skies today and we're already starting to see the first rain showers, though light they are moving into delaware and huge sprinkles in south jersey. really nothing more than this this morning. chester county, that's just some light rain. and farther to the south and that could give us a thunderstorm later today. but right now we're starting out with cloudy skies. new jersey 67. 64 degrees in the suburbs. mostly cloudy in king of prussia and 71 degrees by 8:00. some showers by 11:00 and there is a chance for some thunderstorm activity. don't be surprised if you see some lightning. here's some thunder this afternoon especially. 70s across the board. look at to 76 degrees in delawa. delaware will have a better chance of seeing those thunderstorms develop into the rest of the neighborhoods today. break it down hour by hour for each part of our area. show you when those thunderstorms are most likely for you. >> and we're watching route 202. a quiet drive so far especially if you're moving through around route 29. if you're moving through, a 7-minute trip. average speed still into the 60s. both directions look good. so far they're dry and easy to move on. right now watching a crash on oak drive around maple avenue and the bridges, we're on stand by for an opening scheduled for about 5:40 or so. sometimes they're a little bit late but either way, that's scheduled for an opening now. burlington, no scheduled openings yet. i'll keep my eye on that too. happening today, everything must go at the former trump taj mahal in atlantic city. >> in just hours a liquidation sale starts and you can walk away with a nice mirror or a piece of history for your living room. >> we're live with a look at what's up for grabs. >> reporter: if you're redoing the living room or the man cave or opening a hotel, this is your chance to own a piece of atlantic city history. right here, the old taj mahal, pretty much empty with the exception of the contents left inside when this closed back in october. so there's a liquidation sale here. everything must go and it's all to make way for the horde roharg next year. coffee tables, lamps, entertainment centers, baby grand pianos and a package deal. take a look at this one. a pillow top bed, a four drawer chest, two night stands, a table lamp, a desk lamp, a desk chair, two side chairs, a marble top game table and three pieces of room art and a mirror all for $299. so that's pretty much an entire hotel room right there. 1,200 guest rooms of suites inside here so that's a lot of stuff that has to leave this casino and hotel and some of this stuff has been here since 1990 when it opened. you see the sign right there on the doors here by the boardwalk. advertising this liquidation sale so that begins later on this morning. live in atlantic city. >> borrow on in other news a philadelphia man is speaking out saying that he was beaten up as a political rally because he supports president trump. a group of men hit him over the head with a bottle as he left the crowd on sunday. he had to go to the hospital. he says he was targeted because of his political believes. >> you want to beat people up for that? that's the ultimate irony. they're beating people up for freedom of expression. >> he says he's still in pain but he does continue to attend political rallies. a town hall meeting is scheduled with pennsylvania senator. >> demonstrators blocked the entrance to the tv station where the town hall was being held last night. nay e they're concerned about medicaid cuts. the question and answer session was his first this year in front of an audience. >> attorney general jeff sessions will not be making a previously planned visit to philadelphia today. sessions was supposed to talk to law enforcement officials about sanctuary cities. no word on why the visit was cancelled. now to more of the stories we're following this morning. the red cross is helping people forced out of an apartment building. it went up in flames last night. you can see the black smoke. fire started around 7:30 last night. no one was hurt. 120 units in the complex had to be evacuated. >> and this deadly bucks county fire. investigators believe smoking near an oxygen tank may be to blame. one woman died and two other people and a firefighter were hurt. to the lehigh valley where the coroner will perform an autopsy on a woman found dead in her home. how desiree died. she was discovered yesterday in her township. >> a man will stand trial for the second time for the death of his 3-year-old son. yesterday a judge set a september trial date. his first trial, you may remember, ended in a mistrial when jurors failed to reach a verdict. >> prosecutors say he postponed the hearing. and a teenager has pleaded not guilty for her role in a fight that was caught on camera. >> that's what happened in may. injured several teaches and school staff members. three others have already pleaded guilty. the housing market is hot right now. that's a new report. home sales are up 16% from last may and if you look closely the best selling neighborhoods are concentrated in south philadelphia, rocksboro and the lower northeast. because of the rise in home sales city tax collection is also up from last spring. 5:37 and 70 degrees and cloudy this morning. this is a live view from center city looking past the comcast center. if you're heading out the door, even though most areas are dry, there are showers and possibly thunderstorms on the way. the clouds will be with us all day. occasional showers and a chance of thunderstorms especially likely this evening and into the evening hours and possibly into tomorrow as well. what we're seeing soain moving castle county and some of the suburbs as well. the heavier rainfall possible but not an all day rainfall. 