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WCAU NBC10 News Today At 5am May 3, 2016

Warmup thanks to clouds even this afternoon, even after the rain. 50s to start with, 55 in voorhees and near 60 degrees this afternoon for florence and lumberton. Thats whats going on right now. Theres the sevenday at the bottom of the screen. When im back in ten minutes, the futurecast, well walk you through it hour by hour to show you when the rain will be tapering off. Right now, Jessica Boyington is watching the roads on a rainy Tuesday Morning. Jessie . It is a rainy Tuesday Morning which is causing some problems out there. Several accidents and problems on the on and off ramps so far this morning. This one is on 95 over the delaware state line around naamans road. This is still an active scene as well. Over into the righthand shoulder, headed southbound on 95 we still have vehicles from an earlier accident. Most lanes are getting by. Again, the right shoulder and part of the next lane over seeing some delays there, just to get slow by the scene in in horsham, a vehicle fire, lower state road and squire drive. Disabled vehicle in pottstown on west high street and college drive. c the new jersey roads looking slippery as well. Gloucester, on 76. So approaching the northbound lanes right in here. They are approaching the philadelphia area and the area bridges. No problems on the bridges right now or scheduled openings. Ill be back in the next ten with more updates on your morning drive. Vai and tracy. Lets continue to focus on the roads. Nbc 10s katy zachry is live in stormforce 10 in deptford, glfter conte to give us a better look at the conditions there right now. Katy . As bill just said, upper parts of Gloucester County as well as Camden County are seeing heavier rain right now. Lets show you the rain conditions. This is a dark shot unfortunately from skyforce 10. You may be able to hear the driving rain on skyforce 10 right now. Rain has considerably picked up. Parts of the 42 freeway. We even went through glassboro and passed by rowan university. This is heavier rain. Theres ponding on the roadways and drivers are having to go more slowly. Were having to slow our speed. The speed limit thats posted is for optimal Road Conditions this morning, if youre getting up now and heading out the door in a little bit, you are not facing optimal Road Conditions by any means. Were going to take route 55 north into parts of Camden County where we know the rain is extently heavy. And well have another update for you in about 25 minutes as well as ill have some tips from aaa on how to best navigate your morning commute with this rain were expecting. Reporting live along route 55, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. We have you covered every step of the way through this mornings rain. Make sure you have the nbc 10 app where you can find up to the minute information on conditions in your neighborhood. New from overnight, a shooting in north philadelphia sends a 16yearold and 20yearold to temple hospital. They were found around 1 00 this morning on a porch on West Glenwood avenue. Police believe they were shot somewhere else. Both people are listed in stable condition. Meanwhile, today a town hall meeting in philadelphia will look at the potential dangers in our water in the wake of the ongoing crisis in flint, michigan. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live in center city for us this morning. Lead is a concern but not the only concern when it comes to our drinking water. Explain. Thats right, vai. The question a lot of people have, whats in our water . Whats its not just led but other elements and chemicals. Thats what this town square meeting later tonight is all about, answering those questions. Thats whats happening at the academy of Natural Sciences in center city. The Panel Includes philadelphias water commissioner and a professor from Drexel School of public health. And dr. Jerry faliono is the situation in flynn the is something that never should have happened. How does lead or other chemicals become a concern . The main issue is the corrosion of water pipes. Lead, of course as we all know is dangerous in small amounts. Everything is done to keep as much lead out of the water as possible. The approach that the City Water Department has taken is to try to adjust the chemistry of the water soc that it is less corrosive to the metals that are found in peoples plumbing or in the street mains. If you have your own questions, free admission to the town square meeting tonight at 6 30. Whats in our water . Here at the academy of Natural Sciences. There is something you can do that might help eliminate lead in your water, something you can do every day. Ill explain that coming up in the next hour. For now, live in center city, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Beginning next year, all schools in new jersey will Start Testing for lead in their water. Thats part of the stricter regulars for lead testing. Governor Chris Christie announced yesterday. The governor said hell ask state lawmakers for 10 million to pay for the testing. He said the state will change its rules to lower the standard lev level. The nbc 10 investigators spent weeks looking into lead contamination in our area. To watch living with lead and learn what you can do to protect your family, tap the nbc 10 app or logon to nbc10. Com. Now to an nbc 10 exclusive. Only our cameras were there after police in bucks county arrested a man accused of posing as a fire inspector. Police in lower southampton township say Larry Weinstein admitted to scamming businesses and home owners. They said hed offer to inspect the fire extinguishers for a low price, put an inspection tag on them but not actually check them. During a sting, police used empty extinguishers. After weinstein looked at them, they were still empty. Homes and private businesses have fire extinguishers that they think will be reliable. Weinstein blamed a drug addiction for his actions. They say he is now cooperating with them. An oil sheen is spotted on the Schuylkill River and now the coast guard is trying to figure out where it came from. It spanned a quarter mile. Sky force 10 was over the schuylkill between chestnut and south street. People seeing the oil from the walnut street bridge say theyre concern. Its extremely alarming. Its the first time ive seen anything like this. The coast guard is working with the office of Emergency Management and the Fire Department to determine the source of the material in the water, whos responsible and how best to clean it. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Seven minutes after 5 00. A rainy start this morning. A steady light rain falling. You can see the boardwalk is wet this morning. Thats not going to change much by later this morning. The temperatures wont change much either. Were in the 50s, even at the shore with some rain. The temperatures have cooled only into the low to mid50s. 54 degrees right now in upper township, 55 in mays landing. A chilly rain is falling this morning. There are some areas where its coming down heavier. Look at this line of showers that is moving through new jersey in upper gloucester, camden and into burlington counties. Those showers are on the move. Theyre moving to the northeast at 30 miles an hour. Theyll continue moving off to the northeast this morning and then most of this will be moving out of here as wec go into thi afternoon. But the cloudy skies, theyll linger. Just a chance of a latedate shower. 9 00 this morning, look at the rain in delaware, south jersey and into philadelphia. There will be some breaks but id keep an umbrella handy nonetheless. By noontime, lunch time, a few scattered light showers in the pennsylvania suburbs and the showers are moving off the shore, the heavier downpours just offshore atlantic city. Thats at lunch time as we go into the afternoon. Light, scattered showers possible later on. Mostly were looking at cloudy skies. A rainy start to the day. Then a cloudy afternoon to keep the temperatures into the upper 50s and low 60s. 58 degrees in somerton. The pennsylvania suburbs, neshaminy, 58 degrees the High Temperature with the steady rain in malvern this morning and the clouds will break for a dry afternoon, largely in the Lehigh Valley. Though there is still a chance of a Late Afternoon shower in bethlehem and easton. The temperatures near 60 degrees later on. South jersey, steady rain, 61 degrees in haddonfield. At the shore, 50s for today. Those northeasterly winds will keep temperatures cooler at the shore. Not much of a warmup. Virtually no warmup at the shore compared to where we are right now. Wilmington and dover, both into the very low 60s. Steady rain this morning, tapering off some this afternoon. Youll need your umbrella today. If you check out the sevenday forecast, sevenday for each part of our area. Theres more rain on the way this week. There are going to be dry days ahead, too. I have those on the tenday outlook when im back in ten minutes. Tracy, vai . 5 10 this Tuesday Morning. A day like this you have to be very aware of Road Conditions, ponding may be a problem in some places. Always good rule to check with Jessica Boyington before you head out the door because she has you covered. Youre starting on 95 right now. Weve had a couple problems already today. Thats good advice to take your time, give yourself extra time, be aware and cautious of other drivers. This scene on 95, naamans road over the delaware state line looks like its clearing out of the way. We still have a vehicle left on the scene over on the righthand shoulder. No delays or problems northbound by it either. Those roadways are definitely wet. Thats pretty much what it looks like all across the board on most of our area roads. Heres the schuylkill expressway. Theres construction there, headed westbound on the off ramp to passyunk avenue. That will be active until about 6 00 this morning. The schuylkill is doing okay for right now. You can see through the conshohocken curve were okay. Theres a vehicle fire out in horsham on lower state road and squire drive. The on and off ramps, be careful about that. Mass transit, doing okay for the most part. 11 minutes past 5 00. Atlantic city just made its latest debt payment. Well tell you why the mayor says ac is now running on fumes. Money problems could mean health problems. Hear why the fight against the zika virus is becoming an even bigger issue in puerto rico. It is quarter past 5 00 this Tuesday Morning. Good morning, cape may, new jersey. A live look along beach avenue. As we track rain across our entire area, pretty wet down there right now. Cape may, its 57 degrees there. Today a bucks county woman charged with murderering had toddler daughter is scheduled for a preliminary hearing. Kayla moore of mooresville is accused in the beating death of 2yearold athena wolf. The child died a week ago today. Moore told police her daughter fell down while playing. Investigators say athena suffered injuries more in line with a car accident than a slip and fall. Moore is being held without bail. Another child who was in the house is now in protective custody. U. S. And cuban officials are marking another milestone in restoring relations between the two countries. For the first time in nearly 40 years, a u. S. Cruise ship is docked in havana. The Carnival Cruise ship with more than 700 people on board arrived in cuba yesterday. In march, carnival got the goahead to offer cruises between miami and havana twice a month. Not everyone is celebrating the history being made. New Jersey State Police posted this on twitter, cruise ship of tourists arrives in c a cuba, convicted murderer of new jersey trooper foerster, Joanne Chesimard roams freely. She was accused of murdering a new jersey state trooper in 1 t1973. Shes on the fbis most