Falling. The pictures are very gray. It wont stay this way for the afternoon. Were at 59 in philadelphia right now. Cooler at 50 in the suburbs. And low 50s, as well, for new jersey to the Lehigh Valley. Were at 55 degrees in delaware. So right now cloudy, right now, a little rainy, as well, outside. Take a look at your first alert radar view. So heres where the rain is coming from. And its going to continue kind of dropping down to the southeast. Meaning this is going to spread into south jersey as well and the shore. Areas like Cape May County and delaware may miss out on most of the rain. And heres the good news. This rain that we see, its passing a little steadier now in the Lehigh Valley, berks county, parts of Chester County and a lighter rain over philly. Its not going to last the whole day. Its going to start clearing out by around 11 00 a. M. To noon. So the afternoon, things will be better. Heres a closer look at the steadier rain. We go to areas like richmond and reading, you see a deeper green, thats a steadier rain. See the pockets of yellow, thats a more moderate rain falling through the Lehigh Valley and allentown into parts of bucks county, upper buckingham and milford. Not going to last the whole day, but if you have morning plans, you will need the umbrella. A little heads up there. As for your temperatures, day dont warm a ton in the Morning Hours, but heres lunchtime, 66. We get to 70s in the afternoon hours. We take a closer look at the forecast highs, coming up. Well be looking forward to it. Thanks, krystal. Developing now, Philadelphia Police have identified a suspect in the stabbing of Philadelphia City councilman, david oh. Investigators say the councilman had just parked his car in his kingsessing neighborhood monday night when a man tried to rob him and then stabbed him. Nbc 10s Pamela Osborne is live at southwest detectives with new information. Pam . Reporter rosemary, the councilman was able to pick that suspect out of a lineup and positively identify him. Since then, the search has been on for this man. 24yearold sean yarburry. Overnight, detectives searched his lastknown addresses, but they were unable to find him. Police say yar burry tried to rob councilman oh. The d. A. Has charged the suspect with attempted murder, robbery, and assault as well as some other charges. Police are hoping the public can help them locate their suspect. He has been a lifelong resident of this area, so people know who he is. We believe at this point, he may be homeless or living from house to house. So were asking him to turn himself in or family members to convince him to come here and turn himself in, but its an allout effort uptotheto locate this gentleman and get him off the streets. Reporter as for councilman oh, he underwent surgery. That surgery was a success and you see him here. He was able to return to work yesterday. And were learning much more about the attack itself. When i come back in the next half hour, hear what police are saying about that assault. Reporting live now at southwest detectives, im Pamela Osborne, nbc 10 news. All right. Thanks for that, pam. Right now, firefighters are on the scene of this house fire in camden. You can see the flames coming out of the building at south tenth and morgan streets. This was a little bit earlier this morning. Crews did get this fire under control, just within the last half hour. There are no reported injuries, but there are still a number of First Responders on the scene, so if you live in this area, keep that in mind. You may have a little bit of a detour this morning on those roads. As soon as we get some more details on this, well keep you informed. Calling for change. Community members in Delaware County are banding together, following a day of gun violence in chester that took the life of a 16yearold student. Police say Zion Abdullah was on his way to school when he was shot to death following an argument yesterday morning. Police havent made any arrests, but they tell us they are talking to people of interest in the case. The deadly shooting was just one of four gunrelated incidents in chester within the span of a few hours. And it all happened on National Gun Violence awareness day. I feel for my family, i feel for my friend. Were going in the house now because she cant over that. That was her best friend. Chester officials have announced that they are now teaming up with a Gun Reform Group to try to find the sources of the illegal weapons that have been flowing into the city. Last night gun control advocates who rallied nearby in media paused for a moment of silence for the victim from chester high school. During National Gun Violence awareness day, Community Leaders in philadelphia held a prayer rally just outside of city hall. Neighbors brought pictures of loved ones lost to gun violence while Police Officers handed out free gun locks. Right now, a portion of the pennsylvania turnpike is shut down while state Police Investigate a deadly accident. Westbound 276 is closed between bensalem and willow grove. Heres how you get around it. Take u. S. Route to route 132 to route 611 to the willow grove exchange. Well keep you posted when police reopen the turnpike here. Tragedy is sparking change at penn state university. Yesterday, School Officials announced they are taking over the greek life system, but the parents who recently lost their son because of fraternity hazing, this is what prompted the changes, they say its not enough. Timothy piazza died after a pledge party at Beta Theta Pi in february. His blood alcohol level was four times the legal limit. Piazza fell down the stairs at the frathouse. Prosecutors say no one called for help for 12 hours. 