You wont need the umbrellas. Take the light clothing and sunglasses, seeing sunshine and a quick warmup. 62 degrees now in new jersey. The Lehigh Valley at 58. Some areas of light fog in delaware. 60 degrees. The clouds are breaking over crawly stadium, wilmington. 66. Any fog will disappear like that as temperatures climb. 77 degrees at 11 00 this morning. Warming into the 80s this afternoon. 82 in the suburbs. 84 in philadelphia. Look at the 80s. One exception to the 80s, thats the shore. It will warm. There it is, up to 74 this afternoon. Ill go through it hour by hour and show you how quickly the temperatures take off when i come back in ten minutes. First, to the traffic. On a friday, Jessica Boyington is standing by. Jess . I like that better. This is my morning. Good morning, everybody. 422 is where were watching around trooper road. Eight minutes now in the eastbound side from 29 to the schuylkill. Not seeing any big slowdowns. We typically do. Were going to see them on 422 on the eastbound side with traffic moving toward the schuylkill. Right now, youre doing okay. At least for there. Also watching springfield, still this crash here on fairway road. Around tee road. In clayton, watching route 47 closed around Academy Street in both directions. Diverting traffic around the scene. The poles down is blocking the road. Clean that up and out of the way. Well end in cherry hill, route 70 around kings highway. No big problems or delays. Both directions look good. All right. Thanks. 6 02. The eagles and fans in philadelphia enjoying a Home Field Advantage for the nfl draft. The city showed off its best while the birds beefed up their defense. The Philadelphia Eagles select Derek Barnett, defensive end, tennessee. The eagles fans are hoping edge rusher Derek Barnett is the next reggie white. Wow. That would be something. Barnett broke his record for quarterback sacks at the university of tennessee. We expect to hear from him this afternoon. We want to know what you think of the birds pick. Join the conversation on our facebook page. Look at this. Temples haason reddick, we love this kid. Went to the cardinals with the 13th pick. Just one pick before the eagles. The camden native was a walkon and made all conference last season. Round one went late into the night. Round two and three tonight. Fans will be out hours before that starts. Pamela osborne live along the parkway with more on whats inner toin er to whats in store for today. Pam . Reporter theres plenty for people to do before the second and third rounds. The experience opens to fans at noon today. Its likely that youll find something to do. For those of you who are in for a little adventure, how about actually trying out the fan version of fly, eagles, fly. You can try that out on a zip line. Theres also a play 60 zone if youre bringing your little ones along for the fun. Theres a clinic that will teach kids the fundamentals of football. There will evening cheerleaders, locker rooms, and a full collection of super bowl rings and even more. We have something in a museum. For fans who want to see the history of the nfl, we have a draft tavern. If you wanted to drink a bud light and watch the draft, the weathers going to be beautiful. Reporter it most certainly it. Thats one way to spend your afternoon. Plenty of stuff happening down here today, tracy. I heard that vai is going to be participating at an event, as well. Vai . Yeah, i am. Its going to be a polynesian luau for all the polynesian players coming into philadelphia. Have a little place for them to come eat some food. Youll be wearing your grass skirt . I may have a grass skirt on, yeah. That could happen. There will be hula dancing. A good time. Yeah. Reporter sounds like fun. Maybe ill swing by and visit with you guys. Come by. Wed love to see you there, pam. Thanks. Nbc10s live coverage of the nfl draft continues over the weekend. More on the eagles picks sunday after the news at 11 00. Happening today, Philadelphia District attorney Seth Williams faces a deadline in his Corruption Case from a federal judge. This is the last day williams can ask for a delay of the trial thats set to begin may 31st. Prosecutors asked for more time to prepare but didnt get it. The grand jury indicted williams on bribery and fraud charges. Williams pleaded not guilty. Yesterday, williams put his home in overbrook up for sale for 450,000. Here it is. Williams said hes having financial troubles. The house includes a 45,000 roof that prosecutors say is just one of the gift that williams illegally accepted in exchange for favors. 6 05. 