jessica: yeah, yeah. so we're actually noticing that a lot of individuals who are receiving calfresh are actually individuals who are also working. but these are individuals who are, regardless of their effort to work, they're still not making ends meet. and this is where benefits like calfresh and other food bank programs, which are completely free, would come into play. they would come into play in the sense that they would complement where there is a gap. so they would--it would help them eliminate the decision process from having to choose whether to purchase food or whether to pay rent, whether to purchase food or buy shoes for their children. so these are key factors that are taken into consideration. and like i mentioned with cost of living increasing, it's very important that we let our community know that these resources are available. not only that, but there's a huge connotation that if you receive calfresh, you may not receive other food bank programs. in reality, that's wrong because you may

now jessica has the traffic. we've had some problems already. >> yeah we -- actually we're just looking at the blue route just a few moments ago where we did have a road closure. traffic allowed to be moved through the area but we are dealing with a major backup behind the scene. blue route on the northbound side. vai, i'll have a camera to look at the backup. first, we'll start on 95 around broad street. that's in the southbound lanes here. you can start to see reduced visibility. it's currently a 19 minute backup. if you do have to head out the door and catch a flight earlier we had up to an hour delay for the philadelphia international airport. defarthering flights. currently no delays. out on 42 in new jersey you can see rain falling heavily behind the scenes here. southbound currently no problems. northbound is typically where we see that delay from 55 up towards the walt whitman bridge. still a 5-minute trip out in new jersey. we are still dealing with sinkhole emergency construction repair in berlin. white

i took jessica back into the kitchen, and i made a tourniquet for jessica's neck because i stabbed her in the neck. i wanted to know why she done what she done, why she killed my child. and i will say this, she never admitted it. >> the next morning jessica's brother arrived and discovered the bodies. knowing that blanchard had threatened and harassed jessica after the two split up, he identified blanchard as a suspect and police apprehended him within hours. later, blanchard pled guilty as part of a deal to avoid the death penalty. >> you don't feel that you should have received the death penalty? >> i believe that's for god to answer. if god would have wanted me that, then i would have got that. do i believe because i took another person's life that i should die? no, i don't. >> why isn't it up to god to decide jessica's fate? why did you take that opportunity? >> obviously, it was their time. i can't answer that. >> do you still believe that they all deserved to die? >> i would honestly answer yes. yes. i believe that they done something to me that i couldn't live with. it would hav

for even more. >> i would just says as jessica is coming to the marching there are a lot of rules and regulations on this books in san francisco so it is a body of knowledge that respond does need to understand that tenant themselves may not understand so our goal role to make sure that it is an informed consumer about what they are rights are and i couldn't help but when we were - i read number 7 what came across my mind we're not paying for anything illegal we've seen most of that that took place in front of city hall your visited of notified to those to make sure that recent part of what the older american act says to make sure that older adults are informed; right? of their rights and their responsibilities that come with being a person in our society but also there are those governmental place where decisions get made if you don't show up your point of view may or may not be heard and so number 7 is about having the ability to organize people so they show up and expressed their opinion but i'll let jessica those are my thoughts i looked at those two. >> before we give jessica the

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let's get a check of the traffic with jessica boyington. i'm guessing it should be mostly smooth sailing. >> mostly on the majors we're doing just fine, rosemary. cherry hill route 70. you can see if you're headed northbound or southbound, no problems. typically where we jam up in the morning times are the southbound sides headed towards the 42 freeway. still only about a 12-minute trip. we still are dealing with downed wires out in greenwich township on exit 17 which is harmony road, that exit ramp is closed. you can follow local detours throughout the area. we're also watching an accident scene out in chestnut hill. use stenton avenue to get on by. >> thank you, jessica. >>> last year two pennsylvania state troopers were ambushed and one of them died. next where pennsylvania drivers will soon be seeing a constant reminder about corporal bryon dickson's sacrifice. >>> it's a crime of historic proportions. the search is on out west for the vandal that destroyed these dinosaur tracks thought to be 165 million years old. >>> the pennsylvania

