"nbc 10 news" starts now. >> the vice president's son, beau biden, will be laid to rest today. this morning politicians, dignitaries, family and friends are gathering for his funeral at a church in wilmington where president obama will deliver the eulogy. we'll take threw in a live report. >> a live look over the ben franklin bridge shows some cloudy skies out there right now. you may have to duck a few passing showers but don't worry, we expect to see sunshine later on today. i'm rosemary connors. it's 7:00 on saturday. let's get to your weekend weather with meteorologist

brittney shipp. we're already starting to see some improvements out there over the past hour hour and a half or so. >> that's right. we're still going to have a chance of passing showers as we head into your late morning hours and early afternoon. keep that in mind as you're making your plans. it should not affect the weekend. we're going to see warmer temperatures and sunshine into the afternoon. by tomorrow even more sunshine, temperatures night and comfortable at 78. our current at 66 in philadelphia, 65 and 64 degrees in wildwood. everywhere else nice and dry. we are finally starting to warm things up. our average, 80 degrees, 84 degrees on monday. i'll also track storms moving back in on monday. if you're planning to head done the shore, if you're at the shore already, today's temperatures at 75 degrees with a few passing showers and then

by sunday 70 degrees. i'll have your full forecast coming up. >> former delaware attorney general beau biden will be laid to rest today. the funeral caps three days of public mourning for the vice president's son. it was will be held at st. anthony's padua church. monique, you talked with some people who got up early today and have been waiting in line. >> reporter: that's right. we're just down the street from the security check point. several national dignitaries are expected to attend including president clinton, as well as secretary clinton. this will be the third day of public mourning for former attorney general beau biden. the 46-year-old passed away after a two-year fight with brain cancer.

he was attorney general for two years. he did not seek another term because he told folks he was planning to run for governor in 2016. he served for one yard in iraq working as a military lawyer. the lane began forming here outside the church about an hour ago. people have been sharing their personal stories with us including experiences with the bidens. >> i have always respected vice president biden when he was a senator, ever since i knew him. i respected him. and this past december he called me and wished me a merry christmas because he was at the big fish and my granddaughter was working there and she said to him, "oh, could i please have a picture with you? my grandmother just loves you." and he said i'll do better than

that. you have a cell phone? and he called me. >> now yesterday there were two viewings at st. anthony of padua. members of congress, former staffers among the thousands who stood in line. a very somber day also for beau's high school classmates. inside the church vice president joe biden led his family in greeting mourners. thursday the biden family was also in dover when he was lain in honor at legislative hall. we're also hearing that biden's siblings siblings ashtonley and hunter will speak at the services. >> if you'd like to watch the services download our free "nbc

10 news" app. >> new from overnight, police are investigating the cause of a deadly accident on i-95 in delaware county. a car overturned in the southbound lanes near the pinicum exit. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. >> a man was shot nine times in germantown. they say the victim managed to walk 300 yards to a corner chinese vaunt on germantown avenue, where he collapsed. he then went to einstein medical center for treatment. police are now searching for the shooter. this morning two young girls are in critical condition after they fell from a window in allentown. skyforce 10 was over the scene on turner street last night. the girls who are 3 and 5 years old fell about 40 feet to the street below. they are being treated at le

high hospital cedar crest. >> the search continues for a man accused of stabbing his ex-girl friend to death right jot side her house in camden county. police are looking for michael etel. he's considered armed and dangerous. carol bowne was stabbed to death in her driveway on wednesday. investigators tell us she got a restraining order against her ex-boyfriend, had installed security cameras and had even applied for a gun permit. >> it's deeply troubling. you're still going to have to go through the process but every step of the way your particular application will get priority. >> u.s. marshals are offering a $5,000 reward for any information that may lead to michael michael etel's arrest. >> a man convicted as a repeat

robber will do serious job time. yesterday a judge sentenced christopher miller for holding up a shoe store in toms river. he was arrested for robbing the same store he robbed 15 years earlier and police say he held up the same worker both times. >> today a familiarthe atkins family will try and break the guiness world record for the largest cup of lemonade hoping it will attract more donations. >> per rules, we have to make the lemonade in a cup. so they're giving us ingredients and we're getting water and we're going to mix and hopefully find a cure. >> their daughter lilly was diagnosed with a cancerous brain

tumor at just 14 months old. now she is 9 years old and cancer free. if you'd like to take part in the fund-raiser today, visit lindenwald park between 9:00 this morning and 1:00 this afternoon. >> still ahead, people hold a rally for a young hit-and-run victim. what some philadelphia residents are urging drivers to do to prevent more kids from getting hurt. >> i do want to speak up in his defense against people calling him a child molester or pedophile. >> later you'll hear why these reality tv stars say allegations against their brother are in the past and that they've forgiven him.