64 degrees. In camden, the jury in the d. J. Creato murder trial got a look at the site where the body of his 3yearold sop was discovered. Prosecutors say creato killed his son in 2015 to please his teenage girlfriend who they say didnt like kids. Yesterday the jury toured the creek in the park where Brendan Creato was found dead. The defense claims the child may have wandered from his fathers apartment in the middle of the night. The trial resumes on tuesday. New details on the unusual sight in philadelphia that we showed earlier this week. The large group of bicyclists on the vine street expressway last weekend. Cell phone video went viral. Police say the teen who organized that is facing charges. We dont know if anyone else will be charged. Bikes are not permitted on freeways in pennsylvania without penndots permission. Happening today, President Trump will show his support for firearms. The president will visit the Nra Convention in atlanta. He is scheduled to host a discussion on gun rights and the second amendment. Theres a new warning for President Trump about north korea. And the possibility that nation will soon conduct another underground nuclear test. It is theres a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea. That was from an interview the president did with the Reuters News Agency yesterday. Congress will not be voting on a revised Health Care Bill this week. House majority leader Kevin Mccarthys office said leaders are still talking with members about the measure. Putting the bill on hold would deny President Trump a volcaict on health care during his first 100 days in office which ends tomorrow. President trump will mark the milestone in pennsylvania. There will be a rally at the Pennsylvania Farm Show complex in harrisburg. Count on nbc10 for continuing coverage of the rally both on the air and on the nbc10 app. 6 07. Already warm. 64 degrees outside. We take a live look outside. Take a look at cape may. That looks pretty. Lets find out whats to come. First alert meteorologist bill henley has the most accurate forecast for your neighborhood. The sun is up. Still seeing lingering clouds after showers this morning. You see the clouds are already starting to break at the nbc10 studios. Abington, mostly cloudy right now. No showers this morning. We did have some showers in abington and much of the area overnight. The showers have already cleared out. Delaware, rehoboth beach, a few breaks in the clouds there. A mostly cloudy start. Its going to be a mostly sunny day. Right now dry, cape may, cape may courthouse, lewis is dry to the south. The showers are exiting Atlantic City and heading through ocean county. This is the last of the showers for today. With clearing skies, sunshine, and the temperatures that are warm to start with this morning are going to be at summerlike levels this afternoon. 58 degrees now in the Lehigh Valley. The suburbs at 55. A little bit of light fog in delaware, 60 degrees. 64 in philadelphia. In south jersey, most of the neighborhoods in the 60s. Clayton, voorheis, adco, lumberton, 62. 61 in robinsville. Its Hopewell Township that is brought down to the 50s. Drying out this morning after a few showers overnight. Its going to be a quick dryout, too. Look at that 8 00 this morning, partly sunny skies in philly. 67. Near 80 at noon. Into the 80s this afternoon. Sunshine for the suburbs, youll see bright sunshine at lunchtime. 80 degrees at 4 00 today. With southwesterly winds, a big warmup, too, for the Lehigh Valley. 61 to start with. Through the 70s and into the low 80s this afternoon. For delaware, the fog will disappear quickly. The sun will appear just as quickly. 68 degrees at 8 00. Then sunny skies through the morning and through the afternoon. New jersey, youll warm up into the 80s inland. Its the shore that will stay a bit cooler. But those clouds that we saw in the live picture from cape may, theyll clear. Sunny skies, into the low 70s, peaking at lunchtime, then a little bit of a sea breeze developing later this afternoon. A Beautiful Day today. And a warmer and muggier day for tomorrow for the first part of the weekend. Its not going to last all weekend. Taking you through the weekend and looking beyond it with the ten day on 10 when im back in ten. Thank you. 6 10. We have a problem, trying to find out where it is, Spring Garden . Lets find out details. First alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington is watching it for you. Jess . A problem that we knew would be here. This is one of the ramps thats blocking the schuylkill expressway to Spring Garden because of the ben franklin parkway. The draft closure. Watch for a few different spots moving in and out of the city, of course, for the draft again. Thats going to continue on into today, as well. Also watch out in south philadelphia. A crash on 26th street headed northbound. Thats between pennrose and the schuylkill expressway. Thats the traffic coming off the platform might see problems or delays. All the traffic diverted around the scene could affect all directions. At least give yourself a little bit of extra time if youre trying to get on, around, or near the bridge moving through south philly for now. Also watching the p. A. Turnpike, we look good. According to drive times, not seeing any increase. 