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WCAU NBC10 News At 11pm July 4, 2016

And flowing on the tire swing, and flying as he ran up the wall. Just another hair raising run for daniel gil, and hes standing by with kristine. Daniel, you looked amazing out there. How great is it for you to be competing as a vet this year instead of a rookie . Oh, i feel so good. Im back, and im bringing it this year. You know what, you almost got the fastest time of the night. You lost it to this guy. Tom beat you. One year in the making and i finally did it. Ha what do you feel about this . I mean, this was just qualifiers. Wait until city finals comes around. Oh, smack talk. I like it. Okay, well, were gonna see you at the city finals, and i think you might get the fastest time. I dont know. Thank you very much. Matt and akbar, back to you. Well, heres that final leader board with Thomas Stillings and daniel gill finishing at the top. Other finishers included the man with the great backyard course, brian beckstrand, and 54 year old jon stewart who ended up 13th among our 15 finishers. Well fill out our field of 30 with those who went the farthest the fastest. And that includes ninja great Brent Steffensen who fell at the bar hop. And well see all these athletes back here for the city finals in just a few weeks. Next week were in our final qualifying city, philadelphia, where well see more ninja greats including Geoff Britten and the weatherman, joe moravsky. For Akbar Gbajabiamila and kristine leahy, im matt iseman. Well see you next time on american ninja warrior. This is nbc 10 breaking news. Breaking news out of camden. An arson spree in the city with a jump in fires popping up in the last two days. Firefighters are getting exhausted in this fight. Seven have been hurt since yesterday. Fire and Police Authorities just wrapped up a press conference. Well hear from them coming up in just a few minutes. We begin with a threat of rain for your fourth of july. You are looking live at the firt alert radar. A system moving into our area. Im lauren mayk. Meteorologist karen thomas is timing out the rain with the nbc 10 first alert neighborhood forecast. Show us what youre tracking with rain moving first into south delaware. Thats right, lauren. Its a complicated forecast because all eyes are on the fourth of july tomorrow. Our weather story will begin tomorrow morning with mostly cloudy skies and we are looking for some shower activity to move in late in the afternoon, early evening. Right now were dry. Radar has us dry. We have clouds around. As we go wider on radar, we can see very large system just really cutting through the central part of the country. What we have is a warm front that is just stationed over our area. Just to our south. But it will be moving north. As it does, its going to allow for this precipitation to come into our area. Thats whats going to start out for tomorrow. As we mention, starting south moving to the north. We can expect to see shower activity moving into parts of southern delaware by even midday tomorrow afternoon. Not everybody will see the same weather at the same time. So while it may be dry in the Lehigh Valley for a good portion of the day, it could be raining in dover delaware in the afternoon. I have a timeline for you. Ill let you know what to expect, especially for our fireworks tomorrow night. Ill be back in a bit. Thanks, karen. The rain shouldnt damage all the patriotic pride coming from the Ben Franklin Park way tomorrow. You are looking live at the stage all set for the wawa welcome america july 4th concert. c the philly pops helped push it toward its grand finale with a performance at Independence Hall tonight. Thats where we find aundre aundrea clinethomas. Thousands ever people were out here for most of the day from enjoying the food trucks to the silly tops. Many decided to mark this july 4th holiday where it all began. In the shadow of Independence Hall. Let freedom reign on the eve of the nations birthday. This is where it all began. Its the birth place of liberty. The philadelphia pops struck a chord capturing the sig enounife through patriotic song. So fortunate to live in this city and to live around all this history is amazing. Reporter after 15 years, the pops on independence has become a tradition. Organizers estimated 10,000 people filled the lawn at independence mall. This is great. I enjoy it earlier in the day, crowds enjoyed the Historic Block Party from the very fans that entertain for seven hours. To the numerous food trucks offering different flavors. Its our first time. This event on the square. Its really nice to see everybody having fun. Enjoy each others company. So we leave tomorrow. We try to catch as much of philly as we can. And the celebration is far from over. As the nations biggest birthday bash continues. As of right now, most people have cleared out, but this is going to be buzzing again tomorrow starting at 10 00 a. M. Thats when leslie odom jr. From the hit Broadway Musical hamilton will be here resighting tresight i reciting the declaration of independence. Im aundrea clinethomas. Philadelphia soul legend the intruders put in one last practice session today. They are scheduled to take the stage for tomorrows wawa welcome america concert. The Group Performed their hit song ill always love my mama. The wawa welcome america julyc 4th concert will feature five hours of live music. The performances start at 5 00 tomorrow here on nbc 10. And on telemundo 62. That all leads up to the grand finale, the wawa welcome america july 4th Fireworks Show over the Ben Franklin Parkway. Watch it live at 10 00 tomorrow night right here on nbc 10. Remember, nbc 10, your home for wawa welcome america. You can get a full list of events for the entire weekend on the nbc 10 app. Breaking news out of camden tonight. Police are searching for the person or people