Dont put your umbrella, way just yet. 69 in pottstown, philadelphia in philadelphia and 70s in wilmington and close to the mid to high 70s right along the shore. Heres your day planner by noon. 77 degrees by 4 00 p. M. And 80 degrees and were still keeling with a chance of showers by most of today and a chance of thunderstorms. 74 degrees by 8 00 p. M. As youre headed out for dinner. Our average is 85 degrees and this is the other big story. 80 degree, but take a look at what happened on saturday. We drop down to 77 degrees and it is going to be a cool, fall like weekend and ill take you over the details and coming up in my first alert, sevenday forecast. Now to an update on breaking news. The city of camden will have to decide whether to demolish two buildings that were destroyed by fire. Nbc 10 was first on the scene and we were there when part of one building at south fourth and spruce collapsed and fell on firefighters below. They scrambled to get out of the way. One firefighter was hit by bricks on his shoulder. They talked to witnesses who said they didnt hear anything when the fire started at around 4 00 a. M. I was sleeping and usually i checked smoke and my mom woke me up. And i came outside and there was a big fire on the corner of the house. Officials tell us both buildings were abandoned and sometimes Homeless People sleep in them, as well. Still no word on what caused the fire. A man was shot and killed in the frankfurt section of philadelphia and the gunman waited for police. This happened after 10 00 on the 4500 block of dale avenue. The shooter turned himself in and is speaking to investigators. Delaware police have arrested a teen after the shooting of a Liquor Store Clerk during a robbery in wilmington. The 66yearold clerk was taken to christianna hospital and is being treated there. 16yearold obedaya james is being held on 160,000 bail. Another clerk who was beaten outside the store was treated for injuries and then released from the hospital. New this morning, Philadelphia Police trying to find a man who robbed a pizza hut in the citys taconey section. The robber was armed with a handgun and demanded money from the cashier on wednesday night. The robber got away with more than 160 on in cash. The cashier wasnt hurt. The search is also on for two armed men who held up a diner. The men entered the red robin diner at around 2 00 in the morning and demanded money. They took an unknown amount of cash and then ran away. No one inside the diner was injured. If you have any information about either robbery, you are asked to call Philadelphia Police. And a supervisor for the del aware county of Community Services is accused of sexually assaulting a worker. John hale was charged with Sexual Assault among other charges. Prosecutors say he kissed and groped one woman. They say he also made lewd comments to two others. The d. A. Said he used his position to take sexual advantage of the women. Hale is being held on 100,000 bail. This is a big story, breaking news from philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter. Just about ten minutes ago the mayor announced a tentative contract deal being reached with the citys blue collar labor Union District council 33. This has been a longrunning dispute. The union has been worked under an expired contract since 2009. The new contract offers a 2800 signing bonus and pay increase of 3. 5 . Taking a live picture of city hall where mayor nutter signed that agreement. This is the city of philadelphia and District Council 33. City employees have the contracts that they deserve and so its time to get back to work, moving philadelphia forward to set the next level of economic success and set this city on the right place on the global stage. When the mayor got word he actually was in atlanta, but rushed back to the city to make this happen. This has been a longrunning labor dispute with d. C. 33 and the city. The term of the proposed contract would run through june 30, 2016. well, petco riders are seeing changes today. Its part of a twoyear 1 million project to replace track on the ben franklin bridge. Where patco is closing the tracks on the northbound side. Monique braxton is live at the station in the hattenfield, monique. Riders we talked to say more trains is good news, but less time between those trains is great news. Weve been listening to some of the patco riders during the morning rush hour as they shared past experiences and optimism. Whats the longest youve had to wait for a train . Half an hour and thats running late in the morning. Thats just one complaint patco hopes will cease. Starting today the Transit Company tells us a new track schedule will have trains running in both directions across the ben franklin bridge, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. During peak hours there will be less time between trains on the track east on 8th and market in pill fill. I had to leave my work around 10 05 in order to get a train by 5 00, otherwise i would have to wait a half hour for another train which is always crowded. Patcos twoare year, 100 million Rehabilitation Project over the bridge. We spoke to riders during the offpeak hours. One told us shes looking forward to trains rung more frequently or fewer minutes waiting on the platform when called in to work unexpectedly. It will help us to go to work easier especially with working at the hospital. When you go to work oncall, youll be rushing to work or going home and you need to worry about, like, am i going to be home on time or am i going to be at work on time. So its great news. Patco also tells us the new schedules in this phase of the track work should be completed or end by october 21st. Go to nbc 10. Com for more on the schedules. Live for now in hattenfield, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. New this morning Pennsylvania State police are asking for your help in finding this missing man. 46yearold frank levin was last seen wednesday morning. Police say he needs special care and he stays with a care provider in middletown township delaware