18 frat members are now facing charges. Yesterday, penn states board of trustees did not vote to ban greek life. Their new rules do include zero tolerance for hazing, restrictions at social events, such as no liquor, more spot checks at fraternity houses and a student fee for joining a fraternity. Nbc 10 spoke to the philadelphiabased attorney, tom klein, representing timothy piazzas family. He called the changes aspirational, but lacking. What the Piazza Family is looking for is change. And that change involves concrete actions that are taken. On thursday, timothy piazzas parents sent penn state a letter asking the school to expel the students and fire the administrators who may be tied to their sons death. Some more news out of happy valley, penn states former president and two former administrators will do jail time for their roles in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Yesterday, a judge sentenced former president , graham spanier, to two months in jail. A jury convicted him of child endangerment. Spanier failed to report a sex abuse allegation against Jerry Sandusky in 2001. Penn states former Vice President gary schultz and former athletic director, tim curley, pleaded guilty to the child endangerment charges. Schultz got a twomonth jail sentence. Curley received three months. Mike mcqueary, a graduate coaching assistant, testified that he told joe paterno he saw sandusky molesting a boy in a Football Team shower. Neither spanier, curley, or schultz who became aware of the incident reported it to police or Child Welfare authorities. Sandusky is now serving a 30 to 60year sentence for molesting ten boys over a 15year period. Now to a flying tribute to a helicopter pilot who was killed just last week in delaware. Yesterday, more than a dozen choppers took part in a flyby over the church in atco, new jersey, where Michael Murphy was laid to rest. Among those helicopters was sky force 10. Murphy served as a backup pilot for us. Murphy was taking part in a Training Exercise when his medical helicopter crashed at an Industrial Park near the New Castle County airport last thursday. His wife, erika, spoke exclusively with nbc10. Com about murphys career as a pilot. You can read more about it, right now on the nbc 10 app. I play football, i wrestle, i throw indoor shot and outdoor shot. But this Lehigh Valley athlete hasnt been able to do any of that lately while he battles a rare disease. A Community Effort today could help him find a lifesaving match that he desperately needs. That story is straight ahead. And later, from gumby to ghostbusters, were beginning to show you where you can celebrate things all pop culture right here in philadelphia this weekend. It takes a lot of people to make a good school day. Miss hoffman gets us there safe every time. Mrs. Migliaccio teaches us all about fractions and haikus and the erie canal miss reeves makes us sound amazing. And miss santoro always takes time to see how were doing. Miss simpkins keeps our school looking great. Recess wouldnt be recess without miss basile. And mrs. Mccarthy always has tons of good books to read. Which makes for a pretty good day at school. Announcer now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Live camera view in philadelphia here. Beautiful shot. You can see these clouds really hanging overhead and it has this fuzzy line between the clouds and skyline. Thats because theres some rain falling in areas right now. The rain is going to pass through the Morning Hours. Its not going to ruin our entire forecast. Heres the radar satellite view. Ive offset this a little bit to show where the radar is coming from. You can see the whole thing is shifting a little bit more to the east. While it is passing through our suburbs, Lehigh Valley, and berks county, its starting to shift into south jersey, but kind of missing delaware and thats probably going to continue to be the case here this morning. This is not going to be a wholeday event. Its going to be a morning event. Heres the hourbyhour forecast. The model doing a pretty nice job of show wing where the rains at 6 00 a. M. 7 00 a. M. , i think this is a little widespread, but still shows its going through south jersey, clipping parts of delaware, and there you go. 10 00 in the morning, now its starting to pull out of the Lehigh Valley and berks county. Its already out of mt. Pocono and thinning over philadelphia, by the time we get into your afternoon, the sun has started to make a return, the rain is forced out. A few lingering showers over jersey, you see plenty of that sun. And that sunshine, it continues the rest of the day. Well talk more about your sunday forecast and the temperatures that go with these clearing conditions, coming up. Looking forward to it. Thanks, krystal. 