i'm first alert meteorologist brittney shipp.

we are seeing overcast skies, tracking light showers heading into late morning, early afternoon hours. conditions in philadelphia 66 degrees. wind speed out of the west northwest. a closer look at the next eight hours. our temperatures are already about 9 degrees warmer than yesterday. as we head into the afternoon, we'll continue to see a warming trend. so 70 as soon as 9 a.m. by noon 74 degrees, by 3 p.m. 77 and today's highs will range between 78 and 81 degrees. full forecast coming up. >> a young boy is recovering after being hit by a car in southwest philadelphia. witnesses say the boy was riding his skate board near traffic when he was hit. he suffered injuries to his leg.

the driver stayed there and waited for police. >> he definitely did the right thing and stayed here. >> over the past three month three other children have been hit by cars in the city and each time the drivers fled the scene. yesterday a rally was head by the family of one hit-and-run victim. the driver that hit their daughter has never been found. >> why not stop and make sure they're all right. why keep going? >> the family is calling for strict are penalties against drivers who flee the scene of a crash. the time 7:11. we could see history on the racetrack. can american pharoah become the first horse in 37 years to win the triple crown? a preview of the belmont stakes is next.

wednesday's child is sponsored by the dave thomas foundation for adoption. >> i've been working with wednesday's child for about ten years and we've been able to find homes for hundreds of children in the philadelphia area. this gives them hope for a brighter future. this is wednesday's child, working find permanent and loving families for children in foster care.

we could witness horse racing history later this afternoon. the bay colt took a final gallop around belmont park yesterday. he's now the favorite to capture the third jewel of the triple crown. no horse has swept all three races since 1978. you can catch all the action of

the 147th belmont administration right here on "nbc 10 news." our coverage starts today at 4:30. >> happening this weekend, the nascar sprint cup series moves to pocono rayceway. >> let's go now to wednesday's child and we introduce you to michael. >> reporter: 14-year-old michael has a bright smile and warm heart. he loves to laugh and play. so we headed to a place where he could do all that, sky zone in maple shade, new jersey. >> michael's a really happy kid. he bring as lot of joy into the family loves playing with blocks, going out to the

community. he loves music. he knows the words to almost any song on the radio and will join in singing with you. he's a fun kid to be around. >> michael has been diagnosed with autism and has limited verbal kids. >> michael needs a lot of structured routines but he respond really well to it. >> the ideal family for michael is patient and loving. they should also be an advocate for his needs. >> an ideal family for michael would be someone who can commit to him for the rest of his life a family who is willing to learn about autism or who has experience with autism. he does well with people who like to go out in the community but people who also can have a structured schedule. >> michael is ready to share his big heart with a forever family. >> i think michael brings a lot of joy into a family. he just fits right in from the start. he helps them see the joy in little things i think.

>> michael is this week's wednesday's child. >> if you'd like to help make michael's dreams come true or the dream of any wednesday's child sponsored by the dave thomas foundation, you can search wednesday's child or call the national adoption center. >> now, your "nbc 10 news" first alert weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. >> good morning. temperatures today warmer than what we saw yesterday, finally back to our average, which is 80 degrees. then we'll go above average. and i'm tracking storms as you head back to work on monday. across the region right now, 67 degrees in reading, in atlantic 63 63 in west chester, low 60s in mt. holly, we're already in the mid 60s for dover and wilmington. temperatures are up 10 degrees in reading this morning, up 9 degrees in philadelphia and up 9

degrees as well in wilmington. a few scattered showers moving through lancaster county and we did see scattered showers move through philadelphia. as we head into your late morning hours, we'll see another round of late showers. this is closer to 1 p.m., stretching into nukeewcastle county. by 3 or 4:00 most of these showers are already out of here. we do have a weak cold front that's going to move through and help trigger some of these light showers. by friday plenty of sunshine. by monday clouds move back in and we wait for thunderstorms monday afternoon and evening with lingering showers into tuesday. 70 degrees and just a bit cooler. done the shore we'll see temperatures at 75 degrees. partly sunny and warmer today than what we saw yesterday with

a few passing showers earlier in the afternoon. and then by sunday we drop down to about 70 degrees. temperatures are going to be really nice range between 71 and 81 degrees. more sunshine toward the afternoon, warmer and passing showers expected. so a bit on the breezy side today. >> seven-day forecast shows warmer temperatures than what we saw last week and your seven-day forecast shows a warmup monday and we stay that way all next week. >> today you are encouraged to get outdoors for national trails day. in new jersey more than 30 events are planned and it sounds like from brittney's forecast it should stay that way.