22 minutes westbound from route 1 to valley forge. Speeds into the 60s. Well end with the crash in springfield. Fairway around tee road. Thank you. Killed by her own pet. Still ahead, the tragedy that unfolded in the Lehigh Valley. Plus, a fathers mission. A man who lost his 3yearold son in an accidental shooting has a message for other gun owners. And later, it may not be smooth sailing for commuters on amtrak this summer. The timeline for repairs that could mean more delays. Hey allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec® zyrtec® starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec®. Muddle no more®. Try rhinocort® allergy spray for powerful nasal allergy relief. The skys the limit for a teacher wanting to make a point at the nfl draft experience yesterday. The teacher hired the plane to fly the message, city love loves sports but hates our teachers teachers. The same teacher put up this billboard last month. It was designed to call attention to the Teachers Union fight for a new contract. The School District told us theyre working to get a fair deal for teachers. Students at a North High School in jersey are protesting a decision to lay off 250 teachers to close a budget gap. Hundreds of students walked out of Bayonne High School yesterday morning. Although the School District promised to rehire twothirds of the teachers, it wasnt enough to stop the students from walking out. The mayor says state auditors will examine the districts finances to see if another solution is possible. A bucks county father charged in the accidental shooting death of his son is using his personal tragedy to push for change. Nicholas wiley is helping launch a campaign to give all county gun owners a free gun lock. The initiative is called bens campaign lock it up. Its named in honor of his son, 2yearold benjamin smith. In september the toddler found a loaded gun inside the home. The 2yearold shot and killed himself while playing with it. The father pleaded guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter in the death. Hes become an activist for gun safety. If i had taken the extra step to put it in a lock box or safe or one of these 1. 50 locks on my pistol, my son would still be here. Wiley is serving between one to two years behind bars. You can pick up gun locks at the Bucks County Sheriffs Department and local police departments. 196 16. 64 degrees. Well check 95 for the ride to work. Everythings usually light on a friday. Well find out. Jess . Really light. Normally were starting to see significant delays on 95 at least moving toward center city on the southbound side. Not yet. 15 minutes now. As you see for the total drive time, these are the cameras around gerard avenue. The southbound side, having more volume. Traffic heading that direction. Its still moving. Nothing reported there either. In south philly, watch for a crash tying things up at the base of the plat bridge. 26th on the northbound side. Involving an overturned vehicle between penn rose avenue and the schuylkill expressway. We can definitely see some slowdowns approaching the scene. If you have to take the plat either direction right now, we are seeing delays because its tying things up at the intersection. In clayton, watch for poles blocking the road. Both directions, 47 closed around Academy Street. Youll be diverted around the scene there in new jersey. Other than that, new jersey roads look okay. Ill check in with cameras around the area when i come back. Got it. Thanks for that. Now well look outside. A warm morning. Ing to going to get even warmer. A beautiful morning. Thats a live look at penns landing. And meteorologist bill henley has the most accurate forecast. Bill . The sun is up, clouds are moving out, and the wind is just starting. The important thing here is the direction of the wind. Its become southwesterly. And that warms our area up. A southwesterly wind is going to boost temperatures today higher than yesterday. It doesnt take a strong wind. Nine mileperhour wind at wilmington. Seven miles an hour, sixmileanhour winds in new jersey. A southwesterly direction. In fact, were already getting a warm start this morning. 50s and 60s. A little bit of light fog being reported in delaware. No thick fog. South jersey at 62. In philadelphia, 64 at philadelphia international. Everybodys pretty uniform as the temperatures are being warmed partly because of the southwesterly winds but staying warm from yesterday and the clouds overnight. Look at the sunshine, into the 80s. By 1 00 this afternoon, in the 80s. Still into the 80s in the evening hours. We had a few showers overnight. Not much left. You see some raindrops in barn cut, new jersey. When we went on the air, showers were moving through delaware and south jersey. Quickly drying out. Well be dry for the day. Look how clear it is to the west. The next system which will come through overnight tonight and into tomorrow is moving into st. Louis. That will give us the chance of showers, possibly thunderstorms. First thing tomorrow. Not an allday rainfall. During the afternoon, it warms up. Temperatures will be flirting with a record high of 90. Thats saturday. A cold front comes through. A chance of a shower on sunday. A cooler day on sunday. Into the 70s. Enjoy the summer preview while it lasts for today and tomorrow. Well get clouds on sundays with a cooler day. It bumps back up to 80 on monday with another cold front that will drop temperatures and clear us out this time for a couple of days for tuesday and wednesday. Beautiful weather, into the 70s. More rain, this time rain showers, may showers with us for thursday, friday, and saturday, drying out next supposed. Next sunday. Trace . Thanks. No problems in the forecast, butnent s helping you prepare but nbc10 is helping you prepare when there is severe weather. Ahead of the storm, a first alert special. Well help you get ready for the upcoming storm season. Catch the special tuesday at 7 00 here on nbc10. 