he asked to come to new jersey. do you know what else it was, it was two days after the worst natural disaster that ever hit my state. >> and new york. >> yes. when you're governor of new jersey you take an oath. the oath is not an oath to party, it's an oath of office. my job was to make sure that when the president came there i was courteous and respectful and i asked him for the federal government's help. if i had to do it all over again i wouldn't do anything differently. i owed that to the people who elected me governor. >> what do you say to people that maybe still believe it hurts? >> none of the polling information that came out afterwards indicated that at all. talk to mitt romney. because mitt romney will tell you it didn't hurt him. he said the storm hurt him. i didn't hurt him. it gave the president an opportunity to look presidential. but the storm did that not me. let me say one last thing. if people in this country want somebody who is going to play politics don't vote for me. i'm going to do the job

but that is what new jersey new jersey residents got from their local press about their governor today, as he announced that he wants to be president of the united states. and you know, not everybody is liked at home. mitt romney lost massachusetts by 22 points when he ran for president, right? al gore lost tennessee. but, then again, both of them lost their home states on their way to losing those elections. can you win in the country if you are really, really hated at home? and honestly, why is chris christie so hated at home? i've never really seen anything like it. but the person who knows the answer to that question, or is most likely to, at least, is our guest here next. stay with us. listen up team i brought in some protein to help rearrange the fridge and get us energized! i'm new ensure active high protein. i help you recharge with nutritious energy and strength to keep you active. come on pear it's only a half gallon. i'll take that. yeeeeeah! new ensure active high protein. 16 grams of protein and 23 vitamins and minerals. all in 160 calories. ensure. take life in. the beast

that's what new jersey transit ride remembers screaming after learning news of price hike. just how much more they'll have to pay to hop a ride. >> and did you see this, caitlin jenner takes the stage as last night's espy awards. hear her message about respect. >> good morning, it is thursday july 16th, 2016. we're still trying to crack the case on the best buy glitch that had us all excited. >> we found out through twitter could you get best buy card $200 card for 15 buck, so everyone in the news room, we started ordering like crazy, but then i got an update? >> i know, that says orders have been canceled. >> oh? >> too good to be true. >> sue. >> darn. >> did you get a confirmation e-mail? >> i got a confirmation e-mail saying yesterday my order was being processed. >> well, now it has been canceled, sue serio. >> okay, well it, did seem too good to be true. you know the rule, it probably s okay, so let's look at rainfall totals from yesterday. what a day. we had over 2 inches of rain in pottstown lancaster close to inch at philadelphia international airport. it was reall

jersey today, a lot of people her in urge new jersey -- new jersey, see, this bus stop, just outside of police headquarters here, full of people, they would like the governor to taught some success stories here in his home state rather than worrying about higher national offers like why didn't he stop that 9% fair hike that new jersey transit just approved yesterday, along with a lot of decreases in service. soap these people certainly not happy can barely afford a bus fare as it is, not having to dig out somehow pay more if someone is making more, stems like salaries not keeping up with everything else going up. chris, lauren? >> that might be the best and strongest political bro mans of all time right there, chris christie larry hogan what do you think receive? >> first of all, did he a lot for larry hogan, he knew, almost new he was going to run for president, when he was head of the governor republican association helping all of these guys get elected, so they have no choice but to turned around and endorse him. that's why you saw that yesterday. but, larry hogan certainly sounde

that new jersey residents want a governor whose going to be the governor of new jersey. you know we have the strongest ceo position in the country under our constitution. there's very little as you well know that we can do without him. you can't govern new jersey by cell phone. >> and it's twofold, right? the governor says look it is the 21st century, i and skype in call in i'm always alert to the news. but there is also the ideological thing. the governor has taken very far right positions of late which most assume are a bid to curry favor with the republican base. >> hours before he announced last week the night before he made two moves of what were indicative of whether he might do going forward. vetoed money for family planning clinics like planned parenthood and as in the past he officially said it was for budget reasons and then he went on fox news and said this was evidence of his pro life stance and second, he made two moves to limit gun regulations. made a commission to look at what new jersey's gun laws are actually constitutional. and this happens hours before