philadelphia's tour de cure gets rolling in just over an hour from now. this is video from last year's event. honeys of cyclists will take part in the race to help stop diabetes. riders of all levels are invited to the event. there are five different routes available, including a three mile family fun ride to a 100-mile century ride. dozens of other cyclists will begin their 75 mile journey this morning. it starts in philadelphia and ends in sea isle city. >> are you involved in a nonprofit looking for free grant money? the project brought to you by nbc 10 and nbc universal is called 21st century solutions, the goal is to support nonprofits implementing new and innovative programs. the application is on the web

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in in yemen. more than 330 people are confirmed dead after a river cruise boat capsized in southern china on sunday. many more are still missing. crews now have that ship upright as they continue their search. more than 450 were on board when the "eastern star" overturned after being hit by a cyclone on sunday. there were only 14 survivors. >> president obama is voicing concerns about renewed fighting in eastern ukraine just before he's due to depart for a summit in germany. ukrainian soldiers faced pro-russian rebels. president obama said he spoke with ukraine's president by phone yesterday. both leaders called for them to

live up to a peace treaty signed in february. >> an amtrak train slammed into a truck blocking the track just outside of chicago. it happened yesterday afternoon. the truck was carrying of all things, 70,000 pounds of bacon. nobody was seriously hurt and none of the train's cars left the track. this all comes a month after the deadly amtrak derailment in philadelphia where eight people died and more than 200 others were hurt. the train was traveling more than twice the appropriate speed at the derailment. >> this marks the two-year anniversary of a deadly center city building collapse. the last woman rescued got to

meet her rescuer. >> i was the firearm who found you. oh, you're welcome, you're welcome. >> maria thanked battalion chief john o'neill during their meeting in west philadelphia yesterday. she was buried in the debris following the collapse at 22nd and market streets on june 5, 2013. 13 hours into the collapse and well into the night, chief o'neill found the ukrainian woman in the rubble. he heard her cries for help. she lost both legs. >> translator: sometimes it's very difficult to do what i have to do but i am thankful this person saved my life. >> six people were killed in that collapse. the demolition contractor and equipment operator are set for trial in september. they are both charged with third degree murder. right now you can read an

exclusive story with more of the first responders. they explain what happened to them that day, what they did at the collapse scene. the time is 7:27. still ahead on "nbc 10 news," we are remembering former delaware attorney general beau biden. we're just hours from his funeral. monique braxton is live with a preview. monique? >> rosemary the people you see standing behind me are here for the final tribute to the former attorney general. you're going to hear some of their personal stories after the break. >> and i'm tracking warmer conditions as we head into the start of your weekend. 80 degree temperatures today for us and similar ones as we head into tomorrow. i'll have your full forecast coming up.

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this is "nbc 10 news." >> right now the people of delaware and politicians from washington will gather in wilmington for the funeral of vice president joe biden's son, former delaware attorney general beau biden will be laid to rest today. we're live at the church where services will begin in just a few hours from now. >> a live look over center city philadelphia at the liberty tower, showing some cloudy skies out there. still we'll see some passing

showers this morning but the sun will return later on today as we warm up to the low 80s. welcome back to "nbc 10 news." i'm rosemary connors. just after 7:30 on this saturday. let's get right to the first alert weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. good morning. >> good morning. we are seeing light showers as we head into the early afternoon, clearing as expected by late afternoon hours and warmer temperatures heading into the 80s today. right now overcast skies. right now we're pretty much dry. let me show you what's going to happen closer to 1:00. we'll see another round of showers and a moderate downpour in newscastle county near cape may county. you can see see light showers lingering and then you'll see more clearing. that will set us up for a beautiful sunday. plenty of sunshine. then we track another round of storms as we head into monday

and monday evening. but temperature-wise today we'll be night and warm in the city. your shore forecast similar conditions in the poconos. >> some of the most powerful people in washington will be in delaware today, paying their final respects to the state's former attorney general beau biden, the eldest son of joe biden. monique, i can see that line behind you of people trying to get in today has grown since the last time we talked. >> reporter: that's right, rosemary. in the past hour and a half the line has stretched a block from the church. you can see the security line