6 20. Students in one School District will get to hit the Snooze Button a few extra times. Ahead, where the bell will be ringing later come fall. Plus, the deal is off. The latest problem in trying to revive a shuttered casino. And a magical moment at the happiest place on earth. That so cool they think thats nuts. Not an animatronic character. Thats the real johnny depp playing captain jack sparrow. He surprised visitors at disney. He it did it he did it to promote the next movie coming up next month. And the deal to convert a casino to a water park is off the table. Developers failed to meet a deadline to secure financing. Its the second time in a few years that the deal fell through. The owner said there are six possible bidders for the property, and hes confident the new deal can be finalized soon. The Atlantic Club closed in 2014. And its not the only casino having trouble finding new life. The trump plaza closed the same year. The overnight is trying to sell it. The new owner of of the casino announced opening dates but keeps running into red tape with the city and the state. Other casinos had better luck. The showboat reopened last summer as a hotel. The hard rock announced its buying the trump taj mahal. Good morning, everyone. Jessica boyington with you now watching the roads. Good morning to ft. Washington, cameras around the p. A. Turnpike this friday morning. An easy Early Morning drive. At least so far. Well have updates for the rest of the morning. The next one at 6 30. For now, well check on todays forecast with meteorologist bill henley. 4 degrees at 6 2 64 degrees at 6 25. Sun subpoena, clouis up, the ne forecast coming up. Also ahead, standoff aftermath. Getting an upclose look at the damage done as police try to arrest a man who killed a delaware state trooper. Plus, saving an iconic image. A sign many south Jersey Drivers see on a regular basis. Whats ahead for the shuttered landmark. We just moved into this house and didnt realize how difficult it was going to be to tie all that space together. With an open floor plan, you need to separate it with furniture. Bassett had everything that we needed. Fabric combinations marry the rooms together. Having someone with bassett has been invaluable. We couldve never dreamed up this room without bassett. Blown apart. Nbc10 getting a first look at the home where a man led troopers on an hours long standoff. The man dragged off a United Airlines plane comes to a mutual agreement. And changes ahead on the rails. It could be a rough summer for amtrak commuters. Just about 6 30 on this friday. This is nbc10 news today. Im vai sikahema. Im tracy davidson. Well get to meteorologist bill henley with the most accurate first alert forecast. Its a warm morning, bill. It is. And still mostly cloudy. Now were seeing sunshine break through the clouds in cape may. It was dry at the marquis de lafayette hotel. The radar view showed showers moving across delaware, the delaware bay and south jersey. Theyve quickly moved out. As expected theyre offshore of barnicut, new jersey. Sunshine breaking through across the board. A few spots of light fog in delaware. 58 degrees right now in the Lehigh Valley. And you see sun coming up there. Look at the suburbs. 55 degrees. I think can of prussia, scattered clouds. But theyre being lit by the sun coming up. The sunshine clears things out and warms us up. 76 degrees at noontime. 64 right now in philadelphia. That is heading for the 80s this afternoon. 84. Feels like june for the last days of april. 82 in the suburbs. The exception is the shore, 74 this afternoon. Ill break is down hour by hour to show how quickly things warm up in your neighborhood in ten minutes. First, Jessica Boyington from the first alert traffic center. We had a good run, but then the schuylkill expressway has to give us a run for our money. At belmont avenue, lanes blocked as they try to get an accident out of the way. This is eastbound off the ramp toward center city. All lanes werent blocked all morning. This just happened where they moved this to the side. Theyre starting to let cars back through. One lane getting by on the schuylkill expressway toward center city which is going to create big delays. Watch for a crash on hamilton township, the ramp to the right lane is blocked. Sheltonham, a crash around poe avenue. Windows blown. In siding blasted off. An unclose look at the aftermath of a gun who killed a delaware state trooper. This as tributes continue today for Corporal Steven ballard. Nbc10s katy zachry is outside the house where the police took down the troopers killer. Reporter the suspects home where he barricaded himself and was killed is behind me, through the trees. You see the police tape right up there along the fence. We fly sky force 10 around the home once the violence ended. You see how violent the back and forth with police was. This is where burgon sealy jr. Lived with his family. Its where he went right after shooting and killing Corporal Steven ballard in a wawa parking lot. Investigators say sealy and another man were approached by trooper ballard wednesday as they sat in a car outside the Convenience Store. The trooper thought the two looked suspicious. When he asked sealy to get out of the car, investigators say there was a struggle, and sealy began firing at trooper ballard. When trooper ballard fell to the ground, he kept shooting at his chest. After a nearly 20hour standoff at the suspects home, he