6 12 on this saturday. Coming up, were following new indications of an expansion of the probe into trumps possible campaign ties to russia. Protip for making ribs dont go it alone. Get these great smoked ribs. Thanks. Sure. Twenty minutes on the grill. And theyre done. You think he cares if i smoke ribs for six hours . What . What . Summer made easy at amazing prices. Only at giant. Youbusted tail. Rd. And impressed the boss. Maybe, its time to be your own. Transform your career with Strayer Universitys mba program today. Lets get it, america. Now to the latest on the investigation into possible ties between president Trumps Campaign and russia. Nbc news confirms special counsel, robert mueller, may look into the roles attorney general Jeff Sessions and his deputy played in the firing of fbi director, james comey. Also, nbc news is reporting that mueller will take over the investigation involving former Trump Campaign chairman, paul manafort. Meantime, investigators remain focused on a meeting last year between president trumps soninlaw and a russian banker. Nbcs keir simmons pressed that banker for answers at a conference yesterday in russia. Reporter Sergey Gorkov is the head of vnesheconombank, which is a bank that is sometimes described as the guided missile of the kremlin. He is very close to president putin and he met with jared kushner, who is of course, president trumps soninlaw, back in december. Now, we dont know very much about what happened at that meeting, but here is some sound from when we ran into him and asked him what did happen. Youre the subject of intense scrutiny in america because of your meeting with Donald Trumps soninlaw, jared kushner. Not any comments about it. Just a question of understanding about what happened in the meeting. No comments, please. But can i just ask you, was it a political meeting or an economic meeting . Can we get can we interview you at a later date . Would that be possible . Please, all comments reporter president putin insisting today that any suggestion that the Trump Administration during the transition had negotiated with the kremlin to try to have russian sanctions removed was simply his terrifyyysteria. Back to you. That was keir simmons reporting. The Russian Investigation and the u. S. Withdrawal this week from the Paris Climate Accord will be some of the main topics on nbcs meet the press. Moderator chuck todd will be sitting down with former secretary of state, john kerry, epa administrator, current epa administrator, scott pruitt, and former Vice President , al gore. Thats tomorrow morning at 10 30, right here on nbc 10. Defense secretary jim mattis is calling north korea a clear and present danger to the world. The pentagon chief made that comment today at a Global Security conference in singapore. At the meeting, mattis called for International Cooperation to denuclearize north korea. He also said he believes, ultimately, china will see the north as a liability. Prince william is offering his gratitude for the Emergency Responders who helped after the deadly bombing at the Ariana Grande concert in manchester. The bombing killed 22 people and injured dozens of others. Yesterday, Prince William met with Police Officers and then spoke privately with injured victims at a hospital. Tomorrow, a benefit concert will be held for those victims. Ariana grande, justin bieber, and coldplay are just some of the acts that will perform. Beginning with another live camera view, this is in spring city. And what you see is just a gray picture. Unfortunately, thats the start of our day. Fortunately, it will not be the end of our day. Were going to really clear out in the afternoon hours for a pretty nice saturday. Heres our philadelphia neighborhood temperatures. Right now, maybe a light jacket to step out the door and an umbrella handy. 53 degrees in chestnut hill. Were at 60 in Graduate Hospital and nearly at 60 in the airport. 64, the current reading in port richmond. Those temperatures will be boosting up to the 70s come this afternoon, once the sunshine breaks through. But right now, its cloudy, a little cool, and rainy over at least half of our viewing area here. Pretty obvious which half, right . The green one here. Looking at Lehigh Valley into berks county and into the suburbs and parts of philadelphia, as well. Its a lighter rain over philadelphia, and more of a scattered, steady rain through the suburbs, upper montgomery and upper bucks county, were also looking into the Lehigh Valley. You can see that Little Pocket of yellow, thats a little steadier rain, as well. Heres a closer looks into parts of chester and Delaware County, where light rain is just clipping New Castle County. And heres where its most spotty. Its farther to the north, but its a steadier rain. Thats going to continue being the case, but the whole area of rain is dropping farther to the southeast. So south jersey will get its share of showers this morning, as well. I think everyone should, for the most part, move out by right around 11 00 a. M. To noon. Heres the forecast highs for today. Once it clears out, we get sunshine, nice temperatures, 76, summer city, summerton. Same for landsdale and 73, cookstown. Allentown at 76 degrees. And i know right now its very gray, but in the afternoon, mostly sunny skconditions are expected. Mideven possibly some upper 70s in the forecast. And through delaware, 76. Smyrna, wilmington, 77 for rehoboth beach. Thats thanks to the fact that were looking at those winds coming from the northnorthwest. And so thats a land breeze that were dealing with at the shore. Temperatures, camera today. Its going to be breezy, though. 