outside of st. anthony's of padua. he was attorney general for two terms, deciding not to run for another term because he was planning to run for governor in 2016. we just spoke to a personal friend of the bidens. >> reporter: were you here yesterday as well? >> yes. >> reporter: tell me why you came back. >> i've known the bidens for many, many years. i knew and was good friends with his first wife nelia. i had spent some time with her before she was killed that day. so this has always been very close to me. i just really felt that today and yesterday was really important. >> reporter: as you know biden was awarded a bronze star from

the guard. he served for one year in iraq working as a military lawyer. vice president joe biden led his family in receiving both international and national dignitaries yesterday. he'll also do the same today. president clinton, as well as secretary clinton are also expected to be here. president obama will deliver the eulogy when mass begins at about 10:30. we're also hearing biden's siblings will render readings. live monique braxton, "nbc 10 news." >> for more on street closings or if you'd like to watch the service live just download or "nbc 10 news" app. >> a man is in critical condition after being shot nine times in germantown. police found a car riddled with bullets. investigators say the victim managed walk 300 yards to a

corner chinese restaurant on germantown avenue where he collapsed. >> police are investigating a deadly accident in delaware county. a car overturned near the tinicum exit. doctors pronounced the drivers dead at the hospital. >> in lehigh county police are investigating how two young girls fell from a fourth story window. the girls who are 3 and 5 years old fell about 40 feet to the street below. they are both in critical condition. police are trying to figure out who was watching them at the time of the accident. this morning the search continues of a man accused of killing his ex-girl friend right outside her house in camden county. police are looking for mike

etel. carol bowne was stabbed to death in her driveway on wednesday. investigators tell us she got a restraining order on her ex-boyfriend installed security cameras and even applied for a gun permit. one gun shop owner we spoke to said the process for obtaining protection is too slow. >> the time frame in which it's done is atrocious. that needs to be fixed. >> u.s. marshals are offering a $5,000 award for information that may lead to the arrest of michael etel. >> police are searching for this man whom they say robbed a bank yesterday afternoon. these are surveillance photos from the future -- fulton bank in harrison township.

he took off with an unknown amount of cash. >> four churches are now merging into one. the new parish will be in atlantic city and it will be called the parish of st. monica. the new parish will be formed from our lady star of the sea, st. nicholas st. monica and st. michael. the new parish will use the current star of the safe and st. nicholas churches for worship. the future of the other properties is undecided. >> we have very dynamic, thriving communities of faith because of that. in a town where you might have had four or five parishes we now have one very active lively parish that has all the resources that it needs. >> the changes will take place on july 1st. >> the state of new jersey wants a u.s. court to stop researchers from blasting the ocean floor with sound waves.

governor chris christie filed a complaint saying it will harm animals. >> happening this weekend, mumford and sons are just one. dozen bands performing in seaside height. it's part of the gentleman of the road stopover festival. thousands of concert-goers are expected to attend the festival in seaside heights. it's being held right along the beach there. some folks have been camping out overnight to make sure they get a prime seat. >> if you like to fish and you like it free, this is your weekend. officials invite you to cast your lines at several ponds in the state without a license today and tomorrow. you will still need a free

fisherman i.d. number. to get that number use the "nbc 10 news" new app or go to our web site nbcnews.com and we'll hook it up for you. >> some important news if you are a cat owner. there is a nationwide recall of cat food. it a brand that has a famous tv host's name attached to it. >> and it came out of nowhere. what happened when a flying baseball bat went right into the stands at fenway.

this is "nbc 10 news." >> at 7:42 on this saturday here is a live look at citizens bank park where the phillies will take on the san francisco giants in game two of their series. game time is 3:05 this afternoon. meteorologist brittney shipp has been telling us there are some showers in the forecast that really should not affect this afternoon's game. may be a good idea to bring a rain jacket with you just in case if you are headed out there today. at fenway park in boston it was a scary scene when a woman was hit by a flying baseball bat. the bat splintered and shot into the stands at last night's red sox game and hit the woman right in the head. the game was delayed. crews rushed the woman to the hospital with life threatening injuries. she was reportedly at the game with her husband and child. >> to sisters of reality tv star

josh duggar are defending him after admitting he sexually assaulted them both. jessa and jill told fox news they forgive their brother for inappropriately touching them. they said the incident happened more than ten years ago. the sisters told fox news that the biggest issue is not the sexual abuse but their family's private matters being made public. >> i do want to speak up in his defense against people who are calling him a child molester or a pedophile or a rapist. i can say this you know, i was one of the victims. >> this is certainly that was already dealt with. we've already forgiven josh. we've already moved on. >> authorities are now investigating josh duggars' alleged sexual abuse against the two sisters and three other family members. >> some new allegations this morning against former house

