Equivalent to anything else that happened in charlottesville. I believe the president should have been and still needs to be unambiguous on that point. There was a snowball effect. Reporter an associate professor of finance. They had to decide a trade off. Access to pole pol si with a chance to make changes. They sent a message that the rep talgs cost outweighed the benefits. It leaves the president without two formal councils but the administration can get advice oneonone behind closed doors. This may be less transparency and what the agenda is. Reporter i reached out to the woman you saw in that piece who had been encourage iing poeo boycott campbells soup before the ceo stepped down. She tells me shes not surprised that the ceo did decide to resign from that manufacturing council. Shes also not surprised that the president would disban the council with all the opposition hes facing. Im lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. The developments come days after the violence e erupted over the weekend. White supremacists carrying tortures went to protest the plan removal of a statue of a confederate leader. They were met with counterprotesters and the scene turned violent. One of the protesters died when a white supremacist drove his car into a crowd of people. President trump said theres blame on both sides. As you have a group on one side that was bad and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent and nobody wants to say that. You had a group charging in without a permit and they were very violent. Pennsylvania senator pat toomey is not happy about the president s stand. He said, theres no moral equivalency between neonazis and White Supremacists and those who oppose them. Our country has no room for vie issen lent acts. Dozens turned out for a vigil in Atlantic City to e denounce hate and bigotry. Religious groups and governmental and other leaders spoke out against domestic terrorism in schaar the charlot. Theres no discussion on what happened. There was only condemnation for the hatred that these people show. We are not merely entitled to fight back. We are morally obligated to challenge that message of hate. The group said they will not look back to the old days when racism and bigotry were tolerated, encouraged and accepted. Mourners gathered today to honor the woman killed in the viole e violence. A Memorial Service for heather was held this morning at a theater in the town. She was kill when a car rammed into a crowd of people protesting the rally. Those attending the memorial were asked to wear purple, her favorite color. As we go forward from this Memorial Service, let her be an inspiration to all of us to do good, to help one another. James fields is accused of causing the deadly crash. Hes charged with murder. Attorney general Jeff Sessions says theres no hurry to file federal charges against fields. He spoke this morning to nbc ne news. We could bring charges whenever the investigation justifies that. I dont think we need to do it in a matter of hours or days. He said there could be federal hate crime or civil rights charges filed, but its still too early in the investigation. The images and words coming from charlottesville, the president and others are a lot for children to process. Parents now have a tough task explaining this sensitive and emotional subject is. Still ahazard at 4 30, Steven Fisher talked with parents about how they are taking this tragedy and turning it into a teaching moment. Turning to our weather. The heat and humidity made its return. It feels like summer once again. A lye look at. Cape may. A lot of people there on the beach. A sip from the water fountain is one way to cool it down. He did not keep these guys from hitting the courts. Dont expect a cool breeze any time soon. Meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz is here with your most rack rat and warm forecast. Warm and humid. Wait until friday. Youre going to feel like youre in florida. Were getting a land breeze at the beach. This is in avalon. What a difference a day makes. It was pouring rain yesterday. Not a soul on the beach and now theres people everywhere. We do have some clouds. You can see at the beaches its about the same as it is inland. 85 in wildwood. The ocean temperature is 77 degrees. Were close to the 90 degree mark. 96 in vineland. If you want to see a crazy number, somebody please fix the instrument at dover. Its been off for a long time. These are the fair weather clouds coming down the northwest winds. Its generally dr lly droi out and its going to stay dry. Because of the high humidity, its not going to cool down a whole lot overnight. Its going to get more humid and we have a lot of rain in the forecast. Well get into that in a few minutes. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with a meltdown for a south jersey man accused of murdering his wife. His first court apoerns was delayed because he had an emotional breakdown. Prosecutors say long was worried his wife was going to leave him. Cydney long was the only tv reporter in court for todays hearing. This hearing almost didnt even happen. Reporter i can tole you we sat in the courtroom wondering for a long time the hearing ran almost two hours late. Thats because were told long put up a fight and had to be forcibly brought here by sheriffs deputies for todays proceeding. Norman long appeared in court for the first time today. He showed almost no emotion as attorneys discuss how he killed his wife michelle inside their home june 21st. It was a violent attack by him. The medical examiner found that there was bruising on her hands consistent with defensive wounds. There was a struggle. We know more about the motive, the time line and evidence that will be used to prosecute long. They were looking at homes for sale on the computer moments before she was killed. This is what happened as a result of him finding out about that. Reporter michelles last text was a the 5 00, her death occurring between 6 15 and 7 00 p. M. , which left a wood floor