is quincy still hugging people in new jersey. >> he is still showing love to new jersey. hi quincy. >> now he is alone. >> i'm on haddon avenue knew in collinswood, new jersey and i'm spreading cheer. the chris dowell, you are from new jersey. the here's a dollar. >> boom. >> don't spend it all in one place. >> guys, spreading love in new jersey coming back. >> 1 dollar at a time. >> back to the big national story philly involve that is united terminal at philly international airport . sky fox is up and over the airport. all united flights in our country grounded, because of the computer. >>> all right. we're checking back at philly international airport where unite had flights are at the a ground stop. there is about five flights on the ground here and now faa they have put out an alert saying this is an automation issue, and they are not sure how long this ground stop will be in place but united airlines is one of the biggest airlines in the country. this is affecting 16 million pass a eveningers. >> what a total mess. >>> well, we will keep an eye on it for you at 9:40

the age of consent in new jersey 16. a 17 -year-old kid. i'm not saying is not appropriate what are they charging her with. >> if you are under the age of 18. right. maybe a little wiggle room. maybe that. >> came up with a specific. issue and obvious power dynamic. she is a teacher, he is a student. >> check out the picture. she is hot. >> teachers everywhere don't sleep with your students. guess what you are going to get caught clicks is 17 is the age of consent is anything happened to the 17 -year-old? >> as a kid, a victim. it was a woman and a male teacher the emotion would have been completely different. her father's father's answer is about the only thing you can do. we will see what happens. "high speed chase". >> take a look at these men wanted by the nypd for bashing in the head of a 45 -year-old man when he told them to stop cursing. got up to exit the train they punched him in the head and fled the scene. luckily he only suffered bumps and bruises. the foreman are still at large. please call the nypd. ♪ >> trying to head back

those are those that say when you have that opportunity in new jersey to make over the new jersey supreme court, critics say that you caved and reappointed the chief justice who is very liberal and pointed out you took on democrats and lost on that issue and question whether you would be trustworthy when it comes to appointing a u.s. supreme court justice. >> those folks haven't watched new jersey closely. what i got in return -- remember, i have a democratic senate. they have refused to nominate four of my folks. so what i did was i got three conservative republicans in exchange for one democrat. that's a good deal. a deal that i made so i could get three conservative republicans on the court. you mentioned the pension ruling before. those three republicans were in the five-person majority that upheld our pension and benefit reforms and said in their decision that the judiciary has no business meddling in the executive branches. if we had more of those justices, we wouldn't have had the same-sex marriage decision and the obamacare decision. we would have won those cases in the supreme co

power to your mouth™. >>> the polls in new jersey right now say, by a 65 to 29% margin, the new jersey voters say you would not make a good president. now, they know you the best. why shouldn't we trust them? >> they want me to stay. a lot of those people in that 65% want me to stay. and i've heard that from lots of people in town hall meetings. don't leave to run for president, because we want you to stay. >> but they say you would not make a good president. >> i think people hear the question they want to hear. >> who hears what -- people hear the what? >> still one to have the greatest pieces of failed spin of all time. they don't hate me, they don't not love me. in fact, the question that people were asked in that poll is whether or not chris christie would make a good president. and 65% of his own constituents said, no, chris christie would not make a good president. that was not a subtle way of them telling you they love you, governor. since then, new jersey voters have become even more downcast, in their view of their own governor. only 30% of new jersey residents approve of the

why do you like new jersey? >> my favorite part of new jersey is the shore. you. >> like the snore. >> yes, going down to the beach, fishing with my grandfather who lives down there. >> supposed to be at work right now. >> sorry, look, i'll give you another hug. >> guy right here eating his food. >> my name is john. >> john, why do you like new jersey? >> ponzio's. >> you love ponzio's? >> right here, we're in it. >> do you come here a lot? >> a lot, yes. >> your date right here? >> that's my date, 51 years we've been dating. >> wow, did you guys meet in new jersey? >> yes. >> you see that? >> college, another reason to like new jersey. and it is a strong union state. i like that. >> ponzio's has my favorite newspaper. >> got you, can i get a hug? >> sure. >> little hug. not trying to steel him from you. >> how are you doing? you love jersey, as well? >> lived here all my life. what part? >> right here in haddon township. >> nice. >> graduated from school. >> her name is kara. >> yes, sore. >> i does he treat you like a nice young lady that you? >> oh, absolu