speaker dennis hastert. a woman claimed he sexually abused her late brother when he was just a teen-ager. she said he was the equipment manager for the yorkville, illinois wrestling team where hastert coached in the 70s. her brother died of aids in 1995. burdge said she confronted hastert at her brother's funeral. >> i just looked at him and i said i want to know why you did what you did to my brother. he just stood there and stared at me. i continued to say i want you to know that your secret didn't die in there with my brother. >> hastert was charged last week for allegedly paying $3.5 million for past misconduct against another student. hastert has not commented on that case. he is scheduled to make his

first court appearance next week. >> the doctor charged with corruption alongside new jersey senator bob menendez could soon be released from jail. a federal judge has ruled that the doctor will be allowed to post bond. a magistrate will set the bond on monday. the former doctor is charged with medicare fraud. he's accused of giving new jersey's senior senator in exchange for political favors. senator mennesendez has vowed to fight the charges. >> the pope is expecting to call for lasting reconciliation between christians and muslims in the former yugoslav republic. pope francis will visit philadelphia for the world meeting of families in

september. good morning. we are going to see a little bit more sunshine heading into the afternoon and definitely by tomorrow. plus warmer temperatures expected for us today, back to the 80s and storms in the seven-day forecast as soon as monday. right now we are seeing overcast skies and a little bit more sunshine trying to peek through for philadelphia. 66 degrees right now so a mild start to the morning both in philadelphia reading, even down to atlantic city 63 degrees. temperatures today will push into the 80s. that's an improvement from what we've soon. we've been below average the last couple of days. 65 in wilmington low 60s in mt. holly, right along the shore, 63 in avalon and 63 in lewis. yesterday we stayed in the

mid-70s. today we'll push to 80 degrees, which is right at average. we go above average on monday and we stay there all week. plus we track showers. we're tracking showers moving into east noting ham and showers developing in the southern part of burlington county. most of the area is completely dry. it really depends where you are. we have another chance to see spotty showers moving through in the late morning hours in doylestown. especially down the shore near cape may, right around 3 p.m. and then clearing and even more sunshine. i don't want to you be caught off guard about the showers, we just have a small wind open where we are going to see a little bit of light rainfall and warmer temperatures expected for us into the rest of today. by 9:00 a.m. 70 degrees, into

the mid 70s 3 p.m. seven-day forecast shows we'll see a high tomorrow of 78 degrees with plenty of sunshine. on monday 84 degrees. we track thunderstorms and a chance of lingering showers on tuesday. temperatures won't take a hit. we'll continue to warm up. take a look at wednesday, 87 degrees. by thursday 90 degrees and hot, another chance of showers on friday. >> thank you, brittney. we have an important recall to let you know about. if you are a cat owner, five varieties of rachael ray nutrish cat food are being recalled because of very high levels of

vitamin d. any cats experiences symptoms like vomiting muscle tremors or seizure should be taken to a vet right away. >> imagine shopping and being greeted by this sales woman. the clerk sells money's shirt, she can recommend sizes, styles and colors. she can even form a sad fact expression when it's a no sale. >> the time is 7:49. coming up in sport, ryan howard breaks out of his slump for the phils but is it enough? plus a pitcher who makes history by hurling balls and strikes both right-handed and left-handed.

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lawmakers in washington are pushing the government to stop paying the nfl to honor the military. u.s. senators want that to end. they have introduced legislation that would ban the government from using taxpayer money to pay tribute to military members at sporting events. >> why should taxpayers being paying for it when it really is in many instances a ceremony to promote the league, not to really honor veterans. >> instead the three senators are asking the nfl and other sports leagues to donate to charities supporting american troops veterans and their

families. >> the phillies started a series with the world series champs last night. a lot of home runs. ryan howard just 2 for 33. this is a slump buster. a two-run shot gives the phils the lead. justin maxwell just in time. look where this goes. second deck. ties the game at 3. phils down 4-3. franco ties the game at 4. franco with 7 rbis this week. in the seventh, the tie buster. buster posey, the center. phillies lose 5-4. >> history made last night. you've heard of switch hitters. how about switch pitchers. throwing left-handed and right-handed in the same inning for the a's.

he has to indicate which hand he's going to pitch from with each at-bat. great stuff. >> former eagles quarterback nick foles now in st. louis getting praise from his rams receivers. kenny brit says we love nick. he's adjusting to a completely new offense. he was out of the shotgun for the most part in chip kelly's system. now he's behind center in a run-first scheme. >> there's different concepts passing concepts that are similar, that have similar reads but it's a different offense. we're going to have different terminology, different things going on but that's the fun of it. i get to learn more football and it's a great offense to play in. >> the belmont stakes is today. it is now here. american pharoah yesterday at belmont getting ready, trying to become the first horse to win the triple crown in 37 years. here is his trainer, bob baffert.