soaked in blood. Then prosecutors say long put hearse body in the pool and drives by this car wash twice before spending a half hour at this. Apple bees three miles from his house. He removed himself for a time period. Came up with the story he found her in the pool. Loved ones shook their heads and shed tears as they asked for leniency. The judge ultimately ruling the alibi and body in the pool was an obstruction of justice. He called it a cover up that makes him a flight risk and danger to the community. Since the murder in june and his arrest on august 12 nd, long still has not gone to jail. Thats because he continues to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine if he is fit for incarceration. We asked but neither norman long orlongs loved one chose to spo today. A show of support for a Sexual Assault victim. Several groups are planning a run. Thats the park where a jogger was attacked earlier this month. No one has been arrested. Police are offering a 10,000 reward in the case. Theres no fee to join that run tonight. But organizers hope runners will donate to the Victim Services center of Montgomery County. A fight over medical marijuana. Sydney bass called on the state to revoke the permit. Plans are in the works to turn an Old Bank Building into a medical marijuana dispensary. Some neighbors and the councilwoman are worried about traffic and safety near an allcash business. We feel this is a very inappropriate location. This is a residential neighborhood. And medical marijuana ought to be placed, i believe, on a commercial corridor or if possible, on or near a medical facility. Company owners say their facility will be extremely safe and they believe the business will make the community safer. The neve you of a local boxing legend is arrested want issed of murdering a man in a North Hampton county bar eight years ago. Jacob holmes jr. Is the nephew of larry holmes. Prosecutors expect to charge the 36 yoerld in a revenge killing. A man was shot and killed in the easton cafe in 2009. Investigators say an alleged accomplice led them to holmes. He gave him a white tshirt that he tied around his face. He knocked on the door of the bar and observed holmes shooting a man. E he also observed him falling to the floor. Holmes is being held without bail. Now to rising tensions with north korea. President trump is responding after north korea backed down on a threat to launch missiles toward guam. The president tweeted today kim jongun made a a very wise and well reasoned decision. The all the ty would have been both catastrophic and unacceptable. Vice president mike pence is cutting short his trip to latin america so he can join the president at a meeting a about north korea. He will leave tomorrow. More American Teens are d dying from drug overdoses. Opioids are the drug of choice. The rise in the number of Overdose Deaths between 2014 and 2015. It comes after a decline of several years. Heroinrelated deaths tripled between 1999 and 2015. The majority of Overdose Deaths were accidental. In our area a 13yearold of bucks county died in june from a mixture of heroin and fentanyl. His mother said she doesnt know how her son got the drugs. She added whoever is supplying these babies with drugs needs to be stopped. My heart is broken, shattered into a million pieces. Our nbc 10 digital team is committed to covering the Opioid Epidemic and its impact on our area. You can read that right now on the nbc 10 app. Septa is working to make you ride a little safer. It launched a new transit watch mobile app. That allows commuters to report safety issues in just a few seconds and it also includes twoway texting for police dispatchers. Its fairly easy to use. Also allows the Police Department to put information out there that we want the public to know. I love that its not just a oneway thing, its a twoway thing. The septa transit watch app is a Free Download for apple and android devices. A rolling weapon in the battle against Breast Cancer pulls right up to a philadelphia supermarket today. Nbc 10 was in nice town where a mobile screening unit provided free mammograms after parking outside a shop right. They help ed make todays event possible. Its only been august, but its back to school time for local students. Nbc 10 was in West Philadelphia as Global Leadership academy rang in the new school year. It operates year round and that means a shorter Summer Vacation for students. Today is the first day. We are a yearround calendar. We feel children need to be close toast education throughout the year, not lose it in 14 weeks over the summer. Now while these kids at Global Leadership academy have a shorter Summer Vacation, they do get extended spring and winter breaks. Free backpacks just in time for the start of the the school year. Freedom mortgage teamed up for the Fourth Annual ruc sacks to backpack events. They got to choose new backpacks at the armory u in northeast philadelphia. Were just a little more than 24 hours from the eagle l press season homeowner. Nbc 10 is the station for your eagles. The only place to watch the birds take on the bills at the link tomorrow night. John clark is joining us live. We have already seen a pretty big turnout from the fans for the first two open practices. Big expectations for the crowd tomorrow. You said it. 36,000 fans for the last open practice. 