let's just say it's not good news for new jersey. >>> plus the great guacamole debate. we'll tell you about the recipe that got even the president talking. kate? >> jessica, big holiday weekend is ahead and we are watching some showers and storms to our south. will they move far enough north to put a damper on your fourth of july barbecue? i'll have the full seven day forecast coming up in just a bit. >>> and the festivities surround surrounding independence day aren't always for everyone. fireworks can trigger painful and frightening memories for some. we'll tell you how one group is trying to help when "eyewitness news" continues. >>> report of shots fired sent a navy yard nation' caps toll into lock down today a mid warnings about a potential terror attack this weekend. police say a woman called from inside a washington navy yard building thinking she heard gunshots. investigators found no sign of a shooting but they did see two people on surveillance video jumping a fence just before the report of gunfire. this all happened in the same building where a gunman killed

we're on 42 freeway in deptford new jersey. route 41 all traffic moving northbound nicely and still a five-minute drive time. no problems on the bridges as pell. drive times in or out of the philadelphia area 95 to woodhaven road, no problems on the blue route from the schuylkill to 95. we have a great day ahead for flights. no problems or delays at the philadelphia international airport. mass transit doing just fine as well. tracy? >>> 4:42. happening today, one of the 16 republican presidential candidates is coming to our ro cf1 o area. >> this as we learn just how much money is being spent on gop ads. next why the price tag is already higher than the last presidential campaign. >>> plus the lengths some people will go to to try to see the pope. hear where one church group plans to sleep just to get close to the pontiff. welcome to fort green sheets. welcome to castle bravestorm. it's full of cool stuff, like my second in command... and my trusty bow. and free of stuff i don't like. and in my castle we only eat chex cereal. c

york and new jersey's port. by walking away from that, he left that entire urban area, which i might say is primarily new immigrants, people that live there are primarily low income, were already hit by sandy and the toxic waste that came out of -- he really should not base running for president on sandy. there's too much of a record out there. amy: there was the politics of it, embracing president obama and a lot is being made of this now by the pundits. and touring with him around hurricane sandy. and basically saying that romney should stay away. >> i think what he did then was -- he is a brilliant politician who sense of figuring out the things that appears to be in the public interest but also in his political interests. that is why his opponents should keep an i on him. you should not count him out. amy: let's talk about health care for a moment. christa gave the keynote at the 2012 republican national convention, drawing loud applause for comedy made about health care. >> mitt romney will tell us the hard

we have reduced visibility in millville, new jersey. it is okay at the air port so far. temperatures in the upper 60's to the mid 60's to the north of us. we have 76 degrees here in the city. seventy-two in wildwood. seventy-three in wilmington. the wind, that is part of the reason why we have fog. we don't have much wind, hardly a breeze at all it is very still out there this morning. and, will remain that way for most of the day maybe a 5-mile an her breeze here and there as we look back before we look ahead temperatures in the upper 80's the past few days and that may be hit for 80's for a while. we have 91 degrees in store for today. 95 tomorrow. ninety-three on thursday. even after a cold front comes through on thursday night we still expect to get to around 90 on friday. it will be a little less humid, and every little ounce of that will make a difference in your comfort level and then we will stay in the 90's through the first week end of august saturday and sunday and even on monday it stays steamy. so this next heat wave could end up being an extended one that i

no problems for new jersey transit or patco. on the schuylkill expressway sun glare, you can see it in the top right-hand corner of your screen. this is around montgomery drive. all leans are still doing okay starting to see the volume headed eastbound towards the center city area. still, only a 12-minute trip in total if you're headed eastbound from the blue route towards the vine street expressway. coming up in the next ten minutes, more new jersey cameras. >>> the celebration continues. the world cup champs get a historic parade to go with their historic win. live in new york city as the city gets ready for the ticker tape parade. >>> and parking woes. the philadelphia parking authority doesn't give anyone a break, not even the city school district or a city school district bus getting the big yellow boot. >>> just about 6:15. given the boot. look at this video. a philadelphia school bus was booted in west philadelphia by the parking authority for unpaid tickets. no students were on board. the school district paid the tickets

most of new jersey and delaware. we go into friday a little cooler possibly around 80 degrees, i think the rain chance should stay far to our south. the best chance of rain will be saturday into sunday. you probably heard of lyme disease, you need to know about other problems from ticks. >> that's straight ahead. and then all new at 6:00. >> her name may not be that familiar to you in south jersey. you may start seeing more of her. we go one on one with the lieutenant governor the day after governor christie's big announcement i'm whoopi goldberg and new york is my home. there's no place like it in the world and no better place to lean about the people who shaped who we are today. hear about the lives of slaves in colonial new york and about the fight to abolish slavery. pick a stop on the underground railroad and visit the home and grave of one of new york's most controversial citizens. a journey in new york is a journey through history. plan you next trip at iloveny.com/summer. there's something for everyone. . >>>