was killed. We worked together for a year and a half. We had a great time working. Very easy to work with. He loved his job and loved serving everyone. We were all really affected by the story. We wanted to be able to do something and say thank you for the service of the officer and show that were all together in our community. Trooper ballard leaves behind a wife and 5yearold stepdaughter. Were toefld that his wife actually told his colleagues that he wanted to be governor someday. The coworkers tell us he could have done it. He had the personality and drive to get there. Thank you. New this morning, police say a dog killed its owner during an attack in the Lehigh Valley. Neighbors called police after hearing screaming and the dog barking. When officers arrived at the home, the dog was still attacking the woman on an outside deck. They pulled it off and started treating the woman. She later died. The dog was taken to the Lehigh Valley Humane Society to be euthanized. A judge in pike county says the story of eric frein has ended. Yesterday afternoon the judge formally sentenced frein to death for the ambush killing of Corporal Brian Dixon outside his barracks in 2014. Trooper Alex Douglass who survived the shooting had a message for people who target police. These cowards that are out there cant get away with murdering or causing severe injury to any Law Enforcement officer. This goes as an example to show that theyre not going to get away with it. It could be many years before frein would be put to death. His attorneys say his sentence will be automatically appealed to the state supreme court, and theres a moratorium on the Death Penalty in pennsylvania. The man who was dragged off a flight in month has reached a settlement with United Airlines. Dr. David dao was seen in this video that sparked nationwide outrage. He was dragds off the plane in dragged off the plane in chicago after refusing to give up his seat on an overbooked flight to louisville. He settled with the airline for an undisclosed amount of money. In the wake of the incident, Southwest Airlines plans to end its practice of overbooking flights. The ceo said the airline has been preparing to change the practice for several years. Southwest hopes to implement the plan in the next two weeks. And lets take you state by state and county by county for stories from across the area. We start in montgomery county. A bridge is shut down because of safety concerns. The fedders mill road bridge spans penny pack creek between lower moreland. It was built in 1883. Officials are looking for a fix, but until they come up with something, traffic will be diverted around the bridge. Meantime, today Governor Wolf and penndot officials will Interest Rate the start of major will celebrate the start of Major Construction in delaware county. Crews will widen the highway from route 1 to east of 452. To atlantic county. Spirit airlines is back serving Atlantic City national airport. Yesterday the airline resumed seasonal flights from boston and atlanta. Spirit also added an additional roundtrip between Atlantic City and orlando. Service runs through the summer. Flights to and from atlanta will continue into the fall. This year, the union bill, Chadds Ford School board, approved a measure to push School Start Times back. The change goes into effect starting in september. The high school and middle schools will be pushed back about 25 minutes. The elementary school, their day will start 15 minutes later. The fate of the iconic sign in Burlington County will be decided next month. Olgas diner along route 73, will soon be torn down. The sites developers have offered to salvage the sign after requests from people in the community who say that it has nostalgic value for them. Township leaders say the next step is to check the condition of the sign to see if it can be removed to another moved to another location. Been there for a long, long time. Lot of memories to that diner. 6 36. Lets talk about the weather. You see it right there. Looks great. I know. Bill will elaborate. Hows it looking . Clearing quickly. Look at the beautiful, sunny view from easton. The sun is up. Temperatures never got cold overnight. A quick warmup during the day. Thats easton. Philadelphia seeing sunshine. 65 degrees. The clouds clear out, 79 degrees at lunchtime. Into the 80s this afternoon. Perfect day for the penn relays. 70 at 9 00. By lunchtime, 79. And into the low 80s for 3 00 and 6 00. The humidity stays low today. Not so for tomorrow. 64 now in the suburbs. A Beautiful Day ahead. The rain is long gone from the suburbs. 70s this morning. Near 80 at 4 00 this afternoon. Theres the sunny view from the Lehigh Valley. 57 degrees. This is one of the cooler spots this morning. Its going to be warmer this afternoon. 2 00, 81. Still in the 80s at 4 00. Even into the early evening hours in the Lehigh Valley. Clouds are clearing out of new jersey after a few showers overnight. 62 degrees. 