>> he's still sharp. that's what he's shown us during his whole campaign that he still wants to do -- he's happy when he goes out there. he wants to go out there and gallop and have fun. that's him. >> hopefully he has fun today here on "nbc 10 news." 4:30 the coverage starts. the belmont stakes right about 6:50 once again right here on "nbc 10 news." hopefully history will be made. i'm john clark. enjoy your weekend. >> in sports tampa bay will be looking to even up the stanley cup final with the chicago blackhawks. the hawks scored a come-from-behind victory in the opener. you can see game two right after the belmont stakes here on nbc 10. >> the union side relay across america went down the steps of the art museum in philly yesterday. you can see mayor michael nutter

helping things along. the relay will end up in los angeles for the world summer gales next month. >> today marks the 70th anniversary of the d-day inversion. allied troops stormed the beaches of normandy france in the largest offensive in world war ii. more than 9,000 american canadian or british soldier were killed on the beach. by the end, they had gained the upper hand in ending nazi oppression. >> high school graduates with a valid i.d. can get a free taco. >> a 99-year-old woman in california got her college diploma as part of class of 2015. dorisa daniels is the oldest

graduate ever from college of britainnnia britannia. yesterday she achieved her goal of graduating before she turned 100 years old. >> the time right now is 7:57. still ahead on "nbc 10 news," a day of mourning in delaware as beau biden is laid to rest. monique braxton is live in delaware. >> reporter: hundreds of people are on line waiting to get into st. anthony's of padua church. we'll talk to some of them after the break. >> i'm tracking warmer weather as we head into the start of the weekend. temperatures pushing into the 80s today. overcast skies and a chance of passing showers. i'll let you know what to expect in my full forecast.

"nbc 10 news" starts now. >> the vice president's son, bow biden -- beau biden, will be laid to rest today. family dignitaries, friends are gathering at the church this morning. president obama will deliver the eulogy. we are live with a look ahead. >> we have overcast skies this morning. you may have to dodge a few passing showers today but don't worry, we expect to see the sunshine later on. >> good morning. i'm rosemary connors. it's 8:00 on this saturday. let's get right to the first alert forecast with meteorologist brittney shipp. we're not talking a washout today, just a few showers in the forecast. >> just a few isolated showers for a short amount of time.

i don't wantcfx0 you to be caught off guard. a chance of passing showers heading into the early afternoon and clearing up as we get into the late afternoon. so here's a live look outside right now. we are seeing overcast skies, a few low hanging clouds. a little bit of rainfall in philadelphia earlier this morning. right now a mix of sun and clouds, 67 degrees, humidity sat 84%, winds out of the northwest at 5 miles per hour. we're seeing just a few showers at toms river. everything else is dry with the exception of just outside of wilmington. temperatures warming back above average if it was too chilly for this last week. i'll have more details on the showers coming up in my full forecast. >> today the people of delaware and leaders from washington are preparing to pay their final respects to former state

attorney general beau biden. the funeral for the vice president's son will begin in just over two hours from now in wilmington. the service will be held at st. anthony's of padua church. monique, as we can see and hear many people are expected to show up today for the funeral. >> reporter: more than 100 people have already showed up rosemary. you can see the secret service is operating a security checkpoint and there are more than 100 people now in line stretched for two blocks from st. anthony of padua. this is a show of enormous support for senator joe biden and his family. beau biden was attorney general for two terms. moments ago we spoke to another personal friend of the bidens. >> you've known vice president

biden for decades. >> yes, i knew him as a young adult. i worked in the summertime in the court system and he was known by the judges as being one of the best attorneys. he relayed that information on to his son as being an excellent attorney. excellent attorney. >> reporter: and that's what brought you here today? >> yes. i was in line yesterday for three hours for the viewing and i didn't mind it. >> reporter: dozens of members of the national guard are also here. biden was awarded a bronze star by the guard. he served one year in iraq serving as a military lawyer. dignitaries will include president clinton and secretary

