Stanning by for the press conference from the philadelphia fire department. Live in the frankford section of philadelphia, nbc 10 news. Right now at 5 00, let the long drive home begin. Stormforce 10 is headed back to the shore along with hundreds of other drivers. As you can see, its a soggy trip. Look at conditions right know from the shore to philadelphia. The city and parts north and west were dry most of the day, but now more areas are seeing rain. Its a wet end to the weekend. We also got a break from the hot temperatures. Glen has your neighborhood forecast. We got an official heat wave, three days in a row, and at the shore, it did not get into out of the 60s today, and the rain is steady. For example, take a look at dover. The back emg of this has not quite gone up there, and theres evidence that its actually moving out. Its going to take awhile. This is happening very, very slowly, but it was pretty much a warout during the day today at the shore. It rained hour after hour after hour from Long Beach Island to cape may into delaware, and you dont have to go that far inland to have it end. From philadelphia, dry, allentown dry, but theres a line of thunderstorms. Now, that is moves southeast. Its not racing to the southeast, so its not exactly going to be coming in in the next hour or so. It is getting a little closer to allentown over the next couple of hours. May very well get in there. The futurecast shows that by 7 00. Some of the leading edges of that get into the Lehigh Valley, and as it approaches philadelphia, it weakens. There may be rain for part of the phillies game, but it looks like they may be able to get it in without anything too heavy going on. There is more rain in the next week, and ill point that out to you coming up in just a few minutes. Looking forward to that, glen. Thanks. Ready to head home from the shore or waiting on someone who is, southbound traffic is picks up along the state parkway. In fact, its sluggish. This is a live look at the toll plaza in somers point. People making their way on the wet roads, and storm force 10 is among them on the road. The crew left ocean city about 4 30 traveling north on garden state parkway. Appears they will be approaching the ac expressway. Well continue to follow the progress and as nbc 10 George Spencer shows us, its a wet trip start to finish. Reporter well, you win some, you lose some of the for the optimists out there, keep in mind how nice it was to start this memorial day weekend. Things have definitely gone downhi downhill. Wet and gray into the holiday. Here in ocean city, its been a mostly con stability light rain. We found a few people out and about on the beaches and boardwalks. Most, though, dressed more for rain than swimming or sunbathing, and it seems like the bigger crowds, many of them headed out early with lines of traffic headed away from the shore just as we were headed down late this morning. For the businesses, though, the beautiful and dry days at the end of last week and start of this weekend were mostly enough to give the unofficial start of summer off on the right foot. A lot of people we spoke with acknowledged that memorial day weekend can be one of the dicier weekends, holiday weekends weatherwise. That is certainly proving to be the case out here. The good news at this point, at this point in the year, there are plenty more weekends to enj enjoy after this one. Trips to the beach and barbecues are a fun way to celebrate, but the real meaning of the holiday is honoring those who never made it home. A wreath of red, white, and blue flowers, a simple tribute this memorial day. Placed at the holy redeemer cemetery in memory of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Here in montgomery county, a musical tribute for a local soldier who died on the battlefield this year. Visitors laid flowers at Valley Forge Historic National Park in remembrance of mark small of collegeville. He died fighting in afghanistan back in february. In montgomery county, one maps story inspired a new memorial to those who never came home from war. We are live in flowertown with the toirt story. Reporter this memorial lists names of those from the area who served and lost lives in battle. The brother of one spoke here today, and those who organized the tribute say its those words who inspired this new tribute. It happens every year. The traffic comes to a stop. For just a little bit, to remember those who once lived here. Bear with me as i tell the story. Reporter this year, richard takes the microphone, not on his own, but because he was asked. My brothers life ended 50 years ago. A medic in vietnam, his brother used to walk by the memorial every day as a kid. None of us could have imagined that one day his name would be on the wall. Reporter at 20 years old, he died serving his country. When those who organized this memorial heard his brother tell skips story, they knew they wanted him to speak today. And then a new idea was born. We created posters with information and pictures about every kia and mia on the war memorial here. Reporter taking a year to gather information about those who once lived in the town who served their country proud. The men who died so young. You know, he was just getting