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WCAU NBC10 News At 4pm July 27, 2016

Delegations staying at this king of prussia hotel. We spoke to members from each one of those states and they tell us, that although many continue to be supporters of Bernie Sanders, some of of them say they just cant get behind Hillary Clinton. Were still grieving. Reporter north dakota delegate emily kimble said Bernie Sanders not being the president ial candidate is a loss of a loved one. Theyre not listening to the people on the ground. I know that Hillary Clinton is a very caring person, and has a lot of amazing work that she has done. Reporter shes boarding a bus to head to the center, other delegates are not. All theyre doing now is infomercials for hillary. Whats the alternative for you . What do you do now . Well, we could go see the liberty bell. And then we were talking about going to have some philly cheesesteaks. And probably going down to fdr park for the protests. Reporter supporters of bernie said you have to do what he is asking. Its ridiculous for anyone to walk out. Reporter but that is what some have done. Theres nothing else we can do, which is why were not going back. They dont want our votes. They dont care about our votes. So we dont feel theres any reason for us to be there. And were not, im sorry, but were not going to go and watch the coronation of the queen. Were not abandoning him. The party isnt. Hes not abandoning the party or the principles either. We can still stand for Bernie Sanders and everything he stands for, and still support Hillary Clinton. Because thats what we need to do. Reporter now, some are skipping the conventional together, others say they will be in protest of the nomination of Hillary Clinton. Youll see signs like these on the Convention Floor today. Others say theyre throwing their vote behind third party candidates. Third parties, the green party. Their candidate jill stein will be in philadelphia tonight. Shes part of a Panel Discussion that begins at 7 00 p. M. At 15th and cherry. Stein is running on a platform that includes job creation, investing in Public Transit and a push for clean, renewable energy. Its going to be a starstudded night as the white house takes over the dnc stage in effect. The primetime speakers include Vice President joe biden, president obama, and the partys vp nominee tim kaine. Nbc 10s lauren mayk on the floor now. Reporter jim, were over at the virginia delegation right now. Theyve got a really great spot here, right up close to the stage. Now, they know him well. But tonight is kaines opportunity to introduce himself to everyone else. He was here in the Convention Hall earlier today. Let me show you that video. He was doing a walkthrough to look at the stage, take a look at the prompter. Really just get an idea of what hes going to be seeing here tonight. Now, he has joked that he is boring, but he has already shown that he is willing to take on donald trump. Take a listen to what he had to say today at a breakfast with the virginia delegation. This is an election that in some ways is less about candidates than about america. Looking in the mirror and deciding what it is that we see there. Will we go to be a nation after 240 years of religious tolerance, that suddenly is going to treat people differently because of how they worship or choose not to . Are we going to bring torture back . Now, we are going to be watching very carefully when he is placed into nomination here. Because the Bernie Sanders supporters, some of them are not happy with this choice. They really would have liked to have seen a more progressive candidate as Hillary Clintons Vice President. Were going to be watching to see if they make any disruptions or make their displeasure known, jim. Yeah, as we saw, some of them walked out last evening. Lauren, thanks for being down on the floor as always. Well check back with you throughout the afternoon and evening. President obama will be right behind us on the stage tonight with a speech on why we as a country are better united than divided. The president sat down for an exclusive interview with nbcs savannah guthrie. He said democrats should be running scared about the challenge they face in donald trump. You stay worried until all those votes are cast and counted, because you know, one of the dangers in an election like this is that people dont take the challenge seriously. And the president s Vice President will also push voters to choose hillary during his primetime speech tonight. Nbc 10s tim furlong has more on delawares famous son and his mission. I dont have any personal use for donald trump. Reporter Vice President joe biden taping a segment for msnbc hours before he takes the podium at the dnc. This morning he met with delawares delegates. He spoke about the importance of education. He spoke about the cancer movement. Reporter Maria Cabrera is a Council Member and candidate for mayor. She said biden told delegates they need to fight harder for democrats at all levels on this years ballot. She also said he talked about his own future. No matter what, he said im going to have a team of people working with me on the issues that are near and dear to his heart. Theres no such thing as retirement or farewell for joe biden. Reporter i caught up with a senator today and he said he will be leading the fight against cancer. Cancer took beau biden last year. He said we will probably see more of joe biden around delaware. That doesnt mean he wont still be fighting for all americans. You get to know somebody. And you listen to the other team. You listen to the other side. Reporter tim furlong, nbc 10 news. So we will hear from Vice President biden tonight. While the dnc continues to make headlines, its all happening while the longest heat wave so far this season just broils our region. Heres a live look right now down broad street from the Kimmel Center camera, where its another 90degree day out there. Lets check in with first alert chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. It just continues. One more day of it before i think we see some changes. Its 92 in philadelphia. 