Thats easton, 74 degrees. Sunshine, takes us up to 82 degrees at lunch time in the Lehigh Valley. Sunshine will be bright in philadelphia. There are clouds right now moving through the area but its dry. Still seeing a little bit of a breeze. Thats a comfortable breeze. Its helping to keep the humidity and temperatures lower this morning. This afternoon, though, look at philadelphia. 90 degrees. Likely the first day of a heat wave. The rest of the area will warm into the upper 80s with one exception, the shore. Partly sunny skies, 82 degrees. Theres a slight chance of a shower coming through at the shore today. Ill take a closer look when im back in a few minutes. First, lets get an update on the traffic. Starting off out in bellmawr, new jersey, 295 around the black horse pike. So you can see a good amount of cars on the roads right now. No big problems or delays through the work zone at this point. A 13minute trip from 38 up to this point at the black horse pike. If youre heading towards philadelphia or trenton in the opposite direction, headed northbound on 295. Youll be fine. Speeds into the 60s there as well. This downed tree is still blocking a portion of montgomery avenue in lower merion and north stone ridge lane. If youre on the blue route, okay, still good to go. All in the green, 14 minutes in both directions north or southbound from 95 to the schuylkill expressway. Vai and tracy. Were getting new information about that water main break weve been telling you. Good Philadelphia Water Department crews will be back to make repairs following the break early this morning around 2 00 a. M. The break sent gallons of water rushing down summerdale avenue in the Oxford Circle neighborhood. It was an 8 inch main. Crews were able to shut it off. Thousands of students in philadelphia this morning are heading back to school. They are. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live in oh, ford circle. Matt, are you there . Yes, vai and tracy. Time to wake up the kids if theyre not already awake. Because School Starts today for the students of the Philadelphia School district, 130,000 students heading back to class today. Good news, for this year, noc w layoffs, cuts or reductions. The School District will once again have counselors and nurses in each school. You recall the budget standoff that happened last year. Districts were not able to get funding or textbook money on time. The philly superintendent says he feels better going into this school year, so do many teachers and parents. Theres so many other burdens that have been lifted off of our chest. I can focus on reading and teaching reading to students. My daughter went there. She loved it and she ready for school, kindergarten now. Hell do great. Books were delivered to 650 classroom s classrooms in the schools. The superintendent, dr. William hite says hes still trying to work out a teacher contract. So that is one wrinkle that still needs to be worked out. The School Begins later on this morning and yes, time to get the kids out the door. Parents, i hear them rejoicing throughout the area right now. Live in Oxford Circle, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Some say its the most wonderful time of the year. 6 04. Now to decision 2016. Donald trump will be in philadelphia forever his second trip here in less than a week. Hell speak at the union league this morning, a private event. Trump will talk about rebuilding the military. The latest poll has clinton leading trump 42 to 48 . A couple other recent polls have the two nearly even. Hillary Clintons Campaign will mac a push for pennsylvania today. Her daughter chelsea will be in carlisle today and scranton tomorrow. Police say a man ran over a woman with his car and beat her to death with a shovel. Authorities chargedc joel hort in adrian lindsays death. Police say witnesses heard a woman screaming sunday night on west lewden street in philadelphias olney section. They say they found horton standing over the victim who was pin under a car. Jury selection could continue for weeks in a Market Building collapse trial. The trial will determine who should compensate the victims of the 2013 collapse. Six people died, 13 more were injured when a brook wall fell on a Salvation Army thrift store. A salem county man will avoid the Death Penalty after pleading guilty to killing a tsa officer at lmpl. A. X. He was lives in l. A. When he pulled a semiautomatic rifle from a duffel bag and opened fire at the airport three years ago. Ciancia killed a tsa agent and two more people before authorities shot him. He was carrying a hand written note that said he wanted to kill tsa agents. A Police Officer shot in the line of duty in Delaware County will return to work this week. Christopher dorman will be back in uniform for the Folcroft Police department on friday. Its been more than two months since dorman was shot seven times while responding to a call. The shooting suspect is charged with attempted murder. Starting today, 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. The union says the state has not negotiated fairly. State Officials Say they want to reach a fair contract. Hundreds of students now have Unanswered Questions and unfulfilled dreams after Itt Technical Institute closed all of its campuses for good. Itts decision to close comes less than two weeks after thec department of education banned the school from enrolling students with federal loans. The chain has been the subject of state and federal investigations which focused on its recruiting and accounting practices. Itt tech had four campuses in our area, philadelphia, levittown, Plymouth Meeting and marlton. Itt says they will tray to help their students find new schools. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. 6 07. You can see the clouds that have rolled in this morning. If youre heading out the door, its dry, even at the shore where its mostly cloudy in sea isle and not as windy. Hermine issing offshore and spinning clouds inland. The showers are close to the shore. We could see some of the showers move right along the coast, especially the Central New Jersey coast. Less likely to the south in Atlantic City and cape may. But you will see clouds to start with. Those clouds will be thinning out as we go into the afternoon. Theres a chance of showers. 3 30 this afternoon, maybe even a sprinkle in cape may county. Staying dry in philadelphia with one exception. Were watching showers at the shore and that exception is central pennsylvania. Some showers and possibly some thunderstorms that will roll through the harrisburg area by late this afternoon and this evening. But unfortunately, theyre not going to make it into our area. They can really use the rain. Today well see sunshine and the temperatures will be heating up to near 90 degrees this afternoon. Youll feel that in philadelphia at 5 00 today. Partly to mostly sunny skies for the city. A quick warmup and sunshine, too. The Lehigh Valley, sunny skies there. The clouds will be thinning out and by 1 00 this afternoon, 84 degrees. Nothing but sunshine for delaware. Once the clouds leave this morning, 85 degrees early this afternoon. And near 90 degrees for delaware today. Partly sunny skies in new jersey. A few more clouds as that storm system isc lingering offshore. And mostly cloudy at times for the shore. Youll still get breaks of sunshine to warm into the 80s today. Heating up in the next few days, the temperatures will soar. The 10 day on 10 when im back in a few minutes. Thank you, bill. Just about 6 10. You can see behind us, dark out there. The cars still using their headlights. Lets start on 202, first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington has that. How does 202 look . 202 looks great, watching around the paoli pike. Either direction on 202, north or southbound. For the most part, okay. Out in Oxford Circle, northeast philadelphia, theres a water main break, summerdale avenue and north street. A downed tree also blocking part of a road on lower merion, montgomery avenue and north stone ridge lane. Route 73 in new jersey in the voorhees area around cooper road. A couple of cars through the intersection here. Otherwise, looking great. If youre heading down route 73 toward the tacony palmyra bridge area, no delays. We now know when bill cosbys sex assault trial is set to begin. Plus, turnpike debt. Well hear why experts say increased tolls may not be the answer to paying off that debt. Katie on crime, pat toomeys attacks on me are shameful. 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. Its 6 13. Look at that. Come to your tv screen and look at that. Thats cape may, a live picture. 70 degrees there. Meteorologist bill henley is tracking conditions where you live. Hes back in just a couple of minutes with your neighborhood forecast. Now to decision 2016, the fireworks in Pennsylvania Senate race came to philadelphia yesterday. Yes, both candidates accused the other of not being good for middleclass families. The race between Katie Mcginty and pat toomey is being watched closely around the country because it could affect control of the senate. Mcagainty held a rally with local democrats and Union Supporters yesterday while pat toomey campaigned at a market. Pennsylvanias working people, people dont need enemies. Katie mcginty is calling for over a trillion dollars in new government spending. Recent polls show the race is a dead heat. State Officials Say toll mongers may be putting the future of the pennsylvania turnpike in serious jeopardy. The Turnpike Commission is seeing a growing number of people not paying tolls. It toll hikesc continue, drive could be forced to find alternate routes. State law does not give power to suspend registration of drivers who dont pay tolls. Lets check in with jessica for route 422. What are you seeing, jessica . Starting out in pennsylvania, all roads pretty much still look okay. We are seeing more volume than we