Lafayette hotel. Its running five degrees cooler right now in wildwood. Six degrees chillier in millville. And north and west of the city, the temperatures are cooler. But in philadelphia, were right where we were yesterday at 64 degrees. Chester springs at 51 right now. 59 in wrightstown and 58 degrees in wilmington. Sunshine will break through the clouds and start to warm things up. It will be a slow start. 62 degrees at 7 00. By 9 00, a bit more sunshine and 63 degrees. And then youre 70 at lunchtime. Some areas will get warmer than others. Back with the neighborhoodbyneighborhood forecast. Ill show you what to expect. First jillian has traffic. Good morning to you, bill. Our biggest problem this morning has been with us since we went on the air at 4 00 is this extinguished fire on a tanker on 95 northbound. You can see all of this activity out there. And this is the tanker that was on fire earlier this morning. So the right lane is still blocked. Its been blocked out there for about an hour and a half. At one point, we had all lanes blocked. That is no longer the case. Traffic can get by and we are not reporting any delays there. Well keep you updated on that situation. For drivers in Chester County, route 100, very quiet. This is a live look at sunrise boulevard. 422 looks good, so does 202. Into new jersey, we have construction on the northbound side of route 130. The right lane is scheduled to be blocked for another 30 minutes. Chris. Wearing masks, pointing guns, four men stormed into a Delaware County home. But police are still trying to find out what the men were looking for. This happened last night on the 100 block of lafayette avenue near mac dade boulevard. Our katie zachry is live on the scene there. What have you found out from police so far this morning . Reporter well, we heard from police who interviewed the family that this was just a very frightening ordeal for them. Investigators were able to interview them soon after the Home Invasion happened. This family was fortunately not injured but understandably very shaken. We have video of the scene soon after the call went out to police. It happened around 10 30 last night. The couple and their two sons were in their home on lafayette street. Police say a group of men all armed with handguns and a shotgun broke in through a back basement door. They wore dark clothing and their faces were covered. They found the homeowners in the basement where they were held against their will while the men ransacked the rest of the house. The two sons were upstairs also held at gunpoint. Heres how the family as a whole reacted. There was no defense, no fight. I mean, 10 00, 11 00 at night, somebody walks in your house with a gun, and you dont have one, too, you dont have the advantage, you just kind of give up. Reporter and investigators say the men ran from this home on lafayette street and they have not been found. And that really worries police. The chief tells me he doesnt like to know that theres a brazen group of armed men out there with three handguns and a shotgun in their possession. Were still trying to determine if the men took anything from the home. Police arent able to answer that. Ive been calling throughout the morning. Im told i should get an update when the police chief arrives in a few hours. But at this time we dont know what, if any, valuables were taken from the home. Reporting live, katie zachry, nbc 10 news. New from overnight, police have a man in custody for the shooting of a 17yearold girl. It happened late last night on cottage street. The girl was hit in the arm and is in stable condition. Officers arrested the suspect a short time after the shooting. Also new from overnight, Philadelphia Police are looking for a man who robbed a pizza shop after 1 00 this morning at pizza city on frankfurt avenue. Police say the robber walked in, took out a gun and got away with 1,000. No one was hurt. And a series of small fires overnight inside an old abandoned School Building in north philadelphia. Nbc 10 on the scene at germantown and allegheny avenues. Were told crews will be putting out hotspots there throughout the morning. 5 34 now. A new report from three advocacy groups is calling for closer scrutiny of Charter Schools across the state of pennsylvania. That report alleges that pennsylvanias Charter Schools have defrauded taxpayers out of 30 million since 1997. It also says whistleblowers and the media have exposed the majority of that fraud. Recommendations for Charter Schools, among those, following practices used by federal agencies, conducting targeted audits that look into highrisk areas and increasing the Staffing Levels of oversight agencies inspect philadelphia, the District Charter School office oversees the citys 86 Charter Schools. That office has five staffers and no director. A dozen new Jersey Community colleges will share 15 million in federal funding. Senators Robert Menendez and cory booker announced the grants yesterday. They say the money will go to train students for jobs in the health care industry. Bergen Community College will give a little more than 6 million of that funding. The other schools will split the rest. The university of pennsylvania has received more than 3 million to research how to boost School Safety and reduce gun violence. Researchers will talk to 200 philadelphia students who were attacked either on School Property or on their way to and from school. Theyll then try to figure out what changes should be made to reduce those kinds of assaults. 