A. M. 67 degrees, by 2 00 p. M. 74, todays high in philadelphia 77 degrees so a few degrees below average. Im tracking well above average temperatures that is in your sevenday forecast. Ill go over the details and let you know how long were going to stay dry. For now lets check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. Were on the vine street expressway now, right in center city. Everything moving along just fine right now. You can see this threeminute drive time, if youre headed west from 95 to the schuylkill. The westbound lanes here, so you can see everything moving along headed to 33 street station, going to the schuylkill no problem. Eastbound doing the same. Through the work zones. Toward 95 we have no problems or delays so far so. A good thing there. Were still not seeing an increase in the drive times, for the rest of our majors 95 southbound from wood haven road up to the vine street expressway about 2minute increase. Moving along. It went back down to 14. 58 Miles Per Hour is your afternoon speed. No problem into the Center City Area on the schuylkill. The blue route is great. Out in philadelphia watch out for this water main break on hunting park avenue. Thank you, jessica. Its eagles time. Tonight the birds take on the falcons. Jesse gary is at the preview. I think the eagles are going to win despite the fact they may not have some of their players suited up. Reporter that is right. two question marks for tonights opener, tight end zach ertz has a groin injury and marcus smith the linebacker has a bad hamstring. Chip kelly says both will likely be game time decisions. As for the game, the eagle look to make it 30 in season openers, they play the falcons in the georgia dome where that team has a healthy homefield advantage. Especially with matt ryan, the William Penn Charter school alum under center. The falcons have a 3915 record in atlanta with ryan as a signal caller. Thats the extent of the good news for the lesser birds. They have a rookie head coach, they play to the eagles strength. Atlanta cant defend the pass, the birds have bradford looking like a gun slinger. Kickoff 7 10 this evening. Part of a monday night doubleheader. Yeah, football. Jelsy gary, nbc 10 news. One of my goals for the two of us to make a game at the link. Lets make that happen. Well do that. Kickoff 7 10. Extensive pregame and post game coverage plus exclusive interviews only here with players and the head coach chip kelly. Count on nbc 10. Trailsy. Today preparing for the pope means putting up signs. And these are signs you want to Pay Attention to if you fan on parking where the pope will be. What drivers need to know. Reporter day by day were inching closer to the papal visit here and starting today youll start noticing signs going up around the city. Warning about tow away zones. Were in one of those areas off the parkway here. 22nd street you see these cars behind me they have to go at some point next week. Here take a look at this map i have here. This was relesss leased by the city. Different areas, the center city next sunday the 20th by 6 00 p. M. All vehicles have to be out of this area here or they could be towed. Monday, tuesday and wednesday down here, other areas where the box is, these areas are all tow away zones. Ill get to more of those details in a moment. But the reason for it, the city says vehicles have to be gone so the secure perimeter and fencing can be set up. The mayor talked all about this last week. So what can you do if you are parked in one of these areas, you are a resident, you need one of these spaces. You can park in a space in one of six Parking Authority garages for the the papal weekend. Then you get a placard that will allow you to continue parking where you normally do, until next thursday. And then you have to get into the garage. But they are charging a fee, 20 for that. Back out live again you see these cars, they are going to have to go. Security has been a big deal about this papal visit as were getting closer, some lawmakers, Homeland Security, they say that theres been some issues, things have come up in terms of potential cases, potential threats, ill have more on that when we see you again at 6 30. Live in center city, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. You can go to the nbc 10 app for everything you teed to know about the papal visit, the popes itinerary and transit information and a list of things you are not allowed to bring if you are coming to see the pope. Happening told outraged Funeral Directors speaking out. The quaker state Funeral Directors association is a group of licensed directors here in the philadelphia area, and today they are calling for the state board of Funeral Directors to rigorously enforce existing funeral home laws. They also want you to know how to protect yourself. Last month decomposing bodies were found in connection with two local funeral homes. Renewed search for a killer. New video this morning from family members of a philadelphia man who was shot and killed during a robbery attempt nearly seven years ago. This is the billboard made for matthew novak. Back in 2008 he was shot after the annual puerto rican day parade, novak later died during surgery. Surveillance video shows novak flagging down a black chevy impala at sixth and green street in fair mount. Were trying to get help he was trying to get help for a friend having car problems that day. Investigators say novak told his friends he was going to get jumper cables but he never returned. The people in the car took novak to 13th and fairmount where he was shot in the hip. Were trying to find the people in that impala. Were not sure if they were the owners, lent the car or borrowed the car from somebody else or stole it. There is a 42,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the owner or occupants of the chevy blue impala with new jersey tags. We posted the full video on our website at