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WCAU NBC10 News Today Weekend At 7am September 13, 2015

Park during the popes visit. We have you covered with what to do if youre losing your goto spot on the street. After on and off again rain, the skies are now clearing out. It will feel like fall today with temperatures in the 70s, but that doesnt mean we are done with the warmer weather. Good morning. This is nbc 10 news today. Im rosemary connors. Its just after 7 00 on this sunday. Lets get to the first alert forecast with Brittney Shipp. We welcome this cooler weather. Well take it. It will not stick around for long. Today and tomorrow, then back to the 80s for tuesday. You can see the clouds across the sky there in philadelphia. Its all due to this area of low pressure that moved through yesterday bringing us thunderstorms and a few scattered showers. Now most of that system has pushed off into the northeast of us. What well see as we head into the rest of today is mostly cloudy skies with a few showers hanging around. Mainly dry. The city planner shows by 9 00 a. M. , 66. By noon, 70. It will take us a while to warm up. 3 00 p. M. , 73. Our high today will be closer to 74, which is about 6 degrees below average. Tracking warmer weather. Ill go over all the details on that coming up. New from overnight, police in Delaware County are investigating a shooting that left one person wounded. It happened just before 1 00 this morning on darby terrace in darby borough. Medics took the victim to the hospital, theres no word on that persons condition. Right now a north philadelphia street is caked in mud and closed to traffic. The reason this 48inch water main break. Water began gushing around 8 00 last night creating a major mess. Nbc 10s jesse gary is live on the scene this morning. What do we know about repairs . Rosemary, repairs wont come until they completed the cleanup process. It is underway. That gentleman with the hose trying to hose down hunting park avenue to try to get the mud off the street. If you pan to youre right, you can see it, they put up this barricade fencing. This is what they put up in advance of the retears that will come quite possibly tomorrow. We have been out here for the past two hours or so. Since our arrival we watched men with shovels and in heavy equipment scooping the mud away. The mess is left after a 48inch water transmission main erupted under a parking lot next to the uhaul Storage Facility here. 15 million gallons of water estimated to have flooded the area and caused low water pressure for residents. This is the second time in three months a transmission maine in this area has failed. This main was installed in 1895 age is not always a factor, but we will do an assessment of the main to see if we can identify a cause of a break. Any indications so far . Its too early to tell. Reporter crews say the cleanup will be completed sometime today. They had been using the water from the fire hydrant earlier to wash away the mud. Now they brought in a hose to do that they hope to have hunting park avenue reopened before the monday morning commute. What impact is this break having on the overall water system . Well tackle that for you in the next 30 minutes. Live in north philadelphia, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. An elderly couple who went missing on friday in Chester County is home safe this morning. According to investigators, Dominic Jampo and his wife, barbara, were disoriented when they were found in the woods near a house in union township, berks county. The couple parked their car at the house and walked into the woods. Police searched the area of the home after receiving reports of a suspicious vehicle parked in a private driveway. Dominic and Barbara Jampo were missing since friday morning. They told their son they were headed to the Grocery Store from their Chester County retirement home where they recently moved. This morning, investigators from the faa are looking into the deadly crash of a small plane in camden county. 65yearold david sees from marlton died when his single engine aircraft crashed into a backyard in a residential neighborhood. The plane went down in atco at 11 00 yesterday morning. Investigators say the people saw the plane flying low before it crashed narrowly missing some nearby homes. According to Waterford Township Police there was no fire or explosion at the crash site. No one on the ground was hurt. This was the third time that theres been a deadly plane crash in new jersey in the past week. On thursday, a small plane crashed into the ocean near Atlantic City. Investigators say the plane had no Radio Communication for the final two hours of the flight. The pilots body has not been found. That followed another crash earlier in the week that killed a pilot in north jersey. Today pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and his wife are inviting the public to tour their home in harrisburg. Visitors can tour the governors residence as part of their second sunday event. On every second sunday of the month since june the governor has held a free themed event. Today the focus is on a new art exhibit at the governors residence. Artist and participate in painting classes. This comes as wolf and the Republican Controlled Legislature are locked in a budget stalemate. In june wolf vetoed the 30 billion budget. Months later it doesnt look like theyre closer to a deal despite talks. Tonight at sun down members of the jewish faith celebrate employees of barkley caterers were hard at work making meals for rosh hashanah. Tonight families will gather to celebrate the new year and begin a tenday period of prayer and personal reflection, which concludes with yom kippur, one of the most solemn days on the jewish calendar. Next fires are ravaging parts of california putting h e homeowners at risk. Preparing for the pope means moving your car, at least for some folks in philadelphia. Ahead