host: there is a line for new jersey colors. paul is in new jersey. you're on the air. caller: i'm always curious. a lot of republican nominees always talk about america being tough but they never really define what that means. somehow -- are they talking about having a draft? mobilizing one million people and going to war? they are constantly talking about how obama is weak. host: that is the tone you picked up from governor christie's message today? caller: yes. he uses these words tough and strong and we have to be number one. in the row world what does that mean? tough? does he want to send his kids over and fight? it is not a very -- it sounds good but it does not have any real meaning about the reality. look at vietnam. caller: one view from new jersey. let's hear from a lane in colorado-- elaine in colorado. caller: hello. i just wanted to say that i support governor christie 100%. i am so thankful that he decided to run. i have been praying for him. i am going to work as hard as i can to help them. i am very supportive of his strong stance and how he wants to ma

in new jersey right now say by a 65% to 29% margin the new jersey voters say you would not make a good president. (laughter) >> jon: an let me remind you those people live in new jersey. so their expectations for good governance is always already just bottom bar incredibly d-- 65% of residents of chrisiest's home state think he would suck as president. let's hear some straight talk from chrisiest about what that means. >> a lot of those people, that 65% want me to stay and i heard that from lots of people in town hall don't leave to run for president because we want to you stay. >> jon: that is the saddest thing i have ever heard. (laughter) no they think i would be great, they don't want me to leave-- no, she said she broke up with me because i'm too good for her. that's why. she said i deeverybodied someone better. that's why. her words not mine. she was all-- i'm not [bleep] your friend because i want to. it's-- here's your real problem, governor. this is straight talk. (laughter) all right. it's not that new jersians love you too much to let you go it's that you've already finished

about teachers in new jersey. the u.s. department of education says that state can keep using a new evaluation system for teachers. the system has been in place for the past two school years. teachers were evaluated through classroom initiatives, observation and student grade improvement and standardized testing. the vast majority of teachers rated as effective or highly effective. those with lower marks will get extra help. >>> and jessica boyington with your first alert traffic this morning. we're watching a disabled vehicle taking out the right-hand shoulder on 95 southbound around the betsy ross bridge. volume headed through the work zone in that direction. we're losing out part of the left-hand lane on either side due to that construction. just coming up in a few minutes, we'll check in with more drive times and update you on the scene on 95. let's get a check on the forecast with meteorologist bill henley. >> that's a live view from center city. 69 degrees at 6:25 and we're warming back into the 80s. what is

jersey to make the new jersey supreme court your critics say you contained and reappointed the chief justice who is very liberal. they point to that as taking on the democrats and you lost on the issue and question what you would be trustworthy when appointing a united states supreme court justice? >> those folks have not watched closely. what i got in remember, remember, i have a democratic senator, so they have refused to nominate four of my folks so what i did was i got three conservative republicans in exchange for one democrat. that is a pretty good deal. it is a deal i made so i could get three conservative republicans on the court. you mention the pension ruling? those three republicans were in the survive-person majority that upheld our pension and benefit reforms and said in their decision the judiciary has no business meddling in the business of the executive and legislature branches. if we had those justices and more of them we would not have the same-sex marriage decision we had last week and we would not have had the obamacare decision. if the chris christie judges were

jersey and william patterson who was the guy who came up with the new jersey plan. and william patterson is in energetic discussion with jacob broom and i gather of all of the statues in the room, broom is the only one for whom an image didn't exist so the artist had to imagine what his face looked like but everyone else is represented according to contemporary pictures and patterson proposes the new jersey plan that each state will get equal representation and that is great for states like new jersey whose vote counts as much as big states like virginia and new york but as can you imagine, virginia and the larger states weren't happy with that. so what to do. it looked like an irreconcilable clash. and fortunately, as was so many times at the convention, someone proposed a compromise. and that was roger sherman of connecticut and so let's go look at him and see what he came up with. the connecticut delegation is here. and i have to apologize ladies and gentlemen, because whenever i think of roger sherman i can't help but think of that great musical 1776 and roger s