county. If youve seen this man or if you know anything about his whereabouts call state police. Playable. Right field. Pierce jones, game over and with that play, the magical ride in williamsport came to an end. They lost by just one run last night. They were down by four runs at one point, but fought back. They had the tying run at third with two outs in the final atbat and couldnt come up with it. So the dragons season is now over, but the kids can definitely keep their heads high. They are an amazing group. Nbc 10s matt delucia had some of the thoughts that monet davis shared after the game. The dragons had an impressive run this season especially if you consider the fact that in just a couple of weeks this team captured the worlds attention. Theyve had a wonderful run. None of us expected to be here. The dragons came and conquered some of the teams in Little League. Just being here thats thats, like, everything, just to make it here and to play is unbelievable. And they played in the international spotlight. Star pitcher monet davis did not pitch last night, but on wednesday more than 5 Million People tuned in to watch her throw. She did a great job. I dont i dont even know what to say to her. She changed my life from three weeks ago. Im speechless right now even that we made it this far. The dragons made fellow Little Leaguers in our area believe just a little more. A team from philly that came owl of the way this far. And until the last play this team from philly held their heads high. To not cry or to not be mad because we made it this far so theres no reason to cry. I just think they get immersed in the game, you know . In their world its baseball. Thank you, fans in philly. Next up for monet she wants to play basketball for uconn and then the wnba. In williamsport, im matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Still ahead this morning, parents in mourning. I did not realize how brutal they were, and i actually hoped we could engage in negotiations with them. New comments this morning from the the mom and dad of murdered journalist james foley about an email sent to them a week before their sons death as well as a phone call they received from pope francis. Yikes close call from mother nature. What a woman was doing outside in the middle of a thunderstorm as she came dangerously close to being struck by lightning. And im tracking the return of shower as we head into the rest of your friday and into your friday afternoon, plus cooler temperatures over the weekend. Whats in store . Ill have the details in my first alert sevenday forecast. The pentagon says isis is beyond anything weve seen in their tactics present a major threat to the u. S. This comes from the pentagon after the the execution of an american photojournalist whose parents talked about the terrorist this morning. Brian moore has an update from washington. Reporter as the world reels from the execution of american photojournalist james foley his parents are speaking out this morning about a phone call from pope francis. Huge comfort. Huge comfort because pope francis, like jesus, loves like jim. He understood jims heart. Reporter theyre talking about the last email they received from isis terrorists threatening to execute foley. I actually hoped we could engage in negotiations with them. Reporter u. S. Officials say the execution reveals just how brutal isis is. They are an imminent threat to every interest we have whether its in iraq or anywhere else. Reporter with u. S. Air support iraqis are gaining background, but americas top general insists it will take more than bombs to crush isis. This is an organization that has an apocalyptic end of days Strategic Vision which will eventually have to be defeated. Reporter isis is threatening to execute a second american journalist, miamibased writer Steven Sotloff and call in for attacks on other american targets. Its a fight the Obama White House doesnt want, but cant ignore. President obama promises no combat boots on the ground. The state department is now requesting 300 additional American Military person. El to protect u. S. Facilities in iraq. Brian moore, nbc news, washington. Dozens of aid trucks from russia are now in eastern ukraine. The trucks finally cross into the rebelheld region after a weeklong delay and the trucks are loaded with water, generators and sleeping bags intended for civilians. The halffull trucks will be used to transport weapons to the rebels. He called the move, quote, a direct invasion. Conditions are improving on roads and the Transit System in chicago after flooding there overnight. Several inches of rain were reported last night into the morning. Roads and underpasses were flooded, causing delays during the morning commute. Train service that had been suspended has since resumed, but the area is not in the clear just yet. Showers and storms are on the radar for later today and into the weekend in chicago. An idaho woman had a close call with lightning this week and her daughter caught it on tape. Wow they went outside because they wanted to film the store. Well, they certainly got film. The daughter says the lightning bolt hit just one foot away from her mom. They say they both lost their hearing for about a minute after it it it happened. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. Try to stay inside during thunderstorm, but were still going to see a chance of thunderstorms in our area as we head into the rest of tonight and also throughout today we are going to see showers. Cooler weekend on tap for us and employ temperatures staying in the 70s on saturday and we are going to enter into a warming and dry stretch. Look outside right now and you can see how overcast it is. Humidity is at 79 and wind speed out of the east at 8 Miles Per Hour and across the rest of the region, 75 degrees in the Atlantic City airport and again, mostly cloudy skies for us and its kind of a dreary day on this friday winding down your workweek. A radar shot shows were not seeing any rain right now, but we will see unsettled weather as we head into the rest of today. We do have a front all of the way south of our area, all of the way stretching back toward chicago so we could see weather disturbances along that front and well also see cooler air coming in off the water as we head into the rest of today wrapping around an area of high pressure. The next 24 hours show well see a chance of showers throughout the day by 2 00 p. M. And thats when youll see light rain moving into parts of allentown, the poconos and even part of wilmington and again as we head into the evening hours it will be confined toward allentown and redding. We could see any of these isolated thunderstorms triggering as we head into the rest of this evening. By tomorrow and 11 00 a. M. On your saturday we could see another chance of lingering showers throughout your Morning Hours and then well start to see clearing as we head into the early afternoon, but by 3 00 p. M. Some of the showers are closer to allentown and the poconos and redding and then by tomorrow night maybe you want to be fine and we should see clouds clearing up at 6 00, 7 00, 8 00. By monday, cooler temperatures will remain and thats a cool combination throughout the summer and it it will be nice and enjoyable conditions and as far as the mountains go, rainy and cool today. 68, heading into saturday and a few lingering showers and cloudy skies and as we head into sunday, plenty of sunshine and temperatures at 79 degrees for the shore today. Isolated showers possible, 74 degrees, tomorrow, lingering showers and drying out, 76 and sunday is the best day out of the entire weekend especially down the shore at 76 degrees. You really cant go wrong on saturday. You just have to wait until the clouds and lingering rainfall clears up. As far as today is concerned, well see temperatures ranging between 78 and 81 degrees. Cloudy skies for us and humid conditions. The sevenday forecast shows as we head into saturday, 77 degrees, drying out and take a look at sunday, 79. Nice. The dry stretch lasts all next week and temperatures pushed back into the mid to high 80s. Is Breakfast Roll leet most important meal of the day . The new study that finds your cereal and morning eggs may not be all theyre cracked up to be. Later, you think times are tough . Just ask the tooth fairy. How even she is feeling the economic pinch and what shes leaving under her childrens pillows these days. This is nbc 10 news. Its long been said breakfast is important because it it boosts metabolism and helps with weight loss, but two new studies say thats not entirely true. Researchers found breakfast eaters found they had no change in their metabolism and didnt lose more weight than those people who skipped the first meal of the day, but there were some benefits. They were more active during the day and steadier blood sugar levels. So just might not want to skip your eggs or waffles, not just yet. A gnaw studies suggests the hours parents work could influence their childrens weight. Researchers found when parents were home before and after school, kids were more likely to eat breakfast and had healthier dinners. They found Flexible Work schedules and telecommuting allowed parents to be home during meal time. Kids ate more fruit and got more exercise when dads were at home. Neurosurgeons in cleveland, ohio are working on a simulator that allowed doctors to practice realistic run help throughs near complex brain surgeries, Monica Robbins explains how this will benefit surgeons and their patients. This is not a video game. This is Ground Breaking technology. They worked with neurosurgeons to apply Flight Simulator technology to surgery, creating a sophisticated medical advancement. I can see that the aneurism is closed off and the blood vessels remain intact. Reporter its called surgical rehearsal platform. The Technology Transforms a patients medical image like this one into a lifelike and threedimensional model so tissues move, blood vessels break just as they would in the human body. If the surgeon does something the system reacts to what he does and he sees the reaction with his own eyes and he can rereact according to whats happening in the scene. This is the first time youre really able to take the the very thing that youre going to do tomorrow, rehearse it today and be better able to deal with it than when you do it in a live patient. Reporter the goal is simple, saving lives and having better paint outcomes. We want to allow tc the surg to be able to predict and improve the outcome before they enter the o. R. That was nbcs Monica Robbins reporting. Its a gloomy start to our weekend. Taking a live look outside at the ben franklin bridge. Brittney will let us know if the wet weather will put a damper on your weekend plans just ahead. Meantime, its the opposite problem out in california. How the ongoing drought there could affect how much youll pay for your favorite bottle of wine. Tradingin or selling your car, truck or suv . Webuyanycar. Com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. One, get your free online valuation. Two, book an appointment. And three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. Find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Well, the friday, so were not going to complain too much about those clouds out there. They do seem to be hanging around and of course, when you see clouds like this you know that rain being not be too far away, so we could expect to see a few showers throughout the day, but let me stop doing the weather here. Theres someone who is a professional who does that. First, lets take a look, though, at the sky line of center city, philadelphia. The rain was coming down hard early this morning. This is dash cam video from just a short time ago in montgomeriville and you can see the wipers up high and it was pouring outside. Not the best beach day either and heres the camera in cape may. Now here is the professional i was talking about. Meteorologist brittney shipp. I guess all of the people at the beach dont mind its overcast. Great skies over the city sky line today as we h