78 degrees in philadelphia. a chance of a shower this morning and a chance of showers this afternoon. possibly some thunderstorm activity. 68 degrees right now in the subur subur suburbs. a chance of showers this afternoon, possibly some thunderstorms as well for the suburbs. cloudy skies to start with 73 degrees. the afternoon showers possibly with some thunder and lightning for the lehigh valley and for new jersey too, that will limit the temperatures into the 07s for new jersey. 60 degrees right now and even the shore could see some showers and possibly some thunderstorms. best chance of thunderstorms will be the afternoon and evening hours. you might see a few showers this morning but at the shore, mostly cloudy skies. first to see the showers in delaware this morning, they're moving into new castle county. a few showers this morning. still a round of 10:00 and there's that chance of thunderstorms as we go into the afternoon and evening hours. and if you've seen the 7-day forecast, that's one 7-day for each part of our area. there's some chances of thunderstorms tomorrow too. >> 5:39 right now on this thursday. folks getting up and back to work. >> yes, let's get you to work. jessica. >> here's our cameras around 8th street. so we had that construction to deal with earlier this morning. right now everything is back open. here's westbound moving here, eastbound towards 95. so far a really good drive. we're going to watch that, but moving through delaware, 10 minutes in both directions right now from 295 to 495. there's a crash though. waiting on sand by right now for this bridge opening scheduled for right now literally around 5:40 this morning. you can take the betsy ross bridge as your alternate. back to you. like a scene from a horror flick it was an unusual choice of weapons for a robber who swiped cash from a fast food restaurant. solving a mystery. a new clue may answer what happened to amelia earhart. what if there was a paint... ...where each drop was formulated to be smarter... ...even smarter than that... ...so if a color didn't go on evenly, it would balance itself out to reveal its truest, richest state. if a paint could realize the 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police arrested and charged suspect randy johnson with white's murder. new video this morning shows the moment a college dorm in kentucky was damaged by an explosion. a camera mounted across the street shows the explosion. it damaged other dorms and the dining hall. investigators believe natural gas spontaneously come busted. two people had minor injuries. we are learning more details about the upcoming hbo movie. actors cathy baker has been cast to play the wife sue. al-pacino will play in the movie and it's expected to center around the sex assault case. new technology could help you avoid a long line at the airport. >> you start at a key i don't say k where you print your own baggage tag. the machine scans your passport or driver's license, then scans your face to make sure they match and once that's concerned the machine weighs the bag, checks it in. this is being tested at the airport but if it works well we'll add it to other airports. well, experts believe a newly uncovered picture shows amelia earhart after her plane disappears. >> rick has researched earhart for 30 years. he says it does not show the aviator or her navigator. he believes the photo doesn't have an exact date and then there's this. >> this woman sitting on the dock, way too much hair. her hair is like down over her collar. down around her ears. >> he believes their plane went down hundreds of miles away from where the photo was taken. our aviation expert. what do you think? >> so there's somebody with a camera and she's on an island and she's not in that photograph? really, she's not in that photograph. i think not. >> there's no way to really know. >> but it's fun to talk about. >> here's my question. if she was taken into some type of custody, she's sitting on the dock. >> and walking around doing nothing. >> right. hanging out. >> if that's custody, let's go. i'm going to do it. >> some clouds this morning and you might want to grab your umbrella. showers are moving into the area and including the shore, just cloudy at ocean city, new jersey. this is a nice view this morning. it's this afternoon that we could see some thunderstorms in wilmington. right now you can see they've got the field covered. there could be some heavy downpours. 66 in the suburbs. 60s and 70s for south jersey. 73 in port richmond. nobody's really chilly this morning or terribly warm either. the clouds, showers and thunderstorms, the heaviest downpours are to our southwest. this line is starting to die out a little bit. still some downpours there. we're not seeing the thunder and lightning like we saw earlier. and it's spreading rain and the rain is light now. chester county was the first to see showers this morning. you see them moving into new castle county and some light rain. the weekend though, that's going to be drying out. we're going to see temperatures in the 08s for saturday. could see a shower in the lehigh valley and the really nice day is sunday. but before we get to the weekend we've got some showers. but not all day for form. today we'll have the clouds all day. so 78 degrees. we'll stay in the 70s today. 