jessica boyington is watching that. what's the latest jessica? >> a fluid spill out in boreden town township. some police activity on the scene. that fluid spill is just at the end of this off ramp. all cars being dye vermonted away from it on the southbound side of 295. we'll keep you upgraded as the morning progresses. debris spill blocking out the center lanes. traffic squeezing by to the left or to the right of that scene. as we go out the door here to east counties watching for a disabled vehicle to come. >>> 10 after 6:00. bill cosby's representatives take action in connection with a court case years ago in philadelphia. we'll tell you what the lawyers do not want people to psy. >>> i'm monique braxton. what does equality mean? when this exhibit opens on friday we'll preview it after the break. huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know genies can be really literal? no. what is your wish? no...ok...a million bucks! oh no... geico. fifteen minutes could save you fift

jessica boyington standing by. jessica? >> bill, we are watching the schuylkill expressway right now. we have a disabled vehicle

first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. jessica? >> moving or not moving really bill, as we head out the door to 95 around cottman avenue. earlier this started to jam a little bit with typical volume for the morning hours on the southbound side. we additionally are dealing with an accident scene just up ahead past this point. over in the left-hand lane there's two vehicles involved. 32 minutes, from woodhaven toward the vine street expressway. a pretty hefty drive time as well. the northbound lanes are doing better. we're still dealing with downed wires that are closing the off ramp. exit 17 at harmony road. that's from last week's storm. pay attention to the local detours through the area. to you to us mention -- we'll check in with mass transit coming up in the next ten. >>> we want to get you back to breaking news out of gloucester county. skyforce 10 is live over the scene at this fire at a business in south harrison township really an industrial park area. state road 45 and monroeville road. as you can see, there's smoke coming

jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. we are on route 202 right now where we're battling sun glare right around the schuylkill expressway. also we're seeing sun glare on the schuylkill, different parts of 95. we check in with new jersey in just a few minutes. we send it over to bill henley to get a check on today's forecast. >>> looking good outside, jessica. bright sunshine that sunshine will stay with us through the day and the temperatures that are in the 60s and 70s right now with less humid conditions will warm into the 80s this afternoon. that's a sunny view from the pocono mountains which is headed for the 70s. >>> robbed and left for dead. nbc 10's matt delucia is live in philadelphia's olney neighborhood with detail on a brutal attack overnight. matt? >> that victim is in extremely critical condition here at einstein medical center this morning. what he was able to tell police before losing consciousness. i'll have that, next. >>> this is a man philadelphia police need your help to find. he's accused of stealing

we have jessica boyington who's going to fill us in. >> jessica, where is it? >> we're out in new jersey. we have a lot of reduced visibility in new jersey. wet roadways there as well. you can see a vehicle accident here. crew on the scene trying to get it out of the way. 295 on the black horse pike. on the northbound, that's where less volume tends to accumulate. they're working around it on either side to the left and to the right and police activity there as well. we'll definitely keep you updated oen that and the backup on that scene as well. we also are dealing with the accident taking out the center median on the blue route approaching the schuylkill expressway. police activity on the scene as well. out towards the philadelphia international airport you can see rain in the area 7 minutes north or southbound from name mess road on the blue route. if you are taking a flight in the philadelphia international airport, currently no problems and weather-related delays for any of your flights this thorng vai. >>> thank you, jessica. a flash of lightning caught o

jessica? >> we're starting to see a little bit of volume pick up on the schuylkill expressway around girard avenue. the drive times are doing okay. if you are headed eastbound, the headlights are headed eastbound toward the center city area 11 minutes or 12 minutes eastbound or westbound toward the vine street expressway. the accident on the pa turnpike between willow grove and bensalem. out in philadelphia we still are watching lincoln drive northbound. that's blocked due to a downed tree at

jessica boyington standing by. jessica? >> bill, we are watching the schuylkill expressway right now. we have a disabled vehicle around montgomery drive over in the right-hand shoulder. there's not a lot of volume squeezing by the scene. just something to watch out for. an 11-minute drive from the vine street expressway up towards montgomery. there is a downed tree blocking some lanes between montgomery avenue and millcreek road. the downed wires in new jersey on 295 in greenwich township blocking the off ramp for exit 15 at tomlin station exit 16 at swedesboro road and exit 17ç at harmony road. mass transit, septa, no delays patco, no delays for new jersey transit, still service suspended between atlantic city and philadelphia. >>> new information on breaking news out of france. french authorities say they've opened a terror investigation after one person died in an attack at a gas company in southeastern france. we've also just learned several more people are hurt. french media reports a car burst through a security barr

let's get your first alert traffic, jessica boyington is standing by. jessica? >> bill, we're looking live at

