Which may be something he has a hard time pulling on his own. But with her backing, i think its something he can get. Reporter the public comes in here at about 5 00. The headliner speakers dont take the stage until right around 6 00. The order that were expecting tonight is former governor ed rendell first. Followed by tom wolf then ultimately by hillary clinton. We will obviously be here watching every moment of it for you. Live at the National Constitution center this afternoon, george spencer, nbc 10 news. All right, thank you, george. With less than a month to election day, a new study shows tougher voter i. D. Laws are taking a toll on voter turnout. The survey by a nonpartisan Congressional Group found states with stiffer voter i. D. Laws had much fewer votes cast by africanamericans and younger people. Voters in the two groups tend to support democrats. Republicans say the tougher i. D. Laws help reduce voter fraud. Now, earlier this year, pennsylvania judge ruled such laws violate the state constitution. Count on nbc 10 to update you on the race for governor as we count down now to election day. Its just 26 days away. Happening now, waiting for a verdict. The jury in the case of a man accused of killing a baby and grandmother gets back to work with a new member. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with a new twhiist in the capital murder case. A juror sent home this morning. Right now her replacement and the rest of the jury trying to reach a verdict. Deanna durante was in the courtroom as the decision to make the change was announced. Reporter the details are not being released publicly. Were working to find out. We can tell you last night it appeared as though a jury reached the verdict. All parties were notified there was a verdict. This morning, one juror was brought in, questioned by a judge. Were told by Defense Attorneys in the case that juror requested to be relieved of her duties and the Defense Attorneys tell us they did object to letting that juror go home. When you hear that maybe theres some disagreement with the jury panel, as Capital Defense counsel, you kind of hope that maybe the juror that was struggling stays on. Reporter henry hi lir irkhi will be representing yandamuri if hes convicted. He and yandamuri stand by counsel objected to the removal of juror number 12. She certainly thought it was appropriate she be removed. Reporter why, the answer that hasnt been answered in open court, but unable to fulfill her duties. Lawyers and families were in the courthouse last night when notified of a verdict. We were told there was some indication of a verdict then there wasnt. Reporter the jury reconvened this morning and the alternate juror took the post as juror number 12 and the judge ordered the jury to begin deliberations from scratch. And heres whats happening right now. The jury has come back with a question. Theyve asked for a number of things including expert testimony to be reread to them. Want the medical examiners testimony having to do with 10monthold saanvi venna. Wanted to know how long the medical examiner believed she had been dead before her body was discovered. Also they want the definitions again for first, second, and thirddegree murder. That is happening right now. Reporting live outside the courthouse, Deanna Durante, nbc 10 news. Right now, at 4 00, the Ebola Outbreak has philadelphia taking action. The city has agreed to Begin Holding Hearings about how its prepared for Health Emergencies like ebola. Come Council Members say its important to be on guard. City council has not set a date for when the preparedness hearings will begin. To todays developments elsewhere on the ebola front. First to dallas and the latest on a sheriffs deputy who went inside an apartment with the late ebola victim eric duncan was staying. We just learned that sheriffs deputy has tested negative for ebola. He was showing no signs of infection, now testing negative. In liberia, a Fourth Doctor has died at a treatment center. More than 90 Health Workers have also died there. Today u. S. Lawmakers approved an additional 700 million to help fight the outbreak in west africa. Nbc 10s Christine Maddela live at the Pennsylvania Convention center. Experts in Infectious Diseases are meeting this week. Christine, you talked to the top doctors and researchers about the Ebola Outbreak. What do they have to say . Reporter doctors from around the world are here in philadelphia. Theyre discussing Infectious Diseases including ebola. We learned this Ebola Outbreak is the largest ever documented. Now, today i spoke with a doctor who researches Infectious Diseases. He used to work for the cdc and is now at the mayo clinic. He said the key to preventing more ebola patients arriving in the u. S. Is to treat the outbreak at the source. There are three things to know. One is that the outbreak is just raging in west africa. We need multinational effort and really a concerted effort to stop the outbreak in west afr a africa. The next thing to know is that indeed there is not a high risk of Community Outbreak of ebola because we have Strong Public Health infrastructure. The third thing is that health care facilities, hospitals need to be ready in case an imported case of ebola comes from west afri africa. Reporter now, the challenge is isolating the infected patients in west africa and preventing the spread in those countries with unsanitary conditions, plus few doctors and resources. Now, in addition to the ebola epidemic, enterovirus d68 is also dominating headlines. Weve seen one child die from the virus in our area. I spoke to an enterovirus expert about the spread of the virus, and asked if parents in our area need to be concerned. Youll hear from him coming up at 5 30. Reporting live, Christine Maddela, nbc 10 news. And count on nbc 10 and nbc10. Com to follow this Ebola Outbreak and bring you any new developments as they happen. You can read more about the disease and the efforts around the world to stop it online. