Jersey where it is 70 degrees. Just a few scattered clouds this morning. The suburbs, 71 degrees. Once we get sunshine, the 60s will warm through the 60s and into the 70s, into the 80s and near 90 degrees this afternoon. 78 degrees in delaware at 10 00 this morning. 90 for philadelphia. The first day of a heat wave. The temperature is 09. But it gets hotter in the coming days. Ill go through the forecast hour by hour when im back in a few minutes. First, Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. Thanks, bill. Starting off on the schuylkill expressway this morning and heading out around Spring Garden street. No big problems so far or delays yet. You can see traffic moving along east, westbound, a lot of cars out there considering its only 5 30 in the morning. Well see a little bit bigger and heavier of a rush hour from now through the rest of the fall of course. Eastbound from the blue route to the vine street expressway, thats anc 11minute trip ther. Average speeds into the high 60s still as well. Out in northeast philadelphia, theres in Oxford Circle a water main break. Summerdale avenue and norris street. Were watching a downed tree in lower merion, blocking part of the road on montgomery avenue and north stone ridge lane. The water main break that jessica just mentioned sent gallons of water down summerdale avenue overnight in philadelphias Oxford Circle neighborhood. Water gushed into the street after an 8 inch underground main ruptured just after 2 00 this morning. Crews turned off the main. Theyll be back later to make the repairs. The intersection was shut down for a while but is back open. Summer vacation is officially over for thousands of students in philadelphia. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live this morning outside the j. Hampton moore school in the citys Oxford Circle neighborhood. Teachers are already saying this year will be better for them and the state of the union. Tell us more about that. They are hoping to a good school year ahead. A lot of students in our area have gone back to school. Philadelphia School Students waited long enough, now its time for them to head back to the classroom. 130,000 students in the Philadelphia School district. And it is a new beginning, of course, some good news to start off here. This year, no new layoffs, cuts or reductions. The district will once again have counselors and nurses in each school which means teachers can spend more time on actual teaching. The you recall the budget standoff last year. Districts could not get funding or textbook money on time. Philly superintendent says he feels a lot better going into this school year. For this year were not announcing that were closing something. Were not announcing that were laying someone off. Were not announcing that reductions in resources and programs. Instead, were talking about investments. How about this, yesterday c 130,000 books were delivered to 650 classrooms in 53 city schools to get the year started off right. Not all is done yet. In the meantime, the superintendent says he is still trying to work out a contract with the teachers. For now though, im live in northeast philadelphia, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Faculty at pennsylvanias 14 state universities will vote on whether to authorize a strike next month. The voting will continue through friday. Faculty members have been working without a contract since june of last year. State Officials Say they want to reach a fair contract. Fire destroyed an old bridge in the jersey shore. The flames broke out last night on the Beesleys Point bridge. It connects summers point with upper township. It was no longer in service. They were in the process of tearing it down when the fire started. No one was hurt. Also no word on the cause. We now know when bill cosbys Sexual Assault trial will begin in montgomery county. Well show you video here of cosby walking out of the courthouse in norristown. This happened yesterday afternoon. A judge had just set a trial date of june 5th of next year. Cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in 2004. The defense wants the case moved out of montgomery county. Saying it would be hard to get an untainted jury pool. The media has presumed him guilty, not innocent. The media has championed the causes of his accusers. Weve spent a lot of time talking to a lot of people all over the country and outside of the country. District attorney kevin steele talked about his motion to have 13 other women who claim they were sexually assaulted by cosby testify during the trial. Cosby has pleaded not guilty. Nbc 10 will continue to follow thec latest development in the cosby case. You can get the latest on air or right on your phone by downloading the nbc 10 app. This morning, police are looking for a man seen on Surveillance Video stealing a menorah from a synagogue. Man was walking with a group on Tomlinson Road in somerton last night. He took off from the group and grabbed the menorah from the front law. Heres the rabbi. This menorah is a special menorah. It was dedicated by a member of our synagogue in memory of his father. Now were standing with a synagogue before the high holidays without a menorah. The rabbi says the menorah is valued at around 5,000. From our south jersey bureau, camden is getting federal help to improve roads around the city. The u. S. Department of transportation announced around investment grant that totaled more than 16 million. The money will help the city improve its aging infrastructure. Camden mayor dana redd said the money will go towards overhauling over two miles of roads. The dispensary will soon have marijuana lozenges and lotion. The lotion will be available in a week and the lozenges in about a month. If yesterday was any indication, Regional Rail passengers may have to