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the board, jessica. >> katy you touched on patco. we'll touch on septa. we're dealing with a major suspension fox chase, paoli/thorndale and between thorndale and malvern. you can take the wilmington/newark to get through the area. we just looked at the patco, that's suspended due to power outages. out in philadelphia, bell monday the avenue north and southbound at monument road is being blocked by a downed tree. in new jersey we're still dealing with this debris spill and speed prestriction onrestriction on the new jersey turnpike. that's exit 3 runnemede and the delaware bridge. >>> nbc 10 spotted this storm damage early this morning in center city philadelphia. this tree crashed dunn on several cars parked on the 2400 block of lombard street. overnight, nbc 10 was also on south street in philly where peco crews were busy working on downed power lines near 24th street. peco is working to restore about 184,000 outages in the five-county region. some people will not get power back on until friday. the city of philadelphia by the way

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more updates to come. >>> thank you, jessica. a new car share program is ujju)jr'to high gear this morning. next a proposal that would let you buy a car and make some money renting it out. >>> plus expanding mass transit through delaware. the plan to offer a new way to get in and out of i would wilmington. >>> congress is looking into possible safety measures for train transportation. following the deadly amtrak train crash in may, there are serious concerns about train control and passenger safety. so today the house transportation subcommittee is scheduled to hear witnesses from federal bureaus and railroad companies about the matter. >> honoring the effort ofs those who rendered aid. several philadelphia hospitals were presented with certificates in recognition of their work following last month's deadly derailment. the ceremony took place at temple university hospital, one of several medical centers that sprang into action immediately after the crash. >> in the midst of this disaster, the philadelphia health care community st

let's get your first alert traffic, jessica boyington is standing by. jessica? >> bill, we're looking live at the schuylkill expressway right around girard avenue. everything is still moving along just fine. you can see the roadway is damp from the earlier rain. if you're headed eastbound, an active work zone. things to watch out for on the shoulder. still a 13-minute trip from the blue route to the vine street expressway. the blue route, everything is great and dry there as well. 14 minutewç headed northbound or southbound from 95 up towards the schuylkill expressway and mass transit, a great alternate for the morning. we're not dealing with any delays on septa, new jersey transit or patco. we'll check in with new jersey coming up. tracy. >>> 5:31. firefighters are on the scene of a house fire in germantown with the reports of someone trapped inside. firefighters tell us the situation is too dangerous for them to try to get into the house. nbc 10 was on the scene at floyd avenue. the fire broke out around 1:00 this morning. firefighters had to use axes and bre

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jessica boyington with first alert traffic. jessica? >> and bill we are watching the vine street expressway right around 24th street. so right over here is where you have the 30th street station, starting to see brake lights around the curve. headed towards the schuylkill a three-minute drive time head westbound from 95 up to that point. 422, currently no problems as well. eight minutes. if you're headed eastbound from 29 towards the schuylkill expressway. out in new jersey we're still dealing with the residual effects of the storm. we have a ramp closure on 295, exit 17 and a road closure outside of that exit on greenwich township harmony road northbound and southbound between 245 and highway 44. chestnut hill still watching that accident investigation. stay stenton avenue to get by. we'll check on mass transit within the next few minutes. >>> a pregnant woman is fighting for her life after she was shot in philadelphia's west oak lane neighborhood. her unborn child did not survive that shooting. matt delucia is live at einstein medical

back to you guys. >> we'll have more on that downed tree jessica. we have more video into the news room. this is lower marion where trees are blocking ashridge road. there is no word on what caused the street to fall but there was strong winds in the area and storms. >> police are searching for a suspect from an armed robbery at a pizza shop. here's to the explorers. those diagnosed with cancer who didn't settle for just one opinion on their diagnosis or recommended treatment plan they explored their options. and discovered a new level of empowerment. at cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia, that's what we do-empower our patients with a comprehensive second opinion. and because time is of the essence, we do it a single one day. explore your options with a one-day second opinion. learn more at cancercenter.com/eastern. >>> we're live in longdale. police hoping that surveillance video will help them catch a man wanted in connection with a robbery. they pulled a gun and tried to rob a pizza shop but an off duty officer was inside. love i