93 in northern delaware. And the humidity is higher in delaware, making it feel even hotter. One place were seeing relief is at the beaches. You can see weve got a sea breeze. Its only 79 in ocean city right now. 76 in upper township. We do have some showers and thunderstorms in the area, near 90 in mays landing. The temperature trend over the last several days, its been pretty high. 97 monday. 92 so far today. 94 tomorrow. And then we drop a little bit on friday. Here are the showers and storms. You can see theyve pretty much moved offshore. At least for now. Were going to have another round starting tomorrow, and that is going to be much more significant than what were seeing. We have a first alert issued for tomorrow for much of the area. Delaware, new jersey, philadelphia, p. A. Suburbs. This is for thursday night, into friday night. The combination of strong thunderstorms and the threat of flash flooding. So were going to get more into that, more on the timing of the storms, the areas likely to be affected the most coming up in just a few minutes, jim. Glenn, well see you soon. Four protesters faced a judge today after their arrests outside the Wells Fargo Center yesterday. They were taken into custody by secret service officers, after they climbed this fence here over a police barricade. Theyve been charged with entering a restricted area. Another person who climbed the barrier was cited and released. In all, five violations for Disorderly Conduct handed out on day two of this convention. Now to a group of voters who say they feel dissatisfied, disgusted and disenfranchised. Their revelation will continue on a different path, one that will not embrace Hillary Clinton, they say. Nbc 10s cydney long got reaction from the dncs black caucus. Shes joining us now from the Pennsylvania Convention center with that. Cydney . Reporter jim, one by one, the black men for Bernie Movement tells me they will engage, educate and enlist new africanamerican voters to head to the polls come november. But to vote against the Democratic Party. The message is, we want to dismantle your organization with new blood that really will serve black people, because you failed. Reporter with this flier, and thousands of black men for bernie supporters, founder bruce carter said he will canvas barber shops nationwide, his goal, getting 10 million black friends, their grandmothers and friends to go to the polls. The Congressional Black Caucus is one of the main problems. Our goal is to dismantle it from top to bottom. Reporter theyre not just disenfranchised by an inscrupulous sabotage of Bernie Sanders, but overall on crime, poverty and black lives matter issues. He said president obama didnt care enough. People do not have food, coming to philadelphia, the deepest poverty city in america. I would say its not about hillary. Im with her on issues, too. Are you down at your state house, your local elections, are you running for office. Reporter at todays dnc black caucus if doctor king had given up because of setbacks along the way, we wouldnt be where we are today. Reporter a message from former attorney general eric holder, to not give up. Angela said shes not disheartened by the black men for bernie upset. When youre talking about issues like police brutality, property taxes, education, those are democratic core values. Were not running outside our party. What they need to do is get involved in our party and be the change here. We need them. Reporter and delegate angela angel went on to say the profound message out of the black caucus today is, quote, our voice is our vote. She said, when black voters, especially black men, head to the polls, thats when democrats win. Clearly, time will tell. Live in center city, im cydney long, nbc 10 news. Hillary clintons achievement here at the dnc, definitely historic. Young girls across our area and across the country celebrating the first woman nominated for president by a major party. These are girls from the left freedom sing choir. They traveled to philly from all 50 states to sing around town during the dnc. 100 girls make up this choir and they tell nbc 10 its empowering to watch a woman break the Glass Ceiling and get one step closer to the white house. They say that women should just, like, stay at home, be, like, in the kitchen, house mom. But women can really do anything, and hillary just proved that. The girls say its just a lot of fun to be singing music thats literally bringing people together at such a divisive time for our country. A lot of work goes into putting on a convention. Hundreds of college students, including 18 from Temple University stepped um up to the plate to help out. Its part of an academic seminar. Six others did the same thing at the Republican Convention in cleveland. The students work in a variety of jobs, including checking the credentials of delegates, or working directly with the campaign. These people speaking at these events, working here are human beings like myself who at the end of the day just want to make the country as good as it can be. It includes about 165 students from all across the country. Great experience for them. The action on the stage behind me, the focus of the dnc, all this week. But all the visitors from around the country are still trying to take the time to take in what