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WCAU NBC10 News Today At 6am June 28, 2016

Delaware and south jersey. Its been dry in philadelphia and the suburbs, too. King of prussia, cloudy skies, 75 at 9 00. 81 degrees at noontime today. Showers are falling into the Lehigh Valley. Easton is rainy and we could see thunderstorms develop by midmorning and continuing at the noontime hour in the Lehigh Valley. While delaware right now is in the low 70s, with till warm, in spite of the clouds into the 80s this afternoon. Its this afternoon that well be watching for more scattered showers, thunderstorms in the Lehigh Valley, delaware and in philadelphia and the suburbs as well. New jersey at the shore, near 80 degrees. Not much sunshine to start with. The rainfall so far, the heaviest stuff has just pushed offshore of Atlantic City. Rain continues into central and southerncn delaware across delaware bay. A few scattered showers in the Lehigh Valley. This is the area well be watching for strong storms later today. A look at that when im back in ten minutes. Lets see how the traffic is moving or if its moving this morning. You still are watching route 1 around bucks county and old lincoln highway where theres a trash truck thats caught on fire, not blocking off any lanes. Of course not a lot of backup or delay. No traffic really moving through, one car at a time. This off ramp still is blocked off with a lot of Police Activity there on the scene. You can still see theyre trying to get rid of the flames and some of that smoke in the area of that truck fire as well. We have fire departments, Police Officers there as well. Route 1 in bucks county, past old lincoln highway. Galloway township, were watching it for an accident and this is headed northbound, the right shoulder is still blocked and traffic is still moving through. More updates when i come back. Tracy . New from overnight, the red cross is helping People Living at a boarding . X ouse that partially collapsed. This is the tioga section of philadelphia. The roof of the building caved in around 1 00 this morning. Rain water seeping through the ceiling. The manager told us four adults and a child living at the boarding house were able to get out. No one was hurt. A cat and a few kittens rescued from the house were taken to a local shelter. Discrimination by a former Philadelphia School superintendent will cost the school more than 2 million. The late Arlene Ackerman unfairly steered a nobid contract to a minority owned firm. That firm sued over a contract involving surveillance cameras. Ackerman died in 2013. Three years earlier said she was sick of giving the districts work to contractors who did not look like her. The district said it was disappointed with the jurys decision. 6 03 and 72 degrees outside. Consumer advocate Erin Brockovich is holding a Community Meeting in horsham to talk about the next step for neighbors impacted by tainted drinking water. The meeting is at 6 00 at upper moreland high school. Brockovich will participate via video conference. Tonights meeting comes after a meeting of the Horsham Council last night. They decided to put Filtration Systems into some of the townships public wells and buy water from north wales. The council wants the navy to pay for it. Neighbors at the meeting praised the move but say theyre still not comfortable drinking their own water. Drinking bottled water out of an abundance of caution. Id rather be safe than sorry. Horsham township had to shut down 5 of its 15 public wells because of contamination from the former Willow Grove Naval air strags. Improvements will be made by the end of the year. Mayor don guardian and City Council Members will hold a Public Meeting at city hall tonight at 6 00. Theyre expected to have an update on the plan to fix the citys budget before the state steps in. Governor christie and the legislature gave Atlantic City until midfall to shore things up. So far, the city said it will drom up cash by selling off profit and raising fees for permits. Five of the citys eight gaming houses would be affected by a walkout in Atlantic City. The workers want compensation for past givebacks. A Folcroft Police officer shot seven times is recovering at home this morning. Squad cars from across Delaware County followed officer Christopher Dorman from the hospital to the Folcroft Fire Company said. The 25yearold had volunteered there since he was a teenager. Hes not talking specifically about the shooting but does say he is grateful for all the support hes gotten. Id like to say thank you to everybody for being there for me and my family. I appreciate it. Dorman still has several surgeries ahead of him but cant wait to get back to work. A gunman shot officer dorman during an investigation on friday. The suspected shooter, dante island remains in jail. Switching gears significantly here. 6 06. Welcome to take two of fun and patriotism at the wawa america festival. Museumc without walls will free to anyone. Access it by phone and the mobile web. Also, take advantage of the screening of the ledge end of tarzan. You can see a screening of the good dinosaur at xfinity live at 5 00. Last night, the Franklin Institute gave us a look at the Science Behind those popular pixar characters. The exhibits showed how the characters are molded and prepared for filming. Enthis it was philly at the movies with a screening the pixars finding nemo. Even the rain didnt spoil the fun. People pulled out their blankets and umbrellas to stay dry. For a complete calendar, including mondays concert at 5 00, tap the nbc 10 app. Nbc 10 is the official Media Sponsor of the festival. 