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what's it looking like jessica? >> we're quite so far, dealing with ongoing construction in many different spots. we're starting off in new jersey around the black horse pike. this work zone not active at this moment. you can see lane restrictions on the south and northbound side. still no problems just moderate traffic throughout the area. 13 minutes if you're headed southbound from 38 up to this point at the black horse pike. additionally on 295 in greenwich township downed wires that are closing exit 17's right arm which is harmony road due to last tuesday's storm. you can pay attention to local detours through the area as well. we're dealing with construction on the delaware memorial bridge closing one lane. that will be out there until 5:00 p.m. between carnie's point and new castle, delaware. no problems for the walt the ben or the tacony palmyra if you're heading into the city. >>> time is running out to apply to win free money. nbc 10 and nbc university are giving away grants to local nonprofit organizations

let's get a check of traffic, first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington standing by. jessica? >> we are watching the schuylkill expressway so far this morning around montgomery drive. everything moving along just fine still a 12-minute drive time from the vine street expressway to the center city area. u.s. 1 southbound between stony bank and thornton road still being blocked due to fallen power cables from tuesday night's storm. greenwich township on 295, we have exit ramps closed due to downed wires. exit 15 at tomlin station, exit 16 at swedesboro road and exit 17 right around harmony road. as for mass transit, we're doing okay for septa and patco. new jersey transit still suspended service between atlantic city and philadelphia. >> this morning, more than 48 hours after a severe storm blew through our region tens of thousands of people are still without power. peco says more than 15,000 customers do not have electricity. pse&g crews tell us about 4,200 of their customers are affect. atlantic city electric has the most outages just under 70,000. and more than 230 delmarva c

jessica boyington is in the first alert traffic center. what's going on out there, jessica? >> we're looking live at route 309 around the p.a. turnpike. not a car in sight. things are moving along just fine. i am getting word of an accident on 422. i'll tell you all about where that is, coming up. >>> nbc 10 first alert weather breaking news. >>> at 4:30 this tuesday morning, dangerous heat and rising humidity and the threat of severe storms all three are ahead for our tuesday and nbc 10 is giving you a first alert before your start of the day. >> and preparing for the pope. nbc 10 is live in rome this morning where we're learning new details about the plans for the pontiff's visit to philadelphia in september. >>> good morning, this is nbc 10 news today. i'm rosemary connors. >> i'm vai sikahema. our weather team has issued a first alert today. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley for an explanation. bill? >> vai, the temperatures will be building, even faster than what we saw yesterday. we were in the low 90s for

jessica can be heard to call to her mother. you could not widen the well she was in, and you couldn't come in at an angle. >> they drilled a shaft parallel to the one jessica fell in. you had to drill a parallel well that someone could get through. >> the rescuers are making progress literally by inches. >> it was scary. >> lord help us always to remember that we're in your care. >> this is a gripping story, because it's about a helpless little baby who had a name. who had family there, with a whole community gathered around, trying anything they could to get this baby out. it's a great story. >> flood lights have lit the backyard. >> as the hours went on, you thought the chances of her surviving were less and less. >> ratings took a huge jump, people are calling their mother-in-law, hey, turn on cnn. people who had never watched cnn before, are going to cnn. >> a two inch hole was drilled into the carve earn where jessica has been trapped since wednesday. >> in midland texas, they're in the final stages of what appears to be t

jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. watching schuylkill expressway where we're not seeing change in drive times but a disabled vehicle on the right-hand shoulder. crew on the scene trying to get that out of the way. 26-minute delays for arriving flights for the philadelphia international airport due to weather. we'll check in with mass transit and delays there coming up. for now, over to meteorologist bill henley for a check on today's cloudy and rainy morning. >> there you can see the clouds over center city starting to break a little bit. now they're filling back in. that's how it will be this morning in and out of clouds and in and out of showers. a bit of light rain is just starting to move back into philadelphia. you can see some heavier downpours in chester and delaware and into delaware county this morning. >>> we're following breaking news of two house fires in two different locations. nbc 10's matt delucia is live for us at the montgomery county fire where fire crews are just now packing up. matt? >> reporter:

