Or poconos or staying in the philadelphia area. Thats coming up. Sheena were taking a live down new jersey and the shore, if youre heading down the shore early for your weekend plans. Route 37 around the garden state parkway, nothing really going on there. Good news. Roadway are dry. Thats more good news as well. Absecon city we are watching a downed pole due to an earlier accident and wires in the area route 30 is closed. Route 30 westbound is closed between 646 and route 9 due to an accident. The area bridges, we have to get to work, no problems for the walt, the ben and the tacony palmyra. Theyre free and in the clear. Well have a check on mass transit coming up. We are following breaking news in philadelphias nicetown neighborhood. Wound after police say a robbery led to an exchange of gunfire. Matt delucia has been gathering information all morning long. Fill us in on what youre hearing. A robbery gone wrong, according to police. Investigators have been out here for the better part of three hours now. They are still out here. This entire block is cordoned off on clarissa street by juniata street. You can see the crime scene investigators and the detectives out here. There are a lot of evidence markers out there on the ground. There are so many shell casings out here please have not been able to give us an accurate count just yet. The scene has been out here since 2 00 this morning. I spoke with a Police Captain earlier. Heres what he tells me a man in a mask appears to have walked up to a group of people and attempted to rob them with a gun. Someone in that group that was being robbed also had a gun, an Assault Rifle mind you. He started shooting. The suspect was hit several times. He tried to run away but collapsed about a block from here. We asked police if this appears to be random or targeted at this point . Homicide will have to do their investigation with our crime scene unit as well. Thats basically what we have. It does appear to be a robbery that has gone bad. To recap for you, two men are dead including the robbery suspect. Two others are in the hospital this morning. A man and a woman with gunshot wounds, they are stable right now. One other thing you see, the cars over here on juniata street, several cars, hit by gunfire, one bullet even punctured a gas tank. The Fire Department had to be called out here. There was also a house with a window hit as well on this block. No one in that home was injured or bystanders around here. We have seen family members here at the scene over the past few hours. They are visibly drought. Some of them screaming, yelling, so you see right now, this investigation is still early on. Those evidence markers still on the ground. Theyre still count the shell catesings out here. They have two different caliber bullets. There was one with that Assault Rifle. Police plan to be out here for quite some time. Homicide will be investigating. Live in nicetown matt delucia nbc 10 news. Philadelphia police are questioning three people in connection to the murder of an elderly woman in her East Mount Airy home. Regina brunner was found dead on monday. Police say she was beaten and her throat slashed in an apparent robbery. Yesterday homicide detectives went to this row home in West Oak Lane with a search warn the. Sources tell nbc 10 they found crucial evidence including a laptop, possibly belonging to the elderly victim. Neighbors say a woman has lived there for years. Calm woman, you know. Be surprised then . If she was involved id definitely be surprised. Nbc 10 was learned that a woman is one of the three people being questioned by detectives. Police continue to collect evidence including the victims car which was discovered tuesday. It had been stolen the day she was killed. Also investigators have tracked her stolen debit cards to local atms. The july fourth Holiday Weekend is under way all across the region. Those who got an early start down the shore had to dodge the rain in north wildwood. Some took in a movie as you see the line. A lot of shoretowns have concerts fireworks and more plan for this weekend. The delaware beaches will also be a popular destination. 70,000 drivers will pass through toll booths on route 1. The statewide average for gas is 2. 67 a gallon almost a full dollar cheaper than this time last year. Smyrna gas stations right now have the cheapest gas in the state. The poconos will be a popular place to celebrate the forth. Heres a live look at camel Beach Mountain water park. All is quiet right now. Probably come sunday when wet weather moves out it will be packed there. The parkway will also be packed for the Biggest Block Party in philadelphia. The wawa welcome america celebration started last weekend. They will end with a fireworks spectacular over center city philadelphia. Many folks are expected to be on the ben franklin parkway to watch the fireworks. Coming up nbc 10s katy zachry will break down whats happening here this weekend. The florida doctor charged with corruption alongside senator bob menendez is a free man this morning. A judge approved an 18 million bond package for dr. Salman melgen yesterday. Hes been 4e8d nearlyheld nearly three months now. This charge is separate from those he shares with senator menendez who maintains his innocence. Theres a report that allentowns mayor could make a statement on an fbi investigation that brought agents to city hall yesterday. The fbi confirms they were at allentown city hall but havent said exactly why. According to one newspaper report, the fbi executed a warn the for city records in connection with a grand jury investigation. Nbc 10 has reached out to allentowns mayor but we are still waiting to hear back. This morning, the Montgomery TownshipPolice Department is grieving the sudden loss of their service dog, okay nene duke. He died of a medical condition. Officials in the department tell us they purchased duke in 2011 with contributions made by the district attorneys office. New this morning, pennsylvania casinos post their first slots gain in three years. The states 12 casinos earned more than 2. 