normally do at least around this time. 422 around trooper road with an eastbound, starting to look leak a delay, headed eastbound right here. That drive time hasnt really budged yet, adding within or two minutes to your morning drive. I expect in the next 20 to 30 minutes this will pack in a punch there. Nine minutes eastbound from 29 to the schuylkill. Speeds are relatively high, into the 50s right now. You can start to see, were seeing the brake lights up ahead. Heres the schuylkill expressway. No increase in drive times yet. A lot of cars on the roads. Were paying attention to mass transit for the most part, everything is running on time with no delays. Septas west trend 3509 is running about ten minutes late. Well check in with more jersey roads when im back in the next ten. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Its 6 15. If youre heading out the door, you can see clouds that are around. These clouds, its getting darker. This is unusual for this time of day. Oh, there it is. Sun is trying to make up its mined this morning. The clouds not producing any showers. If youre heading out to the bus stop, it is dry. The morning clouds with no rain will be breaking. Well get sunshine and a quick warmup today. So dress on the light side. Temperatures are warm for this time of year. We should be seeing 50s this morning in allentown and quakertown. Philadelphia should be in the 60s at 72 degrees at 7 30 this morning and exton and reading, low 70s just after 7 00 this morning. In Atlantic City, dry but there are showersc just offshore. Were watching for those during the day today. Most of the day it will stay dry. There are cooler spots in new jersey but not by much. 69 degrees at coil field. 72 in clayton. Pitmann is 73 degrees and 72 degrees in cinnaminson. This will be a quick warmup today. Even though there are clouds around this morning. They will be breaking. Already seeing some breaks in the clouds. No rain inland. Just a chance of some of the showers moving back to the shore because hermine is just lingering offshore. There are some showers and thunderstorms, the potential for heavy downpours for central pennsylvania towards the harrisburg area but it doesnt look likely that we will be getting them. We have another heat wave building and it looks like the dry weather will continue today. And into the foreseeable future, 95 degrees thursday, 93 on friday and up to 95 degrees on saturday. Were looking for rain. The dry stretch, though, will continue on through the end of the week and into the weekend with no sign of rain for reading or Atlantic City. Just barely a chance of a shower later today. Philadelphia, bone dry along with delaware, with sunshine, well see the temperatures take off. It will feel like the middle of summer come tomorrow. 90 today. The humidity increases tomorrow. 95 degrees, will feel like its closer to 100 tomorrow afternoon. Humidity comes down a little bit. Still a hot day on friday. Then 95 on saturday. Humidity goes right back up on saturday. By send, we break out of the heat wave. 88 degrees and really pleasant weather ahead for monday. Come tuesday and wednesday, a little bit warmer. Here comes fall weather next thursday and next friday, a chance of muchneeded rain. Wow, 90s and 70s. Thanks, bill. 6 18. The nfl is focusing on the health of its players during the first week of the season. Well tell you how they arec taking on the issue of concussions. And police are looking for this menorah thief. Its worth thousands of dollars plus has sentimental value. Iso let me tell you what i knowe about senator pat toomey. My mom was the principal at Sandy Hook School in newtown. She died that day protecting the Young Children in her care. When it came time to vote on background checks, pat toomey crossed party lines to do the right thing. Thats who he is, and im grateful. Independence usa pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. Hillary clinton im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. 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This is a look at the venue from atop the wells fargo center. A twoday radioathon will begin to help the states only childrens hospital. Wdel will take calls and collect donations. Last years radioathon raised month are than 300,000. Good morning, everyone. Jessica boyington watching the roads. Were watching 295 right now, right around 195. This is over in hamilton, new jersey. Cars out the door on the roads. Other than that, no big problems or delays. We are starting to see volume. Ill check in with some of those spots when im back at 6 30. For now, lets get a check from meteorologist bill henley. Ive already gotten messages asking for a snow day. First day back at school. Just a few clouds, no sign of snowflakes or rain drops this c morning. Next up at 6 30, focusing on philadelphia. Well tell you how donald trump is making a push for pennsylvania right here in our area today. Plus, see you in september. Today its back to sch