25 to 35mileperhour gusts. You can see sustained winds around 13 Miles Per Hour, coatesville, and 12 Miles Per Hour for philadelphia today. Lets talk about your shore forecast. Today, 80 degrees for your our saturday, rehoboth beach. 75 for sunday, a mix of clouds and sun sunday, but otherwise, dry forecast. Take a look saturday into sunday, a drop for areas like wildwood at 76. And lets finish off with Atlantic City, 79 degrees, going to 68 degrees sunday. So we get a cooldown for your sunday. Finding a lifesaving match. A community will come together today to help a young man with a rare disease. His story is straight ahead in minutes. Today you can find out if youre a lifesaving match with someone who needs bone marrow. A potential dornor could help a Football Player from a local high school. His disease limits the blood cells his bone marrow can make, so marcus is in dire need of a bone marrow transplant. So far, there have been no matches and time is running out. My immune system, its basically my body is attacking its own immune system. To be a match for bone marrow for my son or for anybody else. And my family is asking for help. Marcus family is asking you to take a swab and hopefully save a life. If you would like to be tested for a bone marrow donation, you can find a link right now on the nbc 10 app or on our website, nbc10. Com. You can also get tested today at William Allen high school in all allentown. The event runs from 9 00 this morning until 2 00 this afternoon. Now to todays nbc 10 responds. A Ridesharing Company agrees to issue a customer refund, but instead of money back, shes charged more. And after she couldnt get the issue resolved on her own, she decided it was time to call Harry Hairston and nbc 10 responds. We did a girls night in Atlantic City. Reporter susan and her fellow teachers were excited to have a night out during spring break. But she says suddenly, one of her friends wasnt feeling so well. So i wanted to uber her back to our hotel. Reporter but days after they took the ride, she says uber charged her 80 on top of the 8. 80 fare. I went to my email and there was an explanation that i was charged for a cleaning fee. Reporter she admits her friend did get sick, but that it happened outside the car. She says uber agreed to cut the cleaning fee in half, charging her 40 instead of 80. But vanirnheart says it didnt happen that way. Instead of crediting her account, uber charged her an additional 40 bucks. I emailed them at least 10 to 15 times. Reporter uber kept saying the issue was resolved, but her bank account showed otherwise. I was frustrateded. I wanted my 80 back. Reporter we contacted uber. Within hours, they reached out to varnheart. They saw where the mistake was made, they apologized, and they were going to reimburse me 80. Reporter uber later told nbc 10 responds the same thing and vani varnheart credits us for getting this resolved. Thank you. I appreciate it. A quick reminder. If you do decide to submit your case to nbc 10 responds, make sure you have all of your paperwork and proof ready to send to us like varnheart did. It could help you get a resolution to your problem faster. If you have a Consumer Problem for nbc 10 responds or telemundo 62 responde, let us know. The best ways to reach us are right there on your screen, and we will respond to you. 6 27 right now on this saturday. And were following pa polia po investigation into that stabbing of the Philadelphia City councilman. We have details on it. Pam osborne is live at southwest detectives with some new info. Pam . Rosemary, police have identified the suspect we are looking for. When we come back, well give you a look at the man and well also tell you a little bit more about the attack. Just like pamela, if youre going out this morning, youll edradar, green showing rain across the region enti at t,oming up. Right now on nbc 10 news today, new developments in the stabbing of philadelphia councilman, david oh. Right the now police are looking for a man they consider to be a fugitive in the case. A live report is next. Prison review. Dramatic changes in staffing and training after a standoff at a delaware prison. Those dills are coming up. All right, weve got some showers and then some sunshine and warm weather to start our weekend. Well take it. Were tracking it all in the first alert neighborhood forecast. I have a Security Camera outside my house in old city that i check incessantly and i just saw that we have some raindrops in old city, philadelphia. So some showers moving through. Good morning. This is nbc 10 news today. Im rosemary connors. 