he's wanted for robbing a new jersey business with a shotgun. they considered him armed and dangerous which is why at times they kept their distance. once ritter is processed on charges here in southwest philadelphia, he will be taken back to new jersey where he faces charges there. reporting live in southwest philadelphia, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >>> again, this was a wild chase that crisscrossed two states, throw counties went back and forth across the delaware river a couple times. we'll map it out for you here just so you can see why it lasted so long. bear with me. this is oakland, camden county. it started here police were chasing him, he goes across the walt whitman bridge down into south philadelphia around the sports complex gets back on 95 goes back across the walt gets on 295 and he kind of takes a dip over here. goes up the black horse pike in camden, towards around camden through gloucester city 42 south, heads 42 south and that's when he went to the deptford mall parking lot. he sped through the parking lot with shoppers there. g

but i expect this might be expanded because what we see going on in new jersey. so let's get right to t ultimate doppler our sweep shows another crop of thunderstorms just popped up in salem county, new jersey, and headed into gloucester and camden counties. so we look at the directions of these storms, everything is moving toward the north-northeast. there is your flashflood warning in effect until 8:30. a lot of lightning with the storms, and soaking soaking rains, let's take away the lightning so you can see down in salem county, new jersey, these pockets of very heavy rain we've got one that is casino of straddling the delaware river thereon both sides of the river in new jersey, and in pennsylvania, in delaware county and camden and gloucester counties, then this heavy rain in moppet gum are you county now bucks county as well. and they're having their own share of rain in reading pennsylvania, as well. soap, we are all getting a little something. if you haven't yet, you will before the end of the day. 68 degrees in pottstown, six after mount pocono, 72 degr

you're not going to get all that much at the southern tip of new jersey. just an isolated shower possible this afternoon. nothing like what we saw yesterday. during the day today, partly sunny and warm middle to upper 80s this afternoon with winds up to about 15 miles an hour. the chance of showers and thunderstorms looking more likely for tomorrow and for friday. and i can't rule out a late-day shower and thunderstorm on saturday. but most of the day will be dry for the fourth of july. partly sunny skies and 81 degrees. turning warmer will be in the upper 80s, flirting with 90 degrees early next week. sunday and monday 88 degrees after a morning low of 69 tuesday with partly sunny skies, hitting a high of 90 tuesday afternoon. >>> a few minutes before 5:00 on this wednesday. already some problems out there on the roads. >> jessica, what are you seeing? >> oh, man, it's a mess out there so far for the morning. we're on the schuylkill expressway right now. we're still seeing an accident investigation under way. you can see they actually had the lanes blocke

jersey since announcing his candidacy. >>> meantime new jersey's unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level since 2008. now at 6.1%. the report by the bureau of labor statistics also shows private sector employers have added more than 23,000 jobs during the first half of the year. >>> from our delaware bureau it appears public school students in delaware will not have the choice to opt out of standardized tests unless lawmakers take action because governor jack markell has vetoed a bill that allowed them to skip common core exams. >>> 4:25. a family is scheduled to raise money this weekend in honor of their son who is deaf and virtually blind. little henry norton suffers from usher syndrome, a condition that affects his hearing and his vision. his family is having their third annual fund-raiser this sunday from 11:00 to 5:00 at the flying w airport in medford county. it's not only the event that the family has planned this year. there are more as well. >> we have a christmas party coming up for kids because assigning santa is not always at the mall. santa can sign with these children.

♪ >> new pictures for you from the new jersey couple of twins born. they took the baby whenever just about five months pregnant and went into labor abroad. once when has passed away. little hayden grace is alive and still fighting for her life. hearing from the family regularly. still raising money. if you can if you can help them we have all the information on our facebook page. go find me .com/twins in portugal. we are glad to see the new pictures. bill: you are chasing a story about a bodybuilder who was killed. a stray bullet. >> rafael angelo a 51 -year-old competitive bodybuilder. very fit. that same strength may be the reason why he was put in harms way and shot in the back by police. i chased the story to a gym in brooklyn where medicine also by the name of rafael who told me this was his father's favorite hangout. he and his family are suing nypd for $25 million. they allege law fails rafael showed up to help a friend who was being attacked by her ex-boyfriend. they believe that police asked the bodybuilder to break down the door. >> please d

ever new jersey transit just double down. what do you do when your daily commute drives you over the edge? panic attacks, anxiety fear of the power going out. these anxietiesthese anxieties exist. three days of hell is commuting has not helped anybody. the psychiatrist who know something about commuter stress. there isthey're is a way to be at piece while riding the subway. she showed me some of her to. >> always keep a bottle of water with you, especially in the summer. there are some things you can do for taking a deep breath and policy and letting it out slowly. >> i triedi tried it will breathe then three times, breathe out three times. ♪ millions of people are riding mass transit in new york and new jersey everyday a little stressed out on your morning commute try some of these tips. tweet us what you do when transit stresses you out. ♪ >> trenton leads the way nationwide once again. the category is crappy roads. >> the great garden state, worst roads in the nation. >> absolutely. >> that is what it says. >> absolute