started. A lot to live. And that picture tribute is for all to see at the Springfield Township Public Library unveiled here today. People can stop in and see it for as long as they wish. At 6 00, not just remembering the fallen, but welcoming home the war heros. That part of the coverage, again, tonight at 6 00. Live in flourtown, nbc 10 news. A mission to save his dog cost the philadelphia man his life this memorial day. It appeared the 67yearold man jumped into the creek to rescue his dog, but he ended up drowning and the body found this morning in a creek along a walking trail off of the road. The police later found at dog at the owners car. Meanwhile, fallout continues after a boy falls into a gorilla enclosure this weekend at the cincinnati zoo. A Response Team shot and killed the gorilla saying it was their only option to save the child. Nbc has the latest on the growing push for the boys mother to face charges and a warning now. Some of the video you see may be difficult to watch. Cell phone video captures the horror at the zoo. A small boy inside the enclosure for ten minutes, at times, protected, and others, dragged around like a doll by a 450 pound western low land gorilla before officials made the decision to put the animal down. We did not take the shooting lightly, but that childs life was in danger. Reporter today, a handful of mourners gathered for the 17yearold gorilla. Im here to make sure people remember that the gorilla lived his life in captivity, and he died for no fault of his own. Reporter a backlash on social media since the incident. More than 150,000 signed a petition calling for the boys mother to face charges, but police say that wont happen. Calling the situation an unfortunate accident. The family released a written statement saying, we are so thankful to the lord our child is safe, home and doing just fine. We extend our heart felt thanks for the quick action of the cincinnati zoo staff. We know this was a very difficult decision for them and they are grieving the loss of their gorilla. The gorilla exhibit is closed. Zoo officials expect it to reopen next weekend. Jay gray, nbc news. And we checked with the philadelphia zoo today about how their animal enclosures are set up. The gorilla exhibit has floor to ceiling glass, and Officials Say no one has ever fallen into an exhibit with an animal. The staff telling us theyve been talking to their kids about safety after seeing the video from cincinnati. We was talking about it in the car, we have to be really careful. Shes 4 years old, and i cant imagine losing sight of her for a minute. Reporter in a federal inspection last year, the zoos main wolf enclosure was not sufficient to protect the public so the zoo immediately added extra fencing. Texting and driving, a pennsylvania driver admitted she was doing it before a deadly crash, but the victims family says shes not the only one who should be punished. This is not about my dad dying. This is about making his legacy to save lives. How the family goes after two men who were not even in the car, and what it could mean for others who send Text Messages to people they know are behind the wheel. Plus, the Vice President spends memorial day in delaware. How he pays tribute to his late son, beau biden. Going up, comcast is building a new tower in center city, and were giving you exclusive access. Well show you what it takes to build 60 stories from scratch. Thats coming up on nbc 10 news at 5 00. Today, the iraqi army began an operation to storm fallujah, isis strong hold near the capital. Fighting was fierce 30 miles from baghdad employing snipers and mortar rounds. They began the operation last week. The first move was tightening its siege around the city. Now its begun a direct assault. Back in 2014, fallujah was the figure iraqi city to fall under the control of isis mill tamts. In washington, d. C. , the National Park service held an observance at the world war ii memorial, payer tribute to the more than 400,000 americans who gave their lives in world war ii and 16 million who served in the armed forces. A dozen world war ii veterans laid wreaths and remembered their falling brothers and sisters. Students visiting from a school in Southwestern France read personal tributes to American World war ii veterans. Stepping up efforts to pay tribute to the soldiers of Operation Desert Storm. A planned memorial approved by congress and president in 2014. The National Desert storm war memorial is still millions of dollars shorts, and the group says it needs at least 25 million to get started. Americans and global citizens that visit washington, d. C. Will be able to know the story of Operation Desert Storm and now how important it really was, and it was not just the 100 hour war that a lot of people refer to it as. Asking where its going to go . The group is considering two sites. One is by the lincoln memorial, and the other near Arlington National cemetery. Memorial day mean politics and focus on the americans who serve and sacrificed in the u. S. Military. Nbcs Political Correspondent has the latest from washington. Reporter at the tomb of the unknowns, president obama laid a wreath saying we owe a debt to the thousands laying nearby in the military. Truly after