6 30 right now on this saturday. Meteorologist krystal klei has those details on these Early Morning showers. Krystal . So most of our area is now starting to get the rain moving through, aside from parts of south jersey and delaware. Because of where the rain is moving in from. Its moving in from the northwest. Its dropping to the southeast, kind of clipping delaware. In wilmington, the clouds have blanketed over, this is in frawley stadium were looking at a live camera view. We may see light showers this morning throughout this area. Lets look at our radar. This is our first alert radar. The green indicating the rain thats passing through. The yellow indicateding the pockets of steadier to heavier rain. Its starting to purr off and out of our viewing zone, but its pretty constant through berks county and the Lehigh Valley. Pretty constant through the suburbs now, and right along the i95 corridor, light, but passing through, breaking apart in south jersey. All of this will continue dropping out this way. Well see rain through the Morning Hours in jersey and at least to the northern part of delaware. Otherwise, in the afternoon, this moves out and the sunshine will return. But for now, this is what weve got to track. From reading to richmond, allentown into milford, you can see the deeper greens. Limerick into parts of westchester, same deal, steadier rain thats moving through. And just a few drops that are falling over parts of philadelphia county. Upper 50s in philly, but low 50s, pottstown, to millville and Atlantic City. We will be in the 70s, though. Well track your temperatures with the planners, coming up. Well see you shortly. Thanks, krystal. Now to a developing story weve been following since wednesday evening when this first happened. Philadelphia splis a suspect in the stabbing of city councilman, david oh. He was attacked wednesday night when he came home from work. Nbc 10s Pamela Osborne is live for us outside of southwest detectives with more on the investigation. Pam . Reporter rosemary, the man that police are looking for is a fugitive. They say he should be considered armed and dangerous. We know it will District Attorney has charged him with the assault, the robbery and the attempted murder of the councilman. Take a look. Yesterday, councilman david oh was able to positively identify the suspect. 24yearold sean yarbury out of a photo lineup. Last night detectives searched his last known addresses but they were unable to find yarbury. The councilman was stabbed once in the side. Heres what else police are saying a about that attack. It could have been much worse. And the way this guy attacked, went in attack mode right away, continuing to try to injure the councilman, if it hadnt been for him fighting as hard as he did, it could have been worse. And the fight continued. Heres councilman oh. He underwent surgery, it was a success, and he was back in the office yesterday. Police believe their suspect is known to the neighborhood. They think that hes from the neighborhood, so theyre hoping that anyone who recognizes him or knows where he may be right now can give police a call with that information. Reporting live now at southwest detectives, im Pamela Osborne, nbc 10 news. Thanks for that, pam. 6 33 on this saturday. Lets head to south jersey. Firefighters are on the scene of a house fire in camden. You can see the flames that were shooting out of the building earlier this morning at south tenth and morgan streets. Crews had the fire under control around 3 30 this morning. No reports of any injuries. New from overnight, a man is in Critical Condition following a shooting in southwest philly. Police were called to gold street around 12 30 this morning. There they found the victim in the street with a gunshot wound to the chest. There are no arrests in this case. Lets head now to Delaware County, where police in chester are investigating the shooting death of a teenager. 16yearold Zion Abdullah was gunned down on his way to School Following an argument yesterday morning. Police have not made any arrests. They tell us they are talking to people of interest in the case. The deadly shooting was just one of four gunrelated incidents in chester that happened within the span of a few hours, and yesterday was National Gun Violence awareness day. The case of a bucks county man accused of sexually abusing six sisters will go to the jury next week. The defense rested yesterday without calling any witnesses. Prosecutors say the victims were given to defendant lee kaplan as a gift from their parents. The girls were reluctant to testify against kaplan until their mother met with them. Jurors heard a recording of the girls mother telling them to tell the truth about what kaplan did to them. The kaplans defense Attorney Says the girls mother cooperated because she wanted a plea deal for her role in the case. Its clear from my perspective that there was there was an influence from the d. A. s office on those girls. As many times as they can tell you, they told them just to told the truth. I think that was said with a wink. Thats a very hard thing for them to do. They did an amazing job and i just hope that we can get justice for them. Closing arguments will be held on monday. A new report on the deadly prison uprising in delaware suggests