Portion of stenton avenue. Thats good news. If you want to avoid this altogether, take north 21st street to get around this in the West Oak Lane neighborhood. Take a look at interstate 295, thats overnight construction that has been moved out of the way. So things are moving nicely. 95, 76 and 422 still getting the green light. But that will slow within the next hour. Tracy . New from overnight in gloucester county, a woman escaped a fire by climbing out of a secondstory window. This happened along west broad street in paulsboro. The fire started in the kitchen and spread. No one was hurt. 5 31 now. Its a big night for politics in philadelphia. Nbc 10 and telemundo 62 are hosting the first televised Mayoral Debate for the 2016 election. Katy zachry is live outside the Kimmel Center this morning where the six Democratic Candidates will be facing off tonight. Our production crew worked last night late trying to get set up for this debate, right . Reporter yes, we were here as you said. Six democratic mayoral candidates taking place in the debate tonight with a live audience. Jim rosenfield will be moderating. Take a along inside our nbc crews inside getting ready for tonights debate at 9 00. Here are the candidates lynn abraham, nelson diaz jim kenny, jim Oliver Milton street and Anthony Hardy williams. Nbc 10 has teamed up with the Philadelphia Chamber of commerce and hosted a forum last summer to learn what philadelphia candidates want in a mayoral candidate since their office works closely with whoever wins. We work every day with the Better Administration and his team. It could be from Encouraging Companies to locate here from around the world to being Business Properties that are in local city council. Reporter over the next hour well look at the issues that are on the ballot. What philadelphia voters care about most this election. If you want to learn more about the candidates tonight at 7 00, we have it all for you. Thank you. And nbc 10 and telemundo 62 are proud to sponsor the Mayoral Debate tonight at 7 00 p. M. Students are back for their first full day back to school. The electrical fire caused the school to close in february. It caused significant smoke damage to first and second floors. While repairs were made they attended classrooms and in january he pleaded no contest to charges of sexually abusing at least nine students in two Different School districts. The families of two 8yearold victims say the district did not check backgrounds of their workers. We found this Surveillance Video from a parking garage to show a van that matches the police description of the robbers vehicle on saturday. Police say those three men in that van kidnapped a woman in the parking garage after she left work on jewelers road. According to investigators, the man demanded the code for the safe where she didnt work. The nicest soul i have ever known. Shes knowledgeable about the jewelry items that i bought and sold. Police are still looking for the men in that attack. Today the sale of the bankrupt revel casino is expected to be finalized. Yesterday i approved the 82 million deal between roufl revel and glenn straub. And caesars said they never signed off in the transfer of their lease. Now they want to turn the piers into an entertainment area in washington, d. C. Another president ial hopeful is getting ready to make his announcement today. And clouds are already moving into the area. This is the view from the Comcast Center in center city with a comfortable 58 degrees at 5 35. Your hour by weather future weather with the rainfall expected today when we come back. People of the coffee drinking world, dunkin has a dark roast coffee thats deliciously roasted just right for a bold start and smooth finish thats never bitter. Put down the dark roast youve been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. Its a dry start for most of the area. A live view looking toward northeast philadelphia while temperatures are nice and mild and rain is getting ready to move in. Cloudy skies, 61 degrees at northeast philadelphia airport. Just a light breeze. And look at the temperatures were running 18 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. Heres the philadelphia airport. Northeast philadelphia airport, the rain is just starting to move in over here and thats just the beginning. Some light showers extend into montgomery and bucks county. And some steadier showers are moving into New Castle County. In delaware, moderate showers heading for central New Castle County. Just the beginning of a day that well see on and off showers. Dont expect to see thunderstorms during the day. That is a possibility late this evening. Your hour by hour future weather shows at 7 00 that rainmaking progress through wilmington philadelphia and trenton. It continues to push to the north at 9 00 this morning, reading, allentown, upper montgomery and bucks county seeing light rain. Then some steady showers right around noontime. It starts to fall apart in delaware and south jersey. No heavy rain but enough to cause the umbrellas to go up at times. And temperatures will be up in spite of wet weather. The weekend is looking