jessica boyington, how is it looking out there? >> as you know we've been battling fog this morning in parts of new jersey and bucks county and right now we're looking at route 1 around pine street, the visibility is really poor here throughout the area. we're going to check drive times and see how that's doing coming up. >>> we could get our first look in just a little bit of three of four suspects wanted in connection with a home invasion and robbery. we'll have more on that coming up after the break. >>> rushing water in the wake of heavy rain parts of our area say it's the worst flooding they've seen in decades and more rain is on the way today. nbc 10 first alert weather radar shows the next round of storms. that's not the only weather threat. take a look outside this morning. temperatures in the 90s today and some schools are already taking precautions to protect students from the heat. it is just about 5:30. good morning, welcome back to nbc 10 news today. i'm traydy davidson. >> and i'm chris cato. philadelphia public schoo

jessica boyington is watching all of the roads from the first alert traffic center. jessica? >> bill we're looking live at the schuylkill expressway right around the vine street expressway. they just had some crews and signs blocking the entrance towards the vine street expressway removed. we might be picking up that work zone a little bit early. we'll check in with more drive times, coming up. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >> the first alert radar is tracking showers to end the week. we're looking ahead to a soggy weekend. but tens of thousands of people will wake up today without power once again. nbc 10 is live with how the outages are impacting those who never even lost electric. >>> good morning, this is nbc 10 news today i'm denise nakano. >> and i'm rosemary connors. a lot of people will have to rethink their weekend plans with this forecast. let's get details from meteorologist bill henley. >> we are starting off with wet weather but the heavier rain will wait for the weekend. the showers right now are isolated in new jersey cape may is dry. the showers are just to the

jessica? >> we're in a work zone on 295 where we're not dealing with a whole lot of volume by the area but two lanes getting by. they're starting to clear that work zone out of the way. blocking off part of that right hand shoulder as well. you can see drive times 13 minutes from 38 up towards this point at the black horse pike. still really no problems just something to watch out for. we are watching a vehicle fire out in dublin as well in west pennsylvania avenue. use some caution out traveling through. a disabled vehicle on the ramp from the blue route southbound to the schuylkill expressway. now, as we look at the rest of our drive times through the philadelphia area, no problems into center city area. on 95 at the schuylkill and the blue route, no problems headed southbound there. >>> today, we could learn if the amtrak engineer was using his cell phone at the time of the deadly derailment in port richmond. u.s. investigators will reveal the findings after the ntsb releases the latest rep

let's check in with jessica boyington. she's keeping an eye on the traffic out there. >> we are checking out the 42 freeway. right around the atlantic city expressway. no volume today, really throughout the area. elsewhere in new jersey on 295 on the northbound side in mansfield township there's an accident scene blocking the right-hand lane, right at columbus road. out in north coventry closing 422, this accident scene between 100 and 662 westbound. follow the detours with the police activity throughout the scene. on the pa turnpike, moving along just fine. 22 minutes if you're headed westbound or eastbound from route 1 up towards valley forge and an accident scene southbound right around mascher street. >>> now your first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 76 degrees, 6:18. the temperature hasn't budged. the sun is up. the temperature will start moving up. we're headed for the 90s for the third day in a row. 77 degrees and it's muggier, the humidity right now 84%. that's going to make it feel like it's in t

right now a check of traffic with jessica boyington. >> good news today. we have been dealing with ongoing construction where they blocked off all traffic in the east and westbound sides right around broad street. you can see everything moving just fine. drive times okay. westbound from 95 towards the schuylkill expressway three-minute trip so good news there. 95 schuylkill or blue route no problems. center city area no incidents to talk about there. if you're out in cherry hill new jersey route 70 heading westbound between soldier cornell avenue and after the lexington avenue one lane getting by and we will check in with mass transit coming up in ten minutes. >>> philadelphia police are looking for a teenage girl who they say bolted from the passenger seat of her father's car late last night. the search is focused in the chestnut hill section of the city. police are following leads in the area of germantown avenue and cresheim valley road. matt, what are the police telling you now? >> reporter: police gave us that update 30 minutes ago telling us they are

