Louis, and in Cape May County, where we are a Tornado Warning, potential tornado. We do not have the confirmation on that, waiting for it, but there is light rain left over in Cape May County, sliding up to Atlantic City now and ocean county and lighter rain. The heaviest of it is now offshore. The most severe thunderstorms have now moved out of the area, but we also have more back off to the west. Now, this is still pretty far off to the west. What you see right where im circling, just west of washington, watching this area as we go through the rest of the evening because some models are, in fact, picking up on this trying to move it through parts of delaware and south jersey tonight. Timing on that coming up. All right. Right now, we want to go to telemundo 62 reporter, christian, in Cape May County, the intensity changed since youve been there. Whats it like now, christian . Reporter wildwood residents took quite a punch from mother nature, and now a closer look at the damage, like this scene here found off of garfield and this building here is a public works building, and as you can see here to the left, thats the roof. I just spoke to one of the workers here from that department, and he told me there were plenty of folks here all day working up until 2 00 in the afternoon when they wecht home for the day. Fortunately, nobody was home, nobody was injured, but as you can see, damage is major. He told me that the luckily, wind blew east ward, why the roof is now on the vacant property opposed to if the winds blew the opposite way, they have other machinery, what were told all the machines used to clean up the beach, thats where everything is stored here. Weve been Walking Around some of these neighborhoods, driving around, and i can tell you thats theres plenty of trees and debris out on the streets. Well drive around getting foot amg for you and well be back with some of those in a bit here. Christian, thank you for that. Track the storm right now on nbc 10 app, download for free, to get the radar and interactive radar right on your smart phone. Other breaking news, congressman fattah convicted on all counts in the federal corruption trial. Nothing to say so nbc 10 leaving court this afternoon. Reporter denied charges all along, this was a jury of your peers. You have no comment . That was nbc 10 asking the congressman for comment. He now awaits to find out how long hes going to serve in federal prison. Nbc 10 has Team Coverage of the guilty verdict, and lauren has reaction for the prosecution. We, again, begin with deanna reporting on this jury selection. Reporter the congressman smiled until the end, even as the jury read the guilty verdicts on 22 counts against him, and when he left the courthouse, as you saw, he did not have much to say about the guilty verdict. He emerged calm and smiling. Confer with the lawyers, figure out what the next steps are. Reporter offering little comment on what the jury said he did. The trouble began when he ran for mayor of philadelphia, witnesses said his campaign was unorganized and earthquakely ran out of cash. What money he had in the account, prosecutors said, used to pay down his sons College Loan Debt and mounting debt for people who worked for him like a south jersey printer and law firm. When the campaign for mayor needed money, he took an it legal loan from a wealthy friend and used codefendant to pay it back, laundering through a private company. The cash used to repay the loan came from a nonprofit meant to help students go to college, but went into the banking the of the student loan executive, the man who granted the loan. The defense said there was no evidence he knew about the loan or had anything to do with repayment. The jury sided with the federal period of time and found he defrauded a Mortgage Company claiming a car sale provide funds to secure a mortgage for a vacation house. The car was never sold, and he drove it. He accepted bribes from a friend who paid his tuition bill, agreed to buy the car, but never took it from his garage. Now, the codefendants are scheduled to be sentenced in october. We did reach out to the fattah legal team, they are not granting interviews today. Live outside the federal chou courthouse, nbc 10 news. A statement now from the congressman. He says, this is an extraordinarily difficult day for me and my family, a jury decided that based on the evidence presented to them that im guilty of charges presented by the government. He goes on to say while todays outcome is not what we hoped, i expect our nations judicial system and thank the people of the second Congressional District for the honor of serving them. As we mentioned, he was not the only one on trial. Jury came back with a mixed verdict for four codefendants. Peterman guilty on all counts like bribery and bank fraud. The jury found philadelphias businessman report brand guilty on all charges, quicking him of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Jury returned a split verdict for bowser, chief of staff, found guilty on five of 21 counts she faced. Former fattah aid was found guilty on some counts against her like wire fraud and falsification of records. Our Team Coverage continues with lauren mayk. You have reaction from the prosecution once the verdict came down. What are they saying . Reporter keith, they are pleased. They have been working for this for a very long time, and they say the key to the success was having the jury hear from people that they called insiders to the criminal activity. Were going to ask for jail time. U. S. Attorney in philadelphia talking about the next step in the case against congressman fattah guilty on ul counts against him. Hopefully our elected officials in philadelphia and elsewhere hear todays message loud and clear. Reporter as they gathered outside the courthouse, federal officials have multiple agencies spread a lesson and message. We hold our Public Officials