wait a little longer during their morning commute. Septa has been dealing with a slowdown since before july 4th when they took more than 100 trail cars off the rails because of a structural defect. The agency warned things cowl get worse when students return to school and workers went back to the office off summer vacation. We found delays of about a half hour atc some stations yesterd morning. Septa added Supplemental Bus Service and changed its Regional Rail schedules to help move people along faster. Septa returned at least four cars to service so far. Theyre not expected to get back to a regular schedule until october. And a judge orred two men accused of shooting an Atlantic CityPolice Officer to remain behind bars unless they can post bail. You have the right to remain silent. Croft and his alleged accomplice, mchisolm yesterday. They were involved in an Armed Robbery saturday morning near the caesars parking lot. Josh baddell was shot in the head as he was getting out of his cruiser. Every day has been an improvement. Its been good news. Hes a fighter. Hes always been. Hes a tough kid. A third suspect was killed by another officer. Chisolm and cross are being held on 750,000 cash bail. And the Atlantic City community is coming together to help that injured officer. That includes a 9yearold girl who is showing that you can make a difference with just a glass of lemonade. Addison couple spent yesterday evening selling lemonade and pasta in galloway township, Atlantic County to raise money for officer baddell and his family. She says when she heard about the tragedy, she just wanted to help. And would want someone to do the same thing for her family. Still really sad but its fun to do this for him. Its really fun to do it for a special reason. Thats the best part. She has a cause. Galloway Township PoliceDepartment Gave addison a plaque to say thank you for all that shes done. Addison says she wants to be a Police Officer some day with the canine unit when she grows up. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. c 5 39. A pleasant start this morning. Were watching the shore, still breezy but not as windy as yesterday. Thats a live view of cape may from the marquis de lafayette hotel. Dry, the dry weather may take a break along the coastline. The shore seeing the showers offshore from whats left of hermine. Most of the day will be dry. Philadelphia, sunshine will warm temperatures from 74 degrees right now to near 80 degrees at 10 00. And then heading into the upper 80s this afternoon, to near 90 degrees. We will see a little bit of a northerly wind, so the humidity will be creeping up a little bit today but not all that much. Well see more humid conditions tomorrow. For the suburbs, 68 degrees right now. The temperatures still could come down a bit more. 76 agrees at 10 00 and low 80s at lunch time. For the Lehigh Valley, youll see those northerly winds, too. Sunny day, 82 degrees at noon and upper 80s in the afternoon. A few scattered clouds later in the day. No sign of any showers for the Lehigh Valley. New jersey, partly sunny skies to start with. Those partly sunny skies persist into this afternoon. A warm afternoon, 86 degrees at 2 00. Into the upper 80s by 4 00 today. And at the shore, wind will be shifting today. Nor northwesterly wind to begin with. More clouds this afternoon. This is when we could see scattered, isolated showers at the shore. For delaware, sunny skies through the day. Look at that, cloudless skies right now. 83 degrees at noontime. So close to the 09 degree mark this afternoon. Delaware you dont hit 90 today. Its likely for tomorrow. Sevenday forecast showing a heat wave brewing for parts of the area. A look at that when i come back in a few minutes. 5 41. Our morning crew. Were a team here. I have to admire Jessica Boyington for coming in, playing injured. Shes not feeling well but hanging inc there. Shes hanging in there. Vai just gave me antibacterial happened wipes. He doesnt want to get sick. They throw them at me. Its fine. Were killing it here. Right around route 1 and 17th street. Were starting off on the boulevard this morning. Cars heading out the door so far. Brake lights up ahead. North or southbound for the most part, no real problems there. There is an accident clearing very soon in cheltenham on latham parkway and old york road. Mass transit, for the most part, everything running on time or close to schedule, amtrak, new jersey transit, d. A. R. T. But the thorndale line 1512, running about 15 minutes late. Latenight meeting to save a local police force. This morning, we have new details from bucks county and a local community that voted on whether or not to disband its Police Department. Plus, protecting the kids. Back to school and that means back to School Activities and sports. Hear about one local bill that looks to protect kids from longterm damage from a certain sports injury. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Theres a race going on right now. The worlds clean energy super powers either going to be germany, china, or us. And im going to make sure its us. From 500 million solar panels installed by the end of my first term, to precision manufacturing. Well beat the competition and create new high wage jobs. We can do this, millions of jobs right here in america. Thats my plan. Hes making it up. Of course, anyone who commits a Violent Crime needs to be prosecuted and put behind bars. Narrator Katie Mcginty will keep us safe more police on the streets, better training and equipment, and take on the gun lobby for gun safety laws. Katie im the daughter of a Police Officer, and the mother of three. Ill stand with Law Enforcement to fight crime, and protect our families. Im Katie Mcginty, and i approve this message. Youre watching nbc 10, the official station of the philadelphia eagles. 