that's against bus rules and state law in new jersey. it happened aboard a new jersey transit bus traveling from trenton to trenton saturday night. you can see it here. an nbc 10 viewer also exposed this private bus driver apparently texting while rolling along the new jersey turnpike. the commuter aboard new jersey transit asked us not to show her face because she has to ride that bus every day. here's what she said. >> it made me angry. i wanted to yell at him like what are you doing? if you're committing yourself to driving people to and from places they have to go you have to do it safely. >> now, a new jersey transit told us that it sends undercover supervisors on routes to ensure that rules are being followed. the agency is investigating this case and promising swift and appropriate action. >>> for the first time now, we're hearing from philadelphia's archbishop about a montgomery county catholic school that fired a teacher for her relationship, her same-sex marriage. archbishop charles chaput said the acad may acted with character

we coordinate with new jersey, pennsylvania state police and philadelphia police. fortunately with the helicopter up, it makes it easier on us. this pursuit lasted two hours back and forth into two different states. it could have been a lot worse. fortunate time of the night, areas where he is traveling and on monday night were not a lot of people on the road. it worked to our favor n coordination through the radio rooms is important here in the new jersey even and fill and he. radio room dispatcher did great and most importantly helicopter communicating down to the ground units works perfectly. these are not easy things to do when you have multiple agencies involved but state police, philadelphia police, oak lynn, new jersey all did a nice job bringing this thing to a conclusion. >> reporter: once out of the van, not hurt teabag bad. guy in the tiki barber giants jersey robert writer from blackwood at the end of route 42 near the start of the atlantic city expressway, originally wanted forearmed hold up with the shotgun in gloucester town ship on sunday. that pit

in new jersey, more than 42,000. in delaware more than 50,000 would be impacted. >>> we have new information about a pennsylvania senator's plan to protect students from predators. the senate voted unanimously in favor of senator pat toomey's proposal. his child protection bill would require background checks for all school workers across state lines. it would also stop the practice of shuffling known predators to different schools. the proposal is part of a larger education bill. that bill will have to again pass both chambers. >>> police in chester county want to know who stole three american flags from coatesville, part of an independence day celebration put up along east lincoln highway. they were supposed to stay in place all week. two flags were taken from in front of the cool bar. the third was stolen from in front of the masonic lodge. >>> good news for veterans in montgomery county. free shuttle service to veterans administration health care facilities begins july 20th. the shuttle will operate four days a w

we called new jersey transit for a response. at this point we've not heard back from them. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> eight minutes after 5:00. the temperatures are coming down so is the humidity. clearing skies, the storms are already gone. the last few clouds are move through the area. we'll see sunshine not only today but this weekend with the humidity staying lower. but it's set to make a comeback with a chance of more showers and thunderstorms next week. right now, clouds over reading and philadelphia broken clouds, 74 in philadelphia cape may is at 75 degrees and will be in the 80s this afternoon. you can see the pocono mountains, this is the view looking past camel back this morning. more and more sunshine, those clouds will be moving out. don't forget your sunglasses today. you'll certainly need them with bright sunny skies now, just about half an hour away. the storms yesterday, they're way offshore. we're done with them. and the temperatures will be climbing. typical summ

thank you, new jersey. thank you. thank you to livingston. lots of people have asked me over the course of the last week why here? because everything started here for me. everything started here for me. the confidence, the education the friends, the family, and the love that i always felt for and from this community when i decided to make this announcement, there was not any choice. i had to come home and livingston's home for me. [cheers and applause] i want to thank a dear friend of my mom's and wonderful representative of this town for welcoming us here today. and i want to thank my friend -- some of you may be confused. it may be you thought she was being booed by her high school classmates. she was not for reasons i will not explain. her nickname in high school was "the juice." hence it is not a boo. it is the juice. i am here because this is where my family raised me. you have heard a lot about my mother and father. all of us know that for good and for bad, where we come from is from our parents. and so you heard sheila and lynn talk ab

from new jersey. meteorologist bill henley will be along with his forecast in just a moment. >>> the secret service will begin installing sharp metal spikes on the white hou[e!fence. it's a temporary security measure to prevent would-be intruders from climbing all over the fence. the spikes remain in place until a long-term change is design. the work is expected to continue for about six weeks. >>> official ground breaking ceremony for 9/11 memorial is happening today at the bucks county justice center in doylestown. a 20-foot tall two-ton beam from the twin towers was donated to bucks county by the travis manion foundation. the foundation was started by the mother of a marine who died in iraq in 2009. >>> district attorneys from northampton, lehigh and berks county announced mvp, maximum victim protection. it allows electronic panic buttons which are being donated to abuse victims at no monthly fee. >>> a am proud to announce my candidacy for the republican nomination for president of the united stat