what drivers need to know before their cars get towed. With the card most accepted in the philadelphia region, you have the compassion and security of blue cross. Giving you the power to do more. Independence blue cross. Live fearless. Here in vineland, new jersey, home of progresso, we love all kinds of chicken soups. But just one kind of chicken. Its white breast meat chicken every time. Because white breast meat chicken releases its flavor into the broth and absorbs more flavor from it. And in vineland, its all about flavor so if youre not going to make your own chicken soup tonight, do what we do. Make it progresso. We are following a developing story out west. Four firefighters are being treated for burn wounds they suffered while battling a place that already scorched 400 acres in Northern California. Crews are aggressively fighting the wildfire which is now threatening homes and buildings about 100 miles north of San Francisco. Officials just issued mandatory evacuation orders for residents in the path of the flames. Thats one of more than a dozen fires burning across the state. This fire east of sacramento destroyed 100 square miles and is forcing thousands to evacuate. More than 3,000 firefighters are battling the fast moving flames. Officials are blaming the fires Rapid Movement on very dry conditions. Residents describe the situation as downright scary. The whole house glowed red. Im scared to death. This is worse than an earthquake. This just is continuing. Further south near fresno, the states largest fire has grown to 128,000 acres. Its been burning for a month and a half now and fire season is far from over. Good morning, im first alert meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Looking outside, we will see cloudy conditions for the rest of the afternoon. Breezy conditions, too. You can see the flag on top of the aramark building is blowing. Clouds pushing through. We will see more of a mix of sun and clouds. By tonight we should see mostly clear skies heading into tomorrow. One thing you are also noticing on this satellite radar shot is a little bit of scattered shower activity coming out of washington. Heading closer to us. We have a slight chance of showers in the forecast as we go into it the rest of today. Since a cold front moved through we have cooler air moving in. Thats going to get ready of the humidity for yesterday before the rain moved in, also keeping our temperatures down below average. As we head into the rest of tonight, well see those clearing skies and thats going to set us up again for a really nice looking monday. Our average for this time of year is 80. Is going to feel like fall. Temperatures today pushing to 74. For tomorrow, 77. Our Current Conditions as you get ready to head out, 65 in philadelphia. 69 in pottstown. 60 in allentown. And 68 in wildwood. Ill have more details on the warming trend coming up. Next, we have seen the shoes and tonights the night. The new miss america will be crowned. It comes amid some controversy. Why pageant officials are suspending the contests spray tanning partner. And ahead, parking daughter the popes visit. For drivers in the socalled traffic box, youll have to move your car or risk getting towed. In the next half hour, well tell you about some places where you can leave your vehicle. Theres something in me. Theres something in me. Theres something in me. Former tennis star james black wants the nypd officer who tackled and mistakenly arrested him to lose his job. Thats what blake told nbc 10 news in a new interview on wednesday. He was standing outside a m a Manhattan Hotel before he was taken down by the officer. He was handcuffed for ten minutes before police realized they had the wrong guy. The officer is on modified duty. Since the incident, we learned that the officer has already had two pending Excessive Force lawsuits filed against him. Makes me wonder why he was out on the street and given this position to begin with. It was completely unnecessary whether i was criminal or not, whether i was the person they were look for. I dont think the person they were looking for deserves to be treated the way i was treated. The mayor and Police Commissioner apologized to blake and agreed to meet with blake who said he is considering filing a lawsuit. Good morning. Temperatures today expected to stay below average. Staying in the 70s. We have a slight chance of showers. Ill show you when and where. Falllike conditions today and tomorrow. We will warm things back up. Im tracking a dry stretch. Nice weather is in store for us over the next couple of days. Temperatures at 65 in philadelphia. Mix of sun and clouds. Humidity high at 78 . Wind speeds out of the west at 10 miles per hour. Across the region, 57 in the poconos. 59 in reading. 57 in lancaster. 61 in wilmington. 66 in Atlantic City. And 64 degrees in dover. Heres a closer look at the storm system. We have a cold front that produced the show ers yesterday. Well show you most lis cloudy skies for parts of philadelphia stretching down to wilmington. Keeping our eye on 95. Just outside of baltimore some showers are slowly drifting towards us. Thats the extent of the showers today. Light, isolated, most people wont see anything. For those that do, we want to give you a heads up, theres a chance of showers. Because we had a cold front come through, cooler air is going to be settled over us. Thats going to give us those below average conditions heading into today. Our future cast shows showers coming in from williamsport and scranton area. Clouds will thin out and that will set us up for mostly sunny skies heading into the start of the work week. Temperatures will stay below average but warmer than today. Today is on the cooler side. 74 in philadelphia. 73 in wilmington. 