and staff to a very high level of trust. Reporter saying he breach that. Notably and contrary to the congressmans public per son that as a champion of education, fattah was convicted of stealing caterble funds and federal grant funds used to benefit children in the community. Reporter asked whether he lost a primary but months to go on the term should step down, the u. S. Attorney deferred. This trial is a referendum on his conduct, and other persons will determine what the appropriate steps for the congressman will take. Its not my call. Reporter now, i contacted the House Ethics Committee today, and they have no comment on this. One other interesting note, though, is that they served as a super delegate in the dnc happening here in philadelphia next month. I contacted the Pennsylvania Democratic party to ask about this, and they tell me that the verdict today dont change anything. Hes a super delegate because hes a congressman. Unless he resigns, nothing changes. Live in old city, lauren mayk, nb 10 news. Thank you. The prosecutions kiss, former federal prosecutor joining us. Howard, likely hell appeal, what are chances of a successful appeal . Well, next step for the congressman and sad saga for him is sentencing on october 4th, and after he is sentenced, he would then appeal to the Third Circuit court of appeals, appeal as a matter of rights, and files appeal based on legal errors made at the trial, and rulings that the judge made he feels are against him or Improper Conduct the prosecutors may have engaged in in the course of the trial. All of that is briefed by both sides, and then it goes to the Third Circuit, they review it, oral argument, and a decision on appeal, appeals are generally uphill battles for federal criminal defendants, but theres a chance. Thats the next shot at this point. I was asking about the likelihood there. Thank you so much for the insight. See you at 5 30 for more of your expertise. Appreciate it. Thank you. Count on us for continuing coverage in the major verdict and fallout. Hear reaction from the congressmans constituents. Now to the terror in orla o orlando. The ag visits today to meet with prosecutors for victims of the mass shooting. Today, floridas governor says the federal government denied request to declare a state of emergency following the massacre 49 patrons in a nightclub. 53 people hospitalized, 19 still in the hospital. A local team of comfort dogs and handlers in or lap doe to help Emergency Responders smile after the tragedy. Six dogs from the canine Crisis Response left cherry hill this morning. Some are retired seeing eye dogs, others are rescues. They all specialize in helping posttraumatic stress disorder. They help workers who are overlooked after a crisis. New at 5 00, two philadelphia men behind bars after getting stopped by police with more than 900 pounds of marijuana. They both 23 years old arrested last night after 10 00 facing several charges including possession of a dangerous substance and unlawful transportation of marijuana. Maryland state police shows how massive the haul was, box upon box, stacked full and wrapped with marijuana. Approximately 938 pounds worth of it. Chen and jong were pulled over on northbound exit ramp to route 279. Officers suspected something was up, called on a k9 sniffing dog who alerted them then to drugs. Watching the radar, strongest storms left the area, but we could see more later on this evening. Ill show you the timing of that coming up. Sweeping changes for how new jerseys schools receive money. Still ahead, major proposal from kris kenteChris Christie he saya fair funding formula. New information about assaults at chinos steaks, what the restaurant says about the attack. Stoking gun control, congressional candidates raffling off a rifling off raffling off an Assault Rifle to the facebook followers. More on that next. Nbc 10 first aletter weather tracking strong storms tonight. Parts of the shore seeing damaging winds, light ning, and hail. Look at these viewer contributions to the newscast. Well have a full forecast in just a few minutes. A steamy day on the job in center city, a live look from the new comcast innovation and Technology Center where construction crews were sweating it out on top of that tower today. Were inside in the airconditioning, but some people have to work outside. The guys and gals out there on the Comcast Center in philly, several crews were working, and when its this hot, the mercury starts to really climb. Reporter as the next s skyscraper rises in philly, so, too, does the temperature. The heat is on, especially working hundreds of feet up, closer to the suns rays. I, personally, guys think im nuts, i like the sun. I hate the cold. Reporter rich is the glass worker. He sees installlation of the window panes, and there are thousands. These guys fight exhaustion going out on a limb, literally, meanwhile, a beam of scorching flames, steam fitters, weld miles of copper and steel pipe. Brutal . Yes, welding, wearing leathers, stuff like that, yeah, real hot. Reporter they have to take breaks, a cross breeze here at the edge of the tower. I dont like the winter. Cold gets to me. Id rather work in this heat. Reporter wearing overalls in 90 degrees, but hes been doing this 26 years. August is bad. Sixth floor, its brutal down there. Reporter no ac, no relief. These workers i like this weather. You dont hurt in the heat like it does in the cold. Come back dm november, january, february youll just see our face. Reporter speaking of that, weve been covering every development of the new comcast innovation center. You can catch the stories every monday on nbc 10 news at 5 00. Miss them . Go to nbc 10. Com and free nbc 10 app. Gun control, once again, taking center stage on capitol hill. Bipartisan support for a proposal to keep guns out of hands of suspected terrorists. Today, the senator from maine said she expects the senate to vote on