the fallen heros gave everything to get their battle buddies home, we have to make sure our veterans get everything they earned from Good Health Care to a good job. Reporter the woman who wants to be commander in chief marched in a parade in new york. She has to worry about winning the close primary contest in california against bernie sanders, then uniting the party. Sanders campaigning in San Francisco is not ruling it out, but insisting if he wins california next week, he can still get the president ial nomination. Mark my words, if we come out of the Democratic Convention with the nomination, donald trump is toast. [ cheers and applause ] reporter trump in d. C. Yesterday with Rolling Thunder bikers warning backers that some trump opponent talk about a third party run by a conservative like mitt romney. Nbc news washington. Now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather with chief meteorologist glen hurricane schwartz. Well, muggy overcast conditions for parts of the delaware and Lehigh Valleys. Nbc 10, battery park and old new castle where folks walked along the delaware river, and they were rather fortunate youre in between rain areas. This one related to Tropical Storm bonnie, but she fortunately went up the coast and made a right turn, and thats taken much of the rain away from northern delaware, philadelphia area, and points nort and west. Finally, this is going to be moving out tonight. You can see starting to do that, and the rain is much, much lighter, but its still raining. Its been raining all day. From Atlantic City down to cape may, down into southern delaware, and its been pretty dry across the i95 area, points nort and west, and even sunshine in the Lehigh Valley, and now theres a line of thunderstorms thats moving right in that direction, so places that have been sunny all day are likely to see some rain during the night tonight. By the way, see your own sevenday forecast here at the bottom of the screen. Scrolls by constantly. You dont have to wait for the end anymore. A wet night in the area for some parts, and you can see this area coming in our direction, but it weakens as it does. Getting closer to philadelphia, we do expect rain over a good part of the pennsylvania counties, but the later we get to the night, more likely it is to weaken and turn into just some patchy light rain so i think the phillies will play into the night tonight, and, finally, drying out at the shore. Sunshine and 80s returning to most of the area tomorrow. Not at the shore, of course. Fox chase at 89 tomorrow with partly sunny skies. Lansdale 87. Allentown 86 and shun. Reading 89 and shun shine. At the shore, not as warm. Warmer than today, 76 degrees in avalon, and were going to be seeing, look at the warm temperatures up towards the Lehigh Valley. 84 degrees in reading. 86 in lees port. 86 in white hall. 85 in bethlehem. Its a beautiful sunny day up in so some parts of the area, but awful in other parts. The jersey shore, of course, had the awful weather, but things improve tomorrow. On wednesday, thursday, its a little bit cooler, but still probably dry. As you can see, its a lot cooler than the philadelphia forecast that is coming out. And the tenday outlook, philadelphia 88 tomorrow. Remember, three days in a row of 90 degrees, thursday, friday, and saturday. Wednesday down a little bit. More comfortable. Comfortable on thursday. Wisconsin coming in off the ocean, keeping the temperature down. Disturbance comes in friday and into saturday. Maybe even lasting into sunday. Its not a steady rain we look at our a total washout, but it looks like theres a chance of rain, and then back to near normal temperatures next week. Thanks, glen. Texting and driving is against the law, but what if youre not in the car . A new lawsuit in pennsylvania me wants to punish those who send the Text Messages before the deadly crash. What the lawsuit could say and if it holds up in court. A big surprise in the big apple. Why today gave a south jersey girl a birthday shell never forget. A lawsuit in pennsylvania raises questions about who can be held responsible for app accident. A firefighter killed by someone texting and driving behind the wheel. And now his family is not just suing the driver. Nbcs joe friar explains. Reporter when it comes to technology, courts are driving over new legal grounds. At issue . Can someone sending a text message be held responsible for an auto wreck even if they are not in the car . The larger question here, like with alcohol, is how society wants to deal with behavior that might be okay in one place, but becomes dangerous on the roads. Reporter the case centers on daniel, a retired fire chief and navy veteran killed in 2013 leaving behind his wife, mary lou. Its lonely. Its the little things. Reporter his motorcycle struck by a car driven by someone who was texting. He was a great husband, a great father, a good grandfather, the best. Reporter in criminal court, the driver pled guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter and illegally texting while driving, but in court, the family wants a message of their own, suing not just her, but two others claiming they were texting her at the time of the crash. This is not about my dad dying. This