a lot of changes need to happen. In february, prisonersk part correctional officer. The report describes Ser Technology issues. The report also says that up, forced overtime needs to go down, and overall communication needs to get for the. Many u in a previous review in 2005. Delawares governor, who just took office in jals us changes are coming. Ive made a commitment to the people i represent here, to the floyd family, that were not going to allow it to be a report that stays on a shelf and doesnt get implemented. Lieutenant steven flo in th t lasted more than 20 hours. This morning, celebrities will rally in support of the philadelphia film history. Director m. Night shyamalan and actor aaron morris will join other officials at the Art Museum Steps here at 10 00 this morning. The Greater Philadelphia Film Office is hosting the rally to spotlight how important the local filmmaking industry is to the regions economy. 6 37 right now on this saturday. Dumping the smoke. Well explain why a Philadelphia Store is trashing its tobacco. Plus this its its own world, i like to say. Everybodys really happy and enjoys dressing up and nobody judges each other. Sounds like fun, why not . Comics, character characters, w to like . Thats exactly what youll find at the wizard world comic convention, its happening this weekend in philadelphia and weve got a preview in minutes. Youbusted tail. Rd. And impressed the boss. Maybe, its time to be your own. Transform your career with Strayer Universitys mba program today. Lets get it, america. Just a few minutes now before 7 00 and we head to new york to check in with the folks of the today show. We say hello to Sheinelle Jones and craig melvin. Hey, guys. Good morning coming up on a saturday morning here on today, an nbc news exclusive, megyn kellys interview with russian leader Vladimir Putin. This morning, the cia fires back after putin claimed russia could have been set up to look like they were trying to hack the u. S. Election. Also ahead this morning, what could be naftas most Daring Mission yet. A journey to the sun. Why it could make a huge difference in your life. And, oh, the places well go. This morning, a visit to the new dr. Seuss Museum Opening today that would even make the grinch smile. Those stories and more when we get started on a saturday morning on today. Whats your favorite seuss book . Thats a good question. Im going to admit something, my parents didnt give me those books when i was a child. We were more like a berenstein bears type. Whats your favorite, guys . Definitely green eggs and ham. Sam i am. Its not too late, by the way, rosemary. You go out and get a few. I like, was afraid to admit this to friends growing up. I think were getting a wrap. Oh, really . You should have been. Were your friends. One fish, two, fish, red fish, blue fish. A live view of cape may marina. Its not a heavy rain, but theres starting to be some showers that are making their way closer to the shoreline. This is going to continue through the Morning Hours. So morning plans, not so good. Afternoon plans, though, those still get the thumbs up. So here is a view of our first alert radar. The steadiest rain is over parts of the suburbs, Lehigh Valley, berks county. Now spreading through parts of south jerry and along the shore, as well. Well time that out in just a bit. I want to talk temperatures for us. Planner, 62 degrees for us this morning. Cooler because of the raincooled air. But once the clouds thin out, and they will right around your lunchtime, more sunshine, better temperatures. 75 by 4 00 p. M. In the suburbs, low to mid70s by 4 00, should get to the mid70s for highs. Same deal in the Lehigh Valley and berks county. Delaware, 61, but up to 74. Not so much rain in delaware this morning, but we will see that rain in new jersey and the shore, with temperatures also making their way into the 70s later on. Your future model coming up in a few minutes. I feel like such a weight has been lifted with that dr. Seuss admission. All right. Lets talk some sports. The phils are coming off a tough series opener against the giants and cojoan joel embiids skills the court translate to some skills off the court . Weve go the video to prove it next in sports. You knew when you cast it theyd lock you up. But that didnt stop you. You traveled far and wide, and others followed. Mothers, daughters, sisters, lions. And because together you roared so loud, i know my Voice Matters today. This summer, Come Celebrate new york states equal rights history. Download our guide to plan your trip. Some have it, some dont. When the odds are stacked against you, you either hide or stand up. At Strayer University weve seen it in our students for 125 years. And if you ever think of quitting, our success coaches will be there to pick you up and work with you every day to put you on the right path. Its time. Strayer university. Lets get it, america. A Philadelphia Store owner is getting rid of tobacco. Tossing it to replace it with smoothies. Dee medina owns medina mini market in north philly. She made the move with the tobaccofree project. That helps Business Owners make the transition while still remaining projects. There are other