3 billion from slots in the fiscal year that ended june 30th. Lady luck casino in southwestern pennsylvania reported the biggest gain of 25 . The state uses casino taxes to Fund Property tax cuts and to support local governments. As expected the pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf vetoed a republicanbacked bill that would have privatized liquor sales in the state. The bill would have to let those who already hold about 14,000 licenses to sell beer in the state to pay more for the right to also sell wine liquor or both. Eventually the 600 stateowned Liquor Stores would have closed once the private sector sales were up and running. Wolf says selling off the liquor system would not have been a Good Business decision. He does support selling wine and beer in more locations including supermarkets. Two days after he rejected the main budget bill, he vetoed a School Budget bill. On a final note the governor has not said whether he plans to sign a bill that would make major changes to the Pension Plans for teachers and state workers. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. Good friday morning. If youre about to head out soon, if youll be traveling this morning to wherever youre going for this Holiday Weekend or if you have to work we have dry conditions. 59 allen, it 68 in philadelphia. South jersey delaware coming in around the upper 50s to low 60s. Its also kind of humid out, especially closer to the shore. Today is going to be a decent day. Well stay dry. Well see a mix of sun and clouds. Down to our south and west thats the weather pattern that will linger across weekend or at least most of the weekend. Eventually some of the moisture will be moving up for your fourth of july. We do have rain in the forecast tomorrow. Not so much today though. We cant rule out a stray shower today. Future weather, we stay mostly dry. Tomorrow, some of that rain starts to move to the north. Scattered showers will be in the forecast. I think theres a good chance that it could be clearing out in time for fireworks. For this morning, 8 00 if thats when youll be heading out, looking at mostly sunny skies, around 70 degrees. Minimum of sun and clouds through the day, 10 00 a. M. Temperatures in the mid70s. Noon today, well be closer to 80 degrees. A mix of sun and clouds. Tomorrow, the rain chances start to increase. The whole weekend will not be filled with rain. Its just really one day. Ill show you the timing tomorrow. We take a look at the poconos and the shore forecast. Thats straight ahead. 6 10 this friday morning on this Holiday Weekend. Glancing over there at i95 the majors, they look pretty good. Normally they jam up at this hour. Whats going on out there. A whole lot of nothing. Which is a good thing. Were going to assume a lot of people are getting an early start on their vacation. 95 at this time generally on the southbound side its at least up to a 20minute drive time. Still 12. Thats normal and average. From woodhaven road up towards the vine street expressway. These are the southbound lanes right hear. You can see sun glare as well on the cameras. Thats if youre headed northbound, you might face that around cottman avenue. Mass transit, new Jersey Transit and septa is doing just fine. Patco is run on time but theyre running on a special friday schedule. The ben franklin parkway inbound will be closed for concert setup on friday 3rd which is today, 9 30 a. M. Until sunday the 5th at 9 00 a. M. Outbound will be closed to traffic 9 30 to 3 30 today. High alert on american soil. What Homeland Security is revealing about the threat of a terrorist attack over the fourth of july weekend. Plus new information into the string of fires at historically black churches in the south. Why the Justice Department believes they are not hate crimes. And toxic emergency. Thousands of people are forced from their homes after a Train Derailment in tennessee. What crews are doing to get things back to normal. 6 15. This morning, the Justice Department says theres no indication that several church fires throughout the south are connected. But some are still wondering if its more than a coincidence. Five fires are still under investigation. Two are determined to be accidents with no evidence of a hate crime. Investigators say nationally 34 fires of various causes are reported0a, religious institutions each week. Most frequently involving synagogues and mosques. The twomile evacuation zone remains in effect in maryville, tennessee after a train carrying poisonous materials with the went off the tracks and caught on fire. The Freight Train was traveling from ohio to southern georgia when a tanker derailed. 52 people in all were treated at the hospital. 25 of those were admitted including First Responders after they inhaled the toxic fumes. It smelled bad. I grabbed what i could and got out. As fast as i could. My thought was, is the air poisonous . I was worried that breathing would be an issue. While right now its not clear when residents will ab lou back in their homes but officials are planning to update the public on the situation in just about 45 minutes. And the Train Derailment in tennessee is causing concern from lawmakers in our area. Every week 60 to 70 Freight Trains roll through pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. State lawmakers are asking for more oversight following four oil Train Derailments in pennsylvania last year. But they say theres little they can do because the Rail Industry is regulated almost entirely by the federal government. Police departments all across the country have stepped up security for the fourth of july Holiday Weekend. Its all because of concerns about possible terrorist threats, including some from suspected isis supporters in the u. S. The fbi and the department of Homeland Security put out a bulletin a week ago saying that Holiday Events could be possible targets for attacks. Law enforcement stresses there is no credible specific threat but if you see something out of the ordinary, Say Something and report it to police. 