Philadelphia north. So many fans went there as they went there tonight everyone deserves a second chance. Thats what the dragons have tonight after losing in the Little League world series. If the philly Hometown Team can bounce back, theyll still have a shot at the championship. Mone davis gave up the tworun home 34 in the second inning. Taney had its chances to come back. They had bases loaded in the fourth. Three runners stranded in the fifth. And nevada pitching snuffed out the dragons and taney loses 81 last night. Thats the real good team, it may be the best that we faced this year but i mean, she certainly wasnt looking and pitching like she typically does. He doesnt think there was a Sports Illustrated jinx. And he doesnt think that media distractions affected her pitching back in philadelphia, the courtyard at city hall was packed with dragons fans. Mayor nutter hosted the party for the second time last night. Mone davis grandmother told us she is certain taney will beat chicago tonight. Our coverage continues coming up in half an hour, nbc10s matt delucia is live in williamsport this morning. Hes talking with the team. Also talking to their opponents from chicago. Well talk to him in about 30 minute. It is 6 02. We have breaking news in the ebola outbreak. The two americans who contracted the deadly virus is being released. Just in the hour we learned that emory hospital will be talk about the release of Nancy Writebol and dr. Kent brantly. Samanthas purse said they are celebrating dr. Brantlys recovery and release from the hospital. Back here at home, new from overnight, police are looking for the person who shot and killed a 16yearold in south philadelphia. This happened at 21st at dickinson. The teenager was shot twice and died at the hospital. Police do not have a motive. They are reviewing witnesses and reviewing video from surveillance cameras in the area. Police responded to another shooting in grays ferry. Investigators are trying to identify the man and looking for the shooter and police are investigating a shooting in camden. A man was shot several times around midnight around the intersection of north 35th and pierce. We dont know his condition, so far no arrests. New this morning, Temple University is investigating the report of an attack on a student. The school says the student was assaulted yesterday as the attacker made antisemitic remarks. University officials discussed that issue with the leaders of the jewish communities. Theyre asking anyone with information on the attack to Contact Campus police. Opening statements start today in the trifle a woman who is accused of taking a 5yearold girl straight out of school. Christina regusters has been out on bail since her arrest last year. Shes also accused of holding the student captive and sexually assaulting her after taking her from her cobbs creek school. Prosecutors say the woman is the one addressed in muslim attire in this video. She posed as the childs mother to take the girl out of school. The girl was found the next day in upper darby. Police say it was a relatively quiet night of protests as demonstrations stayed calm and there was no serious violence. Nbc10s National Correspondent jay gray is live in ferguson. Jay, arrests were down, significantly down, from previous nights . Reporter yeah, tracy, always great to talk to you. Youre absolutely right. There were six arrests last night compared to 47 the night before. Thunderstorms may have helped to keep the streets kind of clear and calm. At least for a couple hours. And just a few hours after attorney general eric holder left ferguson. And we got a brief peak at his ongoing civil rights investigation and the criminal investigation as well. Lightning and rain slowed. Were here for the cause. Reporter but didnt stop the protests overknit in ferguson. Dont shoot hands up reporter earlier, the quest for justice came outside a st. Louis courthouse where a grand jury met for the first time to hear evidence in the case. I understand the public wants to know whats going on and needs to know. Reporter as the criminal investigation moves forward, attorney general eric holder travelled to ferguson yesterday to check in on the ongoing federal civil rights investigation, that already includes more than 100 witness interviews and an independent autopsy. My hope is that that will have give people some degree of confidence that the appropriate things are being done by their federal government. Reporter holder met privately with Michael Browns family after talking with members of the community, elected officials. Captain ron johnson, the officer charged with trying to keep the peace along the front lines of the protest. I think it has a great influence. I think its going to show that the people of ferguson, the people of st. Louis, the nation, that their voices are heard. Reporter voices in this grieving, angry community. We are one reporter that refuse to go silent. And as they march here, many are calling for the arrest of the officer involved in the shooting. Prosecutors say there could be the middle of october before a grand jury makes a decision on that. That is the latest live here in ferguson, missouri. Jay gray, nbc10 news. And this morning, were learning of a failed mission to rescue those two american journalists being held by islamic militants. President obama said he sent special operations troops to syria this summer to rescue a number held by militants but they couldnt find them one of those hostages was this man in orange journalist james foley who was beheaded by his captors. Theyre training a second if the u. S. Doesnt stop air strikes on iraq. Foleys parents talked about their sons execution. He was american. And he believed in the very best for our country. Foleys parents are calling him a martyr for freedom. And they say theyre praying for the release of the other journalists being held. Well get a preview of a new program for camden. City officials warn of new security measures for students traveling to and from classrooms. It will outline how students have upgraded the environment. The police chief and the School Superintendent helped coordinate that program. Announcer now your nbc10 first alert weather with meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Good morning, were tacking showers and the possibility of thunderstorm as we head into the rest of your thursday. Then well see a cool stretch, temperatures dropping down into the high 70s. A falllike weekend on tap for us. A closer look at philadelphia right now. 69 degrees. A few clouds and humidity is fairly high at 84 . Well see a warm and humid day and showers moving in for the afternoon. For reading, 66 degrees. 