wanted terrorist list. Heres a photo of the officer she killed. Trooper Werner Foerster died after a shootout on the new jersey turnpike. State Police Posted an alert for u. S. Tourists on their web page. It says, if you see a wanted person, contact the u. S. Embassy. Its 5 16 and 57 degrees outside. The fight against the zika virus in puerto rico just got more challenging because of money problems. The caribbean island defaulted on its largest debt payment yesterday. And its total debt stands at more than 70 billion. Now as the zika virus is spreading, some hospitals that are dependent on federal aid are laying off people while others are in danger of closing altogether. We have a financial crisis at this point. And its a humanitarian crisis, its a health crisis. Since november, there have been more than 700 confirmed cases of zika in puerto rico. A bill to rescue the island has stalled in congress. 5 17 and we want to get another check on 95 this morning. First alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington has you covered. Jessica . Really an update on 95. Good news out here. That accident scene is pretty much cleared out of the way. Heres envelo heres 95 right over the delaware state line, naamans road. One vehicle left, it is over on the shoulder. Flashers are on right there. No problems or delays right now. Well be good to go heading out the door there. Theres also a disabled vehicle in pottstown on west high street and college drive. And horsham, that vehicle fire is still tieing things up on lower state road and squire drive. The 42 freeway in deptford, new jersey, around 41, headed from 55 up to the walt whitman bridge. Over into philadelphia, still less than a fivemontgomery trip even with this added rain. Not a lot of cars traveling northbound yet up to the philadelphia area. Heres the blue route. Were okay here as well. In the green still, no problems and a 16minute trip southbound from the schuylkill to 95 with speeds in the 60s. Area bridges are okay and no problems for mass transit. Ill be back in the next ten with more updates on your morning. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Getting a rainy start this morning. The steady rain is going to be with us through most of the morning, tapering off some this afternoon. Today wont be the only chance for rain. The showers, steady this morning and the temperatures coming up a little bit by 10 00, 57 degreeso well, not much, by noontime it will come up a little bit, 58 degrees. Were drying out and heading to near 60 degrees this afternoon. Thats today. But its really a rainy week were dealing with. There are more chances for rainfall for philadelphia and for dover. You see a high chance of rain for today. Those are morning showers. Same story for allentown. And in atlantic city. But look how the chances for rain offer the next couple days comes down. At the shore even more, atlantic city, wednesday and thursday. Less than 20 chance of rain and a lighter chance of rain in delaware, dover for wednesday and thursday. But friday, look at the spike in the chances of rain. As we go into the weekend, though, we should see some drying for your saturday. For today, though, id keep the umbrella handy. Not as cool as yesterday. Were at 57 degrees in philadelphia. That is 9 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. So temperatures not a problem at all. The rain, that is. A rainy commute, you see the showers moving through philadelphia. And theres more rain lining up to the southwest for this morning. This afternoon, were looking at lots of clouds. Not all that much rain later today. A cool 60 degrees. 60 with rain this morning. And then rain will be on and off and light for tomorrow. Come thursday, still a chance of some rainfall as we saw a chance of rain on thursday. But the steady rainfall will be back on friday. Its likely to be falling. The temperatures still cool at 57 degrees. Keep in mind, 70 degrees is where we should be this time of we dry out. Still a slight chance of a shower on saturday, mainly dry with sunshine. Well get sunshine on sunday for mothers day. 76 the High Temperature though. Theres still a chance of showers early in the day. Then were finally drying out and warming up, too. Look at the near summerlike conditions on tuesday. 82 degrees. Pretty nice for wednesday and thursday with partly sunny skies, afternoon temperatures well into the 70s. So once we get through all this rain that your lawn is loving well get weather that everybody else can smile about coming up next week. Tracy, vai . Thank you, bill. 57 degrees right now at 20 past 5 00. Are you and your kids getting enough sleep . Well tell you what education leaders are doing in one part of our area that could mean a later start to the school day. Plus, tens of millions of dollars. Thats how much Johnson Johnson is paying a womans family after she used one of their products. Well tell you what happened and why hundreds of other people are going after the company. Make your day supreme with dunkins new bacon supreme omelet breakfast sandwich, loaded with peppers, onions, and potatoes and topped with two slices of cherrywoodsmoked bacon and cheese all on a freshly baked croissant. America runs on dunkin. New jersey based Pharmaceutical Company johns Johnson Johnson must pay 55 million to the family of a woman who blamed her Ovarian Cancer on the companys talcum powder. The company is facing about 1,200 lawsuits from people who claim it didnt adequately warn consumers about the cancer risks involved in talcbased products. Johnson johnson plans to appear. A new app could change the way you fill up your gas tank. Landon dowdy has details this morning. Good morning, landon. Hi, tracy. Thats right. Are you low on gas . Theres an app for that, a new Smartphone App in the San Francisco area is dispatching drivers and pickup trucks loaded with gas to fill

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