unusually pretty good at this time. >> what's going out on there, jessica? >> we're doing okay so far. a check on 95 these are our cameras on top of cottman avenue. southbound right over here just through a work zone that's actually inactive. taking out that right-hand shoulder but all lanes open. traffic moving through the area just fine. south from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway about a 13-minute trip. if you're heading out the door on to 95 in delaware, no problems there as well. the drive times, northbound or southbound from 295 up toward 495 about a ten-minute trip or under. if you're heading into philadelphia this morning on any of the area bridges currently, no problems for the betsy, the ben, the tacony palmyra, the walt is doing okay too. back to you guys. >>> more philadelphia pools open for the summer a little bit later on. >> we'll show you the latest spots where kids can soon cool off. >>> most of us try to stay away from snakes. we'll tell you why these people were seeking them out this weekend. >>> search and rescue crews in new

let's check in with jessica boyington. earning your pay today, jessica. >> you know what it's funny. i'm doing a different report every single time i come on because i have so much information, so many downed trees and wires and so many traffic lights out. out in philadelphia something else that just popped up bell monday the avenue north and southbound around monument road there's a downed tree blocking the area over there. in middletown township u.s. 1. southbound between stony bank road and thornton road fallen power cables as well. in merion city, there's a downed tree as well. out in new jersey tons of traffic lights are out or malfunctioning. medford road on route 70 and main street berlin between route 30 and 561 and washington township, route 42 and cross keys road. voorhees, route 73 and crescent. we'll check in with mass transit and the problems going on there. >>> a baby pool in cheltenham township is closed after parents say it left their kids with cuts and scrapes. an nbc 10 viewer sent us these pictures of hi

heading out the door right now jessica boyington is watching your first alert traffic. problems out there this morning, jessica. >> we're starting to see a little bit, bill out in west philadelphia we're dealing with the multivehicle car crash. three vehicles actually involved. that's closing a portion of haverford avenue between 41st and 42nd street. injuries involved there as well. police activity on the scene. there's going to be an accident investigation in the area for quite some time. we can get you around that as we head into our maps. haverton avenue closed between 41st and 42nd. to get around that take market street or lancaster avenue to move through the area. in new jersey the tacony palmyra bridge was schedule for an opening earlier. just closed right now. volume moving through the area. if you want to be safe, take the betsy ross bridge. that's doing just fine. out on the p.a. turnpike moving along fine as well. the drive times, 22 minutes from route 1 to valley forge. a great alternate is the new jersey transit or thepatco. >>> new information on the searc

don't think jessica boyington could have warned us about that one. dead flies were piled as high as two feet in some places. i don't know she has a fancy graphic to describe a fly pileup. >>> police in north jersey used lethal force to take down a bear that wandered into the backyard of a home during a yard sale. officers shot and killed that black bear after getting a 911 call yesterday in plainfield. officers put out an alert to neighbors telling them to stay in their homes until they could track down and kill the bear. >>> wet weather overnight and more on the way. low clouds over center city with rain not far away. i'm tracking thunderstorms as well. right now it's a steamy 74 degrees at 4:23. jessica boyington in the first alert traffic center. >> looking live on blue route around macdade boulevard. a water main break in west philadelphia. i'll tell you about those closures coming up. >> nbc 10 live on the scene of breaking news in montgomery county right now. a home caught fire about three hours ago. nbc 10's matt delucia just told us a few min

let's check in with jessica. >> we're doing okay. typical volume starting to develop. what we have here -- hate it when this happens. delaware route 1 you can see in the distance somebody's boat tipped off the back of their trailer around 273 not causing major problems. southbound by the scene. something to watch out for in the meantime. we're seeing jams in normal spots. headed eastbound with an 11-minute trip opposed to the normal six or seven and bucks county watching that downed tree with police activity closing river road. that's between old ferry road and point pleasant pike. you can take toll gate road to get by that scene. this sunday ben franklin bridge closed from 6:00 a.m. to 7:30 for road work. watch out for that. only an hour and a half. you should be fine. >> bill warned us that we're in the middle of what could turn out to be a heat wave. takes three days in the 90s to reach one of those. today is going to be a burner. katy zachry is live for us in center city. >> reporter: we've had one day in the 90s. today is expected to reach temperatures that we saw

