Health workers from around the world. But even so, the president says it will be months before the problem is under control. Obama says if the virus spreads, it could mutate and possibly reach the united states, although thats not expected to happen. The third american sickened with the ebola virus is showing signs of improvement, but doctors in nebraska say its still too early to say if dr. Rick sacra is out of the woods. The massachusetts doctor arrived back in the u. S. On a special flight from liberia on friday. He contracted the illness while working with pregnant women and not with ebola patients. Dr. Sacra is being treated at a biocontainment unit. Doctors are encouraged by his progress, but they say the virus can have phases, so its still too early to say what his prognosis is. Hes sick enough and weak enough, and part of the illness is adverse impact on how you feel and your desire for food. So, its going somewhat slowly. Doctors are using a Research Drug on sacra and are strongly considering giving him a blood transfusion from an ebola survivor. Sacra has had two video chats with his family, but theyre not yet allowed to enter his room. And here at home, immigrants from liberia hit the streets yesterday to raise awareness about the Ebola Outbreak in their homeland. Nbc 10 in southWest Philadelphia for a 2k walk against ebola. The group went from 67th street and woodland avenue to suffolk park on lindbergh avenue. Liberia has lost more than 700 people to the deadly virus. One, two, three [ cheering ] it was a wet ending to a hike for hope in Montgomery County over the weekend. Lower moreland athletic train your amy rupe hiked 250 miles along the appalachian trail this summer to raise money and awareness for the projeria research foundation. Its a rare disease that causes premature aging in children. Nathan and bennett, two members of her church, were born with it. The fact that she did this was a total, total surprise. And the way that our church rallied around her and us. She wasnt alone on the trail very often. It was a privilege to be able to do this for the boys. With help of the members of the First Presbyterian church, she surpassed her goal, raising more than 41,000 on her hike. Well, today the Perelman School of medicine at the university of pennsylvania celebrates its 250th birthday. Penn alumni, faculty, students and staff are invited it a cakecutting celebration at the school this afternoon. The Perelman School of medicine is the countrys oldest medical school. Efforts to improve Patient Safety and reduce preventible health carelinked infections in hospitals are working, especially when it comes to children. Thats according to a recent study. Researchers looked at 174 hospitals across the country, and they found steep declines in dangerous infections sometimes transmitted through treatments in intensive care units. Youre watching nbc 10 news. Nbc 10 news today at 6 00 a. M. Starts right now. We are following breaking news. The royal family is expanding. Its true. The duke and duchess of cambridge share some big news this morning. And its time to head back to school for thousands of students in philadelphia, but the school years off to a rocky start with cutbacks and pending layoffs. And a live look outside right now. Citizens bank park. Beautiful. Yeah. Your monday morning is off to a cool and comfortable start. Back to school, feels like fall. Good morning. This is nbc 10 news today. Iz tracy davidson. And im vai sikahema. Lets get our start with meteorologist tedd florendo. Good morning, guys. Good morning, everyone. Were starting off with a cool start to our monday and a less humid start. s
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