. >> good afternoon, in the news a man is accused of attacking two child welfare workers in new jersey. >>> and former president, bill clinton is in philadelphia for the final day of the naacp convention, live report of the details of his address. >>> and flooding caused by heavy rains, some roads are under water and covered with floating trash in atlantic city over in absecon we found a homeowner with flooding on the first floor one of her cars got stuck on the road and people ran into high water wherever they turned. >> i when to the mall up to white horse pike and back, it was a mess, it took me an hour to get home. >> flooding is just part of the issue overnight hundreds of lightning strikes hit the region and karen rogers is in for david murphy standing by with the latest for what we expect for the rest of the day. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan showing at this point we have 364 lightning strikes in the area but they are currently off the coast where the storms have gone, trenton and wilmington light steady rain and storms blossoming to the south we can go close to this south

and then 9:00 to 11:00 across portions of new jersey. so lets take a look at what the storms are doing right now. starting off here on storm scan three. they have intensified in the past half an hour. they were fizzling here, weakening as they moved west of state college and now coming east into portions of new york state capitol right up toward poconos. storms are intensifying and forming that line and that hook shape that we have been looking for. split is right now just about to enter into lancaster county where a severe thunderstorm warning is in place. that is yellow that does include portions further north and york county, dauphin county and lancaster county. wind 60 miles april hour with this. it is moving at 50 miles an hour. so this thing is tearing across the region. by 5:56 it will be in york. 64:00 in lancaster. 6:32 in springam. by 6:37 we spending these storms to get in reading and after seven or 8:00 o'clock into the city of philadelphia. biggest threat is damaging wind and torrential downpours severe thunderstorm watch is

but new jersey is getting socked here. now, we have some showers and thunderstorms now from trenton all the way to the shore. extreme southern new jersey is not in it. but this area has been hit the hardest. salem to cumberland county it's hour after hour of this heavy rain. in the last couple of hours, we've seen it develop closer and closer to philadelphia here. here's the delaware river. so you can see in cherry hill they had some really heavy rain. a couple inches. now it's tapered off. at least now. but now we have other cells building up near philadelphia. what's happening is these storms are what we call back-building. so instead of tracking up to the northeast, they redevelop back to the west and then move over the same area. this is what's happening in pittsgrove, as you'll see. tremendous amounts of rain already. and more developing back to the west. so, they're not done with it. now, in philly we've got one cell right over center city that's drifting up to the north, but more in delaware county, now in marion. t

we will check in with ongoing construction, though, on new jersey roads coming up.

news for those new jersey. penn station is back on track voltage cables. the restriction limiting the number of trains in the hudson river tunnel has been lifted. >>> we are waiting for word tonight on what caused a driver to lose control in a deadly jersey. the toyota was on the exit ramp at around 3:30 this morning when it ran off the road. the car smashed into a pole and flipped over. two 21-year-old women were ejected and died. two others survived. >>> a not guilty plea from the accused gunman in the charleston church massacre. dylann roof faces 33 federal hate crime charges on top of nine counts of murder. his new attorneys told the federal judge in south carolina today that he wants to plead guilty to the federal hate crimes charges but he will not do that until federal prosecutors decide whether they will seek the death penalty. cincinnati police officer who shot and killed a man in a traffic stop will be the only one charged. ray tensing is charged with murder and voluntary manslaughter in the july 19th