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. Might want to grab a jacket if youre heading out tonight. Going to another cool one. Live look outside at the center city skyline. Things clear but changes are on the way. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Sheena Parveen tracking rain heading our way. Sheena . Yeah. The rain is heading our way. Its still pretty far off to our west, but it will be here before the weekend begins and even leading into the weekend. Now, until we get there, temperatures will stay cool. Right now, 68 degrees in philadelphia. 68 through allentown. 66 in wilmington. 68, atlantic city. 70 millville and dover and even into wildwood. The clouds are starting to move in, though. Increasing clouds as we go through tonight. We dont have any rain with these clouds around right now. The rain is still back off to our west. There you so it. It will be moving in as we go late into the day tomorrow. As for tonight, though, we will be staying dry. So by 6 00 p. M. , temperatures still in the upper 60s. Pretty nice. More clouds by 8 00 p. M. Temperatures around 63 degrees. 10 00 tonight, well be around 6 0 degrees. Another cool night in store for tonight. Going into the weekend, like i mentioned the rain chances. Well take a look at the timing of it coming up. Thank you, sheena. A utility worker fell to his death in Delaware County this morning. Skyforce 10 was over the scene after the man fell from the bucket lift of a truck in ogden. We also had a crew on the ground on keenan drive as well. Were told a private contractor with linia electric fell 27 feet. He was painting a street light at the time. Sources say the contractor is from lyinwood and has young children. Hes not yet been identified. Authorities are calling this fall a tragic accident. Skyforce 10 over an zweaccit on the new jersey turnpike this afternoon. It sent three people to the hospital. Near exit 5 in southampt toto t burlington county. One person was thrown from the car. No word on what caused the crash. Right now one southbound lane is managing to get by. Investigators looking into what caused this paratransit bus to collide with a horse in bucks county before 7 00 this morning on cold spring creamery road in doyles town. Police tell us the horse was wandering loose on the road here. It was hit. The bus driver was taken to the hospital for evaluation. Two people on the bus were not injured. The horse did not make it. Philadelphia police are checking security cameras. Theyre hoping to identify the person who left racist graffiti on a school in philadelphias Spring Garden section. Police were called to Hallahan High School around 12 30 this morning. A racial slur was spray painted on to the school doors. We got graffiti, you know, thats normal, but nothing like that, no, never. Graffiti was cleaned off before students arrived this morning and there were no other marks left on the building. Investigators trying to figure out what sparked a fire at an assisted living home in Delaware County. Here at the Elwin Institute in middletown township, a facility for the disabled. Officials say the fire started in one room. It was contained there. More than three dozen residents were evacuated safely, but one person did not survive. Elwin tells nbc 10 it is not releasing the persons name. The u. S. Military continued its bombing of isis targets in syria today. According to u. S. Central command, u. S. Forces have launched 23 strikes outside the city of kobani which is under siege by isis. The strikes damaged an isis training camp, also destroyed a building, tanks, Armored Vehicles and ammo. Yesterday, a pentagon spokesperson said the air strikes probably will not stop the militants from taking over the city, but it will help the overall u. S. Strategy of degrading the groups ability to conduct operations. Now, to developing news on Minnesota Vikings running back adrian peterson. Texas prosecutors have filed a motion to revoke petersons bond and have him rearrested after he allegedly admitted to smoking marijuana while awaiting trial on felony child abuse charges. Now, in a motion filed today, the montgomery d. A. Said peterson told a worker during a urinalysis exam he spoked a little weed. Peterson has been put on paid leave while his court case plays out. He has admitted to using a switch to discipline his 4yearold son. Four women took the stand against a bucks county psychiatrist accused of molesting eight patients. The women say the doctor started by taking their heart rate and Blood Pressure and then began fondling them. Defense attorneys claim the patients never con fronted the doctor act their concerns and some of them went back for return visits. Authorities in camden say the number of gunshots fired in the city dropped in the First Six Months of the year. The Camden CountyPolice Department uses a microphone system to determine when shots are fired. The Department Says the mike tracked 99 gunshots from january through june. 193 in the same period last year. Officials say that replacing the citys Police Department with a county department and hiring more officers, well, that is reducing