69 in philadelphia. Atlantic city at 64 degrees at the airport there. And throughout the rest our area. A mild start to the morning. Our temperature trend shows the average for this time of year is 85 degrees. 84 will be the daytime high. Close to average today. Tomorrow, 77 degrees on friday. We stay in the 70s for saturday and sunday. We do have an area of low pressure thats going to swing closer to us. A cold front associated with that is going to drop the temperatures down. Future weather shows as we head into the Morning Hours a few passing showers possible as we head into the 2 00 hour. From mount pocono from allentown into wilmington. On and off showers expected and picking up in intensity as we head into the overnight hours and early Morning Hours. 4 00 a. M. , toms river stretching into Atlantic City, we could see the intensity of rainfall and thunderstorms picking up. On and off showers expected heading into friday. By 7 00 p. M. , dealing with light rainfall in parts of philadelphia and wilmington. Again, saturday morning, really early, by the time you wake up, 7 00, 8 00, we should start to see clearing and dry conditions. To the pocono mountains, 74 degrees, thunderstorms and showers today. 68 on your friday, and nicer heading into saturday. Still some rain for your evening drive. The roads are clear at least of any weather problems. Lets get the headlines from nbc10 irporter jr mass transit on schedule, no jillian mele. Delays there. A new accident in montgomery county, jenkintown road, here garfield. You can see speed averaging in the 50s, 55 Miles Per Hour on the pennsylvania turn spike. This is 95 at the cottman avenue interchange. All is quiet there. The vine expressway from 95 to broad street, eventually into 76 you see both direction on the vine very quiet. 76, we see congestion out there but no big delays to report. This is 76 right at belmont avenue. You can see some pocketing of volume on 76. Your drive time is 15 minutes in both directions between the blue route and the vine, tracy. Cross country murders from new jersey to washington. This is the man charged. And police say hes placing blame on the u. S. Government. And be careful where you drink. The h2o in two Delaware Valley communities may not be as presl pristine as you might think. Just about quarter after 6 00 right now. A live look at the city skyline in philadelphia. Brittney shipp says shes tracking showers and thunderstorms for later today. Well get the timing coming up in just a few minutes. Another man has pleaded guilty that that drug ring that police say supplied marijuana and cocaine to several high schools and colleges on the main line. 23yearold christian uhler became the fifth person to plead guilty in the case. Prosecutors say he sold drugs at the campus of Lafayette College in easton. Prosecutors say these two guys, timothy brooks and brian scott are the ringleaders. In south jersey, this couple is accused of a robbing spree. State police say the pair held up four banks and several scenes stores throughout the area. Theyre being held at the salem county jail on 500,000 each. This morning, the charges pile up against a man in a Cross Country murder case. Authorities have filed a third murder charge of ali mohammed brown. Brown pleaded not guilty to killing a College Student in new jersey. Prosecutors claim the killings are part of a bloody crusade to punish the United States for its policies. Happening in new york, prosecutors say 25yearold Nicole Veasey and her lawyer said she was the victim of an abusive masterslave relationship with her boyfriend steven howell. Hes waived his right to a hearing. Police are investigating the death after a boat exploded. A dock worker was burned in the blast is in the hospital in stable condition. The boat drifted to a dock nearby setting that on fire and damaging two more boats. U. P. S. Says a data breach may have exposed some customers credit and debit card information. A computer virus is found on systems on 51 u. P. S. Stores including pennsylvania and new jersey, the breach involves 100,000 transactions made since january. A spokesperson for u. P. S. Said its not aware of any fraud related to that attack. The Environmental Protection agency says two communities in our area are dealing with water contamination problems with compounds used on navy bases. In horsham and warminster, affected lines have been taken offline and the epa is Testing Private wells. The navy is holding a Community Meeting on the issue next wednesday night. Public wells were also closed had horsham. The navy says the compounds are associated with Consumer Products and firefighting foams similar toe those used in the joint Naval Reserve base in horsham and the naval center in warminster. 6 17 now. Lets get a check of traffic on this thursday morning. S in 10s first alert traffic reporter jillian mele has that. Good morning. Three accidents. Lets get you updated. Upper providence at keokuk road that has clear two king of prussia, president dr frederick street. And 95, definitely seeing the congestion starting to build. From wood haven to the vine, and for drivers in new jersey this morning, is this what 42 is looking like. Thats the northbound side as drivers pass creek road and head to the bridges. Bridges are clear, so far, in delaware. Announcer new your nbc10 first alert weather with meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Good morning. Well see a cloudy start. And as we head into the afternoon, we could see a few storms, showers expected as well. Temperatures drop down into the high 70s and we stay that way for the weekend. For fall as we head into the weekend, for philadelphia, 69 degrees. Just a few clouds. 