projects that are healthy or health neutral that they could sell in replace of tobacco and at least meet their bottom line and even be more profitable. Statistics show each year tobaccorelated illnesses claim 3,500 lives just in philadelphia. Down the shore today, engineers will be presenting plans for dredging the back bay in ocean city. Officials say its to keep the lagoons and the channels open and clear for boaters. The meeting will be happening at the ocean City Tabernacle at 10 00 this morning. If you are in center city, philadelphia, this weekend, you may think its halloween. Thats because people will be dressed in costume for a very special event. Nbc 10s keith jones takes us inside their wizard world at the Pennsylvania Convention center. Reporter from gumby to batman villains. I am bat man, if you can hear me. Reporter of course theres comic books, skulls, the throne from game of thrones, and celebrities. I saw news from alien, it was oh, my god reporter not to mention ghostbuster ghostbusters. If you see a ghost, call the professionals. Reporter and characters youve probably never heard of. Like a zombie who doesnt like being a zombie, but hes like, im already a zombie, so i might as well try to do something to help out. Reporter this is a taste of the pop culture offered at this weekends wizard world of comic convention or wizard world for short. Its its own world. Everyones really happy and enjoys dressing up and nobody judges each other and selflove. Reporter and apparently a family affair. Izzie and annie drove up dressed as harry potter characters. Something you can do with your kids and we like designing our costuming together. Its a fun family thing and we like to do it altogether. Reporter at wizard con, keith jones, nbc 10 news. That ones a little scary, but looks like fun. This looks like fun if you want to get totally muddy, dirty, and be exhausted this weekend. Muck fest will have thousands getting down and dirty. 7,000 athletes are expected to participate in the 5ka Obstacle Course which is lined with mud pits. The event benefits a good cause. National multiple sclerosis society. It runs today and tomorrow. For a minute there, with watching them jump win thought they were going to jump into a pile of mud. I think theyre going to leave that to the actual participants. Meteorologist krystal klei is tracking the weather for any of your Outdoor Activities this weekend. Krystal, fill us. Dont they claim thats supposed to be good for your skin if you put the mud on it . Heres a look in philadelphia. Look out the forecast and think, another gray, with ruined weekend. Its actually not going to be for the entire weekend a picture like this one. Its going to clear out, but not for your Morning Hours. Gray and rainy the first half of the day, sunny, nice the second half of the day. Heres our jersey shore neighborhood temperatures. And even the shore today is actually going to warm up nicely, although were starting at 51 in upper township. Dennis township at 52. Cape may point, not bad, 60 degrees right now. Were also 60 in Atlantic City, currently. As we progress through the day, were going to see those 70s boost on in, even at the shores edge. Thats because today its a land breeze. Tomorrow, temperatures will be cooler, because its going to be an onshore breeze. Heres a look at radar and satellite right now. This is the bump in the forecast were dealing, this rain thats pumping on in from the northwest, dropping to the southeast. Much lighter rain, but we got the sprinkles now over south jersey and the shore. A little more steady rain through philadelphia and up all the way to reading and allentown. You see the heavier rains, kind of just missing us here into more northern jersey, but Mercer County getting a little hit now through trenton. Heres the closer view, starting with parts of Chester County into delco, even clipping New Castle County, as it starts to move into south jersey, its considerably lighter. A little steadier rain in philadelphia. You see through parts of bucks county, now some spots that are weakening just a tad, but still some light rain. And well go all the way up to allentown here. This is where its been the steediest throughout our Morning Hours, but none of us will see rain for the whole day. This is for the first half of the day. So we go through 8 00 a. M. , still seeing rain on the future model. From 8 00 to 10 00, now its more focused over south jersey, moving out of allentown and berks county. Maybe a lingeri ining stronger shower. And by 1 00 in the afternoon, its pretty much all gone. Sunshine is breaking on through, and we stay on the sunnier side through the rest of the day. So im telling you, while it looks bad now, afternoon plans should be notably better. Heres the forecast high temperatures for us. Dont let the icons fool you. Thats the first half of the day. 76 degrees pretty much across the board for forecast highs. Sunday, we are warmer. 