crime. Reaction today from the Teachers Union on the Philadelphia School reform commissions move to cancel its contract. Problem is not on the backs of the people who work in the Philadelphia School system. They are not the problem. State representative Curtis Thomas held a News Conference in Northern Liberties this morning. He joined teachers in calling for quick completion of a state audit of the school district. Thomas already has called for the city to take back control of Public Schools from the reform commission. We have not seen any substantive progress in our childrens improvement. We have not seen any substantive improvement in the management of revenues. And so it has not worked. Its an experiment that has gone awry. The src voted monday to require members of the Philadelphia Federation of teachers to contribute money toward their health care benefits. Pay it will allow money to be redirected into the citys classrooms. Flyers home opener hours away now. They take on the devils at the Wells Fargo Center. Taking a live look at the facility in south philly. Its a new season with high hopes for fans. Nbc 10s cydney long live in south philadelphia. So what are you hearing out there from the fans . Reporter jim and renee, right now its about the excitement, the enthusiasm fwp flyers fans flyered up off from work this afternoon, dressed in orange and black. Many tail gaters arrived earlier in the day, as early as news to talk hockey and anticipation of the puck hitting home ice tonight. Some we talked to, some flyers fans couldnt appear on camera. They were skipping work to catch some of the action of a pep rally at city hall. Flyers fans have their hands in the air well ahead of game time. Grabbing a flyers tee, banner, or quick snapshot of former flyers greats like brian, bob kelly, ryan busher, and rob, all who thanked the fans for their passion as the home opener is set. Reporter the lunchtime prep rally and Claude Giroux autographed jersey raffle got fans in the mood. Nicole says she wont miss tonights action. A lot of good fights and love all the players. Fun to watch. Reporter did you skip work today . A parade on broad street. Run out and come back. Reporter many especially optimistic about being on home ice after a loss to the bruins last night in boston for the season opener. Best most important fans here ready to support our flyer, home opener. Reporter still plenty of parking out here at the Wells Fargo Center in south philadelphia. We just hung up with flyers pr. This is pretty much a sellout game for the home opener tonight in south philadelphia. We found out some of the devils, they actually gave back some pretty good tickets. Still time to get your hands on a couple of hot seats for the home opener game here tonight. It starts at 7 00. Live in south philadelphia, im cydney long, nbc 10 news. This weekend in burlington county, shoppers can celebrate everything new jersey. Theres a popup store on main street and Historic Downtown mt. Hl holly to recognize the states 350th birthday. It includes jersey themed merchandise such as jerseyopoly and book good night new jersey. I love good night moon. Do you like it, renee . I read it a lot over the years. We all did with children. Additional nj 350 stores are going to open through the end of the year in atlantic city, montclair, bridgeton and south jersey. Tom corbett helps plant a tree on the side of a new museum in philadelphia. The museum of the American Revolution is going to be built at third and chestnut streets. Construction already under way. The governor says the new museum will help attract tourists to the state. New Jersey Transit has filed a lawsuit against its own Insurance Companies. According to the starledger the agency wants more money to pay for the damage caused by superstorm sandy. The lawsuit claims the Insurance Companies only paid out 100 million because that is the limit for flooding coverage. But new Jersey Transit argues the limit is much higher for named wind storms such as sandy. And speaking of flooding, a new report says coastal communities in new jersey and delaware are at risk because of rising sea levels. The report is from the union of concerns scientists. It says in the next 30 years flooding from high tides is going to happen more often and its going to get much worse. It also warns that communities could see water levels that damage property or cut off areas completely. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist Sheena Parveen. Well, were seeing cooler temperatures through the area right now. Cooler than yesterday. As we go through tonight, were going to have another cool night tonight. So temperatures will be dropping down to around 50 degrees in philadelphia again but seeing the clouds increasing. Clouds and it will be cooler as we go into tomorrow. Cooler than today in some areas. And well even see lateday rain. This will be going even into the weekend. To start off saturday, well have seeing some showers around. Heres a live look out at center city from the adventure aquarium. See the clouds really starting to move into the area, but theres no rain with these clouds. 68 degrees in philadelphia. Winds in from the southwest. Near 20 miles an hour. So it has been breezy today. 68 for allentown. 71, reading. 67, pottstown. 70, bensalem. 69 in mt. Holly. Mid 60s in glassboro and wilmingt wilmington. 70s for millville and dover. Temperatures will be on the cooler side still. Heres a look at the satellite and radar. The clouds are moving in. Theres no rain with any of these clouds. Its back to our