6 07. Breaking news just in to nbc 10. Fema now says a thousand people in West Virginia have registered for federal assistance following devastating flooding in parts of that state. Floodwaters have killed nearly two dozen people in West Virginia. Now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather with meteorologist bill henley. 6 07. Were getting a cool and cloudy start this morning. Clouds are hanging out. Weve seen showers move through. Showers move through center city at midnight. Since then weve been looking at cloudy skies. More showers are likely to pop up this afternoon. Cloudy skies through the day, scattered showers and the possibility of thunderstorms. The greatest threat for thunderstorms will be great this afternoon and this evening. This evening well be watching for strong storms, the potential for those developing. What we see right now is rain for avalon, sea isle city, ocean city getting moderate showers. The heavier rainfall that started things off that moved through philadelphia at midnight is now offshore. The rain will linger in south jersey for the next several hours, while its cloudy skies in philadelphia. The Lehigh Valley, slowmoving light showers pushing past allentown, easton getting light rainfall and moving into new jersey at this hour. This is the area well be watching for the storms this afternoon and into this evening. Wont be an allday rainfall. Clouds, thats a different story. That will hold our temperatures down this afternoon, near 80 degrees in philadelphia this afternoon. Cloudy skies for the suburbs, 72 degrees at 9 00. 79 agrees at 1 00. The Lehigh Valley, clouds and a chance of some scattered showers and thunderstorms most likely this evening and those storms could be popping up in delaware by 1 00 this afternoon. New jersey, showers are in the area right now. A slight chance of a thunderstorm this morning and into this afternoon. Cloudy skies and 77 degrees. The jersey shore, yes, were seeing the showers move through the shore communities. Theres a possibility of more of those at 11 00 this morning. Even reaching into New Castle County in delaware. The possibility of scattered light showers for philadelphia. Thats at 11 00 this morning. Then well be watching for a line of storms late this afternoon and into this evening. These could bring heavy downpours to philadelphia, wilmington and into delaware. But it is going to be clearing out rather quickly overnight tonight. T the fourth of july forecast when im back with the tenday outlook. I think well keep checking on that situation on route 1 until probably it clears. Right. Jessica boyington has been watching it and getting information. We keep waiting for improvements here. It still looks the same every time we get back to it. This is a trash truck fire, debris and some of the trash that this truck was carrying is probably why were still seeing such a long fire that hasnt been extinguished yet. Route 1 headed southbound. Pretty much all traffic is merging into one lane. Again, thats out in bucks county on route 1 headed southbound by the scene. Lets check in with the schuylkill expressway. No big problems or delays yet. 13 minutes into center city right now. Eastbound from the blue route to the vine street expressway. Swedes still way up there into the 50s or so. Were also watching the tacony palmyra bridge. We have a scheduled opening that were in the process of right now, scheduled for 6 05 this morning. No scheduled openings on the Burlington Bristol but that always can change. 72 degrees here in our studios at bala cynwyd at 6 11 on a tuesday morning. Volkswagen agrees to pay 14. 7 billion for its emissions cheating scandal. And what that means for vokz wagger drivers in the u. S. Plus, this how one neighborhood in philadelphia is growing with their garden. Maybe almond breeze tastes so good because its the only almondmilk made with california blue diamond almonds. But if you ask our almond growers. Theres no maybe about it. Almond breeze. The best almonds make the best almondmilk. Proud sponsor of usa volleyball. Grand canyon and glacierger than National Parks combined. And thats not the only thing you can only find in new york state. You can find it all only in new york. New york. Its all here. Its only here. Plan your Summer Vacation at iloveny. Com 6 15 and 72 grows outside. New this morning, an app is helping grow a philadelphia community. Matt delucia is live in brewerytown with how an abandoned garden is being revived with food when, fun and jazz. Were at brewerytown garden at 27th and master streets. Its been here for a couple of years and in its current form now due in part to neighbors finding out through word of mouth or through word of the next door app. What started as a group of novice gardners have ballooned into a much larger group. Theyre doing concerts and events here as well, something that might have seemed inconceivable a few years ago. We were able to round up the neighborhood by using the app, by knocking on doors, going and speaking to other members, word of mouth. Going to the various Civic Association meetings and starting to build a following of folks who were just as interested in preserving this jewel of our garden as we were. Reporter the membership also runs their own farm stand every saturday morning. Live in brewerytown this morning, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. About 6 15. We have breaking news from the world of sports. The winningest coach of division i College Basketball history has died. Former university of tennessee pat summitt passed away this morning. She was 64 years old. She revealed several years ago that she had alzheimers disease. Her son tyler announced her passing this morning. She guided the lady vols to eight ncaa championships and led the 1984 womens olympic team to a gold medal. A public celebration of her life is in the works. Pat summitt,c former coach at e