5 45. Officials in delaware took another step to help protect student athletes from concussions. Governor markell signed a bill yesterday that gives concussion protections to kids that play in youth athletic programs. Its a followup to another bill passed a few years ago that gave concussion protection to kids that play school sports. The nfl is providing its players with new concussion, education and training in the form of a new video. This is serious stuff. This is your brain. This is your mind. This is you. Dont risk you. The video features medical experts and former nfl players discussing the proper steps of dealing with concussions. The league has been criticized in the past for how it has dealt with brain injuries. Speaking of the nfl, the new nfl season getting under way tomorrow night. See it right here on nbc 10. Its a super bowl rematch between the panthers and the broncos. Coverage begins at 7 30. Nbc 10 also your official eagles station. We will get you ready for sundays game against the browns. Join us for eagles game day kickoff at 9 30 sunday morning. Well have an exclusive interview with starting quarterback carson wentz and then well break down all the action after the game on eagles game day final. 5 46. Happening today, the cherry hill Police Department will hold a meeting to educate the community about its use of body cameras. The meeting is at 7 00 tonight at the cherry hill municipal building. Officers will begin wearing the cameras next month to build trust with the community and encourage transparency. We have new details this morning from bucks county where a community is keeping its police force. Council members in penndel voted last night not to disband the Police Department. Penndel has a fulltime chief, and ten parttime officers. If the department had been disband,c the community would have been taken over by middletown police. A new law in pennsylvania allows Grocery Stores to sell wine and one state senator wants to expand sales even further. Nbc 10 was in glenn mills, delaware conte on tuesday, state senator tom killian announced a senate bill that would allow the states beer distributors to apply for a license to also sell wine. So this bill will allow a simple parody, it will do for the beer distributors what weve done for the Grocery Stores. Its common sense. Distributors would purchase a wine license for 2,000 under the bill. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. 12 minutes before 6 00. Were getting closer to sunrise. You can start to make out some break in the clouds that have rolled inland overnight. Partly cloudy skies right now. No sign of any showers. Really pleasant summer morning. It is still summer, even though its post labor day and schools are starting. Well be turning up the heat in the coming days and it starts today. 90 degrees this afternoon for philadelphia. It will be a nice, dry evening. The humidity will creep up during the evening hours. No sign of any wet weather for most of the area. No sign of really cool typical Early September temperatures this morning. Its running a little on the warm side. 74 degrees. We should be in the 60s this time of year. The Lehigh Valley and the delaware are just barely in the 60s this morning. While south jersey is 71 degrees. Completely dry. If youre waiting at the bus stop this morning, low 70s, really comfortable morning. Dress lightly for later today. Because the temperatures will be climbing into the upper 80s in new jersey. Princeton right now 70 degrees. 73 in pemberton and shamong is 70 degrees to start with. Still watching, showers just offshore. Its dry this morning. And most of the day will be dry but whats left of hermine could bring a shower to the shore and another line of showers farther inland. Wi west. Wi but theres a slight chance well see an evening shower from that activity inland. For today, 90 degrees this afternoon. Mostly sunny skies and into the mid90s. The humidity will be building tomorrow afternoon. Friday, not as hot. Still into the 90s. The humidity comes down on friday, only to go right back up on saturday. 95 degrees. Partly sunny skies, sunday, a little bit cooler. Youll really feel more pleasant conditions for monday. 82 degrees. 85 on tuesday. Another warming trend but it peaks on wednesday, then 70s. Here comes the fall weather next thursday and friday. Ten minutes before 6 00 right now. Lets get you to work. Check 202 or starters. Jessica boyington is looking at her cameras. 202 looks good. Right around our cameras at route 29. A drive time, seven minutes only from the northbound side from 29 at this point headed up towards the schuylkill expressway. Average speeds also into the 60s there. Out in lower merion, were watching a downed tree thats blocking part of montgomery avenue and north stone ridge lane. You may be detoured around the scene there. In Oxford Circle, the water main break tieing things up. Well see delays for sure for summerdale avenue and north street. The 42 freeway over in new jersey still looks great. Northbound drive time from 55 up toward the philadelphia area to the walt whitman, five minutes there. No big problems heading into philadelphia, at least from new jersey. A hit and run in the water. Investigators need your help. Take a look at this damaged boat. Hear what the local marinas are offering as they try to find out whoever did this. Remember to vote for High School Blitz game of the week. Here are your options for this friday, penn ridge versus perkiomenc valley, northeast imhotep or la Salle Malvern prep. Head to nbc10. Com to vote or text 6106244111. For senate, a clear difference. Katie mcginty for background checks, for banning assault weapons, and banning highcapacity ammunition clips. And pat toomey . Against an assault weapons ban and against banning high capacity amm