reporter: the trial is expected to start this morning. yesterday, both sides were in court arguing about what should be allowed during the trial. perhaps the biggest issue of the day was the matter of a videotaped confession by eric frein after he was captured. late yesterday the judge ruled the video is okay to show the jury. eight women and four men will decide his fate. accused of shooting corporal brian dixon and trooper douglas. dixon was killed and douglas was injured. it s been 2.5 years since the shooting, and prosecutors are ready to get this in front of the jury. we ll be looking forward to starting the trial tomorrow and bringing justice forth on behalf of all the victims in this matter. reporter: prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in this case. the trial is expected to last several weeks. as for whether eric frein will take the stand, lawyers say that decision is up to him. live outside the belmont barracks, nbc10 news today. thank you. former p
county are investigating what they re calling a murder/suicide. a family of five was found dead in a home in sinking spring just outside of reading. the berks county district attorney identified the family as mark short, his wife megan and their three children. the district attorney says they died of gunshot wounds. their bodies were discovered yesterday afternoon in a house on winding brook drive. police plan to release more information about the investigation later on today. new this morning, police tell us a man was shot while driving a car with his two kids inside in west philadelphia. this happened just after 1:00 this morning near the corner of 55th and spring street. according to authorities the man was shot in the face. right now he s in critical condition. a short time after this shooting in an unrelated incident, a 36-year-old man died. he was shot in southwest philadelphia. police tell us two shooters approached the man as he was putting gas in his motorcycle rig
reds, oranges, and yellows here, and some of the pennsylvania suburbs, too, and even in the philadelphia area, so this would then carry over into tomorrow morning if we had that flooding like we expect in some spots. that s the concern here with the morning commute as we go through time overnight. the rain by 6:00 a.m., raining, temperatures mid-50s, and through the pennsylvania suburbs at 8:00 a.m., low 50s, and rain for the morning commute with potential of flooding early in the morning. lehigh valley coming in the in the low 50s early tomorrow morning with rain around. if you re in new jersey or the shore, expected rain around in the morning commute, but it s delaware and new jersey where we do expect possibly localized flooding. overnight, that would potentially carry over into the morning commute. coming up, a closer look at the timing of the rain and how much we may be able to expect. that s straight ahead. you can also get the forecast for your neighborhood any time