nbc10. Com. 6 07. Escaped prisoner turned himself in after being on the run for a day. Michael mimms escaped from the Burlington County jail on saturday morning, last night he was back in police custody. Mimms was first arrested on a weapons charge, police have not said what additional charges he may now face. Is students at Pottsgrove High School have an extended vai kaxths its back to school. They needed more time to get the school ready balls earlier this summer lead was found in the cafeteria ceiling and asbestos behind chalk boards. Workers will assess the damage left by this massive water main break. Look at that. 15 million gallons of water gushed, flooding the areas. It took 24 hours to reopen the roads. Officials tell us flooding caused damage to a nearby business. Good morning. Satellite and radar shot shows we have not a lot going on in terms of rainfall. Plenty of sunshine today. Thats also going to be another falllike day on tap with below average temperatures throughout most of our area. Currently low 50s if youre waking up in the poconos. 52 degrees in allentown, 51 in pottstown, 54 degrees in wilmington, temperatures in dover at 55. 63 in wildwood and 56 currently in mount holly. Were also at 55 degrees at the Atlantic City airport. Its feeling like fall. Our afternoon this time of year is 79 degrees. Today well be below that, closer to 76 degrees, 77 degrees. Then as we push into tomorrow well start to warm back up again. Up to about 82. So well head above average and well stay there as we head into next or the rest of this week i should say. Well stay in the high 80s. It will feel like summer all over again. Not today. Our highs in the poconoings at 67, 74 in allentown, 73 in quakertown, 74 the high today in reading, temperatures in norristown at 75, 76 in mount holly. At the shore in the mid 70s with sunshine, our water temperature closer to 72 degrees. So it is actually an enjoyable day. Just a bit on the cooler side. Today we range between 74 and 77, nice and breezy. Northwest wind speeds, out of the northwest, 5 to 15 Miles Per Hour. Coming up ill let you know how warm well get. Thats all coming up. Were going to look at Burlington South jersey and jessica knows, she was once miss new jersey. There we go. Miss new jersey. Its true, i quas the queen of new jersey once gut for now im the queen of traffic. So were going to start off and tell you where were going in new jersey. On route 73, right around the tacony palmyra bridge. You can see right now were doing okay approaching that scene but we are on standby at the tacony palmyra. You dont see backup yet but its going to happen in the next couple minutes with all of that traffic coming in behind it. So your best bet right now is take the betsy ross. As for an accident in east norris, watch out for that Montgomery County, and north weals road if the youre heading out on 422, currently no problems. We have a 9minute drive time, 8minute drive time. Where we see the traffic and volume in the morning is eastbound from 29 up toward the schuylkill expressway. Mass transit okay right now as well. A check on the area bridges and well show you that when we come back. Its 10 after 6 00. All eyes on kentucky today. The woman who defied the u. S. Supreme court is making a comeback. Will she do it again. And this. Its 6 15 and were following this breaking news. A massive man hunt in kentucky now after a state trooper was shot and killed overnight. The trooper was shot on a highway near lexington. A judge in the area says they know who they are looking for and that they consider him armed and dangerous. Well keep you updated. Zbr take a look at this. A coast guard rescue off the coast of alaska. A distress call came from a captain on a 32foot fishing vessel. The helicopter safely rescued all three men. The boat can be seen running aground shortly after the rescue. The kentucky clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples is going back to work today. You are a strong people. That was kim davis last week after she was released from jail. Thanking supporters. A federal judge said davis may not interfere in any way with her coworkers who issue marriage licenses. Davis had stopped issuing all marriage licenses rather than issue any to samesex couples citing religious beliefs. She has not said if she will issue licenses today. Its the beginning of the first full week of school for philadelphia students and some say this is the first year that theres affordable high quality education for the youngest students in one community. Katy zachry is live in philadelphias rhawnhurst neighborhood. Whats different about this . Reporter there is a lot. And you can tell those changes as soon as you walk through the door. Before this Kinder Academy moved in this was an eye sore of a building bringing blight to the area. Now its helping to reinvigorate things. This is one of the high density areas that has very little in options for High Quality Programming. Leslie is behind the name, she says its not just about the kids who come here but also about their families and changing the community. That hope has been reignited with the opening of their newest location in rhawnhurst. Its the first Early ChildhoodEducation Center in philadelphia built by funds from the William Penn Foundation and the Public Health management corporation, a Nonprofit Team looking to open more Quality Centers like this. This neighborhood was chosen because it did not have a high Quality Center for kids. Inside this Kinder Academy there are insulated floors to help keep kids warm, sinks and bathrooms in the classroom not just the hall ways and all l. E. D. Lighting and most teachers have a bachelors degree and others masters. We want to give families the opportunity to say i have a High Quality Program in my neighborhood and my child is going to flourish there. Reporter there is evidence that shows a high quality Early ChildhoodEducation Centers like the one behind me help students with with reading, graduation, health, even life relationships. Reporting live from the rhawnhurst section of philadelphia, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. It is child passenger safety week. Now is a good kb time to ask yourself am i doing this right . Most parents think they are but experts say three out of four car seats are installed incorrectly. The academy recommends children ride in rearfacing positions until age 2. Plus, keep them in car booster seats until they are at least 49. Fire stations are a good place to help with child seats to avoid common mistakes. 