84 . Wind speeds across the region. 66 in reading. 64 degrees at Atlantic City at the airport there. A mild start throughout most the area. As we push into the afternoon, our temperatures are going to warm pretty close to average. Our average for this time of year, 85 degrees. Todays high 84. 64 degrees in mount holly. 68 in wilmington. 60s in dover. We have an area of low pressure. You see that counterclockwise rotation. Its going to move into the morning dragging a cold front with us. Thats going to drop the temperatures and were also going to see showers as soon as 9 00 a. M. Keep your umbrella handy throughout the day and even through tomorrow. We had an unsettled weather pattern. For the poconos into parts of philadelphia and wilmington just a few scattered showers. On and off scattered showers especially head into the evening. Take a look at what happened as we get into the overnight hours. We see the intensity of the storms picking up. At 4 00 a. M. , were dealing with ronfall in toms river and Atlantic City. Another day of showers heading into friday. But temperatures will drop on your friday down to 77. As we take a look at saturday drying out, we could see a few lingering showers 24 in the morning and clearing up. 20 minutes past six. New requirement. High School Students in new jersey must take a class more on life skill than a college necessity. Getting a second chance. Heres a live look at the williamsport complex. Thats where the taney dragons are down, but theyre not out. 5รท a man is behind bars in Delaware County police say he dressed like a ninja to attack a relative with a hammer. Police say he admitted to assaulting his uncle and former prosecutor in upper providence. He wore a helmet and face shield. No word on a possible motive. A federal judge has denied class action status to those suing two Rail Companies and others over that 2012 train derailment. The accident released vinyl chloride into the air. More than 140 people and businesses are suing conrail and others for damages. The individual lawsuit against the rail company can continue. Good morning. At 6 24, for drivers in new jersey, this is a very quiet look at route 73. This is right at the base of the taconypalmyra bridge. You can see 73 is clear. Area bridges are looking good. No accidents to report on the majors at all. In fact, 76 is still pretty quiet. This is a live look at girard avenue into center city. Drive time is 14, 15 minutes both way on 76, between the blue route and the vine, the vine is clear. Lets take you outside right now, cape may where things are looking pretty, but showers expected . Thats right. A possibility of thunderstorms and then as we clear up, well set ourselves up for a fantastic weekend, temperatures in the 70s. Cooler air is on the way. We have to get through showers tomorrow. Ill go over the timing of my first alert sevenday forecast. Happening today the jury is seated and ready to hear from attorneys in the kindergarten abduction trial in philadelphia. Nbc10s jesse gary is live in center city with details. Reporter thats right, chris, the defendant turned down a plea deal and not trial starts in center city. Youll hear the details coming up. Reporter im matt delucia live in williamsport where the taney dragons will play tonight against chicago. These kids are dealing with a whole lot of pressure but how are their parents handling it . Ill have that coming up. Theres a great way to buy high quality cars at low, nohaggle prices. And it all starts here, at carmax. Log on to carmax. Com and start your search today. And choose from over 35 thousand carmax quality certified used vehicles. From cars and trucks to suvs and minivans. Browse the store nearest you. Or shop from our nationwide inventory and have the car of your dreams, transferred to your local carmax store. Finding the perfect car is easy when you start your search at carmax. Carmax. Start here. Announcer this is nbc10 news. Dust yourselves off, shake it off and try again. Philadelphia taney dragons get another shot in the Little League world series tonight. And we are going to get a shot and maybe more of rain today. Rain on the way but things are looking nice at center city. A live view at the comcast center. 59 degrees, but we are tracking some storms that should move through this afternoon. We are not letting last nights loss to dampen our taney spirits. Were all behind the taney dragons big time. Im getting choked up thinking about it. Lets talk to Brittney Shipp about the weather and rain that could move in today. Brittney. I was wondering what was going on there. Well see a chance of showers isolated thunderstorms as we head into today. Its going to warm day, on the humid side of things. Beautiful sunrise over the center city skyline. You can see the clouds are barely moving on top of aramark building. Were tracking a few showers that develop into the next hour or so. Its all part of a larger system thats going to send more rainfall our way as we head into today, lingering showers into friday. Our temperatures expected to push into the 80s but right now its a mild start at 69 degrees in philadelphia. 65 in pottstown. 68 in allentown and 64 degrees in Atlantic City. Ill go over the timing of the showers expected today and tomorrow with the forecast. Starting off in the Lehigh Valley right now, things are looking good at 22, airport road. 22 is clear, northeast extension is free of any accidents to though we do have that longmaterial construction. Lets get you updated on some of the accidents. King