Right . The weather will be niece to end out the week. Temperatures are currently running on thec cool side. It feels nice when you step outside. Warmer than yesterday. Still sunny, 55 degrees in our pennsylvania suburbs and in wilmington, in delaware, 62 degrees right now in philadelphia. Well take a closeup look at our delaware neighborhood temperatures. 59 degrees in odessa. Not as chilly as yesterday morning. It is a cool start to your day. Parts of kent county, dover coming in 53 degrees. 57 in felton, allendale 56 degrees. If youre along the beaches in sussex county, lewes, delaware, 56 degrees. The temperatures will only keep rising into the mid to upper 70s. Most of the area will be right around 80 degrees as we go through the afternoon. Philadelphia by lunch time near the low 70s and through the afternoon topping out around 80 degrees, same thing for reading, trenton and wilmington. So a nice friday shaping up for the area. Storms, though, as we go into the weekend. The timing on that coming up. Lets get a check of the roadways with Jessica Boyington. Starting with 422 around trooper road, no big problems in either direction. We have an eightminute drive time still if youre headed towards the schuylkill expressway. Eastbound from 29 to the schuylkill, just eight minute speeds into the 60s there as well. These are the eastbound lanes right here. Westbound, of course, no problem. We typically dont see big delays headed westbound. There is construction on Martin Luther king drive. That will be active for another half an hour at least until 5 00 this morning. As for the area bridges, no scheduled opens for the tacony palmyra or the burlington bristol. And the ben franklin bridge and the walt whitman are nice and clear getting into the city. New from overnight, Philadelphia Police say a shootout in hunting park left one person dead and another with a gunshot wound to the shoulder. It happened late last night at 9th and luzerne streets. Officers found at least a dozen bullet casings at the scene. They believe the two men who they say lived nearby were shooting at each other following some sort of altercation. Happening today, a final farewell to the greatest. The funeral and procession for boxing Champ Muhammad Ali will begin later this morning. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live for us in the Digital Operations Center with details on whats being done to honor the legendary boxer. Hi, matt. Hi, katy. Muhammad ali helped plan his own funeral over the past decade. A twoday funeral which started yesterday. Thousands gathered for a Muslim Prayer Service where people of all faiths were allowed to attend. And now today, the goodbye to the greatest will begin with a procession that will move slowly through alis hometown of louisville, kentucky. Then 18,000 people are expected to fill a basketball arena where ali will be eulogized by former president bill clinton, comedian Billy Kristol and broadcaster brian gumbel. People come from all around the world to pay respects to muhammad. He wanted to encourage everybody to do the same. Another note here, actor will smith and former heavyweight chap lennox lewis will be among the palbearers. Nbc 10 will have live Network Coverage of muhammad alis funeral this afternoon. The service is scheduled to begin at 2 30. Today a woman from northeast philadelphia accused of killing her two children in florida is set to appear in court. Police are holding sophiac hin on murderer charges after they say she confessed to the crimes. Authorities say hines took her children to miramar, florida, near ft. Lauderdale to visit a relative. Investigators say they found the bodies of her children, 8monthold st. Leo and 3yearold ariel lying next to each other on a bed. Police say hines used a bed sheet to cover their mothers. Her husband had this reaction. I just couldnt imagine her doing this. I cant. I just cant. Family members say hines may have been suffering from postpartum depression following the birth of her son. For the first time in nearly two decades, the phillies had the first pick in the Major League Baseball draft. With the first selection of the 2016 mlb draft, the Philadelphia Phillies select mickey moniac. Coming up, we take a closer look at that top pick. Rolling out septas new key card. What commuters are expected to learn today about the new fare program set to launch on monday. One fifth of all the fresh water in the world flows into one incredible experience you cant find anywhere else. And thats not the only thing you can only find in new york state. You can find it all only in new york. New york. Its all here. Its only here. Plan your Summer Vacation at iloveny. Com good morning, everyone. Im first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington watching route 202 around route 29. No problem in either direction. A sevenminute drive time if youre headed northbound from 29 to the schuylkill expressway. Average speeds into the 60s there. Not a lot of cars out on the roads. c again, thats with route 202. We are watching construction on the black horse pike headed northbound from Newtown Creek in a audubon park. There will be closured there for about another hour and a half. Route 38 and 70, cars are moving along just fine. More updates when im back in the next ten. Now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather with meteorologist Sheena Parveen. Good friday morning. Suns about to come up soon but the dark view we have of center city here, skies are clear at least. You should know that. As we go through the day, youll need the sunglasses. It will be another sunny one. Temperatures are cool this morning, 57 degrees, philadelphia mid50s, pennsylvania suburbs in parts of delaware and even through manufacture our new jersey suburbs coming in on the cool side, upper 40s to low 50s. Mid50s at the shore. Well take a close look at the pennsylvania suburbs, the philadelphia area neighborhood temperatures, 53 chestnut hill, 62 at the airport. 