73 at 10 00. Warmed through the 70s and into the 80s. A southwesterly wind is helping to boost our temperatures today. Just at seven Miles Per Hour at 2 00 in the afternoon. At the shore, the temperatures climb into the 70s with bright sunny skies. A Beautiful Day on the beach. Just go inland a few miles or even farther inland to wilmington and youll see 60 degrees, warm to 75 at 10 00. Light fog, you see the view from frawley stadium. That will not last long. Bright sunshine for delaware, 80s today. Another great day for the draft in philadelphia. Southwesterly winds at ten Miles Per Hour. It turns warmer tomorrow. But not the entire weekend. Ill take you through the weekend with the ten day on ten when im back in ten minutes. Thank you. 6 38. Lets look at traffic. Looks like a problem on the schuylkill. Whoa. Lets find out where. Remind us, jess. Were watching the schuylkill, eastbound side. Traffic thats moving toward center city dealing with the accident scene at belmont. At the bottom of the ramp. A few vehicles involved. At least the rescue crews on the scene or Police Activity i should say, the left lane is getting by around the accident scene. Earlier, we had all lanes shut down as they got everything to the shoulder. Thats going to create eastbound delays. Not that we need help getting traffic together moving toward center city now. 41 minutes for the total drive time on the eastbound side from the blue route to the vine. Speeds are dropping into the teens because of the crash. Theres a crash in sheltonham on lime kiln pike. In new jersey, watch for the crash with the right lane blocked on 129 southbound. The ramp to 29. Again, the right lane is blocked there. Thanks. Stop whatever youre doing and come to the tv so you can see this picture. Something you dont see every day. Normally vai in a suit and tie. Here he is in a polynesian skirt. Okay. Explain why were talking about this today. A big event coming up. Later today, 1 00, were expecting a lot of polynesian players will get drafted the next couple of days. The Cultural Center which preserves our history, dances, or culture will be hosting a luau at the courtyard marriott in center city by the city hall. Can anyone stop by . Anybody and everybody. There will be food, dancers, a great time. Youll be wearing your skirt. Ill be wearing my skirt. There will be others wearing skirts, too. I would come by but fertilized my grass skirt. Im not supposed to disturb it. Its not real green. Right. You can stay home then. Ahead, a mans plan to save money on his mortgage leads him on a path filled with problems. He called nbc responds. What our team found out about the company he used to refinance. Also, covered in cocaine. Where this guy was trying to go with an illegal layer under his pants. 6 44. Look at this picture and let me explain. Suspiciously snug pants prompted tsa agents to search two men at jfk. They found cocaine taped around their legs. The tsa released pictures of the bust. There was about 12 pounds on each guy with a street value before 200,000 each. Both men are facing charges. Today in trenton, new jersey lawmakers will hold a hearing on the commuter crisis facing amtrak and n. J. Transit. The heads of the agencies will testify before a joint panel. They will focus on recent railroad breakdowns and how to move commuters during repairs at penn station. The repairs at penn station, the nations busiest rail station, will begin next month. Derailments and electrical issues caused major delays the last few months. 600,000 people pass through penn station every day. And a sharp rise in delays. New Jersey Transit is helping riders explain their tardiness to their boss. The agency is offering excuse letters if a train makes them late. Very good. In nbc10 responds, a man refinances his house after the payments become too much. When paperwork problems persist for months, he called Harry Hairston and nbc10 responds. The whole ceiling was destroyed. Reporter jim is showing us the damage to his home after a recent storm. Hes working hard to get it in good shape. In house we worked our butts this house we worked our butts off to get and keep. Reporter keeping it was harder each month with his mortgage weighing him down. We were pinching pennies make the payment. Reporter he worked to get a trial modification in september. We were paying it, and it was great. Reporter problems started when they were supposed to sign the new paperwork for the permit loan. February came. I called them. They told us, yeah, basically, we were still working on it. Were still working on it. Reporter turns out, castlei said they lost his paperwork, locking him out of his account on line to make payments. He tells us the Company Found the paperwork and promised to reopen his account. But months went by, and no updates. They have given every excuse in the book. Reporter after calling ocwen more than 30 times, he tried something else. I called reached out to your team. Reporter the Company Tells us there was a processing delay, and a permanent modification will be in place shortly. Days later, he got the letter to showing his Monthly Payment went from 1,444 to 1,284. Enabling him and his wife to stay in the house. Let me give you a big hug for helping with this. Reporter my pleasure. My pleasure. Harry hairston, nbc10 responds. And he isnt alone with his problems with ocwen. Last week the federal government sued for failing borrowers at every stage of the Mortgage Servicing process. The company says it strongly disputes the allegations and says the findings are unfounded. If you have a Consumer Problem for nbc10 responds or telemundo 62 responde, reach us, and well respond to you. 6 47. Facebook is stepping up efforts to combat fake news. Will it work . Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez joins us live with the story that hes working on for the today show. Gabe . Reporter good morning. Facebook is acknowledging what the Intelligence Community has been saying for months that fake news is all too real. In a new 13page company report, the company is saying that this is becoming more prevalent. Its not bogus accounts are not being run by automated bots or computer programs, but rather people. And if governments can use the fake accounts to try and manipulate political opinion, the stakes are very high. Its on a global scale. Facebook announcing that it has suspended 30,000 Facebook Accounts ahead of the first round of frances president ial elections just a few days ago. Theyre continuing to monitor this major problem. The company ran across criticism several months ago from Ceo Mark Zuckerberg rather, after Ceo Mark Zuckerberg initially dismissed the impact of fake news. The company now says that the impact on the president ial election was marginal, but it is taking action to ensure authentic debate. Back to you. Well look forward to your story on the today show. Meanwhile, right now nothing fake about this. This is real. Sunrise over center city. Look at that sun like ahh how is it . Ahh lets talk to bill henley about whats to come. Bill, good morning. We have two days to sleep in coming our way. What a beautiful morning. A great start. Sunshine, a nice, bright view. The sun is glowing on the buildings in center city. A live view from center city from the adventure aquarium. Showers out of here. At the shore. Cape may, weve seen breaks of sunshine. There were a few sprinkles first thing this morning. Theyve already moved off shore. Dry for the rest of the day. 50s and 60s. 60s in south jersey. Philadelphia, 65 degrees. Some of the suburbs are a little bit cooler. Much of the suburban temperatures are coming in, many of them coming into the 60s now. 63 degrees in West Bradford township. Exton at 62. 61 in phoenixville. There are the 50s. Milford township, bedminster, new hope, warrington, upper 50s to start. With sunshine will warm us to junelike levels. Its going to be a quick warmup. Hourbyhour forecast has us into the 80s this afternoon. Staying dry. There go the last few showers. Thunderstorms are off shore, and not in store for us today. This clear area you see to the west, thats our weather today, and this evening, it will be pleasant. The next round of showers will be here tomorrow morning. You see them moving in to the st. Louis area. Those clouds will stay out of the picture for us during the day. Even late this evening, this is 11 00 tonight. Look how clear it is in philadelphia. Just a few clouds starting to move in to reading. Dry this evening. Overnight tonight, this was 3 30 in the morning. Here comes the wet weather moving through maryland, into delaware. Southbound jersey, and possibly into philadelphia. Thats at 5 45 in the morning. Theyll be moving through, and sunshine returns for an even warmer day tomorrow. In fact, tomorrow well be flirting with record temperatures in the afternoon. The record for philadelphia is 89 degrees. The shower and thunderstorm threat, thats in the morning. The afternoon will be drying out. Cooling down on sunday on sun. A cold front will bring a chance of a shower and definitely will bring cooler temperatures for sunday. Today and tomorrow, into the summerlike territory for today. Nfl draft, temperatures into the 80s both days. Cooler on sundays, bumps right back up to 80 degrees on monday. Another chance of showers and thunderstorms with another cold front that swings through. This it clears for tuesday and wednesday. The rain will return for thursday, friday, and into saturday. Next sunday will be nice and sunny and up to 67. 7 09. I tweeted out this accident. We want to reach as many people as possible before you head out the door. Accident on the schuylkill. Lets check in with Jessica Boyington for an update. Wait until you see the drive times. First ill show exactly whats happening. The schuylkill on the eastbound side around belmont avenue. Just after the off ramp on ramp to the schuylkill expressway headed eastbound. This is traffic moving toward center city. In the last few seconds, they have it with two lanes getting by. Slowly. Earlier, all lanes were blocked because the accident was kinds of in the center, and they had to move it to the shoulder. Theyre back to two with this to the shoulder. Either way, massive delays on the schuylkills eastbound side. The drive times typically with no traffic or problems are about 13 minutes. Were at 103 minutes now on the eastbound side from the blue route to the vine. Speeds down into the Single Digits. Moving into center city, not that its going to be difficult enough because we have the draft closures in the area, now 103 minutes moving in that direction into center city. Watching for the bridges. The tacony palmyra in the middle of a scheduled opening, scheduled for 6 40. You can take the betsy ross as an alternate. Thats nice and clear. Back to you. Thank you. Well look at some of the events happening across our area this weekend. Tomorrow is National Prescription drug takeback day. Hundreds of locations in pennsylvania, new jersey, and