responsible for setting a dozen fires around town. Take a look. This was the scene on broadway in south camden tonight. You can see the charred out remains of this home. If you caught the flames earlier, Officials Say 10 of the 12 fires are considered significant in nature. Seven firefighters suffered minor injuries. Police are asking for the publics help to track down whoever is responsible. This is happening during daytime hours. We had four incidents within a fivehour period. Nine incidents in a sevenhour period. Broad daylight, a lot of people out. Somebody probably saw something out of the ordinary. No word on what was used to start these fires. Anyone who has any information is asked to contact Camden Police departments tip line. Changes to septa could mean trouble for commuters all summer long. It will be rough for the thousands of commuters who take Regional Rail. Septa took about onethird of the rails off the tracks because of a cracking problem. The train schedule tomorrow will not be hindered by this, but the problems will come rolling in come tuesday morning. Some regional lines will not operate at all. Instead, passengers will be bussed downtown. And septa is telling us nearly every single line will be at full capacity after dangerous cracks were found on hundreds of train cars. Prepare for a crowded commute that could clog the system all summer. A warning from septa that Regional Rail lines will be so packed theyre going to have to get up earlier. Theyll be late for work. Reporter you might need to find another way to get downtown. Its going to impact it a lot. Especially in the morning, its already crowded. Septa wasc forced to take 1 train cars offline. They discovered dangerous cracks under nearly every single silver liner five train car. The concern would be that at high speed you could have a derailment. Septa said these tracracks w caught early. They get worse over time. They were found on the trucks under the train on a steel beam used to keep the train balanced. It can either be a design flaw or something that occurred in the manufacturing process. Reporter as septa works to replace and repair this problem, passengers will be deal with major headaches. About onethird of all train cars are now out of service, and septa warns the remaining trains could be completely full at rush hour, unable to pick up new riders. Schedules will also be shuffled, and it could all last for months. We ask for our riders patience during this difficult time. The first days and weeks of this adjustment time should prove to be the hardest. Were asking people to be courteous on board. Were going to need every seat. Get your luggage, backpacks, other items up in the luggage rack. And all of these affected silver liner five cars were purchased in just the past three to six years. Theyre almost brandnew. Septa is working with the manufacturer to see if they are covered by a warranty. Meantime, theyll be releasing a brandnew modified schedule tomorrow. In bala cynwyd, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. [ inaudible ]. Checking our forecast, we are dry and cool for now, but it may be a good idea to bring along an umbrella for your holiday fireworks. Ill be back with your full forecast after the break. With simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, payment, withdrawal or transfer each month to waive the monthly fee. And theres no minimum balance. Youre alright. With simply right checking from santander bank. Are you feeling alright, baby . Tonight nbc news reports at least 167 people were killed after a car bomb attack in a busy commercial district of baghdad. Iraqi Officials Say more than 180 people were wounded in the Early Morning blast. The explosion was so powerful, it decimated an entire city block. Isis quickly claimed responsibility for the attack. It was the third mass slaughter of civilians blamed on isis in less than a week. The white house promised to step up the fight against the terror network. An accident with some homemade fireworks may be to blame for an explosion that badly hurt a man in new yorks central park today. Witnesses say the man stepped on the fireworks causing the blast and severely injuring his foot and leg. Authorities do not believe the victim placed that device there himself but rather it was left there for some time before today. Police dont think there is any ie to terrori back in our area tonight, police are investigating a Home Invasion where a man claims he defended himself with a machete and ended up chopping off one of the intruders hands. Drew smith spoke with neighbors shocked by what happened. Reporter northampton Bureau Police tell nbc 10 theyre working to file charges against the man now in the hospital after losing his hand during a botched Home Invasion here. You have to know what youre doing. Youve got to know what youre going into before you do Something Like thats. Reporter a younger man lives with his father in this multifamily home. The father did not want to speak with us but confirmed he gave an account to a newspaper of masked men sneaking into the basement late last night, armed with what they later found out was a bb gun, but the son had something to defend himself with. Had to be something serious if you are trying to defend yourself with a machete. Reporter you can still see a trail of blood. Suspected accomplices dumped the handless man at the er. Police tell me they know who all of them are. Except for all these cop cars outside, nothing seemed out of order at all. Reporter michael rents a unit right above where the crime scene was. He is surprised neighbors didnt hear screaming. Thats a little weird, yeah. Spooky, actually. Thats why i lock my doors all the time. Reporter police are still investigating the masked mens motive. Drew smith, nbc 10 news. New at 11 00, a motorcyclist was hurt after colliding with a car in winslow