62 society hill. 59 degrees in fox chase. Not as chilly as yesterday morning but still cool to start your day. Area of High Pressure still going to keep us dry today. We dont expect rain moving in, not until tomorrow. Future weather here, that will keep us nice and sunny, even warmer as we go through the afternoon. Not as windy as yesterday either. Highs around 80 degrees. Tomorrow well be even warmer, mid to upper 80s. But then look what happens by noon tomorrow. We have the approach of some showers, maybe some thunderstorms by then, north and west of philadelphia. Through the afternoon, we expect more widespread showers and storms, some of which could be strong to severe. Thats 5 30 in the afternoon, philadelphia area extending to the shore and points north and west. By tomorrow evening, a lot of this will be winding down in time u i or your saturday night. We expect the threat for Severe Weather through the afternoon saturday. Severe thunderstorms possible. All the counties shaded in yellow, almost all of new jersey, northern delaware, philadelphia, pennsylvania suburbs and the Lehigh Valley. We do expect strong to severe storms. Those contain damaging winds, lightning, heavy rain and hail. Well be watching that closely through the day tomorrow. For today, though, 80 degrees in philadelphia. Tomorrow 88 degrees. The thunderstorms by sunday were dry, 86. Pennsylvania suburbs today, 76 degrees and sunny. Tomorrow, thunderstorms mid80s. Dry on sunday. If youre in the Lehigh Valley, 74 degrees for your High Temperature today and sunny tomorrow, thunderstorms moving in as early as lunch time. 81 degrees. By sunday were looking at highs around 80 and dry. For new jersey, 77 degrees. Today especially along the shore, a really nice day, near 80 and sunny. Delaware 77 degrees and sunny. Thunderstorms for tomorrow and new jersey and delaware in the afternoon, mid80s. The shore will have a lower chance because that will be basically later in the day. If youre heading to the shore tomorrow, most of your day will be dry but later in the evening, you do have a chance for some strong thunderstorms still. You cant rule that out. By sunday, everyone is dry. Still warm in the mid80s. Well take a look at that shore forecast coming up. All right, sheena, thank you. Authorities in Delaware County want to know who put a cat, really a kitten, out with the trash. Next, well explain how this cute little kitten was left for dead but now its on the mend. Plus, connecting neighborhoods in philadelphia. Well explain how a walking and biking trail is on the path to doing just that. It is nearly quarter to 5 00 on your friday. Cape may, right now in the mid50s at the shore town. Meteorologist Sheena Parveen is tracking the conditions at the shore and where you live. She is back in just minutes with your friday forecast and weekend outlook. We have new information on the u. S. Military presence in afghanistan. Senior defense Officials Say the white house approved expanding air strikes against the taliban when necessary. Now, officials said the move will give Afghan Forces better support. They said expanding air strikes will not lead to direct combat for the nearly 10,000 u. S. Troops still in afghanistan. Puerto rico could be getting a bailout. Last night on capitol hill, the house passed a rescue package to help ease the islands financial crisis. The bipartisan bill would create a control board to restructure some of puerto ricos 70 billion debt. The measure now heads to the senate, just three weeks before the territory has to make a 2 billion debt payment. A Top Health Official says Congress Needs to act now to help prevent the spread of the zika virus in the u. S. The Obama Administration has questioned nearly 2 billion for the job. Congress has not yet approved the money. The director of the cdc says that money is needed to control the mosquitos that transmit the virus and to develop a vaccine. This morning, authorities in Delaware County are still looking for the person who put a kitten in a garbage bag. A trash collector discovered the animal after tossing the bag into his truck monday in upper darby. The staff at the Animal Center where she is now staying and recovering hasc named her grundgetta. Grundgetta is the girlfriend of oscar the grouch, yes, of course we all knew that. For those not familiar with sesame street, oscar lives in a trash can. Theres absolutely no animal in the world that is a throwaway animal. Theres no disposable animals, nothing like that. And its hard to believe that somebody would do this to a 3weekold kitten. Grundgetta is doing great but needs to gain a little weight before shes ready for adoption. Every weekend, nbc 10 news tries to help clear the shelters in our area. Tune in at 9 00 a. M. Saturday to see an adoptable