81 in philly, the suburbs, 80 for delaware, and we see a nice mix of clouds and sun. Areas lake the suburbs and Lehigh Valley in the afternoon could see some passing showers, possibly an isolated thunderstorm in the afternoon. But its looking like now it will mostly miss philly and areas south. If youre going to the beaches today, rehoboth beach, today, 80 degrees with a mix of clouds and sun after this mornings rain. Sunday at 75 degrees, so were looking still pretty good. In wildwood, saturday, today, at 76. And tomorrow, cooler due to that onshore breeze at 68. Announcer this is sports desk brought to you by xfinity. X1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. Hey, good morning. Good to see you, as always. Im Danny Pommells from csn. The phillies kicked off the june portion of their schedule trying to put may in the rearview mirror. A month that saw the phils win just 6 of their 28 games. The phils opening up here on nbc 10. Already 20 giants in the second. Eduardo nunez with runners on the corners, base knocked to left. Eickhoff didnt last three innings. The phillies get smacked around in the series opener, 10zip, the final. We turn to hockey now. The nhl combine was held friday. The draft takes place later this month. The flyers have the second overall pick and will have their choice of the two consensus top prospects in this years class. Nolan patrick and nikko hisher. Flyers gm ron hextall met with both players and spoke afterwards about what he learned about those young talent. I cant say anything surprised me. I cant say that both kids seem like terrific young men. They conducted themselves like pros, very mature kids and they were both very how about a trip across the pond . Joel embiid, all 71, are we giving him, of joel, enjoying himself, doing some juggling with the soccer ball. Embiid will be on hand for the Champions League final which take place today. Jojo also on a roster for a celebrity game, but will not take part. Heres the sixers big fellow on his soccer skills. You know, i play football my whole life, so wherever i get the chance, but you know, i have that in me. Current nba player who would make the best Soccer Player . Joel embiid. Who do you think hes going to pick . Jojo also sent out this tweet of himself in his jersey for the celebrity game, calling himself el processo. The Champions League final features embiids preferred team, real madrid, who plied their trade in the spanish league, hence the name adaptation. Their interview with the website up rocks, embiid is heading back to the doctor for one final check and hopes to be back on the Court Next Week playing basketball. One final note to pass along, in a surprising turn of events, the Kansas City Chiefs released former eagles wide receiver, Jeremy Macklin after just two seasons. Macklin due over 9 million this year. Not anymore. Thats your look at sports. Im Danny Pommells, csn. To be the one that rings. I need not to be missed phone calls. To not be missed. I need seamless handoff. Canyon software. From reception, to landline, to mobile. I need one number. Not two. Im always moving forward. Because i cant afford to get stuck in the past. Comcast business. Built for business. Comcast business. Penns landing is going to be happening today for this tenth annual roots picnic. This years headliner includes pharrell, the roots, lil wayne, kimbra. Of course, the roots from philly, quite the big deal hear. The picnic has grown into a very popular festival over the last decade. The allstar lineup playing on three stages kicks off at noon. 32 of the best professional triathletes will be in Atlantic City this morning. Theyre taking part in the Major League Triathlon that starts at 1 00 thcis afternoon. This race is a little bit shorter and more fast paced that other triathlons. We wish them the best. Another kind of race thats happening on the Schuylkill River this morning. The independence dragon boat regatta begins at 8 00. 92 teams will be participating in the colorful event. Some teams race for causes and charities. Others do it just for fun. Looking a little overcast out there at this hour, but eventually, it will move on out. Its actually a pretty good forecast for our weekend. Lets take a look outside. The rain is coming down in philadelphia. You can tell from the live camera view, but it will not be the whole day. By around noon it exits, sunshine this afternoon, up to 76. Tomorrow, 81, mix of clouds and sun. We do get rainy monday. But the rest of the week looks pretty decent. Not bad at all. Well take it. Thats going to do it for us. Well have an update on the today show and were back at 8 00. See you then. Protip chop all your veggies for the week at once. Super protip buy your veggies prechopped. Boom. The best food at amazing prices, giant. Donald tmeet phil murphy,by former Goldman Sachs bankers. Another wall street banker running for governor, whose firm helped trigger the financial meltdown that put millions out of work and out of their homes. Murphys trying to buy the election, paying off new jersey bosses. My names john wisniewski, and im running for governor of new jersey. John wisniewski, the son of a millwright, who uncovered the bridgegate scandal and exposed Chris Christies corruption. The choice insider wall street politics or main street, new jersey, values. Protip. Get these great smoked ribs. Twenty minutes on the grill, theyre done. 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