88 degrees for saturday and showers in the morning will be gone in the afternoon and then sunday is going to be a beauty. the humidity is going to come down and that's usually reflected down to 66 degrees. less humid air and you'll feel the difference on monday. the temperatures will climb into the upper 80s to near 90 degrees and here comes the humidity and the chance of more showers and thunderstorms. a slight chance of thursday and friday. a better chance we'll see more storms coming in next saturday with a high of 86 degrees. so heading out the door right now, grab your umbrella, you may not need it. there been some showers during the day today. >> if you're heading out the roads. >> so we're watching route 73 right now and our cameras around 295. still empty, chaully. roads again, are still dry even though we know that's not going to stay the same all morning long. we are watching really good drive times so far. also watching the bridges. the betsy ross bridge is your alternate. you can take that instead. the burlington bristol, there's a crash and the expressway still looks good. look at these drive times. and 13 minutes on that eastbound side from the blue route to to the expressway. back to you. the keystone state boys choir is back from an overseas concert tour. and when they returned they treated the audience to an impromptu experience. take a listen. i mean, that's got to calm your needs and your frustrations if you're about to go fly. anybody who is listening after touching down at philly international yesterday, the choir spent 16 days. they traveled with holocaust survivor and author. coming up, celebrating a comedian. philadelphia is honoring native son kevin hart today with a symbol that will last a long details. >> and a poor night's sleep could be doing more than just leaving you tired. the long-term effects of lack of sleep on your brain. good morning, everyone. jessica boyington right now. right now we're checking out route 309. looks like an easy drive there. looks like no backups, delays. roads are dry. so far an easy commute but you know how fast that can change. i'll keep my eyes on the rest of the commute. and now let's take you state by state and county by county for a look at some of the stories across our area. >> police have arrested two teenage girls for multiple armed robberies. they believe the 16 and 17-year-olds were involved in the robberies of two taxi drivers, two women in 80s and they'll be charged as adults. a person who shot an 80-year-old man while he was sleeping. he was lying in bed yesterday morning in dover. gunshots woke him up. he quickly realized he had been shot. he is expected to be okay. crews are building protective sand dunes as part of an ongoing coastal protection project. the army corps of engineers stopped work early and moved on to mar gate. a group of residents there have been fighting the work. others are frustrated the work is happening in the middle of the summer tourist season. if you don't pay up, you could lose your ride. under a new law more than 10,000 drivers with multiple unpaid toll violations could lose their registration. anyone with an overdue violation can have the extra fees waived as long as the bill gets paid by august 4th. drivers in our eight local counties alone owe a total of nearly $12 million. montgomery has nearly 4 million in violations. and today philadelphia will celebrate one of its most famous sons, kevin hart. >> this mural will be officially unveiled later on today. it's going up at the cheese steaks in north philly. that's just a block from his childhood home. max's if it wasn't popular already, it will be after this. and this morning a new sixers' star has people talking and tweeting. markelle is trending this morning. he was back in action playing in the summer league and he picked up 23 points. admiration from fans and nba expert who seems impressed with his early play. he isn't exactly mincing words when it comes to a controversial nba dad. >> [ bleep ]. >> yeah, not mincing words at all. he made those comments about lavar ball. the elder ball told a sports radio show that sixers players should get off twitter and hit the gym. this started last month when m embiid was told to dunk the ball so hard his daddy could come and save him. it's still not clear how many episodes will will be but the whole family could start popping up on your feed. >> this is the first time i've ever done this. >> now to some fun basketball. olympic gold medalist may have a future in basketball. the team is in her hometown for a series of games this week. then she put him through the paces trying out gymnastics moves. i don't think i've ever seen that. i've seen him do a lot of things, but on the balance beam. now to more stories we're following for you. facing a threat, president trump on his second trip in poland with harsh words for north korea over what he calls bad behavior. >> and the problem that turned a drunken mob of men into beach patrol. >> and pennsylvania has a new plan to combat aggressive driving to make the highways safer. 6:00 a.m. on the nose this thursday morning. this is nbc 10 news today. >> we are here with you this morning, so is bill henley. he's got a look at the most accurate forecast in the region. >> looking at clouds right now and the first showers of the day have already started moving in. so if you're getting to move out the door, grab your rain gear. we will see rain in philadelphia. a clear view across the delaware from the aquarium. the first showers they've been moving in from lancaster county, chester and montgomery county getting huge sprinkles to start with. now salem county getting some of that light rainfall. this is only light rainfall. for heavydown pours you have to go much farther to the southwest. there were some showers and thunderstorms first thing this morning and you can see the heavy downpours that are