pretty nice. Showers and first thing saturday morning well clear out. Breezy and 66 degrees. Look at sunday up to 64 degrees. The problem is what happens before we get to the weekend. Weve got some chilly weather on the way. The sevenday forecast with the timing when im back in ten. All right, bill. 20 minutes before 6 00 now, just after 4 00 a. M. And following this accident in West Oak Lane. Christine maddela is here watching this scene. A tow truck has just come on the scene and getting ready to tow off the suv that is involved in this accident. So you can see that all traffic is blocked with debris on the road. There was a downed utility pole on stenton avenue. But they are getting that cleared as we speak. They are towing that away from the scene. The 21st is your alternate before they clear out the debris. Be aware of that. Taking a look at interstate 95 near academy road on the south side, we have volume starting to increase. Well look at the drive times when i come back. 20 minutes before 6 00. New information from Lehigh County where federal officials are investigating two plane accidents. First, skyforce 10 was over the Lehigh International airport yesterday after a small plane went off the runway while landing. And then just three hours earlier a different plane went down during takeoff the fence kept her from going onto the interstate. Nobody was hurt. We are following a story now to find out what may have led to this familys death. And the new report that could change recommendations for those who get a mammogram and when. I have a lot of studying to do. Thats why xfinity is perfect for me. They have the fastest, most reliable inhome wifi, so i can do all my studying and learning, uninterrupted. Im heading out. Okay, mom. [heavy metal] ahhhhhhh with the fastest inhome wifi, xfinity is perfect for people who take care of business. It is 5 44. Well look at one of the cameras atop the building there in center city. It is warmer 58 degrees. We are looking at another day where we hit the 70s, but some rain out there today with possible thunderstorms on the way for later today. Meteorologist bill henley has details on that in a few minutes. A south florida officer is facing charges after being caught on tape pushing and slapping a homeless man. Look at this video taken by a woman waiting for a bus that went viral. Watch the woman on the ground. He was trying to use the restroom and buzzwas arrested for trespassing. A picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth a million. The officer is on unpaid leave pending the outcome of the case. And the man accused of killing his Millersville University girlfriend shows that he called 911 and was giving her cpr when the medics got there but hall was dead for hours after being strangled. Gregorio orrostieta will be in court next month. And a coworker called police after the man didnt show up for work and relatives say the family was using a generator after their power because put off. After a month of testimony, both attorneys closed their arguments arguments. He killed three people and averted 240 others. Meantime, closing arguments in the Aaron Hernandez trial. The form erer by in time in court will resume today. And rand paul is the second person behind ted cruz to announce his campaign. Paul is the son of former president ial candidate ron paul. Florida senator marco rubio is expected to announce his candidacy next week. Also Hillary Clinton could announce her run for the oval office within the next few weeks. Thats according to sources close to her campaign. Right now clinton is leaseing a condo in new york city. And former Florida Governor jeb bush made a mistake saying he was hispanic on a voter form. And Chris Christie is moving his customary town hall event. And today a new stamp will be released in honor of maya angelou. Michelle obama will be there quoting the novelist who passed away in may of last year. Well, at least the weather was perfect. Opening day is in the books for the phillies after getting shot out by the red sox. The phillies get a chance to redeem themselves tomorrow night against the red sox. Maybe it was too sunny for the phils. They do well when it rains. Remember 08 . The world series . Rain was coming down in buckets. They did okay then. Maybe they will do okay the rest of the week. We wont have rain moveing in until later today. Mount pocano 48 degrees. Trenton and wilmington, 59 degrees. Were watching cape may for a few light rain showers this morning and moving through. Right in central New Castle County a few raindrops. And in wilmington we are seeing some breaks in the rainfall. You can see breaks to theest with. Then heavy downpours are possible tonight. Those are moving through central kentucky right now and into the ohio valley. But the temperatures are going to take off with some breaks in the clotd for this area. More rainfall and light showers moving in but look at the temperatures coming way down. This time tomorrow morning, well be in the 40s and thats where were going to start with this morning. It will be warming up on sunday and drying out heading into the weekend. The last showers are on