5 36 now. Fears over the ebola virus are spreading this morning as parents find out their children may have been exposed. The decision that a dallas hospital made that may have put more people at risk. Plus a look at what local Emergency Rooms are doing to get ready in the event that there is an ebola case in this area. And some relief at the pumps. Fall is here and gas prices are falling even further. Well tell you how much more prices could plummet in the coming months. And theyre not plummeting but temperatures are falling a little mother the last few days. We have some breaks in the clouds in our area. Thats the view from the Mellon Bank Building in center city. Right now its 64 degrees. Coming up on 5 37. And you want to get an mba. But going back to school is hard. Because you work. Now Capella University offers a revolutionary new way to get your degree. Its called flexpath, and its the most direct path, leveraging what youve learned on the job and focusing on what you need to know. So you can get a degree at your pace and graduate at the speed of you. Flexpath from Capella University. Learn about all of our programs at capella. Edu. We are watching for some fog this morning and finding some light fog north and west. Reading, the visibility has dropped under two miles. And onemile visibility in lancaster while theres no fog at all for wilmington and philadelphia or at the shore. Things are nice and clear fogwise. There are some clouds overhead. Those clouds will be thinning out. Temperatures warming up. Neighborhood by neighborhood, upper 60s for the pocono mountains. Low 70s for allentown and quakertown. Youll see breaks of sunshine for trenton, northeast philadelphia and mount holly. And along the coast, clouds will be thicker in atlantic city, but the farther south you go, the more sunshine youll see. Dover up to 73 degrees. Along with vineland in the low 70s today. Partly sunny skies this afternoon for westchester, chester and glasgow. Cooler weather for the weekend. The sevenday coming up. 5 39 now. Time to get a check of traffic before you head out the door. Thats right. That truck fire has been causing problems all morning. Lets check in with jillian mele. Were going on two hours that this tanker is sitting on 95 northbound as you approach cottman avenue. The right lane is blocked. And just about a minute ago, penndot swung this camera in the opposite direction. And you could actually see a lot of activity out there. We have a lot of crews that have responded to the scene. Now, the fire activity has cleared, but we have police out there. We have penndot out there, tow trucks at the scene. So a lot of activity out here on 95. And you cant even see all of that in the shot. So leave yourself extra time if 95 northbound is part of your commute. This is a live look at the blue route at macdade. Drive time is 17, 18 minutes between 95 and 76. Christine . If you get stuck in traffic, heres good news at least. Gas prices may not be done falling just yet. A spokesperson with aaa midatlantic said gas prices could drop another 20 cents per gallon by thanksgiving. Now, according to aaa, the National Average last month fell to 3. 39 a gallon. Now, thats the lowest september price since 2010. To put it in perspective, this years average was 13 cents less than last year and 44 cents less than 2012. Right now the average in the fivecounty philadelphia area is 3. 40. Prices are down 2 cents in the past week in delaware where you can expect to pay about 3. 27, on average. And as always, the lowest prices in our area in south jersey. Prices there have also dropped 2 cents in the last week to 3. 13 a gallon. Well, youve heard of gun control, but how about toy gun control . Where the plastic firearms are banned in our area and the city is seeking to do the same. And raise a glass. Its wine month in part of our area. And stateowned stores have good reason to celebrate. Well explain. 5 44 a. M. This morning there are new worries for parents in the dallas area after word that five schoolchildren may have been exposed to the man diagnosed with the first case of ebola in the united states. The head of the Dallas School says the children were in class after being in contact with the man. At this point, Officials Say none of the children are showing any symptoms and are being monitored at home. Also this morning, we know the name of the ebola patient. He is thomas duncan. Weve also learned duncan was sent home from the hospitals emergency room last week despite telling a nurse he visited west africa. Health officials continue to track down people who may have had contact with him. Youll hear from duncans nephew later this morning on the today show. New Jersey HealthOfficials Say all 71 hospitals in the state are prepared to deal with ebola if a case should turn up. In bergen county, personal protective equipment packets are now just standard issue just for possible cases. The nursing station in the er has a new guide book on protocol and warning signs about the disease have been placed at the front door. A pharmaceutical firm in Montgomery County is among the Companies Involved in the race to make a vaccine to keep the ebola virus from spreading. There are reports inovio is working on a vaccine expected to head into trials with 30 volunteers next year. Its one of at least two experimental ebola vaccines in the works right now. The World Health Organization is working with pharmaceutical companies and regulators to speed up development of potential treatments for the disease. 5 46. Enterovirus d68 thats spreading across the country is now turning deadly. Health Officials Say four people have died including a 10yearold girl in rhode island last week. That virus is also affecting children in south jersey. There are now two confirmed new cases of enterovirus. 