24,000 for the first practice. Thats around 60,000 total fans for practice. Eagles fans are hyped for the first preseason home Game Tomorrow Night and they are excited about year two of carson wentz. He has the new weapons on offense. L birds finished 79 last year. Thats never acceptable. The eagles havent is won a playoff dwam in nine years. And lane johnson say it is will be a failure if they dont make the playoffs. Heres nelson aguilar. We have great fans behind us. They want to be successful and work hard and make it all work. They are going to be roaring. They are ready to play in front of the hometown fans. Nbc 10 is your official eagles station. The only place to watch the eagles preseason games tomorrow night. Birds and bills at the link. We have an hour pregame show and then kickoff at 7 00. Right here on nbc 10. Were expecting to see top receiver Alshon Jeffrey for the first time. Its going to be good to see a complete offense for carson wentz for the first time this preseason. Well see you at 5 45. Good to see them back. 53,000 expected tomorrow night. Thats so impressive. If youre look iing for nbcs regular programming tomorrow night including the saturday night live weekend update, you can watch it on cozy tv. Back to our first alert weather and the uncomfortable conditions that made their return. Taking a live look down broad street. If youre on the sunny side of the the street, it was a little hot. If anything, its going to get more humid for the next couple days. Especially on friday. You may be welcoming the rain with the humidity that high. 87 in philadelphia now. Fairly humid. But look at that skyline. We had dense fog this morning. We told you about it yesterday. It was going to happen. All that rain yesterday kept the temperature in the 0s. And weve got temperatures in the mid80s across the entire area. We had a land breeze for much of the day. Youen dont get temperatures like that with a 77 degree ocean without being a land breeze. Now you can see the effect of the sea breeze. The clouds have moved inland. You can see it all coming down from the northwest. In its cloudy, its not going to last. We have moisture back to the west. Its in kentucky and illinois. Its not exactly racing here. And is is it going to get here by the time the eagles are playing. Theres really not going to be anything tomorrow morning. Even by midday, we dont really have anything. But then were starting to see a a couple showers popping up here and there. And now were near the start of the game. That means the chance of rain falling right over that ballpark is just not that high. If the game goes on long enough, we could see more significant rain later on at night. Then into friday, things really get nasty. We have lots of humidity. Really floridalike humidity. Thats going to lead to floridalike thunderstorms. Some of this rain on the heavy side going into friday night. Some of the models keep it wet through friday night and clea g clearing it out on saturday. But its certainly looking like saturday is an improvement. A big improvement over friday. So heres the forecast for the eagles. Kind of warm by kickoff time. 81 and humid. Not exactly football weather. Just a chance of a thunderstorm. And tloes some of the computer models are showing locally heavy rain on friday. Some places get iting over an ih of rain. Well keep our eye on that. A sensitive subject for young guys and ears. Since the violence reigniting the tough conversation between parents and their children. If they are thinking about someone else, i want them to be the ones that we dont say that about someone else. Still ahead at 4 00, local parents tell nbc 10 about the tough conversations at home that are becoming a teaching moment for those children. Also broadways hottest ticket coming to philadelphia. How your chance to score hamilton tickets just got a little easier. Taking a ride on the wild side. How these thrill seekers dress in their pajamas. Thats next on nbc 10 news at 4 00. But first, heres a look at the closing bell on wall street. It was an up day all around. Every year south jersey sends more and more tax money to trenton, but gets less and less back thanks to Steve Sweeney and chris christie. Heres the sweeneychristie record eight years of underfunded schools. Huge tax breaks for themselves and their rich friends while we pay more. And homestead rebate funding for seniors cut in half next year. Dont believe the fake news from his wealthy donors. Steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. We have new video taken moments after a really big tree fell on a mother in central park. You can see a a rescuer holding a baby boy. A mother was pushing her two other children in a stroller when the tree crashed down on them yesterday. The mom briefly lost consciousness, but everyone is expected to be okay. A record setting day at six flags great adventure. Check thit out. If you look closely youll notice the roller coaster riders have something in common. They are all wearing pajamas. They celebrated National Roller coaster day for setting the world record for the most riders in pjs. Most of the people were superheroes. Its no coincidence they set the record on the batman ride. Is is that where you were this morning . How did you know . I know you wont ride those. I have done them. A a popular baby toy that could be a joking hazard for your child. What you need to know about the recall. Plus this. In the wake of the violent protests over the weekend, some parents are using this negative to put their kids on the right track. Well explain, coming up. The heat and humidity have returned and the rain is going to return eventually also. But is it going to impact the eagles game . Im tracking the threat and timing in the your most accurate weather forecast. Also at odds over a philadelphia statue. Why some people want to e see this tribute to former mayor frank riz sew removed from center city. After violence in charlottesville prompted controversial reaction from president trump. Today the president pulled the plug on a pair of Advisory Councils because so many members resigned in protest. President trump tweeted rather than putting pressure on the Business People of the council and strategy forum, i am ending both. Thank you all. Both councils were staffed by chief executives, ceos have been resigning since saturday. Resignations began after the president blamed both sides for violence between White Supremacists and counterprotesters in charlottesville. The resignations accelerated after the president again blamed both sides. You had a group on one side that was bad and one was very violent. No one wants to say that but ill say it now. Mourners gathered today to honor the