university of tennessee, dead at the age of 64. If you have a volkswagen, listen up. You might be getting money back after the company settled a lawsuit. It puts aside 10 billion to repair or buy back cars with diesel engines. Car owners will get an additional 5,100 to 10,000. The scandal erupted in september when it became knowledge that it outfitted its cars with equipment to pass emissions testing. Were in the process of a schedule opening that was scheduled this morning for about 6 05. Headed over the tacony palmyra bridge. Take the betsy ross as your alternate to avoid some of the delays. Also, the Burlington Bristol is clear, no problems getting over to the ben franklin right now. Theres an accident in towamenc towamencin. Still watching Galloway Township as well for the earlier accident where the vehicle went off the road. The right shoulder is also blocked on the parkway headed northbound just around the Atlantic City service area. Well head back over to route 1 in bucks county when i come back. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. It is a rainy start at the shore. Sea isle city, the rain has been steady and the clouds will be staying put through the day. Rain falling in rehoboth beach. Those clouds will keep things cooler this afternoon. The clouds are over philadelphia, king of prussia, trenton, looking at cloudy skies. Light showers moving through the allentown area. Those are on the move, heading into north jersey. The heavy downpourses we saw in delaware and south jersey have finally moved offshore. Theres a steady light rain falling in Atlantic City and cape may. This is going to continue for the next several hours. Theres still a possibility well see thunderstorms take shape later this morning at the shore. But it wont be an allday rainfall. The chance of showers will keep the Lehigh Valley into the low 80s this afternoon. Storms could be stronger in the suburbs. Phoenixville 81, newtown up to 81 agrees. For philadelphia, cloudy skies, occasional showers and the possibility of thunderstorms. New jersey, 82 degrees in haddonfield and trenton today. Occasional showers, not an allday rainfall. A steady rain has been at the shore. Atlantic city 75 degrees this afternoon, staying in the 70s for avalon and Galloway Township. A chance of storms during the day today. And delaware, cloudy skies, occasional showers, again, not an allday rainfall for any one of these locations, into the 80s this afternoon. Thats today. Come tomorrow, it starts moving out of here. In fact, quite a turnaround. Youll be able to lose your umbrella later today. Thursday, 88 grows. A warmer trend continues on friday in spite of a chance of a lateday shower on friday. Storms could pop up on sun to keep us a bit cooler. The fourth of july, picture perfect. Mostly sunny skies, 88 agrees, the high ctemperature. Plenty of sunshine for tuesday, wednesday and thursday. That will pump temperatures into the 90s. 20 minutes past 6 00 right now. New this important in decision 2016. Donald trump is pulling from the camp of one for help to win the white house. Who trump is taking from the team of the man he once called lyin ted. And she moves on to the olympics. Well share that with you, next. We are only 38 days away from the 2016 summer Olympic Games in rio. This summer, a south jersey swimmer will be competing for gold. Take a look. They are going to go, one, two. Lane four will punch her ticket and worrell is a firsttime olympian. With this first place win, 21yearold Kelsi Worrell will be swimming for team usa in rio. Worrell is from west hampton township, burlington county. She clocked the second fastest time in the world in the 100 meter butterfly. Its a dream come true, really. Im in shock for sure. I was not expecting that. I dont even know what to say. Nbc 10 is your official station for the summer olympics. You can catch all the action starting august 5th right here on nbc 10. Good morning, everyone. Jessica boyington watching first alert traffic. Were watching route 73 approaching the tacony palmyra bridge. The earlier opening is gone. Were back over the bridge with no problems. Traffic moving in that direction nicely. Well touch on bucks county and route 1. Theres still a vehicle fire in place. Ill update you on the details when im back at 6 30. Tracking xloudz and showers. Steady rain in delaware and south jersey with a few scattered showers moving out of allentown right now. Dont forget your umbrella. 6 26, 72 degrees. Thank you, bill, 26 minutes past 6 00 a. M. On this 28th day of june, a tuesday. Dozens of philadelphia people sentenced to life in prison as teens are getting a second chance. And the 13yearold claimed she was sexually abused, assaulted by an employee in a private school in Montgomery County. Were live with what the suspect told police about their hugs. Roll all summer with a classic dunkins savory pork roll breakfast sandwich is back. Crave it while you can. America runs on dunkin. This is nbc 10 news. A 40yearold man is behind bars this morning after being accused of sexually assaulting a 13yearold girl. The man is a former gwyneddmercy Academy Elementary employee. Police say most of the incidents happened at the school. In decision 2016. Hillary clinton and Elizabeth Warren is fueling speculation at this Campaign Rally in ohio. Could we be looking at the democratic ticket in the race for the white house. This is video from margate, about an hour ago. This morning we are tracking showers not only there but in other places. Good morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today, im vai sikahema. Im tracy davidson. 6 30. Lets get right to meteorologist bill henley because hes tracking showers, has the timing of it all. He has your

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