will let's go to jessica boyington with all of the roads around the delaware valley. good morning, jess. >> good morning, jesse. we are looking at a spot close to where he is now. you can see some road ponding and wet situations here. this is the schuylkill expressway around the vibe streetvine street expressway. give yourself extra time because there's a lot of ponding and potentially dangerous and slippery conditions. you can see that taking out part of the lane. as we head out to look at the rest of the drive times, no problems on 95 or the blue route and 95 on the schuylkill expressway. there is a transformer fire out in west conshohocken closing front street east and westbound between bella domingo road. >>> a couple of breaking stories following overnight happening now both of them fires. delaware county live picture here. nine people are out of their homes this morning. they had to evacuate after fire swept through five row homes in chester. this is a live scene in chester. this started around two hours ago on bickley place there. coincidentally coincidentally,

jessica boyington in the first alert traffic center. jessica? >> we're seeing slippery conditions and a few accidents starting to pop up as a result of that. we're on the 30 bypass with a downed tree around 340 blocking lanes here. they are diverting cars off to the side. take lincoln highway to get through the area. on 422 through montgomery county you can see lightning and rain in the background here eastbound is where we typically see the delay in the morning hours. from 29 up toward schuylkill expressway doing okay. we are watching an accident scene in valley forge road and allentown road and that water main break still in west philadelphia north 52nd street and westminster avenue. take haverford avenue to get by. >>> we're following breaking news out of montgomery county where firefighters have the upper hand on a house fire. nbc 10's matt delucia is live on the scene with the latest. what can you tell us matt? >> reporter: just within the past few seconds we've seen some of the firefighters going back to their trucks starting to pack up an

jessica? >> thanks matt. in and out of the philadelphia area not a lot of volume all across the four. we can see some damp and wet roadways. vine street expressway, 24th street completely empty of volume. that's okay. westbound towards the schuylkill expressway still a three minute trip from 95 and two minutes eastbound towards 95. no problems there. just something to watch out for if you're heading out the door into the center city area. southbound from woodhaven road to the vine. currently no problems from the schuylkill schuylkill expressway to the vine. currently good news from the philadelphia airport. we'll definitely keep you updated as the morning progresses. >> of course from the latest forecast and rain conditions and road conditions as the rain moves through, count on the "nbc 10 news" app. before you leave the house you can check the first alert weather radar for your neighborhood and your route to work. >> 4:04. breaking news out of camden county. fire officials are investigating three suspicious

nothing crazy like that to report, right, jessica? >> not yet. don't get any ideas, anybody, either. we've out on 95 another cottman avenue, slow no big issues to talk about, 13 minutes if you're headed southbound. that's the southbound side right here. we are losing the left-hand shoulder with cones in the area. nothing really setting anybody back. 13 minutes from woodhaven road to the expressway. out in chestnut hill still watching an accident investigation scene out on germantown avenue east and westbound is closed between bellsville road and northwestern avenue. take stenton avenue to get on by. >> we showed you the guy that jumped the traffic bridge. don't do that. we also tell you not to drive and text. >> big problem out there. well check out what a passenger on a bus witnessed. take a look. this happened during a trip from philly to new york. we'll tell you what nbc 10 uncovered about the driver and the bus company. >>> and brand new information about philadelphia and smoking. new research shows what's helping people here in our area kick

good evening to you i'm jessica dean. chris may off tonight. >>> the philadelphia school district is already taking action tonight because of the intense heat tomorrow. all public schools in the city will dismiss earl alt noon. meteorologist kathy orr is live outside on the cbs3 sky deck with more on hour double dose of summer like weather. kathy? >> it's amazing and summer doesn't even start until the weekend, jessica. you can feel the oppressive humidity out here right now. it's only going to get worse. it's still warm across the delaware valley. right now in philadelphia, temperatures are still holding on. we're looking at numbers that are high for this time of day. 83 degrees in the city. 80 wilmington. rain cooled 71 with recent rain in trenton. you can see even 79 degrees at the ac airport this is what it fees like. 88 in the city. it feels like 80 open in wildwood. 83 in dover. those are the feels like readings but look what happens tomorrow. in the morning even at 9:00 a.m. it feels like 90. in dover and by the ea