6 17. There may somebody traffic this morning. I suspect it wont be having to do with people getting to work but mostly people trying to get to the wawa welcome america festival or getting to the fireworks shows later this evening. You mow what parking is at a real premium in the city. I saw it yesterday when i got home from work. Good luck if youre headed out today. Nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington has an update for us. We have a lot of road closures due to holiday festivities. We are not seeing a lot of volume for the morning if youre headed to work. If youre in new jersey on 295 in cherry hill at route 70 you can see everything is moving along just fine. We have a great drive time 13 minutes headed southbound towards 38 up towards the black horse pike. North and southbound lanes doing just fine there. Kelly drive is closed due to a regatta between Strawberry Mansion drive and Fountain Green drive. You can take the schuylkill expressway to get by. If you dont want to chance it take mlk drive. In absecon city route 30 westbound is closed at illinois avenue due to a down pole. In Atlantic City route 30 westbound is closed between 646 and route 9 due to an earlier accident. Well check in with mass transit again coming up in just ten minutes. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. Well a nice friday to start your Holiday Weekend. Drier conditions today. We have showers in the forecast tomorrow and the big question is will it stay dry for fireworks . Ill show you the timing in a second. Heres the live look out at cape may. Hazey this morning, fog along areas at the shore. In cape may, clear skies, temperature in the mid60s at the shore areas north and west closer to allentown, upper 50s. Upper 50s for pottstown, 63 westchester, 68 philadelphia. Much of south jersey and delaware, temperatures mostly in the upper 50s to mid60s. Pretty comfortable this morning. But it is a little more humid outside. Locally we are nice and dry. The clouds are not far behind. Well see more clouds move through today. The thing about the weekend, though we still have this front to our south. It will be stalled to our south today. It will be drier today. By tomorrow, this unsettled weather pattern, its going to be moving up again. Thats why we have rain in does hes forecast. Future weather here shows us pretty much staying dry today. Cant rule out the chance for an isolated shower. Most of the area will stay dry. More clouds overnight, more clouds to start your saturday. Heres 8 clng a. M. Tomorrow. We could already be seeing scattered showers around but the clouds are pretty much going to be locked in through the early afternoons. Temperatures will be around 80 degrees or so. By 2 00 p. M. Well still have the showers moving in mostly south of philadelphia. By 10 00 p. M. For a fireworks time, i think that most of the area will be on the dry side. Thats good. If youre heading to the shore, the delaware beaches, we have a moderate risk of rip currents today. For today, decent conditions. Saturday, tomorrow were seeing cloudy conditions with scattered showers along the shore. I think the rain will be clearing out just in time for most fireworks. For today, a mix of the clouds and sun. Temperatures will be anywhere from 81 to 84 degrees through the afternoon. If youre hanging out in the city staying around the philadelphia area we have the clouds for saturday. Still those scattered showers, highs around 880. By sunday we are warmer with more sunshine. A body cam captures the moments before a Deadly Police shooting. Well tell you how this encounter played out after the suspect pulled a bb gun on an officer. Teenagers storm a walmart, dozens ransacked the store with the sole purpose of causing destruction. Well show you the chaotic scene, coming up. Im Whoopi Goldberg and new york is my home. Theres 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 yorks most controversial citizens. A journey in new york is a journey through history. Plan you next trip at iloveny. Com summer. Theres something for everyone. This is new video in to nbc 10 from a Deadly Police shooting in texas. A warning, you may find it disturbing. Officers shot and killed a man who pointed a bb gun at them. Police say they confronted a man following a report that he stole beer from a walmart. The officers body camera caught the whole thing. You can hear it there. The officers were placed on leave but they are back on the force of a grand jury cleared them of any charges. Check out this security video. This is from a walmart in macon, georgia, Authorities Say up to 50 teenagers ran wild, smashing merchandise and terrorizing shoppers. Some of the teens snatched a man from a motorized shopping cart and dragged him to the floor. A 300pound bear gave residents in a northeastern pennsylvania town quite the surprise this week. The bear was spotted in luzerne county. One witness says the bear climbed the tree after seeing all of the people who came out of the homes to get a closer look at him. There he is. First responders used a rope and harness to