delaware will accept expired or unused medications and safely dispose of them. You can go to nbc10. Com or our. I cant to find a location or our app to find a location nearest to you. [ cheers ] and these kids have been practicing for something new at the march for babies in philadelphia. The superhero sprint. The march of dimes event raises money for education and research to help prevent premature births. The walk, run, and superhero sprint is sunday morning at the navy yard. Ill be there to emcee the event. And the kaleidoscope will be one of the new attractions when dorney park and wild water kingdom near allentown opens up for the season tomorrow. The kaleidoscope ride spins counterclockwise to give people a feeling of weightlessness. Why im not sure. Why would you want to do that . If you want to jazz up your weekend, head to the sixth annual Center City Jazz festival in philadelphia tomorrow afternoon. Nearly two dozen bands will perform at five different places within walking distance of each other. Thats something i want to do. Defending arena bowl champs, philadelphia all is, will play their 2017 home opener at the wells fargo center. The soul won the first two games on the road this year. Next, the top headlines that were following this morning. That includes a family fun plan as day two gets underway in philadelphias draft. Hey, phil you wanna come chillax in my man cave and get your fios on . Its a very niiice. You got fios . Its tv ahead of its time. Oookay hey neighbor. You up for a little sunday scrolling . Actually, we have xfinity x1 now, so we can download and watch our shows on the go. Thats a niceeee i mean that sounds nice. Fios has fallen behind, dont fall with it. Xfinity x1 will change the way you experience tv. Announcer washington politicians are at it again with another disastrous Health Care Repeal bill that raises costs and cuts coverage for millions. And their latest plan is worse than ever. Affordable coverage for maternity care, cancer treatment, Substance Abuse treatment, and preexisting conditions would no longer be gauranteed. The plan threatens care for seniors and the disabled. And imposes a massive age tax for people over 50. Tell congressman costello dont repeal our health care. Two minutes before 7 00. Well look at the stories well be covering today. Well be monitoring the investigation in middletown, delaware, where a house was torn apart during that 20hour standoff between police and the man suspected of killing a state trooper. The standoff ended when officers shot and killed burgon sealy jr. Investigators are still trying to figure out why sealy shot Corporal Steven ballard several times at a Convenience Store parking lot. Also, this is day two of the nfl draft experience along the ben franklin parkway. It all gets underway at 12 00 noon. Youll find football clnks for the kids, a play zone for the little ones, and a zip line for the little bit more adventurous. There will also be cheerleaders and a full collection of super bowl rings there. Rounds two and three of the draft begins tonight at 7 00. The eagles pick defensive tennessee defensive end Derek Barnett in the first round last night. Today is day two of the penn relays at franklin field. Athletes from all over the world competing in the 123rd annual meet. They include twotime olympic champion english garner from voorheis. Jessica boyington with you with one last check on the roads. Watching the schuylkill expressway, huge delays right here because of this accident scene. At least its doing a little better because its to the righthand shoulder now. Both lanes getting by on the eastbound side of the schuylkill around belmont avenue. Massive delays remain with this drive time. Eastbound from the blue route to the vine street expressway, were seeing speeds down into the Single Digits and 83 minutes for that drive time. So huge delays there. Were also watching sun glare on the southbound side of 295 near 168. An accident scene in the center lane. Headed southbound there before the 42 freeway or headed toward philadelphia, youll see big delays. Well see a lot of sun glare this morning. The sun is coming up. Not happening at the shore. These clouds are left over after some showers overnight. Those showers are now moving offshore. Looks like a Beautiful Day for the penn relays. Look at that sunshine. And into the 80s this afternoon. Right now, most of the area in the 60s. The exception, 50s for the Lehigh Valley and the suburbs. This afternoon, 80s today and even warmer tomorrow. Near the record high of 90 in philadelphia tomorrow. What did you call it, a jessica morning . I didnt call it that. I thought you did. Did i call it that . I like it. Good morning. Trumps view. The president , sounding off on one of the worlds most volatile hot spots. Theres a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea. Absolutely. Also, the war with isis. I will say, there is an end. And it has to be humiliation. And being president. This is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier. This morning, well talk to the president s attorney general, jeff sessions. Potent storms. Severe weather set to slam the midwest and south today and into the weekend. Dangerous flooding expected. Tornadoes likely. Als tracking it all
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