is about making his legacy to save lives. Reporter its still early, but for now, a pennsylvania judge ruled the suit can proceed. He points to a new jersey case where the court found the sender of a text message can potentially be liable if an accident is caused by texting, but only if the sender knew that the recipient would view the text while driving and thus be distracted. Its a very high bar. The person has to know they are texting with someone who is driving and continue to do it. Reporter the pennsylvania judge notes its possible the two men may not have known she was operating a Motor Vehicle at the time of the text messaging, and one man argues theres no proof he knews she was driving, and an Attorney Says even if we assume he knew or should have known she was driving, he did not encourage her to read the message. The family is very well aware that at the end of the day, this case may turn out that maybe the sender of the text did not necessarily know. And that was nbc reporting. The defendants in this case declined to comment for the story, but both ask a judge to dismiss the claims against them. As for that previous case in new jersey, the courts actually ruled in favor of the defendant saying in that situation, the perp who sent the text to the driver could not be held liable for the accident. Next at 5 00, he is the Vice President , but today joe biden was also a father paying tribute to his late son. How delaware honored beau biden this memorial day. A live look at uss new jersey in camden. Dry and wet conditions in the area on this memorial day, and more areas could see rain tonight. Latest update for your neighborhood next at 5 00. This guy was ready for the rain today. Look at that yellow raincoat. A soggy memorial day in cape may county. This is ocean city. Theres a big difference from the shore, though, to the suburbs. Here, a drier scene at Valley Forge National historic park in montgomery county. We found quite a few families enjoying a holiday outside. Many areas dry throughout the day, but the nbc 10 first alert radar shows more neighborhoods seeing rain tonight. Lets go to glen, and, glen, just a few hours left of the holiday weekend. Hows it looking . For parts of the area, just fine. You get close to philadelphia or wilmington or trenton and surrounding areas, its mostly dry tonight, but raining all day at the shore. Theres a little bit of rain coming up towards northern delaware and philadelphia area, but thats light, and if there is any that comes in, it should be light. Main area of rain, as you can see, is starting to move overshore. Its raining in Atlantic City into northern delaware, but that is moving out. We have a line of strong showers and thunderstorms. Its still well west of the Lehigh Valley and berks county, but it is moving in that direction. Well keep an eye on that. Saturday, official heat wave, third day in a row of 90, yesterday, 87, and so far today, 79, and 88 degrees tomorrow. We jumped right back up, but thats temporary. It was warm already in the Lehigh Valley with the sunshine all day, and in parts of the philadelphia area, we have more sunshine than others. 77 degrees at the ancient right now to 79 degrees in fox chase. A little more Sunshine North and western portions of the city. Now, as we go through the night tonight, generally dry in the philadelphia area, light rain from time to time, and nothing too heavy. Pa suburbs a similar story. If theres any rain, its general ri going to be light. Lehigh valley, showers have thping, maybe a thunderstorm, and it continues to rain at the jersey shore for several more hours, but by tomorrow morning, its out of here. Ill tell you what to expect for the rest of the week coming up. I like that, thank you, glen p. Turning to the roadways, you may not like this, a live look at i95 in south philly, you can see its not exactly your typical rush hour mess out there. Its pretty clear, as a matter of fact. Smooth sailing in the garden state parkway. This is just north of the cape may toll plaza. This is the scene near mile marker 19. Of course, as we talked about, the rain there, slick on the roadways. Yeah. George spencer is headed home from the jersey shore, joining us live from storm force 10. George, you left the city an hour ago. Where are you now . How do the roads look . Reporter not bad conditions out here, keith. A lot of people making this same trek today, and its been mostly smooth. This is what were seeing on the roads right now. You see conditions are good, and weve dried out. Are just past the point where it narrows down to two lanes. We left ocean city at 4 20 this afternoon, hit delays as we were northbound on the garden state parkway, but here on the expressway at 5 00, really seems like the biggest crowds were actually headed back in this direction when we were going down this morning, so so far, so good. Were live along the ac expressway, nbc 10 news. All right, george, well touch base with you, thanks. Biden was in delaware to mark the memorial day and to also help honor his late son. Nbc 10 tim furlong is live with more on todays tribute to beau biden. Tim . Reporter tough day for the bidens, they had a Family Private mass today, and then they came here. Beau biden in the delsz