philadelphia has to offer. Randy gyllenhaal hit the streets to see where theyre going, what theyre doing. Reporter away from all the politics and drama, a lot of these delegates are trying to squeeze in just a little bit of vacation into their convention. And for a lot of them, its their very first time in philadelphia. Taking a break from the many meetings and events, dnc delegates escape to independence mall. Im just here having fun. And rooting for hillary. Reporter some of them keeping up with the latest news on the msnbc set, others just taking in the sights and the sounds. We caught up with two louisiana delegates, one for hillary, the other for bernie. I expect well be best friends forever. Reporter and despite the drama in their party this week, theyre taking a unity tour together around town with the little free time theyve got. Constitution center, then weve got to get back to the buses, the shuttles to the arena. Reporter over at the rocky steps, protesters are putting down the picket signs and checking out the tourist traps. I did want to get a philly cheesesteak sandwich while im here. Reporter for most delegates and demonstrators, this week its all business, making the most of just a few hours of down time each day. We went to go see the liberty bell. Washington square park. We packed a lot into our schedule. We want to make sure we made the most of our visit during this vibrant time. Reporter randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. So much to see. Our dnc coverage continues at 4 30. Well hear about the evolution of the Democratic Party from a delegate whos lived through more than 100 years of american politics. Imagine that. Join us back here at 7 00 tonight for a onehour special report. Clintons plan for free tuition for public colleges, our Fact Checkers are digging to find out. We send it back to the studios to glenn hurricane schwartz for the first alert forecast. Glenn . Ill bet youre glad youre indoors today. We have the heat wave right in the middle of the convention. Its going to continue one more day. 92 in philadelphia. 93 degrees in much of delaware. But of course, cooler at the jersey shore. Lets show you some of these hot delaware temperatures. 93 in tallyville and greenville, wilmington 93. Harmony hills 95. Glasgow 93. Odessa, 94. Just as weve seen with the jersey shore, we have that sea breeze that comes in, keeping the temperature down. Bethany beach 82. 92 in mills boro. Now, in philadelphia itself, weve got 92 at the philly airport. But in other parts of the city, its even hotter. Parkside and west mount airy, 95 right now. Fox chase, bustleton at 93 degrees. Weve got another day of this. And the humidity is going to be higher tomorrow as well. Radar satellite not showing much, except for some showers and storms from portions of cape may county, the middle portion of the county. Atlantic city didnt get it. Cape may didnt get it. Thats about it. But the heat wave continues. And it will go one more day. Theres not much more doubt about that. This is our third heat wave of the season. The longest one so far. The last couple days of the month will not be quite as hot. And were going to replace the heat with the thunderstorms. So not so much during the night tonight or tomorrow morning. During the afternoon, you can see it building up with the heat, humidity of the day, and a disturbance moving in from the west. You saw the yellows and reds and some of that is going to be on the heavy side. Heres another round coming in thursday night, and into friday morning. Look how heavy that is. And thats in the morning. We dont have to wait until friday afternoon to get these storms. And after the storms thursday, and then on friday, we do have the threat of some flooding along with that. So we do have the first alert that goes from late tomorrow, thursday night into friday night, combination of a chance to strong to severe storms on thursday afternoon and night. And then some flash flooding into friday as a result of that. Now, what happens tonight, weve got dry conditions, and a very warm night to start off with. Its going to stay fairly humid during the night. Then as we go into morning, its already getting close to 80 degrees in most of the area. By noon, its close to 90 in parts of the region. But as you can see, down in atlantic city, it is cooler, because weve got the sea breeze coming in again tomorrow. So we have the storms tomorrow, and friday. But look at the temperature go down. Saturday we have better chance of sunshine across the area. But the temperature stays in the 80s. Look at that. 82 degrees Lehigh Valley friday. 85 on saturday. But we do expect a good bit of rain. New jersey, jersey shore getting it especially on friday. And then again coming in on sunday. Well have another report coming in a little bit later where well go into the tenday forecast and see if were going to see a return of the heat next week. All right, glenn. This weeks storms led to a tragic death that has a local high school in mourning. What could serve as a lesson of the danger of power lines that you havent heard before. New details about this Montgomery County teacher accused of sexual assaulting students. What we now know about his alleged encounter. And later, a slithering scare. One womans shocking discovery in her south jersey neighborhood that has police issuing a warning to everyone nearby. A look at the closing bell on wall street. Stocks closed mixed today. Your Business Needs a lot of speed. But getting it doesnt have to break the bank. Introducing the comcast business Summer Savings event. Now you can get a lot for a little. As little as a cup of coffee and donut a day. 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