clinton. president obama will deliver the eulogy. >> for more information on the street closures in wilmington due to beau biden's funeral and if you'd like to watch the funeral services you can get all of that information on the free "nbc 10 news" news app. >> new from overnight, police are investigating the cause of a deadly accident on i-95 in delaware county. a car overturned in the southbound lanes near the tinicum exit. the driver was pronounced dead at the hospital. we are working to find more details. >> a man was shot nine times in germantown. police found a car riddled with bullets at the scene. they say the victim managed to walk 300 yard from the scene to a corner chinese restaurant on

german germantown. >> two young girls are in critical condition after they fell from a fourth floor window in allentown. the girls, who are 3 and 5, fell about 40 feet from the window. >> this morning the search continues for the man accused of killing his ex-girl friend right outside her house in camden county. his name is michael etel. carol downe was stabbed to death in her own driveway. she had gotten a restraining order against her former

boyfriend, installed security cameras and had applied for a gun permit. lawmakers are trying to speed up the process. >> it's deeply troubling. you're still going to have to go through the process but your application will get priority. >> the u.s. marshals are offering a $5,000 award for anyone with information that leads to the arrest of michael etel. >> yesterday a judge sentenced christopher miller to 16 years in prison for holding up a shoe store in toms river. it happened one day after miller was released from prison for robbing the same store years earlier. police say he also held up the same worker both times. >> today a camden county family will take a lemonade stand against cancer. the adkins family will try to

break the guiness world record for the largest cup of lemonade. the family is hoping it will attract plenty of donations. >> as per guinness rules, we need to make the lemonade in a cup. they're giving us the ingredients, we'll get water and we are going to mix and stir and hopefully find a cure. >> their daughter lilly was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor at just 14 months old. she is now 9 years old and cancer free. >> today the delaware county community will rally once again for a 4-year-old boy with special needs. in january, somebody stole nicholas' specialized wheelchair. a group of good samaritans got together and bought him a new one and today they will all take part in the easters seals walk

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good morning. i'm first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. today we see passing showers and then more sunshine. i'm tracking showers over cape may and toms river, stretching down to stratford. we're also seeing a few showers to the south of east nottingham. over the next eight hours, temperatures will continue to warm into the 70s. it's already a mild start with most areas in the 60s. today's high will range between

78 and 81 for our inland locations. if you're down the shore, some of our beaches will see a high today of 75. partly sunny with a few passing showers, warmer than yesterday and 70 degrees expected for tomorrow. >> a young boy is recovering in the hospital this morning after being hit by a car in southwest philadelphia. this happened last night across from a state park on 68th street. witnesses say the boy was riding near traffic when he was hit. he suffered injuries to his legs. the driver did stay at the scene and waited for police. >> he definitely did the right thing, took initiative and stepped up and stayed there. >> the driver may have stopped but lately that seems to be the exception rather than the rule in philadelphia. three children have been hit by cars and each time the drivers fled the scene. yesterday a rally was held by the family of one hit-and-run

victim. niesha has undergone several surgeries since she was struck on memorial day. the driver in her case has never been caught. authorities are urging people to be aware and stop if they hit a child. >> we could witness horse racing history made later on today, right here on nbc 10. american pharoah will make his ron in the triple crown at belmont stakes. he won the kentucky derby, the preakness and now he's the favorite to capture the third jewel of the criptriple crown. no horse has won all three races since 1978. coverage begins here today at 4:30. >> a political war of words. he's not a declared gop candidate yet but new jersey

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new from overnight, saudi arabia says the country's military shot down a scud missile fired from yemen. saudi media reports a patriot missile battery downed the scud a little earlier today. there were no reports of anybody hurt. this latest development could be an escalation of the war between the sunni rulers in saudi arabia and shiite rebels in yemen. we have new information now about an earthquake in malaysia. this morning rescuers recovered the bodies of nine more climbers from the country's highest mountain, bringing the total number of dead to 11. the magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit

yesterday and caused boulders to rain down on the climbers. eight more people are still missing on that mountain. more than 330 people are confirmed dead after a river cruise both capsized in southern china on sunday. many more are still missing. crews now have the ship upright as they continue their search. in total more than 450 people were on board when the eastern p "eastern star" overturned after being hit by a cyclone on sunday. there were only 14 survivors. now to decision 2016. new jersey governor chris christie is blasting hillary clinton for her new push to expand voter registration across the country. christie is calling clinton's idea for automatic voter registration at age 18 a ploy to commit greater acts of voter fraud. he says the democratic front-runner doesn't know voting