National Guard. The billing and facility now bearing his name. Thank you for embracing our beau. Reporter biden struggling today as emotions completely understandable, a year ago today, losing his son. Beau biden lost his battle with cancer. We decided that the best way, the best way forward is to focus on the things that beau would have been doing if he had had a few more years. Reporter thats why today they came to new castle to help the National Guard name the headquarters in beaus memory, joining the guard at 35 years old, and today, we met soldiers served with here and while deployed to iraq. How you say loving, compassionate, patient, understanding, forgiving, redemptive, on and on and on. Reporter insight about the bidens and handling the loss. They appreciate the love from friends and strangers from around the world. The Vice President joked that beau whispered that the family should be honoring others, not him on memorial day. I whispered back today, and that hes right. It is memorial day, but everything, everything here everyone knows about beau was he devoted his whole life to his family and other people. Reporter and back live now, not a huge event or heavily publicized, but it was open to the public, and like in dover when beau biden was laid in honor last year, the Vice President stayed until every Single Person who wanted a handshake or hug got one. Dozens of people became u. S. Citizens today on a special ceremony of the uss new jersey. I will support and defend 38 people raised their right hands taking oath of allegiance to the United States this morning with proud family and friends by their sides. The newest americans are originally from 27 countries including china, germany, mex o mexico, and vietnam. Another tribute today, the Bishop Knights of columbus placed a wreath in the river to honor troops who died to protect our freedom. It will be sometime this summer before we find out what became of the email investigation by the Pennsylvania Attorney generals office. She was supposed to hold a News Conference tomorrow to talk about the preliminary findings. Bruce caster called off the meeting saying the report contains too much redacted material. They ordered review of what she calls raunchy and sometimes pornographic material found on state servers. Shes not running for reelection. Her term ends in january. The state Supreme Court suspended her law license charged for leaking information to a newspaper reporter and pled not guilty. Her trial begins in august. 40,000 verizon workers expected to return to work wednesday following more than a month long strike. The employees represented by two unions have reached a contract agreement with Verizon Communications including the first contract for retail verizon workers, about a thousand new call center jobs, and 11 in raises over four years. This week, peco shuts down power to customers. The plan the out amgs part of a construction project. The outage impacts residents in three counties. Peco says the out aages begin ts week through june 10th, and they notified all customers who will be affected. The construction project is aged at improving pecos ability to deliver electricity. Well, she set out to help others, but a south jersey girls generosity did not go unnoticed. How the today show gave her the surprise of a lifetime next at 5 00. Plus, from the ground up, nbc 10 takes you inside the building of a new comcast tower in center city. How workers bring all the heavy concrete more than a thousand feet into the air. A south jersey fourth grader got a surprise of a lifetime in the big apple today. Thats amazing. Happy birthday dear. She was shower with hugs and kisses from her favorite band, fifth harmony. The today show staff helped us organize the surprise with front row vip concert passes at Rockefeller Plaza and went backstage. In february, she launched a massive clean water drive for kids her age in flint, michigan, and he dad drove 500 miles to flint on two separate road trips. She soak up the superstar attention. Yes, girl. Oh, my god, i love you. All the way from new jersey, its my birthday, and im having so much fun. Thats what its about. Amen to that, inspire others to change the world too. A few secs on national tv, hugs by hosts prove the paying a forward pays back in a very big way. Speaking of which, do you know a group making a difference in our area . It could be worth 50,000. The Wawa Foundation launching the first ever hero award for nonprofits. One group wins a 50,000 grant. Three others win 10,000 each. A deadline to enter is wednesday, june 1st. For more information, search Wawa Foundation at nbc10. Com. Checks will be presented on the 4th of july during wawa welcome america. We are proud to be the broadcast part ner of the event. For more information on this years festivities, check out the nbc 10 app. Hot and humid to soggy mess and fog out there. The memorial weekend had ups and downs. Heres a live look in cape may where its been raining all day. Now more areas get wet tonight. Glen will look at your neighborhood forecast next at 5 00. It was a construction accident, with a piece of heavy equipment and it shot me up into the roof, and it just kept breaking me in half. Broke my back, severed my