her new proposal. Senator collins cosponsored the bill with four republicans and four democrats. Mitch mcconnell has not said whether a vote will be held. He received backlash for voting against background checks and sale of guns to people on terror watch lists. A Florida State senator running for congress is stoking debate on gun control. Republican greg evers is raffling awe an Assault Rifle, ar15 to people who like his Facebook Page saying its to bring attention to Second Amendment rights. Gun owner and retired Police Officer is not sold on this as a way to get the message cross. I dont think we should attract attention to the ar, any weapon, pistol, or shotgun. To be eligible, you have to be 18, a resident of florida, and pass a background check. The 2yearold boy killed by an alligator in a Disney Resort was buried in his hometown in nebraska today. An alligator pulled lane graves into the water tuesday despite the frantic efforts of his father. The body recovered wednesday. The boy died from wednesday and traumatic injuries. Look at this video. Two menmented for a robbery and shooting at center city. They tried to sell a man drugs Early Saturday Morning at broad and walnut street, refused, and shot him in the leg. A few minutes later, they robbed another man, the cell phone. They tried it get the phone back to the suspect, fired a shot at the victim, missing him, and took off. Get ready for takeoff. The white house is cleared the way for small drones to fly if they are used for commercial purposes. After years of struggling to write new rules, faa created a new category of rules for drones when weighing less than 55 pounds. Operators can fly without special permission. Right now, you apply for a waiver for rules that govern manned aircraft, which is time consuming and expensive. Boy oh boy, listen to that. This is from cape may. We showed you video earlier. This is new, shot a short time ago, you can hear the wind, and, in fact, ripped a roof offal building in wildwood. Tracking it all, where are the storms now . Well, good news for cape may, they have offshore now. They moved out. We dont have anymore strong storms moving into cape may for the next few hours. They are off in the atlantic, delaware also is in the clear. Now from the very strong and severe storm we saw earlier in delaware. Now only found in Sussex County, they are not severe, just heavy rain and a lot of lightning here in Sussex County near frankfurther, light rain, south of seaford, a lot of lightning at the moment and close 20 longneck, but in sussx county, there are improvements to what we had earlier this afternoon. We are watching for more storms west. I mentioned we dont have any strong storms headed to cape may in the next couple hours, but later on tonight, models are suggesting that some of what you see off to the west and west of washington could move into parts of delaware and jersey tonight. We have a severe watch in south jersey and delaware. Some may be getting trimmed down. It goes into 9 00 p. M. , but the worst has moved through, now offshore. Heres future weather. As we go over the next few hours, models indicating by 8 30, showers develop east of philadelphia and new jersey and look what happens as we approach 1030 and 11 00 tonight. Models have been trying to pick up on storms i showed you west of washington, moving into delaware and possibly towards Cape May County again. Thats not until 10 00 or 11 00, though. Well pay close attention to tonight. Tomorrow afternoon, nice and dry. Temperatures still warm. Mid to upper 80s, but thursday, more thunderstorms moving in thursday morning, and we start the day with thunderstorms, and throughout the afternoon. We could have thunderstorms around for the day, and some storms could be severe. Heres the thursday storm threat for severe storms similar to what we saw today in delaware and south jersey. The severe risk in yellow and for thursday, that covers majority of the area so a larger portion of our area than what we saw today. We could see winds, lightning, potentially some hail and heavy rain in the storms on thursday. Well track that very closely for you. Tomorrow, though, nice sun shine in the area, 89 degrees in fox chase. In the lehigh valley, 86 in reading, sunny skies. New jersey, 87 degrees. Low 80s close to the shore. If youre in dover, temperatures will be hot, about the upper 80s with sunshine. Philadelphia, the jersey shore, we are dry tomorrow. Thursday, the storms move in. Temperatures will be slightly cooler, low 80s thursday for philadelphia with storms, 77 degrees thursday for the shore, but look what happens going into the weekend. We have a really nice forecast setting up for you friday through sunday. Temperatures heating up to 90 degrees, and nice and dry. All right. Expected to be the number one overall pick in the nba draft by the sixers, but before the professional debut, ben similmons visits the tonight show. Reports surface today that the sixers have informed lsu star that he will be taken with the number one overall pick and tomorrow nights nba draft. Prior to that, hes taking a tour of the late night circuit, on the tonight show starring jimmy fallon tonight. Dont miss it. Catch it with jimmy, of course, following nbc 10 at 11 00. Major honor for nbc 10. Proud to announce that nbc10. Com won a National Award for best website for Large Market Television station. The award given to a website that exhibits a standard of journalism excellence. This comes a few months after being recognized for a Regional Award for second year in a row. Of course, from us here, we congratulate our entire digital team for the outstanding work. Such a great job, above and beyond. Exactly, including sharing our Facebook Live feed right now. Yes. Follow nbc10 philadelphia and us. Yeah, congrats digital team. Strong storms leaving a path of damage down the shore today. They are. Our viewers have great pictures of the