rights of new jersey and other states she's attacked. by the way-- hillary clinton accused republicans of blocking paths to voting by creating fear about election fraud, keeping the elderly, minorities and seniors away from voting. >> violators smoking while driving would have to be pulled over for a moving violation before they could be cited for smoking. >> temperatures back to 80

today. warmer today, more sunshine heading into the late afternoon hours and once again tomorrow i am tracking storms by monday. right now for philadelphia we're seeing a mix of sun and clouds, 67 degrees. winds out of the northwest at about 5 miles per hour. a few locations are seeing late showers. we'll show you that on the radar. but reading right now 77 degrees. it really depends where you are. 66 in allentown, 67 in coatesville, 60s for wilmington 68 in northeast philly and right along the shore, 62. avalon 65. our temperatures are much warmer this morning than yesterday morning. we're up 14 degrees in reading up 11 in wilmington up 10

degrees degrees mt. holly. we'll see a little bit more spotty shower activity closer to 9 a.m. and once again for philadelphia by 1:00. same thing down by cape may 1:00, 2:00 we're seeing another round of just moderate downpours. these are going to be very short lived. you don't need to bring your umbrella with you all day. we are going to see a few passing showers. it a small window between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. and that's going to set us up for a nice day on sunday. temperatures for philadelphia today at 80 degrees. our range is between 78 and 81. our wind speeds are going to stay breezy out of the northeast, 10 to 20 miles per hour. you'll notice that tomorrow we'll see plenty of sunshine similar temperatures to what we're going to see today. our overnight lows will drop

into the 50s. monday we track thunderstorms heading into the afternoon. temperatures stay above average for us. 84 degrees. tuesday still above average with lingering shower and kwens our temperatures warm up even more. hot conditions expected on thursday. we could see our first 90 degree day. by friday another chance of showers with temperatures staying well above average. >> from our jersey shore bureau it looks like the wildwoods have won the battle of the beach towns offer over atlantic city when it comes to this familiar tradition. listen. >> watch the tram car, please. >> the new tram car started echoing a few months ago and that didn't sit well with folks in the wildwoods. there was even talk of legal action. >> it has been used for us by

decades. it it is our property and how they obtained it is questionable. >> a new message with a different voice is expected to start on monday. >> today you are encouraged to get outside for national trails day. in new jersey more than 30 events are planned, including walking, kayaking, hiking and horseback riding. the weather should cooperate today. shouldn't have too many issues out there. a little bit of rain but no big deal. philadelphia's annual tour de cure is under way at this hour. this is video from last year's event. hundreds of cyclists. they'll be out there taking part in the way to help stop diabetes. there are five roots available, including a three-mile family

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the funeral for former attorney general beau biden begins about two hours from now. he'll be laid to rest in the family's hometown of wilmington. many mourners are already lining up to pay their final respect. monique? >> that's right. lines have begun forming on both sides of the street. hundreds of people on line here outside of st. anthony's of padua. just moments ago the secret service started allowing people through the checkpoint to attend

this final public tribute, an incredible show are support for former attorney general beau biden and his family. the 46-year-old passed away last saturday after fighting brain cans are. he was attorney general for two terms. everybody we've spoken with expresses their sentiment and sympathy. >> i just feel so so overwhelmed with sorrow at his loss. and i did not know beau but i certainly am convinced that he was a fine fine gentleman. >> i knew and was very good friends with his first wife nelia. and unfortunately we lost nelia. i actually had spent some time with her before she was killed that day. so this has always been very close to me. >> i was in line yesterday for the viewing for three hours and i didn't mind it because i was talking to people in line and to get inside of the church and to

be there as a part of the family, it was fantastic. >> now, dozens of members of the national guard are also here. he was awarded a bronze star from the guard after serving a year in iraq working as a military lawyer. in about two hours vice president joe biden will lead his family in receiving international and national dignitaries, including president clinton and secretary clinton. president obama will deliver the eulogy and we've learned beau's siblings siblings, ashley and hunter will speak. >> before we leave you this morning, we want to get one last check of the weather. a little bit of rain out there. >> we'll see showers once again as we head into the early afternoon hours.

then a little bit more sunshine and warmer conditions. 80 degrees for us today, tomorrow beautiful, picture perfect, 78, plenty of sunshine and then we track hot and stormy weather as we head into next week. >> that's going to do it for us on this saturday. for brittney shipp and everybody here at nbc 10 i'm rosemary connors. you may want to check your nbc schedule because of the belmont stakes. i'll see you tomorrow.

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