. >> we're doing a check on new jersey roads where most roads in new jersey are doing a bit better than say the schuylkill expressway parts of montgomery county and chester conte as well. on 295 around the black horse pike we are moving through the work zone here. it's not active theft.kctive at this point. the roadways are damp. we're start it see volume on both sides. southbound from 38 up towards this point at the black horse pike that's what we're dealing with, no real problems there. out the door on the 42 freeway. everything moving along just fine. 55 up toward the walt whitman bridge, you can see the rain falling in the distance. cherry hill we're watching for ongoing construction on route 07 westbound between south cornell and mcclelland. as for the rest of the area bridges we did look at the walt whitman bridge no problems there. the tacony palmyra and the burlington bristol is clear. >>> we're getting numerous reports of flooding in montgomery county because of the storms that are sweeping through our area this morning. nbc 10's monique braxton is live in storm force 10 in pot

you cannot govern new jersey by cell phone . we have pay juror problems here whether we are talking about underfunded pensions depleted transportation trust fund the fact that we have a higher unemployment rate than any other state in our region. big, big problems. we need a governor here to be negotiating face to face across the table, not by cell phone. >> a cynic would say you didn't like him before. you don't like him now. he's running for president, so you are trying to hamper his ability to run for president. what's your response? >> i'm trying to make it easy for him to run for president. resign and run for president. you touched on something equally important to the absences to the major issues that we have here. that's how christie is appealing to the very ultra conservative premier ary voterer the in the republican primary. that's not the average resident in new jersey. we see it all the time. you talked about the issue about pregnant pigs. i would like to talk about the issue of access for women for reproductive healt

is this going to be about living in new jersey? because we have a whole audience of americans. >> no. but to look at this on a bigger scale. unemployment going on in atlantic city specifically new jersey. >> the unemployment is lowest since 2008. even with the awful things that have happened in atlantic city, which were naturally going to happen. what we've done is the state has taken over with a special district policing the boardwalk and marine area. came has gone dawn significantly in those areas. we need to move from a gaming-based system to a resort-based system. that's what we're moving towards and making progress. the last bit is the municipal government there borrowed much too much money over the last 30 years and in huge debt. if you go down and look at it the last three months in those eight casinos that remain gaming revenue has gone up. >> let me just jump in here. >> then can we get kimberly in? >> excellent question. i wanted to raise the issue of immigration and sanctuary cities. i come from san francisco. i was a pr

the new sports complex in the works. >>> a pair of new jersey legislators think governor christie is spending too much time out of state campaigning for president. >> thousand they have a plan to do something about it. nbc10's brian thompson reports. >> i mean what i say and i say what i mean and that's what america needs right now. >> in the week since he made his big announcement governor christie has been in new hampshire running for president as much or more than he's been in new jersey. now, two state senators want him home more. and. >> and when he is back we want him taking care of the needs of the state of new jersey not some other state and not republican primary voters. >> so senators ray less knack and row bet ta weinberg will soon introduce a bill requiring any governor to resign his post if he or she runs for president. we found some support at a diner in woodbridge. >> the state of new jersey needs all the help it can get. >> i ran into perth amboy's mayor and she agrees. >> he was electricitied by the people in new jersey and therefore he should spend more time here in

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new jersey transit tells us itq ; &háhp &hc% sends under cover supervisors onk÷8ç)íñ routesi= o makeja'n sure rules are followed. most passengers say rule /,j breaking is not common. >> i've never seen it, honestly. in all the times i'm riding i've never seen it. >> reporter: new jersey transit says violations like this are quite rare. they're now investigating this case and promise swift and appropriate action. the new jersey transit says safety is its top priority. that driver could end up facing suspension or even termination after the agency's review. a review that will include a look at the cameras on board that bus. i'm george spencer, nbc10 news. >>> it's been two days since the notorious drug kingpin known as "el chapo" escaped from a maximum security prison in mexico and still no sign of him. today, authorities gathered at his home that is the beginning of the mile-long tunnel guzman used to escape. federal authorities busted one of his drug rings moving through the small smoke town airport in lancaster county a f

the pride of delran new jersey is front page news. >> carly lloyd blocks. >> her influence on team usa and her hometown is unmistakable. when mike ott toes's mother was diagnosed with breast cancer carly gave him a jersey. >> she hand delivered a jersey to my house. real special. >> the same pride at the universal soccer academy. young girls trained by carly are rooting for their hometown hero with all their hearts. >> it makes me excited because my family loves her. >> the director of operations is james gulanis. carli says she owes all of her success to her personal coach. >> i definitely would not be there if it weren't for him. >> he's currently in europe we caught up with him via skype. her coach always knew a day like this would come. >> she's worked hard. she's come back and is on the brink of being the best player in the world. >> she texts and talks to her coach three times a day. >> it would be the first thing she wrote for me i got this. and i'm ready for the next one. >> very cool the flyers found their backup goalie. jim, let's send it back to you. >> speaking of flyers of