animal you can make a forever friend. A new walking and biking trail will help to link two philadelphia neighborhoods. Mayor jim kenney and several city leaders broke ground on the k t trail. The path will be just over a mile starter at lardners point park and running along the former site. Were committed to continuing our efforts on green space, its extremely important, access to the river. The department of parks and rec expects the trail to be finished by next year. If you love beer, wildwood has your weekend brew. The seaside resort town is holding its Second Annual beerfest at fox park. Youll find a bevy of craft beers, food trucks and live bands. Looks like fun. All right. Nbc 10 traffic reporter Jessica Boyington is here now with a check of the roads. Its been slow so far this morning. Slow sa for this morning, of course, we dont want to get ahead of ourselves but it is pretty early before we start to see big problems or delays. Were starting on the 42 freeway over in deptford, new jersey, around route 41. All traffic moving along just fine, whether youre headed northbound or southbound. We typically see more of a delay in the morning time, headed northbound to philadelphia. Northbound here in this drive time, from 55 to the walt whitman bridge is just a fiveminute trip. Average speeds into the 60s there as well. Were watching 95 for construction and these on and off ramp closures, at least lane restrictions headed north or southbound right around street road. Heres 78 over in the Lehigh Valley. All green lights here. No problems in either direction. Traffic moving along just fine. More updates when im back in the next ten minutes. Now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather with meteorologist Sheena Parveen. Well, good friday morning. Another cool start to your day. The afternoon will shape up really nice. Warmer than yesterday. Really nice into the week. This morning, though, temperatures are cool but not as chilly as they were yesterday morning. 62 philadelphia. 55 degrees coatesville, wilmington 55 degrees. Mt. Holly coming in 58. Vineland, 48 degrees right now. Trenton coming in at 57 degrees. Also dont forget with your new neighborhood weather, your sevenday forecast is always at the bottom of the screen for you. As we go into this afternoon, it will be sunny, warm, a nice day. 75 degrees this afternoon, if youre in bethlehem, kutztown coming in 78 degrees. Pennsylvania suburbs, near 80 degrees in phoenixville and newtown. For the philadelphia area, 80, 78 mt. Airy. New jersey neighborhoods, 78 glassboro, trenton plenty of sunshine, stretching all the way to the shore. A great day at the shore if youre starting your weekend there today. 7n negrees atlantic city. Avalon 79, dover, Rehoboth Beach 78 degrees. This weekend it will be half and half. Thunderstorms saturday and it will be dry on sunday. So were going to start off the weekend with really warm temperatures today and even warmer tomorrow. And then those thunderstorms roll in as we go into saturday. This is future weather. By noon on saturday, the model here just updated to show potentially the first line of thunderstorms moving in by lunch time around the philadelphia area north and west. Some of those could be strong to severe. By 5 00 p. M. , another area of thunderstorms moving in through the philadelphia area, again, north and west. Then eventually heading to the shore later in the evening. So the shore still does have a chance of thunderstorms. It will just be later in the day. Severe storms are possible from the philadelphia area to northern delaware. Pretty much all of new jersey and points north and west. All this yellow shaded area, thats our best chance for strong to severe storms. Damaging winds, lightning, heavy wind and hail. This will mostly be in the afternoon tomorrow. Although we could see them as early as lunch time through part of the area. Weekend forecast, thunderstorms saturday. The shore will see storms, too. Not until later in the day. Some storms possibly very early but then we would have maybe a bit of a break. By sunday, mid80s. Dry on sunday, though. There you see that half and half weekend forecast. Coming up, well take a closer look at your shore forecast. Sheena, thank you. Nbc 10 needs your help to find people who are making a difference in the community. Nbc 10 and Nbc Universal are giving away grants to local nonprofits. We call it 21st century solutions. The goal is to support organizations that are implem t implementing and new and innovative programs. Application is on our website, nbc10. Com. The deadline to apply is august 26th. You have some time. Tonight the Lehigh Valley iron pigs are giving a nod to philadelphia. Next, hear how the Minor League Team is changing things up by changing their name to a philly food staple. Philadelphia is playing host to an International Soccer tournament thats putting the eyes of the sports world on the city. Well break down the competition that is bringing in big business to the area. Good morning, everyone. First alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington here. Were watching route 55. This is over in millville, new jersey, right around route 49. Not a lot of cars on the roads. We wish it would stay this way. Of course we know it always doesnt. We have construction in new jersey. Ill cover that when i come back in the 5 00 hour. Thanks, jess. Just about five minutes before 5 00 a. M. In the low 60s in the philadelphia area. Later today well get a preview of septas new way to pay for your ride. The Transit Agency will show how its new key cards will work at a News Conference in center city. The new system will replace paper tickets and tokens. The rollout begins monday to some 10,000 riders. The city of easton is so desperate to collect money for unpaid parking tickets, they ariving good discounts. Drivers with unpaid fines can clear their record if they pay half of the fines that are owed within the next two weeks. The city has not been able to collect 767,000 in parking fines. State regulators could be making a u turn on the massive fine against ride sharing giant uber. Yesterday, state utility regulators voted to reconsider an 11. 