township, camden county. Nbc 10 at route 73 and norcross road. Weve been checking, but police have not revealed the condition of that rider or what led to the crash. To decision 2016 tonight. The Clinton Campaign spent today trying to move past her interview with the fbi about her email server yesterday. The Presumptive Democratic president ial nominee told Nbcs Chuck Todd she wanted to get the interview over with, and she was happy to do it. Clintons team hopes shell be cleared of wrongdoing before she accepts the democratic nomination for president just weeks from now at the Democratic National convention here in philadelphia. There wont be an indictment, and i think that means that she did what many secretaries of state have done in the past. Clinton told nbc shell do everything she can to earn the trust of voters. The Trump Campaign is staying quiet tonight about his controversial tweet about hillary clinton. The Presumptive Republican nomineec tweeted this out yesterday attacking clinton as corrupt and showing what appears to be a star of david over a pile of money. Now trump later deleted the tweet, then reposted it with a circle instead of a star. Nbc news has learned the original image 50first appearedn twitter as early as a month ago by someone who also posted other racist imagery. Clinton will target trump when she campaigns in Atlantic City later this week. She set to visit on wednesday. Shes expected to hit trump on his Business Record in the town which includes multiple casino bankruptcies. On friday, clinton will team up with Vice President biden to campaign also in the keystone state. Theyll hold their First Campaign event together in scranton. Both have ties to the city. The vp was born in scranton while clintons father was born there. Philadelphias 23rd street armory doubled as an orchest ra ha hall. Members of the philadelphia orchestra were joined by youth musicians and a group from new Yorks Carnegie Hall summer internship program. Now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather. Im meteorologist karen thomas. Well check your fourth of july forecast for you and right now we are dry. We do have some clouds out there. And temperatures quite comfortable. Actually cool. 65 degrees right now in mt. Holly. 66 in vineland. 71 in philadelphia. We only reached 78 degrees in philadelphia for our High Temperature today. And as i mentioned, we are dry for now. We just have some clouds around. As we pull back on radar, we can see where all the action is. And, boy, there is quite a bit of activity happening down here in texas. Oklahoma moving right on through the Tennessee Valley. And this system is a low pressure system that will be riding along a front that is in our area for tomorrow. So well start out tomorrow with cloudy skies for the most part, and then we are expecting the moisture to be moving in to our area as we move on through the daytime. Futurecast will put this model in motion for you and show that some sunshine up here in the Lehigh Valley and parts north and west to start but then clouds overspread everywhere. Here we can see the precipitation coming into the southern part of our viewing area by 6 30 tomorrow evening. And then the heavier band of rain setting up just here to the west. Just pushing maryland and parts of central, South Central pennsylvania. So thats at about dinnertime tomorrow evening where we can see the shower activity beginning, very light, but starting to nose into the area. And by 8 30 tomorrow night, we can see that its sort of broken apart lighter to the north, heavier to the south. Parts of interior south jersey, northern delaware, getting heavier rain as we move closer to the 9 30, 10 00 p. M. Hour and we can see the rain coming through philadelphia. This is just one model. Not each model agrees with each other right now, but this is the way its setting up. And by midnight, some of that heavier stuff may be even some thunderstorms coming through. So we have this system that will come through by tuesday morning. We wake up to more rain. And this model has 8 00 a. M. Tuesday morning, the rain finally getting out of here by midday tuesday. For your holiday tomorrow, mostly cloudy skies and then we expect the moisture to be moving in south, moving up to the north. So it will go south to northeast and then possibly even a thunderstorm overnight. Isnt looking to be a complete washout for the entire region tomorrow by any stretch, but as we take you through in philadelphia, just have the umbrellas handy. By the time we get to the fireworks, and this 5 00 p. M. Concert, may have some sprinkles here as well. Were not going to say cancel any afternoon barbecues, but just be aware that we do have this system coming in late tomorrow into tomorrow night. Danny pommells here with you. A Successful End to the phillies series with the royals. And Summer League team today. Well talk to him after his first day as a pro, next. Thanks for the ride around norfolk and i just wanted to say, geico is proud to have served the military for over 75 years roger that. Captains waiting to give you a tour of the wisconsin now. Couldve parked a little bit closer. Its gonna be dark by the time i get there. Geico®. Proudly serving the military for over 75 years. This is sports desk brought to you by xfinity. Sit back and settle in. Im Danny Pommells from csn. The phillies and royals wrapping it up. This was worrisome. The trainer checking on vazquez in the first inning. Velazquez stays in the game. Bottom first, helping out his pitcher. Threerun bomb on some high heat. His eighth of the season. 31 phillies. Home half of the third, go get his album. Hes a solo artist. 40. Velazquez pitched pretty well. Gave up a tworun homer but also struck out seven in six innings. Quality inning for him. Franco getting in on the home run fun. Vela

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