6 17. Important to have kids in safety seats as you head out the door headed to work or school. Lets check the roads for that drive to work or school. Jessica boyington is watching 73. Yes. Were starting to see volume behind the tacony palmyra bridge opening, currently opening so in the process of closing well see 10 to 15 minute delays. Some turning around in the center of the intersection. You dont want to do that. Take the betsy ross bridge to get on by because you can see now we have a string of brake lights as traffic is stopped for now. As we move into mass transit, no problems for new Jersey Transit but we have buses on detour. 122, 55 and r, so you want to they put a specific note in there to check with the website to see if you are affected by that. And specific details on detours. Right through the conshohocken curve, all cars are green, we havent seen an increase. Up toward the vine street expressway, also watch out for this accident in West Township line road and north wales road. Coming up were going over again route 73 and see if that backup is cleared behind the tacony palmyra bridge. Good morning. Temperatures are still a little below average for us but we will be warmer than what we saw yesterday. Yesterdays highs stayed in the low 70s. 72, so our falllike conditions continue. A dry stretch is on tap and well start to warm things back up. Tomorrow well go actually above average. Today not so much. Right now outside you can see the sun is shining brightly. Just a few clouds, well see lots of sunshine today. 57 degrees. And philadelphia, so a cool start. Wind speeds out of the west at 10 Miles Per Hour. Our humidity is at 69 . Across the recently, pottstown at 51 degrees, i guess georgetown is still sleeping not reporting but our temperatures are staying in the mainly 50s under clear skies. Currently at 51 in the poconos, 54 in trenton, 56 in mount holly. 55 in dover and 54 in wilmington. Our temperatures are much cooler this morning than yesterday. Well stay dry. Here is our satellite radar shot. You can see High Pressure is in control. We are not tracking any storms or weather disturbances the next couple of days so we stay nice and dry. Then our temperatures start to warm up. Well see lots of sunshine today, heading into tuesday, same thing. Wednesday, same thing. A little more cloudiness moving into our area wednesday but even on thursday, nice and dry so we have a pretty good run ahead for us with dry conditions and lots of sunshine. Our falllike conditions will continue again today. 74 will be the high in allentown, 67. And the poconos. 73 in pottstown and mid 70s right along the shoreline. So our range today between 74 and 77, nice and breezy. Wind speeds out of the northwest 5 to 15 Miles Per Hour. Sevenday forecast shows that as we head into tomorrow our temperatures bump up above average, we hit mid80s on wednesday and we stay there into next week. 21 minutes past 6. A local family gets the opportunity of a lifetime. Faith is what got us through everything. Our darkest moments. She said faith is what got us through. Its because of their strength and courage they will be meeting someone that many people only dream about. This could be a do or die week for the candidates. Debate rematch and the target is donald trump. Another Rutgers UniversityFootball Player suspended from the team. Receiver lee on ta carroo was suspended after he was involved in an incident following the loss yesterday. Rutgers football coach had no comment. Carroo is the seventh Football Player to be suspended in the past two weeks. The other six have been dropped from the team after they were arrested in connection with home invasions and assault. Good morning. Jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. It looks like bad news on 73 around the tacony palmyra bridge. The bridge is down so its back open. Were starting to get everybody through the toll plaza. You can see them crawling so thats my good news for you. We do have delays behind this scene. Lets stretch back on 73 for now, some cars moving out of the way, if you want an alternate the betsy ross bridge. More on this to come around 6 30. A check on todays forecast with brittney shipp. Look at the beautiful sun rise over the cape may sky. A pretty nice day especially if you like falllike conditions. In the 70s, im tracking warmer weather as we head into the rest of this week. Well go above average but here is your city planner by 8 00 a. M. 59 degrees with a few clouds, then well see lots of sunshine by 11 00 a. M. , 67 degrees. Breezy conditions out of the westnorthwest. Wind speeds moving around 14 Miles Per Hour. By 2 00 p. M. 74, todays high 77. Vai. Thank you, brit. Were under two weeks away from the popes arrival. Already a potential threat has been stopped. Matt delucia is live in center city with the details. Reporter vai, as we get closer to this papal visit more of an effort to protect the pope. More on that coming up. And ahead, the fight to stop fast moving wild fires, hundreds of homes are gone, entire towns being evacuated and there is no end in sight. Its 6 30. Breaking news were following, a kentucky trooper shot dead overnight and the gunman is on the loose. Were getting new information about what happened. Protecting pope francis. One po