68 in Burlington County and 1 in camden county. There are important steps can you take to keep this virus from spreading. Just like with all colds, hand washing and extra disinfection around the house are the key. People who get sick may have symptoms similar to that of a cold. Doctors say theres nothing to be alarmed about until those symptoms become severe. Like with any interpret virus, theres no need to panic. As long as your child is not demonstrating signs of respiratory distress. Now, doctors say many of the kids who get the virus will actually not become seriously ill. Now, those new cases of enterovirus that we told you about earlier bring the total number in new jersey to seven. There are now six confirmed cases in pennsylvania. Delaware has one confirmed case. But more test results are pending. Ohio police were called out when a 6yearold pulled a toy gun and started pointing it at other children. The bus driver told police she saw the first grader point the silver western style cap gun at another child and threatened to shoot. The toy didnt have any caps in it and no one was hurt, but police say the rest of the kids were pretty shaken up. Here in our area, there is a push to ban toy guns. Atlantic city recently approved a new gun ban law, and just last week, city councilman Kenyatta Johnson of philadelphia announced a plan to do the same. The new measure would make toy guns illegal unless they are painted a bright color or theyre entirely clear so the toy guns dont look anything like the real thing. 5 48 now. On to decision 2014. Pennsylvania governor tom corbett unveiled a new interactive tool to help people find a job. Nbc 10 was in Spring Garden for that announcement yesterday. Governor corbett announced the launch of virtual job shadow. You can find it at pennsylvanias job gateway website. Its a collection of more than 900 short videos that give you an inside look at a day in the life of professionals. You can watch interviews with people who do those jobs. Its all part of corbetts jobs first pa initiative. Meantime, democratic challenger tom wolf says pennsylvania has fallen from 7th to 41st in job creation. And the number of unemployed in the state is approaching 500,000. Running for governor in november, wolf has promised to rebuild the state Manufacturing Sector and push for Clean Technology to create more jobs. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says he hasnt decided yet whether hell run for president in 2016. In a recent interview, the governor says it will all come down to the three answers he gives himself to three critical questions. Those questions are whether the move is right for himself, right for his family and right for his country. Christie says hell have to answer yes to all three in order to run. If the answer is no to any of them, he says he wont. Christie added he hopes to make his decision early next year. Well, if it comes to a possible president ial matchup between christie and hillary clinton, it looks like clinton has the edge with new jersey voters. A new Quinnipiac University poll shows the democrat tops the governor 50 to 40 . Well, pink pride. At 5 49 a. M. , this live picture of boathouse row in philadelphia. Its lit up in honor of Breast Cancer awareness month. You can see a lot of pink there, and you can expect to see a lot of that color this month. In chicago, a 16foottall bright pink support bra sculpture was unveiled. In sarasota, florida, morning readers were treated to a pink newspaper. And the Police Department in orlando unveiled a pink cruiser in one officer battling stage 4 Breast Cancer. New Breast Cancer research is now under way in the Lehigh Valley. New Clinical Trials are happening at the health network. They were announced yesterday at the Lehigh Valley hospital in bethlehem. The first new trial is from the drugmaker novartis. The mona lisa trial uses an experimental drug that can postpone the need for chemotherapy for up to two years. I was stage 4 when i was diagnosed, so its been amazing. Theyre teaming up with the Moffitt Institute in tampa to bring new Clinical Trials to the Lehigh Valley. October is also wine month in the state of pennsylvania. State stores want consumers to buy local during the first week of october, youll note that is a Premium Collection stores will host special tastings. There will also be product displays and attention really drawn to pennsylvania wines. Pennsylvania ranks fifth in the nation in grapes grown and seventh in wine production. State stores sold 175 different varieties of pennsylvania wine last year. That added up to nearly 5 million in sales at fine wine and Good Spirits Stores across the state. The liquor control board says, quote, over the last 30 years, the number of pennsylvania wineries has grown substantially from more than two dozen to more than 200. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Clouds are overhead this morning, but you wont find any rainfall. And no fog in center city. This is a live view from the adventure aquarium. 64 degrees. Humidity is actually lower while the temperature is right where we were yesterday morning. Weve got a little bit of breeze in the northwest some clouds in the area. Right now 58 degrees in wilmington. Northeast philadelphia, 62. Wrightstown in new jersey is 59 degrees. Hanging at 61 degrees in glenside. 61 degrees. 50s for collegeville and eagleville while upper gwinnett is at 61 degrees right now. Its just warmed up a little bit. Gilbertsville, 57, while pottstown is 55. Theres been a chill in the air, and with cooling temperatures to the west, we are seeing a little bit of fog. Its just got a bit thicker in lancaster wher