spinal column oh and five ribs broken, so. My dining room was changed into a bedroom and the Insurance Company was giving me a hard time. Pond lehocky helped put my life back together. A live look in cape may, you see the weekend is ending on a soggy note. Doesnt look good down there. The remnants of bonnie hurt the shore this memorial day. Packed beaches yesterday turned into empty beaches today. Brian thompson is in Seaside Heights with the scene there. Came from upstate new york, and the rain ruined everything. Reporter so keith and aaron joined thousands of others walking. This was this afternoon. Not too bad, but this was this morning as the rain fell on to these boards, only a handful braved elements. Same for the beach. We found a handful of folks. Why this guymented to get out of his sand blanket, not so easy to understand as others literally chilled, but beach goers are nothing if not resilient. Witness these girls. Im not hot, my makeups not melting. Just something to do, because, like, there was nothing happening in our area. I got this. I like this weather. If it starts really raining . Then were leaving. Minutes later, it really started raining, and guess who we spotted headed for shelter . Yep. Thats them. I got similar reports up and down the jersey shore about empty or near empty beaches. Belmar, for example, but for those who stuck it out on the beach i think its something different. Never been on the beach, like, with this weather, usually its sunny and hot. Reporter do you like this or not . Its all right. Reporter well leave it to this aspiring dancer to sum the day up. Welcome to jersey. Reporter welcome, but as anyone whos been to the shore before knows, theres always sunny weather tomorrow. In Seaside Heights, nbc 10 news. Now your first alert neighborhood weather. Yes, it will be a whole lot sunnier tomorrow at the beaches, it already was sunny today, like, in Lehigh Valley, 85 degrees with sunshine. We showed you earlier how a thunderstorm is likely to come there this evening, but in delaware, theres a shot of wilmington, the forecast has the temperature going down to 70, some clouds coming in, and maybe a little bit of light rain, but the thunderstorms up to the Lehigh Valley, may not make it to the rest of the area. Lets take a look at the shore where the weather has been the worst with the temperatures in the 60s all day long. Weather was beautiful friday and saturday, sea breezes as expected, but the rain, yeah, thats coming in here. We have clouds in the philadelphia area, but look at all the rain. Still at the shore, but in other areas, its up to the north. This is a line of showers and thunderstorms close to all allentown, and so parts of our area are going to be seeing some rain and storms in a while. Look how dry it is around philadelphia, but at the same time, the rain continues from the Atlantic City down to the beaches. This area is definitely headed to the southeast, but as it goes, its going to be losing the heating of the day, so i expect this to weaken. We already dont see a lot of lightning with this line, but we do expect to see at least some rain in the Lehigh Valley, berks county, chester county, going to 10 00,midnight, but its not interrupting early evening activities, fortunate here, and its all because bonnie, the remnants made more of a right turn. That took a lot of the moisture to the shore scene out to sea, and opposed to coming right up here. We got our share last night, one and a half to three inches of rain in the area last night. By tomorrow morning, its lo looking pretty dry. We may start the day with clouds towards the shore, but the sunshines coming in, and that atmospheres warm. You get sunshine, fox chase up to 89. Newtown 88, easton 88 degrees. And as we go in new jersey, its not going to be as warm, of course, at the shore as it will inland, but 78 in Atlantic City, ten degrees warmer than it was this morning. So were going to be seeing at least significant improvement at the shore. Now, its 88 tomorrow, 80 wednesday with the wind from the ocean bringing clouds in, dropping the temperature more on thursday, and then a disturbance comes friday, into the saturday, maybe even hanging around on sunday, so next weekend, were going to have another tricky forecast here, but were not going to be in the 90s. Speaking of tomorrow, the wildcats head to the white house, president obama set to honor the mens basketball for winning the 2016 ncaa championship. Ill be there for the meet and greet, and well bring it to you live. This will be villanovas second trip to the white house. They first won the title, denise, back in 1985. Thats right. All right. It keeps getting higher and higher. The new comcast tower going up in center city, and we are going inside as its being built. See what it takes to build the citys newest and tallest building next. Coming up at 6 00, a warning for princeton students, what police are saying about an assault inside a campus dorm. You scratch my back, ill scratch yours. You know what it means. So does pat toomey. Toomey got rich working on wall street. Then he got elected and kept working, for wall street. Voting to let banks continue their risky practices. And supporting huge tax breaks for millionaires, but