73 the high in wildwood. Temperatures range between 72 and 75. Slight chance of showers and cooler than what we saw yesterday and definitely below average. Sevenday forecast shows falllike conditions sticking around from monday into tuesday, wednesday, thursday and next week. Warm, nice and dry with lots of sunshine. The Miss America Organization has suspended its official spray tanning partner ahead of tonights pageant in Atlantic City. The suspension follows allegations that the owner of the company, be bronze, scanned salon owners across the owner. They say owner Kelly Richardson solicited them to take part in spray tanning events in Atlantic City this week, they gave her money but she canceled on them last minute and never gave refunds. Richardson insists nothing was done improperly and she will return money to anyone who is due a refund legally. This year is the 95th year of the miss America Pageant. There are 52 women competing this week in categories like talent, swimsuit and interviews. The winner will be crowned during a live televised event Atlantic Citys boardwalk hall. Yesterday the contestants participated in the annual show us your shoes parade on the Atlantic City boardwalk. Each u. S. State and territory was represented with shoes that symbolized where the contestants are from. When they come by in the cars, you yell show me your shoes, they show them to you. Theres a bunch of cool ones. This is definitely not hawaii weather. But its beautiful. Its exciting to be here. Im excited to show off my shoes. Like ms. Hawaii said, folks along the boardwalk had to deal with the rain, wind and clouds yesterday. The 95th miss America Pageant takes place tonight. In case you were wondering, miss new york has won it the last three years. Drivers are shelling out less to gas up the car, especially in new jersey. Maybe now is the time to head down to the ac boardwalk. Aaa midatlantic reports that prices continue to drop. The average price across new jersey is 2. 11 for a gallon of regular. Thats down a nickel from last week. That compares to the aaa National Average of 2. 34 a gallon. In our region aaa reports drivers in the philadelphia area are paying 2. 43 for a gallon of regular. In northern delaware, 2. 27. South jersey lower than the state average at 2. 02. Next, call it a bookmobile. How librarians are using pedal power to push home the need to get kids to start reading early. Tonight, sunday night football is back and so is its familiar song. Tonight is football night in america and is right here on nbc 10. This is a sneak peek behind the scenes of the sunday night football anthem starring Country Singer carrie underwood. Including a ton of nfl stars including nfl eagle demarco murray. I have been doing some yelling, pumping the crowd up which im not usually doing. Have to come out of my comfort zone a bit. It was awesome to see the huge green screen and whatnot and the special effects later in the process. It was fun. Fun ordeal. This is Carrie Underwoods third year singing the nfl football anthem waiting all kay for sunday night. You can look at the finished product this evening before the new york giants and Dallas Cowboys square off on football night in america. Coverage starts at 7 00 right here on nbc 10. Then kickoff is at 8 30. There is a new trend that puts libraries on wheels to keep them connected to the communities they serve. For three years now librarians in seattle have been pedalling books around on bikes. Sometimes they set up a Popup Library along the waterfront. One of the librarians behind the idea is so passionate about reading he has one of his favorite literature quotes tattooed on his leg. Theres something about seeing a librarian on a bike that brings a smile to someones face. How much do you love reading . On a scale of one to ten, ten, i love it to ten. You can find similar libraries go in cities across the country from cleveland to denver to San Francisco where they call their version the spoken word. Right now a philadelphia street is shut down because of a water main break. Jesse gary is live on the scene to update us on the progress. They continue to clean up this mess on the street. How is this mess affecting the overall Water Department system . Well talk about this coming up after the break. Tracking cooler temperatures but it wont stick around for long. Well head back to the 80s. Ill let you know when coming up. Here in vineland, new jersey, home of progresso, we love all kinds of chicken soups. But just one kind of chicken. Its white breast meat chicken every time. Because white breast meat chicken releases its flavor into the broth and absorbs more flavor from it. And in vineland, its all about flavor so if youre not going to make your own chicken soup tonight, do what we do. Make it progresso. Right now cleanup and repairs are on the agenda after a water main floods a busy intersection in north philadelphia. 15 million gallons of water flowed down hunting park avenue and westmoreland street. Missing couple found, theres good news to report about this husband and wife who had not been seen for a day and a half. Well explain where they turned up. It will feel like fall today. Heres live look at the center city skyline. The rain and clouds are clearing out. Temperatures will make it into the 70s. Good morning. Welcome back to nbc 10 news today. Im rosemary connors. Its just before 7 30 on this sunday. Meteorologist Brittney Shipp is tracking the clearing and tracking the cool temperatures. Temperatures staying in the 70s heading into the rest of today. We were in the 70s yesterday. 78, now 74 today. Tomorrow well still be in the 70s. Its an early taste of fall. A live look, a cloudy shot out at the poconos. A closer look at the satellite radar shot shows the clouds changing by the philadelphia area. As we zoom in, we have a few scattered showers coming out of baltimore. Looks like theyre heading into the southern part of Lancaster County and also Chester County. Probably will be there in the next 20 minutes or so. A heads

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