4 million fine levied against uber for operating in the state without prior appro l approval. Governor tom wolf xp asked the e to be reduced. Uber and lyft were granted temporary operating licenses everywhere in pennsylvania but in philadelphia. Today you can tee up some golf that will help the families of fallen firefighters across our region. Middletown country club in langhorne, bucks county is hosting the ninth annual Firefighters Memorial golf benefit. Money raised will go to local and National Survivors funds. This weekend, philadelphia is the place for International Soccer as the copa american tournament continues. Its at lincoln field. Venezuela last night beat urugu uruguay. Tens of thousands of fans will be coming to philadelphia to watch soccer and that means theyll be spending millions of dollars on hotels, food and other items. Gold at the link brought smiles to a local Restaurant Owner and her customers yesterday. With our team we are so excited about the whole thing. We are very happy. Philadelphia hosts two more copa america games. The u. S. Versus paraguay tomorrow and chile against panama on tuesday. The phillies had their first overall pick in last nights Major League Baseball draft. They chose a high school outfielder from southern california. With the first selection of the 2016 mlb draft, the Philadelphia Phillies select mickey moniak, an outfielder. Mickey moniak was considered one of the Best High School hitters in the draft. He went to l. A. Costa canyon high school. Hes only 18 years old. It could be several years before he joins the Major League Club but he is excited. This has all been a blessing to get the call that i was the first pick and heading to philadelphia, i mean, it was an unbelievable experience, sharing it with these guys, family and friend pmz i couldnt be more happy right now. He looks young but kudos to him, right . Fans of all ages enjoyed a fun time with the phillies all while helping to put an end to a debilitating disease. Thousands of fans got to meet their favorite players and got autographs at the annual phillies festival at Citizens Bank park. The event raised more than 718,000 to fight als, also known as lou gehrigs disease. The phillies top Minor League Team is changing its identity today. I think just for today. The iron pikes apigs are becomi cheese steaks. The team is wearing jerseys with a special cheese steak logo. Fans had a chance to vote online to choose whether the team with the with or without onions design. The with onions hat was the overwhelming winner. Of course. Why wouldnt it be . I once interviewed Prince Albert of monaco. I told i only had five minutes. I said pat or genos . The original. With or without. With. Just then the person stepped in, no more time. He said, no, no, no, he gets all the time he needs. The cheese steak connected me with royalty. You nailed it. Youre watching nbc 10 news. Nbc 10 news today at 5 00 a. M. Starts right now. Nbc 10 news starts now. Right now on nbc 10 news today, a philadelphia mother is now in custody and accused of killer her own children. Well tell you why she was arrested more than 1,000 miles away from home and whats happening in her case today. And up in flames. Take a look as crews put out this fire at a home in philadelphia. Neighbors are now dealing with a major loss as officials try and figure out what happened. Were also following a developing story out of ohio. Thats where a deputy is in the hospital this morning after a man opened fire at an apartment complex. Now the hunt is on for the gunman. Good morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today this friday, im vai sikahema. You said it, this friday, the key word. Im katy zachry. Thanks for joining us. It is just 5 00 a. M. Lets get started with meteorologist Sheena Parveen. Shes in the First Alert Weather Center and she has a look at your friday, your weekend and all next week. I love those words, friday and the weekend. I was afraid we wouldnt make it but we did and it will be nice to end out the week. This morning, nice conditions already, setting up for us, clear skies right now in philadelphia. This is looking out at Citizens Bank park. You can see the sun about to come up here. We do expect those clear skies to continue through the afternoon. If your weekend is starting early, good for you, it will be a nice day today. In philadelphia, 60 degrees. The temperature,c a little coo when you walk outside. Just not as chilly as it was yesterday morning. With your new neighborhood weather, the sevenday forecast at the bottom of the screen for yo