higher taxes on working families. No wonder hes gotten millions from wall street. Pat toomey. Right for wall street. Wrong for pennsylvania. Senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. A live look over cementer city, and as you can see, a new building continues to get higher and higher across the philadelphia skyline. This building has a very special connection to us here at nbc 10. Yeah. When its finished, the center will be our new home and the citys tallest building. For the past few week, i got an up close and personal look at the work going into this massive project, and, tonight, we share the story of the concrete journey. Reporter heres the challenge, getting heavy concrete on the ground here and bringing it higher and higher and higher until it reaches all the way up here where it can be poured, and they cant use tv magic. 25,000 cubic yards, an entire floor, all in one day. Thats how fast it sells. We talked to the two guys in charge, brandon, father and son. Nothing like having your son works with you. Tths great. He treats me nice. He doesnt beat me up too bad. Reporter with more than 55 years of experience, and, today, they operate in king of prussia. They took us down the elevator, along the ground floor, and showed us this magic machine. They call it a hopper. Were going to wind up pumping concrete over 1100 feet in the air. Reporter off the truck, loaded in here. The person pushes the concrete up, 900 horsepower. Burns about 110 gallons of fuel a day, and the pipeline goes in and up the core. Reporter where it comes out here on to a metal decking. And sets in record time. And this is what it looks like when its done, but im still leaving foot prints in the cement. No matter because in a couple minutes, these machines smooth it out. Makes us proud, proud to be a part of it, and keep all the good guys working on the job, and were all happy to be here. Reporter all told, the guys are responsible for thousands of cubic yards of concrete from foundation, 400 truckloads worth to the top. Hundreds of workers just for this job alone. Many of them local, just like he and his son. Its nice. A pleasure. Nice to spend time with him and see him, you know, every day. He actually does most of the heavy lifting now. I play golf and get away when i can. Very cool. Now, this is one of hundreds of jobs that the new comcast innovation and technology cementer. In fact, 500 workers in a time when the sky scraper, rain or shine, doesnt matter right now, about 460 are up there. Next week, another look at the building, we are headed to the top, and, also, battling our own fear of heights. Dont miss that on nbc 10 coming up next monday. All right, coming up at 6 00, our breaking News Coverage comets. We just received an update from the investigators on the large fire at an American Legion outpost. Well have the latest details next. Reporter remembering those who died for their country and creating a way to welcome home veterans from war. Weve got that story for you ming up. You scratch my back, ill scratch yours. You know what it means. So does pat toomey. Toomey got rich working on wall street. Then he got elected and kept working, for wall street. Voting to let banks continue their risky practices. And supporting huge tax breaks for millionaires, but higher taxes on working families. No wonder hes gotten millions from wall street. Pat toomey. Right for wall street. Wrong for pennsylvania. Senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. Crews are still putting out hot spots from what was a four alarm fire in an American Legion fire in frankford. Heavy smoke still pouring from the building. Nbc 10 is live at the scene in frankford. Mitch, whats the latest from investigators . Reporter hey, keith. At this point, the firefighters say they have the fire completely under control. They will be here all night putting out hot spots, pumping water into the American Legion for at least the last hour and a half just in the side hot spots they are trying to settle down. Occasionally theres flair ups under the roof. This is video from earlier today just to give you a look at how hot this fire burned, how much spoke were talking about. 33 unites responded. 1 hur 100 fight fears, a two and a half hour fight in the frankford section of philadelphia. They are still working on hot spots. One was injured with a minor wrist injury. The fire commissioner just got done talking with us about the situation. Very difficult once we get in, we cant get in there, theres exterior attack. You cant get in and find the fire. Thats why we are here for a while, cometing to put water on it. The building is not stable enough to put firefighters in it. Just smoke, flames from the roof, but thats it. Reporter how you feeling . Getting smoke yeah, im getting a little smoke, im all right. Thats why im not standing out there. Reporter again, theyll be out here all night putting out hot spots. They still are looking for an origin and actual cause of the fire. We do know that the fire commissioner toll us minutes ago that the fire response here was so fast that they actually saved two houses behind this American Legion. Thats the latest from the frankford section of philadelphia. Nbc 10 news. Mitch, thank yo