saturday with lots of sunshine. Nice weather ahead for sunday and monday. Why do i not think that well be sending you a thank you note for anything bill . Although its a nice shot. And now lets go to Christine Maddela what is watching the traffic, christine . We have added volume at this hour but things are moving along well. No major problems to report or accident os up the major interstates. Taking a look at the pennsylvania turnpike heading out, well get a check on the drive times between 21 and valley forge in each direction. We are still watching the roadway here that is no longer closed in each direction. And if you are traveling on mass transit, everything is on or close to schedule. Nine minutes before 6 00. Penndot hosts a Public Meeting today on a bridge removal plan in pennsburg. Officials are looking to get rid of the main street bridge over the railroad tracks. Construction is scheduled to start next year. And penndot contractors will start to work replacing highway overpasses in the next few years. They will do much of the work overnight and in the Early Morning hours as part of a 64 million project to take several years to complete. And Philadelphia Police recruits are going to our Nations Capital today to visit the area that will be see ging some changes. And the work underway to give those along the jersey shore a whole new vantage point. You wish your dog could fight off fleas and ticks. But since he cant. You rely on frontline plus. Because frontline plus unleashes a deadly killing force to kill fleas and ticks, plus flea eggs and larvae, preventing a new infestation. Its protection lasts a full 30 days. No wonder frontline plus is the 1 choice of vets for their pets and yours. After all, your dog is a lover not a fighter. Frontline plus. The vets 1 choice. Police are helping to reunite a 2yearold with his parents. Police found the little boy wandering in the street. He walked a quarter mile before the construction worker spotted him. Officers couldnt figure out where he came from but the boy could only say his first name. So they put his picture out on the departments facebook page. Its been tremendous in helping to get the word out about solving crimes or crime prevention. And in this case locating the parents of a lost child. Can you imagine when the parents realized that the boy was with police. The parents went to claim the boy and are not facing charges. A new study says the u. S. Spends 4 billion on unnecessary costs from mammograms that generate false alarms. This adds fuel to the medical debate over certain cancer screenings. Breast cancer is the second leading form of cancer in women. And the Cherry Blossom festival of philadelphia starts this morning at 11 00. No rain for that we hope. A week of cultural events to end with an outdoor festival in Fairmont Park on sunday. And from the nbc 10 delaware bureau, you may hear loud supers this evening if you live in new castle counties. The National Emergency agency says supers will go off between 5 00 and 9 00 p. M. And Camden School officials are breaking ground at Camden Community charter school. That project includes a new building to allow the school to include seventh grade students. Officials say the building will let the school accommodate 350 new students. Atlantic city will be home to one of the ferris wheels in the country. A lot of people are interested in this new attraction that is expected to be installed later next year. Hes an artist rendering. The observation wheel costs 14 million. Tourism officials expect it will attract about 50,000 riders for month. No word on what it will cost riders. I would definitely do that. Would you do that . No. Im scared of ferris wheels. Ferris wheels . Yeah. I dont like to go around and getting dizzy. But i also wonder why they are not in minot, north dakota. It is always venice italy, thank you, chris. Nbc 10 news today at 6 00 a. M. Starts right now. On edge. A community in center city is living in fear as the search continues for three men for kidnapping and other charges. And wet weather is already moving into the area. Heres a live look at the first alert radar. That green means rain. Were tracking showers hour by hour. Good morning, this is nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. Im vai sikahema. Bad news its raining but the Phillies Phillies will be playing again tomorrow. Lets go to bill henley. We are seeing steadier rain showers move through portions of wilmington and into salem county right now. Some moderate showers just moving through middletown on the way to salem county and new jersey. And its starting to look a little steadier in Upper Gloucester county with just light rainfall in south philadelphia at this time. Mild this morning and it will stay mild. In fact, were warming into the 70s this afternoon. A few showers to start with possible again at 11 00. 65 degrees. We are watching for heavier downpours and a chance for a thunderstorm this afternoon. But temperatures will be fine. And West Oak Lane the accident we were watching for nearly two hours is now cleared stenton avenue near wister
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